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Charlene - Happy you are home and banded !!! Your port site will be the sorest for a couple of weeks - but as each day goes by it gets bettter and better.. Hugs... Lynn - I am a yr out and still having to learn not to take those last couple of bites SkinnyGrandma - The low carb ones were on my doc's list of approved foods but the protein isn't that much - I made the protein shakes for the 10 days I was on full liquids - but for me full liquids included creamed soups too - I would have the shakes for breakfast... But I use to drink the instant breakfast along time ago and they are good - make with skim milk to boost your protein... So True !!! Nancy - I bruised after my 1st fill cuz it took awhile to find the soft spot in my port - no biggie - Yep we think the weight should be falling off faster than it does. I haven't found that age has made me more paitient in fact I think the oppisitie and thanks for the prayers... Thanks!!! they are appreciated... Becky - Yep tiredness is a big food trigger for me - but since being banded I watch out for those times and have a plan... I catch myself looking for high carb foods and then I realize what I am doing and find something to fill that need without being high in carbs or fat - it's all about the brain Appreciate the prayers. Musicmom - Congrats on your 25 lbs - & Welcome Lizalee - You can do it...

Congratulation !!!!!! Thats GREAT...

Good Morning Gang!! Karri - OMW I looked at your pics - I had that kind of leakage after my gallbladder - they said it was nothing - but I am glad you ck'd with doc... My doc sent me the info on the ps in beverly hills - I think I will be calling - it can't hurt to go for a visit... Phyl - How's DD doing with her tummy... She may have hianal herina they can cause symptons like a heart attack... My appointment is 7/23 @ 7:45 a.m. - not too too worried just a little rattled - so I will know be for our trip... As to your sisters - I would think at this time in their life that they would understand that you are all you have and all that stupid little stuff shouldn't get in the way.. I remember last year when we first all got together about your fish frys :wub: I would love them... Jackie - really hope you can come that would be awesome Peaches - Thanks.... Steph - I had a makeup party last night... I ended up being the makeup artist... I am a total girly girly - I showed a friend my make drawers - she called me a makeup whore :thumbup: Kari - Hope you are feeling better today - Water - I should talk though last night after everyone left I was feeling a little dizzy - I had 2 4:30 mornings after not going to bed til after 11 - tooth bothered me all day yesterday - maybe got 1 bottle of water.. So today it's drink drink drink. Well today is a vacation day and was still up at 5 - going to meet my workout partner at the gym at 7:30 for our cardio and then 10 to the dentist.. After that since I will be in Palm Deset may go to the mall but not really in the mood may just go get nails done. Well just wanted to let you know all is well and not to worry since I wasn't on last night -- Will cbl:tongue:

Sunshine Congrats on your 27 lbs - that's 9 lbs a month - if you are losing you are doing good - but what you discribed above for dinner seems like alot - but again you don't say how much veggies - tatoes and bread you actually ate. It really depends on what you are comfortable with as far as the tightness of your band - for me I want to eat at least 1 cup per meal - some like being so tight they can only eat 1/4 or 1/2 c per meal..

Thanks JoannMarie - Long - Kathy !!! This really is so doable - it's all about getting your head in the game and making that commitment to yourself - for you. As women we are always taking care of someone else - now is the time to take care of you. It's OK to be selfish - it's OK to want stuff for you.. This is about our health and I think most of you here are in the 50+ range like me (you understand if I can't remember everyones ages ) so that's what this is all about improving our health and quality of life... Kathy - Saggy skin - well yep my arms are the worst and what bugs me the most - I live in the Desert 110 average heat index I want to go sleeves and where the summer dresses & tops . My boobs weren't great even when I was obese - I was originally 34 small b - went to 42 D Tummy & legs not great but not super bad not bikini worthy but with a pair of spanx and clothes I look good - My thoughts - I am not running around nake clothes cover up most of my issues - The saggy skin is all about our DNA and how long we have been stretched out (think of a trash bag put a 5 lbs weight in in and then take it out - the bag recovers - then put 50 lbs in a bag - leave it they for years and then take out the weight - the bag doesn't recover) Yes I am going to look into having my arms done - even with the saggy skin you can see that I do have definition from my workouts - but if the skin wasn't there you would really be able to see the muscles.. I really would consider a body lift - but again $$ and good surgeon need My face has done quite well - I haven't gotten any more wrinkles than what I already had .. But I do need an eye lift (need this even at 250) .. So, Yes I will look into fixing at least my arms & eye - I don't like pain - I don't take going under lightly - so those things keep me from aggressively going after it - but I think I am going to call a local doc soon just for a consultation and see cost etc.. I know he does faces but I am not sure about the rest - plus my Doc (lapband) is suppose to give me a name of someone in Beverly Hills and its a female - I personally would prefer a female doctor.. Time will tell - ya I don't like the saggy skin - but I will take it any day over the fat.. Thanks again Ladies - I just want you all to know that this is so doable... Hugs...

Good Morning Ladies Your mentor is going to brag a little - and yes it is allowable - I think we all need to brag and share our good news - so feel free to brag all you want - you did the work you deserve to brag in my book.. Today is my 1 yr Band Anniversary and my weigh in day too. Well, this morning the scales gave me a very nice surprise 148 (haven't been in the 140's since my early 20's) and my BMI 25.4 I have lost 102 lbs in 1 yr - I am .4 away from having a normal bmi See if you do the work - eating healthy and exercise along with proper restriction the band really does work - I can tell you that a year ago I never really believed that I would be where I am today. Yesterday at the gym the manager said Hi Skinny... My trainer bragged about me to my workout partner about how far I have come in the 4 months working with him and the muscles I have built (they really would show more if it weren't for the saggy skin - but I know that they are there underneath) Gang - I just want all of you to feel as good as I do - to feel empowered as I do - It feels so good to be rid of 102 lbs - I feel 10 yrs young. I look pretty damn good for a 53 yr old chick (which is icing on the cake cuz I did this for healthy not looks)

Thanks Denise & Lynn - Yep it's most likely nothing - but it's still just a little bothersome between that and my tooth - I woke up at 4:20 this morning... Well today is my 1 yr band anniversary - and guess what - the scales have moved again (they haven't really moved since June 26 - well ya they did upwards after my trip to vegas but I never count that ) I am only .4 away from having a normal bmi - my bmi right now is 25.4 and normal is 25... Great Anniversay present.. See the band does work - if you do the work and I am proof that even us 50+ can get to goal weight - 1 year ago I never really thought I could get to this weight (haven't been in the 140's since my early 20's) but here I am.. Eating healthy and excercise are key... Along eith the support, freindship and encouragement from all you here on LBT..

Good Morning Ladies Today is my Bandanniversary and my weigh in day Guess what great present I got this morning - the scale has finally moved downwards for the 1st time since 6/26 - Drum roll please !!!! 148 - bmi 25.4 - only .4 away from normal !!!!! That's a pretty damn good anniversary present... Could be from the tooth problem - really didn't eat yesterday and was up at 4:20 this morning... Took some more tylenol laced with liquid gold now I have a headache... Well, just wanted to brag this morning - who knows how long I will keep this # (especially with our MofA trip and our cocktails) but it feels good to be in the 140's - I haven't been here since my early 20's...

On the gallbladder issue my surgeon told me that nun's usually don't have the problems - it has to do to with having kids :0).... I found out 20 days before I turned thirty that I had to have mine out and I remember him say the thing about the nun's - I guess it stuck in my mind cuz I have an Aunt who's a nun. Overwieght women who have had children - but I did have a niece who had hers out in her early 20's with no kids - again overweight - there was a big thing in the new when nutrisystem first came out and women who lost weight were having gall bladder problems - Like I said mine was mostly like in my back - that's what I went to to doc complaining about at first then after being woken up for like 2 weeks in the middle of the night I finally took myself to the hospital - when I explained my syptoms they said it was an ulcer or gallbladder - they pushed on my liver and it was tender. I had one stone stuck in the duct and my liver was inflamed - I remember thinking heck I am just turning 30 and already falling apart - My 30th birthday was recovering from surgery. What a way to Celebrate your 30th.

