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I totally agree Jacqui!!!

Jacqui, YOU win the nightly prize. This is kinda like the lotto. We don't take it lightly when someone invests a lot of their time reading about cycling, among other things. So, here you go!! You deserve it. You know I love your philosophy on the band and what it means to be banded. JC, my heart is breaking for you this very minute. I am not feeling sorry for you, but rather sorry that you have lost your self esteem from the things that have happened to you. I know, we all know, all to well, the look that people give us at a store, either the "oh my god, I hope the fat person doesn't come talk to me "or the "how embarassing to know them". It is all so sad and disheartening. You sound and act so strong and you are sooooo lively and full of life that I have no doubt that when all is said and done, those same folks will be knocking at your door and the door is not going to be answered. Its their loss, and I for one, think that you are one hell of a guy!! By the way, does your boss get cranky once a month too??? If so, that could be reason behind his name!!!! J, I know you are so right, and I am not going to get a fill. I am just not going to do it. I exercise like a freak as it is, what the hell am I going to run on if I can't eat???? I am just going to have to realize that my body is not trying to catch up with my weight loss now and I may never see those 4-5 pound a week moments again!!! :cry But, I will continue to plug along....

I say get someone who KNOWS what it is like to have WLS!!! I think it is so hard to get the obese issues, unless you have been there yourself. Kinda like I don't get skinny people. How they can say no to cake and cookies and desserts, and just food in general. I say go to the banded one!!!!!.... I think I am doing pretty good outside of TOM with the eating it is just this week before that is killing me!!! I want to eat ALL the time and pretty much have been, except when someone else is home, then I don't feel like it so much. Eating broccoli right now...with ranch...I just feel like I need to have something in my mouth....you can imagine what DH said when I told him about that....

My exercise physiologist says it is fine...AFTER you heal!!! At least 4-6 weeks. Someone else probably has had different advice. I say call your doctor and ask them what they want you to do.

I know....wont that be great!!! Did you try it? Did it work???

It seems that if you hold down on the two buttons in the middle and then plug the machine in, a few seconds go by and the machine unlocks. There is a little icon on screen that shows a lock that is unlocked. I think the first numbers you see are the ramp numbers. push the left gray button and go to the cpap pressure you want.. Mine was at 10 and I could not make it go any higher, but could lower it down by two points a button push. I have a humidiefier on my machine, the humidifier button and the ramp button are the two that make the pressure go up or down. When down, press the on/off button. Hope that helps.

Serena, No need to pay for it. I had a respironcs viruoso LX and that is the instructions that I have it for. I do have a Remstar now though and I saw the guy change my pressure. You unplug your machine. Hold down the two middle gray buttons and then plug it back in while holding these down. That should take you into your menu to change your pressure. I have not tried to change mine on this machine as of yet, so I don't know what happens after you get in the menu, but I will go do it right now and see what happens and get back to you.

Damn it, I keep meaning to comment about the comment BG made about the nutritionist shitting her pants when I told her I ate peanuts.....I think she may be taking ALLI...hence the shitting her pants!!:whoo:

BG, you ARE a cutie....I wish I was 27 again....I will be 37 on July 31st...:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry I have a ninteen year old and a 12(almost 13, a week after my bday) and I feel OLD!! Maybe I should start racing!!!

Yeah, I KNOW what you are all saying. I want to be able to eat good food so I can do all the exercise I do too. I just don't want to slow down on the losing part!!!! I am going to up my riding to 15 miles each time instead of the 10 I have been doing. I don't know!!! I am just a basket case who needs to be hung out!!!I guess I will see what happens when I get to fill appt. on Monday. I will def. take the exercise physiologist advice way before the nutritionists. I am hungry....all the time...TOM though, so I think it is just that. Today I am staying away from all snacking except tonight...sugar free fudge bars!!!! I know you all feel the same way as I do about your weight, you want it off faster than tomorrow!!!!DH is very very frustrated with me because I keep telling him I am not getting anywhere and he keeps telling me I am doing fine. I will post my picture tonight after I take my three month post op picture..... I hope you all don't think I am too fat!!!...LMAO....that was a joke, kinda like posting on a dating website... JC, I definitely want to hear more also. I know you are at work, and cannot talk right now. Do you all think we over compensate for our low self esteem by trying to overachieve in the exercise field????? Just a thought!!

You don't have to go to your PCP to get approved for the lapband. I only saw the surgeon. But, I was self pay too, so that might matter, I don't know. It is your body, and your life. If you find your doctor is not with the idea, then go else where!!

ok, I just noticed that none of us regulars have anything about fills in our signature. Are any of you filled????? How much, and when did you get your first one? I have none so far, am going this Monday for appt. and am considering asking for one. I don't want to only be a 10 pounds a month sorta gal!!! They would not give me one the last two times I was there because of all the weight I had lost..

Thanks BG!!!!!! When is your weigh day???

Way cool Annie!!!! My DH and DS used to race stock cars. On the pavement and the dirt!!! Yes, you do have to be fit to do that. You put out all of work sitting in a car racing!!!!!

I also found that I was sleeping terrible. I found my mouth was sooooo dry in the morning. So, I put my mask on, in the day time, and laid down. Soon, I found the cause of dry mouth. THE PRESSURE WAS WAY TOO HIGH!!!! It kept opening my mouth. Before the weight loss, 14 was a good pressure for me, but down some and it was not. I tried to get it changed, but the doctor wanted to see me and then I had to go for another sleep study. SO, I looked on Ebay and someone was selling the instructions of how to change your CPAP settings. Of course, this is a very well guarded secret to keep you going back and spending more money with doctors and sleep institutes. SOOO, I order that and reset my pressure at 10 and it was like night and day!!! I was so amazed! I couldn't believe the difference. That was at about 30 pounds down, now at 60 I think I need to do another adjustment to it. I don't know why they can't let you know how to adjust these things. It IS our bodies and I think we know when something needs changed and shouldn't have to pay up the yingyang to do so. Hope that all made sense.

what is the race season about? Cycling???? Do tell!!

LOL, J, we posted at the same time...and said pretty much the same things!!!!!! I think Annie does have short brown hair too!!! You guys are just an awesome, awesome bunch of people!!!! SO, glad that we have all met!!!

its ok BG...thats why that is your name BABYgirl... AND YES, that is what we are here for...the good, the bad, and the ugly....or should I say fat... JC, do you have some self esteem issues also? I wanted to get a mans point of view on this. I think most people assume men have great self esteems and its only woman who suffer. Also, if you don't mind the question, do you have lots of loose skin? How do you deal with that while running, if you do? Ok, I sorry for all the questions!!! Hugs to all!!!!!! We are in this thing for the LONG HAUL!!!!

This IS the new and improved bicycle/therapy 301. It is a sad sad situation that we have put our bodies in isn't it??? Thank god, for ps. Annie, I totally understand the pictures on the internet!! You NEVER know who might see them. Also, I was picturing Annie about mid 40's. Don't know why. So, tell us Annie...HOW OLD ARE YOU????

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Just a side note, I hope you didn't think I was bashing you at all!!! I wasn't!!! I just reread my post and the first part didn't sound at all like I meant it!!!

This must be so hard for you Annie. Here you have lost that amount of weight in 7 months, you would think that you would be able to be happy about that. There is soooo much head work involved with being fat, people think it is all about the weight loss, but its not. I find myself not as happy about the weight loss when I look at my boobs. They are so saggy now. It is really disheartening to think that I am upset that I have lost this much weight, but still not happy with how I look. WHY?????? I don't know, and I don't know if I ever will know. I feel sad for you though not feeling like you can show pictures of yourself with such a wonderful loss, but then again, I think to myself, I am not willing to show pictures yet either!!!! I just wish they had a band for the brain too, that would help us with our self esteem issues!!! Feeling sad about this whole issue....Deanna

Tracy, I think that is the best feeling. KNOWING that this time, it is NOT coming back!!!! This is the LAST time of being this size forever!!!! I love thinking about that!!! Terri, ya know, my mom told me she noticed that I don't waddle like I am pregnant anymore. I was sooooo embarrassed!!!! I didn't have any clue that I waddled!!!!!!!! WOW, what an eye opener! I am glad that I don't waddle anymore either!!

oh and yeah, she(nutritionist) can kiss my fat a$$ too!!!!! I don't like her anyways..