Tricia K.

C 214 (-60) -2 this week Great job everyone!

Congratulations and I hope you have a speedy recovery.

Yes, I use fitday.com. It's a great tool and it keeps me honest about my food intake.

That is so awesome!! Congratulations!!

Two words: manipulative and controlling. I would dump him ASAP!

My dear, I don't doubt that you were HOT when you were at your heighest weight.

Is anyone else skeptical about this?

Congratulations! :biggrin1:

Congratulations, ralheit and Archermom. You'll be in bandland in no time.

Congratulations!

Sort of, yes. It's called the Gone For Good Club. Come join us!! :eek: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=15503

Okay, so I made a trip to Walgreens tonight and bought some melatonin. I bought the 1mg bottle (compared to the 3mg) because I want to start off with as little as possible and see how that goes. If I end up needing more, I'll just take a pill or 2 more. Thanks again for the suggestion. Wish me luck! :eek: P.S. I also bought some Doan's backache medicine. I hope that helps as well.

I'm 2 weeks shy of my 6 month anniversary and I'm down 60 pounds, as of today!! Best of luck to everyone!!

I think I'm going to try melatonin before I hit the doctor up for some Lunesta. Thanks for the tip, Alexandra.

Penni, thanks for this post. I've always been one that could fall asleep very easily and could sleep through a train wreck. However, recently I've been having a lot of trouble falling and staying asleep. I think that part of it is due to the recent return of lower back pain though. If it doesn't get better soon, I'm going to ask my doctor for a prescription for Lunesta. Thanks again!!

My feet have become narrower but I haven't gone down a size...yet.

Great NSV. Now you know that you can go out to eat and not be plagued by the food cravings. By the way, I absolutely LOVE Red Robin. My husband and I wish they were franchising 'cause we would open one in a hearbeat!

Yeah, it's a pretty easy test except that, prior to banding, if I fasted too long, I would get horrible migraines. This was one of those times. Ugh!!

Janet has pointed out some very good things about PCOS; however, not everyone that has PCOS has cysts on their ovaries. My sonogram ruled out cysts. I have a few of the other symptoms though, primarily obesity from the age of 11 or 12, which prompted my doctor to have me tested for it. I had to take a pill one evening that is supposed to shut down a particular gland and then fast until blood was drawn for testing the next morning. If the blood test showed that the particular gland was still at normal production, it confirmed that I had PCOS. My particular experience with PCOS has proven that I'm unable to lose weight without the help of the band. I've tried and tried, only to lose 30 or so pounds, stall for months on end, then get discouraged and gain it all back (and then some). Unfortunately, this is the case for some with PCOS. Being banded has helped me lose weight consistently and without stalling. I wish you the best!

Ugh, I'm sorry to hear about your back pain. I hope it gets better soon!

These are the instructions I received as well. Best of luck to you!

Wow vines, thanks for this info. I've never known anyone with Cushing's and it's great to have more information on the subject. I hope that once you've had your blood work and find some sort of way to monitor/control it that you'll start losing weight again. *hugs*

Congratulations on your weight loss as well as your victory with taking 10 steps!! That is so awesome. I love your spirit. *hugs*

You will lose. I have faith. *hugs*

Me too. I love raw broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, etc....yummy.