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Vera got her ba-and, Vera got her ba-and! (again!) Yay!

Double Woot! Man, I hope by the time Vegas comes around they boy-ohs will be flirting with ME!

WOOT! I just did 100 crunches! Okay, the very best song for doing crunches is DEVO "We're through being cool" from their Whip it Album

NO! don't delete it Paula! Too much fun. I've eaten crawdads once, and they were yummy. Fresh creek Water type. We caught them ourselves and had a great time with that too. ooooh bbq oysters! I like adding a little white wine to them in addition to the hot pepper sauce!

Man! did I EVER sleep in today! I normally never sleep past 9:00 when I sleep in. (I know, bad Crystal, bad, bad Crystal.) Normally I'm up at about 7:30 (I usually go to bed around 1 or 2 in the morning) I would probably be still asleep if the phone haddn't woken me up at 12:00 noon!

Call your DR. Also, there are several thread on this topic, just do a search on the topic

Hey Jamie! I asked my nutrishonist the same question. She said not to worry while you are on liquids, and your calories should increase on their own once you go to mushies and solids full time. Remember, this is all just bonus weight loss time. Cap't Jack said that once you move to solids and mush you temporarily stop losing weight while your colon fills up with stuff again.. I believe he said that your colon can hold between 5-10 pounds. How is your activity level, and have you taken your measurements?

Hi Flower, I haven't tried bread yet, but I"m only 3 weeks into my band. My DH has been banded for 2 years and can only eat "tuff" bread, things like french bread crusts and heels. He can also tolarate toast in small amounts.

Welcome to the Banded Gentry, and welcome to LBT! I couldn't find the liquid gas-x so I used baby gas drops instead. (fitting because I was such a big baby) The gas pains went away, but now I'm sooo windy in the morning when I get up! I had my gall bladder out about 7 years ago, and those scars are now invisible. I expect the same for my lap band scars. If you have any keloid issues, you might need to check with your dr. I'm taking the Centrum chewables. My dr recommended Flintstones, but I just can't go there... I don't regret telling anyone. Of course, one of the folks I work with told THE ENTIRE GROUP! which I wasn't planning to do. Everyone has been amazingly supportive, even my mother!!!! <gasp!>

for 4/2 Breakfast, Coffee with all the fixin's cottage cheese lunch: Salmon salad green olive and garlic tapinade (home made) snacks: 8 oz cranberry juice 6 oz milk dinner: 1/2 cup homemade beef chili with black beans with FF sour cream and Sharp cheese Total calories for the day:~ 970

*ah-hem* using a cane sugar Rootbeer will not clean your toilet. Now, if you'll excuse me, I think I have to go cry softly.

HAH! I can ALWAYS eat that many grams of fat! In fact my target for fat is 67g (not calculated by the room42 site). This was calucated by a site I have access to as one of the benifits from my DH's job. Okay, WHO gave ice cream my name???? Luckily for me however, the DQ in my exile doesnt' taste very good. But when I get to go home... different matter entirely!

How does the band help any of us? There are plenty of us here who are MO inspite our parents best intentions. Or perhaps despite their intentions.

Yesterday was my first full day of mushies. Breakfast: coffee before I had my food leftover ground lamb dish made with onions, garlic, herbs in a tomato base with fat free sour cream blended to the consistancy of pate lunch, an omelet du framage (say it with your best Dexter voice, and that is just about the extent of my French...) with carmalized onions, fat free sour cream and ketchup Dinner: home made chili con carne (no beans) (I'm out of cumin, but it was really good anyway) with fat free sour cream to cut the heat. snacks: 1 cup of canberry juice, 1 cup of milk.

Nope, not deleting the post. I changed the title of the post and explained how you tricked us all, you very bad lady. This is a thread for dreams, and it is wrong to delete dreams!

My son is very close to my starting weight of 270. Child abuse? Neglect? No way. But if my son doesn't want to do something, there is no force on the face of this earth that will make him do what he doesn't want to do. He's even more stubborn than me! People in my family are very dense (in more way than one I suppose.) Drop us in a pool of Water and we sink like a stone. Yes, he is over weight, but he's built like a football player. (good thing, since he played football until he transfered to his new school. My son is very strong--he leg presses something like 1200 pounds and lifts over 400 pounds. When I was an athlete I weighed 190 pounds. I was doing serious work outs--4-5 hours a day 5 days a week, and I could bench press 300 pounds. I was also a size 12 and I thought I was fat because the scales said I was fat. I know that many people have posted their experiences where they would eat all the food they could get their hands on, eating a dozen candy bars in a sitting, and other secret eating. I don't know that there is anyway parents can stop this sort of behavior on their own. When I was in high school we had to walk a mile to the bus stop. I think this was probably good for me. I think that our schools need to have better PE programs, with interesting programs. (Gawd how I hated that full semester of field hocky!)

Welcome to the Banded Gentry Jeangab and BigDaddy!

Paula, I thought that chocolate was a daily requirement! All those wonderful anti-oxidants! What? What? Do you mean that Peanut Butter M&Ms aren't better??? surely you jest! My choclate bar is calling my name again. So I'll take it out of the fridge, look at it, admire the wrapping and put it back in the fridge.... (yes, this is the same chocolate bar that's been calling my name since Sept.) Good think it isn't made of ice cream! Resistance is futile! All my base belong to ice cream...

How did I miss this thread??? You crack me up Kathy! I'm so glad you are using this time to get organized. Oh yeah, I was taking valium, I was a TOTAL wreck!!! I've been a journaler for my entire life, but my of my journals have been in dark times, and I used it for therapy. This, however, is not a dark time. I'm taking this time to do some serious introspection. Heck! I figured out that I'm a hoarder! (Something that apperently EVERYBODY who comes to my house knew...) I'm so excited for you Kathy and you too Kat! I couldn't find liquid Gas-x either, so we used baby gas drops. And yes, I was a great big baby!

Dang Maureen! That is some rock you are planning!

Kathy, I like how you are keeping your self busy! I sure wish I had your distraction instead of mine -- I had to worry about my pre-calculus test! (I have to get a "B" in the class...) Good luck with your plant. I didn't bring any to exile with me... no place to store them over the summer. Luckily my Spudboy's girlfriend has been taking care of my houseplants at home--the ones that didn't die the first year anyway

I only have head hunger. I'm not sure how to deal with head hunger.

wow! excellent work Marie!

It really depends on the size of the kid, doesn't it. I know that the Band has not been approved for children under 18. There is a boy that has attended some of the support meetings that my surgean has (I can't go because I'm in exile.) This boy weighs over 400 pounds at age 16. I think for this boy, the band is probably the right thing. I know that there are a number of parents out there who might get their children banded because they "might" get fat. When I was a teen, my parents were forever getting after me about my weight, but when I look at my high school pix, I WAS THE SAME SIZE AS EVERYBODY ELSE. I wasn't fat, even though my parents insisted that I was. THEY were fat, not me.

Remember, no saving of ANY type, no paying off bills of any type! This is great! I think Poeple don't dream enough! If you can't dream it, you cannot achieve it.