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Hello Rachel. You are in for a journey of a life time. And Am sure you are going to love the new you. I Did, I so love myself now. Wish you all the best and good luck.

Thank You Judyjones. You will do it, and I will be reading yours soon. Remember Hang In There! All The Best To You!

Thank you Judyjones. I know that you will do it. And I will be reading yours soon. Remember Hang In There!

Hello it will take 6 months from your 1st consultation to your surgey date. There are many things you have to do within that time. Like, 6 month of working with a nutritianest, a psyciatiy consultation, perparing all your paper work. The 6 months will fly by, when I heard 6 months I started to cry. And the NP told me it will go by very fast. And it did, I had my surgey done back in OCT 26th 2009. Don't give up!! It's all worth it !! I lost 130 pounds.. Best of luck to you...

Not to worrie cynthia c. You should be just fine.. throwing up is not somthing you want to do. this happens when you eat to fast or eat somthing that your band does not allow. Be very carfull with throwing up because you can come Potassium deficien. And this happen to me effects of low potassium put me in the hospital thinking I was having a heart attack. Low potassium has a lot of the same feelings of a heart attack, and the meds for it to bring the levels back. The pills are so huge they are like horse pills so I could only take the liquid and yuck, taste so nasty. Good luck to you..

Your tummy needs time to heal, you will not be hunger. I agree with seanamw take it very Slow. Wish you well....

Thank you all, good to know that I'm not a lone on this. I will try to keep up with my recipe of the day here , but it seams like a waste of time now if only 2 or 6 people are looking at them. Thank you all for your comments: juliecook, Derby, lea1085, crystalmarble00, Bandednellie, Lmaluckydog. Going from 30 or 40 a day to 2 or 6 a day. UMMMMM seams to me it's not a good change. I argree with this comment.. SORRY LAPBANDER TALK YOU BLEW IT!!! All the best to everyone.........

Has any of the blogers out there who use to use the old lap-band-talk site see what I'm seeing? There use to be a lot more blogers maybe around 30 to 40 a day. Now I have notice there are only 2 maybe 6 a day. I think many are feeling the same way that I am about this new set-up.. HATE IT!!!!!!!! The old way you felt a more personal connection with a reader, now it just feel so cold and unpersonal... I miss my old friends that use to be out there. I have grown to know them. We new all about each other, there kids, weddings, travels, work, grandkids, there pets, there home towns-ect... We use to talk about our feelings and the space we where in at that moment. And those shared feelings helped me with my feelings, most of the time they where the same feelings or what I may have been going through at the moment also. I miss knowing how they are doing and how far we all have come in our amazing journeys. I got as far as I am in my journey because of all the loving support I found here. I dropped over 120 something pounds here with your support. (And of course a lot of hard work on my part) Thank you for being there for me... There is still less then a hand full you left here, and thank you for still being here. I think you know who you are without mentioning names. THANK YOU.. This new site setup am feeling a huge disconnect with. Maybe it's just me...... If anyone els is feeling the same please let me know? So I know am not along in feeling this way. Change is apart of life this I know, but change is to make things better not chase people away. Going from 30 or 40 a day to 2 or 6 a day. UMMMMM seams to me it's not a good change. I MISS YOU MY OLD BANTERS! - AND MOST OF ALL I MISS THE OLD SET-UP!

RING IN THE HOLIDAYS GUILT FREE The holiday season provides use the opportunity to catch up with old friends and family and to partake in the holiday meals and holiday drinking. This does not have to be an anxiety provoking time. Good Food and A Nice Drink are to be enjoyed without not making you feel so guilty about it. The holidays are here once again, and I'm always coming up with new ideas to help the holidays along. I started doing guilt free drinks with part-1 when I started celebrating, my new weight loss this past summer. And I did not want to blow all the heard work I have done. And did not want to give up all the celebrations with my family and friends. So here is a great way to do it all and not feel guilt while doing it. So drink up, have fun and not worried about the scale with these 100% GUILT FREE DRINKS. I kept them all under 200 calories so you can have more then one if you like. I have 24 drink recipes for you. I will give them to you -6- at a time for the whole month of December. ~ HAPPY HOLIDAYS ~ AND ENJOY!!!! CHAMPAGNE DRINKS OF ALL TYPES ~ Happy Chanukah ~ Merry Christmas ~ Happy New Year ~ "A Goodnight Kiss" 4 oz Champagne 1 splash Campari bitters 1 sugar cube 1 drop Angostura bitters Place a drop of angostura bitters on a sugar cube and drop into a champagne flute. Add champagne and splash of campari. (per 4.1 oz serving) Calories: 90 "American Glory" 3 oz Champagne 2 oz orange juice 2 oz lemonade Add ingredients to a frosted ice-filled highball glass. (per 7 oz serving) Calories:111 "Aztec" 3 oz Champagne 3/4 oz watermelon schnapps 1/2 oz gold tequila Pour ingredients into a champagne flute and serve. (per 4.3 oz serving) Calories:148 "Two Lovers Black Tie" 3 oz cold Pineau des Charentes white wine 1 1/2 oz Champagne Pour into a wine glass and garnish with a black grape. (per 4.5 oz serving) Calories:90 "A Very Merry Champagne" 3/4 oz Kirschwasser cherry brandy 1/4 oz cherry heering 4 oz Champagne Stir kirschwasser and cherry liqueur together in a mixing glass filled with ice cubes. Strain into a champagne flute, fill with champagne, and serve. (per 5 oz serving) Calories:160 "Champagne Ambon" 4 oz Champagne 1/2 oz Pisang Ambon liqueur Pour into a champagne flute, and serve. (per 4.5 oz serving) Calories:131 FOR MORE OF MY GUILT FREE DRINKS PART 1 AND 2 OR FOR MY RECIPE OF THE DAY! VIST MY BLOG AT http://life-after-lap-band.blogspot.com/ OR CHECK THEM OUT HERE AT LAP-BAND-TALKS

Hello soccermom10. It's a new life for you now, and that means eating very differently. I had no sorness after surgey, I was able to move around as normally, for 2 to 3 days I had gas pains. But all in all I was doing great and feeling great. You have to give your stomoch time to heal. so that means eating soft foods and clear broth. 2 weeks for each - 2 weeks of clear & 2 weeks of mushy. On your 4th week you can start to eat the foods that was told to you. They should of givning you a list of foods to eat. And a list of foods that you can not eat. Remember everyone is very different what I can eat maybe you can not. I can eat rice with gravy over it, I can eat shrimp, I can eat white chicken that is not dry and very most. Gravy will become your best friend. LOL.. I have always been a cook and I do recipe of the day here for all. Look for my post or go to my blog and see some of the recipes and how to prepare them, I do low in calorie foods. Do not for get your protien drinks.. VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU!! I lived on clear broth for 2 weeks, then mushy foods for 2 more weeks so my new stomoch could heal. Your band is there for life, and you will have to eat smaller bites and chew every thing well for the rest of your life. And after a while eating like a mouse we become 2nd nature to you, you will know longer look at like that, but as a way of life.. I'm 14 months into my Lap-Band. This is my link to my blog . All the best and good luck!

Keep the box of Kleenex handy. You are doing so well and when you hit the 80's enjoy the cry fest. LOL... It's all now, a good cry. You have a loving family, that always loved you for you.. Now you can do many of the things you and your son use to do together. LOVE IT!!

Thank you Seanamw. All the best to you.

