sweetkc85

Wow i have not been on here since my surgery.. It's been a whole year and I am down only 50lbs... But its all my fault.. . I haven't really been following protocol... I do go to the gym but not as often as i should.. I eat much less now and i am basically not able to eat all bad foods.. lol like fried foods, bread, i have trouble with alot of meat...even fish! but chicken is ok and sometimes beef, but pork is a no no and so is steak... One day i had ate a piece of steak, and it got stuck and i could not eat for the rest of the day... I could not even drink water, everything just came back up. .. That day i lost 5lbs... lol Not Kidding.. so far I have only had 2 fills but i am going to make an appointment soon for another one cuz my weight loss has slowed terrible am im actually gaining my weight be now.... but I can't wait to get out of the 200's I feel that if i keep on the right track i will be 199 by christmas... Well that's all for right now.. Have a nice night everyone!!!

Im back at school and the internet sucks this semester... anyway... im at a stand still with my weight loss but this week im going to up my gym usage... 15 lbs down since the start of the process, just 9-10lbs down from surgery... it goes up and down everyday.. its kinda frustrating but i know i am not doing and eating everything i should... i mean i don't eat that bad, its still healthy food, its not like im downing burgers and fries or greasy foods, its just hard for my to break the habit of not drinking with food, like sometimes i forget that im not supposed to do it but i do practice everyday to remind myself not to get a drink... its just a hard habit to break, when you been doing it your whole entire life... plus i can eat more than i expected but i know once i get the one fill that my doctor is talking bout at our first fill visit everything is going to change... portion size and certain foods.... i have had a roll, but i am still kinda scared to try pasta or rice...

I been gone for a minute, but im back now, Im finally in the Pureed stage.. so far i have had tuna fish, chili and a hot dog.. This past weekend i got so busy and i wasn't really hungry i forgot to eat.. but today i Kinda made up for it... for lunch today i had tuna fish, and cucumbers in italian dressing... it was so good, but i messed up i didn't wait the full thirty minutes to drink my water... i was just extra thirsty today, serious i have had like 6 bottles of water and i am still thirsty at the hour.... Im back at school now so my eating schedule is alittle out of wack since on Mon, Wed and Fri, i have three classes during my lunch hours and i usually go to the gym after class but tomorrow ima try something new.. I will go to my class then after my 1pm class i will eat lunch then go to the gym... that should work out better... well im getting tired and its kinda late as i write this... Good Night!:smile:

I'm at the hospital now. Woke up with a little head cold. Hope they will still do it. I actually don't have much to say.... well good luck to me and speedy recovery I hope.

I'm at the hospital now. Woke up with a little head cold. Hope they will still do it. I actually don't have much to say.... well good luck to me and speedy recovery I hope.

I'm at the hospital now. Woke up with a little head cold. Hope they will still do it. I actually don't have much to say.... well good luck to me and speedy recovery I hope.

I'm at the hospital now. Woke up with a little head cold. Hope they will still do it. I actually don't have much to say.... well good luck to me and speedy recovery I hope.

Hello everyone... Well i have 12 hours til i leave this house and be at he hospital waiting to go under... i can't wait!!!! The nerves are now starting to show up, because it seems like time is going by so fast when usually it will go by so slow.... whoo my heart is racing now... wish me luck everyone, i hope i have a smooth surgery... And good luck to all the others getting banding this week... Its too bad that i wont be able to attend my uncles funeral tomorrow, but he knows my heart will be with him while i am under.

:smile2:Now i am 23 hours away from surgery.... This liquid diet thing is not bad at all i haven't even really been hungry.. i didnt even really eat anything today.. Like i had my water, i had one container of SF jello, about 8 ounces of chicken broth with one scoop of Unjury unflavored protein. and i had 1 SF popsicle and one of m 8oz optifast shake for dinner.. and its 1am and i am not even hungry, usually by now if i had regular food i would be starving.. i just really hope to get all my calories and protein in after surgery because i don't think im getting much in right now... i hope i still continue to lose more weight before my surgery.... oh did i tell ya'll? i lost my 2% weight requirement for surgery!!!! YAY!!! Thank the lord!:thumbup: My nutritionist think that by a year time i should have lost more than 100lbs.. she said i have be doing so good with my food diary and my food choices, like i told her, i know how to diet, its just sticking to the diet that is the challenge.. but im getting sleepy my Bandits friends good night all and God Bless!!!

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!! I really needed your support... Ima see if i can get like the last surgery of the day, if not than my Uncle already knew how much i loved him....

This weekend was just horrible, My brother had got robbed at gun point, he gave the boys his money and they still shot him... and then the next day My favorite uncle dies... this has just been a bad weekend altogether.... and on top of that i just found out that his funeral is on the day i have my surgery, i wont be able to attend because i already put in the time at my job and i can't reschedule becuz school is bout to start back up and my surgeon wont be able to do the surgery til the 27... too close to school and if we don't attend the first week they take us off the roster for the semester.... AHHHH i just hope i wont have to be to the hospital til like 1:30 becuz his funeral is in the morning.... RIP UNCLE NELSON, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!

You should definitely start a blog on here... it will help you alot... i used to have those feelings, some of them still exist, especially the man part, but you have to love yourself before you can love someone else you know? otherwise in the relationship you keep wondering why that person love you... i had to learn that myself... I have always like me, but i didn't know i didn't love me... so i learned to love me... it feels so much better to be loved by urself... fat or not, love every inch of yourself...

