Angie4b1g

I'm happy to be a part of the great big dysfunctional family here. :biggrin:

You can do it! It's such a short amount of time in the grand scheme of things. It gets easier after about the 4th day, too, once you've broken the carb addiction. Those first few days, I was about to eat one of my children, but it got easier once the withdrawals passed. :biggrin:

I'm not sure how accurate a representation you'd get polling the folks here. You'd have to think that most of those who got them removed wouldn't still be hanging around here, in addition to the disproportionate amount of posters that are newly banded and haven't had as much time with the band. I can't say for sure, but I'd have to think there's more chance of problems at the 3 year mark than the 3 week mark, know what I mean?

They say any positive is a positive. I had one that was even lighter than that, and she's 8 years old now, so don't count it out!! I retested 2 days later and it was positive before I pulled my pants back up. LOL

I can eat bread ok, but just about anything at McDonalds gets stuck. Fries, egg mcmuffin, chicken nuggets... all of it. But I ate a soft dinner roll on Easter with no problems. So, I guess it's pretty individual!

OMG you are just too cute!! Love it!!

Um... k. I would have much rather had the truth when I was getting ready to go into surgery instead of some sugar coated version by someone farting rainbows. I knew exactly what to expect, I knew that I could have X pain and Y discomfort and I was prepared. If no one ever complained about what went wrong, I definitely wouldn't have had a realistic expectation of what the surgery was going to be, and how freaked out would I have been when something hurt or didn't feel right? No thanks! I'll take the truth, even if it's not what I want to hear!

Everything went great, definitely no regrets. I'm on a regular diet now, so I eat mostly what I ate before, just a lot less of it!

2 years of fills are included in the initial price, so I don't pay anything! I went down once 4 weeks post op, and am going again another 3 weeks after that (next week).

I've often wondered about that 50-60% of excess weight statistic. Does that mean 50% of the weight over normal BMI, or over what the dr's goal for them was, or did they set their own goal, or what. And, did these people all get regular fills, or are the people that get the band and never get a single fill included in that statistic as well? I think we need a more comprehensive study.

I'm also in Cleveland and I had my surgery done in Cincinnati. If you're considering Mexico for the price, remember you have to figure in the cost of airfare and hotel every time you go! I went to Dr Curry and it was just under $13k for everything. Slightly more than Mexico, but no flying, and he was highly recommended. There's also a Dr in Colorado that does it for under $10k. I drive back to Cincy for my fills, too, we could carpool! lol

No wonder we're so tired all the time, right? Who wouldn't be carrying a 10 year old around all day!! Congrats to you!

Not that I know of - unless they put it in and out while I was knocked out.

Well, we obviously all have eating problems or we wouldn't be here in the first place. It's nice to have a place to confess these sins without people being appalled. We won't talk about how much chocolate I've eaten today. We're having Easter Bunny for dinner tonight, I think.

But Becca!!!!!!!! You're halfway there!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could almost hate you right now. :wub:

I'm a big scrapbooker, but I haven't considered doing my weight loss. Maybe I should. I could do it digitally and then print them out for an album. Hrm.

I made mine 100lbs less than where I started so I could say I lost 100lbs. LOL My WW goal range was 135-153. I originally set my goal for 160. But then changed it to 156. So still 3 pounds more than WW thinks I should aim for, but within normal BMI range.

My choices are definitely not what one would call "good". LOL

I've just had the one, about a week and half ago. Next one is in another week and a half. I haven't been eating more OFTEN than I should, just more at one time. Ugh.

I'm eating wayyyyy too much food at once. Last night we had Boston Market and I was able to eat way more than I wanted to. I suck. :shades_smile:

Yes, I had a small(ish) freakout this morning.

On a side note... one time years ago my SIL was making something where they needed the Cookies from the Oreos but not the cream filling. So, they scraped all the filling into a bowl. For some reason she can't explain, she ate it. She threw up violently and won't go anywhere near an Oreo to this day. :wink2:

I wasn't crazy about Carly being in the bottom 3, but Amanda and Kristi definitely belonged there. I'm not feeling it for Ramiele AT ALL. She should have been where Carly was. Amanda... She was ok. I think she was trying too hard to be different, does that make sense?

:thumbup: That made me LOL. I was just telling my neighbor I wasn't running outside until I got to week 7. I'm not about to be running up and down the street in 60 second intervals so people can be like 'Look at the fat lady go!' :Dancing_shocked:

They do go by percentage. But a 350lb guy loses 150lbs, that's 42.8% weight loss. A 230lb woman loses 70lbs that's 30.4%. And they are both at goal. Fair? The woman can't win.