♥Amy♥

I'm going for my 3rd fill tomorrow and while it's not fun and doesn't feel good, it doesnt really hurt, IMO. The worst part for me is when I'm laying down and my surgeon tells me to tighten my ab muscles and push so she can feel my port better and she pushes down on it. That hurts more than the needle. It really all depends on the person doing your fills and how good they are at doing them. My surgeon never sticks me more than once, unless she feels the fill was too much after she watches me drink the barium under the fluoroscope, then she takes a little out. It's over pretty quickly. Just don't look. I find that helps some. You'll be ok. It'll be over before you know it.

Down 2.5 this week. Not too shabby :scared2:

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What protein shakes are you drinking?

I'm in! :bored:

Originally I was updating my ticker for every loss but now I've decided to just do it on Mondays on my official weigh-in day because if I don't it's harder for me to see the big picture when I change it everytime I see a loss on the scale.

Thanks for subtlely pointing that out to me :smile2: I missed that post.

You know what else is dee-lish?! Sweet tea flavored vodka and lemonade vitamin water zero. :smile2:

What insurance do you have? I have HIP and although they say they require the 6 month supervised diet I somehow got away with not doing it. Probably because I had some prior documentation from when I was doing it under another insurance but it was almost a year prior. Good luck! I know the waiting is the worst! I only waited a few hours so I couldn't imagine waiting any longer than that. I have no patience. :smile2:

It senses your body temp and when you sweat. There's no need to input your activity unless you want to keep track of what exercises you were doing at whatever times. I don't. I just keep track of my food on the website. It tells you (if you have the digital display) how many calories you're burning per minute. That's my favorite part of the whole deal :smile2: I like to push myself and see that number jump up.

Yes. It comes with 2 size bands. Large and medium. The large is very big so I wouldnt worry. It stays put once you put it on if you put it tight enough but it's stretchy enough that it wont feel tight. I'm to the point where I sometimes have to check to see if it's still there because I can't feel it. LOL! I panic sometimes in the morning on the way to work because I think I forgot it. It's very light.

I had just a SIP of soda the other day and OH. MY. GOD did it hurt! I felt like my stomach was going to explode! I wasn't able to burp for a few seconds, which felt like an eternity! I will NEVER do that again! :smile2:

LOL! I give you a lot of credit. I probably would have gone much further than you. And hoagie sandwich? You're not from Pennsylvania, are you? :smile2:

OH! And make sure you're drinking your water! Dehydration will also cause constipation.

This is completely normal. It actually took a few weeks for me to get my energy back. If you're having a problem going #2 you should go get yourself some Miralax. It saved my behind...literally! :party: It might not work right away, just be sure to have some everyday until you go and then make sure you're taking a Fiber supplement. I take 3 Fiberchoice chewables a day and I notice when I miss a day or two. :thumbup: Feel better soon and don't stress! That's only going to make you more tired! :Banane20:

I love love LOVE my Bodybugg! :thumbup:

Thanks for the great advice! :thumbup: And congrats on how far you've come! You must be very proud of yourself, as you should be!

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I hope you get/got some good news today! :thumbup:

I have a really weird "soft sign" I get a big chill throught my whole body. So odd! Does anyone else get this? This weekend was rough :thumbup: The hubby and I went to The Poconos to visit family and I chose all foods that I would have thought I would be able to eat and no dice. Everything was getting stuck. I think the egg beater omelet that I ordered for breakfast yesterday was either over cooked or not egg beaters at all because I know I can't get regular scrambled eggs down. So, needless to say I didn't eat much this weekend. I refused to resort to slider foods.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AhyOQ0oN4zWhdHlVTWxORnd3c2l2SG5Fd2dQYV90M2c&hl=en Bumping the spread sheet. And unless I lose another 7.2lbs in the next 2 weeks I won't be reaching my goal so I guess I better get my rear in gear! :thumbup:

Me too! :thumbup:

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But she is in denial and how do you help someone who doesn't think they have a problem? Hey everyone...I was hoping some of you could help me out. I started noticing around the holidays that my SIL was looking kind of sick. She always looked like she just woke up and she was losing weight. She was already small framed and tiny so not everyone was noticing it. I saw her again a few weeks ago and when I gave her a hug I felt like I was hugging a skeleton. My sister called me up last night to inform me that she looks even worse now. They all went out on my parents boat yesterday and my sister said my SIL looks like she's dying and my brother tried talking to her and she got very mad so he dropped it. The thing is I don't think my brother realizes how serious this is so it's not because he doesn't care, he just doesn't know. They have a little girl together who is 4 and they have no health insurance so he's worried about medical bills, also. Which I know is ridiculous but that's a whole other issue that we have w/ him and right now we're worried about her. This is a couple who had a baby and got married too young. I really think she never had the chance to grow up. Neither did he. Their priorities are totally effed up. Anyway, my sister said she has absolutely no fat on her. Her bones stick out everywhere and the bones above her butt stick out farther than her butt does, which is actually non-existent. She eats and eats and then excuses herself to go to the bathroom where you will hear constant toilet flushing. She has passed out twice now and refuses to talk about it. We are convinced she has the purging type anorexia because usually, as I've read all over, that severe weightloss or being underweight, is not a symtpom of bulimia. All the signs and symptoms are there. She's eating really unusual amounts of food and then shortly after she excuses herself to go to the bathroom. She flushes the toilet numerous times while she's in there. My sister and I want to stage an intervention and get her some help and I'm about to start some major research on this but I was wondering if there was anyone here who had any experience with this themselves as far as helping themselves or someone else beat this. Are there any organizations out there that offer their services for free or w/ any assistance in paying for treatment? I want to make sure that when we do an intervention that she has somewhere to go right afterwards if she decides she wants help. I don't want to give her a chance to change her mind if she agrees to go and get help. We're so worried about her. We're afraid she's going to die and from what my sister says she looks like, she isn't too far from death's door. It's scary and even scarier that my brother has no idea of the severity of the situation. My mom tried to talk to him about it the other day and he said "I just got off of work. I'm tired and I don't want to talk about it." and he left. Any advice you can give on the intervention and the treatment options would be greatly appreciated. Any criticism on my brother and his lack of understanding on the whole thing is a waste of time because believe me, we all feel the same way about it. Right now we're all concerned with helping her. Thanks in advance for any advice you may have to offer. I hope this all makes sense. I wrote it really quickly...

My 1st fill my surgeon put in 2ccs and we found that made me too tight so she took out half a cc. Same thing w/ my second fill. She put in 2ccs and when I drank the barium (she does fills under fluoro) it stopped right at my band so she took out .6. So everyone is different.