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Yes Laura.. those are the ones I'm spitting out in my trash can...... still! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whoooooooohooooooooo Tracy on the fill! I'm squeezing my butt cheeks together right now trying to burn the calories from the crackers! :wink: Just for you Laura!!!!!! squeeze one squeeze two.... squeeze squeeze squeeze ........breathe....... repeat

oh and Grace.. your description of feelig hot and irritated two hours after a meal.. is EXACTLY how I used to feel when I was OFF the low carb wagon....... I could eat a HUGE amount of high carb/ high sugar food and be flopping around on the floor from hunger 2 hours later..... but if I ate something Protein packed and lower carbs... (eggs, bacon, cheese, etc...) my fullness would last til lunch.

To feel fuller longer you must fill your pouch with solid protien.... (the act of taking it longer to digest is what keeps you fuller longer) To the OP....... your meal sounds huge to me, I haven't been able to eat anything pancake like since my second fill...... Restriction IS very fickle.......... TOM, Stress, Time of Day... all affect my level of tightness.......... also I can PB on soup if I eat it too fast.. so SLOWING down has been a big learning curve...... GOOD LUCK!

Way to take the high road!!!! :wink:

All the normal advice.......... up your Water, lower your simple carbs, up your protien.......... My body has definate set points and 224 was one of them......... I'm obviously at another one because I've been in the 190's since January.. and even though I'm a bit stuck.. my sizes have continued to drop and my body has seemed to shift... GOOD LUCK!

Hubba Hubba YOU LOOK SO HANDSOME! I will NOT be showing my 16,17, and 21 year old neices your photo!!! :wink:

You guys are so funny......... I'm in on the contest......... MAYBE it will motivate me.......... I've had CRAP CRAP CRAP today already!!!!!!!! (currently pb'ng on those cheesey pb cracker things)

ROFLMAO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:wink:

GOOD MORNING! I tried to sneak in here and post earlier but my boss came into my office and sat down to bs....... Anyway.... I didn't weigh all weekend and usually when I don't it gives me license to eat badly..... and I did........ I've been eating a lot of loaded baked potatoes when we go out... which goes against my deep inbedded LC mentality.... also the crap eating has not stopped....... so imagine my suprise when the scale said 190.4 this morning...... I really need to start drinking my water again... I would imagine I would be solidly in the 180's if I had even had one glass of water over the last 3 weeks! Hope everyone had a good Easter.... we worked in our garage all day and I was tuckered out. We also tagged and insured DH's explorer because it gets better gas mileage than our truck.... (it had been sitting in our garage since 2006) The puppy is doing good.......... the boys love him and are settling down on the fighting over him....... he really seems to favor me though and it is HILARIOUS.... probably because I am safe and a momma LOL I put cubed beef in the crock pot with beef broth and onion soup mix, when I go home for lunch to let the dog out I will add some red potatoes...... I just had some weight control oatmeal but could't finish more than half the bowl........ I tried that technique.. the guy from "I can make you thin" I ate my oatmeal with my eyes closed... (I'm sure I looked funny) but it actually made a difference in how fast I got full.............. hmmmmmmmmm

Yawnnnnnnnn I am so sleepy this afternoon... Terry are you back yet????

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! priceless! btw: loved your description of TOMAS

WELCOME TO LBT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jump in and post......

When your hypothyroid, yours doesn't work.......... weight or no weight that doesn't change...... Diagnosed hypo at the tender age of 22.... I'm down 81 lbs size 24 to 12's! I LOVE MY BAND

Welcome To Bandland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've never had anything like this......... call your doc ASAP

GOOD MORNING!!!!!!!!!! I'm off tomorrow yipppppppppppppeeeeeeeeeeee! It's going to hit 70 degrees today yippppppppppppppeeeeeeee! My flowers are starting to bud and my crocus are in blooom yippppppppppee! Suzie: you are kicking booty! Terry: Let us know how the consult goes.. how exciting DH told my that my butt looked flat last night in my favorite size 12 levis...... I guess I'm losing it, but on the up side.... I was able to button and zip Cody's 33's! LOL he did NOT think it was as cool as I did! :thumbup: Oh and heres one for the harsh mom side.......... (she's talking about getting banded in 2009) we stopped by to pick up some stuff and she asked what I had for dinner (2 taco's) How much have you lost? (0 lately, but my body must be shifting) So she says............ "well you don't have the hour glass back you ARE straight up and down still, but if you worked on your midriff you wouldn't be so straight" AHHHHHHHHHH she has always been the worst about my weight...... and she is heavy... she finally admited that she is the same weight I was went I started.... I love her so much.... but dam... My size 12's are getting LOSE.... give me a break please!!!!

I REALLY NEED TO GET BACK TO MY LOWCARB ROOTS! I had a Wendy's chili for lunch with cheese......(it's all I've had today so far) coffee w/sf creamer is how I start every morning.

OH and Costa Rica is supposed to be beautiful and inexspensive

I would do a cruise.......... and yes you will need extra money for tips, booze and excursions......... if you only ate on board, and drank tea you would still need tip money for your waiter and room attendant(s) oh.... and the on board slot machines! :thumbup:

The good: FREEDOM FROM CONSTANT HUNGER (ie flopping around on the floor like a fish out of Water kind of hunger) The bad: Mourning the loss of being physically able to sink your teeth into a plate full of ANYTHING (related to my stress eating) The UGLY: spitting up that plate full of whatever when you've ate it anyway even though your not hungry anymore The Good: LOSING 81 lbs in the first year... going from a size 24 jean to a comfy size 12 (and even able to button a couple 10's) The Bad: realizing that icecream goes right through the band and that even though a small satisfies a large will work The UGLY: forgeting you are banded and taking a big bite of doughy bread and then feeling the flaming golfball from hell feeling of it getting stuck and then waiting for it to dislodge and come back up.. oh and the lovely bodily function of "sliming" to help it all along................ The GOOD: REALIZING that you no longer concern yourself with "getting your moneys worth" at the buffet place... (look around and take note of the skinny people eating.. they are NOT gorging themselves on 5 plates of food) The bad: Noticing how much your family REALLY eats at the buffet place! The ugly: The need for a tummy tuck after your belly has deflated into a wrinkly mess! The band is not magic........... you MUST Have a plan..... (even if it is just eat whatever you want just less...plan) GOOD LUCK!

GOOD MORNING Dr K'rs........ My mom has decided to get banded in 2009.. and I have picked Dr. K for her as she will be self pay. She is nervous.... but she has watched me lose 81 lbs over the last year and she is now at the weight where I started.......... She is going to use her/and stepdads 2009 FSA account to pay for it... I wish she'd do it sooner... if anyone would like to email her your experience with Dr. K, PM me and I will give you her email address...... Many thanks!

WOW! thanks for the post! How about some pics?

it's worth a shot! I KNOW I would be losing faster if I'd get back on the LC wagon!

ahhhhhhhhh thanks LJM!