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On my phone it looks like three people and is the third icon from the left across the top. then you will see the word "Requests" and click there.

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On which page the conservation page or ?

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Omg i so agree with everyone else. This is not a once size fits all. i know someone who never needed a fill, some who needed a few and some who needed more. Is there another nurse at the practice? Please find somone to help you so you dont suffer. You have done so good!!

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On which page the conservation page or ?

On the top of my home page... I wish I could just send you a screen cap!!

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Lol I found ur page , I didn't even know we had profile pages , lol call me slow, and I try adding you as a friend then my phone closed out the app , and I had to sign back in , think the weather is making reception bad , it's finally raining here :)

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Don't have it removed. You find another Doctor. Don't even go back there. Fight for what you want. You are doing this for you, not them. Get tough!

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Hey I got you as a friend now . Cool yes I'm going to try and find another doctor , I'll have to travel farther away , but guess I got to do what I got to do

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Do you mind me asking how old you are?? I was looking at your BMR and used my age (38).

How much do you exercise? I was also looking at the HArrison Benedict equation for how many maintenance calories you "should" be getting. For example... your BMR was 1925.95... multiply that by 1.35 ( light exercise 1-3 days a week) and you would need 2605 calories a day to maintain weight. Starvation mode kicks in after a sustained period of time below 50% of what your body needs.

I know they holler about 800 calories, but again, it isn't a once size fits all plan. Many people here will tell you they need 1200 minimum... heck, even MFP yells if you are under 1200.

I try to stick around 1000-1200 a day. Honestly, there are days I slip and eat "bad" things, but I log EVERYTHING. I am trying to address my sugar intake now b/c MFP tells me I am above my allotment often.

It's definitely a multi-faceted approach that's necessary.

And please, please, please don't think I am "preachy." I am as down to Earth as you can imagine. I just want to help you get this going. BTW... I work in a hospital.... the experience you described is RIDICULOUS!! I am offended for ya!

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I'm 54 years old

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And I thank you , belive me , I need all the help I can get , yes I exercise I walk 2 hours every day , I got 7 dogs that I walk everyday down the tracks , down the bike path and around the block and back home, that's pretty good for me considering not to long ago if I could walk to my front door I was doing good, :)

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7 chihuahuas my little buddies

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How long have you had ur band ? How's it working for you?

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I'm on face book a lot , do you do face book? Face book I know how to do , lol. I'm Teri Johnson from gridley cal . My profile pic is diff then this one

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I just changed my profile pic it's the same on face book

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no one will take it out unless causing you added health problems I would have complained long before this. The nurse is wrong and they r there for you, you paid them a lot of money for this and you should be able to use it right. Call Monday and ask for the manager and tell them your story if they don't do something right now for you tell them you want a referral and you plan on call the better busness and the AMA they need to learn how this band works and use it correctectly.. make it a big fuss.. M<y doctors office hired a new nurse when I was due for my first fill and she was giving me the talk that your nurse did I felt some pressure but I told her I wanted my first fill like promised she agreed but couldn't find the port so had to call the doctor in. I started asking him about what she had said and he corrected her right ther e. The next time she had a whole different view I havea 10 cc band with 6.5cc in it and its doing the job and I could have gone in in 14 days for a bit more. Do read every word here cause she isn't telling you the right thing...

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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