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Hey I can sure relate! I was over filled right before Thanksgiving and I truly thought I was going to die! The dehydration was so bad I lost 21 pounds in 6 days!!! Yea I was a sick puppy! I learned my lesson ...better too loose than too tight! Glad you are feeling better ,keep drinking and do not worry about the weight you lost coming back on. Remember it was all water and it will. Take good care!

I know there is someone else who has something to share. At this point I need all the help I can get!:cry

Happy Holidays...no Xenical on XMAS. Because we do want a WHITE Xmas right? Ha!

If you want to know about PBing read this thread. It is all true!

I am still laughing!!!

VERY well said! Can I get an Amen?!

The thing is that a woman will often give a man with a weight problem a chance because she likes his sense of humor, or she has observerd his kind heart...in other words bottom line for us it's not all just about looks! You can get to our hearts if you try...but men..please... forget that! No offence but 99 per cent of the time it is all about looks with you guys! Even beautiful women have a hard time getting to your hearts. So do not act like you open up your heart without putting us thru the ringer first! If you take a look around you DO see some lovely women with short, FAT pretty unattractive men. But ya aint gonna catch a player with anybody that is FAT unless of course it is that PHAFT and she has got junk in the trunk! ha! Like I have said before I truly believe a man would rather you be a drug addict than obese. Drug addicts are nice and thin! I will catch hell for that but that is how phobic I beleive men are about women being over weight. Just my experiences and they have not been kind!

OuSooner....OMG!!! That Large ANTI Frosty is toooooo funny!!!! Thank you soo much! I am still cracking up!:pound:

BREATH...Ok, have you told him that you are heavy? I always make sure they know it going in so that there are no surprises. I sware to God I think men would rather you have herione needle hanging out of your arm when you first meet that to be you overweight! It is sad but true! I have alot of guy friends and they tell me all the time how they blow off really nice girls because of being a little overweight. But lets face it... if you tell him and he STILL wants to meet you then you have something to work with. If NOT it is better to get rid of the looser now! Think about it if he were a little person you would want him to tell you. You are a wonderful woman with an beautiful spirit that I am sure any man would be lucky to have in his life! Start out right tell him about your weight before you meet. Honesty is the ONLY policy! Good Luck!

I know this seems stupid but I just have to share that I am so far FROSTY FREE for the day! That's a big deal to me..normaly I would have had 2 by now. Pray I stay strong, because I really am addicted to them. I am on the other hand still having to stand up to be comfortable when I try to eat. Have a Dr.'s appt already made.

No Stocking Stuffers of Xenical for anyone? Ho Ho Ho!

Does anyone else have anymore words of wisdom? I would love to hear them! I really need them right now..Thanks!:help:

I am a binge eater and a recovering bulimic. Trust me I know exactly what you are feeling when it comes to food! You are going to be fine. Look at what a great start you have! Be kinder to yourself! You are worthy of all the wonderful things to come your way! Great Job!

Dreams really Do Come True!!!! With alot of hard work...CONGRATS!!

Justine! That was so sweet! Thank you! And God Bless you from the bottom of my heart!

Your GGM was a very wise old woman! Thank you for your support Kat!

Still wondering if there are any GOOD things to report?.......Anybody?

Yes Julie it is already set to see both Drs. I will be filled in or around the 6th I believe. Thank you!

Congatulations! You are soon to be on your way ! This is a wonderful journey you are embarking on! Enjoy the process. We are all here to help you in any way we can. Good Luck and may I be one of the firsts to say Welcome to Bandland! Relax your going to do just fine.

There are too many wonderfuly supportive Dr.'s to be found! Go find you one!

In July of 2000 I had a massive PE that went thru my heart and lodged in my lung blocking my pulmonary artery 100 percent. Needless to say it is nothing short of a miracle I am still alive! Had it not been for me being an advocate of my own care I would not be. The Dr I was seeing insisted at first I had bronchitis and would not send me for an MRI or C Scan...then he said pluriesy...but by that time my neck had swollen to three times its size it was almost too late. I cannot remember if I got an MRI or a C Scan. But when I got home there was an ambulance in my driveway to take me to the hospital! Long story longer..I stayed on Coumadine therapy for 4 years and I never felt worse. Just felt sick and toxic all the time! I finaly pleaded with my Drs to take me off it! That has been a little over a year and a half now that I have been off that nasty drug Coumadine. My PE is still blocking my pulmonary artery 100 percent but my body has adapted and re routed and the Drs are not worried anymore. It was barley an issue when it came to getting my band. Trust me you say the wordPE to a surgeon and his eyebrows are going to raise!! Mine just made sure he got me out of surgery ASAP!

Yes thank goodness the band is forgiving! It is patient in that it sits back and waits for us to make the right choices! I just need a combination of tough love and motivation right now from some of you that have already traveled down this road. No matter how small the advice I will gladly take it and be very grateful for it!

This is a hard thread for my to write and I am sorry if it is long. I truly feel lost right now, as in... I have lost my way and I do not know how to get back to "Band Land"! I was banded one year ago Oct the 4th and I have not done a correct thing since I woke up out of surgery! I originaly only lost around 20 lbs... of which I now keep putting back on and loosing again. One of my many issues I will not bore you with, is I am bulimic. I can control the purging ...but I still have a big problem with the bingeing. So like I tell my therapist it is a wonder I am not afraid of eating all together now! Name one bad habit with the band and I will tell you I am sruggling with trying to stop it. I could be a poster child for what NOT to do when you get you band! I am really ashamed of this year and I do not want or expect sympathy! This whole big mess all came about based on my choices! I fully aknowledge I have made pretty much nothing but bad ones and this is all of my own doing. I also am starting to understand there is a part of myself that feels I do not deserve the happiness my band has to offer me when used correctly. But I truly believe I am stronger than that, I know I can do this. There is still enough self repect left that I think I can get a handle on this. I am up for the hard work it will require. But right now I just need some direction to help get me back on the straight and narrow! Where in the world do I begin? Who better to ask than all of you that have already taken this road to success in Band Land. Thanks in advance!

I sware ! I just got an unfill because I had been deathly sick being too tight. I had lost alot of weight due to deyhdration, but I have now put all that back on plus 12 more! Thank you Frostys! It is a terrible cycle right now of not being able to eat REAL food then getting so hungry my car almost drives itself to get the Frostys! Then its like the devil and the angel on my shoulder! Th devil is saying.. I can eat the Frostys because I am allowing for the calories and I have not eaten anything else! The angel is guiding me that the Frostys are only sugar and fat and I need to go back to my Dr. Well here latley...the lil devil's ahead! When I can eat I can eat like 3 to 4 cups of food...that's alot compared to everybody else I read about on this site! So how can I need an unfill, when that is the case? Super confused now! But one thing I am clear on....the Frostys have to go starting today!

Has there been anyone who did not have a... {for lack of using another word|...crappy experience on Xenicale?