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Banana's are Sugar Bombs! 27 carbs and 14 gr sugar! My husband keeps offering me a banana, I keep telling him "NO! I can't eat that!"

As much as I love chocolate and Peanut Butter and pumpkin spice, I miss Lemon Sandwich Cookies.....

NO NO say it isn't soooo..... aggghhhhhhh!!!!!!! Yes they are real... omg... must... not.... buy.....

Wonderful! You are an inspiration to us all! Thank you!

They call a serving 13 crackers/crisps... OMG I couldn't eat 13 if I tried.. anyway 13 crackers is 22 carbs /2 grams fiber. So that is about 1.5 carbs per cracker. Yeah, but this is a SNACK not a meal... and 0 sugar, so I think they are the best crunchy cracker thing I have found... better than pretzels/chips/ritz.... you know.

OMG RUN don't walk to your local WM, Target, Kroger, Rite Aid, Whole Foods, Fresh Marktet.... wherevever you can find a store near you with this website http://www.bluediamond.com/applications/locator/index.cfm?navid=14 Blue Diamond NUT THINS! Small square crackers made with ALMONDS! Gluten Free and sooooo crunchy! I love the Artesian varieties, sesame or flax seed. Perfect for dipping Hummus, or Guacamole, with cheese or whatever your snacking fancy. They have Fiber and Protein too! If you miss CRUNCHY you have to try these! And I know I sound like a commercial, but I don't work for Blue Diamond I just love these that much!

My scale hates me too.... and the scales here at work... shudder to think how much the scale in the doctor's office dispises me! But today I pulled out an old pair of panties from the drawer and OMG! They were too big! I mean BAGGY BIG!..... so I guess some of the gut fat is going away.

Is the 'gut' fat the last to go? I have lost inches off my thighs, boobs, arms, neck, back and the daggone gut stays about the same....

Sigh, I doubt I will ever have one without more surgery. Jealous.

3 months and down 54 pounds.. but EVERYONE is DIFFERENT! How active are you? How well do you follow your diet? Are you male or female... lots of variable. Do not make the mistake of comparing yourself to others.

I am losing, down 54 pounds... but not around my waist! Hence I am only down 2 pants sizes because they don't fit my middle! Which really makes me mad because the leg/thigh area is huge! My son said I had the 'gangsta' thing going on! I need skinny legged pants with a big waist.... Ugh!

Bannanas are Sugar bombs! Not to mention that I would have a hard time eating a whole one! Much better to use benefiber or one of the other powdered Fiber products in a shake and not add that sugar and carbs. Calories 105 % Daily Value* Total Fat 0.4 g 0% Saturated fat 0.1 g 0% Polyunsaturated fat 0.1 g Monounsaturated fat 0 g Cholesterol 0 mg 0% Sodium 1 mg 0% Potassium 422 mg 12% Total Carbohydrate 27 g 9% Dietary fiber 3.1 g 12% Sugar 14 g Protein 1.3 g

I asked my doctor for one.... he very pleasantly replied "NO".... and the reason being "LAWYERS" . No matter what you do or how good of a doctor you are there are always lawyers out there ready to sue. And he could not and would not take the chance of that video falling into the hands of one of those type of lawyers. He did give me a couple of stills tho.

So Pinkbunnies....... you do know that muscle weighs more than fat by volume, right. If you are walking jogging 12.5 miles a day, you are BUILDING MUSCLE! That muscle is replacing a lot of the fat, hence you might not show an overall loss or even a gain. But does the tape measure say you are smaller? clothing looser? Heck do you feel better? I wish I could accomplish what you are doing, some days I can hardly walk at all due to old injuries. Stay positive and keep it up!

Baby oil or Vitamin E oil... rub gently.

Funny, I almost posted on this topic earlier today... I am 3 months out from surgery and that uncomfortable full feeling is still there when I eat solid food. I was typing and it came to me "THIS IS WHY I DID THIS!" Something has to stop the mindless eating, hand to mouth that got me in this shape to start with! So, stop eating before the feeing gets bad, and will it go away? I hope not.

Yes!

My husband said " hey, you are wasting away!" To which I replied " hardley! I have a long way to go yet!"

So how long does the Water stay in your stomach? or sleeve... if you just drink water on an empty stomach I mean. How long before it passes thru to the intestines? I ask because I tried an experiment, it takes me about 40 minutes to drive home from work, and I wanted to see how much water I could drink in that time. I didn't push myself, just a few swallows every couple of miles. I was able to drink roughly 32 oz of water, and I don't feel full or bloated.

bebenubbins..... where in WM? I looked in the womens dept and didn't see anything.

I recall the days, when "ladies" wore girdles, I know, showing my age. But ever since Truvy (Dolly Parton) said "Well, these thighs haven't gone out of the house without lycra on them sice I was 14." I said to myself, Thank God those days are over! Now I find myself contimplating Spanx or spandex to support my ummm loosening skin. But I know what happens with ordinary 'control top' undergarments, that waistband rolls down. And with my gut, I have doubts. Are the new 'active wear' garments any better? What do you wear? recommend? Comments, suggestions please. thanks

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SOB..... now that I am losing weight, and Coldwater Creek is gone.

Get a new Doctor... $28.000!!!!! You got to be kidding me! My Surgery was INSIDE the US and was only $10,000. Cash.

I second shopping at Goodwill... $4 jeans and dress slacks! whoo hoo... Now I have to tell you I have NEVER shopped at second hand stores. Goodwill or any other for that matter, call me a snob or whatever, but I never did..... NOW I am out of pants... they are baggy and falling off! So I went in to the GW up in the 'better' part of town and quickly found 3 pairs that I thought might fit. Didn't even try them on, brought them home and washed them and hung them up. Well today before work I picked the first pair, nice black dress pants ($4) size 18, They FIT! My pet peeve is my waist, it is and has always been ummmm larger, I am an apple shape. So pants that fit around the waist are ofter way to big in the legs. Certain brands of jeans (Gloria Vanderbuilt for one) fit better. Venezia (Lane Bryant) dont fit at all, even a size larger... and the legs are huge! So I will continue to look for my $4 pants at GW, I have a whole closet full of tops.