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Hi all! I know it's been...forever. I am NOT a Lapband success story. In fact, I haven't had a fill in a YEAR. I had some issues and was unfilled and am just now starting again. I had surgery at 252 and am now 233, but the fact remains that I'm not where I want to be. I got a fill today (am now at 5 cc) and am hoping to get started again. Look for me around here much more often!

Wow - there aren't many people hanging out in here anymore. I'm STILL a slow loser - down 34 lbs at my 1 year mark. I'm okay with that - I work out with a trainer twice a week and am in the gym on my own three other days out of the week. Do I wish I lost more quickly? OF COURSE! But slow and steady wins the race :laugh:

Hi! :cursing: It's been...well months since I've been here. I haven't done well at all - in fact, I actually changed surgeons, because he wouldn't fill be very tightly. In the last year, I'd only have 2.3 cc in my 10 cc band! :frown: When I went to my new surgeon, he about laughed himself out of the chair and said, "NO WONDER YOU HAVEN'T LOST ANYTHING!" Well. I needless to say I'm now at 5 cc and am really for the first time feeling restriction! I eat a few bites and am full. Really full - for hours. It's amazing what a difference this new surgeon made. He even made me make an appointment before I left instead of saying, "Well, if you feel like you need one, call us." Hopefully now I'll see some real results. When I weighed in, I'd only lost 11 lbs since pre-op almost a year ago!!!

Hi friends! Contrary to popular belief - I have NOT fallen off the face of the Earth! Life here has been ridiculous - my boyfriend is being deployed, I'm working full time and in school full time - I barely have time to breathe, let alone post! Since my last MD visit, I had to have an unfill - I was unable to pretty much keep anything down, so I am currently down about 22 lbs. I was refilled and started back to Jenny Craig today. I'd like to lose another 10 lbs by Christmas. My LB journey hasn't been easy..but hey, I'm still down 22 lbs that I wouldn't have been without it. Hope everyone is well!

Hello friends! :tt2: I'm still alive, I promise. It's just been a hectic few days. I've been working a lot, I met someone new, I had a run-in with the other guy last night...just...craziness. Sometimes I wish I could forget the last few months and concentrate on me, you know? But my crazy girl brain doesn't let me do that. I do have to say - last night, other guy said, "Did you weigh yourself last week? You look like you've lost more weight." HOORAY! :thumbup: But then - new boy? Told me about twenty times that I'm beautiful and that I've "got this great body"....well, let me tell you, that's the best lie I've ever heard! This week will be crazy too - I started classes last week and I am in school Monday-Friday mornings, then I'm working a 12 hour night shift tonight, 7p-11p on Wednesday and Thursday nights, off Friday, then three more 12 hour shifts in a row on Saturday/Sunday/Monday night. Busy, busy, busy. Plus...I kind of fell off the wagon this week with all my stress - thankfully, I didn't gain any real weight - just a LOT of water weight, so I'm really pushing the water for the next few days. (I can't even get my ring off and usually it's quite loose. I must have 3-4 lbs of water on me!) Alright...I need to go shower and get ready for class. Blah. Hope everyone is having a great day and Leslie, I hope you didn't get blown away by Gustav! Bea - I'm going to check out that Greek yogurt - what kind of container does it come in?

Hey all! I remember when I went to Kindergarden - I think my mom was more upset than I was! I don't have kids (yet), but I can only imagine. I am going to a new gym today to check it out - they are running a 3 months of Unlimited Personal Training for $499, up to 5 sessions a week. I think it would be a great opportunity for me to really get into good shape, along with toning and hopefully combating the extra skin problem. Plus, it would be a great stress outlet for me, and I always work out better when I know that I HAVE to be somewhere, you know? I signed up for another 5K! I ran two of them last year, and decided I want to go to St. Jude's again this year to run again. It's for a good cause (pediatric cancer), and it's a goal to work towards. I'll be setting up a donation page if anyone would like to help out! Well, I'm off to my first class - espanol! :thumbup: See you all later! (PS: And thanks for the kind words, guys. I really appreciate you all being in my corner. Things will work out, one way or the other, it's just hard going through it.)

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Hello all! I am still alive - I've had a really trying week. I've been stressed and frustrated - guy troubles. There's this guy that I just have this feeling about - a gut instinct that says stick around - but our timing is just so off. I'm working on being thinner and confident, he just got out of a three year relationship and isn't ready to just date one person...I'm just at my wit's end and crying like a madwoman because I wish I met him six months down the road, you know? *sigh* I know, I know, things always work out the way that they're supposed to, and guts don't usually lie and all that, but it's so hard to sit back and watch the person you care about see other people, too. Anyway. I haven't lost much this week - in fact, I've GAINED. I think it's mostly water though, as my lower legs/ankles/feet are SO swollen I can't believe it. So, I guess I might actually have lost a little. I took a Pamprin today hoping that it helps, plus I'm really pounding the water. I started classes yesterday - my Spanish class seems like it should be okay, my Philosophy class might be a little rough, and my Criminal Justice class might be a little rough, too. Who knows? Well. I don't have to work today, I guess, so I think I'm going to take a nap and then head to the gym. Talk to you all soon!

Hey! I'd like to be added --- 8/22/08 235/-19

Hopefully all my working out will have some good results. I don't see any trace of sagging skin yet, but I'm still a good 70-80 higher than my goal of 150-160. I carry a lot of weight in my hips and butt though, so I'd like to lose THAT. For the person who asked - I'm 5'5, and my highest was 254. I got down to 219 last year and didn't see any extra skin then, either. Well, I'll just cross my fingers!

Hello! I am 23 and am working on losing 90-100 lbs. I work out 4-5 days a week doing cardio/toning/weights, and would like to know if anyone has lost this amount and NOT had the extra skin. All I hear about are those with it - as I'm said, I'm in my early 20s and want to enjoy the rest of my twenties wearing cute clothes and swimsuits! I also take Vitamins and drink lots of Water - any thoughts?

I PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am now an official CERTIFIED PEDIATRIC REGISTERED NURSE!!!!!!! :huh2::tongue::hurray::ohmy::wink::wink2: Okay, done with my personal party. :mad2: Bea; I too am in school and will be back in school during the last 10-14 days of August next year. Maybe we should plan on something during the summer instead? July or June maybe? I am in St. Louis - pretty much central to everywhere there is a port!

I don't know how serious you all are about it - but I'm off today and would be happy to start looking around! I vote somewhere fabulous like the Virgin Islands! What are we thinking - 5 days? Well, I'm eating a yummy breakfast of string cheese and egg salad - I'm really trying to increase my protein. I do well eating healthy (Jenny Craig), but I lack on the protein end. So, this week at JC I'm going to do just the breakfasts and some lunches, and the rest on my own. I'd like to eat the breakfasts for dinner and my protein early on. Alright - time to finish breakfast and head to my exam! Cross your fingers for me! I'll check back when I get home and see what the general consensus is for where to cruise to! UPDATE: This is a cruise I found on vacationstogo.com: ARRIVE DEPART MonAug3Galveston, TX 4:00pmTueAug4At SeaWedAug5Merida (Progreso), Mexico 7:00am3:00pmThuAug6Cozumel, Mexico 8:00am4:00pmFriAug7At SeaSatAug8Galveston, TX 8:00am

Hey all! I should be sleeping - I have a huge certification exam in 9 hours, but I can't sleep! Life has been very stressful lately - lots of boy issues, etc, etc, etc. Anyway. I didn't check in after my JC appointment, but the verdict was - 235.8, just like my home scale. I thought about it after I left and remember I weighed naked before I went, so my tee and shorts probably made up the extra .8 of an pound. Now that I'm consistantly losing, I've decided my long term goal is to hit my goal of 160 by Valentine's Day. Yes, I know that's in 6 months, but I think it'll give me good motivation to keep on moving. If I'm honest with myself, I'd LOVE to be 140 in the end, but I'm afraid if I drop that low, I'll have to deal with the extra skin. I got down to 218 last year, and I didn't notice skin, so I don't have to stress quite yet, but I've always been overweight and I do have a lot of stretch marks, so I know the skin there is damaged pretty badly. But, hopefully my age and genetics and good skin care will make a difference and it won't be there? Any thoughts, anyone? I went to the Gyn today and we talked about my girls...one has always been smaller than the other, but now that I'm losing weight, I think she's shrinking at a more alarming rate. I asked the MD if she thought that it would continue that way and she basically said that there is no way to tell, but the option of having an enhancement on one of them is always there. I say...hell, if I get one done, I may as well get 'em both done! I already started a PS fund, just in case. If I don't need it when I'm done, I'll just take my lump sum and pay a good portion of my surgery, seeing that I'll be paying on that for five years! This week my goal is to step up my workouts from 30 minutes 5/week to 30 minutes 3 days this week and 60 minutes two days. Today I jogged/walked in place during an entire episode of Lost (40 minutes) and did toning exercises for 25 minutes. I'm really busting butt on the toning. I can actually feel the muscles a little bit under my chubb now! :cursing: Now if I could just LOSE the chubb! hahaha Alright ladies - I vote for a cruise next August! And you can take this now and remember it: NURSE WILL ROCK A BIKINI ON THE CRUISE. So it's up to you all to keep my exercisin' self in line so I can meet my goal of losing 15 lbs this month. (10 is my usual goal, but I'm already at 10.8 this month with 10 days to go, and I was at 235.4 this morning!)