Jaffa

The one thing I don't agree with, "seniority". I'm sorry, but the pay more for seniority is way over used. Yes, if the seniority actually equates to productivity, or means they are doing a different job, but no, if it just means they have been at the job for 15 years instead of 10. I think the concept of just paying people more because of more years of service is partially what makes the average pay for women lower. Many times women take a few years off for children. They often times change jobs after this, or aren't considered as senior. It's too often just an excuse to pay someone less for the same work.

Well, I have been tracking my weight loss from the beginning, and it is amazing to see how much the exercise is paying off. I can see where I was losing about 1.5lbs average per week, and then when I started the extra exercise I have consistently started losing more like 2.5 and even 3.0lbs per week. I am trying to do double of what they recommend. I am also very please with my restriction. This last fill has stayed with me so much better then the previous ones. I think I will need less on the next fill, but if I keep losing at this rate, maybe I will still need 1.0cc?? This week, I have a huge victory goal that may be achieved. If I can lose 3.0lbs this week, I will be halfway to my goal. It really all depends on getting the excercise in. I am now running a really consistant 1200 calories a day, and about 2800 calories of burn. That equals 10,000 calories of defecit a week....or about 3lbs of fat. So here is hoping for a great week at the gym. I'm planning to keep doing the 1 hour of biking, 1 hour of walking, and 1 hour of weights. Sometimes I just can't get it in with my work schedule. I'm limited by my need to get done by 7pm. If I don't, I can't get to sleep by 9pm. This is a must for me, as I get up at 4am a lot.

Well, I have been tracking my weight loss from the beginning, and it is amazing to see how much the exercise is paying off. I can see where I was losing about 1.5lbs average per week, and then when I started the extra exercise I have consistently started losing more like 2.5 and even 3.0lbs per week. I am trying to do double of what they recommend. I am also very please with my restriction. This last fill has stayed with me so much better then the previous ones. I think I will need less on the next fill, but if I keep losing at this rate, maybe I will still need 1.0cc?? This week, I have a huge victory goal that may be achieved. If I can lose 3.0lbs this week, I will be halfway to my goal. It really all depends on getting the excercise in. I am now running a really consistant 1200 calories a day, and about 2800 calories of burn. That equals 10,000 calories of defecit a week....or about 3lbs of fat. So here is hoping for a great week at the gym. I'm planning to keep doing the 1 hour of biking, 1 hour of walking, and 1 hour of weights. Sometimes I just can't get it in with my work schedule. I'm limited by my need to get done by 7pm. If I don't, I can't get to sleep by 9pm. This is a must for me, as I get up at 4am a lot.

Obviously everyone love the Wendy's Chili for a sure fired easy meal. Here are some others I have discovered that I like. Papa Murphy's Med. chicken Delite pizza Applebee's Chicken Fajitas without the flour shell What is your band friendly pick at your favorite places?

Sex in 4 weeks, sooner if you want to avoid putting pressure on you stomach. It only burns about 3 extra calories per minute....you can walk slowly and still get more calorie burn.

Same idea for me. I try to stay in the 1200 calorie range, but I also try to get about the same amount of Protein as carbs. If I stay in balance, I don't seem to get as hungry. If I eat 80gr of protein, I hope I'm at around 80gr or less of carbs. I am working out a lot right now and I'm a guy, so I need as much as possible up to around 100gr. Some people are true low carbers and stay down around 25-30. I just can't do it. I did atkins before the band, but my portion control was totally out of wack, so it worked but not as well as the two together.

I have found in many jobs I had to concentrate on my own pay and my own situation rather then compare to co-workers, or it would drive me nuts. I'm sure he probably does the same. I don't use my companies health benefits at all. My wifes insurance is better and my company will not coordinate benefits with anyone. So I get nothing extra, but everyone else in the company costs me money??? Doesn't seem right does it.

I have done just the opposite of normal. I have slowed down to 3mph. This allows me to walk for a couple of hours each day. Before when I was doing more, my knee would start to hurt too soon and I would have to quit. I am going for what I can do that will give me the most calorie burn without aggravating my knee. Different people come up with different methods, but in the end calories used are calories used. My method DOES NOT however contribute to what they call cardiovascular fitness. I use swimming which doesn't bother my knee for cardiovascular fitness.

