YeeHaw

Look at the the percentage of your total body weight that you have lost, not the pounds.

From my experience and many others. The band does not stop you from craving or eating cookies. Sorry to tell you this. It stops you from eating at buffets and larger amounts of food. At first you will crave and want a lot of stuff that you are used to eating. after a while you will notice the weight that you have lost and for me, I am so encouraged and glad that I am losing weight so, the cookie is not worth it to me. I just don't crave much anymore because I would rather see the scale move down, then not move at all.

One thing I left out. We never took sex education in school. This was a choice. We have never seen a diagram of any private part. We have just seen each other.

I experssed my opinion earlier in this thread. I got the same responce that gadgetlady got. I deleted all my post because I felt like people were being rude and not respecting my feelings or values. Yes, gadgetlady you are right about me. My husband and I never had ANYTHING before each other. No other girlfriends/boyfriends, not holding hands, no kissing, no nothing with other people. Neither one of us had any idea what the opposite sex looked like naked, this was on purpose. We were very careful to avoid the conversation that our friends were talking about, we just walked away. People may ask, Why? It is because we wanted to be completly surprised on our wedding night. I saved myself for him and he did the same for me. When I say that we saved ourselves for eash other, I did not know that I was saving myself for him and vise versa, we just knew that we were waiting for the person that God intended. When we met, we knew that each other is who we had been waiting for. Someone said that the reason that most virgins are virgins is becasue they never had to say no or something like that. This is sooooooo wrong. SELF CONTROL, not just to sex, but to kissing, and whatever else. Need I say more. I have never seen him look at another woman, unless, I say something like WOW, honey, Look at her boobs. Then he will look and we will talk about how gross it is. You know what I mean? I know that there are many people that are going to say "He looks, you just arent around" or " It's just human nature" Your husbands and boyfriends may do that but mine doesn't. Sex is not dirty it is a wonderful and spiritual thing and I personally wanted to only share it with my husband. These are my beliefs and values. * The story about the mother that teaches her boy to not look. IMO This is how it should be. What is so wrong with this? (That is a retorical question.) Because of our beliefs and values as Christians, when my husband sees any skin, he will just look down or at me. I often have to ask him, what are you doing? He will just give me the look and I know the reason. Sometimes I want him to look at someone that I see. Maybe because I can't believa she wore that or her butt hanging out or whatever it might be. I'll say look at her...... He just says, I don't want to see anything but you. This is not a daily occurance, I am just giving some examples so maybe people will understand what I am talking about. I guess to sum this all up. We always gaurd our eyes, our heart, and our minds. We love each other and are happily married. We have no concerns that the other is cheating or even looking else where. Many people live a life of "Whatever feels good, do it" This is not how I believe. But for those of you who do, I am not judging you. That is your life. I don't care. I am not telling you that you are wrong. I am just explaining my views mostly because I feel that gadgetlady would like some company on this issue.

Thank you. I am sorry for being so defenseive. I got so upset and started crying because I felt like everyone was trying to prove me wrong and making fun of me or something. No one understood what I felt and that is ok, i'm used to it. Yes it was a question I wanted answered. I respect how others live their life, I just can't understand. I realize that in the same way that I do not understand your lifestyle, you do not understand mine. I just want people to respect me for my values. I normally do not post my opinions but I was reading this thread and there was no one that had my view, so I felt like I should give another view. I was too harsh. I did not mean to make a fuss. I am sorry. I feel very passionate about this subject, I guess that is why I snapped. Again, I am sorry.

I think it was just enterprise that I felt was being smart. Oh well Who cares. I deleted all my post. I just feel like my opinion was not respected. If i interpreted wrong, so be it. My bad.

No ya'll were being smart.

2.25 Is Perfect For Me

IMO> You should not be eating cereal, popcorn, ice cream, crackers or anything like that. Birthday cake? Do I need to answer? The rice in the LC is questionable. It makes some people have problems. Try sipping with your meals and see if that helps. You will get used to the fill and no longer need to sip on a drink. How is your eating at night? Dinner time? Can you eat more?

Surgery was 14,000. Fills are included for one year. After that 125.00

Ya'll are some picky people. :mad: Ummm, the only thing I can think of is people getting so mad when they are driving. I mean come on. Blowing the horns and flippin' the bird to everyone. If it's that important to get there so fast, they should have their flashers on and have a real reason. Just slow down folks, what's the hurry?

You should be fine after 2 weeks. I went back to work 3 days after by choice. (Sit in a chair at a desk and do office work) I was feeling good enough to get out and about. I would say about a week was when I was back to normal. Not doing sit ups but, you know. Able to function.

It is a slow process. Just be patient. It will happen. It will come off.

How tight were you? And for how long? How does this condition happen? Sorry for being so invasive. I just want to know what to look for in the future.

I don't know why eggs are hard to eat but they are a BAD thing for me. I thought the same thing when I was first banded, surly eggs would be a good food choice? Wrong. They get stuck every time and come back up. Even when the band was looser they did. Anyway, I can not eat eggs at all. * Have you tried drinking hot liquid before to open you up? * Have you tried sipping with meals? No, you are not suppose to drink with meals but some people have to sip just to keep things from getting stuck. Lube it up a little. I have to do this when I first get filled for about two weeks. Then I loosen up. Just depending on what my food choice is.

I was selfpay for entire surgery. Fills are free for 1st year then 125.00.

Kinda Not sure yet. I got home last night and was able to drink a protien shake and some water. This morning I had like 6 oz of protien shake (not able to finish it) and I was not able to eat the salad for lunch. I am also on my period. I usually can't eat anything when I am on it so... I am not sure if it is that or my fill. I think it is a combination of both. I am going to wait and see how everything goes and if I am not better in a week, I will probably go get a little out. I am at 2.5cc in a 4cc band. What do you think?

B. Protein Shake L. Small Salad with no fat dressing. D. Protein Shake, maybe some baked beans. I just got a fill yesterday. I am having problems.

Yuck, a pumpkin? Gross.

I weigh every morning. It helps me start my day off right. If I am a pound over what I was then I will exercise a little harder. Or not eat that cookie that I want so bad. I usually just go down. Slowly but surely.

Well, I carry a gun and pepper spray with me at all times. I have since I was 16. I know that there are many women that are scared of guns and do not carry them. So, maybe a taser would be good for them. On a very important note : There are many people that get worked up and are "trigger happy" as I call them. This is not good. I believe that people need to be trained to use defense weapons. Whether it is a gun, taser, knife, pepper spray, or whatever. It is very important to know when, where and how to use it. It could save your life but it could also end your life if the weapon gets into your attackers hands.

So, I just have a question or two. My last fill was October,3 2006. I was just right then. I would say in the past 3 weeks I have noticed that I can eat more. Not a lot more. For example. I used to could not eat bread at all, not one bite. Now I can eat ONE or two bites. I just called the Dr. to find out how many cc's I have. I have 2 cc's in my 4 cc band. So, is this normal, for you to stretch out after a while? Or loosen up or whatever you want to call it. It's not drastic, just noticeable. I am not losing very much and I think it is because I havent realized how much I was eating. Thanks for the help.

No. Not drinking with food. I do not eat bread on a regular basis. I just noticed that I could eat it. I ate some over new years. And about a week ago. I noticed that I was able to eat breakfast about 3 weeks ago. I have always had to drink something hot in the morning to get anything down. I am able to eat to much for b-fast. So this morning I did not drink anything hot and was able to eat about 2/3rds of a cup of oatmeal. As the day goes on, I can eat more and more and more. At night, I can eat way to much. I would rather strugle to eat breakfast and lunch and then for dinner just have about a cup of something. This is how I was when I first got the fill in October.

Come on people. Help me out? I just want to make sure that this is normal? Just reply yes or no so I know that I am not the only one.

Anna Nichole Smith, how did her skin shrink back to perfect???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? That is what i want to know. I don't see any scars? Who knows With millions of dollars I'm sure I could find a Plastic S. who didn't leave scars either!!!