janetsjourneytoslim

Hi! I see that you have just recently joined us. Welcome! Please share your success stories with us, we can encourage each other this way, sure helps me.

Hey did you ever find out why you bruised so bad? That is definately a nasty looking one, but isn't a bad bruise from blood? I would love to know something. How are you feeling? Are you still on liquids?

Thanks for the good comments! How are you doing? Hope all is going well for you in this New YOU Year!

Happy New YOU Year! You just inspire me to go forward and never look back! Thanks!

You are so right, each person is different, I know just one thing, I am happy for something to be lost, weather it be lbs or inches, I just say GO AWAY! You are looking great!

Thanks! I am down 63 now and counting all the way down to my Goal! I want to hit 185 by Valentines Day and 155 for my goal by July 29th, 2010! My daughter is getting married on 10-10-10 and I want to look almost as good as she does! LOL You are a real inspiration! Thanks for the comments.

Wow you are REALLY Close! I just hung at around 204-205 for a couple of weeks, and began to Question this LB thing, then I got to working out more and eating less and there it was! I had to give it a real push. I too wish I had taken a photo of the scales on my starting weight! My toenails need painting, and my big toenail is broken so I did not post, but I might! LOL Really proud to see that number, now I can imagine 175 by Valentines Day! Keep me posted on your progress!

I know it was sounding weird about weighing in the nude, but hey I can't lie, gotta tell it like it is! LOL Anyway I know when I held the camera, it weighed two ounces! LOL Today I weighed 199.6. Went out to eat tonight and to the mall, was really good had soup and salad, then tonight a single serving of Popcorn! The popcorn was so good! My weekend indulgence. Now tomorrow back to the Gym, I am really toning, even tho I lost weight this time, I gained inches! New Muscle! Hey I am getting buff! My husband is getting happy for me now, he sees I am serious about this. I have been up and down so much, I think he thinks I will throw in the towel this time too~~~~NOT!!!! Have a good evening.

I will be running around naked with more in mind than weight if I can make it to be 185 by Valentines Day! That is my next challenge! LOL My sweet husband is so patient with me, lord knows he has to be! I have never seen him overweight in the 31 years we have been married! He is 6'2" tall and weighs about 175! He is really getting happy for me now. He sees the strength I am getting from losing the weight and working out at the Gym! I want to be able to hike along nature trails with him and travel a lot in our Golden Years! Keep in touch!

Hi Dee! Wow and 18 is good, I was so glad to get out of the 24-26 W's, and now that I look at those pants, the butt looks so big! LOL and it WAS! Ha! I squeezed into a pair of reg. 14's and I like the new jeans. I don't want to buy any new clothes that are too big for me, cause the tight ones will make us feel FAT and we will push to lose more weight. I am going to get on ALL protein (No Carbs) for three or four days next week! This gets the Fat Burning process going again and on the fifth day I will add up to 50 grams of carbs. I want to lose 15 lbs in the next five weeks or by Valentines Day! Best Wishes to you and lets keep in touch! I have a Consignment Store and a FaceBook page, I am going to post photos and conditions of the clothing on there, I will get you the link so you can check it out! You don't even have to be a Facebook Member to do it, but if you are, I am on there as Janet Starnes Hurst!

You will never believe this! I TOO have a tipped port, the Doctor could not feel it so he took me to ex-ray to find the top of it, and then raised me up on the table, (actually rotated me on the table, until it was in a good position) and go the fill in! I only got .6 cc's, but he said that was good, and I hit Onderland this morning! Took a photo of the Scales HA HA! I was so happy, cause it was the first time in 15 years! I am so glad for you, you know 34 lbs is an aweful lot of FAT, If you put three 10 lb bags of sugar and one 4 lb bag on the table they would look like a lot and just try to pick them all up in a garbage bag, and they would be heavy, you could not tote them around all day without being exhausted! You are doing great! I you are going to do better now! I am so proud for you! I love my LapBand!

Good Morning Shonette! It is cold here in Florida! I am so proud of the way you send your grandsons lunch to school! Wow! He will thank you one day! I wish they would bring back the Presidents Physical Fittness program into the schools.

I went for a fill in two days ago, and since then I am down two lbs. Down to 200.8 and so wanting to get under 200! Have not been there in over 15 years! It will be my point to get really excited! I might even SHOUT! LOL

I was only on liquids for 48 hours so I know that got me kick started on losing the weight! I was so hungry at 5:00 yesterday when I got home I just wanted to start grazing on anything! But thank God I had pre-cooked some veggies! I did have an ounce of peanuts! (the oil from them is good for you)

Keep up the good work, and keep in touch! It is 18 degrees this am and I am freezing! Since this weight loss, I have to layer my clothing to keep half way warm!

Janet

You look great! How much have you lost total? Are you getting use to living with the Band? I am so happy I did this. But it is a LIFE thing! I feel wonderful, exercising now at a local gym. Getting there, lost 60 lbs as of today.

So how are you doing? I was also banded in July on the 29th and got out of the hospital on the 30th. I have lost 60 lbs so far and lots of inches! I am curious what you all are eating, I need far more variety in my diet! LOL I am hungry, but can't eat too much of anything, so I eat what I want and I am going to a gym now too. Keep in touch.

Thanks for responding! I know what you mean, I think by changing for the better, we can set good strong values for healthy lifestyles for our children and grandchildren. Someone has to do something. But have you ever looked at the schools menus? They are so carb ladened and too many carbs increase the desire for sweets and MORE carbs. We need to get more protein in our kids and more exercise in fun games for them and they would lose the desire for sweets and fries. (Oven Fries are good tho and I have them sometimes too) Keep up with me and we will get this thing kicked into gear, for a great losing year!

I go in for a fill tomorrow! I have only lost about 61 lbs in five months but I am happy with that! Had a good workout at the Gym here last night~a little sore today tho! Loved your new photos, you have a great lookin family. You are so pretty and so are your daughters, they look like you a lot. I will be thinking of you Friday and praying that the Flouroscopy works. This is the ONLY way I ever get a fill. My Dr. believes in it! This way I don't get overfilled like some of the others and not able to swallow water or liquids and keep them down! You are doing really good too and it all happens in time, and I know it will be a good journey, cause it sure isn't like it use to be now. I have a pair of capri's I saved, size 24W and now I am down into 16 R's so I feel blessed. Keep Smilin!

Wow you have really changed, I can see it so in your photos! Keep your mind focused on the goal. Your face is so skinny now!

So had you on my mind today, how is everything going with the Fill, or correction? Are you feeling ok?

Your album is amazing! You really have surpassed the old you and now are a new woman! Thanks for showing us! Hawaii is wonderful isn't it? Went there on my 25th wedding anniversary! Congrats.

My weight this morning was the lowest yet! I was so Happy! This really inspires me to get going in the New Year! I AM going to get there, with a lot of hard work, and God's Grace! Have a wonderful week, too.

DeeNicole! You are so welcome, this site keeps me so up and positive, I just love the conversations and the help I get on here! Alex or whoever invented this site is terrific. There is even a Clothes Swap group you can join on here!

auntiegoo! Hi, well you got your Christmas Present early didn't you? You will feel a good restriction after the first fill, and I was a little nervous, but so ready to get that ball rolling with my first fill. I really started dropping the lbs and was so happy! I have hit a little plateau and keep playing with two or three lbs, but I get a third fill in a week, so it is going DOWN! Keep in touch, this site really helps to keep me and all of us motivated, it is like the life blood!

Hi Jenny! Happy New Year to you too! We are going to make it the best year yet! Right? I am looking forward to more changes!

Hi! Happy New Year! I found out how to add the photo to the Blog. Go into your profile and add a custom Avatar-that is what it is called! Browse and upload a photo to your BLOG! Best Wishes.

Wow 183!!!! You look simply amazin! I am so happy for you! It is nice to get to feel pretty for a change! Right? I still am over 200, but it is GOING TO COME OFF! I think my body is so use to this weight it doesn't want to let go of it! Tough! LOL Happy 2010! It is going to be a great year for the bandsters!