March Bandsters: MASTER THREAD

mrodr41 · 03-01-2008, 08:00 AM

also sorry about this but where is the calendar on the home page? I wanted to add my surgery date to it but not sure where to go?

pippinje · 03-01-2008, 08:24 AM

Click on home and scroll all the way down to the bottom and you will see scheduled events. If you click on the pages it is the calendar and will let you add things.

SpecialK · 03-01-2008, 12:44 PM

Anybody getting brave enough to take Before pictures or even body measurements with a tape measure ...scary

SpecialK · 03-01-2008, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by mrodr41

also sorry about this but where is the calendar on the home page? I wanted to add my surgery date to it but not sure where to go?

Calendar is in the FAR Top Right Corner above where they have an advertisement box --before you get to your browser's own area/toolbars.

Also Advanced Search to search this site is there and I've found that helpful at times.

Fenton · 03-01-2008, 03:42 PM

Thanks, Special K and pippinje - I've just added my banding date to the main calendar. Right next to pippinje's TWO birthdays!

I'm gong to do my best to keep posting throughout this whole thing.

sahmof3 · 03-01-2008, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by SpecialK

Anybody getting brave enough to take Before pictures or even body measurements with a tape measure ...scary

I am going to do this. I start my pre-op diet on Thursday, with surgery on March 20th.

My best friend is getting her band two weeks after me! We are so excited to have each other to go through this together with.

We are going to take the pictures of each other. I would ask dh, but I still have in the back of my mind that he really doesn't know how bad I look or what I weigh.

I can dream, right?

I am so ready for this. I have been getting in my last fav's and am getting tried of them.

Good luck to everyone!

potatie · 03-01-2008, 07:16 PM

Hi Everyone, I am starting to get excited now that it is March. :) I will be banded on 03/27/08. I am glad to see that there are many people that will be joining me on this journey. I am now looking forward to my pre-op on 19th. Then surgery a week later. :) Good luck to everyone. I know we are all going to make our goals. :)

cheercoach08 · 03-01-2008, 07:24 PM

Hi all,
I am hopefully going to be banded at the end of March, depending on how long it takes for approval from insurance. I do my last weigh in on Monday, and then they will file with insurance. I am really glad to find a site where you can learn so much. I have learned way more on here from reading posts than I have from the seminars I have attended. Best of luck to everyone!

pippinje · 03-01-2008, 08:25 PM

I will be the first. This is me celebrating my birthday party last night with a friend of the family. Definately eye opening looking at pictures of myself. Normally I don't take pictures.

pippinje · 03-01-2008, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Fenton

Thanks, Special K and pippinje - I've just added my banding date to the main calendar. Right next to pippinje's TWO birthdays!

I'm gong to do my best to keep posting throughout this whole thing.

Two birthdays? Woah! Must have put that in after my party last night. LOL

nycm00 · 03-01-2008, 09:19 PM

Hope you had a great birthday! Can you imagine what your picture will look like next year? I am having a very hard time imagining myself under a size 18....and at this point I would love to be a size 18!

Hope you had a fabuous birthday!

Christine

Fenton · 03-01-2008, 09:53 PM

I know how you feel, Christine! I'll be ecstatic to reach weights at which others will be freaking out and deciding that they desperately need to do some kind of surgical weight loss...

lynnt1215 · 03-01-2008, 10:34 PM

surgery is set for March 19, Dr.Gail Wynn, Newark, Delaware
Just a few more pre-op appts. and cross fingers for insurance clearance. have several co-morditiy issues, so hope insurance is quick...
going to enjoy the time off, 3 1/2 weeks off... and in early Spring..sitting on the deck reading, walking, relaxing and drinking all those protien drinks

pippinje · 03-02-2008, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by nycm00

Hope you had a great birthday! Can you imagine what your picture will look like next year? I am having a very hard time imagining myself under a size 18....and at this point I would love to be a size 18!

Hope you had a fabuous birthday!

Christine

Thanks Christine! I defintely had a blast and so did everyone else, because that's what they keep saying. I am definately hoping that I look a TON better by my birthday next year and then we could really rock it. I think my miny goal is to be someone presentable by my reunion in October!

Fenton · 03-02-2008, 10:54 AM

I have to say: one week into my liquid diet and I'm pretty damn sick of the liquids. The shakes aren't terrible - although the aftertaste is appalling - but most of what I'm drinking is sweet. I wish there were more in the way of protein-rich soups!

Here's a typical day:

Two Slimfast Optima shakes, each 190 cals, 10 g protein
One Isopure Zero Carb sports drink, 190 cals, 40 g protein
One Swiss Miss Fat Free Hot Chocolate, 70 cals, zero protein
Some Trader Joe's soup - either carrot ginger or butternut squash, 80 cals, zero protein - I also add a splash of flavored oil, which adds some calories and fat, but no protein. Or some Da Vinci fake maple syrup goes nicely, and no cals.
One ProSlam45 - a syrupy, concentrated protein drink in either Peach or Fruit punch - 180 cals, 45 g protein

And I've cheated a little every other day - a serving of fat-free yogurt, or some turkey chili, low fat. Last time I pureed the larger chunks of turkey - it was delicious, but it sure looked as if someone had eaten the chili before me...