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Jill S - H 320/ S 292/ J 246.6/ G 170/ C 203.4 (- 116.6 lbs total) -1.8 this week

Sometimes, you gotta just eat what you want. Not a lot of it, or often, but sometimes.... If you don't give in occasionally to your demons, they'll force feed you later.

And here's yet another fine example of why someone who used to read/post on this board every day now manages to force herself to come back once or twice a month. /sigh. Yea, that's me. Someone call me when y'all finish snarking at each other. Til then, I'll go play EverQuest

Jill S - H 320/ S 289/ J 246.6/ G 170/ C 205.2 (-114.8 lbs total)

Jill S - H 320/ S 289/ J 246.6/ G 170/ C 205.2 (-114.8 lbs total)

Thanks for the responses. Roughage wasn't my problem; actually, I'd had some pretty serious dental work done that morning and hadn't eaten anything but mashed taters and my meds lol. It's nice to know it's not just me tho

For those of you who had your gall bladders out - with, or before banding - and had serious gall stone attacks... Do you get phantom ones? I had my gall bladder out 15 years ago - well before surgery. about every 3-4 years, I get a phantom attack - feels exactly the same as passing a gall stone - the pain is enormous :/ I'm curious if this is everyone, or just me.

The pattern for mine with my TOM is this: 3-4 days before, I'm starving - all day. The day my TOM begins, it tightens down like a ratchet on overdrive. Stays that way nearly until the end of my TOM. (which is horrible for me, as my TOM is actually a T-O-Three Weeks (every 21 days)) It all evens out in the end, and I typically end up a few days after it's over having lost a couple pounds. Get a fill. My weightloss didn't fully kick in until I'd had my second one five months after surgery.

This week: 210 (-2 in 2 weeks) It's taken me two months to lose 10 pounds, but I'm still plugging away :Banane27:

This stuff is so interesting. Fish is one of the few things I can eat without any worries of problems. Chicken on the other hand - forget it - I won't even try it again.

I haven't updated this in....well, you'll see Old Jill S - H 320/ S 289/ J 246.6/ G 155/ C 234.8 (-85.2 lbs total) New Jill S - H 320/ S 292/ J 246.6/ G 170/ C 212 (-108 lbs total)

My reflux was a temporary thing; only lasted 2 nights, and hasn't reappeared since.

Or you could just be like me -- Chicken is evil and must be destroyed or at least not eaten. I haven't been able to eat chicken since my second fill, no matter how it was cooked. I just can't do it.

End results for me: 2 nights of the acid reflux, coughing - then it stopped. Was still very tight, pretty much only tolerating liquids until noon yesterday - when my period finally started Now, I'm still tight from the fill, but no longer uncomfortable and sleeping like a baby~ Patience is the key. Patience, and babying the band!

*waves* Hi, y'all. Long time no see Let me share my current experience with this. On Tuesday, I got a fill - from 1.75 to 2.5. I felt immediate restriction - all good - happy happy. Tuesday night I had Soup for dinner, slept like a baby. Wednesday, I had my Protein bar for Breakfast (not my brightest moment), yogurt for lunch and instant potatoes for dinner. I was still a little hungry after dinner, so I had a graham cracker, and my Water. I was up off and on Wednesday night with horrible reflux. Thursday, I had a Protein shake for breakfast, yogurt for lunch and really really runny instant potatoes for dinner. Had my water. Had a snackwell's chocolate cookie (ugh). Up most of the night with reflux. Still have it this morning. Now, I came to the board to read a bit because I'm thinking - this is too tight, not good. Then I realized...my period is due tomorrow. And when I have good restriction, I am always tighter a few days before and a few days into my cycle. And it's not just my stomach, I can feel it all over in my midsection, which says to me - you're bloated, Jill, get over it~ So I'm not panicing (thank you), but I am back on straight liquids, and I'll go get some Prilosec before I go home tonight. If this hasn't cleared up by mid week, I'll go get a partial unfill. Til then, I'm babying the band.

I've been on the missing list for over a month. Sorry bout that. Life got real weird here for awhile. I've been separated from my husband for almost 19 months now, and we just finally made the decision to divorce. It's sad, but it's better for us both in the long run. I've continued to lose, although a little slower than I'd like. I slid right from 20 jeans into loose 18 jeans (meaning, when I bought them, they were already a little loose - going to look at 16's next week), so my body is still changing, the scale just isn't moving much. I seem to be PBing more lately (once a week or so) and haven't had a fill since January, so I dunno what that's all about. Had a bad one yesterday (ham ) and tried to eat my protein bar this morning - not good. I'm off solids for a few days. I'm think maybe I slipped, but I have no reflux, and none of the other systems, plus liquids are fine. So I think I just am either getting sloppy with my eating, or trying to eat too fast. 2.2 pounds from my second goal. Hope to hit it by the end of next week. Would make a nice "spring cleaning" present for me. Hope all of you are well and enjoyed your Bunny Day.

234.8 (-1.8)

Okay, so late again. Been hugely busy plus the monthly (not monthly, 21 days) visitor is here again. 236.6 - 1 from last week, happy I lost anything with the Water weight.

Sorry this is late - yesterday was a bear. C 237.6 (-2.8)

I'm a huge fan of the SB bars - they are my breakfast every morning. There are new flavors - vanilla creme and carmel nut - both delicious. I also like the cereal bars - have one as part of my lunch sometimes.

C 240.4 (-1.2) Not bad for a week where I had my time of the month - I'll take it! Usually, I lose nothing

I'm going to be in the same boat this year. Hubs and I are finally going to get divorced (good, bad, whatever) so I'll be going from TriCare to MN BC/BS. No idea how they are with the band. I'll have to do some footwork. Because this is a "life event" I do have a pre-existing condition clause for stuff they won't cover, hope that doesn't include the band!

Freakin' fun thread! lol I curse like a sailor (well, I'm still married to one for now, so I guess it's all right...), and have even started to stop stopping myself in front of my folks. I won't do it around kids or at work, and I don't do it a lot around them, but occasionally, the f word is the only word that conveys the message /wink.

C 241.6 (-78.4 lbs total, -3.2 this week, -5 GFG weightloss)

*nodnod* It's true, even though some folks don't believe it. If I'm under 800 calories for more than a day - weight loss stops - and stays stopped for a few days of eating normally (900-1100 a day). This is another reason I watch my calories. I don't like causing myself to stall out. 900-1100 is the range that I lose the best at right now. It took me 8 weeks to find that range through trial and error, but since I set myself there, I've lost consistently every day.