southernqt

Lol yes I would love to have someone to share with and for them to do the same! :-)

Isn't it awful if you have people that are also banded in your family and they don't want to go through this with someone they know that has the band. They want to compare and contrast between them and the other banded person. Some people are so stubborn and think well if I don't share my secretes then ill be ahead. That's so weird to me..... I want to share my stories good or bad so people won't make the same mistakes or they could learn a new way of doing something. You can ALWAYS learn. I welcome any advice.. Some people will never learn I guess.

Okay I've never been ideal weight in my whole life.....I mean NEVER! ALWAYS been overweight and always got in trouble every time I would go to the doctor....well the other day I went to the OBGYN and got on the scale and had lost 4lbs from what I was when I went to get a fill. The doc had no clue that I had lap band and I just knew I was going to get fussed at for being 366. So she came in asking about how I have been doing and I told her about my lap band and she just thought that was so awesome! She was so proud of me for taking the step to a healthier me and so glad that my weight was gradually coming off and at a slow pace. I never heard once "well you know you need to watch what you eat" or "you know you need to lose more weight that that" it was ALL positive things about my weight and I've literally never had that happen before. It was nice to hear something good from a doc :-)

I agree Gary its nice for someone to have something nice to say for once besides my surgeon. :-) it just kicks you in the butt to strive for more!

Yeah that's what will happen to me sometimes lol i can go a whole day without eating and I have to make myself eat. Everyone had to get use to how I ate because they wanted to pile food on at BBQs and stuff and I would have to let them know I can't even eat half of what they eat lol. Now most everyone understands. Yeah my nephew can eat more than me and he's 5 haha! I look at people's plates now and think wow I use to eat that much?!? Lol it's amazing how the band works!

I think I'm almost to my green zone. I have 4.3 cc in my 10cc band and I can eat a scrambled egg and a piece or two of turkey sausage and be fine for a couple of hours. I believe I'm going to get maybe .3cc more this next fill and see how it does but I'm losing 1-2lbs per week so the doc says I'm not too far away :-) I had my surgery April 12 2013.

You look awesome and are doing wonderful! You can really tell especially in your face from the hospital picture to the pic in the mirror. Are you exercising or anything like that or just eating the right way?

Yes I don't know why someone would be opposed to the idea of letting someone help. Not giving or taking advice is CRAZY to me. I absolutely love this site because everyone is so nice and honest. Y'all also don't mind telling y'all's stories so that new and old bandits can learn from them. There are some really wonderful people on here and I appreciate all of y'all's advice. You would think that family wouldn't want to beat the other person but work together and take the lbs off together. That's their loss though :-)

Why when you're smaller but bigger you get picked on out loud but when you're really big people feel "sorry" for you and talk where you can't

Hear....it doesn't make sense. Maybe people were intimidated by you when you're smaller and when you're bigger you're "not a threat." Idk I was just wondering if anyone has ever had this problem or am I just looking too into it.

How much did you ladies have to lose before being able to go get new clothes? I'm excited but I know it won't be for a little while but I was just curious :-)

Completely makes sense....I would be gaining too!

I also found out that I lost 6.4 lbs over the past 3 weeks so that makes me feel a little better. I've always been the type that wanted to see the results right then but I'm trying to hang in with a gradual loss... :-) I just keep trying to remind myself how much I've lost. I'm so glad I found this website it has helped me so much!

Okay well that explains why I'm not moving down in size much I'm either a 26 or 28 it varies. I would like to be a 22 by Christmas but I don't know that's a realistic goal or not.

I think it said 20g of protein but if you go on their website it shows you the nutritional value. Www.injury.com

I just ordered my starter pack for unjury protein and I'm excited to see which ones I like :-)