MoOrLess

That's awesome Tricia! WAY TO GO!

I decided that since I don't have my band yet, I would get on the exercise bandwagon. (no pun intended) So on days that my disabled body lets me - I will post my minutes on ye ole treadmill. When I reach a 30 minute goal I'll Celebrate - if I'm not passed out! Woo hoo - I wasn't going to put a weight ticker up but then I weighed myself this morning - phew! I finally broke the darn 2 lb yo-yo I have been on for weeks now - so even before exercising I have changed my eating enough to lose something. No exercising today - exhaustion won out over moving, maybe tomorrow. C 273.5 (-4.5 lbs total, -2.5 this week) not banded yet

Tipper - if you have 'just' joined this forum and it seems that you have - I would recommend that you find one of the 'groups' -- they are awesome and it is a smaller community, the same people, to post to and with....I haven't been banded yet but found the "Gone For Good" Club to work well for me...there are many others so check them out! If you haven't started a journal that helps you and others learn about your experience, and even though I am disappointed with the lack of the use of the chat lounge you can find someone in there now and then.

Natural Beauty - I know exactly what you mean too -- I have four pair of jeans - all the same brand - all the same size - one pair I can barely get into - another pair are perfect - and the other two depend on the day :phanvan - and I paid alot for them - they aren't generic brand P'Nut - I hear that "I'll never wear a size 16" in your voice (well, words) - I bet you'll be in 16s before summer even gets here - that is unless you live where it is already Spring! unlike in Chicagoland where spring won't peek out for more than a day at a time and I'm still freezing my butt off!

P'Nut - well I for one vote for you ARE wearing size 16's! :clap2: Otherwise when I get down to a size 18 (or even 16) I will have to wonder too -- so yeah for you! I don't think weight has much to do with sizes in this day and age - I think every single piece of clothing is different - so Celebrate your size 16! woo hoo! :) I re-read what I wrote and I don't think I got my point across :phanvan what I'm trying to say is that your body keeps changing and what didn't fit one week definitely can the next week - you keep losing weight and your body is transformed! that is awesome!

Kristin - I know what you mean about the time change! It is kicking my butt too this week...barely get out of bed, need a nap every single day and then of course I can't fall asleep until late. Then it starts the crazy cycle all over again. Can't wait until my body adjusts! So hang in there - try to exercise at 6am - give yourself that extra 15 minutes in bed until you adjust to the time change. You might exercise less - but it's better than nothing at all.

Skye - thanks for the input on the cholsterol - that's a good point. I always read for the sodium on labels - but for fat I always read the 'bad' fat - I will continue to read labels carefully that's for sure. My doctor hasn't said much about what I am eating or correcting it - overall I am doing really well with food at this point (if only I had this figured out many pounds ago!) but he did say that my inability to exercise may be my biggest factor - hence the lapband - thanks for sharing Skye and as P'Nut said - hang in there girl. I actually take an anti-depressant for my pain level - they DO help. Good decision I think on your part-to take care of YOU.

Wow! It isn't even Wednesday and you are all doing so great! It is awesome - and SO encouraging to read all of your posts! I'm jealous - I hate waiting so long for surgery.......ah such is life! You should all be so proud!!!

I wondered what NSVs were - read about them but never knew - thanks! and yes - I am thrilled my diabetes is well under control - now for the cholesterol - I worry about the fact that it has gone up even with my medication doubled -- my dad died of heart attack during the night all alone - and I don't want that to happen to me! the doctor thinks maybe it is just heredity and lack of ability to exercise - any suggestions anyone? the cholesterol has got to go down! thanks everyone - it is so encouraging here!

Thank you for allowing everyone to join - some days I just read and receive such encouragement - it makes me hang in there for surgery. Other days I post. Just reading the total loss for the month of March is so amazing - who wouldn't be encouraged!! Way to go everyone! I can't wait to be there! In the meantime I am trying hard to lose some weight on my own - the pounds aren't going but my blood sugar has dropped significantly from three months ago! I'm thankful for that.

Thank you Tricia! I am really excited - knowing that surgery is around the corner.......I have my worries like everyone else but still - the new me is waiting to break out!:horn:

I have struggled with my weight since I was 13 years old. I was diagnosed with a 'slipped disk' and it has since turned into six herniated disks through the years. I also have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia recently. Both of these conditions make it difficult, if not downright impossible to exercise consistently, if at all. Some days I am lucky I can walk and get through the day without major pain sending me to bed to rest. I went from a thin pre-teen and entered high school weighing 117 pounds, to graduating at 180 pounds and getting married the first time at this weight. As my body has deteriorated the weight has just poured on. So I started researching lap band last summer, almost a year ago! I have gathered up a ton of information and know that it is one surgery I want and need. I planned to have the surgery done in January but I also have returned to college. I decided to wait until this summer so that I could focus on 'me' and not on my classwork. The homework is killing me as I just changed my major to education. I have been with my sweetie for almost 6 years now - he moved from TX to be with me. I have two grown kids, 22 and 25; and he has five kids, two who are not grown and I have the pleasure to raise! they are 8 and 16 years old. I am blessed to have such a wonderful family and they are extremely supportive when it comes to anything I do. Having been through two marriages and divorces I have greeted this wonderful man with open arms! He was well worth waiting for! My oldest daughter convinced me to go back to school and it has been a great experience! My son bought his own house at 21 years of age and is content in his work. Need I say we are a busy family with three children in other states and four children with us, or nearby. I'm excited about having the surgery and of course almost anxious. I have read almost every thread on this board and have my concerns. But after I read all of the support and encouragement that each of you have given to others on the board, I am ready! I know that I have a lap band family available to me whenever I need them! THAT is reason enough to embrace the surgery. Having the surgery will allow me to move around better and stop taking quite a bit of medication that I just hate taking. I feel like my life evolves around medication and pain treatments and I want it to end. I am 48 years old but mentally feel about 30! Physically I feel like I am at least 80 years old. I figure it can't hurt to have the surgery and see if things can't improve just a bit for me physically. Currently, I am at an all time high of 275, and I am only 5'4. I have never weighed this much and hate being at this weight. I have now also been diagnosed as diabetic, though I have actually gotten my sugars completely under control with medication. I can't wait to have my sugar at a non-diabetic level without medication. I know surgery can do that for me! I want to lose quite a bit of weight and have concerns as to whether I can more easily exercise as I lose weight. I am afraid of not losing weight even with the surgery, if I can't exercise. What then? I plan to get down to my correct weight of 140. If I get somewhere 'near' that I will be thrilled. Here's to Lap Band surgery! I plan to have my first contact with the place doing my surgery in April or May, depending on schoolwork. I want the summer off from school to recuperate. So that's me and my life in a nutshell. I can't tell you how relieved I am to finally have made the decision to have the surgery, knowing there is such a great group of people ready to support me here! So thank you in advance.

Photo - do you put up all the stat stuff? do we? how does it work -- I feel a bit lost as a newbie here

Photonut - ok I think I need some info here....I read page one and met everyone - hi all! -- and now how do I go about getting all of that kind of bio and weight stuff posted? I see nothing to do all that lol - help!

I'm still navigating the board - have a class online but this is more complicated :confused: -- I'll figure it out. Hmmm, yucky fat stats eh? Let me think about it lol

Hi everyone! I have read a number of posts but have not actually replied to any before this. I am currently a returning college student and exhausted most days. I looked into the lap band about 6 months ago but due to coursework have to wait until this summer to get banded. So if this club is for those -in waiting - then can I please join? You all sound great and encouraging! - Mo