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You are funny! By the way...we werre banded on the same day and have lost the same amount of weight!

We November Bandsters are Baaaaaaad! :)

Cute Tom...very cute!!! By the way...we don't know anything about you!! Your weight, a picture, age, where you live.... you are a mystery!!!! How about a little info for us gals!!! I am sure the other women on this thread will agree :heh:

HE HE awesome!!! Have fun!!!

HE he...yes BMR-basal metabolic rate imagine if it was my BMI :faint: :faint: As you may have noticed,,,when I am on the board i am writing fast and my fingers become sort of dyslexic...and I don't have time to correct the sp. errors...but you all have understood. But BMI and BMR are different!!!

Ok so here it is.... I got two different results using two calculators online vs. the formula. The formula syas my BMI is 1,379. The calculators say about 1,557, I'll take the higher I also calculated how many cals to maintain my weight of 194lbs..I need 2, 134 cals. I have been eating 1,000 cals or a bit less. so my deficit if I just round down to 1,000 cals(instead of 1,134) PER week is 7,000 calories!! 3,500 calorie deficit = 1 lb of fat (some muscle) 7,000/ 3,500 = 2lbs lost per week!!! And yes...I have been losing roughly 2lbs per week!! Isn't this fun!! Go use that link to the BMR calculator Tom posted earlier.

WOW Tom!! Great research...just for your info ...I am 5'3" Wheere did you get the 2.54 at the top line next to my height? I didn't see that nimber on the sample before? Imagine if I did alot more exercise...I could lose more! You know yesterday I did move more...all day... and tis morning I weighed 194!!!!!:clap2: *** We'll have to have a Nov. bandster reuinion in a few months...what do you all think???

You can also get it onlune,,,do a search and input the info and it tells you your BMR Badal metabolic rate. I need to do it again since I have lsot weight.

I feel better...thanks! And I agree with allowing a couple of Hershey kisses a day or so...it does help keep you on track. The other thing I do is eat a Protein bar..low carb and the lower calorie ones Balance 100 cals in between meals...it gives me the nergy and the protein and nutrition all while helping me with my chocolate cravings and sweet tooth And I find that eating every 2-3 hours keeps my metabolism up and my energy up and I still get only 800 to 1100 cals a day! I was talking to a friend yesterday and saying that I can't believe how much I was eating before without realizing it! I would eat I am sure about 2,800 cals on a good day and more than 3,000 on not so good days! Huge portions and never satisfied! I love my band and all of you who support the efforst we make!

Tom, Congrats on your NSV!!!!:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: Are you sure your fill is not too tight? How long does it take to get where you can eat mushies and solids without PB'ng? I am a bit nervous about getting my first fill in february

thanks! You could have started exercising a few weeks after surgery...just no abdominal exercises until after 3 months. Good luck! :scared:

he he Tom you are too funny! I am single...but still hate that pick up atmosphere. I think one of the reasons I kept weight on for so many yeears was because I did not want that kind of attention... you know...sometimes some men just hit on you so they can --- i want a real relationship, I want to find my life partner.

MAC...they are the Best!!!! I have an I Book from 2002 and it is running like new! The new ones are even better. You can do anything..photos, video, music, art, anything! No problems at all!!!! By now I would have had to replace my PC at least once or paid lots of $ to have it fixed. Macs are also very easy and you get free classes at the Apple store. Also free help anytime!:scared:

Thanks Tom! I have enjoyed reading your trials and tribulations of exercising the gym. You are doing great! I am trying to move without going to the gym...outdoors or at home dancing. I want to sign up for dance classes. I know I need to start using weights...but I do hate going there...maybe Gold's Gym is not as trendy and a pick-up joint like so many places out there... Where do you work out?

I hit my first big goal.... 196 to make it 30 lbs lost!!!!:scared: :thumbs_up: I had been in a plateau for a while... it is over! Slowly, but surely I am getting there! eating more calories helped and.... Of course a little Senna tea helped things get "moving"/// not even adding Fiber to my food and Probiotics has helped much in that department if you know what I mean.

Ya hoooooooooooo! My plateau is over! Well anyway today I hit my first big goal... 196.. that makes it 30lbs lost!!!!!!!!!!!:faint:

Welcome!!!!!

KJ, Congrats! How wonderful!!! I will try upping my cals a bit also!

Brooksie, sounds like those foods are too dry. Try something smoother.

bump!

I do weigh at home, but whenI am at the hospital I check my weight there. the norm is to deduct 2 lbs for clothing. So I am happier with the hospital scale which is accurate and the one used by new lapbanders and bypass patients. I wish I did not obsess with weighing every day! I had an NSV today...I went shopping for household stuff and I thought...why not try on some smaller sizes to see what fits? I was using 20/22 dresses, blouses sometimes 18/20 if lucky. I decided to be bold and see where a 14W would fit or not fit.... OMG it fit!!!!! :faint:

By the way the cost is $1,500 double occupancy, for 1 week, ALL inclusive, EXCEPT air fare. It includes my workshops and all activities at the resort which includes two trips a day to the deeper reef for snorkeling. The shallow reef is the resorts backyard. It is so great one week will not seem like enough! Flights leave from Houston and Miami non-stop to Roatan. Continental airlines and I think another one is starting to fly there also) It is a short 11 1/2 hr. flight from there and both airports(HOU and MIA) are easy to fly into from any city in the US. The cost of my flight last year cost around $550 round trip from San Francisco.

Sunnysea, Roatan is in the Caribbean off the coast of Honduras, part of what is known as the Bay Islands. It has one of the most beautiful reefs in the world. So great snorkeling, swimming, kayaking, horseback riding, lots of people to meet from the US, Canada, Europe as this is a top spot for diving and for European vacations. Still it is quiet enough and peaceful enough to relax! The town is lots of fun at night. Wish you could make it!

Brooksie...i am so glad you got a Good fill! :clap2: :clap2: Just remember to chew, chew, chew! I bought a baby spoon and a baby fork so I can learn to take the tiny bites. It is amazing how the brain adapts and thinks it is a normal size portion on that tiny little fork!

L.A. that's close! just a quick flight to Houston and then a 1/2 hr flight to Roatan! A little Benadryl so you can sleep on the flight if you get nervous and you are in Paradise!