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Yes, I got a fill the 19th. I think I am up to 7 1/2 cc. I showed a loss of 7 pounds. Right now I am feeling restriction so I will do regular food for a few weeks and see if I am still losing weight. At 54 years of age its a lot slower than I had dreamed it would be. I got my band 10-10-2007 and still haven't reached the 50 pound mark yet.I keep telling myself I can do it.

Wow, the body bugg is expensive.

Went to Dr. today. Had lost 7 pounds. He was thrilled ask me what I did different. I told him about Atkins diet. He said he don't like that diet and he advised people to only go on a diet they could live the rest of their life on. When I ask about gaining weight back I was talking about with the lapband. I also went on Atkins when I was younger. Lost gobs of weight. Over the years gained it back and then some. I was on one diet or another from the time I was 14 until I got the band. Today, I started making notes of what I eat. Again. Maybe this time I will keep the notes more than 3 weeks. You know, I quit smoking 7 years ago, I can do this too.

Did you gain any weight back when you quit Atkins? My Dr. told me not to join Weight Watchers, they don't count calories and I'm not suppose to eat more than 800-1200 calories a day. I can just see the nurse's face if she found out I was on Atkins. That is very high calories and fat

Good morning everyone. I have had 6 cc put in and still feel nothing at all. Its like the nurse is missing my port. I had that much fill before and was where I felt like I needed to be, then I got sick, dehydrated spent the night in the hospital with an iv. Dr. said he thought it was from sinus infection, too much coughing and etc. He took it all back out and started me over again. Before when they would do a fill I could feel something then. Now its not there. All this while I have started gaining some weight back. I did the write down what you eat, no help. I even bumped the exercise up a notch. Still the scales didn't move down. Last week, I got upset and said enough is enough. Right or wrong, I started the Dr. Atkins diet.I have lost 5 pounds this week.I plan on staying on Atkins until the band starts doing its thing. I also plan on asking the Dr. to do the swollow test to see what the band is doing or not doing. Has anyone else done the Atkins diet?

We can do it everyone. We have been too far not to make it. Today I strated on www.livestrong.com its a free place to do support groups, enter exercises , enter foods, your weight goal, really neat place and its FREE... I decided today to do more than I have been doing. More exercising, more watching what I eat and how many caloties I take in.I promise myself to be "true" for 1 week and see if those mean scales don't start moving down , even if its just a little. I plan on asking my Dr. why they only give 1 cc at a time. So far , even after 6 cc. after a complete un-fill, I am not feeling anything at all.:laugh: Like the Little Engine that could, " I can do this" " We can do this" :hurray:

Wow, I am reading here about the fills, more than 1 cc at a time. My clinic gives no more than 1 cc. most times less than 1 cc. I had my fill 10-10-07, disappointed in the band. Lost almost 50 pounds in the whole time. Alot of that was the pre-surgery diet. It has been months since I lost anything. I write down what I eat, I exercise every day, no less than 30 minutes, all at one time. Most days I do extra time, no less than 10 minutes at the extra settings. My nurse is starting to get upset with me for not losing, I was at probably the sweet spot and had to have it removed, got sinus infection, band blocked. Probably all that coughing made it swell. Anyway , my Dr. took all my 8cc out and started over. My problem is that now with 6 cc, I am not feeling like there has ever been a band in place. My Dr. said the band doesn't stretch but how do you explain why I don't feel any restriction at all..... I still need to lose another 50 pounds at the very least.. Also , I do great during the day hours but at night I am starving. Tummy growling, the whole 9 yards. What can I do to master the after dark hungry sessions? I tried eating salads, fresh oranges, protein. Nothing works. I have even had spells of going to bed and waking up with the old growling tummy.

"Athlete's foot is a very common skin infection of the foot caused by fungus. The fungus that commonly causes athlete's foot is called Trichophyton. When the feet or other areas of the body stay moist, warm, and irritated, this fungus can thrive and infect the upper layer of the skin. Fungal infections can occur anywhere on the body, including the scalp, trunk, extremities (arms and legs), hands, feet, nails, groin, and other areas. Athlete's foot is caused by the ringworm fungus ("tinea" in medical jargon). Athlete's foot is also called tinea pedis. The fungus that causes athlete's foot can be found on many locations, including floors in gyms, locker rooms, swimming pools, nail salons, and in socks and clothing. The fungus can also be spread directly from person to person or by contact with these objects. However, without proper growing conditions (a warm, moist environment), the fungus may not easily infect the skin. Up to 70% of the population may have athlete's foot at some time during their lives." copied from http://www.medicinenet.com/athletes_foot/article.htm Does feet not get and stay warm in shoes? I didn't see anthing in the above that said someone has to be dirty to have athelte's foot. :confused_smile:

How do you get to the wood-cutting game?

Is taking your shoes off not a good way to get athletics's foot? :tongue2: