vinesqueen

We got hit Saturday, they closed the airport in and re-routed us to a different airport with a "good luck finding your own way to where you were going." Saturday we had white-out conditions and it's snowing again.

Okay, with this new fill I'm getting in around 700 or so calories. When I go weigh myself (probably tonight) I'll see if I've lost any weight. I figure I'll try this for a month, unless I have a leak, in which case, I'll do it while I can.

Okay, got my walking in, but it is soooo cold here! about 17 degrees to do my walkies, and I forgot my scarf!

Well Penni, she is mentally ill, you know that but it sure doesn't make it any easier. My younger sister won't have anything to do with me because everyone thinks I'm younger than her. It burns her up, really chapps her hide because I look younger. (she's been a smoker since she was 15, and I've never smoked.)

Time to revisit this thread. I have gained and lost the same five pound again and again. Today I weigh exactly the same as I did when I started this thread, almost 2 months ago. I've tried to increase my calories, and up my excersize. Nothing. I'm eating low glycimic, nothing. So, I recently had my 5th fill, so I am at 2 ccs and not the nearly 3 ccs like I thought. Which is good, because I have amazing restriction. I've spent the last week trying to get used to this fill level, especially at this altitude. Okay, I just tracked my calories for the last two days, since being at home wasn't really a good indication, what with Thanksgiving and all. So, for the last two days I've around 700 calories. I'm not hungry, we will see how this goes. Nothin else has worked. I just thought I'd give y'all a heads-up.

weight 238 (again) underbust 40 waist 42.5 hips 46

I have the card, but I've never used it for restaurants. Normally when I go out I have dinner with my DH, and he's banded too. We generally split a meal, and no one has ever given us greif over that. When I went to Vegas for the Bash, we didn't hit any buffets, but Christina (I'llsucceed) and I split Breakfast. I like leftovers, so I'm not bothered by the extra food.

Wow, 46 pounds since April is great! You don't even qualify for membership in the Turtle Tribe, excellent work! I know you want it gone NOW, we all do. But you are doing great, so keep it up! Courage!

I haven't heard of these specific videos you are talking about, because I've been fortunate to find classes when I wanted them. I live in a small town in SE ID, ... okay, wait, it's the 3rd largest "city" in Idaho, a wopping 50,000 people... In the second most conservative state in the Union. Belly dance isn't so much about what other people think, it's about what you think, it's about how you feel. I think part of the mysteria about belly dance is because it is a women's dance for women, by women. Many of the movements are designed to help with childbirth. I think men are intreeged by it because it isn't designed for them. Hmmm.

well, if you haven't tried belly dancing, I strongly urge you to give it a go! Check out your neighborhood rec center and see if they offer it. It really is wonderful.

Hey Kids, I just wanted to post something to remind y'all of the power of the mind. I know that folks are worried because we have had several of our dear friends having really bad issues with their band. So naturally, we think, what if I'm next? What if? What if? What if? The mind is powerful. If you look for something, you will find it. The power of the mind/body link is not completely known, but it is there. I might have a leak, but then again, I might just have had someone doing my fills who actually let out my fill. That is what I am planning on, I am planning for the best. I am expecting the best. I used to have a job I completely and totally hated. H-A-T-E-D. Data-entry clerk, and I thought I was going to die from shere bordem. So you know what? I got up hating work, I spent all day hating my job, I would leave that job hating it. So my mind/body took over and I ended up with sever carple tunnel. It was so bad I couldn't move my hands, couldn't move my fingers. If I couldn't move my fingers, I wouldn't have to do that job I hated. My mind fixed the problem for me. The mind is powerful. So I challenge everyone who is stressed about their band, I challenge you to be positive about your band. If you have a PB, it is just that, a PB. The chances are very small that you are going to have trouble with your band. Yes, there are a small percentage of people who have trouble, but keep telling yourself that you are not going to have trouble with you band. This is a support board. Chances are we are going to hear from folks who need support because they are having issues. We don't hear from folks who are doing great with their bands. We don't hear because they are all off having a great time being skinny. Again, I challenge you to think positively about your band. It is important.

This is what I was talking about when in an earlier post.

No worries. You were probably just swollen from the first fill, very common.

1. Vinesqueen is a very, very geeky name. At one point I knew more about the Banyan Vines operating system in a Windows environment than anybody on the Planet, maybe the Galaxy. (anyone glazed over yet?) 2. I'm currently ready Financial Accounting (oh dear gawd, is the semester over yet?) 3. I'm a full time university student on a full ride scholarship 4. I'm most greatful for my son, my DH and my band. 5. something surprising? I'm a fat professional bellydancer and I've been dancing since I was 19 or so. 6. describe myself? Silly 7 others would probably say... "brainiac" 8 I'd rather play with someone close to my level so there would be a chance either way 9 My favorite movie is "10,000 Fingers of Doctor T" and I love true crime shows 10. something unusual? That would be everything, I don't think there is a usual thing about me.

Okay Heather, come and give us an update.

I had something like that too Judy, but mine was really old. Back before color was invented I find using the palm is an excellent tool, and I'm gettin a new one for Christmas, even if I have to give it to myself

Yup, you need to find the source of that infection, ASAP! Your weight loss is fine, right smack-dab in the average range, good work on that. I don't know why your port would need to be moved, don't know where it currently is. Ask the new doc why the port needs to be moved. I live in a small town too, and this board is where I get 90% of my support. Okay 99% of my support

Wow Karen! Thank you so much for posting this. I'm so sorry to hear that you are going through such a stressful patch! I'm sure the added stress of the band issues is not helping your situation, what a mess! The more stressed you get, the more stress you get. Of course you didn't post to scare, but to get and give support! http://www.csmc.edu/5938.html so it looks like you feel stuck all the time? What a bad thing, and you poor dear!

Well, I'm still gaining and losing the same 5 pounds that I've been working on since July. Long hard slog for me. I am having some fill issues, so we shall see how I much fill I have left when I go home for the Christmas holidays. I'm still going great guns with my NSVs, so that is good for me.

Wow! Amazing and good work, on the 7 chips! That is truely wonderful work there Candy! That showes great restraint on your part, wether it is from the band or from you saying that was all you needed. I do not believe that 7 chips with dip or an occasional candy bar is eating around the band, as long as it is not part of a larger pattern of behaviour. I think part of it depends on what kind of world we want to fashion for ourselves. Do we want to live in a world forever that is devoid of treats to live in an austere world? Or do we want to live in a world where we permit ourselves to have some of the treats that add some variety to our lives? I personally do not want to live in a world that has no room for ice cream. But that doesn't mean that I go crazy for the stuff, but rather I budget my calories for it, I give myself permission to have some now and again. I honestly have no idea why we have such slow loss. I know that a calorie is a calorie is a calorie. More in means we have to spend more to show a net loss, but I'm damned if I have figured this out. But I'll let you in on a secret I learned this week at my surgeon's office. They don't know exactly why the band works. They have theories, but they don't know exactly why the band works the way it does. I am filled very tightly right now, I'm currently sitting at 2 ccs, and I'm tight. Maybe I need to be super tight, I don't know, I've tried everything else. You are also doing an amazing job with the yoga. I know it isn't an aerobic workout, but we have to start somewhere. I know that with the increased flexibility yoga will give you will definately make you feel better. And when we feel better, we want to do more. When we can do more, well, we can do even more.

Sally and I had a great time Tuesday! Looking forward to coming home in 3 weeks. Molly you will have to come join us, or maybe we could join you for lunch or something else?

You silly bug! Everyone is welcome to particpate in the NSV Challenge, even if you are just here with your pom-poms! Okay, I'm pretty sure this is an NSV... I seem to be shorter... all my jeans are draggin when I walk, and my favorite bell-bottoms are about an inch or more too long now. Or Maybe I'm not getting shorter, but my legs are getting more trim and there isn't as much bulk being taken up my my glorious thighs Also, the eye doctor paid me the nicest compliment, she said that I didn't have a single wringle or line on my face!

I think that if they had some way of easily hooking up our video games to excersize equipment they would have a gold mine. Maybe if I can figure out how to hook up a recumpant bike to a PC... (I play PC games )

You can get the software for your pilot, which makes it very handy. http://www.healthetech.com/balancelog/ is the more advanced version of dietlog which I used to use (I lost my palm device ) I was very happy with the version of dietlog I used, but it's an old program nolonger supported.

Jacqui, this is more called for in cases where the BMI is higher. The whole point is to shrink your liver so there is more room to work. So, you can either give them more room to work, or they have to pump you more full of gas so they can work. Pain now or more pain later, your choice. Sorry. It probably won't be so much an issue for someone with a low inital BMI, so I wouldn't worry about it. Don't go crazy I didn't do the liquid diet, but i was terribly sick too before my surgery. You will probably be just fine!