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Your funny.. one of my friends and I have a joke between us that we need a wife.. someone just like us who loves to clean and do the daily stuff so we could enjoy our kids more, and not have all the stress..

I actually cried through most of that video, especially the parts involving the young man and his family. They were of no help to him at all, even his mother. MY dad is 85 and when I came to work with him 4 yrs ago he constantly made comments about my weight, and even commented that he never saw me really overeating or binging on junk. Still he would make comments to me about losing weight and how I wasn't like that when I was young. I finally told him I had enough, he was not helping and made me feel horrible with his comments, and to leave my brother alone too. He rarely visits anymore and doesn't need to hear the same tirade from my father hes been hearing for 35 years. He is not a cruel or mean man by nature, but it is one subject that bothers him, mostly because our family health issues are overwhelming.

There really has to be a link somewhere with our genes and the way we are wired. My mothers mother was obese. I have never seen a picture of her where she wasn't. My aunts and uncles say she never overate, walked everywhere (born 1898) and even during the depression when food was scarce she still couldn't lose weight.. In 1952 my mother was pregnant with my 2nd oldest brother and my grandmother was determined to lose weight. She went to the doctor to get some help and figured she was paying for the advice so she would do twice as much as he wanted her to and eat even less. She got a cold and her immune system couldn't fight it and she died of pnemonia in 1953. My mother couldn't breast feed anymore and my brother has always had emotional problems and used to self medicate.. I am the youngest of 8. Three of us are morbidly obese, my sister has lost some because she has chrons but never goes under 220 even though she never eats more then a cup of food at a time. It is the part that scares me about the band.. getting it and not losing.. Being realistic, I definately eat more then a cup of food in a serving now, and hope that I won't be able to when the band is in. Does it really give you that full feeling? I ask because I don't have that feeling ever. It stopped after I had a hysterectomy in 2006. The only way I know I am really full is when I need to throw up.. that is bad. For the past month I have tried to be more self aware and have done fairly well. I ate more yesterday then I normally do, but my blood sugar was all over the place and I was shaky. I ate white bread for the first time in 3 weeks and it made me sick... that was an eye opener.

Sorry to ramble.. My head is spinning from this new bit of info. I will probably watch some of it again, and want to give the link to my nutritionist, shes really awesome. She is even going to go to a lap band seminar so she can better understand the process. My insurance will pay for me to keep seeing her monthly because she works for my lipid specialist, and they both want to help me. I have hereditary cholesterol problems,, I am taking Crestor and it is the first thing that has lowered it in 7 years.

Thanks again for posting the link!!

Donna

Hello to my new best read site. I was just reading Lavetta's post and found it very informational. Thanks Lavetta. I not even a week ago had a hysterectomy and now am waiting for the go ahead from my Dr. for my lap band procedure. I hope that I can continue to get useful info from my new best friends as to what to exspect(?)

Hi, I'm Debora. I had my Lap Band Surgery on June 10th, I can eat sometimes if it's soft food, but if I try to eat say a piece of fried chicken or ribs or catfish, I get sick. Is this normal and is it time for me to get my first fill. It will be 8 weeks tomorrow.

Hi Claudine,

I was just reading your blogs! Have fun at the beach this weekend, I'm getting ready to start packing for my weeks vacation, three of those days will be at Pismo Beach (in Ca)...I can't wait, then were doing a couple of concerts (stone temple pilots and Fergie). Anywho!!! I'll be gone so I wanted to wish you the best of luck next Friday!!!:biggrin:

Hi Sugar! I've not posted there in a few days. Unfortunately, I haven't done any jogging since Friday. The past two weeks have been a challenge on my schedule. I usually go out to exercise early in the morning before my husband leaves for work. The last two weeks he's had to go in early so I've not been able to exercise in the morning. We also started building a shed last week, so my evenings have been busy with that. I have been working out to my Turbo Jam DVD at home, but I've made no progress with the c25k. I had thought of giving it up, but I was reading everyone's progress and I don't want to quit! My husband is working nights the rest of this week so I will get a move on tomorrow, for sure. I'm going to go ahead and start week 3. I found week 2 easier than I'd anticipated, so I'm going to move ahead, or at least give it a shot!. Thanks for thinking of me. How are you doing on the c25k?

Hi: Are you from MA??? Hi: My name is MayAnn and I was denied on 03/24/2008 by UMASS Dr. Gitkind the gatekeeper. My BMI is 37 and have highbloodpressure. I want to better myself and this doctor wants me to get a :sad_smile: I don't understand why he does not see me fit for the lapband? My BMI is 37 and have high blood pressure:confused2:. I know I want the lapband and have been prepairing myself since November 2007, went to the seminars, psychologist, nutritionist and was denied by Dr. Gitkind on Monday. Went to primary care docotor today and still my bmi is 37 and high blood pressure???on a calorie diet<-:huh2:like I havent tried this! calorie diet of 1600-1800 day. I guess I was not eating enough-been two weeks on this diet and gained 3 pounds..... AHHH WHY??? HELP....:scared2:

Hi Im doing really well thanks. What a great site this is. Im so glad I found it and just a few weeks before surgery woohooo!!

Whao tomorrow is it! That’s great! Well I signed up for the seminar that is this week this morning only to learn this afternoon that even though the dr's at the Oregon bar center are considered "in-network" with the new insurance they say they only cover centers that are considered part of the centers of excellence program I guess so I don’t think they are one. :-( The only one I can find in Oregon is OHSU. My thoughts are with you tomorrow. It will be great!

hi i was banded in 2007 i just had a fill again last week i get the full feeling like always but i am experiencing alot of reflux especially at night like i wake up coughing and slime coming out of my nose. It seems like it is only when i am relaxing

How are your nerves treating you today? Mine are ok. I've only had to rush to the bathroom once so far. Yesterday was ok. Monday was hectic - I had three appointments and alot of driving to do. Seeing my surgeon helped me to clam down a little. I don't have to do a pre-op diet. I am trying to be careful to not eat fatty foods. I don't want to show up on the 24th having gained a few pounds. I'm looking into starting a weightloss ticker. I have not found one that I like yet. Have you?

Lynn,

I saw that you posted a response about Pam Miller at True Results in Atlanta, but when I went to the forum the post isn't there. It was Pam who told me everything was covered when I spoke to her last week...when did you find out that things weren't covered?

Hi there! I just saw you in the chat room and figured you were from Nebraska too. I live south of Beatrice and was banded in Lincoln a couple of weeks ago. Give me a shout sometime! Good luck to you!

Hi..sounds like we are on a similar journey. When did you get banded? . I was banded 1/10/08, and have lost about 26 pounds. Slow losing...I know, but I am OK with it. I am down to 193 now. I have only been exercising 3 days a week. I know I need to increase that to 5 days a week in order to see faster weight loss. Good luck to you!

Trying to find a date to the new Twilight movie next week. I should have married a gay man.

feeling a little bummed....haven't lost anything in 3 weeks. Actually gained 4lbs. Gym and all....can't wait for my first fill on Wednesday.

Oh, Facebook ads, why must you tell me that Fall boots have arrived at Zappos.com? Don't you know that I just bought new shoes last week? This could be bad...

HELP!!!! I got a fill a week ago hadn't had one in 4 months.....Dr. put 1cc in and then I felt like it was too tight...so she took a half out....question is...this fill feels completely diffrent then any other fill I have ever had...started with a total of 4 cc then had two separate .25cc fills then this one.......is this normal .......plus things seem to get hung up more then the ever did before ...so not sure if it was because it was getting loose in the 4 months and now...

Well I HAVE to do sleep test because my neck is big hmmmm....But they got me in for tomorrow night. Now I got a call 2 weeks of antibiotics cause of have H. Pylori bacteria in my stomach. I was told this will not interfere with my surgery

‎2 weeks and 1 day to go until surgery day! I can't wait! That also means 2 more weeks of this pre op diet (and that is a bummer) But I am gettiing through it.

Back to work... Gotta love a 3 day work week. Yay.

I leave for Saudi Arabia in the morning to see my sister! I really hope I come back with pounds lost and not gained! The scale has been holding at 186 for about 2 weeks now, and I really wanted to be in the 170's by now!!

finishing up all my pre-op testing this week then off to the insurance. hopefully i get a surgery date by the end of this year begining of next year.

Squeezed into my size smaller jeans today...boy, were they tight. New rule...I am not going to wear clothes that hurt me anymore. Return to the baggy pants and try again in a couple of weeks!

1 week post surgery and down 20 pounds!!! Feeling pretty good and my clothes are getting baggy.

1 Week until surgery!