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Whoo-hoo!!! Congratulations!!!

Behaving is sometimes an issue for me on all levels!

THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH!!!! someone got a charm bracelet when they had their surgery and added a charm for every goal met, i always thought that was awesome and today my sig other surprised me with a beautiful charm bracelet, I LOVE IT! so many failed attempts and for the first time ever i feel like king of the mountain lol i am so motivated now more then ever, and a very big CONGRATS TO SKKCS & LOLLICATT as my son said we made weight loss our b&*ch!!!! and to all you that sent the positive wtg's and conrats you are awesome! and and have inspired me to be a little less envy and alot more supportive ty ty ty!

Wow!! I don't really even know what to say. I'm not trying to be negative, but I don't see how you could possibly say that 100 pounds in a year is not a success. Huh...

Look at you - that's three of us all around the same day - CONGRATULATIONS!!

Good for you! Congrates..I thougth your title said Woowhooo Sugar! and I had to check it out..thought maybe you discoverd something good we can all replace our sugar with...lol

Congratulations....I agree with everything you said. I hit my one year January, and I can also say I hit my mark. Don't regret it for one minute. Best thing I have ever done for myself. Literally changed my life!

What great inspiration! I am waiting to see if my insurance will approve my procedure.

I know this isn't a Marist Poll but still the fact that 60% of those polled PB on a regular basis is troubling to me. A large part of this process is behavior modification and I have to wonder if some of these folks didn't have their restriction ramped up too quickly (which would achieve WL) and perhaps didn't have a chance to learn the new behaviors? I say this not to judge anyone, but because why should you accept pb-ing as a daily fact of life? Isn't accepting PB's as the norm just exchanging one unhealthy lifestyle for another? Isn't the purpose of the band to move you towards a healthier life? I think we need to stop looking at the band as a tool. You use a tool to achieve a desired result, but with most tools - its a one way street. I perfer to think of my band as a business partnership. You benefit from a business partnership. Each partner brings to the table something. For me the band brought forced portion control and carb control early on - while I brought my willingness to change my habits, make better choices. And as will all great partnership - if one of the partners once in a while wants a cookie so be it. This conculdes the Dr. Phil portion of this post.

I PB about once every other week... maybe less. I used to do it every other day or so until I finally quit eating so much. Anyhow, I can so easily and quietly just sneak off to the bathroom and "spit up" as though it's nothing. I find myself doing that before the pain comes on from being stuck. As soon as I know I swallowed too much, I go into the bathroom and spit up. All I have to do is open and bend over. Weird, because as a teen I'd try and make myself throw up and couldn't.