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MinnesotaDreaming165 reacted to a post in a topic:
Before and After Lap Band Surgery - PICTURES ONLY
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I just want to let you know that I saw your before and after and it's an amazing transformation! Kuddos to you for all the hard work! God Bless!
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Hi, you look great and I was glad to see someone who needs to loose as much as I do here. I am down 116 from Dec-07 and have 88 more to go (according to the "chart"). Keep up the good work. God bless you from Kentucky.
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Hey! I too live in East Tennessee (just East of Pigeon Forge). You have done great! I am 7 months postop and still have a ways to go.. I am a Medical Transcriptionist/QA... Blessed Beyond Measure! Keep in touch and God Bless!
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Were is all my Chattanoogians at?
LapBandFan replied to Chris1982's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I have been blessed to have been banded since 2003, used Walter Rose, MD at Chattanooga, I live about halfway between Knoxville and Chattanooga. Lost 140 pounds maintained but with daily committment, you have to use the band as a tool and it will be that way until I pass on....I am still a food addict :wink2: but the band has been so helpful. You still have food demons even 5 years out like I am, but the band helps with that and you have to be committed every day for the rest of your life to maintain. :smile2: I am a member of our local Curves for Women gym and try to go 3x per week and love the facility and the SMART machines and the support they give and the accountability. I currently follow low carb diet (combination of south beach and weight watchers core plan). I still need to lose 50 more pounds and with the band and the Good Lord's help, I will succeed. Good luck to all of you and the ones about to be banded. I used Dr Rose and he is a very good surgeon and I would highly recommend him to anyone. -
Hi, got your message from my blog, thanks for the compliment. You are doing great so far too. Just do be careful about eating if you feel too tight, I had a slip once and did not know what I did wrong, but my doc said he thought I was eating too big of bites and I was too tight too, had to do a re-do surgery for the slip. Have a great day.
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Guy, I feel your pain, :w00t: I hate it when I stop losing as well. Sometimes I will go back to full low calorie liquids for a week and it jumpstarts my wt loss again. Also really try getting all your needed Water in, I notice my wt loss halts and stops :laugh: if I am not getting all the water in I need (I usually aim for 80 oz per day). I am 4 years post lapband and still struggle with night snacking which sabatoges me. If I do eat at night, I try to do no carb, low cal stuff. Good luck and hang in there. :thumbup: You have done great so far.
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Ladies, Well, it has been a while since I posted here, still doing Curves and loving it. I have lost a total of 20 pounds since starting there in April this year !!! I have not been able to go the last 3 weeks and went back yesterday and boy oh boy, I could tell I had not been in a while. LOVE those SMART machines, I hate not seeing the green light (The goal) on each machine and now am determined to lose at least 10 more pounds by Christmas. Anyone want to join that 10 pound challenge with me? I hope you all are still going regular and loving curves. Let's try to post here daily to encouarge one another. Keep it up Curvy Girlies, lets burn some fat today! :laugh: Good luck to all of us on our goals! My daily goals: Drink at least 64 oz Water Work out at Curves 30 or 45 minutes per day 3x per week, walking 1-2 miles on treadmill on off days or 30 minutes Write down daily food intake. First wt loss goal: Christmas Challenge: Lose 10 pounds by Christmas 2008 Second wt loss goal: Lose 60 pounds by my 6 year Bandiversary date in February.
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Going to pcp in a couple hrs.....
LapBandFan replied to Jennywren93's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Just tell your PCP that you will be a less risk insurance wise if you can go ahead and get the lapband and get your weight under control before your health suffers from the effects of the weight whcih are inevitable over time! Good luck and do keep us posted. -
My local fees at my gym are $34.00 per month.
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Jennywren: please see my thoughts in your quote below. I have been crazy busy this week and dealing with an aging parent with some nerve problems this week so not been able to check the posts here. ~~ Lapbandfan Good luck and do keep me posted! What did you find out so far about what portion you will have to pay? Have you talked to your doc since the seminar? I would go forth with a mean determination to get it done! that's just me!
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Everyone is different, but I still do Protein drinks one of the morning 5 years from my surgery. Just gotta get in the needed protein and especially right now for you while you are healing from your surgery. Helps with not having as much hair loss (if you get enough protein) What about trying the Protein waters that are there? Also to get in my protein while in the mushies stage of the diet right after surgery, I would heat up a can of chili with Beans and add some Water and put it in the blender and make it soupy. Looks pretty bad but tastes Like chili and has good amount of protein. Good luck and hang in there, the days will be here eventually when you can get on regular foods again, just with the lapband limitations.
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Bandster Gal, Just keeping moving shows your motivation, even when you don't want to or feel like it. I have the same problem lots of days. I have a great support team at my local Curves and hope you do too. They will push you with encouraging words and remind you what your goals are if you want them to. I need that! Accountability to others is the ONLY way that I continue to lose, if I try to do it on my own without someone to report to regularly, I fall off the wagon and get ran over by the wagon! :wink2: See my last post about my first workout on the Smart machines, they are gonna be awesome!
