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Thanks for your decriptive post. I am 8 months out, 82 lbs gone forever, and we all had to start where you are now. The good post like these had helped me so much, I am addicted to this site, love the support you find here. Wish I had more time to be on here and answer all the post.

I think you are doing great, but NO carbs is not really too good, you need to have some carbs. Not over 30 grams though, and that could be from milk in your protein shakes. When losing that much weight that fast you could have you hair start to fall out~get that protein in first, 80 grams AT LEAST per day. The weight loss is a good thing, but overall living with it for a long time you will learn not the only good thing, don't lose so fast your skin sags and your hair falls out. Not to scare you, but you have the rest of your life to get the weight gone and you did not put it on overnight either. Just take a deep breath and relax, welcome to the bandsters.

Oh Well Monday Monday come on down. Sunday was a good and relaxing day for me today. I weighed yesterday morning and I was down a total of 6 lbs for the week, then back up a lb this morning. So I'll be happy with a 5 lb loss at this stage in the game. Eight months have passed and I am down 82 lbs so far so good. Next week I will get focused and back on the exercise equipment at the gym. Going to Alaska on a cruise in two weeks, I can hardly wait! This is the one I have wanted for several years. It is 38 degrees at night! Burrrr! 50's in the daytime and rain some days forcast! No worries I have my FrogTogs and UnderArmour and I am READY TO GO! Losing this weight could not have come at a better time for me! I am ready to take on the World and see a good deal of it! I tried on some 10s and 12s and can fit them pretty good, that is the size I feel I will end up with. I can be happy there, since I was in 24W's and some 26 W's. I get a fill and measured on the 6th of May! I have a LOT of restriction, so I am debating the fill. We'll see. Ready for some happy times in my life and NO more Deaths and saddness. Have a good week all!:thumbup:

:thumbup: Oh Well Monday Monday come on down. Sunday was a good and relaxing day for me today. I weighed yesterday morning and I was down a total of 6 lbs for the week, then back up a lb this morning. So I'll be happy with a 5 lb loss at this stage in the game. Eight months have passed and I am down 82 lbs so far so good. Next week I will get focused and back on the exercise equipment at the gym. Going to Alaska on a cruise in two weeks, I can hardly wait! This is the one I have wanted for several years. It is 38 degrees at night! Burrrr! 50's in the daytime and rain some days forcast! No worries I have my FrogTogs and UnderArmour and I am READY TO GO! Losing this weight could not have come at a better time for me! I am ready to take on the World and see a good deal of it! I tried on some 10s and 12s and can fit them pretty good, that is the size I feel I will end up with. I can be happy there, since I was in 24W's and some 26 W's. I get a fill and measured on the 6th of May! I have a LOT of restriction, so I am debating the fill. We'll see. Ready for some happy times in my life and NO more Deaths and saddness. Have a good week all!:confused:

Sounds like both your lives are changing for the better, keep it up!

It is a great feeling, I had lost 38 lbs for my 40 year Class Reunion and I actually felt skinny and liberated for the first time in years, I look back on the photos now and I actually think I looked GOOD! Thank God for the LapBand and how it has changed my life and all of yours. Good for you!

I too took about two weeks to feel fully recovered and back to working without pain or some discomfort. Enjoy the help it won't last forever! LOL My husband has been very supportive. Today is 8 months and I am down about 81 lbs, so I have averaged 10 lbs per month! I am very pleased overall. You will be too, but just rest, get well, keep hydrated and worry about weight loss in the second month when you have a fill to help you. This is a life long journey and you have all your life to live it! God Bless!

Thanks to all of you dear friends, we will make it a day at a time. Gots lots of out of town family coming in for the Memorial on Saturday.

We are sad this evening as we lost my husbands father at 4:40 PM. He was 88 years old and had a long and very interesting life, lots of children and grandchildren and we feel he is in a better place. As we struggle with this tonight, I realized that when I stress, I can NOT swallow food very well so it is harder for me to get any nutrients in. So tomorrow I will go to liquids until I calm down and relax. The LapBand life if one we learn and live on a day to day basis. May not get to be on here for a few days, so please send up a prayer or two for our family! Thanks to my Lapband friends!:biggrin:

We are sad this evening as we lost my husbands father at 4:40 PM. He was 88 years old and had a long and very interesting life, lots of children and grandchildren and we feel he is in a better place. As we struggle with this tonight, I realized that when I stress, I can NOT swallow food very well so it is harder for me to get any nutrients in. So tomorrow I will go to liquids until I calm down and relax. The LapBand life if one we learn and live on a day to day basis. May not get to be on here for a few days, so please send up a prayer or two for our family! Thanks to my Lapband friends!:confused:

