janetsjourneytoslim

Thanks to all, love and peace to you today! I am going to push for another 10 lbs before my daughters wedding Oct 10th, two months, I can do it! Leaning on his arms!

:thumbup: I use to love that little tune! And you know it really sticks in your head! And it should. When we are happy, things in our life just go better. Worry and fear are the bane of human existance. Any number of events or circumstances can trigger them to cripple or incapacitate you. Worry and fear strike when you feel far from God. They rise up and crash over you when you are not paying attention to what is really important in life. Your relationship to God is so important, more than anything else. When you have that "Right" relationship, you will not worry or fear, but turn everything over to God. That is what we need to stay focused on and being happy, when we are happy we tend to stick to our diet plan, lose weight and keep to our goals too. Praying makes me happy and the more I pray, the less I worry and the more I can focus. You can cope with whatever comes along in your life every day, have his presence with you and your worries and fears will dissolve. Stop Worrying and fearing what will happen today or tommorrow. Just pray, stay focused and all the other good things will happen to you! You will become a recipient of his bountiful grace and goodness. I am reminded of this verse; I cry out to God Most High, to the God who does everything for me. He sends help from Heaven and saves me. He punishes those who chase me. God gives me his love and truth. Psalm 57:2-3NCV:wink2:

Sounds like you are doing great! I never gave a shot, but have a daughter who is an RN so that helps if I needed it! She has been very supportive of me and always praises my WL. You are really on a great journey, it changes daily and you will get use to it. God bless you, keep with the program and you will do fine.

I think you should tell him, and share this with him, letting him know this is your FIRM decision! My husband was about the same way, except he was always there for me but thought I could still "do it" without WLS Yes, just take off 100 lbs, that should be easy~right? Right! If it were that easy I could have done it ten years ago. He was right there with me! He did not encourage or discourage, in fact he was fairly quiet about it, I wrote him a letter and gave it to him as I was being wheeled into surgery! He read it, never mentioned it, nor did I. I told him how much I loved him, admired him, appreciated him. And if anything happened to me adversely in surgery, I had to make this choice for ME so that I could be around for HIM and our children and grandchildren a LOT longer. SINCE the surgery he has seen me drop the weight and is so PROUD of me! He cooks and always cooks what I can have, reminds me to drink my protein shakes etc. He has always been a good husband, just not always supportive in every one of my endeavors. He was a LITTLE afraid I might die in surgery and he would lose me. I think he'd rather have me FAT than not at all. Could be a hidden fear of your DH(Darling Husband) LOL Good Luck and God Bless You as you go forward.

I love your post today! HOW Sweet it is for sure!!! I know the feeling, and I love it. I have about 25-30 lbs more to take off too, we will get it! And I took a trip on a plane to Seattle and had to draw up the seat belt from a previous passenger! SWEET! Wearing cute shoes and High Heels with no pain in my feet, SWEET! This was too the BEST CHOICE for me!

:confused:THINGS DON'T JUST HAPPEN!!! I know this for sure! Another beautiful Sunday Morning, I am alive and happy. I still have my Mom with me and although she can not remember yesterday, she still knows me today! (Alzheimers) My beautiful Daughter is getting married soon and so we are showering her today at 1PM. It is going to be nice. Hope I don't cry! My last one out of the nest! It is hard. But I have a lot to be thankful for! Every day is a gift from God~and all things are good in it! We must position ourselves to be mindful of ALL the many blessings we have. Some things we call "Accidents", "surprises" or "discoveries" are actually revelations of God's Love and constant concern for you. If you keep your faith and trust in God, the meaning of these things will become clear. If you greet each day and expect it to reveal the glory, power, and love of God, your hours will be filled with joy and awe. His mystery will turn him toward YOU! I need him each and every day~to guide me and show me the right way, I may NOT always take his direction, then I veer off the right path, but always get back on it! Thank you God! This life of mine is filled with many more things now than just living to eat, I eat to live and enjoy and focus on others and other interest as well. I love my band and seeing myself in photos with my children and family now! I don't ever want to be vain, but I do not feel bad looking good and feeling good about myself. Be proud of how far you have come on this journey! Make the best of what is happening in your life and the things God is bringing your way. You are all intelligent, beautiful people, made in his image! Enjoy each day in your life and the things that happen in it! Embrace them, good or bad!:thumbup:

:tt2: In his poem, "The Road Not Taken," Robert Frost wrote about two paths that diverge in a wood and how he chose the"one less traveled by,". He ended the poem with these words: "and that has made all the difference." We may ponder what may have happened if we had veered down another life path. Ultimately, however, it's the path taken that molds you into the person you turned out to be~~~for better or worse. How blessed you are when you choose the path that leads to God. I feel he directs my path! Let him lead you too. The path to change my life with the lap band has been wonderful, different, exciting and a path filled with challenges. But I am happier today because even tho I get up and get on the scales and they are not just where I would like them to be yet, I can tell you they are not where I was last year on a path to destruction of my body and mind. I can now serve my God stronger and longer because of this choice and I feel I have taken the Right Path. To those of you having surgery today, or in the near future, it is the path that will help you change your life!:smile::w00t:

Great story! What a revelation. I loved it! Every two months I was getting rid of clothes. Good thing my daughters and I own a Consignment Store, I could buy, wear, consign and start over again! It was too much fun! I have been stuck in a size 14 and some 12's now for awhile, but purchased some 10's that are hanging in my closet just waiting for me. SOOON Very Soon. Keep havin fun and lovin the band. Our new best friend!

Yes it will, your life will change for the better tomorrow, we will all be here waiting to encourage you and help you as you pass through the first days of your new life.

:smile:Learning to swim in daunting. You'll probably never forget how it felt to squint across the pool before filling your lungs with that last deep breath. Three strokes later, your hesitant paddling ended in frantic sputtering when water started closing over your head. At the same moment, strong arms caught you from beneath and lifted you back up to the surface. ( I had this happen to me at age 12 in our large round town lake) A heart of trust is one of life's sweet but hard-won gifts. The discovery that God is always there, ready to lift you up when you start to sink, replaces fear with courage and timidity with boldness. Along with that courage and boldness comes the strength to face whatever life throws at you~even when it requires a long scary swim to the other side. We can equate this long scary swim to the other side, to our decision to have the LAP-BAND®®® as well. We are uncertain, hopeful, scared and wanting. We have to get decisive, use the courage that we can drum up from within and be bold and go forward with our decision, trusting that we are doing the RIGHT thing for us! I know that I could not do a thing or make a decision without first trusting God to guide me. When I decided to do this LAP-BAND®®® thing, I was scared, unsure of how it would affect my life, how it would change me and my family, could I do it? It became a decision I had to Trust! Some days, I am still scared. I will try to eat something and I question myself, can I eat this? Will it get stuck? And I can get on edge about the band. Other days there is no question. I am starting to feel Normal with the band, not apprehensive at all, about getting together with friends attending functions such as weddings, showers, and parties without thinking everyone is watching me eat. I feel like one of the bunch again! I thank God everyday for my decision.:tt2: In you O Lord, I put my trust; Let me never be ashamed; Deliver me in Your righteousness. Psalm 31:1 NKIV Dear God, I am a child in your arms. Thank you for holding me in your loving embrace. I depend on your provision and protection. Amen

Thanks you wonderful friends, I too am leary of Pills, and I think I will just add more resistance to my exercise and more walking, jogging etc. and let the band do it's work! My husband is happy with me right now! LOL I don't want my heart to be affected or get on speed either. Love you all!

Loved your blog, know exactly how you feel, it is wonderful, I am looking for 10's next, need 20-25 lbs more and I am there, I want this for Christmas 2010. Got to get back to the basics and stick to it to get it!

Hello, I was banded one year to the day ahead of you, I still remember how I felt as well, but on the fourth or fifth day I was really on the mend, my scars have all but faded away now. The pain is really coming from gas and in incisions and stitches around the port area, so you should take something for pain, if you cannot take strong meds. Then just pulverize tylenol or some tablet and mix it with water and take it! You are entitled!!! God Bless I am praying for you and wish you a wonderful year of weight loss.

:closedeyes:Well, I have to tell you that I don't lie about this band journey! I have started being hungrier at the end of the first year, so you newbies, milk it for all you can get while you are NOT hungry at first. It feels like I am hungrier now, and my tummy growls too, it did not do that at first. I am debating trying to add a diet pill to help with the last 20-25 lbs of weight I need to get off! I am not in a hurry really, but I get worried when the weight just drags or comes off and then right back on, 2 to 3 lbs rolling over and over again is frustrating too. I have heard of some taking a diet pill at the end to encourage the band, should I? Should I not? Anyone done this? I heard HCG is good??? I would love to hear what you did, if you would share. Had a great day with my granddaughter and Mom today! God Bless!

A young woman I knew since she was a little girl, just passed away from Colorectal Cancer. She listed several things she would do differently if she could, she was only in her 20's. One of those things was "Don't always be the one behind the Camera" Photos are memories of snapshots in time, the times of our lives! They do provide a history of the journey of our lives for those who will come to know us through them even after we are gone. I am going to have a session with a photographer in some new clothes very soon for my one year Bandiversary, then one year from now, I will look back on them and hopefully be changed some more for the better. Great Idea, love to see you and read your blogs! Keep them coming.

:closedeyes: She looks fabulous at 80! Sure hope I am following in those footsteps. I had the nicest comment today when I logged on from a sweet lady who told me I looked like I was in my 40"s. God Bless You! Taking off weight makes us look younger ya'll! And it will give you back years and more years. I had four children and two miscarriages during my child bearing years and that is also rough on the body. But it is all coming back together again! Thanks to the band and a lot of dedication! I am logging my food down again, rough but I am doing it, and today was a good day too. I had sugar free ice cream about two bites and a 1"x1" slice of cake. Just a taste, and I was satisfied. We had a lovely day at the Assisted Living Home with our Mom. So happy to still have her in my life! My dad died at age 54 and she was 52 and never remarried, so she was mother and father to me for many years now. She was born in the height of the depression and was so hungry, there were six children and her dad died when she was only three years old. She remembers stealing an egg from the neighbors hen house she was hungry! She had to take it back and apologize, my grandmother was too proud to just take it when the neighbors tried to give it to my mom who was four at the time. When we say "We are Starving to death, we really just don't know!" Well my Mom made sure of one thing, that is that we were never hungry! And I am glad for that. I was never really an obese child, but became obese as an adult, I can blame no one but myself for that! So happy I took control of it with the aid of the LAP-BAND®! It is still hard on days of Celebrations, but it is always on my mind! God Bless you.

Thanks so much for all your sweet Bandiversary Comments! I feel wonderful! You all have made my day! God Bless You all!

Yes I am smilin today! One year and I am so happy and definately not dissapointed! A year ago today, I was unsure, unhealthy, unhappy and unattractive! The lapband AP surgery has changed all that to me! I am full of confidence, if I can do this, I can do anything! I was unhealthy, on the verge of diabetis, taking Metphormin for it, High Blood pressure and High Cholesterol too were just around the corner. Now I take no meds unless I have a headache, like Normal people do. I was so unhappy with myself, I smiled on the outside, but was dying on the inside. I tried to dress to appear smaller and it worked some until I undressed and really saw myself! I felt unattractive, unwanted and just plain miserable. I felt like I HAD to do everything! Had to go to work, Had to have friends over, Had to talk to them and entertain, Had to get up and face the world. NOW I WANT to do all these things and more, so my life has turned around and with the help and grace of God it is all for the better! I am not through with this Band thingy! OH NOT quite the contrare!! I am ready to start things over just like the first year! Today I start writing down my foods, I start taking time for some exercise in my life! I start with a weight loss goal, written down to work from! I see my doctor in a week, I hope he will be as pleased with my one year results as I am. God Bless you all today with your goals and efforts. If he takes care of the Sparrow, he is watching over us too!

You can do it, you have drive and determination. When we make a plan and get determined, there is nothing we can not do! Go For it! Bless YOU!

Ate four Shrimp today at lunch, did not chew one little bite thoroughly and it was about to kill me, the chest pain was aweful! So I went in the bathroom and made myself throw it up! So pure relief was mine. A few minutes later I finished my lunch and it was good. But Shrimp is one of the foods I love, but do have trouble with. I think it lumps together in the chanel to the stomach. Maybe next time I will just eat three shrimp.

Thanks to all of you who love, care and support those new lapband patients on here, I was one of them, and I grew because of the care and support I recieved here on this website! God Love you all!

:thumbup:BE GRATEFUL! It's easy to forget to be grateful, to let daily worries distract you from the abundance that is yours. Mortgage payments, troublesome children, a looming deadline, a broken waterheater, a headache, even a burned pizza or a fallen cake can interfere with your appreciation for the blessings you have been given. Inconveniences will pass, but God's Blessings and love will keep showering down on you. I don't plan to preach to you each time I blog on here, but I am so grateful for every day I live now with the band. I am thankful for the compliments I recieve from my true friends when they see me and see how I have improved my life. It reassures me that I made the right decision and I will be ever so grateful for the Band and God in my life.:smile2:

Welcome Aboard! You are going on the Journey of your life with your new lapband! We are here for you. About to reach my l year Bandiversary, lost about 90-91 lbs, depending on the day! It sounds like a lot to a new person, but stick to the program and you will lose a lot of weight! Congrats.

Thanks Ladies! I do feel so great and happy during these good times of my life!

Congrats! I remember getting into those 18's! It felt wonderful too. I could not let myself believe that I would be in 16's too soon after that and did not get any, then the 18's were falling off of me! Every 10 lbs or so, I was down a size! It was wonderful, went from a 24-26 to 14 regulars! It is the best feeling. God Bless You as you grow smaller! The next 8 weeks will bring lots of joy and blessings!