:biggrin1: Just wondering if anyone is from central Illinois? I'm from Champaign and looking for bandsters in my area. Go Illini!

Hi everyone! Just had my first fill yesterday.That's a different experience.She put in 3cc's ,but had to take it back down to 2cc's.doing fine with it.Hope everyone has a terrific Christmas!!! Penny

I reached my mini goal!!!! I have finally hit 50 pounds! I am so excited and am hoping to make it 60 by the time I have my first bandiversary on Valentine's Day. Whoooooo hoo!:clap2:

Congratulations!! on your mini goal victory!!

I am in Peoria and recently banded Nov 9th. Nice to talk to people who are least in the same state as me....LOL

We actually have a wonderful support group here locally, but I love lapbandtalk it has been a huge help while I was researching my surgery and since I have had the procedure.

It is always nice to compare notes with others going through what you are. So far no complaints here......I am doing great and no hunger and no fills YET!!

Merry Christmas to all of you Illinois Bandsters!!

Hey.....Kelly,

Great job on your wait loss.

I havent lost anything lately. I've been eating a lot of soup instead of solids. I'm really tight right now. It seems like I'm getting tighter every week. I'm starting to wonder if my band is slipping. liquids in the mornings are going down slow also.

Hope you had a nice Christmas Kelly.

Have a very happy new year.

Terry

Terry,

I had a lovely Christmas! Thanks for asking. I'm sorry to hear about your band. Stay positive and I hope you are wrong about the slipping. Also, have you heard from Jenny in awhile? I hope she is okay.

Hi everyone! Hope everyone is doing fine .I was banded on Nov.13.Go for my second fill on Jan.14.Haven't had any problems so far.A lady I work with was banded a year ago and she says she gets sick every day.She eats until she vomits.Not me I hate getting sick.:phanvanI would rather eat less.Thor has your insurance okayed you yet ?Let me know how you are doing.Penny

BandedNov.13

First fill 2cc's-Dec.18

Penny,

Glad to see you are doing so well. I have been banded since Valentine's Day 2007 and I have only been sick 3 times, all my own fault for drinking and eating at the same time. Shame on me. You should start a ticker so we can see your progress! Kelly

Kelly I have tried to start my ticker ,but I dont know where or how to save it so i can use it.Penny

Hmmm...maybe I can help with your ticker.

Go to Trying To Conceive Ticker

Click on weight loss ticker.

Choose your ticker

Choose your icon

Fill out your pin number and all blank boxes pertaining to your weight goals. When you hit next, a web address will appear. You can copy and paste that address into your signature on this website and it should appear when you post a reply or thread. See if that works.

Hi everyone! Hope everyone is doing fine .I was banded on Nov.13.Go for my second fill on Jan.14.Haven't had any problems so far.A lady I work with was banded a year ago and she says she gets sick every day.She eats until she vomits.Not me I hate getting sick.:phanvanI would rather eat less.Thor has your insurance okayed you yet ?Let me know how you are doing.Penny

BandedNov.13

First fill 2cc's-Dec.18

I'd hate to spit up that much. I call PBing/throwing up spitting up because, at least for me, it really seems like spitting up. A couple of years ago I learned how to screen infants and toddlers for possible developmental delays and I remember the process-- they get fussy or get that look and stuff just comes back up. Then its all ok. Well thats the way I feel. I admit that stuff still comes up more than I would like. Not daily, but more than once a week. I think I must be a slow learner. That gets frustrating. I'd think I'd figure it out faster. But it takes me a while-- I have to remember to eat slowly, pausing between those bites. When it starts to feel a certain way, thats it. Still I eat too fast enough of the time or don't recognize that feeling soon enough, and then it catches up to me, and uh oh!

Sp how is everyone doing in the new year?

I'm Ata, from Champaign.

I just finished my 1st semester of grad school at U of I in December-- I'm getting my masters in Library Science and also my K-12 teaching certificate. I also went to U of I for my undergrad. I was banded by Dr. Rohrscheib in March.

Did anyone else lose their gall bladder? Mine failed rather spectacularly. I had mine out six weeks after I was banded. Though I have to say my initial weight loss was really fast-- it was a pound a day, maybe a little more. It slowed down. I had gained back about 14 pounds in October, then had a fill and lost six, then been platued until early December. So I'm finally losing again (well except for the last couple of weeks. All my fault too when I don't lose on account of bad habits like not having a Protein Shake for Breakfast and then eating too much junkfood and sweets. They taste good and go down easy).

I broke my bathroom scale. again. Crumpled on me. So I ordered a new one, just arrived. I hope to meet goal sometime in 2008! Though I have to say I am seriously thinking about getting a girdle or waist cincher. I have one pair of the spanx type panties that do that and I love them. I have this belly flab up front and it seems like these days it just shows through most of my shirts and so forth. It sticks out too, this flab...

Kyethra,

I do the same exact thing that you do. I know I eat to fast....and befor I know it I'm in the bathroom getting rid of it.I have learned that if I'm having trouble eating something, if I take a few bites and I start getting that feeling....wait about 20 min.and then continue, it seems to help .

Kyethra,

I do the same exact thing that you do. I know I eat to fast....and befor I know it I'm in the bathroom getting rid of it.I have learned that if I'm having trouble eating something, if I take a few bites and I start getting that feeling....wait about 20 min.and then continue, it seems to help .

Opps.......I sent it twice.

Kyethra,

You sound really busy.Today I started making ugly quilt sleeping bags for the homeless. Here is the site if you want to watch the little movie on it.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPxT_lNx60c]YouTube - How to Make Quilts for the Homeless[/ame]

I went to wal-mart and bought 5 panles of footprints in the sand.

My step Mom and I are making them together. If you know of anyone interested in joining us please let me know.

Terry