AngelaT

In June! :) Fun!

Why don't you join me and a small bandsters group and SO's in Roatan in the caribbean for a tropical vacation with dolphins!! Cost is as much as if you vacationed in the U.S.! Le t me know... I think about 6 of us would go plus friends, or family... One week at Anthony's Key. ALL INCLUSIVE! It will cost about 1,500 per person plus a flight from Houston or Miami. Lots to do including snorkeling trips, dolphins, and fun!

I will post pics... I just hope I do not gain weight in the meantime!

Tom you are too funny!!! Glad you are back! llitltweety-congratulations! I ams tuck in the 190-192's now I feel I do need a fill but I have to wait until I come back form Paris...or I will only be able to drink soup whle I'm there!!! With all the walking I will do I can splurge a bit there. Food there is awesome...so a fill will put a damper. I will watch it some of course.

Wonderful!!! Just the other day I thought the same thing when I crossed my legs :-)

PLEASE STOP ALL THE DRUGS!!!!! Prilosec has problems...new ones found recently check up on it. The combination of everything your taking is causing more harm than helping. Make sure you are not overfilled. I suggest you go without a fill for a while...take it all out and heal. Drink aloe vera juice to heal...you can mix it with a gentle fruit juice. Alka seltzer is OUT completely...carbonation is notgood with a band. No TUms, etc. Maybe the occasional Pepto Bismol. Make sure you stop all eating 3 hours prior to going to bed and sleep on a bed with the head raised about a foot. drink water and herbal teas like mint tea or chamomile. Do not drink alcohol or coffee or regular tea. Good luck!

WARNING!!Do not eat the yummy stringy vegetable /seaweed that comes with Japanese food... ir is so good but I had a mayor stuck and PB episode It did not stop until all of the stringy green things came up!!! I have never seen so much of that gooy stuff that comes up...sorry... too visual... Imagine if i had gone for my fill yesterday!!! How can anyone eat anything with a fill when I get stuck without warning and have no fill!

After... or if I know i have eaten food that gives me gas..

Same thing happens to me...i take Gas X and try to remember not to eat too much ...i am still trying to figure out when I feel satisfied and not full...when i feel FULL I get the shoulder pain.

Tom, Great story!!!!!! TGIF will be on my list for the occassional visit

Awesome!!! Congrats!!!! You are now in Onederland!!!!:clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

Applications gladly accepted. :heh: And, if they're willing to my sugar mommy (heck, at this point, I'd take a sugar daddy too!) all the better. Tom Hmmmm....Tom, we need to find you a girlfriend!!!!:faint: You've been hiding for wY TOO LONG!

I've been doing the recumbent bike for 15 minutes (try to keep it equivalent to 15 MPH - burn about 500 calories per hour) followed by the weights (one day upper, one day lower) and then 5 more minutes on the bike. Trying to build the second session on the bike up to 15 minutes. Right now, I'm only going twice a week but I've been doing lots more around the farm moving hay bales, putting up fences, etc. Soon will be carrying Water buckets. I hope to work in another 1-2 times a week at the fitness center to do some cardio (bike, treadmill, etc.) And there will come a day when the ellipitical machine and I will meet. And, of course, I'm always trying to get as many of the "other" exercising in as possible. :help: Tom Tom...hmmmmm.. I am trying to see if I know someone your way that might help with the "other" exercising

MIsty, Assuming you are 5'3.. 181lbs and the age you posted here then i calculated your BMR to be 2013. To calculate your maintain weight cals I put you down as sedentary since i do not know your exercise level and to maintain weight you need 2,585 calories a day. So if you eat between 1,000 to 1,300 calories a day you could lose alot of weight!!! More with exercise. Also remember if you eat only 600-800 clas a day for more thana few days your body thinks it is starving and will hold on to weight insyead of losing it. Also this is considred starvation mode so you will also lose hair and get sick . Below is the site to calculate your maintannce weight http://www.caloriecontrol.org/calcalcs.html

MIsty, Once you calculate your BMI that is what you burn if you are say...sleeping only for 24 hrs. No moving. You need to calculate also and there should be a link or on the same site how many calories you need to just maintain your weight.... mine is way over 2,000 so if I want to lose weight I know if I eat even 1,200 calories every day i will still lose! 3,000=1lb of weight lost. 2,000-1200=800 calorie deficit per day roughly times 7 days per week =5,600 divided by 3,000 (1lb) is 1.86 lbs lost per week if I always eat 1,200 calories a day with no additional exercise except daily living activities.

Tom, You took the words right out of my mouth! I have been losing an avg of 2-2.5 lbs a week eating betwen 800 -1100 calories a day. The more I move the more I lose of course. I decided not to have my fill this week will wait a bit more...down to 190-191 so that makes it 36 lbs since Nov.3 Tom, I joined Gold's gym and tried out your elliptical machine....ouch...lasted a loooooonnnnggggg 4 minutes!!!! then I did treadmill for about 25 mins. and then some weights.

IS it Dr. Cirangle or Jossart? We practice out of California Pacific med ctr. in SFO... I have been thinking about Jossart doing my fills once I have my first one by my surgeon in MX.

:clap2: :clap2: Congrats!!!!

Cottage cheese and soup afe not good indicators as they go down easily. Real food is a better bet... chicken, veggies. etc.

Yes..let's get together :clap2: :clap2:

Gee we should do it...when it's a bit warmer ....fun! Karen's place in the summer!! :girl_hug: Yes I am going to Paris, france... it has been a while and this is a good time to go due to lower airfares... also I have not seen my best friend in 3 years!! Also other friends I have there... good way to get over someone also!

Where in Nor Cal are you? I am in Marin.... I am not sure if I already asked you...so many people!!! :embarassed:

Karen-MMMMM sounds soooo nice...i love the beach also!! In that same way.... no beach bunny here... I'm going to PAris in March.... using the money I wouold have spent on the fill for Paris instead.... Once I really need a fill I will know it....maybe I am one of those who don't need one for a looong time! :Banane20: Tom- I joined Gold's Gym today and tried the elliptical...thought of you!!! OUCH! 4 minutes and I was panting!!! Then i did the threadmill for 25 minutes and a few weights.... felt good!

Glad you are back Tom!! Whay a night out you had.... one of those should have stayed home ones. We have a few missing in action bandsters it seems.

i am ay 35 lbs lost without a fill. Did they ver explain to you why so long ?? I even get certain food stuck and have had a few PB'S!