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This is fun! Here are some of mine: Getting hit on by a guy (even though i'm very happily married, this was flattering) Some pants that have been hanging in the closet for a couple of years fit again! (yay!) And pants i had been wearing (in a size i long ago swear i'd never buy, but eventually had to) are now loose. Feeling sexy again! Feeling more comfortable w/ hubby, still leaving the light off, but feel more relaxed. Finally someone at work said something (i used to be a yo yo'er, so i think thats why no one wanted to say anything). Can't wait for more!

Had a fill May 12th (2.4cc) seemed to provide some restriction. Was loving it, except when i didn't eat on schedule and ate too fast or didn't chew well enough because i felt like i was starving. For about the last 5-8 days been eating an increasing amount. Yesterday for dinner i know it was too much. (about 1.5-2 cups of mostly meat). I was shocked at how much i could eat, i even stopped several times to try to feel the fullness. so this morning i contact the dr. for a fill appt, which we set up for the 14th. but then at lunch, i was barely able to eat about 4 bites of food. i even pb'ed. :confused2: should i cancel my fill appt? was this just a fluke? its not my TOM, so i know i wasn't tight for that reason. just thought it odd, that yesterday i feel like i ate like a pig and today could barely eat

Didn't realize I had lost another 5 lbs until i did the math, LOL! Name..............Current.....Goal.....Lost...Still to Lose by July 4th atallen06...........231........215.......0......16 Bea1129.............231........200......5.5.....25.5 BigBandFan..........296........270.......0......26 Cgailee ............219........200.......0......19 Epm316..............220........200.......10.....20 erikadawn...........217........190.......0......27 faithmd.............302.1......300.......7.3....2.1(by6/21) Hastings............248........228.......5......20 Jennypoo............176........170.......3.......6 jrob281.............212........190.......0......22 KarenG..............170........160.......4......10 kathystrick.........318........288.......0......30 kellygirl0520.......236........220.......0......16 legster.............188........180.......9......8 Lenore1890..........263.4......247.......4.3....15.7 Leslie2Lose.........226........208.......7......18 LessNLess...........149........140.......2.......9 Lilmissband-aid.....240........225.......7.5....15 losingjusme.........249........238.......11.....11(started 5/30) Luu2008.............215........185.......0......30 luvinke.............217........190.......4......23 Marissa's Mom.......388........358.......0......30 MollyMolly..........193........188.......11......5 nancy52.............197........170.......0......27 Nettie..............193........170.......0......23 Newhope4me..........168.8......160.......8.2.... 8.8 njudono............ 298........277...... 5......21 NukeChik............231........222.......11......9 nurse7263...........244........150.......0......24 renewedhope.........192........170.......5......22 Sades...............194........185.......3.......9 Sunshine2...........179........160.......4......15 (by6/29) Suzzzie. ...........273........260.......0......13 Tess415.............327........299.......5......30 TexasFire67.........170........145.......0......25 Wombat712...........130.6......120.......3.6....10.6

I know what PB means, but i was wondering, does this affect the pouch the same way that a lot of vomiting will? today i pbed in the car, was really hungry and ate to fast and paid for it! had to explain to my son what was happening, and he said, "it came from your mouth right? so its vomit." thats when i started worrying that i could ruin my pouch by this. the only time i have problems is if i'm really hungry, haven't been able to eat at regular time or something and i start eating too fast. i'm trying to stick to my schedule so this doesnt happen, but days like today completely upset my schedule.

it is best to get a passport because yes, it will be necessary. They have changed it as stated above, however, they are allowing people to cross with a birth certificate and a picture ID. I just crossed about 2 wks ago and they were still allowing the birth certificate & ID. I know I should get a passport, just haven't gotten around to it. If your procedure is soon, you can "rush" the passport, if i remember correctly this adds $50 to the actual cost of the passport (actually, can't remember how much it is, i'm thinking between $40 and $60)

I understand what your saying, and you sound like a great parent. However, many of the parents there just let the kids run wild. As i said, its a small town, and considered "safe" so kids pretty much (when there is no school) get up, leave the house, hang out with friends, and just run wild all day until they are expected home or parents go looking for them. This is why I've had my daughter make a list of projects she wants to do with her grandma (make Cookies, craft projects, etc). Grandma won't go anywhere, too hot and she doesn't get around very well. Grandpa will probably give her a ride to the pool and back when she wants to do that (and i've told her she's not allowed to go to anyone's house from the pool. that if she makes friends there, she can tell them she'll see them at the pool the next time she goes). Her dad is trying to work out a deal to get out of jail for a couple of days so he can see her while she's there. And I know I'm a bitch, but i'm going to make a call to the judge. I dont know if it will matter, but I thought they might want to know that he had talked with my son about running from the charges that he's in jail for(and the additional ones he's still facing). I don't think they should let him out. I know grandpa would never take the kids to see him in jail-he doesn't think the kids should even know. Wants the kids to think their dad is "out of town on business" The last time she was gone to visit (she was only 4), I dropped off a confident, happy little girl that never got in trouble, loved to help everyone. What I got back was a girl with no confidence who whined about everything and couldnt do anything because "i'm too little". Is it any wonder its taken this long for me to allow her to visit again. Only that time it was at her dad and stepmom's house. I hope i'm just paranoid. As the day gets nearer, my stomach gets more upset and tighter. Wednesday is going to be so hard for me.

Surpassed my goal! This was only a mini goal, as I just received first fill and I wasn't sure how fast was going to lose. Name............Current............Goal..............Lost........Still to Loose... Jennifer..........188................183................7..............0............ KarenG...........174................169................0..............5............. Luvinke...........213................205...............0...............8............. Tracy.............271................265................0..............6.......... Suzie..............221................210...............0...............6............ Shampoo ........162................155................0..............7....... ...... Mary...............177................170................7..............0............ JoAnne............162................155................2..............7............. Syndy.............240.................230...............0.............10.........

sushi is my favorite of all time! i took someone's advise and requested it be cut into smaller pieces. i've also learned to eat sashimi instead, i didn't do well with the rice. but heck, then i'm getting great protein, so not complaining. but now, i need to figure out my faves and only order a couple of those instead of combos. combos are too much food for me.

I just heard about this, and ran a search but got no results, started to post if anyone had tried this and ran across this thread! This looks so interesting. i'm too self conscious to go to a gym. even too self conscious to run or ride a bike outside (have gone bike riding w/ my daughter after dark a couple of times though) and i really need a regular regimen. we have this wii, that my game addicted hubby had to have, but now never plays, my boys have even asked to buy it. now maybe we'll get some use out of it. i'm so glad i saw this thread! thanks for posting this great info!

just today i was thinking of buying several craft projects, stuff she can do with grandma. maybe i'll have her make a list of stuff to do with them. that is a good idea. usually i complain about her being inside all the time either on the computer or playing games, but when i mentioned some of this to her, she said, "do you know how many games grandma has" lol. with grandma's diabetes (she can't walk well or very long) and it will be summer (grandma doesn't like the heat) activities will be limited. but i am hoping that they won't want her out of their sight. and yes, i will be chatting with her daily, i even activated a cell phone for her, first for the class trip and now for her to take to grandma's with her. a couple years ago verizon didn't have service where she is going, so i checked with this before i got the phone, thankfully now they cover that area!

as stated above, no, but if you are craving that, get some cottage cheese (great protein) and add some spaghetti sauce, maybe a little grated parmesan and mozzarella. either cold or hot, i think it satifies that craving.

My daughter (her highness, age 12) has me worried to death this month! Went on class trip for 2 days to San Diego, luckily that went well, but i was so worried she would get seperated from the rest of the kids and lost or something. going to her first school dance this next week. she has naturally curly hair that is adorable, but of course like every curly headed person, she wants to straigten it, but we aren't going to let her before the dance because it makes her look older, lol. she is flying, alone, for the first time the week after that to grandma's in the same town as grandma (my hometown) her step-siblings have been getting into awful trouble (13 yr old caught drinking, 12 yr old broke into school w/ his friends) and i'm worried about the negative influence. hubby said that if i'm that worried i shouldnt let her go, but her grandparents havent seen her in about 6 yrs, and they helped pay for 1/2 her airfare. my daughter is a bit naive for her age (i've noticed when she's around her friends) but i'm concerned about her being corrupted. i grew up in that town, and the kids do start drinking and doing other things parents dont like to think about young because there is nothing else to do (population of about 2000, with most of them being elderly). i've already talked to my daughter. her response to the infractions that her stepsiblings committed were: "drinking? she's only a year older than me, how was she drinking?" and "he broke into the school, why would anyone break into the school?" her dad is in jail (another thing i dont like is that her granparents are going to take her to see him, but he is her dad) and divorced from her stepmom, but i guess they were dating when he was arrested, so the kids still go to grandma's house. i hate to tell my daughter to stay inside the whole time, lol, but thats really what i want to say, "stay at grandma's house, don't go anywhere with anyone!" also, i guess i still have resentments towards this town, because it is a "good ol boys" town and almost every girl i grew up with was sexually assaulted as a girl and nothing ever happened to the men or boys that did it. should i mention my concerns to grandma (this is her dad's mom) or is it going to sound like the exwife not wanting her kids to play with the stepkids? i am going to let them know about my daughter's new eating habits, i know she is going to get soda at grandma's but i dont want them filling her full of sugar. (grandma is diabetic, but usually when the kids are around, well, when my boys were young, she would load up on junk food for them) like i said my daughter is a bit naive, still thinks boys are icky (probably helps that she has 2 older brothers that convince her of that, lol), am i right to worry or am i paranoid?

Congrats! And, maybe this has been said before, havent read thru all the posts yet, did you see "House", just kidding (just sounded like something he may say). I once saw an ob/gyn, who while doing the pap thing, said, "you know you need to lose weight" i thought, "really? cuz i havent looked in a mirror for a few years, i didnt realize that." and it was a woman! then afterwards it really starts to affect me, and she's talking to me and i just cant hold back the tears, and then she just walks out. i told the clinic that i refused to see her again. my regular dr. told me that several people have refused to see her, she's only a seasonal dr. here.

i think suing would be what they would be expecting, and would be difficult on your part. SB should be aware of what happened, in case the person does have something that is contagious. but suing...think about it objectively, how are you going to "prove" that it was in there? the pictures? i can take pictures of an object in my food, doesn't mean it was in there when i got the food. i think suing (unless there is a disease you contract from the previous wearer that could tie the two together) would be next to impossible.

i think society and especially young girls look to the media for the definition of beauty. its long been that way, in the 50/60's the sweater girls, i read once that all the actesses at one studio wore the same size bra, not that they were all the same size, but that the same size bra was worn, stuffed or whatever was necessary so they all looked the same. the difference now is that its such a negative society i think. when marilyn monroe was the ideal, she was a realistic woman with curves, girls stuffed thier bras to look like her, bleached thier hair, etc but when twiggy began the thin thing, and then kate moss, etc, girls began starving themselves, etc. (not saying it started then, but the influence increased). so now the modeling world doesnt even use plus sized girls to model plus size clothing, how does that make you feel as a plus size (or former plus size)? it kinda pisses me off! are plus sized women so ungodly repulsive that we cant even model our own clothes, that you have to find someone who is smaller to model our clothes!?! I even see, i don't know if discrimination is the correct word (seems too strong for what i'm thinking), but even some of the posters on this site seem negative to those of us(or plus sized generally) who are not at goal yet. i love to see girls who are not skin and bone in the spotlight, in a positive light. but whenever a celebrity gains a few pounds, omg, they are on the front of every magazine on the rack! i would rather look like a woman, with curves, than a boy with some little mosquito bites. i dont mean to sound negative towards thin people, because i do believe there are attractive people in all sizes, but the unnaturally thin look is not attractive nor healthy.

omg, just nasty! i agree with everyone about contacting SB! stories like this remind me of when my exhusband worked for tony's pizza, the stories he told me...i stopped buying frozen foods all together for a while. (i guess until food started to control me, i forgot all about what he had told me)

If you go to Dr. Aceves in Mexicali, even if you include your airfare, its going to cost less than half that price. you may seem uncomfortable going to Mexico, but search for posts regarding researching mexico drs. there are many that are highly recommended. I was very impressed with my dr. The price i paid (less than $10,000) included the night in a nice motel the night before my procedure, the band, and 2 nites in hospital (procedure was friday morning, i got out sunday morning), and fills (i do pay $70 for xray while they fill though). I've had 3 c-sections, my appendix out and a breast operation and my experience there was the best hospital experience i've had (all the others were in the states) it may be worth it to check it out.

omg, how are you saving money? i'm spending more. i'm only buying chicken breast, turkey meat (burgers, ground, etc) fresh veggies/fruits, only healthy foods, trying to buy no/low sugar, etc. All this healthier, fresher foods is more expensive. Which i've always known, but when thats all i buy, its more obvious. Most of our groceries come from the perimeter of the store, and i try to stay out of the interior aisles. Maybe its because i adjusted the whole family's diet when i adjusted mine (felt it was the best to make sure only healthy foods were in the house). the only full sugar thing i cant break hubby of is his mountain dew, which i've tried but its not going to happen. To save a little bit of money, i've started checking all the ads and then i have to jump from store to store to get the best deals, even though i'm sure whatever i am saving is being spent on gas to do this. yes, even though i'm eating less, i still have 2 others to feed and what i'm feeding them costs more than what we used to buy.

i think the problem he may have, as i am trying to adjust to currently, is restricting what he allows himself to eat. i didnt get my first fill until 8 wks after (had a couple of postponements) my band. while waiting for my fill i could almost eat anything, not nearly as much as preband, but more than in the first few weeks of being banded. now that i have had a fill, its hard to restrain myself from eating. even when i feel uncomfortable i want to keep eating. my dr. recommends 2 days Clear liquids, 2 days full liquids, 2 days mushies, then gradually back to food-this was so hard for me. i think if i would have gotten my fill sooner, before i started eating too much it would have been easier for me. now i have to re-adjust to the head hunger again, and try to work through that.

Mine is working ok. Is yours working now?

ssdown, "non-scale victory" I had one this morning...I was out of skim milk for my Breakfast so stopped at convenience store on my way to work this morning. I didn't have any cash and hated to run my card for a dollar, so I got hubby a pack of cigarettes. When I stepped outside, this guy asked if he could bother me for one. I said sure, as i was opening the pack, he asked what there was to do around town. I said not too much that I knew about. And he asked (here it is...) if he couldn't take me to dinner! I just smiled and said thank you but i am married. I wanted to say, no, but thank you for making my day! He looked younger than me and attractive. I was just in shock, i think that feeling carried me through half the day at least. i couldn't beleive it.

If you can't find the thread, I will answer you... actually it varies, depending on the person. in the paperwork i received from my dr. it said things i will never again be able to eat were: popcorn, asparagus, bread. well, i had asparagus the other day, not the tougher portion of it, but the top. some have said they can't eat steak, others can. you just have to be careful, and chew, chew, chew. eat slowly. i have learned (the hard way, as i guess we all do at some point) not to eat too quickly. small bites always. if you want to try something, have a tiny bite and chew! only you will know what you cannot eat.

Might be a bit skewed as I finally got around to purchasing a new scale (hopefully accurate). It says i've lost weight, so i'll go by it. Actually, had fill on monday, so its near what dr.'s scale was, and since its been a couple of days, I think its accurate. Name................Current....Goal......Lost...Still to Lose by July 4th Bea1129.............231........200.......3......28(by 7/4) BigBandFan..........296........270.......0......26 Epm316..............235........200.......0......35 (by 7/4) faithmd.............305.5......300.......4.1....5.5(by6/21) Hastings............253........228.......0......25 KarenG..............174........160.......0......14 (by 7/4) kathystrick.........318........288.......0......30 legster.............193........180.......4......13 Leslie2Lose.........226........208.......7......18 (by 7/4) LessNLess...........149........140.......2.......9 Lilmissband-aid.....247.5......225.......0....22.5 Luu2008.............215........185.......0......30 (by 7/4) luvinke.............217........190.......4......23 Marissa's Mom.......388........358.......0......30 (by 7/4) MollyMolly..........199........188.......5......11 nancy52.............197........170.......0......27 Nettie..............193........170.......0......23 Newhope4me..........173.8......160.....3.2......13.8 NukeChik............235........222.......7......13 nurse7263...........244........150.......0......24 (by 7/4) renewedhope.........193........170.......4......23 Sades...............197........185.......0......12 Sunshine2...........179........160.......2......17 (by6/29) Tess415.............327........299.......5......30 TexasFire67.........170........145.......0......25 Wombat712...........132.2......120.......3.6....12.2 Lenore1890..........267.7......247.......0......20

delicious ideas! wasn't home most of the weekend, but i did try the sweet potato fries. her highness was impressed by the "huge potato" i found at the store, so i had no trouble getting her to try the fries. both hubby and her liked them. i only got a couple, and i thought they were delish! i just had a fill on Monday, so won't be able to try anything personally for a while. but do plan on adding more veggies to thier meals. only thing is i like to stock up on groceries and fresh veggies just don't last very long, hate that! i need to learn how to freeze them or something. i gotta stop thinking about food, been wanting food all day, liquids are no fun!

Ann, I'm a slow loser too. It's discouraging a lot, but when i do see that scale creep down even if only half a mark, i'm thrilled. I do log my meals and activity, when i remember to, on fitday.com; but i hear that the dailyplate is better, i just signed up with fitday first and didnt want to start all over and lose my information from fitday. my mom has always said i do not have any patience, so it is hard for me to be a slow loser. but we just gotta hang in there!