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Christina, (((hugs))) youre gonna make the right decision, what ever it is!!! (Kathy... of I ever run for President, I want YOU to handle all my debates)

Pat, I truly laughed out loud on that one!

(((Melanie))) big hugs to you!!! First of all, I did the math on this - and you had surgery on Nov 30, right? Roughly 14 weeks ago. And a total loss of 37 pounds since your surgery date. Thats about 2.5 pounds per week... so you are right on track! Next thing I want to address here is the tuna issue. Are you eating albacora tuna? This is going to sound crazy, but I am living proof that this is real. About 2 weeks ago I started eating lots of tuna (albacore). A 6oz can a day. After a week I started noticing my hair falling out... alot! I started getting really emotional... rage one minute/crying the next. Even depression -and VERY tired all of the time, no energy. When I was trying to figure out what was going on with my body, I checked into the tuna. I found that albacore tuna has very high levels of mercury, and when the body consumes too much mercury these symptoms surface. IF you are eating albacore, try chunky light tuna for a week or so... see if this helps the hairloss. Hang in there!

Penni, 1 inch off your arms??? wow! WOW!!! you havent been with a PT very long either.

I guess boys are different. My oldest is a boy and he never did this. Whats really funny is that their fights usually occur over this stuff. Just before I took that picture, I started picking it up. Among many other things, I found 2 action figures and a pair of binoculars The action figures and binoculars do NOT belong to her....

How funny! ALL of that - EVERY night??? ...what we have to look forward to! LOL! Thanks everyone, I guess this really is normal! How about Polly Pocket? Any of your girls discovered Polly Pocket yet?

I eat crawfish... and I suck the heads! grossed out yet?

twice now? that makes it official.... Penni60 is the LBT guinea pig!

Penni, had you ever heard of this before today??? since they are gonna send you samples, we'll let you be the guinea pig

Hi Kim and Welcome to LBT! Wow, your date is really close... congratulations! Dr Spiegel is my surgeon too, he banded me back in July. Good luck, and like Kelly said, ask anything you want... were pretty open minded around here!

Kellygirl, my bottle says that the serving size is 3 tablets and 3 grams of fiber per serving(not per tablet). So, for me, that means each tablet is 1 gram of fiber.

Hey Wade...God bless you too! Welcome to the other side!

LOL.. I love it! You are right though. Thanks Penni and Michelle. So Michelle, you do only 1 minute on each exercise? Im gonna find that magazine!

My daughter is 4yrs old. She finds areas around the house to make her "nest"... obviously she is a pack-rat and with my O.C.D. it drives me nuts. This is a condensed version of what her nest usually looks like. Ive already picked up several things before taking this photo. ...is this normal???

It genetics. My mom has fatty arms, I have fatty arms. No amount of weight loss is gonna get rid of these ugly arms - only exercise. I want so bad to be able to go sleeveless this spring/summer. But NOT with these bubbly arms. Anyone know of some good exercises I can do to help firm up and get rid of some of this ugliness?

Amen! You'll be in bandland before you know it. How much weight are you wanting to lose?

my son's piano teacher has been wanting me to try it. So yesterday she gave me 2 samples, one of the coffee and one of the cocoa mix. ok, I admit, Im leary. Has anyone on LBT ever heard of ganoderma? (its a chinese herb they use in tea) http://www.cafeganocoffee.com/ Here's the link incase anyone wants to check it out. His teacher is swearing that this stuff is a cure to many of her ailments...

Gano cafe. (ganoderma) Its a coffee/hot chocolate mix. Supposedly very VERY nutritious. Ever heard of it?

yeaaahhh Theresa! You are right, that is truly a wonderful NSV.

my goodness girl... and how long - total - have you been living with this hole?

Poor Chuck... you do realize that you are his personal mission work.

Ive never kissed a rock star.... do they kiss better then the ordinary? hmmmmm You are sooooo cute! I just want to hug you.

I read the whole thing too. Loved it! I knew you had a story, and knew it would be a good one! Thanks for sharing. Has your husband ever tried to get you to sway towards christianity?

So 1 cup of mini wheat thins has 5 gm's of fiber - and the benefiber chewables has 1 gm per tablet. (recommended dosage is 3 at a time) hmmmmmm...... The mini wheat thins may be the better choice here (certainly less money)

Kristi, wait a minute - Youve lost 26 pounds in 6 weeks!!!!! Girl, thats NOT slow. It took me about 4 months to lose 25 pounds. You are doing great... probably better then most of us here did at our 6 week point. Keep in mind that we didnt put on this weight overnight, and its not coming off overnight! Good luck and hang in there - youre doing awesome!