NJChick 3 Posted January 26, 2006 HAPPY HAPPY DAY JESSIE !!! :first: :rockon: :first: :rockon: :confused: :first: :rockon: :confused: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mousecrazy 2 Posted January 26, 2006 Happy Brithday to You! Have a great day, Jessiebear! Cindy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iluvharleys 15 Posted January 26, 2006 Happy Bandiversary to you! Gosh, has it been a year already? All right, now tell us about your year! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jessiebear 2 Posted January 26, 2006 Oh Geez! I have been looking forward to this day & then I forgot!! Thanks ladies!! Tell y'all about my year? Where do I begin? I'll make this as short as possible. First of all, I went into this expecting to lose all my weight in the first year. Wrong!! But that's okay! I have lost 58 lbs. that will never come back again! I feel great! I'm looking a lot better & my self-esteem is getting there. I believe part of the reason I lost slow was due to my port flipping & not being able to get a fill for a few months. By then I had become depressed & was binge eating. I had no restriction what so ever! By the time I was able to get a fill & have a little restriction, my bad attitude had already set in. I can honestly say that if it had not been for you guy's support & advice (especially the turtle tribe), I probably would have been a banded failure. But in the last 4-5 months I have finally got my head back in a good place & with the help of 2 good fills, I am finally losing the weight that I expected to lose in the beginning. I am under 300 lbs. & I am working to get to my next mini goal of 250 lbs. I have come to appreciate the fact that I did not put this weight on over night & I will not lose it over night! My little silicone friend is here to help me do this. Thanks to everyone for being there when I needed you! You all ROCK!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ASPHALT ANGEL Posted January 26, 2006 Happy birthday Jessiebear!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vinesqueen 2 Posted January 26, 2006 So, give us your top Ten NSVs for the year. (you knew I was going to ask this, how could I not?) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jessiebear 2 Posted January 26, 2006 Yep Vines, that's a great idea! What a better way to honor my 1 year Bandiversary than with my top ten NSVs! So, here it goes...... 1. Sex has never been better! & it just keeps getting better! 2. I can paint my own toenails again! 3. I can wear jeans again! 4. When I look in the mirror, I look different to myself (I just noticed this today)! 5.I have cut my BP meds in half. I need to get in to see my doc cause I think I could probably come off of them now. (I promise I am monitoring it myself. I won't let it get too low!) 6. When we took a trip to Branson before Christmas, I was the only one who was able to climb all the stairs at the Branson Belle without stopping & without getting out of breath! 7. At Christmas my little cousin proclaimed that "Jessie now has a lap" cause she was sitting on it! 8. When I went for my last fill, I had room on both sides of me on the gurney! 9. When I take a bath, I now have Water all the way around me! 10. I have lost 12.25 inches from head to toes since January 5, 2006. I really wish I had been keeping track of this since the very beginning. I'm gonna have to dig around cause I think I took some measurements before the surgery. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ReneBean 3 Posted January 27, 2006 Wow! Happy Bandiversary, Jessie!! You Rock! Congrats & Felicitations!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paula 4 Posted January 27, 2006 :happybday: Hope you are having a WONDERFUL day to a WONDERFUL LBT member. :happybday: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jessiebear 2 Posted January 27, 2006 OOPS folks! It's not my Birthday! It's my 1 year Bandiversary! LOL!!! My Birthday was January 3. LOL!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Parvathi 2 Posted January 27, 2006 Gosh a year flies, doesn't it?!? lol Happy bandiversary, Jessie Thanks for always being there, for all of us! and .. happy belated birthday lol, cause I reckon I missed it :/ Those are excellent NSVs .. especially that first one *g* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paula 4 Posted January 27, 2006 YIKES Jessie - sorry about that misunderstanding. It was still a HAPPY DAY... one year into you NEW life! Yippie!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
