☠carolinagirl☠

i use this product and have for a long time..it lasts a long time (so the 40 dollars lasts about 8 months) it it not greasy in my opinion and soaks up in my skin fast... i havent seen your face on fb but i am sure you are gorgeous (with or without wrinkles) ps: i have noticed under my chin, i have some i do NOT like but will just live with and hope..my hope in a jar works

yes, i may email santa to make sure you get a big ole present this year..

.....you are the nicest lad.....

she said she'd eat and the foods came back up.......from what i read/understand, that is maybe due to a band being too tight or taking too big of bites perhaps?? i mean you can eat what you want only in smaller amounts...but .....she made her decision

caz, you look fantastic. strut it girlfriend.

i love to eat also but i love being healthy more.. this lady did not try to (mentally change) this is what i feel and why i felt she failed the band. she admitted she overate the wrong things... you gotta want it for it to work.

: Obese mum has band fitted then taken out because she prefers being fat. food addiction, and I’m still addicted to food today. With the band, I couldn’t get used to the small portions and hated not being able to eat what I liked. “My band even slipped. The doctors offered to repair it, but I didn’t want to go through it all again so they removed it instead. “Now, at 20 stone, I’m happy in myself. I’ve realised I’m meant to be this size.” Teaching assistant Diane, from Newcastle upon Tyne, is one of a growing number of people who win approval for taxpayer-funded weight-loss surgery. Last year the NHS spent an astonishing £85million in the war against obesity, and the number of gastric band operations has more than doubled in six years. More people than ever are asking their GPs to approve gastric bands and gastric bypasses on the NHS. They are also asking for free follow-up plastic surgery to tidy up the resulting loose skin. Diane, whose current body mass index of 50.8 makes her morbidly obese, had a gastric band inserted, four endoscopic examinations, emergency hospital visits, a procedure to loosen the gastric band and finally another major operation to remove it... all paid for by the taxpayer. After.. 13½st and size 14. But she wasn’t happy THE REALLIFE STORY AGENCY In addition, she has seen NHS dieticians, psychologists and specialists at up to £100 a time, all approved by her local Primary Care Trust. If Diane had paid for the treatment privately, it would have cost up to £8,000 to have her gastric band inserted. The procedure to loosen the band would have cost another £300-£400, and the final surgery to remove it would have come to between £4,000 and £7,000. Her treatment has amounted to an expensive total of around £15,000. But, according to Diane, she hasn’t wasted a penny of public money. “I qualified for the band, and just because it didn’t work for me, it isn’t my fault,” she says. “It wasn’t a waste of money because it was the journey I had to go on to get to the healthy and happy size I am now.” She insists nobody warned her exactly what life would be like with a gastric band. “When the band was put in, my world changed dramatically,” she says. “I’d try eating my favourite foods, like bits of pizza or lasagne or even a spoonful of beef curry, and they’d come straight back up again. I couldn’t eat the amounts I wanted and when I did it would come straight back up. The surgery made me bulimic because I’d try eating the food I enjoyed and vomit. “I’d had enough of it because I couldn’t eat what I loved. So to be happy again I had the band removed. I’m happy now. I’m meant to be a big person.” Diane was always a chubby child, and by the time she had her daughter Stephanie in 1990, she weighed 14 stone and was a size 14-16. “I have always been a yo-yo dieter but after I had my daughter I battled to lose weight,” she says. “I tried every diet under the sun and nothing worked. “Over the years I put on more and more weight. I was addicted to food. I’d eat a meal, I’d finish my daughter’s meal, I’d then eat six packets of crisps and a family bar of chocolate. Before I knew it, I had hit 23-and-a-half stone and I was wearing size 26-28 clothes.” Before.. 23½st and a size 28. Her weight crept up despite diets THE REALLIFE STORY AGENCY Diane confesses she couldn’t stop herself eating. “Food was a comfort and made me happy,” she says. “I admit I made myself this big. At my largest I had arthritis in my knees and as part of my job I had to sit on small kids’ chairs and my size was getting in the way.” With the encourage- ment of Stephanie, 22, Diane asked her GP for help in 2009 and was referred for weight-loss surgery. With a BMI of well over 40, she met the basic requirements for an NHS-funded operation. “My case was presented to the local PCT board, and after 14 months I was given the green light,” she says. “I was lucky as some people wait for three to five years for weight-loss surgery or other things, like back operations.” Diane, who had her operation in November 2010, says: “I was excited about the prospect of a new slim me.” In the first 10 days she lost a stone. “It was a massive shock and in six weeks I lost another three stone,” she says. “It was extremely difficult to adjust. You have to eat smaller amounts. Eat too much and you vomit.” As Diane’s weight fell off, she revelled in the compliments she received. But she struggled to control her portions and dreaded going out for dinner in case she’d eat too much and be sick. “Half a starter would fill me up,” she explains. “A sip of Water could make me rush to the loo. Sure, I was getting compliments and people told me I looked amazing. But inside I was feeling terrible. I expected to feel healthier and happier, but I didn’t.” Then Diane started vomiting blood, and had the first of four endoscopies to find out what was going on. “It got to the point where I wasn’t eating anything without a problem,” she says. “Finally an endoscopy revealed a tear in my stomach, so my consultant deflated the band in July 2012. I had lost 10 stone by then. “Three months later the surgeons said they could repair the tear and re-inflate the band but I asked for it to be removed. I couldn’t face years of feeling miserable, years of being unable to eat properly.” The band was taken out in October 2012, and since then Diane has gained seven stone. “I now know I was meant to be big,” she insists. “I eat healthily and exercise. I’m finally happy at this weight. Yes, I enjoyed the compliments, but ultimately I wasn’t happy. People told me I had lost my sparkle. “I know it seems a long process and I started at 23-and-a-half stone and am now back to 20 stone, but the band didn’t work for me. “I haven’t wasted NHS money because the surgery could have worked, but I realise now I’m meant to be this size. “I work hard and pay my taxes and I was approved by my GP, a consultant and PCT.” Stephanie meanwhile says she is immensely proud of Diane. “I have supported her throughout the process,” she says. “It was terrible to see her being sick all the time. She looks so much happier now. This is the mum she is meant to be.”

dont i get some too? having a sad...

if maddawg gets MONEY i feel its only fair i does too having a sad....

it will help you (whichever WLS) if you help it by following the instructions to use it properly (eating good food/exercising).....just my opinion.

sounds like as you are healing the hunger is returning. now is the time to get use to eating your protein (first) to help you feel full and stay full longer) and keep drinking as much as you can.

john, this is such great news. what a wonderful day

great post shr.....when i read this post from you, i thought to myself: if not me, then who?

*hugs to you gals who mentioned me* the dr advised me this (plication) would assist me in losing weight..just (having the plication) wont make the band work any faster unless i changed what i ate and how much and begin moving my rear end that was the size of a mack truck. i believe it to be true...those with the plication and those without it can lose weight and they also can gain weight...its up to the person to use the tool correctly. i feel if someone thinks having the plication will give super magic powers, they maybe mistaken.....it will help yes, but the person has to help the band and plication. mad is a success and does not have plication shr and me have the plication and are doing well..... the three of us are eating right, eating the allotted amounts and just doing it. and not depending on (what we have inside our tummy) to define if we will lose weight or not. my 3 cents

i got mine from http://www.laurenshope.com/

boy could i put a hurt on some cocoa krispies and raisin bran...i look at them every so often at the store...but for me, i choose not to stick with oatmeal and add raisins/cranberries etc...but heck, if you want to eat cereal, eat it and enjoy it

i know, to think this redneck could wang it.......

what is the saying, if is too good to be true...........i saw a copy shows on dateline and 20/20 on these scams how awful...

i think you'd fail if you dont show up HAHA just go, be honest with the questions and dont stress they got to weed out the ones who want a quick fix and will say anything to have this surgery (while not making the change needed)..you will do just FINE

WLS is like a marriage, with your band as your lifetime partner. At times you’ll thank your lucky stars you found each other. At other times you’ll wish you’d never met, never mind married **this is so true jeannie...so far i havent felt mad at my band prob because the band doesnt mess up my clean kitchen...anyhow LIKE i said, those who balk are the ones who dont matter...

hi jessica i voted for you also..i sure hope you win hon

good for you. wish you continued success

because of my position i had to let HR know but i also realize that private is not always confidential. some people just got big mouths and some did not .the majority of my office thought i took a week off and went to our lake house. if you want it private, tell your employer you wish to not tell anyone else as it is your business i did tell a couple of friends and my hub..he mentioned to a couple of his friends..i was mad at first, more so because i was embarrassed but he said he told because he was proud of me i agree with mikeswife, if they ask, you are eating better and getting healthy, that is NOT lying and its the truth...

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