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Okay, I won't sweat the calories, but I sure do sweat the dance! In a good way of course! Dancing and walking. And not freaking out about calories Agreed, a mentally unstable Vinesqueen would just not be a good thing... not good at all.

Hey Amos, I would say that breads are not part of mushy, not by a long shot. Search the food thread. There is a great thread on ethnic foods somewhere there.

Yeah, well, the best news is that this means you have less weight to lose! You are gaining muscle mass, which means that your body becomes more efficient at burning calories. Which means that you win. You have not been filled, and the band doesn't really work as designed without a fill.

Mmmm, no you won't. You will continue to hijack threads. But that's part of your job description, right? hmm, and here I've hijacked your hijack... hmmm. Some of the other specific risks of the banding are bands that are improperly placed, a band placed over a nicked stomach, the wrong size band used, and sky lab could fall on you.

welcome to the Banded Gentry! My doc said anything that would fit up a straw was good to go.

America's Waistline http://www.slate.com/id/2128999/?GT1=7407The politics of fat. In the war on fat, fat isn't just winning, it's crushing the opposition. A new study reports that in the course of a lifetime, 9 out of 10 men and 7 out of 10 women are going to become overweight. The CDC says that a third of the country is currently obese. This puts a large portion of the nation's population in an unenviable predicament, since antipathy toward the fat, it's frequently remarked, is the last sanctioned form of bigotry. But bigotry is traditionally the plight of minorities, and the fat are fast becoming a majority. So, is America's spreading waistline at least a plus for anti-fat-discrimination efforts?

Here's my latest creation... This is why it's so hard for me to figure out what to do for the gift exchange.... Could someone with skill with pix please resize this thing? I'm clueless how to make them size right.

YOU CAN'T MAKE ME CHOOSE! YOU CAN'T! YOU CAN'T!!!!! now, if you will excuse me, I will wander off and cry in a corner...

Trish! Where the hell have you been?! We've missed you! Stupid anatomy class! Well, as a person who will never take a biology class, I can't say for sure, but yeah, let's blame anatomy...

I know excatly what you are talking about! It seems as if my life and my time are not my own. I have to be very careful about that famished feeling, and yes, it leads to a PB or a major sliming episode every time. Plus, I just get downright cranky. I try to always have nuts and dried fruit with me. A serving of nuts has about 170 calories, depending on the nut, and is full of the heart healthy oils we need. The dried fruit adds much needed Fiber, and well, fruit things. So the fruit helps boost the blood sugar, while the protien and oil in the nuts helps to stave off hunger and prevents the sugar crash. (it's part of the low glycimic index eating) I also always have something crispy with me, usually 6 triscuts. (yeah, I know, 6 measily crackers???!! ) They have added fiber, and they are crispy. I find they are very filling, and better for me than a bag of chips. I have to be very careful while I eat them, have to practice "mindful eating" otherwise I'll spend a chunk of time barfing in the bathroom. When I get hungry in class I'll just haul out my little baggy of fruit and nuts and nibble away. I used to worry about people looking at me. Well, okay, I stressed about it for a week then said to hell with it. I need to eat so I don't get into trouble later. And besides, what makes me think I'm so interesting that everyone is going to pay attention to me instead of the instructor? Luna bars, or some other protien bars, are good to keep in my book bag too. My biggest issue is finding time to work out. I make sure I take a PE class every semester to make sure I have scheduled time to work out. This semester has been rough because I'm taking 21 credits, but other semesters have been tough because I was just so damn ill. I'm better now...

One thing to keep in mind is that often what we write doen't translate to how other people will read it. That's why written communication can be so damn tricky. I know that when I'm sick or upset, I will read things into what was said. And I become less than my diplomatic self. Not saying this was you, just me. Glad it's just a UTI an not something serious. Oh, and Welcome to Bandlandia!

For all intents and purposes, I'm a 3rd year undergrad as well. I have a year and a half before I finally finish and get my BBA (it's a baby MBA). I had my band installed during Spring Break last year, so I didn't miss any classes from that.

Well, if the band is for life, which it is, then the lifespan of the band should be your life span. Right?

For some of us, the thought of losing the 100 pounds that we need to lose is far too daunting to even think of doing. If we are part of the Turtle Tribe or even Winded Wabbits, I think some mini-goals are in order. Might I suggest the following mini-goals? getting to the next obesity level. For some of us that means that getting to the MO level is an accomplishment, for others it is leaving MO and just being obese, and for those that are closer to goal, overweight. Reaching Trippoli, Twonesia and of course, Onderland. These only count as mini goals if they are within a reasonable amount of time. Reaching double digits in KG, that means 218 pounds Cutting our BMI 1 full point, or even a half point. Gaining a pound of muscle For me, Onderland is not a reasonable mini-goal. At the rate I'm losing weight, that would likely take me another year. And even Double Digits seems to far away. NSVs are also important mini-goals drop to the next size not being able to wear a favorite pair of pants because they look like clown pants now walking up a flight of stairs without being winded or feeling like we are going to keel over from heart failure not needing a seatbelt extender being able to tie our own shoes And of course, the NSV-mini goal list goes on and on.

