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Holy crap Tammy your almost in ONEderland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats!

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!! pics please!

Oh... and my doc says the 4cc band can be overfilled a bit..... He says that he doesn't have a patient with the "small" band with more than 5cc's

very interesting Wendell....... Please keep us posted

I know a lady who has the band and lupus and she has lost A LOT of weight!

Do you have a 401K you could get a loan from?

Seeking ONEderland! 222.6 today............. watch out world I'm on my way!

I have been noticing though that my hair is getting thinner and my nails are ripping............ because of this I've really been trying to get in my protien... I just finished a protein shake doctored up with coffee and sf creamer........ and it HELPED! 219 here I come!!!!!!!! Count down to ONEderland

Good luck! One thing you might think about is getting help with your disorder before starting the refill process.. so that you change your definition of what "normal" food is.

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wtg

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read, READ, REAd this site!

But on a good note today.......... I hit -50 lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My work computer is acting all funky and the net connection has been down.... PAM: <<<<<<HUGS GIRLFRIEND>>>>>>> Terry: I know OK.. so I go home for lunch and I get the letter from the judge saying that court has been continued... (it's actually a scribbled note on my original fax) The kicker: I look at the CC:'s and Shrek is included............ OK.. so then I realise they sent the copy of my fax TO HIM... well freaking duhhhhhhhhhhhhhh It has ALL my numbers (including my private unlisted home number) I called the court and left a message asking if they had blacked out my numbers and guess what I haven't heard a dam thing! As soon as I realized it.. my band swelled up and I PB'd on TOMATO soup............... WONDERFUL.. (ok so maybe it was the tomatoe soup, with the peach cobbler ice cream and the wheat thin crackers that I started shoving into my mouth) dam stress Thank God its Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK..... short answer.. no it is NOT a con! I'm a volume eater, I'm an EXPERT dieter, I suck at maintaining....the band will help with maintenance. I am at my sweet spot of restriction and 1/2 cup of protien keeps me full for 4-5 hours.... where as PRE-Band I could put away the better part of a large thin crust pizza... and if I ate just a little.. I would be flopping around on the floor like a fish from hunger. And BTW.......... I have spent my entire life dieting........ maintaining the real KEY

Good Evening Violets! I had a busy day..... I did see my lawyer and we have a plan of action.. not going to type it down on here just in case I have some pieces of shit cyber spies googling me.......... just too important not to disclose at this point. Anyway.......... I had a weird thing happen today.. but first Kat I laughed at your post!!! PTTS LOOK OUT! OK.. so the weird thing... after my meeting my boss and I stopped for lunch at the Longhorn Steakhouse... Once there I was like ohhh crap what am I going to order.. I ended up with that crab bake they advertise on the commercial and trying to be healthy I opt for the sauted mushrooms instead of a baked potatoe......... So this is the weird thing........ ya know how before the band you always were amazed and happy with BIG portions (well at Least I was) always wondering if it was worth the money and happy when you could gorge on bread and you meal til you were miserable........ this time was totally different for me......... I'm crossing my fingers that the portions are small enough that I can "pass" with not eating much. I was relieved when they brought out the plate and it had a smallish dish of the crab bake on it.... (pre band I would of been PISSED) the mushrooms looked so good... but what the hell was I THINKING....... too rubbery for me luckily I stopped myself after two small mushrooms... then I picked at the crab bake eating MAYBE half of it.. more like a third.... I was just praying that I wouldn't PB in front of my boss, who has no idea that I've had surgery.... I picked, I put my fork down, I pushed the food around, (all the tricks I've read about) hell I even hid a few of the mushrooms under a big leafy green......... I MANAGED IT.. put my napkin over the plate and called it done.......... weird feeling, but a good one......... totally UNTracy the volume eater. Getting ready to head for bed. NIGHT

GOOD MORNING VIOLETS! I'm in a monkey suit today because I have a meeting at Corporate later.... the upside is THE MONKEY SUIT FIT! The Jacket is a size 14 and although it is a little tight through the boobs it does button and fit my arms........... DF started his new job yesterday and I spent the evening reading his employee handbook........... OMG.. his insurance has a $6000.00 annual deductible for family coverage! (mine is $250 on the expensive coverage and $1500 on the least expensive premium coverage) Terry: My heart breaks for you. My greatest fear is ds thinking shrek is COOL and FUN and wanting to spend time over night with him...... Michelle: WAY TO GO on making the 60's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jen: Good Luck today! Pam: I could NEVER be a teacher... well unless they brought corporal punishment back! (My old principal had a paddle we all had to sign) uhhhh I mean those kids who went to his office had to sign... I'm wearing my WWJD bracelett today.. and I will be thinking of my sistah violets every time I look at it!

I guess you'll have to hang with us crazies til then

I just have to vent this.......... I've been on the phone with the neigboring counties Attorney for Child support (the 2 cases I referred to yesterday) ANYWAY after a chain of phone calls I found out that he currently has NO current warrants in their county.. WHY you ask........ because two weeks ago he paid each of his cases $21 and $25 so that one COULDN'T be issued! My lawyer won't see me til tomorrow so I just called the judges scheduler and she told me how to request a continuance and who to fax it too....... so I typed up a nice little letter explaining why I needed it and faxed it right off.... now I'm just waiting for a call back with a new date.................. Thanks for the shaking bananna's Michelle! Good Luck tomorrow Jennifur! Good LUCK TONIGHT Terry!

Kat & Terry: You guys are so cute when your grumpy! Makes me feel better anyway.... (ducking from what ever you are now throwing at the computer) yes Laura...... SAME JEANS a little over a month ago! This makes my whole friggen day! Where's Pam with her shaking boobies!

Whooooooooooohooooooooooooooooooo!

I have to give the shout outs to both Terry and Denise for seeing NEW lows on the scale! (I'm TRYING to catch you Denise!!!!!!!)

I am a long way from AFTER but I had to pop in here and share this mornings NSV! These are my WELL WORN NON-Stretch Levis size 14! I've been trying them on every week for the last two months seeing how far up I can get them.... A little over a month a go was the first pic.... there was NO amount of sucking and stuffing that I could make the sides meet... so it was my August goal to get into them by labor day.... I'm a couple days late, but HERE I AM THIS MORNING! a true testament that inches do come off even when the scale is not budging! Breathing IS over rated! :eek: I LOVE MY BAND

This morning! Breathing is over rated right? :eek:

LOL! I found something that helps when I'm stuck.. thought you'd might find it handy.. Take a hot shower... for some reason it has helped thing pass through... WEIRD! OK... gotta go.. biggest loser reunion is on tonight

Laura: I love carbs..... but I know that I can't eat them and now that I'm at full restriction... there is no friggen way I can even take a bite of rice, bread, or anything Doughy... but as you read from my earlier post I can still do crackers.......... thin crackers not crackers that turn doughy... (think chicken in a biscutt type) NOOOOOOOOOway.. but the really thin wheat crips seem be fine........ also... I can no longer do melted cheese......... (think white cheese some mexican restraunts use) NOOOOOOOOOOOOOway... but I can do a pc of cheddar sliced off a block.......... oh and I can't do cheese and crackers together....... NOOOOOway. Weird...... I know........... oh... and I can not stomach shredded chicken.. blech! :eek: and dark meat chicken all the way.. white is way too dry! Oh and grilled burgers go down best if I've mixed in some dry ranch mix.. makes them juicy.......... and reheated meat of anykind NOOOOOOOway OK... going now.