mstrina27

Me myself If my Dr tells me that it will be a safer procedure i will do what he says. So if he says by going on a 2-week fast liquids only or if he tells me to have 1 piece of cheese on 1/2 of cracker and drink nothing but crystal lyte I would do it. if it would save my life and make things better for him to get the procedure done. I would think that something was wrong if the Dr. did not advise me to change the way i ate and 97% of people with a bmi over 38% have to. That's just me. I would think it might be a little risky to continue to eat the normal way pigging out.. already being over weight.. why would u put more fat on your liver than necessary....

I agree... It's not to scare u it's to make sure that u do the right thing...If u want to have it done.

You know I am so motivated by the Biggest Looser. I had thought about after I reached my goal weight would I have sug. to flatten out my tummy but i have decided that I will workout really hard to make sure that my body is how i want it to be. I am so pumped up about loosing this weight It aint funny. As the weather gets warmer that just pushes me more to get to where I really want to be. There is more to life than being fat, lazy... I want to enjoy life. It is already too short and it dosen't make since to have it shortened by being fat... In the process of taking control for real...:thumbs_up::thumbup::thumbup:

wow... excellent info....

You know I am so motivated by the Biggest Looser. I had thought about after I reached my goal weight would I have sug. to flatten out my tummy but i have decided that I will workout really hard to make sure that my body is how i want it to be. I am so pumped up about loosing this weight It aint funny. As the weather gets warmer that just pushes me more to get to where I really want to be. There is more to life than being fat, lazy... I want to enjoy life. It is already too short and it dosen't make since to have it shortened by being fat... In the process of taking control for real...:thumbup::thumbup:

Ok today is Thursday April 10th and If I am not banded by this time next month I am not going to get it done. I figure it is taking too damn long and I have come a long way anyway. I found out that my highest weight was 327... 327 that's a lot of damn weight to loose from where I am now. I recall the nutrst. asked well how did u loose the weight from 327 to where u are now? and I had to tell her the truth by working out and eating a lot less. This is some hard crap to do but I am not a quitter and I will make this happen.

Ok today is Thursday April 10th and If I am not banded by this time next month I am not going to get it done. I figure it is taking too damn long and I have come a long way anyway. I found out that my highest weight was 327... 327 that's a lot of damn weight to loose from where I am now. I recall the nutrst. asked well how did u loose the weight from 327 to where u are now? and I had to tell her the truth by working out and eating a lot less. This is some hard crap to do but I am not a quitter and I will make this happen.

You know that's what i may have to do. I understand that a lot of times faxes sometimes get pushed to the side, but my concern is ME... I am such a nice person and I follow up like I should to make sure that everything is being taken care of and when they are like uhhh The Dr. has to sign off on them and to make sure that everything is ok before we fax them over i'm like wtf does he have to look at them for He should have done everything he had to do at the end of the appointment 2-dam years ago... Seeing that it is in Downtown Chicago I have to pay for parking $16 bucks for what 20-minutes... ouch or walk 2-years to the building.... uhhhhh gotta do wht i gotta do i guess...and stop whinning...Thanks

:redface: I am so pissed off... My case hasen't even went to my insurance company I have records from 2002 to current..I just had to tell them that I have records from 2006 I don't need theirs... Why is it like pulling teeth to get your stuff? My major issue with them is that a release of information form was faxed over like 2-3 weeks ago and when I called to see why it was taking so long for it to be sent over they were like. Sorry we can't use their release of information form, it has to be on ours. :tongue::cursing::w00t: Ok when were you people going to let someone know? I'm off of my soap box for now... This really diggs in my skin because I am so ready to get this process started....

This is just the start of something good. You know it's like u knowing that you have a million dollars in the bank to use at your disposal. When u know u have money in the bank, you don't worry about the bills that come because u have the means to pay them. You know its about having what u need to get done what u need to get done....

I would love to see that blur...lol.. I am eating less and everything I haven't worked out in like 2-weeks thinking that uhhh I will have an approval and have the procedure done then i can hit it really hard... Don't ask why I stopped working out... I guess thinking that if I loose too much they would prob. say that I didn't need it, but I'm going to continue with my workouts like i was doing prior and I'm sure I will be just that much further along....

U know I have always said that FAT People are not treated fairly. It is not only African American people, Gay's, Lesibans, Bi-Sexuals, the Poor, It's Fat People also. One thing that I have and will always live by is no matter how skinny, or fat you may be, or how long or short your hair is, how small or how big your lips are or how tall or short you may be some one some where will always find something about u that they don't like... So who gives a damn.... When i use the toliet i wipe my own backside and down that crap goes right along with their opinion....

From what i have heard it sounds like it could have slipped... just from what i have heard.. I would go to the E.R. or call and make an apt. right Away...Plz keep us posted...

do u think u r eating too much?

u can still purchase them online.. I did once and they call me every so often to see if I want to place another order.. But I have found out that is is cheaper if your Dr. prescribes it for you rather than pay the high cost online....

You know I am Orig. from NYC, but now i live in Chicago. Things out here has been been down right outrageous... Too many teenagers, and children, young adults are being killed for no freekin reason... just being where at school, coming outside for goodness sake.. WTF are the parents? Don't they realize that their children are problems in the neighborhood? They know their children are not going to school because the school will call and leave a message saying hey your kid wasn't n school today r u aware? I have a 3-year old son. My brother was killed due to being at the wrong place at the wrong time, and I won't stand for my son being outside riding his bike and someone shooting out of the window trying to hit someone else or someone joy riding in a car and loosing control and runs him over... This is too much.. where in the hell do u have to move to.. To get away from all of the nonsense.... It's too much.. I totally understand. If we as parents take a stand and say hey i'm your mother or father and what i say go, and i don't care if u don't like it we can take our communities back. Seriously... I couldn't go outside unless my mother knew every turn i was going to make. My mother would stand on the porch and call my brother and myself, and if we didn't hear her no outside for us for the rest of the week no matter how hot it was... We all have to get "old school" again...

just wanted an update...

You know when my Mother & Brother were living they were always thin. Exp. my brother he was like 6'1 and about 185lbs he could eat anything and could eat anything he wanted and wouldn't gain any weight.... they would tell me the same thing.. just back up from the table and workout.. now he use to be in the army... so he acted a lot like harvey from celeb. fit club..lol like GET UP GET UP GET YOUR ASS UP AND RUN......NOW...NOW...im like dude im over 300lbs i cant run i will break my freekn ankles... r u crazy... so i do understand...but your metabolism is diffrent from theirs so u have to do whats best for you. Now my support system is my mother & brother because they understood before they both passed on how hard it was & is for me so just DO U.....

who would have thought...wow...

What kind of support system do u have at home. Just know that U ARE NOT A FAILURE.... If you made it to another day... u have 1 more chance to get it right.... u feel me... Don't ever think that you are a failure ever... U need the right people around you that are going to keep u motivated.. and workout with you and not tempt u to eat the wrong things.... The hell with thinking that u are a failure... that is a state of mind... get up brush your sholders off make a Dr's Appointment and start again....

Damnnnn Wow.. That is fantastic......wow.....that's what I'm talking about...:crying:

Some places they do take a medical card... it really depends on what kind of medical card u have... there are hmo's as well as ppo's... u just have to call the main number to find out what is covered... they cover pretty much everything that a regular insurance would cover and sometimes more... and if you start to walk or excercise you wont need any sugery for the skin removal... My highest weight was 327lbs and im like 280 now im not banded yet but i am excercising so as i loose the weight my skin is firming up as well... hope this helps..

Congratulations.... That is fantastic.. if u forget yr pin. it should be able to click on forgot and they should e-mail it to u... i think... but your lost is fantastic...

OMG YOU LOOK AMAZING.... WOW... GOOD JOB....

Is about 5-feet tall and has told me that she wants to loose weight.. she wants to loose about 30lbs.. however I think she is addicted to food.... OMG when u talk about food her eyes light up... :tt1: and she starts to moan.. and say things like yeahhhh that red lobster was amazing.. or this and that was out of sight..:eek: and i sit next to this chick... while trying to drink a strawberry-n-cream slim fast she is shoveling chezzy pasta and chicken down... r u serious.... and then has the nerve to ask me hey are WE:cursing: going to workout after to work today.. and sits and rub's her stomach and says uhhh i am so miseriable... :tt2:. This is not sometimes.. serious this is everyday... I try to have will power and actually i am doing pretty good at it. Last March i weighed 305 because we all were on a weight loss challenge for 1 mth. and since I have been eating right not too bad.. and working out every now and then have come down to about 283. pretty good for not dieting on a serious note.. but some people really make it hard for u to succeed... but sitting next to her actually is making me dislike food all-together.. and that is really crazy. Just listening to her fantasize about her eating excursions make me sick to my stomach... But how do u deal with co-workers that seem like they are trying to do things so u will fail....:thumbup: