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Smart decision Lisa! Let us know what you learn from the different Dr ok? You've really been in my thoughts!

I've only checked this thread a couple of times since the first night it was started and on that night we were mostly just being silly and goofing around. I don't think anyone needs to get nervous about the mood of the thread or the intentions of the people posting in it. It wasn't a serious suggestion to revolt and those of us who really wanted to keep the ability to edit and delete the way it has been were just expressing our thoughts on the topic. It may not be a big deal to some of you, it might be a big deal to others. I haven't seen anyone here attacking anyone or implying that this is all someone's fault. The few of us who were discussing it in the beginning weren't interested in blaming anyone for anything. Heck, if we wanted to do that we would hav been aiming our blame at Alexandra and the rest of the mods. It was only a discussion about the change and we were talking about how we viewed it from our perspectives. So everyone please calm down. This was not, nor will it become, a board war. I think too many of you have misread the tone of the original posts. Now, on to the topic at hand. I think that Alex and the Mods were being very clever when they took out the Edit option. It's the old, "Let's take more away and then they won't think the original bit we took is so bad after all" ploy. Now we all just want the Edit button back, so screw the delete thing! LOL! (I'm joking y'all, so don't get up in arms about that!) I have seen both sides of this and while I still think it's unnecessary to remove the ability to delete the entire thread I concede that the owner and Admin feel its the best thing for LBT and they should get our support and respect for doing whatever they decide. However, I don't think any of us need to apologize for speaking out about our opinions on the topic. I'm sure that the mods are very capable of listening to everyone's opinion without taking it as a personal attack or anything. So no one did anything wrong by joining the conversation about something which will affect all of us as LBT members. I also think the mods are going to find that this will produce more frustrating work for them as people begin to request the deletion of posts or threads. I could be wrong, but after Admin'ing a few places myself, I have seen how more control over the masses usually winds up meaning more "babysitting" for the Admin/Moderators. If you all are fine with that, then it's all good. Now, y'all get back to focusing on your journeys and stop worrying about LBT. It's full of great people who all have different opinions and somehow we all seem to manage to keep on going. Those who leave will come back (if they haven't already). And those who really cared about you, will keep in contact. It's just the way of the net folks. Nothing new at all. Love you guys!

:welcomeB: to the Gone for Good Club, :clap2: PinkMary! :clap2: I'll get you added to the main page as soon as we get our edit rights back! What's your sister's name? And how did you lose her? Sounds like an interesting story.

Hi Scout, welcome to LBT! I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for a speedy approval process. And you're certainly not alone in your mixed feelings of excitement and nervousness. I thought that the changes in my eating lifestyle was going to be so dramatic in my life but I've found quite the opposite. I still eat well. I still go out to eat with friends and family. But I'm not stuffing myself, or feeling embarassed and uncomfortable in restaraunts, and I'm not wearing those size 26 jeans anymore. I'm in 18s! Trust me. You'll be so busy being happy about the positive changes in your life, that you won't be thinking about what you gave up. Best of luck to you!

Hey Yoda! Welcome to Bandland! I'd send your hubby out for those Isopure Zero Carb Protein drinks if I were you. They will help. Once you are on full liquids, blend some bean with bacon Soup in the blender with 1/2 can of Water (before heating). Turn it into pure liquid and then add the remaining 1/2 can of water and heat. I've passed this on to a lot of folks and have heard that it really helps. I know it helped me. The pain in your neck could very well be "gas pains". The diaphram stretches from the gas during surgery and the pain from that can radiate up to the shoulder and neck. Try using a heating pad on that area. I hear it helps a lot. Walk when you can, and sip sip sip. Keep yourself hydrated. So glad to hear everything went well. And now.. begins the real fun.

