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yeah that makes a lot of sense about being in plus sizes and taking more weight to move down a size, I am in a 20 now and have been since 30 lbs ago. I gained 30 that is and still fit the 20, just a little snugger. When i was an 18 and lost 15lbs i dropped to a 16.

I like george strait, carry underwood, rascal flats, coldplay, american rejects. a mixture.

Thanks steph C! I am very excited that it will really happen now. I just can't seem to do the liquid thing. I drank a Protein shake for bkfast and gagged the whole time. I hate the proteiny taste and texture. so gross. i even hate to add Protein powder to a smoothie, so gross. I make dinner at lunch because of my husbands shift, he works 2-11. I made pork chops with mushrooms and onions and simmered in cream of mush. Soup which makes like a gravy and butternut squash. For dinner I will try another shake. I amost wish I was busier, to keep my mind off food. the weather here in Germany is cold and rainy everyday. Not much to do outside in this weather. It's the kind of weather that makes you tired. I just want to lay around all day and snuggle on the couch and watch tv. Terrible. When I lived in florida 5 months ago, I was out and about everyday. I could do things outside, beach, pools, playgrounds ect. Go to malls. Here, I'm so tired and don't even get dressed most days. I pick my daughter up from school and that is about it.

I was my 18 yr. old self 6 years ago. I would be proud that I am still happily married to the man I married that year. I would be disappointed that I hated college so I quit. I would be shocked that we already have 2 children, but then be very happy with how happy we are. I would be glad that I am able to stay home with my children. Overall I think that I would be happy with the life I have created with my husband. Oh I would not believe that I live in Germany!!

I live in Germany and our friends just got back from Dublin and say it was amazing. We are hoping to visit next year. I can't wait!

I don't like the statue either. Imagine what it cost and what could have been done with those $$'s.

I also wear the Cacique brand from Lany Bryant. Best Bra I have had yet. Cuts out the back fat, and give lots of support. Go in and get measured.

General Tsos is my absolute favorite!!!!! love it.

I have a different point of view here, and I know to many of you it wouldn't change how you look at things at all but here it is. We are LDS, and we believe that we were spirit children of Heavenly Father before we came here to Earth. We chose to come here, we are here to get a body and be tested and idealy return to live with Heavenly Father. We believe that families can be eternal that we can be together again when we die. We believe our time on Earth is temporary and is a small flicker in eternity. WE are to be our best while here, bring other spirits into this world to gain a body. Some of us were meant to have many children and some of us none, we all have different tests in life, and we have what we call "free agency" the right to choose. some choose to obey heavenly fathers command to have children and others choose not to. "We don’t create life—God does. While we may participate as a mother or a father in bringing a child into the world, that child is a gift from our Creator. Human life is sacred and should be treated with reverence from its beginning to its end" www.lds.org What I am saying is, that yes there are people who are irresponsible in having children, ex. teen mothers, unwed people, ect. Those that are not in the atmosphere that was meant to have children, but we cannot judge them, it's not our place. One of those children could grow up to change the world. It only takes one person, what if that person's parents decided to never have children or get an abortion, the world would have missed out on what that person provided us. Examples, Martin Luther King, George Washington, Henry Ford, to name a few. I agree with some others, that you don't know love until you have your own child, it's like no other. I have always loved my husband, but I love my children differently, we made them, they are part of us. We have 2 beautiful little girls and hope to bring more children into this world, as many as Heavenly Father would want us to have. However, I do use birthcontrol and we pray together to know when the time is right for us to bring more into the world. I think the lack of Religion in this day and time is the downfall of our nation. People seem to have forgotten that there are consequenses to their actions here on Earth. Whether they be now or in the Eternities. People lack love, integrity, honor, charity. The world would be better off with more of those qualities and less of the worldly ones. But I'm not one to judge, it's between you and God on what you do. None of my business, I will lead by example and raise my children to live thier lives with love and honor and integrity. That's the best I can do.

ok new date!! December 18th! Glad I finally have a new date, maybe I will stick with the liquid thing better this time. i just wish the dr. required it, since he doesn't I have a hard hard time.

He had it all wrong, he is the disgusting one! You keep your add up and I would keep his name around so in a year or so when you are at his standard you can rub it in his nasty face. I hope he doesn't get you too down, I know it must hurt. Little does he know, you have taken control of your life and making the necessary changes for your health already. Joke is on him. You can lose weight, but there is nothing he can do about being ugly! Inside or out.

suzanne!! Wow! Congratulations! That is so so exciting! I was supposed to be banded on Monday, but my loan is not yet final, the mail is so slow, I'm just waiting on the documents to get here. I sure do hope that my first month is as successful as yours. You sure are an inspiration with a wonderful attitude!

I like XS by nutrilite for a protein shake, i like the strawberry and rich chocolate, vanilla not so yummy. They have 35 grams of protein each per 12 ounces, so I can just drink 2 a day to get in 70 grams from just shakes.

stephC Oh how I wish that my signature was my current stat! No, that is my dream stat. I am now at 240 and after surgery hope to be at 180 in the middle and by the end of 1 -1 1/2 years hope to be 140. So i guess that signature is my goal signature, lol. Last year at this time I was 185!! I wish I could go back in time and stop the weight gain. Just an FYI for you, maybe try another type of shake slim fast is very very unhealthy. Last week i bought two cases without reading the ingredients and it is full of sugar and hydrogenated oil, and high fructose corn syrup. Maybe try a healthfood store for something that will work with your body. Keep up the hard work on the liquid diet, I keep starting one, even though the dr. hasn't said to do one, but after reading on here how many people do it, I figure it will give me a jump start. I can't even make it through an entire day!! I'm starving!

I just purchased the nutrilite brand XS protein drinks with only 220 calories and 35 g of protein I can't find anything comparable. The draw back is that they are pricey but you would have to drink 3 ensure to get the same benefits as one XS, so in the long run they are less expensive. they taste pretty good, especially the strawberry, better than a slimfast.

I understand how you feel about the guys, I put on a lot of weight this year and have noticed a huge difference in the way i am treated now by the opposite sex compared to before I was this giant. I have always been chubby but this is a new fat for me. I used to go into a store and actually get assistance from male employess, asked if I needed help ect. now I walk in and am completely ignored. I have to say excuse me!! Hello?? It is really eye opening. I guess people see me now more for my personality, and not for my cute face anymore, but it's sad. I was used the attention and liked it, I wasn't guy hunting or anything as I am happily married, but it made me feel like a woman. I guess what I am trying to say is to enjoy your new look and the attention. As hard as it is to admit, fat is just not cute, sorry to say that, but to most people it is not attractive, no matter how awsome your personality is, they are just not physically attracted to a fat person right off the bat. Now that you have a cuter new figure, it's just natural that guys will be checking you out more. Don't get mad, they will still like you for your personality after getting to know you. Haven't you ever met that hot guy that you talked to because he was hot only to find out that his personality sucked which made him not so hot? And do you remember talking to the guy who wasn't so hot but had an awsome personality and became much better looking after getting to know them? Looks is what attracts us from the get go, hard to admit but it's true. Keep up the good work and enjoy!!!

BAD NEWS!!! Surgery date has to be postponed!!:faint: My loan is taking longer than expected because of the snail mail in military world! My loan documents have been on the way for me to sign for over a week now and once I sign them and send them back it will take another five days for the loan to fund. So i guess it will be another 2 weeks. Hopefully the surgeon will be understanding, he is on vacation and I had to email him, the office is closed. I was so excited for next monday! i guess I've waited my entire life, what's a few more days. I will post with a new date as soon as I get one.

Bad News!!!

oh how I feel you right now! I have the same bug! I spent the morning in the ER on an IV. they gave me Phenergen, not sure how to spell it but i think that's what they called it. i worked so great, but knocked me out! My husband and kids are also sick, so it was not a fun day. Tomorrow we will have a lot of cleaning to do. the baby only vomited on the carpet it seemed, the rest of the house has tile and she kept getting the carpet! yuck. yuck. yuck. I was just thinking how it would affect me when i am banded. I get banded next monday so thankfully I caught it this week and not as I was healing. sorry to hear that you are sick with the band.

So, i bought a bunch of slimfast for my pre-op days and I was drinking one of those discusting things, and they are very unhealthy! Full of fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, saturated fat, lots of carbs, and sugar! It's like a low calorie milk shake. not healthy at all! Aren't we supposed to be staying away from all that bad stuff in general, at a normal weight or not?

a week from Monday for me!!! Oh my goodness! I don't have to do a liquid diet, but I'm going to start it hard core tomorrow, for now i have been eating one real meal a day for the past week. I'm going to try it!

Go for it! What a compliment to be on a success story! You just got banded in the summer! amazing.

My doctor didn't say I had to do one,but I am doing two liquid meals a day right now and after thanksgiving I am going to do all liquid until the day before.

Thanks for the info, my husband drinks the Nutrilite XS brand of Protein shakes and I bought slim fast thinking it was comparable since he is all out of the XS brand ones and I need them now, and you can only buy them online and being in Germany it takes a few weeks to get them, so I compared the two and saw that slimfast is so bad for you, XS has 11 oz in a can Slimfast 11 oz XS-220 cal. Slimfast 190 XS 6g fat slimfast 6g Xs .5g sat.fat slimfast 2.5 XS 5carbs slimfast 24g XS 35g protein Slimfast 10g XS Water, protein, Calcium, safflower oil, potassium, no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. Slimfast ff milk, water, sugar, canola oil, fructose, hydrogenated soybean oil, (just to name a few) what a difference! Right? I guess the cheaper way is not the best way. XS is $2 a can and Slimfast is about $1. Guess slimfast is going in the garbage! I do make fruit smoothies with Protein Powder and I prefer that over any of the protein shakes. Great suggestion. I just like to have a shake on hand for on the go times, you know? Just thought I would share, since I see a lot of posts about people picking up a slimfast.

I'm so sorry for you baby, I can totally relate, I was always heavy and also had lots of friends and very active. I hated being the fat kid. I never got to the point of suicide, it wasn't spoken about as much as it is now, like 10-15 yrs ago. it seems to be "in style" right now. I don't know what to suggest as far as weight loss goes, that is a tough age to lose weight and also a lot of kids tend to be heavy around then especially girls and then thin out around 14. i did thin out from a size 16 to a size 11 by the time i turned 15, unfortunately I kept gaining anyway up to a size 20 where i sit now. Maybe if you guys did weight watchers together, she would be eating normal foods but it would teach her portion control. Suicide is nothing to mess with, my husband and i both had good friends resort to that. Very sad, and the parents did nothing really about it when they made multiple threats to do it. If it were my baby, I wouldn't even make her go to school, I would homeschool her and be at her side constantly, join a gym with her, get trainers together, go to weight watchers together. whatever it takes, even if it was a financial hardship, it would be worth it, not to lose my baby. I'm so sorry that you are going through this, i completely understand how she feels.