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I just did this too. I pulled the new ones out of the package and told hubby these look too small. They fit though and boy was I excited.

I was thinking the same thing. You are doing well. I am down 30 pounds in about 18 weeks and never thought I was losing slow. I got stuck a week here or there with no loss but this is a total life change it won't happen in 45 minutes on the operating table. I have learned alot and still have alot to learn. This is your individual journey make it what you want it to be.

I didn't have a bm until I got to the mushies stage. I wasn't uncomfortable though. I just had pain from the hernia repair. There should be an emergency # you can call to get ahold of your surgeon. Mine gave me a special cell # reserved just for this. Don't be hesitant to call. You hired him and paid him alot of money. I don't want to tell you what to do cause I am not a doctor.

Got my little bit of house work done, Even built a grill today. It was a small one and I was gonna grill burgers for dinner. I didn't realize it needed put together. Ended up eatting taco salad instead. The grill is ready now for burgers tommorrow. While we were outside testing the grill we got a couple visitors. I had been saving some stale bread for them and it ended up being alot of fun for my son. Here are some pics. Jake has a teeball game in the morning then tommorrow night we are going to an opening exhibit at the museum. It is an exhibit about the Chronicles of Narnia. I love those stories. I read all of them in about a week. The children are wearing their PJ's so it sounds like it should be a fun time. Managed to stay busy today and tommorrow should be busy too.

Good afternoon, Feeling much better today.Got to the fitness center again first thing this morning. I tried to run on the treadmill but think I am gonna stick with the elliptical. Until I get in better shape. My legs were burning so fast and I don't have that on the elliptical. I am gonna try some zumba when the workout person at my doc office calls me. I heard from another staffer that she offers it but no one seems to know when. Not much going on today. I have a tad bit of housework but no schoolwork to do. I am backing away from the TV. I have left messages for a few friends to call me so we can plan a day at the beach or in the pool. Hoping to fill this empty time until my son's school lets out for summer vacation. We are going on vacation over July 4th with all of Don's family. We expect some of them to back out of the plans (they just had a baby) but it will still be a busy time. My mil already sent us the menu she intends to cook. It was not band friendly so I am gonna have to take food seperate from everyone else. I was hoping but I can't blame her really for trying to serve the majority. I am glad she let me know what she was planning so I can be prepared. I am the only one who ever helps her cook. So it will be us two cooking for 16 people on a camp stove, lol. I am hoping she will buy one so I can use mine for cooking my fish and stuff. Last time we just used mine but there was only 5 of us. It will definately be an intresting weekend. We are gonna do some motorcycle riding through the mountains again and go tubing on the river. Overall I am excited about the trip. Mrs. Bubba, I hope you are doing ok. Just wanna let you know I am thinking about you.

Welcome back JBFlorida. You are always welcome, even when you are struggling. That is the most important time for me to be here. Glad you have learned more about yourself and your not afraid to admit you slipped. And you aren't scared to face your problem. Zumba sounds like a good idea. Create a new habit to replace the old one kinda thing. I admire how you refuse to give up and keep bouncing back. You deserve to be the person you dream of being. I have missed your humor on here. Hope you stick around.

Phyll, I had the hardest time fiquering mine out too. I have a Sansa Fuse. I have been considering getting and Iphone also but I am pretty much decided to get the Samsung Caliber Smart phone. I wanted to get a smart phone for reaching my 1st 50 lost and my birthday in June. I found a really good deal with that phone. Congrats on the 7 pound loss. If you are coming near Jacksonville Florida on your trip let me know and we can meet up. I don't even mind driving a bit. I need things to keep me busy during my summer vacation. Morning ladies, I have therapy and lapband support group this afternoon. Not feeling well though because of TOM. Plus I know TOM is making these pounds stick. Once he's gone though I know I will drop some more because I have been working hard. I just need 2 more pounds to hit fifty down. I have been this way for the past week. I am feeling great though. Wearing shorts for the first time in 7 years. Excercising daily. Eatting right. I feel like a new woman.

Good evening Ladies, Just checking in. Nothing much going on today. I burned 250 cals on the eliptical today in 30 minutes. That's the highest so far. I was using the treadmill but fiqured out I do better on the elliptical. I am kinda scared to go too fast on the treadmill. Afraid I'll trip. I am scared to run on it. I do wanna run the 5k though so I guess I'll have to get back on it soon. I did the interval training for it on the elliptical today. It's not the same though. It felt alot different. Since I haven't been to school I made up a Excercise playlist on my MP3 player. It is great music to keep me going. I still haven't hit 50 pounds down yet but I know all this hard work will catch up with me. I am getting a bit bored at home. Yesterday About 2 or 3 I found myself on the couch watching divorce court. It was depressing. I gotta fiqure out something to do during the day so I don't tumble down that road again. I went through all my clothes again and no longer have clothes that are too small for me waiting in the closet. The smallest clothes I have fit and everything that was too big is on it's way to good will. I will have to buy clothes the rest of the journey. Good thing good will is alot closer now that we moved. Not spending a ton of money on clothes I am gonna shrink right out of. When I do get to goal, I am gonna get some quality clothes. Have a few beautiful things instead of a bunch of mediocre things. Hubby has lost more weight. He is excercising with me all the time now. That makes it alot easier for me to go excercise. I don't feel like he is sitting waiting for me to finish so we can do something fun. Got my hair cut today. Bought a pair of PJ's. Really just had a good day. Hope ya'll did too. Nite.

Just a quickie before I start dinner. I just mailed off my application to the nursing program. I am so excited and nervous all at the same time. I won't find out if I made it or not until the end of July begining of August.Also, Looking at scholarships to help along with my pell grant.

Welcome back Great and Octillo. I see I haven't missed too much the past couple days. Been slow going on here. I got my final grades for Micro and Film. Both B's. I am a little disappointed but I think that's what I earned. After doing all the math I have really good odds of getting in the program. We have to earn as many points as possible to get in the program and I have 199.36. Last semester everyone over 196 got in. The cutoff varies depending on how many people apply.I have the application filled out. Just gotta mail it in. I am so excited. I had a great Mother's Day. Went to a tea party with my son at his school. Of course there was not 1 single thing I could eat. But nobody said anything about me not eatting. Jacob sang some songs and gave me a plant that he grew himself. We spent sunday at the zoo with a college friend of mine. Don gave me a Lane Bryant giftcard as a Mother's Day gift. Yesterday I went shopping with it. The first mall I went too the LB had closed so I went to Ashley Stewart. I haven't been shopping in awhile because I have been wearing all the clothes I had saved even though i had out grown them. So I started by trying on a 20, too big. Tried 18's, even they were too big. I ended up in a 16, it fit beautifully. Unfortunately, the stitching was coming out so I didn't get it. I went to another mall and the LB there was having a sale on shorts. I haven't worn shorts in 7 years because my legs looked so fat. Well I got some shorts and a top size 16. I was about to cry as they were checking me out. I look at the clothes and they look too small for me but they actually do fit. I do believe this was my last trip to LB because their clothes will be too big for me next time. What a great gift. I have excercised everyday this past week for over 30 minutes each day. I am so close to reaching under 50 pounds I wanna reach it this week. My goal is to lose half my extra weight by the end of 6 months. That is 12 more pounds by June 30th. I am still on track to reach it I know I can do it if I stay focused on my goal. I would love to get a new bathingsuit before our vaction over July 4th weekend. I don't want to get one though if the one I have now still fits. So I gotta shrink out of it if I want a new one.

Hey Becca, I will be 29 next month and I had my surgery on Jan 4, 2010. Just jump right in and tell us how your doing. Ask any questions you have. The ladies in this group have been such inspiration and support for me. I know it was a tough thing to do. But it will pay off for you more than just the clothes. You guys sound like your gonna rebuild your relationship. I hope all goes well. How exciting to be on the today show. Plus you know people will be calling like crazy to adopt boomer. You are doing such a great thing for boomer and his family to be. Well, I finished my last exam today. I got an A in anatomy and have been on cloud 9 all day. Still waiting for my other grades. Hubby and I excercised together again today. It is nice not being alone in the fitness center. I am so glad he is accepting of the healthy lifestyle I am trying to provide for my family. He does crave soda once in awile but I always ask him to get a flavor I don't like so I won't be tempted. I went to a support group last night. I was a bit nervous but it turned out to be a really small group. Just the four of us and the counselor. One girl was talking alot and didn't make much sense to me. I could be cause she is in the liquid phase. Lack of food can make us do funny things. I might try a different day to see if I can find people close to my age and situation.

My son's school is doing the same thing. I am trying to decide if I am going to go. With the band issues I have been having lately it is a hit or miss on pbing or not. I would be so embarrassed if I didn't get to the bathroom in time. Have fun though. CharleneK, I admire you sticking to your contract. It really seems to keep you accountable though. Coloring my hair today then have therapy and lapband support group this afternoon. Hubby worked out with me today. He has a 26 bmi but feels way overweight. I tried to tell him he is pretty close to a healthy weight but he thinks he should weigh the same as when we got married. We were still kids then. 18 and 19. He is also a little unnerved that we are almost the same weight now. I guess it makes him feel over weight. Oh well, if he is working out he will gain confidence in his weight knowing he is doing his best. Gotta go rinse and study. Have a great healthy day.

Good evening, went to a study group lead by my micro teacher today. Hopefully I caught something from it. Also working on a blog for film class. Struggling with the internet. I had it done but lost it when I clicked post. Very frustrating. It happened several times so I took a break from it. Thankfully I have it saved in word. I didn't realize shrimp was an issue. I have been eating it all along until lunch today. I had 3 and it came back up. I have been drinking diet soda too. Haven't had any issues with it. I haven't had diet soda since my last fill either so we shall see. It is just a try and see thing. Everyone is different.

I do it too. Lately though I am feeling more normal as far as size. I have reached 216 and this past week have taken inventory. Looked over old pics and videos. Sometimes I am the biggest sometimes not. It's the not times that I try to focus on. It's a good feeling.

It's monday. I lost 2 pounds. Currently at 216.

Little NSV pick me up last night. I went to get some new underwear as mine are starting to be way too loose. They are hanging out the top of all my pants/capri's. I was an 11 skipped right over 10 and am currently a 9. Went through my old outgrown clothes bag and discovered somethings that use to be too tight now fit great. I did get some food down last night. Sloppy Joe without the bun. Not my fav but it went down. I had a final exam in my anatomy and physiology class this morning. Not sure how I did on the physiology but I feel I did good on the anatomy. I am tettering between an a and b in that class. I got my grade for microbiology lab today. Only a B. I felt I had done better than that. I really enjoyed that class (lab part). I have another final in microbiology the lecture portion on thursday. My grade in there is a B unless I totally ace this last test. And get all the extra credit points. We shall see. The therapist that works with my surgeon responded to my email. I am gonna start going to the support group on wedsnesdays. She just told me to write my feelings out in place of binging. I don't know that anyone really has any answers for me. I just gotta fiqure out what works best for me, I guess.

Hey gang, I am back. Still hurtin from my last fill. I can't keep anything down but fluids. I think I am gonna stick with protein shakes tommorrow and try foods again the next day. I tried fish for dinner and it wouldn't go down, chicken for lunch, eggs for breakfast. None of it went down. My weight is though. If I can't get something down after monday I guess I'll have to get an unfill. I really don't want that to happen. I want to be able to use my band. Before my fill I was wide open now I am so tight. I am sleeping alot again. Don't know if it is from not eatting or if I am getting depressed again. Probably the latter. Just gotta get through this last week of school before I have a melt down. With this new level of tightness I find that I am feeling the same way I felt after surgery. I miss food. Now it is stronger cause I am losing sight of my goal. Back in my post op days I was high on the thought that I would be thin one day. So I was not bothered by my longing as much. I am just confusing myself so don't know if yall will even understand my ramblings. I am just a little down by my last checkup/ fill. Doc says I am a carboholic and just as an alcoholic can't allow themselves 1 drink I can't allow myself 1 carb loaded meal. I need to quit making justifications to eat carbs. I feel like a failure at this. My last 2 visits have been this way. I am losing the momentum I had and not making much progress lately. I did contact the therapist that works with my surgeon. Hopefully monday I will get a response.

My first job was wiping butts too, Baby butts. I was a nanny for 3 children. I loved it. Now I can't work with kids. They get on my nerves. Groups of them atleast. I can handle up to 2 at a time but beyond that I just can't focus on what needs to be taken care of. I was a teacher's assistant when I got pregnant. I decided I had had enough and became a "stay at home mom". In quotes because I still had jobs but made sure Jacob was able to be with me. I sold Avon, Made Jewelry, Worked as a Nanny and even took him on my paper route with me. Worked with a baby on the hip. I raised my brothers and sisters. Now that my son is older it is the first time I haven't had a baby on my hip since I was 7. I am enjoying having more independence, Jacob can dress himself now and bath himself, brush his teeth. It frees up time for me to use the bathroom by myself, get dressed alone, even shave. I do miss the baby dayse but I won't wish these days away. I got a 95% on my pig dissection exam. I just took it this morning but my grade was posted by the time I got home. I had my fourth fill yesterday and am feeling it. I have had hiccups the past 2 days every time I eat or drink. I am not suppose to be eatting but I want food so bad. My doc wants me on protein shakes till tomorrow evening. I want to eat everything in the house. It has really gotten out of control. I feel like I am in binge mode but I can only eat so much. Doc says I am relying on food for my emotional needs. So maybe school stress is getting to me or the therapy bringing back things I want to forget. I am not a crier, I am an eatter. When I went for my fill yesterday they were really concerned about the way I looked. Kept asking if I was ok. I heard them out in the hallway saying I didn't look ok. They sent the therapist in. She started talking to me and before I knew it I was crying. I think my visit to my brothers stirred up some bad childhood memories. He likes to talk about everything we went through and let me know he appreciates all I did for him. I never talk about my mom and stepfather but what happened with them has been the subject of too many discussions lately. All I know is right now I need to stop eatting. I am gonna get in the shower, brush my teeth and call it a day. I will finish my extra credit work in the morning. Thanks for listening. Welcome froggie. I was banded Jan '10. I have had 4 fills since surgery. There are some wonderful exsperienced banders on this thread so ask away.

Thanks One day. I have had a day of reflection today working on that project. I am looking at all my youtube videos and old pics. I look so different. Can't wait to reach goal.

Thank you Cheri, Thats a wonderful compliment.

Nothing much going on here today. It is a rainy day so we are just hanging out in the house. I posted another vlog on youtube and am doing my weekly check in on my vlog as I type. Eatting well today. For those of you who are doing low carb, I bought a cookbook by Dana Carpender called 15-minute low carb recipes. There are alot of things in there that sound yummy. I have already tried the alfredo chicken and crockpot ribs. They were good. I think I am gonna try the library for more cookbooks and recipes.

At first you may feel restriction because the area around the band is swollen. As the swelling goes down the less restricted you may feel. Then you will be able to eat more and even may gain a little weight. This is a lifestyle change. It will take time and lots of trying to get you lifestyle just where you want it to be. Make small changes at a time and keep trying. It may take a few fills before you feel restriction again. Just having the band doesn't mean you will lose. It must be adjusted properly and you have to follow the guidelines. The band won't stop slider foods like ice cream, so it does take some changes. I have the problem that if I can't do things perfectly I will give up. Do you think that maybe where you are at right now? Keep the ultimate goal in mind and remember if you keep trying success will come. You won't fail if you never give up.

The house I grew up in was disgusting. Roaches everywhere. There were six of us and only 2 of us did house work. We were too young to be responsible for it all. Didn't know what we were doing. We just knew if we did it wrong there would be trouble. I still have nightmares of cleaning that house. Then when I was 14 I moved in with my Dad and stepmother. She was a clean freak. We had to vaccum under the furniture every day. But there were no roaches. I don't want to be either one of those extremes. I want a clean house that's not a museum. It is hard for me to find the right balance. If I can't be perfect at it I give up. I guess that is the same with my eatting habits. If I can't eat perfectly I will give up. I am working at it always room for change. Went to a bbq at the Methodist church down the street. Jake and I had so much fun. He played in the moon walk, and with shaving cream and bubbles.

I love challenges they help me set goals and keep on track. If you would like to join in just post your current weight and goal weight for Memorial Day which is May 31, 2010. We can take it a week at a time and weigh in on Mondays because Memorial Day is on a Monday. I am currently 218. I believe I can lose 10 pounds by Memorial day that would put me at 208. So, that's my goal.

My surgeon requires 2 days liquids 3 days soft. He says that he makes it tight and that after a few days it relaxes and losens up. I didn't think about all that I have accomplished with the move thanks for reminding me. I have seen the movie Food INC. I had to watch it in film class. It is very disturbing how the farmers and animals are treated. I passed my microbiology lab test.YAY! Had my last film class last night. One more lab in microbiology left. Micro lecture and Anatomy still have 2 weeks of work left. In anatomy we are behind schedule. I think she is trying to cram 3 weeks of class into 2. I feel a little rushed but I have more time now that film is over. I have been using the workout room this week and eatting what I am suppose to. Eatting fish for lunch right now. Should see some loss soon. Did my grocery shopping this morning, Still no junk food in the house. Not even sugar. I have even got my husband drinking tea with splenda. He is watching the scale go down too. He even used the treadmill this week. I have to admit, I was a little nervous about moving out. Wasn't sure if I could handle keeping the house clean without the maid. I have been really good though and my house is actually staying clean. Hubby even vaccumed and did some dishes. Laundry is done. We do love it here. The geese around our pond have had babies. They are so cute. I can walk around in my PJ's. Take a shower when I want and do laundry when I need to. I have signed back up for this website called flylady.net. It is a website that teaches you how to keep the house clean efficently. Everything is done 15 minutes at a time. I totally recommend this site to people who need guidance in the housekeeping department, if they tell me they are struggling of course. It is all in the planning. Just like our lapband journey. No plans today. It is my day off. Maybe I'll get in the pool. Love you guys.