Clown

Because pooping is important.

Thrift store... and when you lose weight we have a place that sells name brand second hand stuff much cheaper than the department store. $15-20 for nice jeans. Wal-Mart sells cheap stuff as well.

Kala hit the nail on the head. I ate too much and didn't exercise. I love to eat. I love food. Not big on sweets, but I would eat them if they were in front of me.

I don't have any ovaries, so I can't say that I had that pain... but I had some serious "bowel" issues for a while after surgery, and now that a year has gone by I finally don't get the stomach pains. My initial issues were on my right side... but that was because of my gal bladder spasming. Then just general constipation or the runs, or just lots of gas. Go talk to your Dr!

So, whenever I see people I haven't seen in a while, they always ask how I lost my weight... I usually do the E Coli joke. Sometimes it's "Cancer does wonders with weight loss!" Sometimes it's Montezuma's Revenge. Anyone else mess with people? I'm tired of using the same jokes.

Uh, why's everyone so uptight? I've lost plenty of people due to cancer, but a joke is a joke. And I tell them that I had surgery, but you lose your chance at a punch line if you tell them about the band first. Is this where I should start with the gay jokes instead? JUST KIDDING!

120

So, as I've lost this 120 pounds, I've noticed that my weight has moved around a bit. My ass has looked different over the past couple of months. Maybe it's things tightening up, or maybe it's just fat evening out in my body? I haven't lost anything in the past couple of months, but my pants fit me better, and shirts fit different. Kind of odd. Anyone else notice this?

Eh... everyone is different. However, you should be fine with all of the good foods. It's the "cheap good foods" that'll do you in. Cheap steak I never liked, but I could make it taste good. Now I can't tolerate cheap steaks, I can't chew them up enough to get past my baby stomach. Love me some NY strip, Prime Rib, Rib Eye... Never cooked more than about medium. Cheap Chinese food doesn't cut it, either. The buffet type of places often have cheap "chicken" and steak/beef that I can't chew up enough. Rice I only eat when I get a Sushi Roll of some sort. Even then, I douse it in wasabi soy mix and chew chew chew and swallow slowly. With BBQ I'm very particular. I'll only usually eat my own Brisket, and I smoke it for about 12-15 hours to get it to break down real well. Chicken can't be dry at all. Pork Butt always goes down easy (when I cook it). Sea Food is fantastic. Sometimes I have some issues with shrimp and lobster. I have to chew the heck out of it. Calamari has to be hot, otherwise it's like eating rubber bands and I'll never get it down. Gourmet Beer would be nice, but it's out. I don't want to even find out that I can tolerate them. And, like the guy before me... I don't constantly think about food anymore. I've had one meal all day today and I have to remember to grab something so I get some protein. I was so preoccupied with food and what I was going to be eating that I got less accomplished. I do eat more sweets now, but only because I can get away with it. I can grab an iced Caramel Machiatto and not think twice about it.

Mine has all come off pretty evenly, and I'm tall with very short legs, so I didn't have the hanging belly. But it's just odd that over 2 months where I lost maybe 2 pounds, my shaped changed. I do have some loose skin on the inside of my thighs, but it's not noticeable. My love handles are slowly changing shape, too. Kind of hoping they just go away!

Whiskey Sour...

I think everyone freaks out in the beginning... I though for sure my band had come undone after surgery. I could eat steak with ease! Turns out, there just wasn't any Fluid in the band.... yet! Funny things happen, and it seems that nobody has the exact same experiences. Just remember to follow the rules! I've lost a LOT of weight, but there are several people that go in for fills as often as I did.... but they were sometimes getting unfilled. Watch your calorie count. You did all of this for a reason!

Definitely. I went from having to buy 13W to a regular old 12. You lose fat from places you didn't realize you had it. My hat size went down as well.

Uh... vicodin has hydrocodone in it, which is an opiate. It should be plenty to take the pain away. The tylenol in it is to help reduce the swelling.

My band is now 15 months old... and hasn't given me any issues. I've gotten stuck a couple times, but I knew when it was going to happen. Stupid soft pretzels lured me in and dared me to eat them. meat not chewed well enough... but within an hour the stuck is fixed. pineapple juice has enzymes in it that help break stuff down if you ever get stuck with Protein. Chin up, man! I've lost 120 pounds, and I haven't worked at it. Heck, the closest I've gotten to working out is going down to pay for my annual gym membership in January. :/

My gas pains didn't show up till the second day.... and it just felt like I had to toot constantly. It was disappointing the lack of sound from the feeling! It felt like I had a foghorn ready to go off, and it was just small squeaky ones. Be glad you're not in much pain! Good luck, and follow the rules!

They don't want you to swim/take a bath while your wounds are still healing... you take a chance of getting infection. I think my Dr. said 1 month. It's been a while, I can't remember exactly. Wine is fine! Stay away from Champagne and beer, the bubbles aren't good on the tummy for many folks.

Your Dr. Should have prescribed liquid Hydrocodone. A real pharmacy that does compounds can do this for you. It tastes nasty, but it will put you right to sleep. I slept in my recliner for 4 nights before I used the bed. I have a high tolerance for pain, and my worst paid was my butt from sleeping in the stupid recliner. Make sure you walk... I took fairly long walks with the wife every day, sometimes 2 times a day.

The wife likes to lick and play around down there while she's taking care of me... but no insertion for me. Hell, it hurts to poo sometimes!

I didn't read through all of this... pretty much just the first few posts. I've always dated and "bedded" hot girls. My friends have never understood how I pull it off, and frankly, I'm not real sure how I did it, either. I could go into a strip club with friends and before we left some girl would be putting her number in my phone. I met my wife when I was at my heaviest, and she's smoking hot. I think she's a chubby chaser, though. Although, I'm the only big guy she was ever with. She complains and tells me that I shouldn't lose any more weight. It's got a lot to do with your personality. You can't make yourself funny. You can't make yourself confident. You can't make girls want you... but you can buy a hooker! (Just kidding). Kinda. LOL I will say, now that I'm back down to fighting weight, I get a lot more looks from random walkers-by. But, I don't and won't pursue anything, or even try to pick up girls. I'm as happy as a pig in poop with what I have. So, I can't say that being slimmer helps. Weight never hindered my progress.

I'm not a girl... but I'll give a run-down on my experience. My first experience was in South America, and I wasn't real sure what she was asking me to do. For a minute I still wasn't sure what was going on after she moved me. Stupid fish-bowl of beer. It really wasn't a memorable experience... Next experience was when I was about 25. I was dating an 19 yr old college cheerleader and it was her idea. "Don't you want to?" me "Sure, I guess" No lube involved other than natural stuff (we were doggy style and I was in the "other" spot). She cried as I pushed to go in. I don't think there really was any penetration. That pretty much ended the night. I never cared to try again. I've never really been interested in putting my ding-a-ling in there. However, I always have a tendency to poke around back there. It's like it's staring at me. Almost daring me to do something to it. Anyhow, about 10 years later I met the best woman in the world. She brought it up while I was in VA on a trip to see a friend early in the relationship while we were talking dirty on the phone. As if dirty phone talk wasn't odd enough, right? That said, about a month later we were laying on our sides and she nuzzled up to my junk with her starfish. She slowly worked her way down on it. It took a while to get all the way on, but when she was done.... WOW! We've got a baby now, so I don't get the brown eye as much as I used to. It does still happen, though! Funny how the good things slow down after the ring is on the finger. I guess all of those stories are true!