KayleighsMommy

First off.. let me say congratulations on your daughter, and please accept my condolences on the loss of your husband. I agree with Restless Monkey, generally diets don't work (as we all know...having done them again and again) She is also right about the band only addressing your physical hunger. "Head hunger" is something entirely different. I know of one person who, did in fact, follow a post op diet to lose weight before surgery. She lost so much she decided against surgery!! All I know is I, personally, would not be able to sustain a large loss..... but that doesn't mean you (or anyone else) can't. I will never regret my band, though I can say it is not right for everyone. Unfortunetly this is a decision only you can make for you. If you ever want or need to talk on a one-to-one basis, please feel free to PM me. julie

Theresa-- A no loss is always better than a gain. Hope the dance was fun. How was the induction ceremony... and more importantly....... did you win at the casino????? :biggrin: Snowgator -5 lbs PartyAntOvrYt -25 lbs/ -4 laptastic -16 lbs/ 0 deboregon -10lbs/ -2 Kayleighsmommy -15 lbs/ +1.8 Coloradomom -25 lbs Lap_dancer -8 lbs minidriver -12 lbs mem620 -15 lbs BellaPerdente -5 lbs

Dee-- I'm sorry you are feeling so bad. Hopefully you will feel better soon. Mini-- Lookin' good :blushing: Snowgator -5 lbs PartyAntOvrYt -25 lbs/ 4 laptastic -16 lbs deboregon -10lbs Kayleighsmommy -15 lbs/ +1.8 Coloradomom -25 lbs Lap_dancer -8 lbs minidriver -12 lbs/ -1.4 mem620 -15 lbs

<revised> Snowgator -5 lbs PartyAntOvrYt -25 lbs laptastic -16 lbs deboregon -10lbs Kayleighsmommy -15 lbs/ +1.8 Coloradomom -15 lbs Lap_dancer -8 lbs minidriver -12 lbs mem620 -15 lbs G.... you changed to -15, right?

Well... for our first weigh in I managed to gain 1.8 :biggrin:. It's been TOM and I have not been as careful eating as I should. Just gives me more incentive for next week :blushing: Snowgator -5 lbs PartyAntOvrYt -25 lbs laptastic -16 lbs deboregon -10lbs Kayleighsmommy -15 lbs/ +1.8 Coloradomom -25 lbs Lap_dancer -8 lbs minidriver -12 lbs mem620 -15 lbs Please let me know if I missed you on the list, and you would like to join this challenge.

Wow!!! Thanks for sharing. Yep, that seroma is quite big (and if anyone knows seromas, it's me :wub:) The whole thing looks painful, but I can see a wonderful flat tummy there!!!! Well worth it, I'm sure! :tongue2:

Yep, I really liked it. She must cruise through a LOT of blogs to find one she likes. Wonder how she found mine?

Sure. Better off to say 15 and lose 25 than the other way around (at least for me :wub:) Snowgator -5 lbs PartyAntOvrYt -25 lbs laptastic -16 lbs deboregon -10lbs Kayleighsmommy -15 lbs Coloradomom -15 lbs Lap_dancer -8 lbs minidriver -12 lbs

Has anyone ever seen the weight loss surgery channel online? My blog was featured on it this week. That is kind of a thrill to me. If anyone is interested, the link is: http://ow.ly/p0gZ It seems to be a very informative channel, I think I will check it out weekly.

WOW... I just glanced at my ticker and realized I am halfway there (though I am shooting for 180's, should be closer to 150...so that is subject to change :laugh:)

Hope I got everyone: Snowgator -5 lbs PartyAntOvrYt -25 lbs laptastic -16 lbs deboregon -10lbs Kayleighsmommy -15 lbs Coloradomom -25 lbs Lap_dancer -8 lbs minidriver -12 lbs

Oh, man. Sorry about that. At least the doctor is right on top of it. That is my biggest fear once I have my TT (down the road). I have had a hernia repair twice and both times have gotten an infected seroma. Hoping yours heals soon with no problems. Has he mentioned putting a drain in it?? As if you need another drain, I know, but that's how my first one healed.

Hmmmmm.... there are so many things. Where should I start? About 15 years ago I was dating via the personal ads. There was one guy I arranged to meet at a restauraunt. We met outside. When I introduced myself he got a strange look on his face and said "Sorry, you're too big for me"then turned and walked away. a-hole. I never lied. I always made sure guys knew I was a "big girl". Plus.... he wasn't all that skinny himself. The thing that made my final decision for lapband?? I had my then 4 year old daughter at McDonalds Playplace. This brat about 10 or so kept coming up to me and asking me why I was so fat?? Then she tried to karate kick me in the belly. All this in front of my daughter. :laugh: The thing that still hurts the most?? About 25 years ago I was friends with this guy named Steve. We were together all the time if we weren't at work or college, we were together on the phone. I knew I was just the nice fat girl who was his friend, but I still thought out friendship meant something. He had a crush on my younger, thin sister, but that didn't bug me cuz we were friends. Last year a friend of ours passed away, and I called to tell him. I said this is Julie W...... from years ago. His reply? "Oh, yeah, Sheilas sister" I still want to cry thinking about it. :cursing:

Snowgator -5 lbs PartyAntOvrYt -25 lbs laptastic -16 lbs deboregon -10lbs Kayleighsmommy -15 lbs Coloradomom -25 lbs

Good for you!! :frown: So.... the next time we see you is your hair going to be considerably shorter?? :thumbup:

That is just great news. Congrats on that. Can't wait til I am able to say that!!!!

Good for you!!! :party:That is great news. It will only get better from now on!! :w00t:

Thanks for that!!! :blushing: I know you are coming in on Sept 30 <Wednesday> for your post op. Red Robin anyone???

Well, ladies, thime for the next challenge. Someone suggested a Halloween challenge, so that's what we will go with. Halloween is on Saturday this year.... so.... lets do our first weigh in this Saturday. This will give us 7 weeks. Here is who I have so far. Please let me know if you would like to join, or if I missed you: Snowgator -5 lbs PartyAntOvrYt -25 lbs laptastic -16 lbs deboregon -10lbs Kayleighsmommy -15 lbs

I went back to the beginning of this thread and read it thorugh. So many of the posters could have been me. I have been suffering with the same self destructive issues. I went into this whole thing (banding) with open eyes. No one lied to me, no one told me it would be easy. Yet I still expect it to be easy. I still expect the weight just to magically disappear. I still expect that I can eat what I want (just a lot smaller portions) and I will lose. Guess what??? It's not happening. Big suprise, huh? Someone (in an earlier post) said she was afraid to lose weight. I honestly believe this is a big part of my problem. I have been closer to 300+ than 200 pounds for at least 15 years. I would diet and get near 200. Then I would get scared and start gaining again. I am seriously contemplating going to see a psychologist. I need to find out why I have this "mental block" to losing weight. I know I just need to get on the program. I need to follow my diet, I need to exercise. I need to accept that I am the one responsible for weight loss (or the lack of it). I need to want this enough to do what I need to do. I need to be totally honest with myself....

Mmmmmm.. chocolate covered bacon. :mad: Was it as good as it sounds?? I saw that on the news last night and it sounded great. The bacon flavored ice cream with bacon bits?? Not so much. The thought of that just grossed me out. I have decided to skip the school meeting (bad, bad mommy) and go to RR tonight. What time are you planning on being there?? Looking forward to meeting up tonight with whoever is coming.

No weight loss... but a gain of .6 to report. I am not too sad about it though.... I still did over 12 pounds in the challenge :sad: Dee--- :hurray: Woohoo for you, :hurray: you are just awesome. You are losing so well. I wish I had half the will to do as well as you do. I just can't seem to get it into my head yet that this is WORK. Even after a year I just want the weight to magically fall off without any effort on my part... and it is not happening, darn it!!!! :mad: I'm open to another challenge any time anyone else is. I really want to lose 20 more before I go to MI (Thanksgiving week) that gives me a little over 2 months. I just need to get off my butt and ex-er-cise. I have been relying on my really, really, really tight band to get the job done. :blush2: Now I need to get real and get moving!!!! Any words of wisdom anyone???

Dee---- You'll get a kick out of this. I was reading posts earlier and Kayleigh pointed to your picture and said "that's you, right?" She was so suprised when I told her it was "Miss Dee" and not me.

Thanks for sharing the pics. Best of luck on your surgery.... I'm sure it will be all worth it in the end

And their sizes are so freakin weird. A blue 7 fit me so much better than a yellow 8 (which were quite tight). :sneaky: Go figure.....