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I don't know about Jamie, but I sure wouldn't have been ready to go back full time after just two days. A full week and I'm ready though.

I am now at 259.

Hippo Birdies! Two ewes!

You will be fine Panda6!

okay, I must be weird. Very little pain, other than getting a killer period. I'm uncomfortable, but not in pain. I'm a little bloated, a lot windy (yeah, so what else is new?) and making aome funny gurrgly noises.. (I was drinking Water and sounded like a bath tub draining! ooooh sexy...) I went shoping a couple days after surgery, and drove 800 miles on Friday night with my DH... tomorrow will be my one week bandiversary...

Yes we noticed the recipies Teresa... I am just not up to actually cooking a pot of soup! so much easier to stay out of the kitchen and eat simple soups.

Welcome to the Banded Gentry!

okay, walked 35 minutes yesterday, and bought my cowboy boots! The actual Horseback riding starts tuesday!

Well, for one thing, it is more like a "catch and release" program... Have we had an update from Will?

congrats Janie! That is One-derful news!

Use the spiromiter Jamie, it will improve your lung function and help protect against getting any nasty lung ... issues. SUCK!!!!! KEEP SUCKING! GO! GO! GO! GO! KEEP SUCKING! okay! breathe out and begin all over!

Dear Philip, please accept my deepest condolences for the loss of your dear sweet wife.

Hey Pink! It is vital that you have a support group for this new thing! Other than my DH, LBT is my only support group for my Band while I’m in exile…. I'm a week out also, and I'm seriously reconsidering what I've done too. However, I know this is normal, at least for me. That whole buyer's remorse thing... For some reason after I woke up, everything tastes terrible! (I need to do further investigating about this... I have my suspicions about the trouble...) I see news stories of people that have lost a bazillion pounds with string and tape! (Ask me how!) Or they become these super athletes and suddenly start running full 26 mile marathons… And I think hey! I could do that! But I couldn’t. If I could have lost the weight on my own, I would have. If I could have kept if off, I would have. But I couldn’t, so I now have the Band. I'm not terribly happy with the Protein shakes, but then, even Water doesn’t taste right…. I’m tired of the aches and pains from the surgery. I’m cranky. I’ve got the period from hell. I’m back in exile. Did I mention I was cranky? But thing is, I knew most of this stuff coming in, and I get to move to mushy foods April 1st. I WANT A cheese BURGER!!!!!! But as much as I want that cheese burger, I want to be thinner more. I want more energy! I want less medication! I want to get on an airplane confident that I’ll never need a seatbelt extender! I want more boys at college to flirt with me! I know my DH went through this depressed stage too. (except maybe the part about the boys at college flirting with him…) I know some of the members here have had serious doubts about getting the band, initially after the fact. So I guess it is normal. Be good to yourself Pink. Go back to the liquids. Let it heal. ((hugs))

I can be very dense, and this is just something I have never understood. EVER. Why would a woman ask someone "Honey, does this dress make me look fat" and then get mad if the answer is that they do indeed look fat in that dress? HELLO!? If you didn't want that answer, why did you ask that question? And why would you be mad because someone was honest with you??? enquiring minds want to know...

Welcome Wendy!

Welcome Willpower!

best of luck Sharon!

Jamie got her ba-and...

welcome Corgie!

Jamie's getting her ba-and! Jamie's getting her ba-and!

Good luck Corgi! We are all pulling for you

walked for about 35 minutes today. No crunches.

Yup, this is spring break for me, and no, I live in my exile alone... So alone... Just me and my pink hair... Classes resume on Monday... My son is 18, so it isn't like he's a wee babe... (warning, proud mamma moment...) At the health club, he reps over 1,000 pounds for the leg press... No wee babe...

Jamie's getting her ba-and, Jamie's betting her ba-and!

No crunches yet, but I sure feel like I didn't do enough of them pre-op! Because I have done so many crunches to get ready, they think my stronger abs (stronger than the average Banded that is) really helped with my recovery. The crunches and the walking I do... No pizza, not even anything pizza flavored... I added a Protein shake last night and felt much better. Only needed on dose of pain killers yesterday, hoping for none today. Still taking the baby gas relief drops.... I find there isn't any gas pain, just some pressure, and the drops help me burp. I figured out all by myself that drinking a can Dr. Pepper would be a BAD idea.... We will be taking me back to exile on Friday though