JMO

That is awsome!!! 14 is my goal size. I know it must feel wonderful... good job!!!!

you look great!!!! great job... Love the dress.

I still have the shorts that I meet my DH in. They are black "Daisy dukes" with fringes around the legs. My GOAL is to get back into thoses shorts. My dh loved them and he told me years later when he saw them on me (I was not there for him, I happened to be dating his roommate) all he could think was "he wanted my legs wrapped around him". May TMI but it makes me smile! Good luck YOU will get into those outdated jeans.... Oh by the way I am 6'2 so I have tons of legs!!!!

yep it does!!!! enjoy it and I am right behind you getting my band on tues. YEAH Good luck

Thank you so much for posting that! That is awsome.. YEAH for you.. I am soon to be banded (july 25th) and little NSV like this make me know for sure that I am doing the right thing... Thanks

Lapbandfan, My husband is on his way to be banded. He just, two weeks ago changed his meds from a pill form to a liquid form. He gained 15 lbs in two weeks. He freaked out, and his doc said IT WAS NORMAL! and he said but what if my band doc won't band me now, and she told him not to worry, because it usually happens when you start a new kind of blood pressure med, and he will know this. Don't fret get your fill and once your body gets used to it you will drop the weight. Good luck

Three days and two hours remaining before I get to lap band land!!! I am so excited! gota go get ready just thought I would drop in..

Three days and two hours remaining before I get to lap band land!!! I am so excited! gota go get ready just thought I would drop in..

Hey, Congrats on your surgey date! I can only tell you my experience. I had to keep from breast feeding for the first 24 hours after surgery. Then the first milk I pumped and dumped. I then went back to feeding like normal. Another concern is make sure your pain meds are compatiable with nursing.. Good luck and keep us posted...

I second elizabeth! you need to find a new doc. This one sounds like he just wants to get your band out!

hunnybun, You can do this, If you put your mind to it. I agree with mpvo, you need to make a buget. My dh and I went from make over 100,000 a year to just over 30,000 in less than two years. We had to cut out ALOT! When you go to buy something, think do I NEED this or do I WANT it. There is a big difference in those two words. Good luck on you entire journy of the new you!

This is a good thing right? I hope my nose and my brain does this to me when I am banded. The only time I experienced anything like this was when I was prego. It was so weird. All three pregnancies I could not look at, smell, touch or really think about raw meat! any kinds, red, chicken, turkey, didn't matter all of it made me sick.

If I needed alot of work, I probley would go to mx. for it

Cokes have never been my weakness, so I just leave them out all together. I am just to afraid that if I do drink a coke, then my band slips, I would mad at myself and blame myself for the slipage. I want to take no chances on lossing my band. If I do lose my band down the road I can honestly say it wasn't my fault. (not banded for another 4 days but thats my moto)

I just had mine taken out two weeks ago. My band surgery is one week from now, so I have been eating little or no fat for a while now. My question is: What foods upset your stomach now that your gall bladder is out? Lettuce has been giving me fits, is this something that get better over time, or am I just stuck to a life with no salad?

My dd is 5 1/2 years old. She worships my father and his wife and her step aunts. (they are 14 & 15) She is very impressionable, and my dad let the kids get their belly buttons peirced. At first my DD said she wanted hers done, I told her when she gets older we will see. Now I am makeing her plate for dinner and she tells me she does not want to eat because she want her tummy to be flat. I told her she has a beautiful tummy and why does she want flat. She said that nana said that she needs to shrink her tummy. OHHH I AM PISSED... Not only did she tell a five year old thats she is fat but she told her she needs to quit eating.... I have been working with my dd on healthy eating and working out. She has done great because WE were doing it TOGETHER. she worked out 5 days this week but I have never told her that eating was what made her bigger. She has really never asked why she is bigger than other kids. She is very out going and makes friends with everyone. I guess the reason I am so pissed is because I am worried they are going to give her a complex. I never felt as if my father accepted me 100 %. He always made stupid comments that really hurt, so in turn I would turn to food. He ran out on us kids several time for months and I think alot of my food issues stem from not having a DAD. His step kids are little prissy brats who put their goods out for advertisement (which I totally disagree with) but they are skinny and pretty and it hurts so bad for me to see the relationshiip he has with them but never had with me. I just don't want him to treat her different. My dd is over weight, but she is not out of control. Am I over reacting? I just don't want her to be hurt.

perv here!!!!

Hey nervous!, Don't waist your nervous energy on this. You should be fine with a BMI of 45. You will prob. breeze through this and be like, "what was I nervous about?" good luck tonight and jkust take it all in...

Sent you a PM by the way this is JEN if any of you are wondering...

LOL Good job.... LOL those were cute little pics. I was reading theres and alot of us are going down the same road.. So we need to look for them for inspiration.. (But while were there it won't hurt to throw some food around)lol

Have you tried the ones with the fruit? yummm I love the strawberry....

You can call now and set up some of your appointments now. I know both My nutr. and pysc dr. Had a two month wait because they were so booked. I would have everything set up by November or December. It took me three months to get all my stuff done but thats because I was waiting for appointments. Good luck!!!

WHHooohoooooo! I am down 7 lbs, I only have 4 more to go to be under 300 lbs. Can I get a Whot Whot!!! Hell Yes. I have worked out everyday and I feel great. It gets so much easier when you do it everyday. My dd is doing so good and working out with me. "Small nsv" we went to the store today to get the last few things I needed for surgery. We went past the cookies, and my ds said "mom lets get cookies", Before I could say anything My dd piped up and said "Kaleb, thats not very healthy". All I did was smile. We then went and got yogurt instead.. I went and had my "last supper" today. I went to cici's for cinn rolls. I did good and had a big salad with low fat dressing and 3 cinn rolls. That will be the last time I ever have a cinn roll from cici's. I will never go back... I tried on a pair of shorts today and could not get them buttoned but I did get them over my hips.. LOL they are safe in my dresser and waiting till the day I can put them on, button them, and have lots of room to move... I have 7 days left... Yeahhhhh This waiting is KILLING me. While I wait: 1 1/2 hours on cross trainer 300 crunches 100 leg lifts 3 sets 15 curls 3 sets 15 press DD 20 mins cross trainer 100 crunches 50 jumpin jacks 28 leg lifts

KMO Your tooo funny!!! Thats my name... LMo we will be seeing you soon .......

WHHooohoooooo! I am down 7 lbs, I only have 4 more to go to be under 300 lbs. Can I get a Whot Whot!!! Hell Yes. I have worked out everyday and I feel great. It gets so much easier when you do it everyday. My dd is doing so good and working out with me. "Small nsv" we went to the store today to get the last few things I needed for surgery. We went past the cookies, and my ds said "mom lets get cookies", Before I could say anything My dd piped up and said "Kaleb, thats not very healthy". All I did was smile. We then went and got yogurt instead.. I went and had my "last supper" today. I went to cici's for cinn rolls. I did good and had a big salad with low fat dressing and 3 cinn rolls. That will be the last time I ever have a cinn roll from cici's. I will never go back... I tried on a pair of shorts today and could not get them buttoned but I did get them over my hips.. LOL they are safe in my dresser and waiting till the day I can put them on, button them, and have lots of room to move... I have 7 days left... Yeahhhhh This waiting is KILLING me. While I wait: 1 1/2 hours on cross trainer 300 crunches 100 leg lifts 3 sets 15 curls 3 sets 15 press DD 20 mins cross trainer 100 crunches 50 jumpin jacks 28 leg lifts