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jqpublic    1

jqpublic
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Just wanted to say hello. And to talk about how important it is to make time

in are busy lifes with kidds family & Jobs. To make time for are selfs...........even

an half hour a day will make a big change in ones attitude and health.It will take some time to notice but it will happen.

Also don't for get your Water. It will help your muscles and your thirst and help with flushing your system out!

It is recommend to walk 10.000 steps a day. That is 5 miles I' believe.

but it will take some time for a lot of people because we are not all athletes.

Some are in better shape then other, but we are all on this site to lose weight

with the same goal some banded some of us that aren't.

I myself enjoy this site because of all the encouragement that people Give. well take care God bless!

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the best me    6

the best me
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Hey jq! Are you ever going to get banded? It seems odd at first if you are not at least planning on the surgery, to be here and getting encouragement. And giving it! But it makes sense, really. Even banded, it's just a tool to help you do all the things needed to get and keep the weight off. Sure makes it a little easier for the long haul, having that little band, but we are all going through the weight loss thing together. I always like your reminders, good thoughts and encouragement. So, thanks!

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paula    4

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Right on Kathy!

Thanks so much for the motivation John! And God bless you too!:D

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jqpublic    1

jqpublic
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I searched the web for Docters for hours and drove over four hours to clinic

and sat through 3 hour orientation in Green bay wis, all to find out that my Insurence would not cover it. It would cover the Gastric bypass but thats all.

I could lie and say I live in Minnesota they do it in deer river MN.One hundred

miles away.......It was so tempting! It would be Lie and could be considered

fraud..........

I would love to have been banded but eather way you still have to work at your weight loss.

Buy eating right and Excercise.

Thats why I never got banded. But most of all God bless every one!

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Jammin & Losin    1

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Jq even if you never get your band I wish you great success in the fight for your health. You sound like you have a great outlook on your weight issue and your not giving up. I for one want to say thank you for your reminders because band or no band these suggestions must be included in each of our lifestyles to be a success no matter if you have had WLS or not so thank you for remembering us here on LBT.Good luck to you and also have you thought of doing self pay to get your band or is that out of the question?

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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

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        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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