mstrina27

congrats jason.... I got my approval, and my Dr. just fax'd over my medical clerance yesterday. I also got me approval letter in the mail from my insurance company... so i am on cloud 10 right now... when u go to the ticker page to get a ticket in another screen have your lapband talk edit profile page up and on the left hand side click on edit signature and copy the ticker and past it in the edit signature box and save and u should be all good..

that is fantastic.... congratulations....

so they didn't have u on any liquid shakes... i could only imagine how u felt when u woke up... u can't go back now so just make the best of it...U can do it... all i can say is the 2 shakes and 1 meal a day is hard as hell...lol

may i ask what were you eating prior to your procedure? that is so not cool....

Well congrats...would be in order...

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Actually I have read other post with people loosing more weight myself.. Are you following the instructions you were given by your Dr's office if not i would get back to that.... I would not eat what others are eating.. just because it can go down dosent mean u should eat it....not saying that u are doing that...

Congrats on your weight loss thus far....lol r u kidding.. u are doing excellent... and you are not working out too much too soon.. Your body will soon catch up.. keep doing what you are doing.. make sure on at least 1 day out of the week consume about 200 more calories so that will trick your body into burning more... and u will see the loss again but dont slack on the workouts.. you are doing fantastic....

congrats... your process looks really fast...

I would like to know how much weight everyone has lost after being banded?

OMG YOUR WEIGHT LOSS IS AMAZING... Wow.. what is your eating like.. plz tell me...lol:ohmy:

So u went to Dr. Roshard at the WTSurgical Center and u feel as if you arnt doing good.. who have u spoke with in the office and what have you been eating?

I am more determined than ever. You all just don't know how much you all are motivating me to do the right thing. I have read post thu out the board and i haven't seen one post that says... Wow my Dr. told me to take it easy and not to workout for about 2-weeks just do light walking, but nothing to stressful... But someone says the hell with that.. 1-week post op i went to the gym and worked out like 1 hr on the elliptical, i did 150-crunches, i did my arms, my thighs, inner and outer.. man i think i may have over did it.. but i feel great!!!! It seems like there are no slips on working-out to soon..lol.. but with the food intake its like there was a slight change if any at all. Why are we eating things that got us overweight in the first place. If you are trying to loose weight you should not eat certain things bottom line. Those things should be history, and i'm not afraid to let those things go and never look back because it's like pointing a loaded gun to my head... and playing russian rulette and saying.. Oh that pack of Cookies didn't give me a heart attack that time, so i guess it will be ok for me to eat that + something else..NO NO NO....You have to say enough is enough. I am tired of doing the same thing and getting the same results.. I have to make this change in order to get better results. We are here to inspire each other with our struggles and our stories. What you may be going thru will help me, and if not me someone else. I just want everyone to be successful at this point in the road, because it is no fun being overweight, and I get tired of hearing people saying I don't know why he or she is getting any thing done they are not going to loose any weight any way... or if they do they will just gain it back....That ticks me off... I have no health problems. THANK GOD... I am doing it to improve my quality of life. I have eaten snickers bars, pb cubs, doritos, hershey bars, garretts cheese & carmel popcorn, pop, twinkies, cup cakes, peach cobbler, fried chicken, ice cream, mac & cheese, pizza, & nacho's enough to get from chicago to NYC if i put everything right in front of the other... and i refuse to make my junk pile circle the earth..... Even if you can't put 100% into it right now do more than 50% you owe it to yourself no one else...... Love u....:wub:

From what my Dr's office told me was to take the membrane out of citrus fruit, and to peal the skin because that will make it really hard to digest and or to go down, the roughage is fibrous type foods, they are not digestable so they push all of the bad stuff out of our system and keep us regular, later on like at least 4-6mths into it i'm sure u can eat it, but your Dr's office should give you a guide of what you can and can't eat. The more clear you are on this the more successful you will be and the weight will come off with no problem.

YES YES YES.... Thanks...

It was posted a few weeks ago and i want to send the link to a friend of mine and i can't find it..

I love the magic bullet. When my last boyfriend and I broke up. I kept his.... lol.. He was like now your breaking my heart...lol.. I luv it.. I just need to know where u purchase more cups from... and i am a huge fan of lean cusine and ww meals also...

Now I don't have to start my pre-op diet until the 7th of May. I go in on the 13th to have my blood work and every done prior to being banded on the 15th. I have made up in my mind that I am going to start my pre-op diet on this coming Monday. I think my major struggle is eating out of being board... or when i'm upset... So i know I am going to have to really focus on what triggers my eating..I am not going to do the last supper type of thing, because I think that will make it worse for me to do the right thing... I am ready to start this new life of mine... please keep me in your prayers and i will do like wise and keep you all in mine.. Nothing but success, and great things i hope for you all....

That is what i have read, and I want it to go as smooth as possiable. I want to wake up and my Dr say wow Katrina I have never had a band go on that easy before....Do u think while he is in there he can get a vacum and suck some of the fat out or just pull it out thru the insion in my tummy...lol.. just kidding..

well congratulations u have one of the hardest parts out of the way.. The best part about it is that you should be banded before the end of 2008...

That sucks... but everything happens for a reason... so just focus on u, and everything will be ok..

Now that is scary....wow.....:frown:

I am being banded on the same day...and i'm out patient also...

Wow... You all are truly helping me soooo much... I can relate to falling asleep while watching the news.... fantastic information... I can't keep stressing you all are amazing... Thanks for taking the time to share...:frown::thumbup::thumbup::sad::thumbup::tongue::thumbup::w00t::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

did u loose any weight