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Dont know if this has been posted on here or not but i got this from tricia on myspace and thought id post it here too.. This is one of my goals to complete, i have never done a walk before, i wanted to but never even tried cuase i knew i would fail...but,,i DOING THIS!!:clap2: Check it out! http://www.walkfromobesity.com/index.php Walk From Obesity On Saturday, September 30, 2006, in cities all across America, obesity sufferers and survivors alike will be joining forces and walking to raise money for research, education, prevention and treatment of the life-threatening disease of obesity. Whether you suffer from this disease or not, we hope you'll join us. Many will be walking on behalf of those unable to do so, because obesity has stolen their mobility, dignity, and hope. The ASBS Foundation's Walk From Obesity was established to give hope to those needing it most. Walkers raise money by asking friends, family, and co-workers to sponsor them. In addition to walker income, funds are raised through sponsorship, matching gifts, corporate contributions, and other fundraising activities. The funds raised through this event will support the ASBS Foundation's educational mission by: - Increasing research funding specifically for morbid obesity - Improving obesity awareness and reducing its associated discrimination - Increasing public education about this devastating disease - Increasing professional education concerning effective treatments of the disease From the U.S. Surgeon General: "Obesity is the fastest-growing cause of death and disease in this country. This year more than 400,000 Americans will lose their lives because of their excess weight. Walk from Obesity provides two ways to help Americans become healthier. First, walking. By engaging in physical activity, every American can become healthier. And second, research. We know that a healthy diet and exercise are two pieces to the puzzle of healthy living, but so are genetics and culture. By increasing our research options, we can use the best available science to help Americans live longer, healthier lives. So get up America, and Walk from Obesity." ---- VADM Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S. Surgeon General United States Public Health Service

I have lost 55 lbs so far and...drumroll please.....92 total body inches!!! The only draw back of this all so far is I am loosing my hair like crazy and the hair i have is yucky feeling! sooo I had to cut it!!! so since i got that done i realized time for pics! so here ya go! This one is April2006 and yesterday august 14 2006 date on first pic is wrong it is july 7 not july 22 Wahoo BAGGY SHORTS!!!!!! Check out that butt! LOL Still big but its shrinkingggggggg Well hope yall enjoy these i know i do!

Hey guys just thought id start a BEFORE AND DURING thread for us to use to show progress...maybe will unclog the Before and after thread a little..?? I take pics monthly and would love to post them somewhere! let me know what yall think about the thread. heres a few of my pics so far: I have lost 55 lbs so far and...drumroll please.....92 total body inches!!! The only draw back of this all so far is I am loosing my hair like crazy and the hair i have is yucky feeling! sooo I had to cut it!!! so since i got that done i realized time for pics! so here ya go! This one is April2006 and yesterday august 14 2006 date on first pic is wrong it is july 7 not july 22 Wahoo BAGGY SHORTS!!!!!! Check out that butt! LOL Still big but its shrinkingggggggg Well hope yall enjoy these i know i do!

Hi MAY CREW! Just checking in! Diane you take care of yourself and keep us posted for sure! LindaWOW thats sounds like what im going through! Im doing the deep water aerobics 3 days 2 hours aday and swimming at least 2 more days..and ive been teatering between 370and373 for 2 weeks!!! drives me nuts! Maybe i need to do what your nutritionist said also...humm SOMETHINGS GOTTA GIVE! LOL

haha NO INFECTION WORRIES...he scrubbed up before i watched him and his hands didnt touch the needle....it just looks liek it did in the pics.. ive seen several different docs and never saw them where gloves for this...

:clap2: Well all i got my first fill!! Wahoo! I went down with my mother last friday and stayed the night in San antonio. I got up Saturday morning and was SICK SICK SICK!!! :sick couldnt walk straigh so dizzy and then was hurling! I know TMI! lol BUt if youve ever had to hurl with the band its a WILD EXPERIENCE!!! I dont want to do again! haha Anyway Barbara..one of Dr Rods Patient advocate.. and terri picked us up at 7:20am and i slept most of the way to Acunia ..spelled wrong im sure lol.. Mexico. We stopped in uvalde to meet up with our other two girls and go into walmart to walk around and potty..i had brought some replenishing Fluid stuff my husband drinks called "squinchers" with me and drank one of those and felt much better! We got to the Dr new office which is AWESOME if you havent seen it! Dr Cortez is dreamy just like Dr Rod! =0) I let the other girls go first cause i was still dizzy feeling and was nervous about the fill and making sure everything was ok inside me since when i had my first fill wiht my first band was when we found my "issues".. So it was my turn and me and mom went in so she could take pics and he started the procedure. he has you stand in the flour area while he does this..you can see in the pics attached He numbed the area with this little tiny needle that i didnt feel at all and i was watching the flouro screen ..in first and secon pic before ...and had my knees buckled..note to all..dont buckle your knees!!..well the next thing i knew i was in a chair dry heaving again! :faint: :sick GRRR i was mad! I sat there a minute and go composure and said "lets do this thing" And stood up and we started again..he was very fast so i had no time to hit the floor again lol the last 2 pics are the needle he injected saline with..see how it bends..eeekkk:eek: the nurse handed me the barium and i took it with my shaky hand and drank a few times till the dr had put in 2.5 cc and stopped there. I never once felt ANY PAIN AT ALL! :target: Not even the tiny numbing needle! Was awesome! Felt so relieved to see my band and see the restriction the fill was giving me! We left and ate that awesome Soup at a resturant in the building to test our bands before heading back to texas and then headed out shopping! We drove back to sanantonio that evening and me and mom flew back that night. Was a great experience and can not wait to go again which may be next month or in septmeber cause i think i need more restriction... thanks for reading ..just thought id share a fill experience! HAve a great day! locating port numbing the area Fill Time! Look at how that thing bends!!! EEEEKKKK! Its a large needle but tiny in diameter! He has a little adjuster on the side that he turns .5 cc at a time so as to not overfill. It stops his syringe at where he sets it.

Right tough it up and give!

http://www.myspace.com/suga_foot heres mine too add away add away!! I love myspace its addictive!!!!

Man I can relate to about all of these! Ive been big for as long as i can remember.. always had to hear.."youve got suck a pretty face why dont u just loose weight" god if i had a quarter for everytime i heard that i would be a trillionaire! Ive heard the remarks about guys wanting to see what its liek to be with a fat girl..for instance..i was dating this guy in hs and one of his AHOLE friends came up to me at a party and asked why i didnt break up with him so that he could date skinny girls??? I told him well thats not my decision he CHOSE ME! I didnt pursue him! ..he got his ass kicked at that party by 5 guys LOL I was always popular in school cause i always was jokin around it was easier to make them laugh before they could find a reason to make fun..but there was always the aholes that had nothing better to do.. One of the worst times was my nephew whom i love dearly! My brothers wife is very fit and he came up to me in front of everyone and informed me i was FAT! I looked at him all shocked and said" Really im glad you told me ..i would have never known!" Small kids and teenagers are the enemy! LOL they always have a remark for ya! Ive raised my daughter to treat everyone as an equal and that if they are making fun of you that they have something wrong with them and that making fun of others makes them feel better! I was in line for a ride at six flags and got in the ride and it wouldnt close so the guy comes and gets me and takes me to the front of the ride and askes a mother to move so i caould sit with her small child in a double seat..they buckle me in and i look down at the child and she is crying HARD..the mom says to her from behind...its ok honey mommies right here just sit with the fat lady youll be fine... I tried to calm the child throught the ride and by the end of it she was fine and laughing with me..when we got to the stop the mom ran up to get her and the little girl hugged me good bye... i could go on and on all day!This thread as sad as it is:think it is true and i think it rocks to be able to share some of the bad times!!:clap2:

banded on friday back to work monday...As for lifting i didnt lift anything over 10 lbs for about 4 weeks.

I TOTALLY AGREE that SIZE DOES NOT MATTER! Im hit on DAILY online LOL and In person!:heh: My dad says its cause of my porn star hair LOL dangit! But its been like this all my life ive got a self confidence that i guess attracts them..other than I'M HOT!!! LOLOLOL Just kidding...or am i? LOL:heh: Just my 2 cents... But IF you cheat...then there must be SOMETHING missing from your relationship and you need to get out of it and find whats missing and dont settle for less...:think Its so nice to read how all of you have such awesome supportive Spouses! Pat yourselves on the backs! and Give them a big ole hug! Cause they are hard to find!:clap2:

No problem and believe me...i may have 12 tattoos and some peircings..but i am the BIGGEST WIMP when it comes to needles!:target: :faint: Im know to pass right out LOLOLOL:faint: AND HAVING NO PAIN ROCKS MY SOCKS!!!!!

ADD ME TO THE CHRISTMAS WISH LIST PLEASE!!!! WAHOOOOO!!!! I want to loose 40 lbs by Christmas! Id love more but im going slow right now and dont want to get hope up lol! J 370/C370/G330

yea those SUCK! but they will pass soon! I took some GasX it Helped! Welcome to BANDLAND BUDDY!:clap2:

:tea: Sounds fun to me! Mine is BADPTToo@aol.com glad to hear from ya!

well here in texas is hot as heck!:flame: and i have the same sweeling issues too and so do several others here around me. so id say its normal. and as for the pain..i posted a thread awhile back about my pain under my breast line where my tummy had been pulling and didnt get much of a response :ohwell:but i will tell you that when im in water aerobics and treadmill i have the pains after..:noidea:they arent as bad now since ive been doing it awhile but at the beginning was horrible!!!:crutch: let me know how your doing!:tea: oh and make sure your getting your water in! I found if i drink one of those drinks that replenishes my electrolites i feel alot better!!!:bowl:

:clap2: Way to go guys yall are rocking!!!:clap2: IM packing up and getting ready to head :plane:to Mexico for my first check up and fill..IM sooooo nervous!!! Not about the fill but afraid they will tell me somethign is wrong! I DONT WANNA HEAR IT!!!!**COVERS EARS**:guess Wish me luck and be thinking of me please!:pray: Ill check in when i get back Probably monday:)

HAHAHAHAHA NOOOO I had a B-B in my SHIN!!!! LOL My gallbladder just was full of stones lol didnt even know it! Crackin up here! Yea i looked into it ever since they did the initial trials of the surgery but could never get my insurance to pay for it! so i had to self pay and my mom and some other friends had went to DR J Rod so i went there too...I dont regret it a bit..but had i had the funding i would of had it done here due to the fact i like having the dr closer than Mexico and its hard to find fill docs for mexican patients in texas:confused: are you in ft worth?

OK yall Im hoping this is only from the Water aerobics and treadmill that im doing everyother day BUT.... For the past 2 weeks ive had pain under my breastline along my ribcage? feels like muscle strain but not sure..I know its not reflux or a burning pain and dont think its still gas seeping out from surgery may 12 but its driving me NUTS!!!!:frusty: Anyone else have this?:help: Im wondering if its from my belly pulling at the muscles? Im VERYVERY giggely :Banane20:now since ive lost the weight and inches from the surgery and excercise so im wondering if its from that? Maybe im just paranoid:paranoid since im going in saturday for my first fill and when i went for my first fill with my last lap band we found my "issues"....GRRRR im pulling hair out!!! Well the hair thats left since its falling out too now LOLOLOL and for those that know me know I LOVE MY HAIR!!!!!!!

haha yea im gonna get a new support one today! LOL I see you used Smith HEs awesome! He was gonna redo me but then my regular doc offered to fix it for me and i felt i needed to give him a chance to repair me! lol Smith removed my gallbladder..a b-b from my shin(my lil brother shot me years ago and i never knew it was there or we just never had it checked out LOL) I sure hope to find out what this is hopefully the new support will help! Christy

thanks for all yall kind words!!! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!*Tears in eyes** LOL:think :clap2:

:clap2: Ok so i go yesterday to catherines (a plus size womens store) to use a gift cert i got for birthday to get a new bathing suit...they were out..so i start browsing the clearance rack (love love them!) and get me some smaller shorts and a shirt..im excited cause they are smaller so that was a NSV right there!!!:clap2: Well...as im going to check out i see these other shirts that are soo cute and i dont have any like it so i see blue ( I always get pinks or orange or yellow lol) but they dont have any 4 or 5 x... so i get a 2 x and say to self" Ill wear this by next year!" and buy it as a goal shirt! well I get home and am telling my mother over the phone about it sna she says "2x?? what will u do with it till u can wear it?? thats my size!" (shes had band work too but is struggleing but i think now that i have mine we will kick her in gear!) well we laugh and i hang up,,and get to thinking..ill try it on and see just how tight it is and see how much i got to go till it fits right... **Drum roll Please** :clap2: THE SHIRT FREAKING FITS!!!!!!!!:clap2: Happy fat girl dancing all over the place!!:scared: Went from a 5x shirt in may to a 2x shirt in july!! Yea it maybe how its made but i doubt it cause its a fitted type shirt BUT i dont give a damn its still a 2x!!:clap2: Here is a pic of me in the shirt!!!

KIm, Wow way to go on the size 18 i too cannot wait for the teens LOL Also have you been to fitday.com? You are burning more than 300 a day i promise ya! We burn basal and lifstyle calories too..I myself when i do treadmill and water aerobics along wiht my daily everyday activites burn up to 2000 calories a day.. I have attatched my report from fitday for the week of july 9th so you can see how it tracks it. Youd be amazed at the things we are doing and burning caloires that we werent aware of! I LOVE FITDAY.COM!!!:clap2: report of calories burnedjuly 9.doc

:clap2: i started last week and i love love love it!!!! Its so much fun and dont feel like your working out at all..UNTIL LATER LOL I was worn out! And sore the next day! But later that afternoon all was well i felt awesome! I Love it!:clap2:

Ive lost 15 lbs while doing this diet. I don tstick completly to it though..i just make it on sunday and eat it about twice a day for the week...i have also added meat to it. I need the protiens... ive foudn that if i dont get at least 30 grams of protien a day i loose nothing! and we dont like that!!! LOL So i have it for a snack or meal when needed instead of fast foods or junk food..sooo yummy! I go for my first fill on the 21st of this month!! YIPPEE!!!!! Ive known people who stuck totally to this for more than a week and lost about 20 lbs! but i stuck to it one week and 1/2 and had to get some more protien!!! Do with it what you can mix it up! ITS SO GOOD! And Good for you BUT we need our protiens!=0) Happy Loosing!!!!