August 2010

Hey Cate, welcome back. Well done on the loss. Well done on the exercise...that's something i just can't get into (and the scales show it!)

Oh dear..are we all on holidays......

Just got back from melbourne, boy, what a long way from here...and surprise surprise, jumped on the scales thinking I had put weight on.....actually lost 500grs......I am surprised because I ate shit.....fast food ( well what I could get down!!!!)......but I did exercise lots.....

No other news, nothing has changed, was hoping to get to gym this week, but too busy with work....poor excuse I know......so tired by the evenings, last thing I want is to travel to gym...next week.......maybe......lol

Cate xoxoxo

Hey Kristen, welcome back...long time no see. Hope all is well with you. Hope everyone is doing ok.

Well hello everyone!! My computer needed a tue up, so I was out of action for a bit. back no though. Welcome Smartie, and congrats on the baby. Your 8 week weight lose since having bubs is fantastic, you should be proud. All fine with me. I see my doctor next week for a 'tune up'



Hope everyone one is pottering along well....



K

Hi Girls

Looks like we all need to go back to basic and do the right things.

We all know what they are and it is so easy to slip into the old habits again.

I challenge you to go back to basic and see what you lose in the month of Oct.

I will be doing the same.

To start you off it may be a good idea to do a liquid fast for a day or two to get you out of the craving stage.

Delia

Oh yeah, we all know about those moments. lol Somedays i'll have some scrambled egg other days it gets stuck. Sometimes i'll have chicken and it'll be fine and then i'll have some soft fruit and it'll get stuck. Crazy. Other times i can have potato, then the next night potato will get stuck. Its a total mystery....

i really dont get it...last night i ate a piece of fish and a small scoop of mash and had not a single problem...tonight tuna mornay, sloppy mush and it just wont go down... :(

Welcome Smartie, glad to see you over here, and congratulations on your new baby. This band thing is hard huh...or should i say this weightloss thing in general. We're all here to support each other though.

Thanks Fe. Yep this is hard. Still trying to find my mojo, its just up and gone. Maybe we can find it together.

debs

your not alone debs! Im stuck around 107 at the moment. which is only a 15kg weight loss since the beginning :( i've been focussing too much on the 'before the wedding' deadline and have been stress eating the bad things (lollies and chocolate) been finding so many excuses and explanations, and its just making me more stressed. Trying to start adding regular exercise and make some whole life changes now instead of 'i'll be good this week'

Hey all

I was banded on the 3rd Aug 2010, lost 18kg, got pregnant and had a beautiful baby girl on the 31st July 2011. I basically put on that 18kg again by the end of my pregnancy and am now trying to get back onto the lose weight wagon.

Pre-banding: 110.2kg

Smallest (approx feb 2011): 92kg (-18.2)

End of Pregnancy (July 2011): 108kg

Current weight (8 weeks post birth): 97kg



I used to be over at the Yahoo 7 forum and returned there today to find that it is basically non existant and found a link to this page.

Since my banding i had 2 fills before pregnancy, and since December have not seen my doctor. I went to see him on Friday just been and had 1.2mls added to my already 4ml in band. It has been a huge shock to the system and I am basically re-learning the banded ways....

I am really hoping to get back into the forums and get my butt into gear and start losing weight and getting healthy...

Im looking forward to reading a bunch and following your journeys...

K.

Quiet here for me too....no weightloss. If anything a fluctuating weightgain. I've gone up like 5kg i think, almost a stone. I'm crap at this band thing...at the weightloss thing. Oh well, such is life.

We are a little quite in here....no news from me....have not weighed myself for a week or two....nothing has changed, have been eating a little more rubbish than I would like - strange and at times I forget to eat.....still can only handle small amounts, breakky is a no go still.......etc etc etc.

Purchased a bread maker for the family, it smells devine cooking, but a no go for me..the others here love it....how I would kill to eat one slice!!! bread butter and Jam......I am going before I get too depressed...!!!



Cate xoxoxo

HI Fe, better out than in. Let us know how the optislim is going. Cates right, weddings can be very stressful....its fine to come here and talk about stuff...there are lots of people on the board struggling too. Maybe its the time of the year or something. lol

debs

Hi Fe, Nice to see you stick your head in, and no. I come unarmed, no projectiles in these arms :)
4 weeks left, how time flys. Sounds like you have heaps going on, I hope it gets easier for you soon.
I did the Kate Morgan shakes for a few days when I was stuck on the weight andnot makig the best choices. It helped.

Take Care of you,

K

*hugs* Fe.

Fe..lovely to hear from you, I think we have all been a little negetive lately...so it is all ok.....wedding time can be very emotional, and stressing - and we have all headed back to old nasty habits -me, many time......take care, and externalise anytime you want....xoxoxo

*peeks head around the corner*
umm... hi.... *looks for flying objects*
I know! I know! Ive been totally MIA... Sorry...
Feeling so disillusioned :(
4 weeks until my wedding and i still weigh 108.5 :*(
Very Very Unhappy.
I thought the fill was right (last fill was back in may or june) but im sneaking around it by drinking water even though i dont mean to.
Lots of depression floating around our house at the moment and its catching ;( Binge eating in the corner when noones looking. Really really bad stuff. Setting back all the progress i might have had. Did you guys know that binge eating (when a regular thing) is an eating disorder? I always thought i was just a horrible person because i had no self control...
Ive been getting very very down, and getting quite nasty at myself. Add to that that now im not even sleeping (its half past 1 and im not even tired) and things arent very happy around here. Cant talk to my fiance about it because he has his own troubles at the moment. and I feel like its all my fault (after all im the one buying and eating the crap)
Have decided to go back on OptiSlim VLCD until the wedding. Just cant trust myself with food at the moment. Going to do the intensive 3 shakes a day program so that i wont be tempted to eat other food.
I hope you are all doing well... I hope you dont mind me coming back (even if my return is negative)
Needed someone who at least understands a little...
Fe xx

you don't want to know Tanya, :)

Cate, I've never had the wind problem. I can burp just fine. Maybe that does have something to do with the problems your having....


Debs, Me too, it can tighten and loossen a bit with the monthlys, and also other unrelated things going on in our bodies.




K

That's interesting Kath...hmmm...maybe you've solved it. Maybe its wind thats causing the sprewing as you say. I hardly get any wind with the band...if i do its more from the other end. LOL I wonder though...if that's the reason maybe the doc or dietician can suggest a cure...or a way to cut down on the wind at least. Very interesting!



My last post i mentioned my loosened up band, well i've just got my 'monthly's' (which for me are really bi-yearlies :) but my band has spontaneously tightened! What a roller coaster this is. I'm guessing when period is over it'll loosen up again...but who knows! lol



Hey Kirsten, long time no hear. Hope all is well with you.

debs

Does any one else get large volumes of wind under the band when starting to eati, this I think is causing my spewing, the wind tries to come back up, and I start spewing and do not stop till I burp...!!! have a bad one tonight, so sore, felt like the band was going to come up as well, so so painfill.....but once i burp, I am fine...!!!

Kirsten... you've got some explaining to do young lady, where have you been? No, on second thoughts I don't want to know, just promise me you weren't doing anything illegal.

It's been a while since I've posted, I hope your all doing well. Lifes been pretty hectic, but you get that from time to time.

:)

Interesting Debs.....!!

Not sure whats happened to my band but its like its spontaneously deflated. LOL I used to get lots of stuck moments...which i know is not good but it helped with the amount i could eat, now over the last week or so its just loosened up so much i can eat ANYTHING. I wish i could rely on my willpower alone but i can't, therefore i think i need more fill :( I'm certainly enjoying being able to eat what i want but its a slippery slope....

Hope everyone is well.
deb

Thanks DEbs...had a ok day yesterday, actually "HUNGRY"...think it was that I was bored, it was raining etc etc..all those things that make us HUNGRY!!! all in the head........

I have thought about hiring a treadmill, rather hire at this point, see you can get them on the gold coast.......does anyone else use one???? my knees are not great so will have to take it easy......



Cate xoxoxo