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The lap band has made this so easy to lose weight. My history : lose the weight / put it back on :guess I don't want to fail this time. :think edie

The liquid stage was the HARDEST thing I ever did in my life. The Hardest. edie

Ask your hubby if he going to push you around in a wheelchair when you have your stroke? I am so glad you mentioned health. edie

When I first had the band last summer . I told everyone who asks , if a person is not ready to give up eating 4 pieces of chicken they are NOT ready to get a band. I hope that it a clear meaning to us overeaters. edie

I tried to capitilize all my letters and it won't let me yell!! edie

Maureen I couldn't keep my body still for "Billy Boy". I will admit I have a J. Cash greatest hits . Shhhhh. edie

I finished listening to "Hannibal" on audio book a few days ago. Strong content . Hard to listen to sometimes. I enjoyed it. If you like horror this one is a good one. edie

I think the big reason for not drinking is if you don't the food will stay in you little tummy longer and make you feel full longer. edie

I did commit myself to 30 minutes of exercise 6 weeks before surgery. Then I had the surgery. The band let me get that full feeling. I was always a bottomless pit. The full feeling let me eat less. I lost weight. Losing weight made it easier for me to exercise and that let to me exercising more. More exercising led to more weight loss. Exercising felt good and and made me feel powerful and healthy. It was a domino effect for me. band + less food + more exercise = lifestyle change edie

OMG. This thread makes me want to get real mean with the idiot who started it. I will be nice. edie

I had a 10 liquid diet before surg and 5 days afterwards. They are people here that were required to lose weight before surgery. Hopefully they will respond to us. good luck, edie

I guess it sort of is a excuse, as in before post, I usually just say I am not hungry. When friends, neighbors say let me get you something , how about.... . I just say I am not hungry but thanks. I am from the South and eating is a big hospitality thing. As in before post, food is just something I do each day like washing my hair. It has been wonderful to take the pressure off of "feeding" (lol) this addiction. It took a lot of time and money and embarrassment of going into the stores and carring out junk food. I knew whoever checked me out was thinking..... she NEEDS that . edie

Oh it is so exciting. I was so happy after the seminar. It made such good sense and a cure for my addiction. I was so happy to tell my hubby about it. He read all about it and agreed with me. I went to the seminar in May 06 and was banded July 06. I will always side with the obese team but it is sure fun to "look" like I'm on the other team. My health was my concern and this "looking" is such a bonus!!!!! edie

I love Krogers sf banana popsicles. Now I eat them in regular . edie

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I had 10 days of liquid before surgery and 5 days after. It was the hardest thing I have every done in my life. That was one diet I had never tried. Slim fast or Medifast or whatever they are called. Am I ever glad I suffered . edie

More calories but for different flavor.... Try mandarin oranges and s f orange Jello added to cott cheese and cool whip. Fold in m oranges last thing. edie

It all depends on what I eat and the texture. I think my sweet spot is when I eat a bandster size portion and I am satisfied. I could eat every 2 hours but I am just not interested anymore. At one cookout on the 4th I ate about 6 or 7 grippo bbq chips before meal. I ate about 1/3 bratwurst and 2 rounded tablespoons of baked Beans. Later I ate petite 2 inch by 2 inch of coconut cake. Junk,Protein,protein,junk. For me I am in my sweet spot. I had no desire to eat anymore in that 6 hour period of time. Of course I was sipping on liquid the whole time . edie

Lyndsey, I forgot. I was embarrassed with people seeing me walk. But I told myself I need to be walking no matter what people think. Now these neighbors and people at my gym come up to me and compliment me. I tell them (of course) I have a band but that I walked off HALF of it.

Lyndsey, You say that you are WALKING around the house wondering what to do? I replaced food with exercise. When I did my 30 minutes a day, the scales went down. I did 45 min and the scales became my friend. I never weighed before. I would get weighed at the doctor but I never looked and told the nurse not to tell me. Talk about denial. I had to look at my doctors records to see what my highest weight was. I always like to suggest walk away from your house for 7 minutes and come back. Give it a try. All you have is weight to lose. edie

My maintenance has been wonderful so far. food is an afterthought for me now. Food used to be my number one hobby. I save so much money not getting my stash of Cookies,candy and ice cream EVERYDAY. I would eat my stash every nite and have to go get MORE the next day. Now let me talk about eating out a few times a week. I didn't do McDonalds either. Never was a fast food girl. Cracker Barrel ($15 with tip) and Red Lobster ($ with tip) were may favorites to have lunch at. Hubby never looks at credit card bills thank goodness. Very happy bandster, edie

Welcome, You have the right attitude. Best wishes, edie

Step, You are turning back into a beautiful woman. Your pic makes me cry with happiness. No offence intended but my looks were hidden under the weight too. I hope you KNOW that I am paying you a very sincere and well meaning compliment. Health is the most important part of this whole journey but getting the woman part of us back is wonderful bonus to the band. edie

Beg or borrow are you two choices. Good luck, edie

I don't know if this has been covered here all ready but I thought Elvis was sexiest with extra Elvis . Does everyone know he had a twin that died at birth? edie