Lori Jo

i was told NO arthritis, i will have surgery to clean out my shoulder....no pills at all!

i noticed it on the pre-op diet, i am not insulin dependent though...i am getting banded 4-1, keep in touch!

I have alot on my plate...literally! My husband is in the end stage of CML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia), my daughter is graduating in May, I have 2 sisters who are being investigated for perjury and oh yes, did i mention???? I am having the lap-band procedure on April 1, 2014. I am excited and have learned new things on this site, it sure is true that each situation is unique and not everyone is successful. I have been overweight all my life and i know that this is something that God has chosen for me. Have you ever had a friend that is overweight and you both decide to be weight loss buddies? Well, that happened to me last summer. Linda has been my childhood friend since I was 3. We did the Weight Watchers plan, we both were doing pretty well and then people noticed my weight loss but no one noticed hers, we were built different, me an upside down pear, her an apple. This brought great divide in our friendship, can you believe that this happened? Well I didnt either, it still amazes me and let me tell you what i did, i regained all my weight and let her get her get ahead of me in the pounds lost, it still didnt make any difference, afterall, I have a wonderful and loving husband, she had none, i have a beautiful daughter, she is childless, we have a new home and are blessed, she struggles, so the least i can do is throw her the weight loss bone,,,right? I have decided to get this surgery and Linda is no longer in my life, she married a man that wouldnt marry her while i was in her life, so i am heading into this alone. I come from a family of 8 girls and i am the next to the youngest. I can tell you that 7 of 8 of us are overweight to morbidly obese. It is funny that when one of us loses weight the other always tries to get us to eat, this will be different, and if any of you think it wont, please dont tell me, i will find out on my own, i will take your advice and run with it, i dont like negative thoughts...however i am in week 1 of my pre-op diet, i am down 9# but in the last two days the scale has been stuck, it is gonna be hard, but i hope this next 7 days will be finding me at least 5 pounds down, my surgery is on April 1 and it is just a lap band, no plication....i dont know what type of band it will be and i see that you all know and i will too. I am seeking friends who wont be jealous of my weight loss and i know that my sisters will see that i can no longer gorge myself like they can, i am gonna be honest, i looovveeee food, but now i need to care about my body so i can be there for my hubby. If you like this blog....stay tuned, if you want to encourage and lift me up....add me as your friend. Thanks for listening!!

get another doctor, if i felt i needed an additional 50# off then I would look elsewhere, if you had 10-15 # left then that I could tolerate....good luck!

thanks all for the heads up....you are funny and i think that is the best healing for your body...congrats!!

i am having surgery on 4-1-13, we should be buddies, i am with you when it comes to drinking and soda's...good luck!

try benefiiber, use it in coffee, juice, it doesnt get thick andn i add it to my shakes...hope that helps!

sounds like you needed to contact your surgeon after it happened the first time, i hope your band hasnt slipped....call right away and let me know what was wrong.

no fills?? great...hope i can follow in your footsteps! congrats!

I will stay around and i want and need your advice, i do want to ask all of you a simple question, i have read some pretty scary things, dawn...you are telling me you can eat the same amount of food you could before surgery or just that you dont have trouble swallowing, i guess maybe i am in outer space here as i thought that with your lap band you couldnt eat things like pizza and ice cream without getting ill or chances of choking, foods backing up into your esophagus, etc....if i can eat pizza 3 days post surgery then why am i having it all together, i know these are individual results but i really thought this was a game changer, not a daily challenge to eat right, i guess i didnt get the same memo as you all did, i am off to a good start losing but i need some encouragement or maybe the doctor didnt want me to see this site until after i got my surgery, he has some explaining to do....thanks ladies and gents!

i love your ticker, how do i get one

I understand your point, but for those of us in our pre-op phase we cheat a little as that is what we have done all our lives, i know that when i can only swallow a few tbsp of food and get sick will the cheating subside, you come across harsh and you dont know this person, i have been beaten up all my life over my weight and we come here for support not bashing. Give them a break, we are all only human.

getting my band on 4-1-13, can you tell me if it was painful, some say it is and others say no....please be honest, i am a big girl (literally) and i can take it! Thanks!

that is a good ? as I have had a slip in my diet, but i was never told to stick to 1120 calories, maybe it is a difference in weight....good luck!

I had a principal whose wife was overweight, she lost weight and started looking hot and so she was attracting attention from other men, I think in a marriage if there is no support from your spouse, those other men seem to give you something you havent had in a long time....someone looking at you with desire...