DeLarla

Every time I see 3loves my brain automatically takes me to 3LoavesOfSourdough.

I know we can put annoying members on "Ignore," but is there a way to block trolls from entering my thread? It's Stalker City around here any more.

LOVE IT! Thank you so much for sharing. What a foxy bunch xo!

I never got so fancy as to light it up, but you gotta try this! I always toast pecans for about 5 minutes in pan and toss some on top.

April 27, 2005

Bananas Foster Recipe

Filed under: recipes

2 bananas

2 tablespoons butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

2 tablespoons banana liqueur

1/8 cup rum

2 scoops vanilla ice cream

Note: This recipes calls for the ignition of alcohol to “flambe” the food. If you are not comfortable with doing this you can slowly burn the alchohol away without igniting it. If using a gas range turn the heat on low and don’t swirl around the liquid. Or just leave the rum out altogether.

Peel and slice the bananas length-wise. Then half those slices; not length-wise.

Melt the butter over medium skillet on medium heat. Next add the sugar, cinnamon and the banana liqueur and mix well. Continue stirring until mixture has reduced a bit; about 3 minutes or so. Add bananas and cook until they are soft and slightly caramelized or browned.

Add rum and after it has heated well enough ignite the liquid. If you are using a gas range just swirl the pan a little and the outer flames should do the trick. If not, then use a long stemmed lighter or match. You only need to put the flame at the very edge of the skillet. The alcohol should burn away quickly.

Carefully lift the bananas out of the pan and onto plates. Spoon the sauce over them and top with ice cream.

Serves Two.

Oops, how did I end up in a dessert thread?

My favorite and easiest thing for the summer is Bananas Foster! OMG, vanilla ice cream with the carmelized sauce is to die for! I'll look for the recipe, but I remember it's as simple as cooking up brown sugar till carmelized then adding the bananas (and maybe pecans.) Just dribble over vanilla ice cream - very impressive and to die for!

And another bandless wonder enters the forum, Michelle, so good to see you! Penni, have you eaten bad yet today? Every day is a new, fresh start, and I've actually made it ALL DAY LONG without a real Coke! Fine, it's only noon, but I've been into real soda as early as 5 a.m. since band removal. I'm having lunch now of a banana, raw walnuts and dried apricots. If I could just get through one stinking day of no junk food or fast food!

It's almost August, so we better go check on the Sangria Suarez thread!

"Please don't feed the trolls." AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT GOT THIS THAT HAS TO RUN FOR A PANTY LINER NOW?

NewSho, my mind is spinning out of control after reading your post so I called Webster and asked them to replace my photo with yours next to the word, Survivor. Your experience outwits mine by far (I'm the famous 2 port girl that never had a port - both new ports became infected and had to be immediately removed and eventually infected tube popped out of my infected wound, true freak here.) I'm dying to read the rest of this thread but something's wrong with my puter, and it won't let me get to pages 3 and 4. Oh noooo!

According to Sachi, it's POOL SEASON! I can't keep my Pitbull out of the Water, so hurry up and get here to throw her TennisBone before the thang is shredded!

Jacqui, I don't think this is an argumentative thread at all, and you pointed out some valid information. Without turning to journals or case studies it's easy to say that America's obesity crisis outweighs most other countries, right? I can't even count the number of 24-hour drive through fast food restaurants within a quarter mile of my house, let alone the 24 hour convenience stores packed with aisle upon aisle of pre-packaged junk foods. I haven't done much traveling outside the United States, but I can't imagine other countries have as much access to the crap us morbidly obese tend to crave. Within five blocks of my house are McDonalds, Churches Fried chicken, Kentucky Fried chicken, Jack in the Box, Long John Silver, Del Taco, Taco Bell, Subway, Pollo Loco, Burger King, Wendy's and Sonic, and those are just the drive through places! I'm not even talking about all the pizza joints, sub shops, fast Chinese takeouts or ice cream stores.

When I say I know 600 people, most of them are from the United States. Many of the 600 live in farm areas or out of the city. Not all of us have convenient accesss to junk food, but one thing I know for sure is that I've personally never lived anywhere that I had to drive more than 5 minutes to get to fast food or junk food. Our TV, radio and billboard commercials convince us to SUPER SIZE, while the small chain restaurants promote "all you can eat" like we need a reminder!

I guess all the facts/statistics really don't matter to me considering I'm not planning on leaving my fat country soon, and I don't understand why advertising alcohol and cigarettes has been banned while we're dying of obesity-related diseases while Carl's Junior still makes commericals with skinny blonde chicks scarfing down drippy triple cheeseburgers.

I am not old. I am not disgruntled. I am not a failure. I am vibrant (and fat) and loving (and fat) and intelligent (and fat) and a fat laugh a minute. Penni, take it back ~ you are NOT a failure. Fat does NOT equate to failurehood or failurism or failuropotrolomopetry. If being fat is synomous with being a failure then every member of LBT falls in the same failing category.

Donna, Donna, Donna, what will we do? I'm logging off now to design my new light-sensitive-kitchen. Sensors detect darnkess causing a big Iron door to slam shut. Nobody comes in - nobody goes out. Damn kitchen.

In the past several years I have personally met at least 100 bandsters and know another 500 or so from on-line support groups. Out of 600 banded people I personally know, only a small handful have reached some type of goal weight, while many have lost roughly half their excess weight. Meanwhile, many have gained back some, most or all of their lost weight. Disecting terminology doesn't change the numbers in my collection of raw data. Finding scientific studies that say differently won't change anything either because I know what I see, regardless of what's in print. If I see it firsthand, that's factual enough for me.

The truth SUCKS! But it beats denial hands down, any day of the week.

Honestly Sue, I can't tell if I like you or hate you, which means I just love you! (Laughing as I type.) I hate that the FACTS you share are true and that the band isn't all I hoped it would be, and I laugh at anyone who has the balls to go up against you. Do they not know the wrath that is the Geeze? But all kidding aside, let's say for shits and giggles that you are the angry black bitch ready to piss ice Water on everyone's parade - is that reason to slay you and smack you around? Hell no! My mother is that mean and miserable yet I can only have compassion for her. You don't insult someone for being unhappy.

The more I know about the band, the more leary I am about the number of people who are getting banded before knowing ALL the facts. My gosh, I just responded to a post where a girl didn't think she could PB unless she had a fill, then drank liquid to try to wash a PB down! If it weren't for LBT, I'd probably be dead of a horrible infection considering I didn't know what the hell to do when my infected tube was sticking out of my body.

When I was banded and infected, I didn't want anyone holding my hand telling me about the rosey future, I wanted the truth! Was I going to die? Did I have staff infection (or is it staph infection, or a staff infection?) I was a Lost Infected Port Girl, banded in Mexico with nothing but LBT to rely on for guidance. If it weren't for Penni making me go to Dr. Billy, I'd have ended up butchered in a Las Vegas Emergency Room with some trauma guy removing my band that specializes in sewing legs back on.

I don't care WHO you are, but if you come here to post hard core facts, then DeLarla's got your back.

WHAT? Did they remove the delete feature?

Kathy, try to follow this and die laughing! After I wrote my rant, I gave it 10 minutes then read it back to myself. I didn't like the accusatory, insulting, hypocritical tone, so I edited out everything but the "failure" paragraphs. But YOU beat me to the damn Quote feature, so when you responded by quoting me, it jacked up my entire thread, and nothing made sense! So I had to re-edit and add back in my original garbage.

I like being insane. It makes me colorful.

I knew my 3rd angel would appear if I closed my eyes and wished hard enough. Paula, you single-handedly brought me back to LBT as a better woman so spread your wings and fly with me! We are not failures. We are not fat, we are fluffy.

You are NORMAL! The band - all by itself with no fill - often offers a good amount of restriction by itself for some people. I was tight from the very beginning with no fill, as were many others. You can PB with no saline in your band. One of the number one rules is Do Not Drink with Meals. Oh my gosh, the worst pain ever is trying to use liquid to push down a piece of stuck food during a PB.

My best advice is not to ignore your surgeon's rules and advice, but instead start asking about what all the other surgeons require after banding. There are many different opinions so I took all of them and tossed them in a blender with my own common sense then added advice and stories from those who were banded before me. Be thankful you found this forum - keep reading to find all the rules to keep you comfy and safe. Good luck.

I'm sorra, Leatha, but the world "failure" is not allowed in the Failure Forum. We are not failures. A failure is someone who flops out without trying, who blames others, points fingers and refuses to feel hope. Leatha and Kathy, you are both true ladies, angels. Both of you teach me grace and dignity. Sure, sometimes I forget what I've learned but you're always here to lead me back on the right path. I never had a mom. I learned from the School of Hard Knocks - I never had anyone to teach me these things, so thank you.

Kathy, THANK YOU for always keeping me in check. I love you, too!

At least I have an excuse for acting insane, considering I'm the product of a mother who just spent another stretch in the rubber room. I know there's a huge part of my brain that reacts the way she does and flies off the handle without thinking, which is why I thank the LBT Gods for the lovely Edit feature. The difference between me and the Momster is that I realize when I've acted like an ass so I retreat, reflect and revise.

Sorry but I have to momentarily hijack this thread to tell you about a loan officer named Patty Whack. One day a frog entered the bank and asked Patty Whack for a loan. Patty Whack asked the frog for collateral, so he pulled out a statue of Venus de Milo and offered it to the loan officer. Patty Whack explained to the frog that a statue of Venice de Milo did not constitute collateral, so Patty Whack called the manager over, who said, "It's a knickknack Patty Whack, give the frog a loan."

Now back to your regularly scheduled thread.

Leatha, I almost PB'd my Taco Bell when I read your post, and I don't even have a band. Sorry for running with your idea, but it had to be done.

For the record, I don't feel like a failure, and I'm certainly not disgruntled over the loss of my band or that I've gained a few pounds. I don't think there's even one person at LBT that lost their band while blaming the world for their unhappiness. Just because somebody shares information it doesn't mean that person is unhappy. I hated that contraption inside me while respecting its ability to control my caloric intake. It was a love/hate thing but I'm certainly not a failure.

What really disses my gruntle are the few people here that feel the need to participate in every single controversial thread, as if their assignment in life is to take hold of every new bandster that joins LBT and shove their rules, opinions and advise out before anyone else can get to them, and then argue when others have different opinions. That, to me, is a failure in progress.

I used to be like that to some degree but I never realized how absolutely insane I was acting until a few caring friends pointed it out. As soon as I realized I was acting like a huge horses ASS here at LBT, I stepped back and reflected on my actions. When I learned that people were leaving LBT because I was too abrasive, that hurt me worse than them so I made apologies where necessary and avoided LBT verbal wars and controversial topics. It's only when I get personal e-mails directing me to links that I feel the need to back up my LBT buddies.

I don't put any value into certain members so I ignore their daily cheerleading sessions (I'm a realist) but I DO put a lot of value in other folks at LBT, who are treated horribly for having opinions or stating facts about the band. Since offending so many people with my abrasive, offensive posts, I've become more of a lurker. There are times I feel like throwing my computer into the pool because a handful of wannabe know-it-alls infect most of the post with their twisted panties. If you think knowledge/truth about the band's shortcomings, risks, cons and potential rocky roads are offensive or negative then LBT isn't the place for you since there's way too much very real, very scary and very factual information here.

If you've learned anything from my posts, then you know the worst thing for anyone, fat or not, is to "feel like a failure." Do not EVER tell me that I will be labeled a FAILURE if or when I gain my weight back. I'll always be hot and sexy because I believe in myself. I don't have to make someone else feel bad to make myself feel good, so I guess that DOES make me better than some.

Telling newbies about the honeymoon phase or real weight loss statistics isn't calling anybody a failure. I'm tempted to do a search for the word "failure" and label the first person who introduced that term to LBT as a big fat failure for spreading such an ugly cancer.

BEING OBESE DOES NOT EQUATE TO BEING A FAILURE, and sharing information does not equate to negativity about the band.

If you "think" I'm talking about you, I probably am. Chill out and stop trying to save the banded world. If so many people are freaked out by your incessant posts, why not snap it shut and kick back and try "listening" for a change? There's my rant. Flock it, sock it, mock it, rock it - just don't block it.

Welcome to the Disgruntled Failure Forum.

I'm glad you're safely bandless and on the road to recovery. I'm sorry for your band loss but keep up the fight with me. I'm struggling with food again but every day is a fresh start. Today I ate a banana, dried apricots and walnuts for Breakfast. I'll try to eat a solid, heathy lunch and a veggy based dinner. Maybe we can do this together?

My favorite band is - and always has been - Pink Floyd.