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Hi BigBaby, i had a leak in my band. My surgeon does my fills, and on the third fill (may 23) when he tested me with drinking water, i could get a great deal of water in. So much i had to go pee, but still felt no restriction. He immediately tested me and found a bad leak in the top of the band. He got me into surgery the next day and rebanded me with a new AP band, and by two or three fills after that i found my 'sweet spot' and started losing faster. Im doing well so far. Im about halfway to there.

Oh Juli! i just saw your response... My birthday is April 23. Not sure how i feel about turning 40. Ive seen 40 yr olds that are jaw dropping knockouts, but im starting to have age related "signs" that im so totally not okay with. I mean, i didnt sign an approval form for the lines under my eyes! and whats going on with the 'girls'? they became...tired? so they just laid down and took a nap? :wink: on the other hand, i would say that ive got a LOT less anxiety than i did at half this age. How about you? any thoughts about turning the big 40?

wow you guys all sound like you are doing so fantastic!

Hi! LOVE THIS!!! im 39 until April. I live in Northern Maine as well as Galveston Texas. (summer in Maine, winter in Texas). im about halfway to my last goal so far.

Yesterday morning: 235 and im in my TOM too! woo! my clothes are dropping off me. I was a size 24 in the stretchy jeans and now, i can wear a 18 or 20. I need new clothes and a haircut, badly. Im a little concerned though, and i hate to admit this having been smoke free for three years (after 23 years of smoking) but ive picked it back up again. I KNOW its not good. I dont know how it complicates the band, but im sure it does somehow. Also drinking a good chunk of wine a few times a week! i know these arent good. but i am riding the loaner bike now (mine got stolen the day after xmas) and walking a lot. People are noticing. When i got on the plane to come out to come to Dr St Laruent's seminar, i weighed a hundred lbs more than i do now. im only about fifty lbs since rebanding in may though. I do supplements. multivitamin is chewable centrum, bcomplex drops, chewable calcium, biotin and i take these daily. im LIKING ALL THIS very much.

::;waves from galveston::::: Hi! i was banded in Feb, and again in May by Dr St Laurent. I used to be able to get to the support group meetings hosted by JourneyLite, but lost track of them. I have another home in northern Maine and until November was flying back and forth. I LOVE texas.

thanks Mary, Im going to use that next time! and yes, i could use some more "body function appreciative" friends :party: Im going to tell them that too.

Dinner with friends.... Seems like everytime i try to go out and do dinner with friends i get chatting and even though im restricted, and wind up not eating a lot at all, i ALWAYS start burping and gurgling and making strange noises. I usually have to excuse myself and go to the bathroom where i burp and let it all gurgle and belch, but seriously for like an hour after im like that. If i am in a "too tight" phase, and finally get a good meal down, all my insides rumble around for the rest of the night. I find this highly entertaining, and I really dont mind it that much, but i had one dear friend pat me on the back after dinner and say, "thats just absolutely gross honey" and we laughed, but i do wonder if eventually people just stop going to eat with me because of it.

hello? and SHES NOT ME.... and ive sat back through this bs and kept quiet. Not one single "im sorry" or "we were wrong" came from anyone. Its okay though...i know theres a lot of posts to type. But you WERE wrong, and "im sorry" goes a long way. Im a real live person. Ive been off this board for a month because of stuff wasa did the last time i disagreed with her. I found that once i let go and went outside my life changed..for the significant better. Im going back outside. id like to peek in from time to time, but seriously? i had not even signed on for the last month and come back to find my name slung around as if im the bad guy here and im not. I TOLD YOU IT WASNT ME.

lord knows...an apology when someone attacks someone and it turns out they are WRONG wouldnt hurt.

wasabubblebutt...you stupid paranoid buttnugget. leave my name out of anything you post. I havent been online and i would like it if you stopped obsessing over me and what i think...and for the record, i dont give a damn who you work for or what you do, with as many posts as you put in here DAILY i cant imagine you would have TIME to actually work outside the house, or even inside the house. Im off losing weight, because i got a lapband and it allows me to get out and actually live. You should try it. fresh air is lovely. now... with that said.... Kiss my ample white bottom.

I found this in a kroger here in galveston. i KNOW they dont have it up north but if you can find it, you can use it JUST LIKE SPAGHETTI! seriously, this meal tonight is one of the most satisfying meals ive had since being banded. its tofu. its shaped like Pasta and has roughly the same taste and texture as cooked spaggetti. this brand is called shirataki tofu and is produced by House Foods. i got it in the fresh produce section where they have all the tofu and textured soy products. tonight i cooked three oz of ground turkey with a tablespoon olive oil and a couple of pinches of fresh oregano. added enough ragu to make it look good, drained a serviing of the tofu shirataki, microwaved it for a minute over a paper towel, plated it. next to that i opened and cut up one and a half oz of armenian string cheese and about the same amount in sliced bosc pear. outstanding dinner, i highly recommend it. just dont eat it really fast like we used to do spaggetti, eat slow and enjoy!

id like to disqualify my opinion. Since being down south here, i dont have tv, i bike everywhere i go, i got on with a gallery here that needs me full time, and i havent been on here in a little while...and i realized....i dont care section it whatever way ya wanna. turn it into a romper room, tear everyone to shreds free for all...i just dont care.

look, all im saying, is that a LOT of times, people find themselves there by accident, and its like a train wreck. it is MUCH like a porn site..in that inside are people behaving in a way that isnt acceptable in any other format, and not everyone wants to be exposed to it. This is a place for suggestions, not rnr...It was merely suggested and i support it, and i think its a great idea.

Fine artist, oils. proprietor of a central studio and gallery and represented by several galleries across the nation including Chelsea NYC, Virginia, Washington DC, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Texas. Outside of my own exhibitions, i specialize in portrait work, corporate commissions, classes in oil instruction, and organization of other artists exhibitions. I volunteer at other galleries as well to assist their planning and development. I also annually donate work to local charities for auction. I cant stand snow. I get to travel alot.

but to explain.... sometimes, going into rnr is like walking in while someone is relieving themselves. I learned the hard way that my delicate sensibilities just cant handle it, and rnr is not why im here. Im not suggesting my experiences should be the same as yours or someone elses. I just think that SINCE it is like that over there, then a curtain would be nice so that those of us who do not want to watch others ...relieving themselves....shouldn't have to involuntarily.

lol well gee marjon....dont hold back, it was only an idea and a suggestion. I hope you werent shocked too badly .

and marjon, thats a great thread, but i didnt participate in it before the poll closed or i would have said this. I totally support a pop up warning and the rnr be sectioned off.

I think its a great idea to have a pop up come on telling you that you are entering a RnR section. I dont see why it would be such a big deal to have it. You guys that dig RnR....would it be so bad to have it? I think it would just help keep people that perhaps didnt want to participate in the posts free from it. Especially if they havent figured out how to unsubscribe from threads or to only view the threads they participate in by clicking their user cp. This is a HUGE board. We can have our individual experiences where people who dig rnr can have it, and people who are here for just support can have that too. I think the rnr section has grown so large that it really could benifit from its own distinct section, dont you? You guys dont want people like me in there, and i dont wanna be there...if that makes me SO STUPID then so what? i am then, and i need a little pop up that says "hey you dont want to go in there" to pop up when i accidentally click a new thread not realizing where its sectioned off in. I dont really think its asking too much. I think then you can have the experiences online you seek and others can have theirs too. it doesnt STOP anyone from going in, it just warns them they are about to enter it.

Mich, Im that way with cookie dough in the grocery store even NOW...i just close my eyes and repeat "whatever it takes, it doesnt matter if i blow a gasket because i dont have this and anyway no one ever blew a gasket because of lack of cookie dough (burger king) ...lol, just whatever it takes. i WILL eat it again later if i want it, in much smaller portions, but its not forever its just right now, today, and i can do anything for this one day. ill worry about tomorrow, tomorrow. "

Rox thats just amazing. You must feel so fantastic! You look GREAT.

I think it would be a fantastic idea to have the RnR section as a separate site or completely separate section so that people wouldn't stumble onto it accidentally. I like faith's idea of having a warning page to help keep this from happening.

i found an article by 'hungrygirl' online and she listed this link to purchase from online or find out more about them. Main Catalog

Im down in galveston now and we have a HUGE kroger. they have it there. i havent seen it anywhere else on the island.

trystell, did you rinse them? i had to rinse them in a strainer, pat dry, rinse again, then microwave. After they came out of the microwave, i added a couple of tablespoons of 'i cant believe its not butter' and a little garlic pepper. its the liquid that smells so bad. the 'noodles' will absorb any flavor they are around. Coo! i love that idea. i never thought of bbqing thembefore! im going to try to mash them up and make burgers out of them too. Ive cut up the extra firm tofu into small patties, marinated them overnight in balsamic vinegar and fried them in olive oil. i like them that way with tomato slices and basil. my neighbor is having a bbq this week, and im going to try bring some to bbq.