Oh {{{{{Kare! }}}}} I'm sooo sorry to hear about your dad! Here's hoping everything goes well for him. I'm sorry this happened but it is really great it happend now, and not when they were on their way to China! I'm sure that sounds wrong, and I don't mean it wrong. Ye Gods, I'm rambling. Sorry Kare!

*sigh* Speaking of rabbits... My DH just left me to go home. Spent a wonderful weekend with him, and I get to go home in a couple of weeks for Thanksgiving... So my love life is practically non-existant being separated by a couple of mountian ranges.

Right Kare <3 Bear. I started today. I ended up walking 2 sets of 40 minute walkies. I am not counting calories Kare. I can't. I make myself insane when I count calories. (an once of nuts has about 170 calories (depending on the nut) and is about 28 nuts. I had 1/2 ounce of nuts for Breakfast with 1 tablespoon of dried fruit for breakfast, which is about 25 calories. I had a cup of tea, with 2 oz of milk, for an extra 33 calories. See, it makes me nuts...) Oh, and the week where I went wild with my food and ate 1600 calories one day... that's the week I actually lost 4 pounds.

This is how I'm going to be spending my copious free time this month -- writing my first novel ... November is National Novel Writing Month http://www.nanowrimo.org/ You can still sign up until like the last week of Novemeber.. so it isn't too late, it's only the second day of November! What: Writing one 50,000-word novel from scratch in a month's time. Who: You! We can't do this unless we have some other people trying it as well. Let's write laughably awful yet lengthy prose together. Why: The reasons are endless! To actively participate in one of our era's most enchanting art forms! To write without having to obsess over quality. To be able to make obscure references to passages from your novel at parties. To be able to mock real novelists who dawdle on and on, taking far longer than 30 days to produce their work. When: Sign-ups begin October 1, 2005. Writing begins November 1. To be added to the official list of winners, you must reach the 50,000-word mark by November 30 at midnight. Once your novel has been verified by our web-based team of robotic word counters, the partying begins. Still confused? Just visit the How NaNoWriMo Works page!

well, pork is the friendlist solid meat to my band. ... And I believe FF sour cream is a free food, or just about 2 tablespoons has 20 calories.

Well, from the read of this thread, YOU do Getter Lisa! Getter! Good Girl! {kisses!}

Well, I've had 4 fills, and I'm still not even close to having good restiction. Saturday night I dreamed that my son was going to give me a fill, but he was prepping the wrong side of my tummy. We were in the Idaho Falls hospital where I've been getting my last couple of fills, in the radiology department. He had the Fluroscope all set up too... Think I've got Fills on the Brain?

Hey Spyder, it's called "information overload" and yes, you can research something too much, especially if it is an emotionally charged issue. and WLS is very emotionally charged. I think everyone is a wreck the week or so before surgery, even if we know it will save our life. All I can speak for is me. The risks of not having the band were much more scary than any complication from the surgery. I was already heading towards resperatory failure, so a quick death in surgery would be much more preferable to the terrible death of resperatory failure, long and slow, lingering and horrible. That was me. I don't know what your co-morbidities are, if any. I just know that it was the only solution for me.

May the cities in your wake burn like candles on your cake! Happy Birthday!

weight 238, of course no change under bust 40.5 waist 41.5 ! That's 1.5 inches gone from my waist this last week! hips 46 I want one of Nana~'s cloaks!!!! (my son wants to know if it has +10 against cold, he also wants to know your tailoring level, and if you have enchanting.)

As the great Mark Twain said, "there are lies, damn lies, and statistics." You can make statistics say anything you want about anything. If you know what you are doing, you can statistically prove that my weight affects the price of tea in China. The other thing you need to keep in mind is that scales lie. All of them lie. No two are calibrated the same way. The BMI scale is a lie too; it simply is a guideline. The BMI scale takes no consideration for body make-up. It takes no consideration of body fat percentage, your fat-free mass. A body builder who's buffed to the max, or a professional athelete could come up as Obese. A body-builder, with 19% body fat is obviously not obese, even if the BMI scale says they are. Scales lie. I was told by the woman who does the fills for my doc's clinic that I should weigh 125 pounds given my hieght, and that I should be a size 6, because statistically, that's where I should be at 5'5". But the thing is, that will only happen if I get some terrible wasting disease, like cancer. A cancer that eats my muscle mass. My FFM, my fat-free muscle mass, is currently 40%, down from 45% in May. Right now, my goal weight is in the range of 190 to 177 pounds. That might sound like a lot, but that weight range will put me in the 25-35% body fat range that is healthy for my age range. 190 pounds is a far cry from 125 pounds and I don't give a damn about socity and "norms." Staticistally speaking, I've been an outlier my entire life, why should my weight or my muscle mass be anything but out of bounds? If you want to see why this has been worth it to me, even though at 190 pounds I'll still be considered Obese, check out my list of NSVs, my non-scale victories. The link is in my signature. Good luck on your research, we all wish you the very best.