Brandy~

Good Luck! I have never had a flouro fill. I would like to sometime it would be neat to see.

Her appt is today right? Let us know how it goes :tt1:

We know each others financial history and we own a house and cars etc. That's the only debt though... He pays the credit cards off each month. I just wouldn't know who to contact for life insurance, retirements, monthly bills etc. I know the bank he uses... Maybe I should see if he put the info in his will. Bad time to tell him I am leaving my 1/2 to my Bull dog :tt1:

Yes you can still take Birth Control Pills. Weightloss can increase your chance of pregnancy so I would strongly recommend it lol.

Here SNT. I posted it yesterday too.. This is my baby.

We were together for almost 10 years and just got married LOL we still don't have joint accounts. I write him checks to deposit in his account since he pays all the bills. He doesn't ever ask whats in mine So I just skim the checks I give him here and there if there's something I wanna get him as a suprise or if I want. But the great part is he pays all the bills.. I wouldn't know who to pay if something were to happen to him :w00t: I am still 21lbs from goal and considering adding more to mine too... But I don't want to cause it might look like I gained some lol Yesterday I chased mine with peanut M&M's :tt1:

Thank you "Mom" for the information and answering the million questions I have. It sounds like a whole different story than I was thinking. I do have to say though that if she has restriction, she drinks her Water, and gets in atleast something in the exercise dept something will give. We can't all be perfect when it comes to the band and eating. I know I am not. I don't always want to fess up to it either and honestly... sometimes when I do slip I don't tell on myself... and no one sees it because I ate alone. I am not saying thats what she is doing. I am saying there could be something that she is eating knowingly or unknowingly that is curbing the weightloss. For me.... it's Wine. I love wine. I know she is 18 but mine is just an example. Even if I have 1 glass a day thats a few hundred calories. If I get rid of the wine for 10 days that's 1lb I could have lost. You sound like her biggest fan and that couldn't be better for her while she is going through this. WLS is an emotional rollercoaster! We're happy, we're sad, we feel skinny, we feel fat.... It all is something we have to learn to control. Weight isn't all physical.. She will be fine I am sure.. But she really should go see a therapist. There's probably lots in her life or in her past that she would benefit from getting off her chest. You may even want to attend local meetings for WLS patients and families to know how to better deal with the situation. I can't express enough that she needs to be on here getting support. Don't you think she would like to see all the posts from people that say OMG I am never gonna lose the weight and 3 months later they are losing once they learned what it was? This site has kept me sane and that is a hard thing to do.

Ahh I love my slate floors :huh2:

3/23 was my 11 month anniversary I weigh 181 with 90 pounds lost

Thanks girls

The only pill I can't take whole is a Dayquil tablet LOL That things huge and I learned the hard way.

I donate them. I use it as a tax deduction. At the rate I go through clothes and all the shopping I do I could use the deduction. That last trip was 92 shirts and 32 pairs of jeans. I even got to ditch some shoes that were too wide Hubby loves the write off it clears up some of the cost of all the shopping I do at the mall now lol. House cleaning for my closet is scheduled again for May. I have been trying to do it 3x a year till goal.

My understanding is the mastiffs are the males and they use artificial insemination English bullies also are artifical insemination and must be delivered csection.

Being 18 is very young. She has made a life changing decision.... If she is counting on you emotionally at 18 she might not be all in it for herself yet. Water- Does she like crystal lite? It's sweet and helps you get in Water while making you feel like you have had a yummy sweet drink. What about teas? of course they have to be decaff to count towards liquid intake. This is something she must change to become healthy. I fill up a gallon jug of crystal lite a day. I make sure I drink 1/2 that gallon everyday to get my liquids. It's not the most fun thing to do but I must do it until it's just part of a routine. Somedays I find now that I am drinking more than the 1/2 a gallon. As a bandster she shouldn't be drinking with meals. The main reasons that I cannot keep food down is when I drink right after or with a meal. She should quit drinking atleast 10-30 minutes before and after meals. This allows her to get all her Proteins in and keep her satisfied for longer. The Fluid flushes the food right out and she will be hungry much sooner. She might want to consider treating herself every so often to a non fat sugar free pudding or something similar. This is only 60 calories and helps to cure the sweet craving. This obviously shouldn't be a staple though. My doc does fills like you're mentioning. I lay down he puts the needle in, I stand up and he fills the band to max capacity, I take a swallow of water and once it's sitting on the band I tell him and he slowly takes fluid out. Once I feel it slipping through I tell him and he stops. He only had to do this one time and I haven't had a fill since.... That was 6 months ago. I feel like the band has opened up slightly and may consider a fill again in a few months but I would rather see how I am doing then and not worry about it. From the sounds of it I almost think you're more vested in the band for her than she is.. is that right? I don't mean anything bad. I just get a sense that you want more for her and I am not totally convinced that she was armed with all the tools she needed to succeed at this. Was it her idea to be banded? Does she go to a therapist about her issue of why she got so overweight? We all have our own reasons that for sure.

Yeah tap he gets laughed at alot.... He thinks he is a border collie. We have 2 other dogs both border collies in the family. He thinks he can keep up with them and swim, dive, catch balls etc... It's a sad reality that he doesn't even seem to realize lol. He's the next to be banded... then on to my 20lb cat..

ROFL That's where he gets it then.... He is an English Bullie. Initially they bred a mastif and a pug to get english bullies. He is too fat to swim so he has to wear a life jacket outside in the summer. He likes to fall in the pool alot.

Oh man just don't let short hair on a dog fool you. I didn't think mine would shed like he does since its so short.... BULL! He sheds everywhere and it's so freaking hard to get off of things. He is SOOOOOOO worth it though

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Good luck Tap!

I lose faster when I don't stick to meals. I am not a model bandster though I am sure. But in my experience... I stuck to the 3 meals a day for about the first 5 months and only lost about 1/4 of the 111 I wanted to lose. I then got more fills and my restriction was too much to eat a full 3 meals and get enough Protein. I now eat a tiny breakfast, handful of nuts around 10am , lunch around 1230, dinner around 5pm and then more nuts or a sugar free pudding etc in the evening. I lost about 65lbs since changing it up and I am about 21lbs from goal. I am at a little standstill for the last couple weeks but thats expected since I don't have alot more to go. Always take the advice of your doctor though.

I just stocked up on a few the other day and walmart only had the single serve ones. Even those are too big for me I just cut them in about 1/2. I take 1 serving of the yogurt, 1 tablespoon of honey, and a 1/4 cup of granola. I think I get about 24 grams of Protein and around 200 calories. That holds me over to lunch.

I am obessed with cooking/food/nutrition/recipes... No joke. I will spend 2-4 hours cooking something and eat 1/2 a cup of it. It's just my thing now. I watch endless cooking shows and tips... I have tons of magazines, bookes, cookbooks. You can never learn too much I think that when I go out to eat though I think of ways I can always make their recipe better lol. My second addiction is shopping. I do it atleast once a month.. I probably own about 20 pairs of jeans right now and will have to replace them again very shortly.

Lordy I don't even have enough time to get the laundry done let alone put creases in things! I am lucky that I work for a jean designer so I get to wear casual everyday and hubby is IT admin for a business that is all casual too Saves me lots o work.

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I am a little concerned "mom" that if your daughter had that much restriction and she wasn't losing that something else might be going on. I also hope that it is the band though. Have you seen a nutritionist? Is she learning how to eat better and what to eat? Does she get in all her liquids and avoid any caloric liquids? Was/is she a sweet eater? Just things that might help with getting support. I was a volume eater so the band seems to work great for me. Give me a super sized meal from McDonalds, a dark corner and 5 minutes.... That's what I would do. Luckily I don't like sweets since they are the bands enemy. You should have your daughter on the forums getting support or atleast point her this direction. We're not all bad... but we try to be honest.