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hang in there! every body has those day's at some point,however I went to the fair with my kidd's and could not fit on a few ride's. They may have been a little skinnyer, alittle better dressed but who care's deep down your a good person and your dealing with your weight problem? You will get there at some point.maybe you can use this to give you a little push to help you do a little walking or some exercise,or thinking about what your eating. Good luck take care God bless you. ( life is good it's what we make it)

I was at walmart and found a video JUST MY SIZE for under $10.00 first one I ever saw that did not have a super model on it.Actual real sized person. The most important aspect in any weight loss exercise program is calorie consumption.Burning calories and increasing your metabolic rate to burn more fat can be achieved with either short sessions of high intensity or with longer sessions of low intensity. low-intensity "fat burning' work outs are usually recommended for people in poorer condition whose fitness level can't support high-intensity work outs. as fitness levels improve,the intensity of the work outs can be increased. this came from a fitness book fitness. I hope this help's any one just starting out on there weight loss journey. ARE you getting any Exercise in? And you can help your band out with a little exercise.

I' clicked on the poll but it did'ent let me vote! (Not banded doing fine) Hope every one is doing fine & losing weight.

I went through five scale's before I found one that was accurate! many of time's "I" picked that rotten scale up and was ready to throw it through the window many many day's. but it is a very good tool for weight loss! I have been up 7 to 9 pounds in one day mostly Water weight because I drink a lot of water plus eating super....you will always be heavyer at night/ jump on that scale first thing in the morning true weight. If you up a pound then you no that you have to do a little exercising? watch your food intake for aday or too. could just be water weight? "I" now love my scale it tell's me what I have to do that day to maintain my weight loss. If im up a pound or... two Im not going to get worked up as stress, is not good eather, so don't beat your self up! maybe more liquid's some walking. Good luck God bless.JOHNQ

Have you tryed keeping track of your calorie intake? For a few day's week So you can see how much your eating. and are you getting enough liquid's in? Good luck God bless JOHNQ

I hope you feel better soon! Have you tryed very light exercise to keep thing's moving? or just rolling it around. Good luck most of all God bless>

Im truly sorry for you! hope you can get through this with out to much stress! take care Will pray for you.

I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU CAN'T EAT THIS BUT THOUGT YOU SHOULD READ! SOMETIMES KNOWING THE CALORIE CONTENT IN A food ISN'T ENOUGH OF A DETERRENT TO KEEP US FROM EATING. LEARNING HOW MUCH WE MUST EXERCISE TO BURN IT OFF. CAN HAVE MORE OF AN EFFECT. HERE'S THE DISTANCE YOU MUST RUN TO BURN OFF SOME POPULAR HOLIDAY TREAT'S EIGHT ounce's of eggnog-3.25 mile's Three ounces of turkey-1.25 mile's One slice of pupkin pie-3 mile's One slice of apple pie-3.75 mile's One slice of pecan pie-6 miles three ounces of roast beef-3 mile's one cup of mashed potatoes-3mile's One cup of baked sweet potatoes-2.5 mile's One cup of bread stuffing- 4mile's two roll's with butter-3 mile's one cup gravy-2 mile's one cup of canned cranberry sauce-4 mile's one cup of string beans-1/3 mile's One cup of carrots-1/5-miles BEFORE YOU FEEL YOR FACE THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR EATTING AS ( CALORIE'S) ADD UP! tHIS WAS TAKEN OUT OF FITNESS MAG THIS MONTH'S ISSUE. TAKE CARE GOD BLESS!

Mark me down at 195.8 pound's ( male ) and dang good looking hehe.also happy married wonderful kidd's and blessed by "God".

EVERY BODY DOE'S IT! NOW IT TIME TO ( THINK ) ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE STICKING IN YOUR FACE! IS IT HEALTHY? do I really need it?........ what can I do to stop this! you can do it, you did the hardest thing getting banded now let the band work for you! Drink more liquid's and if your going to eat Ice cream let it be fat free close to it. there is Ice cream at walmart 98% fat free 180 calorie's eat that. I drink more liquids when I start feeling hungery it really work's. Good luck and don't be to hard on your self!

Pati-o Hello there is no perfect answer! out there for any one of Us Banded or not banded. Im not banded and have lost 114 pound's in now twevle month's I don't fight with my weight loss every day,However ,I think about if I go back to my old way's of eatting multiple plate's not caring about my health I'd blow up like a ballon again . "but I, made a life style change of eatting right and wanting to be fit and healthy so "I" can live longer and play with my kidd's. The band is only a tool to help you with weight loss! sure you can "EAT" around it by eatting to much not fallowing direction's but it is still the safest way to go by far! "I' think if you let it work it is a powerful tool in weight loss and no major surgery! weight loss to me is just a mind game,and you have to want to lose the weight. what ever you do I wish you luck and much sucsess and hope thing work out for you. this site is great, there are a bunch of caring people who help out people like me that are not banded! when it come's to being banded or any thing about the band you will only find the truth here! JOHNQ.

I was reading this in Men's health thought this would be great!This one thing could save your life in a emergency: Emergency ID. CARD the card that,in the event of an accident, will answer all your medical qustion's you may not be able to,such as "what's your blood type?' "are you taking medication? and 'do you have any drug allergie's think of it as a EMT cheat sheet... Im Banded my Doctor to creat a get-out of- dying-free card go to men's health.com/medcard, fill in the fields hit print Laminate carry with you. ( this was from men's health ) How is every one doing on there weight loss?

It will all grow back! it's a fair tryed for your health and better health for tomorow. My cousin died of Breast Cancer and she would not leave her house, It got so bad she would not let any one in . So I was just sitting around talking to three friends they asked me what I was going to do this day "i Said Im going to shave all my hair off and go visit my cousin. Next thing I no all of my friend's had shaved there head's and we went knocked on her door "lifted' are hat's and said we diden't want you to be the only bald one in the family. You should of shaw her face! I know it not the same thing it suck's that helpless feeling but it will grow back! Good luck and most importent healther you!

Get your family involved in your weight loss goal's its easyer to stay focused.. fun spending time with your family. And every one is getting healthy. Take care keep the weight loss fight up!

After doing that artticle on "Starvation" I' found my self running scared! "It was the first time in almost a year that I' Gained weight three pound's it don't seem like a lot but to me it has been great deal. Like ("Im losing ground.) So "I am back to 1000/1200 calorie's aday I have been doing 1500/2000 with out not much exercise Due to back, knee problem's. I found the Quest to lose the last ten pound's " now thirteen" has been the most Difficult! After losing all this weight... .... ... ....115 pound's ...................... "I almost Gave up! Because of this mental block I REALLY HIT THE WALL..........Hard. Can't go forward only backward. all do to some thing stupid like thinking I was staving my self at 1000/1200 calorie intake.. Well here "I" go climbing back up the weight loss ladder! not a roller coaster "I am going to lose this last thirteen pound's even if it kill's me. I' can not let my self go out as a loser,however,if it take's me two more month's or so to lose the weight that's fine. I wanted to say I did it all in a year but that won't happen now Dec 20th is to close. well take care any Idea's will help! JOHNQ

Starvation I have been looking this up. It's hard to find information on starvation that isn't given relating to eating disorders, and I want more than just that one branch of opinion. http://jaoii.lunarpages.com/bar.gif One article on POWs in Japan said they were on a "near-starvation diet of 700 calories per day". Most sources will agree that this is most definitely within actual starvation range. A diet article said that "to avoid triggering the starvation-adaptation response, you should consume at least 1,200 Calories per day if you’re a woman and 1,600 Calories if you’re a man." I think, though, that they were more concerned with the metabolism's slowing-down response than actual starvation. And I found a technical, encyclopaedic definition that seems pretty thorough: Starvation is classified into three categories based on caloric intake over time (Frisancho, 1981): 1. Acute - less than 600 calories/day for less than two weeks. 2. Semiacute starvation - less than 1100 calories/day for less than 30 days. 3. Moderate semistarvation - less than 1600 calories/day for as long as 24 weeks. Initial consequences of starvation are apathy, muscle weakness, and reduction of activity. Body weight loss is progressive. The body first extracts energy from carbohydrate stored in the liver and glycogen in muscles. Then the body burns fat to get needed energy for about two weeks. After that point both fat and Protein are used. After 24 weeks there is a loss of physical work performance. Individuals with a daily diet intake of less than 2,000 calories per day have impaired physical work capacity. Many sources agree that starvation causes some pretty typical behavior changes. Interestingly enough these new behaviors are the same as those usually found in eating-disordered people... a fixation on the body, an obsession with meal-planning and cooking, the tendency to hoard food or pictures of food, other compulsive-type ritualized patterns. I'm curious. How many of those traits do eating-disordered people start with, and how many show up on their own as a result of our food habits? A lot of doctors attribute our disorders to those traits, not the traits to the disorder, and therefore tend not to consider the possibility. And the article about the Minnesota starvation study has finally reared its pretty head. I'm so frickin' happy! I love this baby. It explains so many of those odd little quirks that plague me from time to time, and I think it's fascinating to see how starvation can turn almost anyone into an ED, at least for a while. I wonder if that's really how a lot of EDs begin. People with the tendencies start to diet, then their bodies kick into gear and yank them down. So it's not just a matter of willpower or self-control or "not letting a diet get out of hand" if some of us really can't mess with that without going nuts, is it? Go here to read the parts pertaining to the study, and here to find the whole thing (load the page, then click "psychoeducational"). http://jaoii.lunarpages.com/bar.gif untitled2.html An Endocrinologist Talks About Consequences of Starvation Problems Caused By Being Underweight IB Holocaust Project: Starvation, Cold, and Disease Levi - food, calories Primo Levi. Concentration camp survivor and author. Very interesting. Effects of Combining Low-Carb with Starvation Anorexics Sentenced to Death An article about how the USA's health-care system is failing anorexics. Practice: Case Examples, Practice Essentials and Frequently Asked Questions Digestive Reading 5 A Policy of Deliberate Starvation Details on the food situation in concentration camps. The Air Commodore Birchall on Leadership Not specifically about starvation, but worth reading. He kicks ass. Story of his experiences in a POW camp. THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 1, Ch. 2, Malnutrition Toothpaste Used Up the Rest of my Calories! A "normal guy's" response to a diet. http://jaoii.lunarpages.com/bar.gif home This was found on a site called fat like me! I hope every one out there is losing weight and doing it right,way. If you are going to count calories please do it with an open mind weight loss is good but not at the cost of starvation! I,am guilt of living around 1200 caolries daily and lower but at what cost long term? please read! I hope it made you think "that" all. http://jaoii.lunarpages.com/starve.html

"Im thankful for the weight I lost 112 pound's... For all that GOD give's me such as life! A great wife, loving kidd's and that every one is healthy!!!!!! and a nice warm house. And friend's like you that have pushed me at time's in guidence,and this site!!! I only hope that you will all meet your weight loss goal's because you are all winner's for getting banded and working on your own health issue's and all the other's. Take care most of all God bless you.

1 cup of egg beaters 120 calorie's 1 slice of potatoe bread 100 calorie breakfast lunch 2 cup's yoplat fat free yogert 200 calories 1 /12oz cup of gourmet Cappuccino 160 calorie's Dinner 2 cup's yougert 200 calorie's another cup of Cappuccino 160 and banna 100 calorie's for a total of 940 calorie's and 10 glass's of water so far... through out today! Ps hope all of you are losing weight!

You can do it Girl!!! You have the Power. Keep the faith you will be there! I kept a leather jacket for over ten years "now its to big. Every time you want that extra "Bite" think of those pant's....... you will be there. good luck.

Sorry Im late! hope your birthday "ROCKED" and that you are doing well?

<TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD align=middle>Gastric Bypass Surgeon Cited as Remiss</TD></TR><TR><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>Gastric Bypass Surgeon Cited as Remiss State medical board accuses the Riverside doctor of mishandling six fatal cases and five others "Im not banded but I did my reacher for Month's on weight loss surgery, Such as Gastric by pass............. Roux- en- y .....and the..... lap band..... and if "I" had to do it. It would be the lab band hands down,because its adjustable and mostly! not so invasive hard on your stomich and your system with less healing time no cutting! </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Hey" jon Im so sorry to hear about your trouble! I hope your insurence will cover it! this really blow's Can the Doctor be held accountable? Good luck! I' give you alot of praise for all your effort's this far.JOHNQ

wow! we all are winner's for taking the time to lose weight! "Keri" 30 pound's great job. with your weight loss!!!! I'd droped 14... I can live with that for now.Take care most of all God bless!

what about "Kashi" Protein & HIGH Fiber CEREAL. with yogert and fresh fruit......fat free Yoplait light yogurt 100 calorie's 18 for $7;38 SAM'S club price also trail mix......mixed dried fruit nut's have you tryed Quaker Yogurt dipps Granola bars 150 calorie's also breakfast bar's 130 calorie's per bar. well good luck.JOHNQ ( EGG BEATER'S ) the best!!!!! 99% real egg's Cholesterol free fat free low colorie One cup is plate size and only 120 calorie's.

Looking at the before after pitcher's alway's get me how your face's and smile's are so bright and aslo happyness with your own weight loss..... keep up the effort every one out there you look younger and great!! I hope that you all meet your weight loss goal's.JOHNQ