Oregondaisy

You look so beautiful! You should put that picture in the corner of your posts. Beautiful dress, beautiful bride!

Good luck Cblancha! Welcome to lapband world! I am glad I didn't tell anyone, as slow as it's going for me. It's only the people that I haven't seen in a long time that notice that I have lost any weight.

You can do weight watchers with the band. A lot of people have great success with it. I have never been able to figure out how to count those points. I agree with you. I should be losing weight regularly with the way my portions have changed. My main concern right now is making sure I get enough Protein in. I am so tired of my hair falling out. I don't know how we are supposed to get the right amount of protein that we are supposed to have when are portions have gone down dramatically.

Nobody asks me how I am feeling because I chose not to tell very many people. If anyone asks me how I am losing weight, I tell them I have changed my eating habits. I don't want people asking me all the time how much I have lost, etc. It's bad enough I have my daughter who I call the food police. If I eat one tiny bite of something I am not supposed to, she gets mad. She had the RNY, so a lot of foods that I wish made me sick, do make her really sick.

It is so maddening to do everything we are supposed to and not lose as well as other people. I totally agree though. Without the band, I would have gained weight, and been even heavier by now. I hate to say it,but I like it when we get more bandsters in this thread. It makes me feel like I am not the only one that's trying so hard, and having it go so slowly. I am the same way. I go on a very long plateau, and then I will drop a few lbs. I wish I was losing steadily, but at least I am losing, not gaining.

Chrispy, I am with JC. He is just shy. He wouldn't want to spend any more time with you by now, if he didn't feel something too. He would be making up excuses not to see you anymore. I am shy too, so it would be hard for me to take JC's advice and just plant one on him. Maybe the next time you hug, you could turn your face and at least kiss his cheek? Carole, Thanks so much for telling me how things changed along the way for you. I probably would have seen him again, if he hadn't called me after I got home and he had several more drinks. He said some things that in my opinion were in very poor taste so I think he showed his true colors. If I find someone else online that wants to take me out, believe me, I will try again. It gets depressing, but I do want to keep trying. I can always hope that I will meet someone out there in the real world, which would be my preference. It's so much easier than the online thing, but I never seem to meet anyone any other way, unfortunately.

What is going on with this site. I keep getting messages that I have to wait 20 seconds to post. Then it does a double post. weird.

Margi , How are you losing so much so fast? What are you eating? I was banded in Dec. and I am just now at 40 lbs. Lap Girl, I weigh myself every day. Some people say that's a bad thing to do. I think it's good for me though. If I am up a lb it makes me try harder the next day.

Margi , How are you losing so much so fast? What are you eating? I was banded in Dec. and I am just now at 40 lbs. I weigh myself every day. Some people say that's a bad thing to do. I think it's good for me though. If I am up a lb it makes me try harder the next day.

NSV stands for Non Scale Victory. (When something happens that isn't related to the scale, that tells you you've lost weight) I am a really slow loser too. It's maddening. It would seem that as little as I am eating now, the weight should be falling off, but it's not. Exercise makes a huge difference, but some days I just can't force myself to go.

Lap Girl 35, I am glad you're going to get another fill. It has made all the difference in the world for me. I was really afraid to get another one because of the way food gets stuck. I finally learned to chew enough, etc, and lost 5 lbs immediately after my 3rd fill. It's night time that's hard for me. I wish ice cream didn't go down like there is no band. I don't keep it in the house, but I am house sitting at my daughters and she had some in her freezer and low and behold I am up a lb this morning.

doto, I am sorry to hear that. It's terrible the way men can get us down. If you are driven to eat, eat healthy things! I don't keep anything in my house that can get me in trouble, so the worse thing I have to eat is a sugar free fudgesicle. You will find someone better!

Alysa, I hope everything is going well for your family. I had a friend who had 5 bypasses about a month ago, and she is only 53. It's scary. I will keep you and your family in my prayers. I have been a little depressed. That whole situation with that guy makes me never want to try again. It was hard getting my hopes up and finding I met just one more loser.

I was lucky that I still had some clothes that I got too fat for. I don't know what I will do when they get too big. I have no idea how much I am going to be able to lose, so I don't want to buy much either.

I had a lot of plateaus where I wouldn't lose at all for weeks. Do you think you need another fill? My last fill is what made me start losing again. I am eating less and craving food less.

Didn't you just get your band in April? That's no time at all. It takes awhile to get the right fill and you'll start losing. Are you exercising? That makes a huge difference too.

I just started losing again after my 3rd fill. If you have the right fill it makes a huge difference.

I am having trouble too. So far, I take them very slowly with HOT water. Hot water will open the band a little. If I take them too close together, I PB them back up. I am going to look for a pill crusher. I started having this problem mainly a week ago, after my 3rd fill.

Sleep issues can have to do with losing hormones as we get older. Some people think menopause is a quick thing, but it actually takes 10 years of peri menopause where the hormones are slowly decreasing. This can cause sleep issues.

Iwould like to know how someone with good restriction takes their vitamins and medications? Since my last fill, I am really having trouble getting these things down. I take a lot of stuff and I need it all. The only thing I know I can do chewable is the multi vitamin and I think there is liquid calcium.

JC, You wrote some very wise things. You seem like such a great guy, and you really have it together! Great pictures!

Alysa, I know exactly how you feel. I would be lost without the tv. I spend way too much time in the house, watching tv or on the computer. I live in the middle of nowhere, and there is nothing to do here. I started exercising in my last attempt to lose weight. I had lost 60 lbs on the Atkins diet and had gained half of it back. I started exercising like crazy to try not to gain the rest of it back. No matter how much I exercised, I couldn't lose anything though. I found out that exercise kept me from getting depressed and now I am really glad I am so used to it that I miss it if I don't go to the gym. I hope you figure out some stuff to do, and hope I can too. It's too bad we don't live near each other.

JC, You know, I had a boyfriend in my 20's named JC. I wonder what happened to him hmmmmmmm. I am sorry to hear of your weight gain. That has to be hard. I can't remember why you got unfilled. I need to read back. I wish I had some good answers for you. I am just now starting to lose again, after a very long plateau, from not having the right fill. I wish all of us could get together. They are talking about a lapband talk get together someday. Alysa, My advice to you is to start exercising. I had a very easy recovery, or actually none at all. I think it's because I was in good shape from exercising prior to surgery. I went into day surgery at 7 am and was home posing on lap band talk byt 11 am. The next day I was out walking 3 dogs. I had surgery on Fri and Mon was a holiday, but I could have gone back to work easily on Mon. I think being in good shape makes a faster recovery. As for what to do with ourselves, I am with you. I spend so many weekends alone, renting movies, wondering what other people are doing. If you have any answers, I would love to hear them.

JC, I am really glad we have you in here! We definitely need a guy's input. I hope things are going well for you. Chrispy, That's great that you're getting together with him. Intesting that you want to come clean. I don't think I would do that unless I really knew for sure that the relationship was going in the direction of a definite long term thing. I can always come up with an excuse. I had a late lunch, My tummy has been a little upset today, Or how about the I like to watch my weight and try to limit my portions! I know what you mean though, my last fill has completely changed my eating habits. It's about time! I am excited that the band is finally working for me.

I can't find my threads. Now the email is directing me to pages where my threads aren't listed. I don't understand why it had to be changed. I liked the way my email directed me to the threads I participate in. Now I can't find them.