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Hi Lady Loca, I go through the same exact thing, I have always ALWAYS worn jeans ALLLLL year round because I had a teacher tell me my shorts were too short when I was in about the 5th grade. They were school regulation, she was just doing it because I was big. I wont wear shorts AT ALL or anything that shows from my knees up, I will occasionally wear a calve length skirt (that I made, YAY ME!) lol. But my freshman year I wore a skirt that I absolutely loved, and thought was gorgeous and when I walked into my Biology class with a lot of guys in it I felt soooo embarassed that I got my extra clothes out of my locker and changed because of the comments made about my "fat legs". Also I JUST started wearing cap-sleeved and sleeveless shirts because of my arms. MY feelings now is if they dont like it, they dont have to look because Im working on it and I know that I will be so fine after all my weight is gone that I wouldnt look at them anyway lol! Ive just gotten to where if they find it offensive for a big girl (or guy) to try to look good, and like everyone else then THEY need some psychological help, not me. Anyways, Ive dealt with a lot I mean ALOT of ridicule (especially with my sister being the bombshell that she is) and I just put it in the back of my mind, and now Im friends with some of the people that did it, I showed them the other side of me, the fun party girl thats forgiving and some have actually apologized for making fun of me in highschool because they didnt know me!

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The medicine isnt whats expensive lol its the doctor. I was taking Naproxen, but I ended up having an allergic reaction to it. Sometimes my knees arent too bad, like shopping! They dont bother me too much shopping, but I make sure I take breaks and dont do too much at once. I have an exercise bike we actually bought for my knees. The problem can only be solved through weight loss and toned weight loss can only be obtained through exercise, so its a bit of a pickle. My knees are not built like everyone else's. I have all my cartlidge and muscles like healthy knees, but my are ULTRA flexible my legs look like this when I stand ( ( It bends inward due to super flexibility (im like that all over my body). So when I walk or do the bike the reflex motion causes my knees to "super bend" and basically disconnect so when they pop back on the recoil it causes the soreness and pain and also weakens them (makes them like Jell-O) So I cant really walk, my knees slip out from under me so to speak. Maybe I can exercise in the ocean once I move to Corpus, that doesnt seem to make my knees pop out like walking and stuff like that does. I like to exercise, before my knees got so bad (due to my weight) I was walking about 4 miles a day (yes a day) and doing strength exercises, Im really not outta shape too too much, I dont have to take a breather too often just my knees due..

Thanks Ariel, I dont think college will change me on that subject seeing as Im from a small town and we get away with it (keg parties and such) so I have been around it, its nothing new except for being in a new city (oh and being in a CITY!) Lol, to tell you the truth I would rather shop all day than party all night, with some exceptions ofcourse.....I wish there were more young bandsters on. I would love to be a part of a support group, but there isnt one here and I frankly can not drive for 2 hours there and then 2 hours back to attend a 30 minute meeting yah know? So this is my support group, when I move Im going to try to find a good support group there, but for now I admit I wish I had someone to talk to face to face that was my age and going through some of the same stuff. People dont really remember what its like to be a teenager because they have matured so much, and its probably a good thing, just sometimes its harder to get advice when your 17 or 18 from someone who is close to 40 all the way to 50 years old. All of the comments and advice is valued to me very much, but I would like to be able to talk to someone closer to my age bracket just because of the better bonding and closer bond teens of today share to one another, just like when they were teens they all stuck together, so I like this thread a lot, I know Im just rambling, Im sleepy but cant sleep so Im preoccupying myself..................

Thanks I went to that fitday.com and signed up, mainly for the calorie counter which is terrific, now I can plug in simple things that dont come with calories (that we assume are noncalorie) and find out if they really have them or not. I just barely made it under 1000 today, Im not hungry, but I gotta figure out where to cut back at so that I can add in Breakfast. I actually like my slim*fast for breakfast every morning, but since July 6 I havent eaten very much breakfast because Im still asleep through breakfast time lol! I know Im a lazy bum, but I cant sleep at night, I think its all the coffee and warm tea I have to drink for my band (even when I drink decaf....lol) Im turning into a night owl, where as I always went to bed about 9 pm, and now its like 3 am before Im even considering sleep! P.S. I HATE SNEAKY CALORIES!!!!

I do what my doctor tells me to do just because he's the professional and has studied my eating habits and metabolism and such. I agree that I need exercise but I really cant do much my knees hurt really bad, I tried bicycling about a month ago and I couldnt walk for like a week and I wasnt even tired, my knees were just hurting. I wish I had a swimming pool, but I dont and I wont for a long time so I can not do swimming exercises although that would be the best way for me to exercise. Doc says less than 1000 cals a day, and 3 meals and ONLY 3 meals a day, so Im going to keep track of them in a book from now on. I think Mom has been sneaking cals into healthy food, she is so ignorant of food. We got in a fight a min ago about onions (if they had calories, I said yes she said no) Well they do I got an online calorie counter and they do have calories (lots of em really). Im just in awe after today how many calories Mom was sneaking into my "healthy" food she fixes just for me! And its just as bad or worse than what they are eating. As far as exercise, I tried Strip-Aerobics, but they were too much for my knees, as well as walking (my knees slide out from under me) and other exercises just kill my knees. The docs ALL say nothing is wrong except for some hyperextension...

