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An ocassional PB is worth the 95 lbs Ive lost in 17 months for sure!! I have probably PBed 6 times in 17 months

I'm in, I did horrible on the last 2 challenges. Now that summer is officially over, I need to get back on track and lose 10 lbs before Thanksgiving & Holidays . I'm 170 this morning would like to see 160

Just heard on the news that the governemnt has released all of the "knock off name brand" items they have seized by the counterfieters wh otry and sell them , clothes, toys, purses hat etc to give to the Hurrican Victims..I like that idea

Your not alone girl! I've been binging on those new Dreyer DIBS all weekend

I do agreee with Alex that 4 weeks of liquids is a long time but I also agree with herfor you to cal lyour Dr. to see if you are able to start mush earlier. Every Dr. has his or her reason for their post op instructions and every Dr. has a different post op diet.

We sure do have alot of Birthdays among us today.. Hope each and every one of you have a fantastic day Happy Birthday to each one of you

Happy Birthday Penni, soundslike you had a great time.. Good For you, you desreve it Have a wonderful day!!

Hey do not beat yourself up, we all have our bad days. None of us are perfect bandsters. I know I'm not but the key is to take it one day at a time and if you mess up today, there is tomorrow, just get right back up and start over. To answer your question, YES YES YES whenever I get a fill it is so rejuventating, it is like a brand new start. It re motivates me in a big time way. Your emotional rollercoaster is normal too post op...I remember crying all of the time the first few weeks, many others have done thesame thing. It gets better. Hng i nthere and I hope your fill rejuvenates you too

Thanks Alex for all of your generousity on keeping this site going for all of us. I love this site. Without it, I would be a lost soul.

Cindy, one thing that has worked for other bandsters here who are struggling is to make a phone call to another bandtser when the urge to binge comes over you. You can call me, PM me for my phone number if you would like to call me for support I will help to get you through it, we all battle the same demon here and none of us a perfect bandsters. I just ate ice cream just now, but I'm not beating myself up over it. Tomorrow is a new day and a fresh start.

Hi Carmen welcome to LBT Who is doing your surgery? Are you having t done in Cancun with Dr. Ortiz? I'm glad you found us here, this is a great site for lots of support . The people here are very caring & kind, hope to see you around

3 weeks of liquids for me before I was allowed mushy foods

Cindy Cindy Cindy A fill 6 weeks ago and you have lost 22 lbs and you feel like a faliure. Do you realize it is an average of 3.3 lbs a week..That is fantastic, that is NOT faliure by any means. Many Many would love to be in your shoes right now with such fantastic weight loss.Ok so you struggle, Ok so you binge, but your losing, the band is doing its job, now you need to focus and do your job to help your band. We all have bad days, the good thing about the band is even with those bad days it is better then a bad day pre-band where the scale would of gone in the upward direction. Tomorrow is a new day, wake up , start your day with Protein to help curb the hunger and the cravings, keep telling yourself today I'm going to get through it, I'm going to make good food choices, just for today..One day at a time..YOU CAN DO IT>>>One day at a time is all you can do. Be strong

Read this, I hope it helps, it is normal to see a weight gain or no loss when you go from liquids to mushy, you will also see thesame thing most likely when you go from mushy to solids. http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=9148&highlight=struggling+bandsters

Any of you expereincing a tighter band with this heat wave and humidity that is going across America right now? I know for me, this week my band has been much tighter ever since this heat wave & humidity started here in Cali, my hunger is completely gone, I have to remind myself to eat just so I get in my protien and decent calories Craziest thing..but I'm lovin' it!

Refried Beans is also a good mushy food that can be eaten all by itself with lots of melted cheese..Mmmm Cottage cheese is also a good mushy food and you can add things to it to give it variety, like yogurt, applesauce, cannedpeaches or pinapple they are both soft when canned. As far as spinachdip & hummus you will be so thrilled to eat those things without the crackers or bread, trust me! My first PB was a Triscuit too Jack OUCH!

The Governor of Lousiana knew alot of the people had no means of getting out and when she made it a mandatory evacuation she should of gotten the buses in there then instead of after the fact.

