IndioGirl55

Phyl sounds like you are having a great time !!! Yep I believe like you do -God brings us together for a reason... There was a lesson to be learned from that encounter - We have to be thankful for what we have - I agree MS is better the brain cancer - and I know from personal experience you will make anyone smile - you have that way about you.. I am in a very emotional state today - I am just feeling so very blessed - I have you guys - for the original #7 we have been sisters for 2.6 yrs now - and Karla - when did you join - but I feel like you have been here from day one - Karri too.. We have so much - we have our health - we have our families - we have each other - we all have a roof over our heads - jobs - and food on our tables (a little too much right now lol) God Bless each and everyone of you I love you all from the bottom of my heart and I thank God everyday for bringing you all into my life... Well enough crying :0)... Angel and I took a shower - I find it easier to give her a bath w/me in the shower - she doesn't slip so much as she does in the sink - got her all brushed out - now I have to put on my face and get dressed and get my shopping done... Just want you all to know how much I love you - Thank you all for being my Sisters ...

A quick ck in - back from the gym - took 1 hr to burn off 1 cookie - so I should have stayed for another 3 hours lol.. Well need to jump in the shower - Angel needs a bath too and hit the store before the rest of the world - hopefully most pple have to work at least 1/2 day today - so that this morning won't be too crazy... CBL

LauraK So glad to hear that you are doing better now with the unfill - I was too tight once and that was one time too many - I rather be loose and use self control than be too tight.. I'm making a cake too - shape of a ginger bread man - I think I will write on it Happy Birthday - I love that idea.. It's funny I talk about my band w/my "real life" friends - but mostly for them to know that I did the work not the band - Had one GF who only needed to lose 30 lbs - she saw my success and went to mexico and got banded - well guess what - she did lose some weight - but has had major issues with it (pbing) I feel that she thought it was the band and not me that lost the weight - Well she now knows that you have to do the work and it's not the band that does it. Karen - you are the one I am envious of :0) your energy your whole not obsessing about food . Great - Yep they are totally jealous - That's what is behind this imho - there are so many pple in the world who hold on to anger bitterness etc - what a waste of time. Now you know what I would do - cuz I'm a witch - I wouldn't show up tomorrow - I would just spend Christmas w/my family who loves and respects me. I wouldn't waste my time with them. I can't believe they haven't offer to help you or visit you in the hospital with your surgeries - OMG I would kick them to the curb as the saying goes.. But again - I can be a real "b" if you piss me off - it takes alot for me to get pissed off but when I do - I would just tell GM to come over to your house - you aren't feeling well enough to go to your sis house.. But don't listen to me - I think Apples gives better advice :0) Oh Julie my bad - I knew I was missing someone - Girl you had me ROTFLMAO on asking for Linda's Niece's Phone # - I loved that one - Ok I am about to start crying here - But I want you all to know that I care for each and everyone of you so very much Each one of us brings our owns special something to this group - and we wouldn't be the I'm here to help thread without all of us - as the saying goes it takes a village to raise a family and this is our little village. I am so blessed to have you all in my life (tears are rolling down my face right now) I do truly truly mean this.. Not a day goes by that I don't think of each and everyone of you - and when something happens in my life - I think Oh I can't wait to tell the girls.. I am truly blessed - My Love and Best Wishes to All of You - Merry Christmas !!! Well you will be hearing from be throughout the day - but I just had to let you all know that I am so happy to have you guys in my life

Isn't it amazing that we are all over the USA & Canada and thru LBT we all have become such good friends/sisters !!! Well, face washed - teeth brushed - one more cup of coffee and I am off to the gym.. You know what I have observed at the gym the other day - it's mostly guys - why is that when it's women who obsess about their weight/looks etc - why aren't more women at the gyms.

Merry Christmas Eve Gang Up early - gotta hit the gym - finish food shopping - wrap 1 more present I found in the closet and wait for kids to get here - GS will be going to his Mom's tonite (they celebrate on Xmas Eve) - I will watch my movie "It's a Wonderful Life" Charlene Hugs on your not feeling well - but I love your attitude - you just got to keep moving. Our weather keeps changing - suppose to be in the high 60's for xmas - now they say 70s I want it to be in the low 60's and cloudy.. Hugs for all you who are having to deal with the snow and power outages and all that goes with it..

Good Morning Gang Merry Christmas Eve I too am awake early - but I didn't wake up - my alarm went off - I didn't turn it off last night cuz I wanted to get up early - gotta hit the gym this morning to burn those Cookies I ate last night ) Phyl - What a wonderful story about the lady in Starbucks isn't it wonderful that there are nice pple in the world who even with bad things happening to them they are friendly and happy and full of good cheer - that warms my heart. There's a story on my mentor thread - but for you who don't read it gotta repeat it I thought it was wonderful My friend went to church last night they took up the collection - the pastor had pizza delivery - and guess what - that collect that was took was given to the pizza delivery guy $485 tip !!! Life is good !!! What a great thing to happen to that pizza guy.. Phyl - What you aren't realizing is that you use to eat like Earl - you have changed but he hasn't - I bet 2.5 yrs ago when you guys traveled - when he ate you ate - now you don't and he still is.. Gym this morning - then finish up my grocery shopping - Joseph bought a little compressor on black friday - it was his xmas present to himself - so he left it here to put under the tree - well I just noticed it in my closet the other day - so now I have to wrap that.. Kids won't be here til 10ish tonite - Andrew will go to his Mom's tonite and I will watch It's a Wonderful Life Gotta email my Uncle & 2 nephews to tell them to be here around 1 ish on Christmas for dinner.. I'll be cking in during the day

Well said Riley For me the fact that I had majority surgery to get control of my life and this is not a diet - it's about being healthy.. The quality of my life had deteriorated - I was sleeping and eating my life away - could barely vacuum the living room without breaking out in a sweat - walking for any length of time was too much effort - I was 52 when banded I have 3 grandkids (18/15/5) whom I want to see grow up. For me I had my "ah ha" moment.. I finally understood what they meant in all the "diet programs" by this has to be a lifetime lifestyle change in your eating - not a diet - cuz they don't work - we all have dieted, lost some or all of the weight then go back to eating "normal" and making excuses why we can't exercise.. Well our eating normal for the most part is what made us fat in the 1st place - it wasn't eating healthy and exercise is key in being healthy.. I wanted to add a few more years to my life and be able to do the things all my friends could do - and I couldn't cuz of the weight.. The band is the tool which is permanently installed to help us feel fuller on a smaller amount of food - but it doesn't make our food choices and it doesn't exercise for you. And most importantly it doesn't do a darn thing about our mental/emotional issues with food.. And truly imho that's where the majority of our problems lie.. There are failures in any WLS and it's not the surgery that fails but the person who doesn't commit to making the lifetime lifestyle change.. I think this is why the statistics for the band is that you will only lose 50 to 60% of your excess weight - and that due to our issues with food and not making the changes needed to be healthy - that we are inferior to some degree - I wanted to prove those statistics wrong - I lost 100% of my excess weight in 1 yrs time.. Not by dieting but by eating healthy and exercising - which I still do today and will have to do for the rest of my life if I want to keep the weight off. I can never go back to being a couch potato and an unhealthy eater (high fat - high sugar - tons of starches) Again - I think you just have to have your AH HA moment no matter if you do it with or without surgery - you have to make the commitment to yourself to be healthy - Surgery help make a hard job just a little easier but it's still work Good Luck to you on your journey..

No way jose - I want to meet her too (yes it's all about me too ;0) - why are the majority of my lbt friends all live so far away... WI - MI - IA - IL - NC - FL - TX- CO - heck Eva's like a 10 hr drive and I don't think there is any half way point for us lol - it's just desert - I have Phyl 5-6 months of the yr - but that's it - Heck My #7 all live far away too Canada - WI - MI - MT - LA..

Kari - Hugs - GF - you need one of those sun lights - and go to the doctor and ck your meds - they may need adjusting.. Have a safe trip tomorrow - I know the weather isn't good for my northern friends.. Ya I had to sign in too - they must have reset something - I never have to sign in and when that's happen before - I forget my password and then get locked out - then it takes forever (15 minutes) to get your password reset - I was lucky I remember my password this time.. OMG your kids would fail in Cali schools...And you are suppose to contact EVERY PARENT when they haven't turned in their papers - OMG I would have heard every day 10 times a day from GS teachers... Kid's don't have to take responsibility - OMW - you work for a F'd up school district. How can you teach 6th grade science with a 9th grade level book - did you ask that question - simple but no hands on - no fun - is it earth science you teach - so you can't have them bring a potato and what it grow - your kid's don't have a science fair that they MUST enter.. Andrew did.. Ya you are a babysister - OMW - I can't believe that so much diff than our schools here.. Hugs Hugs Hugs - I think you need to get online and ck out Desert Sands Unified School District or Palm Springs Unified School District - Coachella Valley Unified School District (those are the 3 school districts here in the Desert) Plus we have ton's of private schools too.. Can't hurt to ck it out and then you could move here and have me as a ft gf :0) Maybe you could teach me how to quilt - but remember I am not good w/math :0)

Melissa, Joanne, Jewel, Meredith We haven't heard from you all in a while :0) Melissa How is work going with those double shifts - do you have to work tomorrow Joanne - Hows your quilting going - are you ready for Xmas Jewel - How are you, how's thing going w/your family.. Meredith - How was NYC ... Got any pictures...

Apples - Since I am so some what obsessive about what I eat and gaining weight back - this is one thing I have learned during this journey - is that for me exercise is key in keeping the weight down - So if I am going to eat those cookies I brought home from work and the cookies I will make either Xmas nite or the night after - I have to exercise - that's my salvation in this whole mess - I feel really good about me for doing it and not copping out on it - I am proud of myself - I have never ever ate this healthy or exercised this long - So that is a positive and something good - I just wish that I didn't crave my drug of choice - I wish that would go away... Linda as I was reading Apples post - I was thinking were where you ;0) then I scroll down and you have posted ;0) OMG CONGRATUATIONS 100 LBS GONE !!! WTG GIRL !!! Oh dear I am so sorry to hear that you may not be able to come - I think we have to use so much vacation up like maybe a week on our disablity at work - not sure/don't remember - Cuz at my job I have 22.5 days pto a year (use to be 27) and if I chose to I can take it all at one time say in January - but if I got fired in March I would have to pay back $$ - since it truly wasn't earned. I am praying that niece changes her date - tell them it's too hot and humid in July in FL - that a December 2010 or Jan 2011 would be better time of year - 72 degrees like Laura said.. That pickle thing sounds like it might just be tasty - I like to try new things... Great - I am so sorry about your family issues... What have they done now.. Maybe they are jealous of you and that's why they always are hurting you.. What birth order are you in your family.. You are a wonderful person - you are giving, loving, supportive and know that you have us.. Hugs I wish I could shake them and make them realize what they are doing.. Do you think they do this on purpose or are they just insensitive pple and it's always just about them - Where as you aren't that way.. I have pple I know that it's always about them - When I had my surgery - a gf who I thought would come and see me in the hospital didn't - it was too much out of her way - where as when she was in the hospital - I made the time to go visit her.. And yes my feelings were hurt..

OMG Charlene - That was WONDERFUL !!! It got me crying too (I am very emotional too - I cry at a pepsi commercial ;0) Apples - Sorry for the delay in Xmas - but you still will be having it - so that's what counts and you have your DH all to yourself for 3 days - and yes we know what you should be doing - but you would have to keep the house at 80 degrees - By the time everyone does arrive you will be full of energy for it all .. I too have worried about throwing up - but I can say I haven't had the stomach flu in 20 yrs (knock wood)- have had the other end but no throwing up - I have my lapband doc's cell phone # so if I did get sick to my stomach - I would call him and he could call in a script for me.. Julie - Here's and ugly Xmas tradition that I had when I was with my DS Dad - he would come home Xmas Eve and pick a fight - say he was leaving and I had to pack his crap and take him to his Mom's -- Christmas with him wasn't every very good.. Hugs on your loss - like someone said - we are never ready for death but at the holiday's it's just a little harder - I know my sis's dad died the day after xmas.. I think we all most likely have some bad crap that happens to us all - Sounds like both Deb & Cheri had dh's who drank - they went to alanon - to help them deal with the crap that we have w/pple in our lives who abuse drugs &/or alcohol I know that's why I went - I needed to talk w/others who have walked in my shoes - It's easy for us to give advice - but when you are smack in the middle of it - it's totally diff - you can't see the forest for the trees - and we think love will concur all - Cheri Hugs on the tooth issue - I love my dentist - but still hate the dentist ;0) Not fitting in - I always found that black pple accept white pple more than the other way around - My DS Dad was black - so as you said I have lived on the black side to - and I would say they were more accepting of me than the white side.. In fact I had a neighbor once and she was the older sister of a guy I went to school with - She use to watch DS when he was a toddler - We became Bff's - My DS calls her Auntie and I am Auntie to her kids - Her Mom & Dad have told me I am an adopted member of their family - When my bro died last yr and they came to the funeral - my DIL thought that Auntie Linda was DS Aunt on his Fathers side cuz she's black - I said nope - she's his Aunt on my side :0) The only real new freinds that I have are you guys and my #7's - But that's cuz I live in the same town where I was born - I have made good friends w/the pple I have worked with too - But I think some pple just click - My gf Candy who I met when I 1st started my job 30 yrs ago - heck we are like sisters. I think we all need pple like that in our lives - No Man is an Island - Great - I am glad you had a good day and are resting that knee ;0) LauraK - Did you get unfilled some?? Laura - Glad Nelson had a great early Xmas - they are so special at that age - to bad they have to grow up ;0).. Heck your weather is better than ours - it was 66 today with a little wind.. I don't remember my Stepmom being cold during Chemo but again - it's not as cold here as NC Eva - I hear you girl on the rain - heck 1/2 is almost flood conditions :0) Glad the soap & lotion fit in with your decor ;0) Well - I am off for the next 4 days - kids s/b here tomorrow around 10 p.m.ish - will hit the gym for carido in the a.m. - had gym tonite weights arms - think I will be sore in the next few days.. Gotta finish up my food shopping tomorrow and watch It's a Wonderful Life tomorrow night - Well the dogs need to be fed - who know who has posted since I started this 1 hr ago :0) Cbl

Candice Yes I got your card last week early in the week - Have you gotten mine - I mailed them a week ago Monday - I see you sent yours air mail - I sent mine regular mail. I didn't know there were 4 bathrooms - just yours - the one I used and the one Phyl used.. Since I use foxfire I have all these tabs open and FB is one and Linda will be on and want to chat but by the time I see it cuz I a posting here - we miss each other.. I guess what caught my eye on that thread was - Relax eat what you want - I took it literally - And I can't - Like I said I am a sober addict right now - if I ate the way I wanted I would be 250.. WTG on the exercise girl - I am proud of you... Exercise is key for me - and I think for those of us who have desk jobs and don't move very much - it's a great boost to our weight loss cuz our bodies arent' use to the work outs.. I am back from my weight training arms - Had a good workout - The coffee kicked in and I think I will be sore in a couple of days - last week my chest was so sore that I thought I was getting sick - I told that to Idrise tonite he knew what I meant - I like it when I get sore after a work out - it means I am burning calories :0) and building muscle.. Well, Tomorrow is Christmas Eve - Joseph & Family should be here around 10ish tomorrow night.. I am going to have to make sure the living room is dark so Brooke can't see the presents - When Joseph & Andrew were little I never put presents under the tree til after they went to bed..

Tell Rose I said Merry Christmas - Enjoy having your Mom around for the holidays ... Well - Am off work - we got off at 3 - did good at pot luck as I wasn't hungry - Had 2 shrimp filled yellow chili peppers and 1/8 of a tamale.. But I did bring 4 Cookies home... Sitting here drinking coffee - have gym at 4 and my 4.5 hrs of sleep has caught up w/me hopefully the coffee helps. Last time I talked to Phyl - she texted me that she was wearing the cap I crocheted for her for her Bday - they were in the Grape Vine - oh you guys don't know it - but it's I 5 going up north - it got closed yesterday morning due to snow.. She was glad she had it cuz it was COLD.. CB after gym

Oh My you all are busy again today :0) Eva - I got a Chatty Cathy too :0).. To me LBT and all of you are are my Al-non support group Like I have said many times before - we all are truly the same - maybe our cirumstances are a little diff - for the most part we are more alike than we are diff - So we get each other I agree this is where we come to share our sorrows, our secrests - our joys - we know that we can depend on each other to keep our confidences - listen and understand what we are saying.. Hell I think as women we all want to fix other pple problems - I just think we are made that way - once when my xbf was in rehab - the counsler said "Who owns the problem" that has stuck with me - when I want to fix something - I think who own's the problem - I realize I don't so it's not mine to fix.. Apples Tamales are a Mexican traditional food - and us who live in the states that border or have a lot of hispanic pple we eat alot of mex food period ;o) - Like I have never had brauts - or oyster stew - but heck isn't it like new england clam chowder - I love that :0) You are going to have to come to California and get a lession in food - that's what's great about San Francisco - you get all kinds of food there.. I got on the scales this morning oh today is Wed - I thought it was thursday - stupid me - I have tomorrow off and tomorrow is Thursday - I guess I have been rushing the week.. My weight is good my high normal 143 - and I will get on next thrudsay my weigh in day I posted this on my 7 thread I am truly terrified that I will regain the weight - I know you guys don't really get that - but I am truly afraid - have been since day one - it wasn't so much about losing the weight as it is about keeping it off.. In the past about 2 yrs out I start gaining it back. I have to be very mindful of what I eat - As you all know I eat healthy 98% of the time - I do allow treats - and I do get my exercise in (one reason I have a trainer - I have to show up) But I still feel that this new body is a dream - I still want to eat the unhealthy food - My craving for my drug of choice (food) hasn't gone away.... I will alway be an addict - right now I am a sober addict and when I do allow for treats - I am so afraid that I won't stop - oh a few of these won't hurt - as it stands now I am 5 lbs higher than I was last yr at this time and that bugs me - cuz next year I don't want to be 5 lbs heavier than I am today. Deb - we don't want you pbing - so at your next meal sit down and concintrate on tiny bites and chewing well and stopping when you are full - I will be full but want that one last bite and end up bping ... Well we are getting off early - work thru lunch - then at 1 have our pot luck - then add ribbons to the gifts we all brought for the less fornutate (we did this instead of doing our normal gift exchange between ourselves - and we also gave up having a holiday party and we use that $$$ to sponser a less fortunate family) Charlene - doubt I will be running 5 miles tonite :0) but I do have gym at 5 - arms tonite :0) and since I have tomorrow off I will hit the gym in the morning - going to need that exercise to counter act the treats... :tongue:

Good Morning No she really doesn't have 10 but she has 2 guess rooms upstairs and 2 in the basement and that's where her sewing room is along w/wine celler and Peters workshop - if I remember correctly - both Phyl & Tracy slept down stairs along with Kari - Linda & I slept up stairs... You were the 1st person on my mind this morning knowing today was your last day of school - Yea... Karla - as far as my commitment - you (well all of you) gotta go read this thread - http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f178/eat-what-you-want-107023/index3.html I am terrified of gaining the weight back - like you I freak when I eat too many sweets or something indulgent for dinner like tacos or lasagan - I have lost the weight before never this much and I have never gone to the gym for 2.5 yrs - when I have lost weight before about the 2nd yr it starts coming back on. I am so scared of that - I don't think anyone truly understands that about me.. I think this is a dream and that I am going to wake up morbidly obese tomorrow - especially since I haven't really been able to get back under 143 - where I was 138 for the longest - while on vacation a couple of weeks ago I did get 141.5 but now that I am back to work and this past week did over do it on the choc (last friday) So I have to have the committment of going to the gym - I know it works - I do know what works (eating healthy & exercise) but I still have a fat chick brain and I still want to eat junk - that hasn't left me - but like you said before it's 1/4 of what I use to eat when I do eat it - but I am afraid that one day I wont stop - or I will say oh it's ok to have treats more often and not be so diligent about what I eat.. You all think I have it under control - I am a sober addict right now - but I am still an addict.. LBT is my AA - You all are my sober friends - I can't do without you all - You all help me stay on tract.. Well I had leg cramps last night didn't go to sleep til after 12 - and hell when the alarm went off - i said wtf it's 5 already. I looked up (toogled) at 12 last night immediate relief for leg cramps - pinch the bases of the nose (the part that separates your nostrils) well it did seem to work.. Well it's 5:30 and today is our office Xmas lunch - it's pot luck and I gotta figure out what to wear - I don't have all the xmas tops that I had when I was obese - I haven't been able to find any cute ones in medimum size - have one from target but it's short sleeve (very short) so I gotta wear something over it.. Phyl - have a safe trip - I know we will hear from you during the holidays - (we better ;00)

Can't sleep - leg cramps - the alarm will be going off at 5 a.m.

OMG 3 FREAKING PAGES !!! YOU ALL HAVE BEEN BUSY !!! Cheri love the new picture you look Fab PJ - Hugs Hugs Hugs !!!!! Love the write Santa a check - that was too funny Laura - Love the Santa test landing - Way too cute and good.. As a child before my parents got divorced On Christmas Eve- we went to Grandma's house with My Aunt and her family and opened presents.. My bro's were alter boys - I remember them doing midnite mass - but for some reason I had to stay home - w/whom I don't remember.. It was my job to set up the nativiity scene under the tree - We made Xmas Cookie We opened Presents Xmas morning. Parents got divorced so then we went to GM house - then to Dad's house on Christmas Eve and opened presents - the at my Mom's House Xmas morning... W/my DS - it was Grandpa's on Christmas Eve - me ds my bro's and their families - Tamales and open presents - the Xmas morning DS got to open presents which weren't put out til after he went to bed - there were lots of Xmas I was up til 2 am wrapping.. That how my parents did it - I remember sneaking and watching them.. Same tradition here - if you don't believe - you don't get presents.. W/my Gk's it's Xmas Cookies and when DS lived here - I would get up and go to their how early to watch the kids open their presents - then we came back to my house to see what Santa left here.. My DS fav Xmas Song was Little Drummer Boy, mine is Go Tell it on the Mountain.. I can't say Grandkids even know xmas carols - heck when I was a kid us neighborhood kids would get together an carol on our block Then when my bros and I were older my gf Star who was Jewish would spend the night on the eve of xmas eve - while I slept her and my bros would redocorate the tree and make bacon sandwiches ;0) - Star always spend the night on the Eve of Xmas Eve And after my parents passed away - my bros and I got together the 1st couple of year on the Eve of Xmas eve cuz we couldn't duplicate what we had on Xmas Eve with our parents and it was too sad - so we tried a new tradition but that one faded too.. Well gang - I gotta get off the computer - it's 9:04 and I haven't eaten CBL

It was cuz of the snow that it was closed for 2 hrs I read - I think the rain is gone so I don't think you will have a problem. Well got the dogs fed - Andrew left with a friend and I don't know what to fix for dinner. I guess eggs - omelett w/some cheese :0)

I weighted and measured for the first few months as a learning tool -As fat chick I don't think we know what 4 oz of meat - Pasta - rice looks like - I kept a food diary for the 1st year til I got to goal - it was an accountability factor and I loved writing down each week -2 lbs - and keeping a running total as the months passed - I logged calorie and Protein and my exercise - the minute I hit goal I quit doing these things How much do I eat per meal - 1.5 to 2 cups for dinner - I have 4 oz of meat - 1/2 c rice and 1/2 cup veggies - some nites I eat it all some nites I don't - lunch is about 1.5 cup too - breakfast is usually something lite cuz I eat at my desk.. I am 2.5 yrs out and I am still afraid of gaining the weight back if I let my guard down - I am not dieting - can't say I really ever have - I cut the unhealthy stuff from my diet most of the starches - not all as I still have some starches/carbs- I cut tons of fat (cooking oil - butter & cheeses) and sugar.. I no longer eat 8 tacos loaded with cheese & dripping in grease or refried Beans made w/lard - or a 3/4 of a casserole in one night - or on a weekends a batch of brownies - Plus I added exercise into my life - prior to my band I sat a desk all day - and on my butt at home.. I like veggies always have - but did I eat them regularity nope and if I did eat them they were loaded with butter- I ate home cooked food starch/fat/sugar and meat Not Fast Food I still crave these things (high fat & high sugar)- I could still eat a bag of candy - My head still wants those foods - I still miss being able to sit down and pig out on something - my band prevents that.. I am a Food Addict - I am a sober food addict at the moment but I am still an addict.. Food brings me comfort - nothing better than to sit down and read a book with a bag of M&M So Jachut - I get your Mom - she need's a program to follow- I basically follow a WW type eating plan - as I think it's the most balanced - I don't go to meeting - I don't count points but I eat how I learned to when I went to WW which is balanced low fat limited starches & sugars and exercise Everyone is diff - just like some pple need to go to their AA meetings weekly and other don't go at all.. I had to change my eating - as prior to my band my eating was unhealthy - I can't just eat less of what I use to eat due to it not being healthy. I am guessing here - don't have any #'s behind what I am going to say - but IMHO the majority of morbidity obese pple aren't just over eating healthy foods - they are eating high fat and high sugar and high carb meals in large quantities and they don't move due to the excess weight and it being too hard to.. I go out and eat mexican - Chinese - and cook these things at home occasionally - my band prevents me from over eating these foods but these foods are usually high calorie foods opposed to meat/fish - veggies & starch.. I still am a volume eater most of the time - I would rather have 4 oz of fish 1/2 c rice & veggies for 320 calories than a candy bar for 230 calories - I have bday cake - Cookies - an occasional candy bar - or pie/ice cream - but usually always away from home - cuz if this stuff was in my house at Night time I would eat them till they were gone.. I am relaxed to a degree - but I know my triggers - so I am always mindful of them.. I have lost the weight before (never this much) and usually by this time I start gaining it back.. Our individual diets are what got us fat in the first place - So ya you can eat less of that same diet - but are you learning to eat healthy - or just less of the same high fat high sugar foods.. I concentrate on eating healthy 98% of the time allow for treats 2% of the time and work out 3-4 days a week 1 hr max per workout session - I have maintained my weight loss now for 1.5 yrs - fluctuating 5 lbs max. But I still want unhealthy foods... Hi my name is Janet and I am a food addict and the band doesn't deal w/my mental issues - just the physical one by limiting my quantity of food..

Good Evening Gang... Well tried to talk myself out of gym - Oh you are going Xmas eve so you don't need to go tonite... Cop out !!! So I didn't think about it came home changed and went - Great work out burned 556 calories !!! I did incline 6 & 9 at 3.5 & 4.0 mph... Tomorrow is our Xmas pot luck - didn't know what I was taking - had lox for lunch one of the girls likes lox - so that's what I am taking - I had to get some french bread - sliced it - toasted it - well the 1st batch burned - had to go back to the store and got some more bread got it sliced and toasted - so doing that w/some cream cheese.. Phyl - Ya I napped and didn't wake up til 5 and didn't feel like getting dressed - Sorry that Earl waited for me.. I was pooped Sunday - went to bed at 8:30 and sleep til 4:45. You are taking the RV not the car?? I just looked at weather - the news said 40's but AOL Weather says 35 - 34 for the next few nights - I heard the grape vine was closed this morning for a couple of hours - so - becareful tomorrow Well you know Earl he likes to fret over stuff he has no control over.. I don't know what I am cooking for dinner - didn't take anything out and am not really hungry at the moment... Karla - Hugs on the student/parent issues - but you don't have to take the abuse and your principal should back you up.. As far as doing what the realtors suggested - like we all said do it after the holidays - if someone wants to buy the house they will - I thought it looked good as it was.. Candice - Your house is fine - hell you have 10 extra bed rooms lol - one has to be ready for the kid and hell it's your daughter - it's not like it's company :0).. Well need to feed the dogs - Ck back in a bit

SO what did you end up doing just the hot tub- we didn't get rain this way - it's windy now.. What time are you leaving tomorrow ?? Steph - Tell 3 speed freaks - You - Michael - Nick??? An that me has the oppossite effect on Adha - it's going to slow you down :0) so you don't over think :0) - Glad you are getting med's adjust -hope you feel better soon So how's your 1st week of retirement :0)

It gets better - I woke up from surgery (my 2nd in my life) and said WTF have I done - by day 3 I was just fine ;0)

Good Morning Gang Well I did go to bed early last night still didn't want to get up this morning :0) Eva - Glad you had a great time in SF... How was the concert or is that another trip ;0).. Well time to jump in the shower - cbl

How sweet that you are cking things out for you DW ;0) kudos to you ... By what I have read yes a cold can make your band tighter - for some of us flying can make the band tight and stress too will make it tighter.. Has she taken Muscinx (sp) that may help - if it's not burning then I would say she's ok as long as it's not reflux - Reflux is not a good thing to have w/the band. I haven't had a cold so I can't speak from personal experience - take that back I have had a head cold but that's it the doc gave me muscunix to dry me up.. I don't remember if it made me tighter or not - Stress is the main factor that tightens my band - I have no problem flying... We all are diff w/our bands and they are very fickle... I would stick w/chicken Soup - tea and something to help the congestion..