Terry Poperszky

Only 10 more km for a Metric Century. Outstanding!

Congratulations CG, this calls for another tat.

Welcome to the wonderful world of surgery, we have all been there. and I don't care how scared you are DON'T NOT DRINK. Think you feel bad now? Try dehydration on top of it, you will discover what feeling like crap really is.

The tilapia looks great. I just picked up some pacific cod the other night and I am going to try it with that.

So I bought a big bag of spinach at Costco the other night, I usually have it mixed with scrambled eggs. Tonight I put some olive oil and garlic in a skillet, then threw in a big handful of leaves and and sautéed them until they were wilted. It was fantastic!

My Dr. was like this, he won't do the sleeve because he believes that long term, the band is better. Plus most of his office staff have the band.

Mine was only 10 days, but I did it by focusing on the surgery as my goal. My LB nurse told me that the pre-op diet would make me even more thankful for the LB. But you have to keep your eye on the prize.

Take your pain meds, keep hydrated, alternate walking with rest. Everyone has to go through this, it gets better fairly quickly

I hope your bypass works better for you than the band did. Regardless of the method may you have a happy and fit life

Think about why you did it. Examine how you were feeling and what your motivation was. I find that if I can understand why those slips happen, I can also plan for what I will do the next time those same feelings/situations occur. BTW, why did you have the types of foods available to you?

I would imagine that is up to your particular insurance company.

My family has eaten off of salad plates for years, and after banding I found some "dipping bowls" that are my dishes now.

This is easy, blame him for breaking it.

You guys are killing me. Going to the fridge for a SF popsicle.

Everybody finds their own answer to this. For some it is a distracting hobby, for other it is a video game and for me I pick up my guitar and keep my focus off of food. The interesting part for me is that I am now aware that it is head hunger, since it used to gang up with my stomach hunger.

Look at it this way, each pound of fat requries 3500 calories. If you log what you eat, did you eat 14,000 extra calories between the 7th and now? If not, it is water weight. If so, you are insane

Sweet!

Cleaning our closets out finally got to me, so I went in to do mine, and it is only about a quarter full now. Got a nice NSV in the process as well. 2005 I hit the lowest weight of my adult life when I went from 324 to 249.8, I stayed there for a couple of weeks and then started gaining again. During the that time I bought a couple of nice sports shirts that I really loved, but haven't been able to wear since, and I ran across them while I was cleaning. On a lark I tried them on and they fit. Now looking forward to the sale at Kohl's in a couple of days with a 20% off coupon in my hot little hand.

22 days after surgery, 1 glass of red wine. Dr. never gave me any guidelines.

All I can tell you is what I do. I start off with coffee, I have my shake when I arrive at work (7:00), I eat something solid (eggs, oatmeal) at about 9 then I eat lunch at 12:00, and a snack at 3:00. The shake doesn't have any staying power with the band, but I want protein in me as soon as possible, so I eat it first then solid food after Mistress Band has loosened her grip a little.

Sorry you have had so much trouble, hoping you find an answer that is right for you

You need to practice believing in yourself In the weight loss arena we are each our own normal. And don't apologize for asking, I wasn't rebuking you, I was cautioning you

Garmin Forerunner series. I won't exercise without it.

This is a rule with me, clothing that is too large is moved out of the house as soon as possible. I can not afford (mentally) to make provision for failure in my life.