Lisa G.

Hi everyone. I'm from just north of Mt. Pleasant. Glad to see so many people around that area starting to post. Dr. Heiker in Texarkana placed my band. He and Dr. Keilin are awesome! I have also heard good things about Dr. Querry. By the way, Glo.... you are doing great! Hang in there girl!!! Yall have a great day!

Hi everyone! I don't know how yall did it, but I haven't been able to get on the site for a few days. Hope everyone is doing fine. I haven't lost anything in a while, but I haven't gained either. I HAVE to find the time for some kind of exercise. Yes, Genia.... my "sugar high" went away. I just hate that feeling after you come down off of a "sugar high". lol Whew.... I won't do that again! I have kinda been sore the last few days. I wonder if it has something to do with the weather???? I know I haven't been eating too much. Anyway, I'm not so sore this mornin. Yall have a good day! :Banane34:

Genia, hang in there girl. It will be gone before you know it. There's always plastics...... GO, GENIA, GO! There...... that's all the cheering I can handle today. My head hurts. Maybe, I'm falling off that sugar high from the other nite. lol Yall be sweet!

SugarB, glad to hear that everything is fine with the grandson. How is everyone today? Did Halloween get ya? Did you stay in the box? Well, I have news for you.... I did not stay in the box. I had a couple of those little creme pumpkins. You know the ones that taste like candy corn. I enjoyed every bite. And I only had two, so I guess I did ok. Now there is a HUGE bowl of candy staring me in the face from T getting a bunch at church. Where is my willpower!!!!!! Yall have a good weekend!

Oh, Julie. I don't have any problems with my port. I have push mowed the yard, move junk around, played football with my son, and done lots of other things. You will probably need to wait a while before mountin' up. I wouldn't hesitate a bit. It's been 10 months since my surgery, but I'm not at all hindered by my port. Since I'm short (5' nuthin) I tend to smash it against the cabinet every once in a while. It does get sore after that, but not so bad as to cause problems. You will just have to be the judge on what you can and can't do. But....my advice is for you to wait a few months before riding again. Give your port time to "scar" into place. I know from experience you don't want to hear the next line, but here goes anyway. Maybe in the spring you will be able to ride and not be prone to "flippage" (if that's a word. lol) That's just my humble opinion, take it for what its worth.

Hey yall! Genia, you are gonna have to change your name to "Imathin" cause you are! Girl, you don't need any cheerleaders any more! you look awesome. Way to go! Hope everyone has a great day. And you know what else...... stay in that box.

Hey everyone! Just wanted to say Hi! Rebels won the game Saturday. We play at home this coming Saturday and if we win this one.....Superbow here we come! Yall have a good day! Susan, try to stay close to the box.

Hi yall. Glo, I feel a difference in about two weeks AFTER I have a fill. Some people feel it imediately. Some feel it sooner that I do. Don't give up, it's coming. Shannon, I forgot about SPANKX. I need to get me some of them. Oh, and I threw up the other day. I had been sliming for a long time and finally, it all came up. Not a good thing, I promise. It was just the one time and I have been really careful since then, but throwing up is no fun without a band and worse with one. I have a cold too. I think mine is more allergies than cold. But if we keep going to ball practice and out in the cold air, I will have a monster cold before long. We are in the playoffs now, and all the kids are tired. I hope none of them get sick just from practicing. And Susan!!!!!! I don't ALWAYS stay in the box. I had some a bite or two from the top of a pizza last nite. It was so good I almost had to have a slice. Then I remembered......bread not good. No eat! lol Teresa, how's the job? You can stop in on our meetings if you want to, I think. We would be glad to see you. I don't think it matters which meeting you attend, just so you do and you are one of their patients. Hang in there girl. It will get better. Sugarbear, how are you? Hope the leg isn't hurting because of all the weather stuff. Is it raining up there still? There was a man in the office yesterday from Little Rock and he said it rained on him almost all the way to Texas. Have yall looked at the radar on the weather channel? That thing is just stalled on top of us. And you can see the edge of the system from our office. It is creepy looking. Clouds just hanging there and not moving. And just to let you know...... I ain't skeered of Susan. I think I can outrun her. lol Yall have a good day!

Hey everyone. Hope everyone is doing ok this morning. Glo, I don't know how to camoflage the "apron". I have the same problem. lol :eek: When you find something out, let me know. Yall have a good day. I'm cheating. At work again.

Hey everyone! Lynn, sorry bout your grand mother. And your dad, and the knee thing for you. But...congrads on the weight loss. That is great!!! And Billy too. Yall are doing great! Vipertireswife...... welcome. Any weight loss is great, even if it's slow. Mine was in the beginning, but it's picked up now. Don't get discouraged, it will be gone before you know it. Susan, my appointment was in and out. I didn't get a fill. He said I was doing great and a little ahead of schedule on my loss. (according to him. I could be losing faster in my opinion. lol) So, I'm just gonna keep doing what I have been doing, but I gotta find time somewhere to get my exercise in. Got in trouble for walking to the plant, so that's out. That was almost a mile round trip. Man, I thought I had found the perfect solution to my problem. Oh,well... I guess I will have to find something else, huh? Glo, glad things went better this time. Hope you can feel something now. But, don't lose hope if you don't. You will get restriction soon. It's not about restriction, it's about the feeling of being satisifed. So, if you can be satisified with the 1/2 cup, then you have enough restriction. Like I said, you will get there. Yall have a good day. Talk to everyone later!

Mornin everyone! Good luck this morning, Glo. Remember.....TRY to relax. Honestly, yall. I'm NOT that small yet. It's called CAMOFLAGE! Yall know what I'm talking about. lol Susan, I don't think I will be getting a fill today. I'm just going to weigh in and talk to him for a few seconds. Sure is a lousy day to be on the road, but..... Pep rally tonite. Go Pee-wee Rebels!!! See, I'm already in the spirit. Yall have a good day!

Hi everyone! Teresa, sorry bout the movie and the night out. Maybe, next time will be better. We had a tailgate party at the church friday nite and I had chili with all the trimmings. Just not a lot of it, so don't fret the chili thing. It has Protein, just be careful of the fat content. (ours was home made, so who knows what the fat content was. lol) Way to go Shannon!!!! Go, Shannon, Go. It's a great feeling, isn't it? To finally accomplish something that you thought was close to impossible. Update on the football. We are going to the playoffs! Practice three nites this week AND a pep rally Tuesday nite! Yall pray that MOM is able to keep up this week. lol On top of all that, Dr.s appointment tuesday morning, church wed. nite, and of course the game Saturday morning. I'm tired just thinking bout it. So, if I don't get online very much this week, I'm not lost, just running around like a chicken. No offense, Shannon. I know how attached you were to your guard chicken. lol Yall have a blessed day and week if I don't get back on. And you know what else.......Stay in the box!!

Teresa, don't worry bout being "self consumed". We all do that from time to time. And we have been in your shoes. It wasn't that long ago, that I was whinning bout not losing. I promise, you don't need to worry about it. That's why we have this thread......for support. We try our best to support each other in any way we can. I think that's why we have such a good thread going. Ball game results....... Rivercrest 18, Prairieland 0. We won! My little man was all over the field. Played both offense and defense. They were awesome. It was the last game of the season. Now for the play-offs. Go Rebels!!!!

Mornin everyone! Well...... it finally happened. Someone came up to me yesterday at school and ask "I just want to know what you are doing to lose so much weight?" I almost flipped out! I just jokingly said, " Oh, I just quiting eating so much and started walking more." Little does she know....lol.... I have a secret weapon! I thought my head was gonna explode! Our last ball game is this morning.....Go Rebels!!! Talk to yall later.

I promise I ain't tiny. That is a LONG Way from where I am. lol Yall behave, you are making me blush!

Hi yall! How's everyone this morning? Teresa way to go on the 6 weeks post op. when is your appointment? I have one tuesday @ 9:45. I don't think I will be asking for a fill this time. I'm still really tight. I reckon that's good. I hope to be able to last another 6 weeks. Yall are not gonna believe what happened this morning. I went to Wally World (and saw that skinny Susan) and bought a pair of those little sporty sweat pants with the stripes down the sides of them. Well they come in sizes and I bought a 12/14 thinking I wanted them a little tighter than most people to give me some incentive to work harder. I got home and tried them on. Sorry, not at all anywhere close to tight. Looked like a family moved out of them and they would NOT stay up! (Yes, Glo like the slip. LOL) I just hated that so much and was laughing so hard I almost had an accident. lol Wooooo-Hooooo!! I guess my mind still thinks my butt is still on the jumbo sizes. But they looked like they would fit...... anyway Yay me!!! I don't have my lip stuck out anymore!!! Yall have a blessed day!

Arkie, go to the noscales website. They update at the first of the month and let you know bout the meetings. Hang in there, you will be able to drink more soon. You are still swelled and it will take a while for it to "unswell" when it does, you will be able to drink more as the days go by. The key to this is patience. I have to be the first to admit, I'm not the most patient person in the world, but I promise, it will come. I'm sneakin in online during my lunch break, so yall be good today. Stay in the box.

Hi Everyone! Sugarbear, yep they forgot the pin ceremony, but yall just made it all better. Thanks yall. I think I just musta been PMSing. Sorry if that's too much information. Susan, did you take one of those "stupid" pills before you went to the doctor? Girl, get some of that freeze stuff and take that wart off next time. Much easier. Sorry you got a shot in the Bo-Bo. Did they give you a snoopy band-aid? Hope you feel better soon. Yall have a good day, I'm running late so I better quit! Stay in the box!!!!

Mornin Everyone! Yall have a great day! (me, I STILL have my lip stuck out. But just a little this morning)

I'm still pouting! :Banane35:

Good morning everyone! Hope everyone has a wonderful day today! Teresa, yes, 1/2 cup will be plenty. If you do it just right, you will be able to stretch it out as long as everyone else's meal. Chew, chew, chew. :hungry: And you just want to feel satisfied, not stuffed :Banane35:. Glo!!!! What can I say. It was great to meet you, finally! You be sure to tell your "shopping" buddy that she can get online for a little chat sometimes. I don't believe that line about not being able to get on. You fix her up so we can harass her sometimes too. lol I have searched all the smilies and haven't been able to find one with its lip stuck out! I didn't get my pin last nite. It wasn't even mentioned. So, I guess I'll have to settle for this one :Banane10::Banane08::Banane48: Susan, sorry to hear you are still not feeling well. I think everyone is trying to get sick at our house. I sure hope not. Yall have a great day!

Hey Yall! Arkie, take it slow. You're still swelled from the placement of the band. I promise you will be fine. Just take small sips and when you feel full, stop. Right now, you really aren't trying to lose weight as much as you are healing. In a few more days, you will be able to tolerate more. I know that it's hard to do, but just stay with the diet you were given. Don't force anything down. When you feel full, stop. Then later you can get a few more sips in. Like Sugarbear said, something warm will feel good and help relax the stoma just a little. Shannon, I guess you took a big sigh of relief when the dance was over. I'm glad for you that it's over. lol Susan, way to go on those 16's. My size is beginning to get loose now. Man, don't you just hate that. NOT!!!!! :eek: Glo, I'm still gonna try for the meeting tomorrow nite. I guess I will be able to get my pin. My loss and the Doc's loss is not the same. I started losing before I went to see them. Maybe, Mrs. Betty will feel sorry for me and let me have it anyway. lol Yall be sweet and stay in the box. Have a good day tomorrow!

Hey yall, Mrs. Betty gave us a band that says "I'm with the band" on it at one of our support group meetings. Mine didn't fit (too big) so I put it at the kitchen sink. I'll just bet she has some more. Ask her next time you go to a meeting. Hey Glo, I'm gonna try to be there. The little man has ball practice on Mondays. Don't know how I'll work it, but I'm gonna try. I didn't get to go to the last one. I really need to go. Gotta get that pin!!!!! Yay Me!!! Yall have a good nite.

Big Business Woman!!!! lol I'm glad I didn't get the paper last nite!!!! Shhhhhh, don't tell everyone! :cool:

Teresa, there are very few people that feel restriction after the first fill. Some do. Others don't even need a fill for a while. It's just depends on the individual. I have had FIVE fills. I have major restriction now. I think I might be just a smidge too tight, but I'm gonna try to work thru it. Just hang in there. Restriction is coming your way. I promise!!!! lol How's everyone this morning? How are you feeling arkie? Be sure to walk as much as possible. Sip your water and DON'T pick anything up. Walk, walk, walk!!! Hey, Susan! I see you online. Yall have a good day! Talk to yall later! :cool: