Daisalana

Damn you go girl!! That swelling looks like it's gone down!!

I am 4 days from my 1 year bandiversary, I have lost 102lbs/66% excess body weight. The past month I have been stalled due to restriction miraculously disappearing at the 100lb mark (how weird is that??). Just got a new fill and back to losing 2lbs a week!! ) Everyone is different, is key. You may not be typical of any one elses results, so I think it's setting you up for failure to compare yourself to someone before you even begin. Enjoy the ride!! Remember '2lbs a week' loss, does not mean literally 2lb a week necessarily. For the first 6 months, I had 1 month of gain, and 1 month of not moving 1lb, but on 'average' I was exactly at 2lb a week.

Yup, definitely see a difference. Chinese food, I don't even order my own meal anymore, I eat a couple bites of DH's. And I use to order a LOT from there. My chili lasts too long now, I've been trying to tweak it to be a size where me & DH eat enough and no left overs. I keep missing the mark, and having too much left over, or he complains I didn't make enough. Jachut, DH is getting banded? :biggrin:)

It was pulled, anyone care to summarize the listing? I missed it!

I went to make a payment on my Sears card today, and there was a foreign transaction from a sports store in Denmark last month for $140 + $5 foreign exchange fee. I called them, and luckily they do have the fraud coverage. Both of our cards have never left our possession, and we've never used the card online. Only time we have used our cards were IN THE STORE at our local Sears, last time was last August. Yet, somehow our numbers were leaked. I can only guess it was on their end, that somehow they let numbers get out. So, if you have a Sears credit card (mine is through Citi), make sure you check your transactions!!

I just went to make a payment on my Sears credit card, and there's a $140 charge + $5 foreign exchange fee from last month in Denmark. So, my card number was stolen. Luckily, they cover fraudulent charges but I can not figure out how someone could have gotten the card info!!! Both cards are in our possession, and we've only ever used it IN STORE at our local Sears, last time was last August. We've never used this online, etc. It was used at a sports store in Denmark, which I guess takes Sears Card (I thought only Kmart & Sears took this card). Must be something happened on their end and CC numbers were leaked. If anyone has a Sears Card, make sure you check your statement!

The weather is about to make me sad!! We've had 70-80 degrees for about 2 weeks, yesterday we had tornadoes, and tomorrow it's suppose to be 30!!!!! All the grass is full, my plants are HUGE (me and DH were shocked) and flowers blooming (but NOT my azaleas?!). Tomorrow everything gonna get shocked. Grr. I can't believe you have snow Judy! I can't believe we're going to be in the 30's. Global warming? Where?! ...And I don't even want to think about tarantulas, I watch that weird foods show, and when the guy was eating fried ones, I had to fast forward, it freaks me out too much to see such things.

OMG Janie! I would have had a heart attack. I hate hate hate/terrified/rather be confronted by a murderer/ick spiders!! I can't believe you contained it!! I would have ran from the room and screamed for DH to get it. If he wasn't home, I would have thrown shoes & books at it from another room! Ick ick ick!!

Wow great job!! I didn't stop smoking for surgery.. and since surgery, I smoke waaaay too much. Like 1.5 packs a day!! Eek, it's emberassing. I was smoking 1 pack a day pre-banding. Now I can sometimes even go 2 packs depending on how late I stay up. But eating is such a chore now, and when I'm hungry I'd rather just smoke and 'shut it up'. I did try Chantix in February, and I swear it WORKS! It REALLY works!! I didn't want to smoke, when I lit one up (DH still was smoking), I literally put it out after one NASTY half-ass puff. Down fall.. I was losing 2lbs a week regularly, and the 2nd week on chantix I GAINED 5lb. So that's really like a 7lb gain. I freaked out, and decided I'm going to do chantix again when I'm at goal and can offset with exercise.

I am missing a whole page, but I had to post first. ((TRACY!!!!!!)) You're a better woman than I to hold your temper! And I know that's the right thing to do, so you go girl! I go ballistic being told how to control my money. I have faith that this will pass. You're both transitioning right now. Everyone said "The first year of marriage is the hardest", and I thought... well, we lived together for years, and I think the first year we moved in together probably was the worst, which is the same as being married (so I thought). But I have to say, after we actually got married, we have hit more rough patches than we did the past couple of years. I don't know why, but dynamics changed. Till death do we part!! DH & I were comparing 401k today, I have 6x as much as him. But his annual return is -.4% and mine is -9%(UGH).. he said "I win".. and I said "Nope, I got more money..I win... But, since I love you I guess I'll foot your bill in our old age" and he just said "Aw, thank you" hehehehe! Kat- Since the incident last night, I have been very tight all day. Liquids go down fine, but I had french onion soup for lunch (around 1pm), about 6pm My stomach was growling and very hungry, so I tried to eat some meat loaf,2 bites in I was so uncomfortable. 30 minutes later-- I burped cheese from the onion soup!!!! When you had the choking incidents did it swell up your band? I am back to liquids for at least 24 hours to make sure I'm not too tight, but I'm hoping this is all related to last night's incident. Eating too much before sleep, sleeping on my back.. oy. But like I said, liquids are going down fine (my water). Glad you're up and doing good Pam!! Ok I'll probably post again, just wanted to say all that before I forget.. my memory isn't near as good as some of you!!

She didn't even answer my call!!!

My doc says 2 cups is too much, and I go in for fills when I hit that point. I just got another fill, and I'm back to about 1/2c per meal (which is where I was losing weight steadily). I stalled for a month when I could eat 2 cups. You don't have to be that tight, but in my case, I have to 'eat better' and count a lot more when I can eat that much. I like only being able to eat 1/2c, takes all the guess work out for me. Good luck!

Glad you're back safe & sound!! Enjoy the pain meds! )

Well I have had chronic heart burn since I can remember, I took Prilosec one a day since I was 17.. I finally about 3 months ago, am able to take one about once a week (yay). What happened to me last night is not my normal heart burn stuff. This was from my pouch being full and me sleeping I guess, it was so bad though. Literally woke up choking and DH was awake so he's like 'you ok?' and I couldn't catch my breath for a good 3 minutes while I was hacking.

I started a thread in the Lounge for doggie pics :sad_smile:)

HAPPY BANDIVERSARY TRACYK!!! Pam you're in my thoughts!! And Wynn is FABULOUS!! That's where me and DH got married, it's VERY classy and elegant. The rooms were about 4x the price of the rooms at like Paris & Rio (I haven't been inside), but I only imagine they are worth it, and hell it's free!!!! They have a lot of in-door floral and waterfall, etc. I could go on and on, I think Wynn is one of the most beautiful hotels out there. Ok I thought one of you V's experienced this before, I know others on the board have, but this is first time it hit me. I ate PB & Crackers before bed-- pouch is full. I've never had a problem before. Last night I woke up 2 times, choking and coughing on acid taste. First time it went all the way into my nose and it was burning and miserable. I was spitting and hacking. I won't be eating right before bed again, that was so horrible.

I always hide my new clothes too, and when he asks if it's new, I can now say "No, just something I always had but didn't fit" teehee!! I got 2 reports from insurance yesterday, they paid for the xray (I guess this is the CAT scan) and the doctor in the ER, despite me checking out AMA, so that's good. Fingers crossed I don't get a bill from the hospital in addition to this. The hospital ER manager also called today, to get the account of what happened that night (even though it was on my letter). We went over it, and I was glad to hear, he said HE would have checked himself out too and he will thoroughly investigate this. He apologized a lot too, and gave me his office number. I put in my letter I will never willingly go to that ER again, but he said if I ever am there again and have poor service, to demand to see him. Although, I demanded to see my doctor a lot that night and the nurses would just look at me like I was stupid.

I am more annoyed by the all caps or all first letter upper case. Really boggles my brain, I keep thinking it's suppose to be a new sentence.

That was just an exaggerated example of how it could 'be anything'.

Oh I meant to tell ya'll about this new water I found in the gas station. It's called Talking Rain "Twists" it's pure water + pure fruit juice (just a little). It's 10 calories per serving for the West Indies Lime- which is what I got. They don't add any sweeteners- sugar or artifical- so it has no weird after taste, it's just really refreshing. They had a lot of flavors, lemon, lime, some kind of berry, peaches, mango.. So I got the lime, and it was VERY good. Just got out of employee meeting, ate some toppings off of one piece of pizza.. maybe 1/4th of the veggies on top and its bouncing in my tummy. Guess that fill worked, I'm STUFFED.

So together, we lost a whole Ethiopian village?

What a bummer about DH.. how did you get picked? I wanna free Vegas trip!! Let DH have his freak out, I think he will adjust! Just make sure you reassure him you're not going anywhere )

Welcome back Sunta! Good luck with the nutrisystem )

Happy Bandiversary Judy!! I was 231lb yesterday, so I've lost 2lb since the contest started. DOH!!! We shoulda had this contest a month or so ago when I was steadily losing 2-3lbs a week We get free pizza today at the company meeting, but I don't like pizza, so no temptation there. If they have a veggie pizza I'll pick the toppings off, otherwise I'll make some oatmeal.

I never really thought about replacing food, as I just obsess in another way. I love to cook now, I make a new recipe almost every night. So cooking I guess! And some reason cooking fills me up, the smells I guess make me feel full sometimes.