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Hopeing for the very best recovery Kathy! I hope your procedure goes as well as mine did!

DMAN! That was huge! I hope you are at least going to save the wax! It can be rendered and strained. My sister had bees in one of her walls too. They were so loud that you could hear them buzzing in the kitchen. I don't know if they were honey bees or yellow jackets though.

okay, here is my one of my favorite Peanut Butter sandwichs: chunky peanut butter, granny smith apple slices and apple cider vinigar. My DH like PB and mayo...

I dunno Christina. I'm not going to have a poison oak and nightshade salad anytime soon... Could just be me though

Do the hustle! <bump, bump,>

How many times total did you stop breathing during the test? I don't know how many times I stopped breathing, but I had over 180 arousal periods over the night. It is pretty bad when the doctor is impressed with your numbers... The average person has about 30 arousal periods. I also have restless leg sysndrom. She figured it was almost like I was trying to kick myself awake. How many times in 1 hour? I don't remember... How far did your blood ox level drop? My O2 sats dropped to 82%. I'm supposed to have another O2 test, but I have to get my butt over to the clinic...

Probably the very best NSV is that he didn’t die, and the second best NSV is that I didn’t divorce him. He can walk more than 20 steps without needing to stop and rest or find something to support his back. There's the entire motorcycle thing... he can buy clothes again. He tied his shoes! He has better self care! Me. His job performance is much better. His sleep apnea is better, he’s off most of his meds for diabetes and high blood pressure. The last time he picked me up at the airport he had to get in the truck from the passenger side. He was able to actually do this! ... I don't believe he is keeping a list of his NSVs, which is a shame. I know that when I talk about divorcing him because of his weight, most people don’t understand. It wasn’t like he weighed 200 pounds and then gained 200 pounds. He started at over 400 pounds and gained close to 200 pounds so he ended up at 600 pounds. Six hundred pounds. That is more than a Jersey cow weighs at 15 months. (http://www.usjersey.com/ ) You couldn’t even imagine the impact the extra weight had on my life. Before it happens, you think no bit deal, but until it happens…

what? Kelly, you've been gone? What? <whistles innocently> Welcome back! I've gotta stack of boxes I haven't opened since 1999... mmm, it's that hording thing....

Oh Penni, I'm sure sorry your mom is sick right now. I'm sending lots of healing whitelight your way! (((((((Penni)))))

What? you mean you aren't an internationally known super spy, and celebrity pharmisist?

Great work! The scales lie! they lie!

Just let the Water run down them. I finally pulled the last of the tape off a couple of days ago, The tape & glue was really irritating to my skin. I'm still red from the tape. My dermatologist told me to be very careful with neosporin, after I developed an alergic reaction to it of course. He said that many people are allergic to it. A single agent topical anti-biotic is better than the neosporin.

oh no, potato bugs are the grossest things in the entire world. (warning, this is GROSS!) http://waynesword.palomar.edu/redmite2.htm#potbug2 These bad boys are 2 inches long Why am I reading this thread? I am having trouble enough eating normal non-gross food as it is!

okay, adding a 4th meal sure isn't as easy as I thought it would be. I was able to get over 1000 calories today by adding a spoon of peanut butter and a spoon of nutella (not to be confused with gnutella...) I've also added a viaticiv calcium chew.

okay, I only lost one pound last week, but my calories have been down around 800 calories. I've decided that my goal is at minimum 1200 calories. I cannot eat very large meals (woot!) so I've decided to add a fouth meal. I was teasing my DH that maybe I should to go the Cold Stone Ice Cream place for my extra 400 calories! Ah ha ha ha ha At 800 calories I can't even get all my Protein in, so I"m adding a 4th meal. Time to take my own advice!

welcome back Sharon!

So far it's been a brease for me! I was able to sleep on my side a few days after surgery, but it's been a couple of weeks now but I still have some discomfort sleeping on my tummy. My DH can only eat eggs if the yolk is runny (yeah, I know, gross.) but I haven't had any trouble with eggs. I have them a fews days a week for Breakfast or lunch. A week after I was banded and still on liquids, a pizza delivery guy showed up on my doorstep with 3 (THREE!!!) pizzas! He had the wrong address! waaaa! I've gone to my favorite pizza place here with friends, but the smell made me feel nausios...

I just thought I'd give y'all an update on my DH. He as recently moved from Super, Super Morbidly Obese to Super Morbidly Obese! His starting BMI was 85.5 and is now 63.2!

one of the reasons I like that particular site is they do all the figuring for you. I generally track everyday that way I know if I need to eat more the next day or less. keep up the good work!

Laura! have you actaully checked the calories you've eaten??? Tuff luv time!!!! YOU ARE NOT A HOG! Calories Protein Fat Carbs Fiber Sodium1,240.0 56.0 65.0 113.5 17.5 2,120.0 Okay, this is one off, but you just barely had 1200 calories. How many calories do you think you need? I'm serious here. Have you talked to your diet or nutrishonst to find out what your target calorie intake should be? If you do not get sufficient calories you WILL NOT LOSE ANY WEIGHT. Or the weight you do loose will be from your muscles, which you need to loose weight. You probably need between 1200 and 1400 calories, especially if you are working out. YOU ARE NOT A HOG! You just need a reality check honey! (((hugs))) The next time you are feeling this way, I want you to go here and check exactly how much you've eaten. http://www.caloriesperhour.com/index_food.html this is one of the best on-line calorie counters I've found, it is blazingly fast even with my stupid dial-up. Promise me that you will stop calling yourself such a hateful name! you deserve all the respect and love in the universe!

walked 40 minutes today

I started this thread in the hopes that people would post what they are doing for excersizing on a daily basis. http://lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=5505

Hey Katie, I think what you are going through is pretty normal. I know I was a wreck for several days. I mean, I was a take-some-valium-for-gawd's-sake-woman sort of wreck. And as for having subway, you didn't have one of those 6 foot long sandwiches by yourself did you???? If not, give yourself a break; be kind to yourself. It isn't like you went to McDonalds and ate 12 double quarter pounders, right? (oh the thought makes me ill, sorry about that) You have obviouly done a lot of thinking about why you are getting the band. You've been fairly active on LBT, I think you will do just fine. Again, be kind to yourself.

Hey Gypj, well, not too bad, you definately will want to increase your calories though, or you won't loose weight. Yeah, I know, waht a paradox. Do you mean by blended chicken salada, you used a blender to mash it up, or did you use a fork? Change the chicken salad to tuna or salmon salad, and meat balls are probably fine, as long as you mash them up good before you eat them.

I say kick those girls in the shin! :cool: Age spots indeed. hrumph!