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Congrats on getting a date and your life back.... Every one here are great... You can get so many differant ideas ... Keep us updated on how your doing..... ~hugs~

I agree....stay away from foods with salt....that will raise your BP.... I know for myself if I eat solid protein first at every meal....I cant eat more then a C of food.... good luck...stick with the rules....as hard as it seems its so worth it... you can do this !!!

~hugs~....thinking of you.... keep us posted....were cheering for you

Just have to put down in print a NSV I had today Yesterday I got myself down because my day started just like every other day for lunch I wanted soup and decided to have a bowl of onion soup...then another... and in each bowl I put oyster crackers in them...My down fall is pretzles and saltie crackers are trigger foods for me... so from there on it was a eatting frenzi for me...Thank goodness I dont have any junk food in the house...so I over did with good things... I woke up this morning with a fear OMYGOODNESS please let me get ahold of this eatting and not have a day like yesterday...( I swear I even dreamed of food) So breakfast I had my usual yogurt...ok....lunch time I had a bowl of salad with a C of cottage cheese garnished with some slivered almonds....4 bites in and I was wow...Im full !!! But I was scared not to get my protein in so it took me a hr to get it all down.... Then I started watching TV as I folded laundry....The Cake Boss....and they were baking with Choc...and OREOs....and OO WOW I wanted choc !!! SO I got myself a small SF jello cup....took 2 bites and really enjoyed and thought about the taste...I satified my craving and folded the foil lid back over the cup put it back in the fridge and I was happy... This may all sound like such a small thing to some of you...but for me its a HUGE NSV.... A year ago I would of had one cup cuz I wanted one....the second cup to taste it...and a third cup cuz I didnt even taste the first 2......Food controled my every min of my days...to be in control of food is the best......

Congrats...Its so good to hear others NSV....we can hear you smiling !!!

yep yep....head hunger is the hardest part of this new band life I think..... When it hits me I grab my Water bottle and sip sip sip... and even when I think its not going to help...it DOES ~hugs~ tatoo beauty giving care to a loved one is always hard in itself...

thanks girls...its such a powerful feeling to be in control Makes them hard days a lil more bareable !!!

That sounds like your in a very good spot to me.... I might pass on a fill this time.....~hugs~ good job

OMY GOODNESS.....Princess that is so frickin cool so proud of you !!! ~hugs~

Im far from Goal....but today I went to weigh in with my nutrionast.....and I weighed 173....a year ago today I was 257.8.... I cant tell you all how good I feel now...Im doing things with my children I never tought Id be doing.. A yr ago when this date came up I almost called and cancelled it thinking...look at me and at my age...its to late....well am I ever glad I kept that appt...It was a life changer.... It hasnt always been easy...at the begining I couldnt walk to check my mail with out huffing...and I would of never thought of getting down on the floor to do exercizes....now I can easily walk 3 miles..I use a stationary bike and do floor exersizes. Thank you all who share your stories be they good or bad...they all help me...and I want to thank my sister who keeps me pushing....Its been a great year...I have 49 lbs to be at goal...so still walking... thanks all

~wow you look GREAT Aj.....so happy you had a great time.....

~hugs~ from me also....keep pushing every doctor you can for answers.....

I think all your fearing is normal...~hugs~ we didnt get this way over night... Also all the issues that made us want to turn to food will still be there..some place... I to was very scared with the what if i fail.....but by the time of my banding I had my head right that I was doing this for me this time....and deep inside and even out loud I kne I was going to do this...this time...buuuuut....sitting in the hospital waiting to be wheeled into the OR...i was scared of the what if...... ~hugs~....best wishes for you

Cheryl..thank you for all the care you give to the sick and elderly....~hugs~

~hugs~ glad your on the mend....

amazing.....can see all your hard work.....Congrats !!!

Aj have you tryed the Builders Mint Choc Bars....OMG so good and filling !!!! not sure about all nutition but high protein....

Ok i have been sitting here reading the furums this morning... and WOW.... I mean were all in the same place....sure some of us are a lil more ahead then others...but we all started at the same START LINE....we all want to get to the same place.... yet Im reading so much meanness from so many people....Were living in a world with so much meaness right now....It just saddens me to see a group of people with the same goals...hurting and even wishing bad to each other.....I just cant wrap my mind around this....

I guess everyone is differant for sure..... I can drink Water fast like before I was banded.... and Im in the green zone now and I still drink water and coffee as I did before I never have yet felt depressed because I wanted to eat a huge piece of anything....sure I see fudge or some think I use to love and i think for a min wow Id love that...but I also love being thin....and I love how I feel in my own skin now...and just like that it passes...some times I have a small bite of what ever it is...Im in control...NOT food and that feels the best !!!

So true Mads....acually made me cry today after I read that

oh Hun dont give up... have you had a fill....are you eatting around your band...

CONGRATS..... So happy for you keep it up !!!

I have lost 118 so far !

For me the green zone is I go 4 hrs with out feeling hungry or thinking about my next meal every hour...and eatting a cup of food ...3 oz of protein and a lil veggie....not being controled by food !!!