Leah2421

Anyone use the lab band journey website? I cant fig out how to get cheers for goals I have achieved...can anyone help? Smooches~~

Hey there, thanks so much for your help..i did prompt me at 25%, will it not prompt again til 50%? also, I cannot fig out how to manually share goals...do you know how to do it?

But thats the thing...it doesn't prompt me...

Hello everyone... I have posted here before, but I really need to get on here everyday..I need the support and strength of all you seasoned bandsters~~ Anyway, my highest was 258, I went down to 248 on the week pre op diet, then on the day of surgery my scale said 242...I am now 230.2 in 15 days...which is really good, but it seems to have stalled the past few days. (It is almost that time of the month for aunt Flo to visit so I am hoping that after she leaves it'll just fall back off) I am doing pretty good with eating, especially for having no restriction, which I am pretty amazed about. I am getting impatient for my first fill, which my doc wont do until 6-8 wks out and if the snow goes away then I will get there the first or second week in March. Does everyone get this impatient? I just cant wait to hit the 20's, cant seem to break outta the 30's right now. Okay I have rambled long enough...if you have any thoughts or comments please feel free to reply smooches~! Leah

Hey everyone.... Welp.....tomorrows the day!! Getting banded in the morning, a lil scared but I think I'll do okay~~ Wish me luck!:wink:

how are you doing after having the surgery? I really do hurt...I didnt expect to feel the squishing on my stomach, just the places they cut...how bout you?

Hey everyone.... Welp.....tomorrows the day!! Getting banded in the morning, a lil scared but I think I'll do okay~~ Wish me luck!:wink:

i started today...i get a shake for bf, a yogurt or cheese stick mid morn snack, a shake or protein bar for lunch, a small fruit aftn snack, and either a salad with 3 oz of chicken or a sandwich...I have had all but dinner and I am getting hungry...been trying to drink alot of water to try to keep me full...it has not been too bad, but probably only cause its the first day, and I am soooo glad to finally be on it and that I just might be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel! that is if ins. doest screw it up again!! will find out prob. tomorrow if they are...

Thank you all for your welcome and support..its gonna be a long and hard journey, and im sure I'm gonna need all the help I can get. Done really well today, pretty proud of myself...hopefully will do as well tomorrow (ps ... this is pretty major, I have cookies in the car and DID NOT EAT THEM! giving em to the kids after dinner...) smooches all leah

whats wrong babe? i know you said you didnt feel like talking, but i am a good listener if you would like to... leah

All I can say is "Thank You"...I feel so afaid right now, hubby isnt supportive, doesnt think I am ready...want to get my head into it, but cant seem to grasp it right now...I am hoping the actual surgery will be the 'turning point"...i have decided i am once again going to log what i eat and when i exercise, to try to help me be accountable while I wait...that is as far as i have gotton ... i mean that is what i have decided to focus on until i hear fromt he doc when his seminar is and then until my appt. with him... welp i gotta get to bed too, but you sound simply wonderful, and I cant wait to get to know you as well.. Love always, leah:redface:

I cant thank you enough for what you wrote...It was just what i needed...and how I am gonna try to go thru this journey. THanks again love leah

Hello Inio~ I am sure you are mentoring a million peeps right now...but if you have room for one more...I sure do need ya~ My name is Leah and I have jumped thru all the hoops and finally got approved...I have decided to change doctors, and now am just waiting for their seminar which i have to do first, then i get a appt. with the doc, then scheduled for surgery...I am scared...for many reasons, but I guess mostly that I will fail...I really need someone whom I can talk to, be accountable to, maybe send my daily food/exercise logs to, and you were so encouraging...cause I too am a shortie ( 5" 3" and just over 250 lbs)..I am loosing my mind playing the waiting game, but I know God wants me to wait, and do it right, with the right doc... okay i know im babbling now, but i am just a bundle of emotions right now and cant help it... anyhoo...just let me know whatcha think Smooches~ leah

sorry for the silly question, but can i go somewhere and set my font size and color for posts? i thought i did in my options settings, but i set it and as you can see it didnt work... thanks leah

hello all~ I just had a question: I have been reading alot of posts saying that the restriction in their fills only last for a couple of days...now I know that the fat around the stomach and loosing weight play a part in that, but is that how it is for everyone?? will i only have the help of the restriction for 2 out of the 30 days I go between fills? If so then that sounds dredful! I would love to hear everyones opinion... thanks leah

I need this surgery done! I am sick of the yoyo ride and want to get off! I could care less what others think about my decision...all except one...my hubby is AGAINST it! He thinks I "am not ready" , or I'll "just gain the weight back", because I am not ready, and I guess if I was ready then I wouldnt need the surgery anyway cause I would loose weight on my own by "good healthy eating habits"! I am mad! One because he doesnt have faith in me..two because he is making me doubt myself, three cause what if the weight comes back cause "i am not ready"!!! Sorry for the emotional post, but I really could use any and all responses,,,,good or bad... Thanks all Leah

yeah...he's a skinny guy...lucky jerk lol...they really dont understand...but oh well, I dont care...I called him this eve and told him i was on my way to the seminar and that i was getting it done...he was not happy and not on board, i simply said "i know" and that i still loved him, and he said he still loved me too (in a butthead kinda voice)...and thats that...for now at least...he gets home on friday, but i think i will just refuse to talk about it with him since i know how he feels and i am gonna do it anyway...

I would love to take him to the seminar (which I have already attended) but he travels and they only offer it on wed (smack dab in the middle of the wk)...so it may not be possible,...he did want to go and talk to my therapist tho, and voice his concerns, so maybe he will be on board after that...I am gonna do it anyway, but if he's negative about it, it will just make it harder...then again maybe it will make me more determined!!!