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

I'll be there Kelly at noon. :regular_smile:

Terry

I am ready for tomorrow. I still have a little cold, so I am hoping that it goes as planned. It is only 7 and I want to go to bed so that I can get this over with.

I will let you know when I am up and running. I am his first one tomorrow. I have to be at the hospital at 6 and the surgery is at 7:30. All day to day I have thought of ways to back out of this. This time tomorrow, and my life will take its next course..........I better be ready.

I am ready for tomorrow. I still have a little cold, so I am hoping that it goes as planned. It is only 7 and I want to go to bed so that I can get this over with.

I will let you know when I am up and running. I am his first one tomorrow. I have to be at the hospital at 6 and the surgery is at 7:30. All day to day I have thought of ways to back out of this. This time tomorrow, and my life will take its next course..........I better be ready.

I'll be thinking of you tomorrow morning Michele.

Don't you dare back out now.....I would do it all over again in a minute.:regular_smile:

Terry

Terry, I'm feeling indecisive. What do you think of going to El Toro for mexican food instead. It is also on Springfield Ave about 2 blocks west of Za's. Let me know what you think. Za's is fine if you don't get the message in time. I'm just having one of those indecisive craving moments.

Kelly,

El Toro is fine with me. I'll see you there at noon.

Terry

Kelly,

El Toro is fine with me. I'll see you there at noon.

Terry

Terry,

You're awesome! :tongue2: Giving in to the cravings of another. :drool: Sweeeeeeeet. See you there. Anyone else joining us today? I would love to meet some of our other friends.

Kelly

Kelly,

Lunch was fun. You look awesume! Your getting there.

Terry

Im nicole rose (MySpace.com - nikole ♥ - 19 - Female - Chicago, Illinois - www.myspace.com/yourockmaisocks) im 19 and i live on the east side of chicago im hopefully getting banded quite soon so lets chat :thumbdown:

Kelly,

lunch was fun. You look awesume! Your getting there.

Terry

I had a great time too! Thanks for the compliments! It makes the hard work worth it! I reached my 1 year bandiversary goal 5 days early! When I woke up Saturday morning and weighed, I was down to 168 which is exactly 60 pounds for my first year. I'm so excited. Talk to you soon!

Kelly

Im nicole rose (MySpace.com - nikole ♥ - 19 - Female - Chicago, Illinois - www.myspace.com/yourockmaisocks) im 19 and i live on the east side of chicago im hopefully getting banded quite soon so lets chat

Hello Nicole! It is very nice to meet you. Good luck with your banding experience. Mine has been great!

Kelly

Good morning everyone.I havent cheated at all and I still gained 2 lbs.I have been doing my workouts ,so I cant figure out what I am doing wrong.My husband says not to worry about it ,but I want to go forwards not backwards.It is so disappointing to step on scale and see the number go up.Trying to keep a good out look.Penny

I havent cheated at all and I still gained 2 lbs.I have been doing my workouts ,so I cant figure out what I am doing wrong.

Penny,

I know you have heard this before, but really, try not to get discouraged. I started working out 5 times a week for 1 hour at the beginning of November. If you click on my ticker and look at my weight chart, you will see I lost almost no weight for a long time and I know there were weeks I gained and just didn't report it. Muscle weighs more than fat, but it takes up less space. So, you may gain a little weight for awhile, but you will look leaner and feel stronger. When you build up a good muscle base, after about 3 or 4 months, you will burn calories much more efficiently. Muscle burns waaaay more calories than fat so when you are sitting on the couch doing nothing on a rainy day, you will feel better knowing that your body is still burning fat because it needs to do it to feed the new muscles you have developed. Hang in there. It was hard for me to make the transition as well. Now, I am thrilled with how my body is taking shape. It is still a major work in process, but I actually have muscle definition in certain areas and my stamina has increased tenfold. It will happen for you too.:smile:

Kelly

This is my first post, so I don't know if I am doing it right. My surgery is scheduled for March 26 at Carle Foundation Hospital with Dr. Rohrscheib. It is good to see that you are all doing so well. On Wednesday I go for my Pre-Op Physical. Any advice would be welcome.

I am trying to add my ticker. This is just a test to see if it will work.

This is my first post, so I don't know if I am doing it right. My surgery is scheduled for March 26 at Carle Foundation Hospital with Dr. Rohrscheib. It is good to see that you are all doing so well. On Wednesday I go for my Pre-Op Physical. Any advice would be welcome.

Welcome to our thread! It's great to have new folks! I have some advice for you since you are open to it. My advice is to pick and choose wisely about which advice to listen to.:tt2: Sounds vague, right? I have found while looking at many of these threads that some people are very poorly informed about what is and isn't healthy, but they are die hard on telling poor unsuspecting people everything they think they know until they scare the you know what out of them and have them questioning themselves about everything they do after they get banded. I've read of people eating as little as 500 to 600 calories, eating no carbs ever, exercising 2 hours a day, blah blah blah. It would make me squirm just reading the posts because I can only imagine what condition those folks metabolisms are in. The lap band was not designed for self-starvation. If we wanted to starve, we'd have had gastric bypass surgery. So, I think that is the most important piece of advice I could give you is not to doubt yourself and beat yourself up for eating normal amounts of food and exercising normal amounts of time because someone else tells you that you aren't doing it right. On a more positive note, I'm so excited that you are making the journey with the rest of us. Mine has been very rewarding and Dr. R is a wonderful surgeon. Just so you know, Terry and myself like to get together for lunch once in awhile for lunch and if you are close by, we'd love to have you. Good luck to you!!! :smile: