♥Amy♥

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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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.

NSV!!!!!!!!! WOOO! Last night I was looking for clothes to wear to work today and buried at the bottom of one of my drawers was one of those pairs of jeans that I bought slightly too small forever ago and maybe fit into for about 5 minutes so even though they're probably something like 7 or 8 years old they still look brand new. Being that before I was in a tight 24 or a loose 26 I didn't these shiny new 20's (small 20's :tt2:) would fit. And as I started sliding them up my legs I thought to myself "You're just setting yourself up for some disappointment. Wait another month or so!" but those 20's kept sliding on all the way up over my butt and lo and behold, the button and the buttonhole were united easily and I jumped for joy and ran around the house screaming like a little girl! I scared my poor puppy. He ran under the bed. :smile: And my husband just laughed at me but I could tell he was happy for me :thumbup: I've been in them all day and they are sooo comfy! :thumbup:

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...

Im pretty sure you can't buy it at a health food store. I got mine through my surgeon but I've seen it online on different websites and ebay but it was almost double what I paid through my surgeon.

yeah...yours isn't adding or subtracting. It's up to date right now because I fixed it but u still have the adding/subtracting problem. Sorry

Did you gain or lose 7.5 the first week of the challenge? If that's supposed to be a 7.5lb loss then there needs to be a minus sign in front of the 7.5

I got to Dr. Mehta in Patchogue. She did my surgery but I don't know if she does fills for people who's surgery she didn't perform. I LOVE her and she is very patient, understanding and most of all her staff is very nice, also. If I remember correctly, you told me you're in Suffolk County, in Holbrook? So she should be perfect, if she's willing to do your fills. I don't see why she wouldn't be. And boy am I glad I decided not to have Dr. Holover do my surgery. I wasn't happy with his staff at all. Dr. Mehta's # is 631-475-1013. Good luck!

What we want and want we need aren't always one and the same. Like everyone else said, call your surgeon right away. Would you rather have to have all of the saline removed due to your stomach being irritated from your band being too tight or worse, your band slipping and possibly having to have it removed? And tight band doesnt always equal weight loss.

No need for that. There's a spreadsheet you can use http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AhyOQ0oN4zWhdHlVTWxORnd3c2l2SG5Fd2dQYV90M2c&hl=en

You go girl! Maybe I should have, too! It might have helped me with my Water weight gain. I had lots of Soup this weekend because I had a fill Friday and my surgeon told me to do liquids all weekend. I would have stuck to Protein shakes but the ones I have are really high in protein and I didn't want to overdo it.

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Down 1.6. Not too bad. It's way better than gaining 1.6, that's for sure!

I dry heaved a bit after surgery and I was told it was from the anesthesia. I bought some Emetrol but it didn't help with the nausea. My surgeon didnt prescribe any anti-nausea meds so I had to wait it out. Thankfully It only happened a couple times and didnt last long.