I try not to drink too much at parties anymore after I found out how many calories liquor and juice has in it, not to mention wines and such, so Im getting calorie phobia I suppose because all I walk around saying is "too many calories" lol! But its fun to party and have a few drinks every now and then, but every weekend was killing me! I dunno how ppl do it and still look like bombshells ALL THE TIME! lol

Thanks guys....I went to wal*mart this morning and bought a lot of low calories, balanced food to prepare for myself, a lot of it is the frozen kind so that I can fix it quickly. Surprisingly the food is REALLLY good. Its the Michelina's Lean Gourmet for 98 cents a piece. I got 10 with the money Mom gave me, and I got 2 32 oz bottles so that I would drink my Water, and Im going to keep a food journal starting today so that even if the crack down doesnt work, then I can show my doctor what I am eating and he can tell me what to eat that will help. The knee exercise thing was really helpful...I love LOVE swimming (just not that much in public) the problem is I dont own a pool nor do I know anyone who does...I would love to get in on the water aerobics thing I think I would really like it. Next semester Im going to try to lose enough weight to enroll in a kinesiology course for exercise. I just wish I wasnt so broke, but I bought about 2 weeks worth of food for less than $20 today, so thats not too bad right???? I just hope that treating this thing a lot like weight watchers (Except count calories instead of points) will help. Hey, since me and Oprah are addicted to chocolate popsicles and I live in a podunk town I found some for only 35 calories a piece (blue bunny, sugar free!) and also, for a day when I didnt wake up for Breakfast I bought some Italian Ice cups (92 calories a piece) to satisfy my sweet tooth! I was surprised at how much health food prices have gone down in the last 2 years. Im going to try my own tofu tomorro, I dont really like it in restaurants, but maybe I can find a good recipe for home to cook it with... Wish me luck...I feel pretty good about this, I think lol (in french MDR)lol I just dont wanna look like this anymore

The only thing is I have used up all my money preparing for college, and my parents too. Just to go to town to see a friend (about 10 minute drive) I have to use money from a scholarship from my deceased Grandfather, that was meant for tuition. Ive already spent almost $1000 in scholarship money, let alone all my money from graduation gifts that I had to use to buy stuff for college. Im BROKE! I dont have the money to see my psychiatrist, to go to my lap-band doctor, to do anything but sit around the house. Mom gave me $20 out of spite today just because I asked her 2 weeks ago for a little gas money to go buy her groceries! We are so broke that MY PARENTS OWE ME $500! Thats how bad it is around here, so you all can understand my predictament. But Im going to buy some food stuff tomorrow and try to get enough to live off of for 3 weeks on that $20 and maybe some change I have. I have never had to live like this, I have to get to Corpus and get a job ASAP so that I can buy groceries and school supplies let alone a shower curtain, soap, and all that other stuff you need to start up (plus parking permit, lease agreement fee, and lab equipment). My clothes dont fit and I dont have the money to buy anymore and I have spent probably 2000 or MORE just getting ready to go to college....WITH NO BIG SCHOLARSHIPS! Ive never dealt with all this, and its all recent. I thot about going to the doc and asking for more anti-depressants, but I cant afford it, its terrible! and it just makes me more depressed about it. I wish I could exericise, its a natural anti-depressant, but it hurts my knees too bad. Im going to try and find some easy meals so not to bother Mom shes so grouchy and wont take the medicines that the doctors give her for her poor health, if she cant take care of herself how can she take care of me?

I just got another fill in June, I have had fills and then in Jan. an unfill because I was too tight, now Im to a good fill. I stopped losing weight a about a month after I got the band tho...I havent lost anything since like September (ofcourse I was dealing with the hurricane and stuff) but you woulda thought I woulda lost so much more, the surgeons thinks I shoulda lost about 80lbs by now. I dont exercise because my knees are so bad I cant. I tried last monday, I did a low intensity workout just to get me started and Im still limping around and stiff, cant go out and do nuffin because my knees froze up AGAIN....But I know people who started at my weight and build and lost 100 lbs without the exercise! I dont get it!@Q

MY hair was falling out, but I also had an overfill therefore I wasnt taking in nearly enuff proteins and stuff so I got an unfill, and bam within 2 oe 3 days my hair quit falling out...Now I think Im fuller than I was then but now my tummy is ready for the amount of the fill

Wow, how come you people get to eat snacks???? I was told 3 meals a day and thats it, drink water in between...........And I have HELL trying to stay under 1000 cals a day! I just dont get it, Im not losing any weight either!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE MYSPACE!!!! Im www.myspace.com/jodiewarner06 Its set to private tho for security reasons, so you can request to add me if you wish.....

Mi amigo habia asistado a Alemania ayer y el fue un buen tiempo. El habia hablado Alemania para tres anos, y el puedo hablar con soltura. Tambien el esta hablando Italia, Dutch, castillion espanol, espanol, y un poco frances. Es un muy bueno talento para el, pero me gusta englis y espanol yo usare estas idiomas mas que alemania y estos otros. Pasa lo buen tiempo!

Be very cautious using online translators because they are often very wrong because they can not distinguish between verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, whatever, they only see the word and basically do a random roll of which to use...............Trust me I got BUSTED on a Spanish Essay

Porque es muy divertida hablar en espanol y es buen practica para los gentes que quieren aprender espanol para tienen las surgecias en Mexico. *Because its very fun to speak in Spanish and its good practice for the people that want to learn spanish in order to have their surgeries in Mexico.*:huggie: But I understand why it is kinda weird to speak in another language when you speak English, but if its not your first language, although you may speak it perfectly its very hard sometimes to communicate with others....so sometimes its easier to use 2 languages to communicate instead of just one.....

hmmmmmmmm........... Johnny Depp (his eeriness is SEXXXY) Im totally addicted to him for some reason, and hes not like the guys I usually go for.................................................... My favorite thing in the whole world is listening to hispanics talk about how bog my but is while walking behind me and then....................BAM! Turn around and starting speaking Spanish to them!!!! ITS THE BEST THING IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!!!!LOL!!!!! I love the shock in their eyes, and then the profuse apologizing (in English) afterwards....................HAHA! Brings joy to my loooooooooooooooooooooong days

Wow, if you could bottle that I could just like drink it and make my tummy look like that I would be the happiest woman on earth lol! Looks great, Im trying to get mine to look like that

Ok so today I logged on just to see what was going on and found this option which I think is really great since I cant blog on Xanga or Myspace about my weight loss basically because I dont want anyone knowing my current weight ya know? IT just brings on heartache.......................So anyway this is definately more of a test run. I seem to have trouble losing weight, although I am having a hard time eating my food during my meals, and I am not snacking, trust me, we dont have groceries lol! Anyway I wanted to see what this was all about..............................:rolleyes :mad: :kiss2:

No not really, Im still wearing a 36C, where as I was in a 36B, but I think that taking the vitamins and eating correctly really surged my hormones so that I would fill out correctly. I think the shape of the cup really has a lot to do with the sizing also, MOST of the DD and DDD bras have a fuller coverage (longer cups that continue and then fade into the straps) so that may be whats going on there, I REALLY like to watch the OPRAH episode where she does the bra sizing, I suggest buying bras from Fredricks or Victoria's Secret or some other lingerie store (thats all we have here) and trying to stick to buying them from only the stores your sized at. I like Victoria's Secret the best though because they have SOOOOOOOOO many different types of bras, plus SUPER sales lol!

Hi guys Im 18, I was banded at 17! Its great, but I have problems, my surgeon says I should be losing weight a lot quicker than I am, that its supposed to fall off of teens, so I would like to see more young people on this who are banded so that we can discuss what we are doing and arent and compare what is going on between us so that we can all get on the right paths and share stories so that we can all get healthy while we are young and feel that there are others our ages out there experiencing the same things! This is great!

Yo creo que este es un muy buena idea!!!! Pero, mas personas con la banda no hablan espanol pero ellos fueron a Mexico para la surgecia!!!!LOL!!! Es muy comica, si? Puedo hablo en espanol muy bueno para la chica blanca (gringa) si?

Well I was down down for just a few days like 4 I think, but the day after my surgery I walked from the parking lot into Hobby Lobby and picked out fabric and walked back out, I was tired no doubt but I lived. I didnt do a lot of sleeping either I really just sat on my couch for those days. I had to walk around with a pillow to support my abdoman for a few days like maybe a whole week but no more than that. I still went to school and college with no problems except the clothes kinda bothered my incision sites. I still functioned pretty well so with some help you should be doing pretty well after about a week, although no heavy lifting for a while

Hi, Although this is barely relevant....................The strangest thing has happened to my boobs since I had this surgery.............................................................................IVE GAINED A CUP SIZE!!!!!!! I went from a B to a C!!!!!! This was so strange to me....................BUT I LIKE IT!LOL

Flour Totillas, Cokes, White Bread, Rice, White Poultry, Left-Over anything, OH AND SWEETS! (thats the hardest one, They go down but with a HEAVY price)