Dr. Gerald Kirshenbaum - Considering Dr. Kirshenbaum

[minidriver 0]

Hello ladies! Hope everyone had fun at the BBQ. Wish I could have been there, but I just came home from a really fun wedding so I'm glad I was here for that. I'll be in Denver for my first fill on Tuesday though, so I'll be thinking of you all!

Dork - put me down for 30 minutes walking every day. I'm going to a conference in Berkeley next week and then to see the grandbaby, but I can always find a place to walk.

Denver - I got a sassy new cut and color today too. Doesn't a new haircut just make you feel like a million bucks?

Okay, night night lap band ladies. Pleasant dreams to all.

[munchkin392 1]

Wow, you gals are sure talkative today!! I have barely been able to keep up with reading posts, since it is the weekend and I am working, so this is going to be a drive by post...

Brandy-Congrats on the weight loss, we told you it would all be ok because you rock your band!!

Dee-I know it's easier said than done, but try to be positive about your new relationship and the appearance aspect of it. I mean, seriously, there is nothing to NOT love about you Dee!!!

Mini-Pictures of your kick butt new hairdo and color please! How is the new fur baby?

I hope everyone had fun at the BBQ! I sooo wish I could have gone, it would have been so much fun!!

The ER girls just called and told me that they were going to have to come down and visit because they heard I have shrunk and want to check it out!:teeth_smile:

Adork-Put me down for 8 pounds...I am not sure I will hit it because I need a fill I think. I am not sure what I am going to do about the exercise. I need my dad to help me put together my recumbent bike, because I tried to walk on my treadmill Thursday and it about killed my foot. I am SO ready to be done and over with the surgery on my foot! Only a few weeks! (Oh, that is the other thing, I will be on crutches for the last few weeks of this month...not boding well for my weight loss probably!) But hey, a girl can dream, right?

Has anyone ever noticed that even my drive by posts are exceedingly long?:wink2:

[adorkbl 156]

Has anyone ever noticed that even my drive by posts are exceedingly long?

lol!!! Uh yeah. But we love them. *muah* I will put you down for the 8! We will give you a pass on the exercise because of your foot. :teeth_smile: Slacker! tee hee.

LABOR DAY 4 WEEK CHALLENGE

(monday weigh-ins)

adorKable | 10 lbs | 1 hr walk daily | strength 3x week

bahotmomma | 5lbs | 3x week c25k

brandymom1234 | 10 lbs | gym 3x week

DenverGirl | 5 lbs

lap_dancer |23 lbs

lifesaver | 8 lbs

lotzasunshine |10 lbs

minidriver | 10 lbs | 30 min walk daily

munchkin392 | 8 lbs | bad foot free pass on exercise

PrtyAntOvrYt | 20 lbs

ShelbiCallie | 8 lbs

Woofay | 5 lbs

Rock it ladies!

[MissMom24 2]

Ah Munchkin...your makin' me blush!

[munchkin392 1]

Truer words have never been spoken about me being a slacker...talk about slacking off tonight. We have a bunch of med-surg overflows back in the ICU...yawn...I like things to be a little more exciting than this.

Unless we get some actual ICU admissions later today they will probably move the med-surg patients to the actual med-surg floor and CLOSE our unit. But I still have to work even if the unit is closed because we have to have an ICU nurse in house all the time. (Ok, work is a loosely used term if the unit is closed...more like lots of cruising the internet, reading a book, and generally being creeped out sitting here all by my lonesome in our unit that we hear noises in all the time! Seriously, we hear call lights being dropped in empty rooms, but when we go to look...there is nothing dropped, moved, or otherwise. Wierd.)

[BellaPerdente 0]

Hi everyone,

I think I will try this challenge. Put me down for 10 lbs. I am also in "Bandster Hell" and have been eating much more. Am I stretching my pouch???????? I am still trying to eat healthy but all I want to to is eat, eat, eat :teeth_smile: I NEED TO BREAK THAT HABIT.

So my challenge will be to lose 10 lbs. and walk for 30 minutes per day.

[adorkbl 156]

Hi everyone,

I think I will try this challenge. Put me down for 10 lbs. I am also in "Bandster Hell" and have been eating much more. Am I stretching my pouch???????? I am still trying to eat healthy but all I want to to is eat, eat, eat :teeth_smile: I NEED TO BREAK THAT HABIT.

So my challenge will be to lose 10 lbs. and walk for 30 minutes per day.

Awesome! As far as bandster hell... try hard to keep your portions down. It is hard but you can do it. I was literally in bandster hell for 6 months. Didn't get ANY restriction until 6 months post op! I followed the band diet best I could anyway and managed to lose a decent amount. You can do it!

LABOR DAY 4 WEEK CHALLENGE

(monday weigh-ins)

adorKable | 10 lbs | 1 hr walk daily | strength 3x week

bahotmomma | 5 lbs | 3x week c25k

BellaPerdente | 10 lbs|30 min walk daily

brandymom1234 | 10 lbs | gym 3x week

DenverGirl | 5 lbs

lap_dancer |23 lbs

lifesaver | 8 lbs

lotzasunshine |10 lbs

minidriver | 10 lbs | 30 min walk daily

munchkin392 | 8 lbs | bad foot free pass on exercise

PrtyAntOvrYt | 20 lbs

ShelbiCallie | 8 lbs

Woofay | 5 lbs

Rock it ladies!

[minidriver 0]

I find that it really really helps to keep careful track of your calories every day. I use dailyplate.com to look things up, then enter it all in a version of fit day that I downloaded to my computer. Even though I FEEL like I'm eating a ton right now, I'm actually only eating an average of 1000-1100 calories per day. I do get hungry now (unlike the first few weeks after surgery) but I also get full quite easily. I know I haven't lost a ton of weight compared to some, but my percent of weight loss is pretty decent, so I'm happy.

Bandster hell won't last forever . . . look at the success of all our forum mates!!! We newbies can do it too.

[ShelbiCallie 0]

lol!!! Uh yeah. But we love them. *muah* I will put you down for the 8! We will give you a pass on the exercise because of your foot. :teeth_smile: Slacker! tee hee.

LABOR DAY 4 WEEK CHALLENGE

(monday weigh-ins)

adorKable | 10 lbs | 1 hr walk daily | strength 3x week

bahotmomma | 5lbs | 3x week c25k

brandymom1234 | 10 lbs | gym 3x week

DenverGirl | 5 lbs

lap_dancer |23 lbs

lifesaver | 8 lbs

lotzasunshine |10 lbs

minidriver | 10 lbs | 30 min walk daily

munchkin392 | 8 lbs | bad foot free pass on exercise

PrtyAntOvrYt | 20 lbs

ShelbiCallie | 8 lbs

Woofay | 5 lbs

Rock it ladies!

Put me down for 1 hour of exercise daily (could be spin class, walk/run or yard work (like today!) depending on whatever day it is).

Where are the BBQ pix???? Can't wait to see everyone!

[lotzasunshine 2]

I didn't think of an exercise goal. Put me down for 30min x 5 days.

[BellaPerdente 0]

Mini, I am using thedailyplate.com also. Are you eating 1000 calories with or without counting the exercise. I usually eat the same but when I add cleaning the house or shopping all day (I haven't started real exercise yet) it gives me alot more calories to use. How do you do yours.

[VailGirl 0]

Hey ladies!

Nice to see and meet you all at the BBQ yesterday! I have never done one of these before so we will see how it goes! What is this Labor Day contest?

[deboregon 0]

Okay, Adork, you talked me into it; i probably will lose something on this two-week preop, but will go back up after surgery, right? So, if we are going for a month from now --2 weeks before surgery and 2 weeks after--put me down for 8. Exercise? Well, I am on vacation starting tomorrow in a very hot town where walking won't work. But, oh!!!, we will have a pool!! So how about 30 min. per day (in pool this week! and treadmill and bebopping around home the next week; don't know what energy level is like after surgery)

[divaofsongs 42]

Hello everyone, I have not posted in several months but I wanted to say hello and check in with everyone. I am now down 110 pounds with 126 to go but feeling really great.

I miss chatting and posting but I have a new position at work which requires about 60 hours a week so I have been super busy. I hope all is well with everyone. I was just reading through the posts and it looks like everyone is doing great. Congrats to all on your successes.

[minidriver 0]

I'm eating 1000 without counting exercise. I know I have a REALLY slow metabolism, so I can't go over that amount by much even with exercise or I wouldn't lose anything.