I started mine on June 2, 2010, I have my Surgery This Friday August 20th... It could have been earlier if the nutrionist was more available for me... I didn't have to do a 6month diet but i did need to lose 2% of my body weight... which i am still working on because the surgeon never told me i had to do it... my dietician told me 2 months later.

Ok so today was my first full day on liquids, (oh and in case ya'll didn't know, i don't have to do a liquid diet, i put myself on it.) anyway the optifast shakes and soups is not bad at all.. they are actually tasty... i think i did fine all day but now that it is late at night i am extremely hungry and i should have went straight to sleep after i got off work... my stomach is jumping up and down... i wonder if i am allowed to add protein powder to my shakes cuz i need the extra full feeling at night.... OOOORRRR maybe i should just go to sleep earlier... lol... ok ima try to go to sleep now... Goodnight BANDITS....

Yeah my Dr. was the same way, he didn't even tell me that i had to lose 2% of my body weight before surgery, my Dietician told me that 2 months after seeing him... I was a lil upset but 3lbs isn't that bad... How's your journey going so far? At least you don't have to do a full two week diet.. This optifast diet so far isnt that bad, everything i have ate so far is pretty darn good, i thought this tomato soup was going to be horrible by the way it smelled, but soon as i stuck it in my mouth, my tongue did back flips... lol i think it even tasted better than campbells. Later on for Dinner ima see if i get the same reaction with the chicken soup... Good Luck on your Journey to bandland..

So i am definitely having my surgery next friday... EEEKKK... :I went in today for my meal planning class and found out i gain a pound.. i was so upset i started crying because i believed this last week and half that i was doing pretty good with what i was eating and i even went to the gym 4x in the past 7 days... SOOO even tho i did not have to do a pre-op diet, i opted to my dietician that i wanted to do it to get these 4lbs i need to get off before the surgey... i think it will also get me ready for the two weeks of full liquids after surgery too.. Tho i think i gain 2lbs because my period finally came back, thank God, i was afraid they was gonna say, "Sorry Koren, but we can't do surgery on a pregnant woman"... that would have been a nightmare... I'm excited and scared now but i have my family members that will be there, even tho some are not that supportive they still understand why i need to have this done...

Bryce, Good luck with your banding and i hope you have a speedy recovery... You seem to be doing great now so i know you will do even better when the band is in... Again Good Luck, and i'll keep you in my prayers!:thumbup:

Ok so everything is back on track again... Thank God, but he always come through, that's why i love him so much! im having really bad gas pains tonight. Hopefully by the morning they will all be gone... August 20th is creeping around the corner, and fast! I am kinda happy i have to work the night before my sugery, i need something to take my mind off of things... Now get this, i have my pre-op meeting with a different Surgeon since my surgeon doesn't have any available dates for pre-op, but this other surgeon wants me to meet him at a spa.... i hope he pays for a massage for me.. LOL. Things i need to do 1. Get a ditigal scale, Mines suck! 2. Go shopping for my post-op diet, Glad i don't have to do the pre-op diet before i go in, but still may do it the week of surgery, just to ensure that i lose the 3lbs i need to, im not sure if im there yet. and 3. Tell my Grandma when my surgery is, i keep forgetting to tell her, even though i know she wont come to the hospital because she don't like them.... It's kinda funny that im having my surgery done at the hospital i was born in. It's like my second birth in the seem place.. well im getting tired, ima take it down for the night... GNE!

Ok so i'm a little frustrated right now, Just found out today that my pcp went on Maternity Leave now i have to wait til my surgeon office gets back with my doctors office, so they can set up an appointment so i can have my medical clearance. Mind you i still need an appointment for a follow up because i just got out the hospital from gallstones and an UTI infection. My dang surgery is next friday and they don't think they can fit me by that time to clear me... What??? but i called you last week and left a message and you didnt return my call... Now if i go with the medical doctor at my surgeons office i have to pay $135 just for him to clear me.... I'm a college student who only work weekends, i don't have that type of money, especially since school is bout to start back up and i need books.....UUGGGHHH FML!!!:thumbup:

Hey everyone! How are the Newly Rushers doing???... i Still haven't found somebody on this board with the same date as I... Is there any August 20th Rushers out there? LOL anyway hope everyone getting banded this week has a speedy recovery! Good Luck Everyone!!!

you have to also understand that people go thru months of plateaus. so the weight may have not came off at first, but than started to pick up towards the end,or vice versa. It all depends on the person and what they are willing to do to change. Some people are more determined to get the weight off than others. some of them think "oh well i go this done, i can still eat what i want just smaller portions"...Well not really... its a lifestyle change so that means Change Your Old Habits... Habits are hard to change but it can be done...You just have to use self discipline with this procedure. Although i am not banded yet either, i know how it works, just from reading these threads. I've been overweight my whole life so i'm tired of seeing nothing but fat all over my body... Everyone has to have some type of motivation to keep them involved with the band...

Congrats Jennay.... hope everything goes well with your surgery, and hit me back up to let me know how it went! Thanks Jmunks. I am on a low carb, high protein diet. with extensive exercise regimen. So hopefully that will help drop a good amount of weight in the next two weeks.

I have a Date! Its on the 20th.. I'm so excited! i practically writing it everywhere on this site, now im bout to go on Chat and spread the news... Good Luck Everyone, and Good luck Amber!:blushing: