losingjusme

that is wonderful!! Congrats!

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well apparently my body likes it when i eat right and exercise - go figure!! i didnt have any SF candy Sat or Sun and i ate well (fish one night, pork the next) and didnt do much (if any) snacking. i worked out Sunday morning - my step class - and yes, she did indeed kick my ass and i worked out this morning on the treadmill. i burned 400 cals in 30 mins ... that's a new high for me. i am down to 354.5 - - a total of 48 pounds. :faint: this is just so amazing that every time i think about it i just want to start crying ... in a good way.:girl_hug: i am almost at my 2 month 'bandiversary' ... we will take pictures on Thursday. i dont think it will be as drastic of a change as last month, but that's OK... my dad and step mom are coming in for Syd's birthday this weekend ... they have no idea about the surgery or the weight loss. i've been hinting that i've been working out, though. we'll see if they notice.

well apparently my body likes it when i eat right and exercise - go figure!! i didnt have any SF candy Sat or Sun and i ate well (fish one night, pork the next) and didnt do much (if any) snacking. i worked out Sunday morning - my step class - and yes, she did indeed kick my ass and i worked out this morning on the treadmill. i burned 400 cals in 30 mins ... that's a new high for me. i am down to 354.5 - - a total of 48 pounds. :faint: this is just so amazing that every time i think about it i just want to start crying ... in a good way. i am almost at my 2 month 'bandiversary' ... we will take pictures on Thursday. i dont think it will be as drastic of a change as last month, but that's OK... my dad and step mom are coming in for Syd's birthday this weekend ... they have no idea about the surgery or the weight loss. i've been hinting that i've been working out, though. we'll see if they notice.

i had lots of beans yesterday too ... Rick went to Qdoba and brought me a 'naked' burrito ... LOTS of beans and beef .... mmmmmmmmm!!

WOW! great job!!!

that is awesome!!

yup ... i did in fact gain. i took a break from working out for thurs & fri (and didnt really do much on Wed either) and i did gain. **sigh** i think it is about 3 pounds but after i hit the 363 mark i quit going up... i know it is in the 363s, but nothing exact.. i was so disappointed today. i went to go to a step class at 915 and it wasnt the class that was listed. at 845 they have a REALLY difficult step class that involves going from one bench to another to another and i am not coordinated enuff to do that so i did my floor exercises and waited until 915 - well they just continued that regular step class .. not the one i went for ... grrrr ... so ticked. i mean that is fine if that what they want to do but they need to take off the published class and add the regular step class!! :straight so i went on the treadmill for about 15 mins. during 95% of the time i was at an incline of 7 or higher ... 2 mins at a 10.5... i can definitely tell a difference in a lot of things ... DH took my car and he always moves the seat straight up (i recline it b/c of my belly) ... well i went into it today and just slipped into it ... didnt have to recline the seat at all. 2 months ago i would not have made it in and today i had a little room to spare!! YAY!! i am also having SO much more energy! after i went to work out, we went to breakfast and went to petsmart. i wanted to check out a store across the parking lot so **gasp** we walked there. it wasnt that far at all, but pre banding if there wasnt a parking space right next to the store, i would have DH drop me off at the entrance and go park.. now i'm the one saying this space is good (far away from the door). then we took Syd to see the ducks ... we stayed there and walked around for a bit then to Costco and walked the store. it was very nice.. :girl_hug: but anyway, not too terribly surprised about my gain. i have been indulging (aka pigging out) on my sugar free caramel pecans MMMMMMMM ... so i need to limit those to one every several days - not 2 - 3 a day. they may be sugar free but not calorie free.. :hungry: last night i made fish and green beans. it was pretty good, not ideal but good enuff. and it was less than 200 calories in the fish. we bought some orange roughy at costco and it is only 90 cals for a piece!!! yummmmm going to another step class with my regular instructor tomorrow morning. it is at the other club so i know it is going to kick my ass, but thats a good thing.

Thanks gals (and guy) ... i find it very hard to believe i can possibly be in a size that does not start with an X ...:omg:

i read these posts during my pre-op and i thought like i'd have that problem ... i was very uhhh regular.. now i go maybe every other day or so, if i notice i'm feeling crampy and havent gone for a while i dont eat my cheese for a day or so and all is usually well. one time it was not so i actually resorted to my old habits and had a piece of pork sausage for breakfast ... everything just kind of slid right out after that ... i know .. ew

if you are on a plateau, try kicking up your caloric intake a day. i was on one before thanksgiving, and i ate well that day - 2 days after i lost 3 pounds. good luck. as far as diet drinks - ick ... i didnt even like the Protein shakes.

i finally got sick of the comments from my team ... "gee, i can fit in there with you" (went from 6x to 3x right now) ... plus i broke my closet and had to clean it out anyway. it is now in a bag ready to either be sold or given away. now all i need to do is buy a few things ... hopefully a resale shop will do some trading with me.

there is a recent thread about this topic ... http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=26264 it has good info in it.

it sounds like you are having gas pains ... i've heard that the best thing to do is walk walk walk good luck & welcome to the banded side of life!

you will do fabulous! remember the first month or so after surgery is for healing. any loss after that is a bonus. as a reference point - my pre op "diet" was an absolute failure. i barely lost 6 pounds... i am now down almost 45 pounds. you CAN do this.. YOU CAN DO THIS! YOU CAN DO THIS!!!

totally stupid question... how can you tell you've gained 5 lbs of muscle vs 5 pounds of muscle/fat combo? thx and you are looking AMAZING!!

i agree with Teresita. get up the normal time you would go into school and go to the gym instead. get a good sweat going and you will be proud of yourself for doing it! i have my fill on the 13th of December as well.

you can come over and cook for me!!! hope today is even better than yesterday!

i did my leg lifts (difficult to describe), crunches and treadmill for 15 mins. tomorrow is my step class.

Congrats!!! that is wonderful! :clap2:

my mom first saw me since my surgery over thanksgiving ... i did end up telling her about my surgery after she poked and prodded awhile. she called today - first words out of her mouth ... so how much more have you lost?? gack!

i usually get hiccups when i have eaten as much as i should.. it's what i call my "soft stop" ... i cannot eat one more bite...

yup ... i did in fact gain. i took a break from working out for thurs & fri (and didnt really do much on Wed either) and i did gain. **sigh** i think it is about 3 pounds but after i hit the 363 mark i quit going up... i know it is in the 363s, but nothing exact.. i was so disappointed today. i went to go to a step class at 915 and it wasnt the class that was listed. at 845 they have a REALLY difficult step class that involves going from one bench to another to another and i am not coordinated enuff to do that so i did my floor exercises and waited until 915 - well they just continued that regular step class .. not the one i went for ... grrrr ... so ticked. i mean that is fine if that what they want to do but they need to take off the published class and add the regular step class!! :straight so i went on the treadmill for about 15 mins. during 95% of the time i was at an incline of 7 or higher ... 2 mins at a 10.5... i can definitely tell a difference in a lot of things ... DH took my car and he always moves the seat straight up (i recline it b/c of my belly) ... well i went into it today and just slipped into it ... didnt have to recline the seat at all. 2 months ago i would not have made it in and today i had a little room to spare!! YAY!! i am also having SO much more energy! after i went to work out, we went to breakfast and went to petsmart. i wanted to check out a store across the parking lot so **gasp** we walked there. it wasnt that far at all, but pre banding if there wasnt a parking space right next to the store, i would have DH drop me off at the entrance and go park.. now i'm the one saying this space is good (far away from the door). then we took Syd to see the ducks ... we stayed there and walked around for a bit then to Costco and walked the store. it was very nice.. but anyway, not too terribly surprised about my gain. i have been indulging (aka pigging out) on my sugar free caramel pecans MMMMMMMM ... so i need to limit those to one every several days - not 2 - 3 a day. they may be sugar free but not calorie free.. :hungry: last night i made fish and green beans. it was pretty good, not ideal but good enuff. and it was less than 200 calories in the fish. we bought some orange roughy at costco and it is only 90 cals for a piece!!! yummmmm going to another step class with my regular instructor tomorrow morning. it is at the other club so i know it is going to kick my ass, but thats a good thing.

dezadoo, that's an awesome story!!! :biggrin1:

welcome Dee! check out this forum for some basic answers http://www.lapbandtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=73 this entire site is full of information. good luck with your surgery!