amourette

Wow, this is interesting, I am less than one week into using it and my skin is so dry, maybe i just got carried away applying too much so will tone it down perhaps to every other day. Boo, I got mine in Hong Kong, you can anything there, but if it works I think my doc would give it to me anyway, they are pretty relaxed here in NZ! I am tempted to try Botox, but worried I can't afford 4 monthly appointments hehehe!!!! XX

I would take them if you are sensible about the dosage but really if the operation has been successful you will just not need them, I was the biggest overeater/food obsessor, and I have succeded with the lapband! XX Good luck Fills make such a difference!

Two weeks is heaps of time to recover, go to your doctor if you can to nail it on the head, 'cos I sure wouldn't recommend surgery if you have a cough, they may refuse to do it and you will be asking for trouble........step on it now, and you will be fine! Do what ever it takes Good luck Amourette XX

with the Botox, do you use it for preventative measures, I want to do it but am worried I will not be able to afford the upkeep in the future. :)

Sounds like you guys are doing well, it took me a couple of weeks to go back to work but as I do very physical work I was sooooo lucky to get 6 weeks off at surgeons, not bad eh? For you bandsters about to embarke on this great jouney it isn't easy, but I am a big woose and I did it fine, for me I don't think about food at all, obsessed over my next meals after the last bite of the one before, I was achieving nothing, and my 1 yr is April 18 and please if you feel you are really in the right place do it.............oh no I am crying now, it has changed me so much, but I am into the exercise big time, as didn t have that higher BMI I wanna cry at this point and tell you this is the best thing I ever did!!!!!!! But approach with the acknowledgement, that you can' t eat like before, well u can , but it will be hard for you all that time over the toilet hehehe! It is 't a year yet for me but I am learning everyday, there will be some good, some bad, on the bad,, drop in and talk to April Bandits we are there all the time Good Luck Fiona New Zealand:D

Not a good idea for us on this thread that are not in that zone at the moment, maybe you could start another one for yourselves! Sorry, but feeling a bit sensitive at moment! XX Amourette:D

Have no problem with gulping liquids (uncarbonated of course), and I thought I would from this website, so thankful so far..........obviously you can't after just eating....................but no probs here, shows how different we all are really! XX Amourette:D

I am still here lurking in the background, I am fine with my travelling when I go away it is just coming back to no messages on the phone and the lack of intimacy I thought was going well, I decided to pick myself up today, go to the gym, my therapist and get the manicure/pedicure! Not coping too well, sorry for my lack of participation in this challenge this month, Bluehill I am glad you are better, thanx to all that wrote me support XX Amourette:eek:

My doctor said he was concerned about my fatty liver after the op and I followed the strict diet for two weeks before hand, only cos I thought I might die on the operating table if I didn't........was still a shock to learn though and a big wake up call!:cry

I was lucky to have six weeks off but only 'cos I am an international flight attendant and the risk was too high after this surgery for blood clots and complications if something didn't go right in the first few weeks, what line of work do you do? I know I was lucky to get that much time off work, and believe me I made the most of it, thought I would be assigned ground duties but managed to escape that! XX Amourette When is your surgery!:girl_hug:

That is something which sounds so foul to me but then again I am a wine drinker.........are you asking about drinking alcohol in general? Or just that particular drink Kind regards Fiona:D

I guess I WILL be fine, thought I was a coupl of days ago but I guess that is te ugliness showing itself later, he wants to be friends so I said ok and now he has freaked and said he can't do that, yes I know the answer to all this but it suck still Hi to you all, I am still working out but wanted to let you know why I was a bit quiet Love Amourette XX

I haven't posted, the guy i really like said he didn't think we were compatible and that has hurt me big time, yes I am tryng to be brave, but wouldn't have mentioned it at all to you all if i diid't like him, any advise!!!!!! I AM SOOOOO down!:cry

I've learnt as we get older we change friends,, sometimes for particular reasons and others we just have nothing in common!!!!!!!!! Please just put yourself first, yes she has %$*## up big time,but let it go otherwise it will destroy you, I HAVE had a few friends like that, I think we all have, she must knoow what she has done wrong, let her make it up not you, if she doesn't then it is no great friend to lose and you have all of us instead!!!!! Men are too weird sometimes......... XX Amourette:D

Hiya all, just a quick message, I got banded April '06 and my life has changed so much, no more binges , I have learned to love myself again and lost a good amount of weight, so dcided i was ready to go back into dating so went speed-dating expecting to meet a lot of frogs that I would have to kiss to meet my dream man, met someone straight off, but unexpectedly got dumped last nite,, as was told I was in too good a place! Has anyone had a similar experience, i am tearful today trying to hang onto my pride, but don't go on a date with someone lightly, is it me just being too sensitive!? XX Any advice appreciated!