Long - WAY TO GO GIRL :thumbup::thumbup: Great exercise and eating - You are doing GREAT - Keep it up JoannMarie - You are too sweet I want all my 50 + sisters to feel as good as I do right now - you guys just don't understand how much our weight is/was weighing us down... Penny - I am glad you stuck up for yourself WTG :thumbup: Love this I have decided that I'm going get to goal---get in physical shape (weights) and then treat myself 56 year old body to a rafting trip down the Grand Canyon next spring!!! You will get there with this mindset - Keep it up and stick around we want to share in all your acheivments... Lynn - you are to kind too - I just like to keep it real and I think us 50+ girls really get that this is it for us that we have to get healthy if we want to enjoy our grandkids and hopefully some great grandkids JoannMarie - Thanks again - I know your struggles - I still have mine - tomorrow is my 1 yr anniversay and my food addiction is not cured - it's under control today but I am very much aware that it can sneak back into my life - so I stand guard - I am at goal which I didn't beleive was possible even a year ago - my original goal was 170 then moved it to 160 and now I am 150 and as I have said a million times before if I can do this so can everyone else... I am no diff that the rest of you - I just don't have the words to express how good I feel - I got into a little tiff with some 25 yr old chick who was more concerned with the scars and if she could wear a bikini - I thought she was a bit superfiocal and that the band was all about her bf (even though he accepted her as she was) Anyway - I tried to explain to her that for me the band was about extending my life - the couple of scars weren't even factored into me having the surgery or not - what's a couple of little scars - imho she is/was superficoual - ya the looks and size 6's are icing on the cake - but that I am so much stronger (physically) I feel 10 yrs younger and just feel 100% improved and empowered 0 and wonder why I wasted so many years being fat... I really want you all to share in this great feeling - as the older ones I think we appreciate life a little more as we know that tomorrow isn't promisssed - and we want those extra years that we can have by getting the weight off.. Yes - Long is my jedi warrior in training :confused: Becky it will get better when you get to regular food - drink your water it's 9:49 and 105 here in the desert - thank God we have a/c :biggrin2: Great on your exercise !!! OMW Phyl - pouch test now this.. and 1 whole cc - that's big fill.. Congrats on your 85 lbs (girls I know that by her scale she has lost 85 in the last year she's a Lucky #7 with me and lives near me in the winter - we have met in person ) _______________________________________________________________ Ok prayer request - good thought request - coming.. Denise & Phyl know the story - since they have been here the last yr Last yr I had to have a mamo prior to get my band - well after surgery I had to go back in for a biopsy - it was ok - then in March I had to go in for a six month ck mamo for my right booby - it was ok - well yesterday I had to go for my annual mamo - well got a call this afternoon - more caclicfuations that they want a closer look at and something that they may want to look at with an ultra sound (lump) - I am not too to worried but a little rattled that I have to go back... So please keep me in your prayer & good thought - I go 7/23 at 7:45 - and I will let you all know as soon as I know - it's most likely nothing - just a precaution.. Ok I really gotta get off this computer - I have been up since 4:30 and oh ya one more thing - the guy who works at the gym behind the counter (i think he's a manager) he said Hi Skinny - OMW THAT JUST MADE MY DAY.. Ok I really got to go - 5 am will be here too soon - talk to you all tomorrow.. And again - thank you ladies for all your kind words - you all help me as much as I hellp you- So thanks to all of you for being my band sisters.. Hugs oh ya - I am to tired to do spell ck - and so if the spelling police doen't like it - so be it... :lol:

Yep she is the baby of the group - and we all want to mother her Yep and it's sweet the way everyone worries about me if I haven't logged on at least once a day if not more - It really warms my heart - one time I told my x - that no body would miss me until Monday - well not any more I have you guy :bananapowerslide: Some days I just don't know what to eat either - yesterday made chicken but didn't feel like it - ended up eating a bowl or cereal and some popcorn.. I got a tooth problem -went to the dentist he said one was high and that's what causing the pain (no tooth ache just hurts to bite) well I just took some Tylenol with a little liquid gold (vicodin) see if that works Fish veggies and rice for dinner if I can chew... Congratulations Ssankofa - way to go keep up the good work Kari OMW what a way to celebrate - I guess your body wanted you back in the hospital since you were there a year ago today.. I can't believe you were dehydrated - you are our water girl !!!! Happy Bandaversary !!! Glad you are home and feeling better... _______________________________________________________________ Ok prayer request coming - remember last August I had the biopsy - and everything was ok - then went in March for 6 month check up on my right boob - got an all clear - well yesterday went for my annual mamo - got a call this afternoon - I have to go back - more calcifications that they want a closer look at and maybe an ultra sound (lump??) I am not super worried cuz the March films were ok - but am a little rattled - so for those who believe - say a little prayer and for those who have other higher powers - keep good thoughts for me - I go next Wed so they can do more testing on my right booby... and I noticed yesterday they have gotten more deflated - I was a d cup now 34 c and if it wasn't for all the skin I would be a b... Ok my gd is iming me pic's from my Sons bday yesterday - my fish is done my tooth is still sore - but i did go to they gym and even got called skinny by the guy who works behind the counter :bananapowerslide: someone called me skinny omw that's a 1st.. Plus my trainer was really proud of me today - bragging on me to my work out partner - I think trying to motivate her Offered for her to join me on the days I do cardio - I really don't want a partner cuz I go when I feel like it (time wise) like on Saturday morning sometime between 7 - 7:30 - but she needs the motivation - so being the nice person that I can be - I told her to meet me there at 7:30 on Friday (I have the day off) aren't I such a sweet person... I think after I get plastic surgery - i am going on line and become a personal trainer... and tell my doctor I want to become his spoke person (I never said I was humble - but I think you all have figured that out by now:lol:) Ok I really gotta go eat - I am starving... and the meds are kicking in.. So til tomorrow - Love Hugs & sweet dreams..

Jackie Congratulations!!!! You don't even look like the same person !!!! You look younger !!!! How are you feeling - we have missed you !!!

Yep you can be at your sweet spot on your 1st fill - it's possible My 1st fill I felt right away but it only lasted for about 2 week - then went in for my 2nd and that one took a week or so to settle in and that one lasted until January when I had like .02 added (tweaked and right now I could use a tweak but my appointment isn't til 7/31 and so I will tough it out til then) As you lose the fat (which is attached to your organs) the band will loosen and you will have to get it tweaked as needed. Hows the pain going on the gall bladder issue - mine would always strike in the middle of the night - mine felt like someone had a band around my ribs and was squeezing me... Keep us posted on that...

Hey Becky - yep hard protiens do help tons - it is #1 with the band even now I have to watch out for slider foods - cuz you can eat more of them and with our food addiction we still want to eat more that our band will allow - so slider foods is a easy way to eat around the band and they are usually our favorite foods.. You are doing fantastic !!!! Keep up the good work - and don't worry about the 2 lbs a week - yep we all want that but some weeks it may be 1/2 lbs - then 2 the next then back to 1/2 and then 3 then 1/2 - be happy with a lost period no matter how small - G One pot wonders is something I made up - It's food I cook at home in one pot - I just throw stuff in and wala food for the week (lunches usually) Example Ground Turkey 1 Pot Wonder onions bell peppers garlic ground turkey cabbage - brown onions bell peppers in a little evoo add garlice & turkey brown add cabbage a little soy sauce and Water - cover and cook until done - you have lunch for the week chicken 1 pot wonder onion garlic bell peppers brown - add slice yellow & green squash and a little corn, brown for a minute - add a can of tomatoe sauce or spaghetti sauce and then some shredded or diced cooked chicken - add a little water cover cook til done - wala another one pot wonder. What every you like throw it together and you have a meal - I do this on Sunday nites so that I have lunch for the week - it's all about planing - I don't like alot of processed foods - I like home cooked foods.. Also on WW you can get great recipies ..... I am a ww girl to the bone..

Ruby I totally agree with what you are saying here. I have always said that the majority of our problems are in our heads and not in our tummies I voiced my concern before along time ago about our fills being more physiological than physical - Yep we are walking a tight rope here and our bands are our safety nets (well hopefully cuz we can eat around them) but mentally having them in place is like I always say our interior motivators.. Hugs on the bad relationship - I have walked down that road too and I have just come to realize that why I ate - cuz I could and no one was telling me I couldn't.. I struggle so much with my eating now and this place is what keeps me honest - it helps me the most - I don't know where I would be with out all of you. I wasn't disagreeing with the concern for Karri - mostly that the band is more than a weight loss tool it's here for the maintenance too. With the help of her doctors & DH and us she will get through this and hopefully they find some new meds to give her for her ocd (or whatever the correct name is I forget) I think we all love and worry about each other - With the help of our bands we each had some awakening on why we got to where we were - but it's still a work in progress for me... I am struggling more now that I am at goal - the little devil is on my shoulder telling me you are there at goal so you can go back to eating normal - well I know that what I consider normal is what got me fat and that I cant - but it's hard not to listen to that devil it's a daily fight Hugs again - J

