Daisalana

It's not a 'room', but they have couches and tables and stuff set up for meetings in the Food Court area now. 2x a month? Like every 1st and Last Tuesday of the month? If you can only make it once a month, then pick the one you want to come to, etc.

Cereal is the devil since my last fill. Anytime of day, when I try to eat Pops, Life, Muslix, or Cheerios (those are the ones I like), It gets stuck in the first bite and I hurt for a while. Muslix is the same kinda make-up as Kashi Go-Lean cereal...So I just threw all my cereals away. If I keep them around, I try them again every once in a while and hate myself for it! My port flipped completely backwards & was inaccessible.. so they operated and moved it back around and they moved it to another stable location.

Wouldn't it be uno mas? Or something. Just kidding, I don't actually know Spanish, right Haydee? :eek: But I do have my first Spanish test today, get excited! I might be calling you!! Still coughing up my lungs. This is getting annoying!!! I am 90% sure I am gonna stop stop-smoking, till I get to goal. I kept thinking it would be better, but I finally got the assurance I needed!! Last night at bowling, we bowled our BUTTS off (we're 1st place by only 1 game now!!), and we barely won 1st game, 2nd game we all bowled the best games together we've EVER bowled.. and lost by 40!! The other team, one of their people bowled 300.. perfect game.. FEH. Was kinda neat though, never seen someone bowl a 300 in all my years. My uncle and mom have done it, but I've never actually seen it. Was all intense! Then we won 3rd and overall.. so we won 3 games total, and we stuck around to watch 2nd place team.. they lost 3. So we're ahead 3.5 games now. YAY!!! I was afraid last night was gonna do us in. I'm trying to get my brain excited for New York. I am dreading flying so bad, I am dreading the snow.. and honestly, dreading meeting these customers. They're my biggest accounts, and one of them, part of our repetoir (sp) is that we flirt all the time on the phone. Now he's gonna meet me, and I don't feel sexy enough for NY people. They believe size 1 is fat, don't they??? Anyway.. I wasn't too terribly bad yesterday. Went to Chili's for lunch with my mom, I got the queso & chips, and a bowl of broccoli cheese soup.. then at bowling I was so hungry, so I got a plate of tater tots.. was only able to eat 4 before it hurt. I didn't realize they hurt so much ick!! Then picked up dinner on my way home, I got a french dip sandwhich from Arby's, but was only able to eat about 3 bites of the beef before I felt full (and I stopped!!). But then I had a fruit icee, a 100 calorie shortbread, and a glass of ginger ale.

Hey wait Judy, what is that?? Small elleptical?? Where'd you get that, what's it called.. I put in elliptical trainer in google and it pulled up the bigger expensive one.

Love is awesome too! I didn't consider that a broadway, but I guess it is!! Miss Saigon was very good. Showboat is the ONLY musical I didn't like. I walked out during the intermission. I walked out during intermission of Phantom of the Opera too. I've always loved the music to it, but when we went to see it.. I don't remember if the sound was messed up or what, but it made absolutely no sense and we couldn't figure out what was going on. I liked the movie though. Les Miserables soundtrack is another favorite of mine, but I've never had the opportunity to see it. It's on my list! The movie was good, but it had no music :biggrin: What about hair? I loved the movie, but the live musical was weird!

A lot of people are too tight in the mornings for solids (me included). I am rarely hungry in the mornings, but when I am I have a SlimFast shake or a Yoplait Whips Yogurt.

Oh and Jenn I love the tattoo, Tracy you're my hero :biggrin:

Morning V's. I barely lived through the tornadoes last night hah hah. DH and I took Nyquil around midnight and were OUT. We were under tornado watches till morning, but that happens sometimes and nothing comes out of it. At some point DH pokes me and says "La, get up". So I moan, go pee, and then see the clock.. 3:30am?! So I said "Why did you wake me up?!" and he goes 'your mom called, there's tornadoes'.. so I turn on the tv and they said "There's a tornado ON THE GROUND on Greenbriar road".. this road is about 1.5 miles from my house. So I'm scrambling, getting all the cats into their bathroom, put the dog in the laundry room, put on PJ's and tennis shoes, and then stood there listening to the sirens at my back door. It felt so nice yesterday, it was high 70's all day. Even at 3:30 last night. So Nyquil was kicking my butt, we sat there on the bed, listening for the projected path.. Eventually we both passed out again, after I said a prayer for our safety, and luckily God was listening because there were a few more tornadoes that night and we slept through them!!! This morning, scale said 245lb. I'm so sad. I am debating not stopping smoking. I can't handle the idea of gainin back this weight. Red Lobster.. I love a lot of food there. I got the seafood stuffed mushrooms as an appetizer, had about 2 mushrooms and shared the rest. For my meal, I normally get something that mixes crab alfredo and a shrimp. But they have some cheap "Shrimp My Way" thing, so I got that instead. I have a hard time with boiled shrimp now, but I've had no problem with most of Red Lobster's shrimp.. I got the popcorn coconut shrimp bites that you dip in pina colada sauce(omg..) and shrimp scampi. They also have a lobster sauce topped mashed potatoes now. I got everything I wanted, and tried a little of it all, it was so wonderful. I like their clam strips, sea-salted baked potatoes, crab alfredo, and almost all of their shrimp. Now if only seafood reheated well in the microwave :smile: Our Red Lobster is always busy, and DH is allergic, so my family rarely goes anymore and I can't get DH to go with me. So it's a special treat to me now. My brother just showed me pics of some weed farm he is investing in. I've never seen so much weed except for in the fake tv show Weeds. :biggrin: Stupid druggies.

No thanks on the Mexico part I'll stick to the tubing and tequila on US Soil.

