☠carolinagirl☠

In the back of my mind I'm thinking that one's success is determined by how much in a need you are for solution? How desperate you are? Literally Life or Death? Enough to fully commit through the good and bad to get it at all costs? this was me...i allowed myself to get to a point where i had serious trouble walking...any distance....not even the wake up call of pants being size 30 could make me go dayyyum, you need to lose weight......besides being told i was going to be a grandmother, me having trouble wiping my butt helped me decide that i needed surgery intervention.....it was either do something about it, no excuses/no drama or get bigger or get cut of my house one day....i made my decision and never regret it.....food does not control me.....i control the food, the type, and watch my allotment and let the band do the rest...

beef, it is whats for dinner...96% lean...fresh cantaloupe dare i say life is good?? yes it is..my son sent me this new picture of my granddaughter yes, let me say, life is good...

love chicken ceasar salad...hub and me have it at least once a week

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FART face LOLlove ya eye candy

same here......i eat when hungry......and then make it count.... good to know and tell the masses the band works yall...

sorry this happened....seems to me that someone is (jealous hint the 10 pounds comment).....who knows if its true..10 pounds in a week is hard and most likely Water weight...sounds like BS to me.....but what i suggest is you be the bigger/better/mature person....silence is golden......being a real friend means more than words....sooner or later, this person will realize that... hang in there.

and walking through the grocery store...i walk up and down the aisles as i can now....it is amazing to find pleasure in things that you use to not be able to.. think about it....i mean pick one thing that makes you go, yeah its worth it.. i have many... fitting in reg bathroom stall putting my own socks ON... seat belt in car fitting properly not being embarrassed walking with hub somewhere and the the positive outweighs the foods i (use to eat/miss).... by a mile.....no way am i ever going back to that picture on my profile in green

what other little things?? last night, i went walking with hub...and kabo the doberman....and i walked a mile...i sure did.....my left hurt was hurting but i kept going...at my pace....sure hub and dog was slower than they usually walked but i was lapping those who were just sitting on the couch.....and saying what i use to say, i wish i could lose weight... get up.....if you cant walk *like me 16 months ago*, march in place for 5 min.. do anything....anything is better than nothing.

so to me, little things i use to not be able to do, mean the world to me. me wearing a pair of jeans (gloria vanderbilt no less) and a nice size large sweater....that is my band showing me that with alittle ump from me, that i can and have done this..... lose inches...sure i have lost weight....i cant tell you what i weight as i dont have a scale.....but i am under 200....how great is that....esp when one started well over 300..; i am not focused on getting to a number.....sure i have one in mind....but if i can get into 12/14's, id be a happy b**tch

today i am wearing jeans to work....size 16s....that itself is amazing and something i never ever thought id see again....but here i sit.....and i feel (great)....not just me being healthier and all the drama from where i came from/started at my highest but today.....i can wear reg clothes..jeans/sweater... this time last year and 2 yrs before that, i wore elastic skirts..big bright colored prints.....3 to 5 x skirts....to cover and go around my massive girth...that is what i wore..to cover...to fit... as if no one would see the stomach...the area where my massive over eating the wrong type foods ended up......not to mention my butt that needed its own zip code.........and thighs that could start forest fires with their own friction..

well its a tuesday......and our blogs wont be up until the 28th....hm..i guess i will just post here til whenever/cows come home....so if you dont want to read, alot... i suggest going to another thread...haha

whether its a holiday or a reg day....eating is eating.... nothing wrong with eating....its a good thing..but def make good choices and use the bands guidance for eating too much...but def depend on yourself to not overeat your allotted amount..one (bad?) meal or two wont make you gain 10 pounds nor will eating one or two (good?) meals make you lose 10 pounds..its a process.. day in and day out eating... dont set yourself out by citing (holiday eating) you can control yourself....you already are by losing weight...GREAT GREAT job

dang GF,.....you wrote what i wanted.......great comment

90oz+ liquid and i aim for 70+ protein daily.........

well since i cant blog, i just have to post here for now...... i came home and it was still sorta sunny out warm and in the low 70s.... i texted hub to let us go walking.....so he and kabo were waiting for me and i got my nikes on and off we went.....i asked hub when we were done, how far did we walk....i had no idea but it was a mile exactly... i gave myself a high five..

well, i was one of those when i had this surgery, could barely walk...i did what i could and that is/was good enough for me.....i say as long as one is moving in oxygen, at their fitness level, then its all good. that is just how i see it... i exercise at my fitness level and do not care how many calories i am burning as i know me moving/exercising is making a helluva difference...i am however, 100% aware to not take in more calories than i can burn off... so far, so good.

i really miss blogging

monday......when is the blog gonna be up??

whats done is done....what matters is right now... great post...just (believe) in yourself as you are fantastic and beautiful...remember that and treat yourself like you should be treated, as a goddess of health....make yourself well....eat good foods, exercise and live..