♥Amy♥

NSV!!!!!!!!! WOOO! Last night I was looking for clothes to wear to work today and buried at the bottom of one of my drawers was one of those pairs of jeans that I bought slightly too small forever ago and maybe fit into for about 5 minutes so even though they're probably something like 7 or 8 years old they still look brand new. Being that before I was in a tight 24 or a loose 26 I didn't these shiny new 20's (small 20's :tt2:) would fit. And as I started sliding them up my legs I thought to myself "You're just setting yourself up for some disappointment. Wait another month or so!" but those 20's kept sliding on all the way up over my butt and lo and behold, the button and the buttonhole were united easily and I jumped for joy and ran around the house screaming like a little girl! I scared my poor puppy. He ran under the bed. :smile: And my husband just laughed at me but I could tell he was happy for me :thumbup: I've been in them all day and they are sooo comfy! :thumbup:

Im pretty sure you can't buy it at a health food store. I got mine through my surgeon but I've seen it online on different websites and ebay but it was almost double what I paid through my surgeon.

yeah...yours isn't adding or subtracting. It's up to date right now because I fixed it but u still have the adding/subtracting problem. Sorry

Did you gain or lose 7.5 the first week of the challenge? If that's supposed to be a 7.5lb loss then there needs to be a minus sign in front of the 7.5

I got to Dr. Mehta in Patchogue. She did my surgery but I don't know if she does fills for people who's surgery she didn't perform. I LOVE her and she is very patient, understanding and most of all her staff is very nice, also. If I remember correctly, you told me you're in Suffolk County, in Holbrook? So she should be perfect, if she's willing to do your fills. I don't see why she wouldn't be. And boy am I glad I decided not to have Dr. Holover do my surgery. I wasn't happy with his staff at all. Dr. Mehta's # is 631-475-1013. Good luck!

What we want and want we need aren't always one and the same. Like everyone else said, call your surgeon right away. Would you rather have to have all of the saline removed due to your stomach being irritated from your band being too tight or worse, your band slipping and possibly having to have it removed? And tight band doesnt always equal weight loss.

No need for that. There's a spreadsheet you can use http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AhyOQ0oN4zWhdHlVTWxORnd3c2l2SG5Fd2dQYV90M2c&hl=en

You go girl! Maybe I should have, too! It might have helped me with my Water weight gain. I had lots of Soup this weekend because I had a fill Friday and my surgeon told me to do liquids all weekend. I would have stuck to Protein shakes but the ones I have are really high in protein and I didn't want to overdo it.

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Down 1.6. Not too bad. It's way better than gaining 1.6, that's for sure!

I dry heaved a bit after surgery and I was told it was from the anesthesia. I bought some Emetrol but it didn't help with the nausea. My surgeon didnt prescribe any anti-nausea meds so I had to wait it out. Thankfully It only happened a couple times and didnt last long.

That's amazing! Great job! :thumbup:

Thats so awesome! Congrats! I can't wait till I'm getting into MUCH smaller jeans! :thumbup: Fill #2 went very well. My surgeon put in 2ccs but that made me too tight so she took out .6cc and that gave me good restriction I now have a total of 2.9ccs in my band. She said apparently i get pretty tight with small fills so I'm guess that will be a good thing in the long run. :tt2:

That is ALL wonderful news! So happy things are looking up and your mom is doing better! :ohmy: I'm going for my 2nd fill in an hour! :Dancing_biggrin: YAY!

Thanks for the replies, Leigha, Jen and Kelsey. :thumbup: It's nice to have because you don't have to plug in your BB to see how much you've burned during the day. I find it to be a great motivator. It will tell you how many calories you are burning per minute so it motivates me to bump up the intensity because I like to watch ALL the numbers jump up. :confused: Now that I have it I would be lost without it. You also don't have to wear it as a watch. It comes w/ a clip that you can use to attach it to your clothes, maybe even on your bra/sports bra where no one can see it. It's not bad looking but it's also not the most stylish looking thing, either. I do wear mine as a watch, though. Doesn't matter to me either way.

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I wasn't able to weigh myself yesterday morning and I didn't even realize there was a spreadsheet :confused: but I surpassed my goal of 10 lbs. I'm at 245.7 right now.

I was approved in less than 5 hours! I was completely amazed.

Ugh! I'm so annoyed! We went to a Yankee game on Saturday and in the morning my husband took the battery for the digital camera off the charger and turned the camera on and said "Honey! The memory is full." So I told him that everything on it was already uploaded to the computer. After he handed it to me and I deleted all the pics I remembered I hadn't uploaded my "before" pics

I have a 10cc AP also.

Just call 407-WDW-DINE and ask. I'm sure they'll tell you everything you need to know. Hubby and I are going in November and we're doing the deluxe dining plan. Thats only because each person cant do different dining plans and hubby wants to go to some dinner shows. Plus, he's not the one w/ the weight problem

Does this sound right? I burn more calories doing a Walk Away The Pounds video for an hour than I do on the ellptical at an average of 4.2 mph? The elliptical said I burned 600 something calories and my BB said I burned like 400 something calories. I guess I should believe my BB before I believe the elliptical?

Also, being put on a respirator can cause some fluid in the lungs. Did your surgeon give you instructions for deep breathing exercises to keep you from getting pneumonia? The next 2 days after surgery I was coughing up green stuff and my surgeon told me that was common after being on a respirator and to keep doing my deep breathing and coughing to get it all out so I dont get sick.

CONGRATS!!

I try to mix it up. Everyday at work I walk out in the parking lot (it's huge!) during my 15 minute break and my 30 minute lunch break. Then in the evening I will either do a 55 minute Walk Away The Pounds video, walk on my treadmill or go to the gym and do the elliptical and/or treadmill and a few weights. Now I'm seriously considering buying the Zumba Fitness collection to add to the variety and keep it interesting. But regardless of what I do in the evening, the routine Monday-Friday and on the Saturdays that I do 8 hours of OT, never changes. If it's raining I walk in the building, which is also huge, thankfully.