babygrl1234

Glad I kept reading because I really was picturing a bottle of chew spit.

Don, how horrible of your wife to say (write) something like that. I hope some hot ladies start flirting with you just to make her jealous.

I hope to get there too chickie! I am just not used to actually succeeding at losing weight so I feel like another foot is going to drop and put all my weight back on me.

Zannie my restriction feels like hell on earth if I don't chew enough. But I have to be very careful about how much I eat or I will eat too much. If I eat too much I get the golf ball feeling in my chest and I feel like I have to burp. When I do burp a little bit of food does come up with the burp. A lot of the time I feel like I could keep eating too but after about a 1/2 cup I stop and wait a few minutes and then take another bite. I still probably eat a little bit too fast which is why I have to wait the few minutes to let my brain catch up to my stomach. Some things I can eat really easy and can eat a lot of. Soup for example. Even if it is chunky I can get well over a cup of soup in. So I only measure a cup and eat some crackers with it to thicken it up and satisfy my carb craving. I don't get hungry between meals because I eat 5-6 meals per day. I know some people stick with the three meal thing but I just can't. But my Snacks are small like a yogurt, 100 calorie snack pack, a small handful of almonds, or a string cheese. It is easier at work because I am busy and don't think about food. I don't usually get hungry unless I miss a snack and then I feel like I am starving. Those are the times I tend to over eat a bit which is another reason for the snacks. I also "treat" myself every night with my Protein drink. I mix my matrix with milk, ice, hersheys sugar free syrup and a tablespoon of Peanut Butter. It is pretty tasty and gives me protein before I go to bed. My workouts are going well though it is blazing outside. It has not been any less than 87 and sunny all week. I don't like using the central air at home because it is so expensive so I have been a bit toasty. Yesterday after my running I ran outside and jumped in the kids pool (8 feetx18 inches) with all my clothes on. The kids thought it was hilarious and I was just glad to be refreshed. I plan on riding my bike to work tomorrow and Friday now that my pedal has been fixed.

Oh how jealousy rears it's ugly head. Play it up and tell them it is actually bulimia and excuse yourself to go to the bathroom.

I run very slowly since I am bigger. I run between 3.6-3.8 mph and I walk at 3.0 mph. Right now I am working on running 30 minutes then I am going to worry about speed. If you are comfortable and able to do the running workouts with your walking at 3.5mph then that should be a fine pace.

Hey I ran 20 minutes straight this weekend and I am only on week 6. Spinning class is a cycling class on a "spinning" bike. Seriously if there is an actual term for it I don't know it lol. It is an upright bike and is a bit sleeker than those used at the gym, and the class is led by the instuctor. You tighen and loosen the gear (flywheel) to simulate going up and down hills and you stand and pedal and have your hands in different positions as if you are racing. Every class I have been to has always been set to music and the speed of the ride matches the speed of the music. Very, very cool class. For first timers i would recommend either a gel seat cover and/or some biking shorts. Those seats can tear the hieny up.

Check out the surgery section on the main page. There are lots of people who have surgery stories!

I have one word for you...GROSS. Nasty. nasty, nasty. Made no difference in my energy levels or anything.

I always use yahoo. For some reason my old computer would not show the map for mapquest so I got in the habit of using yahoo.

I went to Dr. Bacal at Oakwood in Dearborn and had a great experience.

Okay so I totally heart REO Speedwagon. Yes it is true lol. And they are coming to town for a concert at my city's summer festival. Ahh the excitement is building lol.

Chickie I am just having PMS issues lol. You know you are my hero right? You and Puddin. I can't wait to have the results that you guys have which makes me trust your judgement in how to lose the weight. I can guarantee I am not the low carb eater and I can eat more than a few bites. To me the point of this band is to be able to eat like a size 6 woman. All of my small friends eat crap sometimes just less of it than I used to eat. But they eat healthy most of the time and that's what I am shooting for. I do drinking protien shakes but as a treat at the end of the day when DH is eating ice cream. It makes me feel like I am having a treat but it is not what I live by. And even if you don't think of yourself as hardcore you are pretty bad ass. The transformation you have had is nothing short of amazing, and you definitely deserve to give yourself credit for that.

I workout every day. I walk 6 days a week either 3 or 4 miles depending on who my walking partner is at work. One girl can only get out for an hour so I do 3 miles with her, the other can get 1.5 hours so we do the 4 miles. I usually walk the 3 in 45-50 minutes and the 4 in 1hr 5mins. In addition to that I am doing week 6 of the couch to 5 K running program so that is another 25 minutes (5 warm up and 20 actual workout). I have also gotten into riding my bike recently. I was doing 5 or so miles and now I am doing 11 miles to work and 11 miles home (just started this week). I get sweaty when I walk, I get sweaty when I ride and I love it. And for the record I do think I am pretty hardcore for a 227 pound girl. I push myself harder than I ever have and I cannot wait until some more of this weight comes off and I have less limitations. I want to run faster, I want to run longer. I just don't know how much my legs can take just yet so I am doing it slowly.

The run went pretty well. I made it the whole 20 minutes. My new shoes feel...well, different. I don't know if they don't fit right or if every other pair of shoes I have had did not fit right. I am going to give them a couple more workouts and see. I am also pretty bad with my food. Not as bad as I used to be but bad for a bandster. That is probably why I work out so much. I have to over compinsate for my poor eating. Today I rode my bike to work again and rode it home. But my friggin pedal effing fell off on the way home, maybe like 4 miles into my ride. SO I had to stop, find the bolt, put it back on with my hands and stop every 3 minutes or so to tighten the bolt. Pain in the ass. But I did learn that the trip home is much more downhill than the trip to work. Makes it easy after a day of work. I had an appointment with my Dr. today. Actually the first appointemnt where I did not get a fill lol. The Queen of Fills has finally reached restriction. He said I am doing well and took a look at my stomach. He said I am going to have a hanging pannus so he started the documentation for insurance purposes for plastic surgery. This is just another reason I love that man lol. Not only does he give me the surgery that is changing my life but he is going to help me get the plastics to go along with it. The thought of a flat stomach just makes me want to go running. Did you guys know Slim Fast makes protien bars now? 190 cal, 6 fat, 20 carb, 15 Protein. I know the carbs are a little high but they are really quite a tasty way to get in 15 grams of protein.

Yeah the membership people can be really ushy and annoying because they get paid on commission. As for the PhDs...I don't think so. I knew several of the Personal Trainers when I worked there and they only had to be certified, certainly not PhDs. You can only bring your own children and they require you to bring in their birth certificate for proof (at least at my club). They are so strict on that that they would not allow the partner of a gay man to drop of his kids because they were not his own and they could not be legally married (step parent is okay). Of course I didn't follow that rule because I was pissed about it and thought it to be ridiculous and discirminatory in that situation. As for the 15 year old she would need a guest pass or pay the guest fee to get in.

Bubble I am not trying to argue I was just trying to say that there is a possibility that not everyone was terminal. Yes maybe there are just rumors and maybe they are true. It doesn't make a difference for me really as I completely agree with what Dr. K did for those people who were terminally ill and in horrible pain. As for the source all you can really find on the guy are people opinions one way or another. But if you google Rebecca Badger it says that her autopsy showed no sign of MS. There were many articles on that. Maybe she was in pain or maybe she was depressed or hell maybe she just wanted some attention.

I probably should have inlcuded a disclaimer of I remember hearing about blah blah blah. Or worded myself differently lol. Since I live near Detroit Dr. K was obviously all over the news constantly back then. Hearing something doesn't make it true and it has been a long time since the trials and such. Here is link from the Detoit Free Press with some onfo on people. Though these people may have had conditions they may not have been deemed terminal at the time of their death. The info on them is at the end of the article. 1996: Kevorkian charged again

I think I could have made it home but I was in a hurry because I had a lot of things to do so I had DH pick me up. Honestly I feel great. I am not tired or anything. I even managed to do some running this afternoon (20 minutes straight for the first time ever). I am thinking that for every day I ride my bike to work I am going to put away the same amount of gas money the trip would have cost me and at the end of the summer buy myself something nice. Like maybe a bodybugg. Man I really want one of those things.

I was shocked that I made it to work. I kept saying to myself to just make it to the next street and once I got there I would tell myself to go the next one. Actually the first 3 miles were harder than the last 3. I wanted to give up a mile from my house but I said screw it I am jsut going to go. I want a bodybugg or actitrainer so bad too. I just can't afford it.

Definitely.

In a heart beat. These last 4 months I have become so active and not exhausted all the time and it is just leaking into every aspect of my life. It is the single best life changing decision I have ever made in my life.

My Aunt was on the phone with my cousin (who is also very overweight) talking about how good I was looking and how I had surgery. My cousin proceeded to say "Yeah because she couldn't do it the old-fashioned way" my Aunt told her that maybe she (my cousin) should try a new way since obviously the old fashioned way wasn't working for her either. One of my favorite quotes is "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results".

It's all good. I respect yours also. I am pretty much a "to each his own" kind of person. I try to mind my own business and really don't care too much about what other people do (obviously within reasons of the law). My friends consider me a "liberal repbulican" which I think are few and far between. lol I hate to have to bring this up because I do agree with what Dr. K did for those who needed it. It was found out after the fact that there were a few of his patients that were extremly depressed but autopsies showed they were not terminally ill. They were just severly depressed and wanted to end it all. I guess the biggest question would be did these people come to Dr. K and lie to him about being ill or did Dr. K lie about them being ill. While I do not agree with him helping depressed people to off themselves I definitely agree with his helping those terminally ill patients who were ready to go.

I am glad to be able to read this thread and see the responses from the other side of the fence. I have a bit of the opposite problem than you guys do . My DH wants it all the time and I just don't. For him intimacy=sex. For me intimacy is much more than sex. It is being so close to someone that you can finish their sentences. It is being in the same room with them and even if you are not talking still feel perfectly content because you are in the presence of the person you love. It is doing the little things that really aren't a big deal but you know will make the other person smile. Sex is going to be less and less frequent as we get older and if that is all we have for intimacy what is that going to say about our relationship when we are 60,65,70? I never wanted to have sex. Now I am realizing a lot of that had to do with my weight as my libido is increasing. But at the same time I never realized what a damaging effect it had on him when I would turn him away. How he never really believed it was not his fault. How it made him feel like I was being distant and cold. Once we had "the talk" about it I started to understand how he, like many of you, was feeling. And even before I started losing weight I began to put out. I had no desire to do so but I knew that I had to be unselfish and do it for him. Because I love him. Because he was willing to stay with me even if we did not have sex for months and he was miserable.