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SKIP the liquid vitamins. They are very expensive and taste worse than you can imagine. I take Flinstones chewables with Iron and a Calcium chewable. As for Isopure, there's not much you can do. I just dealt with it for the week and a half.

Very interesting, thank you for posting it.

Rene, I don't know how you do it. I have tried that eliptical machine a few times, and I get to about 30 seconds before I am in pain. Statistically speaking, the odds of me getting back on any time soon are about 3% with a +/- 5% of accuracy. All this coffee talk going on. Has anyone ever had Green Mountain Coffee? They have all sorts of flavors if you like that, but thier orignial "Our Blend" is just great. Anyone have any good tactics for dealing with all the upcoming Holiday Parties? I am just picturing this scene with all sorts of great food and drink, and I am walking around with my Water bottle and South Beach Diet bar.

So if they only have a hundred bands between them, I am suprised that they are not taking Medicare/Medicaid or any old plan that comes thier way. Usually the way the game is played, is that you take whatever you can, then when your numbers are real high and reputation established, you slowly start eliminating plans that you accept starting with the ones that pay the least.

Rene, funny thing about Ikea. Every time I put something together that I bring home from there, I consistantly say "never again". But then I wind up back there for some reason. Celestial Seasonings was nice enough to put a sample of their new Chai Tea in today's newspaper. I am enjoying a cup as a type. I must say, it is very good. The calm is coming over me.

13 Lbs, that's great! Well, I'm in a pretty good way because I have 3 whole days off in a row! Today and the weekend. My wife went to the craft show at the meadowlands, so I had Zach all day after he got home from school. I'm not sure what we are doing over the weekend but at least it's not work. I heard back from a second Life Insurance company, better news, they don't want to talk to me until 6 months after the surgery. (the first one wanted to make sure I was still alive after a full year) So as long as I don't die in the next 3 months, I guess it will be OK. When this is all over, I will do something positive with all this frustration and find a way to let future banders know how to avoid this for themselves. Halloween wasn't to bad, we never get trick or treaters so there was not candy around, but I did crack during Zach's party because DW put out a spread with tortilla chips and guacamole etc. I broke down and had two or three fully loaded chips with a small glass of sangria. Thanksgiving will be no big deal food-wise for me but Chirstmas and New Years will be a challenge. I know I can't eat the pizza bagels, but the miniature hot dogs should go down as easy as a chicken nugget.

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Am I the only guy in NJ on LBT? Come on men, I know you must be out there! Post a message and let everyone know the guys are here in force and we are going to talk about important lap-band topics like, what tools are important to buy at Lowes & Home Depot after you get the band.

¿ Donde es Taco Bell ?

Yeah, Eileen Rene is right, I have half a jug of that stuff left, you are more than welcome to it if you want it.

We went to ZOO BOO at Van Saun Park last night. The haunted train ride was great but Zach was freaked out, he was much too young for that. The lines were crazy, people were waiting 2 hours to go trick or treating in the zoo area.. it was a zoo. Zach is going to the halloween parade in town today and the fire department is doing some type of fire prevention demo, so I'm sure he will be more focused on climbing on the fire trucks than the parade. Unfortunatley I have to work today and tomorrow so I am missing the fun.

I took Nexium every day, but since the surgey off meds completely, no more reflux.

I know this should have been posted under the joke of the day thread, but get this: Today I was told by a major life insurance company that I could not even apply for a policy because of my recent lap-band surgery. Apparently I must wait a full year before they would consider me because (I could die) or regain the weight. They swear they understood that it was not the bypass surgery. So now that my blood pressure is 110/70, I am off ALL BP, and GERD medications, my high colesterol is gone, and I am 50 pounds lighter than I have been in 20 years, I am just too high a risk to insure.

Laura, don't be so hard on yourself. I would argue that you were not prepared for the presence of such food items, therefore using the reasonable man standard, your actions would be consistant with the actions of someone in the same or similar circumstance. Further, the was no forseeability on your part. There was no expectation or anticipation, that food of that quality would be present. Even if there was an expectation of food in general, it was likely to be common and of little interest. Further, if it was clear and without question that food would not be served, then clearly a situation of detrimental reliance exists.

I feel a great sense of relief also. (That's in addition to feeling 100% East) lol, Just kidding Mouse

Dr Ballantynne will visit you first thing in the morning, if there is nothing going you will be up and out the door before 11 AM. So tell DH to come around 10 for you. Check those chewables and make sure they have Iron, an Iron supplement is too much Iron. Also they will tell you to use a calcium suppliment. I'm sure you can get those cheep but if not, Walmart has a chewable. You may want Adult Liquid Tylonol in the house. If you didn't already do a really good "before" picture, don't forget. As for November, I really doubt it, I am still on the 4-12 shift, so I would have to work.

That is great Eileen! I am very happy for you. Let me know if you need anything.

Yes, they have it everywhere, and yes it still tastes like Taco Bell. They use chopped tomato, cilantro, and onion, in place of the sour cream & cheese. I think it's a great alternative.

Taco Bell: Ranchero chicken Soft Taco, Fresco style - 4 grams of fat, 170 calories. Even if you got two of them, still pretty guilt free.

HEY, what did I miss? Did you get approved and I missed the excitement?

Yeah, Aint I easy to please?

OK, enough with the rain... this is getting out of hand here. What's everyone doing this weekend? I have to work, but tomorrow after I am done at the doctor, we are going to costco, which is almost as fun as Walmart as long as we keep an eye on the impulse purchases.

Good morning everyone, Over the weekend we went with some friends to China Town in NYC for Dim Sum, I can honestly say this was the first time I really felt like I was missing out. I could only eat one dumpling and a small peice of chicken and I was done. The restaurant thing is not working out for me, I guess I predicted that. Anyway China Town is always fun so it wasn't a total bust. Now that I am on a normal shift, I have been able to work alot of overtime which I couldn't do while on the night shift. The extra money is helping out. We have a wireless connection at work so I can get on the internet which makes the overtime that much more enjoyable. As for Lap-Band news, I am thinking about writing an essay titled: THE MYTH OF "THE LAP-BAND AINT NO MAGIC BULLET".

Now that sounds good!

Happy News: I am now at my 1/2 way point in weight loss goal! In otherwords, I lost 50% of what I want to.