allielee

Good Morning! Well 2 of those pounds came back this morning UGGH but my ticker only goes in one direction.. Mike, I am not sure what type of questions you are looking for.. for me the questions that were important were. How many bands have you done, is there a pre op diet, how much will this cost me, how long is the process and what types of tests do I need to get. I hope that helps. have a great day JUNIES!! Oh and thanks to all who voted for me and my hubby!! We find out on the 5th if we won. If we win we get a limo ride to and from casino, hotel and restaurant, hotel for the night and gourmet dinner for two. I am keeping my fingers crossed xoxox

with the help of a stomache virus for the past 3 days I have lost.. drum roll please.... 104.5 pounds!! since 6/20/08!! can you tell I'm excited???

Good morning Junies.. Well due to my stomache bug I have lost 104.5 pounds!!!! I don't want to get to excited since I am sure once I am able to eat food again without my body ejecting it I will gain some back. I have been terribly sick with this bug and ended up getting put in the hospital to get an i.v. sever dehydration. So I am not getting to excited about this number since I have no fluids in me.. lol.. Lucy thanks for voting you are a sweety! That pic is from 2 years ago but it still makes me giggle. Cathy you go girl!! Oh give us the details and let me live vicariously through you.. I love being married but miss the initial excitement of dating... you must be having a blast!! Grey.. I hope you feel better soon!! That sounds terrible.. xoxox allie!

Hey junies.. My hubby and I are in a radio contest for cutest couple.. please vote for us as many times as you can. We are couple #20!! thanks Q105 - True Hit Music I really appreciate it!!!

Apples.. have fun with your granpuppies!! lol.. I am glad you are having such a great time! How the heck are you getting 2000 calories in??? Gosh I struggle to get 1000 I find that I don't lose if I am consuming less than 1000. Enjoy your time with your son!!

Hey lucy!!! That ice is unfortunately heading my way tonight.. I am so sick of it! I hope you can go see your trainer soon! Everything I eat or drink just leaves within 10 minutes.. uggghhh.. I am a big baby when I am sick and miserable..lol.. I am going to weigh again tonight just to see :cursing: xoxo

You can do it!! It is amazing how I am no longer hungry like I used to be. You will be so happy once your filled and at your sweet spot. The time between being banded and when you hit that sweet spot is the toughest part of being a bandster. You can do this!!!

grey, my typical day is: Breakfast: coffee or if I am hungry a yogurt Lunch: small side salad or a cup of soup, always under a cup of food. dinner: 3-4 oz meat and a veggie (eaten off a salad plate) I never use big plates. (1 cup of food sometimes if I am hungry 1-1/2 cup) snack: I always need some sweet. (100 calorie or less) I try and drink 64 oz of water a day but usually I always hit at least 32 oz or more. It doesn't look like alot but I get full really easy and I chew chew chew and eat very slowly. Every bite I take I put down my fork and it takes me at least 30 minutes to eat.

Oh believe me I teach I am sooo excited!!! :thumbup: I am home sick today with a stomache bug.. ugghh.. I might hit that 100 pounds lost tonight with the way this stomache virus is going lol.. smooches to all you beautiful june bugs.. xoxox

ok so here's the deal.. I am at 99 pounds lost!!! Congrats I teach!!!! woo hoo wooo hoooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wooo hoo long!!!! I am sooo excited for you!!!! I am soo afraid to go weigh myself.. but I will do it and then come back and let you know... wooo hoo long!

Hey there Junies.. Well my doc wouldn't give me a fill again!!! I had lost 9 pounds in 6 weeks and he said that I am losing at a good rate now and feel that I would be to tight. I have to tell you I was so friggin pissed!!! But the good news is I weigh less on their scale. Their scale said I was 200 pounds which I won't count since my scale at home is the one I have been going by which says 207. They never have said what my weight was on their scale just how much I had lost since last time. When they said I had lost 105 pounds I was like um NOOO lol. By my scale i am still at 98 pounds lost. I was pretty excited that everyone was complimenting me about how great they thought I looked. This was the first appointment since being banded that I met with my doctor and he kept saying how I had lost 1/3 of myself. That really sunk in on the way home. I have lost 1/3 of myself holy crap!!! He was also saying that if you compared my weight loss and a person that had Gastric Bypass I have lost more than them on average at this many months out. So needless to say I was pissed and happy all rolled into one. My hubby says he is throwing my scale away because he thinks I really don't see the numbers correctly. He was pissed I was going for a fill because he doesn't think I eat enough to live off of. I guess my expectations and reality are a little off. I just keep thinking that I am going to fail at this and freak myself out. I have been keeping a journal that I have written in since June. For the first time I went back and read my entries and I definetly have a fear of failing at this. I just need to realize I am a success even if I don't lose another pound. I have lost 1/3 of my original self and that is awesome! Ok enough of my blabbing. Long.. .5 to goooo woo hoo girl looks like you, iteach and me are all gonna make the goal of 100 lost by valentines.. crossing my fingers and hoping!!! If I make it I am going to Fredricks and buying myself a naughty present. If not then I will go to victoria secret and buy myself a less naughty present :w00t: Have a great night everyone~

Well on December 20, 2008 I hit 6 months of being banded. I have to say this was the best thing I could have ever done for myself. I have lost 94 pounds as of today January 22,2008 and unfortunately I have been stuck here since the 17th of December. The holidays through me for a loop. My works hours increased and my salary decreased :tt1: I found myself slipping into my old "fat" habits. I am in desperate need of a fill which I am scheduled for the 26th and it can't come soon enough. I am hoping this will give me the push I desperately need to finish this. I have a little over 45 pounds left to go until I reach goal. I can almost taste it. :cursing: I love how my body feels now.. this is embaressing but I love to lie in bed and feel my bones. I didn't realize they had been missing all those years. It feels so good to know I am no longer morbidly obese and people actually see me now. I get comments from men and I love it even though I am really committed to my hubby. So that is my first blog and I hope to keep it up! :thumbup:

Good morning Junies!! My scale went down woo hoo I lost a little over 4 pounds in a week! 98 pounds lost!! I am so excited I am finally losing again. I go for my fill today so maybe I will hit that 100 pound lost by the end of this week. Long congrats on hitting 99!!! I am so excited for you. I hope you hit 100 today! Everyone else have a great and glorious day!

