Donna113

PJTP: Are you tired of those sissy 'friendship' poems that always sound good, but never actually come close to reality? Well, here is a series of promises that actually speak of true friendship. You will see no cutesy little smiley faces on this card- Just the stone cold truth of our great friendship. 1. When you are sad -- I will jump on the person who made you sad like a spider monkey jacked up on Mountain Dew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2. When you are blue -- I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you. 3. When you smile -- I will know you are plotting something that I must be involved in. 4. When you're scared -- we will high tail it out of here. 5. When you are worried -- I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it could be until you quit whining, ya big baby!!!! 6. When you are confused -- I will use little words. 7. When you are sick -- Stay away from me until you are well again. I don't want whatever you have. 8. When you fall -- I'll pick you up and dust you off -- After I laugh my butt off!! 9. This is my oath ... I pledge it to the end. 'Why?' you may ask -- because you are my FRIEND! Friendship is like peeing in your pants everyone can see it, but only you can feel the true warmth. Send this to 10 of your closest friends, Then get depressed because you can only think of 4

Does anyone here know how to post polls? If so, how about posting a poll to ask who would go on biggest loser if WLS was not an option for them? I think I'd stay fat before I'd embarrass myself on national TV.

Couldn't have said it better myself. :smile:

The crawling pace of LBT for the past couple of days is really making me want to rant and rave!!! :smile:

It doesn't snow in Houston. I miss snow. Where are you and is there snow there all winter? This winter, we'd like to take a winter vacation so the kids can play in the snow.

What a great NSV.. even though it was a bit scale related... great anyway! WTG!

The last sentence was TMI, but do keep us posted about the cortisol test and why you are taking it. I hear stress can increase cortisol. If your cortisol is too high, you might want to stay away from the political threads... even being a sideline observer raises my blood pressure so I had to unsubscribe to those threads.

I know I will catch a lot of flak for saying this but I think the movement you describe as Fat Acceptance is mostly comprised of people who've given up. If they could get rid of the fat, I bet they would. I don't think being fat is a character flaw. Living in denial, however, is another story.

My doctor has the same philosophy as Aubrie's doctor. That philosophy resonates with me so it's the one I follow. My weight loss so far is slower than many others I see on this site, but even with only 20 lbs down, I look at food in a completely different way and am no longer as obsessed with it as I used to be.

Your assignment this weekend: Go get a full length mirror! 3 way if you can.

Mine is more like skipping. I don't even realize it's happened until the next beat which makes it feel like my heart has just been shocked. The episodes I've been experiencing lately has been more like a squeezing feeling. I know I should have it checked again.

I think it's better to be a bit too loose than in the shadow of being too tight. I don't think I'm too tight now, but I'm a bit tighter than I want to be. The band sometimes loosens up a bit over time and can also tighten up a bit over time. I'm hoping my band loosens a bit.

I was diagnosed with arrhythmia 20 years ago but at that time they said there was no reason for concern and I haven't had it checked since. I continue to have episodes of it and lately they've increased in frequency. How did they treat your SVT?

Same thing happened to me last night. :smile:

At some point, once the swelling goes down and you are completely healed, your restriction will probably decrease significantly and you may want a fill at that time. For now, so long as you feel retricted and are happy with the rate of your weight loss, I say leave well enough alone.

Is it just me or has the LBT site been EXTREMELY slow the last couple of days regardless of the time of day? It's getting to a point where it's so frustrating that I just log out altogether.

Congrats Wheetsin!

This if off topic but may I make a suggestion? Use paragraph breaks frequently in long posts. Long posts without paragraph breaks make it very difficult read.

OK, PJTP to say I think I got it. Aren't you glad there's a thread that's lets you post mindless babble?

WTF???? Someone walk me through this multi-quote process or I warn you this may happen again and again.

Eveidently, I don't have a clue how to multi-quote.

SNT - You've been off work since you got banded in September?

Where is here BrandY?

You're modestly endowed?

I drank coffee the same day after surgery. I have not modified my coffee intake at all since being banded 3 months ago and have no issues. My doctor's office says coffee and tea is fine. Obviously if coffee irritated you before surgery, it probably will continue to irritate you after surgery but if you can drink it and it doesn't cause a problem, drink up!