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I've done the same thing with the meats that I'm chewing that I just know aren't going to sit well... but I can't say that I've done it 'on purpose' but I can see how it might help temptation. Unfortunately, I usually crave things like Ice Cream and things like that wouldn't do so well to 'chew up' and spit out

I find myself wondering how all that could possibly happen to one person...

Wow, I didn't see this thread originally. It's a great thing. It's funny, someone said something about looking down at their legs and seeing the same big legs, I'm right there too! However, I can tell a difference in myself between now and older pictures, AND I'm starting to see a difference in the mirror. I've been stuck at the same weight for a while, but I think my stupid brain is starting to finally catch up with the idea that I'm 50 lbs gone! I actually thought to myself today "hey, you are lookin' pretty good!" It's all relative of course, I'm nowhere near goal, so I have plenty more to lose, but 230 looks way better than 280 any day! I need to find some pictures from when I was in Jr. High, and my dad had me on diets because I was a HUGE 165 lbs. Not that he ever called me huge, but putting me on the scale every day sure sends a message. For WAY too long, I knew I was "chubby" but really didn't think I was "that bad". It was probably 2 years ago that I actually started seeing myself as 'fat' and admitting to it. If I find a picture where I 'want to be' or close to it, I'll post it here as well

Jodie, What if your 'journaled' into a tape recorder? If you felt like it, you could copy it all down later when you felt more up to it. It really might help you to get ALL those feelings out, even if they are only for you to see/hear. If you've been on meds for appetite suppressants, your stomach may have shrunk a little bit, depending on how long you've been doing it. Your body may be more used to eating less now. Just keep in mind that eating "a little of everything" adds up to alot! 1/2 cup of this, 1/2 a bowl of that, 1/4 of one of these, 1/3 of one of those, etc etc. Unfortunately the insurance battle can be a long one, but one way or another you have to believe that you will get what you need for yourself and keep fighting for it!

Hehe, the band must know it's monday and the weekend is over! I've not named mine, but I know of lots of people who have!

It's very strange that he would give you a fill based on hunger during a liquid diet. I would think he would want to move you to solids and see how your restriction was before you were given a fill? Anyhow, let us know how you do with it

LOL... hey now, this is serious business!! 2 of the cats are my mom's bengals. She wants to breed them. The other 2 are my sister's housecats, and then I've brought my 2 cats over there as it's easier to be in one place. I'm the crazy cat lady!!!

The target weight loss rate is 1 to 2 lbs per week on average. Unfortunately, what this means is that you might drop 5 lbs, and then not lose anything for a while. Also, you aren't at your prime restriction place yet. It could take a few more fills to get there. I'm 13 months out, and I'm down 50 lbs. My personal experience is that I'm not losing more often than I am losing. I lose a few lbs all at once, then get stuck for a while, then lose a few more, then get stuck for a while. I'm a little below average at the moment (less than 1 lb per week), but my body has this funny way of suddenly dropping a few more lbs to catch me back up to average. Sure, I'd wish it would go faster, but I try my hardest to not compare myself to other folks, and just be glad that it's 50 down and not 50 up you know? You'll get there. Just remember, you didn't put it on in a year, and you probably aren't going to take it off in a year.

Jello. sugar free Jello. Keep it EVERYWHERE!!! And get all the junk out of the house!! I lost to the Dragon on Saturday and grazed all frickin' day. I was all alone in my mom's house catsitting, so who could stop me right? Fortunately, it was all low cal Snacks, and I only went 60 calories of my daily allowed max, so it's possible to have a 'bad day' or week or whatever, and still not do too much harm. But seriously, I eat a box of sugar free Jello like every day, and it's all of 80 calories for the whole thing.

Sitting and letting it fester isn't going to do you any good, and it's probably not doing her any good to not know that you are so angry and why you aren't returning her calls. If it were me, I'd probably answer one of those calls and tell her that you were telling someone about your surgery and they already knew about it, and you know she was the only person you told. I think I would not 'let this go' because for me, it says alot about anything I might have wanted to tell this person in confidence in the future. This was your story to tell... or not if you hadn't wanted to, it wasn't her business to tell everyone, unless you had said so. But if you decide not to confront her on it, don't let the anger stay. Bitterness is nobody's friend. I hope you feel better soon.

Angel from California here. I think you'll be fine. I'm sure you'll be sore, but that much is to be expected

I'm 23 and I lost about 50 lbs in the first year. It's not the rate of progress I would have liked to see, but hey, I'm glad to be down 50 lbs! I've also gone from a BMI of 45, to around 37, and I didn't have any co-morbidities, so I'd no longer qualify for the surgery (in the US anyway).

Pushaw! I'm well aware of that thankyouverymuch . Mostly I meant in the laundry room because of the washer and dryer running and causing their OWN humidity.

