allielee

Congrats on your date. My birthday is the day before! :tt2: My hubby just retired from the navy last year, and boy do i NOT miss deployments! I took 5 days off and was fine! I thought I would be back to work within 3 days but needed the extra two. I think you should be fine, definetly don't need 2 weeks off! where are you stationed? We live in Gales Ferry, CT.. next to rotten groton. lol

congrats!! Have fun poking around!

lol APPLES.. I'm here!! Doing great! :tt2:

congrats wanna.. you couldn't have picked a better thing to do for yourself!!!! I really believe it is the best thing I have done for me! I have so much more self confidence and energy. I wish you much luck and happy banding!

woo hooo katies!!!!!!!! :eek:

looking good Andrew!!! HOTTIE:thumbup:

Ok so yesterday was a bad food day for me. I was nervous (had a new wls support to go to) so I went off track .. B: 1/2 fiber wasa crisp with chive cream cheese L: 3 oz chicken w/ gravy here goes the bad stuff D: 1/2-3/4 cup of frito lay casserole s: kozy shack flan with whip cream s: 200 calorie pack of swedish fish s: 100 calorie pack of m&m's ugggh lol

Good beautiful morning Junies. Ok so I have to tell you girls that you guys really help me! I love how I can come on here and you always make me laugh and brighten up my day. Katie- congrats!! 90lbs lost woohoo Long- I hear ya girl.. shopping in a regular store is so exhilerating! I love grabbing clothes and trying them on and they fit! LOVE IT!! Lucy- I hope you hit onderland today! Take a pic of you in your outfit! I want to see! :eek: I thought it was so funny you wanted your hubby to measure your calves. I know I never even thought about my calves lol.. I have been focusing on my gut! I wish I had measured before so I could compare but I didn't want to know at the time LOL I just know that I might have needed two measuring tapes lol. Vz- ok so when I read your post about normal calves being 16-17-1/2 I was drinking coffee at my desk and literally had coffee shoot out my nose I was giggling so hard! That's it! I really think since you, long and I are all really tall we need some strong calves to hold us up or we would tipple over! So woo hoo for my 17" calves. I would hate to always be face down in the ground. I will say it. I am happy I have 17" calves LOLLLL Army- You rock sister! Basketball! That is amazing! I am super proud of you for joining! that got me thinking.. I used to love playing softball. Maybe this year I will join a rec league. HMM.. that might be alot of fun! Alright so I was going to a wls support group every tuesday and was getting squat from it. I was as they called me the super bandster and they were always asking me for advice and so on. Which is great but I needed support not to always be the one giving support. I ended up not going for awhile and just really kept coming here for all my support. Which has been awesome. I did find a new wls support group that meets once a month and I went last night for the first time and it was great! It was a mix of bypass and banders and although I had lost the most as a band patient there were a couple bypass patients that had lost way more than me and they were awesome for advice and support. It's nice to have someone to look to. On another note. Yesterday was a terrible food day for me. I was craving something bad and made frito lay casserole and flan. I didn't eat alot but still! Oh well.. off to be productive at work. Have a great day Junies! xoxxo

I have had a sweet tooth my whole life! I haven't heard of a vitamin but I indulge every day. I have either a 100 calorie pack of m&m's or 100 calorie pack of swedish fish. I figure what the heck.. this isn't a diet.

I though I would be back to work in 2 days since I have a desk job and I have to tell you I had to take a full week off from work. I had alot of gas pain and was pretty uncomfortable.

Good luck and happy banding!

Hey there.. Your post was just the same way I felt pre banding. It is amazing what the difference is now. I am not on a diet. I eat what I want just very small portions. I can't fail at this, as long as I follow the band rules and keep being aggresive with my fills I will be thin for the rest of my life. It's so different than dieting. I don't think about food like I used to. When I was first banded I was trying to eat low fat and such and realized that I can eat what I want, I do try and eat healthier things but I also eat a 100 calorie pack of m&m's every day lol. I eat the 100 calorie packs because if I ate one more m&m I would puke. LOL.. Seriously if you are aggresive with your fills you will be full and CANNOT overeat. You end up puking. You learn really quick what full feels like. I hope this helps and feel free to email me anytime if you have any other questions. 1morrisfamily@comcast.net. There are alot of great people on here, have fun poking around.

Hi back! Congrats on being banded!

b: 3 oz. yogurt L: 3 pieces pepper pals little chicken crispers from chili's s: 100 calorie swedish fish d: 1/4 of chimichanga s: 1/4 cup ice cream (came right back up)

Good luck Blondie!!!!!!!

Hey there. I love going out to eat and we do at least 2-3 times a week. I go to fast food, and sit down. There is no where I wouldn't go. I can always get an app or just have some of dh's. I usually don't ever order a meal just for myself. Alot of times at the beginning my eyes were bigger than my stomache and we would order to much food. So now for example we went to margarita's last night and we shared the beef chimichanga. I ate maybe a 1/4 of it and hubby ate the rest including the beans and rice and all the chips and salsa. I was stuffed and he was stuffed. It's definetly sometimes cheaper to eat out then eat at home. If I go to fast food I always get something off the 99 cents. Maybe a small salad or chili or even the 4 piece chicken nuggets. So you can find something anywhere!

Hey there. You should be prepping for surgery right now. I wish you many good thoughts and prayers. Congrats on your band birthday! This date will always be sealed into your memory! We are the about the same height. I was heavier than you at the start 305. In two days will be my 8 month bandiversary. It just flew by. I hope you take LOTS of pics along your journey because you will love looking back at the before's!!

good morning Junies.. Hey long, this was as my honey would say a perfect moment. I was freaking out about my calves to my honey and he was like babe your calves are NOT big and then he said, "you know how you think you still are still this fat little caterpillar and you are actually this beautiful butterfly? Well I am sure she thinks the same thing and she is focusing on her beautiful butterfly legs thinking they are still fat little caterpillar legs and they arent!" I was like Yep that's it. We all sometimes still see ourselves as the fat caterpillars we used to be and not the beautiful butterflies we are all becoming! So girl your calves are not huge! You, me and Vz all have about the same size calves. LOLLLL this is exactly the moment I realized that I am really really getting smaller. I spent forever in front of the mirror looking at all my body parts and realized I really like how I look now. I never did before. We all should be PROUD! So thanks so much Long you gave me something without even realizing it! P.S. for some reason in my pic with the tankini my left boob looks so much smaller than my right and really they are the same LOL.. just wanted to put that out there.. :blushing: Vz, Long and Allie the band triplets :cursing:

ohh and Long.. I didn't think I had big calves I thought they were fine but NOWWW you have me all freaked out about them..lol.. mine are 17 inches..:thumbup: jeez is that huge? I thought they looked ok. Pants fit me fine.. I don't understand. :thumbup: ohhh well..

ok girls.. first off I would love to meet you guys! If any of you live near Pheonix, AZ I will be going with hubby there in June for his work. Ok second off here I go posting me in my tankini :thumbup:

hey lovely ladies.. Um pic of me in the tankini?? ummmm ok i will have hubby take it later and I will post it.. eek.. I would have NEVER let someone take a pic of me in a bathing suit pre band.. but now what the heck. I don't think it's to bad..lol. Yeah when are we going to see pics of apples??? I WANT PICS (pounding my fists) lol ..

I wish I had measured at the beginning.. I will have to measure my calves and see.. I don't think they are big but who knows..lol

apples.. welcome back girl! I didn't see your post, so we must have posted at the same time. That sucks to come home to that! I bet it was nice to get home though. Have fun getting all your stuff back in order!

hey there.. I have the 10cc band. I am not sure what fill I am at but I would guess around 7? I will find out at my next appointment. I really didn't do much investigating. I went to a seminar then less than a month later I had the surgery. When you self pay you don't have a bunch of stuff to do. I just knew I wanted the lapband. My insurance would have paid for the bypass but not the band. My hubby said NO WAY to bypass.. Oh well. I hear tricare is now paying for the band arrgh. But I would rather be the weight I am now and paid the 18 grand than have had to wait one extra day! I also didn't have any problems from being fat. I was a super duper healthy fatty. My life started over on June 20 ,2008 and I am sooo glad it did! I wish I was rich because all I want to do is shop for new clothes!! I want lots and lots of new clothes and shoes and all the girly stuff that I had been avoiding. I want long hair again and I want heels! I missed heels. It is so nice to wear sexy heels and my feet not kill me. I can hardly wait to wear sexy sundress this spring and summer. I have always stayed away from dresses because I thought I looked pregnant in dresses. NOT THIS YEAR ladies and gentlemen.. I will be wearing sundresses and looking fantastic! :tt2: :tongue2: