Hello there Band fans....I got banded March 28th-2007.

I told myself....Bycyling would be a very good choice. Fresh air, muscles working for the sake of "Cardio". After one week passed--in April. I purchased three new bikes for me and my two sons. I have defeated many things doing that. No more not riding with my children--we ride as a crew (family). We could not conquer the hill on my street. We used to stop 3 to 4 times before getting to the top ( I did). So now the wheels have turned. My kids ask me---"Daddy can we stop--our legs are burning". Thank God I am doing well now. Now with 21 pounds gone---but just riding bikes. I am ready for the next Journey...The 1st fill--I am looking forward to the next 4 to 6 weeks--maybe 12 or 20 pounds gone...who knows...:faint: this is how I feel on many days after my ride. Today--(8.5 miles) It was walking, riding around the fair in my town--but that is what my speedometer said when it was all over...

I was banded on the 14th and I am now officially on the road again with my spinning/cycling class at the gym. I started back Monday, so refreshing and energizing. I was like a mad woman getting revenge on fat. I am thinking about joining a outdoor cycling group or something, I have never done that.

Hia Trell!

Cycling is great. Spinning is a fantastic way to get in shape and burn those calories too.

Do you have a bike? Do you know other cyclists? What's your biking experience? We are all cycling junkies here, so tell us, we want to know!

Umm yeah totally in for the Apple Cider. We were talking about doing that last yeah but I remember you had Zoe that weekend or work over time or something. But yeah I am in. It will probably be my last ride before I get the PS.

BG - I know I've heard y'all talking about it before, and shame on me for not taking you seriously...but how could I, gorgeous? What the heck kind of PS could you possibly need? Are you for real here? :confused2:

On that note...I am slowly wearing hubby down regarding the boob job. It is starting to look promising! I'm not one to ever let ANYONE dictate what is right for me, but this kind of thing really freaks him out. He still hates my band. I am so psyched that I may get PS myself!

Edited May 6, 200818 yr by TexasFire67

BG is getting butt inplants. How did you miss that???

I'll let her tell you about her PS, I am going to need a complete body lift. My heaviest weight was nearly 350 pounds, and I'm 5'2", so imagine how much stretching my skin had to do to cover all that.

I get wanting your Husband's support about altering your body, but it is YOUR body after all...I'm sure he thinks you are perfect and doesn't want to risk losing you for some vanity thing...but it's more than vanity. It's about being happy in your body.

Anyway....I'm hoping around this time next year to be waiting out my insurance so I can get my surgeries (YIKES 3!) in the summer and fall.

BG is getting butt inplants. How did you miss that???

I'll let her tell you about her PS, I am going to need a complete body lift. My heaviest weight was nearly 350 pounds, and I'm 5'2", so imagine how much stretching my skin had to do to cover all that.

I get wanting your Husband's support about altering your body, but it is YOUR body after all...I'm sure he thinks you are perfect and doesn't want to risk losing you for some vanity thing...but it's more than vanity. It's about being happy in your body.

Anyway....I'm hoping around this time next year to be waiting out my insurance so I can get my surgeries (YIKES 3!) in the summer and fall.

Butt implants! Hey, that's a real thing, isn't it? And you are kidding? LOL Okay, BG...fess up, chica, if you are comfortable. (Who am I talking to?!?!?)

J - I don't know what a full body lift is, but it sounds scary and wonderful all at the same time!

Yeah, you are right on about the hubby thing. I know in my heart that I will get this, but it's an important "tactical" move to have him supporting the process. I'm just wearing him down. Poor guy...he's so good to me, but it does require a certain finesse on my part at times! At the end of the day, I'm just not happy with "my girls". AT ALL. In fact, I'm down right embarrassed in certain circumstances...I'm sure you get my drift. I just have to be patient. Once he gets his new Harley, which should be very soon, I will unleash my best tactics at pushing this along! LOL

A full body lift is essentially a seam around ones middle, like a belt and they pull from above and below. God that sounds aweful.

Typically one would have their arms and boobs done

Then pannis and mons lift

Then the back, ass, etc. That one is iffy on me. (I want butt inplants actually, because I have a pancake ass, but that's a whole nother story like you, your boobs and DH. The GF needs convinced and she thinks I'm mocking black cluture.)

I'll also need my inner thighs done.

I'm going to look like Frankin Hooker by the time it's all done. Now tell me you've seen Frankin Hooker...we are the same age, you have no excuse...

Oh and my turkey waddle needs to cut off and donated to science.

I'm a chatty Cathy today!

Okay...I have but one word...WOW! You are going to have all that done? That is incredible!

I know I could look it up, but it's just easier to ask now...what is a panni and what is a mons and why would they need lifting? I have no clue, but somehow I think that was a dumb question...oh well.

Oh I don't think that would be mocking black culture! I had a bubble-butt all my life until I lost all this weight. (I always loved my butt, no matter what size I was!) Now I have a "normal" butt...if there really is such a thing...and I love it still...just differently. It's a lot easier to fit into clothes now, though.

I have no clue what Frankin Hooker is, either! But something tells me that my imagination is correct, and I am going to go look it up right now! LOL

If I win the lotter I will be getting a lower body lift. Since I won't win I will be getting an abdominoplasty. My insurance will cover a panniculectomy and I will upgrade it to the full TT for an extra $1500. Sometimes working at a hospital pays off.

LOL You guys are too funny! I've got a bubble-butt too. I have always had curves. I know I'll need some work done after this is all over, but I'm ready! I want it all...anything that will make ME look and feel better about my self and in my own skin!

BG and J- You two are so close to PS...how exciting!

TX- You are so cute!

~C

I'm logged in for my class stuff but we have a minute to go.

Nervous energy.

Frankin Hooker was a campy movie from the 80's

A pannis is what you get from too many paninis...It's redundant tummy skin, or nicely called the apron o' skin.

The mons gets fatty when you are SMO so it's gets all stretched out too. OH LA LA...sexy fine.

on to school work!!!!!!!!

I'm totally gettting a LBL!! Have ya'll seen Puddin's LBL thread?!?! She is amazing, started at a size 28 and is now a size 6. (http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f12/lower-body-lift-fun-28009/) She is completely my inspiration.

I'll also need to be sure I get my arms done, boobs (I'm actually thinking I can get these donw maybe next spring/summer even if I"m not completely at goal - I HATE my arms and boobs!!!) And I need inner thighs done, they are already sagging badly.... butt implant would be heavenly! - but everyone in my family has a flat butt, so oh well.

Mons is a MUST! LosingJusMe said in her thread that sex was just so much better, the sensations were stronger, once she got her extended TT and mons lift!

As for the ride in June - there is NO way I'll be able to make it. Blame Georgie Bush... gas is just too much, which has increased the prices of everything else. Now... the ride in Sept though, I might be able to make that one! I'll have to let you know once it gets closer though... and I'll even go ahead and request the days off work. We'll just have to wait and see for sure.

My mons is not so bad luckily. But I will probably have to live with a bit of a FUPA for the rest of my life. I can deal with that.

I would love, lvoe, love a LBL but there is no way I am willing to pay that kind of money for it.

Yeah. I think I'll have to mortgage my LIFE for the money to pay for PS. I'm still having trouble paying off my surgery... which I was only charged a little over $1000 after my insurance paid their part. Lol!!