Jammin & Losin

I haven't got around to posting, but I'm not letting you guys down the water is still flowing and I can't post any thing else till I go PEEEEEE!!!!!

Congratulations!!! Best wishes to a new you!!!

You looked great when you lost the weight and you will get there again... We know you can with the band on your side!!!

You guys are so kinky and it's so funny!!!!

Rachel glad your psych went well I think mine was a PSYCHO.... any way good lock on that approval letter and best wishes with your surgery!!!

I have not been banded yet either but my Dr. said if you eat and drink at the same time the liquid will make your food go down faster,also you won't have room for much food and you don't want to use your room on liquids you want to use it on healthy food in small amounts.Everone is this true!!!

Vera that is so great . You have done fantastic and should be proud of your accomplishments. You have givien us bandster wanna be's lots to look forward to!!!!!

Curley don't you let anyone drag you down!!! You can make this work and you have already done so good . You should be proud of you!!! WE are!!!And you have no need to hide ! You are a beautiful person!

Welcome! I've not been banded yet but . I wish you lots of luck. Come talk with us soon.

We know you will do great. Good luck.and speedy recovery!!!

Best of luck. Keep us posted. You have made a good choice.

Oh MY GOODNESS !!! DON"T LET JACK AND GREG SEE THIS !!! WE WILL HEAR COMMENTS FOR DAYS ON THOSE PUPPIES.....HA!!! HA!!!

Lets see... not sure where to start after reading these posts.... I guess the first thing is that my story is a lot different from most of the others. I was a (little girl) until I turned about 10.that was when I could really remember being called the fat kid. I don't think I ever realized I had a problem with food. I ate for reasons of gatherings with family that treated me good(we weren't the Walton's)but I had a good child hood... at home. At school was a different story. I didn't have very many true friends and the ones I thought were my friends made fun of me behind my back. I remember coming home from school on several occasions with the tops of my legs sore from the desk's sitting on my legs... or sitting side ways so they wouldn't be sore.One day a boy slugged me in the back and I pushed him up against the wall, I asked why he did that to me and his reply was because your FAT!!! So I picked him up and threw him across the hall.(its amazing how much strength you can get when your mad)Needless to say that was the one and only time I was ever in the principles office.I also was heart broken in the 4th grade when I wrote a note to a cute boy in my class that I liked him and he wrote back that he didn't like FAT GIRLS!!! I ate when I was bored or mad or when I felt upset that someone was making fun of me. I ATE FOR COMFORT!!! I ATE TO COPE WITH BEING FAT!!! Even thou now I look back and realize I had it good I was loved . I had two parents who loved me unconditionally and that said I was beautiful and smart. Our house was the neighborhood gathering place for all of my brothers friends who had child hoods more like some the other posts,abuse, neglect, and deffinate crulty! We always had plenty of food, so they came to our house to eat. I remember my mother giving 1 boy( who always came to our house in old torn up clothes and no shoes) a sack of clothes my brother had out grown... and when the boy took them home ,his mother brought them back and told my mother she didn't need her charity So my mother just sent him home in a different outfit every time he visited till she gave them all to him.Not to menton 1 night his mom and dad got in to an argument and his dad was about to shoot his mother with a gun, so the boy shot his dad with a different gun.( this was after years of watching his mother be beaten. Guess who he wanted to stay with when his uncle came to get him while his father was air lifted to the hospital. With Mr. Dennis(my dad) Has I got older being over weight really started to get to me. I remember about age 14( the worst year of my life) I sat on my bed and I would cry and I would tell my self you are nothing, you are fat you are ugly and you will never be anything any body wants. I would hit my self on my legs till they bruised, like I was having a tantrum . Then I turned 15 and had a little different outlook on alot of things. I thought I 'll just have to diet and watch what I eat,so I took it to extreme I would make excuses not to eat breakfast, and I would skip lunch at school, then by the time I got home I would eat any thing I could get my hands on,and the next day I would tell my self you are weak and you will not eat until you get SKINNY!!!! so this went on for a while and I would not eat , then I would binge. Till finally it got really easy to just not eat. I got use to feeling hungry. I remember one night my dad cooked steaks and I wouldn't eat and we got into a fight about my eating habits and I got up from the table and ran to my room. I started loosing weight and decided mentaly food was my enemy. I lost 70 pounds!!! My mother tried to talk to me about why I wasn't eating and I would lie and tell her I had already ate or I got a snack at school. Finally I started bleeding one day and bleed for almost 3 weeksI would eat just enough so I wouldn't pass out.At first I thought I was just having problems with my cycle but mom insisted she get me checked at the Dr. They said I wasn't eating enough which caused my body to do this.At that point I think I realized that I was doing more harm than good and that I had a problem. I turned back to food as comfort again. I gain that 70 pounds back and more.I got married got pregnant and gained some more. Has I got older I would get on 1 strick diet after another,lose weight and gain it back. I feel like I've been on a diet my whole life. I think the hardest thing for me was in Oct. 2004 I went to Dr. to talk about what other diet I could get on that I had not tried already and I got the answer well since your MORBIDLY OBESE why not just have obesity surgery. I think it had accured to me long before.I just wasn't sure I was ready to admit to my self that I just could not quit eating and lose weight on my own. about a year ago I remember getting really upset when my husband ask me what was for supper and I screamed at him and said (I'LL FIX YOU SUPPER AND I"M HAVING FAT SURGERY) here I was trying to eat right and not think about food and all he says is whats for supper. I think thats when the thought of getting the band really crossed my mined. After the Dr. confirming that this was my last resort to lose the weight,It hit me(you have do this, it has to work). So I told my husband I really wanted to have this done and from there it is in the works I hope to be banded in Jan or Feb.My husband all thou he doesn't have a weight problem has been so supportive of me. I really just want to get to a healthy weight. I don't know what to expect and I'm scared to death,but on the other hand i feel modivated and happy and I think those feelings are helping to get me 1 day closer to getting banded. I don't know the road that lies ahead or how I will feel this has changed my way of eating but I do know it has already given me hope that with this tool I will not be a failure any more!!!! Thanks to you all who post here even in times of bad dreams and memories! MAY YOUR NEW DREAMS AND NEW MEMORIES YOU MAKE EACH DAY BE AS BRIGHT AND BEAUTFUL AS YOU ARE> Thanks for creating this post!!!

I have not been banded yet but I would talk to my dr and see what they sugest is good follow up care.

Greg : that man's prayer is so true you guys don't want much just nice puppies/ beer and a boat.Ha ha !!!

I haven't been banded yet but I saw your post and wanted to say that I think 19 pounds in 6 weeks in a very good acomplishment. You have put your body throu alot of changes and it will take time for it to adjust. i think you don't need to be so hard on your self and i know thats easy for me to say because I don't have my band yet. But if it were me who had lost 19 pounds in 6weeks I'd be jumping for joy. You will do great just really look at what your eating and do what your dr. says .

Nancy: Thank you for posting this. I am having surgery soon and it is good to know these feelings are normal.

You guys are so funny ! You keep me in stiches!! I just wish that I had band stiches already !!! Somebody tell some more JOKES!!!!

TrishS: I deffinatly think I look better in the dark!!!!

My new years resolutions are: 1. Get banded!! 2. spend less money/ get control of the bills 3. not take things for granted/ I think sometimes I get so buisy I forget to stop and notice the things I should be thankful for! 4. Get banded soon!!! 5. have more self confidence 6. Did I mention get banded????? HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL. NO MATTER WHAT YOUR NEW YEARS RESOLUTION IS. GIVE IT ALL YA GOT! WHEN YOU FAIL GET UP AND TRY AGAIN.( unless you have resolutions like whippledaddy) .Ha!!Ha!!!

blossom: Thanks for posting this , because I have not yet been banded and I had no idea that the band had different sizes. I always thought that the fills only determined how restricted you are. This will deffinetly be something me and my Dr. will talk about before hand. Thanks. I hope every thing works out for you.

I'm not sure how to use the chat room either... any one know how???

that was a good one!!!!

Jammin and loosen is blonde !!!! I don't take offence to blonde jokes anymore!!!!

That is great !!! You will do wonderful.