Jazzywoman

CHEERS for YOU!!! You will be so very happy... that is after a week or 2 from surgery. :thumbup: YOU will be so happy... CHEERS!!!

NUT addict here!!! I eat peanuts.. but I buy the ones in the shell so I have to crack them. I always get the unsalted ones cuz I tend to retain Water. Having peanust in the shell.. makes you have to work for them.. and seeing a nice portion of them actually tricks me into thinking I'm eating LOTS! It just takes work! Also... I LOVE nuts on my salads. I've gotton into a grilled chicken with dried cranberries, pecans or walnuts salad. YUM!

So... can you feel your food slip through the band as you eat? At one point, I never felt the food slip through.. now I do. From what you all are saying... I might need another fill. Oh.. and I sorta liked having the pain, too. It MADE me obey!

Smack him! Then tell him you would like to have plastic surgery together.. maybe he could get a face lift... remove some of his love handles... um... or even a man boob lift... *evil giggle* see how he likes it! :cool2: I think he loves you so much.. that he wants YOU to be happy.. and wants to do whatever it takes to help you achieve your goal.

I had one that didn't close all the way and started bleeding! Then a few weeks later, I did have the invisible thread coming out.. I'm sorry I wasn't online then.. :cool2: I've been on here in the middle of the night too... Huggles, LOTS!

Well.. sweetie!!! We all go through it!!! But... I do understand what you are talking about!! According to Mark Twain.. I have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened. ~ Mark Twain Quotes YOU have LOTS of support here.. .lean on them :cool2: Keep talking to everyone here... I'll keep you in my prayers! Huggs.!

When faced with a choice of where to eat.. the All You Can Eat Buffets are definatly OUT!! Oh.. and I asked for a kids meal, and they told me it would cost 2.00 more because I wasn't a kid!!! Duh.. it's the same food.. and my tummy is as small as a kids!

Banded December 27, 2008.. I'm older.. 49, and knew my weight loss would be slowwwwwwwwwww I'm down between 30-35 pounds.. and that's so much better than where I would have been! I haven't been exercising like I need to.. but my food choices are amazing.. even to me! :smile2:

OK... you messed up.. now it's time to make a change. My nutritionist told me that if I didn't make unwise food choices.. I was lying!!! I even told her about the box of candy I ate .. and then there was the half bag of Hershey Kisses that I covered with crunchy Peanut Butter. My emotions .. and my lack of being able to control them caused me to become fat in the first place. I can't say that my emotions are under control yet.. but my food issues are under control. Huggs, dear one... Now.. get back on the track and make wise choices. Right now.. that is the ONLY thing you can control.

My dr. just started not taking insurance and my fills are 100.00 each. Luckily, he took insurance when I had my surgery!! See if you can find another fill center. If you can't, then you could always tell the current fill center that you question their medical practices. Then tell them that you will be checking into their record with the Medical board. That should get them to listen to you.

I'd say find another dr. My dr. educated me about all 3 procedures. It was the dr. that said I would do better with the band. I have 70 pounds to loose. A friend of mine had 200. In her case, he suggested the bypass and she did it. In the process, she had a few health concerns, and even started to look really "baggy". Ultimately... it should be YOUR decision. You are the one who will make yourself succeed or fail. I chose the band because it was a slower weight loss which forced me to radically change my eating habits. I ate way too much fast food, sugar and carbs. Now.. I think about everything I put in my mouth and for me that's really a good thing. :smile2: Good luck on your Quest. I wanted my weight loss to be slow and healthy

Golly.. doesn't that stink!!! I wonder when we will ever reach that "sweet spot" that so many talk about. I'm right there with ya!!!