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I agree with Juli, go to bed. Brushing your teeth works too, sometimes!!! But also, make sure you are not truly hunger like she said, because then you will be eating on a binge. I can remember, my stepdad was the only one who got to eat the sugary, cakes and donuts. He was always the thin one, my mom and I always the heavy ones. So, my mom would buy him treats for lunch and then come home, wrap them up in saran wrap and put them in the freezer to get one out each day for his lunch. She always got something with cherry in it because I hated cherries. What a bummer that I never got to enjoy treats then, I sure did when I moved out though!!!!! And that's how come I had to be banded. Gosh, I can remember when I first got married, making a cake for DH, and then eating half of it before noon and then not wanting him to know I ate half a cake by myself, so I would eat the rest of it. All 13x9 inches of it. PLUS the thick frosting. Sitting in my misery, disappointed and disgusted with myself for even being alive. THEN trying to make a dinner and sit there and try to act like I didn't just devour a whole freakin' cake earlier in the day!!!! Boy, am I glad that is over with. I havn't done that for a long long time, but I sure could devour a huge bag of Reese's Peanut Butter minatures in about a half and hour. I think the sf popsicles are a GREAT idea too. I mean, you really wouldn't want to eat 12 of them. Unless of course, if it was hooooootttttt!!!

Wednesday 25th a.m. strength training on bowflex. p.m. 15 miles ride on bike....BUT not a road bike!!!! Dang it!!

Tueday, 24th NOT a damn thing. Took another day off. I was so sore on Monday night after doing over an hour of strength training and then riding 15 miles that night. I took Tues. off.

Hey, nothing wrong with every bit of help you can get!!!!

I think it is going to take a lot more than this band to keep me from eating my food. I LOVE FOOD!!! Of course not as much as I used to, but I still love it!!!

That will be very interesting to see if you do have a slight gain. If so, then the water to repair muscle theory is right on. Makes sense....let us know!!

Yes, what lapdancer said. If it all helps, think about NOT being able to have surgery because your liver is tooo big and did not shrink enough. Wouldn't that suck to wake up and find out that you did not have the surgery after all, because of that????? You have had YEARS of eating, and eating and eating. Now it is time to not eat, and be proud of it. You will not starve. It just feels like it, but day four, will be like a whole other world has opened up for you. SO, here it is day two, girlies!!! Wooooohhhooooo!!! You can do this!!! You know you can....

Start walking NOW. Go a little, if you get tired, stop. But the important thing is to start as soon as possible. It is way too easy so put it off and soon not do it at all!!!

J, how right you are about my eyeballs popping out of my head!!!!! Well, maybe it is time for a fill???? I know I lost 9.5 when I went in and I told them how much I exercise and I am hungry pretty much all of the time. The RN said, it was time to let the band do some of the work now. I got 3 cc's. I have been eating very slowlyy now. Today is my first day back on regular foods. I know that I truly thought I would be the "special" one, without any fills and still losing 20 pounds a month. The EP told me that if I was to keep losing 20 pounds a month, I would be losing a lot of muscle too. 1-3 pounds in the exact right amount for maximum fat burning. SOOO that being said, I am going to have to be happy with the 9.5 pounds a month. Not only does the pounds coming off not matter, as long as I am not gaining, but all this muscle I am getting from riding and strength training is making me smaller. I havea waist again. Not the one that I want, but a waist indeed. I too miss JC and BG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I hope they are having fun and keeping up with their exercise!!! I found that bike at direct bike outlet??? I can't remember now, what the name of it was, but they have some bikes on there for around $400.........hhhmmmmmm, I never heard of any of these brands, but that doesn't mean anything!!!! Now I am seriously contemplating this!!!!

Just wanted to say GOOD LUCK tomorrow and post as soon as you feel up to it to let us know how it is going. I am sure you will have questions about some things that you are feeling after surgery. Can't wait to see you in bandland!!!!! Tomorrow is YOUR day!!!!:whoo::whoo::whoo:

OMG, Slack, I just looked up your bike and I am tooooo insanely jealous to even talk to you right now!!! Just kidding, but I am insanely jealous. I have been kicking myself in the ass everytime I think of the money I spent for my hybrid, and think I could of got a road bike for 300 hundred more!!!! I am having a time with this whole thing, but I will get over it, as soon as I find out where you live and come and steal your bike!!!!!! It really looks nice!!Definitely let us know when you get it!!!(this is me, green with jealousy)

Slack, WELCOME!!!!! Please join us on your new adventure. We all LOVE to hear biking stories. I have not heard of the bike, but that means nothing, considering I don't know much!!!! Again, welcome, and jump in any old time, we are a tight group here and love to talk!!! J, I am flying over there tomorrow and ripping your scale from your death grip hands, and jumping up and down and screaming, "Neenier neenier neeeeennnnierrrrrrrrrr"!!! Don't tempt me!!! J, you rock at this weight loss stuff. You are doing sooooo freakin' awesome....100 pounds????? WTF????? Can there be anything, I mean ANYTHING, more cool than that? I can think of nothing!!!! You are gonna be hating it tomorrow when you don't have a scale, so you better enjoy it tonight!!!

Gosh, could it be your gallbladder acting up. It happens after eating, it could be....

Andre, wow, I bet that sucked??? Was it the bun that did it???? I have never PBed, but it sounds icky!!! I have gotten stuck though, on a hamburger patty and couscous!!!! Nice weight loss, you are doing awesome. Just keep that PB in the back of your mind next time going out to eat!!!!

You two are doing great!!!! And to be honest with you day one through three are the worst!!!!! That's how it is with any bad habit you are trying to break!!! Soooooo, get out your shoes, get out of the house if need be!!! Don't be around food when you don't have to absolutely have to be. You know what, day one is almost done, and that is an awesome accomplishment!!!! Doesn't that feel great??? Mark off one day on your calendar!!! This is really going to be a piece of "shake" when it is all said and done!! You are rolling right into day two and on your way to bandland!!! Yippppppeeeeeeee!!!! You can do it!!!!!!!!!!!

I Hate This Computer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HP, so glad that you still have job!!!! That is the main thing!! Hopeyou get out on your bike tonight. Good for you for getting the helmet and gloves. The gloves so WONDERS FOR YOU HANDS!!! I won't ever ride without some again!!!

Engaging in conversation is fine, but he doesn't and isn't RIGHT in everything that he says. THAT is what is annoying to me, is his, "I am right and you can't possible know what you are talking about" mentality. I can overlook grammar and spelling and lots of typing errors. I have a bad habit of putting lots of periods after thoughts that I type out............... like that. But to bluntly say some of the things he says, is just ignorant on his part! I tried to have a discussion with him before and it is his way or NO WAY! I ended up apologizing to him since he got up in arms and freaked out on me about he is the only right one and everyone else is wrong....but to each his own...and he is definitely one of a kind.

Just know that exercise will be a word in your vocabulary from now on. Not a stroll around the block once every two weeks, but an everyday thing that you HAVE to do. I am not saying to do it before you are healed and ready, but that has been the reason behind my success. I will totally give it up to exercising. I started walking the halls a bit after surgery and haven't stopped exercising yet, three months later. This band is NOT going to make you have the lean muscle that you need to burn calories all day, it will help with your portions, but you need to burn fat and gain muscle!!! I hope that makes sense!!

god, I am 5'7" and 244....and nowhere close to be a size 14....what gives???? I ride my bike 70-100 miles a week, and strength train 3 days a week.....how come I can't be so lucky.

Ok, it is raining here...ALL DAY....where are you guys??????????????????? Get the hell on the computer!!! NOW!!!

God, I love that...."would you like to talk about how you feel he need to be such an asshole to me?? We can surely sit down and you can work this out!!!!" LMAO....that is soooooo great, that is my new thing to say!!!

I agree it was very rude of her, especially where you had told her, but again, people are weird and sometimes have other motives. Hang in there, you are doing it!!!

I did not cheat. Not once, not that the second and third day I didn't want to eat the dog, but I didn't cheat. AND it was the BEST feeling in the world to be able to say so!!!

Has anyone had immunizations done, Hep A and B and TB, after being banded or after a fill?? I was just wondering if there were any effects on the fill or not? I wouldn't think so, but just thought I would ask before I go in today...