Tinagrl

Is it typical to have saggy skin from WLS?

OH! I cant wait for Monday either Janet!!!!!!

Thank you for that I will try to remember to not set my goals so high. I know i tend to do that to myself then i feel bad about myself because i fail. I am going to try to go to the gym to get a membership this week or weekend sometime. Waiting to hear back from my sister. Hope all is well...

Morning guys, Today i am trying to reform my diet a little to low carb. I hope i dont gain weight going from WW to low carb. I'm trying to get to 300 before my surgery. That is my short term goal. I dont know if i can do 23 pounds in a month though. We shall see. The low carb plan works though to lose weight a little faster than the other stuff i noticed in my past. I just want to get a head start on this weight loss. If i can get to 300 i only have to lose about 140lbs !! I am really excited and want to succeed with this. I am counting the days/hours/minutes until my apt with my surgeon on Monday at 12:15 I cant wait to schedule my surgery. The nurse there said they will prob schedule my surgery on Monday. Woo hoo !!!! Also trying to drink water. I get the little crystal light 0 calorie drink powders for my water because i HATE water! Im feeling so much better today. Day 3 on antidepressant. Yay! Im feeling like doing more...have more energy and whatnot not a LOT but a little which is progress. May be a bad thing for you guys though because i talk a lot when im happy haha! Today i will prob just clean the kitchen and then maybe go to the grocery store if i have enough energy later. I have to go to the bank with my sister at some point today too. Blah, i hate going places because i get self conscious in public places..not sure what that problem is. Pride, vanity, whatever you want to call it. Plain ole self centered imo. Well i hope you all have a great day today Tina

Gold star??? OOOO i wanna a gold star!!!!

Oh and yes my partner doesnt always say things very gracefully. She said that what she meant was that she was afraid i wouldnt and i would have complications.....mhm right. I know what she meant and i know what she said. And yes she has not been very supportive with this. This makes me very very sad indeed.

I had contractions throughout my whole pregnancy too. I did end up in the hospital on an IV to stop them but i did have them and my daughter was only born a little early(couple weeks). I will pray this is the case here and that she will be fine and baby is healthy

So my partner just informs me that she doesnt think i will follow the guildlines of the lap band diet. She said she thinks i CAN but that i probably WONT. But doesnt that mean she thinks i CANT? UGH!

1day at a time, did you lose all the weight and put it back on? How do you think the weight gain happened? Im just wondering because it sounds like you had lost some weight and put it back on again. Im worried i will do that too I learn from others and srry if im being nosey...just trying to catch up on the situation behind some of your posts. And YES you WILL take control of your weight. And there is a really really good friend to have in these situations...well in any situations....God. Best friend i ever had

Well i will tell you thank you for your warm welcome. Thank EVERYONE for the warm welcome. Im very lucky to have found friends like you.

I am working really hard right now and down 10 lbs in just a week and a half. Ive been doing weight watchers pre op and will do it up to the liquid diet which i anticipate happening mid January. It would be funny if my dates were dead on eh? Jewel i read some of the posts from page 300ish or so when you first came in and i will tell you ....WOWZER! You have grown leads and bounds my friend and you have everything in the world that i want! They used to tell me in AA that if someone has what you want...do what they do. Well i intend to follow in your footsteps if at all possible. In a year i want to read back and go...."wow i really have grown" and be down that much weight. Janet i will try to stick with the same plan that you are on. I like that plan and i am too a night time eater. I like to eat the most at night. Especially after my meds...which increase appetite. I am in the process of coming off that medication though. Down to 100mg...the last stretch. I will be off next week all together. The medication is called Serequel and i DO NOT recommend it for any food addict EVER! But i still get the munchies mostly at night. I have cut way back during the day now to allow for some night time munchies. I'm eating veggies at night when im hungry. I cook extra at dinner and eat the left overs in the night when im hungry...or when i think im hungry Anyway, went to Target today and walked for about 15 mins around the store. Progress. Had a Pumkin Spice Latte though...naughty but was a treat and i had the points so why not. I haven't had a treat yet since i got on WW and me and Jeani sat and "communicated" a little. We are doing much better...not much fighting the last two days. I woke up in the middle of the night the night before last crying and it seems since then she has backed off with the comments and im trying to not be argumentative back. Seems to be working better. Jewel did you and your husband make it through the lap band stuff...i read that he was being a butthead. And if so did you make him a believer in the band? Anyway enough out of me....its so nice to have you guys to talk to. Are you guys having any sort of meeting this year. You can all come to Nashville!!! Music City USA! Woot! Laters, Tina

What is Onederland btw?

Gosh i typed a paragraph and it erased it because i accidently left the page. Arg! Jessica, What i was saying was that im proud of you that you are running a 5k. That is my dream. I ran in my early 20's and LOVED it. I cant wait til i can run again!. I have so many goals that i want to accomplish. When i started this journey and they told me i had to do all this stuff in order to get insurance to pay i thought no way, thats crazy and that is going to take FOREVER. Well im done with all of that and it was worth going through it. I'm meeting with the surgeon Monday and im still thinking somethings going to happen bad because i feel like this is just too good to be true. Did anyone worry right up to the last minute that something would happen and they wouldn't get to have your surgery? Arg Im so worried!!!! God's not going to drop me now thats for sure I know this but i cant help but let me addict mind try to sabotage this great experience! I want to do the couch to 5k challenge too someday. I'm proud of you that you are able to accomplish your goal. This is a wonderful accomplishment indeed. Laters, Tina

That was weird that it just repeated and typed a little more of each sentence each time hehe! Strange. Janet is that all you are able to eat because of the band or is it just the portions you chose? Counting the days. Monday meeting with Surgeon! Hopefully setting a surgery date! Its Wednesday! Woo hoo!! I cant wait to start my new life! Laters, Tina

I do know sometimes some people have to take an anti depressant to help them over a hump. I had a friend who had to do that and she didnt have any mental illness or anything.

Tough love is just fine with me as long as its love Yes i am trying to get into contact with a therapist to get started on some healing. I am not really feeling any better and i took the pill this morning. Hopefully in a couple weeks i will know the difference. I am only 36 so i am the baby here i guess eh?

I'm not sure if any of you lived in a dark constant depression when you were gaining and at your heaviest. I am about to undergo surgery and i've realized i've been in a depression for 2 years. It is a realization that hit me HARD yesterday. I realized that all of my depressive moments which have been constant for quite some time were not all caused by Mom's illness and that indeed i was in a depression from going off of a medication 2 and 1/2 years ago. I dont really know what to blog about except that i hope the new medication helps me and that i can learn to stand back up and take back my life from the dark place its been all this time. The surgery day is coming soon after a 2 week liquid diet in which i have heard is the toughest part of the lap band procedure. I can do it though, it will all be worth it in the end Laters, Tina

Thanks for the hugs! I appreciate it. Yes im working hard at getting out of this dark hole i am in. Blah Blah and Blah! hehehe!

Honestly all you can do is hop back on the wagon. You have a great tool inside you. The Lapband! And if you could do it once you can do it again! Laters, Tina

Cheri, I too am bipolar and been on meds for years and years. I'm normally stable and came off the anti depressant because of the many negative side effects and i figured i didn't need it any more. Well, was i ever wrong. The last 2 and a half years has been total hell and i didnt even see it. I blamed it on my mothers illness and death. Im going to try to do some chores in the kitchen today. Maybe organize some things. We shall see. Right now im going to go take my meds and hope that anti depressnat kicks in quickly. <3 Laters Tina

We have been together 6 years. She thinks we need individual work on oursleves before we can do couples...i dont know if this is true or not but yes i really want to do couples counseling.

Cheri, its amazing how similar your relationship issues were and are so much like mine. My partner does everything for me though. She gets my medication, she does the house chores including laundry and cleaning. The only thing i do is cook dinner. The rest of the time she literally takes care of me in every way. She even shaves my legs as embarrassing as that is to admit. I went to the psychiatrist yesterday. He thinks i have been in a chronic depression since i went off my anti depressants 2 and a half years ago. I didn't realize it either until yesterday when i noticed i am heading downhill with my moods. Its been a long time since i have been happy. I hate my life and hate living. I stopped living life about the same time i went off the medication. I gained a lot of this weight since then too. I dont go anywhere, i dont do anything and i just want to sleep. She too does the grocery shopping as well. I have trouble staying on my feel long enough to do the shopping. I have always made excuses for the down and tired feelings. I had a thyroid problem but when they fixed it the problem didnt go away. I made the excuse for my depression the fact that my mother was sick and then she died. While, yes that is a good excuse to become depressed i cant use it to justify my lack of living anymore. My partner told me she wants a "partner to live life with." she said, "i want to share idea's and do things together". " Explore the world together". I dont know if this will happen but we decided we are going to try and make this work. I am setting myself up with a therapist. Going to start this anti depressant this morning. I really need to start doing things for myself. Its just so hard since she has done everything for so long now. And i have like i said become totally dependent on her for everything. Its a helpless, hopeless feeling. I woke up in the middle of the night and just cried for like an hour. Hopefully this anti depressant will help me. Laters Tina