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it's not wasting if you put it in the fridge for another time. heck being able to take home a resturant meal and have it for 2 or 3 meals is a money saver in my opinion lol. Or even home cooked ones. Thats awesome. I would seriosuly have a talk with him on the cleaning plate issue though or your right he will need a band next. As for food police as long as your doing well and losing as you and your doctor are happy with. Tell em to bug the heck off! in however manner your feel is you. Sometimes you just gotta put your foot down and TELL people what is or isn't acceptable to you.

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If you feel you must lie about it I would go with hernia if you do still have your gallbladder/apendix cause you can get a hernia more then once!! The girl stuff is a good answer also. lol but if by some strange chance you end up needing your gallbladder or apendix out later on there will be no reason for people to suspect anything. Had my apendix out in 2002 and the scars are identical to what a lapbander has from what ive seen. Or just tell them you had a problem. Now its fixed and you really don't want to get into details.

Sounds much like what I have been going through with my doctor, as my insurance won't pay for the inital surgical consult unless my primary doctor writes a refferal. She wouldn't even look at the printed out stuff I brought to her to try and *convince* her that the band would be a good thing for me. She was just so totally dead set against ANY weight loss surgery at all. Or even perscribing anything to try and help. But she also offered no real substantial reasons why she was against it. All she would ever say is "Eat less excersise more." But she might have weiged 140lbs soaking wet so I suspect she had no clue what someone has experienced who has weight issues. This is only one of the things though that forced me to find a new doctor. But I have to admit it was one of the biggest reasons, the other being she also refused to help in my treatment of sleep apnea, and also wouldn't approve a referal to a cardioligist despite having been seen by one in the ER for chest pain. I spent almost a year trying to *convince* her. And finally decided it was a no win situation. I would suggest doing a reasonable amount to try and educated your doctor, but If he/she doesn't seem to have a problem with his/her overweight patients then your probably asking to much, and might wanna try and find another doctor that shares your views. While it is true that some people are genetically predisposed to being overweight, that doesn't mean they shouldnt do something to try and remedy it. Personally I have a problem with the fact that If I had a doctor a year ago who was *willing, or actually cared* I could have already been banded and on my way on the journey instead of it being a year later and still struggling to get it started.

lol being a mom of 3 I remember how bad most baby foods are or at least used to be. At least now they have stages foods which they didnt have when my oldest was a baby. I never used baby foods that much only for times when we were out and about I kept a few assorted jars in the diaperbag. For emergencys and for those times when really pressed for time. For the most part just blenderized the kids foods myself. They ate them much better that way. Manufacturers of baby foods often put nothing else in them and they can be really bland. Cause sometimes babys can't handle all the spices we get used to. But some of the Desserts used to be pretty good. if you blend your own get a good brand of chicken or beef stock/broth. And keep it in the fridge and some apple or orange juice and you can belenderize anything. Just add a bit of broth or juice if needed to thin it. Adding a touch of various spices helps too. While you might wanna avoid salt, adding just about any other spices you like will help with the blandness.

A suggestion I found when I first bought ricotta cheese to see if I liked it. Which I don't if its plain but found if I add a few table spoons of your favorite spagetti sauce and heat it. its pretty good. Might wanna run the sauce through the blender first if it has any chunks in it.

Congratz!!! Keep up the awesome work :redface:

well good new is I was worried about my blood tests for noting. lol. the ONLY thing that had bad numbers was my cholesterol whoch has been bad honestly for the last 20+ years. lol. The great news part is I DO NOT Need thyroid meds anymore. my levels were good, so my old doc had me on the meds prematurely or unessisarily. Iron levels were good. so no more need for iron for my period unless I just want to keep the flow ammount down. Also the BEST PART. NO KIDNEY DAMAGE!!! 2 doctors ago they said I had kidney damage from my diabetes but he never sent to me a specialist like he said i needed. This weeks tests say there is no kidney damage. The only bad on the cholesterol wasn't a suprise to me. the numbers STILL aren't good so hes doubling my lipitor. And on another note man I'm getting used to the diet changes in a GOOD way. Me and the bf stopped at burger king the other day and decided to try one of the new steakhouse burgers, it sounded good. but MAN it wasn't. We deliberatly now do not large or king size value meals anymore. But the steakhouse for us was a big mistake. I actually felt WORSE after eating it. Sure I wasn't hungry anymore but man it was greasy and i dunno how to explain it. Rich or something. I guess heavy is the best way to explain it. I didn't even wanna touch food for 10-12 hours after it. I'm outta tomatoes and altern so its off to the store. Kroger has these awesome whole grain multigrain tortillas I am now addicted to!! If I didn't have kids I would stop buying bread totally. Also kroger has their own store brand whole wheat pastas too. I was shocked at how low3 my blood sugar was after eating spagetti with whole wheat pasta. it was great!!

