LeighDee

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try-and keep trying... or so I read. Ok I've gained 20# back but I have stopped smoking (again) Yeah! So today I'm restarting using the 5 Day Test Pouch guidelines My SF jellos are setting up in the fridge Got my protein drinks chilling and my Hummas Soup is finishing up in my pressure cooker I am geared to go and determination to go forward is face front I am getting back on track nothing can remind and motivate as in the following: Seeing a weight on the scale you haven't seen in 2 years Your pants squeezing your guts to the point of pain Not being able to breath at night again because your snoring is back Not being able to move as well as you were because your butt is recrawling up your back again the list can go on and on... all excuses stop slider foods are now abandoned I shall not graze and I will not drink 30 minutes before, during or 30 minutes after <-- yeah that one kills all my hard work and I shall get off my growing booty and shake, rattle, roll, rock and wiggle that thing until it falls off I shall redirect my {insert issue here} from a "need" for food to some from of physical action and I shall spend time listening to my inner as well as outer body again I will succeed! I will restart myself!!

I suck I gained 10# Leigh:eek:

thanks... I have hope.. but doggone it, it still sucks... Leigh

woot I can't wait pre op here I come

Way up in the air in my beautiful balloon If you'll hold my hand we'll chase your dream across the sky For we can fly we can fly Up, up and away My beautiful, my beautiful balloon Balloon... Up, up, and away..... The Fifth Dimension bring a pen , bring a knife..run through the hall with scissors, even a tack what ever you do just DEFLATE ME MORE.. ok yesterday I felt like a Macy's Day Balloon today I feel like the Goodyear BLIMB.. well at least not the Hindenburg Zeppelin yet but close...because it is starting to burn too..I mean we can burp a water bed's air bubbles... so why not a inflated stomach.. oh wow marketing idea here.. for $19.95 you can now get that air that the surgeon missed with the handy dandy "Belly Burper" BUY! now and get this lovely shrimp deviner FOR FREE and if you are 1 of our first 500 callers you also get this nifty t-shirt with BB our blow up doll right on the front..now watch as I take this full BB doll and deflate her in seconds..see how easy that is~applause~ ok seriously..I am hurting a lot from the co2 gas they use to blow your stomach up. I've walked, drank hot tea, took gas pills, layed on this side and that side and pedaled my feet in the wind AND took a very hot shower.. this gas I'm afraid is stuck here for awhile I just will have to be careful wearing orange tops around parks for awhile ... I could see just some kid run up to claim "MY basketball" as his on.. even with all this I know that when the bad gets over it'll all be good...huh BB..

((Sung to the tune of Jungle Bells.. kinda) Dashing through the party trying not to eat so hardy running to the pot feeling not so hot PBs always there my face makes people stare what fun it's not to eat a lot when holidays are there OHHHHHHHH Oh my gawd oh my gawd I've done it all again I ate something that now is stuck I swear this never ends the pain makes me not breath burping does not relieve Don't eat that stuff it won't be rough just watch and you will see don't even touch those nuts they'll hang right in your guts and following them with cheese it'll drop you to your knees please stay away those that'll crinkle up your toes don't finger all those snacks cause they'll really set you back just stay away from that food tray you'll make it through the day OHHHHHHHHHH oh my gawd oh my gawd I've done it all again I ate something that is now stuck (big finish) Chew Chew Chew Chew my friendssssssss ~~end~~ Yea I know it got off rhythm.. but you get the idea... When I get stressed I tense up and when I tense up everything gets stuck. I'm not at ANY means, shape, form or fashion a social butterfly I'm more like a lone wolf... at times looking more like a rabid lone wolf. Thank gawd for bathroom stalls with doors. The holidays are an extremely stressful time and even though I REALLY appreciate the fact everyone in my families has noticed my change, it's freakishly unnerving for me, because I know I'm not doing as well as I know I can be. It's sometimes depressing for me and I'm really struggling for it to not overwhelm me. My hubby and my sister can now tell when I have something that is not playing nice with me. Well, I guess if I wouldn't put that stuff in my mouth in the first place or at least chew a lot better of the stuff I can eat, WITHOUT talking in between bites it wouldn't be so bad. See another issue is that when I talk and eat it does the same thing, no matter how much I chew. January is just around the corner but it sure doesn't seem like it's coming fast enough. I've already decided that December 1st I'm getting back into some extra sort of exercise. I have too not just for the weight loss but for the stress relief. I've also been toying with the idea of hour long screaming sessions before going to a get together..then I'd be too hoarse to talk and can just write little notes or something. Or I could just eat before I go, but even that doesn't guarantee that I won't do it anyway. Yea I thought about going for an unfill for the holidays but I decided not to. I have to learn what to do and not do and as hardheaded as I am. Experience is the best teacher. And Oh, man what an experience this has been. Bah Hum Bug parties Bah Hum Bug Happy Holidays e'body :thumbup:

((Sung to the tune of Jungle Bells.. kinda) Dashing through the party trying not to eat so hardy running to the pot feeling not so hot PBs always there my face makes people stare what fun it's not to eat a lot when holidays are there OHHHHHHHH Oh my gawd oh my gawd I've done it all again I ate something that now is stuck I swear this never ends the pain makes me not breath burping does not relieve Don't eat that stuff it won't be rough just watch and you will see don't even touch those nuts they'll hang right in your guts and following them with cheese it'll drop you to your knees please stay away those that'll crinkle up your toes don't finger all those snacks cause they'll really set you back just stay away from that food tray you'll make it through the day OHHHHHHHHHH oh my gawd oh my gawd I've done it all again I ate something that is now stuck (big finish) Chew Chew Chew Chew my friendssssssss ~~end~~ Yea I know it got off rhythm.. but you get the idea... When I get stressed I tense up and when I tense up everything gets stuck. I'm not at ANY means, shape, form or fashion a social butterfly I'm more like a lone wolf... at times looking more like a rabid lone wolf. Thank gawd for bathroom stalls with doors. The holidays are an extremely stressful time and even though I REALLY appreciate the fact everyone in my families has noticed my change, it's freakishly unnerving for me, because I know I'm not doing as well as I know I can be. It's sometimes depressing for me and I'm really struggling for it to not overwhelm me. My hubby and my sister can now tell when I have something that is not playing nice with me. Well, I guess if I wouldn't put that stuff in my mouth in the first place or at least chew a lot better of the stuff I can eat, WITHOUT talking in between bites it wouldn't be so bad. See another issue is that when I talk and eat it does the same thing, no matter how much I chew. January is just around the corner but it sure doesn't seem like it's coming fast enough. I've already decided that December 1st I'm getting back into some extra sort of exercise. I have too not just for the weight loss but for the stress relief. I've also been toying with the idea of hour long screaming sessions before going to a get together..then I'd be too hoarse to talk and can just write little notes or something. Or I could just eat before I go, but even that doesn't guarantee that I won't do it anyway. Yea I thought about going for an unfill for the holidays but I decided not to. I have to learn what to do and not do and as hardheaded as I am. Experience is the best teacher. And Oh, man what an experience this has been. Bah Hum Bug parties Bah Hum Bug Happy Holidays e'body :thumbup:

I am so glad it's not just me. I've haven't lost anything for at least 3 months now, but I haven't gained either. So maybe this is just a plateau the Docs talk about. I always thought it would come later, but I don't know.

I got a card from my Dr. that says I have a lapband. On the back it has a request statement for restaurants to please allow me to purchase a child's plate due to the fact that I've had stomach surgery. I haven't used it yet, but I'm sure one day I will.

welcome to the gambit of the emotional rollercoaster.... I think everyone goes through this it's a complete LIFE change but you will now have something you never had before one of the BEST tools ever normal feelings.. heck yea will you be fine afterwards? you betcha just relax, hang in there, do what the doc says and it'll be ok I promise

