A thread for super-sized bandsters - starting BMI over 50?

[BANDIT.1 0]

Ok, You Have 2 Tickers And I Couldnt Get One. I Did The Whole Set Up At Ticker Factory, But Couldnt Find How To Download It? Or Save It, Or Copy It, Any Suggestions?

[phyllser 3]

Ok, You Have 2 Tickers And I Couldnt Get One. I Did The Whole Set Up At Ticker Factory, But Couldnt Find How To Download It? Or Save It, Or Copy It, Any Suggestions?

Copy/Paste the bbc code from the ticker site to your signature.

[smilin_apple 0]

Hang in there simlin_apple. November will be here soon enough, I hate it when people like us get jerked around for surgery dates! I hope everything goes well on your sept appt!

Thank you I could use the encouragemen. I will be try with everything I have to get down enough in weight before then for he surgeon.

Copy/Paste the bbc code from the ticker site to your signature.

Make sure you only copy and Paste everything between the brackets that say... sometimes there are other words inside the url and you dont want those either. Just start with any bracket or words after that. Make sure you don't include the ending url either.Then on the very last page before you close it down there will be website link you can click on...click onit an save it to your favorites or copy and paste it. This will be the link you click on to update your ticker with your weight loss. I t will ask you for the PIN number you gave when you went through the first time and the date and current weight. This will update your ticker.

[mjsafari 0]

there is a thread with instructions - I can't get it to paste.

Search: How to get a ticker in your signature

It is in Community Center/LBT Forum Suggestions/How to

[michiganer 0]

ahh, well i am pretty much ALLLLLL belly (well, you know what i mean).. if it wasnt for my tummy, i'd just be 'fat' not obese ... i'd settle for fat right now ...

Oh man, I am worried about a trip I am taking on Friday. I have had to ask for an extender a few times and it is humiliating! One time I was on a full flight in the emergency exit row, the flight attendant came over to me and quite loudly let me know that I could not sit in the emergency exit aisle because people might trip over the extender if we had an emergency. I wanted to crawl under a rock and die! Well, at least I know that this is the last time I will have to ask for an extender. Once my insurance approves me (hopefully in the next 3-4 weeks) I don't have any flights planned until Thanksgiving. Hopefully by then I will fit without asking!

[janiebug 0]

Wow, I never thought I would do it, but it just happens when you are not looking!!! I started out with a BMI of 68 and am now officially under 50! I still have over half to lose, but for those of you with a large BMI you know how important that number is!!!!

Don't ever think it is not going to happen!!!!

Jane

[munchkincan 0]

daddy,

thanks.

i didnt care too much for fit day, lots of manually entering food. i use My Food Diary :: Online Calorie Counter w/ Diet Journal & Exercise Log for my 'fuel' info.

I checked into this sight and it looks great. I was wondering how the support group is for lap band people? All of the testimonials looked like they were just people who dieted and were able to loose. It looks like it charts food much better and eaiser than Fitday. Most of the time I can't find the foods I have eaten and just have to look for something close to it. So I am never sure if it is accurate or not. This looks so much better. It it worth the $9.00 a month?

Thanks for letting us know about this sight.

[insubordination 0]

Congrats on getting your BMI under 50. I do understand how important that is. I used to feel 'I'm made up more of fat that anything else'. I know there is more to a person that fat but still, that's how I felt. Wow! Your BMI's down by 18 or 19 points.

I have a question for all of you with an over 50. Do any of you go to the gym? What kind of classes did you start out with? I'm only walking at the moment. I'm a bit apprehensive about the gym. Don't know whether I can handle it.

Please don't suggest swimming/aqua. The gym is far less scary to me that being seen in a swimming costume (or whatever you call it in the USA).

[whosyadaddy 0]

Well i got to the YMCA. I think they have more fat people there than other 'Gyms'.

I know you dont want to hear it but i do go swim every morning. Running, walking or bikeing is just too hard on my joints at my weight. I can swim for an hour now and at my weight i burn 1400 calories for that! I get there at 5am so there really is only elderly people in the pool so its not too embrassing. I do feel bad about how i look but i got to a point where i was like 'you know what, i HAVE to exercise so screw it'

I am going to start lifting weights again soon though, probably swim 3 to 4 times a week and lift 2 or 3 times. I was banded just over two weeks ago and i think i should wait a few weeks before lifting weights.

Yes it sucks to be overweight in a gym but most people understand thats why your there.

[whosyadaddy 0]

Here is a good point i thought,

Its embrassing being seen trying to work out and loose wait but was i embrassed sitting in a McDonalds eating two Big Macs? hmmmmm.

[whosyadaddy 0]

Hey about that Emergency exit aisle on the plane with the extender. That really sucks. Makes me kind of mad though.

Stewdess 'people might trip on it in an emergency'

Me 'I think i can manage to make sure its in my seat out of the way'

Thats really a stupid rule. I always wondered why big people couldnt seat in the emergeny aisle.

[losingjusme 12]

One time I was on a full flight in the emergency exit row, the flight attendant came over to me and quite loudly let me know that I could not sit in the emergency exit aisle because people might trip over the extender if we had an emergency.

michiganer, i am so sorry that happened to you.

I started out with a BMI of 68 and am now officially under 50!

Jane, congratulations! That is a GREAT BMI drop!!

I checked into this sight and it looks great. I was wondering how the support group is for lap band people? It it worth the $9.00 a month?

i love MFD. i usually do not go there for the "support" (here is the place to be ), i did post something about lap band once and it was well received. not much 'flaming' going on that i've seen. i think it is worth the 9 bucks. it keeps me accountable and is easy to use.

I have a question for all of you with an over 50. Do any of you go to the gym? What kind of classes did you start out with? I'm only walking at the moment. I'm a bit apprehensive about the gym. Don't know whether I can handle it.

when i first started out, i was treadmill only. started with 8 minutes and gradually increased day by day. i know this is easier said than done, but dont worry about what others are thinking. you are there for YOU. i am pretty sure when i first started (and who knows - maybe still) that people were like look at the fat chick on the treadmill, but you know, you are taking care of the 'fat chick' and turning her into a 'hot chick' (or hot guy - not sure of your sex - )

Here is a good point i thought,

Its embrassing being seen trying to work out and loose wait but was i embrassed sitting in a McDonalds eating two Big Macs? hmmmmm.

great point daddy...

[losingjusme 12]

Thats really a stupid rule. I always wondered why big people couldnt seat in the emergeny aisle.

it really could be a safety issue. they cant really judge, ok, this person is big but can move but this person not so much.

(i work for a maajor airline and hate it, but understand it)

[Suzzzie. 3]

Here is a good point i thought,

Its embrassing being seen trying to work out and loose wait but was i embrassed sitting in a McDonalds eating two Big Macs? hmmmmm.

Yes. Yes I was embarassed. If I ever ate McD's (or any fast food) it was a grilled chicken through the drive through. I always hated what I just 'knew' the lil teenagers were thinking about the fat lady. Ugh. I'm very self conscience though. If I was craving ice cream and didn't need anything else from the grocery store I would still walk through the isle and buy some fruit and veggies and stuff too, just so it didn't look like the fat lady was on an ice cream run. Lol.

[whosyadaddy 0]

Suzzie,

Thanks for sharing that story, it was a cute.

Wow i dont think i would go that far but i knew those teenagers were thinking.