Hi Marchies~

We are 16 months out from being banded, all of us inching closer to goal.

Please check in as often as you can to see how your anniversary mates are progressing to offer support and encouragement, or to get a little TLC if you need it.

We are all banded together, after all.

Hope everyone has a great 4th of July. Enjoy all that is the 4th and remember to check in with our little group.

Happy july everyone!!!!.... I have been waking up very happy lately and cant explain why... I guess its because im so motivated im determind to hit 100+ lost by july 15th my 16mth bandiversary... its getting close!! so how is everyone else doing??? Are we all still motivated.??

I know as we approach the goal weights it gets a little harder to lose the weight.. trust me i know i hit a 2.5mth plateau where the scale even started going up!!! but im back on track thanks to the lovely support we all offer to each other..

I never thought i would be able to say 36lbs till goal!!! (my surgeons goal for me is a mere 26lbs away!!!)

So lets keep each other nice and motivated!!! lets keep going!!!!!!!!!

Edited July 2, 200818 yr by Jeni 85

Hi everyone! Can you believe it's already July?

I'm happy to see folks checking in. I'm rolling along...school going okay, we have a long weekend for the 4th so I'm going home to Portland. I was down to 171 until TOM rolled into town...so I have a few days to wait for the Water weight to go away and I'm back in business, I hope.

I'm not changing my ticker, though! :thumbup:

Have a great 4th, everyone.

Hi everyone - it's been forever since I've posted, but I read occasionally. I have not been doing well at all with my weight loss - and have even gained some, but I'm happy to say that I'm back in the fight. I set some new goals and am ready to focus again. Life kind of took over and distracted me from my goals. I'm just so happy that my band buddy didn't let me gain all my weight back during this time. I've found motivation again!

Hi everyone. Hope your 4th was great. We had some wonderful weather here in Kansas City. Still trying to excerise and stay on program, slow weight lost.

hey yall last time i checked in I was at 196, havent been on the scale since I left the doctors. I think i need another fill I've been eating and eating but eating mostly meat no veggies.

my new addiction is Kit Kats i never touched those candy bar until 2 months ago!!!

I will weigh myself sometime this week...

LOVE you much

Hey all... so my 16mth bandiversary is only 6 days away.. and i am absolutely determinde to reach the -100lb mark by then 2.9 to go...

So i have decided to kick up my excercise this week and i refuse to touch any sweets.. Lol.. which shouldnt be to bad considering that my period is finally done... So no whacked out cravings!!!

I'm also now struggling with keeping myself calm i found out that depending what my tests say i may have to have my gallbladder removed!?!?!?!?:wink:

I go for the ultrasound tomorrow... I really do hope its fine.. Because i really dont want to go throught the pain afterwards.. but there is one good thing on my side... Turns my surgeon who placed the band , also specializes in the gallbladder, and he would be able to do my surgery!!! Such a relief to know that if i do need it i will be in good hands..:wink2:

Sorry about the rambling but like i said i am extremely anxious and nervous about tomorrow.. I'm well aware of the what the procedure consists of,im not afraid of that, but i just dont want them to find anything....

Hi Jeni

I will be prayin for you!!

Jeni,

My fingers are crossed for you.

J

Thanks ladies...

I'm still waiting on the results of my ultrasound..

The tech told me if i dont recieve a call by friday to give my dr a call...

That should be fun trying to get a hold of the G.I. Specialist.... lol:laugh:

I've calmed down a little bit, but still wont be completely calm until i get the results...

I'll keep everyone updated:cool:

Just wanted to check in and say HI and see how the Marchies are doing.

With work, kids camps (I teach archery to the 4-H kids), son home from college for 5 weeks (just went back today), projects that need to get done around the house and my garden (which is my salvation, I love to take my shoes off and get in the garden), not much time for anything else. I haven’t been on the scale in I don’t know how long, but I haven’t been exercising lately so I doubt that it has gone down any.

Seeing as how quiet everyone has been, I guess I’m not the only one with too much to do and not enough time to get it done. I haven’t even been fishing/camping/kayaking yet this summer and I don’t see doing it in the foreseeable future. If it wasn’t for the fact that no one will even answer my phone when I gone from work, let alone do any of my work, I would just call in “sick” and take my dd out fishing. I might do it anyway and suck it up the next day when I am buried at work. Hell, I would love to go fishing right now, but I have to be up by 6:00am.

Well, I hope to check in soon. Take care and have a great summer.

P.S. Good luck Jeni, I hope everything turns out alright.

Hi gang.

Summer is slowly slipping away...

My weight is moving downward at a snails pace, but it is moving down...

Hope all are well.

HELLO Ya'll

going to get another fill next Monday! for some reason I havent felt any restriction with the last fill that i just got back in June. I can eat and eat and I'm hungry...Wonder if my tummy is shrinking on the inside. The last time i has 3ccs in my band i had to go get an unfill but now its like nothing...hope there is no slippage....

Hope you all are well......thank you for listening..

Thick chick--next time you go in for a fill have them measure what is in your band first. I did that and found out that I had only 2cc and not the 4.3 they thought. Don't know when it goes but it does disappear. So maybe you don't have what you think you have.

Good luck on you next fill.

Carol