KOKIE

im in the Roanoke area and would love a buddy to help get back on track too

Hey there!! I am also on Roanoke VA!!! I am SO EXCITED !!!!!!!! I have been trying to find a local buddy to be able to relate with and help each other thru this lifelong journey. My surgery was on 2-7-11 with Dr Lucktong. Who are you seeing? KOKIE

That sounds awesome!!! I would love that! Message me

Hey fellow bandsters!! Would like to find a band friend in the Roanoke Va area to have contact with. Had my surgery on 02-07-11 and would just like a local band buddy. Most in the local support groups have had bypass done not the band so hard to share and compare with them. I am a married female halfway to my goal weight as of this morning....(guidelines said we needed to post this kind of info hahaha) Thanks!! KOKIE

I am so sad we are done with this one but CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE!!!! MollyRN thank you so much for setting this one up and helping me with my motivation!!!! You don't know how much you helped me See y'all in the next one! KOKIE

Target also sells a product like this. I got some the other week and yes....very tart...very sweet so dilution is the key. The name of the kind at Target is Pure Protein. It is 2.9 oz and has 25g of protein. It comes in a 6 pack box KOKIE

AWESOME CLIFF!!!! you are doing amazing!! Please do share some tricks of the trade you are doing, any tidbits you can share with us?

I am up at 2:30 with HORRIBLE pains under my ribcage and had to take 2 tums due to coughing up acid.... Since banding on 2-7-11 I have never had acid ref or heartburn. I ate over a cup for dinner around 4 this afternoon and didnt chew very well rushing (my husband is having severe med probs and i was running from doc to doc for him) and have been awake due to pain that has been unbearable since eating. Does it sound like my band has slipped? I am terrified! Please help with any slippage info you have Thank you KOKIE

Wow Spartan......even if you don't agree with something doesn't meen you have to be a piece of sh@t to them! I dont tan but would never jump on someone seekinh help like this innocent person. People come here for support and are searching for help! With an attitude like you have maybe it's YOU that needs to spend a little less time posting and a little more time researching etiquette and sensitivity...you DO REALIZE taking care of the outside is one thing but being mean and hurtfull and spiteful makes you emotionally "cancerous" and those emotions eat and eat at your conscious till they consume you just like the "physical" cancer you are so quick to preach about...........PS...YOU'RE SMARTER THAN THAT...CONSIDER FEELINGS WHILE YOU OFFER "ADVICE"...

Weigh day!!!! FINALLY HIT ONEDERLAND!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't think it would ever come hahaha... Oh my cow I am so so so happy!!!! Have a great week everyone!! KOKIE

Good morning!! KOKIE checking in at 202 with a -1 for the week Have a great week everyone!! Much love!! KOKIE

I was banded first week in Feb and went for my first follow up end of last month and my doc said he won't do a fill if I'm losing weight without it.....but I'm having to "diet" like before the band to loose now cause of no restriction! Which is why I got banded: to stop "dieting"! Is this normal for them to not fill like that for those reasons? I have no saline in my band as he didn't put any in when he banded me. I am STARVING each day and have told them that... I am wearing pretty thin... (unfortunately not literally.....just willpower and mentally)

Thank you all so much for your wise and kind words!! I feel like you all are my bandily " band family" band-in-laws hahaha . It really puts my mind at ease knowing some of you have been thru this and just to hear the wisdom from others even if you haven't. Thank you so much for replying KOKIE

Elfie I LOVE reading your posts hahaha. You always make me laugh and I appreciate your wisdom!!! I will go to my apt this thurs and do just that....reminding them again why I got my little band friend...And ask if they want me to just eat hog wild -anything I want to stop loosing to get a fill or if they want me to go by their rules and follow their plan (still loosing weight) But get some help from the tool they put in me...for this very reason...

Thank you so much for your words of wisdom, it eases my mind knowing someone else is going thru the same journey and was told the samy thing

AWESOME JOB CLIFF!!! on the road AND loosing that much!!!!! Way to go man!

Happy Monday morning !!! KOKIE weighing in at 203 with a -5 for this week!!!!! YAY!!!!! 4 more to go to hit ONEDERLAND!!! Did the "gettin skinny" dance this morning after got off the scale hahahaha. Have a great week everyone! Kokie

Good morning all KOKIE weighing in on 3/14 at 208 Down 3lbs!!!!! YAY!!!! inching closer to Onederland!!!!!!

Thank you SO MUCH for doing this!!!!! I love this !!

KOKIE weigh in = 211 for loss of 5 lbs !!!! I had to get off the scale and back on 3 times just to believe it !!! YAY!!! Thank y'all for doing these challenges to motivate me!!

Is anyone out there in the Roanoke area? I got banded on 2-7-11 and was looking for some local support. Having a hard time...stuck at a plateau I think...

Name, real or screen~ KOKIE Age~ 37 Weight on February 28th~ 216 Goal Weight for March 31st~ 199 - I WANT ONDERLAND!!!! Exercise Goal for March~ treadmill 5 times week Goal for March~ measure properly and start treadmill Personal Goal for March~ don't beat myself up over not loosing at others' paces & celebrate each little victory Date Banded~ 02-07-11 Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 3lbs...lost 35- PRE-op diet so now working on the stubborn fat...starting weight was 249...