TxArcher

Name............Lbs Lost........% of wgt lost.......BMI Foofy..............37.5..................14%.................38 Sades.............31.5..................14%.................36 Shalee04.........61.....................24%.................31.1 Bandpal...........66.8..................24%................36 Skinny_Jill.......48....................22%..................32.7 Stephanie.......60....................26%..................27.1 Hollyberries.....95....................27%.................38 linda..............42.5..................19%.................31.6 Abbisgood.......53....................23%.................?? want2lose.......76.4.................26%..................33.5 kandiceb.........63...................26%...................27.6 Momto1plus1...56.6.................21%...................33.3 MollyBrown......36...................12.5%................36.5 TxArcher.........85...................21.7%............52.8 to 41.6

Well the title said it all! I had a fill tuesday. The day before I drove the family across the South to a new state. I was having trouble on the road with getting the food to go down. I thought it was just some swelling. Well, here it is, Sunday night and I am still having a rough time. I was eating a Burger King grilled chicken salad this afternoon. YUM!!! I was having a hard time with the chicken until I remembered what my doc said. "take PEA size bites of meat and chew the heck out of them" I started doing that an the chicken started going down fairly well. I am still EXTREMELY TIGHT. Water gives me the slimes if I go too fast with it~~~~~~~ Oh well... I just needed to get that off my chest.

The restriction has let up a little bit. I have this awkward thing happening. The first 3-4 bites of a meal are EXCRUCIATING I can sip some Water to help things out and then after the pain wains, I can eat to full. I still have to be careful and chew and go SLOW... SC is SO BEAUTIFULL!!!! We still have boxes all over the apt. but oh well... we have not even been here a week and my wife has a 3yr old "spider man" and a 4 month old at home! She is doing great, given her situation.

Cindy, Hey... I think you need to rethink some of your goal sizes. I went into the Lap Band thinking it would be nice to be a 40-42 waist again. I never really expected to get down to 36 or anything. Well, I am already at 42 waist pants. I am only half way to my goal weight and going down in sizes quicker than I originally thought I would. If you had got to a size 18 just by dieting... I feel certain that you will get down to at least a 12 with the band. I mean jeez, look at BooBooKitty! I bet when she started, she never expected to be the poster gal for LBT! Never underestimate the powers of the band!

Name..............Start...........Current.................Goal........ To Go Lizzie_07.........233...............228.....................220 ............8 Osangriared.....252...............247.3.....................232 ..........15.3 Skinny_Jill.......180...............175.....................168....... .....7 Sades.............197...............197.....................185....... .....12 kandiceb..........187...............176.....................175....... ....1 shortgal............183..............177....................175....... .....2 TxArcher..........328..............315......................308....... ....7 Peaches11........217..............208.....................199......... .10 Momto1plus1.....223..............215.4..................210........... 5.4 zippykat...........173..............167.....................160....... ...7 Trixie...............219.5...........209.....................199...... ....10 wnt2lose..........219..............213.6.....................209...... ..4.6 plump_princess....215.............209.....................199........1 0 Mariegabrieleee....250............250......................239........ 11 Foofy..............239.5............237.5...................230....... .7.5 Shalee04..........196..............189......................185....... .4 Hollyberries......267...............261......................254...... .7 CindyG............215...............212......................199...... ..13 MollyBrown......258...............253.......................245....... ..8 lindata............189?.............185.......................180..... .....5 I had a fill tuesday before setting off into the wild blue yander. Puts me up to 8.5 cc's in APL band. I AM TIGHT, TIGHT, TIGHT!!! I think this fill will skyrocket my loss even more than it has been in the past 2-3 weeks and I will cruz right past my goal. (at least I hope so.) Hang tight Nymphs! (excuse the pun) Tx

is that in Columbia? How far away is that from Greenville? Are there any sup. groups in Greenville?

I am relocating to Greenville this week. Where is this support group. I am going to be missing mine back in Texas. What is the LapBand scene like in upstate SC? Looking to get plugged in and stay on track with my weight loss.

Hey... I will be an upstate bandster on Thursday! I am moving to the Greenville area and will be pulling in on thursday evening.

Thanks, I will try to post elsewhere.

I am relocating to the Greenville, SC area and am in need of a new fill/maintain doc. I am going to be getting a fill Tuesday here and will be set for at least 2-3 weeks before I need anything done. My Bariatric center is working on getting something worked out for us, but the office manager has been on vacation and this week will be in SanFran at a conference. Just looking for any other upstate SC bandsters too. Sound off and let me know who you are!

I NEEDED new jeans. My wife forced me to buy some. She said I was swimming in the 46 jeans I had. While at Tractor Supply the other day, I noticed their clothing area. I have never even shopped there because I figured the clothes would just be for skinny little bull riders and other cow-pokes. To my surprise, I was checking out the Wrangler section and they had some jeans that went up to WAY past where I am now. I guess it is for the farmers that are getting on up there in age and size! I find a section of Wranglers that are relaxed fit and they don't have 44x32's like I would like to wear. Only 30" inseam... high-waders on my 6' plus frame. I noticed that they had some 42x32's and I grabed a pair of those to just try on and see how far away I am from them. Well, the reason I was swimming around in the 46 jeans is because the 42's FIT. I can't believe it, but they do fit. WOOO HOOO!!! I can buy 42x32's at pretty much any store. I no longer have to go to the big and tall stores or resort to the el-cheapo Wally world jeans! Another NSV happened twice this week. I had 2 people not recognize me. One I saw at Tractor Supply while buying these pants. I used to work with this guy. Naturally we spent a lot of time together. That was just 8 months ago. I said something off the wall that made him know I knew him and he just gave me this BIG blank stare. Ya know, like a cow looking at a new gate... that kind of stare. Then he slowly said, "Craig... Is that you?" OH happy week!

Just yesterday, I put my weigh loss into Exel. I can get a line chart to work, but it's values go all the way from 0 lbs to 400lbs. How do I get the bottom value to be like 200 instead of 0?

I know... I remember looking at tickers here on LBT and thinking "man, I can't wait till my ticker passes the 1/2 way mark". I thought it would take me forever to get to the point I am at now. It just "happened". I can't believe it is working so well sometimes. This band is pretty nifty! I also recall having fears that the band would not work for me like it did everybody else. HA! I guess I was wrong!

I have a fill Wednesday morning and We are getting on the road as soon as the movers get the place loaded in the trucks. They are packing tuesday. Ought to be loads of fun traveling across the country the day I have a fill, but It is my only option. I had an appt. for Tuesday, but my brother is being deployed to Iraq very soon and Tuesday is the last chance I will get to see him before I move.:thumbup: At least he is a "desk-jocky" now. Last time he was flying all over Iraq and all kind of bad places. Now he is more of a babysitter to the young fellas. Hoping to pass you pretty soon! (insert William Tell Overture music here) C-YA gotta get back to building fences now!

Ok... here is the chart. It did not work the first time.

WOW. I just noticed on my ticker that I have lost over 10 BMI points! No wonder my blood pressure is coming down! Check out my weight chart. You can see that in 2001, I tried the Body for life program. In 2003 I tried the Atkins craze... just like probably 90% of the people on this board. Anyway, I am glad to see the plunge past where I had ever gotten with "other" methods of weight loss.

Name..............Start...........Current.................Goal........ To Go Lizzie_07.........233...............228.5.....................220 ..........8.5 Osangriared.....252...............249.5.....................232 ..........19 Skinny_Jill.......180...............176.....................168....... .....8 Sades.............197...............197.....................185....... .....12 kandiceb..........187...............178.....................175....... ....03 shortgal............183..............177....................175....... .....2 TxArcher..........328..............318......................308....... ....10 Peaches11........217..............208.....................199......... .10 Momto1plus1.....223..............217.2..................210........... 7.2 zippykat...........173..............167.....................160....... ...7 Trixie...............219.5...........215.....................199...... ....16 wnt2lose..........219..............213.6.....................209...... ..4.6 plump_princess....215.............210.....................199........1 1 Mariegabrieleee....250............250......................239........ 11 Foofy..............239.5............237.5...................230....... .7.5 Shalee04..........196..............192......................185....... .7 Hollyberries......267...............262......................254...... .8 CindyG............215...............213......................199...... ..14 I will take the 2 pounds. AND NEVER GIVE THEM BACK!!!!!!! :evil laugh: Seriously, I am super happy to be at the half way mark on this challenge. I have 18 days left and 10 pounds to go. I am going to squeek by on this one i just know it! Gotta get to 308! Imagine my surprise when I stepped on the scale this morning at the BC and I was in the 3-teens!!! I have not been here since about 1998. WOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!

It has been a month and nobody has updated. Has anybody reached the stage yet? I will update my loss to the world's largest ball of tape. (80 pounds)!!!!

Yep... I just updated my ticker too. It sure feels good to see that 80 pounds lost 70 to go! I have often thought of getting my really sturdy army back pack and filling it up with the weight equal to what I have lost and take a walk down the street. Just to remind myself of where I have come from and where I NEVER want to be again!

Name..............Start...........Current.................Goal........ To Go Lizzie_07.........233...............231.....................220 ..........11 Osangriared.....252...............251.....................232 ..........19 Skinny_Jill.......180...............176.....................168....... .....8 Sades.............197...............197.....................185....... .....12 kandiceb..........187...............178.....................175....... ....03 shortgal............183..............179....................175....... .....4 TxArcher..........328..............320......................308....... ....12 Peaches11........217..............208.....................199......... .10 Momto1plus1.....223..............219.0..................210........... ..9 zippykat...........173..............167.....................160....... ...7 Trixie...............219.5...........215.....................199...... ....16 wnt2lose..........219..............217.....................209........ 8 plump_princess....215.............210.....................199........1 1 Mariegabrieleee....250............250......................239........ 11 Foofy..............239.5............237.5...................230....... .7.5 Shalee04..........196..............192......................185....... .7 Hollyberries......267...............262......................254...... .8 CindyG............215...............213......................199...... ..14 WoHoo!. I have gone down again... This is the number from last friday. I have had 2 fill appointments with no fill! I think I had restriction for a bit there. I am starting to feel the hunger rear it's ugly head again and I will probably get a fill next week. I have 12 pounds to go and I guess about 20 days to get there. I think this is going to happen. I have been working my tail off in my yard building fences. Privacy and dog run. Just today I sunk 10 posts. Each bag of concrete weighs as much as what I have lost! 80 pounds. I can't believe I used to carry around a bag of concrete EVERY STEP OF THE WAY! I am beat from unloading 10 bags (800 pounds) and then mixing the concrete and sinking the posts! UGH... I am going to go fling some arrows now!

Dito, I am also a CAD geek. "Design Modeler" See thread #1. Being a CAD geek is about to move me across the country. I operate SolidWorks, more specifically, an add in program called StructureWorks Precast. It is for the precast concrete industry. Good to see a fellow drafting geek here!

Thanks for the Kudos... I was born and raised in TX. I think to change the name would be just a bit near sacreligious. [sp] Texas will always be in my heart:tt1:

I hear ya foofy... Just this afternoon, I was working on my privacy fence in the back yard. (not something I would have done 4 months ago!!!) I was carrying a bag of quik-crete to the back yard. I was thinking, "jeez, this is awfully heavy to be carrying all the way to the back yard from the front. Maybe I ought to back the truck further up the driveway so I don't have to go so far." That is when it happened! I put the bag on the ground next to the post hole and out of the corner of my eye I saw 80 lbs.!!! I have lost just under 80 pounds, if I haven't already this week. I used to carry that much excess weight every step I took! I can't believe how much better I feel and how I can do so many more things I would have never dreamed of just 4 months ago! I had not idea the weight would come off this fast. I LOVE/hate this band on my stomach. The only time I have negative feelings on this band is when I get something hung up! I sure do hurt when I get stuck, but... knock on wood... I have not had the PB thing happen yet!

Just as long as you don't get your occupation and side job mixed up!!!:tongue: Do you work for Dallas PD?

HOLY COW!!! Cindy, I can't believe I missed this entire thread. I just found it. CONGRATS to you! I too love this november family we have going here. Makes me wonder if other month-groups are close knit like this? You look SO much different. I busted the half way mark this week too. My first main goal is 250 which is 150 lost. I have lost 76 now so I am 1 pound over 1/2 way to 250 from 400:eek: 324 sure feels better than 400. I have never been this weight while married to my love. She seems to like the new me!:biggrin2: I told my family doc that I would come in and re-evaluate my weight loss when I hit 250, and we will talk about getting down to about 210. I would LOVE to be there again. Last time I was 210 was my freshman yr. in H.S. Football kept me in shape then. Anyway, sorry for the rabbit trail Cindy. Didn't mean to get off topic. WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!! BTW, the BOYZ are going to bring the heat this year! I will be a bit closer to you pretty soon. I am relocating to Greenville, South Carolina in a few weeks! I got a job doing what I do now, but with a company that gives a damn about it's employees!:biggrin2: