Suzzzie.

My surgeons office only does fills every FOUR weeks. My insurence pays for it, so I don't mid too much. I'm due for a fill this coming Friday, so we'll see what that does for me!!

Wow Waters!!1 Thats amazing!!! I'm glad you have the nerve to speak up and demand to see your report and tell them off! I don't think I would be able to do that!!! I'm so happy that you got it all figured out and that you got a GOOD fill!! I have a 10cc and got 4cc on my first fill, which did nothing for me. I have 6cc now, and I'm feeling good. Anyway, you're awesome... and one of my newest heroes!!

OK... does anyone get full quickly (1/2 - 1 cup food) but then feel like they are STARVING within 1-2 hours? I hate it! I'm so sick of being hungry! And its real hunger too, like, my stomach is growling and even occasionally cramping.

Pft. My scales had me UP 4 pounds to 350 this morning!!! I'm gonna SCREAM!!! But I haven't exercised in almost 2 weeks now, so I'm sure thats it. Either way... I will wait a few days and see if that number drops again... or else I will have to adjust my goal!!!

STef, I can't imagine what I'd do without this board! I found it on a Google searchin early May when I was just trying to find pros/cons of the band from "real" people. LBT is what sealed the deal for me!!

I love you all so much!! You are just too awesome!! Tonight I went to eat with my skinny friend, one of the ones who likes to pose as the 'food police' for me, which is extra annoying because she is a medical student as well. Well, so we go to our fave Italian place, Carrabbas. On the way there she asks me what I will be ordering because she knows that I shouldn't eat lettuce (it doesn't like my band) and that I should eat the yummy bread and that I shouldn't eat the pasta... I just shut down and threatened to turn the car around and go home!! I told her that I;m all grown up, and even if I wasn't that I already had a mommy and didn't need her telling me what the heck to do and say and eat! She was like, Oh, I forgot that the 'food police' thing makes you mad. I was like 'NO SH(oo)t!!" Haha. We finally agreed to let me make my own choices. And I have to say that I ordered grilled chicken breasts with mushrooms and stuff on top, along with mashed potatoes... and I chose soup instead of salad. And I DID eat 1 iny slice of yummy bread, dipping it in the yummy olive oil with spices. It went down fine, but it took me maybe 10 minutes to just eat that. I only ate about 1/4 the soup (which was delicious!) and took 6 tiny bites chicken and 2 bites potatoes... I have a HUGE amount of leftovers!!! Anyway. You all are awesome and i love the level of honesty and support we all get/give here. THIS board is just as much of a tool for me as my BAND is!!!

Stef - you look GREAT!!!

Lol! Nooooooooooooo!!! He will not see me naked!! haha!! But you're right, I don't have to explain anything! He already has tried to convince me to go eat at CiCis pizza with him (pizza buffet) I was just like "Nah, I"ve been trying to eat a bit healthier." So, I think that'll work! I know, I should kick him out. But we'll see. He's got 14 days (13 days left now!) to get a job, then he's gone...

Good to hear from you!! Good luck on your surgery.... I hope you recover soon and get to losig that weight!!

THanks BeckieT! Carrot Cake... Mmmm! Lol. OK, so when I went to the nutritionist, aside from he not believing that I could only eat 1/2 the south beach diet protein bar, she also thought I was crazy cause I then said that I can eat yogurt without filling up at all. Same with ice cream - cause they are still 'liquids'. Oh well... OFF SUBJECT!!! OK, so I have a roommate again. He's an ex boyfriend from 6 years ago that has lived with me off and on for the past, well, six years. Lol. Its a really long story, but I kicked him out a year ago cause he stresses me out cause he can't hold a job for very long. Well, he called me monday night begging, cause the people he was staying with kicked him out. I am pretty positive that this time won't be any different, that he'll just use my apt as a place to live for as long as I'll put up with him. But he has been here for 24 hours and already had one job interview, so who knows. - OK, the point - he has NO idea I had surgery. He'll notice something eventually... should I just tell him now? I'm just afraid he'll open his fat mouth to my neighbors or someone else that doesn't know, and that I don't want to know all my business. OK, I guess its not that big of a deal, I just don't think everyone in my apt building needs to know my business...

