July 2006 Band Crew

[Olive 0]

eGADS. I finally saw 159 on the scale! But only for two days|: But it still motivates me. I have been stuck around 162 or so since March, but it was heaven to see that 5. I definitely need another fill (last one in November) but I just dont have the time to go down to Mex. Tonight I looked at my journal which lists all of my weights; I didnt realize it had been so long since I lost. I would like to get to goal (150) by my bandiversary (july 6) but it doesnt look good!

I did join a gym a couple weeks ago, but I have only gone 3 times.

However, I have been taking long walks in the evening. It is funny how 2-3 miles goes by like nothing. I remember last summer (and several before then) when I would dread walking anywhere because I would get sweaty, tired, and out of breath. Now it just seems effortless.

Anyways...Hope everyone is doing well. Keep on losing!

Olive

[edieparks 2]

Olive,

It took me I think 6 weeks to lose the last 10 lbs.

I knew it had to be about a plateau thingy.

11 lbs is like being at goal.

Just consider this fine tuning. lol

Don't pressure yourself about the anniversary date.

If I hadn't went into mega exercise mode. 4 to 6 miles a day!!

I thinks I would have just lost half of my 105 lbs in 8 months . I BURNED off those lbs.

I hadn't admitted this before but at one time I had two friends asking me to walk with them too!!

Lucky for me they would only walk 1 mile maybe. Eventually they fizzled out all together. Whew..

I wanted to support them. It drove my hubby nuts.

I told him to relax those walks were what I considered "icing on the cake" of my daily program.

You better believe I would lose 4lbs on each of those weeks.

edie

[ready2bthin 2]

Well, I'm checking in and letting ya'll know about my exercise routines. I have worked out with the trainer 2x now and she is kicking my behind...lol!! She has me swim for 30 minutes, doing laps and walking in the shallow end of pool, kicking etc. Then we go to weight training. I'm using 10 and 15 lb. dumbbells and she said I should probably get 20 lb. I also use a band to do leg exercsies and then do stomach crunches. Yes, I'm sore!! I've decided since I want to have around 11 more lbs. off at bandiversary, that I need to try and do cardio stuff the other 2 days. 3 days of the program, and 2 days of other cardio...my exercise bike. So, I spent around 40 minutes on my bike today. Now, I'm going to relax in the pool and just enjoy it. My mom flew in from Michigan, so we are going to enjoy ourselves some. I'm going to try and keep accountable here with ya'll. I really don't like exercise, but I want to get my body in the losing mode and tighten up what I can!!

Hopefully, everyone is doing okay. Sherri Jo, I will be praying for you. You do have some tough decisions, as Edie stated. I do encourage you though, not to get into a "victim mentality" but to make a decision whether it's leaving or staying. My sister just divorced her hubby and ended up getting 1/2 of everything due to her being in a community property state. You may want to look at the legal options. I'm not one to encourage divorce, if things can be worked out, but at times, that's a decision that some have to make. This cannot be an easy time for you and we will be here to support you. I hope ya'll can work it out!

[KariK 0]

Thanks for checking in Mary! WTG on the exercising. I figure I better check in too. Well I am stuck at my current weight lol. But I have been so good about exercising. Yesterday I wore a short skirt, and felt ok in it even. So that was a neat nsv. Maybe I'll post it with side by side pictures. My 6 year old was nice enough to take a photo of me lol. Other than that I don't have much to report. I do have my period as of today though so maybe in a couple days I'll drop a few pounds and finally be out of the 180's. Sherri so sorry to hear about what you are going through. The fact that he's 'just talking' and 'best friends' with this woman is more of a bummer in a way than if he was just screwing her. I wonder why he's not emotionally attached to you as a best friend? I mean obviously he feels capable of talking with a woman. I wonder if a couples therapist could help you two move past this and communicate better? Just a thought. Good luck with everything.

[KariK 0]

The first photo was the day before surgery (yuck!) and the second was yesterday (better!).

[findingme2 0]

Hi Everyone.....after not logging on since early February I decided to come on and see how everyone is doing.

YOU GUYS look amazing!!!!! Two special shout outs but love to all:

Kari...you STILL have those great cheerleader legs!!! You

are gorgeous!!

Stephanie....OMG on your surgery!!! Good luck!!! On the positive

think how much easier recovery will be minus 100+ pounds!!

to you!!!!!!

OK and to me......I knew my experience was different and by September something was not clicking.....my surgeon finally said in December that banding doesn't work for everyone and I am obviously one of those. Sad face. :speechles Hung in there through the holidays then by February I was discouraged, had some sad events happen, have had some odd upper respiratory since April 13th (yeah 4-13 and it's June) that has thrown me for a loop and well, 20+ (if not more) of my pitiful 39 pound loss is back on. :faint:NP told me there was no sense in coming back to the surgeon because he was not a weight-loss doctor and there was nothing he could do. She said to drink more Water, walk more and see a shrink. LOL. Okay. Anyway....I am NOT throwing in the towel.....so this is not totally a depressing post!

I am exploring some options and am ready to move forward!!! Wish me luck.....I miss my July friends!!!

Love to all!

Ruthie

[ready2bthin 2]

Kari: You HOT MAMA!! You look FABULOUS!!! Keep up the good work!! The scale may not be moving fast, but you are triming down fast!!! That exercise is obviously working!!

Ruthie: Sorry to hear about the problems with weightloss!! But, I'm so glad you are not "throwing in the towel". Come here for encouragement and ideas. Everyone here is a great cheerleader and we go through our problems together, too.

Stephanie: Where are you? How'd the surgery go? I'm thinking you don't have access to a computer now. Can't wait to hear how things are!!

Okay, I did my workout today by myself. Couldn't swim due to rain and storms but did the bike and weights. So, 4/6 days I exercised. My goal is 3x a week, with trying to get in some extra cardio on 2 more days. I've been a bit down and not sure why except Father's Day is tomorrow and this will be the first Father's Day without my dad here. So, maybe that's why. My mom is here visiting and I think it will be difficult for her, too. So, if you think of me and believe in prayer, please remember me and my family. Thanks!!

[KariK 0]

Geez Mary and Ruthie lol I don't know what to say, you two make me blush! But thank you very much

[Baylor Mom 0]

Hey guys I am still around. The stupid computer kicked me out again. It was good to catch up with all of you. I am finally losing some weight again. Yipee!! I have several things that I think that I am doing that is making the difference. First of all I am now taking an appetite suppresant and I am drinking lemonade out the wazoo. That is the only thing that I am doing different. Not much exercise yet but we got our pool all ready for this weekend and it has rained all the time.

Sherri - I am soooo sorry for all of your problems. If you want to talk just email me. I am not one for divorce but if he is really doing stuff with her then that is unforgiveable. Let's talk. Email me.

Mary - I had the same thing today and my daddy has been gone for three years now. It does get a little better each year so hang in there. I had my daughter come up for my first father's day without daddy. It always helps to have others around. You are in my prayers.

Karlik - you look great. Keep it up!!

Ruthie - sorry to hear about your problems. You might try an appetite suppressant. It's working for me. I never get hungry. Well not that much. Way to go to not giving up. Let us know if we can do anything to help you out.

Stephanie - I hope you are doing good. Let us know how you are when you can. Miss you.

To all of the rest of you - keep it up and don't give up. I love you all and I promise I will be around more often. I missed you all very much. I sam not going to get kicked off again. Talk to you all later.

[edieparks 2]

Hey gang,

We have an option to move this thread and out posts to a new area.

Instead of looking for this thread, we could go to monthly and go directly to it.

Lets talk about it. If not that is ok too.

Sometimes I do have to hunt this thread down. The new way would be a very direct way.

I put JULY 2006 in search now. So it is 6 one way and half a dozen the other.

On this monthly new section they have Jan 07 thru dec 07. It would kind of be cool to show July 06 participation on this new monthly section.

How you get to this new section is

start at home

and look under main lap-band forums

monthy support

edie

[Paulax 8]

I like it here. I think it will be easier to track.

I am holding my 198. I am finding the summer-like conditions harder to stay away from the high calorie beverages and Snacks. So must make a concerted effort to not be dumb this summer. My kids don't need any of it either. They are all thin, and I plan on them staying that way.

Hmmm, I am working on the last 30 pounds or so.

I have dropped in my excitement on going to the gym. This last 2 weeks of school is CRAZY busy. That can be both good and bad.

Anyway, just making my weekly check in. Hope you are all still maintaining and losing....

It is very hard for me to believe that we are coming up on our 1st anniversary. I am so thrilled I followed through. I am 82 pounds thinner and feel so awesome I can't even stand it. I can hardly wait to lose the last 30, then I think I might be on top of the world.

Eddie, tell me about maintaining.

[dezadoo 0]

wow!!! the transformations are amazing! it's been a while since i have been on. busy with the end of school and i couldn't log in for a long time due to some computer glitch! can you believe our bandiversaries are approaching so fast!?!?!?! i hit such a plateau for about 4 mos with only 5lbs lost and now i am losing 1-2/week so its good to be back on track! i'll try to check in more often now that life shouldn't get in the way so much, until summer school starts that is. keep up the good work everyone!

[edieparks 2]

Okay Paulux,

I'll pm you.

edie

[edieparks 2]

You can find JUly 06 bandsters the old way or the new way.

home

main lap-band forums

monthly

edie

[KariK 0]

Hi friends, Im just checking in again. I've stepped my exercise to twice per day. Im eating right, drinking Water, taking Vitamins, getting in 8 hours of sleep per night. It feels so good to finally be back on track. I just can't get below 180 lol. Im exactly 180, not 180.1 lol but its just stuck there! ughh. Maybe tomorrow it will finally be 179.9. I had an interesting NSV, I went to Target to get a new swimsuit because the one from last year is HUGE on me lol. Anyways I hadn't been to a Target in at least a year, I didn't recognize myself in the mirror lol. I didn't look at myself until I was already undressed, I gasped, and then looked at myself for a few minutes. It was crazy lol because I still had this picture in my head of what I thought I looked like (227 lbs), and I just don't look like that person anymore. It was cool. Just wanted to tell yous.