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Smooches To You Too Vines! I've Missed You!!!!!!! Hugzzzzzz

Well when I'm home and we're bored we always end up in the bedroom. At least that never gets boring even after 3 years together lol. Its one thing we've always had in common so when we're bored and nothing's on tv he'll just ask if I want to and thats that! But if I'm bored by myself, I like to read magazines, books, call a friend, take the dog for a walk - you know the usual stuff.

Good thread :rant: Mine was when my boyfriend wanted us to be more active and we had started walking together. He always wanted to take long walks and I'd find myself sweating, out of breath, and barely able to hold a conversation with him. I was completly embarassed at age 24 and not even able to walk a mile without it exhausting me. I'd had enough.

omg - snorting vicodin? hear something new everyday lol

wow - i was one the original turtles and look at how the group has grown so large its hard to keep up. I just passed my one year mark and have a total weight loss of 33lbs - and i've had to work for every damn ounce so yep still a slow loser here but i haven't given up yet. sorry for being so scarce but this bored used to be a tight little community. now there are so many members and posts its become really overwhelming, but i'm still around :rant:

Can I update my stats? 293/11 months/5%/120min/3 fills/no diet drugs/caucasion/WL total today is 25 lbs. Oh and I truly believe the only reason why the scale started moving down was because I started the South Beach Diet after exhausting all of my other resources. Moderate Diet and Excercise wasn't cutting it. I've cut out basically all sugar, refined carbs, and highly processed foods and got my scale to move another 10lbs over the last month. Thanks

Mmmmmmm not good Gained 1/2 lb - only lost 2 inches after killing myself at Curves for a month - I understand that 1/2lb could be muscle, but still not changing sizes. Then I got a bad yeast infection and a cold at the same time which has prevented me from working out for the last 2 weeks so I'm sure the last 2 weeks of doing nothing has counteracted the 5 weeks of killing myself and here I am back to square one - not losing any weight on my own - and I don't know if I should find a regular Dr. to do a metabolic workup on me since my insurance doesn't cover my bariatric Dr. or if I should go to the same asshole endocrinologist who put me on diet pills that didn't work 5 years ago after saying there was nothing wrong with me. There's my update in a gist. Boo hoo pity party for one please.

1. Weight when banded (in pounds, if you'd rather not disclose then reply via private email to me)293 2. Study duration (between 6 and 12 months)10 months 3. Percentage of meals where you drank during the meal or within 1 hour after the meal - 20% 4. Average minutes per week you exercised during the study period - 120 minutes 5. Number of fills you received during the study period 3 6. Regularly used diet drugs during your study period (yes/no)?NO 7. Race (race showed as a significant success factor in the initial FDA trials for lap-band surgery, leave blank if you object to testing this factor) Caucasion 8. Weight loss during the study period (in pounds) 16lbs

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Wow they sure are some lookers arn't they! They're gorgeous - I think you should keep them - especially for the future boyfriend aspect - what a great way to meet men in the process too lol! Keep us updated and I thought there were 3 dogs? Am I just missing something? More pics please!

Well, I have always had clear beautiful skin all my life until a few months ago. I haven't lost a significant amount of weight (only 16lbs since banded May 24th), but for some reason back in October I started getting really bad bad acne breakouts - but these are not regular whiteheads - these are large red painful cysts that take weeks for them even to ooze let alone a few months to completely go away. Just when I get one cleared up - another will pop up literally overnight and its been ongoing for several several months now. It makes me feel very very ugly never having skin problems before. I use mineral makeup and have for years - never had problems with it before - I tried every over the counter product - no luck - I even switched to everything all natural products and don't use them in combinations with others and still not luck. I don't have the money to see a dermatologist and I've tried everythins possible - I hate it! My boyfriend says it has to be from all the changes my body has gone through - but what changed? I haven't lost that much weight, i'm taking a mult-vitamin - I'm getting plenty nutrtion and I'm excercising. I also became lactose intolerant a few months ago but only with milk - these are 2 things that have never been problems before being banded but if they are band related then why did it take 6 months to show up?

Megan - please keep us updated - I came here specifically to see if you replied today. Since there is 3 of them I'd say its ok to let the higher strung one go to a good home where he can be played with a little more. Let us know if you decide to keep them. Bless you dear!

Wow - I read every post and I'm shocked to see what kind of controversy this thread sparked. I too believe people are all too willing to jump on the cheating, stealing, selifsh bandwagon these days - myself included. Its hard to let go of past pain others have intentionally put us through - I'm learning too. I did have to say that my beloved actually surprised me this year - I was expecting nothing more than a Happy Valentines day - which I got at aproximately straight up midnight into V-Day which was sweetly sent in a text message. Then when I arrived home that morning (I work nights) there was a homeade card laying on my pillow that said happy v-day - I love you - all colored with red & blue crayon on a big heart cut out of construction paper. It was really the sweetest thing, and totally unexpected from this man whom I've been with for 3 years now - just the thought of how it must have taken him at least an hour to make it was what made it special - he actually took the time to do that. No roses, no candy - but we made some great love that had to be post-poned until the next morning - but really it was very nice.

Oh Vera - I am a 911 dispatcher and I am all too familiar with tragic accidents such as the case. I take my job home with me after work and calls replay in my head time and again - especially the really bad ones. Please take a little strength and comfort from all of us and know that God is with you all. please keep us posted on the autopsy results or any further information - I will be thinking of your family.

Oh Megan - kind souls like yours are highly rewarded in Heaven. My mom had the animal thing where they just found her - she still takes them in - seriously she lives in a suburb but stray scraggly starving animals always found their way to our doors growing up. Thank you for doing the right thing when someone else obviously didn't!!! I don't understand how people can be so cruel to defenseless animals. I get sooo pissed off at my boyfriend when he swats the dog for pottying on the carpet - I know the dog needs to be disciplined but I guess I would just clean it up and move on. So are you bonding with them? Start the fundraiser and I'll donate some money!

yes it seems within the last couple of months we've had a huge growth spurt and many more postings than I can keep up with - I see so many new people and a lot of the older ones are going MIA..........

And you thought no one would notice........HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY FRIEND!

Welcome Charlene - I was also banded May 24, 2005 - this morning I weighed in at a 20lb loss - welcome to our group!

I believe I broke that story several days ago if you read a few posts up...........

May 24, 2005 Monterrey, MX Dr. Sanchez No erosion, no complications so far - knock on wood.

Yes I had come across that article too at one point - confirming what I had found - thanks for checking - anyone else come up with anything different?

I don't know about anyone else, but I heard the "donating excess skin to burn centers" shortly after I was banded and I started researching it very very heavily. All of the research I found was false and a common myth of WLS - I could not find one single burn center across the US who does this - unless someone is willing to prove me wrong here. I don't have money for PS thats why I was hoping it was a for real deal - but alas thus far I've only found it to be fiction than fact. The reason I got was because the skin has no elasticity left in it thus the reason for saggy skin and it can not be re-graphed for burn victims, they need healthy vital tissue w/ elasticity. Again - I'm truly wanting someone to prove me wrong here............give me some concrete information please, not just hearsay.

thanks - i love freebies & discounts!

Well my man is cut off for awhile - he pissed me off the last time we bumped uglies because he tried to flip my big ass into a different position so I just asked him how he wanted me to be instead and he said why do you have to be such a robot? EXCUUUUUSSSSSSEEEEE MEEEEEEEEEE????? Needless to say I was not in the mood after that and I faked a piddly orgasm to get it overwith since we were smack dab in the middle of the deed when he said it. I have never in my life ever been called a robot in the bedroom and he has never had one single complaint in 3 years! In fact I've had many lovers amazed by talents I pridefully possess. I should have replied with "Well if you were greasing the gears right, the robot wouldn't be so rigid". We'll see who comes begging for Mr. Roboto now that its Valentines day...............punk.....LOL:clap2: