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Kimberly, If you go to www.room42.com and click on "basal metabolism calculator" on the bottom of page it will tell you what YOU need to lose weight. For me no less or more that 1200 calories to lose weight. no more than 40 grams of fat, 45 grams of portein and 165 grams of carbs. I will NOT eat that many carbs or fat grams though.

I live in AZ and my time NEVER CHANGES. It's a good thing because I would never remember to change the clocks and would be late for work or a hour early. So do you lose sleep tomorrow or sleep in? Oh lord I'm glad I don't have to do this.

When I drink carbonated drinks IT HURTS! so I don't at all. Dr. said no Tummy said no so I say no more.

Hi Bravo, At my 1st meeting there was a large group of us there and there were several different Dr's. They just told us all about the lap-band and the pro's and con's of Lap-Band surgery. There were far more pro's than con's. They also told us what could go wrong and what is required to have the surgery. Just make sure you have all the diets you have ever been on written down and how much weight you lost with each one. They told us the difference between Lap-Band and GB. There were also several people there that had the surgery and were telling us about their journey.. We then got to ask any questions we had. It was great because I learned so much more than I already knew. I was misdiagnosed with MS several years ago but since then I have been diagnosed with H.S.P. (hereditary spastic paraplegia) I was never on any medications for the MS. I had my surgery in Nov. 04 and my mobility has improved greatly. I walk with crutches or a walker and have for 10 years. But just this last week I took 4 steps without the aide of a walking device! This surgery is not a cure for us but it will help us greatly. Good Luck and Welcome to LBT.

Good one Jenna!! I even told my Mother about it and she said that she saw on the AZ. news today that several AZ people Won the Power Ball, so I TOTALLY believed you.

I shop at Lane Bryant or Roamens (online) because they always show the lenght of the shirts. I like LOOOOONG shirts to cover up.. The only thing I don't like about them is that allll the models are skinny and the clothes all look great on them. It is a plus size store so why not have plus size models. I have talked to them and so have a few of my friends but who's gunna listen to me?

I did not have a good day today either. I stopped on the way home from work at Jack-in-the-box and had a large, YES A LARGE, oreo cookie shake. I didn't eat it all but that was because I droped it off of my walker when I got home. But I did save over half of it and it was sooooooooooooooooooo good!! It splashed all over my dinning room. so the clean up was like exercise Right? Oh Alex, tomorrow is going to be a better day for us both.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Welcome to Bandland!!! Rest up but Walk, Walk, Walk.

It is Very normal to be hungry 9 days post op. I did not feel any restriction until after my 2nd fill and then it was only for a short time. I am going to go and have a 3rd. fill some time in April. I have heard of many people that have had to have 3 or 4 fills before they feel restriction. I do eat less and I am loosing weight but I feel I need more. I can eat WAY TOOOOOO much. Good luck and don't get discouraged it will all work out.

OH I think first I would have to plan my funeral because I would die of a heart attack!! Where to start? lets see, first I would handicap my home, Then buy a RV and a driver and see the country. OK I think I already overspent. Thats my life..

Sue, Congratulations on your weight loss. Whoooo Hoooo!!

Please let Vera know that I am thinking about her and will say a extra prayer for her tonight!! Get better quick Vera!

Thanks guys!! I now feel I can accomplish anything! I can't wait to tell my Dr. and my Neurologist. Again thank you for all your good wishes. You guys are the best!!

I'm "Jolly Bandit" Some say that all Fat people are Jolly. Now How does the computer know I'm Fat. I can't wait to be a Jolly skinny person.

I am not from Utah, but I wanted to wish you luck and say welcome to LBT. There are a lot of great people here and super support. I do have family in Ogden, Utah. An Aunt and a Uncle. Visited them several times it is a very beautiful state!

I am in need of a little fill and don't really want to take a day off of work and drive for 3 hours to get it. There is a woman 20 min. away from me that does them for $75. I only want about .2 or .3 cc's. I wouldn't tell my surgeon about it in fear that he would drop me as a paitent. What would you do?

Thanks all! I talked it over with my family tonight and decided that I will stay with my surgeon. My band is MUCH to important to me to mess it up now! Thank you all for your support. It means soooooo much to me to have you all.

pre band I loved cottage cheese and corn mixed together with lots of pepper. Now I can't seem to keep corn down.

She is trained. She does a lot of people around here. She is a certified Nurses Midwife and also has the band herself.

WOW! You go girl!!! La Madam is gunna be a star!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm with Katie, I love Unjury! With a cup of milk it has 29 grams of protein. It has a wonderful taste. not gritty like alot of them and it is very easy to mix. I just shake it up and go! unjury.com They have a lot of receipes on their site also and they also sell samples so you can try it without buying a lot. Good luck.

Lord have mercy NO WAY!!! I think I would rather pee my pants. I'm like you Jenna I use the "hover technique" and I would think that everyone was looking at my ass!

Today has been a much better day! I am drinking my water and peeeeeeeing a lot today. Nothing went wrong today and the Sun has shown all day!! WHOOO HOOO!!!

Ok, I have had a VERY BAD Good Friday! First I got up at the usual time 4:30a.m. and weighed myself. NO loss again for the 4th week in a row!! Cried all during my shower. Then went out to my car to go to work and there was 3 or 4 inches of snow! Had to clean off and dig out the car and then because of that I was late for work. I'm the one with a key so I made others late for work also. Then there were soooooo many kids today who were hyper because of the excitement of the Easter parties. Children showed up in my class on Friday who haven't been there for a while. We had what felt like a million children!:cross-eye (It was cute to watch them hunt for eggs in the snow.) I was still so upset about the weight thing that I was going to pig out and I didn't care!!! Well I was eatting a mini PB cup when they brought me the phone, It was my Surgeons nurse Nancy. (she calls me about twice a month to check on me) Here I am eating candy and saying "Oh yea everything is great". I then had to work 2 hours over because of all the kids there. I was waiting for someone to hit me on the way home or my car to run out of gas. With the way my day was going I didn't know what to expect. I pigged out on pizza last night. But am on the right track again today. Rode bike and had only a Protein drink for Breakfast. Sorry guys I just had to vent!! Thanks for listening! Your the best!!!!! One bright spot was that it was PAY DAY!!:banana :banana :banana

Karla, WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME!!!