TracyinKS

Welcome LauraleeD! Jump in and post....... we are pretty lively

CONgRATS!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!

LOL!!!! that's me alright! HAVE FUN getting rid of your stuff!!!!!!!!!

COME ON OVER and just go to the last page!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=29472&page=172

Ok... so I am now known as the crazy lady who chased down the doc at the hospital wanting COFFEE.. LOL Seriously though he said I was doing fantastic and ok'd me to go to the next level of food... (Soft foods) fish, eggs, cottage cheese, soft pasta's etc... and next week I get to move on to "regular" food! I saw a young gal sitting in the lobby looking at me pensively and clutching her consultation folder.. she was shy but I knew she was curious so me and my big mouth I started a conversation with her... we talked til she was called back... ..... then I saw one of the ladies I was banded with.. this lady had a BMI of around 80+ and in the hospital she threw a big ol honking fit at the barium swallow.. she was miserable...... so when she walked through the door I was unsure if I should say anything............ BUT I DID ANYWay.. I went up to her and said.. "HI, I am the crazy lady from the hospital that was banded with you"..... She was vERY friendly and said for two days she was whipped but she felt great..... I told her about my bean incident and she laughed... she even moved over by me and we happily chatted til it was my turn to go back. I wasn't really quiet because I KNEW that others that were curious were listening too...... LOL So THEN after having the doc tell me I could move up and that I was doing fantastic....... I decided to treat myself and I stopped by Quik Trip and got a frozen cap....... (yes I KNOW!!!!!) but listen.. I was very proud of myself. 1. I bought a small even though it was MORE expensive than the 32 oz they had on sale! 2. I drank exactly HALF and put the other HALF in my freezer.... BIG NSV! Househuntress: I like spicey stuff too... but it gives me the worst heartburn so I stay away. OH and I almost forgot.......... I was able to SCHEDULE 4 Fill appointments!!!!! June 4th, July 2nd, July 30, August 27! WHOOOOOOHOOOOOO!

GOOD MORNING! I had 4 pages of post to read, and there are things I want to say to each of you, but I would be writing a novel.. ONE THING TO REMEMBER................ IT'S FINALLY FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!! I have my 1st post op appointment today. I'm curious to see how the doc/nurses respond to my loss... I know their scale will weigh heavier than at home....... but I THINK they recorded me at 270 in January..... I wore LITE clothes today.. LOL This week I've been doing great on the weight loss.. I sure hope it keeps up for at least a while longer. I forget who mentioned it earlier this week.. but I've been feeling that WIERD Fullness at the top and GROWLING at the bottom. I think this has something to do with the "hunger sensors" that are at the top of the tummy.. we have a small stoma so those "sensors" get turned off quicker, but the rest of our belly... is LIKE FEED ME and it growls, but we are not really hungry..... WIERD but interesting. I know that in my former pre band life I could never survive on the amount of food I'm currently eating.. I would be feeling sick and dizzy and have head aches....... but I can actually feel my belly shrinking.. and it is sooooooooo nice to KNOW that I'm on my way... REMEMBER our bodies lose in CYCLES........ pounds THEN inches. I'm leaving in 10 minutes... be back after lunch!

Sara! Don't beat yourself up woman!!! We are all in a major learning curve right now...... I just fixed myself 3 scrambled eggs......... WHY would I eat 3 scrambled eggs ????? but the portion looked sooooo tiny.. I ended up eating about 5 or 6 SMALL bites before I just fed the rest to my son... I was so freaked out about repeating the bean incident I basically chewed the eggs til they were soup......... (now doesn't THAT sound tasty???? :fish: ) Dbf asked me if I was FULL.. I thought about it and said.. Well, I'm NOT hungry anymore..... and THAT myfriends is what I think we are SUPPOSED to do... quit stuffing til we are full or in a bandsters case OVERfull. It will be a good experiment to see how long til my tummy grumbles again. And Judy.. your right.. I know that person at the bottom of my sig is NOT the TRUE Tracy... merely the shell of the happy, healthier one that is underneath and is set to be SET FREE this summer!

OK.. I'm getting real sick of looking at my fat self in my signature... problem is.. those are the PROGRESS pics that I took... today would be a better day....... as my hair is fixed and so is my makeup... (more like my Avatar, except my hair is growing out)......... and my surgery day pic was taken at 3:30 a.m. before leaving for the hospital..... What WAS I THINKING....... but the worst is my pre op...272 and looking miserable feeling miserable feeling like a big fat failure AGAIN... that was taken on a Sunday before I started my preop diet... and I had just faced the scale for the first time in a LONG time...... I know they will get better as the month go on..... ok done whining now

I will tell you .. I am one week post op and am amazed that I am NOT starving! IT IS WONDERFUL! ME the girl that can put away a pizza like a linebacker!!!! actually full after 1/2 a pudding cup and 2/3 of a cambels soup at hand!!!!!!!!!!!(this was ALL I ATE YESTERDAY!) I also have a non existant thyroid............ Maintaining a loss has ALWAYs been my issue and my VOLUME eating......YOU HAVE a LOT to look forward too!

