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Laura - thought I would let you know... you can taste the coconut, but the smell is much stronger than the taste. I have a super sniffer so maybe that is why I taste it because I smell it so strong... I don't know but my egg is pretty good... hope you all have a good day

now here is some serious motivation going on here ... YEAH... I only walked 3 miles today but tomorrow is my 5 mile and weights at the Y. then taking up some more tiles. I'm exhausted but getting it all done

You always have a place to stay in upstate NY, I'm 2 1/2 hrs from the city, and 45-60 mins from the adirondaks...

I had 1 egg, 1 serving boiled ham and 1/4 cup 2%Cheese for breakfast 1oz macadamia nuts snack 1oz tuna, 1 cup shredded lettuce and 1/4 cup 2% cheese for Lunch I am having a south beach protein bar for mid afternoon snack water gals... don't forget the water

Laura - I know how picky you are, so I'm going to trust you on this ... LOL I have a super sniffer so I could smell it when I opened the container. Jane - I have a list of good things it does for you, I'm going to see if i can find it in my email and send it to you. I do not get fat in any other form lately and I think it is messing with me. Suzy - that is what I have been doing - I started walking every day but then relationship bs... I started to focus my anger and depression on exercise, some days I walked 10 miles a stretch just thinking. Now it is given, rain or sun, I'm out there.... good for you!

I only use cash myself, getting laid off 3 years ago messed me up horribly, but over the last very long 3 years, I have learned if you don't have it don't use it!

Tracy- I worked in a bank fo 15years, and when all the foreclosure stuff was going on... I said just that... lose your house, you can't pay bills, what happens next, can't rent with bad credit, can't get a credit card, takes years and years to rebuild, what happens to all these people????? It is a scary thing out there and this is just really starting to become an issue... watch... it is going to get worse!

Hi guys going to work on the bathroom floor, but wanted to check in... Josie, it is freezing here isn't it! yuck. I might have a fire tonight and watch a movie that is kind of neat you found your grandparents names at ellis ilsand. Tracy - MUAH... love ya sister mom is crazy this am, she is getting dressed for a job interview and we have totally different taste... and she asks me over and over if i like something and i don't know what else to say, I am simple and she has 10,000 pr of earings ... ya know what i'm saying? ok here i go!

Haydee something else I just read up on is Coconut Oil, I am going to get some vits of that, I have stuff to cook with but I can't have an egg that taste even remotely like coconu off to work on the bathroom floor, have a good day

You go Rain My start is 187 so goal is 177 or 175 if all goes well! hope you all have a good day, going to take the tiles up off my bathroom floor

Morning gals how are ya'll doing? Tracy - you are a mess, wish I could have been with ya, I use to get dirty like that all the time, then I turned into such a girl.. blah i suck! I was happier and thinner then I'm going to drink my coffee and go for a smaller walk today, I need to get the tiles out of the bathroom and be cleaned up and to the school at 4 for a game! i'll be around

Thanks sister! There is a real world out there! I will hold you accountable and will do what you need me to do to kick your butt... we were at the same place for a while, you were lower than me and now I caught up and you bailed... so your turn to catch up with me... DARE YOU!!!!! :tt1::tt2::thumbup::tt2:

Hi guys judy - glad you survived the shot with better luck than we all had Pam - if you get the swine, lmk how that works and what info you get Haydee - the vit D is big but has never been stuck in my pouch, I do have a hard time getting it down but i've had pill issues. I still miss kev, shoot 19 years just doen't go away overnight, but I am truely happy and the guy I met, or re-met last week is super nice and very good to me, and I am actually trying really hard not to freak out too badly and there is no sex unless I am 100% ready - he told me that, he wants more than that ... so it is just what I deserve hope you are all having a good night Laura - I'm sorry you are dealing with so much yucky stuff, and it sounds like crazy stuff, that you would only see in movies or something. hi all

Tracy - thanks sister! I hope you have a good night

Linda I couldn't eat that much if I ate when I got up, but I get up at 5:30 have 1 cup of coffee, and a small glass of water, put my son on the bus at 7:30 and walk for an hour, come home, have a glass of water and then make breakfast about 9 so It is almost lunch time by time I eat..lol

Thank you, that is just so kind of you to say, I don't think of myself that way. Most of my stress is from the relationship I am just getting out of, but I do love to cook, and I have learned how to cook healthy low fat/cal/carb and everything I do I focus on protein. Suzanne - You should be proud of yourself!!!!! You have lost 190lbs... that is something to jump up and down about. My dr would have suggested no band but RNY, so you have worked hard to get that gone! It is a great time of year to get motivated, nice walking weather, get out there! and you are so right, a lb is a lb is a lb, slow and steady wins the race, and if it comes off the right way it will stay off If you ever want to make something, give me a challange and I'll swap it out for a healthy version! That is out there for anyone I'm very bloated today, I don't know why, but thank goodness for gas x

I'm in Rain that would put me at my goal by Halloween!

Vicki - I was ok with what I was eating, but now that i am exercising 2x's as much as I was, it is not working so I'm adding more calories. I cannot eat carbs, can't eat fruit, no bread, no pasta, nothing. I'll do multi grain chips sometimes but that is it.

Babs - welcome Courtney - take the pressure off, I was doing myself in with pressure I put on myself. My dr told me I would be at 210 when I got to stats goals. I was there for almost a year, now I'm kicking butt for me and it did take a lot of changes and soul searching, but you can do it. Personally, I think it is as much as the why and changes as it is the band. I am 12 lbs away from the goal I set for myself when I was banded, and then I'm going to add another 25 on to that when I get there, because I'm at a point when I know I can do it and it is all about me. I also found a very nice guy who was there the entire time, my eyes were just closed to what I knew, change in my life opened the door for happiness for me. who knows where this will end up, but I would have never let anyone in without the life changes. Ask Suzie, Tracy and Kat what a mess I was, even a month ago! I'm never going back where I was... and that is my choice

Vicki Isn't that confusing? snack, no snack??? what do you do? I am still under 1000 cals a day with my new snacks

Hi Courtney, nice to meet you. I am 38 and have been heavy my entire life but after my son when I was 34, I gained 75lbs from stress and life. So in a nut shell here is what I learned over the past 2 + years 1. The band is a tool and you have to work with it not against it. 2. There is a reason I was overweight, why is that? and why was I using food as a drug? 3. What do I do when life's stress hits me hard? 4. Alcohol is definately very bad for weight loss! 5. If the band is too tight, the only food that seems to do into me is bad fried food, wings, chicken tenders, onion chips, and nacho's from the pub, even in small quanity, are not foods that will help you lose weight. 6. Exercise is important 7. Water is important So saying what I've learned in the last 3 months with my reality check on why I'm not loosing... 1. I am working with my band, taking very tiny bites and taking 20 minutes to eat. 2. I don't eat when I'm stressed but what I do eat is horribly bad so my body does not work properly, you can't eat 1000 calories all at one meal! 3. When I was dealing with stuff before I would crawl into bed, now when I get stressed I put my sneakers on and walk, and think, and walk some more. 4. I still drink... but once a week and I don't drink anything that will make me want to eat, no high carb drinks and nothing with heavy high cal juice. I mix with Crystal light. 5. Band adjustment and it is working, back to very small amounts of food and focusing on Protein. 6 & 7. I now have the time so I am exercising excessively and I make sure to drink a ton of water. So I know this is long, sorry, it is what I have personally learned, but most of all - I learned there are reasons for my choices and what I have been working very hard on is getting the answers and choosing to make the right choices and not the ones that would make me happy... and trust me, not everything I have had to change has been easy or easy choices, but they are the right ones... and my life is changed for good! I wish you the best of luck and it is so nice to have you here. Ask away!!!!

wow, I hope he is ok too, but at least you got your walk in:lol:

Vicki - I'm so sorry but I do know where you are! Honeslty, I was between 202 and 210 for 8 months, how frustrating... now I'm 187-189 and no matter how hard I work its just not moving anymore. I have a stupid 12lbs to go... I am adding snacks to my food, I know everything they have told me for 2 years is 3 meals no snacks, but I think with all the exercise my body might be in starvation mode??? I'll let you know how that works, today I had 15almonds and got some slimfast high protein bars for this afternoon. If the scale starts moving again (DOWN) it will be so worth it. ((((Hugs))))

Hi Kat... My name is Jen...and i have a new boyfriend... jk... just being silly... but very happy for the first time in a long time... and happy with me glad you joined us

Pamela - my nutritionist told me to take them at my last appt, 1000 units vit d... also promotes fat burning. I've been taking them for about 6 weeks, that and my flinstones