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HOORAY! Maybe now we can begin to stop the last greatest human rights violation of our time in the United States!

If I ever get divorced from my husband, I will marry a woman! Yes I will!

How DARE the government tell me who I can or can't marry (as long as it's consenting adult!)

I knew it was WRONG to deny Gay people the right to get married when I was four years old! I wanted to marry my best friend Kristin and my mom said I couldn't because two girls could not get married and I was like "WHAT?!?!?! WHY NOT?????????? WTF???"

GAY MARRIAGE NOW!!!

He is a disgusting excuse for a human being. I hope he gets what's coming to him. I have faith in karma.

The moment Fluid drops out of your body, your blood pressure drops also. That's why people on low-carb diets often have lower blood pressure as carbs hold Water in your body. This change in blood pressure can come indeed within days.

When the saw the thread title I thought it was a thread for people who hate Dr. Phil. Oh well, now I'm diappointed. No offense maudeispam but I think Dr. Phil is a jackass.

I was feeling really great about myself because I'm down to a size 16/18, when I went shopping for tights. Now, I haven't worn stockings or tights in years because even the biggest sizes were too small for me, but I got up the courage to get some because I had a size 16 (!!!) dress I wanted to wear to meet my girlfriends for tea.

There I was in the drug store, looking at the regular "queen" size stockings, which only fit up to 195 pounds (! I haven't been in onederland since I was a teenager! 195 is Queen size?). So then I grabbed the 1x size, and they fit up to 210 pounds. Well, to make a long story short, I was at the top end of the 3X size, the biggest size they had available!!! UGH!!!!!!!!! what a huge disappointment!!!

How can I be wearing a size 16 dress yet a 3X stocking? I HATE stockings! The people who make up those sizes are ASSHOLES!

There, I'm done ranting.

I eat pizza and hot wings all the time, whenever the mood strikes! I got my band to enjoy small portions of delicious food and have been doing so for eight months to the tune of nearly 60 pounds lost! Calories in, calories out. And no, I do not have a "fast metabolism" and I'm no different from anyone else. It's a myth that bandsters should stick only to healthy foods 24/7. The French sure don't and they're all thin! (of course they do exercise alot too but they eat pastry, cheese, and cream sauces almost every day!)

1. Doctor prescribed diet (1,200 calories a day; I was 10 years old)

2. Jennny Craig

3. Nutrisystem (twice)

4. Weight Watchers (5 times joined in person plus twice online)

5. Slim Fast

6. Susan Powter (low fat/fat free;did not lose one ounce)

7. Xenical

8. Herbalife

9. Chitosan (supplement that absorbs fat; gave me an impacted bowel)

10. Atkins

11. South Beach

12. Sugar Busters

13. Suzanne Somers

14. Eat Right 4 your Type

15. The grapefruit diet

16. The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet (this one made me gain weight)

17. Iodine supplements

18. The apple cider vinegar diet

19. Fit for Life

20. The Zone (This made me feel like I was going to pass out from starvation all the time)

21. Fasting

22. The diabetic diet

23. Scarsdale

24. Calorie counting on my own (whenever I wasn't on a particular plan)

25. The Hollywood juice Diet

I'm sure there are others, but that's all I can come up with for now. I have been on a diet almost every day of my life, and as a result shot up to nearly 300 pounds. So far, I've lost more with the band than I have ever lost on any diet in my life: 58 pounds!

I've averaged 1.7 pounds per week since my surgery. That's an average and I certainly don't lose every week, but I just calculated it today and am happy with that rate of loss. If I continue that rate of loss I will lose 88.4 pounds by February.

I've been very tired lately. I'm thinking of starting Iron supplements...

Yesterday:

Breakfast: 3/4 cup plain yogurt

Lunch: 1/2 cup spicy lentils

Dinner: 4 pieces of a sushi roll and two pieces veggie tempura

Snack: Indian fenugreek bread and steamed cabbage

Today:

Brunch: 1/2 of a crab cake

Snack: a latte

Dinner: probably a slice of pizza and a bit of salad

I think I eat fewer carbs by default in that by aiming for 60 grams of Protein per day it automatically reduces my carbs. But I don't strictly count either. I tend to stay under 1,400 calories a day with 1,400 being my rare days when I "pig out". Most days I'm probably at 1,000-1,200. Protein makes me much more full than carbs, so I find myself avoiding them in favor of protein rich foods. But other than that it's anything goes!

I become ravenous three days before my period and stay that way until my period starts. There's nothing I can do but try to eat healthy. I do eat more during that time, but so far it has not caused weight gain. I definitely don't lose during that time though!

My doctor said "use your common sense. A champagne toast now and then is ok, but don't drink gallons of soda every day because it could cause discomfort." When I asked him if it would hurt the band, he said no one really knows but it's a "theoretical" risk. I myself enjoy a Guiness now and then. It barely has any carbonation as it is and I think the carbonation in beer is different than in soda anyway.

What happens when a band patient gets down to goal weight or to a normal BMI, but then needs to have the band removed due to slippage, erosion, or reflux? Because they would then be at a "normal" weight, would they still be able to have a conversion to another surgery? I know if I lose all my weight and then lost my band I would gain it all back because without the band I am soooo hungry! I'm trying to look toward the future and am wondering if anyone knows the answer to this question?

My favorite is: "Can't you just eat less and exercise more?"

DUH! If that worked I wouldn't need the band!!!

I think it would be awesome if people married those of different races a whole lot more, so that we could eventually do away with "white", "black" "asian" etc., and just have "people". People who are mixed-race are generally more healthy (the farther away he gene pool is, the stronger and healtheir the person). Most mixed race people I've seen are also extremely gorgeous. So, to get a group of people that are both gorgeous, and healthy, let's advocate race mixing as much as possible! If I ever have a baby, I definitely want it to be a mixed race child! My husband is infertile, so I would use a donor, and I would want to use a donor of a different race.

I do pretty well as long as I avoid scrambled eggs! And also, taking baby bites, like the size of a thumbnail, and chewing forever. I chew my food till it's liquid before I swallow. This technique has been the best so far for avoiding PB's.

If you eat three slices of pizza, then you definitely eat enough to get this surgery. Three slices of pizza is approximately 750 calories, and that's just for small, cheese pieces. If we're talking large pieces with meat, you're looking at well over 1,000 calories in one meal. My thin friends eat one or one and a half pieces of pizza when they eat, not three. I think portions are so out of control these days, that people think huge portions aren't much. Tell your friend you definitely need the surgery.

I can't eggs or any type of fast food (I'm convinced it's not real food anyway)

I can only eat french fries that are real, meaning they don't have that hideous "coating" of extra potato starch on them. Fast food fries are the worst.

Otherwise, I can eat everything else.

I agree with Mangojoy. When I was on an SSRI, I gained 45 pounds in three months. I bet if you went off Effexor you would start losing.

You don't think adultery is bad? How about sexual harrassment, (Arnold, for instance)? I think it's okay to say those things are bad. They ARE bad. It's wrong to do those things. That "consenting adult" crap is just that...crap. Just because two adults consent to something does not make it any less bad.

I guess I was referring more to that I didn't think being Gay, crossdressing, etc. are bad.

As far as adultery, I don't feel comfortable making moral judgements on other people, so I can't really say if it's "bad" or not.

Sexual harrassment, yes, I would say that's bad. I tend to stick to defining "bad" as those things which are illegal such as sexual harrassment so as to avoid attempting to make my own moral code apply to other people. I don't have the right to tell someone adultery is bad as I don't have any idea what's going on in their marriage, what they may or may have not agreed to with their spouse, etc.

How do you define Democrat and Republican?

Do you mean an elected official?

Statewide, local or Federal only?

Hi,

For the purpose of this thread I was defining "Democrat" and "Republican" as those of each party who hold a public office, not the general public. Any office holder, state, federal, or local will do.

I'd be interested if anyone wants to further break it down into:

1. Scandals involving consenting adults and scandals involving children, and further to that, scandals involving something "unusual" such as crossdressing, gay, fetish, children born out of wedlock, etc.

That being said please don't think by "unusual" I mean "bad" (the only thing I think is "bad" is when children are involved.)

I'm just interested to see the breakdown or Democrats vs. Republicans when it comes to these things. I'm less interested in someone who had an adult, consenting mistress (aka Bill Clinton, Gary Heart) and more interested in things like the Foley case, which is what I would term "unusual" (and bad, because it involves a child).

Thanks everyone!

--Becky

Which party is involved in more sex scandals, Democrats or Republicans (who hold office), and why?

All evidence greatly welcomed.

Wow! What an inspiration! You look amazing! Thanks for posting these great pics!

I love vegetarian meats like chicken nuggets, fake meat crumbles, etc. Low, low fat, low calories, and very high Protein. If I make veggie chili with "Quorn" brand fake meat crumbles, no one can tell the difference between that and real beef. It's great! These veggie meats are also nice and soft and go down beautifully.