BethFromVA

No, but I swear I knew a few that must have been allergic to deodorant... :party:

We'll have to take up bets to see what gives out first: names beginning with J or her clown car vajayjay.

You want to see self-righteous flameathons? A certain poster here berated other, more experienced bandsters for doing an end-of-year "jump start," calling what they were doing dieting and being rather condescending about the fact that they have fallen off the bandwagon when this person themself had to make a run for the border and go against doc's orders just days after surgery. There's a whole story here you are apparently not in on. I just happened to catch the self-righteous hypocrisy, as did others -- that's all. Nothing to see here.

I know, which kinda blows because I was hoping to see what would happen (all in fun, of course). But of course there is one over there now who keeps insisting she has never told anybody to eat chicken tenders, and she doesn't even realize nobody was talking about her. Utterly amazing. We may as well go back to grunts and hand signals for all the good the English language does us anymore... I think I can speak for all the people here -- and Plain too -- in telling you we are all proud of you as well. Plain grunted, which I think means: SUSAN GOOD. :party:

Please, scrmom, nobody mentioned you AT ALL. Try and keep up!

Please try to keep up. I wasn't talking about what you have done, I'm talking about others who go very specifically against doctor's orders and then tell others here who have done the same thing that it's okay because they did it too. If you followed doctor's orders (and what you had doesn't sound out of line at ALL), then what was said wasn't about you. Now if you had an entire chicken fried steak which was NOT doctor's orders, I wouldn't be sitting here and telling you that was okay. Some here seem to need that and get upset when they don't get it.

Please don't forget that 1) you are still probably full of fluids from your IV since the 25th was just a few days ago; and 2) this stage is NOT about weight loss. If you have some, it is simply icing on the cake, so do NOT focus on that.

I sincerely hope that is the case. Good luck with your band.

That's the bottom line. By bent, I had a couple things during the mushies stage that I had to chew. I was supposed to have semi-solids that didn't really require chewing, but by bending the rules I mean I had some Greek yogurt with small -- very small -- chunks of cucumber, or my tuna wasn't pureed in the food processor but was mashed with a fork to as fine as could be. That sort of "cheating" is nowhere along the lines of shoving an entire chicken sandwich in my face and taking four hours to eat it.

The problem is many doctors have specific guidelines right after surgery which only allow liquids for so many days, then mushies for so many days after, and then solids. Many doctors adhere to this. In my situation, it took nearly a month before I could eat "normal." The problem is I see too many people here who can't even go three or four days without shoving chicken tenders or other too-solid food in their gobs right after surgery AGAINST doctor's orders. My thought is, why did some people even get the band if they can't even go a few days without following orders -- and THEN they tell other noobs that it's okay to do it because they did and didn't have problems? That is what is wrong. No noob should be telling other noobs what to do when it contradicts doctor's orders. It can do severe damage.

ROTFLMAO! Touche, mate. :frown:

I had fun writing it. Was giggling like an idiot through the whole thing, too. Now I gotta go see what collateral damage there was. *cackle*

LOL, so true. I thought about that when I posted it: Hmmm, rants and raves or lounge? :crying:

*ducks and runs*

Even if you did give them advice, you know what you SHOULD do. Too many of these noobs right out of the hospital say, "Eh, chicken fingers? Sure, I think I can do 'em even though the doctor said no."

Didn't know the e-mail. Apparently now I need to look for an M&M -- and I'm REALLY hoping that's a Halloween costume of candy-coated chocolate and not some Face Speak. :frown:

That was part of the problem -- there were about a dozen with your real name that came up. I was looking for a familiar facial pic but just couldn't tell by those little thumbnails. Then I just gave up and cried because I can't navigate Facebook. I bet my infant GD can... :frown:

Hey, don't let the whimpy little Virginny thing fool ya. I'm a transplant from Texas. We're used to big things. :frown:

I need that SO BAD right now.... :frown:

Yeah, I still can't even figure out how to add anybody yet... :frown:

No more than every hour on the hour. Promise.

Hello, Leslie. Let the ass-whoopins begin! I'm kinda with y'all, though not yet for the same reason (notice I said "yet," lol). After getting my fill today, I'm kinda on the same thing, so I'm in.

Me too. Though something tells me the humor will be somewhat lost on that crowd.

Ah, I see how this game works! Okay, I wanna try one: Post 1 - I have this car, it's pretty old and worn out, but I really need to make this car last, so I got new tires which will really help my situation and allow me to get to my job so I can keep my home and pay the bills. However my overwhelming desire to drive over fields of glass shards and nails got the better of me and I did it three days after getting the new tires. Do you think they are okay? Post 2 - Yeah, I did that once and I was fine. You'll be fine, just don't do it that often. Post 3 - Wait, I'm no mechanic but I have owned cars for 20 years and that's just not a good thing. If you need the car to get to you job which helps keep you in your home and food on the table, you may want to reconsider doing that. Original Poster - Okay Poster 2, thank you for sharing your experience. You came out okay, so I'm sure I will too. My tires can handle it even though the owner's manual and my mechanic said not to. That way I can enjoy my new tires AND feed my overwhelming need to drive over shards of glass and nails. Hm, I dunno. Sounds kinda stupid when you put TIRES in the storyline... I mean, they're hundreds of dollars and you have to put the car up on those wicked lifts and stuff... :frown:

No worries, mnn has this all down pat. She makes up her own rules as she goes along and then pulls the high-and-mighty act when others admit their struggles, saying "this is not a diet," as if there really is no requirement on our parts to make the band work FOR us. Seems somebody can't keep away from the Taco Bell for even four days. Whatev... I just hope the newbies and those considering the band don't find this thread.