11 DAYS OUT.. BUT I HAD TO DO IT

TODAY MAKES MY 11TH DAY OUT, I HAVE BEEN FEELING A LIL DISCOURAGED BECOUSE I FELT LIKE I WASN'T LOSSING ANY WEIGHT. I TOLD MY SELF I WASN'T GOING TO DO IT, BUT I BROKE DOWN AND I DID IT... I BOUGHT A SCALE, AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS BROKEN SO I GOT ON AND OFF LIKE 12 TIMES... THEN I TRIED IT WITH MY WITHOUT ANYTHING ON ABOUT 12 MORE TIMES... WELL IN THE END I RELIZED T WASN'T BROKE...OMGOSH....I HAVE LOST 19 POUNDS..I AM SOOOOOO HAPPY . I SET MY GOAL AT 15 POUNDS FOR WHEN I WENT FOR MY 3 WEEK CHECK UP. WELL THATS NOT TILL THE 28TH OF JUNE.. MY NEW GOAL IS GOING TO BE 30LBS, I KNOW I CAN DO THIS..WOW I HAVE NEVER LOST 19 POUNDS BEFORE THIS IS GREAT. TRACI

Traci, What awesome news!!!!  I am so very excited for you and this gives me a lot of encouragement as well.  You Go Girl!!!  I think having a scale is fine as long as you use it as a tool of celebration.  Even if its only 1 pound lost, its worth celebrating because that is 1 pound that you will never see again!! Lexy

THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND BEST OF LUCK TO YOU ON YOUR UPCOMING SURGERY..IT IS WELL WORTH IT..TRACI

I am so very proud of you. I am a wantabee and weigh everyday. I don't believe I could have waited so long. Go Girl .......Go Girl. MT

Hi MT.  I see you had surgery by Dr. Bauman.  I ,too, hope to have him do LapBand on me in July.  How has your success be so far? Has his nutritionist been helpful to you?  Were you up on your feet and going shortly after the procedure?  Any info you can share will be appreciated. Barbara G. from Monroe.

Hi,  I have not had surgery yet. I'm in the get-er-done stage.  Test an wait.  I have been to nutritionist and like her. She was very heipful in letting me know what to expect. I have found Dr. B to be very direct and get to the problem. He tells the truth an I am very confident in him. I have one loophold in my wls.  I have had 4 previous surgeries an a posible new hernia. Things are on standstill untill he can get info. from previous surgery.  I wish you the best of luck and I hope things go smoothly for you and you have great success.

Traci -

Congratulations on your success! I'm glad to hear that you are doing so well. Keep it up!

Barb

That is wonderful! Reading stuff like that gives me such hope for the future. I can't wait to hear something from my doctor. Maybe next week.

Traci - You are doing awesome! Keep up the good work. Just be careful that darn scale can get addicting - that's the problem when your watching to too much. Been there, done that. Funny thing though when I'm fat - never step on it. LOL                       .                .

((((Traci)))) Congratulations!  Ain't it some kind of wonderful?  LOL  My original goal was to lose 100 lbs in a year (March 2008).  A month after surgery I was down 31 lbs, so I decided, ok 100 lbs by Christmas!  Now I am 11 weeks out and down 55 lbs, so I'm thinking ok.... 100 lbs by October!  It is so mind boggling... everything is so different and so wonderful! Again, congratulations, Diane