well good new is I was worried about my blood tests for noting. lol. the ONLY thing that had bad numbers was my cholesterol whoch has been bad honestly for the last 20+ years. lol. The great news part is I DO NOT Need thyroid meds anymore. my levels were good, so my old doc had me on the meds prematurely or unessisarily. Iron levels were good. so no more need for iron for my period unless I just want to keep the flow ammount down. Also the BEST PART. NO KIDNEY DAMAGE!!! 2 doctors ago they said I had kidney damage from my diabetes but he never sent to me a specialist like he said i needed. This weeks tests say there is no kidney damage. The only bad on the cholesterol wasn't a suprise to me. the numbers STILL aren't good so hes doubling my lipitor. And on another note man I'm getting used to the diet changes in a GOOD way. Me and the bf stopped at burger king the other day and decided to try one of the new steakhouse burgers, it sounded good. but MAN it wasn't. We deliberatly now do not large or king size value meals anymore. But the steakhouse for us was a big mistake. I actually felt WORSE after eating it. Sure I wasn't hungry anymore but man it was greasy and i dunno how to explain it. Rich or something. I guess heavy is the best way to explain it. I didn't even wanna touch food for 10-12 hours after it. I'm outta tomatoes and altern so its off to the store. Kroger has these awesome whole grain multigrain tortillas I am now addicted to!! If I didn't have kids I would stop buying bread totally. Also kroger has their own store brand whole wheat pastas too. I was shocked at how low3 my blood sugar was after eating spagetti with whole wheat pasta. it was great!!

My son keeps telling me to try firefox 3, but I haven't yet I am so disapointed with firefox right now cause I lost a huge collection of bookmarks thankfully I was able to recover most of them but not all.

Yea I have 3 kids already and there was 2 miscarrages in between the last 2 my youngest is 13 now so no more kids for me. lol. I would just LOVE to not have a period anymore but heck if they can just be *normal* I would be happy.

hehe I'm not sure that is correct. I went ahead and put it in my ticker for now cause I was hoping. But seriously doubt its right. 6months ago i was weighed in at 440 at the dr. last week I started seeing a new doctor and when the nurse put me on the scale she didnt bother moving it out of the corner it was in so I was half leaning on the wall. I suspect if I have lost it isnt that much lol. But i don't have home scale or access to one outside my dr.s office so i gotta wait till my next visit to see!!! As for banding. dont know yet I just switched over to a new doctor (PCP) after fighting for a year with the old one to even get started on the insurance approval. The new doc wants to get a bunch of testing and a few visits in before even talking weight loss surgery.

Yep they have em on their website InStride Cycle XL | Stamina | Walgreens thats the XL version they have a smaller one that is cheaper also Now all i need is someway to be able to use it and have my keyboard in front of me at the same time. lol

Many places have horrid kids menus, hot dogs, hamburgers and chicken tenders etc. I would think the senior menu would be a better choice? Cause thats where many places have the lower fat & calorie stuff in smaller portions then the normal menu. I wonder if the card would still work for that? Think i'll just do the doggie bag thing lol. Sometimes you can find kids utensil that aren't characterized. Just colorfull or have larger handles etc. I found a good place to check is your local goodwill store.

Nonsense!! There is no reason to tell ANYONE you don't want to. If people question your diet changes then all you really have to tell them is your on a diet. And taking half of your meal home, or eating yogurt etc is what your doing.. If your carefull and chew well and do all your food testing at home none need know that you don't chose to tell. One of the reasons so many people react with shock/horror/negativity when anyone mentions surgery is people only tend to remember the horror stories. You know its always something like "My friend so and so had a friend whos sister had a friend who knew someone in abujaba who died from weight loss surgery!! or <Insert complication> Or gained all their weight back, or never lost weight!!" This site is a great example of loads of people who have awesome success with the band. Lack of knowledge is one of the problems many people face, the band isn't as widely popular with many doctors yet, allot of them push RNY or bypass etc cause they have no reall aftercare and the doctor makes a mint. Not the case with the band. Once you got it you have aftercare appointments a plenty. In the form of fills/unfills. Jealousy is another reason many people will get snarky and unsuportive also. The either couldn't do it themselfs and are to affraid of WLS to consider it. Sometimes its a case of "OMG now I won't be the skinny/cute/sexy one anymore! If you lose weight." Anyhow I didn't mean for this to be a small book. lol Important thing is those reacting to you badly its because THEY have issues. The band is something you should do for YOU not them. Good luck and its great that your taking the steps to regain your health. :smile:

LOL thats what it seems like. The professional equipment in gyms are usually 400+ rated cause they get so much heavy use. But your talking 2500 for a reconditioned one at least and they keep going up from there to around 7000$ It is amazing at how slow the consumer needs get met.. Weve been hearing in the news etc now for what. 5+ years how the world is becoming obese. So why the heck is everything so ANTI fat? You would think someone besides the pharmacutical companys would be adapting products. But they aren't. Or if they do there so incredibly expensive. I priced recumbent bikes for outdoor riding, again there rather exensive. But there a person here in town that sells used 3 wheel bikes. They have like a toolbox between the 2 back wheels. Keep meaning to see what he wants for them. But I know I can't use the seats on em.

