TracyinKS

Watching FAT MARCH... back later

your welcome Rose..... you'll get through it!

I realize that as time goes by there is a chance I will need a revision, but heck I view that as a chance to be at a healthy weight for years and then get a new and improved version of the band! Who the heck knows what will be invented down the line. Obesity is a REAL problem and Billions of dollars are being invested to come up with a solution.... Thats why you need to make your own decision... your own path. My mom and step dad could both really benefit from a band and they have both set their minds against it, because neither of them want another surgery..... and that is THEIR choice..their path.. and I don't begrudge them in the least. I have two RL best friends who've underwent the RNY.. one OPEN one LAP, 4.5 years out my friend B has regained almost all the 120lbs she lost because after the 1st year the honeymoon was over and her pouch stretched. She is now working on getting a band around her stretched pouch. Friend 2 has lost 130 lbs and just had a boob lift and tummy tuck she looks freakn awesome, but had to fight a 15 lb regain because again she is over two years out and the honeymoon phase is over...... I don't begrudge them either.. that is THEIR path... the band just happens to be mine.............. I would do it again in a minute... I would recommend it to EVERY PERSON WHO COULD BENEFIT FROM IT! I will happily get a revision if needed.......... sorry I've got to go

YUP Alexandra.............. we ARE different... (Lucky US ) ONE WEEK AND COUNTING BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My thought is that I lose my weight and maintain and then IF NEEDED later on down the line I will be HAPPY to get a new and improved model of band!

I just had my 3 rd fill and I can still eat more than 1 cup of food! I DO have a lot more restriction than I did after my first fill though! Its a process! I actually gained a pound between fill number 1 and fill number 2, but then the nurse laughed and said I was getting ready to be 'clamped' down.......... and between fill number 2 and 3 I lost 13

Also: I thought I'd post today's menu coffee w/sf creamer b: SouthBeachDiet Protein bar l: 1 cup of cottage cheese w/blueberries and splenda d: chicken breast w/ranch, brocoli Water: 64-100 oz's Also: I was at the gym at 4:30 a.m. where I did 45 minutes of exercise.

Welcome to LBT! Please remember that a lot of people come here to do research and post problems they are having and then leave. Most of the "Long Timers" are out living happy lives. Band Slippage, Erosion, and Port revision are the biggest problems and those happen very rarely... the complication threads can be scarey but you have to know the possible problems going in. There are MANY, MANY people who have no problems at all. The band helps your hunger but it doesn't change your head. Emotional eating, and for me it was a process of "BREAKING UP WITH MY BEST FRIEND" food.......... no longer can I gorge myself on a pizza because I'm happy, sad, mad, or stressed.... If you eat to fast.. food will get stuck and that causes a Productive Burp or a Slime........ You really have to get to know your body. The "filled" band creates a small pouch or stoma, the pouch fills up quickly which ceases your hunger. If you choose to fill your pouch with solid Protein and DO NOT drink with your meal the protein will slowly disolve and empty out of th pouch very SLOWLY which means that you stay full longer and eat less. If you fill you pouch with crunchy/crumbly food it AND OR drink with meals it will flush the pouch much faster and you will be hungry more frequently. If you eat white doughy bread or other things with a high gluten content it will get gummy and act as a cork getting stuck, and either it has to come UP or you wait til it disolves. Personally it took me 2 years to decide to get the band. I had been sucessful with Atkins. I have lost over 80 lbs 3 times in my adult live and 20-30 lbs more times than I can count. My problem is MAINTAINING the loss.. which is were the band comes in. It is a TOOL that I use in conjuction with LC choices to once again lose this weight, but even better the ability to get fills and unfills will allow me to maintain my loss. I've even taken up exercise........... so for those looking for a quick fix or a magic surgery.. this is NOT it.... I STILL have to make the right choices and as much as I wish I didn't I have to EXERCISE....... but the band DOES MAKE IT EASIER TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES! Don't get caught up in all the negatives posted here... everyone is different.. you have to look at the ENTIRE picture... the good the bad the exercise. If you follow the bandster rules you can expect to average 1-3 pounds a week......... Look up JulieNYC, BOO, KAT, Princess in the Pep, Neal, TELLY, heck go check out the progress pic thread......... the pages are filled with HOPE, Motivation, Inspiration and people just like you and me........ then make your decision.

