Sades

Congratulations Linda, I can't wait to say that! :wub:

No problem Dawn... it's my user name and what some of my friends call me. Glad to hear that there's some movement with the dr's office. Let us know when you get your appointment. I'm really trying to control the food intake and my weight is moving downwards again. I plan to achieve great things in the current weight challenge.

We Aussies open our arms to anyone and everyone. :ohmy: Nearly there!! :cheers2:

I try.. :cheers2:

Glad to hear you're sorting it out and that the doctor is looking after the situation. Good luck.

That doesn't sound good to me. Do you have any peppermint tea around? That can help sooth the tummy and help get some fluids into you. Is there a neighbour who can help get the tablets for you? It must be hard with a baby.. I couldn't imagine being able to look after a baby in my first week after my op... hard enough looking after myself. If this doesn't ease up soon I would be banging on your doctor's door for help.

Hope your surgery went well.

Good luck to both of you! I was so stressed beforehand that I also questioned why I put myself in this situation. You'll be fine, in and out before you know it.

Congratulations Kristin, hope you do as well with the Spring challenge.

I don't have a problem with you using the pic in my signature Wnt2lose. I found it online but can't remember which site. I don't have any tattoos myself but have a couple of friends who do. One has one on the top end of her buttocks and another one has a couple on her ankle... very tiny ones. Why don't you get some of those false ones on in the areas you think would be good and see if you like them. Good luck.

Hi Josh, glad to hear you've come out of this with a positive attitude and congratulations on your great loss. I'm like you, never known what it is like to be slim. I've been much slimmer but always overweight even as a child. I always sabotage myself when getting close to being slim and end up going the other way. Even now I'm finding it hard (especially as I can still eat what I want). Therapy is a good idea but I have been there done that and feel for me it's time to take the risk of being slim and losing all my defenses. It's definitely going to be a journey for all of us and I wish you luck.

No problem.. anything that works is fine by me Redtulips3.

I think it might be the eggs Cindy. Scrambled eggs seem to be a problem for me, almost always get stuck. I have 6.5cc in a 10cc band and even though some things get stuck,I can still pretty much eat what I want so I can't imagine you wanting an unfill at 4cc.

Name..............Start..........Current..........Goal ......To Go 1. Sades...........201..............201...............190..........11 2. cQQlgirl........215..............215................200..........15 3. Linda Lu........228.............228.................215.........13 4. Rainer..........251..............251................241...........10 5. Renewedhope 213.............213................199...........14

Don't be so hard on yourself Elle... 49 lbs lost already, a great achievement. As long as you make the right food choices 99% of the time then you should do well. It's hard without the right restriction but hopefully that should kick in after your next fill. Good luck.

That's great Longhorn! I feel it a little at 6.5cc so I'm hoping that at 7cc does the trick for me. My next appointment is 27 Feb.

Good one Renewedhope, I certainly would have been happy to lose just half of that. Maybe this time around.

Unfortunately I've been there twice already since being banded. Just can't seem to stay there for too long. The plan is get there this time around and more. Good luck to all of us. :thumbup:

I feel the same way cindy, only lost 1 lb and have put 2 on again. This time, I mean business.

Nothing worse than pain... glad to hear you have something strong to take for it. Take care of yourself.

My doctor said 1000 cals per day but I have not managed to stick with that since the first 6 weeks or so. When I count what I've had at the end of the day I find I'm having easily 1500+ a day. My weight loss has stopped because I'm eating way more than I should. I have joined the Spring Weight Loss challenge and hope to lose 11 lbs by March 20, so will really need to watch what goes into my mouth.

Come on guys, let's go for it. Name..............Start..........Current..........Goal ......To Go 1. Sades...........201..............201...............190..........11 2. cQQlgirl........215..............215................200..........15

You poor thing, hope you feel better soon.

I'm usually late because of the traffic or how long it takes to find a car park... I park on the street and all day spots are hard to get. I usually get in around 9.15am. I work for a global IT company and they're very flexible as long as we put the hours in. Also I can work from home and generally start about 7 or 7.30am when I do. It's all about give and take.

Osangriared, the start weight is your weight at the start of the challenge. Hope you don't mind that I changed it. Name...................Start..........Current..........Goal ......To Go 1. Momto1plus1......228.2..........228.2.............218...........10 2. Mariegabrieleee...252............252................240...........12 3. TxArcher............345.............345...............325...........20 4. Trixie.................241............241................221.......... .20 5. Longhorn............204............204................199............5 6. Tralynn222.........320............320.................310..........10 7. shalee04............205............205.................197.......... 8 8.ellebrookes..........178............178.................169......... ..9 9. Skinny_Jill...........186...........186..................178.......... 8 10 Shortgal ............189...........189.................184............5 11. Sades...............201...........201..................190..........11 12.lisawach.............300...........300.................285......... ..15 13. BiggestLoser2be..198...........198.................188...........10 14. want2lose..........226...........226.................216...........10 15. Osangriared........263...........263................250............13