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OK - The BODY BUGG - I'm in LOVE! I got it all figured out - it's soooo easy! just push a button and BAM! all your calories burned info is downloaded!!! OK, I'm about to sleep with my Bugg... gotta figure out how many calories I burn while I dream about a new thinner me!! hahaa! Night ya'll!

Just wanted to come abck and say that after only wearing the Bugg for about 3 hours I'm TOTALLY in LOVE with it!!!!!!!!!! If you are thinking about getting it - GO FOR IT!

YES!!!!! I LOVE IT ALREADY!!! I had to run up to the gym after I got all the technical downloaded on my computer (including internet explorer cause it's not compatible with firefox!!) As soon as I got home from the gym (I was so excited that I only did 45 minutes elliptical and 10 minutes recumbant bike, Lol!) I had to come home and download the stuff for the 'wireless' calorie burning thingy... and then I had to restart my computer for the millionth time...and BAM! It works!! I'd already added in all my food and beverage for the day, 1254 calories intake, and based on my height, weight, etc... it estimates my 'normal' calorie burn rate... and of course it picked up my gym time. Its totally rad yo! Everyone needs one!!! I was just jogging in place and then re-uploaded my info and had burned about 100 more calories, Haha!!! So I've burned about 2500, which is perfect for my deficit! OF COURSE all of this info will be MUCH more accurate over the next few days as I wear it (even during sleep!)... I friggin LOVE it!!

bcrazy - Some days I can eat a whole dinner (lean cuisine, smart ones, etc...) and some days I barely manage half. I really think that it just depends on WHAT it is as to how much of it I can get down! BeckieT - bcrazy's response reminded me that I wanted to comment on your crock pot cooking! Lol. I LOVE my crockpot!!! (By the way - I have a whole cookbook for crock pot recipes. also a good site I use is Recipezaar: Where the World's Recipes Are and you can enter crock pot in the search bar and you'll get thousands of recipes!!) As for my body bugg - So far so good. I got it all loaded in my computer (after I had to download adobe reader and internet explorer!!!!) I entered my most common eaten foods (there are lots of foods listed, but not in the generic wal mart brands I usually buy, so I added them in as to be sure I was calculating everything right!) THEN I went to the gym and did 45 minutes elliptical and 10 minutes bike just to test it out... but now I can't figure out how to get the calories burned from the bugg to the computer!!! It comes with a 'wireless' thingy, and I have it plugged into the computer... and I downloaded the info I needed in order for it to read... but its not working yet. Grr. I'm about to restart my system to see if it will all kick in then.. if not I will go to the body bugg thread and bugg the people there! Haha!

Lol Sweety! I did 45 minutes Elliptical and 10 minutes bike. Can't think of what my total is right now, I'll update my ticker in a second though, so we'll all know!

The wrist band is like a little watch that lets you check and see at any point in the day how many calories you've burned. It does not actually monitor like the body bugg, on;y displays info.

Grace - Have you ever been to the middle of the desert in June before? I was there the last week of May this year and it was HOTTTT!! Lol!! I don't really care either way ya'll... seriously. I'm probably the most flexible person here since I'm singe and have no kids. My job is flexible too... I will only have to arrange for someone to check on my cats, which isn't difficult at all since I have alot of family and friends within a 5-15 mile radius of me. Hell, I"d go tomorrow if I could pull the funds together that quickly!

OK, I"m back - Guess what?? MY BODY BUGG JUST ARRIVED!!

OK, I'm back - Guess what?!?!? MY BODY BUGG JUST ARRIVED!!

OK - I was just reading ya'll when my doorbell rang - so you get to be the frist to know - MY BODY BUGG JUST ARRIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OK, have a good day!

Sorry about your staph infection!! that sucks! It also kinda sucks about having to switch facilities... but KU is a bit closer...Lol. And as far as losing slowly - Girl, a LOSS IS A LOSS! Be proud of every pound and bid it farewell! Its own entity... Lol! o2bthin - You crack me up! I was laughing out loud and scared my kitty!!

I've done that actually. But when I was done eating after only about 4 bites (right after a tight fill) she got all bad moody on me. I tried to pretend like IW as still eating... I cut up my whole plate of food into tiny bites and pushed it around my plate and would put the littlest of nibbles on the fork and play with it in my mouth. Lol. Overall she is just upset that her insurence won't cover the surgery and she doesn't want to be the 'fat' one.

Would you believe that according to the UPS tracking system my Bugg left the wearhouse for delivery at 0553 this morning and here it is now nearly TWELVE hours later and NO SIGN OF IT! My roommate left the house for work at 9am, so its possible that he (the UPS man) came by when no one was here... but he usually leaves me a note on my door saying when he'll be by again!!! Wahhhh!!! I want my Bugg!!!

Good to see you here again Beckie! Lol. I thought you'd abandoned me!

Thats awesome. I'd love to be able to do one of those rides... I'll get there soon enough! When is the deadline for sponsor money?? As for the Body Bugg - I think YOU would totally love it. You are one of those all or nothing kinda girls, so I think being able to really see your numbers (calories burned, calories eaten) would be awesome for you! I should get mine today (if my roommate is home to sign for it) so I'll let you know how totally awesome it is!