GOOD MORNING!!!!!! Jennifur: I think your plan sounds GREAT! Not unexpectedly I bounced this morning... no water on Saturday and yesterday's splurge..... plus TOM is expected ANY minute... my face completely broke out in 4 places over the weekend... this is my week to get into the 220's! I DID however drag my butt out of bed and hit the gym ON A MONDAY!!!

Lunasa, Sara: SO GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU! Laura: That cake looked delish! and I can't wait for your weight in either!!!!!! Terry: I just looked again at your photo's and dang woman.. did you notice your thighs are no longer smushed together??????? No wonder those pant from last week fell off! I spent a good part of tonight on the floor in my sons room coloring.. today is his 4th birthday although he doesn't know it.... my sister and her 6 kids are on vacation and DF's boys are not here so we decided to wait to have a double whammy party on the 25th with my son and my niece......... I have been down all day about it.. so I decided to make today special without him realizing it. We even went out for ice cream! (I ate 1/2 of a small blizzard) BAD Tracy.. but very proud of myself for stopping and throwing the remainder in the trash......... pre band I would of eaten dinner AND had a LARGE blizzard and finished mine and took a bite of his................ so tonight I've been trying to get in a lot of water to FLUSH IT OUT!!!!!!!!

WHOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Look at you! I can definately see the your muscles! You are getting so toned! I will be going to the gym tomorrow... and my eating has been smaller amounts but not good choices!

Made it to the gym 4 out of 5 days this week!

Judy you are probably the HIPPEST preachers wife I've ever met!!!!!! You are sooooooooooo funny! Screaming Blonde!!!!! Laura: The only thing I can think of is that you've lost in places you didn't measure........ either that or.. you thought you measured the same exact places (ie boobs, waist, upper arm) but really you were off a bit..... I know it sounds confusing ... lets say you measured your upper arm as one point... well maybe last night you were further up your arm than the last time.. I dunno......... but WAYCOOL on the poker! sounds like fun! Jennifur: How did the interview go?????????? This was the foodband right? I ate way to much lunch......... I had sloppy joe meat with crackers.. I feel like a pig.

Send IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do you still have my email?

I just saw someone post about being banded by him. Do a SEARCH on his name and you will come up with a lot.

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!! glad to hear things went smooth as silk! WELCOME TO the OTHER SIDE!

Keep your approval letter and see a different doctor.. YOU are the consumer here

Isn't Sanchez the one who was murdered? I have heard of both Zapata and Sanchez... a forum search on the names would yeild a lot of responses, as the Mexico option comes up a lot. I think Beach Girl was just trying to be helpful with some other options.

I'll tell ya... I would suggest a very low carb regimin........ eggs, tuna, chicken and Water........ lots of water....... (that would be my best shot)

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

LOL!! Terry you are a hoot! I pm'd you my address.. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! I exercised again today even though I wanted to sleep in! I didn't do the tread mill today because I stepped off it wrong yesterday and pulled something.. so my foot hurts but I still exercised on the machines. I'm having a morning.......... tonight is major housecleaning night as we are having company tomorrow....... Have a great day! WWJD?

HEY I SAID THEY WOULD BUTTON..... I didn't say I cared about BREATHING!!!!!!!!!!! Tonya: WOW GIRL.. I went and looked at your pics and I can not believe3 how much you have shrunk!!!!!!!!!! Those bottoms were hanging off you in your 12wk challenge photos!!!!!! You look GREAT!

I laughed out loud at this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOO FREAKIN HOOOOOOOOOO............ indeed! Feeling perfectly fine about posting embarrasing pictures such as THIS on the net........... AND BTW They are NONstretch Levis size 14 and bygod they WILL BUTTON by Labor Day!!! There is much power in KNOWING that fact!

Just thinking the same thing as Travel Girl.......fess up

Michelle: I just pm'd you my address! I hope the fill works!