beversman

Here we go my "steadies." Post away.

Hello everyone! My gastric bypass conversion is going well I lost all the weight that I gained after my band was removed. I had the surgery Jan 19th and I've already lost 37 lbs. This thing is no joke! So, basically I am back to zero and anything I lose from now on I consider actually weight loss! So glad to see more people checking in.... I dont get online much but I wanted to update anyone that might check in my email is beversman@hotmail.com if anyone wants to email me :thumbup: I miss all my people here. I cant find another place like it!

I am home from surgery doing great. I feel fabulous. Just thought I would let you know. I've already lost 25lbs... including my 1 week of preop. So, 25 lbs in 2 weeks total.

My surgery is tomorrow! wish me luck. I am scared to death!

We met at work! I got a new job back in March 2008 and we met a few months later. The rest is history. He is the best thing that ever happened to me. I do not know what I would do without him. He is here for me with this surgery every single step of the way. His name is Jesse.

I've also tried to get on Obesityhelp.com -- they just aren't very friendly over there. There are so many people. You just get lost in the shuffle. I've missed you guys. So, glad to see you are here. It just about made me cry to see the responses! My fiancee was doing a happy dance for me. I've told him all about you guys.

Yeah! I found you all! I don't get on as often as I used to but I will definitely be checking in more... as long as you girls will still have me! Since I am becoming a convert! ha I don't even want to tell you all how much I've gained back in the past 5 months. It is sad. I just cant believe how easy it was to gain it all back once the band was gone. Now I loved my band. It worked exactly as i should until about 6 months ago. Then, my whole world kind of fell apart. How quickly the weight comes back. It is scary! Thank God I have a very supportive fiancee now! We are getting married on August 14, 2010. We have been together for about 1 1/2 yrs... just a little more. Got engaged last year :smile2: He has been with me through it all. Only a week till surgery... well a week and a day. I just want to get back to normal. My normal is not 240lbs. And sadly that is where I am now. I stayed at about 180... Had been at abt 190 until 5 mnths ago... Lost the band and gained gained gained. They seriously dont tell you that once you've had the band. Your body is USED to only have 800-1000 calories a day. So, if you eat a normal person amnt of food. EVEN HEALTHY food! You gain daily!!!! Scary FAST gain. Even when I was dieting trying to hold it off... going to my weight loss doctor every week. They had my on a diet plan. I gained on THEIR diet plan. Ugh, I can't wait til the 19th!

Yeah! I am so happy to see you are all still here! Claud, Bandiva hop over to this thread http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f138/steady-losers-4ever-49208/index36.html And we can keep talking there! That way we are all in the same place! I posted on both threads to try to find you all. We can use the other thread to keep us all together. Will post more over there! Talk to you all soon!

Hey, this might be crazy, but I am trying to find my ladies from all those years ago! it is Brandi! beversman... oh how the time has flown by.... well, sadly, i lost my band about 4mo ago.... it eroded into my stomach for reasons unknown. Basically, I got H1N1, swine flu, then got pneumonia, and coughed so hard my stomach ripped along the lapband. Things were great til then... maintained since my intial loss, but they could not save my band. the only good news is my insurance is covering a conversion to RnY gastric Bypass... Bad news... Ive gain about 40lbs over the last year... 25-30 of those in just the last 4 mo since I lost the band... So, I am not anywhere near my beginning weight (still much lower), but the last half of 2009 was not kind to me with the gaining. fun fun fun :biggrin: but my new surgery is coming up on January 19th and I've tried hard to find RnY friends at obesityhelp.com but I am missing my ladies that helped me so much when this journey began. December 2008 bandster... Steady Losers! Are you out there?

Hey, this might be crazy, but I am trying to find my ladies from all those years ago! it is Brandi! beversman... oh how the time has flown by.... well, sadly, i lost my band about 4mo ago.... it eroded into my stomach for reasons unknown. Basically, I got H1N1, swine flu, then got pneumonia, and coughed so hard my stomach ripped along the lapband. Things were great til then... maintained since my intial loss, but they could not save my band. the only good news is my insurance is covering a conversion to RnY gastric Bypass... Bad news... Ive gain about 40lbs over the last year... 25-30 of those in just the last 4 mo since I lost the band... So, I am not anywhere near my beginning weight (still much lower), but the last half of 2009 was not kind to me with the gaining. fun fun fun :biggrin: but my new surgery is coming up on January 19th and I've tried hard to find RnY friends at obesityhelp.com but I am missing my ladies that helped me so much when this journey began. December 2008 bandster... Steady Losers! Are you out there?

Hi, my name is Brandi. I am brand new to this site, 26 years old, 5' 8" and weigh 257lbs. I am lookin to talk to people who've had the surgery. My family is firmly against me proceding with the operation. Mostly becuase of the cost. Also becuase they don't want their daughter having surgery. (something which I completely understand) They also keep saying, "well, if you can eat less and lose weight WITH surgery... why can't you eat less and lose weight WITHOUT surgery?" -They keep quoting cost becuase I have to self pay. -They keep pointing out how new the procedure is. -They also want me to talk to people who've had the procedure. That's why I came here. I need feed back for them. People who've had this done long term and short term. Problems you've encountered. The benefits. I've done a ton of reading and sent my family the web-site as well. I want them to read all of this to see how positive and benefical the procedure can be for someone who truly needs it. I know this is what I want to do. I have the money. I just need their support so I can set the date.

Are there any bandsters or fill doctors in Alaska?

Steph!!! BOO!!!! So glad you girls are ok! I was worried while I was gone over the weekend and the beginning of this week! My news is no where as cool, but I went and got "my girls" pierced this weekend!! :frown: Ha! I got a new bar put in my ear too! I love piercings. They are tastefully done... and the only one that knows about the taa-taa piercing is my marine. It is out dirty little secret! haha just got them done yesterday.... so sore, but I cant even complain about that when I know what Steph and Boo are going through! Wish I could lose the rest of this weight and join the flat tummy club. My stomach is a wreck. So glad I found a guy that doesnt 'seem' to mind. He doesnt even seem to notice that the tummy is poofy... that the girls arent as perky as they used to be. He is proud of them. What a nerd... I still want them all fixed.... someday ladies, i get to join you! CONGRATS SEXY MAMMAS!! Hey claud! missed you girl Hey bk!! I need a fill too. I had alot of mine taken out a few months back and need to get filled back up again. Been enjoying eating too much! VAband! so glad you got the job. my commute is about 50 minutes now too. So, I know what you mean about the drive. Gas prices SUCK! Ginger! drink drink drink! I still dont drink properly unless I MAKE myself do it! FaithMD - THANK YOU soooo much for checking on our boo boo! Glad to hear you are doing well too! dont be a stranger! keep checking in!

Steph!! I am here and reading! you too BOBOO and Ginger! I am just working non stop... I worked 40 hours just over the weekend. I leave at 12:30pm and dont get home till 2:30am every night. It sucks. But my pay check will help to pay all my bills. Life is nothing but work right now. Still working out 2 hours a night :huh2: GO ME! But by the time I get home... i am done for! Good luck in two days Ms Steph!! I am sooooo jealous. Someday maybe I can afford it. I still havent lost another pound with all of my exercise. In fact, Ive gained 4 lbs. I am so happy for YOU though. Go get that sexy flat tummy! You deserve it!

