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Ahhhh Connor is a cutie.. can i pinch his cheeks?? hehehe

I'll Succeed, wow you great now!!! you will do great with your band... I wish I looked as good as you! Love the dog too...

Congrats!!!! It is a great feeling knowing how much you are losing by trying on those old pants, they dont lie Good Job, I hope I will be there soon!

Wow Paula, Thats a great new Avatar!!! You look like a new person!!! Awesome!!! (((HUGS))))

This might help http://www.unjury.com/reg/bariatric.shtml and this http://www.bariatricadvantage.com/products.htm

High 5!!!! Thats Awesome!

That is Wonderful!! Dancing with ya... :banana :banana :banana

Awwww Thats so sweet!!

Congrats! Hope all goes well for you, Im sure it will... Good Luck

Not in my case my little doggie talks back.. its usally in the form of a bark, when she doesnt get to have two packages of little champs... shes to small for two packages. I try to tell her but she just barks and pins her ears back and lays in her bed. I tell her if she wants to fit in her Christmas sweater again next year she will have to settle for 1 package. And the Band is not an option for her LOL

wow what stories, I even cried! Heres mine hope its not to long. Here is my story: My dad left my mom when I was born, I always thought it was my fault but I know now it wasnt. My mom was deprived of food as a young child sometimes going into garbage cans looking for food. So no way was she going to let us be deprived of food. I had a unlimted access to food. I never thought of my self as fat I just thought I was chubby. Everyone else i guess thought I was fat. In 3rd grade, I remember plain as day, I left a book under my desk when I was suppose to put it inside my desk. My teacher "Mrs. Reddals" made me stand in the middle of the class and she yelled at me.. "Pick that book up Miss Piggy!" The whole class laughed at me and I stood there crying. Mom took me out of that school and put me in a Christian school. Being rasied in a Christian home I thought this will be good. Nope I was the biggest one in my class, I was the tallest and the fattest. After a couple of years there, after getting spanked almost everyday because i was bad, my mom put me back in Public School. I stayed friends with a few people from the Christian school. One day some of them were going to go to the Church/School for a gathering of some sorts and called up there to see if they could bring me along... They said no that they didn't have enough food to feed me! Ugh i wasn't going to eat everything! In 7th grade I stopped growing.. in height that is stayed 5'1" since.. just grew outward a bit. I didn't have much friends, no boys would like me and I would sit alone at lunch. I was starting to stay with my Dad so I would be able to attend a school in the same district. I had a stepsister and a half sister that would pick on me a lot, my dad would get mad because i ate so much so, I became a cutter. Everytime I wanted to eat something I would cut my self, with anything I could find. I was covered in cuts, over food! In highschool I started hanging out with the wrong crowd and got myself in a lot of trouble.. I was with this guy one night and he wanted sex, I didn't want to have sex well I didn't have a choice. After that I vowed to hate men ALL of them!! I ate and ate I wanted to be the fattest person alive I didn't want NO man to look at me. Well I got up to 260lbs and I dropped out of school my 10th grade year. I was a Fat Drop out! and my family was so mad at me. So I tried to make things better, I started going back to church and started to eat right again. At 17yrs I started dating the Pastor's grandson of the church I was attending. I thought my life was finally going to be normal. It was too, until we decided to get married. His mom then started hating me saying her son wasn't meant to marry a fat girl. Well that only made us get married faster, and before you knew it we were married.. He had also gained 50lbs being with me. After a year of verbal abuse from his family, never wanting me over because I ate to much. I left him! age 20 and Im already divorced, and still fat. At 21 I met who is now my current husband, He has been so helpful with me. He met me at 230lbs he was 145lbs, now Im 330lbs and hes 199lbs... I must cook good or something.. its all the Mexican food.. hmmmm. I was first Fat person he has ever been with. He bought me every diet plan out there.. He signed me up for every club out there. He was really trying, but loved me through it all. I was 260lbs 2 years ago.. My dad at 58 Died of The Flesh Eating Bacteria. I was so so so depressed, that's where I gained my next few pounds. Im still to this day devestated by the loss of my Dad. I miss him so much. During all this time I got books on reteaching my self like school and I got my GED and Im back in college going into nursing with honors. I cant get a job right now, every place I go to wont hire me they just look at me funny... Food has always been like so much of you my Friend, my Enemy, my Disguise, my Comfort. I cant wait for my band. Thanks for Listening

Well if I go out there we will have my car to use... I will probably stay with my husbands grandma to save my money on a hotel. And since its in Sept. I will more then likely be banded by then...

I was wondering the same thing... so i have been reserching it heres what i found that might explain it better... It is just an estimated guess i think... Heres what i read: Tanita has developed a simplified version of BIA that uses leg-to-leg bioimpedance analysis. In this system, two footpad electrodes (pressure contact) are incorporated into the platform of a precision electronic scale. A person's measurements are taken while in a standing position with the electrodes in contact with bare feet. The body fat monitor/analyzer automatically measures weight and then impedance. Computer software (a microprocessor) imbedded in the product uses the measured impedance, the subject's gender, height, fitness level, and in some cases age, (which have been preprogrammed), and the weight to determine body fat percentage based on equation formulas. Tanita's reference method is DEXA. Through multiple regression analysis, Tanita has derived standard formulas to determine body fat percentage. Tanita's equations are generalized for standard adults, athletes, and children. The Tanita method has all the advantages of traditional BIA as well as greater ease of use, speed, and portability. Professional versions of the products ca be found in hospitals, health clubs, and research labs and include computer printouts of comprehensive data such as BMI, fat percent, fat weight, total body Water, fat-free mass, and BMR. The concept has been adapted for use as an affordable home monitoring device. Now ordinary people along with fitness enthusiasts and patients with health risks can measure body fat as part of a regular healthy lifestyle. The same variables apply with regard to hydration levels, and measuring should be done under consistent conditions.

Here is a website I found that sells it http://bodytronics.com/shop/index.cgi?code=3&cat=16&OVRAW=Tanita&OVKEY=tanita&OVMTC=standard

Kyleigh, Wow you look really good!!

So sorry you have to go thourgh that.. but you helped me open my eyes.. Im thinking i better go see my Family Dr. and make sure this wont happen to me... I know he didnt want me to get the bypass but he doesnt know i want to get the LapBand. I hope everything works out, Please keep us posted!!

way to go! Glad you are doing good, keep us posted! Congrats on your Band!!!

Awwwww How sweet!!!

WOW just looked, it would be over 1600miles to drive... Hmmmmm its still an idea

I would Love to go, and Im pretty sure I will be banded by June.. June 25th is 5 days after my Birthday so maybe I can talk hubby into taking me for my birthday gift! We would have to drive cuz i wont fly.. I dont fit in the seats We love driving anyhow.. From New Mexico it might be a LONG drive.

Thats good information to know.. being im am just starting... Thanks! Get Well Soon!!

WOOHOO!!! Penni, That is awsome, Its a shock to go try something on you think would be your size just to find out your smaller!! wow You are doing good!!

That is great, Congrats!!

Glad everything went ok... and thanks for the great news for us coffee drinkers ^5 on the 4lbs! good job

Even though im not banded or may not be by then can i still come?? I would love to meet you all... My husbands grandma lives in Henderson so we would stay with her. I have no clothes to exchange because all my clothes are BIG for you skinny people Well we will see what happens. Just sounds fun!