:w00t: Well today was a better day! Thank God I have the LapBand! I got up in a determined mood to get back on track and I did! Sundays are always really hard for me because after Church I have to take my mother out to Lunch. She is a resident in a really nice Assisted Living Facility but I like to be with her on Sundays and take her out for something special. It was good today, I had control of my life today! I made good food choice decisions and feel like I am on track again, NO MORE BIG BROWNIES, like last Friday! I feel a good restriction now and believe I am at the Sweet Spot! I am glad that my skin is not wrinkled bad, and the elasticity is good! I must resume my Gym Classes next week too, gotten off there due to the added work load of taking care of elderly parents and getting them cared for! It will all even out again soon, I just know it. Every Day is different, every day a bit better with the LapBand~the Better Way!:biggrin:

:biggrin: Well today was a better day! Thank God I have the LapBand! I got up in a determined mood to get back on track and I did! Sundays are always really hard for me because after Church I have to take my mother out to Lunch. She is a resident in a really nice Assisted Living Facility but I like to be with her on Sundays and take her out for something special. It was good today, I had control of my life today! I made good food choice decisions and feel like I am on track again, NO MORE BIG BROWNIES, like last Friday! I feel a good restriction now and believe I am at the Sweet Spot! I am glad that my skin is not wrinkled bad, and the elasticity is good! I must resume my Gym Classes next week too, gotten off there due to the added work load of taking care of elderly parents and getting them cared for! It will all even out again soon, I just know it. Every Day is different, every day a bit better with the LapBand~the Better Way!:confused:

Laser lypo! No Surgery and "Thermage" a treatment that last 7 years is what I am going to have when I hit goal.

Congratulations on your Boy! They are so nice, and usually very close to their moms! Stay healthy!

:smile2:Ok I had been such a good girl all week! Didn't I deserve that fresh baked brownie? I walked in to a friends house to visit, and she offered the brownie! No, I said! I'll just take water~I am thirsty. Thinking that if I sipped on the water I would get full and not desire that delicious smelling brownie coming from her kitchen. Then she tells me that she put fresh walnuts in them, OMG my mouth is watering! But all week I had gone on High protein and I was to kill my desire for Sweets by doing that!!!! Darn Friends that don't want you to succeed. They want us to be FAT! They are jealous, but they don't control us ~or do they? Ok the night moves on, and here it come, "Why don't you take a couple of these Brownies home to your husband? I am sure he would love some sweets, you probably don't bake much anymore!" The nerve of some people, truth is, I took the brownies and ate one on the way home!!!!! It was Sooooo good, and later, I was soooooo mad with myself, but now I know what to do, say NO NO NO Thanks! This is a real day to day learning process and a curve ball is coming you way and from almost every angle, so get ready and fight back! That is what I am going to do if ever in that situation again, but I got up the next day, A new Day, shook myself off and ate small portions of everything, hope that by tomorrow I will still have maintained my 4 lb loss this week, only 22 to go to 100 lbs, by July 29th, 2010 My Bandiversary!:wink2:

:biggrin:Ok I had been such a good girl all week! Didn't I deserve that fresh baked brownie? I walked in to a friends house to visit, and she offered the brownie! No, I said! I'll just take water~I am thirsty. Thinking that if I sipped on the water I would get full and not desire that delicious smelling brownie coming from her kitchen. Then she tells me that she put fresh walnuts in them, OMG my mouth is watering! But all week I had gone on High protein and I was to kill my desire for Sweets by doing that!!!! Darn Friends that don't want you to succeed. They want us to be FAT! They are jealous, but they don't control us ~or do they? Ok the night moves on, and here it come, "Why don't you take a couple of these Brownies home to your husband? I am sure he would love some sweets, you probably don't bake much anymore!" The nerve of some people, truth is, I took the brownies and ate one on the way home!!!!! It was Sooooo good, and later, I was soooooo mad with myself, but now I know what to do, say NO NO NO Thanks! This is a real day to day learning process and a curve ball is coming you way and from almost every angle, so get ready and fight back! That is what I am going to do if ever in that situation again, but I got up the next day, A new Day, shook myself off and ate small portions of everything, hope that by tomorrow I will still have maintained my 4 lb loss this week, only 22 to go to 100 lbs, by July 29th, 2010 My Bandiversary!:confused:

:smile2:I just knew it would work and it did! There is Power in Protein! Got to love it! Lost 4 lbs this week and got one more day to go. Gonna hit a good state of Ketosis in a day or so. Stick to Protein for three to four days, it will KILL your cravings for Sweets! It works!:wink2:

:biggrin:I just knew it would work and it did! There is Power in Protein! Got to love it! Lost 4 lbs this week and got one more day to go. Gonna hit a good state of Ketosis in a day or so. Stick to Protein for three to four days, it will KILL your cravings for Sweets! It works!:confused:

Got to Shake it Up Baby~Twist and Shout!!!! Going ALL PROTEIN FOR THREE OR FOUR DAYS TO GET THIS OLE BODY BACK INTO KETOSIS! I WANT A LEAN MEAN FAT BURNING MACHINE! With a new lapband fill and it is tight now, it is helping me a lot, but without being in Ketosis, (fat burning mode) I am craving sweets and salty foods, so it is back to the basics for me (again)! 1,000 calories per day and all protein too! That will do it! When I get into Ketosis, I will gradually add carbs to the (meager 20 grams ~ususally the milk w/my Whey Protein Shakes) diet up to 50 per day and stay there. I need a 20 lbs loss of weight over the next three months and I am going to get there! Exercising too at least three times per week! Got to get Persistant and Consistant! That is the plan, here I go! Oh and I have my handy measuring tools for portion size right where I can reach them! Beach weather is here and it is beautiful in the Panhandle of Florida! Got to wait till May to Swim though because the Jellyfish are everywhere! Ewwwwe!:tongue_smilie:

Got to Shake it Up Baby~Twist and Shout!!!! Going ALL PROTEIN FOR THREE OR FOUR DAYS TO GET THIS OLE BODY BACK INTO KETOSIS! I WANT A LEAN MEAN FAT BURNING MACHINE! With a new lapband fill and it is tight now, it is helping me a lot, but without being in Ketosis, (fat burning mode) I am craving sweets and salty foods, so it is back to the basics for me (again)! 1,000 calories per day and all protein too! That will do it! When I get into Ketosis, I will gradually add carbs to the (meager 20 grams ~ususally the milk w/my Whey Protein Shakes) diet up to 50 per day and stay there. I need a 20 lbs loss of weight over the next three months and I am going to get there! Exercising too at least three times per week! Got to get Persistant and Consistant! That is the plan, here I go! Oh and I have my handy measuring tools for portion size right where I can reach them! Beach weather is here and it is beautiful in the Panhandle of Florida! Got to wait till May to Swim though because the Jellyfish are everywhere! Ewwwwe!:w00t:

Really Scary and sounds dangerous, get a second opinion. All of us get the fills gradually from what I have read, you could have reflux, vomitting, malnutrition to name a few problems!

Good for you glad you had fun, that is what life is suppose to be and especially on our Birthdays!

Happy for you! It is nice, I too bought a pair of black capri's this weekend, but I went to a mission store and they were $4.49 and Nice, but they don't hold my stomach in like a girdle! LOL That is something that I may have to do something about later, could wear a 12 in the legs, but a 14 in the stomach or they won't zip up and if they do I can't breath!! LOL So glad for you it is a good feeling to get out of the W's and the X's

:thumbup:He is leaving! Better job offer in Missouri, can't blame him, but sure will miss him. He will always be remembered! He actually helped me save my life! And it has only changed for the better because he cared enough to help me get the LapBand AP. Down another 3 lbs this week, the lbs are coming off again. The fill last time was a little tight, but I am glad I did not rush in and get anything taken out, I just worked with it, liquids, soft foods and smaller amounts more frequently. So it worked and I have adjusted and the weight is leaving. One of my LapBand buddies just had to have all of her fluid removed today due to lots of issues and an ER visit and lots of throwing up from the flu! The Pollen is so bad I am having problems with that! It is awful here in the Panhandle of Florida! The weather is so beautiful tho! It is truly springtime~and I am looking forward to the next pants size down from where I am at! Instead of lbs, I am goaling for the clothing sizes! Then I don't watch the scales so much! I am thinking of going on Adkins Diet for a month and getting back into Ketosis for a spell, that really helped me before! Well tomorrow is the Memorial for the last friend who has passed away, 57 years old! After that, No MORE Lord, my nerves are shot! Good News a friend gets to go home tomorrow after a stay in rehab for a stroke he is 49 yrs old. People hear me stay with this program and take off the weight, not only look and feel better but stay alive and healthy! It is worth it all! God Bless and Keep you.:tongue_smilie:

:thumbup:He is leaving! Better job offer in Missouri, can't blame him, but sure will miss him. He will always be remembered! He actually helped me save my life! And it has only changed for the better because he cared enough to help me get the LapBand AP. Down another 3 lbs this week, the lbs are coming off again. The fill last time was a little tight, but I am glad I did not rush in and get anything taken out, I just worked with it, liquids, soft foods and smaller amounts more frequently. So it worked and I have adjusted and the weight is leaving. One of my LapBand buddies just had to have all of her fluid removed today due to lots of issues and an ER visit and lots of throwing up from the flu! The Pollen is so bad I am having problems with that! It is awful here in the Panhandle of Florida! The weather is so beautiful tho! It is truly springtime~and I am looking forward to the next pants size down from where I am at! Instead of lbs, I am goaling for the clothing sizes! Then I don't watch the scales so much! I am thinking of going on Adkins Diet for a month and getting back into Ketosis for a spell, that really helped me before! Well tomorrow is the Memorial for the last friend who has passed away, 57 years old! After that, No MORE Lord, my nerves are shot! Good News a friend gets to go home tomorrow after a stay in rehab for a stroke he is 49 yrs old. People hear me stay with this program and take off the weight, not only look and feel better but stay alive and healthy! It is worth it all! God Bless and Keep you.:w00t: