☠carolinagirl☠

tried to pm a few people and it wont let me.........unless i am blocked.... anyone else?

whatever you, keep in touch with me....i agree with a lot of what you wrote and even about leaving...i am not on her much anymore that is for sure..

checking in.......yesterday, did a lot of walking and it was fun... whats fun is that i can (now).....walk.......when i couldnt not that long ago and now that i can, that to me is success.. ans yes with that (horrid) band i have been reading about....yikes...you would think us large people would support each other and not judge so harshly...boy is this ever proving to be wrong...and how sad. anyhow.......that is not my business or concern... cat/steph....uk will whip my butt and you dont need to show up as i give up now......dec line up for me is brutal....i barely got by friday......i cant wait to see how we play today at 4..... last night we met up with some mc people and watched a band play and it was a good time wore my new wedges i got...with spikes no less LOL so, lets continue to eat well...move, stay hydrated and remain POSITIVE

i get (baby) hiccups when my bnad/plication is giving me a sign of (enough)

i am happy for everyone who chose a wls to make themselves well....i support whatever decision they made and will be their #1 fan..however, i am sick and tired of reading back and forth that is is better than the other and so on........i dont really care whom has what or why or how come or what statistics said what......what matters is using the wls you chose and get well.....lose weight and live life i come or came to this forum to seek support/friendship from banded people like myself...if i had the sleeve or bypass, i would go to that forum...i have not been on this forum as much as i cant find my friends whom i talk to for one, cant tell if they are online and i cant find the banded forums.. so feel free to pm or quote something i wrote so i know to respond to you i miss the support/encouragement i had merely a week ago... absolutely will continue my path to better health but it sure would be nice to see my (friends) again

whatever weight loss surgery one decides to get, i wish them all the best and to have better health that is the the only thing i will add to this forum thread..

eat what you want in your allotted amounts....nothing off limits.. when i am sick, i dont feel like eating......and havent had soup since day i came off of post diet july 2012).......4 1/2 weeks of soup/broth....def turned me off soup.....

came home yesterday....and did my dvd step aerobics ..... while i was doing my thing, it occurred to me, that my body was working.. and it was getting stronger and healthier with each step i take up and down.. and that is what having WLS is all about. recently read a post on band vs sleeve vs bypass does it really matter??? get the one you want and will adhere to the instructions and GET well each day that passes is a day lost...... is how i see it... i have the band and plication...i am making it work for me.. if something happens, i will deal......worrying about what ifs does NOT help......what if nothing goes wrong?? see what i am saying... so i am getting healthier every day exercising eating GREAT food and the more inches i lose, the more shoes i buy gotta love those FM shoes...

could be......never really thought about it....all i know (in regards to myself)...holiday time, cold or hot weather, sleet, snow, hurricane, whatever..eating more calories than i burn off will make me gain weight.... will just do my best....happy holidays

yes i am on my way to where ever i am heading and whether yo are just out of the gate as you say or 6 years out like someone else, it boils down to eating good foods, in the allotted amounts and exercising.....3500 calories is a pound, ate or drank.....healthy foods or not so healthy....food is food.....to deprive is not the way to go. i am very strict and have been since i have been blessed to get the band/plication....i was well on my way to an early grave...i had to be strict and serious..anyone who knows me i am this way for a reason....but i do not do without...if i want something i eat a bit......eat it, enjoy it and move on... PS, jim, missy or myself did not advise not to listen to the dr.....i am a zillion percent in def listen to your dr.....i do all the way......how i got to where i am right now.

i agree with jim.....to not eat something is not how to live...eat to live not live to eat....eat what you want...and def make better choices sometimes..i mean i cant live on dominio's pizza every day and expect to lose weight... i eat what i want....in my allotted amount i just now change what i eat....i make better choices... i eat one meal of whatever i want a week....and love every drop... life is too short to say i cant have this or that.. one meal of high fat/high calorie wont make one gain 10 pounds just like meal of veggies wont make one lose 10 pounds...its a ongoing process. hang in there...

if you lost inches, then you are losing weight. if that makes you disappointed, nothing i say will change it. and its a fact and yes i say and preach it, if you are losing inches, then you are losing actual weight regardless of what the scale says or doesnt say....its truth...its reality...its a sure sign of weight loss.

alex told me to be patient......trying

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now this made me smile bandista

am i gonna have to remove the hearts next to my name so people can pm me? i sure hope not

yes, i tried to pm miss and a few others and started thinking i was blocked by the world sniff sniff.......but i am like oh my heavens... i asked alex, i hope he read it.....and hope i dont have to lose my hearts next to my name.. i had those since i started here nearly 2 yrs ago....

i am cold at work because they must want to the insides to match the temps outside..BRR

i was super morbid obese...it was either seek/get help or be cut out of my house one day..my dr wanted me to do the bypass (and my ins did not cover the sleeve or the ds).....and even though the dr tried to get me to do the bypass (due to my starting bmi of 62) i held fast to the band......he then told me of the plication but stressed it is new so he couldnt tell me alot of it.....i had to sign a waiver for this and he did it for free w/the band......... he told me something i never forgot......he said no matter what WLS i got.....the bypass, the sleeve, the ds, the band, the plication or whatever.......that unless i changed what i ate....begin to exercise, no WLS would help me... choose what works for you.....following the doctors instructions on how to use is for the best results.....sometimes things with any WLS happens (good and bad)....and this is a risk we all take.....no one surgery is better than the other....patient compliance in ALL areas is a must.... i went from hardly being able to wipe my butt and barely walking.. to now doing step aerobics classes on a 4 inch step bench 4 to 5 days a week and back to strutting in my 5 inch heels (because i can now).....in 17 months...for me i made the best decision for ME up to you...all the best