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Where does it go....well I am thinking that fat...is energy...when you burn energy you give off waste products...(like exhaust from a car)...human waste products are CO2, water (when exhaling) urine, poo, sweat, and heat...

I was told on March 21st that I would have surgery on March 31st. I was self pay...so it was quick to get everything ready...or so I thought.... That next week was pure hell...trying not to gain any weight and having the "last supper syndrome" and add to it the following: 1. 3/21-sheduled 2. 3/24-rescheduled...different time 3. 3/25-rescheduled...different hospital 4. 3/26-rescheduled...different time 5. 3/26-financing cancelled because "hospital wasn't on approved list"...settled with in a couple hours 6.3/28...literally the day before surgery...it was Friday and surgery was that next Monday...they told me that the amount quoted was incorrect by $3,000 dollars...from $12,150 to $15,150. and yes...one more...lol 7. 3/28-rescheduled-different time I was in the classroom when I received this call, #6 on the list, (had the phone with me at all times that week due to all the screw ups)...I started crying in front of my students...pathetic. So, I left the classroom (thank God I have a student teacher right now). And called and cried on to the phone the WLS center and remembered that anger would solve nothing.... It was all resolved, but it was so stressful.

Since depression is an assumed chemical imbalance in the brain, I guess losing weight doesn't exactly help:) At the LB seminar, the doctor reinforced that is does not alleviate depression and other mental illnesses.

I am a foodie, too...and I have to recommend the most fascinating book...Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky. I read this book in 2002...every night I would come home from work and I couldn't wait to read more. Mark has written Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, too. It was an interesting read, also.

Woo-hoo! Kat!!...take it easy and rest...I didn't and now I seriously regret it. Rae banded 3/31/08

Hey there...I have been readin the forum and posts for about a week...wish i would have been wiser and started way before. Got banded on March 31st by Dr. L. Stegemann in San Antonio, TX. Down 9 pounds already! Mucho, mucho gas pains. Tried to go to work today and had to come home early...TGIF HW/Pre-Surg/Current/Goal 277/250/241/125