travelbug

One-derland has been wonderful! Was on a bit of a plateau for awhile but all of the sudden, 191! Now my goal is to be in the 180's by end of August never again to see the 190's.... Keep up the good work, fellow bandsters! The band works if you work with it.... Now if I could only get motivated to exercise every day!

6 months out and doing well/ but going out of town with 4 others who have no idea that i have been lap banded/ we will be sharing close quarters for 4 days and i do not want to even think about a pb or sliming episode in front of them. i would never be able to explain it away...it will be hard enough explaining why i am eating so little....can i get an unfill for just that weekend? i know it is not recommended and i wouldn't even think about it if i wasn't so completely freaked out....anyone else out there experienced the same situation? if i do get an unfill, can i get it filled back up to where i was when i get back? thanks.

Hi. all of you onderlanders and soon to be onederlanders....I celebrated my own independence from the 200's on 4th of July when I finally hit the 199 mark! WOW! It was great to actually see that my scale could go below 200....these last few days I have been fluctuating up and down a lb. but I am officially in ONEDERLAND never to go back. Thanks for the support and now, on to the next 50 lbs!!! I hope to hit my goal by my year anniversary six months from now....slow and steady as they say. Now, I made a promise to myself that I would exercise once I got below 200, so the pressure is on to get off my butt. I am amazed at how flabby I am (thighs, belly etc)...should have been exercising all along, but better late than never....lets' go ONEDERLANDERS!!

ok, gang....this morning that darn scale said 200.2! a measly .2 lb is preventing me from reaching the elusive onederland for once and for all....perhaps, i will celebrate my own independence from the 200's tomorrow morning, july 4 if i can get to 199!!! let's hope so!!! will keep you posted....

DynamoMini, great job! Now I on the other hand simply, positively cannot break the 200 lb. barrier... I have been stuck at 200-201 for the past two weeks and it is driving me crazy! I am so disappointed that this stupid scale refuses to give up the 2 for a 1...I would take 199.9 at this point & be thrilled just to never, ever see that 200 again. Guess I will just keep plugging along like a good little bandster... I was so hoping to hit the 50 lb loss mark (5 more lbs.) by my six month bandiversary in one week....but it looks out of the question now. ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! HELP!

you do look great....but i need some words of encouragement. i have been languishing here at 201-202 lbs for weeks now or maybe it just seems like weeks, but i just can't seem to break the onederland barrier. maybe i shouldn't get on the scale for a week, really concentrate on what i am eating and see where the pounds fall. ideas? anyone else been in this situation...i just can't wait to see that 199!!!

Interesting that I ran across this thread tonite because I have lost 1/2 of my weight (50 lbs.) (yeay!) and have not exercised yet for the very same reasons. However, I believe now is the time to start and I plan to tomorrow. Anyone have good ideas for videos? Or is walking best? Will exercise help some of the flabbiness of my stomach, thighs and arms? Hope so....thanks for the advice.

Haven't been online for awhile, but I am only 2 lbs. away from "onederland" and I am so excited! It will feel so good to not have to move that weight to the 200 mark on the scale...I promised myself that once I reached the 190's that I would commit to an exercise program, so hopefully I will have to live up to my promise. I have to revel in my success with all of you because I am still too embarassed to tell my hubby and son (the only two who know about my surgery) how much I actually weighed when I was banded....Isn't that pitiful, but I just can't. Happy that I am heading to ONEDERLAND tho....keep up the good work and we can all get there.....what a ONEDERFUL feeling!

getting close to "onederland"....can't wait to see that 199! seems like i am stalling though....keep wavering around 38-40 lbs lost since january...i think i will recommit until i see that magical number....just the thought of not having to scoot that thing on the scale in the drs. office over to 200 notch will be "onederful"!!! keep up the good work everyone!

Oh, my goodness, how I can relate to many of you. I have a DH (?) who has an office full of "junk" that he will someday get around to, yet every time he runs across something, he blames me and says what a junk filled home we have and how we should just throw out everything. He can't find anything and even asks me where the soap or the toilet paper is when he runs out....I say "the same place it has been for the last 20 years since i have known you"..... He drives me nutz...why do we put up with things like this from men? I am almost 58 and still suffer from the syndrome....one of these days (when I am thin) I am going to run away from home and to a life that I will love (maybe in Italy with a gorgeous Italian man?).....life is too short to be so unhappy!

<p>I couldn't agree more. My dear hubby professes to be supportive, but it is very difficult to put up with his egocentric ways....somehow, someway it always comes back to him. I try to tell him that I am learning (just as all of you) and need support, not disdain when I can't eat like I used to. Guess I should understand that he is missing our long, social dinners over a bottle of wine....but it is very difficult. I wasn't quite prepared for his reaction though....</p>

i have been pretty much of a lurker.... is there still a spot open? i am interested in finding out more.... please advise. i am a 57 year old married woman recently banded in january.... lots of fun and a non-smoker.... thanks for any info. travelbug

Please count me in on the exercise challenge for the January bandsters. Banded on 1/9/07, bought a treadmill but haven't used it yet. Hard to get motivated :myscared: when you haven't exercised forever, but all of you have given me the incentive to get on the darn thing. So tomorrow, I shall start and get in 30 minutes every other day.....how is that for a start?