wow, i have been banded with plication for almost 2 yrs

and been on this forum for 2 yrs 4 months..where has the time gone?

i am happier today then i was when i started in Feb 2012...compared to

where i am now today..

the only (advice) i want to give is the following (take it or ignore it):

• call your doctor if you are hurting or concerned or need (assistance w/questions can i or should i eat/do/drink)
• i strongly advise anyone to do what THEIR doctor says, not mine or anyone elses..
• use common sense (you cant gain true weight overnight and you wont lose true weight overnight)
• eating more calories than you burn off will make you gain weight with or without any WLS
• reality is clothes sizes getting smaller is a accurate sign of losing weight (dont focus totally on the metal monster)
• you do not have to be at goal in six months...get there when you do...WLS has no expiration date

and last but not least

believe in yourself to give yourself credit..you know if you eat too much of the not so great food chioices out there

dont say the WLS did not stop you..you stop you.....YOU can control yourself..(you wont step out in front of a train would you??)

WLS will help you but it wont be the save all as that part is up to you and me

be well and all the best to you.

Love these posts! Arlene, let's go dancing! Gay clubs were such a a great dance outlet for me in the eighties. Fun times. In the last year we made friends with people who host monthly dance parties in a town not far from here. We've been to two and that's another NSV for me: dancing! We are definitely then oldest people but I can still tear it up. Thanks to my band and losing the two cinder blocks worth of fat.......

My nephew and his partner live in NYC and went to one of the clubs one night. They said it was 'too' gay for them. The DJ's FB page will say where he is spinning. The best one is when he says, I will be spinning at the cock, who's coming. My nephew calls me Orlene. So the DJ saw them walk in and over the PA announced, Orlene. They were not happy being pointed out.

The dance parties sound like fun. I can't dance. I guess 8-10 years of tap and ballet didn't help old age.

Ah...what I wouldn't give for a nice hot bath right now!!! My little body is all aches and pains. To my chagrin I fell going UP the marble stair case yesterday!! OUCH my legs and arm are various colors of the rainbow today and if it was summer people would think I was either hit by a truck or a battered wife! (Hahaha as if Ken would say cause he'd be a dead man and I'd be posting this from a prison cell)

To top it all off I have the gym tonight with the trainer...maybe I'll get lucky and hubby will draw me a nice hot bath to fold myself into when I get home. Can someone send him a little bird message for me...tweet tweet... Nope I didn't hit my head

I feel for you falling. A few years ago I either missed or slipped on the bottom step in my house. My ass black & blue mark was the size of a football. I broke 3-6 toes and now have to wear boxy toed shoes. Fucked up my bad knees even more. Not fun.

Feel better and you need a Jacuzzi not just a regular tub.

You might want to get some Arnica . it's sold In Walmart and some health food stores, it will take care of the bruising. it is a all natural product that works on bruising and soreness . Hope you feel better soon.

Ten months ago today I was banded. Woo hoo! What a wonderful ten months it has been.

I'm feeling grateful for you folks today, and hopeful for 2015. My therapist tells me to dare to dream.

So today I'm daydreaming about summer 2015. Will I be at goal weight? I sure hope so! Gotta get this body moving more! I started walking the stairs at work as a planned exercise. Ten flights up and ten flights down each day. Too cold to walk outside.

Hope everyone is having a good day.

Thanks everyone. Feeling much better today. I had to forgo the gym the other day I just wasn't able to handle it. Sometimes I think we need to give ourselves a break. I stress myself out about not eating right and not working out enough...truth is that sometimes I just need a REST from all the stress.

So even though it's pretty darn cold here in NY I'm planning to meet the trainer tonight and get that work out in!!

I had a fill yesterday at the Dr. and I am feeling a bit more in control of my food intake and choices and that's very helpful. We had a BP meeting on Sunday in NYC and I have to tell you that it was really just what I needed to kick my butt back into gear again. Both me and the hubby. The holidays and the kids and the weather work and all those things were really starting to stress us out so much we really let ourselves get lost in it and it was great to pull our heads out of that and refocus!! It's just what we both needed.

Hope everyone here is doing well and staying warm!!!

if my friends on this thread read this

I love and care for you and about you

**thank you**

Hi CG, caught up on your blog posts yesterday. I hope that fill is settling in well and you are staying warm in NC. I know it's not exactly balmy there right now.

I'm on clear liquids for a minor surgery tomorrow and I'm. Frickin. Starving.

@ Justwatchme I hope everything is ok , & hope everything goes well good luck , but before you know it you will be able to have a little something to eat.

Debbie, I'm already planning a pot of chili for Friday afternoon. Lol

@@JustWatchMe Hope all goes well friend!! Stay strong your almost to the end of the day!!

Surgery is over. I'm home and wiped out totally. I went to bed. Time to eat. No hunger per se but that's false signals because I'm headachy and my stomach has not stopped growling for the last 24 hours.

God bless all our newbie post ops. Surgery, even minor, is a huge deal.

Surgery is over. I'm home and wiped out totally. I went to bed. Time to eat. No hunger per se but that's false signals because I'm headachy and my stomach has not stopped growling for the last 24 hours.

God bless all our newbie post ops. Surgery, even minor, is a huge deal.

Feel better soon sweetie!

Dammit. Got stuck on chili. I made it with chopped beef instead of ground beef. Bigger pieces. Even well chewed, I got stuck on the first damn bite, so thankfully, I've learned to stop there. Had myself a salad instead. Off to bed again.

Just one and a half days of zero solid food, and look how tight my band gets. Live and learn!