Available Lap Band Buddy / Mentor Join our little group!

[mrboswell 0]

Hi,

I am looking for a couple of people who would like to join my little support group. So far our group consists of :

Me- I was banded in November and have lost 35lbs.

My Sister- She had the by-pass surgery 2 weeks ago.

My Mom- She is scheduled for the Lap-band.

A couple of our kids who are over weight and we're taking them on this journey with us!

I have created a website where I post a suggested menu for the week. We do weekly weigh ins, post food and exercise journals, share recipes and NSV's with each other. Basically it's a very family oriented support group/website. If you would like to join, let me know and I'll send you a link to join our group. Good Luck to all.....We can do this!!

[PST104 0]

dear mr b

i am not ebing very sucessful at getting messages. i hae sent a couple and have gotten no reppies. probably sent them to outer space or dont know how to retrieve replys. i would love to join your group. i go to the dr for my first consult 1/20/09. hope to have surger in about 6 wks. please snend link to pst104@grandecom.net since i dont seem to be able to retrieve messages.

[PST104 0]

apologize for typing was at lunch and in a hurry

[laurigee 545]

Hi. I would love to join your group. I will give you a little history about myself. I am 41yr old wife and mother. I was banded 9/05/06. My heaviest weight was 278.6. That was the first time I had seen that number written down next to my name at weight watchers. What an eye opener. I was never obese or even overweight until after my second son 14 years ago. I did slim down for about a year or two in with phen-phen. But once it was taken off the market the weight came back on. I currently am close to goal, which is 162. I finally got the courage to put my photo on the before and after site. Just to try to keep myself in check. Recently I have been eating wrong, not exercising, and just down right depressed. I never thought I would go back to compulsive overeating, I was wrong. I eat when I am definately not hungry. I eat for the taste. And if it taste good I keep eating, just like before. Cheetos have became my best friend, again. I need to be accountable and have someone to talk to that understands the frustration. You may say I need counseling not a mentor, but I know everything I should do, I just don't do it. Nevertheless, I would like to be accountable again and I think you girls could help me with that. In turn I feel like maybe I can help you with questions or problems newbies may have. Wow, do I ramble on or what, you should hear me in person, lol. Anyway, I would love to join your group.

[bearbelly 0]

Hi,

I am looking for a couple of people who would like to join my little support group. So far our group consists of :

Me- I was banded in November and have lost 35lbs.

My Sister- She had the by-pass surgery 2 weeks ago.

My Mom- She is scheduled for the Lap-band.

A couple of our kids who are over weight and we're taking them on this journey with us!

I have created a website where I post a suggested menu for the week. We do weekly weigh ins, post food and exercise journals, share recipes and NSV's with each other. Basically it's a very family oriented support group/website. If you would like to join, let me know and I'll send you a link to join our group. Good Luck to all.....We can do this!!

Hi Mrboswell,

I would love to join your group, and share in your support group website.

A little info about myself, I'm 45 years old and been overweight most of my life.

I got married at the age of 18 to a girl I met in high school.

At that time I weighed 142 pounds, now I'm twice the man I was then.

I work as a Mental Health Tech and love my job.

I also use music to help people deal with stress, depression and anxiety. I believe everyone has a song within them to bless others.

I weigh 294 pounds and want to drop 100 to 115 pounds

I start my pre surgery diet on Friday with surgery on Feb 6th, 2009

I would like to find friends who would like to help each other in this journey of weight loss.

Blessings

Bearbelly

dan@spiritlakeflutecircle.com

[chriss 0]

Hi Mr. B ,

I would like to join your little group. I am 42yrs old and had my lap band done 12/30/08 ( Nothing like starting the new year right) I have lost 31lbs since my surgery 10pre- lap band and 21 post lap band. I am married with 2 children and finding the mental battle more difficult than anything. Plus I have been given the green light to eat regular foods this week . I look forward to hearing from you and joing your support group. Christine

[chayamom 8]

sounds like an interesting group and I would also like to join. I was banded 1/12/09 and keep on finding new things that leave me unsure and insecure. Having someone who has more experience than I would be very welcome.

Some personal information about me:

I am 42 years old with four children.

I have struggled with my weight all my life.

I am a in college and I work for an accountant.

Needless to say exercise--which I never liked-- is much more of a challenge now than ever. The nutritionist says 30 min of anything including walking, 8 days a week. The surgeon says 30 minutes 3X a week is fine but walking doesn't count because as humans that's what we do. I don't have easy access to a gym or a mall that opens early for walkers. Today I went shopping with my daughter and we must have walked about 40 minutes with breaks in between. does that count or not???

I am also feeling like I don't have much energy--today anyways. Is this due to a lack of sleep, too stressed out, not enough Vitamins, not enough exercise, not enough calories?

Do I sound confused enough??

[GiJane 0]

I want in too. I am 37. I was banded Dec. 9th. I have not lost any weight since getting off my 6 week post op diet. I am not getting it....something is not right. I was on this site reading constantly, hardly ever posting. It was encouraging for me to have this site. I lost Internet at home so I felt alone and my problems increased. Anyway, I do not want to focus on my failures. My point is I do better when I am on this site. I am ready to drop this weight. More important, I need this site and I want to join the group too so count me in. I am from Chicago. I just joined a health club. I have not been doing what I should but I will now. Lets band together and support each other. I am in.

[litlady 1]

Hi-

I want in too! I was banded by Dr. Ortiz in TJ on Nov. 24, 2008 -- the Monday before Thanksgiving!!

I am 62 and have not been overweight, I have been fat my entire life. I have taken off 100+ lbs. twice before. This time things have to be different.

I am high school teacher and an adjunct professor at a local college so when I am not at work, I am grading papers!

I live outside of Orlando.

sue:thumbup:

[Crimson Tide 7]

Hi. I want in to. I'll be banded April 6, 2009 in Mexico by Dr. Ortiz. Been on a diet (not as strict as I should be), but I have went from 342 to 302, and from a 48 waist to a 44 waist. Been holding my own for a bout 3 weeks now and I'm getting ready to get tougher on myself. Need the group help after banded. Good luck to all and I believe were all winners!!

[GiJane 0]

Sometimes it feels like nothing is happening. I read all of the success from the people on this site. I wonder if I too will have it. I went to the doctor after my first fill only to find my weight had not moved. He told me some things I need to do and I have integrated that into my life. I go back next Monday. I have not been on the scale. I think I am scared. I know I have been following his regimen. I fear what if my weight still has yet to move. I am 38. I have had cancer with surgery, radiation, chemo. I am in accelerated menopause. I had my gall bladder taken out. Just all these things I wonder if it means anything. I want my own personal success. I told my doctor I was getting a gym membership and he told me he was not concerned about the exercise at this point. To me that meant I should lose weight regardless if I am working out. I have not started, well I have but not consistently but I will. I just had changes with job and then helping someone by letting them stay with me for a while. Anyway, i wanted to write my thoughts. we said we wanted to join this little group but it seemed to stop with posts so lets keep it going. I enjoy this site so much. It helps me a great deal.

[chayamom 8]

Sometimes it feels like nothing is happening. I read all of the success from the people on this site. I wonder if I too will have it. I went to the doctor after my first fill only to find my weight had not moved. He told me some things I need to do and I have integrated that into my life. I go back next Monday. I have not been on the scale. I think I am scared. I know I have been following his regimen. I fear what if my weight still has yet to move. I am 38. I have had cancer with surgery, radiation, chemo. I am in accelerated menopause. I had my gall bladder taken out. Just all these things I wonder if it means anything. I want my own personal success. I told my doctor I was getting a gym membership and he told me he was not concerned about the exercise at this point. To me that meant I should lose weight regardless if I am working out. I have not started, well I have but not consistently but I will. I just had changes with job and then helping someone by letting them stay with me for a while. Anyway, i wanted to write my thoughts. we said we wanted to join this little group but it seemed to stop with posts so lets keep it going. I enjoy this site so much. It helps me a great deal.

You sound like you've been through a lot!

I know that even though I read what is read here and I have friends who were successful with the surgery, there is part of me that doesn't believe it could really work and last for me as well. I don't know at what point people really believe "this is really happening to me and it will last". I am at the point where all other diets have fizzled out and I'm waiting to see how it goes next. I know that this is different and yet I don't believe it yet!

Also exercise is important for health but really what it boils down to for weight loss is less calories in than what you burn.

[SMAJORS 0]

Please allow me to join. I need a mentor and hopefully I can be a mentor. I was banded on 11/21/09. Only 31 pounds lost so far and I am really frustrated. One fill on 1/12/09 and another coming up on 2/16/09. I started at 290 and am now 259.

Thanks!

[Giving up 0]

Hello!

SOS! please count me in. I'm a Alabama girl suck in Arizona...no support here at all. I've never felt so seperated from people.

[Headhunter 6]

Hi, Dave...hey, I might be a good candidate for your group....one of you have had the Bypass, two of you had the Lap band...I've had BOTH, so I've got a good perspective on it all.

You're in Utah? Most of my family is out there, some in the north, some in the south!