☠carolinagirl☠

well shaz i am agreeing with...different doctors and different answers...so i will tell what my dr advised me to do, as well as my nutritionist and so i drink right up until i eat and then wait 20 to 30 minutes. ... ask your dr to get your answer.

extremely powerful and i am beyond proud of you for stopping smoking...you are already a hero in my eyes. but what stuck out to me was your words. Knowing that difference between wanting something and needing something. once someone understands this, they will succeed. i myself needed to read this and i am so glad i did.

best of luck i what ever you decide..i hope your dr makes you feel better..

wrong..............sorry to correct you.. you are so beyond will power you are a card carrying member with 100% want power you are already writing your success story you have so got this

another reason its a good day, its my granddaughters first birthday and your birthday also..

you are my hero

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gotta love us carolina girls......

has it been 1 month already?? wow oh f**king wow 35 pounds......that is sooooooooo good how many 5 pound bags of sugar? 7.....all i can say is YOU GO GIRL

i got me chewable ones in cherry at walmart (in those blister packs). i think 3.95??

new day new life new beginning what a wonderful thing. happy thoughts all the way from north carolina

i am someone merely who thinks you are doing fantastic and want you to believe it..i wont respond to your posts again. all the best, you will be at goal in no time.

i told myself i would not respond but for about a week now you have posted how upset you are at (not losing) when in fact you have lost about 30 pounds and are doing 10000% superb. everyone on here has told you this time and time again......myself at least 5 or 6 times. this being bummed and upset and discouraged is only hurting YOU...and franking its getting old.. how about writing how great losing 6 bags of 5 pounds of sugar is...or how much better you are feeling and eating... my last note to you is this, and believe it or not, its true the scale goes up and down all day long......its not really accurate. losing inches is......if your pants are loose, by gosh you are losing. if they are tight, could be Water weight or gaining...... so again, you questioning why put in all this effort and not getting results is just silly......nearly 30 pounds lost by you is something to be writing positive about because its freeking awesome.

that highlighted area is awesome. incredible..and some poweful sh**

tmf had alot of good points. mine seem silly now. but i am gonna say it anyhow, bring a note pad, take notes and jot down questions to ask or your concerns...there i said it good luck.

no worries, dont concern yourself with fretting over me *via your comment on my blog* m we all have (those days) and you had one of them. you need to make yourself well. you can and will succeed and do wonderful. this forum is fabulous with support. we all love and care for and about you. but if you cant love yourself first, we cant help

its major surgery so you are bound to be sore (they cut into your tummy etc) i also had the hernia repair and for a month, i was def sore/tummy tender..but it does get better.....like miss said, only your dr can advise if a band is slipped or eroded or went to disney land.....always refer to him if you are truly concerned... just relax, sip and sip and then sip some more.....as you heal, you will be able to drink more as the swelling is going down...congrats on your surgery

i eat when i am (truly hungry). if i think i am hungry, i drink first (to determine if i am head hungering)......i think like a baby....babies eat when hungry and turn their head away when they are done.....me too (too bad i didnt do this when i got over 300+ pounds..

congrats on the weight loss keep drinking the liquid (helps you stay full and combats head hunger). i am a lover of peach ice tea by crystal light......be lost without it.. eating, like mis said, depends on whom you ask. if you eat, focus on protein first (that is your fuel) and veggies and some fruit....good food and not (processed/high sodium)....if you understand that 3500 cals is a pound whether its ate or drank and to not take in more calories than you burn off, you will lose weight (and the band helps us eat less) isnt that a great lifestyle now that we have??

checking in to see how you are doing,,.

dont be nervous but you will be anyhow......some people like me had to do the 2 week liquid and some did only a week and some had a 2 day before or none.....i think it is just based on what your surgeon wants.....i wish you all the best

sip and sip and sip some more........as in relation to me, as my swelling inside subsided, i was able to drink more and more (and became more hungry)...so it sounds as if you are right on schedule.....my left shoulder hurt really good for 4 or 5 days...def a 7 or 8 on a pain scale of 1 to 10....but it did go away...... yep on going #2, i still have clothes in my desk at work, just in case and the gas/farting etc....just call me jiffy pop...it is just part of my life now...i swear i just heard a duck.....did you?? ps, love your posts and i look forward to reading them

http://www.webmd.com...o-expect?page=2 As for slimming wraps, "any loss of inches is going to be temporary,'' Fryhofer says. ''Wraps cannot take the place of a healthy diet and exercise." Ellis agrees. "After you take the [slimming] wrap off, there will be an appearance of tightness," she says. "It is definitely temporary." It may only last a day or two. But if you're trying to look good for a day at the beach on your honeymoon, temporary improvement may be good enough, Ellis says. "I look at those slimming wraps like a spray tan," she says. "It's temporary, but sometimes that's OK." "They won't give you long-term weight loss," Tanzi says. "They can temporarily make you feel a little thinner, and when you look at the scale the pounds can go down a pound or two. But that's Water weight loss. It's a temporary phenomenon."

the other posters said it all very well. any WLS has pro's and con's...and good and bad points.and any surgery can have complications..its just part of having major surgery. i find the ones who complain the loudest against are the ones who diverted off the path of following their doctors instructions in how to live the banded or bypassed or sleeve lifestyle...some go into this surgery and expect a month post op to lose 50 pounds or more by now and if they dont, they are discouraged or bummed and saying what am i doing wrong... its not magic, its not overnight and its not for sure...what you can be sure of if you adhere to the allotted amounts, eat better foods and exercise, you can be successful and lose weight..