Leecelove70

Pinky: Thanks for the admisson, to be honest I was thinking of rejoining myself, since my mom has has found great success on the New WW program. After my husband's health scare last week he actually has been asking me about us joining together. Just like you mentioned I was thinking of using WW as a way to maintain the weigth once I was at goal. I should be getting my One week Bariatric kit in the mail tomorrow so after that one week is over, I will see how I do. I just might be joining you in the WW card holders club. Lord only knows I have been on WW so much over the years I should have been a Lifetime member by now!-lol Good Luck on WW and on your weight loss.

Your funny.. The only things falling off of me are my bras that no longer fit right , the girls are shrinking so much! -lol My hubby actually bought me a red teddy from Lane Bryant for Valentines Day! ( So yes he likes the new body!--lol) As for me I am hating the sagging and the flab even though I do exercise everyday. When I cheat believe me afterwards I know what I did and boy do I regret it big time!!! Thanks for the fun filled post and the nice comments.

Poodles: Please do not hate those who have lost more than you, maybe they started out at a lower number of weight thanyou did. I started at 290 others in the group in the 260's,240's and so on. I could really be mad at them but Iam not . If you have read my most recent posts in January and then from last week I have cheated when under extreme stress and I gained weight. Not everyone loses weight the same way, and everyone's bodies are different. Then you add in age and in those that are older in here menopause and those are all factors! Please do not be so hard on yourself and hang in there. Love and losts and lots hugs,:kiss2: :mad: Lisa

Hang in there Barbara 465, since my unfill I have been eating alot also, so Iam finally back on track starting today with A Designer Whey Protein Shake for breakfast and a McDonald's grilled Chicken salad(my hubby brought it home for us !) I should get my Bariatric One Week Starter Kit tomorrow and I will be doing the 5+1+1 plan for the rest of the week(5 protein shakes + 1 portein bar and then one lean protein meal with a starch and 2 vegetables for dinner. I wish everyone luck as we all try to get through our different challenges and get back on track! Love and Hugs, Lisa

Hi there! Iam Lisa aka LeeceLove 70. I was banded on June 13,2006 . Let me tell you about me: My birthday is Jan 6, 1970 (hence the 70 in the username). I have been married to my hubby for what will be 5 years on March 27th of this year and have an adorable 4 1/2 years old son Andrew. I was born and raised in New York(North East Bronx-Country Club Section). My hobbies are reading books -- Barnes and Nobles is getting rich with me -lol I love going to concerts - The best I saw recently was Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden in February of 06- he did 3 hours non stop! I have been fat since I was 5 years old and growing up I was on every diet there was. I never made lifetime on Weight Watchers but I sure did spend enough over the years to get lifetime membership! I even tried Overeaters Anonymous a few times for my eating disorder of Compulsive Overeating. The most I lost was 35 pounds on OA's HOW program. I also suffer from depression and I went through a breakdown in June of 2005 after my best-friend of over 10 years decided to end our friendship from pressure and abuse she was suffering from her husband. ( Thank God she got help and we reconnected and our friendship is stronger now!) I admitted myself to a hospital for a week and got put on medication and received help for my depression. I was finally diagnosed correctly with Bipolar 2 in October of 2006. A year to the date I had my LapBand surgery and it was the best thing I ever did for myself! I have regained my life, my self-esteem and self-respect! My depression is under control and I see my therapist every other week and doctor once a month. Iam not perfect, but Iam progressing! I have lost 62 pounds with my LapBand with one fill in October and then a much need unfill on Feb.8th and it has not been easy! Someone once told me, "Nothing Worth Fighting For Is Ever Easy", well this is one of them .... IAM FIGHTING TO GET RID OF MY OBESITY! The past 8 1/2 months have not been easy and the old cravings have been there, but I keep watching what I eat and only drink water and Crystal Lite. I have started exercising alot more with dance DVD's at home and we just joined Planet Fitness a gym in our neighborhood( We finally got winter here in NY with a snow/icestorm on Valentine's Day so I do alot more indoor exercise now!). I miss my outdoor walking but right now its way to icy outside to enjoy my walks:think . I am a member of the June Banders Crew since I was banded in June and they are a very supportive group. The only thing is none of them are from New York and I was happy to see some New Yorkers in this group! Please keep in touch with me those who are from NY, I would love to hear from you, its so lonely when there is none out there from your region! Iam hoping to meet alot more friends as we all are on our journey to that magic 200 number! Love and lots of hugs, Lisa

