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It all depends on your surgeon and your insurance. Typically it is 100 pounds over "ideal" weight, whatever that means. It is usually based on your BMI, and your co-morbidities, if any.

Wow, very cool, very geeky! I love it

I was back to doing my crunches 2 weeks after my banding

Woot! Excellent, but now I have the ZZTop Zipper song playing in my head... I don't even have all the words, dang, now I'll have to find the song Congrats!

Thanks Megan! Very interesting article. "There is a catch to this no-diet diet, however: Intuitive eaters only eat when they're hungry and stop when they're full." I think the problem for many of us is that before being banded, we had no idea what "full" felt like (as opposed to stuffed to the gills.) Perceptions are interesting. He felt that 210 was "fat." Of course, I have no way of knowing what his body type is or what his frame is like, but in my family type that is not fat. My ex-coke-head brothers weigh more than that, and they look gaunt. Anyway, I keep stuff like that in my house, and I've had to throw away chocolate bars because they got dusty. But I'm not a binger, never have been one. I know other people would find the temptation too great, especially if they don't have their heads "banded" as well.

Heh heh heh heh heh. I started a thread a while ago in the fill forum, entitled, "considering insanity." Yeah, the whole point of this is to check for a leak. They don't want me to have anyone else messing with my fill level right now but them precisely to rule out a leak. And oh yes, I am way too tight. But I'm sort of stuck until I can get home in a couple of weeks. I have 4 or 5 "meals" now, Snacks really. I DO NOT want to get in the habbit of grazing because I've been too tight. I do not want to fall into the trap of soft foods either. But I've lost two entire pounds for the month, not like the typical one pound for the month. I know that other people are very successful at this level of caloiric intake, but I'm just dragging my ass. But I am really interested in how poeple figure out how they can tell the difference between head and body hunger. You guys are the best!

I've been at less than 700 calories for two weeks now, and I'm having some issues with this. I can only seem to manage to eat a couple of tablespoons of food at a time before I'm in danger of PBing. I'm hungry but not hungry. I didn't have any similar issues with my food when I was at 1000 calories. I didn't have much in the way of head hunger issues. I know everyone has their own threshold, but how does anyone else tell the difference between head hunger and real body hunger?

Okay, Kare, I lost a grand total of 2 pounds in the last 4 weeks. I suck.

Current weight, 236, I lost two pounds! Under Bust 40 waist 41.5 hips 45.5

Hi Patti, I don't know what you are basing your idea that most people don't lose weight. The average banster does lose between 1-2 pounds a week. The first month, six to eight weeks is NOT for losing weight, it is for healing. Any weight lost during this time is bonus. Some people lose, some don't, but that isn't what this time is for. You should be able to drink an 8 ounce glass of Water without any problems. If you are too tight, then you are too tight. You might or might not be able to gulp, but that's something that no one will be able to tell. As for whether you will find someone to do you fills, well, you better figure this out before you have your band. The band surgery is only the beginning, the real work is in monitoring the fills. You need to find a fill doctor before you even have your surgery. I cannot stress how important this is. You might check the threads dedicated to your two states to see if anyone know of a fill doc in your area. I can't offer any insight to insurance questions. I know what mine covers, but that's mine and not yours. Sorry Even as so as my journey has been, I would have it done again in a heart beat.

Well, not sure what you mean by "more than I should." Are you eating until you are satisifed, and still losing weight? Your numbers look really good

See, Candy! The yoga is doing it's job! Increased activity, and flexibility is always a good thing.

I know, you can send a registered letter to your sister with something about your band, it being a: multiphasal silicon and titanium surgical implant causing capricious and erratic indications in modifying and/or altering in body mass. Uhm, Congrats on the PB?

spot reducing doesn't work, if this ius your question. Wish it did though. Fat goes where fat wants to go. And comes off when and if it wants.

There are a couple of posts I want to bump, one is called "I hate fat people" and I know it was from last Spring. A guy started it, but I don't remember who. Also, I would like to bump my "no help for the wicked" thread. I think that's is what it's called. Wicked is in the title though. I posted it in Feb. Thanks to anyone who can find them!

Hi Loopylo! Somehow I dont think I've ever been described that way, but I am one who peroidically obsesses completely over calories. Completely and totally obsessed with them. Fat lot of good it has done me, but that is where I am currently in my life, and have been for the better part of a year. I'm so sorry you feel this way. I know I certianly don't view you as a failure, or disgusting. Do people really feel this way? I suppose they must, at some level. I'll have to go bumping a few threads. Perhaps you need to stop viewing food as "good vs. evil/bad"? Just as emotions are neither good nor bad, there is no value associated with them, they just are. If I get really supper pissed off at someone, like the jerk that almost ran me over the other night, then that anger would be bad. But it isn't, it is just anger. Just as ice cream and cheese cake are just ice cream and cheese cake, I must admit that I have emotions attached to ice cream. For me, ice cream = love. Something from my father, and probably the only time I felt safe as a child was when we were all eating ice cream. Hmmm, have to think about that. I think your idea for a scrap book is a very good idea. And positive affermations are always a good idea.

Hey Tonya, my DH isnt' on this board, he wants me to have my own support place where I cant talk trash about him. My DH's starting BMI was in the 80s, which of course is meaningless. His starting weight was 600 pounds. They did him labroscopically, and he had to stay in hospital a few extra days because of some minor complications

Hippo birdies, two ewes!

Hey Jessicazi, give me a PM sometime if you want to meet, like in the SUB...

Not sure Dianne, I'd suggest calling your doctor, since it has been a while. If you are sill losing the 1-2 pounds a week, then you probably don't need a fill.

I'm a bit too tight too, but I'm not PBin every day, and I'm on solids foods. But I can only manage about 700 calories, solids, but it isn't enough. I'll be getting some taken out when I got home No leak!

I'm currently working with someone who does aura work. He's very good. It's called "reconnective healing" and I'm am finding it very helpful.

Yup, I get plenty of Water, and I take benifiber quite frequenly, nearly everynight, espically now that i'm so darn tight. And I've tired the mixing it up like you suggest Eileen, too, but that didn't work any more than anything else has Good point about the meds Paula. I 've check my meds myself, and weight gain was only an indicator when I was on birth control this summer. I am still gaining and losing those same five pounds.

Oh no Babsybaby, you are not an imbicile by any stretch. some times we need to see if it really was the food or the technique... I thought turkey was going to kill me a few weeks ago, and I tried turkey lunch meat tonight. And I just got done with the dry heaves. So, no turkey for us! It's the food, and not the technique!

I've had this for as long as I can remember. It will be so bad and I have to actually kick and do leg lifts for an hour until I physically cannot move my legs any more, but that doesn't mean that I don't want to anymore. I've spent countless night pacing and daning around trying to get them worn out. The temp of the room doesn't make any difference for me. My mother finds that Folic Acid works for her, and if I don't eat enough broccoli, my RLS gets worse. (broccoli is full of folic acid) I take mirapex for my RLS, and it does make me very sleepy, but I'm fine to go in the morning.