Cool- just to address your grieving of losing the nummy breads.. hehe.. I was able to have breads for about 5 months post-op until I got a successful fill. I do love me some appetizer breads. I don't miss it so much, 80% of the time I make the conscious choice "No, I won't eat it", and I don't and I forget about it and I don't get sad hehe. Then 20% of the time, I can't resists, and I try the tiniest of bites, and the band punishes me.. and I have to run to the restaurant's bathroom and spit it up. So hopefully when you have self-sabotaging moments, the band will be there to smack you upside the head

Same thing happened to me, in a month or so you'll have a bounce back in your step.

The original post is from May 2007..

I am 6'0.. Started 333lbs, busting out of 26/28's jeans (and not sure where to go next!), and 4-5x tops. Currently 241lbs, wear 16/18 Jeans, and XL-1x Tops. Goal.. 180lb, and maybe 12 jeans, Large tops..not sure.

I try everything once.. sometimes up to 10x's (damn bread). Before my first successful fill, I could eat 1/2-3/4 of 1 pancake from Cracker Barrell. Now, one bite is doom. C'est la vie.

The first 3 months my sex drive was outrageous. But I had to go off of my birth control for surgery, and I have come to realize I think B/C for me is an anti-sex. Heh heh. Since being back on my B/C sex drive died down again.

Madison Square Mall actually has a lot of group couch set ups now in the food court area (next to Starbucks). Skinny Latte anyone? I'll be the 'leader' in the sense I can get it scheduled if you guys are interested, doesn't take a whole lot to do that hah hah. MSM sound good for everyone?

Short & simple look at it like this.. That's 2 videos of Lap Band negative stories. I know at least 50 (and that's a modest number) of people here on Lapband Talk Forum, who could create a UTube video and post of the wonderful side of the lap-band. It doesn't work for everyone, but that doesn't mean it doesn't work. I'm still watching the first video.. just something I noticed, sounds like the girl was way too tight. Said it was excruciating to drink Water before 3pm. She couldn't eat meat, veggies, or fruit for 7 years.. Shame on her doctor.

Aw how sweet, yay Tessa. I use to like Rosie back in the days of pre-gay (although my dislike for her now has nothing to do with the gayness). But then she turned crazy, and now I follow her because of the train-wreck factor. I watched that cruise documentary thing she had, and even read her book Celebrity Detox. It's really quite sad, and I feel bad for her. Especially after reading her book, she really has some issues.

Eating banded to me, is eating just like I did before (when it comes to cooking recipes), but in way smaller portions. Some online recipe places let you place in a custom serving size and it adjusts all the measurements accordingly.

There actually are good solid proteins that are high protein. Those small cans of canned chicken/ham/turkey (some are Hormel brand), are like 120 calories for the entire can, and 23g of protein. I can eat the whole can as a meal (I flake it, heat it up, then mix it with a small amount something wet like Mayo, cranberry sauce, or apple sauce). It's a good way to boost protein for me!

I just had a real estate customer coming in wanting info on flyer costs.. and my mom put a "Birthday Bitch" party hat on me this morning, its all glittery and loud.. I put it on my radio.. and I forgot about it. DOH. DH went home.. cancelled our dinner reservations. I went and told my co-worker friend that got me sick "Thanks for ruinin my b'day.. you got me sick, so I got him sick! NEXT TIME STAY HOME!!" and she goes "Don't be a birthday bitch.. I'll take you out to dinner!" and I was like "You gonna give me my birthday sex too?" hah. Since DH had to cancel, it's gonna be ladies night in my fam, and we're goin to.. RED LOBSTER. Num num, I love that place and get to go too few.

Haydee you look great, you're so pretty and I love your hair!!

I guess I'm afraid cause I saw a co-worker balloon up from stoppin... and my mom gained 25lb when she quit, and has never lost that weight. She's been 'dieting' for years to lose it. So I'm afraid I'm going to not only stop my steady decline with the band, but GAIN, and then some reason never lose again Going into this, I said I'd be strong and I wouldn't eat to make up for smoking. But damn if I can help it.

Thank you Judy, that cracked me up!

LOL Kat!! What mailing lists are you guys on? :mad: DH is more sick today, he's moaning and said he thought he was gonna pass out, but wouldn't stay home from work. But I am thinkin' my b'day dinner is going to be put on hold. Jennifur what happened with the job thing yesterday? I'm sorry about your Gram, but glad that she's in God company now! The over-eating to compensate for no smokes set in yesterday. I swear I HAD to be eating something all day long yesterday. I tried to have self-control, I commanded myself to STOP and control.. but it didn't work :cake: This is the worst food day I've had since banding I think. Woke up.. was hungry as soon as I got to work (unusual), so we went to lunch, I got an egg roll and eggdrop Soup, both tasted nasty (use to be my fav) so I guess tastes are changing already? WAAAH. I ate 2 bites of roll, and 2 bites of soup. Then we got back to work, still hungry.. got chili fritos & reese cups from the vending machine.. and I never eat from the vending machine. I ate it all. Reese's didn't taste right, but didn't stop me from whaffing them down. As soon as I got home from work, I made the duck and homemade garlic mashed potatoes. Ate it ALL. Immediately after, I had a frozen fruit chiller thing. Then immediately after that.. about 12 oreos. That's right, TWELVE OREOS!!!!! Then I ate some ranch ritz chips.. and then a few more oreos. Then I was almost in tears at my lack of control and binging ways, so I took a nyquil and passed out. I told DH and he just says "So, don't do it". GRR! If it was that easy.. So I have this need to be eating something all the time right now. Veggies would fill my pouch up, but don't have veggies at work or at home right now (not the kind you can snack on)..and I need relief now. I am going to try so hard to avoid the vending machine today.