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Hi

I am Janet and I am a recovering food addict :wink2:

I was banded 7/17/07 - My starting weight was 250 - I'm 5'4

Today (just over 10 months out) I am 154 - size 8 pants (was 18/20) Medium tops (was 22/24)

I got banded as I wanted to extend the years that I have left on this planet and to do that I knew that I needed to lose weight.

The band has been the tool I needed. For the first time in my life I have been able to achieve this goal (actually getting to my goal weight)

If you want a buddy - support - help - suggestions - Please feel free to call upon me - I will gladly share my journey with you - the journey is still on going and by helping you I will be helping me (staying motivated and accountable) and then one day you can pay it forward and help someone else.

Hi All

Glad to hear most of you are doing well. I got in alot of exercise today. Got up walked on treadmill for 30 mins, varied speed and incline also put on arm weights for a bit. Then went to the Mi Renaissance Festival. Boy was that an experience. Such costumes. Walked around the grounds for about 5 hrs. had to park about a half mile away just to get a space. They have these huge turkey legs to eat, just wrap the bottom and give it to you like that to eat. Ate half tossed the rest... yummo

Mrs B hope you get the well deserved sleep you need and you pain subsides.

Laura hope they figure out your Dads problem soon for all of you.

Everyone have a good weekend.

Laura K

When I was up to Indian River, for a girls weekend, a couple of weeks ago I took my wii fit. My "wonderful" friends took a video of me hula hooping, I can tell you I sure didn't look like that girl lol:smile:

So many posts, so little time. Julie. I'm so sorry about your pain. Before my neck surgery I could not even wear a coat and walk through the store for more than a few minutes. The pain from the weight and pressure of my coat was too much. At this point I'm beginning to think that private health care is so badly managed that government health care could only be an improvement. You need that MRI asap. Start making phone calls, threaten a law suit, contact a lawyer.

Laura, I had a fibroid attached to my ovary the size of a large grapefruit. It bled too at my TOM. Happened to have a physical just after one of my heavy bleeds and the Dr called me in a panic about my hematocrit.

She told me one more TOM and I'd need an emergency hyst with blood transfusion. They gave me shots to stop my period to give my blood a chance to rebuild. Instant menopause. Then I got the hyst. Saved my life. Had more energy than I'd had in years. No more TOM. Instead of no libido, I had more than I'd had in years.

Doodle, Eli's mother may need some parenting classes. She's never been a parent while sober. Have her investigate Love and Logic. Also, she and Eli may not be ready to be fulltime together right off the bat. He undoubtedly misses you and the stability he experienced. Your daughter also needs time to continue to work on her sobriety, hard to do with an uprooted child around. I'd suggest a more gradual transfer.

I spent time with my grandsons again today and am going to my grandaughter's birthday tomorrow.

I actually ended up not thrifting, I had a 30% off coupon and Kohl's was having a good sale with power hours and cashback. Got some black cropped pants cheap and several lightweight fall tops. I'm hoping I can get through the fall without buying much more. CBL.

Edited September 20, 200916 yr by ifyourstomachoffendsyou

HI to all...

My name is Amanda im 29 and i joined lapbandtalk..ohh over a year ago, but i rarely get to come here so im sure noone knows me.

Ok so I was banded june 10th. 2008. Ok so at first it was great....after surgeyr i was feeling full after a yogurt, i was like no way a ltile yogurt has me feeling good...this way cool

Ok so months go by and i lost near 70 lbs with in say 7 months.. i was on a roll. THEN a brick wall I HIT. Back in January i saw myslef not losing. Somehow between working 12 hr days I let 5 months go by with no restriction....i never gained but sadly never lost either. So in june I got my first fill.YES i said first feel...so backing up my story a bit for first 6 months i nefver needed fill because i was losing like 10 lbs month...anywhoo

Going back to brick wall....aafter fill in June...STILL no freaken restriction....Being that it was my first fill im sure maybe its normal...BUT I am so dispoitned in myself and the band...Not a poor me party or to say the lapband sucks....its all my fault.. I didnt take care of the problem ASAP...Time flies and I let NOW 7 months go by without losing. I feel so wayyyy behind. (still havent gained).

i get filled tomorrow YAY!. I need input advice

Last fill in june she put 2cc ( i think i have 10cc band?)

anyway...Questions

- will i ever fill that full feeling like after surgery again?

- Will the Brick wall finally crumble down or i jump over it?

- any suggestions on how i can catxh up on my weight loss? I feel like i should have lost 100lbs in a year..so i need to lose 30+.

- am i over shooting the 100lbs in ayear?

Ill stop asking questions for now. i owuld appreciate your responses... if i need a kickn the butt dont be nice be straight forward with your answers..

PS yes i know this site offers lots of answers but there are so many post I just havent founf time to scroll through millions to get help....agaon thanks for you input

Amanda

banded June 10th 2008

September 2009...havent lost in 7 months

was 272..now 208

Good Morning Friends!!! My My MY!!! We went to the celibration last night and it was sooo AWESOME!! There were 3 speakers from different denomenations there, the P&W was out of this world, and the food wasn't too bad either!! It was all about Celibrate Recovery and getting the ppl in our community to come together and welcome ppl with additions to our churches! The mens group was there, the ladies group and the group from celibrate recovery, plus about 400 ppl to show them support! I was sooo touched by the testimonies!! And my DD didn't do too bad either! She just looked soo beautiful up on that stage!! She always did like to have the spot light on her! lol She is really staying busy with the doings of the church and celibrate recovery and I really tihnk that's what she needs!!

Julie~~~ My DH goes to a pain clinic now and I believe that's why he is able to walk today! He had his lower back fused a few yrs ago and was still having pain so he started going this pain dr. He tried the shots and they worked for awhile and then they did surgery and put a nerve stimulater in his lower back. Now when he is in alot of pain, he turns this thing on with a remote that he has and it relaxes the nerves in his back. He says it fells like waves going down his back and leg. I know I didn't say that well but it has helped him alot! Maybe Laura knows what I'm talking about and she can describe it better. One time when Eli was around 3 yrs old, he found his PawPaw's remote, brought it to him and as he was walking toward my DH, he was also turning it on full blast, my DH jumped up, holloring, "hey, boy, give that to me", well Eli thought that he was playing with him and started running away from him!! Well to make a long story short, Eli had it turned up so much, it brought my DH to his knees. lol It wasn't funny then but it is now! I think I am going to try to get Eli some professional help, it better to do it now than wait too long. He is just too little to sort out his feelings and reacts the only way he knows how!

If~~~ I am going to look into that program. I've never heard of it so it may not be in our area. My DD is still living with us and I think maybe she will for awhile. That's the one thing I wish that they would have done, was parenting classes. She had to go thru one when she was first put in the DHS system, but she went to it just to say she did. And she was high when she went so I know that was a wast of time!

Laura~~~ Nels is sooo lucky to have parents like you and your DH !! I can tell in your posts that you have sooo much love in yout heart for him! There are soo many kids out there that don't have that in their lives!! Yesterday, my DD had to leave early to help get things set up so she told Eli that he was going to have to ride with us, well he started crying, and this was like 10:00 in the morning!! She wasn't leaveing till 3:00!! We told him we were going to take him to his Mom later but that we would call her and let him talk to her on the phone, strange as it sounds, it helped!! He was o.k. with her leaveing!! But we are going to look into getting him some help!

Well, I need to run for now, I'll catch you guys later!! Sharon

Hello all.

I have a terrible headache today and was so sleepy that all I've done is lay around and relaxed. My weeks are so insane that I don't even feel guilty about not doing anything.

Sharon~ I finished the Shack last night. It was awesome! I'm so glad that you recommended it! Thanks. I think that I might listen to a few of the chapters over again because they had so much dialouge that I kind of spaced out and got sleepy listening. I always listen to my books on tape in bed before I sleep.

Well, I get my fill tomorrow. Good thing because I need a bit more restriction. Hopefully this will bring me close to my sweet spot. Also, last night I had a dream that I was eating donuts and all kinds of other "no no's". I hate those dreams because I wake up thinking that they are so real.

Oh well, this is just a quick one. I will CBL after dinner. My head hurts so I'm going to close my eyes for a few also.

TTYL, Meredith

Hello all.

I have a terrible headache today and was so sleepy that all I've done is lay around and relaxed. My weeks are so insane that I don't even feel guilty about not doing anything.

Sharon~ I finished the Shack last night. It was awesome! I'm so glad that you recommended it! Thanks. I think that I might listen to a few of the chapters over again because they had so much dialouge that I kind of spaced out and got sleepy listening. I always listen to my books on tape in bed before I sleep.

Well, I get my fill tomorrow. Good thing because I need a bit more restriction. Hopefully this will bring me close to my sweet spot. Also, last night I had a dream that I was eating donuts and all kinds of other "no no's". I hate those dreams because I wake up thinking that they are so real.

Oh well, this is just a quick one. I will CBL after dinner. My head hurts so I'm going to close my eyes for a few also.

TTYL, Meredith

At least it was only a dream and not a reality!:biggrin: I don't like food dreams at all. . . my dreams are usually about the one day to be skinny me . . . i'm always dressed up so nice with heels and beautiful clothes . . . dreams are always nice. . . but then you wake up :biggrin:

Hey all, it's going to take a while to catch up on the posts.

Dee, yes, I did have my surgery in Tijuana, Mexico. It was a good experience over all. In fact, I went down there by myself this time for my fill and had no problems. Congrats on the surgery....don't worry, the swelling will go away and your tummy will be smaller. I think I noticed a difference about a week later.

Julie, I would have picked up a tortoise for you (a toy one) while I was in Mexico, if I had read your post before I went. We'll see about finding one for Mimi before we meet in February. There are lots of toy turtles down here. Sorry to hear all that pain is back. I hope you do pursue a solution with the right doctor, you just can't go on suffering all the time.

Janet, I'm with you and the exercise in the morning....I just can't get up any earlier to exercise in the am...if I was retired....I'd love to do my walk or what ever in the am. I do that on the weekends but not during the week. How far is Indio from I-8 & El Centro?

LauraK...my sister had the same problem and didn't know it either until she tried to get pregnant again. She ended up with a hysterectomy (sp?) too and adopted a copule of kids.

Cheri....I hope you are feeling better about your situation and yourself. You have a lot of faith....have faith the job situation will work out and have faith, your body will be what it is and you will be healthy. You never know...you might not need PS at the end of your weight loss. Part of the process is acceptance and you will reach that point when the time is right.

Linda, wow you have been busy. How are you liking the day shift?

Laura, glad you found out what was going on with you. That has to be a relief. Sorry to hear about your Dad again. I hope they can figure something out with him. Hope Nelson really does like the classes, I think they do help with discipline and respect....and it doesn't hurt they learn how to kick butt too....LOL.

Meredith...yes, sometimes traveling is a pain because of all the work to prep before hand and then the laundry afterwards, but I'm an addict and I really like to see new and different things. I also like to stay home....on the weekends, it's really hard to pry me out of the house and yard. You are probably building some great muscle (converting fat to muscle) and suddenly even if the scale isn't moving, you are going to be a size smaller. Then the scale will move again.

Sharon, Congrats on the 51 lbs....that is fabulous!!! Glad to hear DD is doing well....hopefully things will settle down with Eli too. The counseling is maybe a good thing, if you find the right counselor. I think Cheri had some good advise.

1 day....that's so cool that you were doing martial arts. My neice's husband has a studio and is a sensei (spelling?) in the Boston area and my neice has a black belt. I think it is an amazing discipline.

I'm sorry if I missed some of you. Hello to everyone!!

San Diego was fun. The quilt show was very interesting and there were some very cool quilts. They also had vendors and I got some tools for card making there too. My sister took us down to the gas light district, old town, Hillcrest, and we went to Shelter Island (looking for a fish market we didn't find). We had a pretty good trip. Got home this evening.

My fill went pretty well and I do feel some restriction, but my eating is haphazard since we were travelling again. Tomorrow I will be logging my food and watching what I eat again. I hope it will limit the amounts. It seems to doing that now, but I just can't tell really. I burp like crazy right now (like that last time) I think it's funny but I'm sure my sisters got tired of hearing me belch all the time.

We now have 9 baby torotises. I'll take a picture this week and post it. There were 10, but one fell over upside down in the Water dish and didn't make it. I can't imagine 9 tortoises in the terrarium I have....I'll have to figure something else out.

Okay, I need to sleep sometime (stayed up too late this weekend and it's going to be tough getting back to early rising). Take care everyone.

Eva

Good morning gang~ Just a quick note... still have to pack N's lunch and get dressed. Hope everyone is having a beautiful Monday! We ate Thai food yesterday and I am up 4 lbs today!!! (I only ate a cup of food- only 2 tbs of rice!!!) I am sure it's the salt.. but OMW. I also ate some of DH's popcorn at the movie yesterday.

Meredith~ Hope you are feeling better! Congrats on the weight loss!!! (we spoke on FB, so I got the early scoop!!!) SOOOOo proud of you!

Eva~ Nelson just watched Wall-E yesterday and now I have EVA on the brain. Have you seen the movie? Congrats on the baby turtles and the fill. : )

Hello to the rest, can't write indiv. right now. cheerio~ Peas

Hi everyone, just checking in from work, so this will be short. Phyll, that bear sign was great - very funny. I thought it was real too, until the end. Laura, I wanted to thank you for talking about the pain management/anesthesiologists as I need to get some help for my pain as well. I checked and there's about 4 drs. in Des Moines I can go to. The one I went to previously who didn't do much for me was ONLY pain management -- so thanks for that advice. I'm going to make an appt. as soon as possible. I have constant back pain and then about 2 years ago started with hip pain which hasn't decreased at all since I've lost weight, in fact, it's getting worse, not better. I went to an ortho doctor about 2 years ago to get it checked out and he wouldn't even do an x-ray - he said and I quote, "you are obese -- lose some weight and your hip will feel better." Gee, and for that I was charged $150 for an "office visit". Anyway, not complaining, just glad that no one will ever be able to brush me off like that again. Julie, I do hope you can get some relief soon.

By the way, I haven't had a chance to write to Oprah/Ellen but I will get to it, hopefully this week.

We're having a new issue with my 20 yr. old step son. He moved to Oregon last year to try to get to know his mom. Well, he called last night and said she is always "using" and also drinks and she gets out of control and kicked him out of her apt. and won't let him even store his insulin there. She just refuses to grow up and get help - the poor kid. There's so much more for him there than we have here. He has a good job but doesn't have enough to get his own place. So, we'll probably send $$$ so he can rent a place. Honestly, if it's not one thing it's the other.

My DS is coming for a couple of days. He has a meeting at the corp. office here so will be stopping off for a couple home cooked meals. I miss him so much, so will be glad to see him.

I hope the scale moves this week -- it's been stuck for so long. Weigh in day is tomorrow, so I'm looking forward/dreading it at same time.

Welcome Bandalouisiana and congrats on your weight loss and your ability to keep it off without restriction. I just recently got to my sweet spot -- even though I was getting fills every 6 weeks, it still took 8 months to finally get to my sweet spot -- although I too was losing regularly, when I went in for my fills each 6 weeks, I let my surgeon know that I was losing weight because I was "dieting" and not because I had restriction. Based on that he gave me fills about every 6 weeks until I finally just last month found my sweet spot. So, hopefully you'll find your restriction a little quicker than I did. I can tell you it's much easier now that I have restriction -- I finally feel like I have a tool to use at last.

Well, gotta run, hope everyone has a great day. TTYAL. Linda

Good Morning Gang

I have been MIA all weekend - Sat morning didn't make it to the gym- doggies had appt 8:45 then I had one at 9 - and my gym doesn't open til 7 on weekends - so not enought time to get my workout - shower and dress - plus I HATE rushing - So took the dogs - got hair cut then came home and cleaned my house from top to botton - didn't finish mopping til 7:30 and gf came over and wanted to go eat - so I jumped in the shower and went with her to eat - she ate and I had a glass (2) wine - then went to karokee bar for about hour or so..

Yesterday food shopping and relaxing...

Dee (nawlins) I too had bad gas pain but it was the 2nd day that that hit - but after that one bad espiode it wasn't that bad again - I will get it every now and then i I over eat.

Laura - I will tell you that yoga crap is hard !!!! and so is the hula hoop and trying to catch the ring - forget that soccer one - I'm not super corridnnated - I like the step but need to do more to unlock a more advance verision...

Laura K - I would hate for anyone to video me on the wii lol

Amanda - Welcome !!! You have done very well - so quit putting yourself down

Yes you can do whatever you put your mind to - You can't change the past all you can do is move forward - So hope your fill goes well today... You can breakdown that wall- you can acheive whatever goals you set for yourself..

I showed off for the PT guy today. I was in the back when he got here so I strolled down the hall sort of spinning my cane in front of me! He was impressed... walking pretty normal without the cane. He laughed! Flexion didn't increase a whole lot... 114 degrees. I was hoping for 120 but he said not to stress over it... just keep working at it... more BUTT SLIDES!! The exercises are so much easier to do than even a week ago it's amazing. I am really pleased with how things are going. Just 4 weeks tomorrow since surgery and I'm pretty mobile, almost completely off pain meds and really excited about how far I can walk already (1/2 mile).

Yah, Janet I didn't know they did it until it was over. what a hoot. I can do a few of the yoga ones, don't do the strength ones much. I laugh so hard at the soccer one I almost pee my pants. I've got most of them open now. It's amazing what you'll do to beat your kids at a game. Keep on practicing until I'm rated # 1. Don't stay there long unless they are gone awhile. lol

Laura - I will tell you that yoga crap is hard !!!! and so is the hula hoop and trying to catch the ring - forget that soccer one - I'm not super corridnnated - I like the step but need to do more to unlock a more advance verision...

Laura K - I would hate for anyone to video me on the wii lol

I do a few of the yoga exercises but can't do a lot of them and they aren't my favorites. Hula Hoop I've tried a few times. Soccer is one of my favorites, though. I was getting over 100 on the advanced, but not so much this summer. Just about ready to get back at it now that knee is doing so well. And I told my PT guy that I was going to start doing the step exercises. I think if I use my cane I can do it now. One of my sisters actually did video me last summer.... boxing!!

Fortunately it did NOT end up on UTube!

Just wanted to say one thing about restriction. My Dr. told me the band rests around a fat pad around the stomach. As you lose weight the pad shrinks and the band gets loose. That's why we're on a neverending search for restriction. I lost 8 lbs and lost my restriction so I'm back to dieting till my next fill.

I don't think you actually reach your sweet spot until you hit a goal you're satisfied with and the band helps you stay there instead of gaining it all back. If I start gaining again I'll get filled until I can't gain it back. I know better than to rely on my own willpower. Did that for years and I could lose but then I'd gain it all back. Without the band, the head hunger would take over again.

Laura, I would bet some of your weight fluctuation is due to Water retention and Fluid buildup from your female issues. Those fibroids swell at PMS time too. I used to have as much as a 7 lb. weight fluctuation. Hope you get the best treatment. Julie, I hope you do too.

I'm all too familiar with the spinal arthritis in my neck and lower back. I've had major neck surgery by a neurosurgeon, one of the best in the area. He removed a lot of bone but didn't fuse me, allowing me more mobility but also leaving me prone to reinjury. I've also had shoulder surgery and now my other shoulder needs something after a fall last winter. My hip frequently kills me even though I lost a lot of weight. It wakes me up at night. Plus, of course, I've had double knee replacements.

Right now the incline board I have where I hang almost upside down is keeping me going. I'm at least an inch taller after I get off that thing. Its really helped with the neck and lower back and even with the hip. Some of the hip pain actually comes from my back. But I can tell there's spurs inside the joint. Sometimes I rotate a certain way and I can feel them scraping and tearing things up.

I am much more limber with the weight loss though. I was almost running after my grandaughter tonight. She wanted me to be the monster and I was surprised how well I kept up with her. I also had my grandsons on the junglegym again a few days ago and was keeping up with them on my son's hilly property yesterday. I walked for an hour and a half today.

It's the stairs at work that kill my hip. Going back to work this fall really triggered the hip pain again. I had built up everything else with walking but I didn't climb steps this summer and my hip healed up. Stairs are the killer. Probably need a hip replacement someday, no matter how much I lose.

When I go for a little R&R, it isn't for Rest and Recreation, its for repairs and replacements.

LOL! What a topic. Aches and pains. I remember listening to older people talking about these things and thinking I'd never be like that. LOL.

I first put my knee out of joint at 16 yrs old. My shoulder started hurting from all the swimming I did at that age. Its been downhill ever since.

Take care everyone. ttyl.