Catching up all at once!!!

Good Morning Kentucky and Tri-State!
Been out of town for a few days and am so behind in posting. Please forgive me for doing it all in one post . Cathy, I'm so very sorry to hear about your husbands test, please keep us informed on his care and treatment. Also take a little time for yourself. Try to find a great book that can be distracting, maybe that will help with the stress eating. Like you I started gaining some back, I lost it though this past week because I wasn't able to eat between meals. That is my demon. How was your fill? Hope it is giving you some help, I so need some restriction too. You are in my thoughts and prayers. Becca, What a wonderful gift you and Richard gave everyone this weekend. It sounds like a ball, maybe next year........Sandi, yes, I'm having trouble with my eating even after my fill. I gained a few pounds back just for snacking between meals. It wasn't even naughty snacking, just protein, pudding and almonds. Yet, it was too much for me. I ate at home all day yesterday and ended up eating 4 meals. It is just too hard almost without some restriction. Hopefully it will come for us soon. Support group in Owensboro,  I'm a little mixed up, is it not meeting in Oct at all?Dawn , I'm actually a little a head in my exercise this month, participated in a church walk for hunger yesterday and got in an hour. Hope I haven't missed anything. Everyone have a great week!

Hugs,
Annie

Hey Welcome Back Annie,
I was wondering where you were!
Glad your back!
Good Job on the exercise! Keep up the good work! I'm way Behind!

Welcome Back Annie have a good week

Hey girlie...we missd ya! Now we need to hear from Leslie and Jeannie and all the other MIA's as well! Come out come out wherever you are!  Glad to see ya back on here! Wish you caould have made Becca's...she throws a good time! Hint hint becca! lol....

HI Annie.. Thanks to everyone for their prayers.. We went to visit the Dr yesterday. We were given options and my Husband had opted to have surgery to remove pros----- gland. He is in a  much better frame of mind just knowing the wherefores and whatus.  He is such a cut up and just lives to aggravate others..... it is just so hard to see him depressed.

We spent the weekend in bardstown.. went to appt friday and saw dr tanner.... i asked him if he was sure he had actually got the saline in the band the first time as i had "no restriction"...he just laughed and said he was pretty sure---he added another 2 cc's in band...I jokingly told him (but i wasn't kidding) that if that didn't restrict a little  i would be calling him up and/or showing back up this friday for another fill....as of right now, there is a "little" restriction---so i guess i will not bother him until the next appt...my daughter took us on road trip with her to little town below elizabethtown, that was having street fair , booths, food, etc.,,(i believe name was Glendale)..
unfortunately we could not stay long, with all the people and crowds, my daughter started having a "panic attack" so we left without really getting to check everything out..but i did get a nice "little" walk.  and bought some cute little snowmen ornaments made out of gourds... ain't that cute... my yougun kept apologizing because we had to leave... but we really enjoyed the drive.. her birthday was sunday--so we stayed til sunday and came home...
 

i had lost 39 lbs---when i weighed in at dr tanner's office-- i had lost 33.... i was beginning to think i was going in the wrong direction...but i am back on track ----scales going down little..---when i am on here reading ---checking out all the info--my head hunger goes away....
so Thanks to all....Annie thanks, keep going, we will make it...
again thanks for prayers and good luck annie

Cathy,
Glad you all have some answers, my BIL had the gland removed last year and is completely cancer free now. That seems like a good choice. Isn't Glendale fun? We love to visit there. Dr Tanner takes ribbing well,  because I tried bribery last time to get him to move my 2nd fill to 4 weeks instead of 6. He just laughed. I'm holding my weight steady , but no loss right now. Friends and family are driving me crazy asking every couple of days how much I have lost now. Nothing this week , I tell them it may take me awhile. They just don't understand the fill build up we have to go through. Unlike a lot of people I told everyone about my lapband thinking they would keep me accountable, and believe me they are.lol I ate my first bread today, it went down like gravy, see no restriction!
Annie

Annie,
I believe we made good choice with Dr Tanner, my husband loves to joke and Dr Tanner just jokes back with him...I feel more comfortable with someone who is that at ease with his patients.  My next visit set for 6 wks but it fell on friday after thanksgiving and secretary stated they would not be there and wanted to move it up a wk...I talked her into moving it back at week, So i only have to wait 5 wks...Ain't that swift..
Annie my weight loss kinda quirky..i go for a week and scales don't move.. or i gain a pound back... when i weighed in with Dr tanner , his scales showed 33 lb loss and my scales showed 35.... i got on scales today ( i so hope they are right or real close) and it showed a 43-44 lb loss.
Maybe just doing liquids/mushies over the weekend jump started me again. Maybe i should trying to do liquids/mushies on the weekends--.huh?

i know about the questions.. when i told those who asked how much? i felt guilty about gaining some back.... so i try to watch what i eat a little closer...couple friends at church will come by and ask me on Sundays how i am doing... and i try to tell a number lower, just in case i am actually lower by the time i get back on scales...

if i can just hang in there and stay with this loss for couple days, i can safely say this the first time i have been at 350 or lower in about 5 years or longer...just getting to this point has helped motivate me....(and if i can just get a little more restriction- that would help)..
Take Care Annie..Talk with you later

Hi Annie,

Thank you so much for the kind words!  It's actually Richard and I that are gifted with such great friends!  Who woulda thought we'd find something like this incredible group online of all places!!  LOL....I also met Richard online (a personal ad) so I guess I shouldn't be that shocked, huh?

Don't be so hard on yourself for the dieting right now.  I bet you still have little to no restriction and you're still in the learning stages as well!  Just keep making the snacks healthy ones!  Are you exercising much yet?  If so, maybe you're starting to build muscle?  When the scale stalls many people star****ching inches!