Well I guess I am the first one here! I just got my surgery date and it is set for June 2nd at OHSU in Portland Oregon. I am so excited! It has been a long journey to get to this point and I am so glad to have a date even if it is almost 3 months out. Anyone else out there get a June 09 surgery date?

Edited March 11, 200917 yr by astera

Yeah us. You go girls. We rock.

Cheri

Congrats to everyone, we're all doing awesome!!

Banded 6/8/09 (today is my 8 month anniversary!), down 82 pounds.

Congrats to those of you who have done so well with your weight loss. I was doing ok until I fell and injured my knee before the holidays and then sat around eating holiday food for a month. :thumbdown:

I am finally able to exercise, but being so sedentary got me back into my bad eating habits.

Does anybody have any advice to help get me back on track? I am almost embarrassed to go back to my surgeon for a fill, which I probably need.

Edited February 13, 201016 yr by akfmurphy

Congrats to those of you who have done so well with your weight loss. I was doing ok until I fell and injured my knee before the holidays and then sat around eating holiday food for a month. :thumbdown:

I am finally able to exercise, but being so sedentary got me back into my bad eating habits.

Does anybody have any advice to help get me back on track? I am almost embarrassed to go back to my surgeon for a fill, which I probably need.

Get the fill. It'll help jumpstart your diet. Do the liquids for a few days, then high protein mushies, then high protein meats and veggies. You can do that now,too, while you wait for the fill. Get the crap out of your house and life so you won't be tempted.

Cheri

akfmurphy, sorry about your knee! Glad it's feeling better now. Definitely get the fill - do NOT be embarrassed - that's what fills are for, when you need a little help to speed up the weight loss!!

Hi all

Well having been going great although weight coming off very slowly at moment, but thats ok, as I had a fantastic exercise regime going. But now...my elliptical trainer (only 3 months old) fell apart while I was on it a couple of days ago and I hurt my ankle!!!! AAARGH...now i am hobbling around and not able to train! :tongue: To top it off we are flying to new zealand tomorrow and I am praying my ankle will improve super fast cos now that I am normal weight (well nearly :biggrin:) I want to do all the fun things like ski etc! Anyway the guys came to fix my machine and apparently a bolt had completely snapped off...guy looked at me when he said that ans also said he doesn't know how thaat could happen! (I was thinking I'm NOT that fat anymore so it's not my fault!!!!) LOL :thumbup:

Wow! Hope your ankle gets better soon. Having some trouble with swallowing vitamins. Makes me pb after my latest fill. Maybe I'll try crushing them and dissolving them in something.

Cheri

I'm down 100lbs. Starting 364lbs now 264 I still have a long way to go. I go to the gym five days a week plus walk 2 miles a day.

I'm so happy that I had the LAP-BAND® done. It has changed my life.

Congrats to those of you who have done so well with your weight loss. I was doing ok until I fell and injured my knee before the holidays and then sat around eating holiday food for a month. :biggrin:

I am finally able to exercise, but being so sedentary got me back into my bad eating habits.

Does anybody have any advice to help get me back on track? I am almost embarrassed to go back to my surgeon for a fill, which I probably need.

My advice is to go for the fill as soon as you can. You have nothing to be embarrassed about and nothing your surgeon hasn't seen before. Glad that you are now able to excerise again. You are back on your way. All the best.

Hi all

Well having been going great although weight coming off very slowly at moment, but thats ok, as I had a fantastic exercise regime going. But now...my elliptical trainer (only 3 months old) fell apart while I was on it a couple of days ago and I hurt my ankle!!!! AAARGH...now i am hobbling around and not able to train! :tongue: To top it off we are flying to new zealand tomorrow and I am praying my ankle will improve super fast cos now that I am normal weight (well nearly :biggrin:) I want to do all the fun things like ski etc! Anyway the guys came to fix my machine and apparently a bolt had completely snapped off...guy looked at me when he said that ans also said he doesn't know how thaat could happen! (I was thinking I'm NOT that fat anymore so it's not my fault!!!!) LOL :thumbup:

Sorry that happened to you! I'm dealing with an ankle injury too and have not been able to do my spinning classes for last 4 weeks. What is helping is ice twice daily on the ankle, tylenol twice daily for inflamation, wraping ankle or wearing the ankle support to keep it less mobile. Have a great time on your vacation.

Had my surgery 6/30/09 and finally made it to 45 lbs lost. I have 54 lbs left to go! It is coming off a lot slower than I had hoped.

Had my surgery 6/30/09 and finally made it to 45 lbs lost. I have 54 lbs left to go! It is coming off a lot slower than I had hoped.

I had my surgery on 6/18/09 and I have 47 lbs. I am happy with the time that it is taking to come off. I did expect it to come off faster, but it is giving me a chance to actually work-out and work off the flab.

I had my surgury on 06/15/09 and am down 70lbs. I'll be honest the first 3 months nothing was happening, so I tried the low carb diet. I figured I couldn't eat bread, pasta, rice which are all carbs, so why not try the low carb. I've notice since I incorporated this w/my lap band I've been doing much better!!

Hello Everyone,

This is only my second post on this site. I am glad I came back to the site. So far I have only lost 55lbs. Banded June 23rd. I was feeling a little down. (I thought I would lose more by now) :redface:. I wanted to see how others have done who had the surgery the same time I did. You guys are inspirational. I decided to stop watching the Biggest Looser and hoping for those results. Not realistic for me. I am going to make better choices and exercise. :confused:

Edited March 23, 201016 yr by Pretty14yah

I thought I was the only one. Thanks for your post. We can do it!