Baylor Mom

Well everyone is bragging on themselves I want to too. I worked out on my gazelle tonight for 20 minutes. I had a good eating day. Everything went down with no pain. I got the kitchen cleaned up finally and I am heading off the the store tomorrow. I can not go to bed knowing that I did something productive today. GO ME!!!

Sounds like everyone had a great day. MIne was good too. It rained here which is what we needed and all my food today stayed down and didn't hurt. As a homemaker these days that is considered a great day. I am going to try to exercise here in a little while and then have my protein snack. I'll check backlater to see how the rest of ya'll's days went.

You guys are doing great. I am determined to wait until Wed. to weigh. I really want to weigh in the morning but I am going to wait. I need to get some shorts for the rest of this year. Maybe they will be a smaller size. We will see. Step- I hope your first day back at school will be a good one. I can't wait to hear how it went and what everybody says about your loss. I hope everyone had a great weekend and is looking forward to a losing week. I am doing better hour by hour. I am learning what I can have and what I can't. Too bad I have to learn by my mistakes. Oh well that's the brakes.

Ruthie Iwent 4 weeks without losing a pound. I would tell my doctor that you need a fill. Don't ask him if you can get one tell him you need one. I can sure tell the difference. It has been hard adjusting to the difference but in the end it will be worth it. Go get a fill as soon as you can. I am so glad that the site is back up. I have had withdrawal as well. I hope it doesn't do it again. I hope that all of you have done good this weekend and I am anxiously waiting to hear all that has been going on with all of you. Do tell!!

My doctor told the ideal weight loss is 2 pounds a week. He put it as 8 pounds a month but I guess that is the same. I wish I could lose faster than that too but I haven't been losing at all so I really would like to lose more at first. You on the other hand have already lost some so I would say keep up the good work. I was only on liquids for 2 weeks and then 4 weeks on mushies and now I am supposed to be on real food but I got a fill and I am back on liquids. I think you are doing great. But I would get another fill soon.

Hey guys I don't think I can chat tonight. I can't find you anyway. I was at the chat site last night and noone was there. I am not having diarhea. I know it is from that yucky stuff I drank yesterday when I got my fill. I think I am just going to try and go to bed. Talk to ya'll tomorrow.

We must not be in the same place because I am there and you are not. Where are you?

I don't know if we are chatting tonight. I am game for a while if you are.

I can answer that for you. Yes you should go and get another fill. My doctor gave me a fill yesterday and filled it 2.5 cc so that I could wait awhile before another fill. If you didn't get enough of a fill I would difinitely ask for more. But you are losing so he might not have wanted you to have to much. But if you are eating to much than you do need a fill. I hope that makes since.

Thanks I think I will have some soup tonight. It is so hot here it is hard to want hot things but I see what you mean about cold things. Thanks

I sould have had you guys for the second day after my fill. Horrible day. I got up and tried some sf jello. It was the stuff already made that you buy at the store. Yuck!! I had about 4 bites and felt nauseous. I went back to bed for a while and then ate some pudding. It went down fine. My hubby had baked some cookies that I can't resist and I had one. Bad mistake. I didn't wait long enough to drink water because I needed to take my pills. (one of them is kind of big) Whatever it was (the cookie which I ate real slow or the big pill or drinking too soon) cause me to hurt like heck. I felt like I was going to throw up. You guys have a name for it but I don't remember but I got real sweaty and my mouth slavaed (probably not a word) and my little stomach hurt bad. I was miserable. I wanted to throw up but hubby convinced me to try not to. After awhile (I am not sure how long. Seemed like forever) it got better and I was able togo backto sleep. When I got up I had some ice cream and so far it has stayed down and I don't have anymore pain. I will never so that again. Ever. I won't eat any more cookies, I am breaking that pill in half tomorrow and I am going to wait a long timebefore I drink water after I eat. I guess we learn from our mistakes. I was hoping that maybe we could chat again soon. Let me know and I will be there. I am trying to decide on what to eat next because I am hungry. First I will try water. TTFN

Do you want to chat?

Ericsmom, Hey when you had your fill did you feel hungry or did you notice resistence right away? I just ate the other half of pudding and I am still hungry. Should I eat something else or ignore the hunger? I am going to stick around awhile in the chat room to see if anyone comes on if you want to go there.

Well I got my fill. It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. The doc said that my port was tilted and therefore hard to get to. He used the floro and had to push alot on my stomach. He had to stick me 3 times. Ouch!! No numbing stuff either. The worst part was drinking that nasty stuff. I had to drink it laying down with a straw. I got to watch it go down to my stomach but it still felt weird. The doctor filled it all the way up and then let it out until he could see it going all the way through. He said he put is 2.5 cc. He said that he wanted to put in that much so we wouldn't have to do alot of fills. Anyway he made me drink some water to make sure that it would go down without any pain which it did. The only pain I had was at my port site. Now that is Okay but I can feel the tightness in my stomach. I also had a back ache when I left but I think that was from sitting most of the day. I came home and took some pain meds and I feel alittle better but not great. I just had some pudding and only ate half of it. I don't want to over do. I am a little scared to eat too much but maybe tomorrow will be better. I will try to get to the chat room if I can. My doctor told me that I should lose only 8 pounds a month. That was reasonable. I really hope to lose a little more that that but we will see. I am going to go back and lay down for awhile. Talk to you guys later.

JMO- didn't we already have the words slime and slippage? Just wondering. Well I will write and tell ya'll all about my fill when I get home tonight. TTFN

Where is everyone tonight? I am trying to find something to wear tomorrow. I don't have any decent shorts. The only shorts I have are ones I sleep in and are way too short to wear to the doctors. My hubby found me some of his that look OK I guess. I think next week I will have to go shopping for some shorts. I found some tops tucked away in a drawer but no shorts. Sorry that I am rambling but I am getting anxious about tomorrow and getting my fill. I would just go to bed but it is way too early and it would throw off mine and my doggies schedule. I am watching my beloved Texas Rangers get beat by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for the third time. Boo Hoo. Well they just lost. Rats. Well now I can go get my bath and get ready for bed. I will probably be around more tonight. Talk to ya'll later.

Hey guys. I got out today and got my hair done. It is much easier to have it washed and blow dried by my beautian than to try to do it myself. It is a little bit longer than my shoulders and I have a hard time styling it just right. It is very thick and my beautian can make it very shiny and sleek. I have tried to do my own but I can't reach it in the back very well. So I go get it done 2 times a month. It is worth it. My hair can go a long time without being washed and not look dirty. I didn't get out into the pool today which I had planned on but I have been thinking about my fill tomorrow and getting a little anxious. When you guys had your fill do you feel bad that day? How long did it take you to get back into the swing of things? I am thinking that it will take several days? I don't know. I am prepared with liquids for a couple of days and then some soft stuff. I found some ice cream that has only 2 grams of sugar. It was from Braums and it is called Carb Watch. I was amazed that it had so low sugar and 160 calories for 1/2 cup. I hope this won't hurt me it I have a little bit every once in a while. What do you think?

While I got confirmation on my fill this Thursday. The doctor will be using the x-ray machine so I am not as scared anymore. I don't even mind drinking tha nasty barium stuff although last time it gave me bad diarhea. I hope I won't have to drink much. I am excited and scared all at one time. I want to get going on this weight loss but I don't want to get all those bad things that come with it sometimes. I guess I will have to careful. I hope the doctor gives be some guidelines so I won't be doing it by myself. Where are the bingo words? I am excited about chatting if others are. I hope we can do that sometime. Sounds like fun.:clap2:

Talking about feelings. I feel like a lump on a log. I don't do anything all day long. I watch TV and take a nap and type on here and do very little cleaning. I keep telling myself that as soon as I get a fill and start losing weight I will have more energy and do more things. I do have some projects that I want to do just too lazy right now to do them. I don't think that I am depressed just disgusted that I am not losing at all. I am afraid to weight because I might have gained. I am going to get a fill on Thursday so maybe the weight will start coming off and I will get moving. Sorry but I needed to vent a little. Anyone interested Dr. Phil has a show today on weight loss surgery. I am not sure what it is about I just saw an ad on TV and it said that it was about wls.

mbprn- I watched alot of Simply Quilts on HGTV and then I just tried it. I can't make other things like clothes and stuff just quilts. It has been awhile since I made one but I can try to help you. Email me if you want and I will try to answer your questions. baylor_mom@yahoo.com

Here is a question to toss around if you want to answer it. Why did you choose the Lap Band instead of the Gastric Bypass? I had a kidney transplant 29 years ago and the doctor didn't feel comfortable doing the bypass with the medications that I take for my kidney. Kidney doctor didn't want me to go off meds and the surgeon said I would have a hard time healing inside my body with the meds. So I had no choice but the Lap Band. To be honest it wasn't my first choice. But I am glad now that I did the band. Even though the loss is slow I can at least control it. That is my story.

oh by the way I make quilts. I will have to figure out how to post pictures on here and show ya'll some.

Steph that is so pretty. I would like to learn how to scrapebook but I don't have the time. With all my other hobbies I don't know if I could fit that in. My daughter loves to do it. She has done her wedding and she is working on my 25 wedding anniversary book. When she was younger she did them on her highshool, college and the many overseas trips she took with the college. I would like to make one of memories of my daddy. I have a photo album I put together of his life but I would really like to make it better. I am up for chatting at anytime. Just let me know.

VLP - I think that you are doing fine. I had pain for a couple of weeks before it started to ease up. I was afraid to eat because I didn't want to mess it up. You really can't mess it up. If you eat too much you will know it. You will feel real full. If you start to eat and start to feel full stop. Don't drink anything until at least 30 minutes after you eat and then drink slowly and take small sips. When I first started I didn't know about not drinking water with your meal and I could eat much more than I should have. Now I have learned not to drink. When you do eat, eat small bites and chew like crazy. Eat very slow at first until you feel comfortable and then you should be able to judge how the best way for you to eat. I hope this helps. Remember that the first six weeks more for healing in the stomach and getting used to a new eating habit. After the fills you should lose the weight more. At least that is what I have been told. I go for a fill on Thursday so I am hoping to lose more weight after that. I don't have alot of restriction on what I can eat now and so therefore I think I am eating too much. I am learning along with all of you. Good luck and keep us informed on how you are doing.

If this works I will be amazed. The site has been down all day. I think we might have lost some of our posts but I am not sure. Since this is up and I am actually typing on it must means it is back up. Yeah!!! I missed talking to you guys. I hope everyone had a good day. I am off to bed now to read but I will connect with you all tomorrow hopeing this site stays up. COOL