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oh good, I am so glad that green had fun...you deserve it!!!! Whats wrong with orangatangs???? They are pretty cute!!!! Deanna

I also have had mine since July of 05 and absolutely love it. I love not waking up choking and being able to breath all night is niceeeeeee Deanna

Tonight I made cheesy black bean burgers, had one, then got another on my plate. I was thinking....I am NOT going to finish this...so, I started to eat it and then I was done....no burp...just done. I had a HARD time throwing it away though. I kept looking at it and hoping I could eat it. It tasted so good, I didn't want to be done with it...I told DH...will you please throw this away for me....He said...NO PROBLEM...he knows I have a hard time throwing food away. We waste A LOT of food now that I am banded... I was the human garbage disposal in the house. If someone didn't eat everything on their plates, then I couldnt see throwing it away...I would have to down it myself...oh brother...no wonder....it feels so much better to not have that feeling of miserable all the time....

AWESOME JC!!!! I am jealous...I wanna runnnnnnnnnnnnn!!! I don't think I ever will though, my DH has bad knees, with several knee surgeries, do he wouldn't be able to do it with me, and he is my exercise coach!!! Chimboree...it is soooooooo nice to see someone actually get "it" before being banded. I knew I was going to change my life with exercise because I have done it before years ago. But I think soooo many people just expect this band to come alive inside of them and do all this work for them and they won't have to do a thing.....wish everyone would realize it is still a lot of hard work on the banders part. You are awesome and inspirational. If you need to be accountable to someone for your exercise....you can be to me!!!! If you need to talk about it....you can talk away all you want... Everyone who exercises ROCKS!!! Keep up the good work and remember how sexy, lean and mean you are gonna be at the end of the weight loss journey!!! Deanna

COme on people, what do you guys think about this???? I just don't know what to think!!! :mad:

One word for these...AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am in love with these....I didn't use the moz. cheese though, didn't have any, I just melted cheese on top like a hamburger....these are sooooooooooooooooo good!!! DH really liked them too. He had his on hamburger buns...I ate mine with out buns....Deanna:clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2:

Your welcome!!!

okay, so here's how the conversation went with my hubby about brazillian waxing ME: Hey honey, on the forum some of the ladies were talking about brazillian waxing. HIM: What is that? ME: Well, it is a waxing of EVERYTHING...from your ass forward! HIM: (with look of pain on his face...) ohhhh ME: I want to do that to you HIM: Ok i you want to ME: ( WITH A LOOK OF SHOCK on my face) REALLY??? HIM: Sure, why not, if you want it like that. Anything for you dear!! Oh my...NEVER thought this would be the reaction!!!!! LOL....Don't think I could ever have him go through with it though...I would feel badddddd Deanna

Awe, Debbie....I actually said that about myself when she came on....lol... You are doing the right thing to get healthy...Deanna

Heck yes, when I mop floors and dust and vaccuum I am ALL sweaty and yucky, so I would count that too.

The scale that the doctor weighs me on has all these fancy numbers that come out of it and I am like.....what???????? There is a number for fat % but I am pretty skeptical if the scale can do that!!! I don't know for sure though. I guess one of the "pinch" fat tests??? This is a good question. I know they can measure how much fat your body has....never had it done though. Deanna

OWWWWIEEEE!!! Note to self......NEVER DO THIS!!!!! lol...Deanna

I hope that green can get some rubbing on her legs from her man!! That is the greatest compliment of all in my opinion. When your man notices!!! Good for you green. Good thing it is summer now though, you might be freezing...oh and my son is a plumber if you need any help with the clog. LMAO....Deanna

I have been banded since April 19th of this year. I have not had pain like this in that area before!!!! Thanks for your advice. I had just seen him on the 25th of this month too!!! How come it seems things happen AFTER the fact!! I thought that is probably where the band was somewhere in there....dang...hope it was a twisted bowel or something good like that!!! LOL...Deanna

I also took it and the first two weeks I was in heaven. I thought I had found the miracle drug!!! Then all of a sudden....it stopped working. I was hungry again. No more energy.....so it is very indiviualized....

I truly think the one most important goal to me is this: TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR WHILE GETTING DRESSED AND SAY TO MYSELF, I LOVE YOU SELF, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, SEXY AND WORTH IT!!! and know that I MEAN it. Everything else will come about when it does, but I want to be able to love myself for who I am. Deanna

It seems that when I have had enough to eat, I burp. One burp and then I am done. I dont eat more after that, because I know that is my stomachs way of saying...HEY....NO MORE!! Deanna

I second that, WELCOME TO BAND LAND!!!!!!!!!!!! Deanna

I agree..my addiction has gone to exercise...I can't get enough and think about it all day long, when I am going to do it next, what I am going to do next...on and on...I really hope that it stays like this because this is a much better life than before...Deanna

green.....good for you for shaving your legs...lol...at least when the hair is long you can braid it huh? I have noticed that I have been shaving my legs every day since losing about 40 pounds...must just be a feeling good about yourself thing..Deanna

oh god, I am going to suggest this to my hubby...I can't wait to tell him....it will only hurt for a sec hun!!!!! LMFAO.....yeah right....I totally agree, us women go through a lot of shit for our men...they should do some stuff for us....but waxing his balls is NOT, just NOT, gonna happen in my lifetime....LMAO....but I bet that would be great to do when you are REALLY pissed at hubby huh??

Its not silly at all, I think it is great...the lower I get the more excited I get too. I am in the 250's so when I hit 240 I will be VERY excited!!!! The last WW I did I got down to 244....so when I get below that I will be siked as all get out...CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You did it and you deserve to shout it out to everyone!! Deanna

I never even thought about men getting one done.....does that not HURT them soooooooo bad when pulling hair off their balls????:faint:

losing, that is so great!!!!! I know about the seat belt thing...that is the worse thing EVER!!! I always take my own car because you never know if someone elses seat belt will fit!! What an NSV for you. Are you doing any therapy work for your self image. I went to a support group last night and the topic was guided imagery...it was interesting. I really do think I am small until I see myself in the mirror or in passing in windows, then the reality hits me that I am huge still and have a LONG way to go. But in my mind and when I can't see myself I feel like a little person...it is kinda weird. THanks for responding and keep up the great work!!! You are an inspiration!!!! As for the brazillian wax...can you say torture....is it really a 6 week before you have to do it again. That IS a long time, but I can't imagine!! Babygrl......how the hell did you get the wax off??? Oh my, I can't even imagine the agony of that situation....Deanna

this scares the holy living shi~t right out of me!!! This is not right in any way, shape or form. Get help before you end up losing what you love so much. It is NOT okay to do this and to try to make it alright by saying you only do it once in awhile... Keep it up long enough and you will be on the band removal thread telling people how they should not make themselves throw up. PLEASE...get someone to help you with this. Enough people think that you HAVE to throw up when your banded..I wonder if this is the reason...I wonder if a lot of people actually do this all the time????? Scarey stuff here....