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You and me both!:faint: I miss it! I am happy to say I have not even gone up one pound!!! I have been eating Cookies, eating out, etc But, I love the way it makes me feel, clearheaded, energy, etc. I didn't realize the energy it gave me till I didn't have it!!! My husband was loving it! It did a lot for his "stamina" if you know what I mean!!!:clap2: Not that he had a problem, but, let's just say he was a happy camper!!!! I have been having a lot more sweets than I normally do and I don't like that. Even if I am not gaining, I want to lose 5 more pounds.

That is true! I think for the first time in my life, I won't have a New Years Resolution to lose a lot of weight. I wanted to get as close to shape by then. But, I want to have a "fresh new start" with the new year. I want to eat better/healthier. I have been eating whatever, whenever. I don't want to use the QuickSlim30 as an excuse to eat whatever I want when I want to just because I lost weight anyway. I want to eat healthier for my health. I want to make sure that I keep up my exercise/weight training. I also would like to update my wardrobe. I want a new look. Maybe a new color. Not sure what color though. But, I want to do something kinda drastic. I want to maybe do some highlights or go strawberry red!!

The good thing is that after maintaining, you will still be shrinking and then lose again. I am going to add the patch to the pills when I get it. I am going to cut the patch in 1/2, since for me it was too strong. I shrank fast though. I am maintaining and eating anything I want which is good! But, I do want to lose another 5 pounds. I want to eat healthier after the holidays and will probably drop it, while using the QuickSlim30. I do need to help myself by eating right, drinking plenty of Water or crystal light, exercising. But, I am very happy with the way my body is reshaping!

TOM is coming for me too and I feel bloated! I am still going to the gym and am excited about the little changes I am staring to see! I can't wait to see how my body changes in response to the weight training and being "thin". How is everyone doing? Any one have any New Years Resolutions?

Welcome to all the new people!!! I am so happy to hear everyone is doing so well! Dr. Ortiz and staff make the smallest possible incisions, stitch from the inside and use crazy glue to hold the skin closed. My incisions look really good too! Any New Years Resolutions? These are mine! 1. Continue to go to the gym to weight train 3 times a week and do cardio in between. 2. Eat healthier 3. Buy new clothes and re-invent myself! How about you guys?

I have both started weight training with a personal trainer. It has been kicking my butt!!!! It has been 2 weeks and we love it. The QuickSlim30 really helps with the weight training. My body is really toning up and taking on a very nice shape. I don't even recognize my body! I am maintaining at 146 even during the holidays. QuickSlim30 is out of stock and I have not been able to take it, but I am still maintaining my weight loss. I know muscle weighs more than fat, so I may gain a little, but want to lose some too. My trainer thinks I would look good at 135. I will shoot for 140. I need to see how I look with the muscle tone. But, I am for the first time in my life very happy with my body size and the way my clothes are fitting me! My metabolism was so low from being banded and I wasn't losing weight anymore. My fill was tight enough, but not tight enough to lose. I was pbing and getting stuck. I even pb'd the other day on liquids and a small bite of cracker! I don't want another fill and am happy with the loss of appetite and smaller portion control the QuickSlim30 gives me.

I have both started weight training with a personal trainer. It has been kicking my butt!!!! It has been 2 weeks and we love it. The QuickSlim30 really helps with the weight training. My body is really toning up and taking on a very nice shape. I don't even recognize my body! I am maintaining at 146 even during the holidays. QuickSlim30 is out of stock and I have not been able to take it, but I am still maintaining my weight loss. I know muscle weighs more than fat, so I may gain a little, but want to lose some too. My trainer thinks I would look good at 135. I will shoot for 140. I need to see how I look with the muscle tone. But, I am for the first time in my life very happy with my body size and the way my clothes are fitting me! My metabolism was so low from being banded and I wasn't losing weight anymore. My fill was tight enough, but not tight enough to lose. I was pbing and getting stuck. I even pb'd the other day on liquids and a small bite of cracker! I don't want another fill and am happy with the loss of appetite and smaller portion control the QuickSlim30 gives me.

I pb'd today on a bite of cracker when I "forgot" and drank right after. I had to run to the bathroom and bent over the toilet. The crystal light shot out of my nose and mouth and bits of cracker came out. It was soooo uncomfortable. Otherwise, today was a good day. I went to the gym and did weight training on my lower body. Also did a little of the treadmill and stair climber. My husband is loving the gym and is really encouraging me. I have not been eating enough lately. But I don't have much of an appetite and don't eat very much at a serving. I have to carry trail mix around with me. I almost passed out after 2 of my workouts due to not eating enough. I am not doing it on purpose and have to try hard at eating enough calories. I never thought I would have that problem!

I made sure I took my ear plugs. I also heard you can request a pool side room. The feeling in your chest is what some people call the golf ball. It is just the restriction you feel from just being operated and your body adjusting to all the new hardware! I didn't feel full with liquids either, to a point. It will sometimes go down like a funnel type feeling. The pain will get sharper if there is still liquid in your pouch and you add more before it is drained. You just need to take it slow. I used to eat fast, but now I eat very slow. I take my time. I have always allowed myself to drink up until my meal, but not ice water. But DO NOT DRINK during. I got stuck today on a little piece of cracker when i drank right after and pb'd on that!:faint: The water shot out of my nose and mouth and the little bits of cracker flew out!!! I get tighter about a week or so before my period. Feel free to ask any questions you may have. You will have to relearn how to eat, drink, etc. It is a new way of living, but worth it! If you'd like to email me direct, pm me for my email!

After surgury I wore a tank type like bra or comfy sports bra, no underwire. For me, yes it did lower my metabolism. I had to take a supplement to help me with my metabolism. It would help to to make sure you take vitamins, exercise and drink water. One other trick is to shock your body by having a few days where you have high calorie days. Since it is hard to get in a lot of calories, I would get Hormel chili and add nacho cheese to it and blend it in a food processor. It was SO GOOD!!! But, I only indulged in it once in a while. Your body will get used to very low calorie intake and adjust itself to it, survival mode since we can go into starvation mode. So, having a couple days out of the week where you shock your body with high calories, maybe 1600-2000 if you can.

That is how I felt too. You are not supposed to be pbing at all if you can help it. My fill has it where 2 weeks out of the month I get stuck and pb if I am not super careful around my menstrual cycle time. But, I was still able to eat enough to not lose.

QuickSlim30 is out of stock and back ordered until after Dec. 30!:faint: And I am out for myself!! I am missing them, but maintaining and feeling good. They were really helping me with the exercise and weight training. I noticed I wasn't as sore after when I took them and now my muscles are really feeling it after weight training.

The newest one I have is the one with the little top and workout pants. I will be adding some new ones after my weight training starts to show, maybe in a few months. But my body is really changing shape already! Thanks for the encouragement!!!:clap2:

Awesome!!! I had a great experience too! What is the Brazilian surgeon going to do?

Let us know how you are doing!!! Did you go alone?? You are not to far from where I am. I live in Rancho Cucamonga.

I kept mine a secret also. No one could tell. But since I couldn't eat and had to eat soups, people assumed I had a stomach bug. My kids thought so to. I work at home too! I didn't need to be taken care of at all.

You sound a lot like me!!! I had "some work" done about 3 years ago, than gained 30+ pounds! I was 190 preband and now weigh 145, but I also took a supplement to help with my metabolism. It isn't a "diet pill" like I had taken in the past. My husband said he loved me the way I was too. That made it easier since there was no pressure from him. But, he was always supportive. My highest weight was 240. Let me know if you have any questions!!!

Cool scipture I found today reading from The Message Bible translation (easier for me to understand) 1 Corinthians 6:13 13You know the old saying, "First you eat to live, and then you live to eat"? Well, it may be true that the body is only a temporary thing, but that's no excuse for stuffing your body with food, or indulging it with sex. Since the Master honors you with a body, honor him with your body!

Oh, just a reminder. Dr. Ortiz techinically does not give a mushy stage since people can gain weight here. But if you tell them you are hungry and feeling weak after a few days, they will let you eat yogurt with no chunks. The soups can be added as you feel you need if you are very weak. Dr. Miranda the nutrionist always answered all my questions by email or phone and believe me, I called and emailed them all A LOT!!! They never made me feel like I was bothering them and always answered me. One of the coordinators, Rene ( I think he is a supervisor now, thin, good looking guy with black rimmed glasses), always answered my emails and calls right away. I drove over the border at night by accident and he actually came to find us and drove the car to the hotel for us!!!! I was freaking out!!! I would have thought that would have happened before, but nope, he said it was a first!!! I was so embarrased, but no one made me feel bad or uncomfortable.

Get ready to be pampered!!! The Lucerna is great!! Their beef broth is so good too! If you ask for room service, just ask them for the meal that the lapband patients get and you get lots of good stuff!!! Dr. Ortiz and his staff are awesome!!!! You are in great hands!!! The nurse who does the IV is the BEST!! Her name is Josepha and I was so impressed!! For some reason I always have trouble with my blood being drawn and every single IV has been HELL for me to get and painful, but she was definitely the best I have EVER HAD!!!!! She doesn't speak English, but who the heck cares because in any language, she is GOOD at what she does. A lot of the staff does speak English too. I would also suggest that when you leave for surgury, don't check out or else you have to take all your stuff with you and re check in. I left all my stuff at the hotel, they are paying it for you anyway. I took what I had on their, they put me in a gown right away and I just folded my clothes and put them on the sofa. I only took a small bag with my toothbrush. Travel as light as you can. Then when they take you back to the hotel, it is easier. Everyone was saying "I wish I would have done that!" They also have computers you can use and a phone to make calls anywhere you want for free.The private suite is very nice too! I had the Gas X strips and they helped a lot. I also bought Liquid Tylenol PM for the evening. For food, I had watered down juice (full juice will give you diahrea), crystal light in all flavors I could find, Cream of everything soups, Split pea Soup, Nectars Protein drinks in fruit flavors (Bariatriceating.com), a small food processor from Walmart for like $14), I bought Wolfgang Pucks beef and chicken bouillion ( in a small jar with real ingreadients, you add water. This was the BOMB). I also bought Tortilla soup mix (dry mix) and just added water to it and blended it up. I bought Nacho cheese for nachos and added it to the soup. This was so GOOD!!! I also bought Hormel chili and added the cheese to it (put in the food processor with water). I only ate these high calorie foods during this "liquid" time since it was so hard to get calories in and it was in small quantities. Without enough calories you will feel very weak. Someone had given me the idea of the Carnation Instant Breakfast mix with SoyMilk and putting it in a water bottle and then put it in the freezer. For some reason it didn't freeze all the way and tasted really good. That is all I can think of for now! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask me!

Oh yeah!!! Believe me, things change!!! I can only speak from my own experience, but my husband can't keep his hands off of me!!! I love it!!:clap2: I also feel sexy for the first time in my whole life and that makes a huge difference.

Good morning!!! I am doing really great! I have been going to the gym for 2 weeks now and starting to feel the great effects. My muscles are sore but in that good way from getting my butt kicked from the personal trainer we have. I was also informed by Gold Vitamins, the manufacture of QuickSlim30, that they are out of stock until Dec. 15th!!!!! I only have 2 pills left and I am bummed out because they help my husband and I with our workouts!!!!! The manufacturer of QuickSlim30 was so impressed with my results that they asked me permission to use my pictures on their own site!!! Kinda like the QuickSlim30 girl!!!:faint: Who and the heck would have thought that a year ago???? Certainly not me!!! They want to use me on brochures and advertising too. They offered me 2 free bottles of QuickSlim30, but I think that they should offer me more than that for using my image on their own advertising. What do you guys think? I also found this scripture out of The Message Bible (easiest translation for me to understand) and thought it very fitting! 1 Corinthians 6:13 13You know the old saying, "First you eat to live, and then you live to eat"? Well, it may be true that the body is only a temporary thing, but that's no excuse for stuffing your body with food, or indulging it with sex. Since the Master honors you with a body, honor him with your body!

I was reading out of the Message Bible translation (easier for me to understand) and thought this was very fitting!!! 1 Corinthians 6:13 13You know the old saying, "First you eat to live, and then you live to eat"? Well, it may be true that the body is only a temporary thing, but that's no excuse for stuffing your body with food, or indulging it with sex. Since the Master honors you with a body, honor him with your body!

Audri: It is best he knows. It would have been hard to hide!! Nina: I am loving the gym! It is so true, give it about 2 weeks and you feel so great, that you can't help but go! How is everyone else doing?

I should have the 24 hour patch on the site by then. My website programmer has been really busy and has not updated my page!!! It has really helped me with my workouts too! I am really enjoying working out now!