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I read about her wedding fiasco too Newsho. The freebies requested was ludicrous. But yeah, she promoted a book about weight loss and tried to shield the WLS by it. Truth should have been told that yes she had Gastric Bypass surgery and that she also exercised and changed her eating habits. She really misrepresented herself and our WLS community.

As seen on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapband Celebrities As with many developments in approaches to weight loss, some high-profile and well-publicized cases amongst celebrities have increased the public awareness of gastric banding: Khaliah Ali (daughter of Muhammad Ali) Brian Dennehy Anne Diamond Ann Wilson Brandon "Myzeri" Taylor Joe Gannascoli (Vito Spatafore/Sopranos)

Betsyjane, I started off biking 6.5 miles the day after my return home from Mexico, about 6 days post op. Home Workouts Hit the pavement or use a home treadmill Brisk walking Biking - moderate to racing Jogging - 3.5mph - 5.0mph Running - 5.0mph - 6.0mph Abdominal Crunches - 100 - 400 per day, 5 days per week Weight Training - Upper Body, Lower body or work on muscle groups (use store bought dumbells 10 - 20lbs or use home equipment, i.e., bowflex. Gym Workouts Gym Equipment to hit for cardio Elliptical Arc Trainer Treadmill Stationary Bike/Recumbant Bike Stair Climber Circuit Machines such as: Shoulder Press Bicep Curl Tricep Curl Back Row Rear Deltoid Fly Chest Press Chest Fly Lateral Row Back/High Row Leg Press Leg Curl Hemstring Curl/Leg Extension Abductor Adductor *There are numerous other machines that are new that work the same muscles* Abdominal Crunch Machine - Ab roller (you lay down and pull the arms up and you will be in a crunch position, very hard) Abdominal Oblique Machine (works the sides of your waist, abs Ab Cruncher - (You stand and put your arms on the pads and let your legs dangle and you pull your legs into your chest) Free weights All dumbells, bars, weight plates, weight plates seating equipment, squat machine, shoulder and back machines for the free weights...these are superb. I feel these provide the best results. You will need formal training from a personal trainer to begin to use these pieces of equipment properly.

Beachee, please do check back with us in a month after following this routine. I would love to hear about your results. Gung-ho style ok?

Here is an article I posted before. I abide by these rules to a "T" cept now, after tt surgery I am eating about 4 small meals a day instead of 6. Once my intense workouts resume, I will bump it up to 6 meals. ‘How to Lose 22lbs or 10kgs in 28 Days Without Starving or Training Like an Olympic Athlete!' By Stephen Smith BSc If you seriously want to lose 22lbs or 10 kilograms in 28 days then you must perform all of the principles exactly as recommended. Unlike the recommendations in my book, ‘Look good, feel great!', where you can pick the principles you want to use and ignore the rest and where you can even modify the principles to suit your lifestyle, these principles must be followed exactly as they are outlined. If you want extraordinary results, then you must be willing to put in an extraordinary effort! I realise that some people may be thinking, ‘But it is impossible to lose 10 kilograms of fat in a month!' I agree- it is! However, the truth is, it is impossible to only lose fat on any type of weight-loss program. You will always lose a combination of fat, water, stored carbohydrate and some muscle. Furthermore, most people who want to lose 10 kilograms in the first place are generally retaining excess fluid anyway, so a system that helps get rid of the excess fluid is certainly going to accelerate their results. Perform 30-60 minutes of aerobic exercise morning and night. Yes, you read that correctly, morning and night- 2 sessions a day… every day! No excuses. We're all busy, we all feel tired some mornings, but if you're serious about getting amazing results, then you must be willing to do everything necessary. When we talk about aerobic exercise, we're talking about exercise! Not walking around the shops, doing the gardening or doing housework. It must be exercise, which means your breathing rate increases, your face goes red, you sweat, you get tired- simple! Some examples of aerobic exercise include: walking (pounding the pavement at a brisk pace- not dawdling), cycling (stationary bike is ideal), swimming, rowing, stepper, cross-trainer, aerobic classes, boxing, etc. Use ‘thermogenics'. There are several very effective thermogenic supplementson the market that can accelerate your progress towards your goal. Those containing caffeine, green tea extracts and an extract from a plant called coleus forskohlii are the most effective. They will boost your metabolismand promote the release of fat from the fat stores. ‘Scorch' by MAN Sports is a good example. It contains a combination of 7 powerful herbal ingredients specifically designed to boost your metabolism, burn body fat and increase your energy. Unfortunately though, thermogenics are not ‘magic pills'. You can't expect to take a couple of thermogenic capsules and then go home and eat pizza and drink alcohol and expect to get results. Thermogenics only work when their use is combined with a good nutrition and exercise program. Take 1-2 capsules twice a day; once prior to your morning exercise session and once with your lunch. Don't take them later than 4:00pm in the afternoon because they may keep you awake at night. Before using thermogenics, see your doctor first and obtain their approval. Do not eat anything for 30 minutes after the completion of any exercise. As a result of using the thermogenics combined with the exercise, your metabolism will remain elevated for some time after the exercise session is finished. This means your body will burn fuel at a faster rate than normal. Any exercise causes the body to use carbohydrate (muscle glycogen and blood glucose) as a fuel source. This means that after the exercise is completed the carbohydrate stores in the body are low and the body will be forced to use fat as its fuel. If a meal is eaten immediately after the completion of the exercise session, the blood glucose level will rise, inducing the secretion of insulin from the pancreas. One of the effects of insulin is to stop fat burning in the body. Therefore, wait 30 minutes (but no longer because cortisol will rise) before having your next meal. Perform a weight training workout 2-4 times a week. Lifting weights is the most under-estimated way to lose fat fast! Now, before you start saying, ‘But I don't want to get big muscles!' or ‘I don't want to look like a man!', consider the following. The main purpose of lifting weights when your primary goal is to lose body fat is to preserve the muscle massyou already have. You see, muscle is the ‘engine' within which the fat, or ‘fuel' is burnt and maintaining or even increasing your muscle mass slightly will help ensure your body fat is burnt off efficiently. If you don't lift weights, your body will quite happily lose both fat and muscle as you drop the kilos. Lifting weights forces your body to maintain your muscle mass, therefore keeping your metabolism elevated and turning your body into 24-hour-a-day fat-burning machine! Incidentally, it only takes two 30 minute sessions a week to obtain the muscle preserving benefits of lifting weights. Have 5-6 small meals a day. One of the most common strategies people use to lose weight is to skip meals. Whilst reducing food intake is certainly an effective way to lose weight, having fewer meals is not the way to go. Many overweight people say, ‘I don't know why I'm overweight, I only eat once or twice a day!' Unfortunately, this is exactly why they are overweight. Having a mild calorie restriction is effective because if you consume less calories than you burn each day you will lose weight- simple! However, skipping meals forces the body to invoke its ‘Starvation Mechanism' because it thinks it is entering a famine. As a result, the body slows the metabolism to preserve energy. It also increases cortisol output and cortisol is the most powerful catabolic hormone in the body, which means it goes around the body breaking down lean tissue, particularly muscle. A loss of muscle slows the metabolism even further. Skipping meals also results in an increase in appetite, which forces you to eat larger amounts of food when you do eat. In addition to all these factors, the body also increases the activity of fat-storing enzymes, lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and fatty acid synthase (FAS), so when you do eat the food gets stored as fat. All of this results from simply skipping meals! By having a small meal every 2-3 hours throughout the day, your metabolism stays elevated and your body will happily burn fat all day long. Unfortunately though, most people are conditioned to having large meals and they automatically assume they will put on weight if they have 5 or 6 meals a day. The fact is, the ideal portion sizes for most people are actually quite small and in order to lose weight fast it is essential that you never feel full from a meal but you do feel satisfied. Also, most people find it difficult to have a meal every 2-3 hours throughout the day because they are so busy with work and/ or family commitments. Here are some suggestions to ensure you get your 5 or 6 meals a day. • Plan and prepare your meals the night before • Use meal replacements (protein shakes or bars) • Select foods that are quick and easy to prepare and consume Ensure each meal contains protein. Protein is a component of all cells and makes up over half the dry weight of the human body. Furthermore, the human body is a dynamic structure, which means it is constantly building up and breaking down tissue. Just imagine a bath full of water. At one end of the bath the plug is pulled out and at the other end the tap is turned on full. The water level in the bath doesn't change but there are ‘new' water molecules entering the bath and ‘old' water molecules leaving the bath all the time. The human body is exactly the same. If the body breaks down more tissue than it builds up, then it is said to be in a catabolic state. This results in the metabolism slowing down due to the loss of muscle tissue. Having a portion of high-quality protein every few hours throughout the day provides the body with a constant supply of amino acids- the building blocks of the body. This prevents the catabolic state, promotes an anabolic state (tissue building) and therefore keeps the metabolism ‘fired-up'. If only carbohydrate or fat is consumed for a meal, for example a piece of fruit (carbohydrate) for the mid-morning meal, then the body will still enter a catabolic state because it doesn't have the building blocks (amino acids) to re-build body tissues. Protein, as its name suggests, is of primary importance. Reduce your intake of high-density carbohydrates. Most high-density carbohydrates like bread, pasta, rice and cereals cause a rapid rise in blood glucose. This invokes the release of insulin from the pancreas, which in turn stores the glucose. The body stores glucose in the muscles and liver as glycogen and once these sites are full, the remaining glucose gets stored as body fat. Not only this, but insulin also stops the body from mobilising and utilising fat for fuel (burning fat). So if you want to maximise fat loss, you need to keep insulin to a minimum and the best way to do this is by reducing your intake of starchy carbohydrates without cutting them out altogether. Cutting them out totally is a philosophy of many low-carb diets on the market. However, these are very hard to sustain long-term and may lead to nutrient deficiencies. Each day, have a small amount (1-2 serves) of high density carbohydrates (bread, pasta, rice, cereals); a moderate amount (2-3 serves) of medium density carbohydrates (starchy vegetables and fruits); and a large amount (5-6 serves) of low density carbohydrates (fibrous vegetables). [For a complete list of carbohydrates, see pages 136-138 of the book, ‘ Look good, feel great! ] Do not have a Treat Day. Since you are expecting an extraordinary result, it is essential that you put in an extraordinary effort. Accordingly, for the next 28 days you must follow the plan exactly as it is outlined without deviating. This means you can't allow yourself to indulge in any ‘forbidden foods'. This also means avoiding alcohol for the entire 28-day period. I know this may be hard for some people but let's face it, it is only for 28 days! By committing to the plan and disciplining yourself to see it through, you are ensuring that the results will follow. Plus, the disciplines you create to help you achieve your physical goal will have a ‘carry-over benefit' to other areas of your life as well. I wish you the greatest success in achieving outstanding results! * Before using any nutritional supplement, speak with your health care professional.

Good for you tann! That's the spirit, 2 workouts per day, 30 - 45 min in the morning and 30 - 45 min in the evening. I use Lipo6 but have been off of it for a few weeks during my recovery but I will get back on it once my intense workouts resume. I have lowered my meals to 4 per day as ...I am not working out as much as before (tt surgery). Once I amp it up again, I will go for the 6 small meals per day, that's eating every 2 - 3 hours while you're awake. Breakfast Snack lunch Snack dinner Snack Protein shake, yogurt, protien bar, salad (w/grilled chicken, light on the dressing), sensible dinner and healthy snack after dinner

10/19/06 - Cross Training Day Gold's Gym 30 minutes on the treadmill (next to DH) @ 2.8mph with gradual incline up to 2.0 Bicep Curls - 15 reps, 3 sets @ 20lbs Tricep Curls - 15 reps, 3 sets @ 20lbs Shoulder Press - 15 reps, 3 sets @ 20lbs Rear Delts - 15 reps, 3 sets @ 20lbs Back Row - 15 reps, 3 sets @ 20lbs Slept like a rhino 10/20/06 - All Cardio Day Gold's Gym 40 minutes on the treadmill 2.8 - 3.0 mph with gradual incline up to 2.0 15 minutes on the elliptical resistance - 10, speed 3.0

No, they werent' my doctors, but potential plastic surgeons. The doctor will tell you (any doctor will tell you) to hold off on a tummy tuck until after you've had children. Lipo holds no bars but tummy tucks are deferred if you are planning on having kids. Also Dr. Romero does butt enhancement injections but I don't know what's all involved. I don't recommend anything other than you deciding on your own ..what you want to do for you. Only you and your doc can truly know what you're ready for. I was researching the other day something called, "The Brazillian Butt Lift" and allz I can say is WHOA. They take the fat lipoed out from other sites of your body, then purify the fats and only use the really good stuff and inject them in your butt, filling you out with a very nice badunkadunk! I am not addicted to plastic surgery as of course this tt was my first time getting anything cosmetic, but that butt thing seems awesome. I may have my breasts done if I lose anymore of it. I was a 38D now a 34B cup and I've got another 14-16lbs to go. I think they'll disappear by then.

Wow, soo soon? The doctor generally would prefer that you be 15 - 20lbs from goal weight. A consult done on the same day as surgery yes but I had a consult via email too as I had to send pictures of my stomach/flap abs. The doc saw them, evaluated and said I'd be a good candidate for the surgery, but then I had to fly in to meet him and yes, it was another consult but this time, with him touching, poking and prodding. He will probably tell you to wait 30lbs more before the surgery but I'm not sure. But wait, is your ticker accurate? I see in your sig line that you're 148lbs. Are you 148 or 184? Your ticker says 184 and your sig line says 148.

No, not at all. I lost my hair due to rapid weight loss as most Gastric Bypass patients do to malnutrition, malabsorption. By losing soo much weight soo fast your body goes under intense stress and so goes the hair follicles. Not everyone goes through this during band weight loss but then again, not everyone loses as fast. I don't have issues with blocks, epidurals or anesthesia.

I asked right before I walked over into OR if I was going under and they said no that they do blocks. I guess it's safer to do blocks. Some patients have a hard time coming out of general anesthesia.

Esmeralda, I understand where you're at. All I can do for you is show you what I've done. Hopefully that will give you some sort of guide or show you what you may not be doing that maybe you should. You will have to decide if you want to go into this with a Gung-ho kick ass attitude or....or if you want to half ass do it...or if you want to take this slow, steady and easy.

You are very welcome Karey. You asked alot of relative and really good questions. I was happy to answer them. Kimmie - yes. I had a block, like an epidural. It numbed me from the waist down therefore I could feel nothing, couldn't even move my feet, toes, legs, nada for about 7 hours after the surgery. I saw it all...I even saw after he cut me, he flipped my skin over and onto my belly to stitch my abs..my skin was heavy..as I remembered. I saw how I looked under my skin. I swear I saw a 4 pack. I'm not lying. Now if I can just get the remaining fat and swelling in my abs to go down then you'll see them too. hehe At some point seeing all that red..made me queasy so I pulled the sheet over my eyes a bit till I felt better. My surgery lasted ..a little under 2 hours.

The whole week I was in Mexico for surgery, I lived off of the parfait yogurt. I just love that stuff! (had to stay on liquids)

I think I want to go on this trip. I will PM you later on today once i make a final decision.

Karey, I began exercising the day of my return back home from Mexico (bandment) I began a low impact workout of light walking to biking up to 6.5 miles then bumped it up to jogging then running from 7 - 9.5 miles and biking up to 45 miles in one shot. I lost most of my weight through biking initially. I would take my mountain bike and hit the road at 7am and return at 9am ish or leave at 9 and return at 11am where I drenched in sweat from the god awful heat of the summer here in Florida. Loved it and will love biking here in Florida in the Fall and Winter. I'm looking forward to it.

The music that pumps my workouts harder: Touch It - Busta Rhymes Bossy - Kelis Turn It Up - Chamillionaire The Sound of Revenge Hip Ridin' - Chamillionaire & Krayzie Bone shake That - Eminem Curtain Call Ain't Got No Dough - Eve Ruff Ryders' First Lady Remember the Name (Featuring Styles of Beyond) - Fort Minor Crazy - Gnarls Barkley I'm Gonna Be Alright (Track Masters Remix) 2:51 Jennifer Lopez Pump It Up - Joe Budden Joe Budden Playground - Lil Rob Bring Out the Freak In You - Lil' Rob Control Myself (Featuring Jennifer Lopez) - LL Cool J & Jennifer Lopez Todd Smith Hot Boyz - Missy Elliott Promiscuous (Radio Edit) - Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland Promiscuous Would You Die for Me (Featuring Lil' Kim & Puff Daddy) - The Notorious B.I.G. Unfaithful - Rihanna A Girl Like Me (Bonus Tracks) Temperature - Sean Paul The Trinity Reggae Diamonds On My Neck (Clean) - Smitty Stupid Girls -P!nk Don't Cha -The Pussycat Dolls Beep - The Pussycat Dolls Buttons -The Pussycat Dolls When You Were Mine -Cyndi Lauper I'm a Slave 4 U -Britney Spears Britney Toxic - Britney Spears

Karey yes. I was told that depending on my mindset, situation on child bearing (if I was done) then I should consider waiting 6 months from reaching goal weight or 20lbs above goal weight to have plastic surgery. Would make no sense to have a tt when you haven't given your skin time to bounce back, however....for me... I have always had a small flap, even before my son. I was ..oh gosh 120lbs - 140lbs and still had a pouch. I knew I'd get it right away because I knew the flap would never go away. The doctors that I consulted with did not disagree with me when I told them about my history with my pouch. They seemed to not be against the surgery. My surgeon was the only one to question every aspect of my weight loss and my plastic surgery goals and expectations. He factored in the weight I was before the sudden weight gain. My weight gain was due to pregnancy in 2001. I was 145lbs before my pregnancy with my daughter, then shot up to 240lbs. He asked me how active I was before the gain..which I was always very active. I swam alot, took aerobics classes 4 times per week and some light weight training. He then asked me how long ago I was banded and how much have i lost with the band. Asked me about my new eating habits, etc. Alot of probing and finally ...an "OK, I think you're ready".

Some people have the band and lose nothing at all. Some people get 8 or so fills and have no restriction and lose no weight. Exercise has always been the key to losing weight and getting physically fit. The band is merely an aid, food restriction tool to assist you in your weight loss. The band, combined with exercise can only spell victory for the banded person in my opinion. The results can be amazing if you couple both together. Just think, once you get to your goal weight, the band can act as a weight maintenance tool. The band makes it possible to stay within 5lbs of your goal weight. But if you are on a plateau and have never exercised or rarely do so.. I guarantee a 2 -5lbs weight loss in a week if you do 4-6 days of cardio in the fat burning zone. You'll come out of any plateau you have. Cardio - 65% above your resting heart rate. Means you have to sweat, pant, flustered cheeks, heart racing, beating out of your chest. Do this ...30 - 45 minutes per day for 4-6 days and you'll push yourself over that hump.

Interesting article. I think by removing the band, she can no longer blame it for her throwing up, then overreating. She will have to face herself and I think that facing herself fully, head on is what she's trying to do. She is aware of her insolence to the band. She knows she is being wrong by throwing up...eating junk foods and just plainly stated....pushing the envelope. I wonder if the band itself causes eating disorders such as eating and spitting. I know I have been guilty of wanting to just taste something and will only allow a chew and taste..then spit it out. I've done this a few times after my fill. I couldn't get solid foods down and I would have to spit it out, even after chewing for minutes upon minutes. I haven't done this for a few weeks as I can get solid food down now ..I think my fill has finally loosened up a bit but not much. She is just like everyone of us. We are plagued with eating disorders, issues...... overreating, emotional eating, head hunger, bulimia, anorexia nervosa, binging. She's just a celebrity with real people problems.

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Exercise is the only definate thing that will help you lose weight.

hehe i found an old but cute thread, thanks all and yes im still alive and well

Mine is updated ..as I just edited it a day or so ago but i'll repost it here www.myspace.com/crazy_melly_mel

Awwwww thank you Anewroc. Jules, that's awfully nice of you to say. Thank you. I'm glad to be of help in anyway I can. If anyone had any questions they wish to ask in private, please don't hesitate to ask.