Julie norton

Nice picture. Wonderful when something that was hard turns into easy❤congrats

Love hearing great stories from bandsters. We usually keep it positive here and I really like that. Not that life is always sunshine and roses but lots of great days and just a few funky ones for many of us here!!!❤????

Good luck on your next milestone. Slow and steady works

Ok now it is cold in California (and I'm still cold. I even notice if I've not eaten much my body doesn't run as warmly on a day to day

This sounds like what myself and others have been looking for. Hope details emerge. Personal Goal for me for 2014.... joining a WLS group

Perhaps in January ? Bay Area bandsters can unite (not for a meal haha). A park a walk a talk. ?Open to ideas. Post me

Ps. Someone commented it is thanksgiving DAY. Not week. Haha. All the cooking and shopping. We are all thankful. It will come and go and we will still be on our journey❤

Great inspirational posts. Love to hear such great stories

I'm looking for fellow Bandsters in the San Francisco area. I will be having my surgery in late April/ early May and would love I have some close by band buddies to chat with!

Hope your journey is going well. Keep us old timers posted

<p>Hi all,</p>

<p> I live in SF, and I'm getting my lap band tomorrow morning. Hope you're all doing well!</p>

Best of luck. Keep us posted on your journey

Really like to read up on veteran bandsters. We are all coming to this site to discuss our differences AND similarities...my band has been a successful tool. But I find I have to put together the pieces of my health and weight loss.

Working out. Mostly eating right. Limiting alcohol as it seems add calories ... Ok sometimes SO worth it after a long week.

My biggest issue is I cannot seem to eat in the AM. Protein Drink or bar seems about it. My band just seems so tight till the afternoon .( Still working on this issue seven years out. Still learning. )With this forums help I hear about others too. Thank you to all

Please help with new music to sweat to. Almost 60 years old so electronic or auto tune doesn't quite motivate me. Blurred lines works well. Any other ideas? Thanks in advance

Being chilled is one of the only things I miss my old fat insulation for. I have heating pads in the front room and in bed and electric blanket also.

Rather have those than sweat like the old days❤

What a great story and wonderful pictures. Congrats. I especially admire the normal part. I used those same words. That was my goal

Whatever "normal" is to each of us. I'm also a long term bandster and very happy!

If I can easily tell what someone is saying, I'm not too harsh on punctuation.... even as a spelling bee coach and judge i can say some spell well and some just cant. And some of us just love run on sentences

I am a huge fan of the show! However' date=' I do wonder how many people keep the weight off. What they do is so incredibly intense. I mean, 9 hours of working out a day. Who can keep up anything close to that when they home to family and jobs???? I know they showed one man who gained the weight back, can't remember his name. I do find the show totally engrossing thought. Watching their struggles and triumphs is motivating.[/quote']

Why don't they do follow ups? I think they would do a lot if people were successful years later. Personally. We all know how hard it is to KEEP weight off. I'm sure they have difficulties also

I've been watching faithfully the last 3 seasons and I watched a few here and there years ago.

There are two celebrities the weight lifter girl and Ruben. So I'm not sure' date=' lol.

As far as their weight loss I'm sure that they are being monitored like crazy with the on site doctor and all 3 of the trainers are highly talented and know what they're doing.

I saw an interview with a past contestant that said they worked out for like 9 hours a day. That's insane and explains the 38lbs.... And the first week is a lot of Water weight too I'm sure, Lol.[/quote']

I read too that it is often 10+ days inbetween weigh ins. But Still! Between Water and 8 hr work outs and no salt. Those are great numbers. I enjoy the show and how people's head change when they get in the groove. It looks hard ????

Just realized this one today!!! I haven't laid down to zip my jeans' date=' in forever. Even after washing them. After I do laundry, I keep expecting them not to fit, and it continues to amaze me, the do!!! Yay[/quote']

Love those nsv. Me too! It's great to wear jeans out of the dryer. And I laughed cause its been a long while since i had to lie down to zip

Oops. Those days might seem to be the most fun in their life. I know I do not respond to inquiries from my first real boyfriend. But the memories are sweet and dear we are both married and I see no wonderful ending resulting from remeeting

Interesting topic ladies. Perhaps as they age. Those wonderful youthful healthy days seem

Hello! I've been banded for almost 4 1/2 years now with no complications.

That's not to say that my port doesn't rub me the wrong way now that there is not a whole lot of fat to cushion it anymore! I still have moments when I have to vomit. It's still a lot of hard work and struggles at times' date=' but I have had a smooth ride with my band.[/quote']

I totally agree. Hard work. Diligence. But it works. I was so tired of failing. Little weight off. Back on. Repeat. Gotta lose the food about once a week. Sometimes I just don't go slow enough. Or herbs stick also. Still very pleased

Your life is gonna be what you make it. Do what kick starts you. Go to a dr. Pay for a series of exercise classes. Go a vegetarian cooking class. Whatever helps YOU. No one else can really make those decisions for you. Happy you have the band already. Recommit to it?? Best of luck

Ps. Lots of us have veered off track Gotta get back on hopefully !

Good luck. Sounds good. bread can be difficult for some bands. Soup works well for me a lot weather is changing????

I am wishing you good luck. It is a life long journey and sometimes we do better. Sometimes not. There is always time to begin again. This tool can work if we work it right. Let us know how you do

Good luck! Don't get down on yourself. Just begin a new journey. You deserve better health. Keep trying