☠carolinagirl☠

i have the band and plication and am 19 months post op so far so good and 153 pounds loss......am glad i had the surgery i did. any questions, always refer to your doctor

def call and tell your dr and let them know and have them advise you. i know after any WLs surgerythere is swelling but you are kinda far out post op wise.. need to be getting fluids and food nutrients for your health and well being.. best of luck

any WLS is wonderful and can help if used correctly my dr wanted me to have bypass when i went for help but have the band/plication...i was starting at a BMI of 62 and 336 weight.i was as wide as i am tall... i say as blue suggested, research all surgeries but in my opinion, no one WLS surgery is better than the other.. results vary as with all things in life....pick one and do your best..its all we can do

30 minutes step aerobics....walking thru grocery store (still a wowsie moment esp when i use to not be able to) and housework......i have a long ranch house..back and forth down the hall COUNTS in my opinion yall

i think weight loss success is how people shape their daily plans, (what they do today) and to think about the small steps they have already made instead of (i haven't loss, i am stalled, what a i doing wrong) read this.....NOTHING has gone wrong read this too.........A LOSS IS A LOSS....

hasnt made me change careers but def has gave me more self confidence to handle my job better def having WLS has changed nearly everything in my life..the only thing it hasnt changed is my hubs love for me..

sounds like your own your way

in the beginning, i (missed some old things) now i am enjoying (new) things as those new things are making me well and getting me healthier day by day easy to say i dont miss.....i do but def do not miss what thosse (things) heped me become..

commercial break: EVERY MOVEMENT you do counts..... back to scheduled programming

yes i watch 600 pound life also i feel that could have also easily been me...... watching it makes me sad.....i dont pity them... i only wish they find what i did 19 months ago..life

ok, i will start........i did 40 minutes step aerobics today

per my dr and nutitionist (with me having lap band/plication, 1 cup to 1 1/2 cup of food is my limit my plication gives me that (full/had enough) feeling/sensation at about 1 cup...so i listen to my body. i think it is important to stop even when (we easily) could eat more... great article

stopped drinking soda day i started pre op...once i detoxed, i was fine with it.. now i am never without my crystal light peach tea..........

as long as you are losing (inches also means true/accurate weight loss) that is the name of the game.......there is no time limit to get to the number/goal you seek and no expiration date before the band expires.......some lose slow, some fast......WHO cares as long as we get there, healthily, using common sense, keeping up with dr appts to make sure all is ok, eating great foods, exercising, who cares how long it takes.... we all want instant 100 pound weight loss overnight and if it dont happen then by dawg we must be doing something wrong screw that we are exercising, eating our allotted amounts and exercising....... see what i am trying to say?? stay the course, do the right thing and it will happen maybe not as fast as you want, but if you do it, it will..........

ok. dylan, so you gained you acknowledged..you know what to do and what not to do and 3 pounds is not all that bad...who knows maybe you didnt have a good poop or had some water/salt retention......so you and hub get right back on it today... eat your allotted amount make better food choices/options and if you dont go to the gym or (walk due to 60 feet of snow on ground) be mindful of the cals in vs cals burned off aspect i do that when i dont exercise...as 3500 cals is a pound ate or drank YOU can and WILL do this and get throught it we are with you every step of the way

looking ay my saggy upper arms, saggy apron and saggy upper thighs i look and am so ashamed of what i did to myself........it hurts me to my core.. my fat was probably screaming STOP eating but my crunching potato chips and opening beer after beer must have drowned them out............

found this on a blog and it fit on this thread: Hello, do you know me? If you don't you should. I'm a pound of fat, and I'm the happiest pound of fat that you would ever want to meet. Want to know why? It's because no one ever wants to lose me; I'm Only One Pound, just a pound. Everyone wants to lose three pounds, five pounds or fifteen pounds, but never only one, so I just stick around and happily keep you fat. Then I add to myself ever so slyly so that you never seem to notice it, that is until I've grown to ten, twenty or even more pounds in weight. Yes, it's fun being Only One Pound of fat, left to do as I please. So, when you weigh in, keep right on saying "Oh, I only lost one pound." ( as if that were such a terrible thing!) For you see, if you do this you'll encourage others to keep me around because they will think I'm not worth losing. And I love being around you - your arms, your legs, your chin, your hips and every part of you. Happy Days!! After all, I'm Only One Pound of fat!!!

old my ASS......YOU are a success and 84 years YOUNG and gorgeous inside and most def out an inspiration to us ALL

i will def taking losing a pound.......who is with me??

stay busy, read, shop, blog, email, have sex, take a hot bath...drink ALOT i was all liquids 2 weeks before and after surgery...its doable....use the free food items if you have them (SF popsicles saved me).......congrats and best of luck on your upcoming surgery.

to quote bandie: Only a pound -- well, give me that a hundred times and WOW-ZA!