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Everything posted by Grider
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Questions About Being Stuck!
i wished we could have a way to check ourselves,,,
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Questions About Being Stuck!
I got stuck like never before yest on bite of scrambled eggs. - the problem- is that I did vomit like one violent deep burp- but with it the worse shooting pain that went all the way to my arms and fingertips and back? in a few minutes I was able to finish breakfast n been sore above my port for most of the day. Took some tylenol and just had a salad which went down afully easy? Could i have popped my band? the pain is gone, just a little sore, but i was bit sore from Fri work out at gym.. no other symptoms except the salad went down with NO fight and that surprized me. anyone?
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Crunchy Knees!
the chriroprator twisted me like a prezel n sent me on my way. said i was over compensating on my left side. I should feel better now, let see what reg Drs say about knees. did water n reg circuit with weights,,, no zumba yet. sigh
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New to Site, I'm a slow loser and refuse to give up!
Noone here has mentioned where their band is... I have not lost anything in 3 mo- but only at 5cc or close to that... anyone?
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Throwing Up Daily.
donuts are bad,,, never again for me... they swell like cement- I think you are eating too fast but also the carbs,,, tortilla, donut- crackers etc do NOT do well with a band. try eleiminating those things and really chew and see if that helps.. papaya pills sometimes make it all go down. OH I do not eat well at all when I have sinus... and feel like a fish in a bowl of water..
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I'm Not Losing Any More Weight, Don't Know Why
good luck on your journey -some do better than others, Im probably older and with the blessed thryroid issue. that does not help
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I'm Not Losing Any More Weight, Don't Know Why
I hate plateous.... hate them cause you do everything right and nada,,, then you get off the plan and still nada,, and then you upgrade on your plan n still nada,,, see Dr for fill in Sept.. at 5cc now so and guess it's time.I was hoping to do this on my own by now,,, ???
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Water.......?
not even close... not sure what happens when you don't... noone has said.
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Ohhh Noooo!!
Coughing could be a cold, sinus, allergies, not always the worse, a band problem. I hope it is NOT- let us know.
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Is This Stuck?
I jump about a little thanks God no one has caught me at work doing it yet, but if it's mild it will drop in , if not out it must come.. the papaya pills are a charm.. I have noticed for me the sinus'allergy season is murder. Today i was able to eat just fine- Ate the same thing last week with my allergies going nuts- I couldn't swallow it with out getting stuck.. weird,,, but we learn as we go..
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Zumba
I just ordered a pair of dancing sneakers for the knees, I did have bad shoes for those workouts, hope this will help the ole knees. I was wearing flat sneaks so I could pivot --BUT no support,,, ouch
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Gurgles
Ok last question lol- should hit the support meeting more, but they are so out of my way,,, anyhow, this is about gurgling when I start eating, sometimes first bite kinda rough, but then the gurgling begins, I dont know if my next door cubicle can hear it, but i have t walk around a bit before I can continue to eat. Being short waisted n sitting down- seems to make it hard to eat at work...At home no tight pants or leaning over a desk so it seem to be easier to eat. Once I burp etc I am ok. I do notice I eat sooo much better when I have no gas in my tummy. Its like a war between air and food! Anyone?
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Crunchy Knees!
Yes I see my doc aug 13, and prob ask for a referral to a knee Dr. sigh.. but maybe more pool time, for now instead of step weight training-,,, I also ordered some better shoes for the zumba. I can control that by not making some of the crazy moves with the feet. I can see that the sneaks I wear felt good for the zumba but no support at all. I also made an appoint with chiropractor as I feel I am over compensating to one side, almost 60,,, but determined to be as healthy as psssible,
- Bcbs Fep
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Off The Wall Question-
I have noticed in the last few weeks everytime I eat- I get hot- almsot when I used to eat hot spicy foods. It just happend with scrambled eggs, nothing more, Is this a sugar spike? I notice it more with foods that take longer to go down...
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Crunchy Knees!
I was doing my water classes and then moved up to zumba- recently started the step aerobic weight training which I love- but started feeling acky around the knees which now have become crunchy ( im 59) and little sore, NOT sure what to do- some say its the shoe,s others say it the weights, anyone?? If I stop doing my gym work-outs aghhghg--
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Bcbs Fep
Fepblue is pretty fast 5 days norm, but yes- call in and make sure all is there and make sure the rep checks everything as the paperwork goes to a diff dept. and some don't like to persue it or check all the notes, They said I would know in writing, but my rep told me on the phone n then I called surgeons office to see if they had the approval which is faxed to them. Good luck!
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Stuck
was told off the list too..? so was broccoli,,
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Feeling Discouraged..
you will! and just keep pluging at it,, it will come off, and you will get even stronger
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Share You Weight Loss Please :)
Great news dawn--, Dec 22, 2011- 41 lbs... still have 40 more to go-- short of my 1/2 way mark at 6 mo,,, but will keep plugging at it, 4.5 fill
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Feeling Discouraged..
Every body is different, metabolism, types of food we eat, types of exercise, and age etc. I think my thyroid slows me down, just did blood work again to regulate it, he has decrease dosage, and age is also a factor, I am almost 60 with crunchy knees, can't get that hyper with the rest of the group. I am discouraged today because I have been working hard, and it might be humidity, but scales up 2 lbs for the last week... sigh.. I have 30 lbs to go, but things have slowed waaayyyy down in the loss dept.
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How Are You All Doing Now?? Updates?
7 mo out the last 5 lbs have been very hard to lose, I hit the gym least 4 x a week and eat about 1000 cals, a day- at 4.2ccs I deterred my fill till Sept because of lack of $$. I do feel restriction many times, but can eat pretty well. I think my body has gotten happy right where it is,,, and my knees are starting to crakle n pop so worried now that I may hurt myself trying to increase my exercise.. I did change the diet around and types of exercise to more weight training, but now what?? I'll take any suggestions.
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Trapped Air?
It does go away at least it did for me. banded Dec 2011, the way you eat and what you eat , sip or use straws- and even time you eat,,, I do a pro-biotic every day. helps keep everything moving and Papaya pills to help break it down sometimes. MY bigest culprit- vegetables.
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Stuck At First Every Time I Eat Anything
Found out that if you are having SINUS issues- this is creates havock on that swallow,,, once I started treating the sinus post-nasal etc. I was alble to swallow easier again. I am very short so my new tighter jeans also seem to give me issues on swallowing,
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Scrambled Eggs
I have them and add ketchup to make them easier to swallow,,, I also have refreid beans for protein on the side,,