late

===================

I read where some wanted some new topics to debate, so here ya go. Tell us your thoughts. Does the government have the right to restrict gun possession? I personally feel there should be stiffer restrictions but we as americans should have the right to bear arms.

The other night my dh and i were watching Norbit wihch was not very entertaining to say the least, but as i was watching i realized that all of the fat jokes and the attitudes displayed towards the fat people bothered me. My dh who does not have a weight issue thinks that sometimes i am too sensitive beacause it hits too close to home. THat may very well be true but i am tired of the way sterotypes of fat people continue to be in all of these movies. Does anyone else the problem here?

Each doctor also has different fill patterns. Some may start with only .5cc while others start with 1.5cc. My dr says typically in a 4cc band most people feel good restriction around 2cc.

bump bump bump

I get this this weird kind of pressure and tingling on my left side periodically through the day. It almost kind of feels like when your pregnant and the baby is pushing or kicking on one spot. It is kind of close to my port but lower and more on my side. It usually happens when i am sitting and if i lay back it stops. Could it be the tubing going were it shouldn't be. Has anyone else experienced this? It isn't really painful but it is getting really annoying. I am my dr 2nd band patient so i don't feel like he'll know what it is. I'd appreciate any input. Thanks!

I'll tell you what made me go for it. Yes i could work hard and lose the weight, but i didn't want to spend the rest of my life gaining and losing. i wanted a permanent solution. The truth is with the band you still have to work at it but you have a tool that helps you out when you are weak. Iam almost 6mos out now and i have lost 50 lbs. i still eat pretty much what i want but i try to make healthier choices and always eat my protein first. I usually get full before i can move on to anything else. i try to exercise at least 3x a week. I lose alot slower if i don't, not to mention it will help things tighten back up. I don't regret having the surgery at all. well occassionally i get frustrated when i want to eat more and i can't but that is what ithe band is there for. Good luck!

Zen- i was banded on 3/30/07, so we are kind of at the same point. i got my fourth fill aug. 23 with a total of 2.3cc (I think) and i still didn't have great resrtriction. But a week and a half later the restriction came and i finally know what good resrtiction is. it's made a big difference. I also notice that if i am not working out at least 3x a week i lose really slow. (Like 5 lbs in 6 weeks) So hang in there, ask for another fill soon, and exercise. good luck!

The current legislation makes no accomodations for the baby.

I am 5 mos out and i have had 5 fills and i only have 2.1cc in my band. I have some resriction but no to that sweet spot yet. My dr is only doing .2 or .3cc now at a time. I'm wondering if they are just trying to get more money out of me or if he does not know what he is doing. i am one of his first band patients. Things just don't seem right to me with everything else i am reading here. What should i do?

I told my husband that i am a "flying muffin". I've got the muffin top rolling over the waist band and the bat wings ready to take flight! Pretty pictue, huh!

If you like isopure then try protein ice. I'm not sure where you can get it where you live. I get mine at a local health food store. It is a 100x better than isopure. It doesn't leave that gross filmy coating in your mouth and tastes just like punch.

I went on a weekend vacation with two of my friends two weeks after surgery. I moved from full liquids to mushies the second day of the trip. I ate alot of soups, scrambled eggs, pudding, etc. Of course i took my protein drinks with me and drank those alot too. I think i only spent $25 on food for the whole weekend which was a great plus. Depending on your dr orders you should be ok 3 weeks post op.

To me it seems unfair that some people view Christians as judgemental just for expressing our beleifs, but when others express their beleifs its just their point of view.

I thought i would try it since my weight loss is slowing down a little. I started today and wondered if anyone had success with it or if anyone wants to come along for the ride with me. Here's the diet. How to break a plateau #1 - Do this for 10 days to break a plateau #2 - Drink 2 quarts of Water a day #3 - You must have (at least) 65 grams of Protein supplement and all your vitamins/minerals supplements each day #4 - You may consume up to 3 oz of the following high protein foods, 5x a day beef pork chicken turkey lamb fish eggs low fat cheese cottage cheese plain yogurt or artificially sweetened (?) Peanut Butter beans/legumes You may also have: sugar free popsicles tea or coffee sugar free soda sugar free Jell-O broths/bullion (sp?) crystal light drinks #5 - If it's not on the list, you can't have it for 10 days!!!! #6 - Keep a food diary and try to get up to 30 mins of exercise daily DETOX FROM THOSE CARBS ! Good luck and keep me posted!

L8Bloom - Well put

Special k water is yucky and not worth the only 4g of protein it provides

One week out i was doing pretty good but would get tired pretty easy if i was on my feet too long. but it took me 4 days to be able to get up out of bed and ouy of chairs without help and little pain.

Most of the other shakes you can get at gnc or a health food store have more protein in them (usually at least 30 g)

One day science will be advance enough to prove that life does begin at conception and then all those arguments about faith vs. science will be void.

[quote=Perhaps God created a baby in a miserable, troubled, raped woman's body so that she will have an abortion and then turn to God, thanking him for the release from bearing a child that she could never love. She could learn many lessons from that experience and could, in fact, become closer to God. Yes that is possible, He makes all things work together for good. But it would not be in God's perfect will for that child to be killed. He may have allowed that rape to happen so that that mother could give that baby up for adoption and that she would turn to Him for comfort. He is the creator of life and the taker of life. In the case of abortion man is taking life. The doctors and those mothers are trying to take on God's role. As in the case of a stillborn baby, God is taking that child's life for a reason. God's will would never be for a man to decide who should live or die.

BJean- I am very thankful that we live in a free country and that we can choose to have our own beliefs and part of that freedom is being able to share our own beliefs. I would hope that anyone who calls themself a Christian would be respectful to anyone that they may disagree with and that they could have a calm and peaceful "debate." Even as a Christian i am very ignorant in several areas of the Bible, but what i do know i choose to share. And what i don't know I'll study till I find it.

see what you can do to make yourself worthy of the pearly gates Cris -THe only way anyone can make make themselves "worthy" of heaven is a belief and trust in Jesus Christ. We are all unworthy based on our own actions because the standard is Jesus who was without sin and perfect. And none of us can measure up to that. And as for as imposing our beleifs as Christians on others we are called in Matt. 28 : 19 to "therefore go and make disciples of all nations..." So as a Christian it is our duty to tell others about Jesus and His standards. Not to mention that someone has to defend the lives that He created in these mother's wombs. He is the only one who can create life and if it was not His intent for that baby to be born then He would not have created it.

winnk I would do it again. I am almost 4 mos post op and i have lost 43 lbs. I still eat pretty much what i want. I do try to make healthier meal choices but if i want a cookie for dessert or a snack i will allow myself to have one. Notice i said one and not 5 (that would have been the old me) And i don't do it regularly. i'm sure my weight loss would be faster if i cut out all the carbs but i don't want to feel like i'm on a "diet" because we all know diets don't really work long term. I do try to work out at least 3x a week for at least 1 hour.

i think they look pretty good arms down. I would just half to ask myself if it was worth it to me to have to go back through the pain and inconvenience to have them perfect.