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I had coffee the next morning in the hospital. I drink a pot for french press coffee (2 mugs) every morning. I prefer African coffees myself. Except Tansanian Peaberry. I don't that, but Ethiopian harrar or sidamo.... suliwsi, Kenyan.... Oh yeah.

Not sure why you would think that Pilaties wouldn't be good for our bigger folk, but Pilaties would be great no matter how big you are. I was doing Pilaties at 275, which was my biggest. I think it's a great work out, it just isn't very aerobic compaired with many other types of excersize. It is non-impact, and great for strenthening your core muscle groups

Nope, I never was one for sticking things where they didn't belong. My son, when he was first learning to feed himself... well. I'd made him a plate of scrambled eggs, all big and fluffy... they all went up his little button nose. The whole plate of eggs.

My DH cannot simply get into bed. You know, normal people sit on the side of the bed and turn and lay down. No, my DH has to launch himself from across the room. It's not so bad now that he only weighs 400 pounds. But Let me tell you, it's a bit terrifiying when you have this 600 pound behemouth airborn and hurtiling towards at you at roughly faster than you can move out of the way. My DH also has no sense of time. He's late for everything. But when he's ready to go, he just leaves the house, doens't bother to tell anyone that he's gone out to wait in the truck, like we are waiting and watching his every move. So Spudboy and I will wait for him to be ready, and he's already gone out the door. But he sings to me, he makes up love songs and sings them to me. I think it's the most romantic thing ever. He sings to me in public. We are a very romantic couple, even living as far apart as we do.

Yes mam'm, PBs cause swelling. You don't need to get a fill if you are consistantly losing weight. Being over filled is worse than not being tight enough. Being over filled can cause damage to your stomach, as well as making you miserable.

As the Turtle's Turtle, we would be so greatful if the sigs could be dropped... I know I'm overly sensitive lately, but it is so hard for the Turtles to be faced with all the "neener neener, I'm losing weight and you'll be fat forever" sigs. Now, I know that isn't the intention of the Rabbits, but that's the effect it has on the Turtles. Or this Turtle in specific. I haven't been around much lately, for a varity or reasons. I was sick all last week, celulitus in my skin graph, and this Cushing's thing has me depressed and ready to throw in the towel, drop my membership here at LBT.

You need another hobby? Geeze.... This isn't enough for you?

if you are PBing, then you might already be too tight. Talk to your doctor, she will know better.

Yup, you probably need another fill. Don't be so hard on yourself. You are the only you you have. I think that as bandsters our sense of proportions get totally out of whack. Since I've been diagnosed with Cushing's I've successfully manageed to stop counting caloiries. I'm no longer obsessed with every single bite that goes into my mouth, since I'm not going to lose any weight anyway. But I was rushed the other night, and I had a frozen dinner. I checked the calories after I ate it and nearly had kittens. there were 400 calories in that dinner. Freaked me out in a big way. 400 calories! Yikes! I was so upset with myself. I couldn't believe I was eating that much food. So, I had a little heart-to-heart with myself. You see, 400 calories is totally apprporate and reasonable for dinner, lunch and Breakfast. 400 calories 3 times a day is 1200 calories, not a million.

why do you feel guilty? Because you cut loose and were a "bad" gurl for an evening? I think cutting lose every now and again is really good for one, provided it is every once and then. You've been so stressed, and for one night you cut loose. I say good for you. Useless guilt is pointless. You didn't hurt a small animal or child, you didn't hurt anyone, you didn't commit any crimes... What's the point of being good all the time if you can never cut yourself some slack?

Okay, first off, you are NOT a failure. You are still a baby bandster, how can you be a failure? This takes a while to get the hang of, I don't know of anyone who learned to ride their bike without falling off of it. Like any skill, it takes practice.

Jen and Collegeteacher? I hope you both have had a chance to go get an unfill. Not only is being over-filled dangerous, it is just plain miserable. I'm so sorry you both thought you should be that tight for the band to work. The band is not surgically induced bulima.

Hi Laura, nice to see you again! 43 pound in 10 months insn't anything to sneeze at. I still brush at 30 pounds loss since March. How are your other measurements coming? How many sizes have you lost? Hello Dawndreamer, I don't quite know what to say, other than I think some people really benifit from a regimented program, so it might be that the combination of the program and the band are working well for you. I understand about not being able to excersize and I know it's hard watching folks who all they have to do is get banded lose weight. Hi Holly, yeah, I think you qualify as a member of the Turtle tribe. So, your first assignment, your initiation if you will, is to start your very own list to Track your NSVs, your non-scale victories.

find a hobby that really involves both your brain and your hands. It's hard to eat if you are doing things with these. It might be that you need to paint the hallway or regrout the tile, or start an art project that is messy, or has the possibility of being messy. You have to replace one hobby with another, one habbit with another.

If you are living on a good amount of food by lapbandster standards, if you are living on 1000-1200 or even a bit higher, depending on your activity level, then you might have developed a metabolic issue. Please, please, please, before you consider any of the bypass options talk to other doctors. Talk to nutritionists, get a referal to an Endocrinologist. Your surgeon's tool is surgery, that's how he or she will look at all problems. If all you have is a hammer, all your solutions look like nails. But hammers don't work well with fine china or glass.

Thanks Kare Bear! And the best part? It's all true!

Hey Velvet (((hugs)))) I'm so sorry you feel like you are in such a bind. I've been thinking about you since you've posted this, trying to figure out some words that would help. Zoe and Vlucky have given some very good advice. It is so hard when you have such a dysfunctional family. I think that you should talk to her about the band, direct here here as well. I was on nutrisystem, but I gained it all back. Of course. For them to give you an untimatum like that is so very harsh, and so painful. I wish I had some better words for you. I wish I has something soothing to help you.

I will probably be counted among that statistic whom the band simply will not work. It isn't because I eat around the band. It isn't because I don't excersize. It isn't becaue of anything within my control. I have a metabolic disorder. There's a chance that I wouldn't lose if I switched to a malabsorbive technique, but I personally would rather weight 235 pound than have a malabsortive technique. I lost 1.5 pounds at a month of 700 calories, and felt terrible. So. I'll just have to figure out what type of Cushings I have and get treatment for that. I wonder, looking at my Turtle Tribe, how many of us have a metabolic disorder.

Yup, the icing really made a huge difference for me, it was even better than the numbing cream. Honestly. And I'm a big baby when it comes to anticipaed or real pain. I've had 5 or 6 treatments, and I can honestly say this has been permanent for me so far. I might need more treatments in a year, but it was about 9 months between the last two treatments.

Very nice Terri! My nextdoor neighbor has one, and she really likes hers. I agree, flames! Oh, and my DH wears chaps when he rides, but well, oh dear. (aren't chaps by definition "butt-less"???)

There is no other Strong Bad, but you are right, it is rather random... but I'm pretty random so it is very fitting.

Not odd to miss the sensation of eating at all. When I needed to chew something I went for gum, other people have taken bites of food and chewed it and chewed it and then spit it out. For them it was almost required to keep their sanity. I chewed up a lot of pencils, and I'm not normally a pencil chewer. And yup, I was a wreck before my surgery. I thought I was going to wear a hole in the carpet from my pacing. You'll be fine, but don't worry about. (yeah, I know, easier said than done.)

Welcome to the Banded Gentry everyone!

ok, since you were picking up dinner for a group, you were spending more than a few bucks. If you go there frequenly, that means you are a valuable customer for that restaurant. Call the manager, tell him that the barman was very rude and insulting, and that your group will no longer be eating there. Be sure to tell him that you spend $X every time you go, and that the barman is directly responsible for that loss of business.

Hi kajen, I think the first place to start with is your regular doctor. He or she can help you. I just think we need to be more asertive and proactive. WE need to insist on answers and not be put off with a meek "I'll try to do better." I think htat if you don't have time to eat, a protien shake is a good idea.