Hey all.

So there's a bunch of us in this group, all split up into our different banding days. I was thinking that it might be a good idea to have one master thread as we move through the month, in which all of us could post as we go, from the pioneers going on March 1st to the finalists on March 31st.

I'd love to talk about our anticipation and any worries as we approach our banding date, for people to talk about exactly what happened from the moment they walked into the hospital door until the second they walked out, about how recovery is going, about weight loss and plateaus, about non-scale victories and challenges.

I was thinking that if we all contribute to one thread, it'll form a more substantial channel for information and support. At the moment, I was thinking that we might be too spread out into individual date, and that a central thread would be a really good backbone for the group, in addition to the date-specific threads.

What do you think?

Fenton

And A-dub? The trick to my impressive weight loss is to start at a weight so high that it's almost incompatible with life! Your weight loss is every bit as impressive for coming off a smaller frame.

Also: I'm really pushing it with the walking - I burned over 5,000 calories yesterday, and I reach similar numbers most days. Of course, as I get smaller, my burn rate will go down...

Jiminy Christmas! According to the tread mill at the gym I walk for an hour in my target heart rate and burn 150 calories. Kinda makes me look at those hundred calorie packs a little different.

BIG DAY....HUGE, JUST HUGE....and I'm home alone with no one to celebrate with me......

I'M IN ONDERLAND.......for the first time in about ten years, I'm under 200 pounds!! 198 this morning!!!

Congratulations! That's awesome!! Just remember, you may be home alone but there's lots of us to celebrate with right here... :biggrin2:

Congratulations Harley! That is really amazing. Hope I'm there with you in just a few weeks!

WOO HOO, Congratulations

looking forward to onederland soon..

BIG DAY....HUGE, JUST HUGE. I'm under 200 pounds!! 198 this morning!!!

Sigh, it sure feels good!

Think I'll Celebrate with a yoplait!

first and foremost

W O O H O O !!!

I don't want to rain on your parade but maybe celebrating with food is not that great a reward. IMHO:embaressed_smile: (flamesuit on)

Edited June 5, 200818 yr by ajoneen

Wow, that's some tough love! At least it was Yoplait, not ice cream...:biggrin2:

Love is love! Take it where you can get it!

Unless you're married, then you should probably be a bit more careful.

Harley, congrats again - I remember how good I felt when I entered threenderland as if it were only last week!

Which it actually was.

first and foremost

W O O H O O !!!

I don't want to rain on your parade but maybe celebrating with food is not that great a reward. IMHO:embaressed_smile: (flamesuit on)

Actually, the only reason I said that was because I was getting ready to eat Breakfast and it was a yoplait!! I wasn't really celebrating! I haven't figured out a 'real' reward.....it was said more sarcastically than anything!

I can't wait to be in the one hundreds again, I can't remember when I was there last....congratulation Harley....got my 4th fill today...hoping this is it....although I lost 5 lbs in three weeks so I can't complain.....think of where we'll be this time next year!!!!

sharon

CONGRATULATIONS ALL!!!!

It's a little ironic that last night I was working on my weight log and figuring my BMI and found that I too am no longer morbidly obese!! I have slipped into the severly obese category. Haven't been there in over 15 years at least! It was and is a great feeling! :wink2:

went to the DR today, expecting to get a fill, but nope. Dr thought i had enough restriction for now. I have trouble eating more than a few bites of chicken, and start to feel lousy, and have been losing # per week. So she is the DR and I will take her cue. At least now I am not on ,liquids for 2 days and can enjoy the kiddie amusement park with my grandson tomorrow..even though i will watch what i eat I can have a few thing that are typical fun food.. a bit or 2.. no more

Hoping to be in onederland in just a few weeks.

Wow Harley! Magnificent work!

So, my shrinking shamrocks, at nearly 3 months out for most of us (three months to the DAY for Fenton and I), we are really starting to kick ass and take names!

Let's all keep up the good work, and we'll be slimmer, sexier and more seductive before we know it!

Not that we're not sexy now! Woohoo!

AND most importantly (how could I forget....)

We'll be HEALTHIER!

Here's to Shamrock Pride!

Hi All! I have a question.

I had my second fill yesterday (banded 03/11). It was 2 cc's, for a total of 4 cc's. I noticed later on yesterday & again this morning that I have like a dull ache/pain in the little pocket between my left collar and left shoulder.

Has anyone else had this? I'm on my second day of liquids & haven't had anything else to eat otherwise. Is this common or perhaps a coincidence? :thumbup: