MamaMichelle

Congrats sweetie!! I am so glad that he has come around to realize that his support will only help you reach your goals... The end of Aug will be here before you know it!

Congrats! That is the next milestone I am looking forward to reaching... I Can't wait!! Glad the band is working for you girl!!

I guess she likes the idea of having Dr. Ortiz do her surgery after a few of us emailed her about it!! Maybe some husband or boyfriend will pay to have their wife's face tattooed on her as a sign of love!

Lol that is crazy, well if she can post there then I am going to post here: http://myfreeimplants.com/index.asp because heck we all need free implants! lol

I saw this message on the bottom of someone's signature: This message is a natural product made from recycled electrons. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects.

Hey Vix- I am sorry too for what you are going through you are so very strong to be able to put yourself FIRST!! One thing I might mention is that the OCC, Dr. Ortiz, and one of his teenage patients was featured on the Oprah show back in Feb 2008 and they will be replaying the show on Aug 11th. Surely he can't think someone like Oprah would ever be assoicated with anything illegal or dangerous. Hopefully since the show will be airing a few days before your surgery that will be one more thing to reassure him that everything is on the up and up, and if at that time he is still mad that you have made this choice without him at least he will know you are safe!

I doubt your band is faulty or that you have a leak, the simple act of getting a fill causes irratation to your band this is probably where the instant restriction is coming from... Once that settles it can feel like the restriction is gone when really just the swelling has gone down!! Give it a day or two to kick in and then you can go back and try to get another fill, you will get there!! P.S. if there is a leak the thicker solution is called Omnipaque

I love this quote: An ERROR only becomes a MISTAKE when it is REPEATED. We all stumble, today I gave into my sweet tooth and had 1\2 a cupcake at a birthday party my son and I attended today. Sure I could have eaten the whole thing, (I would have in the past along with whatever my son didn't eat from his cupcake) i could have said yes when she offered to wrap up a cupcake for me to take home to my hubby (in the past I would have accepted and eaten that whole one too) my point is we all fail but being able to see where you failed in the past and make changes to not go down that path again is a huge part of doing the headwork. I will end with another quote: If you always do what you've always done you will continue to get what you've always got. You can get back on track!

I suggest you guys get a netflix membership if you're not a member they have a HUGE selection of workout DVD's that you can try before you buy, or you can burn yourself a copy of it... They also have the option to watch some of their DVD's via your computer so I just pick a workout and follow along in my room!

I took them I just didn't see much difference, but maybe you are right... I will size the down and crop them together and post them later today!!

Can’t believe it’s been 5 months for me, and I am quite happy that I have lost 48lbs! I only lost 6lbs in the past month so there’s really not much difference in the dress pics so I thought I would break out the bikini pics I have been hiding lol… Don’t ask me what possessed me to try on this suit at 226lbs the day before I was banded much less to capture it on film but I figured that there would come a time where clothes were going to be hiding my progress and I guess we are at that point, I actually thought I had lost this suit when I did my big closet clean out in May so I don’t have pics in it from 6/28 and 7/28 but I came across it in a drawer in the laundry room so I decided to start up with the swimsuit pics again! So here I am 5 months post band and down 48lbs! Click to see the full size!

Most restaurants these days have nutrition info on their websites but here's a great list with the calorie counts for a ton of places all on one site! http://www.dwlz.com/restaurants.html Here is a list of Canadian Restaurants: http://www.dwlz.com/restaurantscanadian.html

You can get it at Wal-Mart. In the coffee aisle, usually on the top shelf the sugar free has the blue label.

I added the sugar free Vanilla Da Vinci syrup to all of my shakes and I loved them, personally I've yet to find something I've liked better (I do use the coffee flavored slimfasts when I am on the go and need something pre-made)

No they don't weigh you when you go for a fill but I did weigh myself on their scale just to check my own progress!

Those were words from the article not mine, I am guessing that at our heaviest we all dread getting on the scale seeing those high numbers makes us depressed, mad, whatever. Once we are banded seeing the numbers drop makes us look forward to getting on it each day and motivates us to keep making the right choices so we keep on losing!

Way to go Mona!! My hubby is the same way, I now watch him eat in amazement... his bites are huge and he shovels in the food! I guess in the past I was so busy shoveling in the food myself that I never noticed how he eats, now I am putting down the fork and taking my time I can't believe he isn't 300lbs (he's 200lbs but 6'4 so pretty thin as well)

You guys are making me so hungry for all my old favorites... Luckily there is no Krystal Burger here nor a Chick-fil-a so I guess I am safe! I love the chicken caesar salad from Wendy's... I only eat 1/2 of the salad with 1 packet of dressing and save the rest for my next meal!

That is a great comparison and you are sooooooooo right!

I have a treadmill in my room that I look at everyday and still can't get motivated to get my butt on it!! I like doing exercise videos and we just got a Wii Fit and that's been a fun way to sneak in 30min here and there!

Here is Hanna's myspace: http://www.myspace.com/hlapband

Nicole is right! It really isn't that bad... And I rather be a hot thin mama who burps and farts than my old heavier self who didn't!

If you order it from Dr. Ortiz's site: http://obesitycontrolcenterestore.com/?pag...tegory=OPTIFAST it ships the same day (or next day if you order it after 5pm pacific time) from California and they have a map to tell you the shipping time, to Las Vegas the longest I have waited was 2 days for it to arrive. Since you are in Utah you should get it in about the same time. Now if you are set on getting it somewhere local you can use the optifast website and they will give you a list of centers that sell it but usually it is one of those medically supervised weight loss centers that requires you to join some sort of membership plan to be able to get it. Not worth it to me! Oh and you can also check E-bay!

First off don't stress we all get off track from time to time, you may need another fill or maybe just a reset of bad habits... Here's a post about how to get rid of those bad habits and get back in tune with listening to your body/pouch: http://www.lapbandforum.com/index.php?showtopic=7675 Keep posting we are here to support you!

Usually they just sew your current port deeper under the muscle so it's less visable, its a quick 20min outpatient procedure I believe done under local anasthetic (not put to sleep) they also go in through your old port scar. It does make fills more difficult and a little more painful but at that point you are usually at your goal weight so you're not getting fills as often.