Hi there! My name is Lisa and Iam part of the June Band Crew(I was banded on June 13th and have lost 62 pounds) and Iam 28 pounds from seeing 200. I have not seen that number since I was 20 years old in 1990! So please count me in...... Love and Hugs,:kiss2: Lisa

Hi all! I finally was able to get my after picture to work on here this weekend.... So the picture you see as my avatar and my profile picture is me taken on my 37th birthday on Jan 6th! In the picture I have a weigth loss of 55 pounds and you can see the difference in my face! Now if I can only figue out how to upload and size my before pictures!--lol I also found a really cool site for avatars called www.iconator.com( You can find alot when your up with a sick child at 3am!....lol) I hope all have a great weekend,so far mine has been horrible since my son has that an ear infection and bad cold. At least he has off this week to get better. I have been up at all hours of the night with him ( Hubby helps but not much-- my son mostly wants me to cuddle with). Take care, Lisa

SOCALGIRL A WARNING ABOUT XENICAL- I USED IT : Xenical is horrible for your digestive system since it seperates the fats from the foods you eat and what happens to them .... you POOP them out! Or better yet they come out of your system as oily brown blobs !! Its so embarrassing and you have loose stools also which can stain your clothes and the stains do not come out! I was only able to stay on this for three weeks and I asked my doctor( I was prescribed this by my primary doc) to take me off of this it was just to dam embrassing! I was on this back in April of 2005. ***NOTICE IAM USING BROWN INK THATS WHAT MY EXPERIENCE WAS LIKE .....L0L!! LISA

As per Feb.8th when I was unfilled my Nurse Np weighed me at 228 which is a 62 pound weight loss. I gained 3 from stress eating when my hubby was having his Stress Test Cat Scan done on Feb. 12th, this per my home scale if this even counts! So I am only going by what my follow up visit said on Feb 8th. Thats 290-62= 228 :clap2: Also thanks for reassuring me that what I was told about the band was right, Iam not taking mine out unless it is neccesary! Lisa

I swear the people in the Obesity Help chat room are so dam ignorant when it comes to the LapBand! I was just in the chatroom and some people were asking does the band stay in forever and I said yes, unless you have a terrible slippage or errode. Then someone said you can have it taken out when you reach your goal weight and I said that is not true. She responded yes it is, and I said well I have been told that if you have your band taken out your stomach will go back to your presurgical shape. This is if you do not follow your surgeons directions. She them claimed that you can get the band taken out after you reach your goal weight, why would you want to keep that thing in your body forever! This woman was a person who had Gastric Bypass and she was so ignorant and I kept telling her you are so misinformed...... but was I right in doing so?? From what my doctor and Nurse Practioner have told me your band is never removed even after your at goal weigth. Also that if you ever get it permantly removed your stomach will go back to it original shape slowly from what it was before surgery. I just had to share this with you all since ignorance is a pet peeve of mine! Lisa

I hear you Barbara Iam want to get rid of the three I gained from my stress eating so I ordered a weeks worth of a Bariatric Starter Kit food plan from the Bariartic Mart.com. It had been suggested by my Dietican when I had my unfill in case I wanted to do it. It was a little costly at $100 dollars but you eat 5 times a day the 5 +1+1 Plan ( 5 Protein shakes, 1 Protein Bar and 1 lean protein meal of 4-6 oz with 1 starch and 2 vegetables for dinner.) I figure try it for week and see if it gets me back on track. I would other wise never spend this much, I had to get two boxes of Optifast to prepare for surgery and after that cost me $160 out of pocket I vowed to never spend this amount unless it was on Designer Protein Shakes! I just really want to get back on track because I worked so hard to get down to those 62 pounds and I do not want any of that back! I want to move foward and not backward! Good Luck to all and lets try to stay on track ! Have a great weekend-- My hubby is off Monday for Presidents Day and my son has the whole week off for MidWinter Break( Oh Joy!-lol) P.S: Our New York Snow situation is horrible now that its stopped........ They finally plowed my street last night and blocked my Mom's car into the driveway- She gave the guy hell! My husband also was not to happy when they put the snow in his spot that took him an hour to dig out! THAT'S THE NEW YORK CITY SANITATION DEPARTMENT FOR YOU!- I guess this is what we get from living on a dead end street and having the last house on the left hand side-lol! Love and Hugs to all, Lisa

