Shalee04

Fist off congratulations on losing 54 lbs!!! thats awsome in 5 months. Does he think your losing too fast? I agree that if exercise was all we needed we wouldnt have spent all this $$$ for surgery to "help" us.

Sorry to hear your going thru this Tx. I wont complain about my $350.00 fills. I am in the process of tryng to find a Dr out here who will take me on and take my insurance and bill in network. My insurance will cover WLS and fills IF Dr's would just bill in network, But my Surgeon billed out of network and I have had to pay for all his fee's. insurance covered hospital portions. but not any of his. and wont cover my fills becasue of the out of network billing. I even asked them to bill in network and I would pay the difference as it would still be less then the 350.00, but they wont... and trying to find a new Dr to take me out here isn't looking good so far. I really need a fill but keep putting it off as the $$ is hard to come up with. I pay a little over $400.00 a month for Cobra to keep my great UHC plan I had at work. and I want to be able to utilize it. Sigh Good luck TX....

Same thing happened to me. I see Dr Naik at the same office as Irani. I went thru all the hoops to get approved for insurance to pay. and tyhen they don't bill in network and my insurance wont pay and WLS for out of network billed. So I have paid all surgeons fee's and all my office visits and fills to them are $350.00 each. I really like my Dr but I am lookng for one that will bill my insurance in network as it gets costly for me.

I had my surgery done by Dr Naik, in the same office as Dr. Irani. I pay $350.00 for each fill, as they don't bill in network with insurance and my insurance wont pay out of network for WLS or anything relating to it. it really makes me mad. But both Dr's Irani and Naik are great.

Name............exercise..................amount planned........amt done Hollyberries....Water Aerobics.............20 Hours.......................7 Sades...........Walking.......................25 Hours.......................5 Sades...........Aqua Aerobics...............4 Hours........................0 hhilulu..........walking/jogging.............16 hours........................0 hhilulu..........swimming.......................9 hours........................0 Foofy............walking/eliptical............25 Hrs...........................3 Foofy............weightlifting...................8 sessions...................2 Shalee04.......Walking/Swimming...........30 hours......................5 Shalee04.......Weights/........................8 sessions...................2 __________________

I'll be here to keep you company Foofy, I am still at 182 for about 5 weeks now.

I'm 8 months out almost you can only see my port scar and that is a very fine 1 1/2 inch line that blends with my stretch marks. The tiny scars are nothing to worry about at all.

I'll be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers Sades!!! Dr is doing this for free right???

I wear Maidenform garment. I get them at Kohles. The are the tank top type, but are longer and cover my whole tummy all the way to my cookie tucked into my pants. they stay in place and don't roll up. I wear one every day to keep my jiggly tummy in place. I am considereing a TT

D's, DD'S FF"s JJJ"S WOW sigh I'm still a "C" just a deflated one now. It doesn't matter if I weigh 300 or 150 I have always been a "C" cup.... I think I will get a small implant to fill out deflation.

I'm sorry your going thru this with your father. But you are 31 yrs old and don't need his bullying you. Also maybe he needs to be educated on the bandsters diet. sit down and have a serious talk with him, show him the paperwork from Drs on food plan and stages we are supposed to follow. Not to excuse his behavior, but maybe he just doesn't know how to express his concern in a loving manner. Good luck to you.

The first 6-8 weeks after surgery is a Healing time for the stomach. remember the band is a tool for us to work with, not a magic cure all. You should get to your Dr. to get your fill so you will be able to work with your tool. Good luck to you Jorge

Congratulations, your tummy is amazing Salsa.

Name............exercise..................amount planned........amt done Hollyberries....Water Aerobics.............20 Hours.......................2 Sades...........Walking.......................25 Hours.......................1 Sades...........Aqua Aerobics...............4 Hours........................0 hhilulu..........walking/jogging.............16 hours........................0 hhilulu..........swimming.......................9 hours........................0 Foofy............walking/eliptical............25 Hrs...........................0 Foofy............weightlifting...................8 sessions...................0 Shalee04.......Walking/Swimming...........30 hours......................3 Shalee04.......Weights/........................8 sessions...................0

Salsa, AKA the new Latina Heida Klume!! We are all praying for your speedy recovery. Can't wait to see the new you!!!

YES a million times yes it is worth every penny that we have to pay.

Congratulations, I too am looking forward to being "just Overweight"

Banded 11-12.07 and have not , and hope never too.

Happy Birthday Salsa!! And also good luck with your plastic surgery. your going to look even more marvelous.

Kendra, just checking in on you and hopeing things are going good out your way. Let us know how your doing??

Wohooo Congratulations on lowering your blood pressure!!! I know how important that is for us. Mine is back into the normal range also. Now if I could just get the blood sugar to level out, that's the one thing we can't get to stay in control, One day it's 95 the next it's 160 and I am eating the same usally..... Also Congratulations on losing 100 pounds that's an awsome acomplishement :smile2::thumbup:

I'm still catching up on old posts, and I have been beating myself up over really not losing much in the past 2 months, BUT I have gone down to a size 10-12 in most pants and I am buying size L shirts. My new bathing suits I bought for cancun were 12s from the JR's dept,I also bought some cute sundresses from Pacsun and Tillies, in size L JR's..... Last July when we went camping I was wearing a size 2X very tight bathing suit. size 22 jeans and 2X shirts that really were too tight. 2 years ago when we went to cancun I just about died from the humitity, I didn't want to do or go anywhere other then the pool or hotel room. This trip I wanted to do everything, the heat really didn't bother me that much. and when we went horseback riding I didnt feel like the horse was going to pass out when I got on him. :smile2: So I guess after writing this and realizing that pounds aren't the opnly thing that matters I wont beat myself up anymore... Great job everyone!!! OK now I am off to do a swim...

CindyG...........204...........202...........184...........18 TxArcher.........299...........299...........280...........19 Hollyberries.....253...........250...........238...........12 Momto1plus1......203...........202.2.........185...........17.2 Lindata..........176.5.........176.5.........160...........16.5 Sades............194...........194...........185............9 Mariegabrieleee..235...........235...........215...........20 Skinny Jill......167...........167...........157...........10 Foofy............233...........233...........220...........13 Kuchiegrl........251...........251...........235..... .....16 Peaches11........203...........203...........183...........20 Huskerette.......180...........180...........165...........15 Shalee04...............182..................182.................170..................12 Ok now that I am back from vacation, I really am hoping to jump up my weight loss. I have been hovering in the 182-185's for way too long now, I want to see the 170's.

Welcome Huskerette!! Your doing a great job of losing with only 2.25cc WOHOOO

]Name............exercise..................amount planned........amt done Hollyberries....Water Aerobics.............20 Hours.......................2 Sades...........Walking.......................25 Hours.......................1 Sades...........Aqua Aerobics...............4 Hours........................0 hhilulu..........walking/jogging.............16 hours........................0 hhilulu..........swimming.......................9 hours........................0 Foofy............walking/eliptical............25 Hrs...........................0 Foofy............weightlifting...................8 sessions...................0 Shalee04.......Walking/Swimming...........30 hours......................0 Shalee04.......Weights/........................8 sessions...................0 Hi everyone. I just got back from my 2 week vacation. And I am glad to see this challenge here ready and waiting for me to join into. I did do 2 Water Aerobics claases in Cancun at the pool, it was alot of fun, I even got hubby to join in with me, he wouldn't admit it, but he had fun too. We did ALOT of walking and swimming. Usually when we go its only for a week and I always gain weight, about 5-8 pounds, This time I didn't gain an ounce!!!! Wohoooo I focused more on all the activities I could do and not on the all inclusive food and drinks there was to be had, sure I drank my margaritas a few days, But I made sure to exercise my butt off to make up for them. Have a great day evberyone, I am off to pull weeds in the back yard as they seemed to have grown at least 2 feet tall all over the yard while I was gone....