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great thread! I'm staying on plan today because staying on plan helped me to break my plateau and I want to lose more!

I hate that this happens. Its much easier for me to watch what I eat at work but at dinner- oh boy. I had a fill yesterday tighter than my last fill where I had good day restriction purely so I could be tighter at night. I'll see if this works. If I'm too tight to eat food during the day ( I don't want to live purely on shakes) then I'll go back to where I was but boy - moderation has never been my middle name

Terri - I read something similar in Shape- I've been using it the past week and it really has boosted my weight loss. Thanks for posting!

bought my first outfit at a non fat-person store! Yes the size is still big (18/20) but it didn't have a W anywhere to be seen!

CONGRATS!!!!!! wooo!

I agree- people of all sizes/shapes have body image issues and another person calling themselves fat isn't about me- its about how they feel about their own body. I've heard it all too-what a pretty face, are you pregnant, blah blah blah. My personal favorite- I was at a party in Boston after I got out of college; I was asked where I was from and replied "Texas"- the person's rude comment: "Everything really IS bigger in Texas" whatever. Bite me. I think some of the comments come from many people's lack of understanding about how someone gets overweight- these people don't have food addictions, they can control their own weight/have a different metabolism and it seems 'easy' to them. Because it is easy for them, they don't see how anyone else can have a problem. Or they do it to make themselves feel better by putting another person down. You can't control what other people say to you- only how you react to them. my current response to the "OMG you are getting so pretty!" is "I've always been pretty, you just haven't been able to see it" :girl_hug:

It's been with in the past 10 lbs (so >80 total) but multiple people are now saying things about my weight. I still have > 90 to go so it took a long time before it became really visible in the size clothes I was wearing etc

I agree with Jachut- I was reading in shape magazine this week about burst or interval training- the different muscle Fiber groups that are used with high intensity training (ie higher number of reps; higher speed etc) lead to increased prolonged calorie burn after the exercise is done. The article recommended 3 minute bursts at your maximum intensity during your workout with recovery time. I did it today- my normal "cardio" pace then every 5 minutes, I'd do a 3 minute burst even though it got my heart rate up. I definitely felt I had a more challenging work out and likely believe it will lead to longer turn calorie burn. its definitely a confusing topic good luck!

its what I did on vacation this week- eat high calorie foods that pass easily through the band chips, mashed potatoes; high calorie liquids; ice cream etc. vacation over. I'm hoping for the day that I don't find that stuff appealing

CONGRATS JULIE!!! (back to lurking)

Congrats Tracy, Stacy and Sunshine! Great NSV's!

I'm a doctor and you would think that other doctors would be supportive and sympathetic towards something a person is doing to improve their health but not so much. People have very strong feelings about weight and many assume it is lack of willpower/drive/intelligence that keeps people from losing weight without any extra tools other than a diet plan and a gym. I've only told the nurse I work with, the advanced practice nurse I work with and my assistant in case I have problems, they'll know why. At meals, I order a glass of wine take one or two sips and leave the rest, eat the small amount of food I want to eat and if asked, say I ate a late lunch or that my stomach is feeling a little uneasy and leave it at that. Usually if you keep people talking they focus less on what you are eating/doing and it seems like a non-issue .

I agree with Jachut that your body can adapt/get used to whatever situation (calorie wise) its exposed to. I don't think however it will be a long term "memory" for your metabolism that you will gain weight at anything other than the low calorie amount you were losing on. I do think (from personal experience and absolutely zero data) that varying your calories (some days I'm 700 others 1500) is the best way to avoid plateaus. I try to keep my week's deficit where I want it to lose 2-3 lbs but some days are more relaxed than others

I've had several people tell me they didn't recognize me at first and that they had to do a double take to see if its really me :eek:

Edit- went for 2nd fill and Brenda did it- it went great- yea!

its amazing how many pounds you need to drop the bigger sizes- I'm down about 80 lbs from 3/06 and am only down to a 22/24 bottoms/ 20 top from previously 28-30 bottoms; 24 top. I don't remember what I weighed when I was in misses' sizes. SO looking forward to wearing cuter clothes!

I keep trying every day- I can cross them sortof (5'9", 257) but it isn't the girly leg cross where the legs are right next to each other - the toe still points out. Looking forward to this NSV!

everything in my closet fits or is too big!

Hey Liz- I've been banded almost 8 weeks and the desire to binge has not gone away for me at all. I keep all the foods that I used to love to binge on out of my house- they aren't allowed in and I try to eat some Protein first if I feel like Im out of control- usually by doing that, I get full and the thought of eating a bunch of crap doesn't appeal to me at that time. The band won't fix your head hunger. It does make it harder to eat the volumes that I used to eat. Good luck!

you can get it to work without bootcamp or parallel? I have a power pc mac (the first generation version) but never use my pc side. I'm very interested in the BB but am a mac person all the way

what a GREAT thread and congrats to everyone! I'm still early in my journey but am thankful that with excercise I can now easily go up several flights of stairs without feeling like I'm going to die! no more seat belt extenders! bye bye super-plus (> size 28) size clothes! more to come

she stuck me 4 times today including once where i was standing under fluoro - no go. I had her stop because it hurt and also I was worried about infection. Going to try again in another 2 weeks.

Thank you all- this thread is very helpful- I have had one fill and I'm not certain if I need a 2nd one- I have restriction- I can eat a cup - 1.5 cups at meals and stay pretty satisfied until the next meal unless my head convinces me that I need a snack. I guess as long as you are losing and not suffering between meals- you're in the right place?

I'm with you- I LOVE the eliptical- not hard on the joints either. Just added some upper body weight lifting to tone. Still don't like getting up at the buttcrack of dawn but love how I feel when I get the exercise accomplished :cool:

does anyone know what days Dr Spivak does fills? A newer person (not Brenda) did my fill last time and I could tell she's not been doing this a long time. I'd prefer to go to someone with more experience