BayougirlMrsS

knowledge is power....

Thank you so much. Im very pleased with my results. Not long... i think two hours. No, i had to pay for it myself... and i mean me. My husband said i didn't need it done and if i wanted it i would have to figure out a way to pay for it myself.... so i did. I now clean my office building and it pays for my TT. I was back at work in 12 days that includes weekends. I did it over the mardi gras holiday, so i got a few extra days. I was walking my neighborhood in three days.... still hunched over, but walking none the less. I had to wear my compression garment for 6-8 weeks, i had no drains. I did have one spot that developed a sore... Fluid came from it. This is a little gross.. but you can see what happened and how it healed.

Yes.... and Yes.... I also bought a kids plate, you know the ones with cartoons on them and three parts. According to my dr. , bites should be no bigger than the nail on your pinky finger. Hope this helps

First, let me say how sorry i am for the recent stress in your life... Just remember ... This to shall pass.. I too would wait and let things settle before going back. continue with your self monitoring of your food. Pre portion out as much as possible..... My suggestion would be, next time only order the shrimp, stay clear of the fried potatoes and if the shrimp were fried too, next time ask for them to be grilled. Most rest. offer a Kids shrimp.. order that and ask if it can be grilled.... 9 or 10 will say yes... then ask if they have any veggies you can get instead of the FFries. Tell them to keep the drink if it comes with one in place of the up charge for the veggies if there is one. Don't give up on your band and keep positive....

you can also look in to other cards. We have a care credit card (husband's lasik surg) and i was going to use it for my Tummy Tuck, but when i saw the interest rate i was shocked. Even with our excellent credit..... So i went to the bank intending to take out a personal loan, but my friend at the bank said, Chris, open a Chase Slate card... 0% interest for 15 months.... So that's what i did... Maybe that will work for you if you can't get approved through insurance.

omg..... i saw her... she had the flannel shirt on top..... she look terrible. I dvr it everyday so i can watch when i get home.... Picture this..... female at least 350#..... purple top that stopped at the belly button.... black hooker shoes.... and the icing on the cake..... Purple and black zebra striped spandex leggings.... Oh yes... it was brain scaring...

i heard that some universities will do plastic surg. for free if you let them keep the skin.... I never looked into it my self.... But i have heard this. I guess if you have a lot to take off.. I, like my friend Floridays... i didn't have enough skin. I wish i would have done the breast at the same time.... i want a do over...lol I only had my tt and it was $8800 total. Out of pocket, insurance didn't cover one cent. KN11....here's what my scar looks like at 11 months.

those are some of my favorites.... I love choc dipped strawberries....

Funny how our mind plays tricks on us.... When i was bigger I didn't see that either. Crazy i know.

wow.... annette.... from now on i'll call you Mrs.... Wonka...lol Just kidding. What is your business if you don't mind saying?

this is why i didn't respond back... Thanks ms jean I haven't been called a whippersnapper in years.... lol. But thanks all the same.

i also have the 14cc. I thought for sure i would get the smaller one.. but nope... Now my friend that had surg. the same day and who was twice my size got the smaller one.... It all depends on how things fits once he/she gets inside.

Has any of what i said help you in any way. Where there things i said, that made you think... "i didn't know that".. I will try that tip? For me, Ice burg lett. was hell! I can eat mixed green salad... but if it has one shred of ice burg it's coming right back up. Maybe make note of the things that you eat and what you were doing when you ate them... Good and bad. I learned the hard way that i can eat chicken, but my favorite chicken wings from Wing Stop will make me sick. I can eat baked potato and sweet potato.... but can't eat them fried. When i eat and watch tv or read, it easy for me to revert back to taking a big bite and somewhat chew and swallow and before i know it... i'm sick. I hope you try some of the suggestions that were given by all the above people and not give up on you or your band. So i'm going to say this.... If i offended you in anyway... i hope you will except my apologies .

Don't let everyone know i was Kind..... i have a mean girl reputation to uphold...... lol Seriously.... i hope you noting but success along your journey...

You are on a great path....You are a college grad, you are making great contacts... stop thinking your life sucks... you have made the choice to have LB to take control of your life... this is HUGE... Embrace every pound and every inch lost... Temp jobs a great..... think of all the contacts you are making and the different things you are learning and one day someone will look at your resume' and say.... Wow this girl is well rounded... Always be up for learning something new... and go into every interview thinking... These people need me, and when you leave, leave with them thinking.... Damn we need her. Your permanent job is only a one temp job away.....

This is why i respect you and your opinion so very much. I still look in the mirror and see the "fat" girl sometimes. Sometimes i see me.... Christmas shopping, i was passing a mirror and caught sight of me, they way i think others see me now.... and i started crying because, i thought, wow... that's me right there... and that me is skinny and healthy... How come i don't see her all the time? Then thought..... hummm must be the mirror.... Now how can i rip it off the wall and take it with me..... lol When i look in the mirror at my face i now see all the wrinkle and line that a "fat" girl face never showed. My husband has threaten to take down all the mirrors because he hears me say.... look at this wrinkle, at this cellulite... at these stretch marks... He says... Stop chris, stop you look great. Well, Except for the time he told me i was starting to look like a bag of bones... (he thought it was a compliment)... men.

Hey Pot... Kettle here..... aren't you doing just what you said i was doing... You said: when I needed help the most, I thought I could come here and get support, but found there were certain people that were and as you call it "honest" and of very little encouragement or support. Because of that I stopped coming to a site. So now you have returned to the site, do you avoid "those" people that were mean too you? Good, you should surround your self with people that tell you exactly what you WANT to hear...... Me i prefer to surround my self with people who tell me what I NEED too hear. You also said: I don't want negativity and finger pointing to discourage anyone else from coming here, like it did with me, and have them feel they have no one or no where they can be completely honest and get the advice they need to succeed! I'm pretty sure that's what I and a few others were trying to do.... be completely honest.. so she can succeed...!!! And because of that i'm now "the mean kid". Being Judgmental are we? I think you are wrong... the world is a kind place for the most part. It's just a lot easier to see the bad than it is to see the good.

You said that you wanted people to come here and not be negative and point fingers.... What about all the people that would have read her post and thought.... Wow, i'm not getting that, i won't be able to eat... and no one coming in an saying.... Hey wait one moment, i'm here to say the band is wonderful and look at all the success that it has helped to create. Do you want one bad apple to spoil the whole bunch? Would you want someone to read her experience and it be the one that makes or breaks some ones decision to have the band. I don't, because, i still hold firm to "user Error". I don't think she has had enough time with her band to come here and blame it and not have someone say..... NO, you need to take a deep look with in and see if there are things being done right or wrong. Maybe on one told here she should be eating bites no bigger that the finger nail of her pinky... or try eating with a small fork/spoon... or turning off the TV... Those are some very important things to know.... I didn't even think to eat with a smaller fork... Until someone told me... See what i'm saying. Yes, that every parents Goal.... I'm sure my parents said, whommm I'm going to raise a disrespectful, judgmental, and abrasive woman. Because you could not be further from the truth. Being raised in the DEEP south (10 miles from the Gulf), we are raised to be all the things you said, but also to be Honest above all. Your right... It's not what you say, it's how you say it! 90% or more of the things i post are respectful, non-judgmental and very encouraging..... but sometimes people need to here the truth, myself included. What hit home for me.... was not recognizing my self in a picture.... I could not believe that was me, how did i let myself get like that? So i researched and researched and talked to a co worker everyday at lunch and chose the LB... I also knew that it's a tool and that i would have to change the way and what i ate. I also knew that i would have to go back to my doctor for fill and advice and i would be held accountable for my successes and failures. I know i am a direct person, if you think that i'm not a person you can talk to or ask advice, simply put me on your ignore list. It's ok, i'm a big girl, i can handle it....... But if you want to know the truth with out all the icing... I'm here should you need. Do i have all the answers.... NOT EVEN CLOSE!! But i would be happy to share some of the things i have learned along this crazy journey...Good and bad. Heres too Everyone having a Great day and continued success on YOUR journey....

