September Bandsters

[MimIN 19]

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Okay, I'm not very good at resizing images, etc. This will give you some idea. When I look at these pictures I guess I see that I have come a long ways in 7.5 months. I just want to keep making progress. This is my little girl, Felicity. She just turned 8 (I was 45 when we adopted her). Isn't she a cutey! Well, someday, I send that final after picture.

OH MY Karey you look fabulous! Absolutly gorgeous. Felicity is a beautiful little girl!

[kareyquilts 1]

Thanks Mimin! I am down 1.5 pounds. Maybe the evil platueau has ended!:clap2:

[kareyquilts 1]

Mimin: Way to go on the bull ride, girl! I love how brave you were! It's nice to let lose and have some fun sometimes!

[BJean 16]

karey and Mimni: You all look FANTASTIC!!! You are definitely inspirations! Wow. Congrats karey on having such a beautiful little girl in your life!

I am up a pound. Dang. Going in the wrong direction. I'm not giving up hope nor am I hopeless. Just a blip (or is it blimp ) in the road.

[kareyquilts 1]

BJean: I upped my calories by 200 and decreased my exercise and I lost weight this week. Go figure! Maybe it's time to see your nutrionist?

[BJean 16]

karey: I've had that happen to me too. I think that sometimes we just need a change of some sort to get us off high center.

I am definitely overdue for a nutritionist meeting. Hope to get in a visit with her sometime later this week!

[TamifromAL 1]

Mim, great picture! That guy looks for real! We're going to a balloon jubilee this weekend (hot air balloon races), and I'm hoping to add "rode a hot air balloon" to my list of life experiences.

Karey, darn glad to see you! And lifelongband, too (although those avatar pics are sooo little. I wish LBT had better photo storage capabilities.

April, thanks for the slip info. Over on OH, it seems like every week there's someone else with pouch dilation or a band slip, and even people with lots of band experience under their belt. They all seem to agree that being too tight is often the start of their problems. But, dang, how do you know when you're too tight? One day I can be loose as a goose, and the next day I'm so tight I get stuck on everything. I'm tighter after exercising, too. It's weird and unpredictable.

OK, so I seriously don't know how I pulled this off, but I'm down 4 lbs. this week. I actually had my first true binge one day last week. I won't tell you what I ate, 'cause I don't want the responsibility of triggering anyone else to binge, but let's just say I lacked prudent control. So I don't know how I managed to have a good drop, except that I just finished my TOM. Whatever. I'll take it!

Tami

[MimIN 19]

The bull ride was liquid bravery! I am not a big drinker but when I get with my friends my college days are re-lived. I am awaiting the psuedo-coyote ugly pictures to surface although I am hoping Todd was as drunk as I and forgets! I haven't seen them and I don't want to but I have foggy memories of dancing on a bar.... :angel:

I have a fill scheduled for tomorrow, I wanted to wait until this past weekend was over before doing it. Now I'm questioning whether I should go through with it. I don't have much restriction at all, I can eat (and drink) quite a bit and seldome feel full... however I've still been losing slowly. *sigh*

[lifelongband 0]

If you want to see better pics of me, you can go to myspace.com/maeori

[gonnabethin 10]

-1 for missed weigh in, and -2 this week.

[lisalee 0]

Quick note here for my weigh in...down 1 pound to 181. Don't know how I did it; no exercise, carnival food and a night out w/the girls=liquid calories. But I did get a phone number and a few *smiles* from some cute guys! Must get back in the groove...

[MimIN 19]

Here are the numbers this week. 77.6lbs to date!!

TamifromAL - 185/0/-3/-1/-3/-2/+2/-3/-1/-4

MimIN – 180/+14/0 /-17/-4/-1/-1/-1/-2/-2

Cassandra – 228.2/-3.6

Gonnabethin – 185/-0.5/0/0/0/-2/-1/-2

LindaN – 208/-1/0/-1/-2/-0/-3/?/?/?

BJean – 177/-1/-1/0/0/0/+2/?/+1

Kareyquilts - 189/-2/0/-4/0/0/0/-1.5

Lisalee - 189/0/0/-4/-1/-1/0/-1/-1

Sandranoelle - 260/+2/-4/-1/+2/-1/-3/?

Tanya67 - 231/-2/-2/-2/-3/-2/?<!-- google_ad_section_end --><!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

[MimIN 19]

It has been a little while since I have had a fill and I almost forgot what it was like. I had a very small 'tweek' of .1cc, I just wanted a little help and well that may have been too much. I've pb'ed on my pills, I'm gurgling Water but it does go down. I am working on a protien drink right now but it's super slow tiny sips. I don't like this feeling at all!

For those of you that have had unfills, how long did you wait? In the past after a fill I've waited a week or two and it has eased up but I want to go back in today, I don't like this at all!

[kareyquilts 1]

Minin: I'd give yourself a couple more days and stay on liquids for another day and then go to mushies. You might have some swelling that will go away. Of course if you can't stand it then I'd go in, but they may have trouble getting out just the 1 cc. It's terrible to PB. I had a fill last week and had a pill get stuck too. I find that the tightness of band varies day to day. Good luck!

[MimIN 19]

It is a little better today, I cut my pills into weee tiny pieces and nothing got stuck this time but I still feel the gurggling, I haven't had this in a LONG time and I have no idea how I put up with it before. I hope it eases up by tomorrow, Jamie and I are heading to NYC for the holiday weekend and I want to enjoy my dinner at the Rainbow Room!