Humming Bird

Hi Donna and welcome to the thread.I agree with you. Small goals are best. If you focus too much on the final goal it can drive you crazy!

You have youth on your side. The weight will come off. Beer may give you some trouble depending on how tight your restriction gets. A drink every once in awhile won't hurt you but it is high calorie and may slow the weightloss for you. If you only have one drink on special occasions and stay away from being a heavy drinker, your life will turn out better in the long run. You are so young and have so much life ahead of you. I think you have a bright future and it is great you are getting rid of the excess weight so young. Drinking heavy messes with your liver over the years anyway. You can find other ways to have fun and keep the alcohol consumption down. Good luck on your life journey !

Good thread. I thought more guys would weigh in on this and give you more feedback. Maybe most of the guys here are married and not attracting women? Over the years the weight of a guy has not been a big factor as far as me thinking they are attractive. That being said, a morbidly obese man is not attractive to me nor is a jock or body builder. For me it's personality. It's a sparkle in the eyes. It is wit and humor. It is work ethic. It is empathy for others. First attraction features would be hair, eyes and smile.

They have vit. D gummies. They are small and don't taste too bad. I also use fiber gummies from Target.

I did this too and tried all the flavs. Then I ordered the roadside lemonaid (my fav) and the crystal sky. They have the bullets at walmart by the slimfast and boost type products. They look like a big test tube. It is like real strong kool-aid and many bansters mix them with Water and sip on them for awhile. The milky type shakes don't taste good to me in the summer.

You have done great! The best part is how you feel about yourself. Keep up the good work. Those last few pounds will come off.

Oh Leigha, that is so sad. My FIL had a heart transplant and they told him the anti-rejection drugs really mess with other organs after awhile.

I have been banded for 1 year and can not eat rice or pasta.

WOW! Size 10 !!!! My dream size! I'm not sure I will get that small with you. I will be happy with a size 12. I'm pretty tall. The clothes are just so much nicer when you get out of the Big Mama section.

There are plenty of things I can eat. It is a texture thing sometimes. The things I eat most often: -Oatmeal -yogurt -fish, scallops, crab, tuna -chili -soup (sometimes with added canned chicken) -fruits -veggies -cheese -cottage cheese -reduced fat wheat thins -protein shakes

My no no list is very long and it doesn't matter if my restriction is loose or tight. -Bread (of any type) -Pasta -Rice -Steak (any solid type meat really) -Pork -Eggs -French fries my list is much longer, but these are the things that come to mind

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Anne, How are you?Everyone else that has not posted here in awhile, We would love to hear from you!

It time, after good restriction, you will find that many of those old foods don't even taste good. There have been times when I just take one bite of something that is forbidden just to taste it. Many times it doesn't taste as good as I thought it would.

Keep your head up. It sounds like things will start going better for you now. This site does help quite a bit, so stick around. Your future is bright.

I read someplace that the 4cc bands are not used or discontinued in the US because of faliure rates. Was everyone with the 4cc band who was banded recently banded in Mexico?

Oh my gosh! I just noticed my ticker. 25 is normal BMI range isn't it? I'm "normal" !

That is just funny!

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I think I was right. I am very sensitive to altitude. I was able to start eating a little and drinking more slowly through the day. Now I really think the same thing may have happened when I had an unfill last time. We had been at a lake 2 days Memorial Day weekend and I couldn't eat all weekend. This past weekend we had been at a lake Saturday and a drive even higher on Sunday. I lost 5 pounds over it which takes me to that magic number..........100 ! Need to change the ticker! Whoo!

That is a REALLY GREAT NSV! Heck, call it an SV too. What a great spirit booster for you.

It sounds to me like they used a band that was too large for your friend. If it is filled all the way and he does not have restriction, the band is too large. I don't think it has anything to do with the brain. He could also have a leak and not even have the 14cc he thinks he has. I hope he is still in touch with his doc. I think I read something that said the tube that goes from the port to the band can hold 2cc.

An empty stomach is the way to go for best fill results. If your fill is late in the day make sure there are hours between the last thing you eat and the fill. Protein shakes come in handy in this situation. Good luck with the first fill!

Denise, bulimic? Really? very strange ..... I guess I'll have to read the thread, but tomorrow because I feel like crap. I can't eat today. I just simply can't. I sure hope it is the altitude thing because I do not want to do the unfill thing again. For the next 3 days I go down in elevation to 6,000 ft. for work. I will see if I can eat at lunch, but then I come back home at night to 8,500 ft. I don't know if I have any swelling going on. I'm going to see how things go tomorrow. I'm off to sleep because I'm beat with no fuel going in.

Oh Geez, I am still having trouble this morning. I woke up just not feeling well. I felt like I had a little reflux so I chewed up 2 tums/rolaids. I normally make a cup of coffee after my shower, but thought it might be too acidic, so I got some iced tea. I drank only about 1/4 cup and started to get a runny nose. I went in the other room to blow my nose and ended up throwing up a bunch of foam/slime. Not good. Not good at all. A couple hours later I figure I better try something before I have to go to work. I made a 1/2 serving of cream of wheat and only ate a tiny bit before I started feeling full and bad. On Mondays I drive to a town with an elevation of 9,500 ft. This is not going to be a good day at all. I think I will have to just have something to drink for lunch. It sucks that in the last couple months the only time I drop weight is when I am having an issue. I'm down 3 lbs over the weekend.