Donna113

Houston traffick can be daunting; either it's not moving fast enough or moving so fast out of towners turn green in the passenger seat. Not to mention all the lanes, on ramps, off ramps, etc. My 25 year old nephew from a small town in Arizona said he'd pass out before he could get behind the wheel in Houston. Like everything else, you get used to it.

Kick them all out! If only we could fire politicians...

Plain, you might as well cave in - if I did it, you can too!

BBK, I "friended" you. :cursing:

Boy, did I open up a can of worms or what with that whole traffick cop thing? I feel a bit of clarity is needed here: 1) when traveling anywhere in Houston metro area, you have to drive as fast as the traffick will allow else you'll cause an accident by causing road rage and people desperate to drive around you (not to mention the fact that because it's so spread out, you have to drive the speed of sound to actually arrive on the same day). 2) I don't whiz through stop signs -- I come to a rolling stop and move on when I see there are no other cars. 3) I am a safe driver and the only accidents I've been involved in for the past 10 years have all been in stop and go traffick where the car behind me bumped me. Now, all you other "obey all traffick laws at all times" may go and pat yourselves on the back for being such good little boys and girls. Just stay off the highways in Houston!

No problems with rice and pasta. I got my 5th fill yesterday and I can definitely feel the difference so once I move to solids again I may not be able to eat it afterwards.

OK, I joined facebook, how do I friend you?

I told anyone who asked. Since my weight loss has been so slow (23.5 lbs in 4 1/2 months) I know some are wondering why it's not working. Those that don't understand the band think it should work like gastric by-pass and that the weight will just melt off. When I tell them it's all diet and exercise and that the band only helps with portion control of solid food, they don't understand why pay so much if it's basically a lifestyle change? Sometimes I ask the same question myself but I know that without the band, it would have been difficult to change my lifestyle so I don't regret doing it but I sometimes regret telling others about it.

Sorry ColoradoChick if I offended you. I don't have a poor opinion of cops; just not too fond of traffick cops. I realize they provide a valuable service and I want the dangerous drivers off the road but I still prefer for them to be looking for criminals, not traffick violators. I know most traffick cops would prefer looking for real criminals too. Like I said, they've always been very good to me and let me off all the time with a warning. Forgive me? :cursing:

Joiful, if you can't eat solid food, then you are probably too tight. My understanding is that the band isn't going to make you feel full like you felt before being banded, it just stops the gnawing hunger. However, if you eat carbs or anything that turns into sugar once ingested, it will kick in cravings which mimic hunger. Why don't you try measuring food and eat only 4-6 oz at a sitting and then if you get hungry again, eat another 4-6 oz a couple of hours later. Drink plenty of water. Avoid soups, because those go right through the band and are usually high in calories.

I'm looking forward to solid food again but so soon after a fill I need to ease back into it. I'm making 15 bean soup with smoked ham hocks in a slow cooker so tonight will be bean soup night (mushies).

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I got my 5th fill yesterday to take me up to a total of 5 ccs in an 8 cc band. I'm very sensitive to fills so except for the first fill which was 3 ccs, each one thereafter was only .5 ccs. All I can say is that from everything I've read on LBT, being too tight is only a recipe for misery. My doc says the same thing -- you want only enough restriction to help with portion control, not to stop eating. He stresses that the band is intended to allow us to live normal lives and to help us get back to a normal relationship with food. He says to quit stressing about the amount of weight loss, just so long as you're losing, even if it's onl 2 pounds a month, at least it's going in the right direction. He says slow weight loss is best because it is less stressful on the body AND the person. I could mabe argue that losing only 2 pounds a month after paying $13k for surger is pretty stressful, but the truth of the matter is that I've lost 23.5 pounds in 4 1/2 months and without the band, it probabely would have been a 23.5 gain in 4 1/2 months. Even if I was dieting, there is no way I could have stuck to any diet for 4 1/2 months, especially with such slow results so I'm looking at this as a lifetime adjustment. I'm reestablishing my relationship with food and everything that entails and my body is responding to that adjusted relationship (albeit slowly and reluctantly). I did this surgery so that I could be free from fat and enjoy my life. If I allow this surgery to make me so physically miserable that I can't enjoy life, that means I've only traded one jailer for another.

