May Bandsters~February Chat!

[Mvpo8961 1]

LindaV here is a link that can give you some basic info.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003580.htm

Let us know what happens.

Myra

[Alicia521 0]

Hey Maysters,

Got a question for you. Now that most of us are around 3 months out from our 1 year bandiversary (give or take), what are some things you are going to do to Celebrate your success? What non scale aspirations do you have? Is anyone planning on doing somthing special...like a trip, massage, pedicure, etc?

For me, I hope to be somewhat close to my goal weight at that time. I want to go hanggliding and kayaking. I haven't really put much thought into it but we all deserve a reward for our hard work. I'm going to have to do something special to Celebrate my weightloss but most importantly my new improved health.

[marz88 0]

I'm back...Sorry for not posting sooner but we've kinda been riding on a cloud for about a week with my nephew. Thanks again to everyone who has held us up in prayer. He came home yesterday and everything has been smooth so far. He'll start back to school on Monday just for a couple of hours to reacclimate himself. By way of a friend and cousin, we have a 12x24 billboard now posted by I-80 that says "WELCOME HOME JONATHAN". We made reservations for a restaurant near the sign so when we finished eating we'd see the sign as we drove into town. It was so cool to see Jonathan's reaction to the sign with HIM on it. What a blessing he is to us!

The weight issues are troubling. I hate that I don't lose an ounce for weeks at a time then all of a sudden a lot comes off. It makes it hard to keep the faith when the scale doesn't move. It reminds me of the old diet days when you'd lose for a few weeks then plateau, then start gaining again. I'm so scared that when I'm not losing, I'll start gaining. I haven't been to the doctor since November. With the holidays and then the accident, I haven't had the time. So I'm looking at the 3rd week in March or the 1st week in April for my next fill. I am so proud of all of you who are at or near goal. You make me happy and keep giving me hope.

[LindaV 0]

What did the doc say about the Protein levels? :phanvan

Could there be a physical reason for your throwing too much Protein? It could be that your body is getting enough protein in (which seems likely) but not able to process it properly? I'm having the same problem but with Calcium...and will be finding out what all the tests mean in a couple of weeks. Please follow up on this so we don't have to worry!

Thanks for asking and thanks for the link Myra!

I have been checking out Chicago and visiting friends in Indiana for the last few days so I havn't had a chance to update you.

I saw my dietician just before I left. When she learned that there was protein and keytones in my urine, looked at my bloodwork, asked me some questions about my calorie intake (1200-1400) and exercise, and did her little electrode test which shows that I have lost more muscle, she said that with the amount I am exercising (elliptical 30 minutes plus swimming for an hour or skiing for the day) I am just not getting in enough calories so my body is burning muscle along with fat.

She suggested a couple of things. First that I only do about 45 minutes of aerobic exercise combined with about 30 minutes of weight training to build my muscles back up. And to do this only 3-4 times a week and just do more recreational exercise the other days.

She said if I want to continue exercising at the same rate that I should really be eating at 1500-2000 calories a day.

I like doing the 90 minutes of exercise I have been doing 5-6 days a week because I am really noticing a change in my body. If I decide to continue to exercise at this rate, I will need to get a small unfil so that I can increase my calorie intake.

The good news is that I am continuing to burn fat at a pretty good rate and even though my protein levels were on the low side she said that by getting the exercise/calorie ratio in sinc that it would probably resolve itself.

I am going to call my surgeon today to schedule an appointment to discuss this with him and see what he thinks.

[ousooner 1]

Hi all, sorry I haven't posted here in a while Hope everyone is doing well! I have been doing ok. I hit my goal weight last week and am trying to transition into maintainance. Its hard already. I want to make sure I don't get caught in the trap of eating too much because I hit where I want to be.

Marz - So glad your nephew is doing better. Thats great news!

Drews - How's the knee doing?

Alicia - I haven't thought about our 1 year bandiversary. Can't beleive its coming up so soon, this year has really flown! I need to do something to Celebrate for sure.

One thing that has been great is my quality of life. My family and I went to a Dallas Stars hockey game and I fit very nicely in the seat. Pre-band, I had to squeeze into the seat and crowded everyone around me. This time I had at least 6 inches between me and the arm of the seat. It was such a great feeling. Here is a pic of us we had taken at the game. I will try to be better about visiting more aften

[Alicia521 0]

great pic Neal!

[ousooner 1]

great pic Neal!

Thanks Alicia - I learned my lesson too. Now that I get cold all the time anyway, wearing shorts to a hockey game is not a good idea!!!

[paladin 0]

It's nice to see you back marz. What a neat thing you all did for Jonathon!! I'm sure that will always be a special memory for him.

OU ~ You are the MAN!!

Linda ~ You must be a fat burning machine. I wish I had the problem of working out too much. Maybe I should give it a try. :guess

Alicia ~ Nothing planned for the anniversary yet. Good idea to start thinking about it.

[Mvpo8961 1]

Great picture Neal. I bet you WERE freezing your B-B-B-B beak off (anybody with a kiddo should recognize that Disney movie line:) ).

Well I am finally seeing some movement in the scales. Started out a pound shy of 280 and I can say I am now in the 250's. Not by much but still going in the right direction.:clap2:

My elliptical is going to be delivered on March 8th and then I have to have the folks contracted to put it together in for that. So it will probably be a couple of weeks before I have it to use. I am sooooooo looking forward to it.

Gotta run need to do some painting.

TTYL.

Myra

[kim2bhealthy 3]

Hey everyone! I'm back.... Sorry I haven't posted lately. This is my first day to work this week. I woke up about 2:00 AM Saturday feeling, not right. Really nauseous and yucky. Well, that was the beginning of 72 hours of vomitting and diarreha... evidently I got the stomach flu/virus that has been going around. NOT FUN!!! Have you guys every really had to vomit since being banded? Well, I hadn't. I have never even PB'd. I was sooo scared that with each time I was gonna cause my band to slip. I ate my first food last night since Saturday evening.. and I still seem to have restriction and I haven't had any reflux or anything, so hopefully everything is fine with my band. Man, I hope none of you guys ever get this stomach virus, it was bad. My entire chest, neck, and back area is sore from all the wretching. After not having eaten for almost three days and all that came with the virus, I lost about 3 lbs. Which means that since my highest weight, I've lost 101 lbs. This WAS NOT how I wanted to Celebrate my 100 lbs lost! Thanks for listening everyone, sorry if it was TMI. Remember WASH YOUR HANDS CONSTANTLY!!! Especially if you go to the gym and use equipment after other folks.. this may be where I picked this thing up from.

Okay.. enough about me.. MARZ, I'm sooo glad that your nephew is home and doing better. I'm sure that the billboard was awesome for him, that was so considerate of you guys.

Linda - Keep up the great work!

Neal - your family is adorable, congrats on the fitting into the seat thing. Don't you just love that?

Alicia - I'm planning a "Girlfriend Getaway" for my anniversary with my best buds in the world... got to get it planned... Vegas? The Caribbean? Who knows?

Paladin - how's the job thing?the move? When is 3loves getting that fill?

Later Maysters!

[Mvpo8961 1]

OOOOHHHH kim2bhealthy you have my sincere sympathy on the stomach virus thingy. Just the thought of that makes me queasy.

M

[DrewsLou 3]

Kim..... I can soooo relate to your stomach bug! I ahve been fighting a virus since last week and on Monday I had the pukey part. I called my doc right away and he got me a script for phenegran so I didn't puke. Today I am coughing and I am still running a fever. I am here at work but not for long I'm afraid.

[kim2bhealthy 3]

Thanks Myra! Hey Drews! I had some phenegran and zophran, but I still vomitted a lot. Those meds basically knocked me out and when I woke up, I started the vomitting again. I hope you feel better soon! I'm at work and not happy about it...

[MissyC 0]

Omg...kill me now. I too battled a nasty flu bug for nearly a week. I got sick very suddenly at work, had to leave in the middle of work. I can't even remember the last time that happened to me.

My mom was my resucuer. She delivered my Phenergan to my door step.

This same bug must be sweeping the country. At my job we have had lots and lots of people missing work from this.

Eewwww. My tummy felt like I had gone 10 rounds in the ring. I am finally feeling better.

Hope everyone feels better soon.

[kim2bhealthy 3]

Well, I'm feeling better. Still a little worried that I may have caused a "slip". My surgeons office said as long as I'm not vomitting, having acid reflux, etc. that it should be okay. All I know is my guts are sore! Glad you survived that virus Missy!