Sweety - NO! I get it tomorrow! I keep checking the online tracking number they emailed me for UPS... Its been about 20 miles from me since Saturday morning... DANGIT! UPS should run on Sundays! Lol. I can't wait to get home from work tomorrow and play with my new toy!!!!!!!!!1

I think I'm at about 55 lost right now. (I only update my ticker once I weigh in at the doc office.) I guess its good... but of course nothing is fast enough. I really really wanted to wake up from anesthesia weighing about 200 pounds less than I did when I walked into the OR. Lol. Wouldn't that be nice!? I'm hoping to be another 45-50 pounds less when Spring (Bike Season for me) arrives!

I was thinking that where you said you'd seen the charge on your card, then it went away - I looked online at my card and haven't seen the charge yet. It's so weird! I want to pay it off but the charge just isn't there! YOu think we'll get so lucky as to not get billed? Lol!! Let us know what you find out about it!

My friendship of 16 years (we've been as close as sisters since we were 14 years old!) is changing and I HATE it! She still weighs less than me, but we now weight the same. I'm several inches taller, it makes a difference. When I first told her I was wanting surgery she was all for it. Then as the date got closer she seemed like she was interested in getting surgery too... then discovered that her insurence won't cover it. That is when she became a bit bitter about it. She started making comments about how she was just going to exercise and eat healthy "...you know, I'm oing to do it the actual hard and healthy way." I about spit a nail at her! It hasn't gotten better as I"ve lost. ANd she is now having thyroid issues and is haing it removed in a few days. She says to me "So thats why I'm so fat! I have a bad thyroid! Once it's gone I'll be skinnier than you!" (Mind you, I'm a size 26/28! - not that hard to be skinnier than that!) ANd she will call all of our other friends and go out to dinner and stuff... she never calls me! We used to eat dinner out about once a week! WHen I ask her why she doesn't want to eat with me she says "Oh I don't want you to feel bad that you can't eat anything." WTH? More like she doesn't want to feel bad that I eat LESS than her! It makes me so angry and so sad. We've been friends for over half of our lives and I never imangined that we'd not be friends someday... but she is totally pulling away from me. I try to talk to her about it and she says that she just has alot going on (with her thyroid) and that once she is feeling better things will balance out. I"m not sure how... I know she is counting on the whole thyroid thing to 'balance' out her weight. OK. Have I ranted about this long enough yet!?!?!?!

Hey Joyce, Just found this thread and thought I'd pipe in! I didn't read through every post... I'm lazy like that! I have been overweight since I was 6. I hit 200 pounds when I was about 11 or 12. I was 280 pounds and a size 24 my senior year of high school. This past May I turned 30 and weighed in at 382... I was more scared than ever that I would hit the 400 pound mark and suddenly be homebound and die. I didn't want the fire department to have to cut the side of my house off to get me out in an emergency... I had no health problems though, and that was a blessing considering heart disease, high cholesterol, and diabetes runs on both sides of my family. I started researching WLS when I was about 23 and weighed 350. I think that was right around the time that Carney Wilson had her bypass... and I totally wanted it! But I didn't have insurence. (Luckily!) THe more I learned about the band and saw the re-gain rate for bypass patients I was gald I couldn't do it. I discovered Lap-Band a few years ago. But my insurence didn't cover it. Jan 2007 Lap Band was fully covered (Federal BCBS)... no exclusions, no silly hoops to jump through. The day I decided for sure that I was going to do this I had been shopping and was forced to buy a size 32 pants!! I cried all the way home and called a good friend of mine and told her I had to do something. The next day I went to her house and we looked online at a few local websites and I did the 'online seminar' and got a call from the center the next day. It only took 56 days from the day I decided to do it to the day I was banded. I've never looked back, not even for a second! NOW... you mentioned convincing your daughters father... Lol. Of course, mind you, I'm 30 years old and have lived on my own since I was 18, but my father still doesn't know. Actually not one single family member knows! A few have noticed my weightloss (about 55 pounds right now) but I just tell them that I'm eating healthier - have cut out fast food, bread, and soda.. which is all true! All I know is that the lap band has totally changed my life! I'm more active, I go to the gym 3-4 days a week spending 1-2 hours easily. I have more energy, feel better about myself... I WISH this procedure was available when I was 16. I wish I could have had this when I Was only 300 pounds... I say that if your daughter fully understands what all the band involves and you believe she is mature enough to handle the TOTAL life change (just just physical appearance, but exercise and all new eating habits) I think you should go for it - NO MATTER WHAT! Oh yeah... Puddin's pics were and still are a HUGE inspiration for me! She is such a sweet and wonderful person too.

I keep day dreaming about my future bike. I spend time online at work looking at different bikes and reading reveiws. I'm really trying to familiarize myself with the lingo and stuff so I will know what I'm getting into before I spend all my $$$. ha! Hope everyone had a good weekend!

That is why I never pay extra for 'fast' shipping. THey just take too long! When I take the free (or cheapest) shippment possible I expect things to take longer. That does suck though! Can you call tomorrow and see about getting your shipping charge re-funded?

THat sounds like a wonderful time!! I want some of that Apple Crisp! Haha!

I got an email that the order was received and the 24-48 hours msg. The next day I got the email with the UPS tracking number - I did the free ground delivery. My Bugg left San Ramon Cali on the 16th, left San Pablo Cali on the 17th... arrived in Lenexa KS on the 18th, then is now in Kansas City KS. I live in a suburb of KC MO, so it's only about 20 minutes from me. Lol! I want it NOW!... but have to wait.

I don't care about Spring breakers - don't they usually go to the beach anyway... not the middle of the desert?