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Marianne - You are right on track! You are walking and 1 week post op for you. That's how I did it. You go girl! I can't wait to see you in twoville, very soon I see. Walk walk walk...the lb's will just melt off and right now you are at a time where the weight will just fall off the first few weeks so run with that! Never look back. Niche - Wow! I have really short legs so anything over 4.0 mph is considered jogging or running for me. My walking pace is 3.2 - 3.6 but 4.0 ..and I'm jogging, 5.0 and i'm running. That's really good ..plus you had a 5% incline so that's even harder. Work it!

Don't worry Doc, I take off 1 day every other week. We have to let our bodies rest up.....for 1 day ... Buhahahwhahahahahhaha.... (cracks a whip)

Lordy, if I get up to 500 leg lifts a day... he'll think...no not think....................he will... look at me and think that I am :hungry: Give me a month or so to catch up to 500 freakin leg lifts. That's unheard of... lmao!

Oh gosh Tricia.... I have to tell you that you have OFFICIALLY killed my thighs. But they sure are looking pretty sweet... and let's just say that last night.. the hubby couldn't keep his hands off *wink wink*

C 202LBS (-38 TOTAL LOST) -5LBS THIS WEEK) I will not celebrate onderland until I hit 190lbs. This way I will know that 199 is as good as gone

Wow, some of the diets here are really good and some............ NO COMMENT!

05/15/2006 - DAY OFF 05/16/2006 - 4 mile run (RUN/Jog) on treadmill @ 4mph and 6.6 mile bike ride Plan for today 05/17/2006 - 2 mile run @ 4mph, 13.2 mile bike ride 3 sets of 12 reps 5lb weights bicept curls 3 sets of 12 reps 10lbs tricpet curls 100 regular crunches 100 twisting (leg in the air) crunches 50 leg lifts each side (sighs)

:heh: :heh: :heh: :heh: :heh: :heh: :heh: :heh: :heh: :heh: :heh: :heh: That's great Sam, I hope you keep up the momentum and really show us something good next week. Don't give up and now that you've had a fill, with exercise too? Uh Oh... :omg: could be really good next week.

You are doing unbelievable! I admire your walking for 35 miles in 1 month that's a little over a mile a day. I wish others had your spunk too. Ah well..can't make people move...... but I'm glad were on the same team.

HeatherGurl - The Elliptical is awesome huh? I think it makes us sweat more than the treadmill does. 5 minutes is an achievement, hell .....3 minutes on the stair stepper is a major achievement for me. Just think.... in a few weeks you'll be doing 45 minutes to an hour. FunniDuddies, I'm glad you are doing really well. Keep up the great work ladybug. Drinking, exercising, walking the kids..(can't believe they can walk a mile without complaining as young as they are). Also.. I use "DH" alot and I know it refers to "husband" but what the heck does the initials mean? Da Husband?? Duhh Husband?? De Husband? I don't want to be incorrect..

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Hey HeatherGurl, I don't consider it having balls... I am just soo tired of being fat and I am also impatient. Something went off inside of me after I got the band. I don't want to be obese anymore. I want to spend every moment and opportunity I can to get this s@$%t off of me once and for all. I'm pretty much in this alone at home and it's no picnic. I'm married into a family that cooks for an army and they eat REALLY big! Temptation on a daily. Husband just keeps bringing in junk food and it's driving me nuts so I spend my time doing things that will help me. It's not easy living with a man I love soo much yet.. I feel like he's doing everything in his power to try to sabatoge my weight loss. Examples: Cheetos, Doritos, Large tub of peanut butter, cake mixes and ice cream all in 1 week (last week). I just tire myself out and do stuff till I fall asleep. I tried talking about it to him and the kids. The kids were fine with eliminating junk but he's not. I was there where he is so I understand..., I am not forcefully making him give that stuff up b/c I understand. I love him, never called him fat and was never mean to him, just show him my disappointed face. :rolleyes It's not working yet, but maybe when he's really ready, he'll give that stuff up and come join me on a bike ride or a stroll every once in awhile.

LOL Teresita, I believe you! You are doing fantastic as well. I love how you are working hard yourself ..all the while cheering everybody on. Multi-tasking at it's best!

Hell yeah SusanP, I love your post! Especially the husband part! The way he looks at you. That's sexy! I'm getting this at home now too, though he doesn't comment on my weight loss, he does look at me alot more and very differently and I have to push him away at times now, cuz I'm just too exhausted from the workouts. Feels soo damn good.

Very very very proud of you Em... You weren't lying when you said you would definately lose weight being at mom's house for the week. -3lbs is not easy to lose and I have to say you are hardworking. Way to go sis!

I'm here! Success.. 5 weeks tomorrow and I'm down 37lbs with no complications so far. Scars look great and i'm feeling like a million bucks. I'm down to size 16 (loose now). Life is great. Thanks Plunderbunny.. good idea for a thread.

GreatDame, Seriously... everyone has a different experience but be rest assured that just by reading the posts... the majority of folks are doing rather well. I'd say.. read all of it.. learn from us and our mistakes b/c you will clearly see triumphs, successful habits and major mistakes. Treat LBT as a "Q&A" site, with interativeness Don't worry about a thing. Go into it with confidence. I myself am doing ok.

My opinion.... CASH IS KING and the doctor knows it. I wouldn't trust him b/c he knows insurance will cover it and if he'd be willing (opinion) to stress you out with your weight loss while milking the insurance company 6 - 8 times per year ($5k). His work ethics is definately questionable. Since we will never know for sure what exactly he is doing or not doing (medical records are falsified..trust me, I know first hand, I'm a medical consultant and I do chart audits and private investigations) unless OIG (Officer of Inspector General) and your state's Insurance Commissioner got involved and conducted an investigation and maybe pull together patient records..did statistics of all patients, zoning in on patient's complaining of the same issues, you probably should look for another doctor. If you do look for a new doctor, he/she should be big in the banding community. A doctor with a high success rate of weight loss from his patients, with happy results from fills...may not be as reliant on the constant insurance money.. instead, more interested in the success of his patients, hence getting more referrals and making more money. Everything I said above is opinion and based on my experiences in the medical field... I know that not every doctor is crooked. There are thousands of exceptional doc's out there, but then there are the opposite. This isn't the first time I'm hearing this being said on LBT, in fact I read this same kinda story on 3 different occaisions in the past 2 weeks. It kinda makes you wonder.....gotta question leakages.... and non working bands, multiple surgeries, corrections......... should probably compare and contrast foreign country surgeries v/s USA surgeries to see if there is a major difference between the two.. Mexican based docs are prob not worried about money cuz they are all cash anyway and they just want to perform the surgery well and get you on your way, thinking you'll never probably come back, v/s USA docs who need the continued business and income and ... well, you get what I'm saying.

I love that with every 5lbs I lose, I feel that those lbs are really..."GONE FOR GOOD" I'm a happier wife, mother and friend every day. I have you guys to thank for this b/c if not for this forum and this thread and a few others, I'd not have learned all I have learned so far and I wouldn't know to push myself to get to my goal as much as I do now. Reading and connecting with people motivates me and makes me want to strive to do more and to be better at myself. I don't really have the right words to express what I'm feeling at this very moment. I am more hopeful about myself than I have ever been in my entire life. I know that you may be tired of hearing about my crazy bike rides but I need to share this with you guys... The past 2 weekends, when I rode those miles, each time I did.. I wanted to quit about 75% of the way through it. My legs ached, shaking soo badly, the sun was harsh on my cheeks and arms, the wind.... fierce as it pushed against me. Last 5 miles are the worst for me. I'm soo close to home yet soo dead tired. As I rode the last few miles and I began to feel numb and running on empty, I kept thinking about my friends here on LBT. I also think about the people that aren't able to do what I'm doing... health wise. I want to confess that the last weekend and yesterday, I cried soo hard the last few miles:think It hurts soo badly.... yet I felt an overwhelming feeling of love, accomplishment, drive and determination. I could see all of your faces. Thank you friends...for pulling me through the last stretch of miles as I rode alone, almost wanting to really give it up.

:cry :think Thank you. Though I feel strong about myself, I did need to hear this. Thank you.

WOW! What a major difference! You look fantastica! You have really nice knees too, plus i love the ankles. I'm an ankles kinda girl

Ok, update... DOWN -4LBS BABY AND I EVEN ATE LIKE A FREAKIN COW YESTERDAY. Had 4 - 6 oz of food (lmao) Not alot but it was my first time since before surgery that I ate soo much. 2 bite sized pieces of fried Puerto Rican Pork something (mother-in-law made it) 1/6th piece of chicken breast (Bar-B-Que) grilled Garden salad with bacon bits, no dressing and maddd tabasco sauce Potato salad Puerto Rican rice con gondules So I had a 2 - 3 bites of everything and I felt good. I didn't overdo it however I did drink a little water during the meal b/c the pork was painful. (Didn't want mom to get upset cuz im not eating her food, she's soo paranoid if every single person doesn't go hog wild over her food. But I kept it realistic for myself. Plus she does know about the surgery so she wasn't soo bad.) omG why was my band surgery the topic of conversation or "nice conversation piece"????? How embarrassing! Sister-in-law's were all asking about it and other's listening attentively. :nono: Yes.... no one said I looked good but I can see how much they couldn't stop staring at me. It makes me paranoid... when people stare and not comment. I start to manifest all kinds of thoughts. Just freakin spit it out! Ask away...say something!!!! I did notice that people (family) were much more talkative towards me and much nicer. That sucks that weight changes people's demeanor. I'm happy that I'm happier. I don't care what they think anymore and when I hit goal... I know that if no one makes a positive comment, that means they are jealous or just don't want to acknowledge all the hardwork I put in. I mean, how can you lose 37lbs and no one tells you ..that you look different or smaller or...whatever??? But blahh, I felt like a star, even though I have a long ways to go, I felt super! Oh, funny thing too is my sister-in-law made a comment at dinner that her and her fiance saw me riding my bike about 20 ish miles from my home. They smiled..reluctantly. Kinda looked at me in horror. I said.."Oh yeah? Cool, so when are you joining me???" I got a shaking head signalling "Never" and a smile :tired No further comments were made about it.

Tricia_K, call me crazy but... you may be eating more b/c you are working out like a work horse. You are using weights, riding bike....and a whole schlew of things. You need more as you burn more and I think you may be putting on some muscle, which is excellent. This is my take on the subject anyway but... seriously, did you take into account all you've been doing? Don't deny yourself the right to gain muscle.. you are doing fantastic.

Allz I gotz to say is Trica_K must have legs like "the Hulk" cuz damn I can't do 500 leg lifts..... just not in me cards... lmao:heh: It killed me majorly to do 25 each leg. I can bike, can jog/run/walk for long distances but..........hell noo! I can't do 500. Geesh Louise! You go Tricia_K. Seriously looking to see Wonderwoman's legs one day

What a great NSV and what a great looking bunch of lass's. I can see a slight resemblance in the cheek curvature of everyone. P.S., I hope to look as great as mom does when I am her age and I would hope I look just as great after having 10 kids...wow! Hehehe, I fell completely apart after 2 kids. I was 145 when I got pregnant with my last one and skyrocketed to 240lbs . Not even 3 kids yet.. I plan on taking one of these pictures when I see my mom in July or August and my sister. I used to be the smallest and now I am the biggest..even still after dropping the lbs, I'm still the biggest. Can't wait to "not be" anymore:cool: .