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Whether or not someone *likes* how you express yourself doesn't matter. I hate sparky sigs. So what? I'm not saying "I hate sparkyl sigs so you should remove yours." Never once asked someone to remove it. I just said I don't like it. It's the thickness of someone's skin that determines what happens from there. If I say "I can't stand the smell of CK1" it means just that, it doesn't mean that anyone out there wearing it needs to stop. Geeez, come on.

Actually that's not one bit true. I can't blame a country for not wanting the added costs. When my husband sought residency here, me AND my parents (even though I wasn't their dependent) had to sign documents basically saying that they would be financially responsible for him in the event that he was unable to care for himself, financially - rendering him uneligible for assistance until he obtains citizenship (I don't remember if it only applied to particular programs or not). He pretty much had to waive it - not that it was actually being offered. And he's paying more into taxes than most American citizens are. :scared:

This will vary person to person, but to me: Just pain = stuck Excessive saliva (usually thick) = sliming Bands make our bodies very fickle. Normally anything thicker than Soup hurts me much before evening. Lately even in the evenings I"ve been noticeably tight. Today I had grilled chicken for lunch without so much as a hint of pressure, then for a snack I had a cup of soy milk and the milk took a while to clear through. No rhyme or reason, I say!

Immediately post-op, and maybe for 8 - 10 months afterwards, I would have them for a meal, and/or a supplement. For a while, a choclate shake with a spoon of peanut butter blended in would be my desert. I'm still too tight in the early day for much more than soup, so if I'm hungry (rare occasion) before evening, I may also have a shake for breakfast OR lunch - not both, because they fill me up for a long time.

Fluids for the most part should funnel on through. One major exception being when if you are already backed up with food. Then fluids are a major ouchie (IME). I also know people who have PBed on straight liquids - that I've not done, but it would indicate that even just a plain liquid can be ingested too fast and back up, having no where else to go but out.

Most sushi places have a bean/soy paper alternative to the nori. Ask for it next time and see if they have it. It pretty much just melts in your mouth - very thin. You can also ask them to go light on the rice... or get the inside-out sushi (rice on the outside) and scrape it off. I can do sushi, but I've opted to forego rice. Not that there's really great sushi in the midwest. *sigh* If you're concerned about the rice, or just can't do it, go with sashimi (that's what I do). I've even seen cooked "sashimi" lately - mostly at grocery stores.

I've not come across any. However, if you search here (or just any WLS or even bodybuilding) site, I'm sure you'll find lots of individual responses/reviews. I've not tried unjury. My personal favorite powders are the Six Star whey protein, in chocolate or vanilla. If I cannot get those, I will buy the EAS (whatever kind comes in the big bag at Sam's). I used to go with Unjury, and once I mixed it with milk & other things for flavor it wasn't horrible, but it's not one of my favs anymore. I've tried several of the pre-made drinks as well, and of those my favorite is the EAS AdvantEDGE in strawberry, but you have to drink it REALLY cold or it's not that great.

I'm not sure who you were addressing, but if it was me, I can't really ignore users or any part of a user's message - not through board functions anyway. I've never discarded a person here, even those I disagreed with most staunchly, I still supported and helped with their band issues.

I've not seen it, but I have been watching America's Most Smartest Model. I heart Ben Stein.

I neglected to revisit this thread - my bad. Marimaru is right. I gave one warning to stop the personal attacks. We are fine with attacking an idea, but not a person. I don't like to lock threads - let's make sure this one can stay open.

Isn't that already its own thread?

Oh damn.

That's the beauty of it - for me anyway. I can come here and get something off my chest, turn right around and answer people's questions without batting an eye. There are some people this isn't true for, people who carry over grudges, but I think for the majority of the people here (who also contribute in the other fourms, we certainly have some RnRers who prefer to stay out of the other forums), this holds true -- that what we say here has NOTHING to do with whether or not we're willing to help someone, or answer a question.

I have an advanced degree in psychology, but I'm far from a psychologist. Clinical work never interested me, I just wanted the education, really, because I think it's a fascinating field. However, even thuogh I don't practice it, I do know more about it than your Average Joe. One time on a thread LONG ago people were suggesting a bunch of self help books to someone who was experiencing some mental dysfunction. I posted that I wasn't a fan of self help books, and instead recommended a book that would really tell you what's behind a mental condition (I think the person was wanting to know what the symptoms of smtg were). OMG, you would have thought the others in the thread had disabled puppies that I tortured and molested. One person in particular PMed me about how I didn't know what I was talking about, had I ever even taken a psychology class (uhh... no, I just "found" the MS), how dare I say self help books aren't worth a crap... and how this person was so offended that I disagreed with them. SO Iresponded, trying to validate what I had said, and asking this person repeatedly to explain what I did that personally offended them. In response I get something to the effect of "I'm not looking for an argument, and don't respond to me again. And don't ever post to me. And don't mention this post. And don't reply to me." Ahhh, gotta love a person who wants to walk in, poke you in the eye, tell you not to poke back, and then runs away before you have a chance to react.

Curves is a good workout for beginners who don't need to be held accountable for the amount of effort they put into their routine. In other words, with the resistance setups, you're only going to get out what you put in. Weight machines can really make you lift the 100 lbs, but a resistance machine is only going to make you lift as much as you're putting into it. Here's a prior review I posted. IF you're looking for good feedback, stop reading.

I have to agree with what the others have said, you do seem to think it's about you, but it isn't. Hence: Posted by me 1/31/07: POsted by me 10/19/2007, in answer to "who have you had enough of": You joined 10/24/2007 so how exactly is it referring to you? Chill, don't be a victim, most everything we talk about in here has a much larger umbrella than the "non-regulars" know.

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This came up before in RnR, but it was a while ago. I can't find the thread so it may have been archived or purged by now. N/M just found the thread, focused on drug abusers.

You know, I don't even notice the naming. If ppl like it, they like it. What does bug me just a bit is that people have to put huge ginormous sparkly things, pictures, text, etc. advertising their month's name in their signatures. It's just as bad as when people used to put 30 limes of text, so literally a whole page OR MORE is just their signature, and none of it matters. Is anyone's signature so important that it needs to be that prominent? Why does this bother me? Because I run at 1680 resolution, meaning an awful lot of stuff should fit on my screen, but I STILL have to scroll down to see more than part of one reply because of all the clutter in the signature. I mean - really - as if we can't see things unless they're like 20 inches high. (It's not just the month names, it's the people names, avatars, etc. that people do in these obnoxious ways. Come on. The glitter stuff isn't even pretty, it's the online equivalent of blue eyeshadow with pink pearl lipstick.) It's the same thing when you're on a board that doesn't limit avatar size, and someone wants to use a 500x500 avatar picture, so you're scrolling along just fine and all of a sudden you have to go way to the right just to see the person's message ( = you're not getting a reply from a lot of ppl). From a usability perspective, this is like nails on a chalkboard.

I think the OJ & skin thing was a coincidence. Your skin is eastic, or it isn't. You can't really just make it stretchy. But you can have good genes, good health, and just happen to drink OJ too. :cool: Jachut is right on. If you see someone who has lost their excess fat, there's a huge difference in the skin there, and the skin you see in a lot of pics here. I wish I had thought to bookmark it, but I was once directed to a website with pics from a lady trying to get insurance approval for PS. She had RnY and had lost all of her excess weight plus some. She was *thin*. One of the pics was her laying flat on the ground, and her skin spread out around her like a puddle of Water. No thickness to it, it just literally hung. Most of the time you see the skin hanging but still looking full. This wasn't the case, it really was empty.

Hahaha. And if you "sorry, didnt check my email after 6" and she fails, it's your fault. She wouldn't have failed if you were a good teacher (I heard that one back when I taught ENG090)

Oops that first link should be this one instead.

There's a lot of debate around that, it's a hot topic in the last few years. Studies are showing that antidepressants (period, let alone long-term) can actually be risky for bipolar depression. This will explain it much more succinctly than I can: (from Bipolar II, Mood Swings without Mania; Brain Tours; Stress and Depression; Hormones and Mood; and more...) Kindling refers to the theory of neurobiological evolution - every time the mania/depression hits (or other episodic classification), it becomes subsequently harder to treat.

There is a common happening known as addiction hopping. (That's an unclinical term :cool: ). I can't relate to the alcohol, but I can relate to hopped addictions. 98% of the people here can. There's another current thread on the same topic here. Past thread here. Here. Here. Etc. You're definitely not the only one.

I don't care who's bipolar or who isn't, bipolarish is not a diagnosis. Pretty sure it'll never make it into the DSM. Maybe that means "bipolar tendencies" (aka undiagnosed, and often misdiagnosed as with unipolar depression), or maybe it means "bipolar, but I'm not going to tell you that." Maybe not quite meeting enough of the diagnosis criteria. Maybe meeting the criteria for bipolar II but not bipolar I. Who knows. Not I. :cool: I'm not a Jew, I'm Jewish.