I sure hope you get to feeling better I've never have the shingles but I've had family that has and they were completely miserable of course they had it in regions that well, were very sensitive.. lol so yea you are VERY lucky have a great weekend

well hello again today I'm going to address my experiences with Power Burping and Sliming... nothing is worse than eating too fast or not chewing good enough.. set the fork down and let the bite hit the bottom.. SLOWLY take your bites and CHEW CHEW CHEW like there is no tomorrow anything other than that you get to experience sheer agony of feeling like a gorilla is dancing on your chest and tennis balls are stuck in your throat threating to choke the very life out of you it just ain't right no not right at all and yes it's MY fault not doing what I was told going without my meals like I've been instructed and then eating too fast because by that time I am so hungry I'm not chewing well and WAY too fast and I pay ho boy do I pay first the gorilla dance then the tennis balls and then the rabid foaming of Mr. Bubble coming out to play and no they are not nice bubbles they are the most devious and wicked bubbles that makes you look flat out like a rabid dog and I think the Tidy Bowl Man is in love with me I sure know I've hooked up with him a LOT oh and let's not forget the delightful power burps where it seems all you have to do is open your mouth and there she flys forth on strings of the really fun stuff the slime nothing can break that string of slime DO NOT try to cut it off with your hand and OMG what ever you do don't just let it hang cause it's like elastic and there's nothing like the horror of did that just pop back from the..... you'll be not only grossed out but it really hangs on long stringy icky springy slime if you feel it coming on GRAB A TOWEL and quick trust me you'll need it gas-x for me is a joke and Tums yea right I'm in the bathroom PBing and sliming and I'm gonna chew and swallow nasty berry and other gross flavors of Tums I think not it makes it horrifically worse but you know what If I would just comply with what I know to do I wouldn't be having most these issues don't get me wrong I did see how far I could push the envelope it's amazing just how stuck envelopes can become HUGE MISTAKE on my part however I am going to ask my Dr to put me on some kind of gas pill wait make that ANTI-gas pills but you know what it's ALL worth it my PB affair with the Tidy Bowl Man the dancing gorillas the tennis balls the slime ever see Alien? yea that kind of slime but slimier ICK huh oh and don't worry it'll happen and you'll survive I just wish that ONCE I could foam like a rabid dog at my in-laws table I have such a twisted sense of humor I know but that would be some funny shooshoo just the sheer horror on their faces would be so.... mischievously delightful welp it's 10am and I need to goto bed now sweet dreams and yes it truly is worth it ALL one day my "sweet spot" will be found won't solve everything but it sure will help a LOT I just need to behave and do right by me,myself and I night

Chickie I flat fell out laffin when I read your reply just keep a sense of humor about it and you've got it made Pbs, slime and all Oh and before you go in the night before drink a LOT of water before your NPO just read my back blogs and you'll know why have a great weekend

the day before yesterday I did my 10 minute trainer cardio, lower body and abs yesterday was total body, cardio, upper body and today was Yoga flex I also rearranged my living room and exercise room so that could possible count for weight training... ~laffin~

I am so in.... I too have walk away the pounds a treadmill and the 10 minute trainer I badly need to get back on track... I'm with ya

well hello again today I'm going to address my experiences with Power Burping and Sliming... nothing is worse than eating too fast or not chewing good enough.. set the fork down and let the bite hit the bottom.. SLOWLY take your bites and CHEW CHEW CHEW like there is no tomorrow anything other than that you get to experience sheer agony of feeling like a gorilla is dancing on your chest and tennis balls are stuck in your throat threating to choke the very life out of you it just ain't right no not right at all and yes it's MY fault not doing what I was told going without my meals like I've been instructed and then eating too fast because by that time I am so hungry I'm not chewing well and WAY too fast and I pay ho boy do I pay first the gorilla dance then the tennis balls and then the rabid foaming of Mr. Bubble coming out to play and no they are not nice bubbles they are the most devious and wicked bubbles that makes you look flat out like a rabid dog and I think the Tidy Bowl Man is in love with me I sure know I've hooked up with him a LOT oh and let's not forget the delightful power burps where it seems all you have to do is open your mouth and there she flys forth on strings of the really fun stuff the slime nothing can break that string of slime DO NOT try to cut it off with your hand and OMG what ever you do don't just let it hang cause it's like elastic and there's nothing like the horror of did that just pop back from the..... you'll be not only grossed out but it really hangs on long stringy icky springy slime if you feel it coming on GRAB A TOWEL and quick trust me you'll need it gas-x for me is a joke and Tums yea right I'm in the bathroom PBing and sliming and I'm gonna chew and swallow nasty berry and other gross flavors of Tums I think not it makes it horrifically worse but you know what If I would just comply with what I know to do I wouldn't be having most these issues don't get me wrong I did see how far I could push the envelope it's amazing just how stuck envelopes can become HUGE MISTAKE on my part however I am going to ask my Dr to put me on some kind of gas pill wait make that ANTI-gas pills but you know what it's ALL worth it my PB affair with the Tidy Bowl Man the dancing gorillas the tennis balls the slime ever see Alien? yea that kind of slime but slimier ICK huh oh and don't worry it'll happen and you'll survive I just wish that ONCE I could foam like a rabid dog at my in-laws table I have such a twisted sense of humor I know but that would be some funny shooshoo just the sheer horror on their faces would be so.... mischievously delightful welp it's 10am and I need to goto bed now sweet dreams and yes it truly is worth it ALL one day my "sweet spot" will be found won't solve everything but it sure will help a LOT I just need to behave and do right by me,myself and I night

ok I had my first fill yesterday... 2cc in my 10cc band anyway when I got home and started my clears I got the hiccups.. annoying ones I even went to sleep with them going.. my hub said it felt like small tremors.. he got swatted with a pillow.. they now are come and go The question is: Are hiccups common after a fill? just curious...

yea I know I haven't posted in a while been busy yada yada so here's where I am I had my first fill yesterday 07/17 WOOT! everyone has this spot or spots that you can really judge how well you are losing weight mine is this a space above my tookus which is getting smaller and smaller and there were 2 creases at the back of my arms that used to be behind my arms are now in my pits... ~GRINS~ yea it comes down to butt and pits for me I've not been doing everything I'm supposed to which is bad because I retarded my weight loss which is not good... you HAVE to follow what the Doc and his staff says I lost 1 yes ONE pound in 2 weeks not good at all yes yes I know the band isn't "activated" until the first fill Dr. was just happy I was holding my own ...me not so much ... so here I am laying there ready to get my 1st fill my husband was with me.... ((my rock in shiny tin foil)) the Dr. does his deadening which didn't even hurt and while we are talking and I am deadening I look over to see this freaking HORSE needle I'm like "OMG that's HUGE" the Doc says "well you're not supposed to be looking" so by now I'm thinking HONKING CRAP no wonder he deadened it so I'm like prepared for the worse... I tell the Doc I'm now counting ceiling tiles and I'm expecting this drilling rig to set up on my stomach so here we go..I feel pressure I'm told that I may have to push my stomach out but end up that relaxing it was better he was searching for the diaphragm to put the needle in my husband is now standing and I'm watching his face contorting all sorts of ways OMG I thought they were doing some horrible, even, unimaginable stuff... so I muster the nerve and ...look...down and lo and behold it was a tinny tiny little needle I look at my husband and he's laughing he is still getting the evil eye over that one I get filled drink my water go through all the formalities leave and go to the donut shop NOT FOR ME...good grief no but for him.. he went through the whole "are you sure it's ok" and blah blah "I feel bad you can't.." he ends up with pigs in a blanket I'm just elated to have my first fill so I get home and drag out my chicken broth and then it happens... ~GASPS~ I get the freaking hiccups you know all the little tricks you can try yea well HA HA not this time I go to sleep with them wake up without them get them again they go away again right now I am hiccup free in 2 minutes who knows fun stuff really NOT so that's where I am 1st fill was a success and now I'm well on my way TIP: I have found that when you are really gassy or if you have that uh oh I'm about to get my food stuck like an 8am traffic jam on a Dallas freeway.. first stand about an arms length away from a wall... second put your hands above your head on the wall ... you will be leaning third stretch out your left leg like you are stretching your hamstring this will lengthen your esophagus much like standing will, only better that or even getting your 17 yo daughter to beat you on your back... which she did seem to really enjoy...hummm

