IndioGirl55

Great - You are lucky you have DH to take the stuff down - I hate that part - it almost makes me not want to decorate.. I hate taking it down ;0) but like you I'm ready for normal.. Maybe I'll do it when I get back from the show - while my black eye peas are cooking along w/my collard greens...:tongue2: Also will get some Wii exercise in today since I didn't get to the gym..:biggrin: Happy Healthy New Years - I will have some popcorn at the show but no butter (ah that's my fav part) but not good for the waistline :smile2: Well I'm off - gotta get some $$$ and head out - CBL

Penny I can relate - I get full but not satistfied - I haven't had a fill since 1/08 - for me I don't need one - I need a head fill and quit eating around my band.. I will be stomach full but still want to eat - and for me my band has never taken away my cravings - I still get hungry but it's normal to get hungry after 3 or 4 hours - but I know that I confuse craving w/hunger - I want that stuffed feeling all the time or I think I am hungry... For me my problem lies in my brain - not my stomach - as I am truly at my sweet spot.. Happy New Years Day !!!!

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Good going girl !!! I had 100c popcorn and an eggbeater omelet w/haberno cheese & slice of lite toast for dinner - and didn't even eat it all I stopped when I was full - That in it's self was a great accomplishment ... So my total for yesterday was about 300 total - burned 677 so I did excellent :0) Not really I should have eaten more - but that's ok - I needed to get all the junk out of my system. Well need to jump in the shower - I gotta go to the bank and get some $$$ for the show - Plus I think I am going to go get some black eye peas and collard greens to eat today... CBL

Happy New Years Day Gang..... 2010 watch out cuz here we come.. Love it Charlene - Yep we will accomplish our goals in 2010 Stayed up til about 1 - got up at 7:30 - Going to the show at 11:30 - need to get moving - feel hung over from my late nite last night and I didn't even drink :0)

Good Morning Gang - Happy New Years Day!!! Remember to eat your black eye peas for good luck and collard greens for prosperity .... Karla - Yep I was all alone last night - not really - my DD called and we talked on the phone for 1 hrs - and this is from a girl (DD) who isn't a big phone talker - now me hell I have been known to talk on the phone for hours. My Ex James sister use to call and we would be on the phone for 3 hrs.. My GF Billie we too would be on the phone for hours - hell we use to watch the Olympics together over the phone lol Ok dear you asked for 50 yrs - I'll be happy w/30 - Do you really want to live to be 100.. Reasonable expectations.. You Know what - Live for today - tomorrow is not promised.. That's my motto... Yes to a degree you have to plan for tomorrow - but you need to live in the moment.. Well, just got off the phone w/Candice :0) We had a nice Chat - I think I will have another melt down so she has to come and kick my butt :0) Stayed up till 12:30 - chatted with Phyl online for a bit. Up at 7:30 - Andrew called me last night at 11:59 how cool is that an 18 yr old at a party thinking about his Grandma.. Well going to the show at 11:30 going to see Blind Side w/gf and her mom - on my 2nd cup of coffee - feel a little hung over from the late night ;0) even though I didn't drink - but hell I rarely stay up past midnite anymore..

HAPPY NEW YEARS Now I can go to bed :biggrin:

HAPPY NEW YEARS FROM ANOTHER CALI CHICKIE Phyl it's sad you and I on LBT on NYE - We live such exciting lives :biggrin:

You could still be swollen or you may be too tight - can't you call your doc's exchange and get some taken out... I'm lucky I have my doc's cell # in case of an emergency If you can't drink - then I would call immediately - you have to be able to drink liquids. If you can't call first thing tomorrow.. Pbing isn't good for your band.. Stick w/liquids till you get a hold of your doc..

Walk, walk, walk - Gas X Strips - it will dissipate. I had bad gas day 2 - but once I did more walking/moving and the Gas X Strips - I was fine Good Luck to all you newly banded... Welcome to band land :0)

New Years Challenge Eat Healthy & Exercise in 2010 Watch out 2010 here we come !!

Hey Baby Girl - I agree now weight loss challenge I love the healthy eating challenge better - cuz you know what if we eat healthy we will be healthy and that for most of us will mean lbs coming off.. That's our NEW YEARS CHALLENGE - EATING HEALTHY!!!! So glad to have you back !!!! I have missed you and you know Mommy will kick some A$$ :biggrin:

HAPPY NEW YEARS IT'S 9 HERE SO MIDNIGHT NYC TIME 3 more hours - I have had 2 cup of coffee so I will be up to ring in the New Year ;0) Well, just got off the phone w/my DD - She called her Mommy for New Years !!! Don't I have such a good DD !!! Well, guess who's coming back !!! We are all going to get back on the band wagon - get this weight off - Watch out 2010 Lucky #7's are still going strong !!! We are going to get some healthy competition going here.. As Karri knows - she was the one who I was secretly competing with during my weight loss phase... It' not a race but since we were so close in our starting weight and how fast we lost it and I was keeping up with a 28 yr old when I was 52 !!! I thought I was doing damn good..

Ya like I said what is lobster w/o the butter and I do mean drenched !!! HAPPY NEW YEARS - IT'S 9 HEAR SO 12 IN NYC !!! Ya that's hard to do sometime - but with all that's going on in the economy - I think you should be able to find something Sending good thoughts & prayer for a good find !!!

Karla I sitting here w/my coffee Andrew just left for the night so it's you me and our fur babies... Call me if you want some company.. I did 30 min on my wii burn 127 calories so for today I have burned 677 calories..

Great - Enjoy the lobster !!! Have a bite for me - I decided to stick w/my fish tonite - don't need the butter and what's lobster w/o butter :0) Melissa - Hugs on the car being totalled do you live in a no fault state?? I would be pissed - I sure hope you can make it to FL Jessice - WTG girl - very proud of you - 2010 will the be the beginning of a NEW LIFE FOR YOU... Hugs !! Linda - I am going to go see blindside tomorrow w/gf - It's complicated is going to be on my list of movies to see.. Enjoy your baby.. Cheri - I don't really know what normal pple do cuz I can't say I will ever be normal - but I know one thing for sure after my 4 days of treats and 3 lbs gain - it wasn't worth it - My drug of choice kept telling me one more it's ok - Well hell no it's not ok.. Good luck to you - but I won't be letting that devil (sugar) call my name anymore - no more indulgences for quite sometime - didn't miss it when I wasn't eating them and hate myself for gaining weight - so adio amigo to sugar for me.. Phyl - Love your staying young !!! I am staying young tonight - My home is my refuge tonite :0) Laura - I love the tricks you play on Nels - Enjoy the bubbly with DH.. Again Happy New Years to all !! Gotta go feed the dogs :0) cbl

Karla - call me - I'm home - not going anywhere either - infact ignored my cell phone - I don't feel like going out.. Ya I just freaked out this morning I am use to gaining a lb or 2 but it's usually off in a day or 2 and like I said - I haven't been this heavy since 7/08... Do not like it - am not staying here either.. That's another reason I am not going anywhere I will be done w/sweets til 1/29 ;0) bday :0) oh I am going to see Lionel Richie on 1/15 so will have a drink or 2. I just hooked my wii up to the internet - so it you got one we could play each other... Anyone else have a wireless system that we can play each other??? Really don't know how you do it yet - but can't be that hard to figure out.. As to hating the gym - I use to be that way - but I figure what the hell - I'm an old broad and those kids can't hurt me - I don't give a damn what they think - I am in here to get healthy... That's something I have gotten good at - gym and not being afraid to go into places by myself NCIS - How sweet !!! Happy New Years to you too... I do know our thread is one of the most looked at threads behind before & after pics... Phyl - I am going to do rice every other night for a while - today's food - I hate to tell you all has been zip so far - I have had 2 bottles of water - I was busy at work today - then the gym and after gym I am not hungry am getting there but not yet may have some coffee will have my dinner in a bit - skipping rice tonite since I had it last night but will have some popcorn.. Paper plate section where the plastic untensils are napkins etc??

Ya right now it shows we have 15 guest looking at our thread we normally don't have that many - usually 1 or 2 - I think maybe alot of pple are researching WLS for the new years?? I have never seen that many !!!! Ya no telling that you are a strip tease dancer on the side :0) I've done well with exercise lately - but ya I think it's compliance that's done it - we have treats every now and then and no real damage - but now they have do it.. That's where the problem lies I think - I know that when I have gained a couple of lbs after a weekend trip - the usually come off right a way - but the 3 lbs (it's 3 not 4) has been their since Tuesday - I know not alot of time but - still freaking me out - got me really depressed this morning.. So we are ALL back on the band wagon ;0) Me to on sharing - I share more here than on my other thread I would say... I am pretty open but you guys are my #1 and I know you all in real life too.. If you drink too much tonite - you won't want to tomorrow :0) Mix your wine w/some crystal lite - so that you are drinking w/the rest of the crowd but not consuming as much - crystal lite wine spritzer :0)

Ya I wonder why this year was so different than last - but it was - maybe with the whole comfort issue - oh this little bit won't hurt. But ya it does hurt.. I know that when I was at that LapBand conference the doc there said that our fat cells have shrunk but they are still there waiting to get filled up again.. Yes you can be strong - just watch out for the wine :0) I just went to turn on my Wii - but it has no power - I googled it and said to leave unplugged for a few and see if it will reboot if not I gotta go look for my warranty papers - I think I did buy the extended warranty.. We still have tons of lurker :0) ... I hope they are enjoying our conversations... Lurker - register and ask your questions...

Candice That would be so cool - I would love it if you guys "Wintered in the Desert like Phyl & Earl".. Yep we are starting a new decaded and we are better off than where we were 2.5 yrs ago tonite. Hell the best part is that we have found each other and have become life long freinds. HAPPY NEW YEARS TO MY SISTERS !!! Love to you all !!! I'm staying home so will be online most of the nite :0)

Good Afternoon Gang Well for me 8.5 hrs to go till the New Year !!! Got off work at 12:30 p.m. (shocked us) came home hit the gym - 4 miles - burned 650 calories in 1 hrs - so only 9850 more calories to burn to get these 3 lbs off Do you see why I say calories count !!!! That's 20 days of burning 500 cal a day.. Well next time the sweets aren't going to look so appealing to me... Laura - glad you are home love the pics. Apples - Have fun tonite - I know you will.. Great - Have a good time w/your family.. I'm staying home - don't need to go out and eat & drink - I got enough work cut out for me :0) to get this weight off So for me NYE is going to be my normal healthy dinner - maybe some additional WII exercise, a movie - and Dick Clark :0) I will be cking back in a few..

OMG WE HAVE 23 GUESTS - READING OUR THREAD RIGHT NOW !! Ok Guest this is for you all I guess you are all researching the band - making that new year resolution and looking into weight loss surgery.. Well #1 thing is to know - it's only a tool - as you are all reading right not about my meltdown - relapse - whatever you want to call it - the band doesn't make your food choices for you - it's NEVER going to stop you from eating candy, ice cream, gravy, adult beverage, cookie nor cake. It's never going to stop you from eating a bowl of mashed potatoes loaded with butter &/or gravy.. These things are what we call slider foods - they slide right on threw the band.. I have lost 112 lbs in just a little over a yrs time - banded 7/07 - I have kept my weight for the last yr between 138-143 my 5 lbs limit - I ate to many sweets this Christmas - where as for the last 2 yrs I had some but not like I did this year and I gain 4 lbs. I lost the weight my keeping a food diary - exercising and eating low fat - limited sugar & carbs. I got to my sweet spot 11/07 - my band does stop me from eating 16 oz steak and a loaf of bread. I worked hard to get the weight off - I did 75% of the work and the band did the other 25% by providing restriction It does nothing for your head hunger - It does nothing for our issues w/food - It's all about making a lifetime lifestyle change in your eating - it's not dieting - cuz when you go off your diet you go back to eating normal and wham the weight comes right back on.. That's what I did from 12/24 to 12/28 - I ate sweets - my drug of choice - I went back to eating normal and WHAM 3 lbs came back on over night.. I will not gain the weight back - I am keeping a food & exercise diary until I get back to 138 - I will make good healthy food choices and add a couple of exercise days into my schedule - I am not going to say oh it's only 3 lbs - not biggie - cuz then it will be 3 more and then next year at this time I will be 250 lbs again.. So take it from an experienced bander - it's work but it's so worth the work - I love me for the work I have - I love my band for the tool that it has been - making the hard job of losing weight just a little easier. My band hasn't failed me - I failed me by eating to much crap.

Oh Steph Candice Phyl - no more whining and crying - I promise!!! Thanks for the kick - but OMG I haven't been 146 since 7/08 that's how much I weighed when we met at MofA You know it's that sugar - it's the freaking DEVIL oh one more bite won't hurt - it's ok - ya just 4 more reese pb cups - just 2 more cookie - just another slice of pie... It really is my drug of choice - I thought I was in control but I wasn't - I let that stupid little devil tell me he wasn't the devil - that it's ok to eat me your only going to gain 1 lb.. Well he was a FREAKING liar ... So - as I have preached to Karri before - there is no recovery without a relapse - I had my relapse and now I am back into my recovery mode.. Well I am done w/the freaking devil - do you hear me - I am done - I will not do this again - I will not let my guard down like I did. Got off work at 12:30 - came home changed and headed directly to the gym - 4 mile - 650 calories burned... Sweating like a freaking pig - haven't sweated this much since I first hit the treadmill 2.5 yrs ago... But I feel better - got those endorphins rushing threw my system - Feel like I am in control again.. I am going to do my wii in a while - I am going to incorporate that into my daliy exercise - that's why I freaking got it - but have been saying oh your normal work out is enough - well I have just been kidding myself and not practicing what I preach and that is as you lose the weight you got to amp up the exercise - Well it's official I am not waiting till tomorrow I started TODAY !!!!