Suzzzie.

Sorry for the Girl Scout Cookies talk... Did you know Edys ice cream makes Thin Mint ice cream? bastards!

Yes. PB in Chocolate soy shakes makes them taste like a reeses!!

OMG Faith!! I TOTALLY RELATE! I have ALWAYS loved Oreos. So much so that when I turned 6 years old my mom took me to WalMart and said I could by anything I wanted, under $10. So I walked around and around the store. FInally settled on an OREO pillow! Lol. That way I could have "Oreo dreams, Mommy!" Ha! LIke I needed that?! So yeah. And Girl Scout Cookies... WHATS UP WITH THOSE?!? Ever notice how they 'sell' them in like October... but you dont get them until AFTER ther first of teh year? So you'd just forgotten you'd bought them from the cute lil girl with pigtails and you make a New Years Resolution to lose weight and then the friggin cookies show up on your doorstep. 3 boxes Thin Mint, 2 boxes Peanut Butter.. Lol. That was last year. I didn't order ANY for this year... and yet co-workers did, and they don't want to eat them all themselves, so they 'share'. Grrr. I managed to stop myself after 5 cookies yesterday. But it's hard. I love sweets. I always have. I'd rather eat cookies, cake, ice cream, etc.. than ANYTHING else. I'd give up pizza, burgers, chicken, Pasta, ANYTHING I tell ya.. And that is how I came to weight 382 pounds!!! SO, enough of the dang cookies! Enough of the Devils Tastebuds controlling my life! I fixed myself an 80 calorie chocolate milkshake... choc soy milk with 10 ice cubes. Heavenly.

Lol Rhonda. I have a roommate who has CHEESECAKE and other goodies and snacks galore!! Now, I COULD eat that stuff... but then I'd have to explain it. Lol.

OK, here is what I think I will do... 8 oz chocolate light soy milk, 10 ice cubes. Chocolate shake anyone?

Toot away girlfriend! Thats amazing!

OK, I just posted this on the June 2007 thread, but thought I'd post it here too... I know BG is giving up the sugar... I need help. Lol. I NEED TO SWEAR OFF SWEETS! I've been trying, but the devil has me by the tastebuds!! All day long at work I was climbin the walls NEEDING chocolate. I mean in a nearly violent way... It's so sad. I've purged my house of junk sweets. I can't even keep peanut butter cause I'll sit here and eat the whole jar! Same thing with the pancake syrup. I equate it to an alcoholic drinking mouthwash for what little alcohol is in it. Its a serious sickness. A few weeks ago I took up crochet. I'm self taught and have whipped up 5 1/2 scarves so far. It keeps my mind and hands busy, it's hypnotizing. BUT tonight I'm sitting here working on a scarf for my mom (yarn is multicolored - shades of light pink, pink, tan, and light green) I'm craving sugar so badly that everytime the yarn color transitions from pink into the tan I think of slightly melted strawberry ice cream with chocolate syrup!!! I can even freaking taste it! So. In a mad mad dash to the kitchen I go. NO SWEETS! (except sugar free jello which would take too long to set up and be edible) Then I came up with the idea of making cookie dough... I have flour, sugar, eggs, vanilla... all the stuff I need. And DAMMIT!!! I DON'T want to do it. If I make it up I'll sit here and eat cookie dough all night... Like I used to. My band doesn't seem to care if I eat cookie dough. Help?!?!

I NEED TO SWEAR OFF SWEETS! I've been trying, but the devil has me by the tastebuds!! All day long at work I was climbin the walls NEEDING chocolate. I mean in a nearly violent way... It's so sad. I've purged my house of junk sweets. I can't even keep Peanut Butter cause I'll sit here and eat the whole jar! Same thing with the pancake syrup. I equate it to an alcoholic drinking mouthwash for what little alcohol is in it. Its a serious sickness. A few weeks ago I took up crochet. I'm self taught and have whipped up 5 1/2 scarves so far. It keeps my mind and hands busy, it's hypnotizing. BUT tonight I'm sitting here working on a scarf for my mom (yarn is multicolored - shades of light pink, pink, tan, and light green) I'm craving sugar so badly that everytime the yarn color transitions from pink into the tan I think of slightly melted strawberry ice cream with chocolate syrup!!! I can even freaking taste it! So. In a mad mad dash to the kitchen I go. NO SWEETS! (except sugar free Jello which would take too long to set up and be edible) Then I came up with the idea of making cookie dough... I have flour, sugar, eggs, vanilla... all the stuff I need. And DAMMIT!!! I DON'T want to do it. If I make it up I'll sit here and eat cookie dough all night... Like I used to. My band doesn't seem to care if I eat cookie dough. Help?!?!

One of my best friends is from Kingsport TN! How funny! She lives here in Kansas City now going to Med school.

Hey all... Toni and BeckieT! POST MORE! Lol. Seriously. Since THanksgiving I'd only been to the gym twice. Since THanksgiving I ate whatever I Wanted... which was a lot of sugar crap like Cookies, fudge, cakes, candies, etc. (I'm a sugar addict!) I only lost 7 pounds during that time... and by New Years had gained 4 of that back! This is my first week back on track - and yesterday morning I almost tanked it cause I ate like FIVE girl scout cookies. Seriously. But, I got a grip and by 10am I was on the right track again. Back to logging food in my bodybugg... it helps SOOOO much to be able to see the foods I eat listed all together, with their calorie values. Hang in there ladies. Post no matter what, even on the really bad days when you're up 4 pounds.

Ja9va - I never weigh or measure food. I start with making (mostly) good choices (low cal, low fat) and eat it until I;m full. I often still rely on my 'soft stop' of little belches and hiccups. Sometimes I'll wait for those to pass and then continue to eat more (usually about 5-10 minutes of the hiccups!) But, because I'm usually eating a yogurt or string cheese or (still trying to give up dairy!!) or even an apple - I'm not too worried if I keep eating. Now - when I did this a few weeks ago so that I could finish a hotdog and onion rings... yeah. I was so annoyed with myself! What good is the band if I eat 'around' it??

No no! Not a thread killer!! Lol. Last night I was craving sweets. Well, I finally had to purge my whole apt of sweets! I don't even have peanut butter of pancake syrup now. Lol. I really want to get off of the high fructose corn syrup (devils juice). Anyway. I was about to bug out and go buy some ice cream. Then I decided to just make a 'milkshake' using my chocolate soy milk and ice cubes. Totally worked. So sweet, so cold, delicious!! Just thought I'd share, in case any of you are 'sweet freaks' like me!!

Ja9va - for me the easiest way to to upload pics from your comuter into a Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket account and then use the code that is in brackets like these []. it will say something like [.img.] Just copy that code, then paste it in the window here that you type in.

I think theories on weightlifting and exercise vary just as much as the theories on how to 'diet'. I think that you have to choose which on works best and feels best for you.

Lol. Ollie ollie oxen free... Or something like that..? It was hide and seek... Yeah, I'm sleep deprived.

shh... we're hiding...

I love her kickboxing DVD. Its my most fave, though I haven't done it in FOREVER!

OK Stef - I just ordered that book you mentioned. Also ordered "The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women: Get Off Your Butt and On with Your Training" I'll let you know how they are when I get them. I need to get myself PUMPED for this spring when I can really get into 'bycycling' and hopefully running!

I'm an LPN. Working on an Oncology ward. It's awesome. I'm hoping to finish my RN this year so I can move to Texas next spring.

I'll check out this book. Thanks. I also have a few other books on my list... John Bingham writes books on running marathons.. I wanna get those too.

Yay!! Another Skinny Bitch convert. I call everyone "honey" or "sweety" or "darlin"... and I use a lot of "kiddo" I think it's just a nurse thing for me. Lol. I never did it until I got into nursing.

Marieze... Like I said in my post, I CHOOSE to exclude certain things. Most of us do. For one thing, the weight comes off easier if I don't eat a carton of ice cream every night (Something that I am still (sadly) able to eat freely. I'm also toying with the idea of going Vegan. It's all just a personal choice. And once you start losing weight you'll really look at your life and what you 'used' to eat vs what you now want to eat. It's all very personal. I think you'll do great. Hang out with us around here, LBT is the place that has helped me keep my SANITY post surgery.

Don't freak out. OK, so I did it too. Lol. I will NEVER tell anyone what all I ate/drank in the weeks before my pre-op diet started!! Lol. Seriously though, you will be able to eat most of the stuff you enjoy now, just less of it - which is the whole point. We all have difficulty with different things. Some people can't eat bread, but I can. My big thing is that I can't eat a salad.. How odd. I can have lettuce on a sandwhich, if its just a small peice, but nothing more. The biggest change for me is that I CHOOSE to not eat any fast food, or fried foods... I choose to not drink soda or liquor (a good bandster shouldn't drink soda anyway, but I know several who do.) Good luck!

Aww, all those poor lil shrimpies... and the piggy. Lol. J/K. Back when I did WW I would eat Applebees about once a week, cause they have the 'points' menu. Good stuff!

WOw, you looks sooooo great!