yea I know I haven't posted in a while been busy yada yada so here's where I am I had my first fill yesterday 07/17 WOOT! everyone has this spot or spots that you can really judge how well you are losing weight mine is this a space above my tookus which is getting smaller and smaller and there were 2 creases at the back of my arms that used to be behind my arms are now in my pits... ~GRINS~ yea it comes down to butt and pits for me I've not been doing everything I'm supposed to which is bad because I retarded my weight loss which is not good... you HAVE to follow what the Doc and his staff says I lost 1 yes ONE pound in 2 weeks not good at all yes yes I know the band isn't "activated" until the first fill Dr. was just happy I was holding my own ...me not so much ... so here I am laying there ready to get my 1st fill my husband was with me.... ((my rock in shiny tin foil)) the Dr. does his deadening which didn't even hurt and while we are talking and I am deadening I look over to see this freaking HORSE needle I'm like "OMG that's HUGE" the Doc says "well you're not supposed to be looking" so by now I'm thinking HONKING CRAP no wonder he deadened it so I'm like prepared for the worse... I tell the Doc I'm now counting ceiling tiles and I'm expecting this drilling rig to set up on my stomach so here we go..I feel pressure I'm told that I may have to push my stomach out but end up that relaxing it was better he was searching for the diaphragm to put the needle in my husband is now standing and I'm watching his face contorting all sorts of ways OMG I thought they were doing some horrible, even, unimaginable stuff... so I muster the nerve and ...look...down and lo and behold it was a tinny tiny little needle I look at my husband and he's laughing he is still getting the evil eye over that one I get filled drink my water go through all the formalities leave and go to the donut shop NOT FOR ME...good grief no but for him.. he went through the whole "are you sure it's ok" and blah blah "I feel bad you can't.." he ends up with pigs in a blanket I'm just elated to have my first fill so I get home and drag out my chicken broth and then it happens... ~GASPS~ I get the freaking hiccups you know all the little tricks you can try yea well HA HA not this time I go to sleep with them wake up without them get them again they go away again right now I am hiccup free in 2 minutes who knows fun stuff really NOT so that's where I am 1st fill was a success and now I'm well on my way TIP: I have found that when you are really gassy or if you have that uh oh I'm about to get my food stuck like an 8am traffic jam on a Dallas freeway.. first stand about an arms length away from a wall... second put your hands above your head on the wall ... you will be leaning third stretch out your left leg like you are stretching your hamstring this will lengthen your esophagus much like standing will, only better that or even getting your 17 yo daughter to beat you on your back... which she did seem to really enjoy...hummm

I moved this to the Fills section

you've come to the right place I use this place as surrogate to my support meetings I can't make the chat room usually has someone in it.. great hangout to voice yourself or just jump into the nuttiness Welcome there's even a blog spot great place to journal and vent

Hey guys just wondering if anyone has had any issues with their internal stitches like the port's and maybe your stomach's holding the band in place here's the best description I can come up with right now: popped (to the ER or DR):biggrin: or pulled or stretched (pitiful yelping pain noise here but after a few minutes it's ok (it may say Hi every now and then)..:frown: I am active not by choice on somethings...IE: stairs of our split level which I have learned to walk down sideways because engaging my abs in anyway is like stabbing a semi hot butter knife into my port side..((OMG port side..left side on me..sailors retort?)) But am actively committed to some like : walking my treadmill and not just because of the lovely flatulence most of us have been graced with.. anyway does anyone have or had any inny stitches issues??? BTW on my outy incisions it was glued and steri-striped and they are prefect :biggrin2:

Congratz Leslie it's great that you are getting it fixed I know you're ready to go and Gillie yea I think I might have just pulled it.. thanks for your responses guys

whey a Minute Puddin' 1/2 C cottage cheese 1/2 C apple sauce 1 scoop Body Fortress vanilla whey Protein (add any desired spices) mix together and eat right away or put in fridge the more the whey powder the 'tighter" the pudding add a little at a time until desired thickness this goop or pudding or whatever it may be, can be a great, quick protein snack and has lots of variations size and taste it can quell a simple chocolate crave using chocolate whey instead of vanilla or can be used with any flavor of Nector. It can even be something spiced for any holiday.

Whey a Minute Puddin' that is the name that flashed my mind when I tasted it for the first time. it struck me as so funny it just SCREAMING to be used... this goop or pudding or whatever it may be, can be something as a great, quick protein snack it can quell a chocolate crave or even can be something elegant and spiced for Holidays ok it came from a result of "playing" with my food..I love to do my own twisted version of fusion cooking.. so I kinda applied it here with what I have on my diet... anyway it's so good my husband wanted me to make him his own and the ingredient options using this as a base the possibilities are endless 1/2 C cottage cheese 1/2 C apple sauce 1 scoop Body Fortress vanilla whey protein mix together eat right away or put in fridge possibly freezer (still gotta try the freezer) it can be easily divided in two for us "1/2 Cuppers" out here..lol