kristy6

Hi everybody. I know this sounds crazy and all but I need some advice on how to start jogging or running for exercise. I have been going to the gym and i have been walking and something inside me when i am walking keeps saying walk faster...faster.. and i feel like i am ready to start jogging or running. Do i just pick up my feet and go or should i walk a little then pick up the pace or what... I have never ran or jogged for exercise before and wanted someone who does this to tell me how they got started. I am 212 right now. Is that to big to be running??? I dont know how far i can run or jog but something inside me ( i know how dumb that sounds) wants to run. I sound like forest gump..lol Ijust feel like all the exercising at the gym and the walking on the treadmill arent enough for me. I am so sick of being fat. I started huge and now am just fat lol.... anyway maybe i would feel free or something while running. Goodness I have rambled on and on.. anyway if you can give me some advice please chime in and give it...... Thanks

thanks to all of you for your advice. I will check out the couch to 5 k thing and see if that helps. I am just glad to know that someone understands how I feel about it. I was starting to question my sanity..lol . Again thanks and good luck to anyone starting with me. I would love to keep up with you. just keep checkingin on this thread i guess and we can post our progress or lack there of lol..... have a good night

Well i told you so................I went all day yesterday and all i had was like a couple peices of deli turkey, the really thin sliced kind.. anyway. ...... Low and belhold my hubby comes home with pizza and my horns came out..lol count em ladies and gents I ate 4 peices of thin crust cheese pizza. And the bad part is i could have eaten more i just made my self stop. Just wanted to drop in with my confession for today.lmao...I know its not really funny but the past is already done so all we can do is move on withthe future and try to do better. Good luck tonight folks.

I to am another night eater!! my reason for doing it is that is just plain ol goes down easier at night. During the day I am tight and for some reason later in the evening I open up like crazy. The bad thing is after i open up I always eat to much cause i feel like i am starving cause i havent eaten all day. Just wanted yall to know you are not alone.

well I guess mine will sound gross but you know if you are not up to sex just yet ( which is understandable) maybe you could get to her climax in other ways... I mean a little rubbing the right way sure gets me there. I dont need a penis to have pleasure. I think she may like just to be kissed on and rubbed on to make her feel better. Or possibly she coudl get on top if very very carefull. that way you dont really have to do anything but enjoy! Hope this helps.

Hi, I do not know this one , but i went ot one in mexicali. His name is Alberto Aceves. I could sit here and type a big long thing about how great they where but you need to make your own decision. In my opinion though they where very caring and knew what they where doing. I had a great time and everyone was nice. Also one more thing to concider. They say the border is getting ruff in some places but as far as i know its still safe where there. there web page is mexicolapband.com I think they have reduced their prices also so thats a plus. If you need to know any futher details on them please let me know I will be happy to tell you about the whole experience!! I have lost 130 pounds since last feb. I am very happy with them.

Hey everybody My name is Kristy and I am a food aholic hahaha... anyway I am now 15.2 pounds away from onderland! I started this journey in Febuary of 08 and was 340 so I am very proud of myself. I CANNOT wait to see 199. I will prolly actually cry. I was probably around 8 or 9 the last time i was below 200 I was a butterball. I am so excited and I need all the motivation i can get from you guys!!! It gets harder and harder the smaller i get to lose this weight. ya'll have a good day

Hey Corvette, I weighed in at 340 on the day of my surgery on feb.5th 2008 and now i weigh 221 as of the morning. I am not at goal yet but i am getting there. I am going to try and lose about 60 or so more pounds. I have been stalled about 2 months now but I think my body is just trying to ajust to all this change.. or I hope thats it anyway lol. I am here for you and believe me I may need your shoulder sometimes to cause it is a roller coaster ride!! my email is kristy6@hotmail.com please feel free to contact me anytime if i can help I surly will try!!

Hi, I am in a 20 now from a 32 so I would deff. love to have them. my email is kristy6@hotmail.com if ya wanna email me. I will be happy to pay shipping on them if you can let me know what that will be?? Thanks

i have 3 kids and we end up at sonic alot. I usually get the 1 dollar chicken strip sandwich and toss the bread. i order a side of gravy that comes with the chicken basket. I use teh gravy to dunk my chicken strip in to make it go down easier. I usually can only eat one strip though. My kids fight over the second one. LOL Wendys has a baked potato that i have had a few times. Taco bell I am with everyone else the refreid beans or a taco works ok. mcdonalds i usually do the chicken nuggets with bbq sauce. the 4 peice one and usually dont finish that. no for the kicker ... Its like yu cant leave a fast food joint with out ice cream LOL Sonic has a jr. candy sundae for 1 dollar I usually have one of them to... I know sham on me!!

Hey Everybody! Is there room for one more in here? I had my lapband Feb.5th of 2008 almost 1 year ago. Anyway I have been doing awesome up untill about 2 months ago I guess. I havent lost anything in those 2 months but i havent gained either. I am looking for some advice and help i guess to kick myself in the butt and get moving down the scale again. I started at 340 and am now down to 225. That is a great loss but i know it should be more. I know i can do this. I have gotten several fills. I actually have 11ccs in a 10 cc band. how crazy is that. The crazy thing is I am still eating like crazy. At first i was doing great with the last fill but now i guess i figured out how to eat around it. I really dont understand myself. I cant eat till around 12 so I have coffee in the morning with cream and sugar then at luch i usually can only eat like one chicken strip or a small amount of cereal. But after lunch its like the flood doors open and All i wanna do is eat. And the stupid thing is I am not even hungry most of the time. I will eat and it will hurt so i wait a f ew minutes and then i can et somemore and keep doing it till what ever i am eating is gone. I feel like i have failed my band and myself. I know I am doing wrong so why do I do it??? I keep saying i am gonna start the pouch test thing and i get up with full intentions to do it and i find myself eating and say oh well i will start tomorrow but tomorrow never gets here. I know i have rambled on and on but i am just frustrated. ANybody know how i feel?? lol

what is a 5 day pouch test?

Well for me, people say how much have you lost and I actually tell them. I say 90 pounds and they look at me and say Really? LIke i am lying about it or something. One lady said I noticed you looked different but just oculdnt tell what it was. Then she said I can tell it in your neck.... Good lord I had a 90 pound neck I guess. LOL Anyway I am still big so I just say. ' yeah it sucks to lose 90 pounds and still be this big huh? " That shuts em up. I still weight 255 so I was a big ol gal and I am still wearing clothes from before surgery. One lady told me I was swimming in my clothes, but I cant wear smaller ones yet I guess I am in between. I get aggravated when people talk about losing 40 or so pounds and losing 4 to 6 sizes and I have lost 90 freaking pounds and still wear my 26 pants. Its like I lose on the scale but not on my ass... LOl Oh well Maybe it will come on day... Oh one more... hehe my nephew told me i looked half as big as before .. mind you i weigh 255 still so i was like damn did i look 500 pounds before?? Anyway I know we all have funny and not so funny stories.. I am proud of every pound . I know i lost it and thats all that matters. My son can reach all the way around me now. He says mama your getting so skinny.. i'm like yeah right son.

Hey everybody I just wanted to stopby and see what was going on. I have been dong good. I am in need of a fill though. I have been working out. I am very proud of that cause well just cause I am. I never have before and it is amasing what you can do if you just try.Good luck to all. Have a great night.

Hey everybody I hope this works. This is my progress so far. I started at 340 and am now 263 so I have lost 77 pounds. I have on the same top in all pics so you can see how it is starting to get baggy.

Hey there i am also form mississippi. Just wanted to welcome you and say congrats on the weight loss. You are doing great!!

Hey Everybody I am Kristy and I was banded on Febuary the 5th. I have lost 71 pounds so far and I am very happy with that........ BUT I have had four fills and the last one suppossedly put me at 9 ccs and that is all i am suppossed to be able to hold in my band. So I am like what now???? SO i called my original surgon and they said that if I had 9ccs I wouldnt be able to swallow spit. Well guess what I can swallow alot more than spit. So.. either I have a leak or my fill person is not hitting my port and is injecting saline into my stomach somewhere.... the thing is i feel rrestriction right after my fills , it juts alwasy seems like after about 2 weeks or so my restriction is gone. I am kinda trying to diet and i guess you say white knuckle it cause i dont know what else to do. .. I cant believe after 4 months my band is full.......... I think I am going to find a new fill person and get it done under fluro and see what is going on. I know 70 pounds is great but when i look in the mirror i am still not happy I still have alot to lose i mean dang i still weight 270 so I am not ready to give up and say i am done. Any advice out there as to what to do?? Thanks for listening to my rambling but I cant be the only one who fills like this.... I HOPE

Thanks Karen for the words of wisdom. I needed them alot. It helps to come in here and talk about things that i know someone else understands.

you can go to Untitled Document and get alot of info there. they also have a phone number on the web page if youhave any questions . There are other doctors in Mexico but like I said I recomend Dr. Aceves. They were very nice and the whole process was so easy going.

Hey everybody I am coming out of hidign too!! I was banded on the 5th . I am needing a second fill like a lot of you so I am hanging on tight till I get it.

Hey everybody! I am Kristy and I am from Mississippi. I was banded in Mexico on the 5th of Febuary. So far I have lost 42 pounds and I am proud for it. I got my first fill about 3 weeks ago and I have a 10 cc band she gave me 5 ccs and I already had 1 so now I have 6... but the crazy thing is i am still not having restriction. I did at first maybe like a week after my fill but now I can eat like crazy and I am in the stage where i am wondering if I am the one that the band is not going to work for. I know for a fact that I am not suppossee to be able to eat like this and I didnt pay 7800 bucks to be hungry ya know?? I know its a " tool" and I need to work it but I am telling ya I feel like I have a swarm of bees buzzing in my gut it growls so loud sometimes.. Its kinda like a grazing habbit or something. I think i am gonna get another fill soon and see if it helps. I used to eat a few bites and get a kinda stuck feeling and i knew that i couldnt eat any more but now i can eat and drink( no not at the same time) large portions at one time.. like gulping water with no problem. Or eating a big bite and thinking Oh no I am fixing to barf but I keep waiting and nope it went on down fine.. So i guess my stoma is wide open. ... I am sorry this is so long I just needed to rant I guess. I hate feeling like a failer. I know 42 pounds is alot of weight but i need to lose so much more its so aggravating.:thumbup:

Hi , I know you where asking for surgeons in MS but I just wanted to tell you about a doctor I went to. His name is Dr. Aceves and he is from Mexico and i am sure you are saying no way i am goign to Mexicao but let me tell ya. It was a wonderful experiance... not to mention how much less it costs. I paid 7800.00 for my surgery and my plane tickets where 480.00 round trip for two people. BUt anyway I would just like to recomend them to you and you can make your own decision. Good luck with your journey.

Hi Debbi, I just wanted to say Hey and welcome you to Mississippi. I hope you like it here. I would love to get to know someone who had this done. It is hard to get other people to understand that hasnt been there ya know. I have only been banded a little over 2 months so its all kinda new to me but I am so happy i had it done. And what you said about the scale it so true. And ya know every time I see soemone thats is all they can think to say to me is " how much ya lost " it kinda makes ya feel like all you are is a number on a scale.. I guess at first It was kinda cool that they cared enought o ask abotu me but nows it like UGH cant ya think of soemthing else to ask me lol. I think alot of people think the weight is just gonna magically fall off over night and i outta wake up 100 pounds lighter.. boy do i wish. But anyway if ya wanna talk just drop me a email and we can excange numbers or somthing. Have a great night.

Hi I am from Silver Creek Mississippi. Its futher south than most of you all, but anyway... I was banded on Feb. 5th in Mexico by Dr. Alberto Aceves. He was wonderful. My cost was 7800.00 and I was self pay. As far as fills I use a lady from Tupelo and she charges 100.00 per fill with no fluro. But she is really good I like her alot. I have lost 42 pounds since surgery and I am thrilled. I started my journey at 340 and it kinda sucks to be so big that noone even notices a 40 pound weight loss.. but oh well maybe in another 40 pounds they will..lol. I am so glad to find other people from Mississippi with the band. I love coming to the site and reading posts from all around. Hope all is well with everyone. Have a good week.

Hey i left hospital with 1 cc and my first fill i got 5 more put in. NOw i think i need a little more and have only lost maybe 8 pounds since my fill.