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Hi Junies, I just had an AHAH! moment :w00t:. After looking at what ya'll eat, I suddenly realized that I drink coffee, every morning, per dr. office, to "open" up my band. Only one of you listed coffee or hot drink. For us (In T town) it is "stay in the box", a list of rules, that we are suppose to do daily. Well today I just got up and ate breakfast without drinking coffee, I ate slow only 1/2c. and I feel full and satisfied. :eek: Usually I am starving. I know I am not at the sweet spot yet, but!! At least maybe I can start to control my eating. I think that since I am not at the sweet spot, the coffee was opening me up even more and no restriction at all. Well, psych 101 I feel like I learned something else from this site, you guys are great. Hope you have a great day, gotta go to the college and take tests. Have a blessd one! addy

Thanks Cathy, that does help. I am thinking about just calling and asking?? Katies, I just finished a nutrition class and she explained to use that although a pound is a pound, muscle is thinner than fat. Which explains why we lose inches and not pounds. We are replacing that bumpy fat with thinner muscle. Sounds like you need to measure, you may be quite happily surprised. I did that for awhile, lost inches not pounds. Hope you all had a good day, Allie, I hope you get to have that date, it sounds wonderful! I need to vote again :thumbup: addy

In their defense I did not ask what size band, I was afraid if I knew that I would just think "that is not enough" ??? Crazy I know addy

Hey Cathy, Since we were banded on the same day, do you mind me asking what size band you have? Since you were talking about how much restriction and getting use to it. I have not really felt any restriction yet. I was not told what size and how much my fills were, but I am going to ask them to tell me when I go back. I don't go back until Feb. 16th for my 6th. I say it is my 6th, they still have me down for 5th, makes me wonder whether I am crazy or they didn't put any in once?? I am coming out of that office with the answers thanks, addy

Hope you get better soon, I had a bad hiatal hernia before surgery and they fixed it while they did my lapband. It is a horrible feeling. Let us know, we will be praying for quick recovery. addy

Hi all, WOOO HOOO!!! All you hundreds, Long, Teach, Allie:thumbup: Allie, hate you were sick, but hey take the only perk that came along with it. Hope you are feeling better now, oh yeah, I voted also. Couple #8 really had a crazy outfit. I want to thank you all for the daily plans, too. Allie you helped answer my next question about how many calories ya'll eat a day. Like I said earlier, nutritionist said I wasn't eating enough. I really blew it these last few days, ice and hurting makes for depression eating and to make it worse, I KNEW what I was doing, I drank so I could eat :cursing:. Started over today. Cathy, congrats on the new dating scene. Memories :tongue: :tt2: I agree with Allie, love my husband, but miss the our dating years, when we couldn't wait to see each other, I sound sappy. :tt2: Lucy, this stuff is terrible, I wanted to go to Conway and see Angela this week, but I guess I will have to wait. They are having a parents meeting up there on the 7th anyway, so hopefully it will all be gone be then. Thanks again for the tips on diet, which Morningstar products are good?? I have tried the other brand, can't think of it right this moment, and ate the "grillers" burgers. I hate to just buy it to try it, because I usually don't like it. :cool2: That stuff can be so expensive. I will try it if someone else tells me its pretty good. So, I will take all suggestions. Have a great day, everyone and again CONGRATS! addy

Hi all you beautiful Junies!! I had to go back and catch up from my last time, HOW WONDERFUL for you girls, Allie, Long, and Teach!! So close, oh, I envy you, and I am so proud of you at the same time :thumbup:. Lucy how are you liking this crappy freezing icy weather?? I hate it, I had to put kitty litter out on the steps this morning to go down the porch. Icicles hanging off the roof, ughh! I here that ya'll are getting it alot worse than us, becareful on the roads. Teach, you wouldn't want this stuff, it is ugly and nasty, not pretty like snow. Long, WOW, I am so impressed QVC, I love it, I just got through paying off all my easy pays LOL from Christmas. I had so many had to get them paid off. :thumbup: I love to just watch, even if I am not buying, that sounds weird, I know, but it really can be entertaining. Especially when you compare it to some of the other mess that is on. Allie, how wonderful to lose a 1/3 of yourself, you are right, no matter what, you have done GREAT!!! Lynn, I am like you, the slow loser, it does get frustrating sometimes, I am so proud of these women and envious at the same time, but they will cheer us on, and they have the best advice and encouragement. I think they get a lot more exercise than some of us, too. I was eating 600-900 calories a day, thought I was eating TO much and nutritionist told me that is why I am not losing faster, not eating enough calories. So, against my better judgement I am going to try and increase to 1200:crying: a day for a week and see. I know that your body thinks your starving if you eat to little, but really, lying in bed burns NO calories. Wish me luck. I do feel a little better today, the weather doesn't help. I had promised to be with my elderly aunt (she lives in a nursing home) today at the dentist, or I wouldn't have gotten out at all. The driving aggrevates my hip. I want to get me a treadmill, and maybe walk slowly (for 8 hours, LOL) on it, got to do something. Going to try and go swimming, NO aerobics, tomorrow night, if not iced in. Well, I have rambled long enough, I have missed ya'll, thanks for the prayers and words of encouragement. addy

Hi all Junies, Congrats to all, sounds like we are all close to onederland. I have been bed bound all week, can only sit here for a few minutes and then I have to go back to bed. My back went out again, and lying flat is the only relief. I slept on the floor last night it was sooo good to my back. It is nerve damage and actually my hip feels broke, so until the nerve goes down (inflammation) it will hurt, I feel like I have a broke hip, heavy labor and legs asleep :scared2: How is that for symptoms, LOL! I have to laugh to keep from crying. The worst part is the computer DSL is in the office and I don't have WiFi yet. So, I had to crip in here and say HI!!! I am going nuts in the bed, youi can only watch so much tv or read so much. WORSE!!!! THe scales has not moved! I am not eating over 800-900 calories a day but I know that I am not burning any. I am drinking slim fast with protein powder to keep up the protein. MAN! I wanted to break this platuea. Well, gotta get back to bed, butt is screaming at me, literally my butt is killing me Have a great weekend everyone. Hope to be back on next week. nette

Hi all!, I just love getting on here, I cannot believe I am fixing to admit this, but ladies, those 9lbs (to the hair dye:thumbup:) are to onederland. I am sooooo close, and it is just hanging there. I want to see the one's so bad!!! I haven't told anyone I just say 9lbs to a new goal. apples, trip sounds great, so glad it is going good. Susan - wooo hooo! Congrats I am like all the rest of you "big" girls. I look alot smaller than I actually am. I have had several people say "how did you get surgery??" If they only knew what my BMI was . I also wear a size 10 shoe, grew up with a 9 narrow, but I don't see that ever happening again. I went out walking this morning 29Degrees:scared2:, I had two coats on, scarf, and gloves. I could only walk for 30 min. I wanted to walk for an hour, but the wind chill was bad, yes I admit I am a weinie when it comes to cold. I am going to try and bike for 30 min. in a little while. I am trying to clean this office up, ahhhhhh!!! to much paper. I hope you all have a great weekend, try to stay warm, like apples love, addy

Hi all, Aligmamma, I am so glad to see you back on, hope you are having a great recovery. KCM welcome to the site NewJulie, congrats for starting over, It is funny how people want to tell us what to do, even when I was on WW or any other diet. I have not told to many of my "friends and acquaintances, but lots of strangers. We were out of town and they heard me talking to the waitress, asking for smaller portions and they just come up to you and beg to know about it. They don't judge you or try to "tell" you what to do, like family and friends. This is going to be our year!!! We are all going to celebrate 2009 as the year we made it, or at least the year we stayed in the box!! God Bless, addy

I said I went to support last night, it was Monday night. I went to water aerobics last night, wooooo wore me out, but it was a good tired. Got to get back into the routine, got to get that dye!! :sneaky: addy

Lucy, I started graying early, I told my husband it was his fault :sneaky: I think it just shows earlier on dark haired people. The weirdest thing is I think that women who are totally silver, look great!! I have tried to go without coloring and then I start to panic, "I" just look old! Those other ladies look classy. I know it is probably all in my head, but I see it on my head :thumbup: Went to our local support meeting for the first time since surgery last night. One lady said she had, had problems with her hair thinning but after 6-7 months she just noticed it "not" falling out anymore. YEAHHH! I am 6 months out, maybe soon it will thickin' back up. She was 2 yrs. out and had lost 110lbs. She looked great. I sometimes wish I could just be like a man and just shave it all off, but NO I want it long. When I do lose weight and get rid of these jaws, I want a cute little pixie type cut :thumbup: but for now, I want the jaw cover LOL. Have a great day everyone, addy

Hi all, Apples, I agree with Lucy, I sooo envy you I will be praying for safe travel. Have a great "warm" time in Florida. I love the ocean:tt1: V, I didn't finish, but I didn't start eating carbs (after the icing incident, I am really trying to push the protein. I realized I was short on it. I am fixing to get ready to go to water aerobics, because I am enrolled for regular classes at the college I can use their gym. I am going to "try" and walk on the treadmill, before wa class. Ya'll pray for me, I'm gonna need it. I am only 9lbs to a small goal that I have and I decided not to dye my hair until I get there . Now, I have dark, almost black hair with the whitest stuff there is in a streak above my right ear, so I like to keep it colored. I use the kind that gradually wears out, not perm. It is starting to look pretty rough. I love white/gray hair on women, I just haven't had the courage to wear it on ME yet. LOL SO I have to lose those 9lbs!!! SOON! Take care all, addy

Hi all Junie's :cursing: I was reading about the BL, I love that show, but I tape it and skip some of it, commercials, etc... Anyway, I know this sounds stupid, but I play it back and workout (ride my recumbent bike) when they get to their challenges or workouts and the weigh ins. When Jillian starts hollering, I keep going. :cursing: LOL! She can definitely motivate you. And when they weigh in I keep thinking there but for the grace of GOD go I, which motivates to keep moving, because I HATE to exercise, it hurts so :cursing: Lucy so sorry to hear about your mom. Try to make that day a special day, celebrate her, and maybe it will be a little easier. Allie, I just know God sits up there and looks down on me and I can just see HIM smiling and shaking HIS head at me, saying "girl, girl, girl" I am so thankful HE loves me so, because like our children, I know I exasperate HIM. Have a great day at work today. Z, I did not end up doing the 5 day, started but previous told why I quit :/ but, I think I finally "felt" the fullness of my pouch:thumbup: . I have really been good at measuring and if I can't trying to stay within the "palm size". NOT drinking for an hour! So thanks to all of your support and advice, MAYBE, I finally know what to do, sad after 6 months huh?? I guess this 5th fill is finally getting close to sweet. My son and his fiancee took me to eat after church. Chinese, I love chinese, mostly the little noodles, UMMM! But I stayed within the palm and got a bite of each, and stayed with the less fattening stuff, (I don't eat sweet chinese anyway) that I wanted. Took me forever to eat it, that stuff is hard to chew, chew. Only went back once and got one Crab Rangoon. So for me that was a "woo hoo" moment. I will take each small success! Here is to all our small successes going to that big ultimate success. Hope you all have a wonderfully blessed day, addy

Way to go Policeman, don't give up! Let us know how it goes, we are praying for you. addy

Hi Junies, Allie, Long took the words right out of my mouth, You have every right to be mad!!!! It is not fair, and then count in the fact that Congress is quietly giving themselves a raise is enough to make you scream!!!!!! They are the ones that got us in this economic mess in the first place. Scream and tell God all about it, that is what I do, and then HE graciously fixes it, maybe not the way "I" would, but HIS way is so much better. :thumbup: Of course see I can say that because I can look back and say that :thumbup: I still scream and fuss about now, Hang in there, it will get better. But, don't let anyone make you feel guilty about your feelings, they do not live in your shoes. Z - fell off the 5 day, I was doing real good, but I went to a baby shower today and they offered cake, I resisted for the longest, then I ate the icing, wrong move. I came home and had supper. It wasn't too bad, but I was going to have a slim fast not supper. Oh well, back on tomorrow. I use to hate Slimfast's starting to like them. I hope everyone has a blessed evening and great tomorrow. addy

Have any of you heard of the 5 day pouch test diet?? I went to the web site and it sounds pretty good, V I may try this, it is to shrink our pouches back to post op and allow you to "start" over. addy

Hi all, Cathy, congrats on the date, I knew you would do ok with the PB's. V & Lucy thanks for letting me know about the fills, I feel better just knowing that. Since the doc's didn't do it and the NP did, I was just a little worried. I know I am going to get the amounts that have been put in next time, all of them. V - are you going to start Thur. the 8th on your liquids. Me too, so maybe we can support each other. The counselor at the clinic told me to try doing that again, to retrain my brain. She said after the holidays we go back to our old ways of looking for diets (WW, Atkins, etc..) to remember what to eat. If we get back on liquids and mushy, then food, we get our mind back to us! I am going to do slimfast and green salads for a few days, then mushy for a few days, then try and get back on with my food. How many days are you going for liquids? etc..? I finally did feel a little bit of restriction tonight, not much, but hey, at least I felt something, maybe :thumbup: thanks all, addy

Policeman, If you have insurance approval, you should only have to pay your copay, right?? That and any deductible that you would have. The dr. office should be able to give you the quote, and hospital too, to allow you to get the money gathered:mad2: doesn't make sense. My doctor and hospital told me up front I would have to pay $$$$ dollars for my deductible, before surgery. You need to ask to speak to the billing supervisor. They can even call your insurance company and find out how much of your deductible you have met. Someone is just dropping the ball. I will be praying for you. God Bless, addy Don't give up! If you have to, and can, go the self-pay route, no hospital is going to turn down money.

lucy, Good for ya'll jogging, I fantasize about running, how stupid is that I guess cause I know I can't with the hip and all. Anyway, sorry you couldn't PM me, I am set up, I got one now and then from a girl here in town. Try again and let me know. The 5th fill was horrible, I cried, literally!!! The Nurse P, did it instead of the docs, and last time she did fine, after I told her doc said (he told me whoever did it to always! remind them to use a long needle) about the needle, well she used a short one anyway and couldn't hit it. I finally told her to please go find a long one. She came back and it went right in, but she kept tapping it for some reason and it hurt so bad, I just had to keep my eyes closed. She never even said sorry. I just realized this morning thought that I did not have much if any restriction last time (and I had a little the time before that the doc did it) and now I feel like I have none. She takes all the fluid out, and then pushes it back in (anyone ever had that done??) I am wondering if it hasn't messed with my band?? You know it fits snug, but if you pull all the fluid and air out, then push it back in it may move or something?? Just doesn't make sense to me. I really want to call back and ask to see the Dr. myself!! They even could not be sure how many fills I have had????? I know but I never asked how much. I want the doc to tell me how much, so I know from now on. Sorry, but I am very frustrated. I only lost a lb, but I had to fight it the whole six weeks. I mean that is the reason I had the surgery. I can't do it alone, I have tried for 20+ years. I am just thankful I didn't gain, but man! I know I need to shrug it off and get on with it, but part of me feels like I need and x-ray to check my band?? addy

ok, I was afraid I had missed the meeting. I will try to update you, as I am sure others will too. Like I said before, I haven't been able to go, because of night classes, but I am not going to miss again, (hopefully addy

Are ya'll talking about the MP meeting? The Texarkana meeting is the 12th the second Monday. addy

Cathy, have a great time tonight. You will do fine addy

Hi all, Wow, it has been a day for all of us, huh?? :/ apples, girl, I will be praying for you, my husband does that sort of stuff to me, makes me crazy. Allie, so sorry to hear about the pay cut, God is good and you will have a great profit share, girls will get full scholarships! Just hang in there and have faith. I was like Lucy, talking about getting use to less money. I was hurt in an accident (broke my back) at work 5 yrs ago, lost my job as RN. I never dreamed we could survive on my husbands money (he is self-employed logger, which means poor :tongue2:, but GOD is merciful, and we have done just fine. Took some getting use to on my part, and cutting back, but fine. I am currently going to school to try and get my BSN, and work with my mind, LOL!! not my body. Lucy, I think anyone who works with those kids is a great person. It takes special people to do that. Angela is 30, (ahh) now, and has been living there since she was 17, she loves it. I wish she was closer, but it is the best one for her needs. We call it school, you know Conway is a college town, You are right, it is freezing here today!! I know all you notherners are probably laughing at us southern girls with a little freezing rain. I did have my 5th fill today, was disappointed I had only lost 1lb since last one, but I was thrilled I didn't gain. It hurt so bad, the Nurse P. did it not the docs. I told her doc said use the long needle but she had to try the short one, I cried!!!!!!!! Docs don't hurt, she didn't either last time when she used the LONG needle. Have faith all you Junies we will perserve and make it through. I found a great site ya'll might have heard of Bariatriceating.com it has good recipes, encouragement, etc... God Bless all, addy

Hi all, I go to get my 5th fill tomorrow, I am soooo ready, hoping for some restriction. I am afraid of what they might say though, with me not having lost, just glad I didn't gain. Lucy - My daughter is in Conway at the Human Developmental Center, so I pass through LR at least every other month. You did go through Texarkana, all we have are food joints and hotels!! We say we are on the way, on the way to Shrevport, Dallas, Oklahoma, & LR, LOL! Allie, wow, you look like a daughter yourself. long - congrats on the size 12 how wonderful!!!!!! Z - sorry about your job, hopefully one will come soon. Maybe you can find some great clothes in FL. Especially with the after Christmas sales. apples - I meant to tell you when you were describing your shape, I know what you mean. Last week my jeans just fell off me, but my gut is still hanging in there. My husband says he can tell my stomach is shrinking, I don't see it anywhere!! All arms, and legs, no behind, makes it hard to buy clothes. That is my shape anyway Do you take Aleve? My friends daughter use to have kstones constantly and they finally traced them back to Aleve for her, she hasn't had one since. Just a thought. Hope you pass yours soon without to much trouble. Iteach - we may have to have some private messages about Pampered chef. I love the stuff!!! I have most of it. My PC lady quit on me, we may have to talk :thumbup: Well, hope everyone has a great day tomorrow. Safe travel and