I finally broke 190! I'm 189.5. It took 2 1/2 weeks (the ticker said I last changed it on 11/14) to break but I broke it! WooHoo! Now I need to work on breaking 180. This last fill is definitely giving me more restriction. Last night I had tomato soup made with goat's milk. I loved it but it didn't fill me up so I ended up popping a bag of popcorn. For the first time, the popcorn didn't slide right through the band; I could feel it sitting in my pouch. Not too tight and uncomfortable but I could feel it.

Back from jury duty. Made it through to the jury panel stage and then was not picked. It was for a speeding ticket. I wouldn't have cared who said what, I would have said not guilty as I don't believe in traffick tickets. There's much better use for cops. My DH gets pulled over and ticketed for almost everything and anything. I'm a speed demon and roll through stop signs all the time and rarely get pulled over. When I do get pulled over, I just get a warning. I haven't gotten a ticket in 17 years. That just goes to prove that cops issuing tickets are capricious so I have no respect for traffick cops.

WooHoo! Way to go Orea! You deserve a major pat on the back!

So, do you think if I answer the same way as you did, especially if it's a murder case, they'll let me go home? :smile2:

I'd hate to keep you waiting in suspense so I'll just throw the other shoe at you. :smile2:

mrboswell, we got through it because we had to; you will, too. Once you start getting fills you will feel some restriction and the hunger will abate. It may take up to 3 fills for that to happen depending on how senstive you are to fills and how aggressive your doctor is with the fills. I was very sensitive to fills so with the exception of the first fill which was 3 ccs all other fills were only .5 cc. My doctor will do fills as often as you want them and doesn't make you wait. I waited 2 weeks each time between fills for the first 3 fills and then 3 weeks for the 4th fill and this last fill I waited 5 weeks. I was self-pay and paid for 1 year of free follow ups with unlimited fills/unfills.

I've been summoned! I hate jury duty! You show up, you get shuffled around like cattle, then you get penned in to a "waiting room" where you wait for hours just to be sent home. At least that's how it went last time -- You'd think in a county as big as Harris County, they'd only need to pick on you once. I had to go 2 years ago and you get a 2 year moratorium before you go back into the lottery -- I guess I'm just lucky so long as there isn't any money to be won! Argh!

News flash - all women are sex toys to men!

That's what plastic surgeons are for. Don't get worked up about something that hasn't happened, keep positive and know that if worst comes to worst, there's alwayd good old silicone!

Fanny, there are no words we can say here to make you feel better BUT, it sounds like he said all the right things and answered you truthfully. He's with you because he thinks you are wonderful and he loves being with you. He's admitting he's attracted to you the way you are and admiring you for working on getting even sexier than you are now. Don't compare yourself to his exes unless you think being an ex is something to strive for...Obviously, their slim bodies were not enough to keep the relationship going. I've found that the way I feel about someone affects how attractive I think that person is. Initial attraction often is a result of pure physical chemistry but over time as you get to know someone your perception of the other person's appearance changes based on how you feel about them. He found you attractive enough initially to get with you and now he's discovered your inner beauty as well, he's hooked. You've got to get over being self conscious about your body around him because if you don't it will affect your intimacy. You were attractive to him when you first met and you are even more attractive to him now. If you let your insecurity get in the way, it will get between you two so beat that ugly monster away! That's an order!

I got my 5th fill today to take me up to 5 ccs in an 8 cc band. It's too early to tell whether this is the sweet spot since you really won't know until you eat a couple of meals and the restriction can vary from day to day. Even before today's fill I definitely didn't have the same hunger I had before the band. Now the hunger monster is tamed, I need to figure out how to shut up that sweet tooth and that salty tooth and that bored tooth... the list goes on and on... Anyway, I think the band is doing its job, I just have to keep up with my end of the bargain.

Kimaly, I hope your biopsy results are fine. Keep thinking positive.