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ANY OTHER store on the good given planet! LOL....I hate Wal-Mart. hmmm...... cold feet or cold hands??? (lol...can you tell I am freezing?)

:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: Congratulations Carla!

OMG!!! Adorable, goergeous, angelic just DO NOT even come close! I could eat her up! That first picture is just awsome! AWSOME! Congratulations to you and the proud papa!

I can not break the water habit with meals, but I have considerably cut down. I used to drink 3-4 glasses, now about a 1/2 of glass. Anyone else just stuck??? :think I was doing awsome now I am working my a$$ off and can't even loose 1 pound.

Hello all, I am so excited today, I just have to share! I have lost over 40 pounds now since August, and I have been down lately thinking no one even can tell. So in the time I am the lowest I had to go to a business meeting. I was not myself, people commented how down I was. And THEN my friend looked at me and said "You've lost a sh*tload of weight" They way she said it I was just cracking up. But I was so happy that someone finally noticed. And then the woman to her right said "I thought so too, but I didn't want to ask!" That feels better than the clothes that feel better, the smaller size all of it! Someone finally noticed! lol...I just had to share! :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

I have a question, does anyone know HOW long can you keep the band in? My mom is swaying towards the R en Y because she feels the lap band is just a band-aid. I want her to have all the facts and our surgeon told her 10 years?? (Hi mom if you read this...lol...)

I am so nervous I am going to let one loose while I am teaching a class......grrr......

I just had my first fill Tuesday but it was only .5 ccs because of the weight I have lost on my own. I tell you that cardio is the key. I work out everyday 45-60 minutes cardio. I also count calories, so it is almost like I don't have the band at all....lol.....it took my surgery for me to get serious. Don't worry it will happen. When did you have surgery?

He was a surgeon. He actually was not the one that did my surgery though. My Dr. is not available the days I can make it up there for a fil. It is a 2 hour drive so I have to do it on certain days. Another thing that I found strange was they do not do it under flouro. Most people say they get it done that way. I am sure that I will have to pay for it, I just don't know how much! ANYHOW, my Dr is going to see my on the 17th of October for a second fill so I am working very hard on my own to make sure I do not over eat. But of course if I could do that well I would not be in this situation to begin with..... :cry I am sick and that has taken my appetite away some. Thank goodness..... :faint:

Susan that is the sweetest and most inspiring love story EVER! Congratulations to you!!

Thanks Carlene that makes me feel better. I was getting nervous about my upcoming trip to LAX. They are already hard and I have gotten pulled out of line there already...lol...

I have no restriction with my first fill as well. I am sad and glad that I am not alone and it is not just in my head.... I only got .5 ccs. PRETTY MUCH NOTHING.... I will no longer be going to that Dr! :puke:

Oprah was all about nutrition and things that you eat that actually make your body older than it should be....like pop, and processed foods.

I was banded there on 8/1/06. I also got my fill this week, on the 12th, I feel no different. Dr. Farhan was my surgeon, but Dr Obedi did the fill. He only gave me .5 ccs. I called back and there is not much that can be done. I am going to go back to see Dr. Farhan. Some surgeons are very conservative for the first few fills I was told. PM me if you want to talk. We can chat to see how to get through this!

Thanks Faybie! That is a great thread and makes me feel ALOT better. I was very upset that I only got .5 for my first fill, sounds like now it wasn't so bad!

Cindyn, I am 6 foot as well. I actually do get my pants from Lane Bryant. Right about now they have a kciking sale to get rid of summer jeans...whatever that means, and they are cheaper. They have LONG pants and I do not mean the ones that say long and still show your darn knees.

Welcome Harley, I hope the insurance B.S. clears up soon!

Sam you look absolutely gorgeous darling! I think I look like you before, so you are my inspriration! Thank you for giving us all hope! :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

I tivo'd Oprah today. I colud not believe the change in that woman. And some of the stuff I thought was good for me, like Country Crock is bad.... :guess

Thank you, big hugs to everyone here. It is so amazing how we can connect here and tell people things we don't in real life. Is it the ananimity or the fact we all are really the same? Either way, I love you guys man! :kiss2: :kiss2:

Good, that is what I thought as well. I will be keeping do mine until death us part as well...lol...

I have a very dear friend who has a saying... "Big boobs, big butt, = big fun" (Well he used different words, ya know where I am going with this) His wife calls me his girlfriend and she was the first to tell me he was going to be upset!! I was completely flattered, but I told her I am doing this to be healthy...lol...

OK I went through this too. T.V. sucks in general....lol... I have tivo now so I don't want the commercials. Just make you hungry for bad bad food....lol...

You that is a good question, but I have no problems with it, so I pray that they are not taintable as well... But on t.v. this minute they are saying it is the process of bagging that helps the bacteria to breed.

GOOD GOD!! I do not want to see myself naked......eeeewwwww....... :sick