mstrina27

wow... how did everything turn out???

I agree... I am glad i found this post because I thought it was just me...lol.. I understand that we (I) can't control what other people do but it is amazing that people can tell u what u should and shouldn't eat when they know u are trying to loose weight...

So how is everything going with u? Do u have a band date yet? How long did it take?

This is fantastic.....

U know i read a post from someone that was dead set on calling their Dr. to have the band removed... but come to find out they were on only liquids for a long time. Sometimes when u are not eating u will get panicky... if that's a word.. prehaps u should drink some v-8 juice or something that will make u feel a little better than just the protien drinks... U have come this far don't stop now... u can do it...

You know u just realized something....When things happen that are beyond your control u look to food as a confort... I did the same thing a week ago i was angry at work and the first thing i did was walk to the vending machine.. didn't buy anything because i realized why i was eating but once u notice it u can stop it.... I am so sorry about the fall..I hope u feel better reallyyyyy soon... Also I dont think it will hurt u and actually because you have been doing so well that will actually boost your metabolism as crazy as it sounds.. thats why on the biggest looser the trainers let the cast have 1 cheat day because it tricks your body into burning more calories... so watch u will prob. loose about 5more lbs... thats ok.. just don't go too far off course.....

Oh my goodness...I am in the same boat...I call my surgical center like every other day...like hello it's stalker Katrina how r u doing... have u all received everything yet? I'm sure after it's all over with we will all become great friends......lol but yes u do have to call, call, check up and call again.. because its for u not them... so if they put your file on the counter and forget to sent papers over who r they hurting u not themselves....:grouphug:

You know there is power in words... and when u said that "You will consider monday as your new birthday" A light bulb went off and I am there right with u. Turning points in your life are always marked with a date. Who says you can't have 2-birthday's.. ahhh I love it... and congrats...:thumbup::grouphug:

I totally agree... and from this point on make sure u get a file started in-regards to your Dr's apt's so u wont have to go thru having things faxed and or mailed... If u have it it will make it so much easier and faster... and always get copies at the end of the visit of the triage sheet as well... It's your personal information so u have a right to it... besides it charts your weight and blood preassure.

U know my highest weight was like 320ish and I was depressed after my brother was killed...so instead of drinking my self to death i worked out because before he was killed I made a promise to him that I would change and that I would workout and eat better..and he made a promise to me as well to change his life for the better.. In the process he was taken away... Eveything happens for a reason and i understand so much more now... After I got prego I gained it back and here I am now..... I am currently about 280 and I have over 100lbs to loose as well... and yes i must say... it is hard as hell... and someone said to me yesterday wow... u look good why are u trying to loose so much weight and i like i am doing for me..so the risk of me developing illiness will be lowered or deminish all together... I have a 3-year old so to raise.. and i want to be here for him.. so he can see how life was ment to be lived.... and oh baby... I am on that road and I wont get off... so congrats on everyone's progress thus far... I should be hearing something this week in regards to a freekin band date... or im going to wire my mouth shut...lol..

Just like I posted in my last thread. I don't know why I stopped working out, I guess not wanting to loose to much too fast and them saying that I didn't need the procedure done. But since it is taking so long I am getting really pissed off at myself for not working out. So i'm going to get back on track A.S.A.P. Now from your experience does working-out help you heal faster vs not being active? I am more determined to get this freekin fat off more than ever.

wow.... im sorry to hear about the complications... however congrats on your banding... and even tho i dont have a freekin band date yet i have stopped taking my diet pills and my enegry level has been crappy....

lol...Well u know I have been told since i am doing so good with loosing the weight why have it done.. and i'm like i don't have a problem with loosing it.. It is keeping it off... as well as i am always hungry.. or either I think im always hungry...lol.. good info

You know what... you are her employer at this present moment... and if you have an HMO she is required to write a letter for you. She can have an assistant of hers to write it if she dosen't know how... That's what the real problem is. What a jerk. I would call her and make her staff aware that I would report her to the american medical association, but that prob. wouldn't do any good because she it's really not like she prescribed u the wrong medication or anything.... What a jerk :blushing::mad2:

Well Bella you are not the only one that has the what if's... But u know I will put it to u like this. What if u do loose the weight, and are able to do everything u have ever deamed of doing in life? What if u surpass your own expectation? Now playing the devil's advoicate...:tongue_smilie: what if u do eat to much? What if u don't loose the weight u really want to loose? What if others look at u as a failure? SO WHAT.. all u can do is dust your sholders off and start over and over and over until u get it right and start to see some positive changes. bottom line. Who cares what anyone says or thinks at this point. If you make your mind up that u want to do it for u... then u will.....:frown:

U know I was the same way... I have to load mine with ice... it has to be ice ice ice...:sad: cold for me to drink it.... and sometimes i will put in in the magic bullet and mix it up and i can only drink it with a straw. Other than that i wont be able to drink it.. it reminds me of drinking hott butter milk...:frown::thumbup::thumbs_down:... sorry i almost threw up...but try it with a lot of ice and see how that works... make sure it is realllllllyyyyy cold and the ice will help to think it out also....

Well first off I would definately try cleaning out your colon.. by taking psyllium husk Fiber 500mg at least 2 2x's a day... and drink.. 2 protien shakes and having 1 meal a day... and u will drop the weight pretty quick... if u do this plz let me know how it works... also make sure that u drink plenty of Water and or crystal lyte......:tongue_smilie:

How much do u need to loose... because u said that u only have a 4cc band, that's not that much of a restriction.....at 4cc im thinking... at the max and u have 1/2 of your band filled now... why such the small band size...Did they give u an option

Wow... This is deep....I have been there when i lost weight before. I never reached my goal, however i was close to reaching it before i got prego... but that is so true... because i noticed about myself that i would stop trying to be funny and making people laugh because i was fat. Now i had to worry about others thinking that I would take their guy because i had come out of a 'shell' and people saw how pretty i really am. Now it's like u don't fit with the 'fat' people...or the 'thin' people. It seems like u just imerged and dropped from out of space and have to find out who's who again. I am going thru this all over again... because picking the weight up again of course all of my fat friends wanted to talk to me and hang out.. but since it's coming off.. i find myself not talking to them as much like they are thinking i'm too good for them or something... This is one of my major issues...I posted about this also...Great Thread....

That is true everything u eat does have Water in it. However no Doctor, nutrionist, or personal trainer will tell u that water is not 1 key element to being healthy period. We may not have to drink as much as we once thought, however we do still have to drink it. Most times people retain water becasue they don't drink enough to replinish what was used. Also by drinking plain ol water will help to rid your body of toxins and to clean u out. Not to say that all water is pure... Use a purifieror what ever u like just drink it.......Just like drinking milk helps u to loose weight also. It's the Vitamin D... that does it.. That is what a personal trainer said. So there are a lot of things that have good benifits if u use them properly over use of some things are just as bad as not using them at all....

In my opinion i have learned the hard way that u have to drink water... yuck.... I really don't care for water... but when u want to loose weight your body has to be hydrated... in order to do so... So even if u have to drink crystal lite or whylers lite... do it at least it's something... My mother couldn't stand water.. so she put sugar in hers... of course that's not good but that is the only way she could drink it... but u do have to have plain old H20:rolleyes2:

I think what she is saying is that she was 50lbs heavier so picking up the seeds and the pet food wasen't really a prob. when she looked at it in retrospect...

That is wonderfun....That's the exact thing i tell people... i'm like when i have more energy i will be able to do more things... it is amazing how loosing the weight makes u move faster...

I would love to be a size 10.. at first i said a size 12 but a 12 is too close to a 14 which is too close to being over weight for me again....