jetti

please send the monkeys my way...I will bring them to work with me and I am sure they will do more good then the donkeys that are there now!!

Sherry - I wish I had another trip planned soon but unfortunatly I dont. I was hoping to book another trip to DR for around April of next year but I have put myself on a 1 year plan to get all my debt paid off and there is alot of it soooo I have to be a good girl :-( My main motivation for working out is acutally seeing results from doing it. I know this has alot to do with the band but I also know if I wasnt working out my results just with the band would not be what they are and im sure I would have gotten a fill or 9 long ago!!! so that keeps me pretty motivated even though there are days I go home from work and just want to sit on the couch. But I force myself to get up and go to the gym instead of sitting on the couch eating everything in the house. I started working a second job about a month ago so now I only go to the gym 4 days a week but the other days I am working on my feet at the booooring second job so I guess its ok...now if only I can stop snacking on these little tart shell cookie things we have at the store all will be good :-) michaele - how did you do with dinner at your uncles? Happy Monday ladies!!

noticing that the end part of the seat belt in my car that use to grind into my center console and even left an imprint now has about a 1 inch gap between it

realizing that no article of clothing on my body is from the plus size section or a plus size store!!! I thought of that when I was driving to work this morning and a sly smile crept across my face.

jackie I dont have info on Aetna insurance but I just wanted to say welcome and good luck!!!

I had been wanting weight loss surgery for many years...before I even heard of the band...but knew that gastric bypass was not for me. I waited a few years and that is when thank goodness I learned about the band. When I went to the seminar for the dr that I finally choose as my surgeon I got to talk to him at the end and I told him that I already knew I wanted the band and even when I had my first consult with him he never even mentioned gastric bypass because he knew I choose what is best for me. I suggest you find other surgeon...why pick a form of surgery you are not comfortable with when you will have to live with it for the rest of your life? good luck

If you are losing without a fill then I would say wait it out. I am 11 months out and have not had a fill yet and I am pretty happy with my progress so far. I too dont have any problems with any foods...but there are things I dont eat because they are not worth the calories/fat. good luck with whatever decision you make.

Congrats on the weight loss michaele!!!! I really cant remember when I went down a clothing size. I too just bought new stuff when what I had got too sloppy.

Lisa my surgeon is Dr Bertha who is out of Florham Park, NJ - 973-410-9700. I have not had any problems with their office at all everyone is always helpful.

who the heck let it be October already!?!?!?! michaele - Happy Anniversary!!! I hope you get to hear from your husband again soon!! love and prayers to all of our troops no matter where they are Trish - I hope your mom is getting better and my finger are crossed for the scale to be nice to you Donna - how did your fill go? was the scale kind to you? Pat - I eat salad all the time - I LOVE salad always have - but I do make sure there is chicken in there and sometimes a hard boiled egg so that I can get the Protein in. I still do a Slim Fast shake every day. I really like them and its 20 grams of protein so you cant beat that. Kat - have you gotten anything else sorted out with your card? have a great night ladies...the gym kicked my butt this week so im off to bed early tonight or at least that is my plan.

Hi I am almost 11 months out and have not had a fill as of yet. I feel I have been doing good weight loss wise so im not really pushing to get one yet. Maybe my weight loss would be greater if I did get a fill but right now im happy with the pace that I am on so I will wait until I really need it. I can only assume what I feel at times is restriction. I probably eat more then the "normal" bandster but I sure as hell eat a lot less then I did 11 months ago!!

awww Kat I hope that you dont feel any after affects from your fall in the store. What a jerk the person was for laughing!!! And goodness I hope all that debit card mess gets cleared up that is not a fun scenario at all. HUGS!!!!

michaele - let me know how the once a week thing goes for you!! I have been thinking about taking the scale out of my room or tossing it out the window to keep myself from weighing everyday but then again there are scales at the gym so that still wont help my obsession :-(

Michaele - You are doing wonderful. Im sure your body is still adjusting and everything will even out and you will start losing again...at least you are not gaining :-( I am addicted to weighing myself which is SOOO bad!!! I do it all times of the day with or without clothes it is horrible. they do say some people suffer from addiction transfer - or something like that - maybe this is my addiction transfer!!! I usually base my weight off of what the scale at the gym says since I get weighed and measured every month...I like the number on my scale at home better because its usually lower by 2 pounds but that would be cheating :-)

Happy belated birthday Betty...hope the rest of your day was wonderful!!

ugh - ok so my mind and heart are so torn right now. I was banded on 11/6/07 and so far for me everything has been going better then I could have expected. I have lost between 80-85 pounds (depends on the day) without having to get a fill. But ever since I returned from vacation at the beginning of August I have been gaining and losing the same 3-5 pounds. I lost a considerable about of weight while on vacation - 13 pounds - so for a few weeks I figured my body was just adjusting to being back home and eating more regularly and not being as active as I was on vacation...only ate 2 meals a day and swam and walked all day and then danced for hours on end every night. The reason I am torn right now is because I dont know if I should get a fill...in my mind if I get a fill I feel like I failed myself. I know that the point of the band is that when its not working for you you should get a fill and see if that works. But because I have gone so long without a fill I feel like a failure and disappointed in myself now possibly needing one. Im thinking of giving myself to the end of this month when I get weighed in at the gym again and if I dont see a change then I will try to convince myself to get the fill. I also feel like I lost a little bit of focus that I cant seem to find again. I dont think I will reach my next goal like I had planned and that is another reason I am not happy with myself right now. I dont know why it is so hard for me to just call my doctor and say I need a fill but I just cant seem to do it...has anyone else gone through this???:thumbup: thanks for letting me vent and babble...I feel so :frown: right now

NY2LA - I didnt want anyone to think that I thought anyone was a failure because they have gotten fills. I know that is the point of the band but I guess because I have done all this without a fill so far its hard to wrap my head around the idea that it may be time

restless - I tried diets all of my life and they never worked for me that is why I decided to get the band. I have been using the band and that band has been working for me for the past 8-9 months its just recently I feel like something is not working. NY2LA - I dont think anyone on this board is a failure whether they had 1 fill or 10. my mind is just frazzled right now and im not putting anyone down when I say I think I am a failure because I may need a fill...all a mental game that im losing right now

thanks for the support ladies!!! I love this place everyone is always so supportive. right now im thinking I will see how I do for the next 2 weeks and if I am still having trouble after that I will call my doctor. I need to get myself back on track so that I can continue in the right direction

awww Kat I hope that everything works out for you - Hugs and Prayers!!! Michaele - I dont remember really having dairy early on either and everything you said sounds "normal" to me but I am not all that normal so who knows :-)

just popping in to say hey to my fav ladies!!

judi - I only have about a bit over 100 lbs to lose and right now im at about 80% of that so right now the odds are in my favor

I hope this works...if so here are 2 before and 2 after pics. the first one is about a year before surgery, second is a few months before and the last 2 are from July of this year - 8 months post op