AngieB

We took out lap top and we were so glad to have it. I did leave my wedding ring along with my normal jewlery at home. Really there was no reason to take it. Wooo hooo your surgery date is here!!!! Make sure to update us!

OMG! I could never survive in your neck of the woods. My body requires good mexican food! Sabrina nad RevyD - I could visit, but not live where you both do.......

Make sure you take them with food. I think Cenruim (sp) taste dreadful. I am taking Liquimax curently and it taste WAAAAYYYY better. I've felt nausous after taking my calcium tablets. I think it was beacause I took them on an empty stomach. What brand of liquid vitamins are you taking?

Congrats! What a life change. Looking good!

I started mine right away. Matter of fact I started to take them before I went.

Wow Dave - I totally get how you are feeling about your daughter. I was sad to leave my little guy too. Matter of fact, he knew I was leaving and tried hard to keep me from getting ready. I finally had to ask his dad to take him downstairs so I could pack and keep my cloths in the suitcase.....he kept on taking my cloths out and shaking the cloths....so I would refold them and put them back. It made me sad to be seperated from him. The time goes by pretty fast. The day after surgery, a group of us bandsters went shopping. Spent 4-5 hrs down on the strip had a ball, bought gifts to bring backl for my honey and my baby. It was a good time. It's tough to part, but think how much longer your life will be due to yoru health!! Hang in there Dave!

I am not there yet, but I have read of some peopple who have there ports moved a little deeper because of it's visability.

I took a nice brisk walk today with my son. He was in the stroller, I was the walker. It felt so good to get back out and moving again. My injury, me falling down a flight of stairs in the middle of the night.....just call me Grace, has kept me on the sidelines. That has been hard. I've been swimming a few times 4-5 but can't seem to remember not to kick while swimming. My ankle is still swollen. Thank heavens the bruises have finally gone away. My poor leg. Anyway, the walk felt good. I have to limit my activity because it get pretty sore and swollen if I don't. I completely understand why people say they would rather break a ankle/leg then sprain it. The injury takes so long to heal and get back to normal. I am a bit bummed, as you know I am a scale whore....when I got on the scale this morning. I was 250 even steven. I REALLY thought I would see 249. Guess my period got in the way of that. Nice, Aunt Flo arrived in the middle of the night. Which was a bit of a suprise given the fact that I have had VERY LITTLE bleeding since I got my IUD. I can't complain. I vurtually have no period each month so hey, one every so often. I can deal with. My food log has been hurting me. Holy Cow man! Let me pause and say, I am so grateful for this band. My eating has changed so much, and for that I am grateful. Still I strive to be better, to hit a lower number on the scale. That won't happen if I continue my LABOR DAY celebration. I tell ya, when I get off track, I really get off track. Plus, I have been diligent about posting EVERYTHING I AM EATING ON THE FOOD LOG. I will say, it feels awful let good in a strange sort of way. I am laying it all out. The only person I hurt by not telling the truth is ME. Not anyone else. ME! So, maybe it will help others who struggle like I do.....one can hope. Just as long as I get HELP, that is what matters to me right now. Honesty is the best policy. Even if it leaves you feeling dysfunctional. Oh boy do I even feel that way when it come to FOOD. Well better go before my son makes the litter box his new sand box! Later!

B - Protein bar (shared it with my son) cals 200 1 -Water 20 oz Activity - Brisk walk 15 min.

I came back from my brisk walk. I am coming back from a injury so I have to limit my workout and intensity. I spent 15 minutes walking. Today I am going to pick up the house, shop at Costco and Walmart, do some laundry, and get my items ready for the TAKE 2 kids consignment sale. I am volunteering tomorrow for 4 hours at TAKE 2! Woop! Angie Charelle Great Ideas!

Nicole is it possible for you to get your band unbuckled? Then rebuckled after swelling goes down? I had no idea it was possible until I found someone on LBT who had it done!

Hi Alice. Personally I found the clear portion of the liquid diet the easy part to follow. I had NO HUNGER right after surgery. The end of the 2 week was where I began to weaver and struggle. I began to add some mushie food in my diet. VERY SMAL PORTION. It was enough to Curb my urges and hunger pain.

Life keeps on getting better! Cool you are enjoying the outdoors! Yay for you!

Carrie - that is so awesome! Think how much better your kiddos' eating habits are going to be since you have been banded!

Carrie - you are the BEST!! I think the search has something against me! Just kidding! Okay - you know you are a bandster when...... Your 22 month old and you share plates. When your pant draw strings are wayyyy longer that you remember them being. When all your girlfriends want to "split" lunch with you and fight over who gets to! LMAO! When you are out to breakfast with your family, you excuse yourself to go to the bathroom. Upon arriving back at the table you are greeted by the "LOOK" from EVERYONE. Ya know the look that says...are you alright. You break the silence and say, I had to go to the bathroom. LOL

AshleyMarie - Thanks, your encouragment made me feel better. I am working toward a new way of eating! Thanks for the boost!

One good thing is you will be able to enjoy all of those after your 21 day diet too. Yay! 1 week away! Whoop! Whoop! Your party is already started! You are getting a band! Wooo

Charelle - I LOVE IT! Let's get some daily posts going. I could use the positive motivation boosters! Girl turn the corny up, you are singing my kinda song! LOVE IT! Two thumbs up!

