IndioGirl55

Thanks !!!! I think I am still a big kid - can't you tell by my whatever you call it my name/ signon - Indiogirl55 - not women - but girl - I have a hard time believing i am a grown up - 53 yrs young - heck I'm really still 52- I wasn't born til 9:30 p.m.

Carol is giving great advice beautymaker .... Here is the link to our old page start at page one and read forward - you will learn alot - the ladies on the 50+ thread are who were my main teachers when I was in pre-band mode and post band too - http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f120/how-weight-loss-people-over-50-a-21117/

Anne - Banders can gain their weight back too - it's all about lifetime lifestyle changes - it doesn't matter if it's the band - bypass - weight watchers etc It's all about changing your eating habits for a lifetime and adding exercise into your life - Bypass is better for people who are highly addicted to sugar as they get phycially sick if they eat it - us banders can eat it with no problems - My doc says that what determines which surgery is best for the the individual is based on what their eating problems is. Our pouches can be strerched too.... It's not the surgeries that fails - it the people who do not make the lifetime lifestyle changes needed to maintain a healthy weight

Sound like you are both very tight - make sure you take small sips of water and small bites - eat slowly and make sure your doctors get back to you You both are still swollen and this is part of the problem - but I will tell you if something hurts - you can post the question here - but call your doctor first - we are just a bunch of banded people - some nurses are here - but mostly reg people like you - you really don't want medical advice from us who don't hold licenses.:wink2: We love to give it :rolleyes2:- but be safe call your doctors...:cool2: My best to both of you..

Yep you are only 8 yrs old :rolleyes2: - but you better write it down cuz you know how our short term memory is now a days:tongue: but then you gotta remember where you put that paper:mellow: Thanks again Carol.

Welcome to Lapband Beautymaker...... This is a great place for support. My suggestion is not to get on the scale every day - pick one day of the week to weight in and stick to that day - I find that my weight fluctuates too much on a daily basis so I just weigh once a week. Follow your doctors eating plan - you should be on mushies or soft by now. Protein first - veggies then starches - I personally follow weight watcher eating plan and keep a food diary logging calories & protien grams. Our band is a great tool - if you do your job by eating healthy and exercising - it will do it's job by restricting how much you can eat - but it can take a little time to get proper restriction- but since you have made the commitment to be banded - you can stick with eating healthy until then.. Again - Welcome & my best to you

Carol Thank you so much for the sweet birthday wish. I really appreciate it. I have a big smile on my face - Thanks for thinking I'm special that means a lot.. I'm only 7.5 yrs old in dog yrs - a great new way to look at our age....:rolleyes2: xoxox Janet

Thanks Jackie :cool2::rolleyes2::wink2:

Ck your spam folder - alot in our group weren't getting them either and they ck'd their spam folders and alas there they were....

Karri I don't know how you went a whole month (i really can cuz of the travel and taking time off work- i will be gone for 2 hrs and I hate leaving work during the day - I am too routine) .... I can really feel your pain now literally... Well it's good to know that they scales won't move up - well as long as I don't over do it when I can eat. :rolleyes2:

Linda - I totally understand not being appreciated and your DIL is a piece of work - Never helped out - OMG - Didn't say thank you - You arent suppose to tell that you are going to be a grandma.. I am not into confirtation much either - but I would have to say something - even if it was thru my Son - I am passive aggressive:rolleyes:. Hugs to you We Love you - We Appreciate you - We would cook a meal and clean up after ourselves if we visited and we sure and the heck would say Thanks for $25K - we would buy you a little thank you gift and card. We are your family (I'm your Sister) and we are here for you day and night 24/7 .... Karri CONGRATULATIONS on Running - That's so Great - So Proud of you... Katrina OMG you look 10 yrs younger - Great Pic's !!! Keep up the good work you can really see the diff. Ok what did we get spammed about - I have an email from Lapband about going to a conference in Las Vegas in March... Jackie - How can you stand just to eat 1/4 cup of food -mentally I can't handle it - plus for me it hurts - I got back from the gym last night and took a normal sips of water (forgot I'm tight) and omg - the pain... I said yesterday that I ate 1/2 cupcake - well it was really just 1/4 when I looked at it last nite - before I ate the other 1/4 :rolleyes2: - I go tomorrow to get some taken out - I HATE being this tight... Ya the scales are down 3 lbs - but it's not worth it to me - and now afaird that they will go up when I can eat again... Kari - It's taken me 2 days to eat 1/2 cupcake - and my GS was going to get me a cake today - but he said you can't eat it all - I told him I didn't need a cake - I had my little cupcakes. But how sweet - he does think of his old Grandma really "LaLa" as I am called - That's what my grandkids call me - when Andrew GS started talking - he said MaMa - DaDa - Bianca - Light but never called me anything (well why would he need to speak my name cuz i did everything for him before he asked) anyway - one day he said La and his mom and I both looked at each other with shock on our faces that he finally said something to me - the next day he said "La La" so that's what I have been ever since - for you oldies - you know the song LaLa means I love you by the delfonics (sp) Yep no calorie counting on your Bday - so can i delay my bday till tommorrow or Thursday when I can eat again - Or maybe Friday - when I go see Stevie Nicks - Lemon Drop Martini.... Chim - Congrats on Running - that's super !!! Watch those pounds just melt off now.

Thank you ALL for your Birthday Wishes !! They have brought happy tears I love you guys so much We ARE all a family. :rolleyes2: Thanks Again!!!! Do you know I am only 7 yrs old in dog years... Love it..

Did your doc specify no added protein powders - unjury unflavor is clear when added to liquids like broth... I think you need to call your doctor - this doesn't make sense to me - I was only on Clear Liquids the day before surgery and day of surgery - then full liquids post op for 10 days - but each doc is diff.

[quote name=salsa1877;703816 I even fit into the pair of size 8s that she gave me' date=' but again it is the top roll. I have got to find something that will take it away. I I look alright when I am fully dressed, but naked :eek::eek: it is not a pretty sight. Janet - as for the food, you may be like I am right now where mornings are tough to eat anything and then you open up at night. I am still not where I would like to be optimally, but I am doing alright. I am getting to 1000 calories now so that is good for me. I have been battling a lot of head hunger this weekend but I think that was because I was sad. However, I did relatively well and when I went to the store specifically to get something for dessert...I got fresh melon instead of cheesecake which is what I really wanted. It turned out that the fruit was just as good and took care of my craving. Good NSV for me! Later![/quote] Karri I usually lipo in a box (yes google it it's real) - high waisted spanxs type underwear - we use to call them gridles in the old days - they come up undernearth your bra and help with the tummy roll and back fat - I think they cut pants too tight around the waist some times. I understand the dress vs naked Fill has loosend a tad - but I hate being this tight - had broth for lunch tried to eat a turkey meat ball and can't - I have a tad heartburn and I don't like that... I can't live on soups... I am a little pissed that I can't get in til Weds - he does fills on that day - Mon & Tues surgery days - but heck - it takes me 3 hrs to drink a small water bottle. and I don't think heart burn is a good sign.. What were you sad about?? Your Dad & his son issues - or that BF hrs are changing.. sadness is one of those buttons to eat... Well back to work = started this and hour ago - but the phone keeps ringing..

Kari - I did have half a cup cake at my son's last night.... But I am so tight i can't eat sh*t right now - I called and I go in Wed to have some fill taken out... I have done that with brownie mix - just ate the dough they never made it to the oven... I am just so hungry right now - and have a tad of heartburn - I want my fish and veggies - and more than just 2 or 3 bites - I don't see how anyone would want to be this tight.. Ruby - I agree with we do have to keep oursleves in check and loved it ya an 22/24 top isn't really that much bigger than 18/20 - it's just they make clothes so form fitting now a day - I owned that one :eek: OK I would have never tried on a size 12 til Karri did - we were at the time at the same weight so I figured if she could I might - I waited a few more weeks and then went to the mall - jc pennys 12 paint fit - ralph lauren 12 fits - my 14s are baggie - excecpt I got a pair of 14's at stein mart that aren't - see it's hard to tell cuz not all 12's are the same size - just like all 14's aren't the same. but i am still afraid to go and try on more 12's cuz in my head i'm not a 12 - to me 12 is like for skinny chicks - I have shopped in the BBW stores for so long... I need some more pant - i have 2 12's and the 14 are too baggy..

Mango - Too funny on 2008 - we would never want you to have hives for a whole yr :eek: I went to Son's house for dinner - ate about 1/4 piece chicken - 4 bites pasta and 1/2 cup cake (the top part) then came home and was putting soup I made up and was able to drink 1 cup of the broth with no problem - this morning could only get 1/2 cup of coffee down - who the heck knows about our bands - they can be so frustrating at time. Katrina - Belated Happy Band Anniversary - Can't wait to see pic's - I'm still a daddy's little girl and he has been gone 16 yrs this June and I am 52 yrs old.:tongue: - I think with Kathy losing her Dad and feeling her pain - it just brings all those memories to to surface See what a good woman you are - That's what is most important

Don if you over eat you will pb (productive burp) so you could use the band as a way to be bulimic :eek: Yes I do feel full faster - but the problem is that you know that you only ate 1 cup of food and you still will want more (head hunger) - It's a learning process it really is. A big part of it if you are to be sucessful is changing your whole mindset about food - it doesn't become your 1st and last thought every day... Since you are diabetic you have the foundation of how to eat healthy - the band will stop you from over eating once you get proper restriction - Just keep reading - truly think about it - we all to a degree think this is the easy way and most people do to. But once you are banded you find it's not the easy way - but a tool to help with your protion control - Keep reading do some soul searching you will find your answers. Best of Luck to you..

Don It's not the magic cure to your food issues - we eat to comfort ourselves - there is a lot of head work to be done - OK you have dieted - you have learned things from WW - The reason we all gain our weight back plus more is cuz we go back to eating "normal"- which is why/how we got fat in the first place - this is not a diet - you can't think of it as a diet - it's a lifetime lifestyle change. I am sorry about your wife's cancer will say a little prayer - and yes you need to be there for her and your Son - and future grandkids (i have 3 -17/13/4) I follow my weight watcher eating plan and the band helps the portion part - but there are times I miss pigging out - it's just like a drug addict misses their drugs - food is our drug of choice - so this is a lifetime battle for us. even with the band - it's not guarentteed to work - but if you are willing to do your job (eating healthy & exercising) it will do it's job once you get proper restriction - which can take a while for some.. I think you are thinking with your head - but you are falling into - this is the easy way out - this is not easy - it has it's own learning cruve - I have succeed cuz I have choosen to eat very healthy 98% of the time and allow myself 2% wiggle room - my bday is this week - my daughter in law (DIL) is making me cupcake instead of a whole cake - I get my sweets but not the whole damn cake (like in the past) it's not that one piece of cake that makes you fat - it's all the ones that follow... Go look at the before and after pictures - read the life at or near goal - these are all the positives - yes complications do happen but as you well know there is no rythme or reason why bad things happen it's just the way life plays out - We now have a tool available to help us - research - got to a seminar - read here - go ck out the guys room (men's room)- there are other men here who are banded talk to them see what their experience has been - there are a few in our age bracket there - I posted once by accident - but they do allow up ladies in :wink2: sometimes... This site is great for info and support -

Phyl Really wasnt' til I told that story - and since my bday is around the corner I always think of my Daddy - My parents would always take me out to dinner at a fancy restaurant and I would order lobster (it was the only time I ever went to fancy restaurants and get to order anything i wanted) .. The last card I got was when I was staying with them when my stepmom had cancer and was helpimg them - he give me a card and wrote "we are so lucky proud to have a daughter like you" Well my nephew is now with his 1/2 sister's sister - (no blood and they weren't raised together) but it still seemed a little weird at first - Casey was always consider a sister... Sorry that your jerk uncle is now your jerk shaked up stepdad - oh that sounds funny... But truly - that is bad - I am luck that we don't have any family issues at the moment - you see i said moment - :wink2:

Don Yes my doc took care of all the insurance red tape - but I made sure that it was covered before I went. I had to have tons of test cuz i never go to the doc - if you have already been tested for sleep apnea you might not have to do the study - I had that - cardio - breathing - shrink - girl stuff -colon - but I only had slight sleep apnea and hb - it took me six weeks between first visit and surgery - 5/31 to 7/17 - would have had it on the 10th but didn't have all my test done I love my band - once you get to your sweet spot - you can eat just not as much - for everyone it's diff - some can eat rice some can't some can eat chick some can't - Eating healthy is a lifttime change - this isn't a diet it's a lifetime lifestyle change - the band is only a tool - you can eat around it - 75% of the work is up to you and the band does the other 25% portion control. Is it worth it - hell ya if you want to live with out all the health problems you have now and will most likely get worse if you don't lose weight This is an individual choice only you can make it - but for me it has been worth the little pain that it has cause - I eat healthy I exercise - I have 100% more energy - and hope to be able to see some great grandkid in my life time - I hope I have extended my yrs by losing weight - Have you ever tried to eat healthy before - what's your experience on eating plans - why are you overweight to being with . Good Luck on your journey...

Mango What are you eating - are you eating too fast and not chewing - I will pb if i did these things before my last fill which is TOO TIGHT - I pb'd on fudgecicle. I would ck w/your doc on the hives issue - you are allegic to something.. I stop eating when I am full - yes old fashion full - which is ususlly after my fish and rice then wait about ten minute and eat my veggies some days i do and some i don't (mostly do) - but this was before this last fill - don't get too tight it's hell - more mental hunger cuz you really can't eat anything... you are hungry but can't eat. Well going to Son's for my bday dinner (early cuz my DIL has to work on my dbay) I asked for coconut cup cake So I will get my treat :wink2: - hope I can eat dinner - if not I will have my soup when I get home...

Me too - but I budget my calories to compensate for this - along with my exercise

Kari - eating what I want and eating healthy two diff things :wink2: I don't know how I would deal if a lady tried to keep me from my Dad.. Don't think my Dad would let it happen - I have such good memories of my Dad = even when I got pg at 16 - he wasn't happy but NEVER was mean or said really bad things to me - I moved out at 16 and one day he came knocking on my apt door giving me $40 buck saying it was from my mom's social security - $40 buck in 1971 was alot of money - every month he gave it to me and I would go home for Sunday dinner and to wash my clothes - back in those day's Dad's weren't let in the hospital when you had a baby - only mothers & husband - My dad was leaving for the beach and told those nurses he was going to see his daughter and he did he and my stepmom came and visited - and he sent me a dozen red roses - My Daddy loved me - It's cuz of him I am the person I am.. Ok now i'm friggin crying - I sure do miss my Dad... Steph - I use to sleep away my weekends too - so I can relate - but I still will have a sat or sun that I just don't feel like doing anything - and won't leave the house - I still will nap on a weekend - Don't feel guilt - my gosh we can't go 24/7 - What is there to do all the time - there is only so much shopping, cleaning going to the movies - heck gas is too much can just go for a ride either. Relax - it's ok to be lazy every now and then - It won't become habit - I promise . Ok gang - if i can quit being a big old cry baby booby here ... I got online to tell you about the great find i got at the store BLACKBERRY TEA (LIPTON) i am always reading on the site where when people are hungry bored etc - they go make some tea . So as i was walking down the aisle - looking at the tea - this one hit me - cuz I love blackberries - I am sipping some as I type - it's really good and I ususally don't like flavored teas - I like just plain old tea. But is a treat. OK - I almost and I mean almost bought some toll house choc chip ready to bake cookies - I really really wanted them - i thought OH it's cold and rainy - fresh baked hot cookies - are soft and I bet I could eat them with no problem. I have not been that tempted in 6 months to eat them- I guess it's cuz I feel so deprived right now. I'm not even making a creamed soup I am making abodogans (mex meatball soup) with ground turkey. Well of to make my meat balls and another cup of this tea - better ck to see if it has caffine??? Be back later...

Karri - Isnt it funny how when somethng happens we think of each other here... I know that not everyone has told about the surgery - but I have and i am ALWAYS talking about you guys... I was just cking the food network for receipts for soups - something creaming - I have too much in my fridge now - cream of pinto -too spicy - a little crab soup tired of it and some broc cheese not crazy about but I don't want any of those - I was thinking chili -I don't know - I would love a good RARE steak - i must need iron or something... Well i guess I will but my face on the dogs need food - gs needs food - i don't know what I need - but being this tight would drive anyone one to binge on the foods that go down easy.... Think about that - can't eat enought good foods - but can eat bad foods.. Ok off to the store ck w/ya'll later