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We learn as we go

So today, I find out that I will NOT I repeat, will NOT be able to eat chinese food. I went to lunch with the girls. One of my favorite things in the world is Chinese. So I decide I can do this is If I am careful and dont overeat. WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didnt even eat much. I thought I would die with in the hour. :sad:I threw up once and was in the bathroom five times with in the hour and three more times since then. I am not sure why or if my body is just not gonna take certain foods now. I dont have to feel guilty about eating the chinese though, I have been to the bathroom so many times I bet I am down ten pounds. lol. I WILL NOT DO THAT AGAIN. God bless to you all. ps, i have been banded almost 8 weeks.:cursing:
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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Does being thinner make you look older?

:confused:As I move closer to my goal it all feels a little unreal. When I started my journey a year ago in May My goal was to weigh 155. I was 164.5 this morning. Last week my boss told me I was looking too skinny and I needed to start eating. Me? Need to eat? Is this a joke? Then over the weekend I had a friend tell me I looked "older" with out all the fat. Now I realize the fat did help fill out all the wrinkles but I wasnt real happy with that comment. I wouldnt go back. Wouldnt change it for nothing. In all fairness this man is a big jokester and picks on every one. He is also 515 pounds. I tried not to get my feelings hurt and just take it as a joke but I do see much more age on my face now. Honestly it is still worth it. I am more heathy now than I have been in 15 years. If I never lost anoher pound I think I would be okay. I am happy to b 93 down and still love my band. God bless to every one!!
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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I am SOOOOOO agitated.

Okay so I know this will sound much like my last blog but I am so agitated. I have been banded 6 weeks today. At first it was awesome. Yes I would like to say I would do it again in a heart beat, am not regreting my decision and consider this a blessing, however,i lost almost thirty pounds immediately, had my first fill last week and nothing, nothing for three or four weeks, not one pound, as a matter of fact i am up and down from 27-30 total lost allthe time, back and fourth. I eat what I am supposed to, cant believe I am not 100 pounds on this diet i eat nothing lol. I drink my protein, for the love of pete what else can i do? I dont expct to wake up 125 pound next week but this is driving me nuts and i am really really getting discouraged.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thanks for letting me vent and God Bless.:biggrin::sad::glare:
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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I vow this is my last "ticker" blog

Okay I would like to thank every one that has tried to assist me in my dingy attempts to do the ticker. I figured out how to do the ticker. I got a really cute one, loolks adorable half way almost to goal I have copied and pasted to option one block on the "update signature" area. I have copied and pasted on the option two area. I have tried hitting upload, save signature, and preview signature. Each time I do this It says invalid file. Does any one have any idea what I may be doin wrong? except for a possible shout out saying yea I got it some day lol I swear this is my last "ticker" blog.:thumbup:
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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I'm on my way

Well, I have been on my pre-surgery diet for almost a week and have to admit I am starved. I am so motivated that it hasnt been that bad. I have dropped ten pounds though realistically I know most of it is probably water. Heck if i could do this long term, I wouldnt need the surgery. I have surgery a week from tomorrow. Still having the same feelings, very excited and scared. Hoping this works, hoping I have taken off enough time to heal (only have one week of vacation) but each day brings me closer. I wish the weight loss would be this quick after the band. How cool would that be at ten pounds a week? I would be in ONEDERLAND in no time. ha. Wish me luck guys. Seven days to go.........:smile2:
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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Almost 8 months.

On the 28th, I will have been banded for 8 months. I cant believe it. It has gone so very fast. I have lost about 67 pounds. I say about because every day is different but most days I am around 191. My goal is 155. I feel better than I have in years. I am wearing 14 and 16 pants. I have lost 30 inches all over my body. I still have a way to go but so much better than I was. So much healthier. SO thankful and blessed. I love my band. Not every day, not every week has been easy but I would not trade it, I would recomend it to any one. The doc says in a few weeks, he wants me to go on a low cal low fat "rotation diet" so I can get the last 35ish pounds off. When I get there, he wants to do small fills a half a cc at a time till I can eat 4-6 small meals a day be satisfied and not starved inbetween. He said that is the key to long term loss and keeping it off. He says if I am hungry I wont keep it off, it is too hard for any one long term. Hope all is well. Hope every one else feels as blessed as I do. God bless and Good luck.:thumbup:
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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How can you be sure if you have the "sweet spot"

