mandagay

Hey everybody, We are looking for anyone interested in a local support group in the Irvine area or somewhere in S Cali. If you r interested please post and we will try to get something going. Thanks!

Watched dr. Oz today and they were singing the praises of gren coffee beans. They said 800 mg twice daily thirty min before meals and u would lose at least 2 lbs per week. It works by blocking and slowing sugar from entering ur blood stream and thus it doesn't hit your liver Has anyone tried this? I'm so intrigued!!

Hey everyone, I have relocated to NE Alabama and need a dr in this area. I don't mind driving but the only dr. I have found online is over an hour away and wants 1500 dollars just to take me as a patient! If anyone could help I would be more grateful than u could know. Thanks

It is basically baby speed. It makes ur heart rate speed up

Yep mine too. No way am I gonna eat if I'm not hungry. I ate almost nothin for the first month after my surgery. Lost 29 lbs! My dr. Said I didn't have an appetite but it would come back (no freaking kidding!). Boy did it come back!

I can't imagine why it would be bad to take but no I haven't asked

So tonight I played my Xbox kinect (haven't played since before surgery)....it takes pics of u during play and (unlike before surgery) the pics were not disgusting!! This may sound silly but before when I played I hated seeing them and deleted them ASAP but tonight I was liking looking at them and seeing such a difference!! 45 lbs since 3-1-12 woohoo!!!!

I was banded 3-1-12

It is so hard not to eat those easy feel good foods but u can do it! Every dy u don't eat them u will wake up proud of yourself also every day u don't eat them it will be easier to say no the next day. U got this, Rock it out!

I ALWAYS get cramps after a fill. I always know when he hits the right spot on my port because it shoots a cramp across my lower abdomin. Sucks and makes me feel crappy rest of the day. Not sure why

I absolutely agree!

I believe they have a log for wii fitness. Just use that. It should be about the same

I always eat right after a fill. My dr says usually fills don't effect u for a day or more do why be miserable in the interim? That's just me tho. I don't know what ur drs take is on it

I try to eat easy things when I go out such as soup or something I never have problems with. I I were to get stuck I imagine I would go to the bathroom or outside. That's a good question

I went to my favorite Italian restraunt (I know boo) and the owner walks over, shakes my hand and says, "wow uve lost a lot of weight!" I told my hubby that's the nicest thing anyone can say to me AND then of course I didn't want to eat much because I was so motivated. My ENT said the same thing last week when I went to see him with an ear infection. I was so frustrated that none of my friends are noticing (or at least saying anything) but near strangers are noticing!! I take it where I can get it hehe!!

I am always like that and black and blue for a week! Doesnt really hurt or anything so I never thought anything about it

I haven't been treated mean as much as just not seen! I have lost weight, like 70 lbs twice (course I gained it right back, hence the band) and when im thin people look at me, smile at me, open doors for me etc. when I'm heavy no one is really rude, they just don't see me. There have been many studies on this. I even remember tyra banks putting on her fat suit and being shocked at how invincible she was!

I use a little blue cheese dressing. Like 2 tablespoon

To not be afraid of doing thing, all things like horse back rising or rides at parks or sitting on wooden benches. No fear of people telling me I won't fit.

I eat a salad at least once a week. I chop up a boiled egg in it with lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, cucumber, cheese and bacon bits. I use a little blue cheese sparingly. It is so yummy. I have such probs with constipation but I have a lettuce intolerance so it clears everything out (sorry tmi). I love my salads!!

Yep the vampire thing about sums it up! My husband tries not to laugh but when I'm runnin around flapping like a chicken with its head cut off, jumping up and down clutching my chest (I dramatize for effect) i cant say i blame him! thankfully the two times it has happened to me it passed in a min or two.

ya know I've been really bummed that the scale hasn't moved for me in a while but hey I lost 11 lbs in April! What's my malfunction??? I'm so happy for this challenge Name, real or screen~Manda Gay Goal weight for April 29th~250 Weight on April 1st~259 Age~33 Dietary goal for April~less carbs Exercise goal for April~swimming Personal goal for April~under grow my bras Date banded~3-1-12 Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~31 What is your favorite flower~black iris

When u don't lose weight that tells ur surgeon u don't have enough restriction (within reason of course). When I have lost more than a couple of lbs my dr doesn't want to give me as much fill. When I can say dude I'm freaking hungry to the point my cat is hiding on me, he is more apt to give me the fill. These drs are used to ppl making mistakes. Go see him! Get ur fill

When u feel hungry, chug some water. It will help so much with the head hunger.