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Good job Chim, I am proud of you!!! Just wait, you will be clipping off an hour here soon!!

You are so welcome HP!!! You are awesome!! J, I am glad that you have internet access. That sounds like a nice relaxing time. Do you have Zoe with you? Or is it just a two person vacay??? LOL....and I think that the fill is a good thing. I think 5 months going alone is enough. My restriction is completely gone now from my fill on the 23rd of July. I am not scheduled until into Sept. I may see if I can get back in earlier.

August 5th, Sunday p.m. 16.41 mile ride.

August 4th , Saturday Day off.

OHHHHHHHHHHHH HP, I could just hug you!!!! I am so damn proud of you and happy for you!!!!! What a massive massive boost in your self esteem this must be for you!!!! :whoo::whoo::whoo::whoo: You rock it girl!!!! Next year you will be doing in a very short amount of time too!!!! You are awesome and I am proud to say that I know you!!!!:clap2::clap2::clap2:

Yeah, I think your tires are pretty small already....

HP, btw, I thought the hybrid had smaller tires on it already. The ones at our shop has small tires on it, maybe not quite as small as the road bikes, but smaller than what we starte with

HP, we must be on at the same time. That is so dang cool that he is doing it with you!!! I bet by end of summer, you will be wanting a road bike as well!!!! Now that I have changed my saddle and tires, I am going A LOT faster and longer. I still really think that I would do so much better on a road bike. The sport comfort and the hybrids are not really made for distant or speed. So, I really think it is going to happen. I keep looking for a used one, but they are kinda hard to find around here. We have soooo many mountains, that mountain biking is the BIG sport around here. We plan on getting some of those next year too, when I have dropped all of my weight. Notice I say NEXT YEAR WHEN ALL MY WEIGHT IT GONE!! I am counting on it being gone then!!!

AWEEEEE, HP, thank you for putting that on here. That made a huge smile on my face.....that is sooo funny to think about how I had a hard time doing 5 miles....and walk up that hill.......HA, that hill is nothing now!!!! I have conquered that hill and many more. Thanks again, I needed that today. I went to the store this morning and of course there is always a couple of women dressed in hardly anything and they look good on top of that!! I hate that. It makes me feel so powerless over my weight and myself. I just want to be in shape and healthy NOW, not later. HP, you didn't answer whether your hubby was going with you tomorrow... BTW, I think it is going to be a big no for me for Las Vegas. We want road bikes, and we can't do both. So, I think at this time in my life, gettting a road bike is going to suit me better than going to Vegas for three days. Damn, I sooooooo wanted to go too!!!! We will see, maybe it will all work out for the best!!

Mr. Gadget, Thank you for the reply. That was awesome!!!! You state exactly how I feel about this subject. Why would a man WANT to look at fantasy if he has the real thing next to him? Is is because he can not make himself find beauty in the real woman he is with compared to the porn queens online???? I wonder if a man is soo deeply rooted in porn and has been for many many years how he comes out of that?

HP, the size is 26 x 1.25 You are going to do JUST fine!!!! You will be having so much fun!! Is your DH doing it with you???? That would be great if he is!!! I can't wait to hear the report back from you, so GOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDD LUCK!!!!!!! J, Have a super fantastic time on vacay!!! Take lots of pictures to share with us!!!

Okay all, I went 32 miles tonight!! Oh yes, I did! 32 freakin' miles..... I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited about that. I had to brag...cuz I know all of you will understand the implications of this!!!! I am sooo happy that I am off my butt and moving around in this world. I have missed out on so much, that I can't get enough!!!

That looks like awesome fun J!!! Good find!!

Gadget, Sorry!!! Sometimes I get too wound up!! I totally agree with you though. I wonder what men who consider this porno a hobby would do if their wives started hanging out with the guys after work, just as a "hobby". It doesn't mean anything, just hanging out with five or six men. Not doing anything, just there spending time with them, enjoying what they look like, what they do. The women is these situations always are made to feel like the bad person, the untrusting one, the one with the problem. It really makes me super mad!!!! These women do not have a problem, except that their men are treating them like shit!!! Our men should treat us like the queens that we are, and until we as women demand that and expect it, I am afraid we are not going to get it. I honestly can't say what it would feel like to have my DH turn me down for an internet whore. I really don't know the feeling, but I do know that I would not stand for it.

Gosh, I just have to chime back in this thread since the porno word had been brought up. I know that men look at women. It is in their blood and we as women can not and will not stop them from doing so. The fact that some of these men are saying that looking at and downloading porno is a "hobby" is very bothersome to me. Then to add insult to injury, you as the women, are saying it doesn't bother you when he does look at it. Of course it bothers you!!!! If it didn't you would not be here talking about it. Porn is a self indulgent, addicting, selfish act for someone to take upon themselves to call a "hobby". If you, as the wife, are completely left feeling alone and unloved, then it needs to stop. The problem with porn is that most men, if they are that deep into it, can not stop on their own. If it is coming between you and your spouse, if it is taking time that you and your spouse can be together being intimate, then it is a huge problem. When my son was growing up, as a teenager, I didn't even allow girlie pictures to be hung in his room. It has nothing to do with religion or morals. It has to do with young boys thinking that women are to be masterbated to and to be thought of as only sex objects, that is and was my objection. This is a very evil world we live in and since the internet has been introduced into it, it is sooo much worse. It makes me so very sad that you are being made into the bad person with the problem. YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM!!!!!!!!!! YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM!! Other than your husband can't take his eyes off of these fake internet bodies and focus on you. But, you are not at fault and you most certainly do not have a problem, he does!!!

I of course would say bike, but then again, I am a biking fanatic. I am sure most people are going to tell you elliptical though. Good luck!!! Deanna

august 3rd, Friday a.m. strength training on bowflex p.m. 32 miles biking....WOO FREAKIN HOO!!!!

Hi guys, thought I would checke in and say hi!!! Have a headache today and tried to sleep it off, but that didn't work. So, now I have just taken the Tylenol. Since being banded, the only meds that I LIKE to take now are my OCD med. and my vitamin. Before banding I was taking ibuprofen like it was going out of style, for all the aches and pains I had all the time. Now it just feels wrong to take medicine. I feel like I am healthy, and I should not have to put that crap in my body. Weird, I know. On a side note, my DH is the one who is pumped up now to get road bikes. It is soooo funny. He is a welder and one of the guys at work asked him why he was working on Saturday this week. DH told him because he wanted to get a new bike. The guy says..OHHHHH, A BIKE! WHAT YOU GETTING!! DH says....a bicycle bike!! THe guys eyes popped out of his head......Wtf???????????????????? A BICYCLE????????? I think that is soooooo freakin' funny, he thought DH wanted to get a Harley!!!!!!! The funny thing is, a year ago he did want a Harley, now he loves biking so much he wants to get road bikes. I love it that he loves it so much. Makes it much easier on me on the days when I am having a bad bike day.

JC, are you going to your original surgeon?

August 2nd, Thursday p.m. recovery ride of 9 miles. In the rain. It was great!!

J, that is sooo cool you get to meet someone for LBT!!!! Just a fluke thing huh? That is so cool!! JC, oh my, your poor mustang!!!! That sucks. What year??? HP, your ride is going to be sooo awesome. I can feel energy come from you about it. Just wait until it is over, you are going to be feeling so awesome about yourself!!! You will go out and celebrate...of course, not with food!!!

I think many of us go through this phase of not being hungry and food not looking appetizing. Enjoy this stage in your band journey. It is such a wonderful time to realize that food does not need to be a part of every single moment of your life. You can go without food right now because of the swelling around you stomach. I was told this exact same thing three months ago and it was so true. I now have an appetite, but back then, I really thought that I would never want food again.

I got the idea that you are miserable by what you say about the band. If I was spending all day over the toilet I would feel the same way. You post this thread telling people how their life if going to be with the band and that is just not true. It is what is happening WITH YOU, not everyone. People who come on here searching for answers and then read your post are going to be scared to bloody death they are going to have to live in the bathroom. You need an unfill and you need to go on liquids for awhile and stop the process that is going on in your body. You definitely don't need another fill!!!

Actually, I have read a lot of posts containing these very problems. A LOT!! This is just your experience. I knew all of those things could be a possiblity going into getting the band. If you were a part of this forum before banding, I really don't see how you could of missed all of the posts on sliming and pbing. I personally have not had either one happen to me. I have had things get stuck a few times. Is all this worth the health and my life??? Hell yeah!!! I would do it again in a second!! I am sorry that you feel so isolated and alone in your journey. I have just been so happy with my band, and most of the people on this forum are too, from what I read. Sure there is some time to get used to it. Maybe you are too tight if you can't eat anything. I eat everything but bread, but that is a personal choice. I eat tortillas, pasta, rice, couscous. Actually bread should of been one of the things your doctor told you before banding that you probably shouldn't ever have again. I know a lot of people on here do though. Hope your journey gets better for you and maybe you should talk to your doctor about being too full.

LOL J, sorry but just the thought!!! Boucing boobies!!! SORRY!!! Ok, now where is BG and HP today???? Bg is probably out kickin' some ass and takin' some names at the LBS!!!!!!! HP is out in her new bike shorts gettin' all kinds of whistles!!! It has been raining here all day, sure hope it stops for a few this evening. It is not gonna be pretty with me out there in the rain....AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!