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Thanks!! What QUICK service!! lol Looks great. Beautiful belly you have there! I can't wait for mine to be back. Susan:whoo:

Thanks all. Anyone have pics of their belly...port showing or not? My aunt had a port a cath and it was more on the surface above her breast. I read that many are below the breast and some over the belly button. I would love to see..... Thanks again, so much. DH had a lot of questions and I felt that after reading a lot of the forum I could answer him better!! :eek: Susan

:eek:NO BREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:hungry: Are you out of your mind? I am Italian!! LOL......meant to be a funnnyy. Seriously, can;t bread be chewed thoroughly enough to be able to pass through the banded area? Thanks Susan

I have a running list. At times I have been able to cross things off. I'm writing it again since I am considering the LB. What are some of yours? Here are some of mine: -Be able to wear all of my small necklasces and bracelets and rings again. (18' is too snug now and my rings.....not worn for a long time) -wearing skirts -wearing shorts and liking it -wearing my bikinis again ( I HATED my body in them then....I long for them now) -wear a smaller sized shoe. I went from a 71/2 -91/2 -feel sexy confidence when wearing my "sexy" undies... -get that muscle line in my legs again..I loved that -shop in a non X store. -Be able to run again with my husband and not feel like I am dying. - have my feet not ache after a days work. - have the backpain subside a bit

Ok, more stupid questions, sorry. My husband and I have been talking baout this for a few days and we will have more silly questions I am sure. Ok, your "pouch" fills quickly and empties(into the remainder of your stomach) slowly via the LB so you have the "I am full" feeling and it's time to stop........BUT when the food gets to the bigger part of your stomach...it's not full anymore nor is the larger part anywhere near full....... Do you suddenly fly into a fit of unbearable hunger at that point? Susan

We are also addicted to TBL. DH or I will say "the chubbies are on tonight". I think they are very inspirational. We LOVE Jillian. Loved that she came back this season and KICKED BUTT! There is a line from when the Black team was on the beach (working out hard) in the beginning ans Jillie says "Hiut her harder, ,make her cry". Almost made me spit my Diet coke! We laugh..and thro that line around alot here. RE: Water loading. A gallon weighs 8 pounds. It is a very serious mistake to do. I am shocked that the trainers did not make a PSA about water intoxication/Hyponatremia. RE: Extra skin. Last year there was a guy who took his shirt off. He had a bit of a drape in his tummy skin. The womens arms all hang too, like Oprahs still do. Arms will be the toughest for me to shape up. Susan PS IF we ever win the lottery I would hire Jillian to come wake my ass up every morning to workout and "make me cry"!

:cryIn it's literal sense-- not getting enough nutrition to maintain weight. I understand about the restriction and the amount of food tolerated(not talking baout cheating). Stay with me a sec...please, I am not trying to be controversial. I have three friends who have had other kinds of WLS. I have thought" hey, I should just mirror them in eating and it'll work". Nope, they eat WAY too much food--they are all at least 3 years out of surgery. Sooo..if I mirrored a LB patient and chewed extra slowly and thoroughly...and stopped after so many ounces etc..it would work!? BUT...alas, I know I don't have that kind of self discipline. Getting to my question I promise.... So the LB forces us to do the above....effectively forcing starvation..and therefore losing weight?? If you CAN accomplish the results with the LB...couldn't you/we/I just do it with super strict supervision and no band?? (I get this way after a season of TBL ends......lol) Is a person getting enough of the vital nutrients with the LB? Thanks for any answers. Everytime I think I have made up my mind...I waffle. Thanks Susan<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

Hi. I have read and searched the threads about Vitamins. I know the multi will either be Flintsone or a liquid. I, however, take more "fringe"/atypical vitamins such as: COQ-10, Ultra B complex,antioxidants,herbal blend etc. Most of these are mini horse pills. Can they be tolerated after recovery/healing with enough Water? Also, what does a stuck pill feel like? Does it pass soon enough to not worry about it? Thanks, Susan

Thanks Wheetin, I read it. I'm thinking I mean malnourished VS the word Starvation. I type faster than I think sometimes. In reading MANY posts..I am coming across some of the baddies..like any forum...and I know that when there is a gripe about the procedure or lack of success there will be a lot of posts about it. My concerns are nutrition, PBs and all the rest. Read this morning that salads are a bug problem for a lot...but not for others. Fruit...and the bread thing.....sheesh. Thanks for replying.

Yes you helped, you guys are all so helpful. I will be looking for the poster above you reply in the other thread. So, it IS forced.....but, that is the tool. There is no ifs and or buts about it....you have to stop..or suffer the consequences. I get it. I still don't see where I must be getting all the extra calories from...must be portions. Susan

Messge delted and moved/retyped as it's own thread, sorry. I tried to just edit it and all I got were a thousand smileys in the body of the edit...so I deleted it.

I have no idea why I am fat other than too many calories and not enough expenditure? That should be a DUH answer but it is not that easy is it? I don't have any history of family abuse, abnormal relationships...anything which could triger unhealthy relationship with food. I have always been just under 140 lbs at 5'4" and when I hit that 140 mark it would trigger a panicked and rushed attempt to lose 5 pounds. My comfort zone was anything below 140. THAT was more than a decade ago. I did have one breakup ten years ago that I know hurt me and made me sad for a few weeks(normal??). I did notice a weight gain. I crept up to 160 and just didn't care. This next part will sound unreal but it is the truth for me(and some others??)--- I realized a year later that I was over 200 pounds. In 98 I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, my levels were within control after about six months. I had no significant weight loss while playing with my dose of Synthroid. A year or two later I was diagnosed with PCOS. Tried Glucophage and after six months of terrible bathroom visits I stopped taking that. The two diagnoses at forst gave me relief....therewas a REASON I was fat....a reason why it had become so friggin hard to lose weight. I know I eat well and do belong and actually go to a gym about 3 times a week. (I have to shake up my routine though because I only walk the tread and do some weights). In the last 9 years I have lost and gained the same 50+ pounds. I will not let either of the diagnoses be my reaons for failure. Do they make it harder to lose and keep weight off, YES. Do they make it impossible, NO! I have journaled(and been told I must be lying) my daily food intake. I have been away with friends and they see what I eat....and no loss. I think I eat too uch of the right things..I eat too fast. I'm thinking about LB I still don't know... Thanks for reading Susan

Can you sleep on your stomachs post op? Can you feel the port and does it hurt? Thanks Susan