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Can someone give me directions? I have been to the Polaris one time but it's been a few year's back, i know how to get to dublin but i don't can't remember after that.

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hello, how's everone doing? well i gained 1# this week. i didn't stick to the SB that good so i started back in again yesterday. I just want to get under 180 so bad, all i have to do is lose 5# and i know i can do it. I'll check back in later this wk to see how everone else is doing.

hi everyone, well i didn't lose any this week but i didn't gain, i kinda went off a few to many times, but i'm not discouraged. hope everyone is doing good. Oh and i have tried the spaghetti squash and i like it. i like it with low carb alfredo sauce and chicken, yummy.

hi everyone, this is the first time i have posted here but i have been reading it for awhile. I was wondering if after losing weight if you have found yourself being more sexual? I have been divorced for 19 yrs and i didn't date till the past 6 months and i have had 2 one night stand which i instagated. I am on such a high while it's happening but the next day i feel really cheap. i didn't pick up strangers, i knew both of them but it has changed our relationships afterwords. both times i have been drinking which is something that i normally don't do. i know this is a problem with myself that i need to work on but it would be nice to here from others that are or have experienced the same thing.

well in a weeks time i have lost 9#, i know that it has to be mostly water but i am still loving it. My cravings have already stopped and i actually don't feel hungry. why or why do i not just stay on this because i know that it is what works best for me. hi baby, it's been awhile since we have talked, glad to see you giving it another try like i am. kaydotrn congrats on the 7# doesn't it feel awsome. so i probably won't check back in till next weekend, hope everyone has a good week

i just started also, i've done south beach in the past and it helped with my cravings. i have also been on a 3 month plataue, and it's all because of my eating, soft food, junk food. i gain and lose the same 5# and it is so aggravating. does anyone remember how long it takes you to start losing? I can't remember. nilsa shrimp is low in carbs and so is chicken.

Hey Paige I was wondering what happened to you. I'm glad things are going good for you and you lucky duck getting to move to Colorado. I hope you will check in when you can and keep up the good job. Where are you going on your Cruise? I went in December and had a great time.

Congrats JohnnyRay, your on your way to a new you.

Susan 3343, hang in there, I know it's hard but believe me after the band surgery you will tell a big difference in your hunger, at least for me I could. Not much longer and it will be here.

Hi everyone, it's been awhile since I posted, I read often but just haven't posted. Things are going good for me, the weight loss has slowed but it is still ongoing. I have to say that I have no regrets about having the surgery. I feel like I am starting to live when all I was doing before was just watching the world live. I want to tell all the ones that haven't been banded yet to hang in there and you'll be glad you did. When I first had the band it was very consuming in all my thoughts but now it's just a way of life and I honestly don't think about it constantly like I did when I would diet pre-band. Talk to you later.

Hi everyone, I just wanted to let you know that I couldn't start the BFL this week but I am def. going to start it on Monday April 31. I let a friend look at my book because I was hoping she would start it with me and she had my book for a week and then didn't say anything about doing it. So needless to say I wasn't organized. So how is everyone doing that started? I hope all is well.

I want to do the BFL with you. Like you I have started it before but never finished it. I'm getting excited. The 12wks. would end on my birthday if we start the 23rd., wouldn't that be a good birthday gift to myself :mad:

Happy Easter to everyone. Haven't been on for awhile, hope everyone is doing good. I have lost 6# in the last month so I hope this means I'm back to losing again. Well hope to hear from you soon and wondering how everone else is doing.

Congrats Megan, I am so glad I had mine done.

Hi everyone, sorry I haven't been on in awhile, I moved over the past week so hopefully now that it's all done I can check in more often. I weighed myself this morning and I lost another pound for a total of 51#. I am noticing that I see more of a difference in how my clothes fit instead of the scale moving. It get's discouraging at times but hey this is the most that I have ever been able to lose and I haven't had any real complications so I'm not complaining. In following South Beach I like that I can choose to eat fruit and good carbs, I think for me that it's pretty easy to follow, I still want my chocolate, that's a mental craving instead of a hunger craving. Still haven't got myself to exercise, I keep telling myself that when the weather gets nicer. I know excuses - excuses.:heh:

Hey Denise, I use Fitday.com to calculate my calories, it's free and easy. Last night at work they posted a questionair about getting a fitness center on site, they were wanting to know how many people would actually use it. I hope it gets the go ahead, because I know I would use it.

Well I just got up ( I work third) and when I got on the scale, drum roll please, I lost a pound so that means that I finally am in onderland. I actually felt myself tear up. corny I know but I did. Good job on the 2# loss, you are doing really good BGB!!! I like the idea of checking in everyday with what we eat. drink and exercise. Maybe that will get me motivated to exercise. So here goes with what I have planned for today, 8 oz skim milk with expresso added 3 oz chicken 1 c. vegis 3 oz chicken egg canadian bacon cantaloupe 13 almonds

just started back Sunday, once I'm on, it's easy, but when I go off it's so hard to get myself motivated to start again. I have been fighting the same 3# for a month now and it's gotta stop. Since starting back I feel better, so now it's up to me to keep it going. I only have to lose 1# and I'll be in onderland. I haven't been there in over 16 yrs. I think we need to start some kind of challenge for all of us South Beachers. Maybe it will get us motivated. So how about some ideas.

I was wondering if anyone has had banding done in Canada? I have already had my banding but my mom wants to have it done and her insurance wont pay. She heard that it was cheaper in Canada. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Welcome to all of you newbies, It's been awhile since I'v been on and I come back and I see all of these post and it's a wonderful thing to see. I was banded Oct 18, 2006 and I haven't had one regret. I did really well up till a month ago and I have been eating more sweets, I'm not hungry but still want my sweets, I haven't gained and have actually lost 3# but I know that I could of done better. I can actually say that since my banding that I haven't been physically hungry just emotional hungry and that's what I always knew, that the band is not a cure all but a tool, there are still things that you will need to work through to be sucessful in losing weight, it's not going to happen just because of the band, don't get me wrong the band has been a BIG BIG HELP with my weight loss and I do see myself being able to lose all that I want to but I need to do my part also.

you look wonderful, I'm glad your back

Mirssa, I am so sorry to here about your mom, please tell her that I am praying for her to have a speedy recovery and I can't wait till she gets to come home. I can see why she is depressed, this is so depressing to me to know that she is in so much pain.

Angie March 20th will be here before you know it and then band surgery will be right around the corner.

I am following the beach so so. I have a sweet tooth that gets in the way sometimes. Overall I stick to it most of the time and it's pretty easy.