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    Four, 4, vier, fire, cuatro, chetiri, quattro, yon, quatre

    By LoriBecky

    Four... no matter what language you say it in... I just fit into a pair of size FOUR jeans... yes, me! I love thrift store, bargain hunting. Its a huge thrill to me to find something that i love for less then $10. From my amazing, full length wool coat for $8.88, to my wool peacoat for $6.88 to my Ralph Lauren cords for $3.33 or my Stuart Weitzman pumps for $4.50... I love a bargin, but I have to admit, pulling those 4's off the endless jean rack and looking at them and thinking "no way" - t
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Lap Band Blog

Help Me Help You

I am writing this article based on a suggestion by my dear friend and confidant, James Lucas. Or, as I affectionately know him, Jumbo Jim. He’s not a fat man. Just, like most people, slightly overweight. Now, thinking about it, I’m not entirely sure what exactly I am referring to when I proclaim his Jumbo-ness. Perhaps I should stop. Jimmy it will be from here on. We were discussing exercise machines of all things the other day. Having invested in an elliptical trainer last month, he was in
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babymk's Blog

feeling good

I decided it's better to not care and to be selfish. Life is better when you "live and let go". Seventeen more pounds to go before I'm out of the "obese" zone. I've never felt better.
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AngieB's Blog

Moving right along.

Well, turns out the loan officer had the debt to income ratio wrong. So the loan went through! I have scheduled my surgery and booked airline tickets. My mom has decide to come along with me. I love my mom for that. (Although I really to believe I will be just fine solo.) What's new! I got the book Lab Band for Life! So now I am wanting to read it! Booked airline tickets for mom and I! Sent my deposit yesterday. Sent my flight detail. Confirmed hotel reservations at the Marriott.
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fabfifty58's Blog

liquid vitamins

Can someone plz suggest a company that sells the liquid multi-vitamins and does anyone have suggestions how to get other meds down w/o it getting stuck eg: Prevacid capsules ; Advil; etc and do I need any Antibiotics in liquid now? Thanks for your help. Just trying to get ready for post procedure anticipated problems.
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Lap Band Blog

Dragon Slayers

When I first learned that my initial band adjustment was going to be four weeks after a whale’s wake of hunger that had kicked in, I was a little disturbed. I was in fact terrified that the substantial weight that I had kicked off over the previous weeks would come flooding back with a vengeance and all would be lost (or indeed gained). Then, that fear was replaced with a certain feeling that a challenge had been set - a challenge for me to have one more attempt to combat and defeat the beast th
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babymk's Blog

artificial

so for a minute i had thing for crystal light, but of course i'm not anymore because i read the ingredients. it contains aspartame which contains methanol which is an ingredient found in embalming fluid. but wow did it taste delicious. so i'm on the hunt for something to flavor my water minus the embalming fluid...ha. i found this thing called "zenergize" it's basically a supplement tablet. i got raspberry green tea flavor. it just gives the right amount of kick to my water. so my coworkers an
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AngieB's Blog

Surgery is scheduled! April 24th, 2009

Yesterday I scheduled the appointment for the lapband! It's set for April 24th, 2009. I feel like it's falling into place, and at times I feel myself pushing for it. I know that when the time is right it will happen and this is not something to rush. Easy does it Angie! Easy does it. A decision has been mad, this is progress. There is light at the end of the tunnel! I am a controller and a planner by nature. I often have to practice self restraint when the urge comes to push or force
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AngieB's Blog

Wedding Anniversary! Working toward a goal date/month!

Today is my Wedding Anniversary! Jim, and I have been married for 2 years! Time has a way of passing when you’re in love! I feel so blessed that my husband is supportive of this life changing choice. The more I learn the more I get to share with him. Knowledge is power baby! We talked this morning, while getting ready for work. I used the toilet for a chair, while he shaved, romantic huh! We are going to work toward a "Goal" month for the lap band. So! We decided on June! I am happ
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babymk's Blog

OFFICIAL

i am now out of the 200's!!!! i have been in the 200's for half of my life probably since i was 12 or 13! i cannot believe it! i am so happy!!!!!! yessssssssssssssssssssssss i know it's still 199 but i'm in the 100's now! i can honestly say no i'm not 200lbs or over that ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ :D :D :D
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AngieB's Blog

Alpha

What a grand day to begin a blog! I am hoping this will help me organize my thoughts and set an account of the journey. I have made a decision to be banded. My husband supports me, and is on board for the ride! (I love you Jim.) So now the lesson begins, research, humility, patience, saving, and relationship building. I have been surfing the forum now for a few days. Reading posts, introducing myself, and getting to know others who share this common ground. I've ordered the book, "Band
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Lap Band Blog

Guess Who Came To Stay

"I can resist anything except temptation." A typically wonderful quote from Oscar Wilde. A quote that rang trough my head yesterday as I succumbed to the lessening powers of The Band over Mothering Sunday lunch. As I sat in my favourite restaurant and bar (La Place in Winchester - highly recommended!) I finished off the whole plate of Steak Haché et Frites (hamburger and chips for us lesser mortals). I had sinned and needed to birch myself severely. The reprimand I deserved could not wait. I ne
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babymk's Blog

no you girls never know how you make a boy feel

oh wow so i'm minding my own business today and just taking a day off to watch movies by myself with my window open and the fresh sunny breeze sweeping through. and guess who is calling me? yes that giovanni once again...so he's just asking me what i'm doing and i'm like chilling then hes like ok bye. anyway he calls me 15 minutes later and is like we're going to eat be ready in 15 minutes then he hangs up on me. great. so now i have to get ready because he's going to be over and this boy doesn'
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babymk's Blog

working it out

the gym is FANTASTIC!!!!!! i'm really sore but i weighed myself this morning and i lost 2 more lbs!!! amazing! i knew this weight has been dying to just come off. all it took was some action on my part. i'm happy i took the initiative. i want to work out like all the time! i was there for 3 hours. one hour of cardio and then an hour and a half on random machines working out my arms, torso, and legs. then i did the dry sauna! i love the sauna! great workout! i can't wait to do it again tonight!
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babymk's Blog

yes sir!

i joined the gym! i'm going to go work out tonight after i eat and finish watching james dean "rebel without a cause" i fell asleep watching it last night...ha guess i was just really tired. james dean is sooo cute! speaking of cute...EDWARD CULLEN! TWILIGHT out on DVD tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm so excited! i can't wait! i fixed my IPOD! FINALLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!! i have my own music again!!!!! you don't even realize how torturous that was for me to not have my o
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babymk's Blog

determined

-i'm joining the gym tomorrow -new goal weight: 120lbs -i'm swearing off carbs -i'm swearing off donuts, cookies, and SWEETS in general. -i don't like my mom very much at this point in time. -i hate that giovanni hates it when people think i'm his girlfriend. (i mean what's so bad about me?! ) -i hate when people ask me if giovanni is my boyfriend -i hate that i'm not financially independent -i hate depending on people -i hate filling up my gas tank every two/three days! -i hate pe
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babymk's Blog

how annoying

i'm still the same weight for what like 3 weeks now?! i really need to start exercising. i need to join a gym for reals because i don't have any place to workout i feel weird walking around outside by myself plus that's sorta dangerous... i'm going to go through all my clothes and throw out everything that's either too big or i never wear anymore which of course is because it's too big. i kinda stopped shopping because i need to stop myself from buying clothes now while i'm still losing weight.
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Lap Band Blog

Deal With It

Stepping on the scales a few days ago to realise that I had cast aside the title of “morbidly obese” was almost as thrilling at when I first discovered Sicilian lemon pudding. Almost.As I left the bathroom, adorned with my new proud banner of “obese”, I was mentally working out when my next heavy-weight title adjustment to “overweight” would be. Perhaps I wasn’t savouring my obese label with as much pureed relish as I should have been.This is what it took lose my "morbid" moniker!The one thing
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babymk's Blog

game on

hello! so i've been eating horribly and not exercising...i haven't been weighing myself regularly either. i kind of "let it go"....like i'm still eating healthy but if i want to have dessert i will...even though its pretty much every night. i've been craving carbs too. i've been eating crackers and bread. i know you wonder how in the world am i eating bread well i just eat soup and dip it in there to make it soft so it goes down way easier. i really really should get a fill because even though f
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Lap Band Blog

Rage Against the Fat Gene

This is one blog article I started to write before I went into hospital. I decided to postpone it until afterwards, because I didn't want my final cyber-words to be ones of negativity if things did go wrong. The surgery was a success and now I feel able to voice my thoughts on the subject that has been very much a part of my life since I can remember. Belly bashers! Growing up in a relatively privileged way, my early years of verbal abuse were pretty much limited to the playground, as most are.
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Lindsay's Blog

1 day to go!

ekkks! tomorrow i leave for mexico! we're driving to buffalo in the earrrrrly morning, to catch our flight around noon. sigh/ i'm getting butterflies in my tummy .. i'm getting so excited! I was down 5.5lbs this morn - that's just over a lb a day. i'm not going to get to 11lbs by tuesday, but realistically, that's fairly impossible - unless I stopped drinking liquid and didn't eat. I've always held more water .. boo.
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MissManagement's Blog

31 Pounds Down...YIPPEE!!

Ok...so the last time I blogged I was three weeks out from the surgery, and was still on the liquids. Man was that the hard part indeed! I didn't mind the liquids so much...it was just that I was running out of different options, and they were getting so boring! It was also hard as well to eat/drink only liquids as well while having to prepare meals for my husband, and two kids!! I say this to encourage all at this stage to say this...IT IS ALL WORTH IT!! When I started real food again it
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Lindsay's Blog

first entry

My first official day of my pre-op diet started yesterday. i've had some stomach issues in the past, when i've been dieting, due to the lack of substance in my tummy - and the medication I'm on. Just a bad bad mix! I was experiencing some of these symptoms yesterday. I was throwing up constantly last night, every 30 minutes or so. But because i have nothing in my tummy, it was more gagging, to release the air that seems to be in there. I'd always feel better, but only for 30 minutes or so.
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