Hi all! Those dam cupcakes I ate out of stress when my husband was having his Coronary Stress Test are not my friend! My son and I finished the box off since he had off from school today (We have terrible weather here in NY today!) I weighted myself morning before joining him in the "Valentine Food fest" and I gained back 3 pounds and Iam back up to 259 from the 262.:mad: I hope I can get back on track now that things are okay with Bill! At least those dam cupcake are now gone :omg:! I hope that all have a great Valentines Day -- Here in New York we are digging out from a snow/ice storm that started at 8pm last night and has not stopped! Its a nightmare outside and to shovel it is a huge pain in the a:mad: :mad:! Take care all, Lisa

Hi all! Well my husband had the Cat scan of the cornary today. His cardiologist called us with the results tonight. EVERYTHING IS OKAY!! I swear I gave him the biggest hug and we cried and hugged for what seemed like a really long time! What a relief! Now he it seems that his breathing problems and shortness of breath are related to his Asthma and his pulmonary doctor will have to run some tests or change medications. It was a rough day for me since I could not be there with my husband when he had the test done. I had to be home for my four year old who goes to pre-k from 9am to noon. I have to admit I turned to Sugar as comfort and I ate three Valentine Cupcakes from a package I bought my son. I know this was a terrible choice and there are no excuses for this, but Im not going to beat myself up for it. Tomorrow I will start over and remember that eating Sugar is only going to get me futher away from my goal. I have to get back on the right path and put one foot in front of the other, one step and one day at a time. Lisa

I had posted that I suspected Howard K. Stern also but your explaination is the best I have ever read and I agree 100%! Now lets wait and see when the TRUTH WILL COME OUT! Also I hate to say this when THE MOVIE IS GOING TO COME OUT! Lisa

Hi all! Hope all are having a good weekend. Its still cold here here in NY but not as bad as the " Frozen Apple" weather it has been all week. I'm feeling much better since my complete unfill on Thursday and trying to use listening to music to get over my stress. My husband has his catherization on Tuesday morning so we hope to know more about his heart condition bye the end of next week and I will keep all up to date! On to the site I found:It's called Affordable Supplements.com- found that it has great prices on protein powders and other items. I use Designer Whey protein powder for my shakes and the big 2lb ones are for $17.95 and that for me is a good price since most stores have it for like $25.00 dollars. They also have a new product called : Instone High Protein Pudding it is sugar free and has 20 grains of protein per serving, 2grams of carbs, 2grams of fat, 100 calories. It is available in vanilla, chocolate, banana, and strawberry,comes in 4 pkgs for $5.99. and 24 can cases for $34.95. I have not tried this pudding yet so not sure how it tastes , but it sounds good! Have a great weekend all! Love and Hugs, Lisa

From what I have read they say the Howard K. Stern is suspected of giving Daniel drugs. He happened to be there when Daniel died and try to revive him. He claims to be the father of the baby and has commiment ceremony with Anna.( Now does that mean he is entitled to her money ???) She is now dead and it might be from drugs-- Very suspicous to me --- This Howard K. Stern guy! I am betting that he has something to do with both deaths and it has to do with the millions she has gotten from the Husband who died. I feel for that poor little girl who will never know her mom! Lisa:confused:

Hi all! I was not sure when it was good to post these two things that are happing in my person life that I wanted to share, but now I guess is a good time. First is regarding me and my band. I had a scare with my band where I had the same symptoms that Socalgal was experiencing and I had to have a Fluroscope test this morning. Well they did that test and there is nothing wrong with my band or my esphogas-Thank God! My Nurse Np completely took out my 1cc that I was filled with so Iam now completly unfilled! I have to tell you something sorta weird-- I believe in signs and I found a penny heads up in one of my shoes this morning while putting them on. This is supposed to mean good luck so I left it in there the whole time I had my test done and have not taken the penny out . I guess it worked since it was good new for me! Second, my husband who was born with an enlarged heart & gets stress test done every year and well this time they wanted him to have a specical one done, since last year with me having surgery he never rescheduled one for this year. Well it was done on Monday and it showed that he has Ischemia which is a condition in which there is not enough oxygen rich blood supplied to the heart muscles to meet the hearts needs. So they are going to do a chatherization next week . Needless to say I have been very stressed out and also last month with the whole Depakote and being told not to have anymore children, my stress level is very high. Ny Nurse NP told me that could have been the cause of my band troubles. I did lose 5 more pounds since I last saw them on Jan 25th(I had my period then) and now Iam at 60 pounds lost ! From 290 to 230! I can not believe this -- I have never ever lost this much weight before in my whole life. I did it all with only one fil lof 1cc in October! Right now Iam a little nervous of having my band unfilled and starting over again but, when it was unfilled before from June to October I had lost 40 pounds all on my own. Iam hopeful that I can do this again. Iam going to step up my exercise and go to the gym everyday and also really watch my food intact. Well, thats all to post for now. Love, Hugs and friendship, Lisa

