Oregondaisy

There must be something wrong with me. Today is monday and I am thinking about Baskin and Robbins's Tuesday 1.00 cone day. I am going to resist tomorrow. I need to totally get sweets out of my system. If I could do that for 3 days,I know I would not be craving them all the time. There was a thing on tv that said that chocolate puts off a hormone in our brain that is the same one that heroin does and that is why it's so addicting.

I Hope you're at your sweet spot for awhile now, Shelly!

Does anyone have a certain brand of condoms they recommend? I have been having these problems with yeast infections and uti's so we have been trying to use them to see if it makes any difference, plus I think he could catch a yeast infection from me. He says "he can't feel anything" when he has one on. He was married for 25 years so doesn't have much experience using them.

Isn't that the truth. I struggle not to gain all the time. If it wasn't for the band not letting me pig out, I would gain for sure. Sometimes I really intend to have a feast but my eyes are bigger than my pouch!

Is there a trick to it?

I am back after falling off the wagon. I am going to low carb it until I lose the 5 lbs I gained and then add a few good carbs back. I need to get it through my head that I don't need junk. It's funny. They tell us not to diet. This is a new healthy eating way of life. That doesn't work for me. If I tell myself I am on a diet, I behave myself better. I don' t sneak a little bit here and there. When I start to do that, I tell myself, no, remember, you're on a diet. That seems to work better.

I was banded at 8:30 am and home at 11 posting on lap band talk.

When you have a really good fill, things will change. Sometimes I eat a small amount of food yet I am so full, I can't even think about eating. I just feel stuffed and the thought of food makes me feel sick. It takes several fills to get there though. It took me 7

That's great Alex. You have done such a good job of separating all the topics here and keeping the board organized. We all appreciate your hard work. It did get a little tricky in chat last night when we had some Gastric Bypass people coming in. We are just not used to that, but it worked out.

I used to have to drive quite a ways to get to cold stone when I visit my dad in Arizona. Then they went and built one on his corner. I hope they never build one here. Dairy Queen blizzards are enough to be resisting regularly.

There is a place in the frequently asked questions that gives directions on how to make a weight loss ticker.

Hey thanks for posting that! I bought some awhile ago because someone said they are good, but I wasn't sure what to do with them! I know at a salad bar I go to, they have them there to put in the salad. I wasn't sure what to do with the frozen ones! Even if I am at goal, I don't stay there for very long. It's a constant battle- up and down. If I eat ice cream like I did in Arizona, I gain 5 lbs. It was so stinkin hot there, I wanted Cold Stone every day. I try to make myself do extra cardio if I had ice cream the day before. Ezma, you are doing great. If I were going through that, I am sure I would polish off a half a gallon of ice cream in no time. I have this idea that ice cream is a great stress reliever.

Liz you need to get checked out if you are having trouble with liquids. You don't want to mess your stomach up. It sounds like you are tight or have swelling. You should call your doctor.

I don't know anything about having the band removed. There should be more threads in the complications section. There is also a life without the band section where people have had to have their bands removed. Were you really tight? Did you have any symptoms? I worry about this all the time. I saw you were signed into chat last night, but you never chatted.

I was raised in Chicago. Great place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there again. I moved here because I never wanted to see snow again. It's supposed to rain for the next week. At least you don' t have to shovel rain though. It's usually in the 50's here all winter and the 60's here all summer.

I had a one scoop ice cream cone. I would have been fine if I hadn't passed basin and robbins on my way home from taking care of my grandson. Out of sight, out of mind. I really need to convince myself that I should not even indulge once a week. Actually, it's been a few weeks since I stopped there. I have heard that freezing low carb slim fast is good. I should try that.

That is such a good feeling when you fit into a smaller size jeans than you ever expected. I remember when I bought my first pair of size 12 and I hadn't worn that size in 25 year since my kids were born.

Cold Stone is my absolute favorite. I am so glad we don't have one here. I didn't do good today avoiding Baskins and Robbins. I took care of my grandson after work and tues is that $1.00 special for one scoop. At least it's only one scoop though. It would have been much worse if it had been cold stone.

Stacey, are you asking for information about the sleeve, or about having your band removed?

I am glad to read that you think that the mods here rock. We do try very hard to let the board moderate itself. For the most part, it does. Posters are good about following the rules, and we try to stay out of the way. Unless someone is actually calling another poster names, we let people post as they please. That's another reason why we should let other WLS post here too. There are other WLS out there, and everyone should have the benefits of this board. Do the people that don't like that the other surgeries were added want Alex to change the name of his board?

I chew gum all the time. I could not live without it. I have to have gum in my mouth when I do my cardio. I have never in my life swallowed gum, so I don't know why I would now just because I have the band.

I can not believe they fry twinkies. Go Kat Go! ( Sorry about your card. :thumbup: )

You can get a pill crusher too. I take a lot of pills too and sometimes it is a problem. I do manage to get them all down. I take them with warm water. Warm opens the band. Good luck to all the new bandsters. Sometimes I can't believe it's me when I look in the mirror so I know how you feel!

How long does someone have to be banded to be considered an old timer? I am coming up on two years. There are actually quite a few of us that have been here longer thant that. I know a lot of people who had gastric bypass and have gained most of their weight back. I know a lady that was about 400 lbs and got down to 140. She is now about 300 lbs. With gastric bypass you sit on the couch and lose weight. Lap band isn't quite that easy. We have to learn to change our eating habits or we won't be successful. Cookies ice cream candy, etc goes right through the band and never gives us problems. Gastric bypass people can't tolerate sugar because their intestines have been bypassed and too much gets dumped into their blood stream too fast. They get sick. I sometimes wish that sugar would make me sick.

There was a girl awhile ago that never could get it to go through the band. She ended up having the dr. use a scope to pull it out.