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eating 1/4 of the bowl IS restriction, were you expecting something else?

Sorry about the wallet. The last time I seriously lost my wallet, well it turned out that my jacket ate it. (small wallet, hole in jacket pocket.) The wallet ended up in the lining of the jacket. I think Cindy is right, call the store, you might have left it on the counter. Which I have done... As for the rain, well being from Seattle, well I have to laugh when people complain about it raining for a week... I've been through a Double Biblical... that would be 80 days where it rains enough to have measureable rainfall. That year I think we had something like 96 days in a row of rain.

okay, you got me. But I see things like this all the time that are not jokes. This is why I'm in security, because there are folks out there that think a real site like this is a good idea. I think I need to switch to decaf. That or add some kaluah to my morning coffee.

Oh hell no! Right now the site is down, let's hope it stays down. That is going to break the Calfic privacy laws, if nothing else. it's a dot-com, so it isn't even a gov't site! This is outragous!

I think since you were not having success with just Protein first, then what is it going to hurt if you mix the two? Also, you might have trouble with the hamburger meat and would do better with a different protein? My DH cannot eat hamburger unless it is the consistancy of taco mean. I have no trouble with ground meats. Hmmm, I wonder if ground chicken will be easier than not ground.... I have a difficult time with chicken, haven't tried other poultry.

oh yeah, get back on those vitamines pronto! You are obviously not getting all the nutrients you need, probably low on you Vit C and bioflavinoids. Important, important, important.

That being true Megan. I can see that by looking at your ticker I don't know if I'm ready for that trama though. I'll probably do it though. So, are we sea turtles or land turtles? Some days I feel like I'm that 100 year old giant Galopogas Tortus... and not just metaphorically...

Oh the extra room in bed is wonderful! We got rid of a 3rd person from our bed, a BIG 3rd person too! as for my program, well I go to school about 800 miles from my home. I'm a recipient of the Scholarship for Service scholarship, which is a full right scholarship to study Information Assurance (think anti-hacker stuff). It's a merit based scholarship designed to increase the number of qualified security professionals, as welll as to improve the overall security of the US Federal Government. After completing my degree, I'll go to work for the Feds for at least 2 years, the same amount of time as my scholarship. Okay, I'm in Idaho, since this is the location of the best program, at least for me. I'm getting a Business degree. My school is the only one that offers the SFS as a business program. Most of the guys in my program are MBA students, we only have 2 undergrads at this point. Why is this the best program? Well, someone has to be able to manage the programs, someone has to understand the big picture and reign in the geeks. And who better to manage geeks than a she-geek? I have just under 2 years to go. What kind of job? Well, a security job of course! As part of the noble cadre protecting our nation's infrastructure. I'm only half joking of course. I don't know what job I'll end up with with the gov't. I'm thinking Dept of the Navy, since there are so many bases in my neck of the world (Seattle). Ultimately, I'd like to be CSO (chief security officer) of a small or medium sized company, or director of security at a large multi national corporation. Hope that wasn't too much information for you

Not all successes are measured in pounds, some are measured in inches. If you needed to buy smaller pants, then it is obviously working You might not be working out, but you are being more active than you were because it is easier to move about. 23 pounds is a lot of weight. You haven't even been banded 2 months! Have your mom call me. Or have her log on and read some of this board. You are doing great! You had the band, not something else.

you are re-arranging your body. Compacting and condensing. You might be putting on muscles, which is important for long tern metabolic gains.

Today I get my 4th fill and tomorrow I take a fitness assessment here at my university. Part of that will also be a consult with nutriton support, whatever that means.

As always, I am continually striving to learn more. Where did you hear that reducing your calories can do this? What research? I don't have a degree in nutrition, so all I can go by is what people I trust to be experts tell me. My clinic told me that I might have to go down to 800 calories to lose weight. I did 1200 calories for month and months and months and lost an average of 3 ounces a week. 3 OUNCES not Pounds, GRAMS not KILOGRAMS. Any slower and I'd be either standing still or gaining.

Hey Das, you have at your fingertips more wealth of experience than you can even imagine. feel free to search the site and look through the thousands and thousands of posts here!

I originally kept a ticker tracker, but it got so depressing because I wasn't losing anything and the ticker would sit there, accusing me, taunting me, making me feel like dog pooh because I wasn't "good enough." Well, I got rid of the tracker, and I feel much better. I really do. I celebrate everyone who does keep a tracker, it makes it much easier to track their successes. I haven't figured out how to track my NSV list in a visual little tab.

I'm bumping because my husband just now fits into size 3X sweats! Woot! Thanks for the link Donali!

Are you talking about a pix for an Avatar? I just post a regular sized pix and ask one of the very smart pix people to fix it for me. If you are asking a different question, well.... I don't know the question.

Oh my gods! I'm speechless.

Most banded women do just fine with 1200 calories, men 1500 calories. I have yet to have someone expain why men get more than women though... Something to do with muscle mass... but there are lots women with lots of muscle mass, so I don't know. I didn't lose on 1200, and I'm going down to 1000 calories with my next fill.

Sorry to hear about your troubles Deb. I'm a Turtle, and haven't been able to convince my clinic that I'm following all the rules. Some of us are just slow losers I guess. Odd about your former port site, but I would think there would be lots of swelling too. I had a problem with scar tissue, not band related. Some of us just had a problem with scar tissue forming.

Oh, and as for the time, well, if I can leave my family, my son and husband, and go off to a 4 year universtity for FOUR years, you can do 8 months. Trust me.

Well, you sure have thought things out! A person after my own heart! I would opt for #1 for a couple of reasons. I'm a tightwad, and don't like to spend money if I don't have to. Also, something to keep in mind is that during this supervised time, you will most likey be also doing an excersize portion. This alone will make your healthier for your banding. It will reduce your "down" time after your surgery and increase your lean muscle mass. Most people don't realize that your after care is just as important, if not more so, than your actual banding. Getting the band isn't just a "Pop down to Old Mexico and your done" sort of thing. That's just the first step, or one of the first steps. You have to understand that where you get your fills is vital. We all know, or should know, that the band doesn't work without a fill. Does Not Work Without A Fill. The Band is about making changes to your lifestyle. A proper supervised weight loss program is about making changes to your lifestyle. Who knows, after your 6 months, it is possible that you won't need the band.

Thanks so much Donali! I searched and searched, but it appears i wasn't looking in the right place!

I'll post a pix for the next tine I see him

Several months back I posted a thread about my DH, and some of his band journy. I cannot for the life of me find that thread, I searched and searched. Searches only go back to mid-sept, so I'm wondering if the archives didn't get moved along too.... Anyway, My husband has been banded for almost 2 years and has lost almost 200 pounds so far and needs to go at least 100 more. That will put him at 300 pounds. I know, do the math. When he started, he weighted 596 officially. He had a BMI of over 82%, and was Super, Super Obese. That's two stages beyond MO folks. He was so fat he couldn't walk through a doorway, he would have to turn sideways and squees into the room. He took up almost the entire Queen sized bed on his own, I'd be left with just a little bit on the side and I would literally have to sleep hugging the side of the mattress, half on, half off the bed. He was actually in a movie called "Do you Know the Muffin-Man" a "mocumentry" http://www.muffinmanthemovie.com/Intro.htm Here's a shot from the film's website... To give you an idea of how big he is, the woman he's standing next too weighs over 300 pounds ... The O2 tank was just a prop (but at the time this was filmed, I was the one on O2...) When I spoke with him last night, he told me that he was wearing size 3X sweat pants. In this photo he's wearing a size 6X shirt. The pants were custom made, so there is no size available. When he comes to visit me later in the month I'll take some "now" pix for you.

Cheers Betty! Congrats on a job well done!