hope2lose

awwww.....no fair!! i don't have a buddy for the 4th yet! booo hooo!!!

i think that knowing that those latin boys will see me soon helps me with my pre-op diet!! wanna look good!!!

hahaha!! do it girl!! shock him silly! i'm not telling anyone so the joke will be on everyone else for me too in about 6 months!! woot woot! only my husband knows!! too bad i can't trick him!

Okay, so the decision has been made and the surgery date set. Now what? I went ahead and started my pre-op diet because I need to lose at least 11 pounds before 11/04. So what do I do now? I'm so excited about this change that it feels like it's super duper far away! I have found that all of you are quite hilarious, so to help me pass the time - would you all mind 'telling' me your best joke?? I'm sure others could use a laugh as well!

he's so cute - can i have his cell phone number? maybe i can hook up a dinner date or something while i'm in town? *wink wink* totally kidding, but he is a cutie...my husband will be with me so he'll be the only one i can date! haha!

okay this is for my mom - i'm not quite ready for a facelift.....yet! she wants to know if there is a face lift procedure available that you don't have to be put under? anyone know?

I hope that's what the band does for me! In no way shape or form do i expect it to be an easy quick fix. I know that i'll have to make changes...i just really think it's the tool that i need to lose weight for the LAST time!! I can lose weight when i try really hard...i lose it, but i always find it!

all i can say is this - y'all are hilarious!!! i've been reading the posts just to post and y'all should be comedians!! funny stuff! thanks - i needed the laughs!

hey hot mamas...this is for you! Is it just me or did anyone else have a super duper hard time losing weight after the baby? I'm a stay at home mom (going back to teaching next school year) and I spent a lot of time at home, especially in the beginning. I packed on the lb's like it was nobody's business! i'm surpised my husband hasn't left me because i am NOt even close to the woman he married!! before i got pregnant i was around 140ish now i'm 225 and for the life of me i can not get motivated to stick to a diet...my brain tells me it's because i have so much to lose! but i know that's just an excuse! anyway - am i the only one out there that got humongous after a baby and just couldn't get it off??

okay, i'm gonna try it! i assume you just post the code in the signature line!!!!.... okay, i'll be back with my new countdown thingy!! woot woot!

thanks for all of the responses! i can already tell that i love this forum!! i can't wait to have the surgery and not be a 'newbie'!! we have some friends in san diego so maybe they can come pick us up and take us out there! i hope i feel okay - i'm a talker so i'll definitely be back on to share my story!! woo hoo!!! we're not college aged so we won't be partying it up in tijuana...even though my mom did ask about the donkey show! watch - i'll come back with a band and a tattoo!!

i think i might be a little slow...i can't find the recipe section - but i really want to check out the green smoothie!!

where do y'all find all of the countdown thingys!!???

okay, so i'm getting banded on November 5th (wed). My husband and i are going to try to make a little mini vacation out of this so - be brutally honest...how likely is it that i'll actually be able to go out and do stuff on friday night? or even thursday night? not partying or anything, just out and about...or is it not safe anyway? i'm flying in tuesday night, preop and surgery on wed and then we're leaving on saturday... maybe i'm just dreaming!!

wow!! y'all are good! and totally right about everything! smiley, i hadn't thought of it that way because i sure did have my baby and not think twice about dying in childbirth!! haha! thank you all soooo much - i have sheduled my appointment and am scheduled for pre-op and surgery on wed, nov 4th!! i'm really excited and i hope that my son won't remember me fat!!

ahhh!! so i JUST called occ and scheduled my surgery date!! i'm scared and excited and anxious...etc etc etc... my pre-op and surgery date is wednesday, november 4th....anyone else out there gonna be there? i wanted to get it done in early november for the reasons mentioned above....thanksgiving...christmas...new years.... feast time!!

I really want the band, but I soooo cannot die! I have a 15 month old son that needs me! I know the band would be great and allow me have more energy for him once I lose some weight. Also, I will actually be in some pictures with him! Sadly enough, I have refused to be in any pictures with my son because I'm unrecognizably fat. I have always struggled with my weight - I can be thin I just have to work super hard at it. In fact, I was thin before I had my baby but now my body refuses to let me lose weight! And now that I have so much to lose, I feel so defeated already that I can't stick to my diets. I would like to lose about 80 pounds to get to my goal weight. Anyway, all of you banded folks out there - how bad is it...really? Do you know someone that has died from the procedure...first hand, not the friend of a friend of a friend?? Hopefully, if I can muster up the nerve I will call OCC today and make my appointment for early November if possible...I just need some reassurance!! Thanks!!!