Daisalana

Randy Jackson had RNY.. and he is gaining it all back :confused: I think there's another thread somewhere about Courtney Love(in off topic area), she didn't really have the band from the last of what I was reading. It was speculation I believe. I didn't know Roseanne had anything, but it must not be inspirational, last time I saw pictures of her she was still a big woman--with some plastic surgery. Carnie Wilson had the RNY and gained it back, and went on to do that celebrity fit club thing.. I think the Ann Wilson is what's throwing me off. I saw some Wilson singer had lap-band, I knew it wasn't Carnie, and I saw Carnie's E! Biography and knew her sisters were all bean poles, so I was confused about Ann.. so I guess that's a different band?

Looks like everyone else had some good advice for you.. I just wanted to say 70lbs is a great loss! Congrats

Lunasa- LOL! You aren't in America are you? I don't think you are, if I remember.. but from that statement I really don't think you are now.. America is SUE HAPPY!! People sue if you don't have every little business detail in writing and signed.. so yes, I wouldn't have hired a coordinator without a contract.. that would be a shady deal (I pay her 2,200 to do xxx.. and it has to be in writing) Anyway, we met with her that night and she calmed me down, so we're back on track again. Adorable-CONGRATS on breaking the plateau!!! Well I still haven't broken my plateau..BUT BUT BUT! It's not 'the' sexy jeans I was saying I want to wear by August, but I have a pair of super bell-bottoms I haven't been able to fit in since I was 18.. I didn't have the heart to throw them out, and this morning.. they FIT! They are extremely tight on the waistband (and no stretch, this was before I discovered the stretchy jeans)..but they most definitely fit-buttoned and zipped, and I've been prancing around work hehe. Last time I tried to wear these was about a year ago, I thought I'd lost some weight so I tried to wiggle into them, couldn't get them past my thighs easily--lots of jumping. Finally got them up and I couldn't even pull the button/zippers together to TRY to fasten them.. so threw them in a closet somewhere.. until today. WOOOHOOO Just got back from a meeting with our cake lady... got our pricing and deposit put down. She is so craaaaazy, I love it. Fiance said how the caramel buttercream is his favorite, so she taught me the recipe from scratch LOL. She told me to make it for him for some 'fun times'. MMhm.. I don't cook!

So glad you're home and happy Mdrai!! Sounds like it went well and wow you got to go home so quick.. I wished I got that, I was soooooooo bored and bugging the nurses every hour 'Can I go now? PLEASE?' and we were passing my 23 hour mark, I ended up being there 27 hours I think, but at 23 hours I thought I was on my way out and was sooo antsy. Welcome to bandland!!!! Woowoo Kat- LOL I didn't want to seem demanding.. I almost got a new computer, but dell only sold them with vista, and I refuse to go to vista.. people who know computers know it's a rotten deal (no offense intended, 90% of people don't know any better).. vista takes so much memory to run, it's hard to do much else on your computer because of it.. plus new systems are always full of bugs.. I like xp and want to fix this computer.. I talked to dell's customer service about getting xp instead of vista.. they said it can't be done and I flat out told them, then you just lost a customer. I'm not paying to have vista when I'll have to reinstall xp.. and a couple weeks later I found out they are offering xp again.. mmhm. And now I can't afford to buy a new computer, so just have to fix this one.

Sounds like the life of a teacher is a good one That is, if you put up with the kids for 3/4 of the year! I was in college to be an English teacher when I first started, and as time went on and I did some student teacher projects, I realized I didn't have enough patients for people.. or kids.. So then I turned to sociology with the intentions of working as an adoption social worker.. I got my degree, but haven't used it yet.. Decided to do what I'm doing now, working with the music and movie industry.. has a lot more fun people.. maybe one day I'll do the more meaningful job.

