Doddie63

Moving is alway stressful to a new town, new people, away from your regular haunts. Good for you in posting for support. It would be easy to go astray.

no magic in knowing your sweet spot. If you have planned your journey by keeping an accurate food diary and weigh in regularly you will get to know your weight loss pattern. When you reach the point of feeling satisfied after 1/2 to 1 cup of food per meal and your two snacks, and are loosing weight, you are at your sweet spot. Just one word of caution. Stresses in your life can change the tightness of your band. So the sweet spot is a generalization. Mine has been at 5.5 ccs for two years now and I still get tight a vomit but generally I am satisfied after 1 cup of food.

As for your hair falling out, be sure and get your protoin. That is what the hair needs. Contact your clinic and ask the dietician for some advice.

Sandyjean. Holding down 2 jobs plus 4 kids. You are a miracle worker. Agree with btrieger 32 lbs is great you are right on track. Remember the band is a tool nothing more. You still have to work at changing your lifestyle choices. Go to your doctor and see if he can give you some referral to a psychologist to help you sort out why you eat what you do. Grazing is the quickest way to save time and the fastest to gain weight. So that habit has to change somehow. Try 5 small meals a day. Breakfast, snack at 10:00 lunch, 3:00 snack then dinner. All should be high protein.

Don't get down on exercise or lack thereof as to your lack of weight loss. Studies are now proving that exercise does not factor well into weight loss. It is great for cardio, etc but the amount of calories you burn is not much.

Advice: The glass if half full not half empty. good luck.

infedelity is a personal thing between man and wife. The media should be ashamed of themselves meddling like they do. The sponsors can make their own decisions without the help of the media.

popcorn is OK, it is what they put on it. When all other restaurants are getting into "healthy eating" you would think the theatres would too. Should be a healthy snack bar but the greatest advice is eat before you go. Your pouch won't let you eat more.