Point well taken Ms Jean.... I don't mean to be a (you know what) it just kind of happens sometimes. I know my faults and I truly don't want to offend anyone... It's the way i have always been.... but i'm more critical with myself than anyone else... But on the other hand, if you want know the truth... Like does this dress make me look fat.... don't ask me unless you really want to know the truth. I've just always believed that it's easier to keep up with the truth.... than a lie..

well Lauri.... If you re-read her post you will see that she never asked for anyone's including mine, opinion ... She stated facts that after being banded for a short time (saw on her profile) that she couldn't eat "good" foods only "bad" or Junk foods. and that getting the band was a big mistake. I simply stressed to her to re look at what and how she was eating. I along with others have try to simply bring to mind some of the things that she maybe doing wrong. If you think giving constructive advice, nice or not, is bad... well then why are you on here. This is not fantasy land... things are not always gumdrops and rainbows.... sometime people need to here thing before it really hits home. I may be harsh at time, But I only say what others are thinking but are too afraid to say because of retaliation from other. i have had many people PM me saying .... Thanks for saying what you said..Good or bad..... that's what it took for me to see what i was or wasn't doing..... I myself was on the receiving end of some harsh words.... and when i really looked deep within... She was right... This is a learning experience, we all learn something new everyday.... this is why i come here.

Wow... i'm surrounded by amazing people.... My first job was a mom at the tender age of 16. Started working as a waitress... and LOVED every minute... I did that mostly till 94' when i went back to school and got my degree in Business. But i have been the following: Mom, Waitress, phone telemarketing, video clerk, sandwich artist..(lol), worked in a fabric store and Accounts payable clerk. One of my most fun jobs was a Crane operator..... My last job (10 Years) was in purchasing and then moved to casualty claims at a Major LTL freight company before the laid me off and now: the past two and half years I have worked for an company that manufactures and install erosion control concert mats... I'm a logistics coordinator After Oil companies (shell, exxonmobil, tx gas, fl. gas.... etc) come to us with an erosion problem, we go out and install our product. I find and purchase and or rent everything needed to complete the job..... from finding hotel room, porta potties, dirt, 80,000Lb excavator, track loaders...and EVERYTHING else...

hey B.... you are looking great!! Like i said, most of us in the south start shooting guns at an early age mostly for hunting reason... duck, geese, deer, rabbit... etc. So shooting in not new to me at all. But, learning to be safe and confident with my gun is why i took the class. I clean office buildings on the weekends and sometimes i don't get done till after dark, i want to be able to protect my self. This is a crazy world we now live in.... it will be crazier if we and Americans aren't allowed to defend and protect our self, family and property. Like i said before.... i would rather have a gun and never need it than need a gun and not have it.

Remember what your mom always say. Never pick a scab

Of course she can eat bad food we all can eat bad. It takes no effort too. It's eating good that takes effort And I did say she needs to go talk to her dr. But she needs too be honest with him/her about what and how she eats. She very well could have messed her band up. But I. The years that I've been here. Most of the time it "user error".

i respect the opinion of the people above... But, We as society have to stop coddling our younger generation..... and with all do respect... if she only has 2cc in her band and can eat all the "bad" stuff, then she can eat the good stuff. Some people are just not ready for the commitment.... she has only had the LB for a few months and i really don't think she has mastered HOW TO EAT... There is no way... She doesn't need an un fill... she needs to learn how to eat WITH the band... Although the doctor may give her one to ease the whining... Do go to the doctor and tell him that ...... Tell him that you can eat all the bad and not the good... and see what he says.