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Sounds fantastic!! Got to have a plan right!!! Maybe for every 10 min on the computer do 10 min of working out???

Welcome. Add me as your friend. Stacey Diederich Speager. Then send me a private Facebook message with your date and I will add you in the am. I am heading to bed now.

Way to have a positive attitude!!! Yogurt? SF pudding?? mushy bananas?

skinnytaste.com has tons of fantastic meal ideas. There are pictures for every recipe. I am going to try the Crock Pot chicken Taco Chili tomorrow. MMMMMM!!! For every recipe they list the calorie, fat, fibre, protien content. They also give the point value for weight watchers!!! Check it out!!

Sounds like you could use a fill

Great attitude!! Kepp it up!!

people do fad shake diets all the time. just say it is your new years resolution. And your employer does not need to know why you need a day off. If they require a doctors note all the note has to say is "gobananas" was seen by the doctor today at _o'clock...

way to go!! You look fanstastic!!

What a great NCV!!! My husband does this too. I am not yet banded and I feel fat and gross and I don't want to do anything when he comes up behind me and kises my neck. I can not wait to feel sexier!! Keep up the great work!!

I am a self pay in Canada. $17,000. We are paying with savings so no credit cards. I would never consider going to Mexico for cheaper prices, I want a canadian doctor and canadian support through this process. There are a lot of things you could but with the money, but happiness is priceless right!!!

Great point Corrigan. I'd say you need a tiny unfill to get the protien down.

Milk and a banana. yum!!

I have one month and 12 days till I am banded. I am really excited but still have some weird questions.... 1. Can I chug water afterwards?? I love water and love to chug a big glass of it when I am thirsty after playing sports... 2. Will my pregnancy stretch marks go away when I lose weight, or atleast fade a lot? 3. How will/should I react to the negative nancies when they ask me how I lost the weight?? 4. WIll I succeed? I friggen hope so!! I feel like a skinny person, play sports like a skinny person but I am not a skinny person... and that causes my knees and ankles to hurt LOTS!! 5. If I lose weight and my port sticks out is there a surgery to fix that?? 6. What if I can not tollerate chicken breast? I live off chicken breast!!!! I have heard some people can not eat it anymore. I would seriously not know what to do, I eat it about 5 days a week! 7. Once you lose the weight is maintaining easier than if I was to lose 75# now without the band?? Not that I have ever lost 75# or anything.... 8. After I put my son to bed at night I like to have a drink, one drink, to decompress will that be a problem?? I like red wine or capitain and diet coke. I haven't had a beer since July 31st, 2010 (the night I got pregnant :/) so beer wont be an issue. Can I have capitan, diet coke and water to cut out some fizz?? 9. I hear you are supposed to take a multi vitamin - which ones are easy to swallow with no issues?? 10. Will my 38-HH boobs shrink and become all saggy??? Thanks for reading!! Any help/comments/concerns/facts/experiences are more than welcome!!! I am so excited to do this, but so scared to fail, I am also nervous that I missed some vital question that will haunt me later on... I am 225# and hoping to reach 145#... I haven't weighed that little since grade 7!!! I can't wait to tie my shoes without holding my breath. I can't wait to shop and find something that I love to wear. I can't wait to not be the biggest lady on my hockey, volleyball, ringette, soccer, running team!!! I really want to run a 1/2 marathon in VEGAS!! I want to compete in duathlons ( I can't swim...) But most of all I can't wait to chase after my son, coach him in sports, and live to see him graduate, get married, and have children!!!

Glad to hear!!!

OOPS 3. Under "your options" it will say profile.... Cancel step thre from my first post and insert this new step 3....

1. Click on the "signed in as Roeroe" at the top left of the page 2. Click "my Settings" 3. Under "your porfile" it will say "profile" click on that 4. Click "change signature" 5. Copy and paste your tickerfactory info and click save... I hope that is clear for you!!!

You will keep yours off and she will gain it back, then you can post "two years since WLS and ###pounds kept off!!!" and she will have gained her 50 pounds back and then some... Karmas a b!tch...

I also get drug tested with my job. I am a process operator at an oil plant. We do tests to get hired then any time we have a work place accident. I have been lucky enough not to screw up... Fewf!! Not that I smoke pot more than once a year. I am too scared to lose my job. I do know that where I work, if you think you might fail you say b4 you get tested that you have a problem and they can not fire you. They send you for 3 months of detox and treatment with pay.... I will take treatment even if I don't really have a problem over losing my job!!!

Thanks so much for all the amazing responses!!! I didn't think anyone would actually answer every question but I got 3 people too!!! WOOT!! Keep the responses coming!!! <3

Get the "shock obsorber" google it.. It is the best sports bra EVER!!! I play soccer, volleyball, run, etc in mine and it is fantastic. BTW I am a 38-HH.... They are about $70 but you can find them on Ebay brand new for $35 - $40

I am not banded yet. But I hear that it takes a few fills to get to where you need to be when it comes to eating. Hopefully this second fill will get you that much closer. My Doctor told me that once you start eating solids it will take a month or two to get "on track" with the fill level/sweet spot. So I guess that will put you between month 2 and 3 to see the results again. Hang in there and don't get down on yourself, keep eating well and the weight will start to fall again!!!

I haven't had my lap band surgery yet but after I gave birth to a 6 pound 3 oz baby I went home and weighed myself. I was 12 pounds heavier than when I went in to the hospital and my baby was NOT in my arms when I was on the scale... I had major complications and 3 days of labour/saline/ epidurals, etc. It took a few days to lose the weight, puffyness, etc. Most surgery's cause you to puff up as your body is swolen and recouperating. Hang in there!!!!

Headaches are totally a sign of dehydration. Get that water in you the best you can!!