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*sniff sniff* Excuse me, but it smells like fresh spring morning in this forum. Did somebody use Just a Drop?

Everybody has their own opinion here, and is entitled to it. But.....I don't get how some equate overfeeding to child abuse, or worse, compare overfeeding to underfeeding. What if a parent, for cultural reasons, wants their child to have a "chubby little face"? How many of our grandmothers implored us to "eat" or "clean your plate"? Did the grandmothers commit acts of abuse because we are (or were) overweight? Booboo Kitty, 200 lbs at age 7 seems pretty heavy, even to the point of being unhealthy. But to charge the mom..... How did they decide at what BMI a crime is being committed? Will we use the standard BMI charts? Would they criminally charge the parents of a sick child if the parents refused treatment? Rhetorical questions, sure. But this is a very slippery slope to navigate.

I'm surprised so many of you aren't horrified by the prospect of the government meddling even more in the private lives of its citizens. Like Mrs. flipflops stated, This would overwhelm and crush the foster care system. And we all know the foster care system has enough problems without new ones being added in. How is this much different from the lawmaker that wanted to ban obese people from eating in restaurants?

Agree with PhotoEgor. How can the state legislate parental theory? Outlawing spanking because some abuse.....why not outlaw alcohol because some abuse?

So, I don't watch BL very often, but I thought they picked the winner on the basis of percentage of weight lost? If they are going by pounds lost only......yeah, the women can't possibly hope to compete pound -for - pound.

Just for the record, My doc has the ol' 30 minutes-pre / 2 hours post meal. Maybe 2 hrs is too long, but.....after the money, time, and pain, I'll feel better knowing that I'm using my band as directed.

HarleyNana, this is the men's forum. We all love our "tools". LOL

Thanks, Ceradad, that gives me a much clearer goal. I agree, tall guys have a lot farther to push that iron!

I actually HAVE heard of this movie before. I think Ben Stein was on the Fox News channel, discussing a movie he was making. I think (from what I can recall) the movie is not so much about intelligent design vs. evolution as it is about religious intolerence. Stein is very intelligent......I can't wait to see this movie. The bad news is that Michael Moore will probably release a rebuttal movie.

Fenton, I'm with ya, brother. This last October we took the kids to 6 Flags (Arlington, Tx). I was at my heaviest (around 370) and fit into most of the coasters, but just barely, and certainly not comfortably. Hopefully the next trip will be different for me, and I'm sure you will be able to ride very soon.

Sorry to kinda "break" the topic, but I wanted to ask Ceradad, if it's not too personal: About how tall are you? I noticed on your ticker that we're close to the same starting weight, and pretty fairly close (I think) in ending goals. I read somewhere that you were a powerlifter, and I'm built like that too. I never lost all my muscle......only put a thick layer of fat over it. Anyway, I'm pushing 6'4", and don't have a super clear idea of a weight goal. I told my doc I want to get down to cardiac-healthy waist size (36- 34). I'm trying to get an idea of what weight (ballpark estimate) goal I should be. Just as a yardstick to judge how I'm doing.

How 'bout "Kitten VanJinger"

There's already been a big crackdown on advertising like this. The latest thing I saw was for the product "airborne" (supposed to help cure / prevent the common cold). In some of the ads, the makers of airborne claimed that a double-blind study proved their claims. When the investigators went to check out the address of where the "study" took place, it turned out to be a private residence......just some dude's house! Airborne is getting binged for something like 20 million dollars, and they have to restructure what they say the product can do. Look for most shady products to go this route. There will be heavy insinuation, but they won't directly say "Product Z will do / cure this". On a totally unrelated note, Skittles has the best commercials ever. I think their ad guys stay up late smoking pot and getting their ideas.

Great story. Matheson is a genius. But nope.......nothing like that in the dusty halls of history (I almost said annals....heehee). Have you ever noticed that a LOT of Matheson's stories revolve around the theme of contagion / alienation?

I'm very close to Texarkana, Texas. I was banded recently, on Feb. 22nd. So far, I'm down 33 lbs, counting pre-op diet.

I'm officially on the short-time countdown 'till I get banded. 3 days. Until then, I'm on the pre-op diet, and it's been difficult. I had underestimated the social role that eating played for me, until I could not eat. I find that I miss it. I mean, REALLY miss it. I think things will be better once I do get banded and can eventually eat solid foods. At least then I'll be able to accompany friends and family out to eat / talk (even if I do all the talking and they do all the eating) and not be so alienated. Until now, my relationship with food has been love/ hate. Perhaps this procedure will remove some of the dysfunction out of my eating. I'm determined to do this thing the right way, and eat healthy once I get banded. My plan is for me to take care of the eating healthy part, and for the band to take care of the portion control part. So, I think that's enough rambling for now. I actually just now stumbled onto the blogging capablities of this website, and thought I'd test it out. Will there be more blogs? We shall see.

I'm officially on the short-time countdown 'till I get banded. 3 days. Until then, I'm on the pre-op diet, and it's been difficult. I had underestimated the social role that eating played for me, until I could not eat. I find that I miss it. I mean, REALLY miss it. I think things will be better once I do get banded and can eventually eat solid foods. At least then I'll be able to accompany friends and family out to eat / talk (even if I do all the talking and they do all the eating) and not be so alienated. Until now, my relationship with food has been love/ hate. Perhaps this procedure will remove some of the dysfunction out of my eating. I'm determined to do this thing the right way, and eat healthy once I get banded. My plan is for me to take care of the eating healthy part, and for the band to take care of the portion control part. So, I think that's enough rambling for now. I actually just now stumbled onto the blogging capablities of this website, and thought I'd test it out. Will there be more blogs? We shall see.