Yea!!!!!! I am hoping to be halfway to goal by the end of the month. Thank you for all your posts.

Anti-plaque oral rinse is probably the best thing you can do, if you aren't going to floss. I use it daily, and my dentist always looks at my teeth and say's what a good job I'm doing of flossing. I don't floss, just the rinse daily.

Ahhhh, but if he is "on call" more then she is, then they are not performing the same job. Oh sure they have the same title, but they probably shouldn't. Or at the very least, she should be forced to take the same exact amount of responsibilities and on call time. I deal with this daily. Not on a sex basis, because in reality this single issue has nothing to do with sex at all. My job has some weekend work involved. If one person is never available to work those weekends, then shouldn't he be paid less? Of course he should, or something else should be done to keep things equal and fair. Currently nothing is done, but believe me it pisses everyone else off. Not because they are lazy or not willing to do the work, it is simply an issue of fairness. Why should everyone else work more, so that this person can work less. Just because he has "family reasons" for needing the weekend off? Heck, no. In the end, he is responsible for his family and that responsibility shouldn't cost everyone else.

I'm not sure, but I think the statistics are like 70% probability of a slipped band, slipping again. I figure with my luck, mine will eventually slip. When it does, I will do the same as you, but start talking to the doctor I have already chosen to do the gastic sleeve. Honestly I used to worry constantly about the eventual slip. But since reading the success stories I have read of others who went on to get the sleeve, my anxiety has gone away. That doesn't mean I'm not careful and don't get overfilled and don't follow the band rules, but it has relieved my constant worrying.

I did get one, but mainly to keep with my taxes. If I was to go through an audit, I wouldn't want them trying to exclude the surgery as cosmetic because I didn't have proof of medical need.

Doing great. I have really increase my workout time, not really intensity, but time. I am doing well on the food, but still have to work daily to keep the Water intake up. People have started to notice and say things....they don't my secret.

Sounds like your a perfect sleeve candidate??

That is great!!!!

My guess, he was flirting. Men aren't very good at flirting sometimes.

Most of the facilities in the Des Moines area push for the full gastric bypass. Just a fact. Finding the port is only a problem for someone who doesn't use a flouroscope to do the fill. If you want the lapband then you should definitely go over and check them out. The actual surgery would be done in Kansas City, while all of the aftercare is done in any of the 5 locations they have for aftercare.

I use the weight loss surgical center in Des Moines. I love the staff, and I have had good success. I am still just a relative newbie though. PM me if you have any other questions. They do all fills under fluoro, so they can see exactly where the port is relative to the needle.

Your right, but this person wants to differentiate from that, and I will let them, since I really don't give a damn.

I exercise more now because I get to enter the amount of calories for the day I burned and see instantly the amount of defecit for the day I produced.

oh god your right, I was thinking of scabbies....LOL But, being exposed to someone who has chicken pox can cause shingles to appear.

More likely you had chicken pox when you were a kid and were recently exposed again. Or you were exposed to someone else you had shingles.

Your first instinct when a stuck episode happens is to drink water and force it down. For most people this is the worst thing you can do, because the water will fill up your pouch instantly and you will barf....you want to try and avoid that as it can cause slips.

Yesterday, I was able to burn 3900 calories and only eat about 1300....a 2600 defecit!!!! That is a new one day record for me. Today, I am eating out twice, first the Long John Silvers grilled salmon and baked potato, and tonight I'm having Papa Murphy's Med. delite pizza.....so I can eat out, if I just make the right choices and the band helps me not eat too much!!! I'm going to get another day of 3 hours of light walking and biking and then 45 minutes of moderate swimming, so it should be another big defecit day!!!! I'm down to 213.....I would really like to make it to 205 at the end of this month....that will put me half way to goal in 4 months and keep me right on schedule. Yesterday was the first time I had to drink a little hot water before I could eat my chicken for lunch, but that was pretty ideal really, it kept me full much longer, and made dinner so much easier to control myself.