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Has anyone who has actually met this woman NOT said that she is nuts? ...Her Mom, Her Dad, Her publicists, Dr. Phil, Her interviewers/press...

WOW! Thanks for all the detail; that really helped explain things. The day I say 1 C of food is a lot, is the day I do the happy dance! You give me hope JA. Thanks! -BG

Another request- If you happen upon any bean soups (in the next month 1/2) I'd appreciate it for my mushie stage since they're so high in protein. I'm hoping to avoid the 'protein shake' completely if possible since my NUT doesn't recommend them (wish there was a protein pill). I'm so excited...I'll have so much variety to eat with all your recipes! THANKS! -BG

Lena- I want you to know I've got 3 small whole chickens going in the oven right now (house smells great). I'm so proud of myself and I'm only at step one (I'm a terrible cook)! I've cooked a turkey, but never a whole chicken (had to call Mom to ask how long). DH doesn't eat anything that's on a bone (he's a freak of nature), so I'll be carving his off for dinner tonight. Can't wait to start my broth! We bought stuff for the chicken salad and the vegetable, mushroom, cheese, and tomato soups as well. It's going to be a week of soup making and freezing (I was ready to eat my shoe after one day of jello and boullion for my colonoscopy...can't wait for some good broth!). Thanks! -BG

Heeeheehee. Funny...dog...gone...hee hee. How how can I tell what people are going to think is funny? I'm easily entertained, so I laugh at everything people write/pic (well, unless it's sad)! I let DH read my very second blog of what I thought was a somewhat funny incident at my first PCP visit (remember, I Peed My Pants HERE). He didn't get the funny...OK, maybe it's a girl thing...I've not offered for him to read any more. I probably have a warped sense of what I think is funny (I cracked up when I saw that pic)...ooops, that means you're warped too !

Whoo Hoo! I can finally update my Ticker! One “ten pound head” (with my fat face) gone and nine or so more to go. I think I win the award for slowest weight loss pre-band…actually, probably not as I’ve run across quite a few others here who also weren’t allowed to lose much on their Six Months of Lingering Torture. I know, I know, you’re saying what’s so torturous with not losing much weight??!! Gee I REALLY feel sorry for you BG! I’m telling you if you’ve come to this point in your life where you feel desperate enough to get WLS, then you’re ready to make the change, and you want it to start happening sooner, rather than later. I’d describe my feelings much like an alcoholic would about ‘hitting bottom’. For me, and I think many others, we had some sort of turning point, or ‘moment’ where we hit bottom and decided to consider WLS (I’ll share my moment another time). It’s actually been hard while you’re researching and learning all this not to be able to put it all into practice. I swear it's made the time go slower too, probably because you don't have as much to do (tracking calories, exercising, planning/cooking diet meals). If you’re someone like me (professional dieter) who is always either gaining or losing it’s been weird staying about the same weight. I haven’t stayed about the same weight this long in I don’t know when! So ‘breaking’ my plan, and actually starting my stricter diet this last month of the Six Months of Lingering Torture, has been a great feeling. I started my dieting last Monday and haven’t really been cutting the calories too drastically yet (I’m planning to step things down) as I didn’t want to lose a TON of weight this month. Well, you can all call me an ‘April Fool’ if I mess this whole thing up and get denied! Time to update my Ticker tomorrow…FINALLY!...I hope I remember how! Me, Summer 2010: “Lost Weight? Me? Thanks for noticing!”

Whoo Hoo! I can finally update my Ticker! One “ten pound head” (with my fat face) gone and nine or so more to go. I think I win the award for slowest weight loss pre-band…actually, probably not as I’ve run across quite a few others here who also weren’t allowed to lose much on their Six Months of Lingering Torture. I know, I know, you’re saying what’s so torturous with not losing much weight??!! Gee I REALLY feel sorry for you BG! I’m telling you if you’ve come to this point in your life where you feel desperate enough to get WLS, then you’re ready to make the change, and you want it to start happening sooner, rather than later. I’d describe my feelings much like an alcoholic would about ‘hitting bottom’. For me, and I think many others, we had some sort of turning point, or ‘moment’ where we hit bottom and decided to consider WLS (I’ll share my moment another time). It’s actually been hard while you’re researching and learning all this not to be able to put it all into practice. I swear it's made the time go slower too, probably because you don't have as much to do (tracking calories, exercising, planning/cooking diet meals). If you’re someone like me (professional dieter) who is always either gaining or losing it’s been weird staying about the same weight. I haven’t stayed about the same weight this long in I don’t know when! So ‘breaking’ my plan, and actually starting my stricter diet this last month of the Six Months of Lingering Torture, has been a great feeling. I started my dieting last Monday and haven’t really been cutting the calories too drastically yet (I’m planning to step things down) as I didn’t want to lose a TON of weight this month. Well, you can all call me an ‘April Fool’ if I mess this whole thing up and get denied! Time to update my Ticker tomorrow…FINALLY!...I hope I remember how! Me, Summer 2010: “Lost Weight? Me? Thanks for noticing!”

Good job forgiving yourself! Question- I know about the PB thing, but when you overeat now, what does it feel like...do you feel fuller, like it hurts (you know, those times pre-band like Thanksgiving where you ate until it hurt), or does the band just slow down the food so much that either your loose enough for the food to wash through (especially if you're drinking too), or at some point you'll PB if the pouch is full? Until I can get my head around what is real nunger and what is head hunger I'm sure there will be times I eat too much...just wondering what 'too much' feels like post band (especially when you don't have much restriction at the beginning) and if it feels the same as pre-band? Thanks- BG

The best motivation for me was to come here and read all the success stories, look at before/afters and ask the 'banded' your questions. It's been so motivating not only to see how quickly some lose weight, but even more for me; how their relationship with food changes. Hearing people say things like "I hardly think about food anymore" or "I now have a normal relationship with food and I just eat until I'm full...wow, I only ate 1 cup!" Those statements more than the weight loss keep me going. Good luck to you! -BG

We fat people (no longer you) wear our self-image on our sleeves. It's like hanging a big sign around our necks that says "don't bother talking to me, I don't feel good about myself so why bother". I feel invisible in big crowd that doesn't already know me...probably because I try to be invisible. You got your groove back Girl! Too cool! -BG

What's the new book title? It's too small for my old eyes (I've got my first pair of reading glasses, and I can never find them). -BG

Last visit April 1, so I'm hoping for the end of April or early May. Good luck to you!

Hey, if you haven't found it yet there are groups on here by your surgery date. It helps to get support from people who are at the same place you are. Just go to the forum tab and then down to groups, click on 2009 and then it will give you a choice by month. Start a thread there or join in one and let people know you have a date. Keep blogging here though, it can be your journal of how you're journey is going. I'll be joining you soon (maybe in April!). -BG

Excellent post! It really hit me, and I hope it only takes me 3 months to make it a lifestyle change. And "I wish I was hungry..." still sounds like magic to me. -BG

Congrats teeny! Did they give you anything for the nausea with your anesthesthesia?

Love the book jacket...is it a new book you've written? What's it about? I'm guessing you've done a 'Scottish Theme' one by now! Two of our favorites! Pork Tenderloin and asparagus! Thanks! -BG

In my area of the U.S., tonight is the night we all lose an hour of sleep. Daylight Savings Time means we all turn our clocks ahead an hour tonight or ‘Spring Ahead’. I officially have Spring Fever. Our seeds are up (under the grow lights in the basement) and we’re having an unseasonably warm weekend. I thank my DD daughter for that. She’s spent the last week in Florida on her college, Sr. year Spring Break, where it was unseasonably cool. She sent me a beautiful photo from her phone the other day…the sun was setting and there wasn’t a soul on the beach…her text “I’m alone on the beach, and I’m freezing!” She’s driving back today and bringing what I call warm (she calls freezing…well I guess it would be if I was trying to wear a bikini) 69° weather with her...thanks Honey. Apparently, Daylight Savings Time has a mixed effect on health. In societies with fixed work schedules it provides more afternoon sunlight for outdoor exercise. It alters sunlight exposure; whether this is beneficial depends on one's location and daily schedule, as sunlight triggers vitamin D synthesis in the skin, but overexposure can lead to skin cancer. Sunlight strongly influences seasonal affective disorder. DST may help in depression by causing individuals to rise earlier, but some argue the reverse. The Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation Fighting Blindness, chaired by blind sports magnate Gordon Gund, successfully lobbied in 1985 and 2005 for U.S. DST extensions, but DST can hurt night blindness sufferers. Clock shifts disrupt sleep and reduce its efficiency. Effects on seasonal adaptation of the circadian rhythm can be severe and last for weeks. A 2008 study found that although male suicide rates rise in the weeks after the spring transition, the relationship weakened greatly after adjusting for season. A 2008 Swedish study found that heart attacks were 5% more common the first three weekdays after the spring transition, and 5% less common the first weekday after the autumn transition. The government of Kazakhstan cited health complications due to clock shifts as a reason for abolishing DST in 2005. So try your best to get enough sleep this week…if you’re feeling blue, it’s normally (please don’t even think about suicide)…and for those of you with heart issues, be extra careful this week. The up-side is that we all have a built-in excuse for being grouchy for at least a week or more. Make the most of it! “I’m sorry I’m so grouchy, but it’s not my fault! It’s this d*#@n Daylight Savings Time!”

In my area of the U.S., tonight is the night we all lose an hour of sleep. Daylight Savings Time means we all turn our clocks ahead an hour tonight or ‘Spring Ahead’. I officially have Spring Fever. Our seeds are up (under the grow lights in the basement) and we’re having an unseasonably warm weekend. I thank my DD daughter for that. She’s spent the last week in Florida on her college, Sr. year Spring Break, where it was unseasonably cool. She sent me a beautiful photo from her phone the other day…the sun was setting and there wasn’t a soul on the beach…her text “I’m alone on the beach, and I’m freezing!” She’s driving back today and bringing what I call warm (she calls freezing…well I guess it would be if I was trying to wear a bikini) 69° weather with her...thanks Honey. Apparently, Daylight Savings Time has a mixed effect on health. In societies with fixed work schedules it provides more afternoon sunlight for outdoor exercise. It alters sunlight exposure; whether this is beneficial depends on one's location and daily schedule, as sunlight triggers vitamin D synthesis in the skin, but overexposure can lead to skin cancer. Sunlight strongly influences seasonal affective disorder. DST may help in depression by causing individuals to rise earlier, but some argue the reverse. The Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation Fighting Blindness, chaired by blind sports magnate Gordon Gund, successfully lobbied in 1985 and 2005 for U.S. DST extensions, but DST can hurt night blindness sufferers. Clock shifts disrupt sleep and reduce its efficiency. Effects on seasonal adaptation of the circadian rhythm can be severe and last for weeks. A 2008 study found that although male suicide rates rise in the weeks after the spring transition, the relationship weakened greatly after adjusting for season. A 2008 Swedish study found that heart attacks were 5% more common the first three weekdays after the spring transition, and 5% less common the first weekday after the autumn transition. The government of Kazakhstan cited health complications due to clock shifts as a reason for abolishing DST in 2005. So try your best to get enough sleep this week…if you’re feeling blue, it’s normally (please don’t even think about suicide)…and for those of you with heart issues, be extra careful this week. The up-side is that we all have a built-in excuse for being grouchy for at least a week or more. Make the most of it! “I’m sorry I’m so grouchy, but it’s not my fault! It’s this d*#@n Daylight Savings Time!”

Do you think this is 'freezable' after you make it? Are the numbers that are hanwritten calories/carbs per serving? Thanks!

WOW Wendy! Very moving...really! You've summed up my fat woman thoughts. Thanks for sharing! -BG PS Have you bought the garters yet?

Hello from PA! I'm north of Pittsburgh, but we also lived/have family near Philly. Welcome!

Yep, the good news was their 'cookies for troops' program where you can buy cookies that go to the military troops didn't go down. :-) I love the GS, and hope they find other ways to come up with the funds.

Thanks 'good Fairy'! :-)

Reg. Centrum Chewable with iron (the Silver version has different vits) it's orange flavored and I picked it because people said it tasted the best of the three (gummys, Flinstones). Only need one a day.

Congrats! That's the day of my last weigh-in...hope to join you the end of the month!