Jessiebear

I have them too. & mine have also gotten worse since the challenge. Seems like I found some exercises to combat flabby arms on the prevention.com website. Maybe it's the fast weight loss? I dunno, but it sucks!

Yay!! Congrats! It'll be here before you know it!

Awesome! Way to go! Congrats!!

Wow! That's great! Congrats!! I bet it did feel good!

Beans 2 cups of pinto or great northern beans that you have looked over to take out all the rocks & bad beans 1 small piece of smoked hog jowl or a piece of bacon salt & pepper to taste sugar to taste if desired (for Lonnie - he loves his pintos sweet) Rinse the beans & place in pressure cooker with enough Water to cover beans & fill pot about half full. Cook on high until the pressure cooker jiggles, then turn down to a medium high setting (7 on electric ranges). Let the pressure cooker jiggle for about 30 minutes, turn off & let cool. Stir beans & keep repeating the process until the beans are done. If you don't keep starting, stopping & stirring the beans when using a pressure cooker, the beans on the top will still be hard. This is the way my Grandma taught me to cook them. You can also use all the same ingredients & use a crock pot. Just cook all day or overnight. Grandma taught me a trick with the pressure cooker when cooking beans. After the pressure cooker jiggles for 30 minutes, take it off the burner & with the jiggler still on & the top still firmly on, run cold water over the top until you hear no more steam escaping. What I do then, is to take the jiggler off the top & if no hissing is heard, it's safe to take the top off & stir. Pressure cookers are dangerous, but they have been greatly improved since my Grandma's day. Just be careful!!

HMMMMM......... I have a pressure cooker, but I never thought about cooking the way you are talking about. I may have to look into this! I usually cook beans or potroast in mine. They are super quick & clean-up is easy too!! Thanks! If I come across any recipes I'll let you know. My potroast is just a roast with new potatoe, carrots, onions, cabbage & a package of onion soup mix covered about half way with water & cooked for about 30-45 mins.

YAY!! Hope you have a speedy recovery with no gas or pain!!! Update us when you can! It'll be over before you know it!!

OOh! I bought a plug in thingy from bath & body works the other day & bought the black berry refills for it, & that thing is awesome! I'm going tomorrow & buy 3 more to replace the little fan thingys that I have been using. They're a little pricey, but so worth it! My bedroom smells so yummy! I never could get it to smell good because of DH & his smellies. Plus the 2 dogs didn't help. I am loving all of the tips given here! & just in time for spring cleaning too!

LOL! It will be over before you know it! I hope you have a speedy, pain & gas-free recovery!

YAY!! Congrats! I think the first 50 is the hardest! Keep kickin' butt girlie!!

I'm so happy for you! Please keep us updated. I am interested in what the PS has to say. I forsee myself having some plastic surgery in the future too. Good luck to you! You have done an awesome job!!!

Here is a link to a thread I started many many moons ago. It has a lot of interesting info & opinions in regards to whey & soy Protein. Hope it helps! http://lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=9098

Cute! I'm passing this on. Thanks!

There is a stainless steel cleaner you can buy, but I can't remember the name of it. It is in a powder form like comet. I use to get it at Wal-Mart. We have really hard water (lots of iron). Everything is orange. I just don't bother with it anymore, but it does work. It used to make mine look new again.

YAY!! Congrats! Hope you have a speedy, pain & gas-free recovery!

I'm at 2.9cc in a 4cc band & I think i'm just right!

Sounds good Lyndalafe!! YAY!!

WOW! I'm so glad you got an answer! Get better soon! Keep us updated!

Truely, I think I owe my sudden weight loss to finally getting good restriction. I have quit eating snacks. But, I think the one thing that has helped me the most is not eating after 7 pm. I am tracking my intake on fitday.com. If I see that I have not gotten all of my protein in, I will drink either a premixed carnation instant breakfat shake or a boost high protein premixed shake. They don't taste fabulous or anything, but they are a quick way to get protein, vitamins & minerals! As far as exercise, Until today, my back has hurt too bad to actually exercise. Even walking has been excruciating. Now don't laugh! I prayed extra hard last night for my back to get better so I could begin to exercise. I need to exercise! I'm getting flabby. Well, I woke up this morning & I was pain-free. So today, I'm going to get on the good old treadmill & if I do okay with that, I'm going to get my resistance bands out that I just bought & try to do some toning. If that goes okay, I'm going to try some Richard Simmons aerobics. I so hope I can do this today!!! Well, those are my secrets. It's nothing new, but it's working for me! Good luck everyone!!!

YAY Wheetsin & DAA! I will keep both of you in my thoughts! Hope you both have a speedy, pain & gas-free recovery!!

starting weight - 300lbs. starting measurements: neck = 17 inches upper arms = 18.5 inches bust = 53 inches waist = 48 inches hips = 57 inches thigh = 32 inches calf = 20 inches 2/20/06 current weight - 280 lbs. current measurements: neck = 16 inches upper arm = 16 inches bust = 49 inches waist = 44 inches hips = 51.5 inches thigh = 28 inches calf = 16 inches stats: - 20 lbs - 25 inches from my body

starting weight = 305 current weight 280 -25 lbs. NSV- I gave chocolate away! A lot of it!!

Well, I think I am at my sweet spot. Finally!! I have lost 20 lbs. since my 4th fill!!!!! My doc was really cautious filling to 2.9cc. He pretty much said that I was at my limit. So far I haven't lost any restriction. I hope it sticks around! Good luck everyone! I hope you all have hit your sweet spots!

Good one! If you're anything like me, it only took one real bad PB & I made sure it never happened again!!! A really bad one is true Hell!! Thanks for the laugh! ((((HUGS))))

Thanks everyone! It is completely gone today! YAY!! I really thought a lot about my eating habits during all of this. I came to the conclusion that I was trying to eat around my band. You know, get the full feeling & then wait til it's gone & eat some more even though I'm not hungry. I have since stopped this bad habit & I am eating like a bandster with tight restriction should. I'm losing weight regularly & the pain is gone. Don't get me wrong, I am tight, but I can still eat solid food. Just not very much at all. I am making sure to get all of my protein in. I am also making a conscious effort to get enough fluids in. I think it has been really hard for me to except the fact that I can survive on such a small amount of food & remain healthy. I'll admit it, I was a binger. I was a closet binger. It has taken me a year to come to terms with this. But at least it's happening.