peabody

hey rsg, i too have been really bummed...major plateau, a partial unfill, and the cookie dough fairy...all conspired With me...i needed a refill....but i couldn't find satiety (no duh i had a partial unfill) but, even now...my head is hungry but my band is full....i still want to eat with my eyes....Some things i read that are helping me is about putting up some boundaries...you know like safety rails....one girl told me about only having Ice Cream at a speciality ice cream store....really fabulous ingredients...the best she could afford, and then only Once a week or Two...because she had that safety rail...of "in two more days i can go to cold stone or _____ and get my total fave Ice Cream, hold the guilt please" would this help you....so far it's helping me....i guess i feel less pressure now to get the ice cream because i know it's coming in____ days.... whatever works... blessings and patience be yours today! amanda ps i can't figure out how to get my darn ticker updates...the good news is that i am down 73 lbs!! 16 pounds till onderland!

hey guys, it's been a while since i've posted. i was on a major plateau...but i had an unfill due to esophageal erosions. now i'm back on track but the band is really touchy. i haven't had good restriction in so long that my slow to learn self is pb'ing....i don't think i'm too tight, because i can drink Water pretty rapidly....but gee i forgot how to handle portions and chew-not-gulp... the great news is that i am 16 pounds from onederland! i can't believe i started this at 289 and now am 216...it doesn't seem possible....i make so many mistakes with my band, and she just hangs in there with my stubborn slow to learn self! I have people ask me if the band is to be removed later....i find myself being more willing to give up a kidney than my patient and wonderful band! i am filled with gratitude after having come off this 2 1/2 month plateau...and finding that if i work with it, it still works with me.... to all of us on this journey...i wish peace...for me one day at a time is sometimes too much...right now it's one meal at a time..... this is thanksgiving for me!! amanda aka peabody

hey melanie, so great re your nsv. i haven't flown much since surgery, but last week i had to fly, and was so pleased to find that not only didthe lap tray let down all the way...but that there were about 2 inches between my body and the tray!! used to be that i couldn't get the tray to come down as it would hang on my tummy. oh and i still love flying without needing an extender seat belt. amanda

hey brooksie. so sorry about your doc and center closing. i wonder if you're getting enough fill when you go...i am on my 3rd fill, and i haven't been a saint, but i continue to loose about 44 lbs down now... when i wasn't well adjusted i played with the same 2-4 lbs up and down for a month. son't be too hard on yourself...if you're band's not adjusted enough it's so verrrrrryyyyyyy hard to get anything done....i hope that you can find a new doc and maybe even get a more aggressive fill going good luck amanda/peabody

dear ready i'm so sorry for the misfortunes that have befallen you! My old destructive side would want me to "comfort" myself with food! I hope you can keep your destructive side going to the gym, and doing all the other good and healthy things....you are so worth this we all are I believe in you and my wish is for you to have peace, and to have fullness (not of food) but of grace, peace, mercy,compasion,courage, and grim stubborn as a mule determination!! Hang in there Amanda/Peabody

dear ezma, thanks so much for the bmi update....i'm so excited to not be morbidly obese!!!! i still have diabetes and sleep apnea to deal with, but they're getting slowly better. glad we're all progressing so well. here's looking forward to cooler weather amanda

thanks for giving a reminder to set my goals...here is my NSV goal met for 6 MONTHS...i went into avenue yesterday to try on a few things because they were having an outrageous sale! i had gotten a size 20...my 6 month goal size to try on....IT FIT!!!!! i didn't believe it so i got a pair of jeans size 20 to check...they FIT TOO...now really brave try on a pair of size 18/20...oops can wear them if i don't plan on breathing or sitting...LOL..My bandiversary goal is met for my NSV...my bandiversary date is 8-6-8...my birthday is 8-11-8. i also had as a goal being out of morbid obesity range...i am 5'5" and 238 lbs...does anyone know what that would make my BMI? Loving my Band amanda

any reduction in meds is a victory, and any reduction in glucose is HUGE...yes it may well be that until you hit around 50lbs down.....but the other thing is that fat and muscle ar so metabolically different in how they effect glucose regulation...try to build your lean muscle mass...aerobic plus weights or resistance bands etc...to try and change the ratio of muscle to fat in your body keep it up you are winning amanda

Free excercise....i hate going to a gym because i lose out on family time....we just joined our recc center in our county...250.00 for a family of four for 1 year!!! but before that i have enjoyed walking in my building at lunch. i take the stairs one flight up and then walk that floor, and then the next flight of stairs up andthen walk that floor and so on ....you can add intensity by climbing 2 flights between floors...it ends up being like interval training for me....i also have the resistance bands that i can use for a weight lifting replacement...i like it most times although it's really all i can do now that the dang weather is soooo hot amanda hope it sparks an idea

hey that's me too. i also noticed that my band get's tighter when i retain Fluid....especially pms time...i had to go back to liquids and soft mushy stage...till my evening meal...my swelling is always better in the evening, and i can eat easier then. my pms has now passed and i was able to eat pork tenderloin last night..without getting sick. there will be some things each time that you won't tolerate or won't go well with pms but go well at other unswollen times.. good luck and be gentle with it amanda