So I had my meeting with the nutrionist today that my primary care physician sent me to... all she wanted to focus on was carbohydrates. Lol. She was like, your protein intake is good, you need more veggies and carbs. Ugh. So not worth the hour and a half I spent there. She was impressed with my weightloss though. She's never met someone with lap band before... so she had no clue how to really help me though. She probably got more info from me than I got from her. Well, hopefully she'll go learn more about the needs of a lap banded patient now and will be better for the next bandster that walks through her door. It was like, she didn't believe that someone my size was stuffed to capacity on only half of a south beach diet protein bar. And since I ate an omlet yesterday she was like 'oh thats such high fat - but neglected to understand that it is still high in protein and thats ALLLLL I ate yesterday. I dunno... She wants me to take in more veggies, fruits, calcium, and CARBS! Haha. Um, no. Sigh... got a busy day ahead... just stressful life stuff that gets in the way of my fun. Lol. Hope you all have a great day!

Hey all. Thanks for the words of encouragment. Today was much better. Actually, all I've eaten today is 1/2 a peice of whole wheat extray crispy toast (which didn't agree well with my band at all! I was so stuck for a minute that I seriously felt like I was going to pass out!) and I ate a ham and cheese omlet. I know it wasn't the most healthiest thing, Lol, but it was good and I had it for breakfast, a snack, lunch, and another snack. So I can say all I've eaten today is an omlet and 1/2 peice of toast. I have some grapes I'll eat later, just so I can say I ate some fruit today. Lol. And it has been a VERY stressful day - for reasons I don't want to go into right now - and I did NOT turn to food at all. I'm kinda proud!

I've been sooooo bad today!! We had a pot-luck at work today. Nurses are so not healthy people! Lol. I brought in bow-tie pasta with spag sauce, since it was quick and easy and in my cabinet and I didn't want to eat it! One nurse brought in beenie weenies, one brought in a bunch of cookies, one brought in store made potato salad and so on.. So here were no good choices really... I ate a few 'weenies', thinking that at least, though high in fat, they were protein. But then I got sucked in and had a cookie. Chocolate chip... and it went down soooo easy! I had another, then another. (Did you know junk food went down so easily?!?!!) I think I ate about 8 cookies. Maybe it was 9 or 10? I dunno. I lost count. I ate some more weenies, this time with the beenies. Lol. Then I had some potato salad. Once I got home I felt like I used to - like I was just warming up into a binge! I distracted myself and went to do laundry. Came home and put everything away... and then went to the store and bought Snickers ice cream. I ate about 1/3 of the container - In the past I would have eated the whole thing. HELP!! OK, Thankfully I have a meeting with a nutritionist on Wednesday. I'm really looking forward to that!! I'm goping she can give me new clever ideas. I tried buying lettuce to have salads in the evenings, but salad doesn't get along well with my band. After about 2 bites I feel STUFFED and STUCK. Its bad. Or, maybe that would be good? Nah... Sliming is the worst. I really just feel aweful about eating WHAT I did today, and in the amount that I ate it. My right side and my back hurt now, I'm sure its cause I am so stuffed on JUNK food. Oh, and this morning I Was up about 4 pounds from my low weight early last week. Ugh!!! I CAN'T go the wrong way!! I just can't!! TOMORROW is a new day, right?!?! I need to go to the gym tomorrow. One last thing - a good ting - I can now wear 2 of my scrubs uniforms that I haven't been able to wear in the past year. That feels nice. :eek: OK, sorry for ranting here... Have a good night all.

Lol. I guess I'll post it here too!! :eek: Us Junies are so exclusive! haha!! Name....Challenge start wgt....current wgt.....chall. goal.....To go. Huntersmom... 174...................174................159...... .......15 SWEETY.........202...................202.......... .......180.............22 MJsafari..........268...................268....... ...........238............30 captdanbo.......211....................211........ . .........185.............26 PaulaD............216....................216...... ..........199...............17 Stefanie42467..206...................206.......... ........175............31 Suzzzie. ..............346.....................346......... .....315.............31

Wow Missy!! yOU guys look great!! I WISH my loss would SHOW in my face at least. Lol. I don't see it anywhere, probably cause I've bounced between 330 and 380 for the past 5 years and I just know what I look like at those weights! Lol. I WILL post a pic of me though, so ya'll can see how beautiful I am. (That was sarcastic - seriously) I don't have any good shots of me just before surgery (other than the horrid ones I took for the 'before/after' thing. I don't want to post that now...) So here is a shot from Las Vegas May 2006...with a Showgirl... I"m on the right, in case you couldn't tell... Come on everyone else, just show us a headshot for now...

This is a great idea!! I'm going BIG and working towards 31 off by Thanksgiving!! I have a pair of jeans I want to wear to the Family dinner! Name.............Chall. Start Wt......Current......Chall. Goal......To Go losingjusme...........273.....................273. ............238.............35 faithmd................303.....................303..............283.............20 mpalen.................229.....................229..............200.............29 want2beme...........225.....................225..............195.............30 mcgreen...............236.....................236..............210.............26 wombat712...........179.....................179..............155.............24 Suzzzie. ..............346.....................346..............315.............31

Faith! You're the first one I've read that mentioned a runny nose. Lol. I totally get that!! And I notice that I sigh when I can't eat another bite... and I will hiccup too. Lol. I have so many signals. But the one that gets me EVERY time is that when I'm full, even if only a few bites, that the food doesn't look good anymore. ANYWAY... Congrats to SWEETY on your 4th fill!! I'm not even sure I'm gonna go for my 3rd on the 14th. I'm still waiting this one out!

OMG!! WHere is this thread going today?!?! hahaha!!

OK... anyone having problems with their eyes? Lol. Cause my eyes are now WAY bigger than my band. I see food and think "Wow, I want that!" But its either something that I can't eat at all (like bread) or I just can't eat as much as I want. This is both sad and happy for me. Like, tonight, I wanted fish (which I never want fish!) and so I baked two peices (boxed, frozen) and I wanted to put about 4 or 5 in the oven cause I used to be able to eat that many. But I knew that I couldn't now, so I baked 2. But Um... I can't even finish one peice. Its so weird. I still just can't wrap my mind around it!!

Congrats on joining the gym!! I remember teh first time I Walked into a gym... I was so nervous! I'm game for posting pics at 6 months!! I'm no where near ready now. Lol. I've lost like 35 pounds, but I can't see it ANYWHERE!

Hmmm, that didn't work... how do I post pics??? Leme try again...

Lol. This is a college football thread!!! I don't know college football... So I'm gonna post a picture of my sexy cats! Princess Jezzebelle Sunshine is a 5 year old Calico, and Sir Toadeous of Liberty is a 1 year old black medium hair. They are my babies!! I mostly refer to them as "Boo" and "Bubba". Lol. <img src="http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j240/suzannerene/Toad%20and%20Princess/DSCN7088.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket">

Hey!! Football!!! Yeah, GO CHIEFS!! (If only they could quit LOSING!!!) I have family that lives in Mississippi, and they are HUGE Ole Miss fans!!

I'm going with 800 this month.

A few people mention not being able to eat breakfast, I usually have 1/2 of a South Beach Diet bar (high protein!) and then the other half later. I am tighter in the morning, but can always get a few bites in. I need to work on better choices!! I had an appointment with my primary care physician last week and told her that I was banded, she was shocked but kinda excited. She said she's had patients get the bypass before, but none have had the band! So she wants to watch my progress and see if she might start recommending it to some of her patients! How exciting! Anyway, had labs drawn because I have always had issues with my blood sugar bottoming out, but its much more frequent now. Seems that I have 'insulin resistence. Grr. Thankfully I'm BANDED. Lol. So that should go away. Just think, if I didn't have the surgery when I did I may have been diabetic within a year!! Good news though, my cholesterol is only 87!! Oh, and she also put in a consult for me to see a dietition (I can't spell??) which is awesome, cause my surgeons office really only relies on the NP to do all that stuff. So this will be a good thing. I will meet with her next wednesday... Welcome Jojo7!! Post often!! I have no life so I live for reading these threads! Lol!!! Hey Beckie - Sorry to hear about your cousins wife. your family will be in my prayers! And I'm really glad that you resisted the temptation of chocolate and chips!! If only I could build up a resistance to ice cream! My 2nd fill is good too. Have a good time Ms Stef!! I'll look forward to your updates - if that hubby of yours ever gets off that runway!! Hey there bigbaby! I don't know the nutrition facts for the meatballs, but you could easily add it up with the ingredients you are using. I post recipes on a website that will approximate calories, fat grams, etc... you can see what it says HERE. Your family will also be in my prayers. Its never easy making the decisions that must be made. I work Oncology and see the saddest cases everyday.