Daisalana

I was told if I was on my feet for my job doing lifting, to wait 2 weeks. However I have an office job (does nothing for weight loss har har), so I was planning to go back on day 4, unfortunately I was stupid and hurt myself.. so I was out 8 days total. Since they encourage walking around, I would think you could go back within the first week. But be warned, you may be weak and tired quickly. If I had to stand up for periods of time, I would get light headed and want to lay down. See what your doctor recommends, and he may just say do what your body feels

I just have to say, everytime I hear someone does elliptical I am in absolute AWE. I tried the elliptical, and on the easiest setting.. I got to MAYBE 1 minute before feeling like keeling over. The next day when I didn't realize I was sore, I got on it, and couldn't push myself to even do 30 seconds. So I am amazed by you guys who can do the elliptical for any amount of time. I hope one day I can too!

I can get roundtrip flights from here to DC around $173. So that's definitely doable for me. Find out what it would cost for the cabin, and see who all would want to go, cost per person, etc.

Arin, support is important, but.. honestly my DH is a slacker when it comes to 'support'. So his way of supporting me, is not having things in the house that I would sabotage myself with.. Other than that, it's not like he's a cheerleader for me. If I tell him (like how I am now OFFICIALLY obese instead of MORBIDLY OBESE.. and wow I'm so excited about that) he just nodded his head. Told my mom and she just said 'cool' very calmly. So..support is nice, but not necessary DH said he thought I could do it without surgery, but did go to a meeting with me and said it was my decision. Anyway, as for the puking. Everyone is different with this, but I know my mom has a serious problem with puking. She can't handle it either. So I had made a comment (I puke 3-4 times a day, BUT I am over-filled.. I'm not sure what it's like at 'perfect restriction) she would not last with the band. I think that would be your biggest hurdle, during trial and error, learning how to eat.. if PBing would really bother you, it may be a bad idea. That's my only concern for you!!

Michelle- I've never been to VA! I have been to DC when I was kid, did all the touristy things with my family.. Was nice, really crowded though. This customer told me all about the traffic going into DC (where he works) and said it takes hours even though it's a 30m drive when there's no traffic. I can relate, when I lived in Albuquerque, 15m on the interstate turned into 1.5 hours during rush hour. But he said he'd show me around if I'd come up there, if I can swing this (and I probably could if everyone else is in!!) I'll just see him a day before the violets get together, or a day after and stay in the city overnight. NO DH's!!!! Well, that's my vote anyway.. I love mine, but he's not part of my violets, and he would laugh at me if I told him everything we talked about.. would be nice to have a girls only

Wowser. All medical things charge insane amounts if it goes through insurance, and it's a lot cheaper if it's self-pay. That goes for everything in that world. I'm self-pay and if I get a fill, it's suppose to be $50. If it's under fluero, it's $150 (100 for the hospital). But I got 6 free fills with my surgery.. 4 were wasted, and then I had to have revision port surgery (out of pocket). Doc didn't charge me a fee from him to revise it, but had to pay the hospital $2,000. So.. for right now I get free fills indefinitely till I make up the $2,000 I had to fork out.

Michelle- He's in Hood,Va.

Well Thanksgiving is another big to-do with my mom's family. Hell, we look for reasons to have big get-togethers. That's why we started doing the weekly cook-outs a couple years ago. His family doesn't do Thanksgiving, so I win this one automatically.. (Our families are so different, it's mind boggling sometimes). And this is a stupid argument, he even rolled his eyes at me when I said it.. the last x-mas I missed with mom's side of family.. my granny had a 'room mate' (she'll argue till her death) who was a guy.. for about 30 years now. And he was the grandfather my mom's real dad never was (LONG story). So he was like my g'dad. Well, he gave out back scratchers to everyone at the last x-mas, we never got one LOL! He died this March. So I said.. I missed my last x-mas with him! AND DIDN'T GET A BACK SCRATCHER! It's a stupid argument, even coming out of my mouth, but I really do wish I'd had the last x-mas with him last year. I'm going to ask my mom what she thinks, and HOPE her answer will be, my fam will wake up early on x-mas day so we can start in the morning and me and DH can be out of there by noon. But then my mom's personality is, to make a point that everything isn't about me, she'll make a point to say no one wants to get up that early, sorry. Anxiety, anxiety.. I need something!!

