I am interested in finding out about my fellow August All-Stars! I'll start.

I am a stay at home mom to 5 awesome, rambunctious, talkative kids. My oldest is 9 and she is going into the 4th grade. My next daughter is 6. She was adopted from China at 10 months. She'll be in first grade this year. My only son is 4 and is starting preschool this fall:thumbup:. My next daughter is four also. She was adopted from China at 20 months of age. She's going to preschool too:thumbup:. My baby is 3 this year. While her brother and sister are at preschool, she is going to learn how to behave in public. At least that is the plan...don't tell her:eek:!

I used to teach 8th grade English. Now I take care of the kids. I love to read. I make and sell girls' hair bows for fun.

I am married to one awesome man (but don't tell him I said so:wink2:)

I decided to have this surgery because nothing else was working for me. My hubby and kids are all thin and fit and I just can't keep up with them anymore!! I want to see my kids grow up! My cholesterol is through the roof and I have a family history of heart disease.

Okay, who is next????

My surgery is tomorrow. I live in upstate NY with my husband. We have a 19 year old son.

I have been overweight my entire life (well except for a few years). I gained a tremendous amount of weight, about 70lbs, from trying infertility treatments. They unfortunately did not work and I was left with all that weight. I was already about 40 lbs overweight so it did not help.

I have been considering lapband for about 1.5 years and decided this January to move forward.

I am very excited to meet others having the surgery this month too.

Gilta

an am unrepentant tv freak.

So are you a fan of Joss Whedon's work?? If so have you seen the new Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog?? I LOVE IT!!!

Hello; Thanks for the invite LanaKila. I was banded today,and this is my introduction to the August Allstars. I feel pretty good right now. Looking to have a good healing time.

I come from a family with "weighty" issues. My Mother was heavy and lost weight through diet. My sister had gastric bypass 5 years ago and lost 110lbs. That surgery had her out of commission for a while. The risks with gastric bypass are so much more than Lap Band. I believe Lap Band will really work for me, and I it sounds like you can right back to life with little time away from family and work.

:cool2:My husband and I have 2 :scared2::cursing: children and 1 :tongue:dog. We both work full time and I working towards a certificate at a local university for my next career. My job has involved a bit of travel and some long hours, and I find it hard to eat perfectly. I will need to be better at this!

I can't believe that I weighed 301 pounds. I am now down 17 pounds with the pre-surgery regime. That gives me a sense of accomplishment. I know I will need more to keep going.

I understand that the clinic has a scale to track the appropriate caloric intake needed to lose 2 pounds a week. Do any of you track fat, sugar and carbs? Do you keep a food diary? How do you find cooking for the family foods that you cannot eat?

I can see this is a good place for support! Look forward to talking to you.

Hello Everyone!

So many wonderful stories on here! Trish we have a bit in common!

I am 28 and live in NorCal. (Fires are still going but we can finally breath again) I am a QA supervisor at a local natural/organic juice facility here. I am single with 3 four furry quadrupeds as my kids. 2 Kitties and 1 amazing pup. In my spare time I volunteer at a local wildlife facility that has many special needs exotic animals; mostly cats. We care for tigers, lions, leopards a couple coyotes and many more.

I can't remember when I didn't have a weight issue. I was a wonderful weight as a freshman in high school and it has gone up since then. After high school I went to USNA and still managed to gain weight. (what does that tell you) So I think this will be a wonderful tool to help me get the yo-yo under control and a good healthy life in order.

Congrats to our day one people!

C~

Lions and Tigers and Bears? OH MY!

Ok, it's obviously past my bedtime...:wink2:

Hehehe no bears. I thought it would have been cute to make shirts that said something like "lions and tigers and....coatimundis?!?!?!" Oh my...or some other random animal that we have. Who knows I might make one for me yet! :wink2:

How about Binturong? Although it's not nearly as fun to say as Coatimundi. Co-timundi. Coatimundeeeeeeeeeeee!

Really...I'm going to go to bed now, before someone gets frightened. :wink2:

Hi...My name is Pj. I've been married to my wonderful husband for 39 years. We have 2 sons, ages 37 & 34. 2 gorgeous granddaughters, ages 8yrs & 12 months.

I work for the Dallas County Tax Office, going on 13 years. I love my job very much.

My hobbies are, MY GRANDDAUGHTERS, reading, scrapbooking, gardening. I'm fixing to add a new hobby to this list, which will be exercising. As soon as my band heals I'm joining 24 hr. fitness with my daughter-in-law.

I quit smoking 20 months ago. Since then I have gained soooooooo much weight. I have a problem sticking to a diet, I do better when I have rules and guidelines I MUST follow. I would always say....I will start my diet tomorrow. Since my pre-op diet started July 21st I have lost 12 lbs.

I have not felt well for some time due to this excess weight, which has caused my blood pressure to get very high. I don't have the energy I once had. 2 years ago, I took my granddaughter to 6 Flags over Texas, there is no way I could today. I want to feel better, and live to see my granddaughters grow up.

I love swimming, can't remember the last time I put a bathing suit on. One thing I am looking forward to next summer is buying a new bathing suit, going swimming and taking my granddaughter to the waterpark. Good Luck everyone on your weight loss journey. I am so ready !!!

Will someone explain how to update the Ticker? :confused2:

Hi PJ. Welcome!

Click on your ticker and it will take you to ticker factory. Input your password, update your weight then click on "next" the bottom of the page, close it and refresh the page that you clicked on your ticker in the first place and it should show the new number.

Hope this helps. You can also do this by going in to edit your signature and clicking on the ticker in the preview area above.

Congratulations to our new bandsters!! Hope your surgeries went well and you're feeling good!!

pj_taxlady,

Welcome, we are close to the same age, I am 60 live in Massachusetts, I am getting banded next week on the 7th. Do you have a date yet. I have friends in Richardson Texas. I am married for 33 years to a lovely guy and I have one daughter 31 and one brand new granddaughter 12 weeks old now. She's such a little joy, I want to be there when she grows up and gets married. I also want to take her places that now I would feel uncomfortable doing. We have a small pool in the back yard, I do have a bathing "dress" LOL that's what they call them. So I am in the pool a lot in the summer. I want to wear a normal bathing suit next year. Teach GD to swim and go to amusement parks when she's older. I want to ride on all the fun rides too.

I can't wait for the next 4 and a half days to go by and get my banding...best of luck

Pati

Hi All!!

My name is Lisa Marie, but you can call me Lisa... I am 27 years old and currently live in Las Vegas , NV. I like most of on here have struggled with my weight. I have tried every diet, diet pill and starvation to lose weight. I did at one time lose over 100 pounds while I was on the Aktins diet. However, I learned that once I put a peice of bread in my mouth it would be hello weight gain. LOL

I am tired of hearing people tell me, "OMG if you lost weight, you will be gorgous, etc. " I am tired of my weight being the topic of discussion with my "skinny" friends. I just want to be healthy and happy and maybe find love, is that too much to ask for? I want to shop at "regular" stores and not have to spend double the amount of money on a pair of jeans.. LOL anyways.. I am scheduled for surgery August 8th, 2008. So 8-8-08 is my day where my second chance begins. I had my seminar July 9th, went for blood work and EKG on July 23rd, was approved July 30th and hello August 8th. :Banane34: :party:

I am soooo excited but yet soooo scared, I come on the site and site for hours reading the forum.. and I think I am scaring myself no reason. Anyways, I am to a huge GIANTS fan and can not wait for the season to begin.. We are taking it all the way again this year!!!!! Well I am excited to get to know everyone during this life long changing journey! Hope everyone has a great weekend. :huh2:

Thanks everyone for the sweet welcome. My surgery date is Aug. 4th. ( 2 more days ) A little nervous, but soooooo ready for this.

I click on everyones ticker and it will open up, I click on mine and nothing happens. I want to update my weight loss.

Pj, click on any ticker then. When the page pops up it will probably show the ticker that you clicked on (it showed yours when I clicked on it). Then enter your pin, click on update and then go from there. I don't know why you can't click on your own ticker. That's strange. I can click on mine from the thread or from my options when I Edit my Signature. If that doesn't work, you might just have to make a new one. Let me know if that helps at all. Hope it works!!