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Hello If anyone has any size 18 clothes, i would be very interested in them and would much appreciated!!! I will be goin back to wrk shortly and all my clothes dont fit me anymore!!!

i did pretty well. I did decide to cook and made a jenni o turkey the ones that can be frozen straight to oven. that was the best bird i ever had, very nice and juicy. I had about 2 oz of turkey. a couple tablespoons of stuffing, and a little bit of mashed taters with a whole wheat roll. after lettin that settle for about two hours. I had a couple bites of banana cream pie. ( that was lunch) for din i had some more turkey and some canned spinach. I feel I did really well as i stopped when i was full I love all the left over turkey i have. love the stuff and its really moist so easy to eat

of course its normal to be scared. I would just do research. There are stories like that yes but same with any surgery one may have. What about all the success stories? I have been banded and chose it because it was less invasive than the other surgeries with still awesome results. but you have to do what you think is best. My husband didnt support nany other surgery besides the lap band because it was fewer risks involved. It definatly has alot of pros. I think anytime you have sucha big decision to make, yes you are going to be scared and concerned. All those things above would happen with rny too. not just lapband. Gl with your decision. and congrats on taking time to care for you.

I have been craving super spicy items. I do think its my bodies way of replacing sweets and bad carbs. anyway. i havent had any issues eating even plain jalepenos. the spicier the better. I have had no band issues because of it. Some docs do have it on the no no list although im not completely sure why as long as its tolerated, it should be fine.

since my first fill, ( they had to manually flip my port in place again it was flipped sideways) I have had major pain when sneezing coughing, bending over, and moving the wrong way. I havent been able to exercise and even sitting and then moving wrong hurts so bad. i already took one leave through work for my surgery which was approved for a non fmla leave and to find out i would have to apply for another one which i dont think would be approved so im probably going to lose my job sadly. but what can i do?? I think they will probably have to surgically correct the port, since it was loose and now it seems to be sideways again and the pain im experiencing is such a burning pain the lower part of my stomach below my port. i love my band so much and well jobs come and go i just want to ensure im healthy and my band is good. i call today to see when they want me to come in for a consult on the situation. they told me to wait over the weekend to see if it would resolve. i slept like hell last night because turning feels like im tearing so bad and im 2 months out from surgery. :thumbup:

I decided to blog my thoughts and feelings because so many intrude my mind and try to steal my joy from my current success. Sometimes I am so happy with my loss, other times, I cant help but to put myself down for the failures. I have always been too hard on myself and this experience is no different. Yes, I have lost 49 pounds in two months but why isnt that good enough for me? Im wondering if my sense of competiveness and the need to do above level is tainting my ability to have joy in my success. This last week as been quite the struggle for me emotionally. I have been very frustrated because the scale had me down last week and losing and this week it has me up 5 pounds. I didnt have my bp meds which include a diuretic and my legs got very swollen and still are a little. but after a week of takin them, you would think it would be gone and id be back down to where i was but that isnt the case. Im still up 4 pounds! Needless to say, I am feeling like a huge failure right now. I really wanted to be in the 210s by my husband christmas party which is on dec 12 but I dont see that happening. On the brighter side, I dont always feel this way, just sometimes, its like my mind switches into negative mode and all I can do is focus on the bad. The positive I must focus on today. Ive lost alot of weight in two months, Ive dropped to a 24 to an 18 pants and I look so much better than what I did before. I knew this journey would be hard for me emotionally. I knew my mind would try to play tricks on me. But for now, let us all be celebrative of our successes. Let us reflect on the new us, the one we have become and will be.

I decided to blog my thoughts and feelings because so many intrude my mind and try to steal my joy from my current success. Sometimes I am so happy with my loss, other times, I cant help but to put myself down for the failures. I have always been too hard on myself and this experience is no different. Yes, I have lost 49 pounds in two months but why isnt that good enough for me? Im wondering if my sense of competiveness and the need to do above level is tainting my ability to have joy in my success. This last week as been quite the struggle for me emotionally. I have been very frustrated because the scale had me down last week and losing and this week it has me up 5 pounds. I didnt have my bp meds which include a diuretic and my legs got very swollen and still are a little. but after a week of takin them, you would think it would be gone and id be back down to where i was but that isnt the case. Im still up 4 pounds! Needless to say, I am feeling like a huge failure right now. I really wanted to be in the 210s by my husband christmas party which is on dec 12 but I dont see that happening. On the brighter side, I dont always feel this way, just sometimes, its like my mind switches into negative mode and all I can do is focus on the bad. The positive I must focus on today. Ive lost alot of weight in two months, Ive dropped to a 24 to an 18 pants and I look so much better than what I did before. I knew this journey would be hard for me emotionally. I knew my mind would try to play tricks on me. But for now, let us all be celebrative of our successes. Let us reflect on the new us, the one we have become and will be.

i am self pay to the tune of 12.5k.. i am not willing to screw that kind of money up by performin surgery on myself. ( yes it is considered surgery when something enters the body) i would refuse. i would be too scared to miss my port and not get the fill, screw up my port, tubing and risk havin to pay that much money again. Yes my dr fills are expensive after the third free one but that is why i intend to go to a fill center where the fills are only 165 instead of 300.. ill leave it to the professionals.

i would for sure call your doc and see what they recommend. you should be able to eat high quality protien foods. Maybe an unfill would do the trick for you

i love popcorn. it goes down ok. its a low fat low calorie snack and I love it therefore i do eat it!! its a great snack and somethin i have been craving. i either air pop it or buy the 100 cal snack bags.

