Debbie3sons

@ Bandtista have you changed where when we first put in our information & where it says surgery or something like that then you will only open on the band site , if you are going to where it says General wls then it is open to everyone but try & see what I first said & change it to Lap band, hope this helps.

I don't know if people know but since it's Tax time or if you just want to get away for the weekend in April & find out some information, there is a Meet & Greet in San Diego California at the Grand Hyatt hotel on Market place , if you can't find it here go to where you can type in WLSFA & it will give you details it is called California Dreaming it is April 10_12 , Alex Breacher was going to attend , he may not be able to because he has not been feeling well , he is getting better though he is the one that started this & other wls sites SO I just thought I would update Every one is invited .

She does read, doesn't respond or post but she does read because of some negative comments or people she does pop in every once in a great while , She is just doing her & her family , you all know we all go through our stuff, whatever it may be bad , good , happy or sad.

@ Jakk YES I was wandering the same thing & wondered if it was normal because I haven't had this before that I can remember but when I first got banded I knew it was normal & the first couple of fills but I hadn't had a fill for a while till about 3 weeks ago now all the sudden it's happening , keep us posted what your Doctor says & I will ask mine when I see him next Wednesday for a check up , THANK goodness for Imodium ad, other wise wouldn't be able to GO anywhere.

Well if you can Great but if you can't I'm sure people will understand , just be Safe & hope everything is alright with you , also hope you're feeling better , would have liked to meet you , take care of what you have to with you & your Family.

I still do the lemon juice, Vinegar & pepper to my taste , But there is a no calorie Ranch dressing I tried didn't like it & had to mix the vinegar & lemon juice to like the taste but your recipe sounds good.

I have to walk OR drink something & it all comes out but again that's just me.

@ Slleveeee, just to let you know , I see you are Sleveed so being banded like I am there are some little differences we don't have the dumping or some of us don't have to take vitamins & other things so I am just saying there are some differences in our weight loss surgeries , just thought I would let you know.

Thank You all .

Just thought I would update , I now have 20 _30 lbs to go to get to MY goal weight , I know I still look big but like I said, I will never be skinny but I sure as heck am more healthy & movable than I used to be .

And so here I am , after reading your posts & yes I will listen to the compliments , because then I know my tool & I together are doing our jobs.

Just a reminder for the Meet & Greet in San Diego California at the Grand Hyatt hotel in April if you look up wlfsa on the site you can find out more information & code password is Bariatric pal , , Alex wanted me to send him my url but I have no idea what that is to remind people.

@ Donna ,Good to hear from you besides of gaining , how have you been other health wise & hope it's not to much of a gain on weight .

Thank YOU Alex.

@ justwatchme My Son & I fill out the FASA every year & we've also been trying for a scholarship from my work for him v, since I'm head of household , I also get credit because he is in school so it gives me more money on my taxes , it's great but probably will stop soon because he is supposed to Graduate this year but if you are paying for any books or anything your daughters need then have them send you receipts v, I think you can also put that on your taxes , every little bit helps n

Day by day people , moment by moment inch by inch just don't forget to take time for you.

I always talk to my self , that way I get the right answers Lol but people know I try to stay positive & like to hear positive things , even in my family I will remove my self if I think they are being negative , had that enough in my life they didn't & don't understand how lots of food made me comfortable to be around it & a lot of times they will ask me to sit with them , but I now choose to remove my self & I am alright with it.

I just found out that my my second son will be Graduating in June from College the one who wants to be a Lawyer , or anything to do with the law , he might even be able to take the bar , I am so proud of him , so again I have to save some money for the day he Graduates , it's been 3 years he went out of high school June 2012 & started in July , I got banded in 2012 , & if there's only standing room at his Graduation then I can do that now since I am more healthy , yes we all have a lot going on , ups & downs but we can & will all get through whatever it may be.

@ go walking you look so good , I can't wait till I'm in my maintenance phase , my thyroid & weight loss is so weird, just when I think I am not going to lose anymore because it has been the same for months , then I start losing again I don't get it , but my few clothes I do have since surgery & losing seem to be getting loose again so I guess the weight & inches are starting to come off again , it will be 3 years in September so hopefully I will maybe be at my goal by then.

Ok time for a laugh well at least I thought it was , , I was doing my taxes the other day & , my Son came to meet me after he got out of school , well when he found out how much I was getting back , him being hungry at that time said you know how much food you could get off the Dollar menu , I said yes but you have to remember I don't eat at some of those places any more & I had a t shirt on & I lifted my arm up for something put it down , I guess my bat wings are even more noticeable now because he started playing with it , then I had to give my tax rep my licences for something mind you I have never met before when he looked at it he said that's not you & said you have lost a LOT of weight , I replied yes & thank you finished the taxes & went on my way , well my son wanted pretzel crust pizza from little Caesar's so I took him , they didn't have it there was a Subway next door so he got a wheat bread tuna with avocado, bellpepper & cucumber but he always gets extra mayonnaise he can eat that way , so I went home & ate a ground chicken party , I just thought it was funny though while him being hungry said you know how much food you could get off the Dollar menu .

@ Julie Norton the pina coladas have coconut milk & pineapple so there still a good choice Lol n

At first I just had my Mother take in my pants & shirts it took me a few months before I bought any thing , I figured why waste the money if I was going to keep losing now I will buy clothes when I need them but I am still trying to lose 30 more then I may buy more but right now I still rotate what I have if it starts getting loose then I will have my Mother take them in again but I still have a few clothes from when I started to remind me that I was that way , one day I threw on a pair of shorts just to have something on I went in the kitchen to get something to drink & they fell to the floor I won't be wearing those any more just glad there was no one around.

My Mother divorced my Father when I was 17 but when it came time to bury his drunk butt my brother & I had to do the arrangements because they were divorced even though she had to pay for everything & wasn't even able to attend because in some papers it said for her not to be there what kind of S___ is that & she still took care of him till the end , hope it gets better , what's the saying it gets worse before it gets better .

I just did musle milk & water with Lemon juice or tea with no sugar & my small salad with either ground chicken or lean ground beef the dressing I mixed vinegar & lemon juice to my liking , I know the dressing doesn't sound good but you get used to it , so 2 muscle milk a day & I could have the tea or water as much as I wanted but could only do the salad for dinner for 2 weeks , read the pre op diet papers your Surgeon gave you & go from what they recommend , I didn't know about the Isopure drink till later but I like the Alpine punch Isopure now , I also found a drink like muscle milk called core it's really good , good luck.

Well we in California are getting weird weather first this morning WE were wandering why it was so warm then night fall came & it starts raining , but that's Cali. For ya, if this keeps up then we'll have another earth qauke , better than what most of you are in for with the snow storm though everyone be safe.