ladybugjin

Happy 34th Birthday ladybugjin!

Happy 33rd Birthday ladybugjin!

Hey girl your birthday is coming up and I just thought I would give you an early HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Hope all is well and you can have a nibble of birthday cake.

Congrats on your surgery, glad to hear it was smooth sailing for you. The food battle is still on for me. There are good days and bad days. It all seems so silly when I think about it. But I miss bread. I am, however, to be off my liquid diet and onto REAL food. It really help talking to someone who understand. Where my husband is wonderfully understanding, there are somethings I just cant get through to him. He has even tried to do the same diet as me (as support), but we have always had a little joke that we are the "Slim Quick" couple. You know the one where they diet together and he drops 30 lbs and she looses a size in her bra. Yeah thats us.

So please keep in contact and update me on your progress. Good luck!

Hey jinnie how are you feeling? My surgery wasn't too bad at all. I'm now on normal foods and feeling hungry quite a bit but I'm white knuckling it and trying to stick to a decent diet. Atleast I do know I'm eating smaller better portions then before I started all this. Send me an update. I hope your doing great.

I would say on a scale from 1-10, I was about 1 4-5. It was very manageable and I really didn't use much of the pain meds prescribed. But please feel free to lean on me for extra support, I check my message board a few times a week. Good luck with your Medifast, I actually didn't have to do that part. So I hope it all goes smoothly, the nutritionist is easy and I found it really interesting.

Thanks for the kind words, encouragement and details. I actually DONT have any support at home, my mother lives about 35 min from me and of course, She's supportive via phone . I do have friends and coworkers that also support me so, I'm still blessed. Tomorrow is my appt for my yucky "Medifast" diet and 2 hours with the nutritionist. How much pain would you say you were in the first day?

I was banded Dec 29. It all went pretty well, The surgery was a breeze and recovery was no big deal. I had a bit of time (when I was on all liquid) that I really missed food. I've never been a major over eater, but I really missed some of the comfort & happiness that food brought. In the first 1-2 weeks I dropped 12lbs. Things got easier once I got onto more regular foods. But then I worried because in my 3-4th week I hit a plateau & lost nothing.That period seemed to last forever. I have since dropped 3 more lbs, so I feel more optimistic.

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Congrats on your up coming surgery. How do you feel?

I think you will do well. I had planned on getting the surgery after the new year. But I was notified on the 27 that my ins was due to change after the new year, so I would have to get my surgery before the 30th. So I had no time for the preop procedure and not a whole lot of time for mental prep. So I think if you are really prepared for it, things should be easier. I once told my husband that I think it was harder on my mental psyche than on my physical body.

So how exciting for you. Do you have people there to help you through things? Feel free to ask or comment on anything. I am an open book & appericate the support as well. Good luck!

Did you get banded and if so, how did it go and how do you feel? Details! I get banded Feb 16th!

Im from up north in a small town called Chillicothe. Its about an hour and fifteen away from KC. Im getting banded in two days and I am so excited with a little bit of nervous mixed in. Hope you are doing well and yes I'm all in for being friends and supporting each other.

Thanks for the pic comments! From one Lady to another, it's gonna get better as the days move on, trust. You've made a wonderful decision for YOU and there's only up from here :-) Do message if you ever need to chat or need advise. I'm happy to support!

Thank you for the friend request, looked at you pic's you seem to be doin very great! Congrats. Im still only 2 weeks post op, so I m still struggling a little. But Good job to you!

I would really love to keep in touch, Im looking for as much support as I can get being so new & your right, we do have a lot in common. Where about are you from?

Thanks for the friend request jinnie! It looks like we have a lot in common. Motherhood although my brood only consists of one. I loooove Twilight and we both live in Missouri. Hooray. Hope we can keep in touch.