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To be fair, there are probably lots of people with every WLS group that don't follow instructions. I read posts on here almost daily where the poster is lamenting that the band "doesn't stop me from eating" or "I can still eat just as much as I ever could". I wish I had known tryouts were in Dallas....I might have tried out.

I got some good news from the doc today!! He said: I win!!

I do that stuff all the time. Except instead of gifts, I leave laundry to be done. I think my wife really appreciates it. Keeps the romance alive.

I'm not sure I believe that Fatboy Slim has a substance problem.....Next thing, they'll be telling us Amy Winehouse has a substance problem. Quit using "colon blow" and go to something more gentle, like "Mellow rainbow"....Then you can look like the guy in the pic that FF posted. Be careful and read over the contract before you sign....you could get roped into doing nude shots. Happened to me once on the international male model circuit. Hey!! I keep telling everybody that nothing is more hetero than two oily dudes stripped to the waist wrestling around in pudding. Actually, there may be something more hetero, according to our resident sexpert. You'll have to check in the powder room (the thread rhymes with "banal"). It doesn't get more hetero than that!!

"tossing a salad" refers to analingus....stimulating the anus and the area around it with your mouth. Bet you're glad you asked, right? LOL

Well give 'em their damn pudding!! Hmmmmm, protein hot chocolate?!? I'm intrigued....tell me more... Are you trying to get to "female bodybuilder buff"? I am.

Wow....He is responsible for a lot of kids. There hasn't been a dude responsible for this many babies since I was voted "best-looking in snug trousers" back in high school!

cattoy, I'm sorry, but this sounds extremely gay. Maybe I'm not as "cosmopolitan" as you, or maybe I'm closed-minded, but....."he can't stop thinking about being bent over and taken"?!? That's not something a hetero dude has fantasies of. IMO. I think a poll in the men's room would bear this opinion out, lol.

I believe you. I hate that your band "pooped out" for you, and I hope that the sleeve will treat you like you deserve, lol.

I think you're dead on. I do a lot of sleep studies for pre-band folks. I hear all the time: I'm supposed to be on the pre-op liquid diet, but I ate McDonalds for dinner. There's no way I can stay on that diet because [fill in the blank]. I usually mildly admonish them by saying "well, you know, the pre-op diet is really for your safety". Then the excuses really start a-flowing. Whatever.....I don't say any more after that.

Look! Up in the sky...It's a bird....it's a plane...it's....THE WINNER!

Yup....that's me, Mr. Distinguished, lol Sorry, I'll refrain from any more of those "what are wearing right now" posts...just don't tell my wife!! Quitter. What? Kidding, only kidding... Don't you judge me, Glouc! Post a pic of the new ink Exactly. That's exactly how I look at it. Furthermore, I think that's the hardest part of getting the band.....having that "paradigm shift" finally sink in. I think this is wise. It's also the reason I have been VERY conservative with my fills. I went into this thing with the reasoning that I just needed a little "nudge" to help me with my portion sizes. I never expected the band to do all the work. Heck, I take a certain pride in the fact that I COULD eat pretty much anything.....I just choose not to (except, sometimes I choose to eat unhealthier stuff, with the full knowledge that I'll have to make up for it later). This way, I'm still loose enough to partake in "bad" food choices when the occasion dictates, but "tight" enough to not eat 3 platefuls. To me, that's good restriction and good quality of life. Balance. I do feel really bad for everybody that is having problems w/ their bands, because mine is making a huge impact. Donna, my doc recommended for me to supplement. We sat down and did the calculations (sex, overall size, activity level, he looked at my "metabolism test", etc.) and he said I should probably shoot for 100 g / day.....and there's no way I could get that much by eating real food. I will say, that I feel mas fantastico ever since I started supplementing. But....I totally get that everybody is different.

Wow, I did not know that. And I love catching Bones, whenever I'm able. Ok, I will check them out. BTW, I work out to both Crystal Method's - the name of the game and prodigy's - smack my bitch up

Hi Erik! Welcome to lapbandtalk. C'mon in, pull up a chair, and snoop around!

Hi TracyW2. Welcome to lapbandtalk. It sounds like you're on the right track. I'll keep my fingers crossed that everything goes well for you.

Sounds like you've had terrific success, Tarshy 1. Keep up the good work!

I think the nail has been hit squarely on the head.

I was a Romney man from the get-go. At the risk of angering some people, I think Ron Paul is a nut (I KNOW I should back him since we are both basically libertarians....but damn.....he's TOO libertarian for me). Huckabee and Palin did ok in the straw polls at the CPAC conference, so you can't really count either of them out yet.

Well, in that way, all politicians are the same. I don't think we'll ever get a president in my lifetime that will completely eschew political games in favor of the American public. In some ways, politics is loaded like that.....you could argue that the people that are drawn to public office in the first place are more likely to seek power and glory. Ok, Kook alert: Here's where I show my weird-ish side...I think a big part of the problem is that we're now (for all intents and purposes with the federal matching election funds system) locked into a two party system in America. All the candidates that can afford to run, both Democratic and Republican, are pretty wealthy. They have to be, since there are only 2 viable paths into politics......I just think there is a huge disconnect between the real American public and the people that represent us. Yeah, so I got into a rant and got off-topic. I don't agree with BJean on very much politically, but I do agree that there really wasn't a better plan on the table, and to blame Obama for wanting to spend his way out is like blaming birds for wanting to fly:That's what they do. Democrats tax and spend, Republicans lower taxes and spend.

And here I thought you were just ignoring me.....I actually enjoy electronic "rave" type music (takes me back to my tripping on acid days, I guess). I like Fatbot Slim, but my fave is The Crystal Method. I like how both of them tend to just space out on a song and make it last for 45 minutes.

What he said. You can't "spot reduce" a fatty area by targeting.....You have to lose overall bodyfat. The bad news: That area sometimes requires plastic surgery to correct, even after you're @ goal.

Thanks, I know exactly what you're talking about.

Ok, on that we agree. It's the fallacious argument in the first 3 posts that I was having trouble with. I didn't mean specifically that you made that claim for Obama. I don't recall you being an especially ardent Obama supporter (I think of BJean when I think that). I was just trying to show the absurdity of the "4 more years of Bush" argument. That's true, but I think even you could concede that the "twatwaffle / dig out of pantyhose / bigger embarrassment than Bush" argument is a little convoluted.

WTF, there was only like 4 entries, LOL. Are you calling me a bit verbose, Mango?

I'd like to tell everybody a story. A story about a boy that was picked on in school. The boy decided to change his life. He worked hard, changed his bad habits, and went on to become a success. Some of you know this boy. He now calls himself.... The Winner