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stupid back button. Anyway, I've been on the meds now for a few weeks, and I haven't seen any change in the scale. I'm feeling pretty good, except for being jet lagged the last couple days, so I guess that's all I can expect. Someone said that it took them about 7 weeks before they started to see any results from the thyroid meds, but I am so tired of waiting. I'm going to see if I can find an Endo Doc here next week and not wait until I go back to Seattle in March.

Well, according to the "ideal weight" calculators, I should weigh about 140-160. But when you take into account my fat free mass is 140, there is NO WAY I could reach any sort of external "ideal weight" Lisa, my dear circus co-freak, if you send me your current weight and your body fat percentage, I will come with with a scientifically derived number for you. Or you could just add 25 - 30% to that number to get a reasonable goal weight.

The most important thing, IMHO, is to start slowly. Folks have a tendency to want to jump into excersize programs and just go full tilt without being physically ready, which can and will lead to injuries and pain. Water aerobics is a good place to start, its a class, so there are other poeple to encourage you as well. (something that I need, I do SO much better in a class setting than not.) And if my DH, who at his all time high of 600 pounds could go to his water aerobic class, then you can get your relatively skinny butt down there too :rofl: Another thing to keep in mind is to find something you enjoy, an activity that doesn't fall under the classic "excersize" model. Something like dancing, or hiking, or gardening, the list is endless.

Oh Jenifer! what a jerk you have for a surgeon. Sounds like he's more concerned with his numbers than with your needs. 26 in 26 is GREAT, espeically given the amount of stress you are going through right now. Most people gain weight under such stressful things, any one of which is hard to deal with. Because you have had so many super stressfull things happen in such a short amount of time, I would schedule some time with a councelor or therapist. I know that many people belong to an organized religeon, perhaps this would fit you as well? You are doing well, and if he yells at you, then tell him to come talk to me, and I'll set him straight.

Folk never guess right how old I am without talking to me for an extended converstation. We are talking, they never guess within a decade. A lot of folks think I'm in my 20's which rocks my boat. I do not believe that Oprah's had any sort of WLS, she doesn't need to with her support staff. I know that If I had the same support staff I would have never needed the band. Also, when she was a lot heavier, she looked a lot older. When I look through the before and after pix on our board, I'm always astounded that folks look so much younger after losing weight. oh, and if Kirstie's only lost 60 or so pounds, then I say that was whipped fat, you know, air was added, like frosting....

Oh Diane! What a sucky place your MIL lives in! Okay, you don't do anything more. As long as you keep going to her trying to appologise, she has the power, which is what she wants, yes? Tell your children that g'ma just has some issues that she needs to work out, and that it has nothing to do with them, it's just a g'ma thing. I personally wouldn't be sad that such a person had no contact with my children, other than to provide an example of how not to act. Great job with not bad-mouthing g'ma in front of them. They will appricate it. Excellent parenting there. This is your husband's job and responsibility, not yours. Hugs, and I so sorry you have to go throught this!

Go to 200, and see how that fits. Because we are built really weird, being circus folk and all, we have different molecular structures. When I was working out 5 days a week, doing serious work out stuff, I was a size 12. I weighed 190 pounds and was told I was in danger of all sorts of obese related things. Do not concentrate on a scale weight sweetie, concentrate on a size. When you get to a size 16, let us know, send us pictures. It is possible that you don't want to go lower than a 14, given your body type. And yes, I've seen you partly naked, so there!

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Just got back from DC, don't know what my weight is, and furthermore, I don't care. I have a whole string of NSVs, the very most important one is that I went to DC WITHOUT AN INHALER. What's more, I didn't even need it. This is super significant because this time last year, and for several years prior, I couldn't go anywhere without at least 2 inhalers on my person. I had an inhaler in every single piece of clothing that had a pocket. Last year this time I had spent 10 days of the Christmas vacation in hospital, don't know how many trips to the various ERs. I didn't even realize that I didn't have an inhaler until the puddle jumper from Salt Lake to Pokey, AFTER my trip was almost done. very tired. must sleep now.

which test are you talking about Pat? I've had the thyroid test, and they all came out smack dab normal. I just checked my body fat percentage, and I'm now at 42%, so I've lost muscle mass. I haven't had the various test that the Endo will suggest, since I don't know what they are. I'm so very tired of this. I just want the band to work. I want to be just like everyone else.

Sorry, I had to wait to see him because he's in the Seattle area, and I spend most of my time in SE ID, about 10-14 hour drive, depending on who's driving. So, 700 calories didn't work. I lost 1.5 pounds that entire month. I got unfilled shortly after being home, so I'm at about 1200 calories and, well I gained 10 pounds. I weigh the same as I did in July. The thyroid tests all came back normal, but I've been on the meds for almost 2 weeks, and they haven't started working yet. My PCP is baffled. When I get back from DC at the end of the week I'll start looking for an Endocrinologist here in ID. I dicided that I won't want to wait until March when I go home for Spring Break. So Mike just dropped me off here in SE ID, he was able to spend a day with me before he had to go back to Seattle.

Lisa, honey, I thought your days of crazy diet ... things... were over with!?

Before I went home for the holidays I thought I'd cleaned out the fridge really good. I missed the baggy that had an onion. I apperently forgot it when I moved out for the summer... Well, not really, but oh my gawd! It was hiding behind the bottle of 7up that I keep in the fridge for my little friend Katie... Anyone know the half life of an onion?

My DH was this big when he was banded. He weighed 596 the day of his surgery, and last week he went down hill skiing.

Hi Stacy! Yeah, I think that qualifies, but I'm not in charge of anything Hmmm, is 130 pounds a reasonable goal? I only ask because I personally have more muscle mass than that. My frail 94 year old grandmother, who is stick thin, weights 137 pounds. (we apperently have the density of ununbium)

This is technically from 2005, but close enough to call it 2006 Starting in the Back, and moving counter-clockwise we have MollyMolly, Vinesqueen, Sallykotz and Victoriana. This was taken at one of the many the Bellevue Startbucks in Mid-December. Okay, can someone please resize this puppy?

bumping, I second the motion to make this a sticky! The motion will now come to a vote....

Also, find something to do with your hands. it's hard to eat when you have a piece of fine needle work going on, or power tools. It's hard to eat when you are washing down the walls to repaint the bathroom. (just remember to wear gloves when you use TSP because it's really hard on your skin, and will eat your acrillic nails.)

I'm a teller. It just doesn't make sense to me to keep this secret since it isn't a secret that I'm fat. I don't wear a shirt with the slogan "as me how I lost my weight" basicailly bacause I haven't lost any weight. I do feel somewhat like a fool and a charitan, because I haven't lost weight, and I am right back to where I was after my first fill. 5 fills and 2 unfills and weird things where I thought I was getting filled but I wasn't. (inexperienced interventialist radiologist)

It is amazing what a pair of contact lenses and belly dancing before several hundred people will do for an old woman!

Oh, South of France, no question. They have these new fangled things now called "aeroplanes" that actaually will fly across the Atlantic ocean much faster than the usual ocean liner. They have also invented new ways to use the Ameche, although many people are calling it a "telephone."

Also, as people lose weight, they lose bulk inside around their stomach, so the is more room inside your body cavity.

thanks Guys, y'all are making me cry!

I just find it interesting, that we are supposed to be thin, but not too thin. Fat, but not too fat. I have only the vaguest idea who this woman is, but if she is touting her weightloss journy, then she needs to be honest.

Okay, I get back to my apartment in SE ID and I discover that there is a package waiting for me!!!! I hadn't ordered anything from anywhere, and my DH swears he didn't send me anything either. It was a lovely package from Nana~ with some of here lovely bath tea bags! I cried! Thank you Nana~ it was such a thoughtful thing to do!