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In the spirit of giving I've produced a simplified version of my tracker. It has various sheets providing a weigh history, a food journal and vital stastics. The vital's can calculate your BMI and give you a percentage body fat calculation. The female calculation may be a teeny bit inaccurate because women tend to be more complicated than men when it comes to percentage body fat. I did check it though and it seems to be correct :confused: It was created in Excel 2002 (Office XP) but might work in Excel 2000. It may warn you about macros - it does have three but they are purely navigation macros. You can leave the macros off if ya want - the buttons won't work if you do though. Think thats it. Feel free to take it and make it more complicated if ya want. I did slap copyright on it - so if you take it and make a million - I want some. LBTdietbook.zip

Okay, so maybe when the whole forum starts spelling out a message, its time to take a break. Here's the current 'new' posts: I am so f'in pissed Things that got stuck in your... Sex Why do we allow temptation? I think I need to wake up to... Is it just me or can you put that together almost into one coherant string of text?? I am so f'in pissed. Things that got stuck in your... Sex. Why do we allow temptation? I think I need to wake up too. *blink blink blink* rubs eyes.

I actually thought about doing that very thing the problem is that everyone will want something a bit different. I am sure we could make one that could do just about everything we'd ever need. Might get a bit big though!

If you don't have access to those wonderful scales that can tell you everything (except the lottery numbers). This site has a calculator for body fat. http://www.bmi-calculator.net/body-fat-calculator/ It provides the math of the formula so you could even make your own calculator in Excel (I did). This site also has BMI and BMR calculators. I personally don't find BMI or BMR usefull but they are there, if you want 'em.

There's also a fill Doc in Pocatello. 208-233-9355 Fill Centers USA lists em. Here's the webby http://www.aftercareprovider.com/

If you are trully hungry, try staggering your meals so you eat later in the evening perhaps? I usually try and have my last meal about six or seven at night to get me through till bed time. If you have to eat something, why not keep something thats healthy and filling around and try to eat that first? These are just suggestions, you likely have thought of em. Please don't shoot me.

Cheers the happy dance. Good for you!

Glad you came out of the depths of Lurkdom! Welcome unto you oh Poster Child.

Congrats on the band Daisy!

My viewpoint / questions 1. Can VBulletin (what the board runs on) even support this feature? 2. I've seen no thread topics that were offensive. Even thread topics like XXX Thread for Women only!!. Surely it's only offensive when you open it and look inside? 3. My major concern would be for minors. If young / underage people visit this board it would be no bad thing to at least nominally segregate the threads. 4. If this was put in place, I think there would need to be 'age acknowledgement' and 'legal' disclaimers put in place that certain sections contain adult content. 5. It might not hurt to add that some threads contain adult content anyway - just as part of what you acknowledge when you sign up. I personally don't go into the adult threads because I likely would be offended by the contents. Those are my thoughts.

You can also calculate your BMI with this forumula: Weight pounds ----------------------------- x 703 height (inches) x height (inches) Here's an excel forumula: =((pounds(inches*inches))*703) Here's my stats in the formulas: 270.5 ---------- x 703 = 32.9 76 x 76 =((270.5/(76*76))*703) Now something to bear in mind. BMI is based on 'averages' for a 'normal' human being. Muscle mass skews the calculations. Here's an example. I have a friend, he is 5 feet 4 inches tall. He weighs 240 pounds. So that is: ((240/(64*64))*703 = 41.2 Therefor my friend is morbidly obese and qualifies for weight loss surgery. Now here comes the catch. My friend has a bodyfat of 6%. He is entirely lean muscle (and terrifying) but this clearly shows that the BMI calculation is flawed. So, another good thing to do is calculate your body fat. This compared to your BMI gives a 'more' realistic reflection on BMI. Oh this friend of mine is real. He really is a terrifying creature to look at!

Hey banded the same day as my missus! (PhotoNut). Welcome

Lucky you let it cool off first. I can see it now.... 1. Explaining to your hubby the really fascinating burn marks on your rear end. 2. Today on Channel 6, Freak toaster oven explosion destroys legal office.

I would definately ask if it could be the band. It would at least set your mind at rest. I'm sorry you are going through such a hard time. Please let us know what transpires.

Thats awesome! congrats!

When the body rejects a prosthetic device it could do all manner of things. Having done a little digging, it is rare but possible to have reactions to the materials in the band (much like people can be allergic to latex). Complications from allergic reaction can be extremely mild (like a rash) to extremely severe. I guess the most reassuring part is you should know about allergic reactions pretty quickly. The question thats in my mind now is "how has this question come up, were you informed you were alergic?"

Chants "Spray the pizza, spray the pizza". I've found popcorn equally hard to eradicate.

The body can reject any prosthetic device. If you have a band and are suffering any reaction to it contact your surgeon ASAP.

Heh, no defense needed I've posted in your orrifice thread... I still have memories of alarming X-Rays thanks to my dear mother and doctors with a sense of humor.

*sips his tasters choice decaff while repeating the mantra "its coffee, really its coffee". No, I'm not banded but for reasons of blood pressure etc etc I eliminated a lot of stuff, I'm down to one cup of caffiene a day... and many cups of... *sips*...."it is coffee....really...its coffee" *near hysterical sobbing*

Protein is a major factor for fast healing. The principal being that the sustained presence of protein in your body will help you recover faster from surgery. Protein is used by the body for tissue generation. That's why body builders scoff a lot of protein. It helps build muscle.

Welcome, We look forward to getting to know you

Too much of anything can be bad for you, protein is no exception. Excessive protein can cause liver damage which isn't so fun. However before panic sets in, you'd need to be eating a LOT of protein (like 300grams a day). I doubt you are close to that Your body can also only absorb so much protein so having more than you need isn't really going to help and it will just be additional calories. 60 grams a day is a good level to shoot for, more if you are working out. Your nutrionist can certainly give you sound advice on what to have.

Hello Everyone, I'm dawg!! I thought I'd post this to introduce myself because I never gave you fair warning about me. About me: I'm an Englishman living in an Idahoan world. It does things to ya. I'm a geek. That does things to ya as well. My sense of humor is satirical, sarcastic and very very very very dry. I am frequently perceived as dry, abrasive, condescending, mean, judg(e)mental, calous, and heartless. Despite evidence to the contrary, there is a slight pulse deep within this stoney heart and I do actually care about people in pain. I rarely say the right thing. I frequently make it worse after trying to do a "cover your ass" from saying the wrong thing. If you give me seventeen benefits of the doubts, you might actually start to 'get' me. I am insanely protective of my wife and will leap to her defense whether she needs my help or not. I love a good discussion or debate. I'm less fond of arguments and fights. I think that about covers it. Wait... I left out zealous and opinionated. I make a sack full of pittbulls look sane.

I am going to word this kindly and with concern - I'm not ranting at anyone okay? I'm caring here. I'm not waving the big stick of judgement. Why bandsters and and the bandless, are you allowing temptation through your front door? I have seen many posts, by many people (the most recent was the evil cookie dough thread that triggered this post) talking about the terrible food they are allowing in their house. If its not cookie dough, its pizza being brought home by the spouse, ice cream to italian food. I fully understand that many of us have a clearly defined eating disorder (because thats how I view a lot of obesity) and that we suffer terrible cravings, but I have to ask why more of us (you) aren't putting our foot down and saying "GET THIS CRAP OUTA MY HOUSE". This comes from my current dietary success. I am losing weight because there is no crap in the house. The chips are gone, the bread is gone, there's no ice cream, no beer, nothing I can go "ooo I want that" with. I think its about time we started fwapping the Pizza Delivery spouse, beating the candy man and denying sexual favors to Kenny Cookiedough. Come on folks, its hard enough to live the healthy life outside of your front door, please, my friends, stop bringing the crap inside your door Perhaps you might cry "But what of my family? They like ...". Well one of two things has to happen, success in your weight loss and ultimate health, or your family eating cookie dough and pizza. For me? its a no brainer. This post is not intended to offend or upset. If it does upset and offend you, all I can say is that this is my rant and I won't apologise for it.