Erin18

so you should know i'm getting banded on july 31st if you seen any of the threads i posted or my profile (: but my cousin's wedding is on october 17th and there's this dress i want and i want to wear it to the wedding, but thing is, is that i need to buy it online because they dont have it in the store. and i need to buy it now because i wont have the money then (because i am starting to save for two tattoos and a car after september 11th). so i was wondering what size i should get, a medium(7-9) or a large(9-11), the marterial that this clothing brand has is kind of stretchy(its by Tripp NYC and i love the clothing brand) This is the dress i want...i lovvvvve it! just can't decide which size i should get, get a large and get it taylored when i lose more weight or just get a medium? ahh i really want to get this now cause i cant wait just help me choose a size? the measurements for large-size 11 are bust 37 waist 30 and hips 40...help? ----> dress

awesome (:

awesome :thumbup: i hope i can get into a size large or medium for october 17th because there is this dress i want to wear for my cousin's wedding, i really hope i can fit into a medium more than anything by then but i probably be in a large dang it >.< we'll see what happens (: sounds awesome peoples :thumbup:

ohh haha thats good my nutritionist suggested me to get this proteing powder(long time ago at my second appointment) and its unflavoured and let me tell you, its nasty and it makes your food nasty blegh:ohmy:

oh yeah i wont forget the gas-x strips! and the liquid tylenol thanks everyone :thumbup:

thanks! :thumbup:

hey, sorry it took so long to write back but thats what i did my second appointment. im getting banded july 31st and i start my pre-op diet(protein shake) tomorrow, im excited for that and i dont know why lol. the protein shakes arent a problem for me. (:

heyy i start mine tomorrow. the protein shake im using is what my nurtitionist gave me and its called HMR 800. she also gave me some recipies for the shakes so they wont be so boring. 2 for chocolate and 2 for vanilla. maybe you can get the same protein shake that im using? im not getting banded august 4th but i am getting banded july 31st (: good luck :bored:

Sorry for posting a lot of threads, its just i dont know im paranoid?.i dont know, i wanted to delete the 9 day pre-op diet one i made but i dont know how, but i made a schedual and i want to know if it sounds alright... 1st week and a half: 8am-breakfast 9am-stretch, go for a 20 min walk, drink water 9:35am-drink more water 10am- use resistance band(use 2-3 times a week), do all moves (20 mins) 10:25am-drink water 10:35-walk for another 20 mins, drink water 11am-Lunges 12 reps(if i can do it, 2-3 times a week) 11:20am-drink water 12pm-lunch 12:35pm-walk for 20 mins, drink water 1pm-stretch 1:10pm-drink water 1:20pm-walk up and down stairs for 15 mins(slowly) 1:35pm-drink water 4pm-dinner 7pm-snack every other day ill do strength/ resistance and ill do aerobic/endurance everyday -i dont know what to do between 1:35 to 4pm and 4pm-7pm during the first two weeks and a half? after 1st week and a half to end of august: 8am-breakfast 9am-stretch, walk for 20 mins then do biggest loser workout(DVD), drink lots of water, stretch 10am-drink more water 10:35am-play tennis ball soccer thing(where you get three things with tennis balls on each end of a string, there are 3 red and 3 blue) or play frisbee 11am- drink water 11:30am-walk up and down stairs for 30 mins drink water, stretch 12pm-lunch 12:35pm- DDR for 30 mins, drink water 1:10pm- play some more frisbee or ride bike around yard 2:10pm- drink water, go swimming if not too cold out 3:10pm- drink water, go for a 30 min walk 3:45pm drink water, play the teather ball thing for 20 mins 4:10pm dinner 4:45pm-drink water 5:15pm- play some basketball/volleyball/horseshoes/catch/bad mitten or whatever else i find to do for 30 mins 5:45pm-drink water 7pm- snack this is for mondays(strength/resistance) , wednesdays(strength/resistance), fridays(strength/resistance) and sundays(strength/resistance). for tuesdays, thursdays and saturdays i will do exercise moves from 17mag instead of the biggest loser workout, play the wii fit instead of DDR its going to be hard when school starts up again and it kind of scares me because what am i going to do if im use to that schedual? (im a highschool senior, like i said i did not fail) school starts at 7:28am and ends at 2:08pm but im going to CV-Tec(explained in one of my other threads) and i wont be home til 3:10pm or 3:15 pm i get up at 5am and usually eat breakfast around 5:15 and get ready at 6 and takes 30mins to get ready. dont have a car yet so i cant leave, i have to wait for the bus which i get picked up at 6:50-7am. only have gym every other day each classes are 45mins long and there are 10 periods(10th is extra help) i only get 6 periods because of cv-tec and i dont have a lunch period but i can eat 6th period. i want to have a second job but im not going to get one til i get closer to my goal. i work mondays and thursdays but its not bad because i dont really have a boss i guess you can say, i clean a church(not fun but hey its money) for 3-4 hours...can you help me with a schedual for school please? i hope i dont mess up and be lazy, i fear that :smile: thanks for helping (: and once again sorry for posting so many threads =/

haha, yeah i know right (: i wish i fixed it a long time ago, i felt like i wasted my teenage years being obese, too. yeah i totally agree. thank you so much!!

good job everyone (: yes the slim fast isnt good, my doctor has their own protein shakes that he wants me to use and they are called HMR 800-low fat-rich in protein-excellent source of calcium-it says on packet and you get vitamin/mineral supplement pills with it you take every day you get 8 per box and 18 protein shake packets per box, 170 cals for vanilla 16g of protein per packet. the shakes dont bother me cause im so use to them. i am so excited too, i cant wait to see the looks on peoples faces when they see me in september :wink2: MoxieDO-thats awesome you lost 19lbs i hope i can lose between 14-20lbs before surgery, that'll be great :biggrin: july 31st is my surgery date good luck everyone (:

How much did you guys lose those 9 days? What did you do for the exercising? Im getting bored of the treadmil so i think im going to walk out side, what else can i do thats fun? The protein shakes aren't a big deal to me I've had protein shakes when I was on a diet at 15 yrs old, I actually like them, but only the vanilla ones, how many times a day am I supposed to have the shakes? 4? Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and an hour before 8pm? I start mine on the 22nd,Thanks for your help(:

thanks, i will keep that in mind and i will do it (: i do want it bad enough, vaccuming makes me sweat too and i just do my room O.o, and cleaning my room too. :wink2:

heyy, im not banded (july 31st) yet but dont be too nervous (i am too but my nervousness went down a bit) this is going to be my first real surgery i mean i had my wisdom teeth out but this is a bigger surgery, am excited =D any chewable or liquid multivitamin and calcium but i dont think those come in liquid. ask your doc what kinds are the best cause i need to do the same (: i am kind of nervous taking any too but i know chewable are what to take, just make sure you chew them thoroughly sorry if im not much help =/ good luck (:

i will make sure i dont make exercising overwhelming im just affraid i wont succeed i want a gym membership, i think that would help alot but i cant afford it ): thats what im affraid of, is quiting

ooh, mine is 9 days and i start it on tuesday or wednesday, i have a phone interview tomorrow so i will ask which day i need to start it. yeah the nurse told us not to do that lol(eating whatever we want beofre surgery) i think the nurse told us to have the shakes 4 times a day so ill deffinately ask. thats awesome you lost 14 pounds, i hope i can lose close to that (: i lost 12 but did lost 15, july 8th i found out i gained 3 back and it upsetted me =/ but i hope i can lose quite a bit before surgery and im getting the Water going today, i hate water but not when its icy cold so much better (: did you exercise during the pre-op diet? i think im going to get in as much exercise as i can good luck to you too :wink2:

hey everyone, today was my post-op appointment. my surgery is july 31st (my surgeron [i spelled that wrong didnt i?] is Dr. Hill)and I'm really nervous as i am excited. I'm really ready but sometimes i feel like im not. The fill part makes me nervous too, they don't numb it but i guess if i can get piercings and tattoos than it shouldn't be bad. I feel like I'll mess up and wont lose weight or vomit and cause my band to slip. ahh, i bought my protein shake packets today, what day should i start that, the 21st or the 22nd? should ask eh? Had my PT class today and the nurse is my favourite nurse shes so funny and so nice, she makes me comfortable, and she also had WLS cant exactly remember what she had think it was bypass not sure, but shes awesome, we did an exam, there was no grade and we went over them in the class and well, everyone got them correct haha, she explained everything, and it helped alot. she gave us this breathing tube and we have to use it every hour after surgery to cough? she also gave us this antiseptic/antimicrobial skin cleanser for the night before and after surgery. i have a phone interview on monday at 10 and i dont know what theyre gonna talk about, eep. the main reason im nervous/scared is because i scared of dying, i have that fear of dying on the table or when i get out, i worry too much =/...anywho i have a question, what are some strength or resistance exercises? and endurance exercises? lol sorry if thats a stupid question but the gave me a chart to follow for exercises way at the begining of my process, and i want to follow it, i was doing my own thing, but i just found out i had a chart and it will help me better with the excerising. i had another question wait no, i was gonna post something in the protein shake part or something, the nutritionist gave some recipies for the shakes so they wont get boring, did you guys get any? she gave recipies for; chocolate shakes: Chocolate raspberry delight and chocolate coconut shake and vanilla: Pumpkin pie and vinilla root beer float, if you didnt get those or if they're not in that section(if there even is a section)ask for them and ill post them on here. but yeah my most and biggest fear about this is the dying part, it scares me to death and i think thats why my dad is worried/scared about it too =/ i guess if i ever do,(which i know i wont, its just my nerves) its from a great cause, right? what can i do to calm my nerves down?...16 more days =D!! okay i need to shut up now but thanks for reading or whatnot

i fear that so much, im trying to stay positive. sometimes i just want to cancel it but i really dont want to cancel it, i want to lose weight now and get healthier and more energy, i tried losing weight before and it didnt work for me =/. this website helps a lotttt. the support everybody gives you is really great and a few people on here have the same fear but having them tell you you'll be fine and dont let your nerves get to you. get in control of your nerves :smile:. the more i talk about this makes me feel better and someone at the pre-op class had the same fear, and having the nurse talk to you about it makes me feel a lot less stressed or worried and yes everything will be okay. think about all the things you'll be able to do after surgery when youre healed up(thats what keeps me going, i know this is going to work, makes me excited!) write a list of the things you want to do to keep you going on with the process :thumbup: good luck to you too <3 erin

i was told to start at 30-40 and work my way up. im not that active and it so sucks! but ive been walking for 35-45 mins on treadmil and i rather walk outside so im going to start doing that, i play the wii fit as much as i can and i want to start playing my Dance Dance Revolution game again. id go swimming but its so darn cold out lately >.<, like playing frisbee and catch and horseshoes, and i feel good when i do the biggest loser work out. i cant wait to get more energy, i really need it :smile: yeah i sit around a lot too and im young i should be out hanging with me bff but shes always with her "fiance" and barely talks anymore *shrugs* but i should deffinately be out having fun more than just sitting around. so i just sleep or complain how bored i am. hmm im deffinately going to get out of that...okay ill shut up now (:

oh wait, i do have a schedual but it still maybe too much, but this is what it is Sunday: 60mins of activity and stretching. Monday: Endurance/Aerobic and 60 mins of activity Tuesday: Strength/Resistance amd 60mins of activity Wednesday: Endurance/Aerobic and 60mins of activity and stretching Thursday: Strength/Resistance and 60mins of activity Friday: Endurance/Aerobic and 60mins of activity Saturday: 60mins of activity and stretching and increase it slowly but for some reason it doesnt seem like enough but i know it is :smile: