Kristin07

Morning everyone! I had LBT withdrawls last night with the sign having maintence!! LoL Janet... my kitty is doing well. He had a blockage in his urinary tract. Some sort of a crystal formation. 3 days in the hospital, and a week of oral antibiotics my kitty is happy and not in pain! All better! Now the task is trying to get him to drink more water. I am very tired today... had a bad night sleep. I hate it when I cant sleep at night. Does anyone have recomendations for a kitchen scale? I want to get one and didnt know if I should just get a cheepy... or invest in something a little nicer. Hope everyone has a wonderfull Thursday! Tomorrow is Friday, yay!

I'm here Janet, I'm here!!!!! LoL I was really exhausted today.... I have been feeling better from my bad cold... and I think I just had a tired day today. Twilight, to answer your question about getting tight when you are sick, I was much tighter when I had my cold. I felt like I didnt have anything but chicken soup for like 3 days. It didnt help that when I did try to eat something of more consistency I would pb... and whenever I pb i get tight for a couple days... so pb for like 3 or 4 days.... no fun at all!! I'm all better now though. Yay!! Hope everyone is having a good evening!

Allaboutme, when my DR. gives fills she just uses a needle with saline no extension thing. Take it out has me sit up for a couple minutes then has me drink a glass of water to see how it feels. It usually takes about 10 minutes to get out of there then right before i leave she asks me again if i feel okay because its easier to take a little bit out then to go home and realize im to tight and have to come back. On the topic of fills... the NP who does the fills sometimes said to me last time "Kristin this is fill #5 and you now have 3.5 in a 4cc band that should be VERY FULL so if you dont start drastically losing weight we are going to do an upper gi to see why you arent feeling that much restriction" I was slightly annoyed because my actual DR said that they do the fills very slow because everyone is different and you might need to be filled up to 3.8 in a 4cc band it all depends on the size of your stomach etc. She just sort of made me feel bad like it was my fault my band was getting so full and I wasnt feeling restriction. bleh... Janet, hows your headache??? My cold came along with a headache for the whole 7 days I wasnt feeling well... hope you dont have the same sort of thing. Hope everyone else has a wonderfull Wednesday. Off to work...

Karri you must be so excited about your tummy tuck!!! I keep doing research because I know eventually I will need / want one too!!! Just out of curiosity... a lot of people say "oh you dont want to have a tummy tuck till after you have babies" Did your plastic surgeon talk to you about that at all?? Just wondering.... I'm so excited to see you go through this new journey! I know you mentioned it a few pages ago but when are you planning on having the surgery was it April or ?? Hope everyone i shaving a good day!!!!!

Peaches, Thank you for the yummy fish ideas. Its always fun to hear how other people cook things because I hate getting stuck in a rut and making the same thing over and over again. Thank you can't wait to try it!!! I ditto ditto ditto everyones questions as to where is Janet??? hmm

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Saint Patricks Day!! :mad2::biggrin::cool: Don't forget to wear green!!!!! Anyone making a special Saint Pattys dinner tonight? Hope everyone has a good Monday! :tt2:

Ok guys I need some interesting and tasty ways to cook fish. I thought I would ask you guys to see if you have any good ideas. I like things really flavorfull.... any good ideas? Thanks!

I would be curious to hear the answer to this question?

Jackie.. that is great to know you guys are taking all the steps for her now. The age 18 thing seems strange to me, it seems your parents should be able to give you permission. But then I guess they are also dealing with crazy parents too... You know I heard about the bcbs 3 year diet. That is crazy!!! When I was getting my last fill I heard the receptionist telling someone over the phone. I guess I slipped in right before they made the change. Thank god!!! Well anyways... its good to know that you guys are taking all the steps for her. I was overweight in hs and like I said I would love to go back and do it over being a size 6 or even an 8 (what hs students would consider fat probably)! LoL But hey... I wouldnt be the person I am today if anything was to be different. haha... How is everyone elses Saturday night?

Jackie, its crazy but we do it! My cupboards are full to the brim LoL Its almost like we cant binge eat so we binge shop. haha Hopefully we can get over this.... I was re reading your post from last night and I wanted to ask you, has your daughter ever thought of getting the lapband? I know you said she is only 16 but that she struggles with her weight. I am 27 now (just had my bday) so I was 26 when I got the band and kept thinking wow I wish I could have done this when I was younger. I think it would have changed the way I thought about food and made it a lot easier down the road. For example our crazy food habbits with how we cook and shop would have never been developed if we had our band before we did our own cooking or shopping. Just a thought. I know banding in young kids is still a little contrivertial (sp?) but.... from what I have read on here there are a lot of younger kids getting banded and they seem really happy. What are everyone elses thoughts on this? I think im the youngest here? and I WISH i could have done this a long long time ago. Hope everyone has a good day!! (See Janet I'm trying to post even though im super sick at home) LoL

I agree. For me lots of things have just lost their luster. Just like the other night when I was determined I had to buy 2 half gallons of ice cream because one wasn't going to be enough. In all reality when I got 1 cup of it and started eating a couple bites it just didn't taste very good. Not something I wanted to waste my calories on. Ok I think I have responded to everyone and if not I did not intentionally leave anyone out. You are all doing wonderful!!! Phyl and Kari so glad to see you both back. Now if we could just get some of the gang back we started this journey with. So I went shopping yesterday. First I went to the gym for 1 and 1/2 hours. (Have to update my hours for the moth yet) and then I went tanning. Man I was sweating like a fiend. After all that came home and showered and got ready to go. I needed some spring/summer clothes because NOTHING fits from last year. I bought 3 pair of capris at Kohls and listen to this..........2 were size 10. Now I know for a fact they are flukes because my jeans are still size 12 and every brand fits different but DAMN IT THEY ARE 10'S!!!! :blushing: I bought both pair and had to show my Aunt what size they were and called my mom on the way home to tell her. Had to tell hubby when I got home and tonight called my step mom in Missouri and while talking made sure I told her what size. LOL Besides the capri I bought myself a swim suit. Now this is a MAJOR NSV for me since we have a pool and I were a t shirt and shorts into it ONLY when hubby and no one is around. Now I will probably still were a t shirt over it but I really like the suit. WHen I got home my daughter said mom let me see that on you. I said no. She goes come on so I put it on and she goes you look really good in that. You wont need to cover it up at all. Show yourself off. Now that is a major compliment because as I have told you all before my daughter struggles with her weight and she is 16. I don't tell her my sizes because i don't want to hurt her. She was pretty bitter towards me at times in the beginning of all of this but she has watched and knows how hard I work for the weight loss. She understands the whole process of the band a lot better now. She still has her moments but I am very forgiving and try to understand her because I know what it is like to be so envious of someone else even when you want to be happy for them. Anyway, today I went and got my hair highlighted and done. I really like my hair and it was feeling really good about myself because it was nice outside so I done up my make up and hair and I wore a new pair of capri with a new size Medium shirt with my cool new summer shoes. Got lots of compliments and felt very confident about myself when I was out today but the best thing that happened today was when my son came home from school and I was standing at the kitchen sink and he was stairing at me and I asked him 'do I have something on me or something' and he said 'no but look how skinny you are getting!' My daughter came in the kitchen just on the tail end of the statement and said 'mom I didn't realize just how small you really are getting.' :thumbup::ohmy: That made me feel so good I could have started crying. I told them both thank you and how good that made me feel and said 'I done this for all of us. I plan to be here for a long time to keep you two in shape.' and hugged them both." Jackie.... I also wonder if the buying to much (refering to the icecream) will ever go away!?!? I struggle with this all the time, I think "wow i am really hungry i should get more then that just incase im still hungry" LoL and of course... the rest goes to waste! I try to tell myself before i order something "ok i only need this much" but then at the last minute i freak out and order more. AGH! Hopefully this will go away... just need to keep telling myself get less because if you need more you can always get more instead of wasting. I even struggle with this in cooking... my freezer is so full of frozen soups and stuff. LoL Maybe someday our brains will catch up with our stomachs! Congratulations on the size 10!!!!!!!! Woohoo!

Janet I am here! LoL Actually I was going to post today to ask you guys a question... I have a really bad cold, sore throat, head stuffy, chest all tight and congested... But my question is, all of a sudden yesterday everything started getting stuck!!! I dont know if my throat is so swollen that its bothing my band? bleh... I really hate being sick!!! I also meant to post about the Mall of america trip, I really wish I could go but unfortunently I dont think I will have the extra money. My cat just got really sick and the money I was saving for my vacation this summer to Mexico went to his vet bill. Animals can be very exspensive! LoL It's okay though because I love him... Well I'm just sitting at home sick and watching tv... hope everyone else is having a better day then I am!!!

It sounds like a jealousy issue to me. And someone who cant be happy for you and is jealous isnt a true friend. Thats just my opinion. You should try to ask her what her problem is and why she has been acting the way she has. But I really think shes unhappy because you are skinny now... and u know how misery lovers company! LoL

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These past couple days I have been feeling extremely exhausted. I couldnt decide if I was coming down with something or maybe just exhausted from trying to adjust to my new fill and having less food? I don't know what it is but im pooped! I took my iron yesterday... and I need to go pick up some new vitamins im all out. grr Has anyone ever tried those b12 shots or anything? I feel like im just dragging.... Hope everyone has a good day today, tomorrow is friday!!!! YAY!!

Everyone is looking really great!!! I will get the guts to post soon. LoL

Everyone must be busy busy... seems quiet today. I have to say, I must be the #1 lurker on this thread, and since the very begining i might add. LoL I have seen many people come and go. I love coming on here and reading and being inspired. Just wanted to let you guys all know that even though I don't say much I feel like I know you all. I am going to try try try to post more that way you guys can know me as well as I know you. haha Also, Janet I would love to be part of the secret bandster in July. Sounds like fun. The price range of 20-25 sounds good. Maybe we should have everyone who wants to participate leave a message with 3 or 4 different ideas (bandster related of course) of things they need or would like. For example, work out video, somehting to exercise with, cookbook, etc. Just an idea. Just another note... I always ment to reply when you guys answered about what you do and where you are from and all that good stuff but as you know I am bad about hitting that reply button... Guess im just busy. Well here goes, I live in Sacramento California I grew up in the Sac Fransico Bay Area till I was 22 then moved to Sacramento to finish up with school. I am an interior Design major and graduating Sacramento State in May. I also work full time at a floral shop. I have been a floral designer for about 9 years now. (i started in hs) My goal is to one day own my own shop because I really love it. hmmm Can't remember all the other questions there were but thats okay. This is my first step to not being such a lurker and opening up. Thank you all so much for being an awesome support group, even to us silent partners. LoL

Goodluck.... wishing you all the best!!!!! Can't wait to see how everything goes for you!!

Wow great job!!!!!! You look awesome!

LoL I did the same thing before my band surgery. (tan) Do you have any before banding pics? Maybe I missed them... its always such an inspiration to see pictures of fellow banders who have gone through the last step in our transformation! Thanks for sharing your experience!

You really do look GGRREEEAAATTT!!!! Nice and tan and ready for summer! LoL Do you go tanning?

Good luck!! Cant wait to see your pictures and hear how things go!

Julie! You look awesome!! Im happy you are runnning again... Good job! Thank you for showing us your pics... you really do look wonderfull!

Julie! How are things going? We havent heard from you????