btrieger

How many have they killed or disfigured this week?

It is not supposed to evaporate or dissipate through osmosis. What probably happening is that the initial shock from the fill caused your stomach to get swollen. Then, over time, it relaxed or shifted.

doh!

Walking is all I do as far as exercise goes and I am down 165 pounds. I hated it at first but my feet also used to hurt when I walked 10 feet. Now I can walk for more than an hour. It's really quite interesting to see the things in your area or neighbors in your neighborhood that you never knew existed.

I quit reading at the "1/3 need re-operations" line. I think the majority of us did enough research to realize that is a stupid statement.

I have to argue with you on this one. Many of the people here went to a third world country to have surgery and are provide with absolutely no after care.

If patients don't follow the diet, they failed. The band didn't!

Congrats on your progress and you are right on the money! We have to work with it, it doesn't do anything without us helping.

I just created a simple, step by step, how-to post: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/topic/120058-creating-a-ticker-under-new-lay-out/

You have to put it in perspective. It is for a relatively short time, not forever. Stop saying you can't do it and repeat to yourself over and over, "I can do this!" Whenever you get the urge to nibble, go brush your teeth. Nobody nibbles with freshly brushed teeth.

just click this: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/index.php?app=core&module=usercp&tab=members&area=signature

Most people have a pre-op diet to shrink their liver. Mine was 3 weeks of nothing but Protein shakes. Those that don't, consider themselves lucky. I think it is a misfortune. They are missing out on valuable post band practice.

I'm a geek and love numbers. They also help me keep motivated. I'm attaching mine. Where's yours? The black line on March second marks my surgery date. The 10 pound drop in early December is what I am predicting after my panniculectomy on December 3rd. weight-1.htm

This thread has laid dormant for 2 and a half years until this morning. I agree whole-heartedly with the original poster. Poor people are not all bad but they live in very unsafe neighborhoods. I grew up in Brockton, MA which is arguably only a tiny step up from Lowell as far as crime goes. Neither of which compares to some of the inner city neighborhoods in Atlanta that the original poster was referring to or any other large metropolitan area.

It's makes for convenient graphing. Like I said, I'm a geek.

Thanks. My panniculectomy is next week. Hopefully, that will bring me 10+ pounds closer to goal.

I have good weeks and bad weeks. I have weeks where I gain 5 pounds. I just keep my head up and do what I know I am supposed to. I forgot password to my web domain. So, I am going to try and attach my progress table directly here. My surgery was March 2, 2010. Please note that my weight loss slowed at that time instead of increasing. The gray stuff at the bottom is predictions. There is a big dip next week because I am having my panniculectomy. weight-1.htm

Congrats!!!! Awesome change!! You look so much younger now too.

Congrats!! It sounds like you are doing great. You didn't get fat overnight and you aren't going to get skinny overnight. PS. What dressing are you using on your salad? "SALAD" is only as healthy as what you put on it. If you dump a cup of fat-filled dressing on a salad, it is no longer healthy.

Congrats!!!!! Keep your head up high, take it one step at a time and set many mini-goals. 295, 290, 285, etc... Before long you'll be under 200.

Congrats on your progress!! One shouldn't expect to lose any weight that one doesn't work to lose. Ones fills do not make one lose weight. One eating right and exercising makes ones lose the weight.

I opened this thread expecting it to be about me. Oh, the disappointment.