GOOD LUCK! I'm guessing the APRIL 29 date was a type since it has passed..........

PCOS here! What help my PCOS is eating Lower Carb/ Lower Sugar..... I'm assuming the band will help in the fact that I am going to be eating less EVERYTHING including carbs! Seriously though....... I had wacky periods, LOOOOOOONNNNG infertility history ... monitoring my carb/sugar intake straightened all this out and I'm now even a mom..

Insurance required me to stay overnight, followed by a barium swallow the next morning. I was released by 9:00 a.m. My doc allows the self pay patients to do it as an outpatient but like he said... WHY?????? The dishes can wait til you get home~

1. Least invasive WLS 2. Surgery on Thursday and I was back to work the following Monday. 3. If I get complacent down the road and start getting sloppy with my eating I can GET A FILL and have restriction again 4. If my health requires it.. (pregnancy, need to go on steriods, etc.. ) I can have a complete unfill and then resume when the condition ends. 5. Very low complication rate. (these boards often draw the negative and isn't a true estimate of the ENTIRE lap band community.. most are out living their lives and not focusing on their weight) 6. If necessary band can be removed and in a lot of cases converted to a new band... 7. INSURANCE APPROVED ME!

Ridem CowGIRL! Yeeeeehawwwwwwwwwwww Will this day ever end??????????? I'm going for a roam around the halls!

what can I say.... its a slow day at the convent.. I stayed in for lunch and my boss is on a rant driving me crazy!!!! I had to go to the bathroom so that he would leave my office! Its still raining and cool...and I just want to skip out early soooo bad! OH Ya: ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE ABLE TO EDIT THE spreadsheet needs to PM me their email address so I can send you an invite to do so... Laura, I added your current stats but for you to be able to keep it up I need your email.

LOL!!! Michelle: 1. Create a word document with the text that you want shown. 2. PRINT SCREEN on your keyboarb 3. PASTE into PAINT 4. Select you text/pics and CUT (CNTRL X) 5. Select ALL and Delete 6. PASTE (Cntrl V) 7. Resize by adjusting the "attributes" (mine is 400 x 165) 8. SAVE AS (shrink.jpg) 9. Upload to photobucket 10.Insert into signature like you do a ticker YOUR DONE!

I have been every size from stretchy 10's to 24......... up and down...the story of my life Here is a slide show of my various faces (don't know if it will work right) http://www89.rockyou.com/show_my_gallery.php?instanceid=59586580

Hello all!!!!!! I just created a new sig image using good ol WORD and Paint! I really really really HATE my pics, but I guess its that REVERSE anorexia thang.... (note in my avatar pic I was 250ish, but the camera is WAAAAAAAAY above my head so that my chin's didn't show the "natural" pics are a test of how I am today. The good thing is that I can see a difference in my face from the two pics

Welcome to LBT and CONGRATS on your 90lb loss!!!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATS DrewsLou!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love reading your post.

Welcome IZZY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats on your NEW band, and gook luck with those last 8 lbs!

LOL Sara and Angie!!!!!! Judy: Have fun with Ethan today! It is rainy and cool today.....man I wish I could just go home and veg out by myself.

OMG Julie!!!!!!!!! the TEENS???? As soon as I am fully healed I think I'm going to try the alternating run/walk program... I can't imagine me LOVING to run... but you never know. Sounds like everyone has a plan!

I would talk more to Carol since she's had luck with the same insurance.. but I would ALSO go to Malley's seminar to learn about it. He does a good job of going through the 4 types of WLS and why he prefers the band. He is a VERY quiet guy, but his humor will come out. From Seminar, Consult, Insurance, Nutrition Eval, Pscy Eval, and eventual APPROVAL letter it took the month of January...... but since I had to wait for an opening at Menorah My surgery was scheduled in April.. NOW I'm banded and I see him tomorrow for my first post op appointment.... IF you can get a clear picture of what your out of pocket expense will be RIGHT NOW.. from WLSC they will probably get you in quicker than Malley can on BCBS... he is very popular because he is very good.... even IF he is extremely quiet.. I know that in January he had his 550 band.. I have no idea what number I was a week ago. He does his surgeries on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A practice with more docs (like WLSC I would think have more OR time available) Again the upfront cost is what scared me away from WLSC.. and then I had several people PM with with other negatives about the place... but as in all things YMMV! Good luck and let us know what you end up with!

Checking in here to see what I have in store for me...... Yenken: I laughed about your description of your little brother! LOL that is very very very sweet of him to notice your loss. BIG NSV Keythra: I've been watching your posts with all the other health complications you've gone through since banding..... DANG woman!!! on the makeup front..... about 2 years ago my skin changed and now all drug store stuff makes me break out... and my eyes swell shut. it is the WIERDEST thing.. I had to change to Clinique but still only wear mascara on special occasions because even though they don't swell with clinique they get really itchy after a few hours.