October 2006 Bandsters!

[purtynailz@aol. 0]

Hey Shirley, GOOD LUCK on Monday! I will be thinking of you!

Jimboss, I am glad to hear that you are doing great, What is your next goal? I am 6 lbs from onederland. Can't wait.

Namazj- you really should get a unfill, it is bad to vomit, you will end up recking you band. Doesn't it get stuck 1st. I have had things get stuck and Oh my Gosh it hurts so bad, Does vomiting come after the pain? I know I can't eat shrimp. Good luck.

Kstar- glad your bad with us. I am doing great.

Everyone, saw my Dr. yesterday and he said cuz of my band and having a cat scan, that it saved my life. They would have never seen this until it was to late, he said we snatched the jaws of death away from me. I now have a new lease on life. I will be lossing this weight and starting over. Eat healthy and exersize. I want to live.

I have been eating 3 meals and making sure I am full, it seems to help me not snack. I'll take any ideas anyone else would like to share.

But thanks everyone for caring and praying for me.

Mary

[kilcollins 0]

Hello fellow October bandsters!

It has been a very long time since my last post. I have been very busy setting up my salsa business, and in the mean time I have lost 41 lbs! I started my weight loss journey on Oct. 9th in TJ with Dr. Ortiz. I am now getting fills in Nashville with Dr. Houston. If you all love salsa (FAT FREE AND NO SUGAR) very low soduim. I make pita chips out of pita bread, baked in the oven with pam on them. Our website is www.bulldogsalsa.com we also have BBQ Sauce, dry rubs, smoked seasalts, jellies and we roast our own coffee. This is why I haven't been here for a while! Please check us out. Our salsa is fresh, not canned! I am excited to see how well the October Bandsters have been doing! Way to go! I know that my blood work comes back better than it was when I was a kid now! I feel so much better with that weight off. Great Job everyone!

[JDru 0]

It has been forever since I've been on! I need to be better about that. I miss all of my October bandsters! It sounds like everyone is doing pretty good. I'm doing well, but busy, which is why I haven't been on much. I'm down 37 pounds now...hoping to be down 50 by July 12 (my birthday!!).

Mary: I'm SO happy to hear that you are doing well now. Lapaband saved your life in more ways than one.

Shirley: Good luck on your upcoming surgery!

[raynie 0]

Hey guys! Its me! I havent posted in so long.... I think a month. But oddly enough I still read your posts daily. Its about all the time I have and never any time to write what I want to say. Sorry about that... My hubby and I own a daycare so I am seriously busy. I often start to reply to a post but get interrupted, by the time I return back to the computer.... its been cancelled out.

Mary and Shirley..... Stop stressing me out! You two make me worry about you too much! lol I hope you guys are healing well! I prayed for you often.

JDru.... you keep me going.... I love your posts.... you seem like the sweetest person and I love looking at your pic ... Gratz on your loss!

Jimboss- You done moving yet? Shoot I feel like flying over there to give ya a hand.... Gratz on your loss too!

And everyone else.... Keep up the great work!

I feel like I can relate to all of you guys in some way or another... I love reading about all your problems... makes me feel less alone. Thank you everyone for your honesty with admitting your screw ups, sometimes I sit back and laugh after reading some of the comments, thinking "oh that happens to me too!"

So I am almost a week away from our Disney trip.... Yays! I almost hit my goal- 50 pounds.... I am one pound away, and unfortunately my TOM is due, and I feel bloated. So I cross my fingers and hope that I really did make my goal. My next goal is 50 pounds by Halloween.... After Disney I soooo need to get another fill. I feel as if I am struggling right now, I am still losing but I am busting my ass off at the gym. I can eat almost everything, if I follow the rules. I dont think I have much restriction anymore and that makes it easier to eat fast and bigger bites. But I keep telling myself to slow down and to remember that I do have a band. I forget that sometimes! After I get this fill.... i must obey the rules or I will be in trouble. I think I have been hesitant about getting the fill. I have been mentally trying to prepare myself. I seem to have been depressed about not eating as much. i still make huge plates, nibble on a few bites, look down at it with a sad puppy dog look, and pass the plate off the DH. So after a fill, I will be eating even less! Sometimes I wonder if it is even possiable. And that sends me into a depression big time. But I have been going to the gym almost 4 times a week. 3 days of Water aerobics and dummy me, ran into the old trainer and he talked me into a few more sessions. So I now see him once a week in between the aerobics class. everything has been at 9 am so it almost feels as if I started a new routine. That helps alot. 9 out of 10 times I really have to push myself to go but once i am in the car driving I feel motivated. And what an energy rush I get from working out! Its great! Yesturday they convinced me to sign up for the VIP ... which let me add 10 friends and family members to my account for just an extra $15 a month. So now all my friends want to go, since I can only bring one at a time- I made a weekly schedule of who can go with me on which days. I hope that will keep me motivated to go as well. So all in all life is good. The weight loss has been slow, but hopefully with more gym time the fat will burn more. Plus the summer is coming! time to sweat! I recently bought a new product called Regena-Pro. Its at Maxs Muscles. Basically you take a capfull before bed and it helps support healthy hair, skin, nails etc. It contains collagen Protein to prevent Hair loss. I havent seen to much hair loss, and hopefully I never will!

Alright, kids are waking up from nap time... time to go! *hugs*

~Raynie!

ps. If you drink Muscle milk light... here is a tip- wash the glass out and the mixer right away. its so gross and smells so bad if a little is left behind. I had opened the blender and figured I would just rinse it out since I had just used it a few hours ago.... OMG... the smell was so gross! I ordered a new flavor this time- vanilla. Hope it isnt as powdery as the strawberry milkshake. Have a good day guys, and until next time!

[54Shirley 105]

raynie: sounds to me like you got your self together. You go for it, go for it all. When they get done with me, I'll be BI-ONIC eventually I will be walkin all over the place. All in time. So a big congrats on your weight loss. Hope your goig down, and seeing the difference. That helps. I joined up at the hospitals FIT program, but I had to stop it for a while do to surgery. I'll get back to it when I can though. Take Care Shirley...

[qbanita75 0]

hey guys just checking in i hope all is well. I've almost lost 35lb but not there yet.

[dwarden 1]

Hi, guys! I had my port flipped back over and resutured yesterday. Today I feel like something the dog rejected. Maybe tomorrow will be better.

[linadu 0]

Hi everyone, just checking in. This week went pretty good for me except I didn't exercise at all. I'm starting to exercise with a co-worker this week after work so I think that will help keep me motivated. dwarden I hope you get to feeling better, hopefully it'll only be a few day's and you'll be like new.

[Ms Khris 0]

Hello All, just wanted to post to commend everybody. I'm doing well, i think. I'm down 60 plus pounds and counting. I'm trying to get some pictures uploaded to show everybody

[KStar 2]

Okay so I am finally losing again....lol. I got a fill, or what i thought was a fill on 5/3 of 2ccs. The nurse that usually does my fills was out of town, so the Doctor did it. I thought it felt funny, but hey, he's the doc. So the next couple of days i was like, "man i can eat more then i could before i went in". Needless to say i went back in on 5/8 and had my regular nurse unfill it it see how much i had...lol. I had .5ccs less then when i originally went in. Seems the Doc didn't hit the port for the fill....lol. For four days i was thinking i was crazy...heheehe.

So i have 8.5ccs in my band now and i can feel it. I am so happy the scale moved down. I hope this gives me the boost i need.

[JDru 0]

That's great KStar!! I'm kind of at a stall right now...but I'm also not making the best choices. Time to buck up and be good again.

[raynie 0]

Heya everyone....

I am getting ready for Disneyland so I wont be posting again till after I get back... I cant wait to go!

But anyways... just wanted to say Hi and to keep up the good work!

My gym closed the Water area down for 3 weeks to retile the surface, and I got my TOM.... I feel like the pounds are going to soar onto my ass any mintue now! LOL

Thats what I always hated about dieting and exercise... the minute you stop or slow down then damn it just piles up! Oh well....

Have a good two weeks guys and dont get into too much trouble!

*hugs*

hope everyone is feeling better...

~Raynie!

[purtynailz@aol. 0]

I'm glad to hear everyone is doing OK, aleast no gains. I would love a fill, I have only had 2 since Oct.14th, 6 cc's. It seems like everytime I go to get one something else has happen. LOL I can start to say that I am feeling just a little better since my surgery. This is going to take some time, more than I thought.

Shirley, how's it goin????

I miss hearing from you guys. I finally have time to be on this site and no one is out there?

Tell us whats up?

Mary

[54Shirley 105]

Hi every one: just writeing to let you all no, that I am back, and BIONIC. Yeagh right! This one went easier then the other one, still hurts, but not as bad.I started walking the day after surgery. I had physical therapy come to my house today, and she said I'm doing way better then I did with the other leg.I feel good about this, but it sure hurts from the swelling. I'll keep in touch. Shirley..

[JDru 0]

I'm glad your surgery went well Shirley!!

How is everyone doing? Maybe we should do another challenge soon to spice things up. Everyone is so quiet lately...