Well, December is here!! The holidays are almost over and our one year anniversary will be here before we know it. Hope that all the Marchies will check in this month and give us an update.

Mine doc does them between 1 and 2. My appt seems to always be 1:20 and nothing to eat 1 hour before hand. I try and eat something light for lunch that day because I know that I have to get on the scale and am working for every oz I can get.

Well, here I sit, 4 lbs from my Christmas goal of 180 and for some reason my ankle is killing me. I didn’t twist it, bang it, stretch it or bruise it, it just hurts like hell to walk on it. I have no idea what the heck is wrong. I am still going to push for my goal, but decided it will not be the end of the world if I don’t make it right on Christmas day. I found myself getting almost depressed about not being 180 by Christmas and had to started reminding myself about all the great things that have happened to me since I’ve been banded. Like I am off all my diabetic meds, my knees don’t snap/crackle/pop when I walk, my back isn’t killing me, I have gone from a snug 22 to a snug 14 and I can walk up stairs without breathing hard. Best of all, I feel good about myself, granted I am still overweight, but now I know that this too shall pass. The weight is coming off, albeit slower then I would like, but it is coming off. I am trying to remind myself that the numbers on the scale are secondary to the health benefit that I have already achieved. Now if I do make 180 by Christmas, I am going to be very excited and my fellow Marchies will be the first to know, but if I don’t make it right on that day, it’s ok, the key is knowing that I AM GOING TO MAKE IT.

I forgot to add that I am 1 lb over half way. I didn’t want to edit because they haven’t gotten that fixed yet. So 51 gone and 49 to go.

Mrs H.

Congratulations on being more than half wayt there!!!!!!!Great accomplishment!!!!

You know not to let the numbers control your mood. Easier said than done I realize, but let me say it again...

And yeah, I have a spring in my step when the scale moves down and I pout when it holds steady or moves up a pound or two...but really look how far you've come in 2007. Don't let three little pounds color just how successful you are.

XO.

J

:whoo:Way to go Mrs H!!!!:whoo::whoo::whoo: Slow And steady and we all be there some day. Wise words Juli, you always know the right thing to say to give us all a boost. You are an inspiation to us all .:clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2:I am personally tring to say off the scale over the holidays. I can tell other ways how I'm doing. The scale really can effect my mood and I have a hard enough time , this time of the year.

Have a great night .

I'm new here and still trying to catch up on past messages. But, the last messages have summoned up a few things. Like trying to reach a certain weight by X-Mas as well. But most of all before and after fills. I too usually go late in the afternoon. My next appt. in 12 noon. So, I better set up my meals for the balance of the day.

I haven't reached any restriction with a fill yet. I'm hopeing this one will do it. So, at times I feel like I'm dieting with the band and doing quite well.

Also, glad for all that I've lost thus far. And like how I look.

So, everyone have a restful evening and nite.

howdy Whitepants.

Don't worry about catching up, just jump right in!

Ok guys, I have to say, I finally broke the 5 month plateau! Do you think something was wrong!!!!!! I guess I thought I was at the right fill level but my doc gave me a fill of .25cc's and that did the trick. Down 3 lbs in 1 week. I can work with that!

I am having the worst time with the fill amount. I think I am driving my doctor crazy.

I seem to be on this every 2 1/2 week fill/unfill routine. I have a 4 cc band. 2 cc's has me hacking up slime all over the place, literally.

With 2 cc's I am pretty much on mushies and liquids.

When I drop down to 1.7 cc I can eat most anything.

I seriously need like 1.8.5 cc's.

Rosi, you could not have said it better. I am so glued to that darn scale. I can not believe how I can go for weeks at the exact same number. Before I had the lapband I would fluate several pounds over the week, not now.

I am just so thankful I have my Lapband going into these holidays.

Toodles,

Jmcambra - 3 lbs down!! Hot Dang!! I am so happy for you. You have been busting your butt and you do deserve it.

Janine - I am at a point where at times I can eat way too much, but on other days, I get stuck on tuna. I don't know if I want another fill or not. I don't want to push it. I hope you get to a good restriction and quit haveing to "yo-yo" fill.

OHJuli - I don't know how I missed it, but are you over 100 lbs down?? Holy carp!! Way to go!!

Thanks Mrs. H.

I hope and dream that I'll see my goal next year. The weight loss is slowing though to about 5 pounds a month....

OH Juli,

You will get to your goal, and 5 lbs a month is nothing to sneeze at.

Congrats again.

Hey Janine, nice to hear from you.

Glad to hear you've broken that plateau jmcambra.

5 lbs of loss sounds good to me OH juli,

From Sept to Nov I lost 4 lbs and the Dr. thought that was great...I however was dissappointed.

I've been gaining and losing the same 4 lbs for months. I'm not going to deprive myself this holiday season, but not gonna over do it either. I do have a little more restriction with my .25 fill on Monday.

But the cookies still go down without a problem....damn!

Everyone have Happy Holidays and hope you can spend it with the ones you love...Merry Christmas

I'm thinking i may need another fill.... but i think ill just kick up the exercise and see how it goes... I'm scheduled for a fill on January 23rd so i don't really want to reschedule... but now if i'm still having a difficult time in a week or two i will.. but ill see when i get there...

But don't mind me if im a little all over the place; its the hydrocodone my oral surgeon put me on for pain.... because i had an abscessed tooth called a phoenix abscess.. and with my luck the damn pus went into the soft cheek tissue.. so they had to drain it but cutting the gum.. But it is feeling better the only part that sucks now is that I'm on augmentin for the next week which means no Eggnog on Christmas.... Oh well its probably for the best since those things have a shit load of cals ...

You poor thing Jeni, I hope you feel better soon.

I have to work this weekend, but Monday and Tuesday are holidays and we are closed. I plan on taking half of Wednesday off, and I get Thursday and Friday off for working this weekend and will be taking the 31 off, so after Sunday, I don't have to work of over a week and only have to use 1 1/2 days of vacation. Damn, I love my job. Granted, yesterday kind of sucked. It had to do with a fish throwing up and trust me, it was messy.

It will just be my dh, dd, ds and myself for Christmas. We don’t do much for Christmas Eve, just sit around and watch movies. Christmas Day this year I am thinking about making everyone wait to open anything until after Breakfast. I still haven’t made up my mind. But either way, breakfast is a hash brown casserole. It has hash browns, of course, with green peppers and onions, topped with sausage, scrambled eggs and cheese and baked until the cheese is melted. My family loves it. lunch will be Soup and sandwiches, but supper is the bomb. Standing Rib roast with baked potatoes and asparagus all paired with my favorite wine.

Looking back over this, it still seems that I center holidays around food. But in-between meals, there is always something going on. Whether it is putting something together or playing a new board game, we spend it together. And that it what I love most, just being with my family on that day. With my son turning 19 in February and going away for college this spring, it seem like these days are numbered. So for now I just want to enjoy it while it last.

So, what are everyone’s plans for the holidays?