I'm back home ladies.... (sigh) I am happy still. But... my marine has been hurt badly before. This I know. He told me this weekend that he does not want a relationship. However, he does not want to date anyone else and he does not want me to date anyone else... and we CAN date. BUT he doesn't want a relationship... ok. Here is my confused question. Is it ok that I AM ok with this... because that IS a relationship?? At least that is the definition of one to me... I just don't want to get wrapped up around some guy that will never "see the light" I think this one will though. He is just going to need time and patience. For example, I fell asleep last night watching a movie and woke up this morning still wrapped up in his arms... ( and no ladies, no funny business... just being held). He fixed the brakes on my car this weekend for me. Last night, we were out driving the car around at 10pm at night. He see's this small, local park and decides that he wants to pull over to play on the playground. He looks like a cage fighter mind you... NOT the kind of guy that goes to play on the swings at the park! ha He is so funny (and ultimately charming (to me)) because he is NOT smooth at all. haha. He just pulls over and hops out of the car and says he wants to play. Ha. So, I hopped out and me and the little dog went and slid down the slide and he pushed me on the swing for awhile. Then, we played on the basketball court and looked at the stars for a few minutes. Then, as quick as he came to the park... he hopped up and walked back to the car. Didn't say another word about it. I loved it. He called me just about an hour ago too... just to talk. He never says much. He is the kind of guy that "doesn't do pretty, flowery words and sayings" He is a man's man. He sometimes doesn't say a thing at all. So, the fact that he is calling at midnight just to talk to me after work.... when I'd only left his house about 12 hours before that... he is going to parks after dark to look at stars.... Either he is crazy... or he likes me just as much too... it is just going to take a LONG while to get it out of him. But it does worry me that he keeps telling me he doesn't want a relationship. I think though that he is just scared and I just need to be persistent and patient. I asked him tonight if I was doing things the right way. If I was over doing it by coming to see him so much... if there was anything that I was doing wrong... He said "no" that I was doing just fine... and that I worried too much. (I could tell he was smiling when he said it though) I told him that I didn't know if I would ever figure him out and he told me that he knew I could do it... it just might take awhile and once I figure him out I would be thinking "wow, that was easy" I told him I was glad he had more faith in me than I did. I think that was his way of letting me know I was doing things right. He believes in me. He just needs time. I had a wonderful weekend.... I loved his little attempt at being romantic at the park. It was my favorite part! ha. He and I are both so awkward at this whole thing. It is any wonder we ever started talking to each other. I do think you all might be right though. I do think I am falling for the guy. In fact, if I let myself admit to it. I fell for him a long time ago. I never thought I would have someone make me feel this happy again. It has been two long years alone. I've talked to guys, but not like him. There was something about this one that REALLY caught my attention from the start. I haven't even so much looked at other guys since. I tried to. I really really did. I just kept coming back to him. Since last November, I haven't even thought about dating anyone else. I was waiting on my Darrell to get home... even though I'd have lied to anyone who asked. I do worry though. It is scary trying to trust someone else again. Especially when he was hurt so badly before... and so was I. Damn, I hope I am not wrong because he sure seems like a good one. It is just going to take him and I twice as long as a normal couple to figure that out. Ok, done rambling.... I just dont have anyone else to talk to about all the things in my head. Ignore what you want :thumbup: I just had to get some of it out there. There is SOOOO much more. I don't have another living soul to talk about it with... so all you ladies get to hear it -------------- P.S. Skipped the gym because I knew he was going to call = I SUCK :tt2:

First of all EARTHQUAKE! What the heck! I wondered what woke me up this morning!?? Apparently, we had an earthquake! They hardly EVER happen here. We even had an after shock a few minutes ago. Weird! Steph - :thumbup: With all of these long weekends, I have to increase my stamina!!! hehehehe! Well, more like he needs to increase HIS stamina to keep up with this insatiable woman, but I won't tell him that. hehe He just called and woke me up this morning. I am in such a good mood now. :frown: I will be going to his house tonight after work. (I took Saturday off from work! ha) Wont be back until Tuesday. I should be online this weekend though. It is going to be a lazy weekend at him home on the couch. He is cooking me dinner tomorrow night too! yum It is nice being happy. All of this driving each week and the gas prices are KILLING my checkbook. But I think that if I am happy that it shouldn't matter if I am spending the money. True it could be going toward paying down bills faster BUT I think I deserve a little fun and happiness in my life. So, bye bye pay check... hello expensive gasoline. It is worth it.

welcome ginger!! Sound like you are going great on the exercise. Post away. dont be afriad to jump in the conversation. We chat our little heads off most of the time. It is so awesome that our BOOBOO is the "FACE" of lapbandtalk.com -- I am so proud! I love our group ladies. We are taking over this joint! hehe yeah, i just took saturday off work to spend the weekend up there with my guy. So, I have another 3 day weekend to spend with him. (sigh) boy I am an idiot right now. But a happy one. Jillrn! so excited to hear from you baby girl! Glad things are going well even with the unfill. I am sure that is the best decision. Steph boy do i have a story for you from last weekend! hehe - I know you would appreciate it. -------------------- I am now on week #5 of my personal training. I got my brand new program tonight. With the different type of crunches that I do. I am doing almost 170/night. I run 40 minutes minimum per night now. I do an hour of weight training 4 nights a week. I still have not lost an ounce with all of this. I am stronger. I have more stamina. So, it is working. But the fat is not going anywhere. UGH frustrating. It will have to start working eventually! I am 29% body fat. Meaning I have 51lbs of fat still on my body. The average is 24-25% body fat. That is only about a loss of 7 lbs of fat. My personal trainer keeps telling me that with my muscle that she thinks it is impossible for me to weigh 140 or 150. I am at 184 right now. She thinks 170 is about as far as I am going to be able to go. I don't know how to feel about that. I want to be lighter.

I'm back! I was... um... gone again. :crying: hehe... all weekend.... with my marine... :crying: I go back to see him Saturday night... again. I didn't come home yesterday. Just went straight to work. I didn't want to leave. Don't think he wanted me to leave either. I am breaking him down! haha. I'm such a silly female right now. -------------------------- Work outs still going great... lot of muscle. awesome endurance. not a stitch of weight loss. apparently 10+ miles of running a week and 1.5 hours 4 days a week of weight training (with a low calorie diet) does not equal weight loss. UGH Trouble is... I am happy enough lately. I just havent cared. haha. awesome pics boo! sweet hot! missed you! vaband hope the guy comes around -- steph so excited for you about the TT and the baby! I am off to work again. just waiting for the weekend....

I do hope so... but I did think that once before. I was certain of it at the time. So, I am trying not to get my hopes up yet. I am taking it one day at a time. :huh2: He makes me happy though. He called me last night just to make sure I made it home ok. It was at 1:30 in the morning.... so I figure if he is up at that time and is thinking about calling me. Then, I must be doing ok. I HOPE. ----------------- Working out is going awesome. I am becoming a brick house! I am on the 3rd week with my personal trainer and 4th week of the Couch to 5 K -- I am up to running 5 minutes at a time now without dying! hehe. I run 4 times a week. about 2.5 miles a pop. So, 10 miles a week. Not to bad. I am getting much much more fit. Not losing a damn thing, but I am WAY healthier. Much stronger and my stamina is 5 times better than before!

Well, ladies, I guess you could say the date went well... it ended this morning at 10:30am. I didn't write back because I never came home. :redface: hehehe Saturday - Tuesday date.... worked quite well for me! :scared2: haha I only came home because I had to work. Damn job. He is home "for good" now... unless he gets sent back on active duty. So, lets hope this nonsense over there ends soon or at least doesn't escalate. ------------------------------------------- Juicy details.... ha. Actually, compared to last weekend. I was a saint. ha. I actually was introduced to his entire family this weekend. His grandfather embarassed me to death. He thought I was the greatest thing he'd ever seen and he was not to shy to tell my marine that he was an absolute idiot if he let me get away. ha So, the family likes me... I just have to wait and see if the marine makes up his mind. He sure didn't want me to go home either. So, I like my odds. We are both just taking the relationship thing slow. Neither one of us knows what to call us yet. We both have been married and hurt badly before. So, this time around we are trying to do a bit more "research" before we say anything. Truth be told. I think all those months of talking and talking... worked. The sneaky man, snuck right into my head and made a comfy spot for himself. It's not even a lust between us... although, the lust is good (check and double check on that one!) :thumbup: ha --- We are perfectly happy just being in each others company. I felt safe, secure, comfortable, and happy all weekend. I was supposed to be back home Sunday night. Tuesday rolled around and I still wasn't even headed home yet. He has even put on some of the weight he lost while he was on active duty. He has a gut... hehe. I don't care a single bit. It has absolutely nothing to do with what he looks like. I can't even put my finger on it exactly. Anyway, there you ladies go. More sappy nonsense than you all ever wanted to know about my weekend. I sure hope this one doesn't end up letting me down. I know he is probably thinking the same thing about me. We both are going to take some time to trust each other. At least he and I are on the same page when it comes to that. I am still not completely sure about the whole thing. But DAMN I've been waiting for him to screw something up since he started talking to me! haha. I remember telling you all about him WAY WAY back in the day. He is still around. He told me this weekend that soon enough I will figure out that there is absolutely NO reason to doubt him. sure hope he is right :thumbup: So, for now the jury is still out on this one. But I had a WONDERFUL weekend.

I have a date with my marine tonight :frown: :tt1:

Yes, it involves him - we spent Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday morning together. I got back yesterday morning around 11am, dropped him off in Indianapolis. I miss him already. Talked to him tonight on the phone. I wanted to keep him. :puke:

OMG, nikki!! so glad you are ok!! I just finally got back on the computer and ready what happened! The little guy is sooooooo adorable. I am so happy for you CONGRATULATIONS!!! and I am so glad you are ok, sounds like you've had a very rough time. Take it easy. EAT! I can't believe how much you've lost. Keep us updated that that beautiful little one! As for me, I will have to update you all later. Wow, what a weekend. Um, I will leave it at that! I have an hour to get ready for work... I start my 2nd shift schedule today. I am just hoping I made the appropriate decisions this weekend. :crying: Odds are they weren't since I made them... BUT regardless, it was one hell of a weekend. wow

FYI: There is a chocolate covered marine at my house... hehe :thumbup:

WAY TO GO STEPH!!! :eek: Down 70 lbs!!!! So proud of you! :biggrin2: I still havent weighed myself. I even got naked and stared at the scale tonight and still didnt do it. (I'm afraid!) ha I Did 30 minutes on the elliptical at the gym and took the day off from running. My knee is a bit tender and so were my shins. I think I was over doing it a bit. So, I am going to give them a little break before I start Week 3... I think i will start it Friday. I am done with week 2! Training is going awesome. I am on my 2nd full week. Weight training is kicking my butt still, but I dont hurt quite so much this time through which must mean I am building a bit of muscle. I worked out for 2 hours tonight! geeeeeesssshhhhhh! but I was having fun... so, I guess that is allowed :confused2: ok STORY!!!!! :confused2: Today, I get back from working out. It is 7:30 at night. I am in sweats and a XL t shirt that is 3 sizes too big. (on a personal note, i probably smell! haha) I walk into the grocery store to get onion powder. (hoping to dodge in and out unnoticed) WHY DID A GUY ASK ME OUT ON A DATE FOR THIS WEEKEND!!?!?!? HAHAHAHA Of all times... i have been sweating like a pig for 2 hours. In sweats and this guy I met once before came up and said "remember me?" "Can I have your number so that i can call you and we can go out this weekend?" I was like... WHAT!?!? ha HOW FUNNY I gave him my number. Any guy that still thinks I am cute after all that mess is worth a second look. ha. I just find that amusing. I dress really nice most days and then, the one day I go out in public looking a mess and trying to hide... and I get asked out on a date?? Life is so strange.