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I have severly neglected to keep up with this site! School just got way too busy for me. Thank God it's summer in 3 weeks. I am doing great though. I have an amazing bf!!! School is going well and of course slowly workin on the weight. haha So we've lost about the same! That's great. We're going to look good this summer. Maybe a bikini next summer?

I had my psych eval today and let me tell you, it took forever!! If you are not crazy going in, by the time you finish the 500+ questions that you have to read and answer, you will be. I have an echo and stress test scheduled for monday and my 3 hr nutrition eval on 5 11 09. I guess we will submit to insurance sometime in May and hopefully I will be banded in July. Everything seems to be moving soooo quickly!!

I am now 1 1/2 weeks post-op. Everything has gone really well so far. The RNs and other staff in Hope were wonderful. I definetly have not regretted my decession.

Hello, where bouts in Tx. are you from, I am from DFW area, I also work in education. Banded 3-17-09, down 25lbs. so far and I agree that the photos and forums are what keep me motivated and progressing, and when I have any questions can always find answers here! Try to helpful and answer a few also! May God bless you with success on the journey! Nancy

Hello,

I am 3 days post-op and having the most amazing lunch!!! here it is..strained a la cream of chicken soup, served with a chocolate martini ( vanilla protein shake, with carnation chocolate, blended oh so well with ice inside my magic bullet until smooth) served with the most crisp, clear, purified city gin (water). You have to have humor to get over these $25.00 a plate meals... please send me some more recipes

Hi Rockin Mom

Things are going OK, still have alot of pain but I guess no pain no gain is what they say. Keep in touch and let me know if you have any ideas for liquid drinks to keep me going over the next week. Thanks

I havent moved in like three to four weeks with my weight i do believe that i lost inches but no weight im stuck at 32 pounds lossed but i guess it is better than going up!LOL so my first fill is on April 29 so im excited to get some more restriction!!!!

Hi Shelley, How are you doing today? I went for my "2nd fill" last Thursday and the doctor didn't give me the fill. I feel like I have some (a little tiny bit) restriction. You know I had a couple of bouts with food getting stuck and talked to my doctor about it, so we are waiting until next month or sooner, if I choose to have a fill before appointment. I have done better this past weekend/week. I HAVE to learn to eat slowly and chew thoroughly! I have been consistently losing pounds in small amounts the past couple weeks, so I'm not complaining. I was a little disappointed when he said he wanted me to wait, but then a little bit relieved. How have you been this past week? Talk with you later! Laura

How are you doing?? I missed this message just getting used to the site. I have been doing really well. the hardest thing to deal with is the gas pains. Still on the protein drinks, just progressed to thickened liquids. The cream of soup taste like heaven. Looking forward to week 3 when I can add soft foods. Good Luck! Take an easy : )

hi nancy, thanks for your message... i was on pre-op for 2 weeks and lost 6 lbs and i've lost 7 or 8 since surgery... my ticker says differently because my scale at home got my hopes up.

the nutritionist at the weight loss clinic told me it could be a number of things working against me right now, 1, i'm diabetic and until my blood sugars get leveled my body is producing a lot of insulin and that stores itself in fat and doesn't like to give it up.

2. i am not a consistent eater... here it is almost 2 pm on saturday and all i've had to day is 20 oz of decaf coffee. she said i need to eat more consistently because my body is in starvation mode and thinks i'm not going to feed it.

3. i'm very muscular and it's alwasy been hard for me to lose weight.. .she said i may only see 1/2 lb to a 1lb a week.

i'm really ok with that, i'm just wishing i were 30 weeks out instead of 3. but it will come with time. thanks again... keep in touch. steph

I joined a gym near my house but can't bring myself to go becuase I feel to fat. I know it's stupid but these are the thoughts I have. I started on the scale at 310 and have been between 277-281 for two weeks or so...frustrating. I'm just so anxious to see myself thin and feel the energy that comes with it that I stress myself out. I just want to see more weight come off but I guess I have to start working out to see more results. I do thank God that I haven't had any complications to date. I know things could always be worse. On Friday when I met with my surgeon I told her I thought that the first fill she gave me must have not gone in my port because I felt nothing and felt like I could've eaten a horse.

Any suggestions!

I've been good. Just working... A LOT! Thanks for the picture comment. I've been hitting the gym like twice a day. It has become routine for me now. However, I think I'm beginning to plateau with the weight loss, so I am going in for another fill next week.

Hello, 3 days left! How are you doing? How is the pre op diet going? I've lost 6lbs so far. Tomorrow a.m. I go to the pre surgery consult. I'm excited and nervous. This is the 1st time ever that I've been put under and my 2nd surgical procedure. (c section was the 1st) I'm kinda freaked out! But moving forward.

Yea I just got back actually. They didn't find anything. They wanna do an mri on my shoulder and if they don't find anything that way they wanna do a scope through my navel. It sucks. The only positive was that I lost 3 more lbs!!

Hi there! I hope you had a good vacation. I have not been on here for a few days but a lot has been going on. I saw Ashley a week ago Friday and she is wonderful. I had my sleep study that same night. That was different. I didn't think I had apnea and as it turns out I don't. This past Friday I had the upper GI and am pleased to say that it was not as bad as I was expecting. For some reason I thought they would put a scope down my mouth, but it was just an xray type machine as you drink the lovely barium.

Best Of Luck Cheryl, It's been near a week for me, and I'm STILL glad i did it! You'll do great with that wonderful Husbands help!

You look amazing. Congratulations on your success. I think exercise makes a big difference in how the body looks during weight loss (even though the amount of weight lost is about the same for those who exercise and those who do not exercise). I, like you, exercise 3-4 days/week. I love exercise especially now that the weight is coming off. Can't wait to see more of your success photos.

Dionne

Have you gotten a date yet? Don't hesisate to call and nag your insurance!! I did and I got a date in less than a week. As of today I have lost 99lbs... I am soooo close to 100!

Hey Kenzie!

Nice to meet you and I am glad to help! I know when I was at your stage I wanted to find women my age to see if it really was working... and it does. I've been over wieght my whole life and obese for the last 17 years. I had given up hope :sad:. As of today I have lost 99lbs!! The band is working better than I dreamed!! The 3 monthes will go by quickly. The things I learned during the 3 monthes have really helped me out. My friends who did self pay with no couseling have not had the success that I (and others with couseling) have seen. I assumed that insurance was stalling, however, I learned a lot during that time. Please let me know if you have any questions or just want to vent!!

Let's just say the first week I hardly got any liquids in. My stomach just felt full all the time. Today is the first day I really felt hunger. I got a little worried about that because I'm on pretty much a regular diet now. I feel great today, so hope that continues!!

Yeah I'm pretty tired as well, it takes me about 2 hours to drink my multivitamin so I'm going to change to a tablet lol and I'm usually exhausted by 8.30 and I used to go to bed around 10.30, pain lessens everyday which is great, take some painkillers before I go to bed just in case and then don't need to take them for about 3 hours after I wake up - I'm worried about taking too many of them actually. How about you, the pain bad at all? For me when I woke up my stomach was contracting and it really hurt but luckily they gave me the good stuff =)

I am actually getting it done in Mexico... so I am really nervous but I guess I would be anywhere I went!I don't really have a pre-op diet except clear liquids the day before than nothing the night before... I am in school right now for nursing, but I will be working as a CNA this summer and won't really start the manual labor til 2nd week of june. I wanna be around 135 or 140... how bout u how are u feeling?

Congratulations!!! I'm happy for you, you are going to start to see great changes! i so wish I could just have the surgery already. I just found out that there might be a 3 month waiting list for my surgeon. UGH!!

Nope - I had to wait too!! 1 month before the first fill, 2 months before the 2nd fill and 3 months before the 3rd fill (which will be in July for me). We're all the same.

Good seeing you today! You look great!

I had another fill on Monday and boy do I feel the restriction i told my doctor that with the first fill i was doing good then after two weeks i was eating allot i mean allot that I gain 3lbs OMG i was like WTF but he said it was normal Im like to who?? So I started going to the gym too im so so sore.

WOW 5lbs thats good