Just joining in the support Even our WORST day post band is sooooo much better than our BEST day pre band.. you have everything you need right now and in abundance. find what you are thankful for then sping forward....the same grace, tenacity, support ____________ fill in the blank...will see you forward wishing you serenity amanda

hey great thread idea, thanks for the encouragement about excercise....i'm getting there..i hope gardening counts for something, because right now all our spare time is spent harvesting and freezing or excess veggies....i still have some time at work that i can spend on excercise.....so thanks for the reminder. i am so excited i am halfway to my goal..105 lbs total...with 51lbs gone already! At 6 months i want to be out of Morbid obesity range for my BMI. I also want to be wearing a size 20. I am so thankful for this forum and my band amanda

hey jax and gibbyy and all you lovely losers!! i have been away for a long time ....no real good reason....i needed a fill but couldn't get in for 6 weeks...so i slowed for a bit and played with 2-6 lbs up and down on the scale...last week i got topped off...a 6.4cc total in my 10cc band i had no idea how much i missed restriction...i had been creeping back into my "normal" let's just call it usual habits...i am so greatful to my band for hanging in there with me and not letting me screw up to badly. so far i have lost 52 lbs. and i am half way to goal, and 37 lbs from Onederland. i am back on track, making better food choices, excercise is my next goal...and Water. i missed all of you and your inspirational prescence in my journey... "my worst band day is still better than my best pre band day" peabody---amanda

Vacation NSV for the first time in ages i buckled my seatbelt on out flight and didn't need an extender....also i used to fear airplan lavatories, that i might get stuch or something wqually horrible...i went in and had enough room to accompany my daughter too....woohoo i am feeling so much more normal peabody 40lbs down

hey double v's been out of town on vacation and i lost 2 lbs....never happened before on vacation! i too love being able to go out to dinner and have 1 meal last for 2 or 3 separate meals....boy am i becoming a cheap date peabody

thanks becca, as usual with warmth and humor you can shake me out of my stupor saw my doc today down 8.5 lbs this month so ave 2 lbs per week...he'spleased but i know that i've been cheating...oohh pms is sos bad for me...so period is over and now it's back to it amanda

watch out those soft carbs will almost always go down i have to plan to have sf fudgcicles and then get to bed to sleep thru the crave wave. you're not failing, just on the steep end of the learning curve hang in there amanda down 32 lbs!

Hey ready steady welcomeback to the world of wearing bras that don't always look like suspension bridges!!!!! I too am finding that my bras are on the smallest settting, and will soon need some new ones HOW FUN Maybe i should try some polka dots or cheetah printLOL You Go Girl Amanda

Had my second fill 3 weeks ago. I'm up to 6.4 in a 10 band. It has really lasted this time around. MY doc must know this because he wanted to see me in 6 weeks instead of the usual three. I said no, i need accountability so i'm going at 4 weeks. For me as i've gotten more fills they've lasted progressively longer, but have had a harder transition phase. My most violent PB was 6 days after my last fill. It was a doozy. Even after a few days to settle i had such a hard time getting in my Protein (shakes worked well ) but solid protein was soooo hard. I feel now i have a sweet spot, although i don't know if it'll last long. On a Makes me Nutttier than a Squirrel Note.....The scales dropped post fill to 256 lowest in years, only to be right back up to 260 in a day. I'm sure it was Fluid shift but Geez! This AM i am bask down to 257 so 32 lbs down. the best news is that aunt flo is due ANY FREAKING MINUTE becuase my rings are so tight. So i'm hoping that after i get aunt flo gone i may have some additional loss. All in all i have gotten so much help from my band and THIS GROUP. My bariatric clinic is great, but i have learned so much of the day to day living with this change; as well as laughter and support from you dear friends Excelsior! Amanda

hey suseli, i too have pcos, and am diabetic. since the band i have been able to cut my diabetes meds in half. i have had 2 adjustments so far and have 6.4 in a 10 band....i still have pretty good restriction, my last fill was 3 weeks ago. i am due to go tomorrow but plan to delay as i am having some trouble with pbing...more solid Protein. my weight is at a standstill...ole auntie flo is coming soon...i know because my wedding ring is tight...it used to be like that every day. after surgery and 32lbs lost, my ring is only tight right when bad ole aunt flo is coming. My friends and DH all say that my butt is so much smaller, and my clothes are fitting differently. i just wish that !@#$%^ scale would budge.....but scales lie!!! Lovin my band amanda

Yay!!1 gibson's back.....so there's gonna be some trouble HEE HEE there's such a shortage of truly creative people in the world...you are needed and appreciated here. Hang in there you've got a lot of support amanda

irene welcome back to your ribs!! even though there are times when i think that $%^&*@#$%** scale should be moving....it may not but my body is still changing. That just mystifies me....but okay i accept it. VV's forever Amanda

mY NSV FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS I AM WEARING PANTS WITH NO ELASTIC!!!! even i can now see how my backside is shrinking Way to go Double V's

Irene, What a great way to kill/purge/vaporize that old addiction!!! Feel that old monkey jumping off your back....i do so crave me some doritos nad other chips....and even when i'm really restricted those soft carbs so go down easy!!!!damn them HEEHEEHEE Go Irene Go you can do it and me too Amanda

i miss you too gibson....let us hear from you amanda