mstrina27

I would think the more often u eat with the small amounts that will boost up your metabolism that will speed up the weight loss... R u just on liquids or soft foods also? If you are still on liquids I would suggest prehaps adding more protien to your shakes... and this may help to keep u fuller longer..

Well NO... That is not good for your system. What I do every other day I take PSYLLIUM HUSK Fiber pills straight from the vitiman shop. it says that you can take 2 3x per day but since i have my system pretty much in check...lol.. i only take 4 1x a day.. usually at night before i go to bed with a huge glass Water and when i get up in the morning it is like clock work... i have regular movement.... with no strain and no stomach cramps at all.. The reason the fiber works is because it is not digestable.. fiber expands when it is in water.. so what it will do once u take it, it will expand and pull the other crap off of you instine walls and push everything that you ate before u took the pills out... Trust me it works... and you will see your stomach go down and you will see weight loss...because the food is not staying in your system for 2-3 days because your system may be backed up... Also that's why they say eat an apple with the hull on because it is packed with fiber...

Well i look at it like this... if I was 200lbs then 10% of that would be 20lbs so 1/2 of that would only be 10lbs so that dosent seem like it would be that hard....Hell if your drinking nothing but shakesu will looser more than that... even if u drink 2 shakes and eat 1 meal.. u will still loose a lot.... hope this helps... it takes 3200 calories = 1 pound of fat.. so if u are cutting your calories by 2000 almost and + your body burns a certain amount of calories just by doing nothing at all this is called your 'RMR' Resting metabolic rate. so just say it is 2500 and you only eat 1200 calories for the day u have burned more calories than u have consumed so that = weight loss... and just imagine if u add 30-60 minutes of walking with that...

Actually yes you can. I seen another post with someone that had that exact same thing done. u sure can. Of course im not a Dr. lol but i don't see why not..

lol its not gross... i take the prescreption strength Xenical and the Alli is 1/2 of the prescribed dose so it wont hurt u at all. The one that you take will block out 5grams of fat per dose and the one i take will block 10grams per dose. Now mine is oily and it is horriable...lol. but it works... dont worry because whatever is coming out means that it needs to come out.. better out than in....lol..

u know i have some of the slim fast optima and the chocolate is ok... but i got some of the strawberry's and cream just because a friend said that it was good... now i really don't like strawberry anything.. but i tried it today.. and OMG...IT IS AMAZING... it reminds me of eating trix cereal and drinking the milk after. It is really good...

That's exactly what I was thinking...

I haven't been but on any pre-diet by my Dr. or anything I am just starting it myself so it wont be so hard when i am told... and I have been doing this since Thursday of last week and I must say your emotions with go every way but up.... lol... no joke.. when your body is use to eating a certin way.. and you don't give it what it needs.. you literaly go thru withdrawls...like a drug addict.... no kidding.. i have never been addicted to any drugs ever... now on the other hand carbs & sugar.. might as well be label'd as drugs because when u don't have it your body craves it.. but today being Monday was a little better.. Not to say that my temper is kind of short with people at work, but i feel its geting better.... def. not a easy thing to do...

did you all know that in the old days they use to make coke cola with cocaine... here is the link...lol check it out.. Urban Legends Reference Pages: Cocaine in Coca-Cola Oh and you can also remove rust with Coke...lol [ame=http://www.metacafe.com/watch/795135/the_coca_cola_remove_the_rust/]The Coca Cola Remove The Rust? Video - Metacafe[/ame] Now I use to love Coke.. exp. Cherry Coke.. but when i found out all of the other benifits.. i switched to pepsi.. not like its any better...lol.. oh well i guess filtered Water will be best...lol.. just a little inspiration to kick the coke habit...lol

Congrats on your band date...nope i have never heard of a nuclear stress test..U know the place where I am going to have my procedure done at I don't think have u to doo all of the jumping hoops... i know that some or most of the test are valid but other test they have people take just seem like they are trying to get as much $$$$$ from your insurance as possiable.. Thats why most people prob. get denied.. but not to change the subject congrats.... what does the nuclear stress test consist of?

u know i luv diet pespi... and i haven't been drinking much in the past 6mths but when i do drink one...OMG... it's like my day is much brighter....lol..What if i shake it so that it will go flat...and make sure it is cold..but there is no carbanation...will that still be the same.....hmmmmm

You know my friends are the same. We all have gym memberships, but im the only one that will go and have gone on a regular basis. See I pretty much know how this is going to end up because i lost weight before but of course once i got prego w/my son i gained about 85lbs and im killing myself trying to loose the last 30lbs that i gained w/him so i can start where i stopped off at. But they pretty much stopped talking to me then. I swear I did not act diffrent towards them or anything. They would exclude me and then when i would ask hey where did 'ya'll go' they would say oh 'well u know what fat bitches do...went to eat..' since u dont eat like us didn't make any since for us to call u and my feelings were so hurt.. but once i had my son and did not drop all of the weight right away they started to call more and want to hang out. It really makes me sad to think that they pretty much were not my friends from the begenning even though i have known 1 since high school... '88-92' truly sad.. but it is what it is... Contrags CoCo on you making the decision to go thru with it... Because at this point it's all about u... and me of course... :cursing: G2S, & Iwanttotryagain...You both rock.... it is definately a double edge sward

Ok I have faith that I am going to be receiving the "Call" any day now... So I have been proactively drinking 2 slim fast optima shakes and eating 1 meal a day.. Of course still drinking my Whylers lite and water.. This is my 3rd day and today I was kind of sad for no reason. I went to church and it was like pulling teeth for me to get into the service, but the best part of it is i realized what was going on because of all of the post that I have read. Now I have been waking up lately in the middle of the night not able to sleep because I can actually can see myself in my dreams so much smaller and healthier and actually lovin it. :tt1::tt1::tt1: One thing that really does scare me is that once I really really take control of my life again I feel that my so called friends will not want to hang out or even associate with me anymore..Now don't get me wrong they are overweight also but the diffrence between them and me is I am choosing to get healthy because I am tired of being unhappy with myself, and not always but sometimes thinking hey r they looking at me because if a Fine azz chick...lol or are they looking at me because they are like look at that fat azz chick..... They are fine as long as we go out to eat or have bar-b-que's in the summer and they see me getting just as large as they are they are cool..But 2 of them don't have kids and they don't understand that a 3-year old has energy and don't want to sit down and wait they want to go and play NOW.... and 1 does have a child and she is just plain old lazy.... I am so tired of spending more money than i have to on clothes. I truly am ready to step out of the box and go places that I have never been before meet new people make new friends for life and have more in common than yeah I can eat an entire foot long from sub way how about u? LOL:lol: (use to be able to...lol) So why am i feeling like this? It actually seems like when i start talking about loosing weight, working out and eating healthy they don't want to talk anymore or they are going to call me bk and never do...:cursing::confused:

Well i'm glad to see that you are going to give it a try.. and I can totally understand why you wanted to have it removed, why you were crying, and depressed... not eating for 14-days....OMG... are u serious... i would have been irate.. i'm talking about a real witch on wheels....lol... i'm talking breething fire.... wow.. that right there shows that u are truly focused and that you are not a quitter.... I am so glad that everything is working out for you... and the weight loss that u have had thus far is amazing... Prehaps your Dr. is trying no to praise you so you will continue to drop weight.. but starving is definately not the freekin answer...

You know.. I just couldn't keep it at a few... OMG... everyone here is amazing... and one thing I do know is if I truly believe in something and you want it bad enough it will soon be. I want to take a photo shoot in black & white and color.. mini skirts, jeans w/out the top...swim wear..professional clothing.. and of course me with the See-thru-stripper heels on....lol.. I would love for the photographer to be my son's father ha ha ha because he is a cinamatophogher and can take really great pictures... would luv to let him see what he could have still had ahhhh but now... he can't.... ha ha ha ....sorry buddy....

I'm only guessing that excercise will make it all the better. Becuase you are already active by working out that will prob. make your recovery easier...

Wow... i'm glad that it is over with for u... so it seems like everything from this point will be a breeze.... did u grab him or her by the shirt collar... and hem them up in the corner....lol...

I would think that your stomach would still be the same size the band goes at the top of your stomach right under your esophgus to slow your eating down, that will allow the food to pass into your stomach slower. Now liquid i would assume would go down normal just as everyone said just as long as you are sipping slow but your stomach is not sectioned off or anything that would cause u to have another pouch or anything..

OMG I could not have said it better.... That's why i have taken so long to get to this point because i never follow thru and i say well im going to go to the gym like i should and eat less...drink more Water.. but u know before i had my son i lost 110lb and gained bk about 85lbs being prego with him... If i had the band then after i had him it would have been easier to loose it because i would have gotten fuller faster.. which would have caused me to loose weight... if you are never full or only full for 15-20 minutes at a time.. that why we all eat and gain weight.. so no you are not alone... I have read more on the lap band, gastric, wiring your mouth shut, actupuncture, hypnosis, and everything else that has to do with loosing weight. The only thing is, is that I really could not get people to tell me the truth when it came to the up's and down's regarding the procedures... and on LBT you get the good the bad and the ugly...and like i said in another thread... the before and after pictures of those that have been successful is AMAZING.... You ain't seeing this on good morning america...lol...it is not a magic bullet you still have to work at loosing weight but i feel that it will be a little easier if you are not always hungry and if you eat too much or too fast or dont chew you food good enough you will throw it back up... so without the band you can swollow half of a hot dog and nothing will happen...lol.. so i feel that it will definately help you... If you could have done it on your own you would not be here. I am right here with you... I have talked my self out of it too many times.. and I am going to go thru with it and i can't wait until i get my band date...

well I have never flown air tran before i have flown southwest before and i did not have to have a band extender it was ok and i am hip heavy... just make sure that you can get a seat away from the window.. you want a seat right off the asile.. if im spelling it correct and you should be fine.. but once the plane takes off and u all are stable u can take it off...

You know when you have your apt. on tomorrow i would take a steak knife, fork, and bib in the office and bang them on the desk...lol.. and ask what was the real goal out of what they had you to do. I would have told them to go straight to hell and dont collect $200, don't pass go either... straight to hell....lol... When you do eat on tomorrow just get something that you really really want because at this point you may not be able to eat a lot because your stomach has flipped inside out.. lol...

You know I am waiting now to get my approval... so im sure i will have those mixed emotions as well... most of all you are scared of the unknown... you have never been down this road before and you have no idea what to expect.. but I am right there with you trust me... But on one of the other boards there are before and after pictures and omg.. that gave me my motivation to start loosing before i get my band date.. I went today after work and picked up about 5 cases of the slim fast optima.. and a case of Water... and i already have a gym membership... and new workout clothes and running shoes so go figure... The before and after pictures of the one's that have already had the procedure was all i needed to see to let that scared feeling go right out of the window... check it out and trust me you will feel the same....:biggrin2:

You are not too big.. When i first started working out a few years ago and i finally graduated to the elliptical i think i was about 325 u have to get on the right one. Use the one that moves the arm as well as the legs. Keep your resistance at about 3 or 4 and keep the level between 2-3 and go at your own pace. put a towel over the numbers cause some of them will shut off if you are not going fast enough.. so what go at your own pace dont try to keep up with the next person. take your time dont be afraid and make sure that you have on excellent running shoes... because they will support your feet better. I know its not always possiable to buy new running shoes but your feet will thank you. You will be able to workout longer if your feet don't hurt...

I agree with you... I can burn just about 1000 calories on the elliptical for an hour and with the treadmill i think it would prob. hit about 500 or so... I do switch up every now and then but the elliptical's at the gym rock... omg they r the best.... I wish i could afford one.. but the one that i adore is made by life fitness and its like 5-6k.. Not in my budget...lol.. I have one that was like 600bucks but its not like the one's at the gym...

i read in another post that your band dosen't erode what happens is that the band will cut into the stomach, and that your band will eventually be inside of your stomach. . Most said that this will happen if the fill''s are too tight and for too long..