:clap2: GOOD LUCK MELISSA!!!:clap2: LOVE AND HUGS, LISA

Hi all! I can relate to to the shoes not fitting right - I had to buy myself new sneakers recently I was a 7 1/2 and they were so big on me but I never really noticed since I wear bulky socks with them. I now wear a 7 regular so I guess we lose weight on our feet! Also I found my waist back ! i have skin hanging from my arms, flab on the legs, hanging skin on the stomach. The boobs( the girls!-lol) have almost disapeared!-:cry ) I do exercise everyday and as I mentioned in a earlier post my hubby gave me a gym membership as an early Valentine gift. Unfortunatly my son was sick with the Croup on and off last past week and I have a really bad cold right now so I have not been able to go.:sick I have also noticed that we have the best weight lose in this group WAY TO GO !:clap2: Well I gotta go my son went back to school this week since he is feel better. He gets off the school bus at 1145 so I wanna get some rest before I have to go get him off the bus.( Ge goes to preK ):notagree Love ,Hugs and friendship to all< Lisa:girl_hug:

Randi : Your right nothing has been personally said to personally attack or slam anyone! I apologized to Barbara if I had offended her in anyway about the Vegas trip. She did not even post that she even acknowledge that I pubicly apologized to her. When Iam wrong,I say Iam wrong and I chew alot of crow. I actually felt so bad after she posted that I slammed her, that I unsubscried to this thread as not to cause any more trouble within the group.Does that seem fair at all to me? Why did I do it you may ask? To have respect for someone who has been in here alot longer than me. So you see, Barbara I am still hurt and I have feelings also but I will respect yours and leave the group. Lisa

Barbara: Iam apologizing If I offended you in any way, but my feelings were very hurt also. You could have also Pmed me when you saw me post and comments and ask questions about Vegas. Your are not ancient either my dad turns 60 on Feb 16th and my mom on Aug.9th and I did learn to respect my elders from them so thats why Iam apolgizing to you! I really do not want to leave this forum so I want to make ammends and say Iam sorry . Its just that your girls from Texas are very close and sometimes make us others feel left out when you talk and make plans like the Vegas trip. Lisa Ps. You can PM me about this.

Hi its Lisa! I am still looking for New Yorkers to join this The New York Bandster! Only requirement is to be Banded and from New York. :help: me start this group for us New Yorkers who have no place to get support! Thanks, Lisa:o

<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> Hi there! Iam Lisa aka LeeceLove 70. I was banded on June 13.2006 Let me tell you about me: My birthday is Jan 6, 1970 (hence the 70 in the username). I have been married to my hubby for 4 1/2 years and Have an adorable 4 years old son Andrew? I was born and raised in New York.( I live in the North East Bronx- Country Club Section) My hobbies are reading books -- Barnes and Nobles is getting rich with me -lol I love going to concerts - The best I saw recently was Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden in February-he did 3 hours non stop! I have been fat since I was 5 years old and growing up I was on every diet there was. I never made lifetime on Weight Watchers but I sure did spend enough over the years to get lifetime membership! I even tried Overeaters Anonymous a few times for my eating disorder of Compulsive Overeating. The most I lost was 35 pounds on OA's HOW program. I also suffer from depression and I went through a breakdown in June of 2005 after my best-friend of over 10 years decided to end our friendship from pressure and abuse she was suffering from her husband. ( We reconnected in March of 2006 and she has been super supportive to me in every aspect) I admitted myself to a hospital for a week and got put on medication and received help for my depression. I was diagnosed as Bipolar 2 in 2006 after two years of assumptions and lost of different medications. Iam doing really well now with therapy and ndw medication. A year to the date that I was hospitalized I had my LapBand surgery and it was the best thing I ever did for myself! I have regained my life, my self-esteem and self-respect! My depression is under control and I see my therapist every other week and doctor once a month. Iam not perfect, but Iam progressing! I have lost 55 pounds with my LapBand with one fill of 1cc in October 0f 2006. I look forward to making new friendships with each and every one of you. Love and hugs, Lisa aka Leecelove70:kiss2: <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->__________________ <!-- / sig --> <!-- controls --> <!-- / controls --> <!-- / post 318037 popup menu --><!-- / close content container --><!-- / post #318037 -->

Marie, welcome, lets get the word out to others. Please tell me about yourself and who was your doctor. Hugs:hug: and friendship, Lisa