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hahahaha! that is hilarious...I laughed so hard..good one theresa! Becky

Wow guys...I have been having a great laugh at your user id's they are fantastic and some are particularly ingenious! keep them comming i want to hear more..

Please, Please, Please josygirl...look after yourself and eat... The negative impacts of living an borderline anorexic lifestyle is huge...you have done so well...dont waste it...live life now...Eat regularly/healthily, Exercise to balance your intake... keep us posted.

Interesting question...I always thought 'little bite' referred to the amount of food we put in our mouth in the first place...to chew...not the actual chew itself. Becky

leenerbups-sounds like your completely normal...lunch/dinner is fine. kareyquilts-I think in your case just chew more...chicken is difficult...you have to literally chew and chew also helps to have some liquid based sauce like dish to help 'glide' the chicken down...If you don't fee fullness yet...go bak to your filler and get another one...my dr recommends I get adjustments every month or so. mlg2007-I also have a 4cc band and I am on 3.5 now but still would'nt say its my 'sweet' spot..still I am loosing weight with a little self discipline...dang!

yay!!! then its feet up and relax...over the holidays? Good Luck!

Welcome to LBT Elaine.. Best wishes for the 21st...We look forward to hearing of your progress. Becky

Welcome to LBT wish412 keep us posted on your progress. Becky

Welcome 3amy You are right this is indeed a very supportive community so you have come to the right place...I hope you find all the right answers to the questions that you may have regarding lapband surgery...for me it was the best decision I made in my whole life...i have never regretted it... keep us posted. Becky

My dr always tells me that the slower you loose weight the more your chances of having less amounts of flabby skin in the end...'cause slow weightloss gives the skin a chance to shrink with the rest of you...dunno if this is a medical fact but he is VERY certain of it!

Hi ya ohiobluegal We all started this journey with worries, fears, concerns that we would'nt be able to do all required...but as with anything its a one day at a time journey!!! If your priority is to loose weight and you are committed to that...even if you make a few mistakes one day you have always got the next day to make up and try and make good choices...I love my food...my eyes are way bigger than my stomach...sometimes I get in trouble with this but tomorro for me is always a new day...You will never know how you cope up with the responsibility until you try...but I guarantee that once you start seeing the scale going down and down that is all the motivation you will need to keep going.... Welcome to lapband talk and good luck for your consult in a few weeks...I hope you find all the answers you are looking for. Becky

Hi Neal, Hi Jack!!!! so Neal...I get the OU (Oklahoma University) but where does the 'sooner come in'

welcome to LBT karen good luck with your investigations... I never regretted my decision to have lapband done...it has given me a new lease on life... Becky

Hi guys... Dont get me wrong I love being referred to as Flabuless cause hey...I am! but its always nice to be addressed to as my first name Becky...so I thought I would start this thread so that...those of us who haven't revealed our first names yet can...and also so that we can hear some of the meanings behind our unique user id's that we have chosen. I'll start us off First name: Becky user id?: well mine I think is obviously cause I'm fabulously flab-u-less! So come on guys...lets reveal the secret behind our names.

good luck on your surgery lisa keep us posted!

I find i have to have something before going to bed otherwise i wake up in the middle of the night starving...i usually have a cracker biscuit and a glass of milk...it seems to keep me going!

darn I thought I was going to get my kicks for the day! hehehe! the ice cube method works...i made heaps of mushie veges at one time then froze them...I had about 5-6 cubes of these at mealtimes...

icecream!!! yum i lived on icecream and jello for the first few days after surgery! Best wishes!

carefull babe! don't over doit...the last thing you want to do is stretch your pouch...just try to make the best food choices you can between now and then...don't eat until you are stuffed...take it easy until you have an dr examine... best wishes

ohhhh gorgeous c@t...they are sooo...cute! I want me one of those...pitty I am not as talented as you.

there certainly is a fine line between restriction/no restriction isn't there? I dont' feel restricted hardly ever...but with me it all comes down to me doing my bit and making the best food choices I can...I try to have 3 meals a day...minimal/careful snacking and get aggressive exercise 4 days a week. I am still loosing weight...but I can't rely just on the lapband...it lets me down too often..I have to rely on myself.

meee hungry too...I find though depending on what I eat I can stave off the hunger for longer periods...if I eat a full vege and meat meal...I am not hungry for some time...whereas if i eat toast/pasta or something like that...I am hungry again within 30min

oh and one more thing...I ate yoghurt like it was going out of fashion...i was eating yoghurt within about 7 days of having my lapband.

hi jc28... i really didn't do anything different...when I was in liquid stage I drank heaps of vege mix juices to try and get the nutrients I need...I also had heaps of milk based drinks ie milo/milkshake/smoothies/ etc I started on the mushies pretty early...earlier than my doctor would have liked so I just blended all my meats/vegetables together and mixed with a bit of milk and butter....my favorite dish was tuna morney...hmmm yummy...I had heaps of this. but baby was fine and continued to put on weight all the way through...I did give her one bottle/formula feed a day also just because my milk was a little down at around 5ish...but other than that it all progressed well!

no...nothing special..the body has an amazing way of adapting...