It's been a while since I was on this.......... Lap-Band talk. Boy has a lot changed.

First and for most........ WHO the heck is the chick on the top of every page. She was cute at first, but now she is getting annoying. I can see after a couple of days or weeks I'll be hate'in her. How come she get her Pic in the top fo every dam page ???? Maybe just the opening page, but every ONE !!!!! A little too much ego don't you think ???? You might want to tone it down a bit there skippy.

Next it seems like everything else has changed, but I guess that's normal, some change is good. But I am making my way around OK, we will see.

Now for Butchie Boy............. Like I said in my profile, I got banded in 02', and have lost something like 200 lbs give or take. I was never able to get below the 400 mark, I was tell'in myself, "YO Butchie, you lost 200 lbs that should be good, right ????"............ WRONG !!!!! 430 is too much weight fattie, you got to lose more, but it has taken some real soul searching to get moveing again, and I was embarressed to come on here and still not have lost anymore weight, so I stopped. Well............... I was very sick, and I thought I was going to "Buy The Farm" as they say. When the Dr put me in the hospital and I was on IV Water pills and Iron. I was so filled with water, I lost 75 lbs in the 4 days I was in the Hostipal. Then let me out and I lost another 46 lbs in the week to follow, SO.......... that was a 120 lb weight loss in 2 weeks (all in water......... "P") that's almost 13 gallons of pee-pee. I was like a ballone deflateing. Now in the following week I should be below 300 lbs for the first time since High School. MAN...... what a ride.

Now I feel I can come back and tell you the band is working, and I still fool with it once in a while, but I am still loseing weight, as I can now move around and be a lot more active. I feel really good for the first time in over a year, I am glad this is over...... well almost.

So I am here to say, to all you newbies, just keep working it and use your band, even after 6 years it is still working good and when I go up to New York I will get another fill and I will get to goal weight, God willing and the creek don't rise.

Thanks for listening, just my 2 cents.

Butch:cool:

Shabam...you were like a Water balloon, eh? :tt2:

Congrats and good luck!

Welcome back! This site has probably changed many times since you were here last. I'm trying to get used to the latest format. I hope you get well and loose the rest of your weight. Be healthy, live long! SS :tt2:

WOW!! That is a lot of fluid. I bet you felt like you were drowning! As far as the young lady on top, she is one of ours. Got some post lap band pics done and they posted it on top. SOOOO you might want to pull your foot out of your mouth, lol. I think she is beautiful! Anywho welcome back!

I'm so glad you got all that Fluid out of you. I bet you feel better.

Yeah the lady at the top is boobookitty. Her pics were gorgeous and she posted them on the sit and it seemed the next day we have this beautiful red headed woman on the top of the page. I couldn't stand the lady we did have with the tape measure and the apple so it kind of makes me happy

Congrats on your weight loss and getting back on track.

I love BooBooKitty and it makes me smile every time I see her up there. Such an improvement over that strange apple with the tape measure.

That's a whole lot of Water weight. I'll never complain again about the two pounds I carry at TOM.

As for the chica at the top, I agree it's a bit much to have the same header on every page, but she's not the one who formatted the page, the powers that be chose her pic. And she's a LBTer, not some random model, so props off to her.

I really appreicate you coming back and telling the newbies to keep on at it. That's a message everyone needs to hear.

Thanks,

Fuelman,

Wow, what a journey for you! Sorry you were so sick, but glad that you're back on the right track now. I think the photo at the top is a huge inprovement over the last one. I swear she looked like she was offering us the poison apple, lol! Hang in there and way to go on all you've lost so far!