:confused:I have been banded for three months. I am down 46 pounds (pre-op diet plus after surgery loss) I have said before, I go three to six weeks without losing a pound then in one week I will lose about 7-8 pounds. The thing that bothers me is it seems to happen only when I have a fill. I have 6 cc's in my band. I have lost a few pounds since my last fill but not consistenly each week (which i guess my body is gonna refuse to do anyway) Here is my delima, what do I do the next time I am due for a fill? I dont want to be too tight and make myself sick but here is what I am doing now. Some times I can eat any thing at all and it not seem to bother me, other times (and no it is not only in the am like i have heard people say) I seem to get everything I eat stuck and it is crazy. A fellow lapbander friend of mine said i may have a small piece of food stuck and therefore restricting me at times. So how do I know if i am at the sweet spot and how do i know if I do or do not need a fill? I know the big thing is consistant weight loss and that aint happening. I am taking in protien every day, walking 1-2 miles almost every day and truely sticking to what I am supposed to do 95% of the time. Any feedback out there?
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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Soooo close but not there yet!

I am 18 days away from my Bandiverssary. I cant believe it has been a year. It has gone so fast. Unbelievably fast.I feel so blessed. I love my band. Dont get me wrong I would be lying if I said that every day has been easy but there is no way I could have been where I am right now with out the band. I had tried every thing every diet you could think of in he world I have done. For a while they worked but only for a while. The band helps me to be the best I can be. It helps me to stop when the food is good and I want more just because it's good. It gives me the ability to say no or even yes to just "a little bit" I am down 85 pounds, 17 to my goal weight. Seriously doubt I will make it before my year but I look and feel better now than I have in years. I just cant complain. 85 pounds is nothing to be ashamed of. I thank God for my new lease on life and thank my wonderful supportive husband and family and even the supportive friends here who have helped me thru. God bless and hope all is well. Come on 17 pounds, get off of me LOL!!!!!!!:smile:
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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Some times I really hate that scale!!!!

I said I would not panic when my year started to approach and I was not at my goal of 100 pounds loss (I am an 77 loss) I said I would be grateful for how healthy I am now and that I have lost several sizes. I have lost 40 inches on my body, between 3-4 clothing sizes, off all blood pressure meds, no longer borderline diabetic, no longer have high cholesterol etc. but here I am the scale will not move and I am feeling a little down. I cant recall the last week or even month the little sucker moved. Not even a pound. Please dont think me not grateful. I am so blessed I just want this other 27 pounds off do you hear me OFF AND GONE!!! I am walking 2 miles a day, eating healthy, feeling like I am doing all the right things but the body is a funny thing. My year is May 28. I REALLY want to be at my goal by then. Besides a fast, (lol) any suggestions?
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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Feeling down today

I have been doing pretty good, eating well, losing slow but steady, met my first big goal of losing 50 pounds excited about being around 7 pounds away from Onederland. I have been so motivated to excercise, just walking almost two miles five or six days a week. No one in the world hates it more, just about the time I get used to it and almost enjoy it.....I am walking down the steps this morning and hear a snap, like a twig snapped in half, I almost threw up, broke up in a cold sweat and hit the ground. Something in my calf either pulled or tore. I a,m so mad. I know this is not a marathon but I am trying so hard to "look good" for my 25th High School reunion the third week of November. I just kinda defeated tonight. Ate Cheetos like they were about to outlaw them lol. I just need to hope it is not damaged bad and watch me diet.If I start gaining, i will jump off of something lol. Tomorrow is another day.:biggrin:
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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Feeling a little defeated today.

I havent blogged for a while but I read every day to see how others are doing. The last few days have been rough. I was banded may 28th. Bye Thanksgiving I had lost 63 pounds and felt like I was doing pretty good. I have gained and lost 3.5 pounds since Thanksgiving several times. This morning I weighed 197. I try not to compare myself to others but I read earlier about some one who had been banded a week before me who is down 90 plus pounds already. It makes me feel like I am really not doing well. I can say the food temptations have been awful I have not "pigged out" but i have not been great either. There are m and m's and candies, fudge and cake every where at work this time of year and it is hard to pass it up every time. I just want the rest of this weight off. I havent been drinking my protien either. I just hate to take in the extra calories even though I know it is important. I just want this weight off! I have already had four fills. am up to 8 cc's in my 14 cc band I think. I should be pretty tight but it still takes more than I would like to make me full. It makes it harder to push the food away. Just feeling sad and a little defeated. Hope every one is well. God bless.:confused:
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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The scale is moving again!!!!

I am finally losing a little again. Some times it seems like those scales will never budge! They finally moved. I am down 90 pounds. From 258 to 168. I started out out a very snug size 22 and now my 12 jeans are getting a little baggy. My original goal was 155. I am only 13 pounds to goal. It is hard to believe. This time last year I never thought I would make it. Thank God for my band!!!! Mechelle:wub:
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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Can somebody answer some questions for me?

Okay so I realize most of us are just people going thru life tryng to lose weight and do this band thing. I wont hold any one legally responsible for advice etc. I had my realize band done on the 28th of May. I still have my staples and everything. SO... I wont get my first fill for about four weeks(6 weeks post op). Am I supposed to be less hungry NOW before I get a fill at all?(Just from the band) or is it normal to be really hungry untill I start getting fills and reach that eventual "sweet spot" then once I hit that spot, will I get used to that "sweet spot" need more fills till I hit it again? Then what happens when I get as filled as my band will go? Does any one know how many cc's a realize band takes? I am doing well on the diet but man it is a struggle. I was private pay and on top of it i just feel like I went thru too much (surgery etc) to not make this a success. I am scared to death once the honey moon phase is over with this thing I will start gaining again. Any body got any good advice and answers for me? Thanks and God bless.
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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I am trying to not get discouraged.

:confused3: I was banded on June 28th. I came out of the gate running. I lost ten pounds pre-op and then lost twenty more the following two weeks afte surgery. I was so happy and excited. I have done everything the doc said and went one week, then two, then three with no weight loss. I told myself not to panic that everything would be okay once I started getting my fills. I got my first one five days ago. Guess what? I have not lost even a half a pound. I am on liquids starving and thinking hello, how can I not be losing weight? I am not eating anything. I am behaving and everything. I know I cant wake up one morning and drop 100 pounds from the day before. I am more realistic than that. I just dont understand why that stupid scale is not budging and why I am not losing. Any body got any suggestions? I just dont know what to do. I am trying to stay positive but when you are this hungry, not losing a thing it is really tough. I miss the food but if the weight starts falling off (even slowly) I can hang on and do this, if it doesnt I dont know how long I can remain determined and commited.God bless.
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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Tomorrow I start my journey

Well it's time. Time to start my new life. I have to admit, I am not sure if I am more excited or more nervous. Tomorrrow, I start my pre-surgery diet. I have my surgery two weeks from Tomorrow. So my mind is racing and I am already having trouble sleeping because I cant turn it off. Can I do this? Will I be successful? Will I spend all this money for nothing? Can I stay motivated? Will I make it thru the surgery? Will I make my family, friends and self proud or will I be terribly discouraged when I dont do as well as I want? I dont do "hungry" well. Obviously or I wouldnt be in this spot. Will I even be able to do the two week pre-op diet? I am starved just thinking about it. LOL So today they are having a pitch in dinner at work. I guess this will be my last day to participate in "normal for me" eating. I am ready for this, I can do this. I want to be healthy for my kids. I want to see grand children some day and I want to be beautiful for my husband. I want to be able to take care of my parents, not have them take care of me because of comorbidities. I CAN DO THIS!!!!! READY START GO..... IN THE MORNING.:ohmy:
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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Please talk to me like a third grader

You know what is cute? When those people who are used to fooling around with computers try to tell us slightly computer challenged folks how to do something and it just sounds like greek to me. Okay I am trying to do a ticker thingy. I clicked on user cp, went to update your signature and then from there......clicked on every possible area and no luck. Yes I admit it. I am not the brightest crayon in the box. Could some one help a sister out? Thanks and God bless. Seriously, talk very slowly and use little words lol. On a positive note, I am down 49 pounds, such a tease, 49 and holding.:thumbup:
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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well, I did it!!!

Yesterday was the day. I did it, I got banded. I was terrified, kept going over all the things in my mind that could go wrong, worried I wouldnt wake up etc. So 6 am I wake up with a migraine, not a head ache but a full blown think I am going to die migraine. Did not start well. was at the hospital by 7, gave my urine sample, ekg, blood work (again) and got hooked up to iv. I am very sore today feeling weak but honestly cant believe how good I feel considering what i went thru yesterday. The worst part of it all was the migraine that I woke up with and kept till I took excedrin migraine today. Lortabs wernt even touching it. We were home by 4:30 and other than being sore, gassy and starved to death, I am doing great. Wish I was able to eat real food. Cant tell what is gas and how much is hunger. It hurts tho. The liquids are not doing the trick, I am so grateful this is behind me. TIme to start my new life, God is so good.Time for my meds and a nap. There is no bigger wuss in the world than me and I tell you this is not NEAR as rough as I thought it would be. I could eat a horse but all is good. till next time, God bless:rolleyes:
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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I am thankful for so much this year

As I look back at the year, I realize just how blessed I have been.For my parents who have always been loving and supportive, my husband who is my rock and made a withdrawl out of his 401k so that I may have a second chance at life(lap band surgery) My beautiful healthy children, for a home a job and most importantly to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who made all of this possible. I know without him I would have nothing and be nothing. On the 28th I will have my band for six months. This morning I am 199. Though not skinny by any stretch of the imagination, I thought I would never ever see the ONEDERLAND again. Now I vow to never be in the two hundreds again. Not just because of the way I felt but for my health. My bloodpressure meds have been cut in half. I feel better than I have in years, I had a fill last week of just one half a cc but I am now up to 8cc's in a 14 cc band. This weekend after just a few bites of my favorite foods, I was satisfied. I LOVE THIS BAND!! I love my new life. I have lost 59 pounds. Thanks to my new friends here in this support group, Thanks to my family for their love and support and thank you God for loving me enough to send your son.God bless all and Happy Thanksgiving. Mechelle:smile:
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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Finally lost fifty

Well that 49 has been teasing me forever and ever but finally today i hit it. I hit fifty lost. My first big goal. My second goal Onederland. I am 207 today. Onederland, here I come!!!
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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How do you get "slippage"?

So I went to the doctor on Monday for a fill (my second one) and while I was there he had new pictures of the things that can go wrong. Yes actual pictures, :eek:SCAREY! He had a picture of an eroded band and of slippage of a band. It made me a little queasy. SO here is my question. How does that happen? How do you get an eroded band and/ or slippage? is it from over eating? Is it from drinking with food? Is it just the luck of the draw and any of us are at risk? I guess I am a little paranoid because I was private pay and there is no way I could now afford to have a problem "fixed" I also hear of people whose band is leaking and they have to re-do that. How the heck do you know when that has happened? Thanks and God bless.:frown:
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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Nine months out!

:thumbup:This Sunday I will have been banded 9 Months. I can tell the weight loss has slowed down quite a bit. I feel blessed and am still very grateful for the surgery but I wish I could get the rest of the weight off. I have lost 72 pounds. Still want to lose 31 more. I would do it again in a heart beat. I have lost 20 something inches and about four pants sizes. I have been a real slacker when it coms to the excercise. It is really hard for me when the weather is cold. I like to walk in the park but the when it is cold, it is hard for me to get motivated! If any one has any ideas to get these last 30 pounds off I would love to hear them. It seems so strange to be asking. I cant beleive I am here. This close to my goal. I never thought I would get here so quickly, I had failed so many times before. I feel so blessed. Hope every one is well. God bless!
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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Im NewMechelle I guess

As You all may know I have desperately tried and tried and tried to get a ticker working. At this point, it is not the ticker as much as it is my stubborn streak refusing to give in. Any way, while working on it yet AGAIN last night, I got a wierd message that said something like "you need to change your user name" I thought maybe to actually change my signature I had to change my name too. Any way, for any one that may care, Hopefulmechelle, is now NewMechelle and to top it off......I still dont have a flippin ticker...... computers:mad:
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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I know this is a little TMI but.....................

:redface:Okay some times we get into a little TMI on these blogs but I dont know where else to turn for these kind of odd questions.But here I go...... Before I had my band I had IBS. I lived in the bathroom, my husband joked and would tell me to save time instead of eating I might as well just throw the food in the toilet. I would often go four or five times a day. Now after the band, I go days and days (sometimes even a week or more) without going to the bathroom. Obviously I am eating less now and I am also ttying to eat healthier (less grease) but this is crazy. Does any one have any suggestions other than starting laxitives I would rather not go there. HELP?!:confused:
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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Is this normal?

Is it normal to go several weeks without losing a pound then lose seven or eight in one week? This crazy lap band has been something else. I have had one fill and due another one next week. It has just been so wierd. I do all the things I am supposed to and the scale doesnt move for weeks at a time, then out of no where it moves SEVEARAL pounds (eight last time) in a week. Is any body else doing this or am i just wierd? Thanks and God bless.
NewMechelle

NewMechelle

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