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Can u appeal now AND go on their diet while ur waiting? Dont u get a few appeals? Then even if they deny ur appeal, at least uve started ur diet and u can appeal again after u compleat it. I know quite a few people here have a hard time with insurance and sometimes the appeals work and sometimes they dont. I never know what way to bet on it when u guys post about this. Like sometimes the appeals get approved like in days and sometimes very deserving people get denied over and over. Shhhheshhhh. Health care is so unpredictable. I knew I would be self pay form the get go so at least I didnt have to fight with some dumb insurance co. Like any of us need that stress too!

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Thats what I tried to do.. It didnt work. Those were THE ONLY thing I had in my cubbord and I dont even particularly like them. I got them for my daughter as a treat once in a while. So I guess nothing is safe. Even if I dont even really like it. When that sugar craving hits anything goes! I even thought about making pancakes at 12:00am! (thats when it happend) So I am throwing out the pancake batter and the poptarts today. FYI the tacktic of "eat something healthy when a craving hits; maybe ur hungry" or "try a sugar free healthier alternitive if that doesnt work" ant cuttin it for me. Maybe it works for normal people. At least I can say I gave it an honest try right?

Im sure u guys are right.....but I cant help that I feel so bad. Like y didnt I just eat one?! Why do I feel like its all or nothin? I have to eat the whole two pack? I just wish I could have aten one not two. Thats y I am so mad. Y do I have to be such a gluton when it comes time to cheat? I am going to go jogging. Im sure I wont burn off 500 calories, but maybe I wont be so angry with myself. I mean, so I make a bad choice, So what right? Now I should just focus on today and make good ones and get over it.

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!! holly molly i just choked on my coffee and it shot out my nose after reading that! Thought Id share...........

So I have been on a diet for the last like 3 weeks. Eating healthy and protiens first veggies second and only healthy carbs last. Cut out all sugar and starchy carbs. I am practicing for my band as I thought I would have it by now. I have done sooooo good! I really convinced myself that this was a life change I had made. That I was gonna do great with my band and eat the right way! Then it happend. A sugar craving.........I tried everything. I went to the fidge and ate a half chicken breast. That way if I was hungry the craving would go away. But no. So I waited 15 min and had carrot sticks. They r kinda sweet so maybe that would do it. No. Finally I tried a sugar free cookie. NO! It was still there. Then I did it..........I pulled out the poptarts, put them in the toaster oven and ate them both. I was mad even as I was doing it. I took the first bite hoping it wouldnt be that good so maybe I would throw it away. OMG! It was soooooooooooooooooo good. The frosting, the filling, the startchy dough. I ate them both. Then I looked at what I had done. 70 carbs, 450 calories. That is like almost half my calories for tomarro and 3 days of carbs...........**sighs** I mean I might as well had not dieted at all this week. I blew a week of dieting for one stupid sugar craving. It was stronger than me. I did every behavior modification I could think of before I caved and all it did was make me eat that much more (chicken and carrots and sugar free cookie) PLUSS the pop tart. I really feel like a failure. Like I will never be stronger than my urges no matter what stupid behavior changes I try to make. They didnt work.

Y yes it is! Congrats! That is so funny!

Well I better be cause I wouldnt be getting any dates otherwise! I gotta have somethin to offer right?!

Bumping thread

HAHA u came to the land of happily married bliss here Hopeful!! I am one of the few single girls. Actually sweetie, there are quite a few threads here on this exact topic. All these women have their wonderful "DH"s (Darling Husbands) omg **gagging** JUST KIDDING GIRLS. Ur all so blessed. Im gonna bump u somethin now hon.

probably someone votes but doesnt comment?

**KICK IN THE BUTT!!** Estella!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Honey what is up?! R u having one of those days? (((((((((BIG HUG)))))))))))) Sweetie, u have waited this long. Give urself a little time! How long did it take to put all that weight on? U have only been banded for less than a yr doll. Trust me u will get there. And remember u also have childeren. What a tradgity if u had the rny and ended up with dreadful complications like.........DEATH! Sweetie, I can see ur coller bones. In a few months ur gonna be a skinny bitch and Im gonna have to hate u too! j/k. WE ALL LOVE U! Honey u are more than half way there. Maybe u need a kick in the butt to get u over this plateau. Have u been eating right? Did u start walking again? Could it be time for a fill? How long have u been plateaued? Cant be too long since u have had ur band for less than a yr. That ryn surgery seriously freaks me out....like gives me the heebie jeebies. Ohhh I cant imagine letting someone rerout my intestines. **shuddering** U have us all here! If ur in a rut post mama! We will help u get over this plataeu in no time!! U can do it!

Ill be in there for a few common in!

Good stuff Christina! Totally stocked for u!

I have heard good AND bad things about this place. There are lots of threads on this site about Molding Clinic. Do a search here, ull find tons and tons of stuff. I did one on them here when I was starting my search for a doctor too. I believe there are quite a few people here who have used them. Maybe they will post for u too.

Hey do a search! I remember a great post like a month or so ago on this exact topic. I dont know how to link things or I would do it for u. The woman had delivered and posted to share her experiance. If I remember correctly it was a very positive one.

HYJACK OMG christina, I love ur new quote "thats Miss Bitch to u!" Thats the greatest thing Ive seen! From now on I will only address Christina as Miss Bitch and the occasional Miss BIIOOOOTCH if the need be. (its a west coast thing)

I talked to MariposaBella (estella) about this. She is close to goal weight and I think she said she may need surgery to replace the port so u cant see it. Was this u Estella? Pipe in and give ur 2 cents. We all know I suffer from CRS .............................(cant remember shit) so I really shouldnt be talking for u. Im sure the conversation is probably not quite how I remember it if it was even u I had it with! lol

I posted something similar to this a long time ago. I would love to have my band around the bikini line, but I also would worrie about the future tummy tuck. Just a thought. U should ask ur doctor about it and post back to let us all know. If u did it under the bikini line the big scar would be covered. Sounds great to me. But noone else here has it there I think so if u wanna be the guini pig, I think that gggrrrreeeeaaaaaattttt! lol

Is that what happens with the other surgeries? I dont know I have never even considered anything other than the lalpband. I know other surgeries have like high death rates because Ive been to a few other boards and they need to have specail sections to remember their friends who died with complications. Its so sad. A whole section just for all of the deaths.

HEY U GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE R SUPOSED TO BE HATING SKINNY BITCHES!! HELLOOOOOO!!!!!!! HOW DID MY THREAD TURN INTO THE "NICE SKINNY BITCHES WITH GREAT REAL BOOBIES?!" lol j/k of course (lets get back on track please thankuverymuch)

ROTFLMAO OMG! Never thought of it that way! ^^^^bubbame: At least I have cleavage^^^^ And Yes Bubba, Yae for cleavage! But ohhh my god, do u know what I HATE HATE even more than a skinny bitch? A skinny bitch with great boobies. :l ggggggggrrrrrrrrrr

I know Dr Kuri does them. He said u lose about 30-40 pounds. The balloon stays in for 6 months and cost somewhere around 3 grand. The down fall is once its out, it is really easy to regain the weight. It is also used on people who are too high in their BMI to be safe for the Lap Band. It helps them get to a safe weight. So it is ideal for either very low BMI or very high BMI. There is no surgery and yes it is done under "twilight sedation". I looked into it a lot a few months ago and could not find one support site to see what the side effects were. The only one they really talk about from the doctors office is vomiting. I dont know how long that lasts or if it goes away. It isnt that new of a procedure, just not as popular. I would do it if it if I didnt think I would gain it back.

So its getting really warm here and out come the skinny bitches. All day today Im looking around to see if Im the biggest girl wherever Im at.....mostly yes. So I just have to hate those skinny bitches in their hip huggers and tube tops! But of course I love them at the same time **turning green with envy** Do u guys do this at the beginning of summer too? I know Im just a jealous bitch which of course is much worse than being a skinny bitch Hey I never said I wasnt a hypocrite

Those prices r very close to the prices in US. He must be a very good and respected surgon. For those prices I would not go to MX. Ive had a few nips and tucks here in US and the prices r very close. Just because we r more protected to take action against anything that could go wrong is y I would stay here. I am only considering MX because money is going to be tight after my band. Its funny but I feel so safe going to MX for my band because of how much experiance they have with the band there, but I have serious reservations about MX for a TT. Well I will have to lose the weight first anyhow so I have a while to think about it. In the mean time if anyone has any suggestions for doctors they have used in MX post em up!