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here is some information on muscovado sugar: has 11 calories/ 4 grams (1tsp) (whtie sugar has 15 calories) Nutrients Muscovado Sugar (Per 100g) Total Mineral salts 740 mg max. Phosphorus (P) 3.9 mg max. Calcium (Ca) 85 mg max. Magnesium (Mg) 23 mg max. Potassium (K) 100 mg max. Iron (Fe) 1.3 mg max. http://www.wildernessfamilynaturals.com/muscovado_sugar.htm

Geeze Capn't Jack! you do know how to stir a gurl's lust! Or make her jelous, or soemthing Yup, Sulawesi is wonderful! Non-fat milk in coffee???? Say it isn't so! (she weeps softly over her cup of french pressed Kenya AA with half and half with dark muscovado sugar)

Welcome to the Banded Gentry Alatina! My first week I mostly slept, although I went shopping at Trader Joe's the morning I got out of the hospital. (I stayed overnight) Watched several DVDs, went to the movies, read trashy novels, drove the 11 hour drive to my exile. Okay, I didn't actaully do the driving, my DH drove, I mostly slept while he drove) And you will need to create a new ticker each time. I think the only tickers that automatically update are the ones that count down to something.

here is a parallel thread on this same topic! http://lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=5639&page=1&pp=15

bumping for Connorsmom. I've lost an average of 4 pounds a week, but I dropped about 10 pounds the first week, mostly Water weight. (I had terrible edema so, I'm thrilled with those first 10 pounds!)

I need to be much better tracking my excersizing .... Okay, walked, and walked and walked. Tuesday we learned to trot, so I spent the better part of two hours standing in the stirups learning to trot the right way, as opposed to being bounced to little bits. I was astounded by the sweat I worked up! I'm still very sore and stiff! This morning I did 50 crunches.

Welcome to LBT Don!

Lauren! Honey! 34 pound in 3 months is terrific! At the rate you are going, you will have lost 68 pounds in 6 months, 102 in 9 months and 136 pounds in a year!!!!!!! HELLO! You have lost an average of 2.6 pounds a week, with is HIGHER than the average loss rate!!!

Hi Steve, I've never looked at ice cream as a demon, but then I have always felt that ice cream = love. My dad was an ice cream fiend, Cookies and ice cream! Some of my fondest childhood memories were where we all got a bowl of ice cream and cookies and sat around the TV watching the Smother's Brothers, or Sonny and Cher. There was no fighting, no hitting, no crying. The wolves were happy. (I was raised by wolves...) I will never give up ice cream, but like Alex, I can't imagine sitting and eating a whole pint in one sitting either. I generally eat my ice cream out of a martini glass. Silly I know, but somehow it makes the ice cream eating more... elegant perhaps. "moderation in all things" -- Terance (118 - 159 BC)

Hi Lauren! actually, you are right on target for losing weight. The rule I've been told is that we should be losing 1-2 poundsa a week, and at 2 pounds lost in both weeks, you are going great! tick, tick, tick. One week, two pounds, week two, four pounds, week three six pounds...... It's additive, so after a month, you will have lost almost 10 pounds. Woot! I am currently losing one pound a week, not bad for not having a fill. Of course I want faster weight loss, Iwanteverythingnow,hurryup!Hurryup!HURRYUP!GIMME! If I continue with this rate of one pound a month, I will have dropped 52 pounds over the year. I can live with a 52 pound loss over a year! Beats the hell out of gaining 10, 15 or 20 pounds that I would probably gain, right? From what everyone says, the concensus is that the band does get looser as the day wears on. I don't eat much in the mornings, but it hasn't been my habit to have anything in the morning but my beloved coffee.

Wow Vikka! a size 10! that is a tremendous NSV!

Becky's getting her ba-and! Becky's getting her ba-and! Here's sending you whitelight and hope that your procedure goes as smoothly as mine did!

Welcome to Bandlandia, and I'm sorry you are in such pain! I'm sooo glad you got a stronger perscription though!

I walk every day, and work with horses 3 hours a week. (learned to trot this week, and good lord! I'm still stiff!)

Welcome to the Banded Gentry Trish! I know you've been waiting for this for a long time! yay!

Glad to hear from you Audrey! You've done great work, and happy bandiversary! Have a good time on holiday!

Hey Joe, sometimes I will have a small sip of Water to clear my palette. I hate the feeling of food left in my mouth. but I only take a SMALL sip. The philosophy behind not drinking is that it washes the food out of the pouch. The whole deal with the band is to create a pouch to hold the food as long as possible.

Very cool Vera!

I have no baby pix here in exile.

okay Terri, you've had plenty enough time! any more steps? This is so exciting, and I've been thinking about this for the last week or so!

I was a bottle baby. I breast fed my spudboy until I had my motorcycle accedent, he was 3 months old.

uhm, is her head big? my son had troubles with his head too, but his head was so big he looked like a dang space alien (one of the greys...) He didn't walk until he was about 18 months old either, his only trouble was his dang big head. (he started talking at 9 months)

Becky, as soon as Zoe shows up with her size 11 boots... Becky, both my DH and I had a great recovery. The worst pain I had was from cramping from my period. My DH was in the hospital for several days, but he is a very special case--he weighed 600 pounds when he was finally banded. Most of the people who get the band have very few complications!

/e appaluds Penni

1. What is your first name? Crystal 2. How long have you been banded? 45 days 3. How much weight have you lost? about 25 pounds 4. What was your favorite food pre-banding? sushi and thai food 5. What is your favorite food now? well, I hope still sushi and thai food, but there aren't any local sushi or thai places to me now. (I'll be going home mid-May.. Yay!) But right now, I am enjoying a blend of spiced pate that I mix up myself. 6. Are there any foods you can't or don't eat? I haven't tried any sort of bread 7. What is your favorite snack food? I'm not really a snacker 8. Has your SO changed towards you in any way since you were banded? Nope, no change 9. What are some of the things you can do now that you couldn't do before? leave the house without my inhalers 10. Do you have any pets? What kind? I have an ancient yellow Lab. My DH has a pair of chinchillas 11. Wht would your dream vacation be if you could go anywhere you wanted? A startrek holodeck. If you insist on limiting me to this planet, I would love to do some sort of adventure trip. Maybe dog sledding in the Yukon or white Water rafting or learning to drive a like a spy, or maybe sleeping on the beach of a tropical island 12. If you won a million dollars, what would be the first thing you would do with it? pay my tuition, pay my son's tuitions, pay the tuition for my other boy-ohs... 13. What are your favorite books to read? I love trashy sci-fi and fantasy, but I read lots of technical books on security. 14. What is your favorite TV program? Farscape, but it's off the air now. So I would probably pick Stargate