Re: Boy am I disappointed!

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george, funny stories.

i love black too...always have, whether or not i was thin or fat. so

i continue to wear it.

when do we see pictures of the lifts????

At 09:32 AM 10/18/2007, you wrote:

>Sharon,

>

>i have a bridge club in florida and now the snowbirds are beginning

>to trickle down. most come in and say, " you're shrinking every time

>i see you. you look so wonderful " , (most saw my weight loss before

>they left, but came back to my face lift and the difference is

>sometimes pretty dramatic (to me, at least). And back to back from

>you lost so much, one came in yesterday and said, " you're puttin it

>back on but you still look good " . incidentally, i am not puttin it

>back on.

>

>one said, " you lost so much weight, how come your pants still

>fit? " . LOL i replied, " beats me!! " lol. " try this concept on for

>size: NEW PANTS!!!!!!! " LOL

>

>people are strange sometimes. i know that in my experience with

>respect to weight, lots of people like to " weigh in " with their

>opinion and advise " fatties " to lose weight. however, not enuf loss

>that it would impinge upon their feeling of superiority. (ie: how

>could you let yourself go like that?)

>

>in the past i have been lectured ad infinitum on losing weight. and

>when i got on a program that was working, i would get plenty of " enuf

>already " if the perpetrators felt my weight loss was threatening

>them. its really peculiar, but it happens.

>

>so, although the negative comments do have their impact, i try to

>focus on the positive ones.

>

>funny thing: i was visiting my mom in august when my daughter and

>SIL came over from France. I wear a lot of black, mainly because I

>can't find a darker color. anyway, my mom suggested that since i've

>lost so much weight, i don't need to wear black anymore. " try some

>colors for a change " , said she. so i wore a light green shirt in

>the same style as my black ones. " ah " , she said, commenting on the

>nice change. the next day i returned to a black shirt. so what was

>her reaction? " oh, you look thinner today " (in black) i nearly

>wet my pants laughing. i responded " DUH "

>

>

>george

>

>p.s. i serve a lite lunch at my club. if i so much as take a 1 " x2 "

>saltine with a smear of cream cheese on it, 20 people will say. " uh

>oh, there you go. you shouldn't be doing that. " meanwhile, they've

>put on the feedbag and gorge on the free food. of course, i respond

>with, " oh, you're right. i was supposed to stop eating altogether. i

>just forgot. " ---

>

>

>

>

>In , " Sharon Crawford " <sharon@...>

>wrote:

> >

> > >> UGH, PEOPLE! I have one in my office who asks how I'm able to

>eat

> > something crunchy (like rice cakes), but not ground beef.<<

> >

> > Even worse are the people who say " Should you be eating that? "

> > Few things are ruder than commenting on what or how much other

>people

> > are eating.

> //

>

>

>

>

>

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Hello cindywebb1667,

Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 10:50:59 PM, you wrote:

> I was told egg size -

That sounds like a bypass doc or bypass info.

> but I do eat 1 - 1 1/2 cups of food per meal by

> stopping myself at that portion (most times). Other times I can eat

> and eat and eat without any feelings that tell me the band is there.

> I think the bottom part of my 'funnel' is still too big to hold the

> food for long. That is why I wanted the third fill.

That's true of many of us. Remember THE BAND IS A FICKLE BITCH. It

will do whatever it wants, when it wants, and lots of time you will

not be able to explain it. Many of us find that we're more open or

loose later in the day. I can't eat much of anything solid before

noon (and get up at 5am). But at night it is usually easy to eat too

much, even without grazing.

> Even SandyR's instructions in the " Files " portion of this group

> mentions the possibility of needing a fill if you can (and I quote):

> " 1. You feel like you are making healthy food choices in appropriate

> portion sizes but gettting hungry between meals

> 2. You can still eat white bread, fibrous vegetables and large

> portions

> 3. You are having to struggle to lose

> 4. You are gaining weight in spite of eating right, exercising and

> having a good mind set. "

Well, as wonderful and knowledgeable as she is, even Sandy R isn't

right all the time or for all people. That isn't any criticism of

Sandy, at all. These are just guidelines above that you quote. Some

people can eat white bread all the time. Some of us never can. I can

in small amounts on some occasions (not that I often try). Some

veggies that might be considered fibrous are ok, some aren't, some

depend on cooked vs. raw, etc. I can never do pineapple or oranges,

but am ok with most other fruits if no skin (it always gets stuck). I

can do celery if cut in small pieces (like in tuna salad) but not

otherwise. And so on....

> #1-2 and 3 apply to me. #4 does not.

> Thanks for the advice though - what you said makes perfect sense. If

> I stopped at 3 oz protein and 1/2 cup vegetables I'd be starving

> (complete with tummy growling) in a couple hours!

> I wish I could unplug the hunger switch - to heck with just turning

> it off !

Well, that'll never happen. And if it were unplugged and you didn't

have " mind hunger " you'd starve to death...which really is not a good

idea. If you think it is, I can refer you to a book about starving to

death and how awful it is.

--

Best regards,

Dan mailto:honu@...

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>> one said, " you lost so much weight, how come your pants still fit? " .

LOL i replied, " beats me!! " lol. " try this concept on for

size: NEW PANTS!!!!!!! " <<

That is hilarious. You're having some fun times!

>>people are strange sometimes. <<

People are strange ALL the time.

>> i know that in my experience with

respect to weight, lots of people like to " weigh in " with their

opinion and advise " fatties " to lose weight. however, not enuf loss

that it would impinge upon their feeling of superiority.<<

Sad to say, this is why some bandsters lose friends or spouses. When one

person in a relationship changes drastically, it upsets the balance and

not all relationships recover.

SharonC in BC

Surgery 6/7/07

Restriction 8/30/07

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