MY FIL has a treadmill and and a old excersise bike I have seriously considered talking my SIL out of. She bought mom & dads house when they got put into a nursing home and got all their furniture etc. I know the treadmil is wal-mart type purchased one that probably cant support me (mostly plastic no motor etc) but it could my work fine for BF or kids. The excersise bike is anchient and probably needs a good overhaul. My trouble is I can sort of use it but the seat is HORRID. Its older so its a good solid metal frame. Anyone got any suggestions for seats? I haven't seen a bike seat yet I can handle. And If I kenw someone who could weld we could custom rig one but alas My BIL is a decenet wwoodworker but knows squat about metal. lol

I used to strictly use firefox but then one day it just STOPED retaining my bookmarks and profile info. It has the best selection of addons and such also but no ammount of uninstalling reinstalling solved the bookmarks/profile losses. So I exported everything to opera. My BF had been using opera for a while now and I loved the idea of being able to close the browser and it still retaining my tabs so I mostly use opera now. But there seem to be many sites that just don't work well with it. Opera is my default Firefox when opera cant handle some java or whatever IE only kept for use when none of the others work lol.

ugh wal-mart 90% of the time i go in there they don't have the shelves stocked. It's so annnoying!!! Seems like anytime I find a product they carry and start buying it regularly they STOP carrying it.. They did that to me on white rain hair products used them for years!! I adored their coconut shampoo & conditioner. Been using their version of splenda called Altern. And at least twice in the last 6 months they have took it off the shelf totally for a couple weeks at a time with no warning, no reason WHY and at the same time claimed they couldnt get any splenda either. :confused_smile: Most other stores charge at least 2$ per bag more for splenda and noone else yet has a store brand in my area. Novasure: NovaSure - About the NovaSure Endometrial Ablation Procedure Something I am gonna look into to m ake my nightmare periods easier to live with.

Geeze I got up today to a voice mail from the doctors office My PCP that is. the new guy. Had my blood work done on wensday now thursday the office has called about the test results. So now I am worried!! :ohmy: He ordered up a TON of blood work, checking thyroid, iron and hard telling what else as my medicaleze is getting rusty 20 years out of the nursing field. lol:blush: Since its summer and our sleep schedual is all messed up (Went to bed at 10am this morning lol ) :thumbup: I gotta wait and call the office before going to bed this morning. A mamogram was one of the tests but that one wont be till the 24th. Never had one before so should be a learning experience. lol not looking forward to the gals getting smushed!! But hey all in the name of health huh.

Geeze I got up today to a voice mail from the doctors office My PCP that is. the new guy. Had my blood work done on wensday now thursday the office has called about the test results. So now I am worried!! :tt1: He ordered up a TON of blood work, checking thyroid, iron and hard telling what else as my medicaleze is getting rusty 20 years out of the nursing field. lol:blush: Since its summer and our sleep schedual is all messed up (Went to bed at 10am this morning lol ) :cool: I gotta wait and call the office before going to bed this morning. A mamogram was one of the tests but that one wont be till the 24th. Never had one before so should be a learning experience. lol not looking forward to the gals getting smushed!! But hey all in the name of health huh.

Wow I wish we could manage to get my BF to have a band but he honestly only needs to lose maybe 30-40 tops lbs lol.. But man sometimes he can outeat me and that is a feat!! monica, hello, It is great to have someone going through it with you though. That should help tremendiously as you wont have what my BF does to me allot. bringing home stuff we aint suposed to have (not banded yet but diabetic) I am just thankfull my BF is fully supportive.even if I have to scold him for brining home junk lol. at least hes trying to find fat/sugar free. Wow whosyadaddy, thats just incredible!! I think I am jealous. LOL not really but way to go! Bleh I got up today to a voice mail to call the docs office test results are in I just went and had them done yesterday. Now I am worried :confused_smile: Froggie hang in there lady! Your doing pretty dang good already, even before the band. Heck your an inspiration that shows what good determination can do durring the long waiting periods.

wow now I feel foolish reading 21 pages of a year old thread and replying. guess I should start looking at the dates. Waaay past my bedtime.

I know I am late on noticing this thread but I can't help but comment on this one. Growing up catholic, then baptist, then several years of foster homes where I got to experience several variations of other cristian religions, jehova wittness, then penticostal, discovering wiccan/paganism as I got out on my own in life. So many times I found/saw/experienced firsthand the hypocracy in each religion, in all but the Wiccan/pagan religions. Maybe I was unlucky? Or maybe I was unhappy enough with aspects in each religion I was looking for faults. I dunno. But I sure found them. And at this point in my life one thing I am sure of. I am not against religion. But I am against organized religion that trys to tell people to live a certain a way but yet can't do it themselves. I'm a firm beliver that whatever religion a person choses is just that a personal choice. And noone has the right to try and force everyone to believe or live how one set group does. Wasa I agree with you here. 100% Religion should be kept firmly out of the laws. And it is funny how the loudest most obnoxious seem to have most trouble living by their own so called beliefs.