Ruby I have to disagree with a bit that you said - the band is more than a weight loss tool - it's a maintenance tool too - to control our portions, keep us fuller for a longer period of time and for some it does seem to help with hunger - but I think that's about how long it takes the hard protein to go thru the band. That's why it's permanent and not taken out after losing the weight - that's why I got banded to keep the weight off permanently not just the weight loss issue. When I went to that meeting in Vegas - one thing I really noticed was the other pple's personalities - most were total control freaks - I really mean this - I think our issues with food is about control - I controlled how much I ate and what I ate - we say it's lack of control - but really it isn't we planned we plotted we thought about food 24/7- just as much as I control it now but it's the opposite now - I plan - I think about food - some days I miss it terribly - today's my son's Bday - I want choc cake - I want tons of frosting and some ice cream -(thankfully they aren't here or I would be eating it) I want unhealthy food and if I go down that road - it could be the point of no return - I am at goal - and I could easily slip back into old habits - my band as loosen and I do not stay full for more that 1/2 hr - I need a tweak - are you saying that cuz I am at goal that I don't need to keep the maintenance up on my band - it's barely a year - yep I have done really good - but i have had the help of this thing inside me.. and without it I know that I would not be where I am today without it... The devil vs angel is testing Karri (Karri I'm not talking like you aren't in the room) and that little devil is telling her ok just a bite here and there she is eating more often than her 3 meals and adding snacks - nuts are calling her name - she is unfilled - yes she has a little restriction but not much - she wants to use her tool - She's afraid of giving up her control cuz if she does she will go back down that dark road of obesity... Just cuz we are at goal - have had plastic surgery doesn't mean that we can't get fat again... I think it's ok to get a tweak so that she gets that full feeling - I eat til I am physically full and still want to eat - you don't know how bad it is for me at night - - That's why I eat popcorn - it gives me the hand to mouth feeling and keeps me ok - Karri mentions that I go long period of time with out eating - not really just on the weekends when I am busy doing stuff - but at work and home doing nothing - I eat 3 meals and watch the clock for breakfast and lunch and yep time between lunch & dinner is a bit long but if I ate my snacks in the afternoon - I wouldn't have any room in my food budget for my night time snacks - and if I didn't work it the way I do - I wouldn't be where I am - we have to modify stuff to work for us. I know that I don't have a healthy mental state when it comes to food I haven't beaten my addiction - right now it's under control but tomorrow that control could be gone.. I agree she doesn't need to worry right now - but I totally get the fear and we all know that she is the biggest control person on our board and I forgot want the actual name of her condition is - but I can tell you that if she loses anymore weight she will do what she has too to get it back on and yes she still has issues concerning food - but so do I - I know you say that you feel you have control over it now - I am glad for you - but I don't I really don't feel that way about me - I don't need to lose any more weight (well I would love 5 lbs) but I am going to get a fill when I go back the end of this month just a tweak really .02- cuz I know that I can keep pushing the limits and eat more - I got my band to stop me from doing that. My concern from day one has always been 5 yrs from now - not the 1st yr or the second year - I can keep the weight down for that long - but it's after that 2nd yr where it starts creeping back on. Hugs !!! Honest discussion here about food issues - healthy & unhealthy and you know from my heart it's not meant to piss you off or start a fight (omw I am paranoid from what I see on other threads aren't I - I know that you will understand what I am trying to say)

Booklady - Thanks - I'm here for you !!! And am so glad that you are following your doc's rules - there are so many new banders who aren't and it is so frustrating - (well mostly the younger ones - but some even in their 40's eating real food 4 days out... I love the 50+ thread cuz we have a lot more life experiences to draw from and we know at this stage in our life that tomorrow isn't promised and we want to be around for a few more year... Hugs Janet Yep she is full of Crappola... You can tell her that I lost 75 lbs on the treadmill alone and the last 25 came off with both- It can be done - but it is better to do both if you can - I really do beleive that - and it goes to the science of muscle and burning calories which I am not = it was explained but I can't translate - but I like that on the treadmill I see how many calories tht I burn in my hour when I am doing weights you don't see that.. Plus it takes muscle to walk ... Charlene you got your gas x strips - liquid tyenol - soups - protein all lined up... Let us know when you can - Hugs & Prayers.. Janet Isn't it funny that we all want our first slime pb just to see what it's all about.. I know I wanted to experience it first hand ...

Yep I am excited too :w00t:- just got my new camera - gotta figure out how to work it :huh2: - the battery is charging - I am going to go read the book but who know's how much I will remember -:embaressed_smile: Phyl bringing her laptop laptop so we can post during the weekend.. Oh that means I gotta bring my ubs cord - stupid me... We got everyones' number steph phyl you me linda in our phones - remember to bring your chargers. I gotta ck the weather - when I looked the other day it said 84 - and that's cool for me - but someone said it will be humid Ok off to read my book and take my fish out - I really should get a fill before we go - but I don't want to be too tight and it can take a day or 2 for the fill to settle - so I will just have to bite the bullet and accept whatever weight gain I have when I go tothe docs after our trip - his scale has me 4-5 lbs heavier than mine - but his doesn't count only mine does

Penny - Nope I did the treadmill only for the first 8 months - I went 4-5 times a week (sometimes 3-4 depending on life) started out slow - like a 20 minute mile and just worked myself up - didn't push too hard but I did challenge myself - so that it didn't become a chore and I would quit - I just upped my speed and distant every couple of weeks - I am up to 3 - 3 1/2 miles 2 x week on inclines from 0-10 and I can do it not holding on speed 2.8 for the 10 and 4.0 for flat. But weights are good - my body has really changed in the last 4 months - but work at your speed - that's what i did.. Charlene - You are in our prayers for a safe surgery & speedy recovery Hugs & Love - Janet

I am right there with ya sister -- I am hungry often - but I am still hungry even when I am full - but you are like me ya you ate - but you didn't eat junk... You are healthy food. If fills keep you from getting hungry go for it.... I don't remember if mine did - I know that I am hungry more often than not... I just don't eat or if I do it's watermelon - sf pudding - popcorn - extra veggies - no junk and yes you are amazing 12 and you look fab!!!

I had a weight watcher one about a month ago no problem... But I don't buy them - I really try and limit my carbs - but a ww one is like 100 or 150 calories with a litte lite cream cheese- I think was a total of 200 calories and I think I only had a half.. But we are all so diff - what I can eat one day - can't eat the next day.. Try it - that's the only way you are going to know for sure.

Yep you get one of those light sabers - Yes you will learn and then a year from now you will be paying it forward... That's how it work.:thumbup:.. And a little bit of freindly competitiveness is a good thing - On my Lucky #7 thread - I have my band daughter who was 28 and really banded in August (she's adopted ) anyway - we were the same height weight etc and I she was my motivator/competition - I figured I was doing damn good keeping up with a 28 yrs old :crying: at my age...

HEY GANG I AM LOSING IT !!! I read the post this morning as ususal -but I guess I didn't say good morning .... Karri - If the med's aren't helping you - then yes get off them and find another,.. OK I guess I am ok with the 1500 calories now that you explained :biggrin2: Doc approved - so mommy approved too... Candice - I got your's and Linda's in my phone too - Had Phyls' :thumbup: Steph - Yep I will get nails done this weekend - hair gets done thursday 7/24 - I am ready !!! Still gotta think about what I am taking - Phyll have you packed yet ??? You guy ons on your 5 day pouch test - I am proud of you who are doing it - I couldn't - I could never stand the Protein Shakes - I tried one the other day - ugh - had a few sips and that was it - the smell gets to me.. Yep Ruby it;s all about our choices - some days I may not get all my Protein in but I gotta say most days I am close - some days I want more carbs than others some days I don't feel like veggie - but if you average it all it's working... I really can use a tweak - but just going to wait til my appointment on 7/31 Ok I gotta get to work = CBL

:biggrin2:BETH :biggrin2: YOU LOOK ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS :thumbup: :thumbup:WAY TO GO GIRL !!!

Kathy - Thanks and I love doing this !!! It helps me stay focused too so you are just as much help to me as I am too you... #1 - take the work hope out of your vocabulary - replace it with I will - possative affrimations !!!!! Posstive thinking only allow - no self doubt talk you can do this and you will do this - no excuses allowed :thumbup: #2 heres the link on how to get your ticker.. http://www.lapbandtalk.com/lbt-forum-suggestions-feedback-questions/41782-ticker-tutorial-pictures.html