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Oh and my uncle isn't losing weight, he's steadily gaining. But he's also an alcoholic, and we all know about the calories in alcohol, so I don't blame the system for it necessarily.

I thought about trying it, the commercials look nice and I looked at the menu and it looks like I'd find things I like. But my uncle has been doing nutrisystem (luckily for me), so I got to see what it's really like. On top of the expensive food system (which I justified since that's what I'd spend a month in food anyway) you DO have to buy other foods! Like salads, fruits, etc. So then it would be too expensive for me. And since my uncle is doing it, I've looked through what they sent him. Portions are right for bandsters, but.. the food looked horrible. Powdered eggs..and he has a lot of italian that look like chef-boyardee which is nasty IMO. So.. I decided to pass on it personally.

Not everyone does gain weight post-op, but it's not uncommon. Meaning, if you do, don't worry about it. Your band isn't really working until you get filled to proper restriction. Just focus on healing right now.

Aww yeah, they were such a weird couple, I liked watching them. When he was yelling at her to pull over the car I died laughing! Our newspaper said Vyxen's family lives in our city, so I was trying to figure out if that meant she lives here or what.. It's the football games throwing off the recording times, so I've set TiVo to manually record the show for 3 hours, so I won't miss it anymore!

I wanted to get RNY years ago. My family was so against it, I didn't do it. But the end of '06, I decided(finally) I am doing it with or without them. I needed to do it, I could barely walk at 22, I was miserable. When I decided to go for it, I found lap-band, and it all worked out. But if you listen to your family now, you will break eventually. At some point YOU will be fed up with it, and YOU will decide to do it without their approval.. and then you'll wish you had done it early!

My biggest fear about dying on the table was the aftermath. I'm young, and my parents helped pay for it. If I died on the table, I know they'd never forgive themselves. I kept telling them as I was going in there, if something happens, this is what I wanted and don't think it was your fault.. was kind of an akward moment. Thank goodness it all worked out!

There was no reason to try to attack Wayne for saying what got them through the surgery. I re-read their post and there is nothing in there that implies that if you don't believe like they did, you're going to hell. I have to say I think it's uncalled for when people who are non-religious feel the need to try to start hatred about religion. If you don't believe like they do, then you don't relate to what they're saying, and you both have that right. No need to start flaming about it. Move along.

Pam- No! Who went home??? And about the FF, I said last week no way I'd have done that.. that's a stupid tattoo for LIFE.. then my dad pointed out, you can just have it laser-removed.. and if you win 1m, who cares. So in retrospect I would have. Dad wanted me to try out with him, the only problem is i am deathly afraid of heights. I could do all the weird things, running around, eating crazy stuff, sleepign in the streets.. but when they had to do that zip line 2 weeks ago.. I'd have been out.. and they HAD to do it.. so.. DH said he'd love to do all that, and he is going to try out with my dad instead lol.

Purses actually are prejudice to me! There's a lot of styles (the shoulder one particularly) that don't look good on my body. Once I get it up to my shoulder 1. it won't stay there for the life of me 2. it's too small to be there in the first place so I look like a goofy giant with a tiny purse. I love the messenger bags. Most of my HS life that's what I had, and I had some cute funky ones (I still have a bright blue fabric one with butterflies all over it I use as a gym bag). They're not very adult-ish.. and the adult-ish ones I've seen.. like leather, are very boring and could pass as a male purse (NO THANKS!). So I miss messenger bags.. the ones that are 'suppose' to go across your body never fit me either, and I hate having to hold my purse all the time. If I didn't have to worry about looking professional I'd go back to my butterfly bag hah.

I like Honey Nut Cheerios.

Mmmmm Bread Pudding. I use to get that from Applebee's, man that was so good. it was part of my 'binge'. I got soup, a big entree (sometimes 2 eek) and a bread pudding to-go and I'd sit in front of the television.. meeemories. 2 weeks in a row TiVo records Amazing Race all funky. I only get the last 20 minutes!!!! 60 Minutes is the rest of it, are they all out of whack now? I'm so mad, I have wanted to show DH the show (my dad wants DH and him to go on it hah hah). For the first time since pre-band, I am SICK! I woke up all throughout the night with a lump in my throat. Now I am achey and tired, and my throat hurts.. it's the first step of getting sick, tomorrow I bet I can't get out of bed. Luckily, we have tomorrow off. I may call it early today depending on how busy we are.. most people again, are closed today..so if I feel like crap I don't need to be here, most people took off. I want to see your dress Tracy!! Post pics!!

I made my made-up hoppin johns recipe.. it's SO good with italian sausage, but didn't have enough so I made it with kielbasa tonight. Was good, and I added cayenne pepper so it was spicy.. but still not as good as the sausage. I ate a pickled egg for b'fast.. eggs pickled in beet juice MMMM. 255lb today. Whew, got rid of that stocking candy hah hah.

I'll post them here for you Janie :eek: It's under General Discussion thread though. Last night I was bein too lazy to post it here too, but for those of you who don't look around.. These pants were FITTED size 23. I couldn't even wear them until 2 months post-op. Now, they're so big just running to get in front of the camera they were literally falling off.. This is my size XL shirt & size 19 jeans.. Smallest sizes I've ever worn.. and the jeans are already too big! And here's some new B&A

Terri that necklace is gorgeous! I know Pam will likely murder me if I say something (hah hah), but are they hypo-allergenic? I'm allergic to fake metals, so anytime I've ever bought those things, I break out in a rash within an hour. Are those like that? And Tracy WOW! That swimsuit is HOT... look how perfect your boobs look in that, I'm sure DH is appreciative Jennifer- Everyone is having sales right now, so I've bought some shirts & pants I can't wear right now (or can barely wear, but would do better to wear later) and hanging them in my closet. I'll get there eventually!! I also raided my mom's attic, she has tons of size 12 & 13 bell bottoms she can't wear anymore. Just for fun I tried to pull on some 13's last night.. Barely got them up my legs, and when I tried to fasten them- NO WAY! Hah hah.. they had no stretch.. woosh. One day. I am debating takin pics of me wearin those jeans once a month till I can close them. Then I'd finally be able to wear those clothes I envied my mom for!

I had to slowly wean myself out of it. Now I only have 1 sip with meals maybe 1/10 times. You can try not ordering drinks, or having them available during meal times. I ordered my drink but everytime I got the urge, I'd make myself hold out.. till eventually I'm done with dinner, and I'd had maybe 2-3 sips. This was before I had good restriction... Now, I have such pain if I drink & eat now, I guess that's my main reinforcer.

Up until I got good restriction (approx 5 months) I ate sushi regularly with no problems.. Since good restriction I have had it twice.. both times I had to eat it really slow (take bites and break it apart), and it went down a little painful.. but I still plan to eat it again, but I can only eat about 2 pieces before feeling full.. so don't order your own

Holly, that's not new.. well maybe in US it is. I saw someone else post that they tried that before the band (in some other country).

While I was being re-regulated on my B/C after not taking it for a month for surgery.. I was tighter during TOM. Now that I'm regulated again, I take my pills back to back so I don't have a period.. and I've not had the tightening during TOM like I did. I do still have the TOM cravings tho

I posted some more B&A Pics in the B&A thread.

WOOO YOU GUYS!!!! I'm at the lowest size ever.. my size 19 jeans are too big already! YAY! Well, and BOO cause I can't afford to buy all new jeans every week, so I'm belting them. Anyway, was on Victoria's Secret website looking at clothes for ideas for that game I make clothes in... And they are having a sale and had some SUPER CUTE sweaters. I was like gah those are so nice, and so cheap.. And they had some sweaters that tie close-- ONLY $19!!! So anyway, just for kicks I looked up their sizing chart. According to their chart, I can wear their XL! OMG! NO WAY! Never in my life!!! I had to double check my measurements.. sooooo.. I bought 2 of these in 2 different colors. I called my mom, I was so excited. Hopefully their sizing chart is accurate, I can't believe *I* can wear sexy Victoria Secret clothes..

Oh and 257lbs today. Guess that stocking candy I indulged in a few days ago caught up to me. I did myplate this week just for fun.. most days was under 800 calories.. 2 days ago was like 1700.. egads!! It was a lot of little Snacks that had lots of calories. Stupid me! I'm not changing my ticker. I bought a lot of alcohol tonight, friends are coming over tomorrow night. Only thing I have that I like though is Baileys (having a little Bailey's and coffee right now ) and.. some vodka and green olives for some dirty martinis mmm. I think those are pretty low cal.. vodka doesn't have cals does it? :guess I made beer butt chicken today, been cooking all day and man it was GOOD.. I mostly ate skin, was crunchy and flavorful, I love chicken skin.. And green bean casserole, which always tastes funny to me when I make it.. I use mom's recipe, I don't get it.

"Lady" is the only name that comes to mind for my band. Can't really explain why, not sure! Still thinking. She's mean.. and fickle.. and always correcting me.. and stubborn. Hrm. She likes small portions..makes me think of a fancy schmancy Lady.. course she also causes those big burps and hiccups after almost everything.

Busy cooking Beer Butt Chicken, but had to say WOW MICHELLE!! YOU LOOK AWESOME! I *love* that dress!

I'm young, and had health problems due to being overweight. So I couldn't have done the surgery too soon. If you don't think you need the band, I wouldn't get it. If you don't have health issues and are not unhappy about the weight.. why bother? That being said, I eat what I use to eat.. just an incredibly small portion than I use to.. and it works for me. There are something I can't eat anymore, and it doesn't bother me. No burgers, fries, and pizzas for me. I have to make the conscious decision not to drink liquid calories (re: cokes, milkshakes, etc.).. and candies/cookies seem to go down just fine, so another thing I have to make myself not eat to sabotage myself. Asian food.. I had chinese buffet for lunch yesterday. I had 1/2 bowl of egg drop Soup, 1 piece of sesame chicken, and 2 small bites of rice. Filled me up (I think I ate too much, had the soup last and I was trying to finish the bowl against my band's advisement), and it was good!

Well this is Walgreens. They told me they had to run the videos and it would have to wait till today when some other manager was working. So I just called to check up, the girl said they are checking the videos today and will call me back. The guy BAGGED them. So at some point he had to see- hey, here's some bagged smokes I forgot to give to someone. Maybe I'll tell my manager because they'll likely be calling. But no, seems the kid was an idiot and didn't tell them anything. The cameras better have some good angles to show he bagged it seperately and I didn't get that bag.. hopefully show him picking up that bag and doing something with it. I'm so irrate. They are acting like I'm a thief, when it's their idiot employee who ripped me off. If they handled it better, it'd be ok, but the way they're talking.. they think I'm lying and I'm not getting another carton of cigarettes. $40 smokes, I'm not letting this go.