destynee1

Good luck all!! I am 2 months post op and I remember ALL the emotions I had right before!! oi! lol.. It is the BEST decision I have ever made! down 37lbs and I feel better than I have in years!! follow your dr. guildlines and remember after surgery.. walk walk walk... it really does help with the gas and pain. It wasn't half as bad as I had prepared myself for.. but that was for me. Congrats on taking your life back!! It's exhilarating!!

lol ya me too!! can't wait! we are all in this together !

does complex carbs such as whole wheat bread etc bad for ones with pcos also? I know I do have some whole wheat products.

You are very INSPIRING! nothing is impossible if you do the work. Congrats on your new found freedom.. it must be bliss!

Love to hear that!! I can feel your happiness from your words! I am so happy for you! you go gf! lol.. You are inspirational!

Hiyas all.. My name is Kayna and I live in South Florida. I really feel I am in need of some budding at this point. I have been doing great for the most part.. but need some extra support to keep on track. I don't mess up often.. but I do sometimes.. ( such as this weekend ) grrr me! I am taking accountability for it.. I am serious about making a lifestyle change and have done so drastically so far but it is not enough yet.. I am not perfect by any means which is why i am here. hehe.. I was banded on Oct 22nd, 2012. Had my first fill on nov 28th of 2cc and that now gives me a 2cc total in my band. My next fill is Dec 19th. I would love for this to be my sweet spot.. Oooh ya! Here's to hopin! hehe If anyone would love to support one another, don't hesitate to shoot me a message. Take care and congrats all on coming this far! It sure is not an easy path.. but there is light at the end of it.

It will get better!

Thanks all.. youtube.. I'll check that out.. ding dong me didn't even think of youtube.. lol. and omg Kime thats horrible.. !!

I have this sexy little black dress in my closet that I only wore once. A LONG TIME AGO! I refused to get rid of it, and that was always the dress I said I will wear again! Once I fit into that dress and look good in it... I will be one happy as hell chick! When I bought it I was still self conscious in it, looked pretty good but not good enough to feel confident, so I want to look even better in it then I did the last time I wore it.

How ya doin Della? I don't live in MN but some support is better than none!

Been shaking it! how's it goin Cheri? burned a bunch the other day doing 40mins! felt great!

Hiyas all.. Im in palm beach county.. delray area! How are you all doing? No one seems to have posted in awhile!! time to livin this place back up floridans! had my surgery on oct 22, 2012.. would love to get to ya know you all.. I know maddy and maddy is awesssommmeeeee!

Hiyas mandy! welcome and congrats on getting your approval and taking your life back! The best decision ever made.. reading these forums will give you such a better insight on what you have to look forward to. So many successful stories to read that will just inspire you. And some not so successful.. but take the good with the bad.. and learn from the mistakes from the ones who have not been so successful. That in itself will make the time fly! lol.. *hugs**! welcome aboard!

Sandie Cookies my family makes every christmas. they are my absolute favorite.. but thank god.. I am in florida and not california! so that much easier for me! lol.. if I were there, I would no doubt have at least 1.

If you want it to be private.. be private hun. Especially work.. they don't need to know anything you don't want them to. Good Luck!! and grats on taking this next step!

YAY! thats awesome! you'll get there.. maybe slowly.. but surely!

Hiyas! Congrats on your surgery! now for the fun part! hehe..

Hmmm.. well your profile isn't filled out at all.. so no idea where local is! city/state?

Enjoy it? Now get your booty back on track!! It happens.. be careful because they want you to lose some weight to shrink your liver so it doesn't get in the way during surgery! and Grats .. you are so close!

Grats!!

I have not been tested but there isn't a doubt in my mind that I have PCOS. It's been 2 months since pre op and post and have lost about 40lbs. Not to shabby. I hope it doesn't slow drastically.. but exercise does seem to help that metabolism going. I eat mostly low carbs and the carbs are do eat are complex carbs.

I track everything on myfitnesspal. It is so easy.. and it is motivating actually. I read that people who track lose more weight than people who don't. Of course there are exceptions. I definitely believe that to be true.. because you take accountability for what you are putting in your mouth. So long as you are honest in your tracking.. if you aren't then what's the point. I even track my bad days!! myfitnesspal is so easy too.. and not to time consuming, it has a very large database for food.. click and done. Good Luck to ya hun!

good luck on flight and surgery! we'll see ya when ya get back! yay!

OD I get ya.. I do understand both sides here... Some it's called tough love and I know they do mean well, and I can see how some of that offends and puts off new banders also. I was one and still am, and sometimes I'm like geesh myself.. until I read it again and I understand, they really do mean well ad want us all to succeed. Some people have it easy and are lucky and don't need fills, some need multiple.. we are all different and lose weight differently. Hang in there.. it will definitely get easier. I had no clue how hard it was going to be. I would come to my surgeon about what I read here on LBT, saying.. I read it will take 3 months or more to feel restriction, and he said.. Oooh no! you will feel it right away ( with no fill ) Well, I've had 1 fill and I still don't.. But I am pushing on.. as I know you will also. It is fustrating, and it sure the hell is bandsters hell.. but we will push on, because we know if we don't.. where our life will end up.. and be.. exactly what we were before.. Unhealthy and completely unhappy.. and this is a small price to pay for the way we will feel in no time.. and when I say no time.. Did you see Hoe FAST this year flew by!! ya.. we got this!! Kick its butt hun!

It won't be you so long as you don't allow yourself to give up. Failure is not an option. !! you are doing great.. and you will be a success!