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That is great!!! Keep up the FABULOUS work!

That's great news! I'm around the same weight that you started out as, and my surgery is in 11 days..I can't wait and will be so happy to see the 150's again too!! Size 10? that's amazing, I don't even remember what a size 10 looks like, so you've given me lots of encouragement, thank you and good luck on your continued success!

Yea, I can totally relate. I'm still working on figuring out when I've eaten too much.

**There is something more wrong with an obese person than that they eat too much and move too little. ** this is why i got to over 336 by what you wrote. great post GF

Very low in calories and no fat. I keep a bowl in my fridge at all times. I also put in bell pepper.

Grammy ducking now! AJ is not a squirrel... her a wabbit hunter.

great post lovethenewme very encouraging. I came here today after a 4 year hiatus. I was an early adopter to the band back in 2005. I lost some weight but never gave up the bad habits and even found some new bad habits and behaviors. Gained all the weight back and this week just reapplied myself and began tracking my food and "obeying" my band, not eating through it, as I call it, burping, barfing, hiccuping, not carb loading, not eating soup to ease up the band, not attempting to eat pizza and stopping just before I am full. Its amazing I'm down 5 lbs already and it hasnt been hard. I think the hardest thing is sitting down for a meal and eating so little when others are eating so much. Creating new habits - good habits is important and that is what I'm after now. I agree with you, after 8pm eating is done also eating slow and stopping between bites keeps away the wonder of am i barfing because I full or because food is stuck. All a horrible mind game that I am much happier to avoid. The band is a tool the rest is a lifestyle change and change is never easy, but possible. Thanks again for the good post and encouragement

Right, I'm thinking the same thing about the before pics!! lol The one I have up is about as bad as I'll let it get for now! Yep, I had to switch to the cream soups too. I've had so much broth it's almost like they're tasteless now. I've seen other peoples diets and they can have thinned down cream of wheat among other things. Oh well, this too shall pass! It'll be worth it in the end.

Congrats on breaking the plateau! I try not to eat after dinner but I too have those days where I am always hungry! I find that protein is the only thing that helps me too. A few slices of turkey or chicken usually help. Thanks for your post!! I sometimes feel guilty about doing this but I have been good about distinguishing between head hunger and real hungry. Lately...it's definitley been real!

Awwww, Head Hunger the one beast I still battle. Yep grab a cup of decaf and pull up old fat pictures off my PC and it gets me past it everytime. Hey , What ever gets you through the night right? Cute post!