I totally missed this thread somehow, but it's definitely the story of my life. It's been a while since I did this... I know I did it at this weight before, on the way up, but for some reason going down seems to work better, LOL. My mom calls my boobs my shelf. But I hate when it misses my boobs and hits my stomach and I don't notice because my boobs are in the way. Then I've got a stain I didn't even try to get out because I didn't know it was there!

Lisa ~ I don't know when I'd be out to Vegas next, but I wouldn't be apposed to coming out there to do something like that. I did a mural in my bedroom a long time ago when I was in highschool. It never got finished, but it was looking pretty cool, lol.. I'm prolly working all weekend, but let me see if I can't sketch up something worth looking at . I'll have to find out how acrylic paint holds up in a humid atmosphere, just because of the dryer, and I'd hate for it to start to peel or something, lol.

Whole milk is "regular milk" It's "whole milkfat". If I drink cows milk it's also 1 to 2%. I like whole milk sometimes, but it's just way too fatty, and skim is nasty to me. I bought some of the Silk soy milk and thought it was alright. I'm going to try some other brands, and checkout the Ricemilk as well. And yes, Hypo-thyroid is the one you have, where your thyroid is slower... hyper is fast... like a hyper little kid . But see what your doc says? *edited for typos*

Wow Trish! Those are great! I like how you did the toothpick holder. The paint/glaze on it especially. The other one is really neat with the leaves, and looks like it was hard! Lisa- what kind of room do you mean? Like Fantasy backgrounds n' stuff?

That stuff is great Lisa! Here more of my drawings. I'm going to do links, because some of them are kind of big... This one is a fanart of Lulu from Final Fantasy X. It was for a contest to create an alternate outfit for one of the characters. Lulu This one is REALLY hold, from highschool. It's the design of my promdress that my mom and I made Promdress This one is also older, but I like it because I used screentone on it. That's the material they use for shading comics (if they don't use a computer these days). Screentone That's prolly enough for now, lol.

I'd actually like to get a Wacom Intuous (sp) to start with. A while back I REALLY wanted a tablet PC, but as my drawing has been dwindling, I'm afraid that it'd be a waste of munny. Of course, if I got one, I might be prompted to draw more... LOL Last time I looked, Toshiba had a really nice one. Maybe I'll go put together my dream Tablet PC and see how much it's gonna cost me

That's a great prize. I went scuba diving a few weeks ago... it's easier for me because I don't have my own gear, I just rent. I can't wait until I need less than 20 lbs on my weight belt... that will be a prize in and of itself!!!

The Honeymoon ends sooner for some than others, that's for sure. My journey has been a journey of plateaus, with some weight loss in between, which is just frustrating as heck, but there's no gains inbetween either, so I'll take it . I'm also a year out and down 50 lbs, which I definitely wish was more, but anytime I start to get bitter about it, I just remind myself that it's highly likely that without this surgery I'd be bumping 300 right now, so I'm much happier holding 230 for a while. I do get tired of things sometimes. I would love to have a big fat juicy hamburger with the bun, and all the fries sometimes. More often than not, I'm perfectly happy to not have that, and even GLAD I can't eat as much as I used to be able to, but sometimes I just want it. I also get tired of all the chewing, and the consequenses for not doing so. I also watch my boyfriend wolf down his meal in 5 minutes and I just stare in horror at the size of the bites and the lack of time between them. I was at a barbequeue one weekend and my sister was loading up her plate and I caught myself thinking "Oh my gawd, no one can eat that much food!" And then of course guiltily thinking that it wasn't ALL that long ago that I would have loaded double that and gone back for seconds. Crazy stuff. I also think it's good to get this all out into the open, for no other reason than to say it. I'm one who's guilty of (trying to) give good support while being not too thrilled about things at the moment myself (lack of constant weight loss grates the nerves), but not having said anything about it either. Anywho....

Hey there, I'm in Hawthorne not too far from LAX. Welcome to LBT . I had my surgery in Mexico as I didn't have any insurance at the time.

I had surgery on Friday, flew home Monday (from Mexico) and worked on Tuesday. I have a desk job, so it wasn't that big of a deal. That Thursday though I ran a bunch of errands and tired myself out. I was feeling good and you kind of forget that it's major surgery you just had. I did make it through the work day, but took a nap when I got home.

I have plenty of goals in mind, but no prizes. When I got to onederland, I was going to get a car stereo, but I've since decided that I'm going to replace my car in a couple of years with one that has all the bells and whistles. Maybe I can get the computer tablet I wanted instead . I'll have to give this one some more thought. Of course, when I get to goal, or at least extremely close to goal, plastic surgery will have to be an option

The chicks I draw always have a figure like that. I've been drawing since high school, and I'm quite sure it's been wishful thinking. A little closer to reality these days since I'm on the way down instead of on the way up . I'll find more of the ones I like to post here in a bit Thanks for the comments