Jammin & Losin

You look really good and you look like you are having a wonderful time...congrats on your success!!

Kathi congrats on getting your band date!!! Hoping your recovery is quick! So happy for you and I'm glad your turn finally came!!!

Well SARGE I'm justing sitting still with my same weight ...I'm not complaning considering yesterdays holiday event....BUT I"M NOT SITTING STILL TODAY.....I"M GOING TO EXCERSICE!!!!!

I got my Easter gift today!! It was a very pretty necklace and earing set!!!! I love jewelry!! THANK YOU!!!! La Madam (Michelle)

Chris is the new Idol....I just feel it!! Hes so hot and he can sing!!! Glad Bucky is gone and Ace needs to go next!!! I like Taylors energy...but lets face it he just isn't better than some of the others. He can sing don't get me wrong but not idol material!!

You can puree anything!! Get a good food processor and pureee anything on the Easter menu!!! Eat just a little...carefulkly and slowly!!! Sweet potatoes ,peas,potato salad ect....!!!

My BMI was 48 and now is 32... I did not have to follow any diet before surgery..except to drink Magnesium citrate the day before....shooo.. weee might I add that was a stinky situation!!!! "WINK"

I can tell you I had Gallbladder removed and 1 month later had Lapband surgey done....so chances are they will as long as you are good and clear form the 1st surgery!!! Good luck and hope your feelling better!!

Cheers to the bunny....NOW START OVER TOMORROW AND MAKE BETTER CHOICES!!!! In the mean time stop beating yourself up so bad!!! You will have off days and you will feel bad about them....but being banded really helps with the bad days being few and far between in comparison to how I use to eat!!! Be proud you are banded and that you are human and will make mistakes but get up and try again!!! Herad for your goal and you will get there!!

:welcomeB: TO BAND LAND!!!! Congrats on your successful surgery!! :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :banana :banana

Oh..isn't it such a wonderful feeling to have??? Shopping in smaller sizes is just one of the rewards for losing weight!!!!! Congrats to you!!!! HAPPY SHOPPING!!!!! :clap2:

Get the betty crocker or hungry Jack potatoes they are quick and easy. They are in a small envelope....next to the lipton rice packets!!

Penni I'm so sorry you are going through this. I wish I could say something that would make a difference. Continue to try to be strong (((HUGS))))

Well The results show is coming on in 15 minutes at my house!!! May the worst go home!!! HAHA!!! I say Bucky Katherine and Ace are in the bottom 3 as well....We shall see!!!

Congratulations on your baby news!!!! Wishing you lots of happy baby memories and fun times to come!!! Sending prayers your way!!

Oh Kelly thank you soooooo much for taking the time to post all this awsome information for me... I really felt worried and didn';t know where to start with PS. This helps ALOT. I will deffinatly check out the thread you started about yours...thanks for all your help!!! Its good to know someone that has been through all of this before. I will feel better informed going into something so serious... I now feel I have some info to start with!!!! Thanks again!! If anybody has anything to add fromtheir experiences I would appreciate the time to respond...the thought of having PS is so scary I need all the help I can get!!!

Jana~ I'm not realy sure on advice to give you...but you didn't go through with the surgery only for it not to work....so don't give up. Have them fix it and see if you can get offf on a better start with your band all fixed up!!!! I'm sending you (((HUGS)))) Hope that helps. WE are here for you !!!! Let us know how you are and try to keep your spirits hogh....hoping things will get better for you!!!!

Kabeerah~ Stick that cottage cheese in a blender and mix some blended fruit in with it..it will kinda be like a smoothie!! I bet you can drink that...anything that will come through a straw on the full liquid phase!!

I think you will get alot of feed back on this subject!! There are a lot of people that have had problems on LBT and there are also alot more of us that have "SO FAR" had really great results with our bands...even the ones that had band removal had great results with losing their weight while the band was available to them and alot are still doing good flying "SOLO". I think the biggest question we all want to know is Exactly how permanent is this band of ours???Whats the very longest we are expected to keep it?? These to me are questions that still go left unanswered and could be for a long time to come!!! Just take care of your band and use it the best way you can !!! Never take it for granted!! Follow the rules and find that healthy you underneath!!!

Bright I must say I too have problems with coffee that has whipped cream or anything with whipped cream for that matter... but if I order coffee with out the whipped cream I can drink it just fine .Its almost as if it sits in the pouch and comes back up after its sour like baby spit up...although I have no problems with milk, yogurt or cheese...so I'm puzzld as to why the whipped cream is such a pain. Cottage cheese gives me prblens but I think that is more because of the consistency of them....kinda like scrammed eggs big no no for me!!! Its good to se you posting I've missed seeing you here!!

Shontel Congrats on getting a band date!!! Good luck to you and wishing you lots of success with your band!!

I actually have been being very truthful and just telling people that I was banded.... I've not had one thing ugly said to me anout my decision...at least not to my face anyway"SHRUG" I really have been able to tell alot of people about the band and several have actually been checking into having it done. So my advice would be the ones you think need help with weight loss tell them about the band it might help them...but the ones you just wanna get them to leave you alone..just politley say thanks and that your eating smaller amounts and excersing.

Well my eye sight can't believe thats really me when I look in the mirror these days!!! "WINK" Just kidding... this is an interesting point...that I never thought of...wonder if anyone knows if it truley does help with eye sight???????

I started a 24/26 and I'm wearing 14/16 now... would love to be at least a 10 !!!

Hey everybody!!! I just wanted you all to know that I've missed you all very much the last several weeks. I can't get over all the new names here on LBT. I feel like I might not know anyone anymore??? :update: Heres my update~ First of all my computer crashed the first week of March and it really made me mad!!! I even missed getting to tell every one that my Bandiversary was March 18th and I'm down 96 pounds in all! I MADE IT THROUGH MY 1st YEAR!!!! YIPPI!!! It has been a great year and I only hope that my 2nd year will be as great!!! I could not have made it through with out all your LOVE ~FRIENDSHIP ~ AND SUPPORT!!!! Also had a few hard ships the last few weeks ...lost my father-in-law to congestive heart failure and lung problems March the 7th....that has been really hard for my husband. Also alot of you know that I have been taking blood pressure meds since before getting banded and the good news is that I am now off of them...but ...the bad news is 2 weeks ago I passed out in my kitchen :faint: and smacked my chin :cry on the way down and ended up having to get stitches and the passing out was do to my blood pressure bottoming out!!!! I guess they should have taken me off of them sooner. Anyway chin is healing nicley it is just a tiny little line scar. Feeling much better since I'm not taking them any more. Also had my first real problems with a fill a few weeks back. I went in got a small fill and within a few days was getting an unfill I couldn't even get liquids to stay down... went home did liquids seemed to be better and wame had problems again ended up getting more of the fill taken out. Dr says he thinks something got caught in my band opening and was lodge and the second unfill fixed the problem. I'm all fixed up now and doing better eating solids just fine and feeling much better!!!! I really just wanted you all to know how much you each mean to me. I thank you for your encouragment this year and I want you all to know that I would never have had the success that I have had without each of you cheering me on!!!! See you on the boards... I can't wait to catch up on all the posting thats been going on without me!!!!