Good Beautiful morning Junies.. Addy, I hope you feel better soon! I threw my back out about 8 years ago and remember how terrible it was! My heart goes out to you! I will say a prayer. xoxo Little Debbie, welcome back! Come back and chat with us! I have decided to not get on the scale until I go to the doctor's on monday. I am such a weirdo..ok let me explain. When i would get on the scale and it would be up even a smidge I would be like, just eat whatever it doesn't matter I would feel defeated and resort to bingeing. When it was down I was like woo hoo it's working and really worked hard to stay on track and excercize. I realized this was killing me lol.. so now I am no longer going to weigh myself every day. I haven't gotten on the scale in awhile and feel great. I feel like I have lost but will not weigh until monday at my fill appt. that way I can compare my weight from 8 weeks ago (my last fill appt). Wish me luck. I hope it's down even a pound I will be so happy. I don't want to jinx it but I feel like I've lost a couple eeek.. come on onderland and 100 pounds lost.. they are both within reach!!!! Have a great weekend!

Congrats and as you will find this is a great way to live!

Well on December 20, 2008 I hit 6 months of being banded. I have to say this was the best thing I could have ever done for myself. I have lost 94 pounds as of today January 22,2008 and unfortunately I have been stuck here since the 17th of December. The holidays through me for a loop. My works hours increased and my salary decreased :ohmy: I found myself slipping into my old "fat" habits. I am in desperate need of a fill which I am scheduled for the 26th and it can't come soon enough. I am hoping this will give me the push I desperately need to finish this. I have a little over 45 pounds left to go until I reach goal. I can almost taste it. :thumbup: I love how my body feels now.. this is embaressing but I love to lie in bed and feel my bones. I didn't realize they had been missing all those years. It feels so good to know I am no longer morbidly obese and people actually see me now. I get comments from men and I love it even though I am really committed to my hubby. So that is my first blog and I hope to keep it up!

I came across your blog and I have to tell you, you encouraged me.. I have been stuck for about 2 months been going up and down like crazy but mostly up. I see it happens to everyone. Good luck and thanks for inspiring me!

Hey Long congrats!!! I did not have a pre fill at surgery but I think I have had 6 or 7 fills so far. But the last couple were just a smidge each. I was nice and tight but now am loose.. your workouts sound like lots of fun! I haven't gotten on the scale in almost a week, to afraid!!! :thumbup:

good morning junies.. Lucy, I hope you feel better! Not much going on here, just really ready for my fill on Monday.. it can't come soon enough. This is the first time since I was banded that I am hungry (growling tummy and everything). I can only go about 3 hours before I start to feel like I am starving to death. I hate this feeling. I didn't realize how much the band takes away my hunger pains when I have a good fill. I am thinking about food way to much!! Have a great and enjoyable day Junies!!

Good Morning Junies.. I too have had problems with hair loss. I just add a shake every other day. I wish I could eat in the morning because by 11 I am starving. But no matter what I try even liquids I have trouble with before 11. I hope everyone has a great productive day. It is our year end at work and things are needless to say friggin nuts. On the up side the day is done before I know it. xoxo

Hey there.. I teach, it sounds to me like you are at your sweet spot. I know that sounds scary but that's how I feel when I am exactly where I need to be. I have to eat really slowly and eat very little and i burp ALOT. I can't eat anything in the morning.. around 11 I can eat a little lunch usually a little meat item in some type of sauce and maybe a veg. I eat under 2 cups of food a day probably closer to 1 to 1-1/2 cups of food a day. I have been to tight and for me that is when you can't even swallow your own spit. Alot of others will say you are to tight now, but everyone is looking for different tightness. The tighter you are the faster you lose. It looks like from your weight loss you have done really well. I get another fill on the 26th and I hope I am where you are now!!! xoxo :scared2:

CONGRATS LONG!! WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!!:thumbup::wink5::thumbup::ihih::thumbup::w00t::thumbup::thumbup: I am soooo excited for you girl! xoxox

Good Morning Junies.. (I am whispering due to my very painful hangover) .. We went out with friends last night to Mohegan Sun and um let's just say, there were shots and they kept being put in front of me, and my hubby and me somehow got brought home around 3 a.m. and I have no idea where my car is I have to tell you guys something. I never realized exactly when I became invisible before my band. At some point when I had gotten to a certain point of being morbidly obese people no longer saw me. Last night, I was approached by 6 different men!!! I was like thinking what the hell is going on! LOL.. my hubby was freaking but very proud. It felt amazing! People see me now and from how it went last night some people like what they saw :wink2: I had a great time and realize that this new lifestyle of going out is hampering my weight loss. The drinks add up in calories but honestly I feel so great about the way I look and how I feel, I would be ok if I didn't lose another pound. The only place where I have any real weight left is in my tummy and that is because I need a tummy tuck. My oldest daughter was 10 pounds when she was born and I have some serious stretch marks. So it was a very fun night and I had such a great time. My hubby kept commenting about how hot I am,nothing better than that! xoxo