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Great goal! I actually can fit into my wedding dress now and its loose in the waist (not up top though)!!! I can understand I was always heavy and never went to a formal dance in school either. You can do it, and tell hubby to at least pretend like he enjoys it when it's time!!! LOL

Oh but I definetly need a fill, when I went 2 weeks ago it had been 2 1/2 months and I was wide open, the .1 did nothing!!! Now I can sit and eat 7 or 8 oz of hard protein and still be starving. I don't want to be hungary all the time. I need a fill, I just don't want one based off of fluro, because I am just too sensitive and what the machine and my body says do not jive.

Ok guys I need some advice. I am like Barbara and VERY sensitive to fills. I will repeat my last fill story of 2 weeks ago so you know where I'm coming from. Fill under fluro- tech said I need .6, I told her I was sensitive and back it off some. so she put in .5 went out to drink water, 3 drinks WHAMO, threw it up.:frusty: Tech takes out .2 (now I have .3 total) go drink water, it gurgles, but I feel like I am ok, just swollen from throwing up and the 2 sticks of the needle, she says can't let me leave with gurgling so she takes out .2 more leaving me with a grand total of .1, ok so after a couple days go by, swelling goes down, guess what, I'm wide open again. So wide open I have gained 6lbs since that fill, I am SOOOO frustrated!!!! Ok here is the advice I need. I am going in to get another fill on Thursday, and I am going to tell them I don't care what the fluro machine says I only want X amount. But I am not sure if I should say .3 or .2, so based off of my story, what do you all think???? I want these pounds I gained back off! On a side note: I can eat a lot more but have been trying not too, but hungary all the time.:hungry: I am however taking a prescription called Chantix to help me with the smoking, is it possible the medicine is causing the weight gain too? I just don't know what to do.....Help!!!:help:

They say the red wine can ease your band up so it's not so tight and you can eat. Poodles tried it yesterday and it worked. (Of course we all know she is a wino!!!!!) LOL

Sorry you had to endure that! I know it hurt but what that rude person doesn't understand is the struggle we go through. You are on the road to changing your life, don't let anyone get you down! NOT EVER!

I have several pair of really nice 16 dress pant from dress barn, that I only wore for 6 weeks or so, if you want to PM me your info, I will be glad to send them to you!!!

Redneck Man's pick up lines 1) Did you fart? cuz you blew me away. 2) Are yer parents retarded? cuz ya sure are special. 3) My Love fer you is like diarrhea . I can't hold it in. 4) Do you have a library card? cuz I'd like to sign you out. 5) Is there a mirror in yer pants? cuz I can see myself in em. 6) If you was a tree I were a Squirrel, I'd store my nuts in yer hole. 7) You might not be the best lookin girl here, but beauty's only a light switch away. 8) Man - "Fat Penguin!" Woman - "WHAT?" Man - "I just wanted to say something that would break the ice." 9) I know I'm not no Fred Flintstone, but I bet I can make yer bed-rock. 10) I can't find my puppy, can you help me find him? I think he went into this cheap motel room. 11) Yer eyes are as blue as window cleaner. 12) If yer gunna regret this in the mornin, we kin sleep til afternoon. and.... the best for last! 13) Yer face reminds me of a wrench, every time I think of it my nuts tighten up.

What size do you think you might be in Socalgal! Perhaps some of us might have some sizes you would fit in too! Let us know.

Wow the only benefit I've seen to having a stroke yet! Wish I could forget the addiction, this quitting is sooo hard!!! Thanks T_O_M!

Good luck Barb!!

Poodles, send Hubby to the store for a bottle of wine to keep on hand, and just have a small glass a little before dinner each night, so you can get you hard protein in. I don't think that will make you a wino, unless you wanna become one, LOL!!!! Barbara465, sorry your having a rough time. Maybe you could try poodles trick!!! Hope things get better for ya!

Socalgal, I am so sorry to hear about this. Have they unfilled you yet to see if it will resolve on it's own? I will be praying for you and your speedy recovery, and also that you get to keep your band for a long, long, time!!!! Keep us posted.

Wow Melissa, so technical!!! LOL!

Pinapple juice at ROOM TEMP, will clear out mucus wonderfully!!!

I feel your pain! I too live with a wonderful and caring man, who is so rude sometimes I wan't to beat him!!! LOL! I don't leave him for it but it does make me think alot what it is teaching my 6yr old little girl. I am not shy and I don't sit lightly and take it, I go right back at him which causes alot of fights and I know that isn't good either. So I know what your feeling, it does make you bitter and angry because those wounds don't heal very easy. Now for the touchy part, and I hope this don't happen to you but for me it has become my life of HELL. Since I have lost 90lbs as of today (Hooray) it has gotten worse. The more self confidence I get the worse his gets the more ruder he gets. Now I get comments about my clothes constantly. Believe me I don't wear provacative clothes, but if it is anything but a turtleneck or something right against my neck I get comments. Rude comments. Now with my hubby he is overweight and gaining alot, although I don't say anything to him about it to him. He says it about himself alot. I think that has alot to do with his self esteem and adds to his rudeness. But I just want you to go into this with eyes wide open. Don't fool yourself into garunteeing that when you lose weight it will get better, it may, but in my case it hasn't it has gotten alot worse. I also have a step child and have seen what a broken home has done to him, and I understand what your saying more than you know, but sometimes I wonder which is worse. You know little girls get there self worth from their father, so when someone is rude and makes you feel worthless and will probably have times he will do it to your DD when she is a little older, is that what I really want. I hope I didn't ramble to much and you can understand all this. Good Luck girl, but remember lose the weight for YOU it will make you feel better and it WILL make you stronger, I can promise that!!!!

yeah its weird if I eat salad I can eat like 3 cups worth. even with meat and cheese (like a taco salad), I think that is too much, but i'm just not full!!!

I have Aetna and they do NOT pay for my fills, they are free for the first year with my doctor, so I haven't had to pay yet!!!!

i am definetly hunkered down today, but since my fill yesterday and the following pb on water, I can't eat. Which is probably a good thing.

good idea, just be careful!!! How much do u have in your band now? What size band do you have?

3 days, then I got stuck on cottage cheese and went in immediately! I was miserable. Is liquids going down ok? If so give it a couple of days may just be the swelling your feeling. But you shouldn't feel that way for more than 48 hours.

<starting dream sequence> Hubby has just smarted off one to many times today and ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ahhhh no more smarting off from him....<ending dream sequence>

when I took that big jump is what taught me what to tight was, with me, if I sip water and it gurgles going down it is too tight. At that time it was gurgling not only on water but on my own saliva. If it gurgles I don't leave, because the time I did when I had that big jump 3 days later I couldn't even eat cottage cheese. How are you feeling?

Ok guys just got back from my fill, now I'm wondering was it worth it! I felt so wide open i could eat the bumper off of a car. Well I told the lady I was super sensitive to fills, she said the baruim swallow said I needed .6 so I told he to back off at least .1, so she put in .5 all together. 3 sips of water and I threw it up, so she took out .2, went out to drink more water. was gurgling even on my own saliva, so she said she would have to take more out. Now granted I was probably swollen from throwing up now. so she took out .2 more. Leaving me with a grand total of .1 fill, hardly worth it I think, because most likely when the swelling goes down I will be back at NO restriction. I am so frustrated. Was poked 3 times and walked away with almost nothing!!!!!

Here are some funnies for today: 1. If you are choking on an ice cube, don't panic. Simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat and presto, the blockage will be almost instantly removed. 2. Clumsy? Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop away. 3. You can avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat just by using the sink. 4. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. Remember to use an egg timer. 5. A mouse trap placed on top of your alarm clock will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. 6. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives. Then you will be afraid to cough. 7. Have a bad toothache? Smash your thumb with a hammer and you will forget all about the toothache. 8. Sometimes, we just need to remember what the rules of life really are: In life, you only need two tools - WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it doesn't move but should, use the WD-40. If it should not move and does, use the duct tape. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thought for the day: SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES..... THEY ARE NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING... BUT THEY STILL BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN YOU PUSH THEM DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.

Hey everyone I'm still here, been hunkered down all weekend because of the cold, still not doing well with the smoking, I have smoked a couple each day, gonna try to not smoke any today. I am in bad need of a fill, have gained a couple and been eating alot!!! I have an appt for a fill TODAY!!!! Yeah! Hopefully it will help cause I have been starving lately. Thanks for the support guys. Hopefully I will do better today!!!!