christasha

Yea for you Cerrin! I'm really happy for you - keep up the GREAT work! I can't wait for Sunday (5-11) . . . I THINK this entire trip is a fairytale . . . I will have a link to pics when I return for sure!

OK . . . this poll isn't as great as the previous ones . . . sorry about that!

Lets see how our fifth month is progressing . . . hope everyone is doing great!

Damn Fanny - How COOL is that! Way to go!

I'm doing great .. . stopping eating that damn yogurt made ALL the difference in the world . . .and the scale is moving again! THEN . . . I got spider bites on my ankle . . . and I'm on antibiotics and benedryl . . . and can't go in the Water to do aerobics until they are better . . . BUMMER . . . so I have to walk! I leave for Alaska in 9 days :party::D:D

Everyone is doing GREAT! - and tomorrow is 5 month day! Wahoo!

I'm noticing ELBOWS . . . that fit to my body instead of laying across it . . . it's the funniest sensation . . .and I'm totally amused by it. I also have to figure out how to adjust my car seat . . it just feels wierd right now .. . I love these things :wub:

WaHoo! Way to go! That has to feel soooo great

Thanks CN .. .and right back at YOU too! You're rockin' & rollin'!

Welcome to the losers' bench Yvonne! You're on your way - it's a whole new world now :coolgleamA:

Chris

Hipp Hipp Horray! How cool is that!

I don't even know when I started eating a yogurt everyday . . . but I did - and the other day I was looking at the label for some other reason, and the dang CARBS caught me totally by surprise . . . OMG . . . I stopped eating them daily, and the scale has started to move again. (I know, I know - if I logged my food . . . yadda yadda yadda - it ain't going to happen in my lifetime) . . . Anyway . . . maybe it's just coincidence and it was about to move anyway - but the only way I ever lost weight (preband) was keeping the carbs WAY down . . . and I think they were out of control right now. Wahoo! I'm a happy camper and fading to skinny (alas - very slowly lol).

Have a great day everyone!

Chris

I was going out yesterday and wanted to take my bag I wear across my chest in case I found stuff to buy at garage sales . . . when I adjust the strap to wear it that way, I always do it ALL the way . . . and when I put the bag on - it was way to long! I had to slide the adjuster back a good FOOT! Now that may sound wierd - but to me is a GREAT sign that I'm smaller! Yea!

Chris

I'm flying on May 11th and asked my Dr. last time I was there. He told me the only way the band could tighten would be if there is air in the tubing. He said if it is just saline in there, it is impossible for any expansion. So . . .I'm hoping for the best! Good luck to you.

Yes I wanted more fills . . . in our support group we have a nickname for Dr. Stingy lol . . . but i'm ok now waiting until after my vacations . . . but then I'm not taking no for an answer

Thanks for asking . . . I'm "doing" . . . but that is about it at the moment. I'm doing my Water aerobics 4-5 times a week . . . can't do the land based stuff because then I end up not being able to walk . . .but I work that Water to the best of my ability. I absolutely HATE journaling ANYTHING . . . so I haven't done that yet . . . I have my 6 month appointment on June 4 and should get a "tweek" fill he said. Hell - I only have 1.5 in my 10 cc band . . . seems I might need more than a TWEEK to help out here. Since my vacations are soon, I'm not worring about it at the moment - and just trying to behave . . . walk past those Cookies and Bagels in the office . . . you wouldn't beleive how I walk the long way around just to avoid them . . . (and get more exercise in the process) :thumbs_down: Thanks . . . I guess I'll have to have a "re-re-movitated" post in June! By then my son and his family and babies will be moving . . . so that will take off a LOT of stress too - they moved in the week after my surgery . . . and we are done with our office national "re-design" and I still have a job . . . so that stress should be gone . . . maybe things will be so much better in June - AND my daughter gets her Masters in Ancient History in June too! Can you say babble? sorry - but thanks for asking . . . and I am trying to keep my head where it belongs

Even with losing what I have, I'm still not wearing much smaller clothes. I'm still in some I wore at the beginning - baggy but wearable lol - I have no clue how some people are dropping 4+ sizes with a 30 lb loss! I'm amazed and so happy for them. I just have had this weight on so long, it doesn't know it's time to leave.

OK . . I'll shut up now . . . hugs to everyone!

Chris

I've got 1.5 cc's in a 10'cc band . . . only 1 fill so far. I go back June 4th for my 6 month checkup - and a fill. I'm ok for now without it because I'm going on a cruise in 2-1/2 weeks . . . and then Vegas . . . I REALLLLLLY have to watch what I put in my mouth because almost everything goes does very easily. I've had little weight movement (10 lbs in 2 months doesn't impress me). I'm doing my Water aerobics 4 times a week - walking . . . and still getting nowhere fast. I'll ride it out until June - and then INSIST on a fill this time! Good luck everyone!

Chris

OMG Livin'!!!!! FANTASTIC! Exactly HOW are you doing so well? Keep it up . . . and send some inspiration my way please.

Chris

Cerrin . . . I'm hanging in there .. . still nothing dramatic . . . but have found I HAVE to watch the carbs .. . I didn't get a fill .. .and go back in June when he said he might give me a slight adjustment. It's ok . . . I'm going on a cruise next month and I don't want to be too tight. I go shopping for clothes and really don't know what sizes to try on. In some things I've dropped a size - I must have been stretching my 24-26 clothes to the limit because I just stopped wearing some of them. I'm wearing a 2X shirt right now - I have one that's a 1X - but I tried on swim suits and can't find one to fit in Walmart or Target (24). I don't want to pay a lot for one because the clorine in the pool eats them up - my pants are not that different on me either - I can still get away with my original ones, but they are getting baggier. In general - it seems to be slow for me - I've lost some inches - but nothing like the people dropping sizes right and left. Maybe I just have solid fat? Anyway - thanks for asking - sorry for rambling - and you keep up your great work!

Hugs

Chris

Hot Dog . . .how cool is that! Keep it up!

Welcome Connie .. .there is always room for more here ... that's part of its beauty! Great job so far - keep up the good work.

Chris

Lookin' great lady! Keep it up!

The lapband was a piece of cake next to my c-sections! Don't fret . . . you'll do fine!

Here is the link to his webpage

San Diego General & Bariatric Surgeons

I'm off the blood pressure ... waiting for blood test results for the rest . . . yea!

Well welcome aboard . . . and hope you have a GREAT journey!