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I've made these too! Really yummy

they are super moist and you don't even know there is pumpkin in it. They just might love them

I had one the other day. A junior, I got about 3/4 of it down, bread and all but it was a lot of chewing Not something I will have often and it wasn't as good as I hoped it would be.

Looks yummy!! Thanks for sharing

Saw this on TV and thought I'd try them, they are 180 calories but a nice treat. 1 box of Devil food cake mix 1 can of pumpkin puree (not the pie mix) mix it together and put in muffin cups, bake 400 for 20mins these come out super moist (still eat it slowly ) I top with a little lite cool whip, yummy treat

As its been said many times on these forums... we are all different. What works for one won't work for another. For me I eat 1000-1200 calories and work out 5 times a week. I'm losing and shrinking my shape. Honestly though, if my 1200 calories are coming from burgers/pizza/ice cream I doubt I'm going to become very healthy. I make sure my calories are good choices, having a treat now and then. I didn't have my body cut into to continue to eat crap. I want to feel healthy inside and out. Its a journey we will never forget!

Hey all! I've seen a few posts lately about Dr. A or Dr. V. I don't know of Dr. V, so I can only speak from my experience with Dr. A I was banded by him 11/18/10. He has a lot of requirements, but honestly if you are willing to have these appointments and lose 10% (I lost most of that, he didn't keep me to the full 10%) you are at a place in your life that it is all worth it. These are things I had to do: Nutritionist Lose 10% (they give you a special diet to help with this, and the diet also is to prepare you for surgery by helping to shrink your liver) Psychiatric evaluation (making sure you are a good candidate mentally) EKG (I had taken PhenPhen in the past) sleep Study (was advised to ask for a "split" study, this meant that if they discovered in the night I did have signs of apnea they would come in and put me on a machine and monitor that, this way I didn't have to go back twice) Blood work (he has other things he likes to check beyond a usual bloodwork, a list was given at his seminar) Last papsmear Referal from my primary Dr. Mamagram (hadn't had one.. blah I don't like those...lol) 5yr weight history from my primary Dr. (not sure if that was his requirement as well as my insurance) I have really good insurance, they didn't require me to do a 6 month anything. My requirements were: BMI 40+, Diabetis, over weight for last 5yrs. I had done a lot of research and have a cousin that was 2yrs out from having her LB so by the time I went to his seminar, had all my tests, had everything faxed to him from my primary Dr. I was in surgery 2 months later. He offers support group meetings at St. Al's every 4th Monday of every month. I have had 3 fills from him and he is an amazing person. I have asked him a ton of questions, things I have read here, things I need clarified etc. and he has never hesitated to answer them. He is a very knowledgable person and has done banding here in the Boise area for 5+ years I believe. I had never had surgery before and I wasn't nervous at all. My scars are not bad and I have been totally happy with my experience. Also, he see's me at my appointments, not an assistant or just his nurse. Just thought I'd share, since I'd seen a few posts out there. Best of luck on your journey's. Would love to 'friend' up with you all around this area. Having a big support group has been really helpful as well. There are quite a few Idaho bandsters at another website called band2gether.net too.

Where are you at in the process? Sorry I haven't log on this site in a while =\ I've been to him now for 3 fills and believe me, if you have any questions about anything he'll answer it. Best of luck on your journey

So far I'm every 3 weeks, I'm getting my 3rd fill on Monday and hoping that I'm closer to the 'spot'.

Thanks for this post! I'm only at fill #2 and feel more restriction then fill #1, but I'm still not there yet. I feel as if I'm close but during fill #1 it was hard to not get discouraged. I think I spent those 3 weeks trying to figure out what I'm suppose to be feeling, its like playing a guessing game and I don't like those As time is going by I feel I'm getting to know the band more and how I should be feeling. With my morning shake (which I'm getting about 38g of protein) I can go 5-6 hours without hunger. I have noticed that at some points when I was grazing I wasn't even hungry I just was doing my usual habit. That is the hardest part to break. For me the eating right/dieting is the easy part, its the mental part that is extremely hard. Keep up the work everyone! It pays off eventually