Jammin & Losin

Tanya I'm so glad your doing well. Please keep updating us on how you are doing!!!! Right now it is sip,sip,sip later it will be mushy, mushy, mushy!!!! LOL!!!

Hope that the pee pee man is helping you get out all that extra stress right now. I am really so excited for you and I know you will do wonderful!!!! Just a few more days!!!! WOOOHOOOO!!!!

I should have wated till today to give my update. I weighed yesterday and was down 10 pounds since surgery. I weighed this morning and I had lost a pound .... so I've lost 11 pounds in all!!! That puts me at 241!!!That means I hit 12 pounds but I'm not stopping there I came in to challenge saying I would lose 25 so I'm gonna keep on losing!!!!

Well I'm only 2 weeks post op and my incisions look really good. They are healing nicely but are still red. I am using Mederma on mine and that should help them look even lighter!!!!

Thank you Jonathon I needed to hear this today and I'm glad that you shared this with us. You are so right about everything you said and with an attitude as good as you have you will do nothing but succeed!!! You are doing great and I as a fellow bandster look up to you for that!!!

Kathy Thanks for the encouragment. I guess my biggest thing is that you lose real quick and then when you get on mushy's it comes to a screeching halt and it makes you woder if you are doing every thing right or not!! So it is hard to know if you are eating too much or not enough??? I was like you.... I had it all planned out and that is good to be prepared but then it goes more like trial and error.... just like that dog on turkey I thought I could make mushy enough just by chewing it up.... aaaant!!! ..... wrong answer it got stuck.... sure did't think that would happen so soon but it did. Learned my lesson. Definatly my first error. I guess it takes practice to be a good bandster and you definatly have to fall off the band wagon every once in a while but its so nice to get back up and try again!!

Hey Paula Make that 11 pounds I weighed this morning and I'm down another pound WOOOHOOOO! I'm getting in 1500ml of water a day right now. That is equivalent to 3 16.9 oz bottles or 50.7 oz. This is what Dr. said was a good water requirment during the mushy stage. This does not include if I drink milk, coffee ,tea ext... This just what water intake he said I should have. I'm also getting at least 40-50 grams of Protein a day which is good acording to my instructions!!

Vinesqueen~I started using my tread mill this week and have been on it 3 days for 20 minutes. I'm trying to work my self up to more. I haven't measured inches but everyone says I look like I've lost more than 10 pounds and my clothes are looser so I'm sure I've lost some inches too! I guess I'm just in a hurry to lose more weight and I know it didn't get here over night so it will take a while to come off. I keep telling my self 3 weeks and I get a fill and weight lose should start again!!!

Well I'm 2 weeks post op and still down 10 pounds! I started mushy's and the pounds are holding on for dear life. Oh well I know when I get a fill I will start losing again and besides I lost 13 poounds before I got my band for a total of 23 lost in all. I'd say I'm off to a great start!!! Only that last 10 counts towards the challenge though! Hoping to get to a total of 25 by the end of the challenge!!! Thats just 15 more pounds to go!!!

Terri I am so proud that you are regaining your health!!! I'm amazed that you are able to walk and I hope you continue to get well enough to run!!! Congratulations on such a wonderful NSV!!!!

Welcome and I hope you find a good local Dr.! After care is so important and you should definatly get that lined up first so you are on the right track.Good luck with getting your band and let us know when you get a band date!!!

Amber i'm sp proud for getting your band. I hope you have a speedy recovery. Like others have said give it a week and you will be so much better! Each day gets a little easier. Just remember to walk alot and sip,sip,sip, on water and other liquids so you will not get dehydrated. Please update us on how you are . You will be holding that little 19 pounds of baby boy again before you know it and just think when you lose weight you will be doing things you would only imagine being able to do.So nice to have such careing people that love you and are willing to help you through such a hard time in your life. What would we do without family and friends ?Good luck in your new journey!!!

Coytote Girl Thanks for the info I just went and did mine and I think it will help having something to go by. I'm like you I don't think I could ever eat that much fat and carbs sure seems like a lot!!!

Penni I'm so glad you are enjoying your self and you deserve to be!! You have worked hard to lose weight and to feel better about your self is just one of the awards!!! Dance and have the time of your life on your trip!!!

Wow Penni you look great and your family is beautiful too! Have a good trip !!!

Corgi Do not feel bad ! I did the same stupid stuck thing today my self and it was no fun at all. I didn't throw up but like you said it sure did hurt and feel like I was going to!!! I will not do that again and I must tell myself to CHEW, CHEW, CHEW!!!!

Woohooo!!!!! You finally got your band after having to wait entirely tooo long!!! You deserve a big congratulations !!!! You finally made it to band land!!!!

Vera I sure hope your doing better soon!!!

Good Luck and post when your feeling better!!! Welcome to band land I wish you a speedy recovery !!!!

Gosh I've only been banded for two weeks and I feel this way already. I feel I can eat more than I should be able to and I sure don't want to mess things up so I eat 4oz of mushy food and even if I still feel hungry I stop so that I don't get my pouch to full. After waiting a few minutes I'm okay and can wait to eat for about 2 to 3 hours but then all of a sudden I'm actually like growling stomach hungry!!! Right now I feel like if I eat 4 times a day I feel better but I know I should only be eating 3 so I hope that is okay too!! Is all this okay and normal??? I'm definatly getting in my water and my protein!!!Yeahh! I'm getting a fill April 25 so I hope it helps!!

Thanks Kathy!! You will be getting that band real soon and you will love yours too!!!

My port is nice and hidden! I can feel it but I cant see it!!!!

Tanya Congratulations on getting that band girl. I sure hopoe you are doing okay!!! Please post soon We are waiting to here from you!!!!

Congratulations Princess!!! you are doing really good with your weight loss already!!! I'm right there with you..... I've only had my band 13 days and I LOOOOOVVVVEEEE IT!!!!!

Thanks for sharing this experience. It is times like this that make you so happy to be a bandster!!!