OH Juli

The wine is going well with little peanut butter pretzel sandwiches. It was going well with meatloaf (picked up at the fancy grocery store that had the wine) and a bit of cheese. I'm being BAD BAD BAD. Gone are the days of too much ice-cream and too much food. It's funny that being BAD is sipping on a glass of wine in less than 20 minutes after eating a cracker. BTW, I'm going to shoot for carb free over the weekend. Too many of those bastard carbs have snuck back into my regular food. Anything amazing I should know about that you've been eating lately?

Hi Angie and Topdown! Good to meet you! Absolutely let's keep in touch. If you want any of my perspectives I'll be happy to share! If you just want to talk lapband stuff, I'm happy to that too! Juli

Edd Getting off of meds is FANTASTIC! As a person who didn't get a fill until 5 months after my band was put on, I'd say if you're losing well, hold off. I don't know if you are soliciting advice. I just like to give it! Awesome job though.

Wine goes well with the liquid calories in the coffee I've had today. I'm really a mess. I have no food at home, homework to do and zilch in the way of motivation. I'm going home to dirty house and a bottle of wine. ick.

Yes and no. Coming around to terms to do takes a bit of digging. Keeping on point and not caving once you chose to control you destiny can be tough. But there is a point where it is like a switch. Off or on, yes or no, does this get me to my goal or get in the way of my goal... It's hard for me to put it into words. We all have our paths. Good luck.

awe shucks. At first I was going to ask what he was sucking that was making him gay and keeping the weight from falling off, but that was obtuse. Then I was going to say all the sex with my girlfriend is helping me lose the weight...but then he'd want to watch, because you know, that's how we lesbians like it. With some hairy man looking on.... glad to make you giggle.

meatloaf in the blender....oh, the days of mushy. I do think I could probably chew that well enough now. Rare filet mignon. With a huge glass of wine.

I somehow am perfectly able to stuff my face and do other things at the same time. I'm a talented multi tasker! Oh, my blood work came back and my B-12 was at 373, which is low-ish. I eat plenty of protein but I need to eat more red meat apparently. Here I am gobbling up fish thinking I'm doing things right... I love red meat, now I need to find squishy ways of making it.

This was on my Marchies thread. This is what I posted: "I'm gay and I'm losing weight pretty well." Snotty?

I'm gay and I'm losing weight pretty well.

Guess who just volunteered to help her surgeon's office put together a support program solely for thier Lapband patients? You know, to play the role of the patient on the committee for our specific insights? Because I don't already have enough to do. But somehow I'll find the time. There is a need... Okay, homework time.

I took the test, thanks for posting it.

Sending Stevee good JUJU.

You are letting other people control your destiny and you are making excuses. When you decide to live your life for your self you will find that you don't care what other people think. When you stop making excuses you will be surprised at how much you can accomplish. It's very liberating.

I thought this was cool when I first heard about it. It's like a geek's treasure hunt. I say geek and mean that nicely.

No, I'm an overly tired and pmsing. I want a cookie and my pillow. And you are right, I shall not sulk. I'm calling my surgeon's office to say really I can't be your only lapband person, do I need to organize my own group? (and to get some results from a blood draw.) And I went to the local area on LBT to shout out to the potential other central Ohioans. I am proactive if nothing else.

Hey, I was done at OSU in March. I went to a support meeting last night for the first time and they were all GB! I want to meet up with other local banded people as well. Nice to meet ya, I'm Juli.

Woo Hoo Jenn! I am jealous of you for your group. I'm going to sulk in the corner now.

Golly, I can barely get my ass to a meeting in Columbus. Oh, if it were on a weekend and I was driving north anyway, you know I'd detour! I know there will be a time when I detour north to say howdie just cuz. There are 4 area places one can get a band in this city. I think I need to contact the other hospitals to see what they are doing. My surgeon is really not an advocate for the band. He believes it's workable for about 1 in 10 people and I am one of his 1's. Yesterday I met a woman who wanted the band and he talked her into GB. She'll have surgery next week. When she asked me how I liked my band I told her I loved it. She said maybe because I didn't have as much to lose. She is just under 300#. I said, I was 313#! That was fun, to have to so no really I was SMO. But I said I'm compliant and I exercise like I should, or perhaps even more than I should. She said she needs something to keep her face out of the gallon of ice-cream and has no will power left. I said, rock that GB! But ugh. I want a comrade close by! Boo hoo.

Yeah, I've got another good reason to move to Michigan...

I went to my surgeon's support group tonight. I was the only lapbanded person. I remember now why I had never gone. Pre surgery I was the only lapband person. I spent an hour being told all about mineral and vitamin defincencies. Not it. UGH! I know there are other lapbanded people in Columbus Ohio. I shouldn't have to leave the state to meet other lapbanded people.

Awesome! Good boss, good boss.

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I'm going to work out. You all can keep your test tickles and breast tickles to yourselves.

JC look back in June for the page. Wearing a skirt...she didn't say it was all sexy, it could be a 2 sizes too big old wrinkly maxi skirt, with a faded ill matched and stained t-shirt. Oh, wait I'm describing someone I work with!