☠carolinagirl☠

this is why you are successful and happy.. and i am beyond proud of YOU sending you much love..

my toes were painted hot pink :wub:

.......worked out.....step aerobics.....nothing like finishing and knowing you did your body good..

my rant is me not being able (to blog my thoughts).. very frustrating to me...

glad to read you are feeling better, take care

found this today..thought i would share: Phenomenal Woman Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size But when I start to tell them, They think I'm telling lies. I say, It's in the reach of my arms The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me. I walk into a room Just as cool as you please, And to a man, The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees. Then they swarm around me, A hive of honey bees. I say, It's the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me. Men themselves have wondered What they see in me. They try so much But they can't touch My inner mystery. When I try to show them They say they still can't see. I say, It's in the arch of my back, The sun of my smile, The ride of my breasts, The grace of my style. I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me. Now you understand Just why my head's not bowed. I don't shout or jump about Or have to talk real loud. When you see me passing It ought to make you proud. I say, It's in the click of my heels, The bend of my hair, the palm of my hand, The need of my care, 'Cause I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me. Maya Angelou

WOW, if your comment doesnt make me smile, nothing will...THANK YOU

let me say that i eat when i am hungry when i do eat (since the band/plication wont allow me to eat much) i load up on protein/veggie/fruit in that order but focus on Protein as that is my fuel....the protein is my gas that keeps me full....so if i am hungry, i eat. if i am not hungry, i don't eat...... i also do not deprive..i dont diet fill or no fill, i am controlling what i eat.....and what i dont food has no control i wont let it..i wont allow it it controlled me for too long...and i let it... this former dieting fatty wont ever go back to that way of life.. NEVER my journey to better health will never be over i will deal til cows come calling me home i go day by day..hour by hour and give it my best....no regrets...no boohoo......no i did bad now what. facing it head on.....

whoooowhooop, great smiles

like smiles, stress makes me (not be hungry)......i have no idea if is the band tightening or what.. so when i am at max stress, i do try to get my Protein in as it is important...my usually one Protein shake goes to 2 a day...like you, i do not have any fills and had restriction as they call it from day one. i too am sorry for your loss

long week at work......some issues with that (friend) who i wrote about who didnt need wls and of course....the daily ups and downs...and i can say my band remained faithful and the very least that i could do was to hang in there...and not let my world (allow me to overeat)..nor over eat and claim i couldnt control it...excuse...i can control it..i did control it and i am controlling it.. i chose to stay strong for me....i am stronger mentally than i give myself credit for wanted to check in........hang strong my friends...

the other posters commented nicely.. i will say to you that each day that passes, it gets better.. congrats on your surgery

i have a vitamixer also..def a martha stewart good thing

just because you can eat 10 wings doesnt mean you should... ...i would def watch your portions/calories and review missys link, very informative..

and to think i just let you out of the time out corner recently.....back into the corner you go.....

16 months post op.....i jiffy pop all the time.....(i dont burp much) but seems normal to me .....its gotta work its way out some how.

if it hurts, or uncomfy, switch and move .....otherwise anything goes.... ps, the port sewn into your muscle so unless you are into serious bodily injury type sex or MMA fighting style sex, you should be good...

i said i cant and i couldnt and how come and why me for so long, i talked myself into thinking i am destined to be super morbid obese......well, i talked that sh** right out of my head and got on with it...i put on my sizeXXXXXXL balloon panties and had WLS, followed the instructions and made myself well.. so instead of saying, what if i cant, what if it dont work and what if i have no support and what if i starve on liquid diet and what if this and what if that, how about just shutting up.....accept that we must change what we eat/think and let it work...let the band work.....you do your part by helping.. what if it works and you lose weight and get healthy.... what if you get to that goal weight you want what if you do everything you set out to do..... i just wanted to walk around the block and be able to push my granddaughter in her stroller....that is all i wanted..when i started. if i kept saying what if 16 months ago, id still not be able to do that....

any WLS success is based mostly on the patient...if the patient adheres to changing what and how much they eat, exercise and stop making excuses and takes ownership of the situation, then yes it can and it does and it will work..

yep, def worth it...i went from the pic in red who could hardly walk and had trouble wiping her butt to the image on the right who now does step aerobics..down from size 30 pant to that size 16 in the picture.. the band/plication not only saved my life and gave it back to me to enjoy but gave me something i thought i'd never see again...myself

so i thought about this most of yesterday and last night and into this morning.. i dont know why this person said this (maybe they were just thinking out loud)..but what i do know is, that whether a person has WLS or not, we are all in the same boat...situation...nutshell.. the goal is to lose weight and get healthy...i do not care one freeking bit care if i get skinny or not...i will never be skinny....but i will be healthy...i already am well on my way in that area.. let me also say, i do not flaunt that i had WLS nor do i go around saying nananabooboo i have lost nearly 150 pounds and you havent...what matters to me is that i did not respond to that person with words...i will however respond with me continuing on my journey.....and getting there with my WLS helping me all the way.. yeah, i am down with that..

oh..this was very nice to say to me :wub:

you may be (half) the woman you were......but your still all one helluva woman to meand you are my friend