TruBlueSue

Wow, Tami-AL - I read what you eat, and I can't eat nearly that much! Maybe that's why I am losing so slowly!!

Need some advice from all of those banded more than a couple of months...I got my first fill (1.8cc in a 4cc band) on 10/6. Before this fill, I could just about eat anything, and had stopped losing weight. Since this fill, I can only eat abouyt 2-3 tablespoons of food. If I eat more than this, I have to throw up in order for that terrible pain behind my breastbone to g oaway. It seems like I have to do this every day...I haven't learned where my stop point should be. So, I'm asking for your advice. Should I get a slight unfill? I am scheduled to go back to my doc for a followup on 11/3...do you all think I should wait that long? thanks for your insight!:nervous

My plan, subject to last min revision - I can't eat all of it, but I will certainly sample a bit of all except the rolls...I am serving for my mom, sister, dh and dd, and some co-workers... smoked turkey pepper crusted country ham mashed potatoes broiled green Beans with garlic sauteed mushroom with asparagus baked yams (still in their skins, with butter) yeast rolls turkey gravy pumpkin pie cherry pie

Man, GSue, you say the stuff I'm thinkin' WAY before I get the chance~

Geezer Sue - I spent 4 years at Fort Wegotcha...diddy bop school it still is...lol...

Mom of Many - Weigh In for Christmas Challenge : -2 this week!!

I have a 9.75 cm Inamed band with 1.4cc's; had 1.8cc and then went for a little unfill....now maybe I need a little more...but feel pretty good restriction, even if the weight loss is ssssssssssssslllllllllllloooooowwwwwwwww!

I just ordered a trial taster's pack of it.

Harlo, I do shredded wheat (like about 1/4 cup of 'em) with about 1/2 cup skim milk, or a coffee flavoured protein shake with hot coffee mixed in...maybe a yoghurt...depends on how tight I am in the morning - if I can't get my allegra pill down, I'll do the coffee shake...

You guys have all just spoken to my condition! I haven't lost much this month (I think ~4 pounds) and I have been (started exercising), etc...I keep track of everything I put in my mouth on fitdat, and am constantly burning more than I am taking in...so much for the "calories in<calories out = weight loss!"

Amen from one vet Sue to another!!

Dar al islam, for those of you who missed it, (Jack's House = Dar in Arabic) used to be from Spain t o the Pacific ocean - all across S. Europe (Bosnian muslims, anyone??) Like I said - LONG memories...we're lucky if we remember yesterday....Ayman al-Zawahiri and Al-Qaida would like to see the caliphate return...you know, 12th century Islamic world based in Baghdad (!) and ruled via islamic law...oh, wait, we don't know history, either...how sad...Dar al harb is the house of war = any non muslim LAND is that...and 'Dhimmi - tude" = the peoples of the book, e.g., christians and jews as second class citizens within the muslim empire...wearing, among other htings, distinctive insignia or signs showing they are not muslims...like a yellow six pointed star...

wow - am I glad you guys posted on here - my doc ma de me go back on the effexor xr 150 mg...dumb me I quit smoking at the same time so had double whammy...have only lost 5 pounds since 23 Oct and am writing everything down that goes into my mouth, exercising, etc., and nothing is happening...

Once again, Laurend, you speak truth. Geez, part of the problem is that we have no historical perspective - we're shortsighted - the jihadis have LONG term historical perspective - did you wonder why BuSh's use of the term 'crusader' caused such an uproar?

Amen, Laurend! Someone who speaks with integrity and the conviction thereof. Bravo.:clap2:

few phrases - khaif halik - how are you; bismillah a'rahman illah raheem - In the name of god the compassionate, the merciful; inshal'lah - if god wills it (it'll get done); ah'hamdullilah - in god's time (it will or won't get done)

beginning conversation things - ahlan wa sahlan - welcome shukran - thank you; min fadlak - please; saba al khair - good morning / masa al khair - good evening...

Wondering about that - I think you can get the basic alphabet on-line - its the written word (letters change shape when written) that's a little confusing - but - a good text is elementary modern standard arabic I by rammuny (big orange book) - shows how everything sort of comes together word wise...

just calling it as i see it, ma'am...

Thanks, BJean!! (weird skill set, I know...lol)

No Catheter here

I haven't heard such crap since I left the Army...9/11 e.g., the airplanes being flown into buildings in NY and Washington was presaged by the attack in '93 and the foiling of the pacific airliner plot of '91 - remember those? ALL the work by our law enforcement and judicial organizations was done prior to 9/11 and foiled many more attacks than the one that succeeded...or do those not count? I have never seen/heard of 100% prevention of anything...and whether or not democrats or republicans are in charge really has nothing to do with those hardworking men and women who go to work everyday and whose missions include keeping us safe. As for what's happening in Mecca - do tell - what exactly do you think IS happening in Mecca? As far as I can tell, the Saudis have just completed Ramadan and the Eid al Fitr holiday - there's not much going on there right now that we can quibble with - their crackdown on internal extremists has been nothing short of miraculous when you consider that Wahabi Islam (the predominant brand of Islam in Saudi Arabia) is pretty puritanical and seen as extremist to many Muslims to begin with...AND the government there had tried to buy them off for years (I lived there from 76-91 so can tell you changes firsthand) before finally crqacking down militarily and socially.... US support for the "evil" Israel doesn't make us more prone to talking to 'terrorists', so I'm not sure what your point was there....maybe you're referring to Iran? I don't hear any democrats calling for t alking to Tehran, in fact, I see many on both sides of the aisle, and the UN, Arab League, and many more world organizations calling on Iran to give up plans for enriching Uranium....did you miss these? I guess your imagined 'lliberal' speaking to a terrorist really couldn't happen the way you imagine it to - no educated person would say these things to anyone, especially not an enemy of the US/West/Judeo-Christian world... Sue BA Middle East Studies - U of MIchigan MA National Security Studies - Middle East focus National Military U US Army 1991-2005 Arabic Translator/MI Iraq 2003-04 (OIF I) "Aramco Brat" grew up in Saudi Arabi 1976-1991

Of course he sold out - how else could he have become president? Its not as if he were a success at anything he tried before this - and for those of you that throw up the Texas governorship - TX governors have no real power - its the Lt governor and the legislature...all those big oil/big business interests are making billions, and so will he and his cronies once his tenure in office is done...may it be sooner rather than later...

I'm doing the same thing - eating weirdly, around the band, trying to exercise, trying to eat under 1000 calories a day and stuck at 182...

Originally Posted by JMO All of you that are pissed about the war ask yourself WHY? Your ass is not over there.... As a vet who has been to Iraq, I am pissed about a useless war - we invaded a soveriegn nation who had NOTHING to do with 9/11 because our president decided he needed a target for his temper tantrum. The no-fly zones had kept saddam in his box quite nicely...and I have a right to be pissed - I went once and my husband went twice - so put that in your crack and smoke it. And yes, Morsaille, you're right about the security/bombing thing...lived through it myself...