LilMissDiva Irene

cc, in defense of poor under evaluated cereal... I eat it and it does satisfy me. I think the problem might be the types that are eaten? I'm not sure, but I'll tell you this - I eat mostly shredded wheat. I do eat Special K, but with the crunchies (fruit & yogurt) or the Pralines... It satisfies me too, for a few hours even.

Well during my jog Monday morning my knee popped and I've had a painful time on it since. Its kinda squishy too. I have a Dr. Appt tomorrow so I'll see what my PCP suggests. I've just been doing a very low key stationery bike since last night. Awesome on your 5 miles! You ROCK! Let us know how it turns out! :tongue:

That's what I'm hoping for! Need to make sure I wear my nifty hi-quality brace should my doctor release me to do it. Thanks. :tongue: BTW, glad to hear all is well with you!

I did my bike for 30 minutes last night. Taking it easy with my injured or broken knee...what have you.

hrmmm... well there was a nice clean *pop* that went along with it. Good thing is its feeling better everyday rather than worse. If anything needs to be repaired in there it will have to wait. So, I'm a biker for now.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f84/calling-all-february-2009-bandsters-what-should-we-call-ourselves-86337/ Hey all you Victorious Valentines... so it's been a year since we've been banded. Here are your Jr. Squads!! They are thinking about using our name but with a 2009. How awesome would that be?? Hehe I voted, but I did tell them that I am biased to the name. Just thought you could get a quick chuckle. :cursing: It's pretty awesome if you ask me!

Ok, I voted for Victorious Valentines 2009... not sure it's a fair vote however. I'm a Victorious Valentine from 2008! :cursing: Best of Luck to my One Year Bandiversary Bandsters. I haven't lost as much as some, but I'm so glad I did it!

Lulu, Best wishes! I hope all goes well for you. Brandy, Best wishes! I hope all goes well for you. ljm, Best wishes! I hope all goes well for you. pjtp - because I haven't in awhile. How is everyone? Me, well I have a Dr. Appt. on Thursday because I busted up my knee while jogging. It feels like its moving around in there and it hurts. :cursing:

I did my treadmill this morning and hurt my knee.

But you know what? I don't care. I've got this thing going on in my head that I am so much better off today than I was three or four years ago. That is when I first started to REALLY do something about my weight loss. I was told when I was 31 years old that I was hypertensive and very much overweight. I never weighed then. I did feel bad though and my knees creaked every time I moved. I was wearing a very "fitting" (LOL!) size 28W/3X. Yeah, I was a big girl. Now I'm wearing sizes 16/18 and shirt sizes L/XL!! I have an uncle who passed away very young from complications stemming from his Hypertension. I did NOT want that to be me!! I started to work on the weight loss. I got down one whole size and was feeling good. I finally stepped on the scale in the Dr.'s office and it was 315. Can you believe that? Well I couldn't! Here I was feeling good for having lost a whole dress size and then *BOOM*! What a mood killer. :tt2: Well over the next two years I would continue to work on my weight but I kept hanging around the 290's to 300's... I just kept eating too much. I knew I couldn't do it on my own, knew I needed some help. So I inquired of the band from my Primary Care Physician (PCP). She agreed, in order for me to control my portions, and to help with weight loss the band would be a good idea. It helped going through all the Dietician courses and weight loss pre-op dieting I got down to 283 on Surgery day. However it did take me over a year to go from quesioning day to operating day. Yeah so another 15 Lbs. or so in a year. Blah! Well now my 1st Bandiversary is on February 11th. I've lost 41 Lbs. since surgery and only 87 Lbs. total. That's 87 Lbs. in about 4 years. That's about 21-22 Lbs. per year. That's less than 2 Lbs. per month. ROFL!! I'm telling you this though... I DON'T CARE! I lost 87 LBS!! :w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t: I WILL make it to goal. I might be turning 40 that year too, but I WILL make it to goal. I have succeeded in far greater areas than just the scale. I can run. I can walk without squeeky knees. I can shop in the NON-FAT LADY sections of the shopping centers (MOST). I can workout and ENJOY IT! I love to eat small portions and healthy food. I get so many compliments on my success so far. I am on only a quarter of my High Blood Pressure Medications I used to be on!!!!!!!!! ON AND ON... That's all I have to say about that... :crying:

I can finally report! Three weeks to go... only need to lose 3.4 Lbs. I can do it - I can do it!! NAME------------------------START----------------CURRENT---------------GOAL--------------TO GO 1000words..........220............214............210...........4 annjones...........277............264............267...........3 AuntieGG...........286............278............270...........8 BandedCG...........273............236.5..........220........16.5 Bandana............165............165............160...........5 Barb12590..........185............180............175...........5 Bea1128............190.5..........189............180...........9 Bonnielass.........168............164............159...........5 Brandy.............198............194............190...........4 Bunkey.............165............165............160...........5 Charlietuna........163............160............150..........10 crzytchr...........250............243............240...........3 CubsGirl...........150............143............140...........3 Cutiew/booty.......224............219............212...........7 Fordgal88..........274............208............198..........10 Imgoingdown........239............199............189..........10 janesays...........230............225............215..........10 Jodi_620...........160............157............148...........9 karebare714........283............272............265...........7 kikival315.........219.5..........216............210...........6 LauraP.............170............170............155..........15 lcwils01...........227............225............213..........12 Leslie2lose........229............223............219...........4 LilMissDiva........253............242.4..........239.........3.4 LisaLef............270............238............234...........4 littlefroggy.......211............205............195..........10 Long2BThin.........216............208............205...........3 Loveislovely.......223............213............208...........5 ltgordon...........264............262............250..........12 Mair...............231............225............220...........5 Mamanmidwife.......264............258............250...........8 misskitty84........313............263............243..........20 mominlv13..........270.2..........265.8..........260.........5.8 SanDiegoPhotog.....263............191............179..........12<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> Sistergrl25........359............289............264..........25 skyjoe.............322.4..........312.2..........289.4......22.8 Tabithan...........246............238............236...........2 Terilynn112........224............224............200..........24 Tuger..............192............192............185...........7 twinmommie.........207............202............193...........9 wowox7.............173............165............163...........2

One pound is nothing. I gained 13 the last time I seen my doc. I've been losing ever since and I will probably be close to where I was when I started gaining when I see him again next month. One pound to me could even be something as minor as the clothes you have on that day, or being a little backed up. I really wouldn't even give it a second thought. Glad to hear you had a good fill! Hang in there. :biggrin:

Okay, I'm gonna eat today. Later though, and you know what? I'm gonna enjoy it. I know my stomach has shrunk because I'm feeling full on just liquids. My pants feel like they want to fall off but the scale is still stuck at 243. Well, that's okay. Like I just mentioned in another thread, if it takes me five years to get to goal I'm okay with that. I'll get there.

No problem! I'm almost a year out and only at about 40 Lbs. lost. Oh well. I'm resigning to just taking it one day at a time. Maybe 5 years down the road I'll wake up and weigh myself and realize I finally made it to goal. :thumbup:

He did have the Gastric Bypass. They didn't really go into detail on how much he lost and gained back, but my own personal theory is this... He lost massive amounts of weight and ended up having the excess skin removed, then gained it all back and then some. His stomach is just plain strange looking. I was also thinking that if someone goes to all that trouble to have surgery and gain it all back, more than likely he will gain it back again after the show. He needs to seriously seek counseling on why he can't seem to keep the weight off. You have to do some serious eating to gain weight back after surgery.

shm, That is awesome! I totally understand your waiting until you get to goal - however the longer you wait the more chance of you forgetting the details. It's the littlest things that make a story what it is. Perhaps you can start to keep a writing journal everyday or weekly...

I did not exercise yesterday. I took a much needed day off from exercise. I have not had a rest in over a month. I just polished off a 10 day/ 100 mile challenge. I did it! Tonight I do a little bit of Calisthenics and weight training.

For Joe NAME------------------------START----------------CURRENT---------------GOAL--------------TO GO 1000words..........220............214............210...........4 annjones...........277............264............267..........3 AuntieGG...........286............278............270...........8 BandedCG...........273............236.5..........220........16.5 Bandana............165............165............160...........5 Barb12590..........185............180............175...........5 Bea1128............190.5..........189............180...........9 Bonnielass.........168............164............159...........5 Brandy.............198............194............190...........4 Bunkey.............165............165............160...........5 Charlietuna........163............160............150..........10 crzytchr...........250............243............240...........3 CubsGirl...........150............143............140...........3 Cutiew/booty.......224............219............212...........7 Fordgal88..........274............208............198..........10 Imgoingdown........239............199............189..........10 janesays...........230............225............215..........10 Jodi_620...........160............157............148...........9 karebare714........283............272............265...........7 kikival315.........219.5..........216............210...........6 LauraP.............170............170............155..........15 lcwils01...........227............225............213..........12 Leslie2lose........229............223............219...........4 LilMissDiva........253............243.4..........239.........4.4 LisaLef............270............238............234...........4 littlefroggy.......211............205............195..........10 Long2BThin.........216............209............205...........4 Loveislovely.......223............213............208...........5 ltgordon...........264............262............250..........12 Mair...............231............225............220...........5 Mamanmidwife.......264............258............250...........8 misskitty84........313............263............243..........20 mominlv13..........270.2..........265.8..........260.........5.8 SanDiegoPhotog.....263............191............179..........12<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> Sistergrl25........359............289............264..........25 skyjoe.............322.4..........312.2..........289.4......22.8 Tabithan...........246............238............236...........2 Terilynn112........224............224............200..........24 Tuger..............192............192............185...........7 twinmommie.........207............202............193...........9 wowox7.............173............165............163...........2

onewish, I hope you get well soon! Whatever you decide, take good care of yourself. Lil

Speaking of heels and Mariah Carey... have you seen some of her shoes? That chick really pulls them off! I love most all of them I see her in. Okay, yes, I have a shoe fetish... what of it??? So my one dream in my life is to have a Jimmy Choo or two! :wink: BTW, our first lady was wearing Choo's too yesterday... Um, if he's my husband he does if I tell him to! ROFL! Good for you Lulu :tongue: Oh I bet you do... would that be your next avatar? Hope your MIL is doing well, and I couldn't think of a more perfect way to spend your time waiting. I love LOST! Hey hey now, it's back on tonight. I haven't missed an episode and I own all the Disk Sets. That's right - okay so I have many strange fetishes. Anyway, so every time you watch an episode over again you catch something you missed the first time. Especially when you are two seasons ahead and go back and then you say - oh yeah! That's why he did that! Good stuff. Ditto, GL Tap! Hello slim! Good Afternoon Donna!