Wheetsin

Oooh, a bandgina. That sounds promising. I get this mental picture of all the bandsters' hubbies and boyfriends scrambling to get their girl's name on the fill wait list. You already have 8 fills this week! I don't care! Do you think there could be such as thing as a bandgina that was too tight?

I couldn't even tell you what's up with her. She has two babies now? Last I knew she just had the one, and did something that was causing some controversy. Dangle it from a balcony? I dunno. *shrug* I'm not really one to follow celebrity lives.

And just so that no one thinks I'm infallible... (major tongue in cheek) DH and I, before the days when he was DH, used to have to do a lot of our communication online. One time he thought it would be "fun" for me to IM with his father. I had met his father at this point, but we... well, just kind of were, if you know what I mean. So I'm trying to tell him about what I had done that day. I had spent some time with my cousins, and one had spit her gum into the other's hair. It caused quite an ordeal, including the scissor removal of said hair clump. So I very matter of factly told my would-be-father-in-law: One of my cousins spit cum into the other's hair and we had to cut it out with scissors. See, the "g" and "c" keys are just a little to close to each other. And let's not forget the THOUSANDS of times I've pecked out: abou tit

Wheetsin = Betrayal Maiden name = Betrayal Married name = Poison Fartgas

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And if it takes off we can sticky it as another quick reference. So I'll start, then you add. 1. Starvation mode. If our bodies could really just "stop" breaking down & metabolizing fat and muscle when it is not getting adequate nourishment (aka starvation mode), then no one would ever starve to death. This one doesn't even make sense to me. Even if there was some way by which our bodies could do this, we'd have to be down to such a ridiculously low percentage of body fat that we wouldn't have the energy, state of mind, or - hell - enough eyesight or musclular control to post a question about it. So in other words, if you're here, you're not in starvation mode! 2. You have to remove carbs from your diet to lose weight. You can remove any singular nutritional component from your diet and lose weight. It doesn't have to be carbs. Remove fat from your diet, you'll lose weight. Remove Protein from your diet, you'll lose weight. But come on, are you really going to eat 2gm fat a day for the rest of your life? You're much better off finding an all-around approach that you can really live with. Most of the time, this is a caloric reduction. Then if you want to reduce something else, do it to supplement, but not as its own means of weightloss. No one here is interested in temporarily losing weight, and then gaining it back as soon as old habits are resumed. 3. Eating late at night causes weight gain. If you're eating more than your body requires to function during the day, you will gain weight. It doesn't matter if you're eating in the morning or at night. If you eat a 10,000 calorie Breakfast, and have a sedintary lifestyle, you will gain weight. If you eat nothing throughout an extremely active day, and then have a 4000 calorie dinner, you will not automatically gain weight just because you ate the calories at night. 4. The scale shows how much fat you have, or fat and weight are the same thing The scale shows nothing more than how much you weigh at any given point in time. Think about your weight for a second. There's a lot more to it than fat. There's your hair, your clothes, your body, and everything in or on your body. Weighing 200 lbs Monday night and 205 lbs Tuesday morning DOES NOT mean you gained fat overnight, just that you weigh 5 lbs more. I see people freaking out -- "omg I ate chocolate lastnight and now I weight 10 pounds more I'm never eating chocolate again!" Yeah, maybe you weigh 10 pounds more, but it's physically impossible for a chocolate bar (one you can carry, anyway!) to convert to 10 pounds of fat. For that matter, assuming you're (a normal) human, it's pretty much impossible. You'd have to eat about 35,000 calories on top of your BMR. That's like eating 50 sticks of butter on top of whatever number of calories you needed to function that day. Not gonna happen! If you see a quick change to the scale, it's most likely a function of Fluid retention. This is why the scale should not be looked at daily. Some people can see upwards of 20 lbs daily fluctuation. And this is why the scale should not be used, at all, if you want an accurate way to see how your body is changing.

Actually I'm not much of a sports fan at all, especially collegiate sports. And having never been to the campus, I never got wrapped up "in the spirit." I'm in Kansas City, MO. I don't follow the Chiefs or Royals either. I was banded March of last year. So far I have lost about 165 lbs, and have about 50 - 70 left to lose.

I can eat whatever I want, and pretty much in whatever quantity, as long as I wait until evening. Before then, I'm lucky if a cup of Soup can get down in under an hour. It took me a long time to understand that that's just how my restriction is going to work. Any more fill and I'm way too tight. Any less and the daytime restriction goes away. I always assumed that "sweet spot" meant that I was perfectly restricted all the time. I wish I were, but I'm just not.

Well, what are the specifics of your pre-op diet? Could you meet somewhere in the middle, and maybe make your own healthier chinese food while still adhering to your pre-op diet guidelines? (BTW, no problems with rice here. I choose not to eat it, but I can, and I think most people I've talked to are the same way... as long as they're careful...)

PB can be a sign of LOTS of things. If my PBs could talk, here are some of the things they would tell me: I'm too tight (when I had been PBing for about 9 hours) You tried to swallow too much at once You tried to swallow without chewing well enough Your period will be starting within the next 4 days You just got off a plane It's before 6pm You tried to drink too soon after eating I'm just feeling bitchy today, and I'm taking it out on you I really didn't like that today, try again tomorrow, I might like it then I just wanted to make sure you still knew who's boss You should have stopped 1 bite ago

Ummm... sequitur, but I'm not about to edit out paragraph breaks just to make that tiny little change.

Workshipe is a good one because that's one I pointed out. It wasn't an argument so there was no petty motive. (Umm, that doesn't mean there is petty motive if it is an argument, just that -- ackplblblbl, you know what I mean!) I just saw it so many times that I started to think - hey, maybe this person really doesn't know... and call it the educator in me, I don't know, but I just figured i would throw it out there just in case the person didn't know. I guess you have to keep in mind that I work in the adult learning field, and tend to think of things in terms of learning opportunities... and being INTJ, don't tend to think of things in terms of the embarassment they might cause... It's all personality, baby! (and mine is a bit non-sequitir) And if the person already knows, it isn't meant to insult intelligence. Not at all. It's an "FYI". If I wanted to break or humiliate someone, I'd go straight for the jugular. I'm way too direct to bother with little jabs here and there. Being pecked to death by ducks is too slow for my style. (BTW, file "FYI" under annoying cliches, right next to people who make trendy quotation marks with their fingers while they're talking)

You can't install the band on the inside. The band has to be around something. Like a belt needs to be around something, or it will just fall down.

Sinus infection would've been my guess too. I have very different symptoms each time I have one. In fact, the only consistent symptoms are dizziness when I turn my head and pain/pressure behind my eyeballs and in my teeth. "Congestion" definitely has a smell all its own. And it's not exactly pleasant. Just as anyone who has had a "productive sneeze" (and is willing to admit it) - mucus has a not pleasant taste. Some medications can also interfere with your senses, including taste. Especially if they're inhalants/aerosal.

Definitely check with BCBS on this because I've never heard of an insurance company being willing to accept something like Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig as supervised weightloss. What they're usually requiring is medically supervised weightloss documentation, meaning you have been going to your doctor or other qualified medical professional specifically for treatment of obesity. In other words, having gone to your doctor for whatever, and having your weight in your records isn't enough. They're looking for a diagnosis or code that's specific to weightloss/obesity. This doesn't mean it's impossible, but I personally have never heard of a carrier willing to take participation in a non-medical facility program as proof of the supervised attempt.

I've done this a few times and had success... but it could be hit or miss. Call the hotel and ask them what shops/boutiques they have around the hotel, then look at the store's website and pick something out. Call the store and order it, but tell them that instead of delivery, you want it wrapped & taken to the hotel. Then let the hotel know a gift for XXX will be coming, and you want it on their bed when they check-in. Sounds like a hassle, I know - but it hasn't been, and has always gone smoothly. Alternately, if it's a nice hotel, you could just buy a spa package or smtg. Or bfast in bed that you mentioned is always good too, esp for newlyweds.

My mother has a failing gallbladder. For her, attacks are severe - she has a hard time breathing through them. And last about 45 mins. For me, mine hurt but I could function through them. They would wake me up at say midnight, and I would be up with it until late morning. Meds did nothing. I could get some relief by bending forward, for about a minute - then the pain would come back.

I had my gallbladder removed at the end of August. My symptoms never included nausea/vomitting, I would just have a persistent, dull pain for about 15 hours. Very rarely - a handful of times a year, if that. I think my medical staff was more aggressive. My regular doctor scheduled an ultrasound and told me it would take a few days to see the results. (We didn't know what the problem was per my atypical symptoms - this was the first test, if it hadn't shown anything I would have had to do a barium & then an gastro endoscope). She called me that same afternoon, said that I had gallstones, and was going to refer me to a surgeon right then. My band surgeon does general lap procedures. At my last fill I had mentioned the pain to him and he was like, "That's your GB, it needs to come out." They gave me standing orders for an ultrasound and HIDA follow-up. So the delay is new to me. On my end, as soon as it was suspected, they were crying "take it out!" It's one of those things that can go downhill fast. I assumed - symptoms are few & far between, I'll be ok... but that sentiment wasn't shared.

I agree, except for the exceptions I stated earlier (can't understand, education opportunity, etc.) AS LONG AS I DONT HAVE TO MAKE MY WAY THROUGH A POST LIKE THIS Or Make My Way Through A Post Like This ...it could be worse. Trying to read those litreally hurts my eyes. And my brain. Like this: Try to say the word, not the color: Orange Blue Yellow Green Black Purple Brown Red Pink

For purposes that you'd need to worry about, the only real consequence is that you intake more than you can use and the rest is stored as fat. Anything else is considered extreme and really wouldn't come into play withon our scope (I'd hope!)

1. No, cheating on day 1 of your pre-op diet doesn't necessarily mean you have to cancel your surgery (but you might want to make another psych appt!) 2. You're so hungry because you don't have restriction. 3. How could I possibly know whether or not you will lose 50 lbs by whomever's wedding? 4. No, needing to lose 40 lbs doesn't make you a huge, fat, greasy, disgusting person. Thank you very much. My left thigh had 40 pounds to lose. I wonder what you think of me... 5. If you're truly a "li'l looser," I REALLY don't want to know about it. 6. Of course you're having diarrhea post-op, when was the last time you ate solid food? 7. Yes the hunger goes away. (e.g. when you eat) 8. Yes, I understand that your eye doctor recently told you that you are farsighted, but no, it has nothing to do with the band.

I'm guilty of the f bomb. And potty mouth in general. I have made a lot progress. This isn't cliche so much as pronunciation, but here - especially in the office - I hear: It should look fermiliar Can you be a little more pacific? Do you like my new stripe-id shirt? I am going to go acrosst the street.

We split the housework. Fpr the most part it works. There are some things I own exclusively, and some things he owns exclusively, and some things we share. But it's funny, because the things I own *have* to get done (e.g. paying the bills), and somehow the things he owns (e.g. taking out the trash) maybe get done, maybe don't. I do the grocery shopping and cooking, he does the dishes. Our original agreement was that every night I cooked, the dishes would get done (I hate dishes sitting on the counter or in the sink overnight). We're now down to about every 2nd night, and sometimes fudging it by just filling the pots with Water and leaving them "to soak."

Hypertrophic: (more severe than mine, but notice how the discoloration and elevation are still within the area of the cut) Keloid: (notice how the scar has gone crazy)

Did you catch the pun?? Har!