I was out of luck. I had liquid lortab from the surgeon post-op, but when I went to get a liquid pain med, the pharmacy I went to DIDN'T HAVE ANY! Sam's didn't either. I was getting frustrated, so I went to the dollar general and bought the children's liquid tylenol. It tasted horrible (gum flavor). And I had to drink a lot of it to be '1 dose' for adults. I still haven't seen any liquid pain meds at my stores. When I ask the pharmacists, they give me funny looks. Just like iron, I was looking for liquid iron supplements, and they didn't have any and said they could only order a pediatric version.. and when I said it was for me, they were baffled. I found some online I am debating getting, but liquid meds are hard to come by in my city some reason.

Panda- Hehehe! I *WISH* someone would call me skinny. Seriously though, I can see how that would be annoying. But you're doing fantastic, you really do pass for 'average' weight in the last pics I've seen of you!! That's AMAZING! I *wish*.

I'm not a fan of outdoor activities, but I love cabins, shopping and antiquing.. and i LOVE hanging out & relaxing with friends!! I could possibly do that, I don't think flights from DC are too expensive and I have a big client that said he's 30m north of DC and keeps asking me to come up. So I could turn it into a semi-business trip (come in a day early and let him show me DC) and the company would reimburse me

You can do a google for gastric sleeve forum. See if anything comes up There may be some people lurking here that looked into it, or converted from it.. but you'd probably find the best information on it, on a gastric-sleeve focused place. Good luck!

Yeah I hope you realize, I was not trying to insult you either, you are beautiful I was just trying to put a little perspective on it. I know personally when people say things, I COULD pick it apart and make it an insult all day long. But I know their intentions are to compliment me, and I just smile and thank them. However, if someone says something about 'under all that fat', smirk at them and say "You sure are ugly under all that skin" HEHE! DH's parents are horse trainers in TN, and they're in a city 30m south of us for a horseshow. We're going tomorrow night, should be fun. I love horses, that's one bonus of when we were dating, I thought it was SOOO hot that his parents lived on a ranch and had all these gorgeous horses. DH brought up our Christmas situation with family, and I'm having mini-anxiety attacks. Before DH came along our X-mas was like this-- Christmas Eve my parents and siblings. Christmas Morning, moms side of the family (the big family get together). Christmas Night- Mom's dads side of the family (who is now deceased and we hated his wife and blah blah, so this is out now) Day after Christmas- Dad's side of the family, sometimes in Florida, sometimes they came here. Last year.. DH and I did my family x-mas on the eve, x-mas day he rushed me, and I MISSED my big family thing on x-mas morning, we spent it driving to his parents and having x-mas dinner with them.. Now, this is same family we have cook outs with every Sunday, we're a very close family on that side. So I hated that I missed it. He said this year, he wants to do the same thing.. go to his parents for X-mas dinner. Well, my family does 'mornings' but since all kids are grown up, we start around noon and hang out all day. I'm not missing X-mas with them again!!! But he said I have to pick one or the other I'm in such a rough spot, I know it's selfish of me but I don't want to go to his family's xmas!! They're a stuffy closed-off family. It's just a fancy dinner and sitting around drinking wine. My family is talking, chatty good times, everyone having FUN. I don't know what to do, I know I know it's bad of me to not want to accomodate him, but darn it. I said, have your family do it the day AFTER xmas. And duh that's selfish, but it's just his parents, brothers, and possibly g'ma. If I ask my family to rearrange their plans, it's 4 aunts and uncles, cousins, parents, my siblings and their significant others, granny, etc. I'm trying to think of something fair and logical to do

LOL JUDY!!! We need to know, otherwise WWJD means nothing!!

Sorry you have to go through all that, it's like being between a rock and a WALL when these things happen. It's so hard to find new care, and a good doctor, good staff etc. I was just reminded why I went to the doctor I did even though he's 3 hours away and I could have been banded in town. I am trying to find a local support group, even though I know it'll be 90-100% RNY and not lap-band. The doctor who had horrible bedside manners, and the office staff was rude.. are the only people listed on the hospital's website.. it says 'for more information on support groups, call ___" I just called, the girl just said I don't know. I said, how do I find out? She said "Uh.. look up a website I guess". I said "The hospital website said call you guys for information on times and locations". She goes "Well, I don't know. I guess google it". Bunch of idiots, SO GLAD I DID NOT GO WITH THEM. They don't know if I'm a current patient or not, she couldn't be bothered with me needing info on a support group.

Yup, what wheet said. It doesn't work long term IMA, but it sure gets the weight gone quick. I lost about 60lbs in 5 months on it. I did the induction diet all 5 months, never allowing more than 5g of carbs a day. And I didn't even eat healthy! I ate bacon, eggs, cheese, hamburgers with cheese and veggies (no bun). The weight dropped rapidly, I was always in ketosis.

Wheet, that pic is just an X on my computer, I wanna see!! And losing, I do the naked pics too. I get to see every roll and fold that way. And wow, what a difference. I take clothed pics to share, but the naked ones I compare for me, and it really makes me feel better.. and then makes me want to find some part specific exercises. Damn love handles go on for hours.

I can eat some bread.. Like sandwhiches and bagels post-op (but after being filled I can barely eat 1 piece of toast). But I could never eat anything on a hamburger bun. I tried a fish sandwhich, one bite and I was miserable.. and then I got ham & swiss on a hamburger bun at wendy's (something on the kids menu).. didn't work out, couldn't eat it. So I haven't been able to eat anything on a hamburger bun since surgery even when I had minimal restriction.. But before this tightening I was able to eat bagels (slowly), sandwhiches, and hot dog buns if I pulled off all the 'excess' of bread on it.

Haydee.. I believe these people really don't realize that it's 'underhanded'. I mean, think about how many people think fat is ugly. There's the 'chubby chasers', but as a whole society agrees fat=ugly. So when they say you're going to be a hottie when you're thin, they're just trying to say you ARE hot (re: not busted in the face) and you're losing weight. They don't mean to insult you I don't think, I truely believe they're just oblivious. Saying ANYTHING about 'under all your fat' would set me off though. Most the compliments I get are 'You're looking good!'. I could interpret that to be mean, but I'm not. I know what they're saying. I say the same thing to a guy we bowl with. He use to be about 500lbs, now he looks about 200lbs. Me and mom speculated if he got WLS, so last week I was talking to him and I said you look great! (Now, he could take that as-- you looked like hell before, but now you fit into society). But I really just meant.. he looked great! I was impressed! Then I asked him if he was doing any special diet, I'm looking for tips.. ends up he said he gave up cokes, eating smaller portions (sounds a lot like me! har har). But didn't mention WLS, so hm.

Happy Birthday Lunasa!!!! Terry- I was using a hypothetical number, instead of a more realistic 1.435lbs should be lost per week I'm going to read the website you listed. I know for a fact I should be losing more compared to how many -calories I am at the end of every day. So I wonder if I did body bugg, is it going to say my estimate for what I burn each day was wrong, or is it I'm just.. _____ (what causes this). I'm like you Pam, I love smells! I spray perfume all day long, burn yummy candles.. I know if I could stop smoking, it'd please my nose.. Kudos to anyone who has stopped!!!!!!

Rainer- I'm 6ft too.. and just thought I should add the pants I got from Old Navy have the 'big hips' on them that don't work for me. I am small butt/thighs, and top heavy. I haven't tired LB's new pants system, but I gave up on them a long time ago due to the weird cut hips.. and their talls are still too short for me! I get my plus size & tall pants from Top teen site for fashion, celebrities, horoscopes & quizzes - Alloy.com I was barely fitting into 25 with them when I got the band, now I wear their 21.. that makes me super happy, they're a company that has pants that run small

Iateapie.net Healthy Diet food Reviews I liked this place.. they review diet foods. They actually EAT them, and review it Very thorough reviews, so I get helpful information from it. They compare the food to other diet foods in some instances, and say.. well this was bad, but if you tried xxxx it's better, etc. One thing off the top of my head, I tried from reading on here was a Curves bar.. and I approve!

I'm waiting to hear your words of wisdom before I shut down and go to bed!

the loud hum of my husband's computer, and my dog snoring.. ahh the joys of my house <3

How do I not do that? :guess