TravelLady48

Hey Ladies: Thanks for your responses, it is a new year and I am just going to make a new start. I will also look for that 30min excercise thread, that's something that may really help me. Anne

Lottacash: I had been doing Water excercises. Unfortunately the best facility in my area is an outside pool and just my luck we have been very cold rainy weather this year and I am a whimp. The pool itself is a therapy pool and well heated,so I will just have to bite bullet and go for it. It is for my own good and I know it. :tt2: Anne

There has been great comments on this blog on Oprah. So many people had made Oprah "godlike" but in reality she is human like the rest of us. She has been very lucky in her adult life but she just can't seem to conquer her weight problem, especially with another diet. Anne

Happy New years to everyone. I haven't been on here for a while, because I haven't been doing that great with my program. :cursing::thumbup: I did get my first fill 12/10 and I feel restriction and can only eat a little at any one time. But because the food has been more readily available I tend to pick. Therefore, I haven't lost any more weight since my fill.:thumbup: I also still need to start my excercise program. I feel very distracted and can't keep my mind on a good eating program. I have decided that I should write down everything I eat, so I can be more focused. Has that helped anyone else? I hate to go back to the doctor and not have lost any weight in a month. I'm planning to go on mushies again to see if that helps. I don't want to fail.:thumbup: My diabetes is under better control, which is a positive. I just hope that the weight will continue to drop off and I will have a leaner, healthier and sexier 2009.:tt2: One thing I must say is that if Ms Oprah can't keep her weight under control with all her money, power and access to everything, then I won't beat myself up about my preceived failure.:thumbup::tongue2:

This is a great post. As for me, I had a great life when I was young and great parents. Food was just always a big part of all celebrations and holidays. I was a little heavy in High school but was a dancer so it was easier to keep it under control, but in college first time eating all the wrong things(fast food had just became a big deal) and too little excercise caused my weight to go out of control. I always had so many friends with an active social life, I also had a longtime marriage and my health was still good,so my extra weight was not a problem. I worked in the airline business and they paid for me to go to a 6week program in the 80's, I call it a food rehab, we had psych appointments, did excercise and learned to eat better. I lost weight but at the end even the psychologist said my weight issues didn't seem to be psychological related. Of course I tried to tell them that in the beginning and through out my stay. In my 50's I was laid off from my job and I found it very hard to get another one (I feel it was due to my age and weight), I also started taking care of my Mom and my health has gone down hill. This has caused me to start feeling really depressed and my weight ballooned to over 300 and I just couldn't get it off. It's so great to be below 300 again. :tongue2::cursing:

Trina: So happy to know that this doctor figured out that you had a leak and fixed it. Goodluck as you move forward and loss more weight.

Everyone in this forum seems to be doing so well. I have almost 200lbs to lose, and so far I'm not doing so well. I was banded on Oct 29, and had loss about 30 lbs before surgery. I am happy that I am below 300lbs for the first time in a long time, but the holidays have been very hard. I can't eat much at one sitting, but I will go and pick, if the food is there. My other problem is that I have a very bad knee and can't excercise, the weight loss doesn't help if it bone on bone pain. But no more excuses, I'm just going to have to figure something out, because I have to get moving. One positive, my diabetes is under much better control. My medication has been greatly reduced and I know if I start moving my glucose would be even better. I think I will start writing down everything I eat. Hopefully 2009 will be a better year for me.

I was banded 10/29 and I too felt and looked bloated for the first week or so. It takes a little while and now people are really beginning to see my weight loss and my clothes are really getting lose. Be patient. I decided to take my measurements so I can also keep track of my changing dimensions that way.

Since my surgery I have noticed that I can sleep much better even without my CPAP. I have not been tested but before I get totally rid of the machine, would get retested. As for my diabetes, the doctor has reduced my medication and insulin and we are watching my glucose very closely. Good luck with your surgery. Anne

I'm so happy to see that you all are so ambitious. Couch to 5k sounds climbing Mt Everst to me. I have such a bad knee that even walking is too much pounding . At this time I will have to continue with water excercise. Maybe late after I get my knee replaced I can join you all.

I see we all are struggling with the aproaching Thanksgiving dinner (festivities). At that time I will have no restriction and since I'm only 10 days out from surgery I have no idea how I will react around all that food. I will be on pureed foods, so I will really have to watch myself, because Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday for cooking and eating. My 1st fill is not until 12/11.

I was just banded on Oct 29, I was on liquids for about 10days and now I am on mushies and still drinking my protein. It's interesting to know that the weight loss will slow down even after your first fill. My 1st fill is scheduled on 12/11 so I will see how I'm doing after the healing is complete.