What a difference a year makes. I'm able to get into that great holiday dress or that great outfit. I'm now that skinny girl in the room that I used to feel envious of. I used to be a size 10-12. I'm back to that size now - almost a size 10, smaller then a 12 but not quit a 10 yet. In the immortal words of Jackie Gleason - How sweet it is! I am 5'11" and used to weigh 288 pounds. I dropped 121 pounds, and my doctor now calls me "skinny". I went from morbidly obese to obese, to normal, and I'm now being called skinny. How sweet it is! I thank god and my doctor every day for my band. I am the happiest I have been in so many years. My depression about my weight, and many many medical problems, went away too. How sweet it is! Last year this time I was 2 months into my lap-band and lost a little more then 25 pounds. I would not go to any of the holiday parties I was invited to, I would not dare to go, still so ashamed of my body and my looks. Holiday time and feeling good!

RECIPE OF THE DAY! LOW FAT-LOW CALORIE MAC & CHEESE Macaroni and cheese is perhaps the ultimate in comfort foods, but if you use regular cheese, butter for a roux and whole milk, that's an awful lot of fat calories. Here's a low fat macaroni and cheese that dispenses with the butter and substitutes reduced-fat cheese and nonfat milk for their full-fat counterparts. A great addition to our family meals. Your family will love the taste. Most Mac and cheese have so many calories about 900+ calories in a lot of recipes. Here it's only 203 calories how great is that. ENJOY!! Makes 6 servings Prep time:15 minutes Cooking time:20 minutes 203 Calories Per serving CHECK OUT MY BLOG FOR MORE INFO ON THIS RECIPE AND SO MANY MORE http://life-after-la...d.blogspot.com/

Loved your blog GonnaBeFit. It's all so true all God cares about, is are we healthy and if we can do his work. And never stop loving your self for who you are on the inside.. LOVE THIS POST!!!

You do not have to tell anyone about your lap-band surgery. I only told a few family members, And 1 or 2 wonderful friends and of course my husband. And they all surport my in what I had to do for my self. I did this for me I was so unhappy with my weight that it was stoping me from living. I took my best friend with with to the semiar and she was 100% not for it. And told me that I was crazy to do it and gave me hell, well she and I are know longer friends not just because of this but for a few things she was saying and doing. So only my true friends know, the ones that really loves me for me and wants only the very best for me. And this was the best thing I could of done for my self, I have lost 121 pouns in 14 months I have only 10 more pounds to go befor I get to my GOAL. My surgery was done on Oct, 26th 2010. The weight does not come off over night because we now have the tool call The lap-Band, It is going to take a lot of heard work just like any other weight lost program or diet. SO PICK AND CHOOSE WHO YOU TELL IT'S ALL UP TO YOU.. GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST!!!

Am 14 Months into my Lap-Band and I have 5.4 cc in a 10cc band. And I have not had a fill in 4 months. No I do not feel restricted, for me it's just enough and am still losing weight. Am down 121 pounds. Good luck to you..

I agree I do not like this new version either, it' very combursom to navigate around. Some times the weight seams to slow down, then in a few days it just comes off by me doing the same things I have been doing. So now the scale is my friend, not my enemy. Keep up all the great work that you are doing. LOVE IT!!

This is one of my all-time favorite appetizers. Fast and easy, the golden bites are always a huge hit. I make and freeze batches for dinner parties throughout the year. Your family and friends will love this recipe. ENJOY! Yield: 28 Serving Prep time: 30 min + chilling Baking time: 10 min One serving (2 Pisces ) equals 87 calories CHECK OUT MY BLOG FOR MORE INFO ON THIS RECIPE AND SO MANY MORE http://life-after-lap-band.blogspot.com/

Hello marw, Thank you so much. And yes this Thanksgiving will be remembered for many years to come with that fall I took. LOL . All the best to you and take care.

Oh my! I can't tell you how much I have missed posting on this site and doing my recipe of the day! Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, and that the family & friends did not drive you nuts. LOL. I haven't posted here in quite a while, so I'd like to give you an update of what's going on with me. I made the holiday dinner for everyone and it was a huge success! We had 25 people over and I made so much food! Despite having tons of great food around, I'm proud to say I ate so little of it that I actually lost weight - I was so worried that I would gain some. I have lost a total of 121 pounds since having the lap-band put in fourteen months ago. I must tell you, I feel SO good (and I look pretty good too!). I had not seen some of my family and friends for quite some time - and they and they were all amazed at the huge difference in me. So now everyone is around the table, and they are toasting me for the wonderful dinner and for inviting everyone over - I then get up and walk briskly to the other side of the room to get my glass. Well, I don't know how, but I slipped on the marble floor in the kitchen, and I hit the ground. At first, I was stunned and shocked, and I had to lay there for a second. I hurt my knee and hip - not too bad though - just enough to feel it the next morning. So, in the middle of their toast, I now look up from the floor and I can see all my guests holding their glasses up with eyes and mouths wide open - they were as stunned as I was. My daughter was in the bedroom and she heard a thud - she looked down the hall and all she could see my feet! I must have looked like the Wicked Witch of the East after Dorothy had dropped her house on her! LOL. So my husband, daughter and a few friends ran over to help me up. Well, they did help me to my feet, but it was not hard for them to pick me up. I know that it would have been a disaster if the same thing happened to me before the weight - loss. I would have been hurt a lot worse for sure - and It would have been mortifying to need a whole lot of people struggling to lift me up off the floor. This was just another unexpected benefit of my weight loss! By the way, I'm sure I would never had the strength and stamina to put this dinner together when I was 288 pounds. So, all-in-all my Thanksgiving Dinner and day was a huge success.

LOOKING FOR A HOLIDAY APPETIZER TRY THIS ONE!! A spinach dip that can be warmed or used chilled. Either way it always vanishes at our place and the rave reviews just keep coming! After dip is finished break off pieces of shell and enjoy the best part of all. Server with crispy crackers or tostitos chips. WOW! I served this last night to my guests and it was gone way before the end of the night! Everyone was lingering around the table munching and raving about this dip. ENJOY!! Prep Time:15 Min Ready In:20 Min Recipe Yield 10 servings 225 Calories:Per 13 chips Serving CHECK OUT MY BLOG FOR MORE INFO ON THIS RECIPE AND SO MANY MORE:thumbup: http://life-after-lap-band.blogspot.com/

Looking for a distinctive lamb dinner? Then check out these browned chops simmered in a flavorful sauce and served with couscous - a wholesome meal! Very most and oh-so tasty lots of flavor. ENJOY! Prep Time 10 Minutes Total Time 30 Minutes Makes 4 servings 310 Calories(1 Serving) CHECK OUT MY BLOG FOR MORE INFO ON THIS RECIPE AND SO MANY MORE:thumbup: http://life-after-lap-band.blogspot.com/

Wondering what to do with that basket of apples you just brought home? Everyone always raves about this pie. You don't have to make pie crust! You can control the sweetness by the amount of strudel topping you use. So YUMMY you have to try this one and the calories are not bad either. Great dessert to server to your company. Easy and soooo good. ENJOY!! Prep Time:30 Min Cook Time:45 Min Ready In:1 Hr 15 Min Recipe Yield 8 servings 278 Calories:Per Serving CHECK OUT MY BLOG FOR MORE INFO ON THIS RECIPE AND SO MANY MORE:thumbup: http://life-after-lap-band.blogspot.com/

Quick and easy, hot artichoke dip with artichoke hearts. Cheesy artichoke dip has become one of the most popular side dish around the world. It is a food regarded suitable for people following the vegetarian diet. Baking is the preferred method of preparing cheesy artichoke dip. It is popular dish of American cuisine. The cheesy texture of the cheesy artichoke dip sets it apart from others of its kind. A wonderful, rich appetizer, that is extremely delicious. ENJOY!! Prep Time: 15 Minutes Total Time: 40 Minutes Makes: 2 1/2 cups Makes: 40 servings 30 Calories 1 Serving (1 Tablespoon) CHECK OUT MY BLOG FOR MORE INFO ON THIS RECIPE AND SO MANY MORE:thumbup: http://life-after-lap-band.blogspot.com/