Stum-belina

Happy 40th Birthday Stum-belina!

Happy 39th Birthday Stum-belina!

Hi April! Kinda excited....I weighed this morning and I'm at 228!!! I haven't been in the 220's for a long time. I know it was before my oldest son Zach was born and he will be 28 his next bday!! I hope you are doing well? Would love to hear from you! jackie

Hi April...just wanted to stop by and say hello! How are you doing? I have not been on here forever! I haven't gotten below 200 lbs yet...dangit! I have been playin around with the same 4 or 5 lbs all summer. Its my own fault though. I like margarita's in the summer and I know they are bad for me...but...oh well. I have to get serious again now because my oldest son got engaged and the wedding is next June! So I have 11 months to get my butt ready for that wedding. I don't want to look like a cow in the wedding pictures so I need to get busy! I have started walking now. Finally have the energy to do it and actually feel like doing it. I even hiked up a mountain in TN this summer! I thought I was gonna die! haha! BUT I DID IT!! l would love to hear from you! take care! Jackie

OMG! Yes! That was me! I was there around 10:00 that morning, and I think I saw you and I thought the same thing, but I wasn't sure!

I had trouble the weekend before, I had a blockage. Man! Hope you never have one of those,it is miserable. I ate spaghetti and even though you can chew it up really well, I guess that pasta can "ball up" and get stuck in your pouch, thought I was going to die. I couldn't eat or drink anything without it coming right back up! I have lost about 82 lbs now! still weigh a whopping 256! that is much better than 337!I can't wait to get under 250, that is my 2nd goal. Once I get under 200, I will be happy. I think I said I wanted my goal to be 180 because that is what my driver's license says. LOL You are looking good(if you were the person i think I saw) don't be so hard on yourself. You know that "bigger" people, like me, lose faster because we have so much more to lose. Sure do wish one of us would've said something, it would've been nice to chat with you!

Hey Jackie were you in to see Nurse Tina yesturday(2-11-10)? I was in for a fill and there was a lady there that really looked like you in the face. We only met that one time at the support meeting but i was sure that it was you, except if it was you, you have lost alot of weight. I was going to ask, but chickened out. I hadn't been in for a fill in 2 months and had been gaining and losing the same four pounds for 1 month so i figured it was time to face the music. My weight loss would be much better if i'd get my ass moving. Well hope your still doing great. Take Care, April

HI Jackie, Hope your Christmas was great as well. Myjourneyis very slow. I have lost 40 lbs and i have quit counting my fills. I have a 9cc band and noiw have in 7.5 ccs. i think i have had about 8 or 9 fills. I have not hit the sweet spot yet. Starting to wonder if it really exists. Even though it's slow i would not take it out or not have gotten it. Wow 68pounds is alot, you must be doing somethingright. I too have not been exercising. I figure once i quit losing i will get on the exercise band wagon. Well have a happy new year and hang in there.

Hi April! Hope you survived the holidays. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Just wanted to check in with you and see how you are doing? Still working on getting under 250 lbs. I really need to exercise more. But...I'm lazy...that's why I'm in the shape I'm in. lol I have only had 1 fill. I have a lot of trouble with throwing up. I just can't seem to get it into my dumb head that I am not able to eat as fast as I used too and I can't eat as much either. It still blows my mind that you can eat that little amount and it fills u up!!

I hope you are doing well? I have lost a total of 68 lbs.....such a long, long way to go. Obesity really sucks! Don't know why I couldn't be one of those people that eats everything and anything that I want and also be skinny. (might as well wish to be beautiful and rich too!) lol

Hope to hear from you sometime. Take care and hope your journey is going well!

jackie

Yeah, So i'm having trouble wrapping my head around this band as well. I do have restriction, but not sure if i am at my sweet spot, i'd say not since the pounds aren't falling off. This head hunger thing is unreal. I even get pissy when i can't eat what i want to eat. How silly is that? Well, good luck!!!