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I love it and hate it both. I love that it takes little food to fill me up. Hate it that for that reason alone I have not lost weight - I absolutely cannot understand it. How can you go from never counting calories probably eating 4-5000 a day - going to eating 1/3 of what I ususally did and still no weight loss. Trying to figure out how to change more things to lead to more weight loss as I am at a good level of restriction. I'm 6 months out now and getting more discouraged everyday.

vines honey! it must be going around because I also am soooooo freakin bummed and sad and discouraged! You name it and I'm feeling it. I'm starting to realize your frustrations with tickers vines because everytime I lose a lb and get soo excited about changing my ticker a few days later that pound shows back up - sometimes 2-3lbs and I can't get my scale back down. my ticker says 281 but for the last week I've been back at 284...........aaaaarrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh. I am starting a food journal - something's gotta give!!!! I just had a fill 2 weeks ago - I have good restriction - I'm not eating alot but still the scale doesn't move. I eat a whole lot less than I did pre-band, yet still no weight loss or NSV's. I'm sooo sad and yes sick of everyone else whining about how they're not losing when they've lost so much more than us! A girl who was banded the same day WITH ME and had a lot to lose like me admitted she doesn't excercise or drink as much Water as she should and she's lost 45lbs and is all upset and here I am fighting for 11lbs (((((( I really just want to scream F*CK THE WORLD! and I am totally not that type of person (well to at least say it out loud lol). So many frustrations today - one just leads to another. I'm mad at my boyfriend for telling me I need to eat lite and drink more water - and he told me to do excercises while I'm at work! I told him I was not going to excercise in front of my co-workers in my uncomfortable work clothes and he says oh God forbid that! How can I be mad at him when really he's only telling the truth I already know..............it only re-inforces how I should be further along than I am. I was just hoping that the weight loss would bring the motivation needed for more excercise. I'm sad and discouraged - I've got to change some things because like I said I'm at a good level of restriction now so I can't say its because I haven't hit the sweet spot.

what is this vanilla protein you all speak of and where can I get it? sounds like a great way to get in some extra protein that I desparately need and I already drink decaf - does creamer count for dairy or do you have to use milk? and i agree with VINES - artifical sweetner in coffee is just plain WRONG - I do however drink only DECAF - so I hope that at least helps a little that I'm not all caffeined up everyday since I don't drink soda either.

i like using kraft.com - underneath their healthy living part - you just delete the meals they recommend off of the food journal and then input your own from their database and it calculates everything for you. I'm going to start doing this regularly as I'm coming up on my 6 month anniversary and only have 11lbs to show for the weight loss - can't figure it out so I got to start doing something!

thank you for the link - very interesting

wow - now that is really something!!!!!!!! ITS UNHEARD OF! He must be a great doc - I still can't believe it!

Good Idea - thanks for sharing!

The vaginal lift - now I'm not quite sure if that is in place of a tummy tuck or both - I saw it done on Dr. 90210 - a girl who had WLS - had a vaginal lift - that is exactly what he called it - said he gave her an "adorable vaginal lift" - it looked like she had the fat pad pooch down there - but like I said I don't know if she had a previous tummy tuck or if you get a tummy tuck this is included etc - don't really know. I too get big red blister like cysts frequently on my inner thighs & pubic area - then I get rashes in between my fat pad and tummy - gross.

however long it takes to travel down to your stoma and how fast you are eating

Well I would like a tummy tuck, vaginal lift, thigh lift, and boob lift/implants. I'm currently a DD and like that size but would consider getting a reduction and small implants if it will keep em perky and even. I have always had one boob about a 1/2 cup size bigger than the other - its sooo embarrassing and noticeable if I don't have a bra on. I've never liked my ugly boobs and they can reduce my nipple size too I don't care. I don't want the complete body lift or whatever it is where they cut you completely around. I saw one of those surgeries on discovery channel and this guys scar was outragious and literally went completely around full circle where they cut his body in two and stitched it back together - OMG. My butt is fine, I hope my arms will be ok and my back is fine. And of course lipo to get any noticable cellulite out. Would consider going to MX too if I can't get insurance to pay for some of it. Hoping I can get insurance to pay for a tummy, thigh, & vaginal lift as I do get sores & infections in the folds of fat so I could prove it to be medically neccessary reconstructive surgery.

Thinking of you Losing relationships only get worse as we get older? To be honest I too am facing relationship problems. Ya'll might remember a few months ago Jon almost left me but he decided to stay and try to work things out. Now I'm not so sure that he should have stayed - we've been fighting like mad cats & dogs lately - it seems to be getting worse - we say the nastiest things to each other, just to hurt each other. Its not healthy and neither one of us knows why we continue to do so instead of just parting ways...........I'm just trying ot give it some time - one thing I don't understand is how we can go from arguing so bad and then an hour later we both pretend like nothing happened - its crazy. I love him and I know he loves me, but really love is just not enough is it? We can't seem to get along more than a few days at best.

OH damnit - I was really pulling for her - she fought the good fight so long and hard I feel so terrible.................God Bless her and her family. So sad she thought she was going to gain life by making the difficult decision to have the surgery only to be the very thing that took her life in the end.......OMG.........She didn't even make it long enough for that benefit concert to be held for her Question - how did you find out she passed away? It doesn't mention anything on the link? Anyone got an address for her family/husband/kid? I'd like to send something...........

I musta missed something - can you clue me in on why the removal? Or post a link if its already been discussed? Will be thinking of you Francesca

I eat pretty slow now - everyone always finishes before me. My boyfriend patiently waits for me at restaurants and things - if we're out in public and I'm not done eating 5 minutes or so after my boyfriend then I just forgo eating the rest because I don't want him to sit there and wait another 20 minutes for me - but at home I do it all the time. Its nothing for me to still be workin on my food 20 minutes after my boyfriend. At work I also take my time and notice how everyone finishes there second helpings while I work on my 1st. I've had to get used to cold food which I really don't like but hey its something that goes with the territory. But typically my dinner will last around 30 minutes - I eat less in the mornings for breakfast so its like 15-20 minutes.

I would be overjoyed with 24lb loss in 6 months - I'm 6months out and have only lost half of what you have 12lbs. Don't get discouraged! I'm not!

i did the chewable gas x and yes they do really taste like a mint - i actually like em :0

Hmmm I had no problems with depression or what have I done - after surgery - everything went wonderful, has gone wonderfully - yea I wish the scales were moving quicker but life's a bitch and not everything is easy. But no regrets - no second thoughts - only have worries of possible erosion, flipped ports or infection in the future - now those are my only concerns.

Thanks me too!

Your very welcome - please do come back and check in after you finish a workout and offer your thoughts and opinions

Just a funny side note - just picturing the mental picture of all of us getting up - going pee - naked and weighing ourselves each morning at the same time - and what all of our reactions are when we get off the scales!

omg that really creeped me out - I was really looking for a dachhund as I want one really bad! LOL - now that really scared me and I'm not so sure now - LOL

i enjoyed them also - thanks!

I tried to click on her website but it just came up Page Cannot Be Displayed -........shucks - I was wanting to see before & after pics of a bodylift

I have only been to 2 concerts. But boy did I make them count. My first one was Ozzfest 2002 which included Drowning Pool, POD, System of a Down and Ozzy of course. My second was Kid Rock & Aerosmith - what a hell of a concert that was!!!!!!! All of those bands were worth going to see again! I hope to become thinner and be able to fit into the seats so I can go to more of them!