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You are doing great! I know you are so excited to be under 200! I know i am going shopping when I get under 300! My goal for that is by Thanksgiving so I got to get to moving! LOL!

Thanks everyone! I am on a cloud floating this morning! I really worked hard in the gym yesterday and ate well. I am 319 on the dot! I took a picture of this one! Yea! I am going to post it to my pictures on here!

Congrats on deciding to get the band! OMG! I was addicted to refried beans!!!!! My whole family was like please stop eating those beans (if you know what I mean) LOL! In response to your stomach problems if you are 5 days post op it may be to soon for you to be having mash potatoes unless you are thinning them down with milk or something. I was on liquids and thin soup, grits ect.. for my first two weeks. They said starting the second week I could thicken it up some. Every doctor is different though.

Thanks ladies!!!!!

Wow this gives me hope I can lose 200lbs also!!! My goal weight is 199 but to get to 188 would be awesome!!!!! You are proof that people with more than 100 to 150lbs to lose can be successful with the band!!!!! Congrats!:thumbdown:

Very inspiring!!!! This is a good blog!

Thanks!!!! I am happy too! I can't wait until tomorrow so I can see 319!!! Out of the 320's! I am going to work extra hard in the gym today and count every calorie!!!!

Great reply!!!! I would have never thought to use that example of the cheese and apple! Perfect comparison!

This is a funny thread! LOL!!!!!!! Well, I have always been a drooler so I can't say for sure. I have noticed that even with my C-Pap machine on I still drool a little bit but before my last fill I didn't slob at all when I was using my machine. I have noticed with my last fill and I have more restriction my sinus is always draining too! OOOoooooo this is gross! Sorry yall!:thumbdown:

I am so excited right now!!! I have been working so hard to see some results on that dreadful scale! I went for a fill at my old Dr.'s office on 9-7 and I weighed in at 331. Today I am 320.2 this morning!!!!! Yea!!!!!! I did have another fill on 9-16 though because my old Dr. was acting like the fill police and I lost 3lbs between June-Sept.7! After being stalled for 3 months and my doctor not listening to me about still being hungry all the time and not feeling any kind of restriction I decided to move on. It was the best decision for me. I feel like it's my body and my money! I paid her 150.00 for a fill and she gave me .1cc and I told her I needed more. She turned to me and asked me how many patients did I have? LOL! Well, now she has one less! HA on her!!!! I am doing great now! I can't blame it all on the poor fills because I have also been busting my butt in the gym 5 days a week to get this 10lbs off! I can't wait until my next vist my new doctor to show my results!:confused:

Tuna:biggrin:

I have issues with going to a regular gym. I am not envious of anyone but I do feel like everyone is looking at me. When I was almost 400lbs I had two women rush over to me while working out and asked me was I okay! LMBO! I must have looked like I was about to pass out or die or something. I wasn't grabbing my chest or anything but they must have felt sorry for this poor Super Obese person and just had to come to my rescue! I am now going to a rehabilitaion gym at the hospital. Everyone is either old, injured, or doing some type of rehab. There are very few people from the community that come. They are very friendly and I don't feel like they are all staring at me or watching my big butt bouncing up and down on the elliptical!

Sorry, I think it was me!!!

Congrats!!!!!!

I added you on line 77. It was a blank line there because I messed it up a couple of weeks ago:( but anyways I didn't know to you need to click on your number hit the tab button and even though the other person info under yours is highlighted it will change only your info. I hope I didn't confuse you. I didn't know your starting weight for this challenge I used your starting weight from your profile minus how many pounds you lost on your ticker. Go in and make adjustments.

Well, bummer only 1lb for the week!! I wanted a 2.5 loss. I guess with 4 last week it would have been pretty hard to pull off 2.5 unless I changed something and I didn't. I kept my calories the same and workout routine. I am going to add 3 extra workouts this week and see what happens!

Yep, I have lost a lot of inches after losing 67lbs and I am still having a hard time figuring out my walk. After I stand up it takes me a min or two to adjust. As a matter of fact, I went out on a date and after standing up from the table I started to walk and he said "are you drunk" oh my I was so embarrassed considering that I don't even drink!!! I'm still scared I won't fit in booths at resturants and and the seats at the movies. When I get in my sister's eclipse I wonder is the seatbelt going to fit? I am wondering how I am going to think when I lose the rest of my weight!!!! After I had a breast reduction several years ago, it took me almost a year to adjust to not being able to put my cereal bowl on my chest!!! LMBO!!! I was like how am I going to eat my cereal now!!! Uggg! It finally clicked to use a table like normal people or sit it in my lap if I am sitting on the couch!

Okay, here is my theory which may not be worth anything but......first of all the band is tricky and sometimey! I think with the sudden workouts it caused you not to retain as much Water as you normally do when it's that time of month and you are not as tight. I noticed that I didn't retain a lot of water this time since I have been working out for almost a month non-stop. I didn't lose any weight but I didn't gain 3 pounds like I normally do during that time. Oh, I almost forgot don't worry chicken is not a slider:)

After looking for over 5 min I found it at CVS. I refused to give up! LOL! It was on the very bottom row. It was not next to the other Tylenol products so that may be why you are missing it. They may not sell it in your area either? They even had the CVS brand. Me being cheap got the off brand!

I have came to the conclusion that people get a little green because they know if you have the surgery you will really lose the weight this time and they have a hard time wrapping their head around the fact they you might just look better than them when it's all said and done! (Wow that was a long sentence)! LOL!

That is something to be very proud of!!!!! Yea!!! Congrats!!!!

Kudos!!!! I love foster parents!!!!!!! I hope to adopt too one day!!!!!! I couldn't be a foster parent because I was a CPS worker but now that I am not a caseworker anymore I have signed up to become a foster parent.:thumbup:

I work from home for the majority of the time unless I need to go to the office for something, meetings etc. But I might start back going to work at my office eveyday now because I find myself snacking too much! I just hate my office because it's about the size of walk-in closet!

Yes! I enjoy many of the foods I enjoyed before. With the exception of white bread, sodas, and brownies I am good to go with all the foods I eat. I love coming up with low-fat and healthier versions of all my favorite meals. I go out to eat at restaurants and have fun with my family and friends at least once a month. I just pick the healthiest choice on the menu and leave the appetizers alone so I won't get full off of them. Sometimes I eat a couple of chips and salsa though but I leave room for the main course.

i am so happy for you!!! Great job!! Your screen name fits you well "LoseIt"! I am so glad I joined this site bc people like you are so inspiring and motivational and reading the posts keep me going!