question time

Biceps moving and batwings swaying...........got ya. ;-)

Thanks for the recipe. I'll definitly try it!

1. May 2006
2. 109lbs in total. This made me too thin!
3. Restriction with first fill
4. Raspberries! But with care i can eat everything. Eating too fast causes problems.
5. Nothing regular
6. Don't count, quite a lot
7. Over 100lbs in 15 months fine by me.
8. N/ a
9. Yes. After over 5 years i love my band.
10. I eat everything
11. I eat everything, but not too much of some things!
12. I drink alcohol!
13. I need to chew well but can eat all meats.

I exoerimented and for me I can drink with no effect 20 mins after eating.

Kate

 This has been a great eye opener for me.  I want to say thank you all for enlightening me.  Though I have been losing weight and have had no major issues beside that STUPID HOMEMADE PRETZEL, I guess I assumed I'd be losing faster.  Well you know what they say about assuming...I've just started getting on the whole exercise bandwagon thing , and I'm hoping it turns into something I enjoy.  When I was thin I loved to run and exercise but that seems to me a millenium ago-don't have that same mindset any longer (guess you have that when you're young )  I've done quite a bit in restricting my food intake as I never really wanted to test the threshold of what my stomach could hold-though I only have 3 cc's in a 10cc band.
 One thing I really took away from this is water water water and eat slower!!!!  And it seems llike "most" are happy with the choices they have made with their WLS.  I'm still on the fence, but I'm sure once I reach my goal weight I'll be elated and love the band.
 My big hurdle is to get my psyche in line with things to come.  Not acting like a doormat because I was overweight and didn't feel like I was worthy enough to stand my ground.  I still remember when I was 12 my dad yelling at me in the car about how disgusted he was with my eating habits.  Eventhough I was quite fit.  It was a miserable trip home to my mom's and now after many years realized his outburst had nothing to do with me.  I was just there to take the brunt of his rage.  That triggered stuff in my head.  I always thought no one likes a fat ***** but they'll accommodate a nice fatty-.  Yes all in my head-but nonetheless I have to retrain my thinking as I lose weight.

The questions I had really helped with my mindset that if all of you can succeed and are happy in your own eyes than so can I, and it doesn't matter what others think.  And that recipe sounds great!!!!