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Wow, that sounds soooooo good. . . I'm going to try it this weekend!

Good for you Chancie! You'll do it, you'll lower that cholesterol, it's been high for a long time right, can't expect it to dissappear overnight. . . just like Rome, it wasn't built in a day. It'll happen for you! I totally relate with the exercise part! Sorta like the barfing business, creeps up slowly and is irratating, but never really goes away. . . hehehe

Oh, well I guess better safe then sorry right??? Good luck and keep up the wonderful work!

Water, water, water, and more water, fiber sources, like vegatables, NOT CHEESE (it binds) and of course, walking and exercise. I think someone even mentioned that fiber stuff you dissolve in water and it's colorless, odorless, and tasteless. . .there have been several posts about really bad constipation and it makes me hurt just to read them. . . eeekkkkk Go to the complications section and read about the fiber posts. . . you'll see what i mean!

Gosh! I can't wait for my surgery! 10 lbs a month is great! I can do that! Pretty soon I'll have my ticker just going!

Hi Kelly, yes I agree with Ky.Hen, just keep reading all the posts and you'll learn. . . trust me you WILL learn. . . I'm not even sleeved yet (January) and I already know what NOT to do and what to do, and what size the sleeves are and how not to get constipated and so on. . . just read and you'll learn lots! these folks are the best teachers!:crying:

Hi Haley! Good for you! 22 lbs in 16 days is an excellant job! That is about 1.37 lbs a day, more than what a package of butter weighs! Wow your doing really well! See you didn't have anything to worry about. . when are you going to finally get up onto that horse instead of walking it around?

Oh, the motivation! I never am motivated, but i MAKE myself go. . .I think you've all read about my exercise routine. . .I do the after work to the gym thing. . . can't even get up to get ready for work, never mind to exercise! :crying:

Here I go again, I'm sorry, but where you not happy and excited when you got your date for the surgery? Where you not happy that at last you'd lose the weight? Where you not proud when you got the surgery done? Didn't you think "Wow, finally it's my turn? Finally I can do something just for me!" What happened? Like my saying states "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit"

jmgsearch, your not screwed up or pathetic or a lost cause. . . my question is why did you take that first taste of milkyway and the other candies at the airport? Why not some water or soup? Just a question. Sometimes we think that the surgery will be the magic answer and we can eat whatever we want and poof we'll be thin and beautiful, but this surgery does require work, the doctor did his part by giving you the tool, now it's your turn to help yourself. . . please don't get me wrong, but I wonder if maybe there is an underlying problem? Have you tried group sessions? If it's an addiction, could you go to a food addicts group? I'm just throwing ideas out there. . . hope you don't take offense. . .

Hey Everyone! I'm from San Antonio, getting sleeved in January. . .wanted the band first, but went to a seminar and had my mind changed pretty fast. . . hubbie wasn't up to the band, but told me he would support me with the sleeve. . . i'm so excited! I can wait for January. . . I see my doctors for nutrition, psych, and inital visit on the 20th of this month! Yup, I'm on my road toward my journey!

Thank you so much for posting! I always wondered how folks did that were out longer than 1 1/2 years. . . . it's so nice to hear you maintain a good weight and continue to be happy! congratulations with your weight loss, 75 lbs is alot of weight for someone who is 5' 7" !

WOW YOU GUYS! Does it not get better! I thought for sure if I loose the weight, the exercise gets easier! UGH!!!

NOW THERE IS A NSV!!!!!!!! HOW EXCITING IS THAT! :hurray:

Welcome Kzol! I'm not sleeved yet either, am having that done in January 2010! Can't wait. . . I'm staying here though, too chicken to go to Mexico! hehehe. . . I have my initial visits on the 20th. . . yahoo!!!

Ewwwwww .. . . that sounds horrid! Slow traveling barf! Makes me want to go throw up right now! I love this forum, like my daughter once said "I'm glad I was born last, makes me know what NOT to do" . . . I'm glad I joined this forum before surgery, makes me know what NOT to do!

Thanks, but now watch I'll pass the doctor visit, pass the nutritionist visit but fail the shrink cause he'll/she'll think I'm nuttier then they are! :w00t: hehehe. . . . shrinks have a way of making people incompetant even if they are normal. . . (but then what is normal?):glare:

Yes, you have no idea what a big relief that was to hear! I even did the victory dance in my office! :w00t:

Judy, I'm so sorry to hear this isn't going well for you. . . try walking for at least 30 minutes everyday. . .it may help. . . I know, tons of advice and whatcha should does, I'm sorry. . . but I guess that is just second nature to help friends and "family". . . good luck!

Tiffy, you are so funny! Pseudotumor Cerebri isn't a big word! :mad: It's a pain in the derriere what it is ! I'm glad there is another person around who "checks it out" when you don't know what something is. . . I did that with the kids when they were growing up. . . they'd ask me "mom what does ??? mean" I'd tell them to go get Webster and find it, then read it to me and tell me, cause I didn't know. . . pretty soon it when they'd ask "Mom what does ???? mean", they'd answer themselves, "go get Webster, because I don't know". . . hehehehe:lol0:

Hey guys! I got my answer back from Dr. and he says after talking to a neurosurgeon, I'm still a go. . . he'll still do the surgery regardless of this shunt being in place. . . I was so happy to hear this. . . my appt to visit with him, the nutritionist and the shrink is on the 20th. . . can't wait! Chat laterz!

How horrible is that! I'm so sorry this happened to you, but like you said, there is a reason everything. . . keep your chin up, it will all work out in the end!

Thank you carolyn. . .I don't know if I can really say I'd look fab. . remember I'll have alot of loose skin (which I wish wouldn't happen), but thank you, you are so sweet to say that! How is your gym venture going? 5 min on the bike is better than no minutes at all. . . imagine you are doing 5 minutes of exercise that you were not doing before! Good for you. . . keep up the great work. . .have you tried walking on the treadmill? Maybe start at 2.5 mph for about 15 minutes. . . get a good sweat going. . . you'll be sore, but feel so good

best of luck with your surgery today Norma! Let us know when you get home!

Bless your heart Wishinghoping. . .if this helps any, I have had 17 major surgeries and this one will be my 18th. . . every time I go, I am really afraid, but I know that if I didn't do it I could risk the chance of dying. . . with this surgery too, i know that if i don't do it, I will die from my obesity. . .i don't want that. . .i want to live and see my daughter graduate from college, get married, have grandkids and die an old lady (a thin old lady) it is natural to be afraid and have anxiety when we journey into the unknown, but without this surgery how would you do? We die regardless (eventually) but don't let obesity run your life forever. . . now that is really scary!