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I believe my surgery was like 18 or so, but not quite sure on that, insurance covered most of it Its amazing what some people can and cant handle..I know plenty of people who cant handle sweets..I can eat anything sweet I want..thankfully I dont like sweets that much. As for Pasta I cant eat it right after Ive been filled, but afterwards I can, I do easier on like angel hair than anyother type, but this is what I prefer to eat, so it may be mental. As for bread, as long as its in small bites, Im fine. I have now however gotten out of the habit of eating these things as much. I come from a big pasta eating family, and I really dont feel deprived. I might have a small bite or so, but Im fine. I would do my surgery again even if I had severe pain from the surgery, which all I had was soreness and threw up for the first month...basically Id do this again no matter what. My mother offered me the same thing, but a tummy tuck and boob lift isnt going to fix my problems with food. I was fat bc I overate, and regardless of how much fat you sucked out of me, I would still have a eating problem. This band has made it so that I feel healthy and happy and now do things without noticeing that were impossible for me. Ive started to fix my food intake with choices that count and not empty calories. While I know this surgery isnt for everyone, I know it was for me. I have seriously never been this happy before. As for the port, I have four..i think 4 scars all under an inch on my stomach..thats it, nothing outside the body. I wonder if maybe you are confused with a type of pain medication that they give some people. I had it, It was this tube that went to theport site to a ball taped to my stomache that stayed in for two days for pain, and you take it out yourself.

I rarely have an interest in food. Ive been banded since Feb and since then have lost most of the enjoyment of eating..its now a chore..I love it!!! Now instead of coming home from a hard day and eating cookies out of the bag, I come home to a glass of water and try on some skinny jeans! the first couple months I had somany cravings, but not anymore. Last week some people ordered like 12 pizzas for everyone and I had to give a presentation right behind the table where the pizza was..I didnt eat eat a peperoni..actually eating a piece never crossed my mind, it was like ugh not hungry and gave my presentation...normally I wouldve been talking and stuffing my face at the same time, i used to love pizza! Now, its ok, but I believe I have a healthier attachment to food, its there to live on, not to live for!..Now if I could replace the joy I used to get from eating with exercise, Id be set! lol

haha funny because I was going to post one similar to this but wasnt sure if I should or not..Finally had "fun" with one of my guy friends because I am not too embrassed..Ive had a thing for him for like a year, but hes pretty athletic... so I didnt want to take that step and show off my fat.... finally Im comfortable with my body THEN to make it better, I needed to do laundry so went to my lilttle sisters room and borrowed jeans from her..a little sister who thinks shes fat when she wears a 10...and I fit into some of her jeans:whoo:

I have been overweight since about age 5ish. From about middle school up I was probally 100 over or so. The thing that has really helped me not have excess skin is that I have been working out when I can, especially on my stomache, since this is where I carry alot of weight. I went and bought a stability ball and do crunches on it when I watch TV. The ball makes it alot easier to do crunches on, it doesnt hurt like if you do themon the floor I also go to school and I found out that even on the days where I dont have tie to workout, I can stilldo more than I usually would, like walk the long way to class or take the stairs. As for eating right I figured out something to help me. I hate feeling deprived so what I do is if I really want something, I eat something healthy first, then a bite or two of what Im caving. So for instance if I want a pizza, I have a salad first and leave myself only room for like a biteor so of pizza. In that way, Im not feeling depressed cause I wanted that freakin pizza, but Im not feeling guilty cause I had a whole slice.

Ok so real quick..I have always been big for my age the whole story as I am sure many of us have. When I was in 6th grade, I tried out for the basketball team and started working out more..putting myself into a healthier way..then I severely broke my leg and 8 weeks of sitting in a wheelchair eating cheetos...well. At that time I weighed 175 lbs. Ive always remebered this number and wanted to get back to it..This has always been my goal, since 6th grade. I always thought Id be perfectly satisfied at 175 lbs. Well I am now 172. And I still think I'm fat. People call me "skinny" alot and I correct them by saying "no Im not skinny, just skinnier!" Ok, but I wear a size 10 jeans. That is a normal size, like its not fat. So why do I still feel fat? I pushed my goal weight back and am now shooting for a size 8...but I worry if maybe because all of my life I have been fat, I will always believe I am. As ya'll (theres my Texas accent) approach the goal weight, were you satisfied, or did you not want to stop. I just worry that I might replace my bad eating habits with weight obsession..and to be honest, i think Id rather be fat!! When do you know you are done? Do you stop losing and then just listen to your body or what?

Ok so I am taking this workout class through my school and you go through different types of popular workouts. I love kickboxing! It was challenging but it kept me entertained. Does anyone have any recomendations as to videos I can buy to continue to kickbox. Thanks!

Ive had my zune for almost a year. I work out with it whenever I work out and have never had a problem on it..of course I dont jump rope with it on, but dojog and walk with it. I love it, my sister has an ipod and I prefer my zune to it

My doctor saysthat the younger you are the less likely you will be to have excess skin after you lose weight. So far for me this has been true, because I dont have any..still got some fat, but not loose skin..well except in my chest, but when you jump down so many cup sizes what else can you expect? O btw Im 22

Wow! I cant believe so many people want to run a marathon.. I know this is gonna sound stupid, but I think I will always be too fat to run one, regardless of how fat I am I have taken up karate though now that Ive lost weight. Always wanted to. Next year I'm going to atart riding horses again. I used to love it but i stopped..felt bad for the horse! haha I also want to rollerblade..gotta learn how to...

this is when i was almost at my heaviest this was like yesterday..at 172 [ATTACH]10643[/ATTACH]

Ok so I am a senior getting a biology degree and a minor in biochemistry...I am not a dumbass...but I grew up in a small texas town..so I have an accent. I swear people always assume that because of my accent, I am a dumbass. Like when I go to classes with people I dont know, no one will study with me, b/c I talk with a bad drawl, then we get tests back and whoops! who broke the curve...my bad YA'LL!! Also someone told me once that I had to be nice because I have curly hair...umm I had no idea that hair went with personality..thank god Im not a blonde..then people would really thinkI was a moron...but a nice one, with a "cute" southern drawl! Back to the country thing again, someone asked me how young I was before I got married..apparently if youve got my accent, you get married at 16...ps Im not even married not even a ring on my hand..lol hell no prospects either!!

O do they make those?! id totally buy some. I would love to have a day when someone looked at my ass for another reason than to wonder if it has any shape other than flat! Id love to have someone just once say..well Ive seen worse!!haha

Ok so my before pic is from almost my heaviest.. the after pic is from Nov 3rd not the best pic of me, but I have the cutest nephew in the world..you can see the diff in my face alot heres in July

heres my other dog, hes prob the best Chi in the world! knows so many tricks and has extensive vocab..also is my neurotic cat, Kooper the Pooper also my tort..think size of small dinner plate..follows me around house

heres a before and after of Pete..or I guess I should use her real name...TABs Petri Dish Delite before after shes my really good workout buddy..never once has she called in sick!

o my gosh..thats like a christmas card pic!

well on the good news, you can now say that you belong to the NoAssAtAll tribe...because this totally makes up for having flat butts that either curve in instead of out (me) or have odd geometric shapes!

my cat can totally beat that, when my Chi wears clothes..Dont laugh he actually gets cold at like 69 and down!..my cat will wait for him to walk near him and then latches on to him and gets dragged all over the wood floors on his back..looks like fun for him, the only problem is the cat weighs like 10 lbs, the dog 7!

geez well appreciate that youve got a but, seriously if you take a pic of me standing sideways, it looks like someone erased my butt in photohop!I cant even put my hands in my back pockets cause theres nothing there to stop them! On the plus side however, my butt has never been pinched!..youd have to find it first!

Elena M..just cause youre fat doesnt mean you have a butt! Im telling you, when when I was fat, it was still borderline on being concave!!

my moms cats used to chase him around! Of course my cat I have now also sits on my pet tortise, so I could just have weird cats

He was so much fun, and no they dont stink if you feed them right and they are hypo-allergenic and clean- he loved to take baths- and honestly just flippin cute!

I love G Danes, but since Im a student, and only feed high quality food, I cant afford to feed them. Petri is my baby, she is now 9 mnths old and when shes around 3 Im gonna breed her, assuming I find a suitable stud. I drove 8 hrs for her, but got a great deal, 1,000..in houston pups sell for 1200-1500. I train peoples dogs for them when I have time and I swear I will end up with like 13 or so! haha, seriously though, if you are allergic to dog kisses..and I am sorry for that, you could get a pig!! I had one, a pot bellied pig named waldo, I had to put him down bc of a respiratory infection but for 3 years, he was and to this day has been the best pet ever! He walked on a leash, sat, heeled and laid down with hand signals. He also knew to wipe his feet when he came inside and housetrained himself in 2 days. When it was his bed time, I d tell him to go to bed, and hed oink upstairs to his kennel in my closet bury under the blanket and then close the door. He was also like having a boyfriend..he farted and burped, but he ate my cooking and I never had to fake a headache!!

Ok so does anyone elses butt freaking hurt all the time now? OMG sometimes I can hardly sit down. someone told me it was because i no longer have the extra padding there..but the thing is in my family my dad has this joke that we belong to an Indian tribe the NoAssAtAlls, because both of us have an almost concove butt..not saying its not wide just flat as a pancake on a hot grill..its just so annoying to me. Im glad I lost my weight, but COME ON! Ive got to sit every now and then dont I..