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Thanks Sabrina! I am very excited for the weigh in on Wednesday....I have tried to work really hard with my food NO NO foods, we just wont talk about Saturday..lol. I have taken your advice and Hubby and I are going to come up with something different than dinner and a movie. We still have to eat..lol but we ALWAYS seem to choose Mexican Food,so we are going to try something different, think outside the box...... Again congrats ! Carrie

GREAT POST SMILEY!!!!!! Very well said! Carrie

I SO agree with Angie! I wished I would have done this sooner as well. I have always been heavy and could loose the weight, but would gain it all back + some. I was so sick of being sick about it that I chose to save me life! I had hit 262 pounds. I just kept getting larger and larger every year. I needed help and this was my help! You say you have a 15 month old son. I have a 14 year old son that has missed out SO much because I was not in the shape to do things with him. I was not able to live my life. I was a large girl that could not run and play with him in the yard, would not go to water parks, beaches or the lake, because I was ashamed of being fat! You have the oportunity to change your life and give your son an amazing life, a healthy life, a life where you can do anything and not have to hide like I did.... Good Luck to you! Carrie

I find that when I get stuck it is usuallymy fault....I will take too big of bits and it is usually when I am talking and trying to eat at the same time. I work in an office where I am the one who takes the calls, so I am always answering the phones. It never fails, I will take a bit and then phone will start ringing. I will chew and then swallow forgetting the fact that I really needed to chew chew chew. There are some days I can eat something just fine and the next day, I cant eat that same food. Some days I am tighter than other days. nd Its frustrating at times, but I just try to be careful and remember the foods and time of days that I eat that food and learn from my experiences....... Carrie

Hi Vicki! I am looking into my options as well as. I want to have a Breast Lift with implants, not sure if Im going to have to but want them fixed and Ext TT. I am very nervous about going by myself #1 and then having to stay 6+ days makes me extremly neverous . I have have spoken with Dr. local so I am still VERY undecided. I plan on having this done in March 2010 and I hear that Dr. Q may have his recovery floor ready by then. I just dont know how to get over the fear of doing this by myself!!! Carrie

B-Oatmeal and 1/2 grapefruit L- Fish and pinto Beans, Small peice of B-day Cake...Finally done with B-Days at work until December!! S-None - B-day cake took my snack place D- Protien Bar - Hair Day.... I have been doing HORRIBLE with my water. Today my goal is to drink at least 20 oz before I leave work at 5 and then 2 more 20 ozs before bedtime.....Xing my fingers!!! Ok got in about 35-40oz today... Carrie

Hi! That is Awesome you made it to goal within your first year. I am not going to make mine, I still have about 37 more pounds to go, not going to do that by November... Good luck on your fill and Thanks for posting!!!! Carrie

After the HORRIBLE day I had yesterday I decided I have to be good today! B- Coffee and then Oatmeal S-None L- Beans, a little Rice and 3 Grapes...Grapes did not seem to do well so I stopped D-Having a piece of deer steak with maybe some corn or green beans (not sure yet) YUM!!!! Zero Water so far.. Im gonna work on that after dinner...............

B- Oatmeal and banana L- 1/2 of Side Salad from Cheddersand ate off my Sons and hubbys plate.....Chicken friend steak, ate about two bits, meat text was hard to swallow. Some beans and Rice and about four peices of steak. It was my sons b-day so I shared Half a cookie monster from there.....BAD BAD BAD....Homemaid Choc chip cookie in skillet with Ice Cream on top with choc syrup drizzled...... S-NONE! D-Mexican food......Hubby and I have got to find something else to do on date night...lol I ate chips and dip, not alot and usually I do....About 4 strips of beaf fajita meat and two shrimp, about 1/4 of the rice and beans, was pretty big plate. Started out good and went down hill from there.....lol Carrie Did do 30 mins of Kemp with hubby last night

Congrats and keep us posted! Carrie

Sabrina, Congrats Girl! You are doing awesome. You have done really good through your unfill, got right back on track! Thanks for reminding me that it will happen, jut got to give it a little bit of time!!! I am two pounds off the 180's and I too dont think it is EVER going to get there..... Awesome JOB! Carrie

B- Protien Bar and Banana L- One bit of Peach and got stuck REALLY Bad, did make me sick.....(Was involved in a big convo at work, took a bit, chew chew swallow, ohhh crap..!) D- Tried to eat a protien bar really slow, did not work, had water the rest of the night!!! Throat is sore.....

ok, so I weighed this moring and there is not change, still at 192 for the week.....Not a good day for me with food at all, got stuck REALLY bad on a peice of peach.

Hi KC When I was awaiting my band..lol....I had the thought that I would get this band and be able to eat whatever just in smaller portions. After being banded I did not want to eat the same foods that I was eating, this is the food choice that got me here to begin with. I thought that I could do this, and the weight was goig to fall off. It has NOT worked that way for me. I have lost alot of weight, but I DO watch everything I eat. I do not eat fried or breaded and I watch Calories, fat, carbs and sugars. I eat HIGH protien. I am not saying I dont ever eat anything that is bad, because I do. ICE CREAM, CHIPS AND DIP and Starbucks (I have the Carmel Frab, not good choice) is my downfall and a slider food for me. I think ONLY because I can eat the entire cup that I get from Marble Slab. I have been really thing WHY do I want Ice Cream SO much. Honestly when thinking about it, I think for me it is because I can eat the entire thing! I dont know but you will be really suprise if you do count your calories and watch your fat intake of how little amount of "good" food that you can eat and hit 1200 caloires a day. At first I was thinking as little as I eat, there is no way, but when I started couting, WOW was I shocked! The band does not "police" the NO NO foods you put in, just they type if you can or cant eat it and the amount you can eat. I do think you have to change your eating habits, for me this is what I have had to do. I am sure there are some people that did not have to do this, but this is what I choose for a happier and healther me. Good Luck to you! Carrie

' Lea! Wow you look Great! I cant wait until I can wear a little black dress like that...You go girl! I read your bio today, what a great story! Here's to you!!!! Congrats! Carrie

HAPPY 11 Months SHELBY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are doing so great! Today was a really weird day for me.....Had to really fight off food today. Woke up thinking about Starbucks....talked myself out of it ALL the way to work... B-Oatmeal and 1/2 grape fruit S-Protien Bar L- Taco Soup and again at about a cup and half +, the other half of grapefruit, a plum and a protien bar.... D-Turkey patty S- handfull of nuts Carrie

Hi Erica! When I decided to be banded my family was ok with it until I told them I was going to Mexico and then they REALLY freaked out when they asked where in Mexico. My hubby did not like the idea of me having the surgery, was scared something was going to happen to me. I have been heavy all of my life, I am the "runt" of the bunch. All three of my sisters never struggled with their weight. My mind was made up, I was doing this for no one but myself. For the first time in my life I put ME first and nothing was going to stop me. I took my mother to a lapband seminar where she could ask questions and it helped SO much. I would encourage you to show them this website, let them see the gallery and what a life changing decision you are making for yourself! Just explain to them, you are not giving up, you are not taking the easy way out, you are saving your life! Good Luck to you! Carrie

Kristi, I have no idea what to do there...lol , I just wanted to say that your HELLO smiley makes my day everytime I see it....I LOVE IT.... Carrie

Canadian Banster... LoL....Wished I would have thought to chew and spit. I didnt crave food so much as something to chew... Carrie

Eddie, Congrats, your getting very close! Dont be neverous, you will have such a great experience! The OCC Staff is AMAZING! As far as urges I have to set goals. I too fight ICE CREAM.. bad bad NO NO for me. The strange thing with this is I NEVER craved it before, really weird too me. The band does "forbid" me to eat certain foods but there is alot of the foods that I have to say no too. It does control the amount I eat, but I have to control what goes in my mouth. I HIGHLY suggest you count your calories and weigh your food. ,I THOUGHT I knew how many caloires I was eating a day and thought there was know way I could be getting close to 1200 calories a day. But if you count EVERYTHING liquids incued that goes into your mouth, you will be suprised, I was SHOCKED! Get the bandster rules and follow them as much as you can to stay on track. I am not saying I follow everything perfect because I dont. I have had days where I have eaten Cookies, Ice Cream, Starbuck, chips and dip ALL in the same day!!! and more than once...That is why I set goals and try to pace myself with it. I know food is a big deal for all of us and I dont think you have to give up Ice Cream, I just dont think you can eat a entire container of it everyday..lol. I started me goal a week at a time, now I am up to three weeks before I can have Ice Cream and no I dont always stick too it but I do try very hard! Like you said it took 25 years, but you seem to have a great attitude and drive! Like someone else said. You will have a love/hate relationship with the band, with the Scales, with food. You are going to get frustrated, honestly over and over but I promise just keep on keeping on, push through all the ups and downs, I promise it will be 150% worth it!!! It is truely going to change your life and your going to be amazing at the people its going to change around you. It has change my familys as well. Food is all of our struggle, but we are all here to help one another, encourage one another through the good and bad! Good Luck to you! Carrie

CRAP! I forgot to weigh this morning... I will weigh in the monring......Great job ladies! Carrie ohh and Angie I missed the reply to the B-day cake...LOL I LOVE the "DIL"...TOOOOOO FUnny!

I agree, Great post Dave, very well said! Glad you had a wonderful experience and welcome on board! Carrie

B - PROTEIN SHAKE S- PROTIEN BAR L- Can of Tuna Dry a Peach and a Plum S- PROTIEN BAR D-Taco Soup - made with Ground Turkey YUMM... I would say about 2 good cups, guess I should have measured, I ate alot..... Water - 40 oz....+ 12 with Protien shake.... Exercise = Ran stairs at work (14 steps) for 5 mins...Thought I was going to pass out... Exercise - Did 30 min of Plyo with Hubby

LOL @ Lori!!!!!!!!!!! TOO FUNNY!

Lindsay, You say the band isn't a miracle, you can still eat whatever you want? Im sorry I dont think that is true for everyone. There are alot of things that I can not eat. It may not be your miracle but it has been a miracle and blessing for me and many others on this board. Carrie