I'm trying to have an NSV. Today was our first meeting with the wedding coordinator, after she's been paid the deposit. It was 1.5 weeks out, which was a looong wait for me, but it was today at noon. Fiance and I took off work, get down there and she's not there.. we waited till 12:30 then asked another office if we could use their phone. They called her for us (that was so emberassing, its another business and the lady looked at us like we were crazy.. and of course we BOTH forgot our cell phones today).. The wedding lady tells us oohhhh she thought the meeting was at 5, but she looked and it was noon and she's SO sorry etc.. and I was really cold, this is an omen to me!! I'm really upset. If the first meeting after getting paid she 'forgets' our meeting, than we're in trouble, right?! She asked if we could come back at 5, and since I was in another business with their customers staring at me, I was just going 'ok.. ok..ok' really monotone, but I wanted to flip out and tell her, she cost us 20 bucks in fiance's pay check and we're sitting there in the heat waiting, she needed to get her happy ass down there.. she said she had people over and couldn't leave but would be there at 5... So now I'm torn.. we already paid and signed contract.. but I already do NOT like her for standing us up like that!!! Fiance said, one time is fine, if it happens again we have a problem. Maybe I'm over reacting, but today was important, we're getting times set in stone, going over vendors etc. and she's too lackadaisical (sp) to check her appointment book? Oy. So I'm trying to cool off right now, but I'm wanting to eat to calm me down! I'm craving all kinds of comfort foods. I'm drinking OJ and water and fighting it. Mdrai hurry back and post!! Inquiring minds want to know how it went! Teach-Glad you're back! Sounds like you guys had a good time and hubby is recooperating like a good patient (no food! hehe). Kat- On another note, I didn't want to be pushy but it sounds like you guys have made it home now, so I was wondering if I could still borrow the XP Home disk? I promise I won't chuck it at our wedding coordinator

Good luck Mdrai Get back on here and post as soon as you can so we know you're home! Bring comfortable underwear, a hair brush, deoderant, and toothbrush/toothpaste. That's all I needed! (I brought everything on the check off list from some other thread, and never used any of it lol)

janie- My doctor said the carbonation can stretch your pouch out.. They said NO carbonation post-op.

Hey guys, just checking in to say.. well, obviously you were right Terri! My PB's are not painful and a big to do, I just burp up the food and spit it out.. I guess I have 2 different PB's.. one is this. The other is when I just feel stuck and that's when I panic and feel paralyzed.. that one DOES make me stop eating. The first one just reminds me to slow down and chew! Anyway, I have been real lax on my food lately, I guess I'm getting use to being able to eat 'normal', so I am making bad choices. Tomorrow I'm back on the damn wagon!!!! Time to make better choices even if I'm not filled. The plus side of all of this, which I am extremely proud, is I still have not had a coke since 1 month pre-op. That makes it 2 months coke free now! I have never in my life, even in all my dieting, gone that long without just 1 mt. dew. I'm really proud of myself for this, I was so addicted.. am I guess, but I'm too terrified of what carbonation would do to risk it, and I just hope I keep being scared!

Well, for what it's worth.. my psychological exam included 'What would Laura now tell 13 year old Laura?'.. Try being prepared to avoid all the stupid answers like suicidal, depressed, etc... and then something like that. I guess I did good coming up with a sane answer for an insane question, since they let me get the band! I'm glad she approved you despite being a nut, and now you're on your way

Just wanted to share, we made a wedding website: Welcome

Hey guys! I've been lurking.. Accounting at work is having a break down, so I was filling in all week and yesterday it came to a head and there was a lot of issues.. so I was in and out of my office, I would read posts, but didn't have time to reply. Last night I was engulfed in looking at wedding dresses online.. I've pretty much decided the style I'm going for.. a renaissaince kind of look.. but with huge train.. I want 3/4 sleeves that flow to the ground. Now I hope it's not too hot! LOL. Pushed it up so it wouldn't be too cold and now I worry about it being too hot. Oh, I also found out about sand ceremonies! I was worried about doing the unity candle ceremony outside, I DJed a wedding in atlanta and it was outdoors and the candles wouldn't stay lit, I was emberassed for them.. so the sand ceremony is what we're doing. For anyone who doesnt know (maybe I'm the only one who didn't know!), you each have a vase of colored sand, and you pour it into a combined vase and it makes a design, and like our lives were seperate and now combined, the sand can never be seperated and individual again and so is the marriage (paraphrase). So then I was looking for pretty vases.. and the 'sand ceremony kits' I've found 3, the same 3 at 2394234 different websites. So I thought of something better. Getting a personalized crystal decanter (for brandy I guess), to do the mixed sand, so we can cap it and keep it on a shelf and it looks pretty. Item 620 Decanter - Barware, Custom, Engraved, Personalized, Monogrammed, Customized, Etched Thats the one we're getting, with a rose etched into and our joined initials. So onto the weightloss. I've NOT been eating healthy!! But, the flip side is I'm NOT eating a lot.. so I'm hoping that evens things out. I have been 300-301 for days now.. soon it'll be in the 200's!! Today I had a half of a bacon egg and cheese burrito from Sonic and half of a chocolate milkshake. 4 bottles of water (its sooo hot today, I'm parched). Thursday night we went to Cracker Barrel.. I order pancake breakfast... I ate the eggs and 1 sausage, and about 4 bites of the pancakes.. Took it home.. Friday I had one of the pancakes (all of it!!), and I had my PB moment.. not the stuck one, just where I burp up the food and have to spit it up into something.. and then I kept eating more! I can't wait for my fill.

