♥Amy♥

Thank you! That's all I wanted to know. :thumbup:

Wow. Ummm...thanks?

I'm terrible w/ Excel... Would you be able to do it for me? :thumbup: I'd really appreciate it! EDIT: Nevermind! I figured it out! Thanks anyway! :car: And again...one more "pick" hehe sorry! But...if the challenge started on July 1st (am I wrong about that?) how come the first box starts w/ July 1st. Shouldn't it start with the following week because we can't have a loss on the same day we started the challenge, know what I mean? Am I getting it wrong. Sorry to be such an annoyance. :drool:

Sounds good to me! Also, I dont mean to pick but, how come it doesn't add, subtract and give us a total at the end? If I knew how I to fix it I would. :thumbup: Sorry. Don't mean to be a pain. I do appreciate you making the spreadsheet, lauragshsu

LOL! Cute! Love your username, BTW. It makes me laugh everytime I see it. :thumbup:

Did anyone else notice that week 18 is missing on the spreadsheet? :thumbup:

To those of you having problems w/ your docs and nurses finding your port, let me ask you this: When you're laying down are you completely flat on a flat hard surface? Or are you on a very slightly inclined exam table? I only ask because usually when I get my fills I am laying flat on a metal fluoroscope table and my doc NEVER has a problem finding my port. On Thursday I had to go see her in a different office for a slight unfill and she had me on an exam table that looked kind of like this: and when it was reclined all the way it was still at a slight incline and my Doc had a hard time getting to my port. I had only seen her 2 days before and she got right in. I asked her if maybe that was the reason and she said that was what she was thinking, also. So it's just a thought. If you're not completely flat, maybe that's the problem? Sorry if someone else already wrote the same thing and I just missed it.

Long Island here, too! I was banded in March by Dr. Mehta in Riverhead. LOVE her!

That's so awesome! Congrats! I hope to be able to do that one day I'm starting to like the feel of running but my stamina is zilch at the moment. I guess I should try the C25k. :thumbup:

Sounds like me, minus 24 lbs. and we were banded on the same day! :tt1: What's your secret, woman! Share! How many calories are you getting in per day?

WOO HOO! Congrats! :tt1:

They didn't say ALL protein shakes. They only have data on the ones they tested which were the Jillian Michaels protein shake, which if I remember correctly, had the least about of cadmium, lead and cyanide out of all the ones they tested but don't quote me on that. And I think the Muscle Milk was the worst. I don't remember the other ones they had tested. I think they were 4 or 5 others.

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The way I see it is this: There's a reason obesity is considered a disease. If it were so easily "cured" it woudn't be such an epidemic. And like any other disease, you need medical intervention. You need medicine and in this case our medicine, or treatment for our disease, is the band. I could see maybe being a little ashamed if you had never tried on your own but you did, didn't you? I know I did. Countless times and sure I lost 100lbs of pounds over the last 20 years. Keeping them off was my problem, and I think that's the case with most of us. We've been able to lose weight on our own, just not enough and we couldn't keep it off. Stop beating yourself up and tell yourself that you did the best thing you could have ever done for yourself by opting for the band. You gave yourself a better life. Where would you be right now if you were "doing it on your own?" Pat yourself on the back...better yet...give yourself a hug. You made an awesome decision. Easy or not, the band was right for you. If it were not your post would probably be the opposite like "The Band Doesn't Work For Me" or "Why am I not losing weight?"

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.