J_BandRanger

SOUP AND VEGGIES SOUNDS MUCH "SAFER" TO ME!!! LOL! eat the soup slowly and chew the veggies to MUSH!!!

:thumbup::tt2: Let's do this!!! TOGETHER!!! :tt2:

everyone, including my dietician/nutritionist has "warned" me not to eat rice!!! so i've been too much of a scaredy cat to even try it!! :tt2: I dont like sushi, so i've never even thought of it. .. but doesnt it have some kind of seaweed wrapping, which i might be scared would block my opening in the band??.. even if this kind of food is ok in the future, it might just be too early right now for you to eat it?? i would say, call your doctor's office and ask the nurse/dietician/whoever handles inquiries in his/her office....sorry i'm not much more help.:tt2:

welcome to the world of "banding"!! congrats on your choice to live a happier, healthier life!!!

I am really proud of myself b/c one of the things that use to sabatoge my dieting before was that i had the mentality that "if i cheated even a little, i was 'off my diet' and might as well give up!" so I did (give up)...but now i just know i have to eat "right" for the next week (taking one week at a time) and do "extra" exercize tomorrow and saturday and sunday - ......uh oh!!! LOL!

wow! good idea! hadnt thought about making a "25% goal" !!! i'm stealing your idea!!! CONGRATS ON THE WEIGHT LOSS!!!!

this site should have a "like":thumbup: button (like facebook!!)

i've never heard of them cancelling b/c of a "large liver".... i dont think the doc even sees the size of your liver until he's in there...kind of funny to think of him cuttting you open, looking at your liver and saying "nope. nevermind. wake her up... we'll check back in a week>>>":tt2: ok. not reallly funny, but i'm just trying to make you smile!! BTW-my doc didnt even require weeks of pre-op liquids! just one day!!!:tt2:

WOW! shopping??? goo for you!!! i cant wait until i actually look forward to shopping!!! i'm going to buy bras (pretty ones!!), jeans, dresses, tops......LOL! you get the picture!!!!! speaking of pictures ------> you look great!!!

yup! you're right! 3 lbs OFF is better thaan 3 pounds ON!!!

i havent had a coke/soda since before my surgery (4/27)...quit cold turkey! i hear giving up soda alone, w/no other changes, no surgery, etc...drops quite a few pounds over 1 year!

(my treadmill is calling me, so i dont have much time to respond, but i just wanted to say...) I had a roommate once... he was a tiny guy who ate a LOT!! I use to put away the leftovers for dinner, intending a second meal for my kids the next day, he would come in and fill one huge serving plate w/ALL of the leftovers!!! some times he wouldnt even finish it but of course no one else could eat off the plate!! annndddd....when he chewed he SMACKED his lips loudly!!! drove me crazy!!! finally i had to speak up!! (or go broke, w/hungry kids!!) .... now that i'm reading your post, i have to laugh at myself...I have to wonder what he was thinking about ME?? my problem has never been large amounts of dinner food though----> I've always been a "sweets-a-holic"!!!

i understand completely!!! i have a love-hate relationship w/the gym and my home treadmill!!! LOL!

I think I have been suffering from a “body image disorder”…. But only not a bad one, a good one, which in the end turned out to be bad…. You know how an anorexic person looks in the mirror but still sees herself as fat, even though she’s only skin & bones? Well, when I look in the mirror, I still see the beautiful, healthy, slim young lady that use to smile back at me 20 years ago. I guess I never really saw myself as “fat”. Sounds great at first but I guess it is kind of bad b/c it took a picture to shock me back to reality-----> that’s when I saw how fat I was!!! So I guess the reality check is a good thing b/c it’s motivation to lose weight!! :frown: Body image is a term which may refer to a person's perception of his or her own physical appearance, or the interpretation of the body by the brain. Essentially, body image describes how one perceives one's appearance to be in relation to others, which in many cases may be dramatically different from one's objective physical condition or how one is actually perceived by others.

@ LooseIt! - glad to know i'm not alone!! is that mean?? LOL! but you know what i mean!! @ymjackson1 - I'd given a little thought to this before but after I read your post earlier, it prompted me to research it more thoroughly! THNX!:tt2:

I figure since I talked about my "meanie daddy" yesterday, I should take a moment today to tell everyone that I have an awesome, supportive, fantastic husband!!! but the "worse" part (i think it's worse?) is that he looooooves "healthy, full-figured women"!!! so he loves all of my curves and thinks i'm beautiful!! he admires me all the time...dressed, undressed, in a t-shirt, bathing suit or ball gown, he thinks i'm beautiful!!! BUT he knows how much i am unhappy w/my weight, so he is very supportive of me choosing the lapband.:frown:

(yesterday) I told my dad that i lost 18 pounds (b/c he is VERY displeased w/my weight gain) His reply: "hmpf! from where?!" so that let me know that i'm so fat, the 18 pounds isnt even noticable! I know that i should ignore him and i know his comment was mean but he's still an important person in my life. he is a big reason that i want to loose weight. he really doesnt like me fat. i think i even embarrass him around his friends and our family.....:frown:

welcome "druggist"!! this site is a great place to be!!!

i WAS really excited about the 18 pounds that i'd lost... i WAS really encouraged to "keep going"...i really believed that this lapband would finally help me to reach my goal... and then someone took a picture of me at the beach this yesterday....actually, they took 3 pictures!!! I look horrible!!! i look fatter than i even knew i was... who am i kidding? this band isn't going to work...it's just been an even bigger waste of money and time than anything else i've tried.... nothing is going to help me loose 100 pounds... I dont even plan to return to my doctor anymore.... no more fills, no more waste of time & $$$. I give up! :frown:

THANK YOU GUYS!!! i am going to talk to my doctor about he problems i have on his "stict & looooong" after-fill regiment!!! i think that will help. when i went for the pre-op bloodwork it showed that i got really sick and my blood sugar level (? i think? something like that??) really dropped and i got dizzy/shakey, etc w/no food for several hours....maybe he didnt notice that in the report?? i feel better today. thnx again!!

awwwww....you guys are so great!!! i'm all teary right now, not b/c of what Daddy said but b/c of what you all said. It is so nice to know that "strangers" can be so kind and loving!!! please know that i am very very very happy about my 18 pounds of weight loss!!! I LOVE IT!!!! i was just crushed to know that it wasnt even noticable..... maybe it was just a good 'reality check'??? anyway...i love the thought of not reporting my weight loss b/c i certainly did NOT report my weight gain!!! great idea!!! :tt2: THANK YOU!!!

you dont have to tell me about "picture disappoinments"!!! :tt2: just check out my blog entry!!! on second thought - do NOT look at it - its not very "positive"...this may sound mean, but i am actually relieved to see that someone else is also not happy w/a recent picture!!!! makes me feel more "normal"......

i cheated this w/e too! my husband is to blame (LOL!) he took the kids out for ice cream and brought some home for me!!! the good news is that it was plain -- no sprinkles, no syrup, no toppings at all!!! and i scooped out 1/2 and gave it to my brother!!! so i look at it like this: its MUCH less ice cream calories than i would have had 1 year ago!!! right?

keep us posted. i always find "fill stories" funny congrats on all the weight :thumbup:loss to date!!!