kathystrick

I would definitely stand a better chance of getting him to eat fruit than celery. But of course, he prefers citrus. :thumbup: Maybe if I fix a nice big bowl of chopped mixed fruits and put it in the fridge, then drop the hint about oral, he would get on board. (I wonder how many men reading this thread have added celery to their diets?)

As for the meat and potatoes man, my ex was the same and it definitely made a HUGE difference in taste. And not in a good way. :biggrin:

I wonder if any foods make a difference in the way a woman tastes? Gentlemen???? Care to comment? :eek:

LOL Wonder how I can discreetly get DH to read this thread so maybe he will start eating celery...:biggrin:

Oooops....busted! Carry on, ladies.....I didn't see a thing...

The question is...Have you learned anything?:biggrin:

She may also be having issues with her self worth. Most people who are overweight don't have very high self esteem and she may still be dealing with those issues even though she has lost the weight.

Hmm...haven't tried to "get at" mine lately. Maybe things have improved without my even knowing it! Might need to check that out! :thumbup:

I'm right there with you, Huggy Bear. I feel like I am starving!! I am trying very hard to "be good" and not eat the wrong things, but it is a struggle when you feel like you are hungry all the time. I have about a month to go before my fill. My weight loss is still going down mostly, but not as fast as it was in the beginning. I am just trying to hang on!

Hope the next 8 days pass quickly for you and you hit your "sweet spot" in a hurry!!

I've been doing the same thing! DH thinks I am crazy to cook all this food that I can't eat, but I am really enjoying it too.

Here's what you do for the taste and yourself make sure your guy eat something with cinnamon in it every morning. You won't regret it. you don't even have to tell him why. I read this somewhere and it works!!1:blushing:

The taste I was talking about was of the numbing stuff. I would try the cinnamon trick though, if DH would eat cinnamon! :thumbup::frown:

WOW this thread took off like wildfire!!

FYI:

My weight has slowed down my horizontal acrobatics for now also. HOWEVER, there is hope for the no orgasm by just penetration. Ladies...discover your g-spot. It is NOT a joke..it is real. You can even ejaculate...(or squirt.) I WISH I had found out about this years ago.

There is a book by Deborah Sundahl

Isis Media - G-spot & Female Ejaculation

...I give her, and my best friend my claim to fame. That is my ability to ejaculate. My husband goes bonkers when I do it. It sounds cliche' but once you tap into it...your ability to orgasm will increase..and it is altogether different. BETTER should I say than a dumb clitoral orgasm...that is just a flash in the pan.

I need to check that book out. My DH has been trying to get me to do this for 9 years and I just can't! :thumbup: I did it once years ago (before him) and have no idea how. Thanks for the info!

Didn't make goal, but down 2 more pounds! Congratulations to those who made it!

Name..............Current.....Goal.....Lost...Still to Lose by July 4th

atallen06...........231........215.......0......16

Bea1129.............231........200......11......20

BigBandFan..........296........270.......0......26

Cgailee ............208........200.......11......8

darr5380............170........165.......0.......5

Epm316..............214........200.......16.....14

erikadawn...........207........190.......0......17

faithmd.............297........300.......12.4...-3(by6/21)

Hastings............248........228.......5......20

Jennypoo............169....... 170.......10.....-1

jrob281.............212........190.......0......22

KarenG..............166........160.......8......6

kathystrick.........304........288.......14......16

kellygirl0520.......236........220.......0......16

legster.............188........180.......9......8

Lenore1890..........263.4......247.......4.3....15.7

Leslie2Lose.........224........208.......9......16

LessNLess...........146........140.......5.......6

Lilmissband-aid.....242........239.......0.......3.4

losingjusme.........244........238.......6.......6(started 5/30)

Luu2008.............215........185.......0......30

luvinke.............217........190.......11......14

Marissa's Mom.......388........358.......25.4...4.6 :thumbup:

MollyMolly..........185........188.......19......-3

nancy52.............197........170.......0......27

Nettie..............193........170.......0......23

Newhope4me..........168.8......160.......8.2.... 8.8

njudono............ 298........277...... 5......21

NukeChik............227........222.......15......5

nurse7263...........244........150.......0......24

renewedhope.........176........180.......19.....-4

Sades...............194........185.......3.......9

Stacy73.............209........204.......3.......5

Sunshine2...........179........160.......4......15 (by6/29)

Suzzzie. ...........273........260.......0......13

Tess415.............314........299.......13......15

TexasFire67.........170........145.......0......25

Wombat712...........128.2......120.......6......8.2

Bunkey1965................210.............205..........9..........5

I seem to be on the up side of things the past couple of days, but only after having a MAJOR meltdown Monday afternoon and almost telling my husband to move out!! Not a good thing. He doesn't understand this roller coaster AT ALL and gets very frustrated sometimes because he never knows who his wife is going to be when he comes home after work. Maybe I should make him come on here and read so he knows I'm not the only one losing m mind!!

Beautiful!!!

Holy smokes, I really need to come in here more often! By the way, fellow whore reporting in!

Welcome to the club, Susan!! And to think, "whore" is something we all tried to avoid in school.

I'm in! Didn't do so well with my last challenge, but I also set my goal with an earlier band date in mind and that didn't work out. So, being a little more conservative this time and keeping in mind I won't even have my first fill until 8/5. Good luck everyone!!

NAME ____________weight now____ goal___ lbs lost

*****:w00t:********** :drool:**********:thumbup:******:tt1:*****

aJoneen............230.........220.......1.......

Babs0101...........185.........170.......0.......

blesdbyonmzur......159.........148.......4.......:thumbup:

BTTRFLI1432........221.........210.......0.......

Bunkey1965.........212.........205.......0.......

Chocolate_Snaps....260.........240.......0.......

FloridaGirl........235.........215.......0.......

HeatherO...........172.........155.......0.......

KarenG.............166.........158.......0.......

KathyStrick........305.........290.......0.......

Leslie2Lose........224.........209.......0.......

Lunabeane..........221.........200.......0.......

Luu2008............219.........189.......0.......

Luv2Laugh..........232.........212.......0.......

luvinke............206.........190.......0.......

mamato3............199.........184.......0.......

mcgreen............189.........175.......0.......

MSnika3............229.........204.......0.......

NANAbanded.........225.........199.......0.......

Ollie..............242.........210.......0.......

Redtulips..........194.........180.......0.......

Renewedhope........178.........155.......1.......

ronni_NC...........243.........220.......0.......

slgandera..........185.........173.......0.......

StartingOver.......220.........205.......0.......

want_so_bad........170.........155.......0.......

Oh dear.

Well, I guess you can only look on the bright side. Its not possible to be a negative cup size. Is it?

I guess its no worse than being a D extra long which is what I currently am. They're awful.

Sigh.

That's what I was thinking. Mine never shrink in cup size more than maybe half a cup size, they just get longer and longer. :thumbup:

I feel like I am "super sized" in that area, so I am thinking I will definitly check into it when PS becomes a realistic option for me. I am so self conscious about it, I would even do that over a boob job if I had to choose. Dh says it isn't as unusually large as I sem to think it is, but I have seen pics in magazines he has and I know mine doesn't look anything like that! I kinda relate mine to a Bassat Hound. :thumbup:

:thumbs_down:We're too fat? NOT FOR LONG!!! :smile2:Anyway some men say, "The more meat, the better treat".:biggrin2:

Ha! Ha! How about, "More cushion for the pushin'?"

I went by one of the lists on here and ended up spending a little unnecessary money just because of the way my doctor did things. Check with your surgeon before buying any type of bandages, because if he uses adhesive to close you up, you won't need the gauze or tape. Also, I only had to do 24 hours of Clear Liquids and could then move to full liquids, so didn't really need all of the broth, juice, etc I had bought to last 2 weeks. That was my fault though because I wasn't as insistant about getting clear answers to my questions as I should have been when discussing the post-op diet with his PA.

My doctor is also part of the 6-8 weeks group. If you were able to get one sooner, you are very lucky. I am also feeling hunger pains, but fighting them as best I can. Protein Shakes help as does Water. Hoping that continues until I can finally be filled 8/5!

I try not to give myself time goals. I pick a weight (my first mini goal right now is 298, which for me is 30 pounds and under 300) and shoot for it. How about siging up for some of the weight loss challenges on here? I think the newest is Labor Day. With that in mind, I would think 2 pounds per week at this point since surgery would be a good start. And if you lose more, all the better!!

The reason we aren't supposed to eat solids this soon is because of the stomach movement involved in digestion. I would think (but I am not a doctor) if you had done any signifcant damage, you would be in pain. Definitely get back on track tomorrow though and call your doctor immediately if you do start experiencing any pain. You can't change what you have done, all you can do is better tomorrow. Hope everything is ok!

Girl, welcome to my world!! :thumbup: I cried tonight watching frickin' Willie Wonka!!! wtf??? :crying: Fortunately, DH has been out of town most of the time since surgery or he would probably think I am nuts! Hopefully it will get better as I lose, get adjusted, etc. I just hope I don't go crazy before then! I hope it makes you feel better knowing you aren't the only one experiencing this. With over 300 of us banded in June, I'm sure there are plenty of us riding this roller coaster together. Good luck to you and feel free to email me if you want to talk.

From what I have read, it's normal to gain some of it back once you get on solids again. If you are obsessive at all, it's probably best you don't know where your scale is.LOL You are probably going to the doctor pretty regularly at this point anyway, so let him keep track of it for a while. Once you hit your sweet spot and start exercising, you can get that scale back and start basking in the glory of massive weight loss!! I ordered a few exercise dvds I am going to start soon. We are going to be moving in the next couple of weeks, so after that for sure.

ok, we have recently ordered stuff from a place like adam & eve, but my question is, does it numb him too? because that would kinda defeat the purpose.

The report I received was that it caused a slight numbing sensation, but not total numbness on him.

Oooh I forgot that you can get this stuff from places like adam & Eve.com that is meant to help with the gag reflex ....

but I wouldn't know that :smile:

Not that I would know either, but that stuff has a really bad taste. AndI know the point is to help with the gag reflex, but I found the total mouth numbness very disturbing. Chloraseptic works too, by the way. And the spray nozzle gives a good aim to the back of the throat. :smile: