PEvette

My surgeon told me 18 months.

Me too... I answer them. I like getting to know people through pms and helping them.

I get a few but obviously not as many as you. You've been around a long time and your success is evident.
I just answer as patiently as I can.

now this is a funny posting....people eat food to live....and as long as we still have over indulgence, and people glorifying food, or and have healthy food cost more than junk food...McDonalds will remain the powerhouse place it is....
funny

In Texas, we call them green Onions. They are long and skinny. Mostly green

now this is a funny posting....people eat food to live....and as long as we still have over indulgence, and people glorifying food, or and have healthy food cost more than junk food...McDonalds will remain the powerhouse place it is....
funny

I started at 338 & 5'7" and had lost 50lbs by my 10/10 surgery date. I have lost another 58 since surgery. Honestly, any loss is a good loss in my book.
Good Luck!

sorry to hear this but what an awesome tool. bread aversion in the end is a good thing! I have read that it may be easier to tolerate well-toasted bread vs fresh bread, but not sure if you want to go there. Your chili will be tastier and better for you when you feel better!

I got banded in 2005 also...very very little weightloss...I eventually gained the 40 pounds I lost back, plus 20 more....I also developed a pouch over the top of my band...my doc was hoping that it would go down after he unfilled my band, but it shrunked just abit....what he did was started my VSG under where I developed the pouch...which means that my weightloss is a bit slower and I can eat a bit more than the typical patient...I'm just happy to be 98 pounds lost and still losing praise God!
I revisied to VSG on 6/11/12 and I'm loving every bit of it....

You are Fyre
I don't know if you can count it as Protein though so keep it to a minimal... Could be a "slider Too...

All I'm going to say is, do your thang girl!!!
A bit of "gagging" isn't a bad thing. If you are willing to go that far for him, great. And for you ladies that don't have a gag reflex, make the noise every once in a while. I know it sounds bad, but it kind of strokes our ego a bit.

Man im gonna be using this excuse for months,maybe years!

Another thing, I don't gag unless my partner is pushing down on my head like some guys do. Don't let them do that. Don't complain, but push back with your head and don't let them make you go far enough to make you gag. Remember this is something that you are in control of and it is something that men like because they aren't in complete control. Or if you can get them to gently run their fingers through your hair instead of pushing down on your head it will be much more pleasant.

Thing here is she wants to know I'f it'll hurt her sleeve. Totally forum related. Besides I want to know too and I'm sure I'm not alone. I think if he went to a sex forum and asked that same question ppl will be wonder WTH she's talking about! A sleeve???
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Amen

Probably not cool to say but if gagging is an issue for you...you can try putting a dab of "anal ease" near the back of your throat and it will quiet the gagging reflex...A trick I was taught when I was learning the skill...You need to give it a couple minutes to work...It numbs your throat...As I think about it...I wonder if chorolseptic(sp?) will work as it has a numbing effect to....

So people can ask why they are craving sex but you are goin to judge me for my question. Get over yourself.

I came home from a week of restaurant eating limited excercise and instead of gaining, I actually made goal. I am beside myself with joy. I never really believed this day would come.
11/30/2011 Start of preop weighed 308
12/11/2011 Day of surgery weighed 300
2/23/2013 - 14 months later I weigh 158/size 8/fit and healthy!!!!! wooo hooooo
I will have to do a post with photos later... but off to the gym. I was just so excited I had to share with my fellow vets!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hi paul i do understand what you are saying
you worked so hard during your weight loss period - people were complimenting you left and right
how great does that feel!!!!???
enjoying a little attention/?? thats totally understandable and great to hear these nice things, being a motivator to you
you weighed 302 lbs/???
oh, wait, wait
you LOST 302 lbs
that number is staggering
you should get an 'old' picture of yourself - tape it up to your mirror - and then just look at the new you!!!!
you've done............i can't think of a proper word that says how wonderful you did
Be so proud, happy, excited - not to mention enjoy all the good health you now have
302 times over - congrats
btw
no one really knew the "before" me - "stuff" sometimes "comes up" and i kindof "accidently" mention - oh by the way i just lost 103 lbs!!!!!
i get the great comments that i love to hear - maybe that would be a great moral booster for you too
health and happiness - knowing that you have both - plus so much more - i know that means so much to you
congrats guy
raising a glass of Water to your continued success in your new and wonderful life

I just posted this in the Success Stories topic but want to be sure that anyone thinking of a Lapband revision sees it also.
Hopefully this works. I just posted an album of me with before photos and progress along the way.
I doubt I could ever fully describe how incredible this past year has been. My surgiversary will be on
March 7th. I started my pre-op diet 2 weeks before at 286.2 lbs; as of this morning I now weigh 142.8 lbs.
I really can't believe it myself. I am a Lapband revision and was told that I should expect to lose slower
because of that. My hope was that at 1 year I would have lost 120 lbs or 10 lbs a month.
VST has been a vital contributor to my success - both in reading the forums before surgery, after and
hoping to contribute along the way (though I admit I have not been on near as much as in those early days).
Many thanks to all of the wonderful members who have posted and shared your journeys, tips, recipes and challenges.
To those of you considering VSG I encourage you to read through the many forums here, as I did. In one sentence I
can tell you that this is the best thing I ever did for myself!
To those of you in the first month after VSG - hang in there, the first month was the hardest - it gets better and better.
Susie

Oh yeah, that happens all the time when I do a side glance at my reflection....I sometimes have to stop and look...that's really me...

After almost a year at goal, I am still surprised to see my reflection at a distance. Up close, I'm used to the new me, but put 12-15 feet or more between me and the reflection and I'm still like: who's that? My clothes also still look too small when I look at them.
Lynda

Not recognize yourself? This may sound paranoid and honestly at the time it was, but here it is. I was shopping and kept noticing this person's reflection in windows and the occasional mirror out of the corner of my eye. And finally I thought myself..well I have had enough of this follow me so I whipped around and guess who was there..the reflection of myself . So I had been all freaked out because apparently I was following myself ..didn't even recognized own image...weird I know..but now when people don't recognize I get it. So remember..if you think someone is following you, just turn around it probably is your own shadow! LoL

I was walking within 5 hours of surgery. Try to go for 5-10 mins every 45mins to every hour it really truly does help w pain and getting rid of those gasses

Chobani and now I am in love with Noosa, its a Australian yogurt, I add a scoop of unflavored Protein to it as well as 1/4C of fresh fruit.....its great!