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I loved the docs at Beth Israel Deaconess in Boston. There is a thread called BIDMC under the Massachusetts bandster chat. My Mom had a bad experience with Dr. Randall in Medford/Melrose just an fyi. Good Luck with whomever you choose.

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I am staying on plan today only if plan includes warm apple crisp with with vanilla ice cream!!!! Actually....it won't include 14 other deserts like in the past, this year just one!

Go to the support thread and check out Just for us guys.... Good Luck, Maureen

I have had enough of Christmas already and it is only Thanksgiving!!!! It loses all the magic when the crappy decorations are up before Halloween!

I am thankful for my family, our health, our happiness, for this great country, our freedom and the people who have sacrificed to keep it free for us. I am thankful for all of the "old timers" on this board that have inspired me and helped in ways too numerous to mention, and the newbies that have made me feel like I can give back a little now. I am thankful that I mustered up the courage to have this surgery and reclaim my life! I am not a very religious person but somehow I feel very blessed everyday! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

Well I feel better knowing that I am not the only one who takes a perk at the first sign of a hang nail!!! I woke up today with a head cold and my period!!! Can you say cranky!!!! Maybe today would be a good day for one of Mommies little helpers...LOL Happy Thanksgiving to all. I am glad your back feels better!

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Check out this link....it should be very helpful. http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f15/thread-super-sized-bandsters-starting-bmi-over-50-a-16168/ Good Luck with your surgery, Maureen

1. I can tie my shoes without losing my breath. 2. My eyes don't shut when I smile. 3. My big hips have less bruises. 4. I can see my feet. 5. I can see my cheek bones. 6. I can walk much further without getting tired. 7. I can cross my legs. 8. I can shave my legs in the shower! 9. I can get out of the bathtub without 911 on speed dial. 10. I can bend over and..... GET BACK UP! 11. I can shop......anywhere!

Wow.....Well Done!!

I was banded in May (a-May-zing bandsters) and we had a started a list back then that was called 100 reasons to lose 100 lbs. It was a great list....lots of rollercoasters, dancing, skirts, shoe tying etc. You make me want to go back and look again at what was on "My list". I know one was wakeboarding which I did this summer. For you future bandsters.....It is sooo worth it! Good Luck!

I just realized one.....my house is cleaner now. Mopping the floor is not back breaking, its rewarding. The laundry is alway caught up, never backed up! The bird feeders are always full, no dust bunnies on the stairs, I cannot write my name in dust on my dresser!! It is much less of a chore to get the housework done, it used to be drudgery. Just thought I would share!

Thanks for starting this....I want to see how everyone else feels too! I am glad I did this 99.5% of the time. I am not glad when I am hanging over the toilet barfing!!!! I just wish that my band did not have a mind of its own. Sometimes I can have one bite of something and barf for 20 minutes and other times like yesterday a whole piece of pizza and nothing! So I just hit my halfway mark, and next week will be my 6 month bandiversary so I may make it! I know now that its going to be more challenging to get the weight off. I need to exercise on a more consistent basis, not just hear and there like I have been. The real work starts now! I am determined to beat the 50-60% of excess weight loss. Maureen

Mine is falling out but it seems (hopefully) to have slowed down a bit. I was at my DD soccer game and I saw my hair flying away in the wind!!!! I was horrified!

Hey...even Monica Lewinski is voting republican now......the democrats left a bad taste in her mouth! add the ***drum drum symbol crash!!!

Crystal, Good luck and good health! It is too bad that you had to go through that ordeal but at least you are out of danger. You are still an A-May-Zing bandster!

Well done Mcgreen!!! I haven't updated but I have 9 to go. I do not think I will make it but you never know! Hey we were banded on the same day, your weight loss is incredible!! You are my new band hero!

Nails make me gag!

Eating it now....actually its Kettle Corn....salty and sweet!

Love it! I did not tell my family but if I ever do, I may steal parts of your letter. We have a family website and it would be great to just post it and not have to tell the tale over and over. Well Done!

There used to be a thread called "how much can you pack into a pair of pants???" This woman lost 40 lbs and was wearing the same pants too! I have changed sizes now but there are a couple of pants that I still wear that are stretch material. I think if your pants are made of stretch.....they just do not stretch as much! I also laugh when I see the diet pill commercials that claim " I lost 20 lbs and went from a size 20 to a size 4!! What a load of crap! Good Luck!

I am halfway to goal....50% of my excess body fat and I want to beat the average 50-60% weight loss!

I am still battling so I am not an expert by any stretch of the imagination but I try to listen to my body now. It was always my head before....I want something so I am going to have it. Now I ask if I am really hungry or not??? If I am, I try a Protein snack....cheese or if I want sweet I will have a couple of bites of a Protein Bar. Maybe some peanuts for salty. I truly believe that sometimes you have to give in or you will go crazy. But not often...just do not hate yourself and throw in the towel like I used to do. I know that healthy weight people sometimes eat an unhealthy food item....just not all the time!!! You just make as many good choices as you can and every once in a while you just have to have the alfredo!!!! It is like the 12 step program....one day at a time!

It stops losing when you are eating the right amount of calories to sustain your weight. Just like if you eat too many you gain, eat too little you lose, eat the right amount and stay the same.