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Dont be discouraged!! It may seem like things arent going the way you want right now but trust me I was in your shoes once and theres not reason to be discouraged. You will lose weight but it takes time. The preopt diet will help and probably but hard but you can do it. After the surgery you will start seeing the results that you want. Just keep at it bc it is a life change. You can always talk with me if you need to

The last time I went for a fill was back in April of last year. I was doing great with my weight loss then I started gaining weight all of a sudden and I couldnt figure out why. Then a month later I found out that I was pregnant!! My husband and I have been trying for over 5 years to get pregnant and it just never worked out. After 3 miscarriages we decided to not have any more kids. Then I got pregnant. A blessing in disguise so to speak. I did great during the whole pregnancy, only gained 12 lbs. The band really helped but the pregnancy was a rough one. I had alot of issues during the pregnancy but we were blessed with a healthy beautiful baby girl. We named her Fiona Aveleen. Fiona means Fiery bc with me as a mother she is bound to have my attitude and Aveleen bc it means "Wished for Child." I am so happy to have her but I also feel like im starting back at square one. I didnt think that I would need a fill bc I had one before I got pregnant. I was kidding myself. I do need a fill bc if i can eat all the things that im not suppose to then i definately need a fill. So I called my dr to make an appointment and its for 3/16 at 10 am. Im not looking forward to it bc i know that he is going to get on to me about this being a life commitment and that i need to come in ona more consistent basis but my insurance has changed the copay amount for a fill and its just soo much more than i can trully afford. We will see how it goes.

Ok guys. So I have been a member of this site for over 2 years. I had my LB surgery on Mar. 10, 2010 and went from 298 down to 215. Then from March and April 2011 I went from 215 to 235 and couldnt figure out why. Then we found out that we were pregnant on Mother's Day weekend. We were both excited and scared at the same time bc we went through 3 miscarriages. Since getting a fill or unfill is not covered by my insurance i decided that i didnt want to get an unfill. I gained 12 lbs when i was pregnant and after a tough pregnancy that was filled with complications (none of which i think were directly related to the LB) we were blessed with a beautiful baby girl. Fiona Aveleen was born in January and she was very healthy. I am so grateful to have her but i am a lil depressed bc i feel like i am startin all over again with my weight loss journey. That is why i have named this thread reintroduction. My name is Ashley and my goal weight is 140 lbs. i am currently at 225 and since i dont have the money for a fill i am on my own for now. I have another 8 weeks of unpaid maternity leave so i am going to spend this time focusing on bonding with my lil one and getting back on track. we are on a very tight budget and anyone who has had a newborn knows that i am constantly busy with her. any support or help you guys can give me will be greatly appreciated bc i am feeling down. i know that i can do this i just need some help. but i am glad to be back

I had my surgery in March of 2010. I got pregnant and just had my daughter on 1/3. I didn't get an infill either and my ob/gyn monitored me very closely but I didn't have any complications from my Lapband during her birth. I had to have a csection though bc of a previous csection. I'm sure you will be fine. If you need any support let me know!!

So it has been a long time since I have updated and it is because I strayed. Things on my end have gone haywire!!! Last time I went to the doctor (last month) I was at 237lbs. I have stayed there ever since and I don't know why. I am eating the way I am suppose to and doing thing right yet I haven't had a loss yet. I thought I would be in Onederland by now. On labor day weekend, my husband, son and I were in a serious car accident and I just now have been released to go back to the gym. My son was ok but my husband and I were the ones injured. With that, my husbnad not having a job, and my job deciding to move my position back to Texas I have been going crazy. I think that stress can cause you not to lose weight but I'm not sure. I got a fill last month and I still have restriction. I dunno. I just want to jump start my weightloss again so I can begin to once again see results. All the clothes I wear are baggy because I don't have the funds to buy new clothes now due to the accident. I am just so damn aggravated!!! Sorry about the Whine Fest.

What was the plan she wrote up for you? Could you share it bc right now im too broke for a personal trainer.

Clif bars are really good and the one that i eat all the time that has 10g or protien is called mojo peanut butter preztel. they are great if you want something sweet and salty. i also eat fiber one oats and chocolate bars. :smile:

so i pushed off starting th C25K. i dont know why. i tried it last thursday and i made it through but it was hard. i just didnt want to do it this week. i did however do kickboxing yesterday which was fun. i am just so tired of looking at myself in the mirror. im at another plateau and i cant wait for my fill on monday. money is still an issue here with me and i hate constantly complaining about it but i am tired of losing things i worked so hard for. and to make matter worse, i dropped my google phone in the toilet here at work yesterday and now it is not working at all. oh well they turned off the service right now anyways. tony found out that he can do work for th county which does pay good money but he needs money for insurance, bonding, corporation fee, and tax id numbers which total 1600.00. i dont where we are going to get that kind of money. hell i dont know where we are going to get money for groceries. and as always i make too much to get any help. i think that this stress level is really getting to me and my weightloss. i find myself unable to sleep and wanting to eat in the middle of the night. my 5 year old is driving me nuts bc he continues to get into things that he isnt suppose to and he is soo stubborn. but i love him. he starts kindergarten this august and im so proud of him and his test results. he is 1 point away from being gifted but i know that as long as he is challenged that he will do fine. i am going to try to do a tae bo workout video in the morning before work so if i cant run i still have some sort of workout in the day. well until next time.

i was going to start this week but had some issues and so i will be starting my c25k next week. im just worried about my shoes. i need good running shoes right now and with my hubby being out of work we have no extra to get more shoes. but im going to start next week anyways and see how it goes. good luck everyone:thumbup:

hey i got banded on 3/10 and i am 26 and will turn 27 on st. patty's day. i am also in desperate need of a buddy if you want to pm me to get my email address. :thumbup:

ok guys so currently i weigh 237 and i have been holding off on starting the couch to 5k bc my husband says that i need to be under 220 before i start any running program. i have now decided to ignore that and i got a friend of my to join me and we are starting the couch to 5k on monday. im soo excited. im having a hard time losing weight lately bc i hit a plateau. a few weeks ago i started working out hardcore and gained back 4 of the lbs i lost and it got me really discouraged, so i stopped working out. well i started back up this week and i feel good about it. i think i am just going to stay away from the scale as much as possible. i go in for my 3rd fill in 2 weeks.last month i didnt need one so i think bc im getting hungrier that i need one this time around. wish me luck with the couch to 5k. im kind of intimidated by the program, but hopefully it will work out some stress. lord knows i have alot of that right now.

ok guys so currently i weigh 237 and i have been holding off on starting the couch to 5k bc my husband says that i need to be under 220 before i start any running program. i have now decided to ignore that and i got a friend of my to join me and we are starting the couch to 5k on monday. im soo excited. im having a hard time losing weight lately bc i hit a plateau. a few weeks ago i started working out hardcore and gained back 4 of the lbs i lost and it got me really discouraged, so i stopped working out. well i started back up this week and i feel good about it. i think i am just going to stay away from the scale as much as possible. i go in for my 3rd fill in 2 weeks.last month i didnt need one so i think bc im getting hungrier that i need one this time around. wish me luck with the couch to 5k. im kind of intimidated by the program, but hopefully it will work out some stress. lord knows i have alot of that right now.

thanks same to you!

I’m just trying to not think about the bills that are coming due in 3 days. The more I think about them the more stressed out that I become. I just want to bury my head in the covers and not come out until the economy is back on its feet and we are no longer barely making ends meat. I am stressed out beyond belief and I am trying my hardest not to take it out on anyone. I worked out a few weeks ago and thought I was doing good but when I got back on the scale I gained 4 of the pounds I lost back and I didn’t think that it was going to discourage me but apparently I was wrong. Last week I didn’t work out once because I just didn’t feel like it. I know that muscle weighs more than fat but telling a fat person that and telling them not to be upset about it is like telling a cat not to meow anymore. With everything going on right now I really don’t want to work out today but I am going to force myself to go workout and hopefully it will relieve a little stress. Hopefully. I just don’t understand sometimes why things happen the way they do. So i am still at 241. so much for making my goal for the 4th. Tony and I have been together going on 5 years and I love him so much but things have been tough those 5 years. I know that it has been tough for everyone else to and that there are those worse off. Trust me I know that. I talk to them everyone at work. We just need help and there’s no one there to help. I don’t want to lose everything we have but I don’t know if we will be able to keep it. I’m trying my damndest to give Dareon the life I never had and everything seems to be against us. The whole thing with my brother made me realize how crazy things can get and if you keep frustrations in they will eventually blow up in your face. I was so scared that I was going to lose him. I just thank god that he had a good friend who got him to the hospital just in time. I love that kid and I know he’s going through a lot of stress. I also thank god that he has Kaci. She is so good for him. I just wish I could find a second job, one I can do from home and bring in extra money. But most everything you find is a scam or they want your money so you could start working for them. Tony and his brother and dad started a tree service and they are beginning to advertise so I hope the few side jobs here and there will turn into something more. I just need something I can do when I’m not working also. You read about all these opportunities online and most of the time they are never legit. I really want to do this vacation but I’m not sure if we will be able to. We really need this. Enough of my complaining I just need to get away from it all. But then again it will be there when I get back. Catch 22 I guess. I miss my friend so much. I just want to go hang out with her, watch beaches, eat pizza rolls and lay by the pool listening to girl power mixes we just made. Those were the days I tell ya when the only worries we had was what time we were going to get up.

hey guys. i hear all the time that stress and anxiety can hinder weight loss. and i have alot of it. im sure that it is one of the main factors for my slow of nonweightloss. so my husband is out of work and we are trying to find a way to supplement the income and heres my question. does anyone know of a legit work from home job? i know it really has nothing to do with the lap band and for that i am sorry. but i am at my wits end. if anyone knows of anything please either leave a comment here or pm me. im trying my hardest to suceed at this and it seems like anything and everything is there to try to stop me. im afraid of failure and and already beyond stressed. i dont want to work out or do anything because i am exhausted. it also limits what i am able to eat bc we dont have the extra money for the healthy food choices that i want to eat. sorry for the rant but i just need some help and advice. thanks!

so its coming up on week 14 and right now i am a little discouraged...so heres the problem. this week i started working out and dd the treadmill on monday for 45 minutes, tuesday did a kickboxing class at my gym and thursday did a "beach body sculpting'class that involved free weights focusing on the arms, legs and adominals. i got on the scale yesterday and i was at 237 and now i am at 241. wtf!!! i figured that when i started working out i would lose the wieght faster not gain back the 4 freakin pounds i worked so hard to get off. not to mention that yesterday was a very stressful day. my husband and i fought practically all day about moeny and him not being able to find a job. we talked it out and things are fine now but im so upset bc my dr. told me to exercise and when i do i gain weight back. and i didnt start eating more i eat the same amount. so this week i am going to strictly do cardio, tae bo, kickboxing and maybe a spinning class. i just had a goal to be 230 by th 4th and now it doesnt look like i am going to meet that goal. in order for me to do so i need to lose the 4 lbs plus an ass 2-3 this week. totaling 6-7 lbs in one week. every time i make a goal i never reach it and it is getting so frustrating. im hoping that this week will provide better results. i just feel like life slapped me inthe face and so haha its not goingto work. you will be fat forever. i also dont know how all this skin is going to go abck to normal. i have been having thisterrible dream that i lose the weight and i have skin hanging everywhere and i look worse that i did when i started this whole process. i just needed to vent. i have a tae bo video that i am going to start at home on monday and i am going to try to do it each day this week and take the weekends off. i need some other ideas for workout videos that will provide a good cardio workout. i was thinking step aerobics

so i am commited to only weighing myself once a week. so when i weighed myself yesterday i was down another 2lbs so my current weight is 237. i went to the gym to day and am really interested in training for a 5k. but i want to make sure that my body can handle it. i dont want to screw up my knees or ankles. i am still eating the right amount of food and so far am not in need of a fill. mind you i have only had 2. but i made sure to be more aggressive on th second fill which i paid for in the beginning but am glad that i did. i want to get some videos to workout at home before i head into work but with tony not working i dont think i am going to be able. i am very interested in the zumba videos as well as the classic billy banks tye bo video. i had brown rice, brocolli, and chicken for lunch and dinner. this weekend i went to the brooks and dunn concert and had a blast. i will put up some pics. we also had my neice and nephews birthday party on saturday (they are twins that turned 3) and i had a hotdog for lunch and was actually able to eat a cheeseburger for dinner which i was sooo happy about. i know that it wasnt the healthiest choice of food but when i seen the psych for the eval. he suggested to do a day where you eat what you want that one day. which i have incorperated and i think that it has helped me alot. especially staying focused. im trying to find an outlet for all the stress im under so it doesnt interfere with my weightloss. still havent found one yet but am working on it.

I know that it has been a long time since I posted on my blog and I apologize to those who read it. Things havent been so good with me lately. I have been feeling defeated for stupid reasons and my husband is still out of work which makes it that much more stressful. I went to my doctor yesterday to get my 3rd fill. I got on th scale and it read 239 when I went there a month ago it read 247, the same thing it read back on 3/18. So need less to say seeing a change in numbers was refreshing and motivating. My doc also told me that my BMI is 39 and I am no longer considered morbidly obese. I cant tell you how happy that made me when I heard him say that. Now Im Obese, which those who have never had a problem with weight dont understand why I am so happy about that. Even my husband said that it was good but being obese isnt good. I told him that this is one of many milestones that I must overcome in order to get where I want to be. He understood then. My doc asked how I was eating and how i felt in between meals and I told him and he said that it sounded to him like I didnt need to have another fill done yet. He said that he sees alot of patients who lose weight and think that they can do better and get a fill then they are too tight and have to backtrack or start all over again. Thats something I dont want to happen so when he told me it was my decision I told him that I didnt want fill yet. We will see how this month goes and if I will be fine until 7/19 or if I will have to go in earlier. With the last fill I had 2 Stuck episodes where I got sick and I never thought I would get it out. But I am so happy that and proud of myself. I need to start working out but that requires me to get out of bed earlier and head to the gym before work and lately I just cant seem to do that. I need to make myself, I really do. Its just hard working nights and not getting to bed until 2 am. So I didnt take classes this semester but I go back in the fall and I really hope that Tony is back working. Thing have just been going wrong all over the place. My truck broke down the other day, first the waterpump went out and then that made the alternater go so I am back to driving th F-150, which I dont mind, but it has electrical problems. I just want him to be back working so we can have money to fix vehicles and not be so strapped. It would make losing weight alot easier bc I wouldnt have all the stress that I am dealing with right now. They are doing a Biggest Loser contest here at work and the buy in is $50. I wish I could join in but I dont have 50 bucks to put in. I think I am going to see what I can do about trying to get a trainer to help me kick my butt into gear. well got to go back to work. I have my Brooks and Dunn concert on friday so that will be my reward for working so hard. :eek:

ok guys, usually i am really good keeping a positive attitude and seeing the glass half full, but today not so much. I had my second fill yesterday and no i dont know how much but i do know that the amount of the first fill was 3 cc. i just forgot to ask the second time around. i do know that he put in the amount he had in the needle and then put more in because the first amount wasnt enough. im just kind of upset that i have lost any. i am still at 247 and even though i havent gained i am seeing these posts about some who lose immediately and i want to be one of those. i mean my clothes are looser and i know to celebrate the little things but i just needed to vent. i feel like i "fell off the wagon" so to speak. the nurse at my dr said that sometimes it takes 2-4 fills to find the sweet spot. and i am hoping i found it this time bc it feels different. im staying fuller longer. i am just in need of encouragement i guess from those who have been there or are there.

hey guys i am just starting out and i need help with an eating plan and exercising plan. right now i am at 247 and i want to be down to 235 or less by mothers day. but i am confused on what and whn i should eat and how often to exercise. i have all these people telling me different things and i am getting extremely frustrated. i know i need to eat healthy and exercise to lose the weight faster and healthier. but i just got my first fill of 3.5cc and i am anxious to lose weight. sorry about the ranting but i really need some guidance here.

since i can start excersing next week and i havent had my first fill yet (scheduled 4/19 so right now no liquid in band) my goal is going to be 5-10 lbs. im at 247 (plateaued right now) so i want to at least be 240 by mothers day or less. :thumbup:

last night i ate too fast and the food i ate got stuck and today i dont really want to eat anything. its not hurting i just dont feel good. partly due to allergy flair up but i was wondering if anyone who had a bad stuck episode, what they ate the next day and if they only wanted liquids.

ok guys so i am officially 26 years old bc yesterday was my birthday and since i really cant eat anything i went and got my nails done bought some strawberry cheesecake icecream since i cant have the real thing. i know i know not the smartest idea in my head. well let me be honest i havent behave too well the past couple of days. i have been down in the dumps especially when i couldnt be intimate with my husband. (stupid reason i know) i have been sneaking stuff here and there and just chewing chewing chewing. i also havent been on this site either which is a mistake on my part bc this site helps me get through the day. so i got back on here and looked in the recipes section under the liqud stage and found a few recipes and tried them out. they actually required a little bit of effort and i actully felt like i was cooking. and those were the best things i have tasted in a while. i really really dont want to mess this up and i know that eating food before your band is ready for it is just asking for trouble. i have my first stuck episode lst night with a piece of ham and trust me i will never make that mistake again. it didnt come up but it hurt like hell until it went down. i go to my doctor for the first appointment after the surgery tomorrow. and i am going to work for the first time since the surgery. i made a few things for my day tomorrow. i nervous. i also cleaned the house today to and boy am i sore and tired. im hoping that tomorrow will be easy. but for now i have to go to bed. thanks for listening:tt2:

ok guys so i am officially 26 years old bc yesterday was my birthday and since i really cant eat anything i went and got my nails done bought some strawberry cheesecake icecream since i cant have the real thing. i know i know not the smartest idea in my head. well let me be honest i havent behave too well the past couple of days. i have been down in the dumps especially when i couldnt be intimate with my husband. (stupid reason i know) i have been sneaking stuff here and there and just chewing chewing chewing. i also havent been on this site either which is a mistake on my part bc this site helps me get through the day. so i got back on here and looked in the recipes section under the liqud stage and found a few recipes and tried them out. they actually required a little bit of effort and i actully felt like i was cooking. and those were the best things i have tasted in a while. i really really dont want to mess this up and i know that eating food before your band is ready for it is just asking for trouble. i have my first stuck episode lst night with a piece of ham and trust me i will never make that mistake again. it didnt come up but it hurt like hell until it went down. i go to my doctor for the first appointment after the surgery tomorrow. and i am going to work for the first time since the surgery. i made a few things for my day tomorrow. i nervous. i also cleaned the house today to and boy am i sore and tired. im hoping that tomorrow will be easy. but for now i have to go to bed. thanks for listening:tt2: