Altalomaguy

Unfortunately your body will decide in what order it will burn fat. Exercising a location does not cause the fat cells in that area to be used up(shrink actually, they never go away) before fat cells in other areas. Exercising the muscle groups in that area can tone it and make it look better. Just keep getting the weight off and don't give up!

A PB may or may not have anything to do with air. It's more like a mini-vomiting. Something you just ate isn't sitting well with the band, for whatever reason, and you throw it up. Wiki says, "regurgitation of non-acidic swallowed food from the upper pouch, commonly known as PB’ing"

My mom was older than you are when she enrolled in the San Bernardino Vally College RN program. We car pooled with me going to normal college classes while she went to RN classes. I graduated with a Bachelors Degree after transferring, find it almost impossible to find any jobs in this area, and have yet to get a job that actually requires a college degree or pays a 1/3 an hour what my mom makes. She on the other hand has headhunters falling over each other trying to get her to work for them, and makes $35 an hour, and could do more if she wanted. The only thing that stank for her was that newbie nurses have to start on night shifts. She did two years of 2-11pm and, and hasn't worked a night since. Since I can't find squat in the way of meaningful employment I'm getting into the medical professions too by going back to school to become an X-ray tech. TLDR: You're never too old to learn, and you're going to make bank with this!

Is this to get below the new rules the Chinese Govt. has implemented for adoptions? I remembered reading a story about this and just looked it up. According to the new rules you may not be obese(according to the New York Times that is 40% body fat), single, over 55, have less than a net worth of $80,000, taking medication for a mental illness like depression, or have more than 4 kids. With so many children in deplorable conditions in need of adoption I think it's sad they restricted so many loving people from being able to adopt.

My really bad "fat moment" was on the first roller coaster insider Knott's Berry Farm. It was a lapbar and I could barely get it over my knees, I'm 6 foot 7, but my belly was preventing it from going down far enough to lock into place enough for them to let the rid go. As we were working on it I heard someone say, "what's going on?" and someone replied, "they can't get the bar down for him." I had them undo the bar, and I walked off the ride and out of the park and sat in our van. I was prepared to wait all day for my family to finish at the park, but after trying to find me over the loud speakers(I could hear them calling my name over the PA system in the parking lot) they all decided to leave too. The memory that sticks with me is looking up at the queue of people waiting for the ride as they ALL stared at me being to fat to ride the coaster. There must have been 100+ people that saw me hold up the line.

I finished the book a couple days ago. Wonderful read. I didn't get into Harry Potter until the 5th or 6th book came out even though I love fantasy books. I was also so happy to have read a long series of fantasy books, and gotten an ending.(I'm looking at YOU Robert Jorden!)

The WWE is going to regret jumping in and having a three hour Beniot-a-thon with gushing from fellow wrestlers if it turns out he murdered his wife and child before killing himself. Frankly a double murderer doesn't deserve the accolades that Eddie Guerrero or Owen Hart got after their deaths. They probably should have waited before cashing in with the ratings that I'm sure they get for a tribute show. Then again with storylines about the company owner being killed in a mock terrorist attack what won't they do for ratings?

Ok time for my rant and rave! While it's almost a joke now days to bring up the topic of "fatism", or weight based discrimination, undoubtedly it's very real in today's society. I mean how many studies do we need done to prove it exists? For example one study I read showed elementary aged student outlines of children with various body sizes and asked them to write words inside about what they thought it meant. The top three words for the fat child outline was lazy, ugly, and dumb. How about those late night specials in which a thin woman goes out into society and is treated nicely, gets people running to help her when she needs it, and is accepted and then when she dons the fat suit suddenly help can't be found and people constantly shoot her disgusted looks. Didn't Tyra Banks do it for her show and literally broke down crying at the reaction she got? I think it was a shock for her to discover the level of societal rejection that some people have to put up with EVERY SINGLE DAY! To put a personal spin on it today my fiancé who is overweight came home and began weeping on my chest after an incident with her ex-military nursing teacher. They were doing a project called team leading in which the nursing students completely take over a section of the hospital. They must do everything on their own unless it's something that they can't or aren't allowed to handle as LVNs. That means unless it's big no help from the workers for anything. While my fiancé was bathing a patient who could not be left alone, he had 5 tubes in his chest and was very sick, a RN on the staff discharged an unruly patient of my fiancés improperly. While he had orders to be released my fiancé should have done it, but he was such a jerk the RN did it without waiting for her. When my fiancé went to turn in her papers for the day the teacher asked her why she hadn't taken any vitals, which is something the students must do, for that discharged patient. She replied that the RN had done it without asking her. At this point the teacher cuts off her story about the patient who needed a bath and could not be left alone to discharge another telling her, "What were you too busy sitting on your butt in the computer room? I don't care about your excuses!" She then punished my fiancé for her "failure to pay attention" by removing assignments from her homework notebook which means that assignments that she turned in will have to be completed again! That ignorant bigoted piece of despicable human filth! I have no doubt that she assumed that because my fiancé is overweight that surely she was being lazy when a patient didn't get discharged right away. It's disgusting that people like her can get away with blatant discrimination. I recommended a letter to the Dean in protest but my fiancé insists that the principal refuses to deal with any issues inside the LVN program and defers to the head of the program who just happens to be our wonderful bigot. Some people just make my blood boil with the way they treat others based on their appearance! Has anyone else had to deal with this kind of stuff? I sure there are a few of you out there.

The Size acceptance movement is to divergent to really cover in one blanket state about if I think it's a good idea or not. There are too many different ideas about what it should entail. It ranges from simple to militant with people who still want to lose weight and those who consider them traitors to the cause. However, I do think there is something seriously wrong with society when you ask a group of children to think of words to describe an outline shaped like a child and the overweight outline gets works like "ugly", "stupid", and "bad" attached to it. (real study!) This “you did it to yourselves” crud doesn’t fly either! Try going up to someone who smoked and now has lung cancer and is on chemo and start cracking jokes about how they “did it to themselves” and see how long it is before a family member rightfully knocks you on your butt. Sure they really did “do it to themselves” but they don’t deserve to be mocked or discriminated against for it. By the time I was able to control my personal eating habits (I was able to pick out and pay for myself) I was already morbidly obese. I also had 18 years of bad eating habits ingrained in my mind AND my body to overcome. Once you reach a certain level of obesity it almost becomes a constant battle against your own body who is now used to being fat. Like it was previously mentioned you can only ever shrink your fat cells once you grow them. That’s why it’s much easier to stay thin than get thin and keep it. It’s also one of the reasons the vast vast majority of people fail at diets. So I agree with the parts of the Size Acceptance Movement that attempts to change societies perception that “it’s their fault”, and the faulty “if they weren’t so lazy and would just diet” lines of thinking. I also agree that it isn’t just or fair to be subject to discrimination or ridicule for what amounts to a medical condition that is extremely hard to remedy. On the other hand I don’t agree with the parts of the Size Acceptance movement that deny the clear problems morbid obesity poses to ones health. Hey, I’ll be honest, I know very few overweight people who got overweight while doing consistent exercise. I may think they have a point with the dangers of constant weight yo-yoing, but definitely do not think they need to flame someone because they consider WLS.

Don't morbidly obese people deal with enough shame as is? Does this professor really think that this will work? I don't think we need a state mandated form of public shaming in addition to all the accepted public mocking, stereotypes, and discrimination morbidly obese people have to deal with every day. Shopping for mens cloths is already a pain in the butt as I have to go to specialty stores(I am both large and tall at 6'6'') which cost more and have a reduced selection.(Good luck finding a Metalica T-shirt in 3-X Tall) A warning label to go along with all my problems is JUST what I need. :faint:

I can't afford it right now. I promised my SO that we would move to another state to be near her parents, and when I brought up the possibility of staying in California longer to have the surgery on my insurance(which would only pay for part of the cost) she was crushed. So it will have to wait till probably late 2007 or 2008 when we are settled and have jobs, insurance, or the money to do it.

Had the same problem. The only person who is really supporting me is my soon to be wife, and thats because she wants one too. Stick with it!

1. No I would not date them, but that is only a personality quirk. I don't favor things that reject me. For example when I applied for a job at a certain business, and didn't get it, I stopped going there for almost a year. I had been a frequent customer before. 2. I would think that they liked my personality, but didn't find me attractive. I would also think that they view physical traits more importantly, or at least as importantly as personality traits. I don't think thats shallow though as everyone has the right to be attracted to whom they please - fat, thin, or wearing thigh high latex boots with a pink wig. 3. No the person doesn't have poor character. Many people believe that physical attraction is important not only in initiating a relationship, but also maintaining it. This is especially true in a dating situation. Unless he or she made a promise to love you no matter what then I don't believe they have an obligation to maintain a relationship with someone they no longer find attractive. To qualify this statement I am assuming that this is significant weight gain, not "I only like girly sixpacks and you gained FIVE WHOLE POUNDS" - that I would consider shallow. Marriage is a different matter as both parties have made vows to love and cherish each other in sickness and in health. I consider being significantly over weight to fall under sickness. Breaking that vow and abandoning a spouse under those circumstances would make me view the person leaving far less favorably.

Musically Emo is something that deals with depression and angst ridden topics. However, lots of things deal with those topics, and Emo is more about what the person is wearing while they sing their emo songs. Emo looks: Long Dyed Bangs Thick rimmed glasses Tight fitting shirts and jeans Pseudo-Gothic makeup Sometimes display their "cutting" which while a serious problem in some is mostly trendy scratches on most whiny emo's. Emo's are targeted for mocking because of their especially wimpy and melodramatic nature. Something like, "Wah wah my middle class suburban life, with two loving parents, is crushing my soul into a black hole of oblivion. Nobody understands me! I'm going to go cut myself and listen to Linken Park."

Speaking of scummy people I just had to have someone removed from the property tonight. I work as security at an apartment complex. The first time I had to deal with this dude was when he was completely smashed and stumbling around the complex at 4 in the morning after getting into a fight with someone who gave him a ride over. He promised to pay for the ride with drugs, and when he didn't have any the guy attacked him. Had to call the cops to have him removed. The resident he visits was told he was not allowed to return. Tonight, after getting complaints two days ago about this guy, he's being so loud in the apartment he visits that I go bang on the door. He won't answer so I call the cops again. They make him leave, and he gives me this evil look. The cop told me he had a long arrest record and one of them was for resisting arrest. So that means he can be violent. The resident lets him stay with her kids overnight while she works. He stays up all night being loud and getting high or drunk. He also invites over other lowlifes. It makes me worry about the kids. Of course I also worry for myself. He's committed violent acts in the past and I'm worried he or someone else I have removed will come back and attack me while I patrol, weaponless and alone, in the dark. I really need a new job. :faint:

Metal/Rock/Power Metal: Metalica, Pro Pain, Devil Driver, Avenged Sevenfold, Disturbed(sometimes), Lamb of God, Dragon Force, Rammstein, Blind Guardian, Amon Amarth, Mastadon. Just to name a few.(These are METAL videos, expect weird stuff) Lets see: Amon Amarth:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2536524458946417734&q=Amon+Amarth Dragonforce: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6774480477151603429&q=Dragonforce Rammstein: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2115830352321800041&q=Rammstein Mastodon : http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5607582710640202466&q=mastodon Devildriver: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8845072328535956518&q=Devildriver

I'm not banded yet, but going into it I think it's about 50% vanity and 50% health. Dating was hellish. I never once had a woman seriously flirt with me out of nowhere. I had a very hard time getting any girl my age to look twice at me. Being a nerd with a Star Wars fetish was bad enough, but being one and being over weight was killer. I was a virgin until I was 23 which isn't bad if you choose it, but let me tell you it wasn't by choice! :phanvan Although I'm madly in love with my wife-to-be I'll probably always remember a girl I knew that I had a crush on that probably bordered on unrequited love. By the time I met her I had pretty much been crushed by getting shot down asking for dates. I think on some level, even though I have no desire to seek her out ever again, I'll never get over "what might have happened" had I not been trapped inside this body. On the other hand looking out at life in the future I want to make sure I stick around for a long long time too! I was to be active with my kids. My dad is diabetic and I have a family history of it. My knees and back are grinding more and more. I'm tired all the time. I want to make sure that if I take the next three years of my life and sacrifice to go to law school I won't keel over at 40 before I get a chance to retire and enjoy the fruit of my labors. Lets also be very very honest. In the business world looks matter a lot. I know I've been turned down from several retail jobs because of how I look even though I was more than qualified for the position. Who do they get instead? The bimbo who can't run a register to save their life but looks good! I don't want to get passed over for a job at a law firm because of the way I look either. A jury is prejudiced the same way society is and will attribute more positive traits to the good looking lawyer sad as it may be.

Uh, this is a forum viewable by any and all comers. I would remove that phone number asap. It's probably a very bad idea to put information like that up on the open forum. Send a Private Message instead.

Because catching fish and driving are privileges. The courts of the United States has pretty much decided that procreation is an inalienable right and protected constitutionally. Remember that the constitution says that not all of the rights people have are enumerated. In all honesty I doubt the world will ever be able to reach zero or negative population growth. We may have a global meltdown and probably some horrible resource wars that will end civilization as we know it. On the other hand the other way to solve the problem is to get more space for people to breed by getting into space. There are pretty much unlimited resources to be had by all once you can actually get people to them.

Growing up I was always eating when I felt bad, and since a very young age I was always on the chubby side. I didn't socialize with other children well and my weight and height was something that made me a target. Even though I was a very active child the more I felt like an outcast the more I avoided going outside and doing anything. I self medicated with bad food choices. I would hide food wrappers of the stuff I had eaten in the couch, in my bed, and any other place. My worst moments were when I was in 4-6th grade or so. My mom would pick me up from school and take me to her job. She was a manager of a local airport. In the small lobby someone had set up a snack basket where you could place a dollar and take out one snack item. Downstairs was a storage room where they kept the boxes of snacks for restocking. I would visibly put a dollar in and then say that they were out of what I wanted. I'd then go downstairs and fill up my socks and shoes with candy and other snacks to smuggle out. Then I would find quiet place and stuff my face until the pain of being a social outcast with no friends(when I say no, I mean ZERO) would go away. I felt so bad that the shame of being caught stealing was worth the risk to stifle the emotional pain for a little while. Eventually I stopped exercise of any kind with others due to embarassment about my body. PE was always a total mess. I devoted all of my free time to escapism with books and video games refusing to have anything to do with highschool and when I had failed enough classes so that graduation was imposible my school counsiler signed me up to take the "California High School Proficiancy Exam" which is like a GED but is taken before highschool is over. I passed it with ease.(which pissed off the school and my parents because I obviously knew what I needed to know in school but I refused to participate in any way) After leaving highschool at 16 the next 2-3 years were me attending college for a couple classes a semester and spending the rest of my time reading, playing video games, and eating poorly. Already overweight I ballooned up to 400 pounds and have been stuck between 350 and 400 in my diet and exercise attempts since then. So thats why I'm fat.

1. Be able to get a job with my Criminal Justice degree in corrections or probation, and not being disqualified due to my weight or weight related issues. 2. I want to shop at a mens big and tall store because I am tall. 3. I'd like to be able to fit on rides at Disneyland and Disneyworld that I can't go on because of my weight. (I'm too tall for others, the lap bars won't go down over my knees, and I can't change that!) 4. I'd like to feel like I belong in my skin. 5. I'd like my back, and knee joint pain to go away.

I loved Enders Game! My coworker now calls me Ender because he saw me reading the book and asked me to explain the name. Ender's real name is also my real name. I get paid today and I need a book!:help: I'm worried the idea might get a vetoed by my fiance because I bought a video game last paycheck and I'm not done with it yet.

Yeah, big issue I think! Excellent observation! Yeah some people just do not get this. I said it in another thread but it bears repeating. Meth addicts have a six percent success rate(or a 94% failure rate) at staying clean. It's sad that weight loss is just as hard to kick as drug addiction and people don't seem to understand it! This goes along with something I heard Dr. Dean Edell say in his radio spot today. He stated that a new study shows that over eaters get the same brain chemicals released while eating as when having sex or taking drugs. No wonder we have "comfort food". Don't let your husband get you down OP! Nearly my whole family is against me getting a lap band. Even my fiancé with a BMI higher than me, and with probably even more failed dieting attempts. Do not let anyone tell you that you are a failure! Believe that this is the right decision in your life dealing with your health.

Some trolls post in forums and some trolls cruise other sites. My guess is that he is one of those very very sad individuals that gain some enjoyment at the cost of others. What makes it worse on the internet is that you can't get slapped in the face or get your nose broken when you spew vile insults at someone else. First: Do not respond in kind. These types of people thrive on annoying others and sending him back a hate filled response will only let him know that he hurt you and make him enjoy his sick little game even more. Second: Many dating sites offer a tool to report other users for harassment. Find out how to report him and send it to the website so that they can ban him from that dating site. If its a pay site he may lose his subscription money that was already paid. Also if you send him back something really nasty he may decide to report you to the website for sending him a mean message. Report it, delete it, and forget about it. He isn't worth thinking one iota about.

As an aside I'm very believing of the statistics that say women cheat in about the same quantity as men - they just don't get caught. As a personal example, and knowing it means nothing statistically, the first three instances of infidelity I witnessed(ever) were at school. It was night college and the class was mostly married people. Since each class went on to the next with roughly the same people I spent about 2+ years with the same 20 people. A lot of dirty laundry aired. I personally knew, not suspected but knew, of three instances of cheating going on in the class. All three of the women were married. Two divorced their husbands after the cheating. Of the men two were married and one had a girlfriend. None of the men broke up with the women they had relationships with. As one married woman in my study group said, "I'm never letting my husband come to this school!"