katt

Hi Guys! I know - I've been missing in action. My job has been sooooo busy. I'm in Okla. City this week, back in KC next week and St. Louis the week after that. I have lost another 1.2 lbs but I have been so bad in OKC. Tomorrow is a new day tho and I get to try again. Living in a hotel is hard. Do you hear the whine? Later-Katt

I still don't understand it but it is the WORST PB episode I have ever had! Not to mention disgusting. And to top everything off this week I have been extremely careful about what I ate, actually managed to exercise and I gain .8 lbs. I am never weighing on those scales again. Katt

Lisa, Sadly I said nothing. I pretended my cell phone vibrated and left the table. I spent most of lunch time away from the table. Unfortunately I didn't have the foresight to go to the bathroom. I went outside. Slimed the worst ever in a flower pot. I was so embarrassed. There must have been a gallon of slime before the PB. I kept thinking about what the poor person who cleans flower pots was going to think. Arghhh. I've been much more careful. Beware of Egg Drop Soup. Katt

BJean, Talala is north of Tulsa about 35 miles. Katt

BJean you always say things so well. Katt

BJean I understand. Been there, done that. Still do sometimes. But I was watching something on TV (can't remember what) but it was about people who had successfully lost large amounts of weight and kept it off. The thing they all had in common was a change in attitude. I have felt it. It is so amazing. I'm not saying everything will be perfect now. But I feel differently about how I eat. And as for the stage fright, WOW. That must be what happened. I was at a business lunch and right after the egg drop soup, I got stuck. Soooo embarrassing not to mention painful. Egg drop soup. Go figure. Katt

In my effort to become more active on this board and quit lurking, I'm going to do something I typically don't do and dive right in. I have one child that I love desperately, although I really don't much care for children. My DD, on the other hand, had 6 and she and my SIL are trying to adopt another whole family. I realize that compared to 17, six is not very many but for me it's a bunch. They are very fundamentalist and she does home school. They are beautiful, bright, healthy, happy, well-adjusted kids. Oldest is 17. Youngest 5. Incredible family if I do say so myself. My DD is an RN although she is no longer employed outside the home. My SIL earns $12.00/hr max. They live in a 1600 sq. ft. house. They live hand to mouth but require no public assistance. I both love and admire them. Katt

I have lost 25% of my goal. I started fast, tapered off, then quit and headed the other direction for a while. It is not the fault of the band. It's all mine. I discovered all the things that would go down easy and ate them...for a while. I'm back with an attitude adjustment. I have never felt so strong. I can do this. Katt

Down 1 to 277. Yay team!!!

Let me tell you about my DD. She is 37, a registered nurse, stay at home full time Mom. My son-in-law is a kind, gentle man. The are raising 6 wonderful, beautiful, healthy, happy, well-adjusted (IMHO with only a little bias) children. They home school. My oldest granddaughter graduated from highschool last year (a full year early) and will begin college this Aug. The state they live in will not allow them to foster parent because they home school. How ridiculous is this? PERHAPS one of the reasons they are so healthy is due to home schooling? Our public school system hasn't done such a good job. Katt

Karey sure i'll join. I weigh in on Wednesdays. weighed 278 last wednesday and i was down 3.2 lbs. Katt

BOH I live in Talala, Oklahoma on week-ends and Kansas City during the week. I drive back and forth thru Coffeyville. This week-end was the first in 3 weeks that we haven't been detoured around Coffeyville. It was awful. The water hasn't reached our house in Talala but my DD and her 6 kids live in Bartlesville (which has flooded off and on for the past 2 weeks) and they have been stranded several times. Thank the Lord they live on high ground and the water hasn't reached them. I am very sympathetic however and also stir crazy from rain. Additionally we have 5 dogs. Also not on purpose. My sinuses are on constant drip. My eyes itch, burn, and water continuously. There are muddy paw prints everywhere and my hair is permanently frizzed. The grass is up to my waist and we have 1 1/4 acres. We live in the area of Okla they call Green Country and the weather said yesterday it has rained here every day for the past 36 days. Arghhh. I love Okla but I never wanted to live in the tropics. Katt

I guess I need to fix my ticker. Katt

It's good to see you all again. I haven't been reading, posting, exercising, eating right, anything. My last fill was a bummer and I had to get it redone with fluoro and that cost $1100 and I am self pay and he only put .5 cc in and I don't feel like I have any fill at all so I just ROLLED in self pity for a while. BUT...after gaining a few pounds back, I am back. I have joined Weight Watchers and have lost 9.8 lbs in 3 weeks. I read a book that said proper restriction was a lot more subtle than we believe and I had been looking for something that would really knock me in the head. I feel better (I look better) and my head is back in it. 45 lbs are gone for good and more are leaving. I need your support and I'm glad you are all still here. Katt

I'm here. Lost 4 lbs, gained 2. Having rough time. Ex-husband died. Ate like pig. Went in for my 4th fill. Had a major vaso-vagal episode. Yuk. Couldn't do fill. Scheduled for 2/2 w/flouro. Bummer. I think I'm depressed. I haven't been excercising or eating right or anything. Just sitting around holding ex-husband's dog. Pray please. Katt

MimIN thank you for keeping this. I'm in at 282. I've had a rough few weeks and haven't paid much attention to anything. My ex-husband died (age 58) and although divorced we were very close. I have inherited his two dogs and had a bunch of stuff to do and feelings to feel. I'm ready to go on. Wish me luck and if anyone has been thru this, when will I stop crying? Katt

St. Patrick's Day is my B'day and I'm in. I did terribly for the Christmas challenge and I'm ready to go. I'm scheduling my 4th fill tomorrow. So far I can't tell anything is in there. Katt

This thread has motivated me more I think, than the before and after pics. It makes me remember. And since it wasn't that long ago I think I can. I felt terrible. I have a very active, stressful job that requires energy, optimism, and enthusiasm. It was becoming more and more difficult to perform. I have 6 grandchildren and we were planning a trip to Washington, D.C. and I knew I couldn't keep up. I so wanted to play with the kids. I had tried every diet known to man and a few I made up myself. I was discouraged, defeated, depressed. Then a lady came into my office to apply for a job. She had lost a lot of weight with the lap band and she was (hard to believe this one) older than me! I started investigating, found you guys and the rest is history. I have lost 30 lbs (recently gained 3 back) but am ready to go at it again with renewed vigor. Thanks to you all. I don't post a lot, but you guys make my life better. Katt

Yup - I have gone from a 44D to a 40 long. Katt

The 18 yr old me would have never imagined I woud be divorced and in the career field I chose. She would not have dreamed I would be as successful as I am. She thought I would stay married, raise babies, and be a housewife. I've always been overweight but she would not believe I gained as much as I did. I think she would be shocke and appalled...but I like me better now. Katt

I'm from Okla. living in KC presently. Banded 9/13/06 in KC. Doing well. Love my band. Hope to be moving back to OK soon. Close on a house in Ochelata 12/21. Work up here tho. Katt

It's my signal to stop eating. It means I am satisfied. If I eat more....I will be too full and uncomfortable and maybe stretch my pouch or PB. Yuk. Katt

Had fill #3 today. I think I finally have some restriction. Yay!!!!! Also discovered I have really lost 4 lbs in the past 3 weeks. I thought I had remained the same. Wow. Katt

OK I'm back. No loss but no gain either. And on reflection, that is a miracle. We took 3 teenagers and a 9 year old to Washington D.C. and have had several birthday parties, 2 directors meetings in Okla. that I had to fly to and stay out of town several days at a time, incredible job stress, Thanksgiving, and guests for the past 2 weeks and I have not gained a pound. WoooooHoooooooooo!!! You guys have perked me right up! Thanks. AND...I am ready to start again and keep going down. Katt

The beans at Taco Bell have 180 calories and 7 grams of fat. Not a horrible choice. I have had them a couple of times in a crunch. Katt