Cerrin

I posted this in my monthly group, but I want your help too please. I am trying to figure out how to reward myself for goals met. The only goals I could think of were: every 25lbs lost every 2 weeks I make it to the gym 5 times a week For making these goals I am trying to find some good, not too expensive rewards that I can unwrap or open for myself. (I am getting a basket together and my friends and I are going to buy a bunch of rewards and wrap them up with pretty bows.) So far I have earrings, necklases, mani/pedi, movie passes, but I would love more ideas. Please help me out. If you can think of other things I can reward myself for. not too hard but not easy to attain.

I want to not worry about chairs, ladders, bikes, Basicaly I dont want to have to look for the weight limit for something. Oh and it will be nice to get into an elevator without looking at the maximum weight limit and trying to calculate if I throw the weight over the limit.

I also have to think in terms of not hungry.....instead of full. Full for me is almost too much food. I want to get to the point of just not being hungry.

That is how I kinda feel right now. I am female 5'4" I have the 10cc band I got a fill with 5cc and I can gulp Water down great. I get full alittle quicker but nothing amazingly noticible. I just hope I will lose some weight now.:redface:

I have a weird gas bubble in my sholder. It comes and goes. I thought it was gone yesterday until I was working out then BAMN it was back. man that sucked. when I got home I was doin ok. I wonder if it will be back again tonight when I go work out.

Yoga for round bodies?! I want to do yoga but my stomach is so fat that the poses are to difficult for me to get into. oh yeah and the huge legs.

OK I just want to say...Normal....is to me what I used to eat....which was the big mac super size fries large coke. And then be hungry in about an hour. for me that was normal....so NO I dont eat like that any more. normal for me now is 1 portion of fish and veggies maybe a little rice. or ONE portion of chili...you know wendys Small...it is enough. for me that is a normal meal after band. So my now normal dosent fit with pre band normal.

I can still chug a bottle of water. I wonder if I should of had more

Well I hope you the best! I am not a prayer. But I will be keeping you in my thoughts.

EWW a cough drop.....bet your throat was sizzling. lol

I have the larger band I got 5cc in a 10cc band. I am on liquids today and tomorrow. but I just chugged a bottle of Water and it all went thru smooth. It is weird...I used to ONLY drink really cold water....now I dont want it too cold because I feel it going thru and that is too weird.

I have a bad habit of wanting to snack. Mostly while I am at work. for me I had to put a timer on my desk to remind myself not to drink for one hour after eatting. when I hear the timer I can drink...and I want water by then so no snacks because I dont want to wait another hour to drink

I would talk to the Dr. Maybe they can remove all the fluid to check how much you have in the band. My dr said he does it sometimes before a fill he will remove the fluid in the band to check for leaks or to see how much fluid is really in the band. then fill it right back up plus some. I know that my DR is very agressive about fills heck I just had my first and he put in 5cc. I thought that was a lot but he said if 5cc is what it takes for me to feel restriction he will put it in...if it takes more then he would of put more in. it is really based on the person. But I would talk about it with your dr.

Yes I have a great group. Here and in real life. You all are wonderful!

I am staying on the plan today because I had a fill yesterday and am ready for this to work and for me to lost weight! Oh and because I didnt go to the gym yesterday, and I actualy missed it.

So are you super excited about PS? I would love to see some before and after pictures of it. It is something I incredibly want to have done. I am hoping I wont need to much but in reality I am sure I will need to have plenty.

I am so happy the gum is gone and everything is ok. how do you feel after your fill. I am a bit wiped out. I dont know if it is because of the fill or because I started my period the same day. ack.

My friends came over last weekend and dropped more rewards into my basket. lol I didnt ask for those. Wow I love my friends they get a little carried away at times.

I had my fill yesterday, My dr said liquids for 2 days and just take it easy after that...go slow and you should be fine. I am thrilled he is very agressive with fills. I got 5cc put in and he said if in a few weeks I feel it is not enough to call his office and he will give me another fill.

AlysonRR, I have kind of forced myself to go to the gym. I am rewarding myself if I make it to the gym 10 times in 2 weeks. it is hard but I want to get this weight off really bad and I think working out is the ony way to do it and not have the flappy skin. How did your fill go. I am using cut and paste to post on my fluro...This is what happened with my first fill oh and I am only on liquids for 2 days...then I was told to just take it slow with food. OK I had my first fill yesterday. Under Fluor. For me this is what happened. I laid under the x-ray table pulled my shirt up and pants down just enough to show my belly. He rubbed the area with alcohol. Took a picture of the port to see how it was positioned. Put this long needle in and watched on the screen to make sure he got the port. Then I sat up. He filled the band with 5cc of fluid (I have the 10cc band). They gave me a glass of water and I drank it. He switched out the syringe added more fluid had me drink again. When water got stuck he backed fluid out slowly till the water flowed down. I drank more water to make sure everything was going down ok. Then he removed the needle. And I wend home. I think the whole thing took maybe 10 minutes or less and only that long because the x-ray machine was brand new and he wanted to try out the features. It is one especially for bariatric patients.

OK I had my first fill yesterday. Under Fluro. For me this is what happened. I laid under the x-ray table pulled my shirt up and pants down just enough to show my belly. He rubbed the area with alchol. took a picture of the port to see how it was positioned. Put this long needle in and watched on the screen to make sure he got the port. Then I sat up. He filled the band with 5cc of Fluid (I have the 10cc band). They gave me a glass of Water and I drank it. he switched out the suringe added more fluid had me drink again. When water got stuck he backed fluid out slowly till the water flowed down. I drank more water to make sure everything was going down ok. then he removed the needle. And I wend home. I think the whole thing took maybe 10 minutes or less and only that long because the xray machiene was brand new and he wanted to try out the fetures. It is one especialy for barieatric patients.

I am personaly at a plateau. I have been here for 4 weeks now. I am working out 5 days a week treadmil and lifting weights. And I am increasing the speed on the treadmil every day. no holding on...ok very little holding on. yesterday i even added an incline for part of my walk. that was hard. I am not losing weight but I can walk up the stairs with less problems then 2 months ago.

I dont really pay that much attention to carbs. I try to keep them from not going to much over my protein in fitday. but I dont know how many your suposed to have or what low really is.

ACK getting my first fill today.....So I am on super strict plan today. NO food after 11.....and I was so busy with work I missed lunch...ack At least I had my protein shake for breakfast.... So I am on the plan today....because I HAVE to. lol

I have problems when I go out to eat too that I am not hungry but I want the food so bad I eat too much. So I try not to go out to the places I know I will eat like that and cant being home.