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Funny, I thought I had posted on this thread earlier saying I enjoyed popcorn at the movies. I came back to say that I have since given it up because it had become the reason I was going to the movies. A giant tub of popcorn. Wow. Yes I said it. Glad that's out of my system. I went to two movies recently and had nothing at the first one and a bottle of water at the second one. Movies are about movies again.

Congratulations on a successful two weeks. Every day is a victory! I am a newbie and I benefit greatly from stories such as yours. I hope you persist with the doctors until you find the right solution. You deserve happiness and the solution is out there. You just need to find it! Good luck!

I'm only six months post banding but I have high hopes and am thrilled with my choice. Again in a heartbeat. Like tmf, I hope that if my band eventually causes problems, there might be new technologies or medicines available to me by then. Meanwhile I am glad I didn't waste one more day being morbidly obese.

Today's a fasting day for me and I ended up with a 500 calorie lunch of nuts and a Quest bar. Not a bad choice. I've noticed my band is a lot tighter feeling this week. Either that or I can't tolerate pot roast anymore. Bummer. I like pot roast. I think it's going the route of pork chops. Or, maybe it's just this week. Stress, stress and more stress. I need to relaaaaaaaax. It hasn't been hard for me to follow 5:2. I think it's because my motivation kicked into such high gear. Mind and body were ready at the same time. Doesn't happen that way too often. I'm also getting a lot of outside support for the issues that give me head hunger. Today I went to the DMV to change my address on my driver's license and register to vote in my new town. The old man processing my license asked if anything else changed. Lol. I said yes, my weight. Make it 210. He said "GOOD FOR YOU!" And I had to laugh. In his view I had lost 40 pounds because my license said 250 even when I was 302. I didn't mention the other 50. I'll be back next spring anyway to get a skinny picture and a final license, maybe even with another new address. All in all, I'm getting nice validation from people around me in unexpected places. It helps on those days of super stress when I'm feeling down. I'm not letting my sad and worried feelings make me eat anymore. Just shake it off.

Nope. I has a "close" day yesterday and it still didn't do the projection.

Liquid Tylenol can be ordered from your pharmacist. I only filled it twice One month was five huge bottles. After two months I decided to try caplets. My nurse said those were safer than tablets. I've had zero problems and I am four fills in. Matter of fact during my fills using the fluoroscope, I swallow two Tylenol arthritis caplets to make sure I'm not too tight. If you order the liquid do it ahead of time. My pharmacy didn't have it in stock. .

I can drink quite a bit at once. I'm six months out with four fills.

Love it!

Mine bulges but not that much. Yes I hope they can fix it for you because we deserve to feel GREAT about our weight loss and no longer feel anything but pride in ourselves. That said, it's not "gross" at all. Thanks for sharing it.

I took an Aqua Zumba class last spring and loved it. All my uncoordinated parts remained underwater. Lol. Nobody could see I was just bouncing around.

I vote for the gross picture.

Thanks, @@proudgrammy !

Sounds good to me!

The burger joints are not easy because of the fried food smells. But I find I can walk in and out of Subway with healthy choices. They have soup and sandwiches, but also salad made with anything you want. Also, I'm so thrilled that I discovered yellow banana peppers means I don't need dressing on a salad.

Is it just me or did MyFitnessPal change the five week projection calculation? My daily calorie goal is 1,000. It used to tell me what my five week projected weight would be after I completed each day's diary. But now it just keeps warning me I need 1200 calories a day and it won't do the projection. That projection was a great motivator, especially as I am approaching Onederland.

I like Jim's giant font. Easy to read LOL. o_0

The longer I do this the easier it gets. I'm going to a movie tonight and committing right here and now to forget about popcorn. I'll get a bottle of water. I also have time before the movie to eat a sensible dinner. Have a great day, everyone!

Hurray!

I'm still able to eat them but I'm very careful to chew thoroughly since my last fill. It doesn't take much to push me from OK to STUCK and a hunk of rubbery mushroom cap could definitely do it.

Welcome. I wish I knew to listen to my psychologist's suggestion when he said to break the habit of tv eating. Turns out it wasn't a suggestion. When I failed to do it he didn't clear me for surgery and I lost three weeks trying for a second chance. In retrospect it worked out because I truly broke that habit. It also taught me that I had to change some behaviors and get serious or WLS wasn't going to work for me. Six months post op, I am happier and healthier than I've been in decades.

Gurgle. Ha. Today I was on a Webex conference call. The kind where you can see who is talking from a list of names. I THOUGHT it was on mute. One huge sudden burp later I learned otherwise.

I have been a binge eater since childhood. My parents were binge eaters as well. I am scared TO DEATH of wrecking my insides by returning to binge eating. Read the forums and learn that yes, you can cause medical problems by returning to disordered eating on any of the WLS methods. My band is a tool but it encircles a very real organ in my gut. If I stretch its limits it will slip. If I eat around my band and get in the habit of puking, I will cause medical damage and possibly a medical emergency. This is terrifying for me. Today I feel good restriction and I follow my band rules for eating. I'm also working on the underlying causes of my binge eating and training myself to use new coping habits for life. For ME, the benefits of the surgery were enough to make me wiling to give up binge eating for life. I had to be mentally ready to never do it again. WLS is not for sissies.

@@carmen3529, 1. Hang in there. 2. Band is not sleeve. 3. Lower BMI patients lose slower. I started at a BMI over 50. 4. Exercise. Walk around the block. Every day. Ten minutes. It will boost your energy. 5. Track your food and talk to your surgeon. 6. If your food is honestly clean then get a band adjustment. I have had four and am just now getting to my green zone. 7. Stay in your surgeon's face and keep all your appointments. 8. You deserve success and are already a winner. (Hugs)

I have more restriction when I am stressed. I also have more restriction when I have eaten smaller amounts of food for a day or two. I am also more restricted in the morning.

I can walk without getting out of breath. I can climb stairs without getting out of breath. I fit in an airline seat. I can ride a bike. I get sore sitting too long because I have bones. Who knew. I dropped from 3x-4x tops to 2x and 1x. I dropped from 2x pants to 18w. I bought two smaller bathing suits in two different sizes in April and they are both already too big. I don't sweat so much. I sleep at night. I am rested. I went off one blood pressure medicine, off my cholesterol medicine, off my prescription NSAID, off of Prevacid, off of fiber pills, off of pain meds. I take arthritis Tylenol and one blood pressure medicine and Flintstones vitamins. My dresser no longer resembles a pharmacy.