meandmyweightloss

Candra you are so close......14pds..you can totally do it!!!! Ok Riley and Tina...I'm slow what does PB's mean? So Robin called me today and moved me to soft solids....I was telling her how hungry I am between meals now...she never really answered me on what to do...so today I decided I'm just going to ake back control!!!! And I got the WII active and did that...I haven't even felt like eating!!!! And wow it way kicked my ass...much for than WII fit!!!!! So I was also telling her how I have never gotten anything stuck or felt like I was going to vomit and that really I felt like I could eat anything...guess what happened at lunch? I think I was full or I didn't chew well enough or both...but oh my gosh...it was the worst pain...I could feel it between my breasts and everytime I thought it was going to get better it got worse...my mouth started water and my nose started to run...it was horrible...it hurt so bad...I had to excuse myself and go to the restroom...it finally went down but wow that was a wake up call!!! :redface: Hey Donna.....how are you? Hows the weightloss going?

Yah its crazy with Ty in Soccer and pre school and then going back to work you know its hard to keep up!!!! I miss you guys though.....can we all get together soon? I know last time was a bust.....I'm off Thur and Fridays.... And Tina you look great!!!! Your working hard and it shows...you know everyone is different

Hey everyone!!!! First day back to work!!! It went great alot of people noticed that I had lost but just said oh yah with you being off and eating good and stuff you look great!! It was nice!! However I have not lost anything in almost 2 weeks....I was loosing a pound a day for awhile and now I have put on 3 pds now.......I can eat way more than I should and I'm starving in between meals!!!!! I told Christine today or I should say asked her if maybe I lost so much at the beginning that maybe my band is not tight now.......does anyone know if that could be the case? Tomorrow Robin is suppose to call so I can move up to soft solids (which is pretty much what I have been doing) that puree stage is for the cats SERIOUSLY....... ANYWAY....hope everyone is well...I haven't been on for a few days and its hard to catch up on all the posts :smile:

Thank you guys so much...I'm totally stressing.....I can eat anything I swear.......It's nice to know I'm not the only one...my first fill is June 12th....I want to go on th 25th.....maybe I will just come with for moral support!!! :smile: Tina where is everyone chatting at now? Not here

Ok....My fellow bandersters...I feel like I dont even have a band latley....I'm just about 4 weeks post op.....I lost 17 pds in like 3 weeks and now the scale wont move....I have been totally eating normal food....suppose to be on purees but make sure I chew really well.....No problems unfortunitly.....I totally just over ate and feel sick.....I defently cant eat as much as before...but still I'm putting away way more than 1/4 cup...did anyone go throught this....help...how do I get back on track.......I NEED HELP I FEEL HORRIBLE>>>> :smile:

Hi marquint... I'm in Elk grove.....I am post op...had surgery on monday will be 4 weeks...I haven't been on much in last few days...all these women are great!!!! I also had Dr.Baggs in fact I believe most of us did!!! I was assigned him also...but sooooo glad, he is awesome!!!!

Hey Nicole...Abeey is really sick...I am not going to be able to go today :smile: The sitter wont taker like this and I dont want ot ak her out!!! Sorrry for the short notice :eek:

Hey everyone....I can't wait to buy some spaghetti squash!! I've seem even bought and let it go bad cause I wasnt sure how to cook it!!! Nicole I will be there tomorrow!!! Ok...I have gained 2 pds since I started this next stage...I feel totally defeated...help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reggie....you are not complaining at all...trust me I was worse!! I totally had pain there....like soreness...I was told it is from the gases that they bloat your stomach with during surgery...it triesto escape and moves all over your body...I want to say it to me like a week or two before all that was gone...

I was wondering if you have to see Robin every time? I have an appt with Dr.Baggs for my first fill on June 12.... So this is gross but I have been constipated for 3 days.....I'm sure form the change in my diet!! So I have been drinking prune juice mixed with other juice for flavor....but now I feel totally guilt because I know the juice has alot of calories......and I ate 5 prigles....what the hell...I felt so full cause I had just ate dinner......I told my husband before I felt dizzy and light headed because I wasn't eating enough...now all the sudden that I am eating more choices of foods I'm finding it easier to eat...although my amounts are still small and I get full fast I catch myself being more experiemental!!!! I don't want that!!! It scares me THanks for the good recipes with the spaghetti squash I've always wanted to try it..... Can we eat like whole wheat pasta? I'm assuming the answer is no......but just curious Oh Riley that lady had it in September of 08 and she had it somewhere in Fresno she said....I met her at a party.....but either way I agree with you...it's a TOOL.....

Hey Regg....you go!!! I swear it gets better...those forst few days I cried wished I had never done it!!! I was in total hell...I missed food...I hurt....I was pissed!! I almost 3wks post op and I would say I am 90% normal...... Tina...ok a few things.....one you mentioned your stiches pocking out...it so strange because a few days ago I noticed something clear pocking out of the port scar...so I pulled it (i know gross!!) not hard, but anyway it started to bleed and I was like oh crap thats a stictch....well then today I noticed one barley sticking out of another...is that normal? I thought about emailing Dr.Baggs.... also the nails peeling...I'm not even kidding just today I was sitting in the car and I always try to take care of my nails, I've been slacking latley but realized they are totally peeling.... And don't let that story scare you....like I said the women ate exaclty the way I would have ate if I didn't have the band!! You dont do that.....also she tried to tell me that her band only holds 3 cc.....is that true? Do they make different sizes cause that was not my understanding...she als osaid she felt at 3cc she was at the perfect restriction...yah perfect restriction to have surgery for fun and still stay fat.....she was totally fat!!! Why do it...... I think some people loose in weight and some people loose more in inches...for instance I have lost alot of weight but my ass and hips seriously are still huge.....you propably have much smaller hips and butt....you know

Hey everyone!! Sorry I have been MIA......crazy few days!!!!! Yesterday was my nephews bday then my brother in law had a party last night.....fun!!! So there was this lady th ere telling my mother in law about her lap band....so I came over and listened....non of them know so I didn't say I had it...but she was telling me that she had it in Sept and she is only down 30 pds....she said thats normal.....I kept thinking wow I'm 3weeks post op and down 17pds......but I watched her eat dinner and she ate a hot dog with bun, chips, and mac salad...I mean really!!!! Anyway...Reggie....I couldn't finish my 1/4 cup of applesauce either.....at the beggining.....but I could finish my 1/4 c of creamed Soup...I dont know maybe its the thickness of the applesauce!!!!! Thank you girls for being able to meet at 1!!! I needed it...totally bummed I missed the meeting yesterday...how was it? What did they talk about? So the last couple of days I have been eating a scrambled egg with a pinch of cheese....purfect!! It doesn't make me suck and it totally stays with me!!! Yesterday at lunch I ate about a 5th of a hamburger dipped in ketchup...perfect no problems!!! and then dinner I ate a very small amount of chicken breast and a few bites of Pasta salad...I know no pasta...but it was hardly any and they really didnt have much I could eat!!! Either way it was great!! I felt good...no nausea...no dizziness no starving...I was happy!!!! It was nice to finally not feel sick!!!! Oh and I had energy...not a tone but more than usual!!!! :wink2: Yah!!!

Hey ladies....Is there anyway we can meet Tuesday at 1pm? if not I will just skip it...I don't want everyone to rearange for me, Ty has preschool that starts at 12:30....let me know...sorry

Good for you Heather!!! I dont know if you ever saw my message (cause I know I miss them sometimes too) but I live in Elk Grove too....

Today I was not feeling well...I was at Ty's field trip....he loves pistachios....they were in my purse....so before I got dizzy enough to fall over I ate a few....oh my gosh after a little while I felt so much better...so maybe I need to really be eating some protien....Tonight is our run night ith soccer and all so I heated up a Healthy choice meal (my fav) and took my measuring cup and measured a little chicken and a little mashed potatoes....Robin told me yesterday to stick to 1/4 c...well it satisfied me and I felt pretty good...but by the time we got home I was really hungry......so maybe need to up it Tina what days work for you next week....its my last week off...my goodness it went fast!!!! But let me know I would be down for a lunch meet!! :thumbup:

Christine...you rock girl!!! You always make me feel better.......I know this is a good thing!!! :thumbup: I'm so prod of you....like I told you looked hella skinny in that pic you sent me, just next time can you not send me naked ones....my hubby was drooling!!! :smile2: Just kidding!!! Reg...it will get better girl.....oh how 2 weeks ago I was in your shoes......it will get better!!!! Ok.....I know I am the total bipolar on here...one minute I love the band the next I hate it......it's a love hate relationship what can I say......it's alot like my relationships in past (besides my husband :laugh:) but thats for another post!!! :w00t: So did anyone seriously puree their food???I mean really? It's like cat food....I can't do it......I just ate a little chicken I just really concentrated on chewing till it was musshy....we will see how I do..... I have had little energy....I even feel dizzy sometimes....maybe now that I can have protein that will help.... One thing I am loosing like crazy...207 today.....

I agree totally the hardest thing I have ever done....all though I have lost alot of weight at this point I don't know that I would do it again!!! I may change my mind but for now I just have to enjoy the good parts.....I am still feeling ill to my tummy...not sure why.....

I will not be at the meeting and am totally sad!!! It's my nephews first birthday right at 11!!! Ok fellow banders......Robin called today but I missed her call....but I went ahead and start stage 3 puree....I have a couple of questions.....did you guys puree everything....I mean if you are really aware of what you are eating can't you chew to the same consistancy? So today I had to take my hubby to the ER (he is doing fine so no worries:)) but I had 1/4 c cottage cheese for breakfast and by the time lunch came around I was read to eat...well I couldn't get to food right away...so at 2 I went to the hospital cafeteria and got 2 hard boiled eggs and some tuna.....to my surprise I ate both eggs and about 2 or 3 table spoons of tuna...what the hell...thats alot....but then I was full all night......when I made dinner for the kids I took a couple of bites of potato salad that I chewed up really well and it wasn't much!!! But now I am totally nauseous and have been for about 2 hrs now......do you think its the amount I ate or maybe what I'm eating or both? I mean I went from cream soup and cream of wheat to eating eggs and potato salad.... Anyway, just curious if anyone else ever experienced any nauseous cause it sucks!!!! :laugh:

Rewggie...I totally worried about death...infact all I could think about was I decided to this and my kids are going to have to go on without a mom...it was horrible....I just kept thinking about everyone on here who had done so well and like Tina as soon as I got there I felt better....Thats one of the great things about lapband is the death rate is slim to non....thats another reason I chose this over gastric bypass......and I've heard that the few deaths that have occured with lapband have been because of other reason not the acctual lap band!!!! I know you will do great!!!! But TRUST me you are not alone in the way you are feeling..... Make sure your hubby lets us know ASAP when you are done!!! XOXOXOXOXO :purplebananna:

Christine that awesome...its time for me to add some exercise in!! :eek: By the way that info about how much saline they put in is interesting...I noticed on my pictures of the band he gave I had alot fo fat on my acctual stomach...I was suprised.....dont know why but just didnt expect that...so I will be curious to see how much he put in at surgery

Tina.....Isn't the fact that your band is not as tight now mean that you have lost alot of weight.......that's good right? But I'm sure its frustrating all the same!!! The 1200 calorie diet worked for me and my husband.....we found it hard to always stick to a meal where we ate the protein first....you know I would make like tacos with turkey meat and Fat free sour cream.....I mean they were totally low fat, but we ate everything all at once. But we tried and most of the time we would eat protein first. we both lost 20pds in about a month and a half. Song and Dance did they give you a goal yet? Both Tina and I were given 12 pd goal which I believe we both went way past!!!! Ok...so I don't know if its the heat or what but the weight is just falling off, I know it probably wont last this way for ever but I will take it while I have it :laugh:....209 baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am 9 pds away from being under 200....I can't believe it!!!!! Hey Reg did you get that CD? I am so excited for you!!! I will have you in my thoughts and prayers and if you need anything dont hesitate!!! :smile: We love you girl!!!!!!!

Hey Ladies!!!!! I'm so glad you liked the WII Tina!!! I love it!!!!! So I went shopping yesterday for the first time since I started really loosing weight...I bought a size 16 short!!!!! I can't believe it!!!! I was so excited and a 14/16 shirt...wow I'm down 35 pds!!!!! I think I am really starting to love my band!!! :rolleyes2: Finally!!!! I even wore a tank top in public......never do that

I had my band surgery on 05/04...I was 223 before surgery and after surgery I was 225...alot of people have said they gained right after.....but I lost it fast...it hasn't even been 2 weeks and I'm down 11pds