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Nope you are completely justified! The curve thing is funny to me. My one friend keeps commenting on how my boobs are shrinking.all I keep saying is so is the rest of me! And the crazy thing is I'm still a D cup. Which is what I was to begin with! I'm 16lbs from goal and I still have plenty of curves! And I'm sure you will too. You should look up the thread "I'm your face moments" there's a couple of really funny posts there.

Triplets mom I love #5. I can happily say I am now smaller than some of my biggest haters. And it might be slightly immature . But I love the shocked look they get on there face when they see me. It's a great feeling!

We are just a bundle of laughs around here.

The longer you wait to go the harder it may be to go.And you wanna avoid straining as much as you possibly can. Colace is available over the counter if its what your doctor recommends. I know that I went home with a script for it. And even though it's Saturday trying calling your doctors office. Someone should at least be on call to answer questions like this. Chances are they will have you start on whatever stool softener your office recomends today.

I too am prone to morning tightness. Staying hydrated does help but for me dosent solve the problem entirely. I start out every morning (or afternoon in my case since I work nights) with a hot cup of coffee or tea. If I feel super hungry but still tight I have a cup of chicken boullin instead. The salt helps curb the craving for food until I've loosened up enough to really eat. After a few hours I'm fine and can eat anything in a small portion.

I think I'm with restless on this. I don't think an occasional or even daily soda will hurt as long as it's well tolerated. And also completely healed. I used to drink 3-4 diet mt dews a night at work. Now I think I'm down to maybe 1 a week. The desire for them is just no longer there. But I do work 3rd so there's still the need for an occasional caffeine fix. I would also recomend letting it sit for a few minutes to let some of the carbonation fizz out. And drink very slowly. And I wouldn't recomend it right after working out either. I tried it once. I was so thirsty I started to chug it the way I used to. Not a good idea. But besides that 1 time i've never had a problem with soda or with beer. I'm not a big beer drinker. I'm more of a rum and diet coke. But I've had beer a few times this summer. I highly recomend bud light lime. Tastes really good as far as beer goes and went down smooth every time.

Miss J I love #4 I plan on wearing one of those short skimpy nurse costumes this year.. I can't wait for my bf to see me in it

Ali. the only different thing i can suggest food wise is youplait makes some great new yogurt flavors. the cinnamon roll and apple turnover are great. are you allowed pudding? and it probably gonna be at least 8 weeks before subway, and even then you might wanna be careful bread is not always our friend, but try there wraps. there very good and anything that goes on a sub can go on them. and HH you are right about all of the things we are happily deprieved of. and on a personal not. weve had some interesting debates in the past, which i throughly enjoyed by the way. but. i was appalled at some of the things said to you this week. no guy not even you deserves kicked in the balls. lol

Thanks restless it was actually your thread about being happy that got me thinking about my mom so much today. My died at the same age that you were banded. And I'm so happy for you that you've taken control of your. I just wish things could have been different for my mom. And that's amazing about your insurance. I have to say my insurance approval was very easy. I was able to use any weight related visit in the last 2 years towards my 6 months of required PCP visits. And I was approved right away. I felt like I had my own special gaurdian angel overseeing the process. And I'm not amazing. I just did what needed to be done. I have 4 older siblings and none of them were willing or responsible enough to take them in. I was 5 months pregnant with my youngest son with my yougest son when she died. I think if it weren't for being pregnant and needing to be strong for the girls I probably would have fallen completely apart. So having them to take care of kind of keep me sane.

Im not in my 20s either. But have some pretty good rewards in mind. I buy myself something every 15 or 20lbs. When I got to 200 I bought myself 2 pairs of great "skinny cut jeans ".i I'm also a big fan of perfume as a reward and purses. A girl can never smell too good or have enough coach or dooney&burke in her closet. And unlike the jeans that are already too big purses are forever. Lol I also plan on going back to Jamaica. I went last year a few months before my banding. I loved it but felt like a big fat ass on the beach. I'm a size 10 now. I'm planning on being in a10 by the time I go. And I can't wait to hit the beach in my much smaller néw swimsuits.

when we eat pizza. i try to opt for a thin crust. it seems to go down fairly easily. and even 1 slice of thin crust fills me up. when i go to chinese i usually get a bowl of wonton soup. then i get will get a small plate of whatever looks good and will kind of pick at that. i like chicken on a stick. i also love the crab rangoon, but now i can only eat a few of them instead of a whole plate full

Sabertooth. congratulations on making the decision on what was best for you. good luck on your surgery and keep us all posted with your progress. and good luck with your pre-op diet. it sucks but its totally necessary. hang in there

Thanks restless. and its funny there are times when i loook in the mirror that im so shocked at the change in appearance that i wanna jump for joy! im sure ill hit my goal. but truthfully if i stayed where i am. and i know you will make it to where you wanna be your attitude wont allow you to fail!

Abbey agree that sometimes we do kind of over compensate for being heavy by kind of amping up our personality. and for me thats always been good. and as i,ve gotten thinner as my self confidence has increased so has that side of me.we are all beautiful intelligent women. but sometimes being heavy can make you feel like the beautiful person you are inside dosent match the one that the outside world sees. i sometimes feel that losing weight has helped me to combine both of those sides of me into one person. and good luck on your weight loss. you are beautiful and are definitely gonna be a quadrupple threat!!

Im so glad to here someone say they're happy and doing well. i also find that when i slip up im able to get right back on track. the bands done wonders breaking me of my binging habits. i no longer use eating bad monday as an excuse to eat the same way on tuesday. its truly a life change not a diet. you are really doing well, and thanks for sharing your positive atitude with everyone. oh and congratulations on your recent graduation from nursing school!

Sex boogers. LMAO that's a good one I'll have to remember that for future use. And Andrew it took a lot to convince me.

Aww. Come on Abby spitters are quitters. Lol

Lol. Very funny. A man after my own smartass heart. When someone asks me if I'm hot, my usual comeback is of course just look me!

Damn HH you beat me to it!!! The second I saw this post I had a happy ending comment ready. But as for massages I've had a few since my surgery with no problems.

Catherine you look great in your blog pics. i really like the longer hair on you. And i too have noticed how much easier it is to make it through an evening i hells since dropping weight. keep doing what youre doing cuz its really working!!

Im a nurse. i work in home health, i take care of trach/vent peds patients in there homes. i love my job!

off religion and back to prostitution. i see nothing wrong with legalized prostitution. isnt it referred to as the worlds oldest profession? the bottom line is people use sex to get what they want and are gonna cont to. whether its trading sex for money to pay the rent or having sex with your husband cuz you're trying to get him to take you on vacation. its still trading sex for something you want or need. anyone who says they've never had sex with an ulterior motive involved is either lieing or has no sex life. besides why should prostitution be th only "profession" not paying taxes

i love my IUD. i have mirena. ive had no side effects from it at all. I've had it for close to 5 yrs. when the 1 i have is due to come out in sept i plan on getting another put in

I've had several in your face moment. i think i've posted this before but my daughters stepmom is extremely phony. nice to my face , but dogged me out calling me a fat cow and many other things behind my back. well shes never once complimented me on my weight loss. shes also been steadily getting larger as ive lost. shes now bigger than i am.one day my daughter finally asked her dosent my mom look great. well at that point she had no choice but to agree. she told me i lo0ked great, at 1 pont she complimented something i was wearing. i then told her if she liked the wat i dressed that she was more than welcome to all the clothes id outgrown! i could tell by the look on her face she wanted to slap me. offering someone that hates me my fat clothes was definitely an im your face moment:tt2:

Hey can I get in the fast losers club? I'm 5 months post op.I'm down from an 18 to a size 10 and I've lost 63 0f the 75 I set out to lose. Although I'm pretty sure I'm gonna lower my goal. I've had great success so far. I can't wait to get to goal.