Jill_S

I have a weird thing that happens once in awhile, and am wondering if anyone else has had this. Sometimes, my brain stops me from swallowing. Even if it's just Water. I get whatever it is in my mouth, and then suddenly, I find myself having to fight to swallow it. Even on an empty stomach. Even for no apparent reason. I don't think it's physical; it's more mental, because I *can* make myself swallow it eventually with no pain or repercussions. It's just...weird.

From: http://www.ahc.umn.edu/news/releases/weighing111605/home.html Study Suggests Daily Self-Weighing Should Be Emphasized In Messages About Weight Control MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (Nov. 16 2005)--University of Minnesota researchers found that people who are either trying to lose weight or avoid gaining weight do better by weighing themselves daily. Study participants who weighed themselves daily or weekly had better weight outcomes than those who weighed themselves less frequently. Daily self-weighing should be emphasized in clinical and public health messages about weight control, according to the new study published in the December issue of Annals of Behavioral Medicine. Previously, clinical and public health recommendations for better controlling body weight did not emphasize weight self-monitoring. In addition, well-known weight-loss programs do not widely recommend participants weigh themselves daily; instead, many programs recommend weekly self-weighing. Public health recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control do not include self-weighing at all. “Our study showed that higher weighing frequency was associated with greater weight loss or less weight gain after 24 months,” said lead researcher Jennifer Linde, assistant professor in the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health. “If people notice that their weight has increased, they may try to make that small correction rather than try to compensate after gaining a larger amount of weight.” The research team evaluated self-weighing practices of more than 3,000 people participating in two different groups—those involved in a weight-loss program and those in a weight-gain prevention program. Both groups received the directive to weigh themselves at least once a week. The first study group consisted of 1,800 obese or overweight adults enrolled in a weight-loss program. Participants all had a body mass index (BMI) of at least 27 and were randomly divided into three groups: a telephone-based weight-loss intervention, a mail-based weight loss intervention, or a usual-care control condition. The researchers weighed them every six months for two years. The average 12-month and 24-month weight losses of 1.3 and 2 BMI units respectively, were in the clinically significant range. The second group consisted of 1,226 adults enrolled in a weight-gain prevention trial, all with a BMI above 25. They were randomly divided into an educational weight-control intervention, the same educational intervention plus a reward for returning self-monitoring postcards, or a minimal-contact control condition. The researchers weighed the participants at the study's outset and every year for three years. In this group, the researchers found that the control group decreased weighing over time, and both intervention groups increased weighing over time. Even though weight maintenance was the goal for this group, daily weighing also led to weight loss at the 12- and 24-month time points.

A PB for me usually starts with that horrid feeling in your chest, then I cough up a bunch of slime, and whatever didn't go down right. It's always a cough, never a retch for me. I have only had one PB "accident" where I didn't get the bathroom quick enough - and boy, once you do that, you don't wanna do it again. Sliming is your body trying to produce enough lubrication for whatever is stuck to slide down (I think). Sometimes it works, sometimes, I sit at the sink or toilet and spit out several mouthfuls of it. It's gross. Graphic enough for ya? lol.

I'm about 3 pounds ahead of it, but at first it was almost right on the money. Calories aren't an exact science - well, when we track them ourselves lol. I might have eaten less than I thought I did, or something.

6 months here, 39 pounds. And happy with it

I weigh every morning too. I'd seen reference to that study in 3 different magazines I read, so I went looking for it online. I wanted to see how many people actually do this

goodness. Thank you SO much for making me feel less alien

(*dons flame-proof suit and prepares for it*) Everyone is judgemental at some point, on some point, for some reason, every day. Try and get through the day without having one thought that is a criticism of someone else. I'll bet you can't. If you can, you're probably fooling yourself. We judge people on TV. We judge our neighbors, our friends, our family, our co-workers, people on the street, people who cut us off in traffic, people who jump ahead in a line at the store. So maybe you don't do it here. Or maybe you do it, but you don't actually post it. Or maybe you do it on another board or email list or silently to yourself while you're sitting in traffic caused by a moron who had to change lanes at the last minute. Something as simple as having a thought such as "I would have done that differently...." or "That's the wrong way to do that." or "You should try it this way." is judgemental, because you are criticizing someone else's actions, even if you're doing it nicely. So, could we please try and refrain from referring to people as judgemental? Seeings as how unless you are an absolute saint, or someone who does not have a lot of thoughts, we are all guilty of it. If we could perhaps leave that word out of these sorts of discussions, we might actually get to have the discussions without them turning into a mess of hard feelings, anger and outright name-calling. Feel free to judge my assessment of humankind. It's in our nature, as human beings.

About 3 years ago, when I first started considering surgical options for my weight loss, I discussed it with my husband and my parents. All three were dead set again a by-pass, so it wasn't until a friend of mine had a band done 2 years ago that I finally got them turned around. Since then, the only people I've told are close friends, and my boss. Some of my family knows (from my parents), and some don't. I personally haven't told anyone - not because I'm ashamed, but just because it hasn't come up. If it does, I'll tell them. This little piece of plastic inside me is something I'm very happy for. It's a personal decision, and I tend to think that folks who keep their private lives private would be most apt to keep the band private, too.

Thanks much It ain't easy, but it's better than the alternative :Banane40:

Pre-op was 2 weeks before surgery for me. Mushy food and liquids mostly. From April to 2 weeks before the surgery I lost 20 pounds. From 2 weeks before to the date of surgery, I lost 11 pounds Since surgery (9/21) I've lost 39 pounds. Everyone's different I think, because every doctor's diet is different. I knew they wouldn't turn me away from surgery if I didn't lose weight, but, they'd be much more skeptical about it working. And I don't blame them I guess.

For me, it is a problem with willpower. As in, it's helping me get some by learning the hard way that eating things that are "bad" for me are not going to get me what I want. This is not to say that it always wins *chuckle* but it's defintely got over a 50% success rate. But it isn't that because "it's a willpower problem, I don't need any help" - quite the contrary. My band is my help.

"This is a cruel, cruel thread" -- Signed, Jill's Paypal account

I do agree that sometimes, our anger or our feelings of outrage do seem to get the best of us. Thing is, it's difficult to know who will take offense at what Sometimes, no matter what you say, someone will be offended. I guess with me, I try to decide if it's worth the risk offending people before I say anything at all. Sometimes, it is. Because as another thread stated not long ago, sometimes, we all need a swift kick in the pants. Other times, it's not worth it. At those moments, I give myself a little smile, and flip to another thread. The last thing I need in my house is someone else's drama. Many of us - myself included - have very strong opions about certain things. Those of us with those feelings may try and try to come up with a way of expressing them in such a way as not to offend. But again - there are people that will be offended no matter what, if you disagree with their point of view. I try very hard to make points as generically as possible. That's all you can do, if you're trying to avoid a flame war while stating your point. /shrug

I did. And I have my own solution. Your mileage may very, etc. etc..(it won't work for everyone - the band is it's own brand of madness on each of us) Croutons! On a whim, I picked up a bag of Marie Callendar Parmesan/Ranch croutons, the fat free variety. When I was on a low-fat diet several years ago, these (in small amounts) alleviated my cravings for fritos (the bane of my existence). 5 good sized croutons have 30 calories total. They're bread (albeit hard and toasty) and they really do kick that craving for me. (*crunch* *crunch* *crunch*) I throw 5 (or 10, depending on the calories in the rest of my meal) on my plate, and eat them after my Protein. It's just enough to make me not feel like I'm missing my good ol' texas toast, and not too much to make me feel a need to PB, even with relatively good restriction. Sometimes, it pays to think outside the box (or, bag, in this case).

I bought a new scale. I had an ok digital scale that I got at Target about a year ago. It's served me well, but it has a weird thing - I could get on it twice in a row, and it would be a pound different. (Meaning - on, off, let it reset, back on..). I decided, since I have now fully invested myself in weight loss (as opposed to before the band), I deserved to have a nice scale. So I bought a Tanita. Thing is, the new scale is about 3.5 pounds off from the old one - in my favor lol (new weighs me as less) but still, it's weird to mark a new weight in the spreadsheet when the old scale has me the same as yesterday. I'm going to Celebrate the 3.5 pound difference, rather I lost anything or not What kind of scales do you use? Are you happy with it? Do you only *really* count what it says at the dr's office? (I know some folks do that).

Your avatar resembles Kevin Smith. I am known for my crush on Silent Bob So I guess I'm agreeing with Heather lol.

I have a couple packs of the Peanut Butter Cookies...I didn't care for them, shall I send them? lol I like the Cheezits (Keebler) better than the cheese Nips (Nabisco), but the only sweet one I buy are the graham cracker ones now. The Oreo ones scare me for some reason, but that's probably cause I'm not a chocolate nut.

Nabisco 100 calorie packs. Eat ONE piece at a time, chew it up til it's completely gone before grabbing another. Those snack size bags of popcorn are good, too. Suck down a Protein shake. They fill me right up, might for you too. Sometimes distractions don't work and you have to cave. Better to cave with something not so destructive

They are my saviors http://www.nabiscoworld.com/100caloriepacks/

I keep a couple south beach bars and some of those 100 calorie packs in my desk at work. I also left some bars at my folks' house, just in case. If they didn't have a coating on the bottom, I'd leave them one in my car - this time of year, I could - but come summer - icky.

*chuckle* well, it was a theroy From my own personal observations. As I said, I'm a student of sexuality. I pay a lot of attention to innane details that people wouldn't typically recognize. This is just something that - especially from this thread - caught my eye.

That's what I did. And I was off caffiene for about a month after the surgery. That was mostly because I was scared of it :omg: Now, I'm back to about a half pot a day, and a happy girl. Tho, I stop at 11am, and unlike before the band, I don't have 3-4 diet pepsi to get me through. I'm cold-turkey off sodapop again

Yea -- that's why I said no absolutes Everyone's different, but there are definte patterns...

Okay, I don't mean to get all philosophical here, but I'm kinda a student of sexual behavior (don't ask, just pretend you didn't read that), and I see a definte pattern here that I'd like to ask about. (I see it in myself as well.) I could have sex every day of the week without fail. I have been like that since my late teens, and I'm 41 now. It sounds like, from the ladies who've replied, I'm defintely not alone in that. However. I have lots of thin(ner) friends who absolutely do NOT share this desire - actually, none of my friends that are within 20 pounds of their ideal weight share this desire. Hmmm. As in all things studied, there are, of course, no absolutes here. But I think it's fair to say (in my experience...in my experience...) that those of us with on-going, former or current weight issues have a higher sex drive that all of those skinny..er....thinner friends of mine. Anyone have similar experiences? Comments?