CandySmooch

i agree - be very careful your not too tight - being too tight for an extended time causes problems - slippage, reflux, esophogilitis - my dr. told me at my last fill that if I couldn't get solids down the next day to come back because it wasn't going to loosen up and new research is showing complications from being too tight - so I had to go for an unfill a few days later and I lost 3lbs in a day and a 1/2 and my dr. was not happy about that so he took some away from me. just be careful.

yea - I'm just looking for some consistency to go by - and so far 3 days in a row - in the morning I've weighed 283.5 - I'll take it! - that puts me at 9.5 lbs but I feel good so I'm rounding that up to a total 10lb loss. Vines - I know you don't like tickers, but I look at it like this - I know one day - however slow it may be - but one day that ticker is going to hit goal - that inspires me instead of making me feel like a failure! Heck this is the first time I've got to move it since being banded. Here I am several months later - but damnit 2lbs is 2lbs no matter that it took months to get it I'll take it!

I would be happy hitting my first mini-goal by my 1st bandiversary which would be 63lbs lost - I'm now holding steady at a 10lb loss since surgery mAY 24 - another 53 to go for mini-goal and 113 to go for my total goal - it is really nice to belong to a group where everyone has the same goal for 100lb loss or more

LMAO - thanks for the first laugh of the day!

Cool - I'm going to check it out at a slow time at work in the 911 Dispatch Center. It gets pretty boring between the hours of 3-5AM - nothing usually goes on then. Good to know - I'll look for the big hunk in the pics LOL

Yes its grand we can talk about puking on ourselves and what not - LOL Well just an update - the puke smell disappeared on its own after a day - I went ahead and febrezed it anyway, but no more puke smell - thank goodness - still waiting for the boyfriend to ask me why I threw the shirt away when he empties trash - LOL

way to make it happen bigbelliekellie! now how are you going to change your username when your bellie isn't so big anymore?

thanks - i kept trying to pull up the ING Direct but it wouldn't let me - I'll try again later -

don't worry you got me too delarla - I didn't read any of the other posts till aftewards and I was pretty freaked out until the baboon popped up!

I've been contacted - they need me to go into immediate hiding - comin to Vegas to your location DeLarla - roger doger - agent 1031 clear over and out

P.S. getting strange looks from others while I'm driving in my car with spaghetti strainer & dildo strapped on top - i think they've got the proper decoder and arn't letting me in on the real deal - just enjoying my freakish head gear - P.P.S. - must find a new decoder - just caused a 10 car pile up on Interstate 70 - I think they're going to find me now.

I've been receivinig mixed messages through my radio in the car - I know they're trying to contact me, but I can't seem to get the message - I'm missing the proper decoder - my spaghetti strainer with my dildo strapped to the top doesn't seem to be doing the trick.....think I'll try something else..............

1. What is your name? CandySmoocher 2. What color shirt are you wearing? work clothes - dockers & polos - yuck! feel like an Applebees waiter 3. What are you listening to right now? silence 4. What was the last thing you ate? cheetos 5. Do you wish on stars? Yes 6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? PINK 7. How is the weather right now? COLD & CRAPPY 8. Last person you spoke to on the phone? MY FRIEND LOLA 9. Favorite Sport? NASCAR 10. Favorite drink? ELECTRIC LEMONADE - YUMMY! 11. hair color? WHATEVER SUITS MY MOOD THE DAY I'M AT THE HAIRDRESSER 12. Eye color? GREEN 13. Siblings?1 brother 1 SISTER 14. Favorite month? OCTOBERRRRRRRRRRRRR 15. Favorite food? Italian!!! 16. What was the last movie you saw? THE LONGEST YARD (WASN'T THAT GOOD) 17. Favorite day of the year! HALLOWEEEEENNNNNNN 18. What do you do to vent anger? BITCH TO ANY FRIEND WHO LISTENS! 19. What was your favorite toy as a child? FUNNY, A TOY COMPUTER 20. Summer or winter? FALL 21. Hugs or Kisses? YES PLEASE 22. Favorite ice cream flavor? DOUBLE chocolate BUNNY TRACKS 23. Restaurants or home cooking? HOME COOKING 24. Will everyone care enough to respond? WHY NOT? 25. When was the last time you cried? LAST WEEK 26. What is under your bed? NOTHING 27. How long have you been a member of Lapband Talk? JUNE 05 28. What did you do last night? WENT TO dinner, WALMART, HAD SOME FRIENDS OVER & WATCHED A MOVIE 29. What are you afraid of? NOT EVER BEING TRULY LOVED BY A MAN FOR WHO I AM - WHAT IS THIS ANYWAY? 30. Favorite car? JEEPS 31. Favorite flower? PINK CARNATIONS 32. How many keys on your ring? 3 33. How long have you been at your current job? 6 YEARS SINCE I WAS 19 34. Favorite day of the week? FRIDAYS 35. What did you do on your birthday? Went out to dinner with family 36. How many states have you lived in? 3 37.How many cities/towns have you lived in? 8 38. What is your favorite form of exercise? SHOPPING FOR ANYTHING 39.Your favorite store for bargains? Online shopping with free shipping 40. Wasn't this fun? Yes

aww when i click on your link it says under construction ........boo hoo

i cheated last week too - i was just too ashamed at my non-exisiting will power to post it

Well everyone, I think I was too excited and jumped the gun too soon by cancelling my fill as it seems I haven't lost the 5lbs I thought I did. Arn't you supposed to weigh yourself in the mornings as your true weight? Well after I got a new scale since the first one body fat % wasn't working right - that second scale I bought and brought home 1 day after the 1st one said I was at 285 - the same I weighed at my last Dr's apt. so yesterday I weighed myself in the morning and it has me at 283. Think I'm going to re-schedule that fill soon and change my ticker to 283 instead. I'm just looking for some consistancy here! I was so happy I dropped 5lbs then a different brand scale has me at 5lbs heavier........grrrrrrrrrrr............how's a girl to know?

Speakin about people freaking out. One time I was at work and my partner (we're 911 dispatchers) was sitting at the console across from me with a connecting table between us. I'm a chapstick freak and I use it all the time, after I got done using it I set the little tube on the table and I didn't even notice that it had started rolling across the table until my big gay partner screamed like a big girl and jumped out of his chair!! I was like what the???? Then I saw the tube slowly but steadily rolling towards him on the table -----talk about a freak out!

LMAO - well I normally don't have any problems with bread whatsoever as long as its not dry bread. I think I took advantage and ate to fast even though I took small bites and waited and it was also the first thing I had tried to eat that day. It was just sooo weird to spontaneously puke like that with no warning or symptoms! I've never in any situation just threw up without knowing it was coming. And yes this lesson will now last forever! It was all I thought about when we went out to dinner last night - I took each bite very slowly as I just remembered throwing up on myself with every bite - I totally did not want to do that in a restuarant - it was soooo embarrassing just to myself let alone if Jon would have been in the car with me!

Maybe that's why it didn't go down - I didn't have anything to dip it in - but nothing felt stuck at all which was what worried me - that there was nooo warning - just up it came and it wasn't all just re-gurgtated food because it smelled like "puke" then again on other times I've thrown up it was in the toilet so maybe it all smells when you throw it up on yourself.

I have a total of 123 to lose - have lost most likely around 13 so I have 110 to go - count me in as a member - I'm also a member of the slow loser club too. yea!!

Yes I puked on myself and ruined a shirt and now my Camaro smells like puke. Awwwwwww, well this was something new that happened to me. Yesterday I didn't have time to grab Breakfast before going to an eye Dr.'s apt. I ran through the drive-threw at something called a Hi-Boy - never ate there before - but it was close. I ordered a junior cheesburger ONLY MUSTARD and a child's size pumpkin shake at the last second. I know this was a no-no so no one better say anything like that - I was starving and made a bad decision that I now won't ever repeat. So I'm eating the cheesburger and I thought I was taking small bites and chewing thoroughly - but apparently I wasn't. I am driving down the highway and had ate about 1/2 of the cheeseburger when I realized I shouldn't be eating it anyway so I threw it out the window. A short while later I coughed and as soon as I coughed I puked all over myself!!! What was this about???? I had no pain - I had no warning!!! It just happened!! Anyone experience this? So here I am driving down the highway having just puked all over myself - trying to find a spot to pull over at - I find a church parking lot and if anyone was there then I'm sure they got a show. I took what napkins I had and toweled off as best I could when I realized the shirt was ruined from the mustard that was on the cheeseburger - I had a jacket in the backseat so I just stripped my shirt off right there in the church parking lot and then left. I didn't tell my boyfriend about this since I was highly embarressed but I'm sure its going to come up when he empties my bathroom trash and sees the perfectly good shirt I wear wadded up in the can. Butttttttt the worst thing is Jon and I went out to dinner last night and I kept smelling puke and I'm thinking where is it coming from? When it happened I only got it on myself - then I realized I must have tagged the seat belt with puke too even though I had cleaned it off - it still reeks of puke - sooo grosss - I hope my boyfriend didn't smell it and if he did he was being polite by not mentioning it. So now I'm going to go attack the seatbelt with some cleaners. I would have never wanted this to happen, but I'm at least glad I was alone in my car rather than a public dinner with my boyfriend. I thought there was supposed to be some warning?? Some pain?? I had NOTHING!! Now I'm freaking out about this happening again. Anyone else have an experience like this???

How about this one? I only know this because I accidentally did it to another co-worker - she couldn't stand the smell of burnt popcorn and I had a bag of it in the trashcan next to our 911 consoles - after she sat down at my console behind me she mad a big to-do about the offending odor of burnt popcorn - so apparently it really bothers some people - I suggest burning a bag of it to the point of damn near catching fire and then drop it into her trash can discreetly - if you can hide some other things on top of it so she'll have to dig to find it.

I have read of some people even being safely filled up to 5cc in a 4cc band due to problems with restriction also. Not unheard of at least by me - in fact one patient of my surgeon is filled to 5cc - and my surgeon said he was comfortable filling it that full but not anymore than that. Nice to know in case I ever need to get that far. Keep us updated on how your doing!

I indulge in the occasional full flavor coke about once a week - I usually only drink about 1/2 at a time as it does become slightly uncomfortable from the bubbles - for me it feels like I have a big belch that won't come out - so I make sure I don't drink to that point - so far no problems.

i doubt any of the apetite suppressants or fat burners are good for you. mostly chemicals to alter your body and probably make you worse off in the long run - I did metabolife for over a year and i'm still screwed up from it