Delete the http:// in the window. Then, with your cursor in the now blank space, type Ctrl and V at the same time (paste shortcut). Does that work? Tricia ~~ *laughs*

Kathy, in the Edit window select the insert image icon (yellow picture with the mountain and sun) An Explorer User Prompt window will open for you to paste in the photobucket addy of the picture you want. You will see that there is already an http:// in that box and that it is highlighted. Be sure you paste your addy over that and not just add to it. The link won't work if it has http:// twice. To add another, just repeat this process. Just be mindful of where your cursor is before inserting another image.

Hi Tina! Here are a few threads you might want to have a look at. I think they will put your fears to rest: Before and after pictures of people here at LBT: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=4642 Honors page of the Gone for Good Club: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=16766 (scroll down to the Honor's Page) People who have lost over 100 pounds: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=16050

This is exactly what I do too! I will not try breads or pastas. Preband, I have used spaghetti squash in place of spaghetti noodles. I bake the two halves in the oven and then scrape the meat of the baked squash out with a fork. It comes out like spaghetti. It's really not bad. Just be careful to check the calories on the spaghetti sauce. There are a lot of sugars in those sauces and it would be easy to eat a lot of it.

You're welcome, Carol. Paula - I know!! I went to Chili's with a friend yesterday and after a long and painful process of decision making I decided to have my old favorite, the Crispy chicken salad. It arrived. It was HUGE! And I ended up picking off the crunchy outside of the fried chicken strips, which is what I used to love about the dish. I ate a very tiny bit of it and took the rest with me in a box. I was out all day taking pictures so it all went bad. And boy am I glad! I looked it up and that innocent looking salad has 850 calories!!! OMG! I docked myself 500 calories for what I ate, just to teach myself a lesson! *laughs*

I agree with Donna. Get more opinions. It seems awfully extreme to me to refuse to fix a slipped band (if there is no medical reason it cant be fixed) and elect to put you through an even more extreme surgery that has a very high death rate. As others have said, this will have to be your choice. But don't let one biased Dr make your decision for you. It's your body and your life. Get all of the facts and NEVER let them bully you into something you don't feel right about. Especially something that has the potential to cause you problems for the rest of your life. Band problems are fixable.

*chuckles* Geeze girl, you are SO not alone! This entire trip (all of four months - ok, Im laughing at myself now) has been filled with head craziness for me. One day Im up and excited, the next Im down for no real reason at all. I'm both excited and scared about what the future holds. I believe and disbelieve that I will actually weight 130 pounds - probably more disbelieve than believe. My biggest fear was failure with the band. But here we are... you, me, and all of these other people who are thinking the same thing. I don't know what will actually happen to all of us but I know this. If we follow the rules, we won't fail. So I focus myself on today. I do what I know I have to do today and then I dont have anything to regret about yesterday. Tomorrow will take care of itself. As for the RNY. You will lose slower with the band and because of that you will have more time to get your head around the huge change in your life and in your body. And you will be healthier because of that slower weightloss. You are just beginning and from what you're saying, youre doing a great job. So stop worrying and fretting. It's a long road but its full of rewards all along the way and you are going to do splendidly!

Hm.. I am not one to set mini goals. Of course I'm looking forward to Onderland and that will be a biggie for me, but overall I am the type that has my eye on the end goal. And until I reach it, my head is down and I'm not looking around at things along the way as I charge on madly. For me, and I know this isn't the same for everyone, it is too easy to get complacent when I reach mini goals. I don't want to slow down. I don't want to take breaks. I want this thing done, in full, once and for all. So out of my way! *laughs* My reward for reaching my big goal is going to be how I look and feel. The last thing I want to do is reward myself with food. That is a mentality that got me where I am today. Thinking that food is a reward, or a comfort, or something I deserve is dangerous for me. I've become a victim of commercials that tell me I deserve that chocolate candy, or that if I really loved my family I'd be baking cakes and Cookies for them, or that I really do deserve a break today so I should get my lard ass to McDonald's. *laughs* Actually, it's not funny. I believed them. Many of us have believed them. So much so, that we get in serious arguments with each other over our right to have that stuff and how unrealistic it is to deny ourselves such stuff. Ok, Umm.. I've really gotten off the path here. Sorry. *blush* Um, yeah. Life in a size 11 or 12 is going to be my reward.

1. Use the Edit or Post Reply buttons (not Quick Reply) to open an Edit window that has an attachment option. 2. Click on the Attachments icon (the paperclip) located above the box where you enter text, just to the right of the white smiley face icon. That will open a "Manage Attachments" window. 3. Click on the Browse button in the new window, and then browse to the picture on your computer. Once the correct picture is highlighted, click on the Open button. The browse window will close. 4. Still in the "Manage Attachments" window, click on the Upload button (next to the Browse button). To upload more than one picture, repeat this process. Once you have uploaded all of your pictures, close the "Manage Attachments" window. You will now be back in your edit window. 5. Click on the paperclip icon again and you will see your pic listed there. Select it and it will be placed in your post at the point of your cursor. You will notice that the picture will not show yet, but rather you will see something like this: [ ATTACH] 4260[/ATTACH ] with the numbers highlighted. You will need to move your cursor to the left or right of the [ ATTACH] codes before repeating the process to attach another picture. Otherwise, it will just replace the first one. Clicking on the paperclip icon and selecting "Manage Attachments" will reopen the "Manage Attachments" window and allow you to delete or add more pictures for the current post. Hope that helps.

Sounds to me like your inner child is throwing a tantrum. *grins* Just tell it "No" and teach it to become more trusting and patient. You are the adult and you know what's best for you and that screaming child inside. We all know what happens when we give in and let the child win by using such behavior against us, dont we? They become spoiled and uncontrollable. It's time for tough love. It's time for you to take charge and stop letting the fears and wants of your inner child control you. There are plenty of liquids you can have that will fill you up. And, like Alex said, you don't need to worry about dieting right now so drink as often as you need to. Getting the lapband was a very adult decision you made. And I have a feeling that you made that decision in order to regain some control. That change won't be easy for that inner child, I'm sure that fear and rebellion rose up in most of us at some point on our weight loss journeys. But it will benefit you in the long run, so stand firm and carry on with what you started - Reclaiming your life!

Some fat girl with a ruddy complextion and far too many wrinkles! Who the hell is that and why does she keep following me around??

As I was adding new members to the list, I realized the phenominal amount of weight that Kimmcneely and Anillacookie have lost prior to joining the Club. I'd like to congratulate you both on your successes. Kim, you are only a few pounds away from your goal weight! Have you posted any of your before and after pictures yet? I'd love to see them!

Updates to the Honors list are on the main page now (page 1 of this thread) so I'm deleting this post to save room.

Updates to the Members List are on the main page now (page 1 of this thread) so I'm deleting this post to save room.

Ceperano and Eva - see what getting banded does to you?? *insane laughter* Donna, we'd better not scare them too much. *grins*

Sweet! Can't wait to hear from all the Texas gals now. Hey Funny, could you go too?

One inch at a time. *laughs* Grats on your wonderful success, Sunsett!! I'm thrilled for you! I can feel your excitement through the screen! :clap2:

This is precisely what people want to achieve when they do this. And the right to do so is the issue. I doubt any mod would want that hassle. And then you'd have folks up in arms about the mods editing their posts. Me included.

I was thinking that too, Janet. I think a lot of people fear getting into a board war or something so they are just being quiet. I'm not out to fight over it at all. I've just seen this thread as an adult discussion with Alexandra, whom I really really really respect as a moderator, and she knows it. :Banane56: I would hope that more folks would pitch in with their thoughts. A poll might be a great idea, unless the mods and Alex are viewing this as strictly their decision, which is fine. But if that's the case, please just say so and we will accept it. Otherwise, let the discussions continue!

Will you have the Slumber Party as an opener for the weekend so that those who want to attend that can, and those who don't can arrive a bit later? Honestly, I'm all up for a get together for a girl's weekend, but I'm not interested in the Slumber Party aspect of it. No offense, no judgements, its just not my thang. And I don't care where we are as long as we have airconditioning and maybe a pool??