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Hello You hit the nail on the head. I went today for my last supper before my Band surgery in a week. I went to cici's and I didn't want to be terrible because I have lost 7 more lbs. and want to lose another 5 before surgery. I went for the cinn rolls, they are my fav. Now I ate no pizza, I only ate salad with low fat ranch. The I ate 3 cinn rolls. Don't know which one did it, but I am happy That will NEVER be my lunch again... LOL LESSON LEARNED>>>

whohoo... I am getting one for christmas this year!!!!!!We found a new homeowners and guess what it 300.00 cheaper than what we had... LOL Go figure... Soon I will be bounceing!!! hehe I am happy

Hey guys Here is my list! I am going to go shopping. Let me know if I need to add anything... Thanks Shopping list for surgery!!!!<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> heating pad flexible ice pack chewable or liquid gas-x a few books or movies comfy clothes squishy pillow for car ride a sports bra protien shakes flavored water broth or stuff to make broth (whole chicken) sugarfree popsicles and jello sugar free gum (ask your doctor) sugar free breathmints (ask your doctor)<o:p></o:p> jello<o:p></o:p> bottled water<o:p></o:p> cream soups <o:p></o:p> apple sauce<o:p></o:p> yogurt<o:p></o:p> frozen fruits<o:p></o:p> frozen yogurt<o:p></o:p> pill crusher

Ok you and Daniella I now have mental image of them cranking up my Boob with the hoister they use for broken legs. LOL The month is over halfway. Well will all be banded within the next two weeks. Is everyone excited???? I am nervous, excited, ready, not ready, and scared all rolled into one. I have 178 hours and 10 mins before I am in bandland. LOL I know I have to much time on my hands... LOL :clap2: I see we were egged!!!! oh well, guess thats payback for the Toilet paper.. lol Think we should retaliate? Maybe tar and feather them? LOL I am so glad everyone that has been banded is doing good... Don't forget the CHAT Weds. At 7:30 CENTRAL it would be nice to chat to all you newly banded.....

You know I was very taken back by your post. I am all cool with your opinion , and if she was FAT and maybe 12 I can see your point. But No time No or in the Near future will I be telling my child that "she is fat and needs to stop eating to shrink her tummy" My dd has NEVER had an eating out of bordom habit till this summer and when I talked to her Dr. about it I was told quote" She is fine, all kids do this in the summers, Their out of school with nothing to do, she will drop any weight she gains in the fall" This past spring she played soccer then T-ball. I don't want you to make your assumption that my dd is sitting around playing video games and eating icecream all day. No just the opposite. She is allowed 2 hours of T.v time a day. (usually 1 hour of that is spent at night before bed) and even right now she is outside with her brothers... And YES it is OK to be thick and healthy!!!! I am no longer healthy, that is why I am on this board and getting surgery. Its thoughts like yours that cause 12 years old to throw up after every meal so they can be a twiggy like there other friends. In case you haven't noticed everyone's body is different. I am 6'2 and in high school I was 190-200 lbs and could whip any guys ass I wanted. I was thick, but healthy. I thank you for your opinion and putting a guys perspective on things, but I don't agree. As far as her step grandmother goes, no I don't think it was a thought out response in her part. (she's not the smartest fry in the box) But i do think it warents and conversation on my part. I am not going to not let her go over there but we will be having a one on one. I am going to tell them this is MY dd and I will deal with her weight whatever it may be. Thank you all for the support and ideas that you have given me. I am glad that I am not the only one this bothered....

Hey I want to join the christmas goal forum... I love christmas! I am setting my goal to 60lbs by then.. Thanks amy for starting this one....

Good luck you will do GREAT!!!!!! Keep us posted on your recovery! You will be in my thoughts tomorrow...

Hello everyone... I am so glad to see everyone is doing good that has had their surgery. It wont be long before we are all banded... YEAHHHHHHH!!!! Thank you all for posting about your recovery and how you are feeling. Ohh p.s. I went and rolled (toilet papered) the June band crew and they are talking about an egging so watch out and DUCK!!! LOL Have a nice nite.....

You guys are sooooooo amazing. I get so much support here it is so nice to know I have another "family" that I can vent too! Last night I cried alot then was pissed then cried again. My dd IS NOT FAT. She is fluffy. She plays soccer, and is very healthy, but I have noticed here this summer that yes she is eating out of bordom. So we have put a stop to it and started working out together. My fathers "other family" (they are not HIS kids) are small and tiny. They don't understand what its like to be heavy. My dd is going to be like me. Tall and thick. I was not fat in HS but I was thick. I played all the sports and had a great life as a teenager. I guess my fear more than anything is that she does not understand that everyone is different and it ok to be thicker and healthy. My dd will do anything to please her pawpaw and her nana, and I don't want her growing up learning bad habits to try and be like her aunts. I am going to have a talk with them and tell them her weight is not to be discussed with her. The thing that pisses me off so much is when she is over at there house, my dad eats nothing but junk, and she knows where it is at and they let her have anything she wants. Like 3 bowls of ice cream, yes her nana called me once and asked me if it was ok if she had a third bowl of ice cream. I asked "are you stupid?" No, and then she said "well she said you let her" Yeah right she is five!!! Thanks for all the help I needed to hear that I was not overreacting. Ohh and here is a pic of my DD in case you were wondering.... http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=19589&highlight=baileigh

I am so sorry to hear that. I know it sucks. I was told the same thing in dec of 05. (my hubby just happen to get a new job) If this is something you really want Don't give up. Talk to your employer, see if they will consider adding it into the policy before open enrollment. If you get enough people they just might do it and you won't know until you try.... Good luck...

Mine was 500 also. I was mad at first, but in this area it was the norm. All the docs here charged one, most were 350-500. So I stuck with my doc, he was the best and I wanted the best. I have a date of july 25th so I don't know if I will get my 500 worth of support but its there if I need it... 2000.00 seems a little extreme to me... Unless that covers a life time of fills, support ect... I think I might have to shop around.... heck even if you have to travel a little your not going to pay that much for your gas, hotel, ect..... good luck!!!!

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Go to wallmart and get an arch brace. Its like 10 bucks and fits like an ace bandage. it lifts your arch up and helps with the pain. I used to go through this every morning when I got out of bed. it would KILL me the first 30 mins or so but got better throughout the day. Once I started wearing the brace it worked wonderful. After about a week of wearing it everyday thing greatly inproved. 6 months later I have no pain in the mornings.... good luck

6'2 and shooting for 199 i just want to be in onederland. my goal is 100 lbs 1st year. That is an average of 2 lbs per week which is a healthy weight loss rate... Good luck

Just woke up, tired because I could not quit thinking about what happened last night. I remember how bad those comments hurt coming from your family. I haven't decided if I am going to let it slide or speak up. I would like to say "stay the hell away from my dd" but that would hurt my dd to much. She worships my dad and stepmom. Anyways I have an appointment today to see my doc. He is going to check my scars from the gb. I wonder how much I weigh? I have 8 days left before the band. I so want to be under 300 before surgery and I have worked my A$% off the get there. I can't wait till my family is no longer labled "the fat family" I want to be named the "Holy crap, you look great" family.

Just woke up, tired because I could not quit thinking about what happened last night. I remember how bad those comments hurt coming from your family. I haven't decided if I am going to let it slide or speak up. I would like to say "stay the hell away from my dd" but that would hurt my dd to much. She worships my dad and stepmom. Anyways I have an appointment today to see my doc. He is going to check my scars from the gb. I wonder how much I weigh? I have 8 days left before the band. I so want to be under 300 before surgery and I have worked my A$% off the get there. I can't wait till my family is no longer labled "the fat family" I want to be named the "Holy crap, you look great" family.

Hey, Had a nice chat with you tonight. If you can, you might want to post a copy of what you shared with me on here just so everyone gets the message of how important our health is. Put in the complication thread. Anyways WELCOME!!!!! and good luck on your band... I will keep you informed one how mine goes....

We had my youngest sons birthday party today and we had such a good time. The whole family was here and the kids made out like bandits. All my kids got gifts "just because". My least favorite is an electric guitar that is very noisy and annoying. But the kids love it.. My dd said something that crushed me today after everyone left. I was fixing dinner, and she said "mom, I don't want to eat tonight, I want to shrink my tummy." I was like What? Why I like your tummy. She then tells me that Nana and her step aunts (nanas dd's) told her she needs to stop eating so much so she can shrink her tummy. This pisses me off beyond belief. I am quite aware of my childs issues, yes i think she can lose weight but I am not going to tell her she needs to stop eating to lose it. I also don't agree with putting that kind of thoughts into a 5 YEAR OLDS head.... I am going to take a step back and look at the whole pic. My father, yes I love him but I have always felt that he did not support me like he should because I was overweight. He left us as kids for months at a time, we didn't know if he was dead or alive. As a child I always felt that I was the reason my dad left my mom. He left when I was two weeks old because of another woman. When my dad was around he would make hurtful commits about my weight that were not incouraging or supportive. I wonder if that played a roll in my weight gain and addiction to food? My dd looks up to her aunts, and her step grandmother (who is the same age as me I might add). They are obsessed with looks. Nana allows the girls to "advertise" with the way they dress. They both have shirts that say things that I would not wear as an adult like "size does matter" and "this shirt looks better wet!" I don't know they are just such snobs that I don't want there opinions about body image effecting my dd happiness. My daughter is thick but in no way is she fat. I do see some signs that tell me she is not eating only when she is hungry. And I am battling those demons, everyday. We are changing our whole family, begining with me. I want our family to HEALTHY not skinny because its the thing to do. My dd will alway be bigger than others her father is 6' and her mother is 6'2. I just want to scream "STAY AWAY FROM MY DD"

We had my youngest sons birthday party today and we had such a good time. The whole family was here and the kids made out like bandits. All my kids got gifts "just because". My least favorite is an electric guitar that is very noisy and annoying. But the kids love it.. My dd said something that crushed me today after everyone left. I was fixing dinner, and she said "mom, I don't want to eat tonight, I want to shrink my tummy." I was like What? Why I like your tummy. She then tells me that Nana and her step aunts (nanas dd's) told her she needs to stop eating so much so she can shrink her tummy. This pisses me off beyond belief. I am quite aware of my childs issues, yes i think she can lose weight but I am not going to tell her she needs to stop eating to lose it. I also don't agree with putting that kind of thoughts into a 5 YEAR OLDS head.... I am going to take a step back and look at the whole pic. My father, yes I love him but I have always felt that he did not support me like he should because I was overweight. He left us as kids for months at a time, we didn't know if he was dead or alive. As a child I always felt that I was the reason my dad left my mom. He left when I was two weeks old because of another woman. When my dad was around he would make hurtful commits about my weight that were not incouraging or supportive. I wonder if that played a roll in my weight gain and addiction to food? My dd looks up to her aunts, and her step grandmother (who is the same age as me I might add). They are obsessed with looks. Nana allows the girls to "advertise" with the way they dress. They both have shirts that say things that I would not wear as an adult like "size does matter" and "this shirt looks better wet!" I don't know they are just such snobs that I don't want there opinions about body image effecting my dd happiness. My daughter is thick but in no way is she fat. I do see some signs that tell me she is not eating only when she is hungry. And I am battling those demons, everyday. We are changing our whole family, begining with me. I want our family to HEALTHY not skinny because its the thing to do. My dd will alway be bigger than others her father is 6' and her mother is 6'2. I just want to scream "STAY AWAY FROM MY DD"

ohh honey, Don't let it get you down. You just had surgery, your body is healing. Let it heal, then when you feel better, worry about the weight. I know its disheartening to gain after the band, but its water weight and will come right back off..

well I am 6'2 and the normal weight for me is 180, but I do not want to be that small. My nutristionist said 180 would be be tskinny so I am shoting for 199. when I get there I might be happy and I might want to lose that last 20 lbs. we will see....

Wait A Min... YOU CAN DO THIS..... YOU HAVE TO DO THIS!!!! it is NOT an option if you want the band. Do you want it????? That is the question YOU have to ask your self every morning for 14 days you are on liquid. Ask your self this Before your feet hit the floor. Make up your mind that you ARE going to do this. You need to take it on day at a time. Don't think of it as 14 days of liquid, think of it as 1 day of liquid that you have to do 14 times.. This is 14 days that will begin the rest of your life. You can do this! You have all of us to get you through this. You can lose the weight if you add a little walking with your diet.. good luck and keep us informed....

Hey jen, Im jen too!!! our band days are close. I am scheduled on the 25th!! It getting close I can't wait! This board is awsome and I hope to see you around. C-ya

Welcome Gwen, 120 in eight months is awsome..... way to go.. I am scheduled on July 25th. I can't wait till I am in your shoes... Thanks for sharing and keep us posted.

I have always been big, I am 6'2 so in high school I was nicked name Jolly Green Giant. At that time I wasn't offended because I was big but most of it was muscle. I was very fit even thoiugh i was thick. I was huge into sports, so I could eat what I wanted and not gain. Then after Hs I got married at 18. Boy that was a BAD diet. My weight creeped up into the 250. I stayed in the 200's the first 5 years of marriage. Then our dreams came true. We were pregnant. We had been off birth control for five years and trying, testing, crying, wondering if it would ever happen. I had a wonderful pregnancy, never sick, nothing. Then I started having back pain real bad, I called me doc and he said that is normal your body is getting used to stretching. Well this pain lasted over a week. Finally One night around 12 or 1 I told my Dh I needed to go to the hospital. I went and they gave me a shot and sent me home. I went to my Ob the next day to just check. To my shock, They could not find my babies heartbeat. This could not be happening to me, Not only could we not find the heartbeat, it it looked as if my child had passed several weeks ago and I had not known it. I was admitted to the hospital to have a dnc, it was now thought I had been in labor for weeks and my body just couldn't do it. This lead to alot of weight gain due to depression. We had a baby girl. She had passed from a genetic disorder called Turners syndrom. God knew what he was doing because, Although some do live with Turners, It is a very hard diease to cope with. After a year we tried again and low and behold I was pregnant. I got over 300 for the first time in my life. I ate alot because I was so scared of misscarring. The yoyo effect was now a life style for me. I was up and down for the next five years and through two more pregnancies. At 28, I am in nursing school, married, with three perfect children, and missrable beyond belif. My feet hurt I am in the worst shape of my life. I am on zoloft just to get through the day. My Bf mention to me, her sister who had the lap band and had lost over 200 lbs. I thought about it and started researching it. I am now scheduled in 10 days to have my band. And My Dh has decided to do it with me, so we will be a team.