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I had to add this...I just talked to my mom and asked her jokingly how I will ever be that high powered, business, New York woman since I am in the process of buying a house in the suburbs with my blue collar husband...she replied that she didn't remember me having that dream since I was so busy wanting and trying to be Madonna! I totally forgot about that career choice! HA!! That cracked me up that she said it so non-chalantly!

Butch, I so did the light ray thing on the car and also imagined everytime the car turned that an arm like Inspector Gadgets came out of the car and grabbed on the corner light pole twirled us around. I always wanted to be a teacher but mostly so I could write on the board and tell other kids what to do. I also in my teens wanted to be that high power atty in New York that walks down Wallstreet to lunches with power people and then hits the happy hour after work with all her big group of friends and dates many many men on the weekends and fly home to see my parents on holidays. You know what, that still sounds fun or like a scene from Sex in the City! I guess it's too late now. I'm definately not smart enough for Law School and I would have to increase my fabulous factor tenfold! Is it true what they all say, those who can't do, teach? I hope no one takes offense to that because I attend college now to become a teacher, but it makes me wonder.

My guess is that they wouldn't have much info on the subject because if you have had your band for a long time and have had no problems like slippage or erosion then the band will still be around the stomach and there would be no way to tell if there was damage unless the band was taken off. I wonder if there are a lot people that actually fit into all of those criteria to know what actually happens down there. Hopefully there is someone and we can get some insight from them, Good QUESTION!

I curse really bad when I am frustrated. Under my breath at work even. My boss uses "snapplefritz" instead of sh*t and I have used it in my vocab now. I am so bad with the mother effer anytime something doesn't go my way. There is no way around that one...my husband just shakes his head at how quickly that and the F-word comes flying outta my mouth. I used to be bad at sayin Sweet Jesus when something deserved it, I now use Sweet Jesus but say it in Spanish as Holy Jesus instead of holy crap. Also, "I swear to Buddah" instead of "I swear to god". I'm not even religious, but they bother me for some reason...I love it when I hear creative ones fly outta peoples mouth...it cracks me up.

When I worked at a day care we always did the name game when meeting new people, you suggest that they have to say something they like or do for fun that rhymes with their name. Ex: My name is Kim and I love to Swim. This way they can associate an activity with a person and remember their names better. We would also make name tags while doing this with our name and a drawing of what rhymed with it. You can make up ones for your names to give them ideas. Kids love to talk about themselves normally so hopefully this helps! Hopefully Bart isn't in there! HA!

Have you tried exercising 30 minutes a day? Ok, that was a joke just to see if you were awake! Now to clarify are you talking head hunger or actual stomach pain hunger? I can't tell between the two most times but I know there are real conditions out there for people who have uncontrollable stomach hunger. Have you looked into that? How I wish that Phen fen was still legal because I never got to it the first time around but know so many that had such great weight loss on it. If you are too tight to eat some foods then you aren't getting enough food and that could be why you're hungry. If you feel like you are getting enough food but not enough soy protien or other types of protien then you will never stay full. I know you know about food and that Protien is the key to satiety so maybe you should talk to your doc about new appetite suppresants on the market. I have heard different things about Meridia and other herbal products. Maybe an aid will help you with your hunger. I too feel your pain since I am addicted to food! My band so far has just turned me into a snacker that eats between meals, which I didn't do pre-banding. I got my band at the same time as you and still have only lost half the weight I need to without an end in sight. The rest I will have to do on my own, which hasn't happened yet. Keep your head up and keep researching and get on that treadmill, HA!!! Please tell me you took the exercise and treadmill thing as a joke! I would feel horrible if you didn't. You seemed to have a sense of humor in your post that made me feel like I could joke like that in my response! Please no hard feelings now that I have already sent this!

Doty: You are so lucky to have had a husband that you love so much and I have always been in love with Kenny Rogers since I was little and thought he and Dolly Parton were husband and wife! You will get past these tough times and you ar lucky to have such great memories to guide you through. Confide in your daughter and make sure you find the doctor that will get you what you need, getting on and off Xanax is not something to wince at! Hang in there in the mean time! You're in my thoughts.

I probably read a little too much into that book that talks about the horribleness of the FDA to believe that it is the sugar companies starting all of this. Since sugar is natural they can't control it or tax it as it comes naturally in the big bags. (Same as why they won't ok natural remedies instead of the major drugs of the major drug companies) The gov can tax splenda though...am I right in this thinking, I could be so full o crap? Everything we eat could damage our insides if we consume too much of it, yes even brocolli. Moderation is the key here, but if I could take my sugar or sugar subsitutes in moderation then I wouldn't be on this board!! HA!!

Anything artificial is just that, not natural and could possibly cause harm...They won't pull it from the shelf because the company pays the FDA too much and the company is making way too much from this product. Like everyone says it is in everything now. It won't be going anywhere unless there are deaths confirmed from it and still then, it would have to be proven. I say stick to the real thing! I'm such a sugar addict, HA! I'm sure tons of sugar in your diet won't harm you like splenda...oh, what's that, it causes obesity which can lead to death, holy crap! We're all gonna die!! Dango crazies out there, I swear! This was interesting though that they put it on the news and caused such a stir!

