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Ditto what they said... get a little defill. You'll be so much happier. Best wishes to you and your dad :hug: Mandi

yes... it IS tough. Bet you the first thing you say when you wake up after surgery will be "UGGgggggg! Can I have some Water NOW?!" :car:

(ahh... but the internet has been so good at keeping my secrets up til now! thanks :car: )

Hey y'all! So, as of last night, Mandi is engaged! Picked Dan up from the airport, we went for dinner, drove home for 2 hours, and he got out the present he had for me.... he'd told me it was a makeup case he'd found at Liquidation World, because he'd CALLED me from Liquidation World to see if I needed a new makeup case! Inside it was a pile of rose petals, a tshirt/dress and underneath, more petals, and some black thing. I eventually grabbed the black thing, to discover it was a box... a ring box. He started saying something... I started saying "shut up" and "you're not serious"... He was on his knee, then among saying other things, 'asked me' and I said yes. So... yeah, I'm engaged. :phanvan We're not really telling people, just a few friends (and family), and asking that they not spread it around, cause I don't want people making a big deal... cause I'm weird. :whoo:

I would think that 1 plastic bag creates less garbage than a plastic or reg. milk container? I usually by the bags, and slip 'em into my reusable milk jug thingy... cause they're cheaper! In Saskatchewan we had 4L jugs of milk, but here in New Brunswick, the biggest I've seen is 2L.

Thanks guys! I got my bag back yesterday afternoon, intact! Phew!

Oh, I've tried everything... I love the ice cold glass of milk thing, but it's still gotta be hours before I go to bed, unfortunetly. I'd love to get to be able to eat right up until just before I go to bed, cause sometimes, you just have to! I hope the defill works out for you!

Congrats Susan... you're doing great! Definitely get your head into the idea that 2lbs a week IS the way to go, and is the BEST you want to do a week! Anymore than that, consider it an awesome bonus! I worked out my goals as if I were to lose 2lbs a week, and also for 1lb a week, which is what we're supposed to aim for... and I always hit 'em! Set yourself up for success!

Hey Andrew, Are you doing anything like cutting off eating and drinking for a good time before bed?

I have thought about this for a loooong time, and now the internet has given me the opportunity to ask more than just the odd American I meet now and then, about it. When I was young, young, I noticed that on the TV shows I watched (and 99% of the sitcoms were from the US) , people were walking in and around homes and not removing shoes... kids and adults, and I was baffled and thought it was just 'an American thing' (but always wanted to find out) They also never used the washroom... I've since discovered Americans, like Canadians, do have bowels and urinary systems. hehe

Thanks And I hope it's good news!

I also got my hair cut whilst I was away... a good 10 inches, I'd say!

Just wanted to update: Got home this morning.... long flight, but I slept most of it! I was feelin' saucy, so I hopped on the scale this evening. 163.8 :car::eek::car: And in the middle of the day, even! (I always weight first thing in the morning, cause its always better then!) No ticker changing though... I shall wait for wednesday! I'm glad to be back... BUT... Air Canada lost my freakin' suitcase! I really hope they'll find it and send it over soon! There's not too much insurance when they lose your bag, is there? I was wondering if my tenant insurance or Visa card comes with any kind of protection for such things. Man... I'd hate to lose all that stuff.

I've got a 4cc-er... Andrew's is much bigger. Seems more understandable that that little of an amount would make a difference in mine... but yeah... these things ARE weird! The aspiration: I don't know if its the correct term, but what I'm talking about is when I wake up in the middle of the night, fluids having slipped back up my esophagus, and I've inhaled and choked. I don't think you can stop it from happening. I think it's a matter of being too tight. The best way to avoid it would probably just be taking your fills slow, so that you avoid getting too tight. I never had the problem for the longest time, then BAM, tight fill... and they started. (this ended up with me getting my first defill) Oh yeah... also, making a point of not eating near bedtime can make a difference. But ... once again, I USED (prior to defill) to be able to eat right up til I went to bed! It's probably a good habit to get into anyways :car:

Apparently if you take your shoes off in anothers home, you're just asking for them to be stolen. As a Canadian, I find the fact that so many people think taking your shoes off when going to someone elses home is ODD. I can't even comprehend the thought of someone walking into my apartment, shoes on, and coming and sitting down with me on the couch to talk. I don't tell, OR ask ANYone to do so... it's an understood courtesy here. Glad to see this thread being revisited.

Right now my fear is aspiration into my lungs. I hope you never have it happen to you. Waking up choking after inhaling a mystery Fluid is not enjoyable, and knowing how much WORSE it was with that extra 0.2 cc, I'm a little hesitant. Maybe if I'd lost someweight since that defill, I'd tell myself that maybe my stomach fat has shrunk, and the band might actually be a little looser, and I could manage the 0.2cc's again.... but I haven't, and I can't see how going back up 0.2cc's this time will be different. That's my fear. My local support system? There is none. I have my boyfriend... that's it. I've been virtually on my own up til now, and I guess I've done well enough that way. (and this place, I would say, has been my biggest source of support) I guess I would be considered a success, because as of right now, I have lost more than 80% of my excess weight. Andrew, I agree. It would be kinda nice if there was someone giving US a check-in call every now and then. That's something they should work on. I feel your pain with the fill/defill train. Even being as close as you are, it's the paying part that's the kicker. Maybe I should be looking into moving to Mississauga. :cry hehe It would have been really nice to have seen some kind of discount, or maybe the clinic kicking in some of the expense of our fills. I don't know who decided $100 was a great fee to charge for what (for me at least) is about 2 minutes work. It really sucks. Mandi

Oh, you made me feel guilty! I wondered if I was one of those people he looked at as not following up and thought me a failure! I looked back at my old sent emails, and my last official "I weigh "this much"" email was back in January! I was 180, by the way.... BOOoooooo! I've had contact since them, but only 'I need a fill, or I need a defill!" So I did it... mentioned my frustrating flucuation, and asked for an opinion. I'm scared to get another fill, because my last one was a DEFILL of 0.2cc! And it helped my 'reflux' at night, but I still need to make sure I don't eat (or drink) less than a few hours before bed... and I don't want to get another fill just to have to go back in a week for a defill. (once again, I'd be all over trying these things out if it were a matter of an hours drive, and were free.. but 8 hours of drive time and $200 would be an expensive way to get me back to exactly where I am now. :phanvan) By the way... he said that he had a 80-90% success rate? What makes for a success?

Hey Leslie, We have a rule here anyways... no changing your ticker UPwards for little gains! Believe me, I don't! Don't worry about it... happens to the best of us. It'll be gone, + more in no time! Wish I could join you guys in TO :confused: Take care, Mandi

Yeah, apparently it will work with Bootcamp or Parallels, but I really don't want to have to do that.

Just wanted to say hi to you guys! I'm here in SK for the week, and Dan is in Calgary. Just got in last night.... it was a loooong flight, and I'm glad it's over. I went to Costco with my mom today, and she bought me a camel-coloured cashmere/wool pea-coat type jacket.... it's nice. In WOMENS sizes, and NOT plus size, it's a large. WOooo! Not even an extra large. I was gonna get a medium, because it'll prob. be a while til it's cool enough to wear something like that, but she talked me out of it. Oh well. I weighed in yesterday morning, a pre-vacation weigh-in, I guess....so I can gauge if I do too much damage, and guess what! A number I've never seen! 167.8! Wooo! Anyways, I hope you're all doing good.... especially all you newbies Take care, Mandi

Congrats Peaches, glad you're feelin' so good! Get some rest and take it easy!

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So, has everyone had the experience so far that if you hit your deficits every day, you do lose as much as you expected to?

Just a question: Do you tell it how much you want to lose, by a certain date, and it will figure out the calories in/out you need to make that goal? Or does it figure out what you need to do for food/exercise to lose the 'healthy' rate of about 2 lbs a week, whether you want to lose that speed or not? An update for any Canadians lurking here: I emailed BodyBugg again, and they told me it was made available to us as of yesterday, and the proper person will be contacting me soon to tell me how to order it. I don't know if the price will be the same. Even though I have a Mac, there IS a way to make it work... it's just kind of a pain in the butt. I still might go through with it. Another thing though... the update that's coming at the end of August, I was told, will "include a device that will interact with the bodybugg, allowing a limited data display on a device similar to a wrist watch." I wonder how much more that would cost. It would be nice to be able to see immediate numbers of calories burned, at any time. I might just hold out and see what comes of this new thingy!

Loriely, I have no idea what you're talking about... but I can try to find out! What is it, a weightloss surgery book? a Lapband specific book? What is "Little Victories"? I'll do what I can!