Username: cau_lady
Location: Houston, TX, USA
Member Since: 9/29/2007
BMI: 42.3
Post Op
Surgery Type: Lap Band (10/26/07)
Surgeon: Frank Felts

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These gauchos are baggy! Uploaded on 4/21/08 3:16 pm	I had to lose a whole 80 lbs to fit these bermuda shorts Uploaded on 4/21/08 3:16 pm
Side view is a lil better now Uploaded on 4/21/08 3:16 pm	Am I slimming down or is it the black Uploaded on 4/21/08 3:16 pm
Still tight, but I can fit it! Uploaded on 4/21/08 3:16 pm	Right to left: From 352 to 272 Uploaded on 4/21/08 3:13 pm

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Goals

take dancing lessons

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13 People

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feel confident enough to have sex with the lights on

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lose enough so I can travel and site see

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Wear a sexy shoe with a heel

Category: Other

25 People

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Fit comfortably in any seat I choose (lawnchair, movie theater, airplane etc.)

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Member Interests

Books & Literature - I love to read.
Computers & Internet
Pets - I want a puppy soooooooooo bad. I just can't afford it.
Musical Performance - I wish I could back into this, as I love to sing.
Aerobics & Aquarobics
Dancing
Black American
Road Trips
Cruises
BMI over 50 - Interested in talking to folks that started where I started.

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Hey everybody!!!!!!!! I had my surgery on Oct 26th. My new life has begun

cau_lady's Blog

Time to pump it up
on April 24, 2008 9:44 am

Ok so now that I have patted myself on the back for losing 80lbs. As I stated before I had fallen off but I ahve gotten much better. It is time to pump it up and maximize the weight loss. I am halfway there to comitting, lol. I have been walking everyday. I will walk at work Monday-Friday for an hour. Not all at once though. I will walk for my 15 minute break in the morning, 30 minutes at lunch, and my 15 min break in the late afternoon. I will go to the gym 5 days a week doing 30 minutes of cardio and on 3 of those days doing resistance for 30 minutes. I will stop participating in all the eatin activities that occur at my job (for ex. the cake that was brought today) I will make sure that I get ATLEAST 60 grams of protein or more. I will stick to my 3 small meals a day and 1 snack (which will be fruit). I will resist the temptation of going out to lunch with co-workers even though I looooooove getting out of the office! If I am forced to eat out for whatever reason I will make the helathy decision that is available. I am motivated more than ever and I tahnk GOD for this sudden burst of positive energy and motivation. I also thank you all who have supported me throughout this 6 months.

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Finally got my fill!
on April 21, 2008 3:47 pm

Hey people! I have new pics up!!! Besides that I finally got my 3rd fill. I now have 6.5 cc's in my 100 cc band. I am eating cream of chicken soup right and I am not happy bout it. It taste good but right now I want a monte cristo sandwich, lol. But it is ok because after seeing my now pics next to my past pics I am ecstatic and more motivated than ever to keep workin this tool. I cant wait to say I have lost 100 lbs. I have 20 more to go, and if I can act right then that will be gone by July! Pray for me ya'll, I'm tryin to make it!!!!!!!!!!!1

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On target
on April 19, 2008 12:08 pm

Well I have yet to have gotten a fill. I do have it scheduled for Monday because I am off from work. Fortunately I have started losing weight again and I ahve offically met my April goal of 275, so I am on target! Even without the fill and being able to eat alrge amounts of food, I have been pretty strict about my portion sizes and concetrating on healtheir food choices. I have also been doing a lot of walking. But anyway I am 77lbs down and I will be at 6 months on next saturday. Its a pretty damn good weight loss for 6 months BUT it could have beena lot more if I hadn't gone astray so many times, lol. But oh well it happens to the best of us. But thank the lord i am back on track!!!!!!!
Other than that Im trying to understand why my bf is trying to convince me to have a baby like right now. Crazy right, I know. For 1. I have a long way to go on my weight loss journey and pregnancy would devastate my weight loss as well as be unsafe for the baby within 1 yr of my surgery for 2. I am not only paying back for the loan I took out for the surgery but also on student loans and he is currently a student (Not a smart financial decision), For 3. We are not married and I am trying to do thinngs inmy life that I consider to be in the right order (School, job, financial security, weight loss, marriage, then child) for 4. I am not mentally ready to have a child, i am 23 (soon to be 24) and I enjoy being free and being able to get up and go where ever whenever . Honestly though my main concern is the weight issues. I am doing so well and I def want to continue my progress and see how far i can go with this. It is def worth a shot after spending 12,900 out of pocket right?

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In desperate need of a fill
on March 29, 2008 10:35 am

Ok so for one I am frustrated because I have been at the same weight for about a month! But other than that at the end of april will be my 6 month mark. Crazy I know, I can barely believe this myself. But anyway I have had 2 fills but it has become obvious that i need a 3rd fill. Yesterday for lunch I ate a half a rack of ribs, some toritlla chips with spinach dip, and half a baked potatoe. Now I did drink while I ate purposely to push the food down but still. Thats a lot of damn food. I have drank while I ate before and was still only able to get a little down. But anywayt eh point is I must get a fil. I also must get some type of damn control over my eating and exercising. I have just gotten outrageous and its like i am sabotaging myself. you would think someone wh had to spend cash to get theri surgery would get their money's wrth but I am just playin around. Eatin up all this easter candy and people at work are always bringin donuts, cakes, and pies. It is all so crazy. i think i have officially given up on my goal of 170 lbs, no way will ever get there. So I guess I will set it at 200 and pray and work harder than ever before.

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Black out and weakness?
on March 10, 2008 9:35 am

Ok so the other day i was standing in a long line for approximately 2 hours. During that time I started to get really hot and started sweating. Ten I became dizzy and extremely weak. Slowly my vison started getting blurry and my hearing started going away until the point of toal blackness and no hearing. I believe this lasted for a few seconds. Slowly my vision and hearing started coming back. I was then able to remove my coat and fan myself but I continued to be very weak. I wonder if this happened because of lack of nutrition. Something in relation to my band. Honestly I do start to feel weak a lot and have headaches. The headaches feel like hunger headaches and ofcourse not hungry at the time. This is so crazy. But anyway other than I have been really feeling like giving up lately. I'm just tired of eating healthy. the food does not taste good, and I thouh lean cuisines would save me but this is not the case. I have not been to the gym in almost 2 weeks, when I used to go everyday. Its like I am really unmotivated and at the same time I wanna be atleast 245 by July. I guess we shall see if this will really happen.

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