Ohhh I just had to share this.. This is one of the songs I want played during our ceremony so I was youtubing it so I could let fiance hear the song.. I found this version, it just made my eyes well up. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPeVIuRjUi4&mode=related&search]YouTube - Celtic Woman - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (live)[/ame]= Sniff sniff. Such a beautiful song.

Skinny day? What's that? LOL! Grats on the new outfit We picked out the cakes we like, I didn't eat too much I don't think, just big enough bites to taste the combinations. I liked the almond pound cake with vanilla buttercream icing and raspberry filling. Yum yum! I was 301lb this morning.. So no 200's yet! Fill is 6-6..aka not soon enough. Technically, according to doc and books we're not suppose to be working on losing weight till after first fill.. I'm heeeeealing. So, this 30lbs I've lost is just an incentive. Everytime I get frustrated about plateaus, I just remind myself I'm not suppose to be losing right now. Wonder what will make me feel better after I get filled?

I've always thought this was the mark of someone who was obese. If you look through a million before & after pics.. particularly those who DON'T get plastic surgery.. even the goal weight, skinny 'afters', have unusually large arms for their size. I figured that's just part of the territory.. and very common in the pics I see. If you figure something out that helps, do share!

WARNING!!! SPOILER FOR AMERICAN IDOL! HIGHLIGHT ***ONLY*** IF YOU WANT THE WINNER: JORDAN.. DUH

Tracy that's so cool! I wish you lived closer, we have a HUGE *beautiful* couch that we don't use (we have 2 others), and I can't bring myself to take it to good will just yet, I keep waiting for someone who says they need a couch to take it! Along with several other nice furniture items.. I don't know how we aquired all of it, but I won't get rid of it and we don't use it, so our 3rd bedroom has a couch, overstuffed armchair, canopy bed..

Kat- Oh my gosh that is sooo cute!!!! I didn't even get the correlation of the kisses or flowers in the shower till you said what he said! How CLEVER and romantic! I'm glad this marriage worked out for you. His family doesn't care about us living together, but boy do my parents. They were married a month out of high school, and think that if they could do it, we could too.. It was ongoing debates with us, till I just ignored them when they made snide comments. My dad told all his buddies we were engaged this whole time, he'd refer to him as my fiance since before we were deciding that.. and I corrected him one day, saying he's going to ruin it when we really do get engaged.. and he said "Well, I'm not introducing him as the man sleeping with my daughter".(actually he was more graphic than that) PARENTS! Oh well, that's all in the past. The cake testing didn't happen, the lady is CRAZY and I love it. She gives you a big bag of samples.. the fillings, icings, and cake slices.. so you can mix and match with family and decide what you like. Me, mom and my granny are getting together tonight to do it. Fiance just said bring home what we decide on and he'll taste it. But the cake lady was soo entertaining. She literally seems a bit crazy, but she's meticulate with her baking and kept griping about local bakers that use artifical ingredients. She said even her extracts for her cakes are home made.. from oil and alcohol. And she'd follow with 'Don't believe me? I'll show you my cabinets!!'. Then she said "I'm twisting your arm, now you have to eat a bite of everything in the sample bag, in the order I told you!". So that was that, can't wait to try them. She let us taste a bite of the vanilla buttercream.. mmmmmmmmmmm. It wasn't sweet at all, I loved it. From the look of it, we'll likely go with some sort of pound cake or chiffon cake with buttercream icing.. the filling I just don't know! I still don't like the idea of the fruit fillings.

scrambled eggs is considered a solid, but maybe if you have them really runny that would work... grits are a good mushy pudding (the sf Jell-o puddings are killer.. and they have sooo many flavors.. I had about 5 flavors and I'm still eating them.. devil's food chocolate was my fav.) I also liked some baby foods.. green bean baby food, squash and corn baby food, sweet potato baby food, banana baby food --- these are the flavors I ended up liking

About the white blood cells.. I offer no info on EKG, but I had elevated white blood cells also. The nurse said it means I was sick, or I'm getting sick or I'm sick.. I wasn't sick, I hadn't been sick, so I thought I was getting sick which was sad, she said if I get sick the anesthesia won't operate (this was 5 days pre-op). So they gave me antibiotics to take until surgery, the next day they called back and said I had a urinary tract infection.. I had NO symptoms, so they changed my antibiotics to a UTI antibiotic..which I took till surgery. And that was that. The white blood cell doesn't seem too serious.

I did try Wellbutrin to quit smoking once.. It didn't help with the smoking, but it did make me happy! Chantrix, a few relatives have tried that, the concensus is.. it made them not want to finish a cigarette. They were all smoking half of a cigarette at a time.. that's progress, but they're both full time smokers again. I was waiting to meet someone personally that has done well with Chantrix before I invest in it. That, and when I am ready to quit. I think you have to WANT to quit, to quit. It's hard enough that you have to commit to it. Since I like smoking, it's a tough time for me to convince myself I don't want to.

It's 90's here too. And in the office it feels 40 degrees! I keep dressing for warm weather and forgetting to bring a jacket in. I think I mentioned how I'm normally ALWAYS hot, so I love our house and office being cold cold.. but since banding, I've been COLD! It's crazy. Fiance keeps complaining about it being 80 in the house, and I feel fine.. Anyway, we're about to go do our cake testing. My period is crazy since banding, I don't know if maybe I'm not regulated again yet by my bc. I've been on BC since I started periods because I was out of whack. I would have extremely heavy days for 2 months at a time, off 1 week, repeat. It was miserable. I haven't been off of BC since I was 13, so being off for 3 weeks for surgery...Bleeding heavy right out of surgery for 1.5 weeks.. off a week.. now I've been consistently bleeding crazy heavy ever since. I started back on BC 2 weeks ago, and it's not helped yet :grouphug: My mom had tumors in her uterus (we have same gyno), and before she had her hysterectomy a couple months ago the doctor gave her something that stops your period.. I was hoping mom had some left, but she thinks she threw it out.. I don't want to have to go to my gyno right now, my insurance only pays for once a year. Grrr!! And if I may be candid, it's really affecting my sex life! I've been extremely 'antsy' since banding, I don't know why, so for the week I had 'off', we were like rabbits! And now I'm having to go back to being frigid. Congrats on the promotion! And the ribs sound sooooo good.. I want ribs now Everyone keep up the good work with water and exercise! On that note, I'm leaving for cake testing LOL!

My local lap-band doctor.. (first doctor I was trying to meet with), they made me pay $250 just to get in the door.. I expected to meet the doctor that day and ask questions.. they had sent me a form to fill out medical history before coming in.. so that day, for 250, I met with a nurse, who took all my medical history--that I already filled out for her. She told me I had to quit smoking, they do a urine test night before surgery and if I fail, I forfeit all money (I am self-pay). That made me nervous right there. I've tried to quit before, and if I relapsed and had one smoke.. or hell, using the patch gives you nicotine, then what? I just lose 15k? Then, I asked if I can talk to the doctor, she said this visit was just for medical history. Really irritated me that I paid all that money for nothing.. So they had 2 strikes against them. I ended up calling all the area around me (TN, Northern AL, Southern AL) till I found a doctor who does not require me to stop smoking. It was important to me..I was trying to figure out how I could quit for 8 weeks for the surgery up until they told me I didn't get to meet the doctor that day. Then I was nervous that this doctor's office is the kind that is going to milk me for every penny they can. I know I'm suppose to say the opposite, about how I quit smoking and it was the best decision of my life and I'm healthier for it, etc.. but that's not where I am in my life right now! If I am giving up my binge eating, let me smoke. So I did find one, and it worked out great, I didn't have to quit smoking.. I *DO* plan to quite some day.. but right now I need a vice. And I've never quit smoking for 8 weeks, and not used some sort of 'tool'.. and never gone that long without 'slipping up'. I'm human, and I can't afford to throw away money on the hope that I won't be human and slip up. I know many people here have quit smoking for surgery, and I admire that! I'm weak..what can I say!

What one of my doctors told me, is that nicotine is nicotine (though I don't personally understand the harm of patches). They told me to quit, don't use the gum or patches.. go cold turkey. That was a bit too much for me to do. Good luck to you though, sounds like you've got your wits about you

It seems to be the norm I have heard countless people (me included) have this happen. Tis just the way of things! I've heard recommendations for it.. varying your daily caloric intake.. 1200 one day, 1500 the next, 900 the next.. keep your body guessing! I've also heard people recommend exercising more. Good luck!