You are right 220 is not THAT fat....I am 250 and down nearly 30 lbs from where I began. If I would not have had this health saving surgery in April, I wonder what weight I would be now......I was 278.9 when I scheduled my surgery. Hmm....I am blessed to not have to worry about hitting the 300's and making it some how okay. Magkai1 you are not the first bandster to freak out or question what they are doing. It's okay, you have come this far for a reason. Taking control of your health and eating now is a good thing. Personally I have issues with food. That is what got me to the point I am at now. Being banded has changed some of my foodie issues, but I STILL have demons I am battling. If you look at my food log for the past 3 days I have been on a bad run. That being said, the food I have consumed in the past 3 days does not do justice to how I use to eat food. Oh, and IMHO, you will have guys hit on you no matter how heavy/skinny you are. It takes all kinds to make the world go around. Some men are attracted to heavy women, some skinny. Maybe you can take a few moments and write down why you wanted this surgery to begin with, and why you are having second thoughts now. It may make your view a bit clearer on what you are doing and why you are doing it. My "freak" out moment was getting packed so I was ready to go. When I started to feel anxious I called a fellow banster and talked to her. By the end of the call I was packed and calm. By the way, I am thankful to have a foreign body in my body. I am grateful!

B- Coffee with cream 100 cals (Darn it! Went up stairs and Friday is treat day.) S - 5 wheat thins with dip (very yummo dip!) 2 chocolate chip cookies. Avoiding the upstairs for the rest of the day! Beating myself up a bit. On the brighter side, I am doing better than I did yesterday with those DEVIL COOKIES! Hanging in there and reminding myself of my next mini goal! L - 1 cup grilled boneless skinless chicken breast with salsa. S - went upstairs.....2 more cookies. Ugh I did not want ot confess this! D - I slice of thin crust meat pizza for Papa Murphy's 3- 20 oz water

Happy Friday! Today is September 11th, 2009 and I want to take a moment to remember and honor those who past, lost, became a hero, in the terror attack on the USA. I will not forget.... When I listen to people speak of their experiences it moves me so much. I get emotional. I will not forget that day. Eight years later, I feel it. The sights I witnessed will be burned into my memory. [img=http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee56/angieboyd/lapband%20pictures/cleanslate.jpg] Today is "A Clean State" day. I have had a few terrible food days, I will admit. Today is the day I turn it around, make the best of my food choices. I am striving for momentum today. When I do the right things, I feel good. When I feel good, I want to make good choices. When I make good choices I feel good! See how it works for me!? I have no "devil" cookies in my office. No "No No" foods in reach. I am setting myself up for success! It's Friday! Whoop! I weighed in today. Holding steady at 250! What a blessing considering what I did to myself the past few days. Thank heavens I will be posting good foods today on my log. Frankly it feels terrible to post the Ugly. Since I am into feeling good, that day has past. I am wearing another shirt that I was unable to wear before. What a great feeling that gives me inside. I am loosing inches, yes indeed! Sweet inches! I decided not to take my measurements. I know it would be amazing to know how many I have lost, but I think ignorance is bliss. I don't want to know how large I was. I may very well wish I had choose different later, but it is a self preservation action on my behalf. As mentioned previously 100% honestly does have a tendency to leave me feeling 100% dysfunctional. On my drive in this morning, I was thinking of my eating over the past 2 days. I realized that I lost sight of my mini goals. So! Today, I am reaffirming my next goal to myself. Today I am setting at 250, my next goal is to see the numbers 248.9 on the scale. That is my thirty lbs gone mark! Keeping my eye on the prize! I am close, so close. With each great food day I put together, I come one step closer to the next great feeling! It feels good to be addicted to feeling good! Let's feel good together and make good food choices today!

Nina - I have little if any port pain. Right after my surgery, I will say that the port incision was by far the most tender. The one by my bra line didn't bother me nearly as much as I thought it would. For me, the times I notice my port the most is when I am bathing my son and lean into it, or when I lean to the side just right. I feel it. Not a pain, just aware it is there. I am a beginner, so I still have a lot of pad to cushion the port. My son, Daniel, will "try" and use me as his personal jungle gym. (which I do not let him do.) I don't want him stepping on my port area and pulling it. I don't want to pop my stitched or tilt my port. I don't think the "strange body" feeling will leave us, because we do have a foreign object in our bodies. However I do think be coexist well and get use to it. You are a new bandster, give your body some time to heal and get use to the port. The more time that goes by, odds are the better you will feel about it.

Hi Donna! Glad you popped your head in to say hello! Congrats on your wight loss and three years living with the band! I couldn't help notice you are a Heartland Gal too! Iowa City. I am a Omaha gal myself. If you ever make it to the Big O, give me a holler! I too noticed you do your own fills. I think that is great! Not to mention affordable! Hope you check in more often!

Carrie - I would love to do it! I bounce back and forth between this board and LBT. It give me some good perspective between Dr. Ortiz and what the US Dr.'s are advising there patients. (I am a 2009 April Bunny!) My fellow Bunny Bandsters and I weigh in on Fridays. It is a nice way to keep in touch and accountable. Let's do it! When do you want to do it? I am pretty open to any day as I am a cronic scale addict. LOL If I let my preference be known it would be today since that is when I log on the other board.