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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.

Ahhhh, I misunderstood the question. You didn't want to know what it "is" you wanted to know "what the initials stood for". I have seen this same exact question, not less then 10 times in 10 weeks now....obviously we need a better frequently asked questions section to help people figure some of this out. PB is a classic, I don't think anyone could figure out what it stood for without asking.

I wear two pair of socks all of the time. I have noticed that increasing my Water intake seems to make a big difference.

Dailyplate is what I use. Mainly because of the ease of use and the vast database of stuff in there already. You can see what it look like for me, by going to the bottom of this post and clicking on the link that say's "What I eat daily" I only use the free parts of it, as that is all I need. I use the bodybugg for the and manually enter the amount of calories I have burned each day.

I saw Oprah the other day start with her story. It was classic Oprah WLS bashing with a little bit of successful people to make it look like she was being balanced and fair.

You can click on the link below in my signature that say's....What I eat daily..... This will take you to my food log of everything I have been eating. Just so you know, the net calories at the very bottom are after I put in the amount of calories I have burned for the day, according to my bodybugg. Today, was a great day!!!!! Good restriction, low calories, and 4 hours of light exercise.

It is the same as regurgitation. Your bringing something back up that hasn't been digest or even started the process of digestion....therfore you don't have any acid with it, if you had acid with it and it had started being digested you would just call it puking/vomitting.

Ok, call me a bit of a skeptic, but I think I would want a copy of where the doctor say's now that it will eventually have to be fixed at their cost. Just in case down the road he leaves the company he is working for and you need to prove that it was a known problem from the time when it was covered. Cover thy own ass, especially when the almighty dollar is concerned.

pumpkin pie filling in a can....add a little pumpkin pie spice and 1/8 cup of splenda, and whip cream...

Well a fill is adding positive pressure, just like turning on a Water hose that is kinked, the pressure will open it up enough to get Fluid through. Now if you pull fluid out, it is going to create suction which will not push the kink open, but might even make it worse. EVENTUALLY, almost everyone needs an unfill. And what if you needed an emergency unfill? I think if this is a fresh band that they should be fixing it for free with another surgery. This situation would not be acceptable to me.

Can you go out of country with just a birth certificate? I thought you had to have a passport now?

It is always ok to ask a man out. With a man, many times if he say's he can't because of this or that, he isn't making an excuse, but more likely really doing this or that. Men and Women tend to be very different this way.

I have long heard the myth that eating Breakfast jump starts your metabolism. I say myth, because, if you don't do any physical activity after taking in the calories, there is NO increase in metabolism. It only gives you energy to encourage you to get moving. In fact all of the theory's about eating too little and it making you less likely to lose weight need to be clarified. The reason you may not lose as much weight by eating too little is because you are making yourself feel tired and less likely to do calorie burning activities. Or you simply don't have enough energy to put in the same intensity of calorie burning into your routine. Anyone with a calorie burning monitor will tell you these things.

The bullets are about the worst tasting stuff ever.....just my opinion. Use the unjury chicken Soup or order a variety pack of Isopure to try them and figure out what you like.

It is my opinion, that all self-pay people should seriously consider the gastric sleeve. Less chance of complications down the road that aren't covered, and less maintenance expense. A lot of people think it is the real future of WLS. I'm one of them. People with insurance coverage don't consider it because it usually isn't covered like the band or the full GB.

What seems to work for me, is to keep my calorie intake at about half of what I'm burning, but I have trouble right now doing that because I eat too much. Right now I'm burning about 2800=3400 calories a day. So I eat about 1200-1600 a day. Those are just averages. My goal is to lose another 55lbs in the next 6 months. That comes out to about 1300 calories a day defecit. Only time will tell if I can make it or not? I don't believe in the starvation mode theory either. Except if you don't get enough Protein in. Then I believe it will hurt you. Starvation mode theory goes back to the genetic evolution of man theory.....well man evolved eating much less carbs then we eat.

I definitely have more restriction again, after my fill on the 26th. But I still can eat about 2 cups of food before getting the full signals. For me the full signal is one little hiccup. I stop eating at this point, and sure enough I'm full. For me if I eat too much it will become uncomfortable with a kind of tiny bit of pain. I still can eat way too fast. I eat the Sam's club stuffed chicken breast and 10 sweet potato fries in about 20 minutes. If I was at ideal restriction, I think that I not only wouldn't be able to eat that much, but it would take me the full half hour to eat. My last fill was another 1.0cc, and I'm hoping to keep this restriction through the entire month. We will see how it goes. The new "fat burn" type of exercise is working much better for me then the "cardio training" programs. It doesn't bother my knee so much and it burns more total calories. The disadvantage is it takes 3 times as much time to burn the same calories, but since I have the time....thats what I'm going to do.

I definitely have more restriction again, after my fill on the 26th. But I still can eat about 2 cups of food before getting the full signals. For me the full signal is one little hiccup. I stop eating at this point, and sure enough I'm full. For me if I eat too much it will become uncomfortable with a kind of tiny bit of pain. I still can eat way too fast. I eat the Sam's club stuffed chicken breast and 10 sweet potato fries in about 20 minutes. If I was at ideal restriction, I think that I not only wouldn't be able to eat that much, but it would take me the full half hour to eat. My last fill was another 1.0cc, and I'm hoping to keep this restriction through the entire month. We will see how it goes. The new "fat burn" type of exercise is working much better for me then the "cardio training" programs. It doesn't bother my knee so much and it burns more total calories. The disadvantage is it takes 3 times as much time to burn the same calories, but since I have the time....thats what I'm going to do.

I didn't have a hernia when they did my band, but maybe developed one since? I don't know if that is realistic, or if they just might have missed one and now the surgery is developing it?

What were your symptoms leading up to and during the hernia. I ask, because I have recently been, occasionally feeling like there is a lump in my throat up. It is up by my laranyx and seems to happen completely randomly. The doctor seems to think it is an irritated epoglotis or a hernia, or just anxiety?? Of course if it is a hernia then I'm probably screwed. I'm only 10 weeks from being banded. If I have a problem developing I would sure like to know.

Well, yes the lower BMI do great. But also, yes, you MUST work out to have consistent weight loss.

Well, we should know soon? My body bug says I am burning 3200-3400 calories now that I'm doing the fat burning exercise for 3 hours a day and the weights for 1 hour. I just got a fill today of 1cc, so I should be able to easily stay at 1200 calories of intake. That's a 2000 calorie defecit per day average. At that rate I should be able to maintain my 2.5lbs pers week goal. Thats what I need to do right now to make my 160lbs on October 1st. My knee is a little sore, but I'm actually holding up great. I can do this, I can feel it!!!!!!!!

Well, we should know soon? My body bug says I am burning 3200-3400 calories now that I'm doing the fat burning exercise for 3 hours a day and the weights for 1 hour. I just got a fill today of 1cc, so I should be able to easily stay at 1200 calories of intake. That's a 2000 calorie defecit per day average. At that rate I should be able to maintain my 2.5lbs pers week goal. Thats what I need to do right now to make my 160lbs on October 1st. My knee is a little sore, but I'm actually holding up great. I can do this, I can feel it!!!!!!!!

I think they are wondering if you "self-pay" and the price is good for self financing or credit card, could you maybe do even better with literally a check. I can tell you that it wouldn't save them much. Even if you pay by credit card, the band usually charges them about 1.8-3.6%. It depends on several things what the rate is, but lets say it is 4%. That is really only 600 dollars on a 15000 bill. Chances are they are only paying 300-400 for the bank card fee.

I have heard similar. If the 10th rep is doable without struggling, then you need to move up in weight. Keep doing it until you make the next weight. Three sets a day is what I'm doing right now. I am also totally into the fat burn style of walking and peddling right now. I walk for an hour and then ride the peddle stationary bike. Also I was told to make sure and do the weights before the fat burn exercise. I do most of the time, but not always.