I was giggling to myself at the couple of posts about not reaching this months goal, 'cos I am so bad, I don't even know what the goal is, sorry all, I am a bit slack, i am sure I have passed it though, otherwise I wouldn't be saying this, today I had to fight off again at work all the comments about my weight loss and great attitude, I never work with the same people. sometimes I don't see them for years........I don't reveal though it is too personal for me, wow, so the 1st of March is over here already, what is the challenge for us now, and what is our celebration ideas for April!!! Maybe a big chat in the chatroom together? XX Amourette, no workout today just 15 hours on my feet, 4 of them in killer stillettos hehehe!

30 mins cardio, 30 min weights, 10 mins running on treadmill ( its ok the cute firemen were there hehehe) Boo, I have no LA runs (whoops mean flights hehehe) at all for next six weeks but will let you know if I do as I normally do, Dawn do you speak French with all your time in Montreal, ok off to bed have to be up at 4.30 to go to Melbourne. Eva who is your date this week, as for me I THINK I am dating the same guy hehehe, he is stressed this week at work, but we haven't caught up in 3 weeks, managd to get a date for this Friday ( wish me luck all) but secretly I think I have lost interest! Will continue my saga in installments, look for the nxt one in 2 days, sorry to all you happily, married people, dating sucks, believe me!!! Hehehe Good luck with all our challenges tomorrow, we can do it. We also need to start thinking of doing something special in April for our anniversary, maybe all of us in the chat room or something, or does anyone know how to set up a web site for us? XX:D Amourette

Wow, what a time you have had, glad you are with your daughter now, that will perk you up big time!!!! And the last thing you have to worry about is putting on weight, can your daughter access a blender and you could make smoothies with protein powder etc, there is loads you could eat!!! Well I put my bike in front of the TV and watched some of the Oscars, and went for a run along the road, had a swim in the wonderful, cool water at the beach, everyone is commenting how wonderful and happy i seem lately! Someone even pulled me aside at work to comment on it! 30 mins walk/run outside 12 mins stationary bike XX Amourette

I was lucky to have 6 weeks off, but only because of my job and the fact that I fly international, it was just too risky, luckily I didn't get have to do ground work so I used this time to move house (ouch) and get rid of some jet-lag! XX:D

Here are some answers from me! I was banded in New Zealand, stayed one night in hospital, was a bit painful, had voltaren and tramadol, but just felt like I had hurt ribs and I am a big baby normally, hehehe!!! 6 weeks off work because I am a flight attendant, so threat of DVT after major surgery. After 2 weeks could move and lift slowly. Had 3 fills, one unfill, am great were I am, haven't had a fill in ages, luckily my doctor is only 10 mins away. Support wise, doctors is ok, but my biggest and most wonderful support is from on here, asking loads and loads of questions, and reading, now I come on here nearly everyday to our exercise thread. Didn't start exercising until 4 months ago, one day something clicked and I wanted to get out there. Have lost 28 kilos and down to size 12 from size 20/22! Hope this helps! Feel free to PM me anytime! Love to you all!!! XX Amourette

Hello my name is Fiona and I am also part of the '06 group wanting to wish you all luck and encouragement. I am single and 36, my life has totally changed and I wanted to invite any questions you have about all of this to me or one of the other April Bandits, we are a very friendly group, all different shapes and sizes and ages and backgrounds, even read our first thread from a year ago when we were starting out, you will notice the same questions and fears, good luck to you all Hope to hear more from you all soon Regards Fiona:D

35 minute run today, suspect I may have moved down to a size 12, will write more when I get back to nz!

So six weeks off due to threat of DVT and heavy lifting wasn't an option, believe me I wasn't complaining after 13 years at long-haul, loved the rest!:clap2:

Hi All sorry to hear about all our ups and downs going on, good on you Eva for flicking a guy you are not interested in, the one is out there for you. I am in San Fran for the next two nights for work againm I have been working out hard and swimming at the beach (well just floating in the water to be truthful), so am feeling good! There is a great gym here with tv's in the treadmill so I am looking forward to working out tomorrow Love to you all, and best wishes to Bluehill, hopefully we can get some more info soon XX Amourette

Sounds like a wonderful break, can you clone your husband for the rest of us, hehehe!!!!! How wonderful to be spoiled like that!!! XX Amourette