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:scalesno: WELCOME!

These places are in business to make money. Why should they give up their livliehood because I have overindulged myself and developed an eating habit in my past life. My choices are not somebodies elses problem, whether it's a corporation or just a single person.

You are kidding me!:omg:

I'm with you. I am too scared to mess this up. I gave up all carbonations 4 weeks before surgery to make sure I could do it and wouldn't be wasting my time with the surgery. I too was a diet soda junkie. I have not hardly given it a second thought since a week before my surgery now.

Good Post!

I try to stay away from buffet's because I am still having a hard time controlling my "head hunger". Plus, I want to succeed with this band so I stay away from temptation. My family fully supports this decision and they are trying to eat better too so they don't have my problem in the future. You guys that can go to buffets are alot stronger and braver than I.

Wish I had a picture of it at work. I have a white 2006 Dodge power Wagon Quad cab. 4 inch lift with big tires. Mean MO FO!

I actually have that book. I think I will sit down and read it. (Bought it 2 years ago, LOL) I have a week before my classes start so this will be my last chance anyways.

please PM me your address. I will send a Walmart gift card.

This may not be a smart decision but since I know I can loose weight short term on Atkins. I have decided to follow it till I get my fill on sept 12. I have no restriction and can eat probably whatever I want. I know the first 6 weeks is not about losing weight but about healing, but since I am 3 weeks out and I can have food. This is what I"m gonna do. Hope I"m not making a dumb decision.

The only card I ever got said I had WLS so could I please order off the children's menu or something like that. It just said RESTRAUNT CARD across the top of it. It never said anything about INAMED or anything like that. I would have kept a card that had more to do than just for restaraunts.

I wish I knew how to start a poll. I think this would be an interesting poll. Something like, Yes I deserve a discount at rest. because I had WLS. or NO, I don't deserve one.

I threw my card away when I got it. I feel the same as someone earlier on this thread. I don't want special treatment just because I had WLS. If price is an issue to me I will just stay home and eat as that is always cheaper than going out to eat. My 2 1/2 year old son always gets a meal off the children's menu and rarely ever eats hardly any of it. But I don't think I should get a discount because of what he did or did not eat.

I took 3 weeks off because I had vacation to burn. But I could have gone back fully in 7 days no problem. I could have gone back in probably 4 days but uncomfortable.

I've been mixing my Protein Shakes with light vanilla soy. very tasty.

Amazing how different news broadcasts have different information. I heard that John Ramsey had not idea who John Karr is. Of course, I heard that on my local news.

grilled cheese sandwhich dipped into piping hot tomoto soup is my FAVORITE comfort food. Even over french fries. And I love me some french fries.

I had the same feeling for about 7 days post-op. All is going away with reduction of swelling from the surgery.

You can do atkins WITHOUT having a diet full of bacon. My friend did atkins and lost 60 lbs but I feel that there is a somewhat healthy way and a very unhealthy way to do atkins. She lost weight by eating more than a pound of bacon a day, but I don't eat bacon or things like that. I try and get my carbs from lettuce. I also read in the Atkins book that if you try and do less than 20 carbs that might keep you from losing weight. And you do have to start re-introducing carbs. 20 carbs is just he induction phase.

I know lap band seems like sort of a medical atkins diet. (in my opinion anyways) but is anyone following this diet pre-op and if so is it working for you?

I am a self-pay. My anest. cost were 950 dollars for lap band surgery. that was the only thing seperate from all the others too.

mmmm, now I wished I lived near a Carl's Jr.:hungry:

my first job was when I was just 1 week out of high school and it was cleaning the toilets of the gold mine that I am now the open pit maintenance coordinator at. I did that pleasureable job for two years.

wow, I didn't even know they had different size ports. Does the size of the port relate to the size of your band? And what are the benefits/downfalls?

Everyone is different. I would recommend really following your dr.'s instructions and not pushing it. Although following your doc's instructions is a good rule of thumb in any case.