Suzzzie.

Lol. Maybe it means we should eat apples and them measure ourselves? I personally liked the other chick - the one who looked like Rachel Ray. ANYWAY... I can eat apples, if I cut off all the peel first! And I never make it through a whole one. Apples, oranges, and grapefruit - I eat half and throw half away... so wasteful!

Yes! The bugg will store 14 days of info - as long as a battery remains in place!

WTG Karen!! Set it up for another 10!! YOU can do it!

(off subject) WTF - I check LBT, all is well. I eat dinner, and an hour later LBT has a whole new facelift??! Took me a while to figure out how to find my threads!

OMG JC!!I'm glad you're doing OK, but SERIOUSLY - we need more details! Charge up that battery and come back!! What kind of repair??

update as you go!

I don't think I could do that right now! The 2 days of shakes about killed me. I think thats the reason that 'diets' never worked for me... I need more!

Lube talk is cool, I just find it amusing. :tt1: Lube is your friend. And lil Debbies?!?!?! You're KILLING me here. I freaking LOVE those things! I used to go down to the store at work EVERYDAY and get 2 lil debbies and a diet coke. I love them all. Waxy and sugary. Sooo awesome. Damn, now I'm jones-ing for something sweet!

Absolutely. Water weight. Bloating. Ugh!

Glad you broke through your plateau!!

I tried my waffles yesterday evening , with a bit of organic peanut butter (figured it was better than using syrup) and it was wonderful. I can't wait to try the others.

I don't know how much proetin you are exactly getting in per meal, but I do know that large amounts of it at a time cannot absorb properly and will cause gas. It sounds weird, but so true. You can take Aminogen to help with protein absorbtion. The beans could do it too...

Lol... I threatened to kick my roommate out if he didn't quit leaving freaking CHEESECAKE and ICE CREAM in my kitchen!

Sometimes I think I still eat too much too, and then I'll have days where i can't eat anything.. fickle bands...

Wow JC! That sucks!! HOpe it gets better and starts acting the way it's supposed to! BG & J... girls! Must we discuss LUBE?? Ha. Seriously though, at my hospital they have now locked the lube up (it comes in lil packets, like ketchup) because we were going through it so quickly that they think someone is stealing it. Haha. Its a big joke as to who is the lube theif!

Holy heck guys!! Thats amazing! I need to get my burn to look like that again!

Yesterday I had my 2 protein shakes, about 250 cals each. Drank approx 70oz water... at 10pm I was about to chew my arm off! I know I should have just gone to bed, but I was restless... My roommate was cooking french fries in the oven and I could smell them. I was rabid by the time they were done and ate the tiniest crumb of one... seriously small... It was like heaven! lol. Makes me soooo glad that my surgeon only required a 2 day liquid diet, vs some who seem to make you go on a 2 week liquid diet. I would have fallen off for sure! Anyway, scale read me at 295 this morning, so I'll take it!

Thanks BigBaby! I chose that weight cause that is when I'll be out of the Morbid and Severe obesity and will have officially entered "Obese". Lol.

I'm in! NAME.........Start Weight...Goal...Current Weight...To Go Jeni 85..........214.4 .......184.......214.4 ........ 30.4 Stacy73..........226.4........194.......226.4 ........ 32.4 Nadean...........204.6........160.......204.6......... 44.6 Angie4b1g........237.8........205.......237.8......... 32.8 babs0101.........216..........190.......216........... 26 wombat712........152.8........120.......152.8......... 32.8 bigbaby..........207..........167.......207........... 40.0 Redtulips3.......245..........199.......245........... 46 Allaboutme.......238..........165.......211........... 46 mamato3..........242..........199.......242........... 43 Foofy............244..........199.......244........... 45 mary-2b150.......225..........150.......193........... 43.0 starryeyed.......280..........199.......237........... 38 luluc............166..........135.......166........... 31 Ariel............199..........169.......199........... 30 jfran............181..........145.......181............36 legster..........216..........174.......216........... 42 hazeleyegrl1.....233..........200.......233........... 33 nhanson..........226..........196.......226........... 30 rainer...........256..........216.......256........... 40 hungryforchange..225..........190.......225........... 35 Suzzzie .........297..........243.......297........... 54

I did my taxes yesterday afternoon! Too funny. I am getting a lil over $1000 back, gotta take care of some bills... hopefully there will be enough left to get a 'starter' bike, I really am excited to ride! I don't think I've been on a bike since I was about 12 or 13?!?!!!

Hey, a loss is a loss girlfriend!! 1 pound is great!

OK, yeah, I didn't read the part where you mentino the daily plate site. Sorry. But yeah, watch where your calories, protein, carbs, etc come from. Exercise. Could be that your body is just taking time to adjust.

I eat close to 100 gm protein a day, and it has not hindered my wt loss at all... You need protein to be sure you are feeding your muscles. Have you tried logging your food for a full day (or longer) to see what you are eating and what foods your calories are coming from? I just mean that, obviously, 1000 calories of Oreos isn't the same as 1000 calories of apples... does that make sense?

Lol. My general practioner wanted me to start fish oil pills, even after i told her abot my band! I was like 'were you even listening to me?' Haha. So yeah, no fish oil for me.

I agree. My weight has been coming off again too. I felt like I was on a plateau since early Dec, but I'm sure it's more like I had just been eating shit foods. Lol.