Daisalana

I believe Fashion Bug & Cato's have petite. I wouldn't know for sure since I never look for it, but sometimes when I've tried on pants they come to my calves and I know that's not right. And some shirts are ridiculously short on me, so I must wander into petite without realizing it, or they just make some items petite and don't mark it. I think Bras are a damn conspiracy. I haven't bought any since banding till yesterday. $28 each at LB, which is the only place I like bras from. I don't even buy shirts that are $28 each, and its a BRA!

Kat- I've had the mysterious belly button itch before, it goes away on its own (I never figured out a cure for mine). I have 2cc in my 4cc and I am tight as.. tight. My band was the 9.75 size, he said it was fitted when he put it on empty, so he didn't know if I'd even need a fill. I guess I didn't since I lost some before they could finally fill it, then it loosened up. 1.5cc was a great spot for a while, now I have 2cc and I dare say I feel a bit too tight. But I think I'm just going to tough it out, losing weight really seems to effect my fills so I'll loosen up eventually. Down to 229lb!! And some reason, this number won't come out of my mouth. I keep saying 329 or 239. 220's is a new milestone, my brain won't comprehend it! I'm having hot chocolate for b'fast. I bought the carnation instant breakfasts, and some swiss miss hot chocolate "great start". I compared nutritional info. The carnation is 150c when you mix it with milk, and slightly more Vitamins. The hot chocolate is packed with 15 vitamins & minerals, and it goes with hot Water for 110c. So nyah. The hot chocolate is sooo good, I was worried they made it healthy tasting.. but nope, just rich chocolate goodness. Everyone have a good day :thumbup:)

So I just finally bought some new bras. I haven't bought any new ones since banding.. oddly enough.. I get attached to good bras I guess. Mom finally pointed out how bad my boobs look in a bra that is too big. I went from 44DD to 40D. I was wrong, I need DD. My boobs bubble out. Crap! Then to reward DH for bra shopping in LB with me, we went to Game Stop next door. Jeez geeks never cease to amaze me. DH picked out 2 games, I found a Sim I wanted to try (installing it now), and he and the geek register kid were going on and on about how good some fighting games were. Then DH wanted to pay for Grand Theft Auto 4 in advance, which comes out end of this month. Guy asked if he wanted the 'supreme' version, and I rolled my eyes. It comes with a dufflebag and a lockbox for $30 more. GIVE ME A BREAK! I said "no he doesn't" and they laughed and the guy was going on about how cool they were (uh huh) and then DH says "if she wasn't with me, I'd get it, I understand man!" Then the guy talked about his room he dedicated to video game stuff, with a stand-up video game display and I said "You must be single?" hehehe. I'm sooo hungry, and Sims takes forever to install!!

I thought she was either 1. comparing her breast size to an apple - hey the band doesn't reduce breast size 2. saying you can't eat an apple with the band, and thus you lose inches I dunno.

I have had this happen before, and it ended up they put my wrong insurance card # in after the fact. Don't panic yet, I ended up calling the hospital's billing and they fixed it.

I miss the 'my account' button.

Don't quite understand why the new magazine thing is the focus of the website.

Mine keeps going back and forth now..

I started out the opposite. The year pre-op, I got sick EVERY TIME someone at work was sick, I was sick at least 2x a month. Post-op, I did not get sick for 8 months straight, I figured it had to do with taking vitamins. Then this year started, and since January I've gotten sick quite a bit.

I had to take a bottle of Magnesium Citrate the day before, to clean everything out. I got the cherry, and I have to say it was not that bad. It was like a tart shirley temple. I actually took this stuff again not too long ago when I was having stomach pains (1/2 bottle this time).

yeah if you have a fashion bug or cato in town, those are great places to find a lot of clearance items on their rack. Cato doesn't have online shopping, but FB does. And a lot of their non-clearance items aren't bad either. I went to FB 2 weeks ago and got 14 shirts for under $200, and only 1 was on sale.

Try refreshing or clearing your internet cache/cookies.

Statistics are just that. It takes into consideration of people who lost 100% or even 105% of their 'excess weight' as well as those who lose 0% or -10% of their excess weight. If you look around this forum, many have made it to goal + some. There are also others who the band did not work and they went on to have another surgery. Statistics (in all aspects) are really hard to make decisions by. I hit 66% weight gone in 1 year, and I'm not stopping!

The world is right again :rolleyes2:

I am hoping it's just messed up right now, but the weird formatting, is really hard to browse.. please don't keep it like this :rolleyes2:

Argh do not like the new formatting, hopefully that's not permanent :rolleyes2:

Hah hah Michelle, I think the band gods will forgive you, you didn't know! I think most of us were snarky about the other girl, cause we didn't know her.

Yup, I have no problem with Target & Wal-mart clothes. Also, I look online at my fav stores, and ONLY shop their clearance (otherwise I get in trouble), then google a discount code for free shipping or 10-15% additional off. alight.com alloy.com oldnavy.com torrid.com fashionbug.com (I got some super cute dresses for work for under $10 bucks here a month ago) etc.

Yup, I am doing a lot of arm work in the gym, and I know it's only 3 weeks but I want my arms to be pretty darn it. If I flex, muscle on top, and then a huge flab dangling underneath. Such a bummer. Try clearing your cache/cookies to get the pic to show up :rolleyes2: If you look at page 90 of B&A, it's just her 2nd after pic.

I think I'm lucky.. I'm in sales, and though I work in the office Mon-Fri 9-5.. I talked to the owner (a woman!) and asked about flexibility when I have kids. There is no paid maternity leave, but she said if I set up a home office, I can work from home till the kids start kindergarten. I'm the only sales that works full time in the office, all the rest have kids and work from home, but come in a couple times a week. I plan to do that, I think I'd go nuts staying at home all the time, so I plan to come in a couple times a week for a little while.

I am kind of torn on this. I've become a spectacle since I lost so much weight, and generally I don't mind answering, although a bit emberassing because as I proudly say 102lbs, I know they're thinking "And she's still fat?". Heh. But there's people who work in our plant, I don't think I've met before, I have no idea what their name is.. and they come up and say they don't recognize me, and ask how much I've lost. I tell them, but it does throw me off guard someone I don't even know asks me such things.

Michelle, go to B&A thread, boo boo just posted her latest B&A in the last 1-2 pages. She really came a long way!! She was a size 30, 320lb. I wanna know how she got her arms not flabby!! My arms are the only thing on my body that is the exact same size it was when I was 333lbs, except they are just deflated now.

Chantix works, I plan to do it again when I hit goal. The 2nd week on it I gained 5lb after a steady -2lb loss per week for 2 months. It spooked me, so I stopped taking it.

I have really really good restriction (gulp). I can feel it anytime I swallow something. If I eat and the food is still there hours later, I can tell. If I haven't eaten, I don't notice the band is there.

Yep Penny's right. There's monthly support groups, and I think most of us named our groups. April 07 banders is Shrinking Violets. It doesn't really mean anything, it's just our.. mascot :rolleyes2: