JustDoIt130

Ladybandido- I truly know you're right, I'm definitely a sugar addict.I think I even have the book Sugar Busters, not that I've read it. You are right- when I eat protein, I feel full and am not craving stuff. It also takes way longer to eat, which is good. I need to look at MFP and go back to eating what I was eating back then- eggs and cheese, black beans and chicken, etc. Protein laden foods! and back to logging and exercising. I will do this!!! Hi Glory- this is what I keep telling myself- I have my band and it will work, and still work even if I have to get back to it after sliding! I can- to quote my most favorite Disney movie- Keep moving forward!!! Nicki

Hey everyone- I haven't been on a scale in ages, I know I've gained back with slider foods and I'm just so disappointed in myself. But honestly I just have to get over it and get moving- literally, and back down the scale. I'm going to do the 5 day pouch test in a week or so, and go cold turkey with the ice cream- none for at least 6 months starting 8/1/13. And I'm going to go back on MFP and just get cracking. I'm giving myself a week to psych myself up and I'll get there!!! Amica- I may ask my doc about that Suprenza just as a kick start, too. Glad your surgery went so well!! I'm sure that being a much lower weight was so helpful with the surgery and recovery- and for your long term prospects post surgery. I need to schedule a doc appt too- I'm pretty sure I'm in the green zone, but really dont' feel full- but I know 90% is head hunger- heck, probably 95%, honestly. I need to find something better to do with my time than eat ice cream........... I also wanted to say that I'm glad you guys are here for the long haul- this is harder than I thought it would be.... Nicki

Hi everyone! I have to get back to logging all my food on MFP. That makes me successful. I'm afraid to step on the scale, but am going to have to for accountability. Grrrrr. Ladybandido- I did see your recipe and will try it! I appreciate that!! Sue- yes, lots happening with you! I am glad you're getting better, and hopefully the problem with your hip is now resolved! NJ2NC! That is awesome! I wish I were a runner. Chrissy, Hi!!! Ice cream is the worst, as it is such a slider food! And I am pretty tight, so it's easy to eat ice cream and harder (read- have to pay more attention eating so I don't get stuck) to eat other foods. I just need to get my mojo back and justdoit, right???? Nicki Nicki

***peeks back in*** Hi everyone! A long time no see, completely my fault! I'm still not doing well, not eating right- actually eating mostly ice cream. It's seriously like an addiction, like I can imagine what it is to want a glass of wine at the end of the day or you truly don't unwind- that's how I feel with ice cream. Gotta work on that. Lots going on with you guys! Otaknam!!!! I am so so so glad you're all right! What a blessing they got all the cancer. You're doing great with the weight loss! That is so awesome! LOL, don't mess up my band, LOL. Sue- glad your surgery went well- I had to have pt and I swear they are just a leetle bit sadistic, ya know? But glad it's getting better. Ladybandido! I have missed everyone too, I just havent' wanted to post when I'm just not doing that great. But oh well, it's a journey. Chrissy- you are doing really well, just keep on going! I haven't stepped on a scale in a looong time, I need to get back on track but don't have my mojo. I know it will come back, it's definitely a cycle for me, so I just have to plod along. I did go to zumba yesterday, which was good, I'm feeling it today for sure! I need to get back to logging in MFP, and just find a stinking replacement for ice cream that doesnt' completely derail me! Sigh. So I'm back and I won't be a stranger anymore, I need support and you guys understand. Nicki

Hey y'all, I'm here. Meredith, yes, you guys are my village too! I am struggling, and not back yet, but still posting because it will come and I still need you- probably especially when I'm struggling! My new office location is too far from they Y. I think I'm going to look into a fitbit and do some walking outside. We'll see, there's other options. Hanging in there, through the good and the not good! Nicki

Hey all- another day in paradise! I was informed Friday that I would be movign offices, so I did that- not particularly happy, but it's all good. Food was ok, DH was not. Story of my life. I'm pretty dang tired of stress, truly. I could use just a regular stress free day.

Ladybandido!! I am so sorry, and so glad you DH is doing better. Heart stuff is scary, it's what DH and I are dealing with- a pacemaker about 2 years ago, diagnosed with stage 3 congestive heart failure a year ago....just follow doctor's orders! Good for you, Chrissy! I've been dismal at all of it for awhile now... Sue- so sorry about your loss, so true to let everyone know how you feel about them. Just checking in, everyone have a good day! Nicki

Gee whiz, we're not super chatty, are we? I have to brag a little, I made some baked goods (which shall remain nameless)- and I didn't have a single one. At all. I knew I'd probably get stuck if I did, LOL, so why bother! Still having trouble with the ice cream, but it really is a lot less than it was, for sure! It was 2 giant bowls a night, now it's just one, LOL- but that's 50% less, right? Exercise has been a bust, I really need to get back in the mindset of doing something at night at home if I can't during the day. I need to get my mojo back! I knew this would still be hard, so I'm not surprised. I know I go through cycles, and banding didn't change that. So now I'm just not going to gain a ton of weight during a down time, right? Right!! And then when it cycles back around I'll move down the scale without having to lose the pounds I had already lost and gained back! So it's all good, I'm human and I'm working on it! Everyone have a great day! Do it RIGHT!!! Nicki

Hi there everyone, we're quiet this week! I have hurt my left calf somehow, it's a bit better today but still iffy. Doing okay, still stuck on the ice cream, but not eating as much- baby steps, I guess. A bit down, it's totally raining here, and some stupid DH issues. Sigh. Oh well, that's life, right?? NJ2NC- how are you doing? Still feel like you're too tight? Are you able to eat all right? Ladybandido- it's hard, isn't it, when you test things out you really shouldn't be eating and you can eat them still? I knew this when I went into it that there were some things I would still be able to eat but shouldn't (like my nemesis, ice cream)- and I did well staying away for a long time, then fell back into it. But we're still holding on, right? And I weigh a lot less than I used to- and if I just get my rear in gear I could weigh a lot more...less? LOL Do you feel like you need a fill? Can you change your appointment? Sharpie- welcome! Some wise words... Nicole, how are you doing? How's work? Chrissy??? Where are you? How are you doing? Everyone check in- Val Ann, Otaknam, Horsegirl, Ready for my journey, everyone, you know who you are!!! Have a good day! Nicki

Mine is 14 cc's, i'm at around 11-12 cc's in it- and finally feeling fairly good restriction, though I've lost a lot of weight...

Hi there, quiet lately here! I'm doing okay, actually- though I started back with ice cream, but since my last fill I can't eat as much which is good. So baby steps. Doing all right with working out- I really love the Y. Nicole- work is rough right now for me too, and some DH medical/financial stuff- stress is a b***h, isn't it? I know you're self pay, but maybe a smidge of a fill would be helpful? Chrissy, what's up? NJ2NC? Sue? Horsegirl? Bueller? Bueller?

Oh my heck, LOL! This is so funny! My breath was so so terrible for awhile. LOTS of breath mints. My soon to be 8 year old daughter told me I fart way too much, LOL. It does subside a bit, but welcome to the Jungle!

Hi everyone! I had a run-in with ice cream this weekend, but I am glad to say I couldn't eat as much of it and it made me sick (not literally, but I felt horrible), so I think I'm off it now! It was a rough weekend food wise- not horrible, but definitely not on track. So I'm logging today, yay! I truly do better when I log, so dumb of me to stop, LOL. I have my workout clothes here, but not sure if I'll go- we have a new boss starting, so we'll see what happens. Post! I need you!! NIcki

Thanks Nicole- he did give me a little fill. He walked in and I said, "ok, I want you to put a band around my head!" he just laughed and said if he could do that he'd be rich and nobody would be fat, LOL. He himself has lost a bit of weight, just tracking his food and exercising- he said, "I've been doing everything I tell you to do!" He said he slips, but just makes it a one time thing, not messing up the whole day. I said my slips tend to mess up my whole month! He told me to log even if it's a slip and that he's proud of my progress. So I'm pretty tight. We'll see how it goes. Had to sip my protein shake a little slower, but it went down just fine. I just need to eat more filling foods and not sliders. Now chocolate chips are my new nemesis. Sigh. Everyone post, check in, how's everyone doing??? Val Ann, Otaknam, Horsegirl, haven't seen LadyBandido in a few days, Ready for my Journey, come on girls, post!!!! Chrissy, how you doing? Meredith, are you hanging in there???? Have a great day! Nicki

Hi all! I have a fill appt today- I am also pondering asking him about an appetite suppressant. I'm just always hungry! I think a teeny smidge may do the trick- I'm pretty tight, but can eat bigger bites and bigger portions. We'll see. WIth my insurance change my first fill may be more $$ but we'll see. Sigh. I need my head in the game again. I need another aha moment.

LOL, I saw your invite earlier and was like, who's that? Then read here and just accepted! Today is not my day to log, though.....

I"m not sure I agree you're too tight. I am VERY tight in the AM- in fact, I almost can PB water if I"m not slow drinking it. But I loosen up a bit during the day and regular food goes down fine if I"m slow and follow the rules. It honestly sounds good to me, isn't some of the point to not feel hunger? I WISH I didn't feel hunger!!! LOL. Just watch the hydration and protein levels, and take your vitamins! Just my $.02. And I love how you think your posts are long after reading my novels Nicole- I second Sue on the bath! A good soaking and painting your toes! A good read in the bath! Writing in a journal. Something. Doing ok. A little down, the weather here is sucky, right NJ? It's totally raining and gray here. And I spilled my protein shake on myself getting into the car, so had to go change clothes. And we got our car back finally from getting a new engine and transmission put in- and the check engine light went on!! LOL, really??? So DH has to figure that out and call the guy. And our garbage can went missing last night. We have to call the city to find out what our number is so we can see if (what probably happened) our neighbors took in the wrong one. So just a lot of little dumb annoying stuff. Sigh. I did bring my exercise clothes but not sure I want to go, it's supposed to rain harder and harder as the day goes on. Well, at least it's not like the snow the midwest is getting!! Everyone have a great day! Nicki

HI everyone- weekend was kind of a bummer. Was going to a zumba party but DH gave me some grief Thursday night about it, so I didn't bring my clothes. Then he said, "go ahead and go," so I arranged with dd to bring the little kids and my clothes so I could go- and she totally forgot my clothes. So that was a bust. Didn't eat horribly- and no ice cream- but didn't log or really keep too much track. But today I will! I also didn't sleep well at all and woke up with a headache. Grrrr. Oh well. Oh, and DH was going to take the kids to the pool, but they had to come home because a baby pooped in the pool, LOL. Good news on the DH front- the ultrasound came back fine, no issues at all with pancreas, liver, etc. So you'd think that was good news, right? What does DH say? "Nope, it's all in my bowels, I told you that." Sigh. Not only is the glass half empty, but it's cracked and somebody spit in it. Nicole- the light therapy may just be the ticket. Nothing too long, though Chrissy- yay for zumba!!! Good for you, and what a nice NSV to have the instructor not recognize you! And no knee pain, that is great. I too eat more calories and am hungrier sooner- but honestly, for me, some of it are the sliders I'm eating because real food can be too slow to eat or the risk of stuck is too great. So that's my challenge, to eat real food! Ready- I hope the new fill is good- so your slip is fixed, yes? That's good news!! Now you can be back on track, good for you! Ladybandido- thanks for the prayers! Heaven knows we need them, LOL. February is a tough month, my BIL has SAD, it can hit him hard. Have you every heard of a lightbox? It gives full spectrum light and can really help. And it's not easy being sick on top of it all, of course!! Sue- sounds to me like you did well, at least under calories, so good for you! And manning a bake sale table, well, that just sounds hard!! WHen things like that tempt me I remind myself that they won't taste as good as when I make them, so why waste the calories on something yucky...LOL... Well, off to put out fires at work, grrr. Everyone have a great day! Nicki

Hi there! Another day without ice cream and I'm doing good! Stepped on the scale this morning, up to 214- but didn't weigh back in the throes of ice cream again so I'm sure I'm down from what I bounced up to. So just need to head back down Sue- I was just thinking how the weight loss has slowed- I'm sure since I"ve lost a lot my body just doesn't have as much to lose, and is "used" to losing now. That's okay, slow and steady! And my prayers are with you with this sequester thing- I take it you have a government job? Bneen- that's a lot of repair work done, hon! Take it easy, but do walk as much as you can it really helps with the gas and the healing. Nicole- how was your night last night? And work yesterday? Thinking of you. Chrissy- did you get to the gym? How was your day? How is everyone else doing? MJ2NC, where you at??? Horsegirl? Bueller? Bueller? LOL I'm so 80's Oh, and no word from the doc about DH's ultrasound, which I take as a good sigh, because surely if it was bad they'd know by now, right? Nicki

call the doc but I would think yes, no worse than chicken imho. But call doc or nutritionist and ask them...

Hi everyone! Another successful food day yesterday. I didn't work out, as I went with DH to this ultrasound appointment (no word yet, they don't say anything til the doc gets to read it). But no ice cream, no binging. Nicole- glad your daughter saved you from the evil bakery, LOL. And really, good for you for crying it out. Sometimes you just have to feel your feelings, hard though it might be. Good advice about the antiD's, the doc said that as well. This one is also supposed to help him eat more, LOL. He's lost so much weight, it is not good. Super funny about the boob job comment Chrissy- yep, even if I have a bad day it is only ONE if I own it. If I don't log it into MFP then one day turns into a whole lot more days. So today is all new, you can do it! Otaknam! Good to see you! I'll bet you're a lot colder now with all that weight off!! The funny side effects, LOL. I do that too, still see the bigger me. At first I could really tell, but now I just see how much further I have to go. Sigh. It's a process, we'll get there, it's not like there's a time limit, right? Bneen- hi there! Tell us about yourself! Are you a new bandster? Welcome! And why are you up so early, LOL!! Everyone have a great day, post here, we're all in this together, right??? And Meredith, thinking of you!! Nicki

Nicole- while I was doing well I ate those small snack pack puddings- 1 or 2 of them- every night. The full sugar ones. I counted them in my calories, it was all good, so I''m going back to those. I eat them with a baby food spoon, so they last awhile, LOL. Please send thoughts and prayers my way, everyone- went back to the doc with DH- who has had a pacemaker placed a couple years ago, now has congestive heart failure and has been losing weight like crazy- 5 more pounds since being seen for his physical just this past December- and now DH has an ultrasound scheduled for today as his doctor is "concerned about pancreatic cancer." Though DH has been seriously depressed (got a script for antidepressants yesterday, yay!!) so it might be that- but he's lost like 70 lbs in under a year- he's at 160 lbs and he's 6'2". So, as bad as this sounds, I'm really praying it's just serious depression and not pancreatic cancer. And the doc didn't mention the cancer to DH, as he knows him really well and knows he'd freak out totally- while DH was getting his blood drawn the doc came in and spoke with me about his concerns. So we'll see......... Nicki

Doing good, no ice cream tonight, exercised today, under calories. Yay me!!

Hi everyone! So I had NO ice cream over the weekend. Unfortunately I had a lot of other crap. A LOT of other crap. So it's a day of liquids for me, then going back to what I used to eat- looking back at myfitnesspal to see what days were like, then eating those same things. I didn't go to zumba, as it snowed here, quite a bit for us southern folk, so I quickly went to walmart and then home. Nicole, was it you who asked if I avoided the grocery store because of the ice cream thing? I can't totally avoid it, but I certainly don't go in the frozen food section! I have my gym clothes with me and I WILL get to the Y today. I'm back on track, girls. I will JUSTDOIT as my username implies! I am WORTH it!!! How is everyone doing? What good things are happening? What challenges? Post!! Nicki

Hi there everyone! Mish! That is so true, the band is there whether we work with it or not, so when we're ready we can use it! You have a good plan in place, so what a great thing. I am justdoit130 on myfitnesspal, but don't have any friends on there, not sure how that works? But if you ask me to be a friend on there I will . I do so much better when I log every day, it keeps me accountable. It is effort, and your doc sounds like a great one, which is important. SueBee- Thanks for the props, LOL. Now I just have to not replace ice cream with something equally bad. Ladybandito- it is emotional, isn't it? We kind of freak out when we see ourselves like we've never been before (or for me it's been so long ago I don't remember, LOL). I think that's why I've settled here for so long, it's comfortable. So time to get out of my comfort zone and back into the swing of things. Next time you hit 163, even if you feel panicky, say out loud to yourself, "yay! I'm hitting new goals! Good for me." I think that positive self talk is important in this journey. I was worried from the beginning just thinking about lapband that ice cream would be a problem- I knew it was a slider food, obviously. My doc's nurse at my last visit said that I should have considered RNY instead of the band because ice cream was a problem (can't eat it with RNY because of dumping I guess)- but I told her that I didn't want my guts rearranged, so I wouldn't have considered it. There is still a lot of will power (want power, I read on here somewhere, a good way to think about it) with lapband, a lot of self discipline, made easier by the band but not a magic button. I see B-52 talk a lot about restriction on here, and though I agree with him that many people with band issues are doing it to themselves, it's easier said than done when the thing that made me fat is still something I can eat with my band, even at restriction. I agree with Mish (and B-52), my lack of success is totally due to my own choices- my own fault- but luckily with the band you can keep on keeping on and as I do things right I will lose weight! Anyway, that's my philosophical rant for the day! Everyone have a great one! Nicki