Ive been having alot of pain as i said in a previous post regarding my flipped port. lots of pulling, and burning pain. I did everything the nurses told me to the last two weeks and yesterday called to let them know the pain is still there. So they told me, well you need to come in today to see the doc or you wont be able to see him. ( im 5 hours away) sooo my whole family packed up and drove 5 hours to get there for my appt. however. I wasnt seen until 5 minutes before 5. the doc comes in and was very short with me. He felt my port and said yes it is moving everywhere however that is all he offered me. I said well? what are my options? he said take some ibuprofen. which made me so mad because ive been doing that the last two weeks to no avail, ice, heat just like all the nurses told me. I said doc ive been doin all that and nothing is working. SO he sent me over to a diff doc in a diff part of the building who saw me for like 5 minutes and at least wrote me a pain prescription. I am so mad. I drove all that way wait hour and half to see the doc and he treats me like he needs to get me out the door! im seriously considering finding a new surgeon if i can who can help me. Ive heard of so many who had to have revision due to the same problem and Im wonderin why he is not offerin if its causing me so much pain??? I dont think I should have to be in pain and i dont want to revise it unless it has to be but i felt the level of care I recieved yesterday was below par and it really hurt my feelings because i feel like they got their money so now the jokes on me. Oh well. but i just needed to vent.

i have drank wine but i dont believe my body can tolerate it anymore i get buzzed to quick and the next day i felt dizzy. ( dont know if related or not) i love it but im going to stay away from it. i dont like the reaction my body has to it now.

congrats on your success! i truly feel its about portion control too and exercise. i cannot wait to be out of the plus size area and into reg sizes. you are an inspiration. im hoping to hit my goal by next summer. i have over 80 to go but i can do it. and stories like you help keep me going. thank you

its normal without restriction that you wouldnt feel water go down or feel full. at this stage liquids usually pass right through you

in coos bay oregon i only have three fills included in a 12.5k price, after that i pay out of pocket. that might be when i go to fill center :laugh: ive always wondered how those work.

restriction for me is just havin the ability to get full quickly. I dont have issues with getting food stuck.

BRAVO BRAVO(whistling) Great post!!! this is exactly what im learning

i too stayed away from bread but a funny thing for me happened. i notice when i have more variety in my diet, i drop weight faster. i eat very small quantities tho. i bought low carb bread and tortillas and i still intend to stay under 30-40 carbs a day. like for lunch i had chicken fajitas home made with half low carb tortilla . this morning i had half a peice of toast of my low carb bread. I dont have any issues eating anything has of yet. but i do get full fast so im eating about 3-4 oz and sometimes i feel too full eating that amount. i had 4 cc put in my 10 ap band last week. i however do stay away from white starch carbs but i do have potatoes once in awhile. i plan on making french fries out of half of a potato seasoning and then baking them to get the crispy salty taste ive been craving. my husband as been really working with me on this. everything in moderation but one thing i havent gone for is any sweets. wont do it... nope. lol

thank goodness i havent had an episode but i am learning to just stop eating when im not hungry because if i wait until im full to stop, then 10 min later im uncomfortable. not sure about pbing. but there have been times i could feel food try to come up in my throast kinda like a hiccup and im like yep i ate too much i better stop

the ddr has a beg stage that really helps you adapt to the steps, then you move forward as you get more comfortable and coordinated. its really fun. my whole family loves it.

i went in today for my first fill and my port was flipped i was so nervous bit the doc was able to manually flip it back and said no surgery needed whew they put in 4ccs into my ten cc band for my first time i can tell the diff when i drink water it gurgles in the bottom of my throat so weird

yes this is what happened... however now im having really bad pulling pains in the bottom part of my stomach where the port is. the nurse said if it doesnt get better by monday ill need to go get looked at to see what options. i am so worried about losing my job because going means missing work and ive used all my pto for the surgery and an emergency yesterday. ( boys and girls club gave us one days notice they were shutting down after school care) if i miss work i lose my job blah.. but my health and the band are more important to me. i can find a job at some other time but still it sucks. im hoping it resolved over the weekend.

i just bought dance dance revolution on the wii for my daugher, and i worked out to it today. IT was pretty awesome. It has a workout mode and i burned 100 calories ( so it said ) lol doing about 20 minutes worth of dancing. Has anyone used this before. Its sure alot of fun and seems to give me a good workout since im using my arms and legs. jumping and etc. Id definatly like to hear comments.