Wow Sunta, you are so lucky and PNut so wise!! I can't answer this question for some reason. I am married and I do love my husband and vice versa. My questions to add on is does passion always fade?

The Frito-less Bandito but seriously, I like the simple Life after Lap-Band removal.

OK, I AM SO IN!! I weighed yesterday and am sitting at 209.8!! I fluctuate from 205-210 on a weekly basis. I want to lose 10 pounds this month and need something to keep me motivated. I have a lot going on and for some reason losing weight has been the last thing on my mind. I couldn't eat enough all day long today! It's time to start telling myself no and start exercising again. Thanks for this!!! I'm in!

I wish I hadn't told anyone. Everyone always thinks they are trying to be helpful and thougtful when asking, "how much have you lost now?" I hate that question. I haven't lost anything in 2 months and I feel like people are looking at me going what happened? Didn't she have surgery to lose weight and she is still fat!? Just my own personal issues, but If I could go back and do it over again I wouldn't have told anyone!

What made me decide not to have the RNY is that the 2 women in my office who had it either never lost all of their weight or they have since gained it back, but still have the small issues that RNYers have. That would suck to be fat still and have all of the consequences of the surgery at the same time.

That is sooo cool! I love your backyard!! I bet the sitting back there after it looks like that is the best reward ever...If we can keep this cool Texas weather a little longer that would make me happy!!!

I'm sooo jealous....looks like a great group!! We have to do it again next month....I just have to come meet all ya'll!!

I have an idea doll! Watch that documentary SuperSize ME! It helped me steer clear of Mickey D's and helped me not even wanting to go there let alone take children there!! Maybe that will help!

We love you too, great job!! Congrats!!!

I have had that same thought. I will never be able to eat a McGriddle again, I just can't get that solid of food down in the morn and they only make them until 10:30 in the a.m. I have those same fond memories of Saturday morn and the smells. Why was this so important to us? We need to make new memories of getting up early and going on a walk or something...you think??

You have to go on that new inventors show with the new elbow screw for weight loss Jack, you could make millions!!! HA!! It is just so comfortable to fall back into those old eating habits...it's easier than to actually have to think about what is going into our mouths or to think about it and then throw that thought away because the food is so satisfying for the moment. I am getting on the scale in the morning and I know some crying will be going on afterwards and I hope that will kick me into shape because I am sure to have gained weight this week. Good thing the PMS is done though so I should be less reactive to my cravings hopefully. I'm still not back on track, but hoping to be so soon enough I've still got to lose another 75 pounds and the second half will be sooo much harder than the first half!

SO ok, I can't get into the journals and since I am at work eating hundreds of Reese's miniature cups (of course wrapped all pretty in the Easter colors) and telling myself tomorrow I will start better again, tomorrow I will eat no more sweets, tomorrow no more cokes or anything fried...tomorrow I will eat the meats I need to eat instead of the sweets and breads that go down easily. I have written this post over and over again about how I have lost control of my eating. I am scared now though...I am scared because my diet all weekend long consisted of hundreds of reese's miniature cups. I was on spring break and used that as an excuse to eat whatever I wanted. I went to the store and bought this crap over the weekend and ate nothing but that, then I stuffed my purse full this morning so I could eat that throughout the day. I tried a chicken sandwich for lunch and it came back up, but the reese's have since stayed down. I am scared I will get diabetes from eating this way, but I can't stop! I had to stop typing so I could make sure there wasn't a reese's hiding in some recess of my purse that I missed. There isn't one, but I have my cole to wash it all down. I hate this. Thanks for letting me vent, but I seriously don't know what to do so that I will get on the losing side of this again. I need serious help, none of my old tricks are working anymore. I can no longer Psych myself out to eat healthy like I used to and have gone without exercise for so long I have no idea how to start back again. It's probably been a month since my body has seen any kind of decent workout. I feel like crap! I hate my job, lost a house we were going to make a bid on to buy, I feel fatter than ever and I have a Statistics exam on Thursday and all I want to do is sleep for about a month straight! GOD, I could win a 1st place trophy for bitching about my life though...is that my silver lining??

I AM SOOO MAD!!! My boss jsut informed us we are working a full day tomorrow since we are behind in our goals!!! WHYY MEEE!! I want to meet yall so bad but I will have to be here until 2:00 tomorrow now instead of 11:00. I so wanted to meet everyone. This just means we will have to do this again, maybe make it a every other month thing or something...GRRRR! Please eat from their awesome salad bar for me!

WIth out restriction you can just wash that stuff through, but if you are like me after 4 fills I have great restriction and If I even try to drink after a bite it will all come back up. It is like the drink bounces off and brings everything back with it. It will stop that bad habit real quick. Try to do your best until you can get the restriction you need and it will make all the difference in the world! GOOD LUCK sweetie!

Dawn, have you baked the peanutbutter cookies that you put the reeses cup in when they come out of the oven!! Ok ENOUGH!!! Keep fighting the urge!! I dreamed about those dango peanutbutter eggs last night!! I swear they sneak heroin in them! Fight the Power!! HA!

My husband whom I love dearly My parents who I coudn't live without My health which is better now from the band My job that I hate but keeps me from being homeless My baby girl Sissy, the cocker spaniel of my dreams! A brain that is getting me A's in school My Jeep!