lianna

Sunday Went over to Mario and MaryLou's last night and I drank 4 glasses of Merlot. I feel completely like shit this morning. I have the worst hangover ever. I took an Actos and had a bowl of potato soup. My blood sugar is probably going to be screwed all day now. I am out of test strips and need to go to Walgreens and spend freaking $50 and get some. I must have been majorly dehydrated this morning, scale said 204 lbs. It will be back at 207 tomorrow, I need to STOP weighing everyday, lol.

Congratulations! Thanks for posting the tips, I am going to get a glass of water right now!

Thanks Asphalt Angel!!!! I think she looks even thinner now than in the bikini pic. However she did it, she has lost an incredible amount of weight. I personally dont care for her much but she must be feeling like a whole new person now!

One solution is to stop reading if a thread gets offensive, off topic, hateful, etc.... However, I think Alexandra's suggestion is also an easy sensible solution, to have a moderation tag "Adult content" on any thread not specified as such. That would make it very clear what topic is about. It would be great if people would just post non-band topics in the lounge, but unfortunatly they dont always post there.

Saturday 207 lbs b........Atkins Advantage drink l......... Lean cuisine It is 4:00 and I am starving. I am having another protien drink, I should just eat some chicken or something....it stays with me longer. I am getting a small fill next saturday! Maybe to 1.7ccs. dinner.....the last of the leftover meatloaf and a salad

Saturday 207 lbs b........Atkins Advantage drink l......... Lean cuisine It is 4:00 and I am starving. I am having another protien drink, I should just eat some chicken or something....it stays with me longer. I am getting a small fill next saturday! Maybe to 1.7ccs. dinner.....the last of the leftover meatloaf and a salad

Friday b.....weight control oatmeal, piece of sausage l......taco salad, no shell snack..........3 cheese cubes d......3/4 cup meatloaf with sourcream, salsa, cheese, tortilla chips mixed into it. Was like taco salad! snack....CIB OMG,,,I need a fill. I am not staying full at all and just trying to not eat CRAP in between meals. I get full on smaller amounts, I just dont STAY full. I have gone from 214 on Jan 1st to 207.5 today. I am in the one lb a week range. Still slow and steady.

Friday b.....weight control oatmeal, piece of sausage l......taco salad, no shell snack..........3 cheese cubes d......3/4 cup meatloaf with sourcream, salsa, cheese, tortilla chips mixed into it. Was like taco salad! snack....CIB OMG,,,I need a fill. I am not staying full at all and just trying to not eat CRAP in between meals. I get full on smaller amounts, I just dont STAY full. I have gone from 214 on Jan 1st to 207.5 today. I am in the one lb a week range. Still slow and steady.

Do you have any comorbitities? Blood pressure, blood sugar, sleep apnea, etc..? Get a complete workup in the meantime, and if you have any weight related complications usually insurance will cover a BMI of 35 with comorbids. If that is the case you can still do the supervised diet and take off some pounds PRIOR to surgery. If you are completely healthy and just overweight you are in the "catch 22" of this process.

I had Dr Sanchez in Monterrey and cant say enough good things about him or about the hospital and staff. I have also never heard anything negative about Sanchez or Rumbaut. The SantaEngracia hospital is an American owned hospital and the anethesiologist was banded by Sanchez, which I thought was reassuring. The CEO of the hospital actually visits you in your room, he is an American and was also banded. I know that Rumbaut is also a fine surgeon, I just went with Sanchez because I know someone that he banded and it felt "right" to me. I will gladly give you my phone number if you want to ask any questions or get some more detailed answers, just send me a PM if you want me talk.

Okay super-rabbit!!! It is time to post pics on the before and after thread!! Share with us, we wanna see we wanna see!!!

1/03/06 214 lbs 1/31/06 212 lbs 2/02/06 210 lbs 2/18/06 207.5 lbs Well, my goal was to lose 10 lbs and hit 204 by March 1st. I might make it. I am glad I am tracking this here because I feel like I am not losing anything when in reality I am just losing it very slowly. I am weighing EVERY day, big mistake. I will see 209,209,208.5,208.5 etc.. and by the time it actually sticks on 208 I dont even realize I have lost an actual pound. NSV My waist has gone from 43 inches to 37 inches. I cant believe I am admitting how fat my belly was, but I am so darn proud to have lost 6 inches around my waist!!! Cleaned out my closet and threw out tons of pants and skirts. Now for the butt and thighs to start shrinking.......

Shelly, That is a beautiful dress...very elegant. Thanks for sharing the pics with us, you look gorgeous in it! You've lost a great deal of weight already, I have faith that you can do this. It may come off slower the closer you get to goal, but I think you can make it. Hope your new fill helps out. I am super finicky with fills also. I literally slimed when I had my fill from 1cc to 1.5... stood up and before I even had a second sip of water I was salivating and had to spit in a trashcan. It was not only spit but actual "slime", after that I was able to drink my water and the doctor let me leave with the 1.5ccs. Of course, I was back 9 days later to unfill to 1.3 ccs, so even small amounts make a HUGE difference for some of us. Maybe you will be able to get another teeny tiny fill in a couple of weeks and really creep SLOWLY to better restriction again?

Didnt she lose over 150 lbs? I think she had bypass. I think she lost a very large amount in a relatively short time, it seems much more like bypass results to me. More power to her however, she is simply trying to get back control of her weight....just like we are. I cant wait for someone to scan the darn pic though, lol!!! Bensmum, can you do you a "before" pic with the bikini one?

Thursday I saw 207 on the scale this morning! I need a fill, I am able to eat too much and feeling hungry! I want to wait until 199 lbs though......In January I filled to 1.5ccs, unfilled to 1.3ccs 9 days later, and filled back to 1.5ccs two weeks later. At $100 a visit that was $300 in 3 weeks. breakfast....JackintheBox combo, ate the sausage and egg and threw out the bread, had half the hash brown. lunch....2 beef enchiladas, 3 bites of refried beans snack.....some beef jerky dinner.....meatloaf, cabbage, an apricot

Thursday I saw 207 on the scale this morning! I need a fill, I am able to eat too much and feeling hungry! I want to wait until 199 lbs though......In January I filled to 1.5ccs, unfilled to 1.3ccs 9 days later, and filled back to 1.5ccs two weeks later. At $100 a visit that was $300 in 3 weeks. breakfast....JackintheBox combo, ate the sausage and egg and threw out the bread, had half the hash brown. lunch....2 beef enchiladas, 3 bites of refried beans snack.....some beef jerky dinner.....meatloaf, cabbage, an apricot

OOMG I was so afraid of the anesthesia. It it just nothing. Really. It is a common fear and you will be fine. What's your date? You willl have tons of good thoughts coming from LBT.

Like the tide, it all blows, or blows over. edit to add........dont leave us.....we are mostly a great supportive group

I said I needed a week off because I was having a laproscopic Myomectomy (fibroids removal) and left it at that. It took me a year to decide to do this and it is a very personal decision for me, I feel no quilt at all over lying about the real surgery I had. Now three months later people are noticing I am losing weight, but good grief they've seen me with a Slimfast almost every morning and eating salads and Lean Cuisines every lunch and definitely dont make any connection to the surgery I had months ago.

Monday b....protein shake l.....beef caldo, 4 chips and salsa d....blackened fish, salad, broccoli, .....later a poptart Tuesday b....coffee 10:00 ran and got a taco on my conference, bacon and egg with bean...ate the tortilla l.....handful of almonds, some jerky, a piece of cheese d....steak, salad, asparagus.....I think I need a fill My students brought me so much crap, but all I ate was 3 chocolate covered strawberries. I brought the rest home to John. Good thing I dont have much of a sweet tooth.

Monday b....protein shake l.....beef caldo, 4 chips and salsa d....blackened fish, salad, broccoli, .....later a poptart Tuesday b....coffee 10:00 ran and got a taco on my conference, bacon and egg with bean...ate the tortilla l.....handful of almonds, some jerky, a piece of cheese d....steak, salad, asparagus.....I think I need a fill My students brought me so much crap, but all I ate was 3 chocolate covered strawberries. I brought the rest home to John. Good thing I dont have much of a sweet tooth.

I am still confused because in your blog you say that you were banded in 2005 and had the serious illness years before. You post your ticker showing that you had 69 lbs to lose and have lost 53, and then had a tummy tuck done....and are looking into lipo, breast job, nose job. Could your doctor just be concerned that you dont need more fill? Maybe he truly thinks you dont need to lose anymore weight.

I have had my husband and my dog both for 13 years. Both are skinny. My husband still wears 32 waist jeans, while I have gone from a size 9 to a size 20....seems unfair, lol. My dad is tall (6'3") and thin, my sister is 5'10" and thin. My mom is 5'3" and has been around 200lbs for at least 25 years. I swear you could stand us side by side and cover our heads and not tell us apart.

Unfill. I had almost the exact same situation, I was at 1.0 and went to 1.5 and was miserable for 9 days and living on mostly mushies. I unfilled to 1.3 and it was like heaven. I think you will still need to do a day of liquids with the unfill just really give everything a chance to get over the irritation, but a tiny unfill can make a BIG difference.

I am curious as to what you weigh now? Is your doctor refusing to fill you any more because he thinks you have no more excess weight to lose? This is confusing and I feel like I am missing part of the story. However, you still have the band and should find a barriatric surgeon experienced with the lapband that would be willing to take you on as a new patient. You dont have to give up on the band just because you no longer have your original doctor. Hope things work out for you!