loveangelpet

sorry, my cajun girl smarts were showing

thanks juli, now i'm a biker with a ticker... you guys rock! i hope someday to be able to ride as much or as far as all of you!

i dont know where to paste the ticker addy at!!!!! last night another good ride with hubby and daughter.....this is so much fun!!!! I HATE WALKING... biking is so child like... love it love it love it!! thanks all for the advice on here!!! Pet is now hooked!!!! lol

congrats!!! i feel the same way... a little wobbly but its FUN!!!!!!!

well ty all for the welcome feeling!! hubby and i went for ride again last night... i have a great neighborhood for riding... we just kept going for about 45 minutes .. and both had so much fun. of course he's a thin person who can eat what he wants ( that sucks lol) but feels better with the excercise also. i'm banded since nov 07 and so far lost 93lbs... now struggling with what to eat, and such. i dont want to be on a diet i want to be on a healthy eating plan so thats what i'm doing. 17lbs left to get off and i'm hoping biking will help... i didnt excercise as i should before. i'm watching my calories and making healthy choices... and refuse to live on atkins.... if i could do that i'd have done it without band... anyway... thanks again for making me feel like its ok to fit in here. :frown:

ok i'm new to the biking routine. hubby and i bought us each a bike on saturday and began riding in the evening. Wonderful!! Its so fun.. i feel like a girl again, and he's enjoying it to. However i dont think i can get to the miles you guys are riding...YOU ALL ROCK!! 2 miles so far but its more then before... hopefully the scale will keep sliding down ...and i will hit that goal. glad to see this strand and so many of you made me feel like i can do this. thanks

my dermatologist recommended rogain for women and washing with dandruff shampoo and that is helping. i will try the biotin also. were do you get it?

the one thing alot of dr's and nurses forget to tell you is, if you are going to have lapband, and you want it to work, YOU HAVE TO EAT RIGHT! you are on a diet, but a diet of healthy eating. the lapband helps you to not be able to eat as much. for me it took a few months for this to sink in. i had surgery nov 28 2007. lapband isnt magic. it helps us live like other ppl do who eat right. EVERYTHING IN MODERATION. MODERATION is something i couldnt control, and now i can. i follow simple rules from my dr, eat meat first, then veggies, then carbs. i have lost 89lbs to date. however, dont expect miracles.. get your' fills they will help. until i felt restriction i swore this thing doesnt work. i promise it does, but dont beat yourself up, you may need a few more fills. then DING DING DING.. you cant eat alot... and it will work! good luck to you, you can do this, get those fills!!:biggrin:

i hate water too, but the crystal lite peach iced tea is great!! i drink all my water with crystal lite in it. soda is bad bad bad for everyone. regular has too much sugar and diet has artificial sweeteners that eat ur brain out of your' head (not really). my dentist said she'd rather my kids chew regular gum then see me give them artificial sweeteners. i know the crystal lite has artificial in it, however i dont have that after feeling i got when drinking diet coke... not to mention the carbonation isnt good for you

I personally have had 5 fills, and my restriction can vary from day to day. My Dr said that is a normal occurance. Your' body does many things for many reasons having to do with fluids, what you ate yesterday etc. So although i do have restriction, at times i can eat more then others. And I'm sure other ppl would say the same as my friends who have been banded also have the same things happening. GL

i had a fill last week, very small, .2 and i feel nothing. i called the nurse who takes care of appts and she made me another for this week because it was such a small fill. so every dr is different and she seemed to judge by the amount that was added. GL

the only advice i can give is the one my dr gave me, eat meat, then veggies then starch if you have room. I barely touch starches. I do eat cereals and snack bars. No bread, rice, or potato though. Good luck

O>K I have been banded 5 months now and have had 4 fills giving me 6.5cc in my 10cc aps band. My question is this, Does restriction last a long time after you eat or does your' food seem to go down 5-10 minutes later? That is what i'm feeling now. Making me think i do need another fill that i have an appt for next week on tuesday. I was just looking for some advice from a mature banded person, mature meaning having been there and done that :huh2:. Is your' food supposed to stay up in the pouch for a long period of time? I take one or two bites then feel the tightness, wait about 5 minutes and then i can finish my food. Not alot mind you, but usually enough. Its almost like after the first two to three bites, the tightness happens then it opens up. Anyway, thanks for reading or responding. Any help is appreciated.

sorry i didnt mention i was banded nov 07. Boy did you make me feel better. I was thinking, I dont know what I'm doing or I'm doing it wrong. Glad to know I"m not alone. Hopefully someone out there in lapbandland has great advice. Thanks! Support is wonderful!

i do that song, sometimes i can eat a whole egg then the next day not a bite. Or i can eat a nice size peice of meat, next day one bite of meat. I just go with the flow since that seems to be what alot of ppl report on here. I just hate the days when I cant eat much at all. I get hungry!!! I've never been not hungry yet. The band works i'm down 75lbs since nov 2007, however i do get hungry. Good Luck all!!!

Hi! I'm not much on posting but couldnt help it when i read all these posts. First I wanted to say I was banded Nov 2007. I have to date lost 74lbs. I have had 3 fills giving me 6 cc's in an AP small band. I come here to read up and find out who feels like me..who doesnt. I also want to say.. sometimes i have really bad days and cant eat much..sometimes i can eat very well (junk). But I find myself having to fight my brain more then my stomach and I think some ppl here are feeling what I'm feeling. I too couldnt wait for restriction....and now i have it. sometimes though i can eat more then others. I promise you who dont believe... you will get there. Just relax and take it one day at a time. The band works... and i am sick of ppl on here saying eat this watch calories dont eat that... duh..i had lap band because i'm not very good at that thing DIETING. In my opinion if you just take ur time and dont expect miracles, it will happen... I have a great dr who gives me great advice.. EVERYTHING IN MODERATION, BUT NEVER FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ON A DIET!! ITS BETTER TO EAT GOOD AND LOSE 1LB A WEEK THEN TO STARVE YOURSELF AND LOSE 5LBS A WEEK!! you know i remind myself of that!! Life is to enjoy, and food comes along with that. Just relax, take your' time, and it will come! The point of the band is to get fills so you get restriction. If we could do it alone we would have. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE, MAY GOD BLESS YOU. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF... YOU CAN DO IT!!! p.s. before you type something negative to my comment, wonder how it would make you feel if someone was ugly to you. think before you type, support is a wonderful thing, negative comments hurt feelings, is that who you want to be?

I was pre approved for my surgery that i had in november. All the i's dotted and t's crossed, so i thought. Well it seems now we are here in April and the surgeon has been paid along with his assistant and anesthesiologist(sp). However, my insurance, Benefit Management (branch of bcbs) is denying the payment to the surgical facility i had the surgery at, saying my weight problem is pre-existing>? NO DUH!! What exactly they want I dont know as of yet other then to speak to my other few dr's i've seen through the last year. My cardiologist who told me i needed to lose weight althougth treated me for blood pressure not weight loss, my surgeon who sent everything they say they didnt receive, and my general practitioner who i did see 6 months prior to surgery for weight loss as per requirements for the surgery to be covered!! UGH! I dont know what i'll do because I dont have $20,000 laying around that the center is charging. Stress Stress, any advice , or just something to read to make me feel better. Thanks in advance.