Here is a list of Iron rich foods that also may help. I concentrate on eatingf alot of iron rich foods. List of Grains Rich in Iron: Iron (mg.) Brown rice, 1 cup cooked 0.8 Whole wheat bread, 1 slice 0.9 Wheat germ, 2 tablespoons 1.1 English Muffin, 1 plain 1.4 oatmeal, 1 cup cooked 1.6 Total Cereal, 1 ounce 18.0 Cream of Wheat, 1 cup 10.0 Pita, whole wheat, 1 slice/piece, 6 ½ inch 1.9 Spaghetti, enriched, 1 cup, cooked 2.0 Raisin bran cereal, 1 cup 6.3 List of Iron Rich Legumes, Seeds, and Soy: Sunflower seeds, 1 ounce 1.4 Soy milk, 1 cup 1.4 Kidney Beans, ½ cup canned 1.6 Chickpeas, ½ cup, canned 1.6 Tofu, firm, ½ cup 1.8 Soy burger, 1 average 1.8 to 3.9* List of Vegetables Rich in Iron: Broccoli, ½ cup, boiled 0.7 Green beans, ½ cup, boiled 0.8 Lima beans, baby, frozen, ½ cup, boiled 1.8 Beets, 1 cup 1.8 Peas, ½ cup frozen, boiled 1.3 Potato, fresh baked, cooked w/skin on 4.0 Vegetables, green leafy, ½ cup 2.0 Watermelon, 6 inch x ½ inch slice 3.0 Dried apricots Spinach A Sample List of Foods Rich in Iron: Blackstrap Molasses, one tablespoon 3.0 Dates or Prunes, ½ cup 2.4 Beef, Pork, Lamb, three ounces 2.3 to 3.0 Liver (beef, chicken), three ounces 8.0 to 25.0 Clams, Oysters ¾ cup 3.0 Dark meat Turkey ¾ cup 2.6 pizza, cheese or pepperoni, ½ of 10 inch pie 4.5 to 5.5

I am severly anemic and I take a pre natal viatmin even though I'm not pregnant., it has helped tremendously. Do you have a hard time taking pills? I have to break it into 3 pieces to take it then it goes down.

When there is a will there is a way, my husband is like yours he belives in cash...I sold my convertible mustang to have my surgery since my insurance would not cover me.. Now 16 months later 95 lbs light from a size 22 to a 10 I kind of wish I had my convertible to tool around town in but honestly I'm glad I did it, the band has been the best thing I have ever done. My goal was to be fit at 40 not fat at 40, Im 39 mother of 3, business owner and almost in the normal BMI range instead of the morbidly obese range. Keep the faith & have hope

I'm glad you are OK and acted responsibily and went to the ER. it is better to be safe then sorry. You did the right thing..

This is not a race issue, this is the media hyping it up. Where is the media coverage of St Bernards parish, Blackmans Parish and several other parsihes in LA and parts of Mississippi which are prodimentaly white. In all of these places there are peopole who are still stranded in the rubble of their homes and have gone without water or food for days and have lost everything , they may have not had the flooding like New Orleans but their homes have been reduced to sticks. It makes me sick to even hear race be an issue , this is a humanity issue Period!

Soft food syndrome is what it is called..softer foods go down easier and most junk foods are soft foods. Chocolate, dips ice cream are all soft foods...This is why it is important to eat the harder proteins like chicken, we will eat less of it, it will keep our pouch full longer. The softer foods go down easier and go through the pouch easier. I tell people all the time when they say they have no restriction that sometimes restriction can come with the foods you eat. I can eat chips cookies all day long but it is when I eat the hard proteins like chicken that I have the restriction. You are not alone with this, we al lare baffled by it but it iswhat it is..keep eating the hard proteins, it is what will make the difference.

Lisa how close are you to a grocery store or a 99 cent store. I ask becasue right now at my restaraunt I'm having a fundraiser over this 3 day weekend for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, I plan on sending the money raised to the Red Cross but I was thinking if I could get to a grocery store or some place to buy toiletries, diapers, underwear socks etc..in Las Vegas ( would need a ride) I can spend that money on that and you can send it with everything else, it would be great to know the exactly where the money went Or would it be easier if I went to Wal-Mart or Target and got gift cards to send? Let me know Oh and I heard on one of the local radios stations this morning that one of the things they need is plus sized womens clothing so it will be great to send the leftover clothes from the clothing exchange.

My question is where are the other Countries that we always help in time of need? When one of those other country has a disaster we (United States) are the first people to help.