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What all does that price include? Thanks Cheri

I say follow the rules if you are already breaking the rules now what about a month from now? Or 6 months what will you be eating? The Doctors are not being mean but are helping you heal. You have all the time in the world later to eat what you want. What happen to will power?? Come on you can do it. You seem to lose the most during the first 6 to 8 months so no cheating. Cheri

I was banded in July 2009 also. Do you go to a support group? If not you need to. I go to a couple and I have a friend that I met on this site that I talk to everyday also on the phone or we have coffee. You you need that support from someone going through what you are. This site is good and I come here almost everyday but it is not a subsitute for in-person support. Also I agree about finding sugar free fat free treats that might work for you instead of the real thing. Sometimes when I need too I return to liquids just to take my focus off of food. Tomorrow I am going to be just drinking Slimfast Low Carb shakes for maybe a week just to get my mind off of food. I am about 20 lbs from goal and the last is so hard to get off, but right now I am depressed and am turning to food for comfort so this is what I do as a coping skill (I suffer from clinical depression). It might help me lose some but even if it does not that is not what I am doing it for, it is to refocus myself and on those 7 days I do not have to worry about food I just drink a ready made shake and I get all my protien. Cheri

My Doctor said not in the hospital please, we waited about 2 weeks, then put a pillow across my tummy. Cheri

So sorry for your loss. I think everyone goes through what you are in some way or another after surgery. No they might not have lost a loved one, though some have. But that is not the point. . .for most people food is their friend,their comfortor. And after surgery we seem losted without our friend who is gone. My advice to you is to get some counseling to help you deal with all your stress, in doing so you will probably find out why you use food as a comforter. Why you choose to help keep youself overweight and why you are hurting your health by smoking again. I would not recommend it to you if I had not gone through it myself. Went in thinking I was there for one reason but found out that, that was not my problem at all something totally different, she did not help “cure” my problem as I am not sure if it can be fixed . . . BUT she did teach me Great Coping Skills that help me everyday. I know what triggers me and then what I must do to end it as soon as I can. Everbody on this planet would benefit one way or another some sort of therapist. If you are a Christian spend some time in prayer and studying the Bible, in bad times as well as good times we need help and guidences from our Heavenly Father. He is there for you, you ask Him to help you find someone who can help you in therapy and help you to get to what is behind making you run for food in sad times. Your weight looks like it is on tract for just being banded in October. You are still hungry as you need more fill probably. As you get more fill you will not be physically hungry, but they do not fill your thoughts. I am 16 months out and I still struggle with emotional eating. I know to try my coping skills first . .. . 99.9% of the time they work. If I still feel like I need to eat I call a friend or take a hot bath, or read a book. I use to get out of the house and go shopping. I do not even have to buy something just look . . . it puts me in a different frame of mind. Since I assume you are planning on having your Band for life you need to find out now about dealing with head hunger and emotional eating or it will be a long hard journery for you, The first 8 months I was so committed and was glad I had those skills and talked out all my problems already. You are just in the beginning stage you have to forgive yourself for past emotional eating and pick youself up and move ahead to your goal. You can aways e-mail me if you want to talk. If you want to talk on the phone private message me and I will give you my number and we can talk on the phone. One more thing find some in person support group and go you need to be around people going through what you are. Come to this site on top of that, but in person support is a must. Cheri

Ok who know what the reputation number means on our profile page above our photo and why is it there? Mine is a 10 and says good. Jachut's whom we all love is 115 Excellent? How do they get these numbers anyone???? Cheri

It will go away soon. Hold a pillow against your tummy when you cough and it will help. I used a pillow against my tummy the first week when I walked too. Cheri

Wow great answer Tami! Kids, even little ones are watching what mommy and daddy do . . . you have to set a good example and taking abuse it not right for you or them. I would say leave and then if you wanted to do counseling you can still live in a safe enviroment and meet him there. Some people can forgive but they never forget. He might not be one who will let you forget. I sometimes wonder if that happened in our marriage (30 years) if I could truly forgive, I know I would never forget. It would be the hardest thing I could ever do. But you have to forgive yourself for messing up and maybe move on. Take care of yourself and kids. Cheri

Do you mind telling us is it cheaper in Mexico like the Band? If so how about a ball park figure? I am 50 and know I could never afford it in US. If things ever get better in Mexico maybe but not with things like they are, but I would love to know price. A person can dream. Please be careful if you go back. Cheri

I would love to talk to you. You can message me or e-mail me either one. Cheri

I am 16 months out and lost 80 lbs and never required much fill. So don't worry there will be plenty of time for fills. Cheri

It will go by faster than you think. I am 16 months out and if I find myself going off track for more than a day or two. I return to liquids just to get my focus off food. As long as you get enough protien you might not even get hungry after a couple of days. It is so worth the two weeks to get the weight off and know you are not alone in your fight to keep it off. When you get discouraged come to this site and read and research and talk to people going through what you are or have gone through it. It will help so much. Do you have a supportive wife or girlfriend that will also help, maybe she would do a liquid diet for a couple of days with you, you never know? Need anything message me. Good luck. Cheri

Cocoabean, Great post, great information, thank you! Cheri

I do not want to start an arguement, but it is not hype. Watch the news, pull up the bordering towns newspapers and read for yourself. My husband's family lives in Matamores, Mexico bordering with Brownsville and they all are scared, their way of life has changed. People do not go into the city at night anymore and a lot of businesses or going out of business, people call them and their neighbors on the phone and threaten them. They are living in fear. I do not care if you have surgery in Mexico . . . if I could have not afforded it in the U.S. I might have considered going there before this last year. There are good and bad Drs in every country, but that is not what the danger is. It is the cartel members. I can't stand to read people saying it is not true when it is. Please, please as you are researching your DR please research the area you are going to just as much. If you walk down the streets in Mexico it is hard to tell the vistors from those who live there and that is really true of the border towns. Just type in Juarez and research it. Thanksgiving weekend our family had a really big celebration and we did not go as it is just too dangerous and I want my Grandbabies to have a Grandma. It is not the Doctors or the people of Mexico it is the drug cartels and they only care about making money, they are not even loyal to each other . . . innocent people are getting killed to show which cartel is stronger. Okay I have said enough but please just check it our for yourself not with people who had surgery later than a year ago because too much has changed in the last year. Promise that all I will say about it. Cheri

No we filed together. Cheri

Okay we have an answer: I guess not too many people liked my posts . . . sorry!!!!!:scared2: Hi Cheri, Your reputation score is based on many things. Time you have been registered, post counts and when someone reads your post - at the bottom right is a + or - If someone + your post your reputation will go up. I hope this helps. Irene

My weight lose has slowed down to nothing. I still have the last 20 lbs I want to lose. Anyone of the July 2009 people going through this? What did you do? Help!!! Cheri

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Don't know what it means but would like to. Cheri

Drop your carbs! Cheri

Congratulations!! Cheri

chicken is one of those foods that I never know if I can eat or not until I eat it. I have always been when something is coming up it comes with such force and no effort on my part. Once I drank some coffee that on that day did not want to stay down and came up so fast it come though my nose too, that was super gross. With Chicken try dipping it in a sauce or Fat Free salad dressing it helps it go down. Cheri