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LOL, its funny to see so many lurkers!! I come out of hiding every once in a while.

I just want to give an update. I was banded in June 19, I think?? Anyway. I am down to 203. I get plenty of compliments on the loss thus far but I know I could do so much better if I actually use the gym membership, numerous workout tapes, and elliptical that I have. I have no real excuse, I do go to school fulltime and work fulltime, but I know that if I really wanted to make time, I could. Anyway just stopping in to say hello!!

I don't drink with my meals unless its something hella' spicy. I wait at least an half an hour before drinking but a lot of times I forget altogether and end up drink 4 or 5 hrs after my meal.

I weigh myself every 2 - 3 weeks ( if I remember). I'm still not a big fan of the scale, never had been. Before the surgery, I had actually lost the scale..so that goes so show how much I thought about it.

hmmm, I had surgery on Monday...I think I waited until Friday. Of course he did most of the work......

I was in your boat not to long ago. Do what is best for you. Do you research, get out and talk to people who have had either surgery. Attend your area's support group. When its time to make a decision, make an informed one.

Congrats Alexandra. You are an inspiration to me.

I know I'm a newbie to the band and that I haven't loss a ton of weight. Everytime my friends see me they tell me I look smaller but I don't see that when I look in the mirror. All I see is fat Sonya, I'll be so happy when I can acknowledge "phat" Sonya for who she is in all of her glory...lol (look at me talking in 3rd person).

Has anyone ever done the Lemon Cleanse (Master Cleanser)? Its not a diet rather a natural means of cleaning out the toxins and bacteria in your system. One of the side effects is the loss in weight (of course your fasting). I gave the book a quick read yesterday (its about 20 pages.) Its a liquid fast that involves a lemon cleanser, saltwater cleanser and herbal laxative tea. I am going to start it tomorrow for the next ten days. I did the Salt Water flush today and lets just say that you cannot venture too far away from the toilet after drinking this stuff. I will let you know how it goes. Here is a quick list for those you might want to give it a whirl. Let me know how it goes. http://www.falconblanco.com/health/cleansing/lemoncleanse.htm

I do a shake in the morning if I don't have time to scramble an egg or have some fruit already cut up.

Hey Sherita, How is the lemon cleanse going?

I didn't have the chance to meet whippledaddy, but my prayers go out to his family.

They probably set a buffer so we can be surprised when they lose over goal. But I think Dr. Ian's diet first week consists of eating just fruit and water as a detox, so you can expect something like that the first week. We will see what happens in the next show. I expect the weight to get harder to lose.

I checked it out yesterday morning and I have to check out Dr. Ian's diet. Or maybe I will just eat fruit for a week.

Well I stopped on Thursday. My stomach was starting to hurt badly and the amusement park thing was Friday. Even though I was not on it for a long time and did not follow the rules to the letter, I manage to lose 7 lbs (the first 4 were water weight). I haven't weighed myself in the last two days because I know I have going overboard with the food this weekend.

I think Joseph was on the second season of Fit Club. They had a real problem with his ego and talking on his cell phone during filming.

Yeah you can do it! The SWF wasn't bad to me, it takes me while ot drink the quart but I get it down. I mad some better lemon cleanse drink today and I drunk the whole thing!!

I'm obsessed with my scale. I check it every morning. Its funny because pre-band, I care less what the scale said and didn't even know where it was. Now I like to see where I am on the scale. I went on vacation last week and I was dying to weigh myself!!

I don't think so. I checked are there are no scheduled airings. The V-spot on Vh1.com usually has clips or whole shows from the past. Check there.

I did my first one back in May. It was tough and I finished last! The good thing is that I finished, I was so proud of myself, especially since I didn't die in front of all of the other runners/walkers. I have never been good at running or walking fast even when I was in high school and I played field hockey, softball, and basketball. I always finished last so I was not surprised. I plan on doing a 5k run/walk in November with my co-workers. Hopefully I will get myself into better shape by then.

Well I got up this morning and made more lemon cleanse. I didn't have time to do the salt water flush. I didn't feel like getting up any earlier than 6am. So I will continue to do this until the lemons that are not moldy(had to throw half of them away) are gone. Friday will probably be my biggest problem day. I am taking my neice and nephew to an amusement park and they are spending the night....sounds like PBJ time!

Well after 2 days of attempting to do the lemon cleanse. I find myself nauseated by the smell of lemons. Also the lemons I brought have molded, I think its a sign to eat real food :huggie: . My friend completed her 10 day fast today and says it will be a LONG time before she does that again. Its funny that I could do the liquid fast for the surgery, but not this. I think it had more variety :huggie:

I think on the actual depo website one of the side effects listed is gaining weight. I am on depo now and I am due for a shot today but being that I was banded recently, I think I opt out of the shot.

The guy from the sopranos, I know him as "Big Pus" had triple bypass surgery for his heart not gastric bypass.

I have watched all of the CFC seasons and I think this one will be the best. I am glad that Carnie is out front showing that WLS is not always the easy route. Angie Stone sounds like she has a lot of excuses for why she is her size. I think she will be the big whiner of this season. The Baywatch beauty...I didn't recognize her at all (that could be that I never watched baywatch though, lol).