I got banded in Feb 05 it took me a while but I didn't start to lose weight until oct 06 and it has been coming off steadily 5 to 6lbs a month. I am pretty happy about that because I wanted to get it taken off after the first year when it didn't seem like I was going to lose anything. Well after all this my mother is not the mothering kind and I have come to terms with that but I can tell she is jealous because she doesn't accept the fact that I have lost weight (75+lbs so far) so she always wants to give me clothes and that are 3x or 4x size clothes. When I tell her that certain clothes I wear I can wear a 2x or a 1x now depending on how they are made. She still gets me clothes in a 3x or 4x and I can only wear it as a sleep shirt because they are so big. I told her to stop giving me clothes because I don't need them ( she works for nike and gets giveaways twice a year). I mean who doesn't like free stuff but she makes me feel that I am still huge true I have a lot more weight to lose but I feel good that I can wear smaller clothes. Eventhough she doesn't say encouraging words to me she asks me do I think she could get a lap band done because she can't seem to get the weight off.:angry

I mean I want to show off how much I have lost and how good I feel about my self but their always seems to be someone around me who wants me to feel just as miserable as they are.:eek:

She gets so much clothes when she has her giveaways that I went over their and took a few items that are a size 1x and I could fit all of them and it looked good on me:whoo:So I kept them!! She won't miss them.:mad:

Do you know after she's been running around telling everyone I'm DYING she actually emailed me to congratulate me?

On what, dying?

My family.......

As the saying goes - too bad you can't pick them :eek:

As the saying goes - too bad you can't pick them

In my next life I am going to do a wayyyyy better job of picking relatives! I think I was preoccupied or something the last time. :eek:

Too Funny........................when i told my mother i was going to get the band she told me she saw on the news that someone got it and they became paralyed. then when i called the accountant for the money (self Pay) i told him what for and to transfer it into this bank. he told me that i need to do this the old fashion way and just watch what i ate and to exercise more. i asked him to transfer MY MONEY FROM MY ACCOUNT TO MY LOCAL BANK. or he could transfer everything. he said O.K. dear what ever you need. LOL..

Hey Faith, you can have the treadmill AND the Bowflex that is still in the box (since I don't know what to do with it)! Sure, you can have my Protein stuff too! Just got some cool new flavors. I only wish I would have had the time to try them myself. :eek:

Aren't filthy Mexican drugs supposed to be better than filthy US drugs? I'm so glad I didn't suffer. That would have made me sad.

You know, the great thing about plastic surgery is that really, size has nothing to do with genetics. I was going to go for my old "C" but I'm thinking... maybe I should go for a XXXD? Of course, nobody would be able to see my face while I'm in the box but that's okay. I don't wanna pay all this money for boobs just to have someone notice my face.

'sniff 'sniff... so glad I had friends.

how would they get the casket closed??? Better stick to the C's....grin

how would they get the casket closed??? Better stick to the C's....grin

Oh yeah, I guess I haven't thought through the details. With all my complications from the filthy Mexican hospital and of course, my impending death... my thinking is clouded.

Perhaps a bubble on the lid of the casket is in order to not squishel anything. I don't know, what do you think?

Do you know my sis, the one telling everyone I'm dying... she sent me an email the other day congratulating me? For what, dying?

I'm still floored over that one.

Oh yeah, I guess I haven't thought through the details. With all my complications from the filthy Mexican hospital and of course, my impending death... my thinking is clouded.

Perhaps a bubble on the lid of the casket is in order to not squishel anything. I don't know, what do you think?

Do you know my sis, the one telling everyone I'm dying... she sent me an email the other day congratulating me? For what, dying?

I'm still floored over that one.

I guess if you are planning a BIG funeral with lots of famous people gasping over how wonderful you look (being so thin and emaciated after the horrible infection and other mexican maladies) then maybe she is congratulating you on the beautiful corpse....you know....live fast....die young....kind of a goal thingy....

or she is just crazier than a rabid raccoon.....

love the idea of the bubble....you are either improving...or it is true what they say that you get lucid near the end...........

oh this is such a sick thread.....I feel so at home!

:cool:....cat

Once you reach goal, take a photo of yourself and send it to her with "I went to a filthy mexican doctor for a botched procedure and complications, and all I got was this lousy weight loss" captioned on the front.

What would be better is to send this picture with the caption "No Mexico, No doctor, No lap band....I am still better then you"

That would be cool.

Send her a photo of Angelina Jolie and tell her that it is a photo of you thanks to the brilliant Mexican surgeons and their feelthy drugs. She sounds loony enough to believe it.

At least she isn't telling people you ARE deceased! Of course that would throw a kink in the information when you answer any phone call to your house....uh....no, this is a recording....Actually since she is so knowledgable, you should drop her a note and ask her if she has been privy to the exact date of your demise so you can be proactive and get your affairs in order. Now THAT is helpful! Plus, it gives you the opportunitiy to cancel any long-term hair appointments you might have outstanding. See...there is an upside to this!

GACK! You'll wind up looking like Beth on Dog The Bounty Hunter! I think the funniest thing I ever saw was the South Park character of her. All it was was two HUGE boobs with two eyes and a bunch of blonde hair peeking over the top.

GACK! You'll wind up looking like Beth on Dog The Bounty Hunter! I think the funniest thing I ever saw was the South Park character of her. All it was was two HUGE boobs with two eyes and a bunch of blonde hair peeking over the top.

omigawd! lol I wish I had seen that. I love South Park.