IndioGirl55

Phyl Glad you had a good time playing cards and had healthy snacks.. Yep we still must live life and life includes desserts and starches - it's all about the trade off - that's another reason I think calorie counting is a good idea - Hell a candy bar is 230 calories for the most part and that's just the reg size - It takes me 1/2 hr on the treadmill to burn those calories - so that in itself will sometime stop me from over indulging - it doesn't alway work but when I do over indulge - I do watch my eating for the next few days - like I stay "trade offs" Moderation - and don't keep crap in the house that you can't say no too... Well need to go put in another load of wash - CB in a bit

Good Morning Ladies !!! I fell asleep lat night after dinner on the couch - I was suppose to go out at 9 - ya right - at 54 you gotta get out before 9 or you will be asleep :0) Wasn't that interested either I guess or I could have done it - I'm not that old ;0) Great - We are old school that's where the 9 p.m. cut off time comes from - even to this day if one of GS friends call after 9 he answers the phone - it's after 9 my gm is going to get mad :0) They are having tons of sales - my problem is that I don't need anything :0) and I need to learn the diff between needing and wanting :0) Yesterday in Stein Mart and I have noticed in Marshall's too that they have bathing suits out - I think that's cuz alot of pple go on cruises this time of yr and there is a need for those items - but again - they sell summer stuff in the winter and put out winter stuff in the summer - and for us who have only 2 seasons Hot & Cold (well cool compared to most of you) it's hard to shop for winter clothes when it's 110 outside. Linda - OMG I a so happy for you that you are doing so well - I know that my gf who had to have her's done last yr was in the hospital for longer than you and then she had to go to rehab place (she's single) and she wasn't back to work for a while - cuz she couldn't sit at a 90 degree angle - sounds like your surgery went so much smoother.. Between all you ladies - it's the reason I went to get my knee ck'd out now instead of living with it - I don't want to do more damage.. Julie glad you got to sleep in - I slept til 7:30 today :0) Have fun at Xmas party ... As to eating you are obliviously are not eating like you use to or you would be gaining :0) I know that when I over do it - I think omw how bad am I but then again - I don't eat anyway near how I use to eat - I am aware now of eating - whereas before I didn't care at ALL.. Well today's agenda is house cleaning and washing - and grocery shopping - will be making soup cuz it's cold with a chance of rain.. Well need to go start another load - cb in a bit

I'm Here I see you posted while I was still typing.. #1 I can not - not eat stuff if it was in the house - So don't feel bad about that - It was Andrew's bday made him cupcakes instead of a cake - bagged them up and had him but them in his room - if they stayed in the kitchen I would have eaten them You are a food addict Karla - you can't say no - it' doesn't make you a weak person - it's your addiction... So what you have to do is not have the crap in the house or where you can get it (yes a few times I have wandered into Andrew's bedroom and gotten something - but that's when he's not here - so if DD#4 isnt in the house - throw the crap away - Explain to her about your addiction and that you can't say no - tell her they have to go in the trash or that she needs to hide them from you.. I make a deal with myself - did this my 1st banded xmas and still follow the rule today - I plan my treat for Xmas - the cookies I make w/GDers - So I don't eat the stuff that comes at work - Plus I have more control during the day (well most days)than I do at night - at night I have NO CONTROL - it's my comfort time - it's the time I have always eaten (you know the closet eaters that we are).. So I don't keep food in the house that I can not say no to.. Funny thing I can say no to sf stuff but not real sugar - I was pushing the limits a while back on what I was eating - and I think I posted to the fact too - that alone made me aware of what I was doing - so I made a concise effort not too.. So when you are full quit eating - then after your half hour - go make your self a coffee - I find that does work for me.. Once you go back to real sugar it's hard to stop - it's addicting I am not kidding you - it's my crack !!! So right now go throw the crap out and tell DD #4 - sorry but she's going to have to get her own sweets and hide them from you Andrew is like your DD#4 he can have one or 2 serving of something then leave it alone - one time he told me he cryed cuz we didn't have anything sweet in the house and he wanted sweets (a rare occaission) so I just get him stuff I don't care for (poptarts - chip ahow cookies - these crunchy granola bars)

Good Morning Chickies !! I fell asleep on the couch after dinner last night - woke up at 11 and went to bed.. Angel woke me up at 5 - but I decided I still needed more sleep - so went back to bed work up @ 7:30... Agenda today - Clean & wash... I love having the extra day off - would be better w/pay - but I will survive :0) Karla - I'm w/you lbt is part of my life - yes I might not post always all weekend some weeks - you know especially if I have a hang over - and every now and then I get busy and if I stay on the computer too long things don't get done - but I don't think I will every leave - you all are my family. I can't imagine life without my peeps.. Hell I'm going to Florida to meet my Mentor thread ladies in Feb - that tells you how much lbt has become my life - and introduced me to a whole new set of freinds and made me a jet setter ;0) OMG you die your own material & quilting - you are very talented - quilting requires too much math for me and preciseness (I realized this after Candice showed us her quilting stuff in July - I loved this one she was doing with her once a month quilt club yellow & blue it was absolutely beautiful (she did post a pic a while back of it) - I don't have the paticene or the math skills to quilt (measure twice cut once) - I am a reader - DS 2nd grade teacher told me pple are either readers or math (ds math person and not reader) I have always done well in the reading & comprehension stuff Candice - told you it would take at least 3 pple to do the job you did - I don't feel sorry for your boss - maybe she should have listened to you.. Quit eating - but WTG on the gym... Phyl - How was your card game last night - did you win :0)... I know how competitive you can be :0) Well going to go start a load of wash - cb in a few ...

Candice - You haven't posted in a couple of days !!!

Kari - I posted on FB how beatiful those quilts were - I am impressed by you quilters!!! How nice of you to make that gift for your GF.. That's so sweet.. With all that sewing you can't be eating :0) Karla - I did that yesterday too - but she didn't respond to me.. But what I gather from FB things w/Michael are going well and seems like they are doing family things - but again maybe that's all for show and here she's feels more vulnerable?? But gotta say my feeling are a little hurt - are we that easy to forget - I guess cuz we have all shared so much that I think she doesn't want to talk to us - but I guess it's not about us but her.. So I guess she will come back when she wants to - but like you - when pple don't post usually means they aren't doing well and don't want the accountability.. Well hugs & Love to you Steph - Hope things get better for you and that you come back soon.

Good Evening Peeps !! Well did my 3 miles this a.m. then home showered and went to ortho appt - they xrayed my knees - it didn't show anything except a little arthritis - I explained as best I could to the PA and she said it may be a torn mensickiss (sp) but can't tell until I have an MRI - So they have requested that from Aetna (to bad Phyl still doesn't work for them - I could have had approval immediately) She said about a week Then went to Stein Mart looking for Xmas top - they didn't have diddly squat as far as xmas goes - got a top & sweater dress and 2 candles.. The back of the right knee was acting up -but nothing bad - Then went and had nails done - had to wait for my girl for about 1 hr - so left to go eat at the mex restaurant that's 4 doors down - but the Italian one is next door - lunch special $5.95 for an antipasto salad - so I went there instead (better choice) This is something I usually don't do - eat by myself - (the mex place is a taco shop so I don't feel weird there) but this place is a reg restaurant - I went an sat in a booth and ate - I was STARVING - I didn't care what pple thought - but there weren't too many pple in there anyway.. Apples - you gotta get a pedicure - oh it feels so good - the massage part - and as you all know I just had my 1st massage a couple months ago - I will do it again - LOVE IT.. Hell you aren't they only one who cries - just play our national anthem - and there I will be with my hand over my heart bawling. When they sing it on tv like during the olympic's I will usually stand up and put my hand over my heart and sing along.. (pple think I'm weird) I bleed red white and blue.. USA ALL THE WAY... Great - I can't believe they called that late !!! They sure don't have any manners do they... 9 p.m. no phone calls unless it's an emergency - or you know I'm up ;0) Julie - My nails are thin to begin with that's why I do nails and I have had them for 26 yrs now - I did go about 3 months without them and I couldn't stand it had to put them back on - polish stays on fake nails - where as with your real nails they chip and flake.. I'm like you if they are messed up I gotta take it off an start over - nothing looks as crappy as a person with chipped nail polish - I taught this to my GD she would have messed up nails and I told her how tacky it looked.. Jewel - glad they found your labs - good luck on your test next week Linda - OMG you are doing great - that's fantastic !!! Deb - GF I have a very checkered past - to look at me today pple would never beleive all the things I have done and experienced :0) - Hell nothing wrong with it - it makes us who we are now.. More life experience - the more advice we can give - been there done that :0) On the hair issue - My hair dresser says it's lack of fat - but IMHO no one knows - it just happens to some and not others - they can take the Biotin - get all their Protein and still lose their hair - but it does grow back :0) Well, that's about it for my day - went to target got some $5 xmas t-shirts - came home brushed Bear (pom) Angel is next and a bath tomorrow it's too cold right now ;0) 50's :rolleyes2:

Good Evening ... Well did 3 miles this a.m. then home shower and then ortho appt - they xrayed my knees - a little arthiritist but nothing unusual - they gotta do a MRI to see if I have torn my meniskis (sp) and it should take a week to get approval.. After that went to Stein Mart looking for Xmas top - then didn't have anything cute for xmas - only a few outer sweaters - they were having a big sale got a blouse for $20 and sweater dress for $29 and 2 candles for $1.50 each.. My knee was acting up a bit there - then went to get nails dones - had to wait about 1 1/2 - I was straving she said another 20 mintues = so I was going to go see what I could eat at the mexican restaurant - but there is a Mario's there too (italiain) and they had a lunch special $5.95 for an antipasto salad and slice of garlic bread - So I went there This is a biggie - I went to a restaurant and sat in a booth and ate all by myself.. The salad was ok - not enough meat and had 1/4 of the bread - so I was really happy w/my self for making a good food choice.. After nails went to target for cat food - and came home and brushed the dogs and talked to Phyl...:rolleyes2: She's going to play cards in a bit.. So that's it for my day - I am having Ralph's Delight for dinner - hamburger - onion - bell pepper - jalapeno - tomato sauce over 1/4 c mashed tatoes... (it's a dinner he use to make - Ralph is the name of my ex) Just had 4 pita chips & garlic hummas - and am stuck - but it was good :0)

Good Morning Gang... Yes Julie - I am loving my furlough fridays !! I am lucky enough right now that the loss of the $$$ isn't going to kill me - cuts in to my shopping $$$ but I'm ok for the most part - I love the time off.. 24 days furlough days next yr and 22 vacation days - so that a good amount of time off when you count the holidays too - I think it's what the doc ordered for my sanity.. Yep this is our group therapy :0) ... Well I am headed for the gym around 6ish - got up at 5 - having my coffee - I HAVE to go to they gym... I feel awful cuz I have only been once this week.. So I will get it in before I go see the ortho doc this morning Just got dressed even that feels good - on my second cup of coffee - will be headed out in just a few Plans today - doc 8:45 the I have to get nails done they look awful - need to find a pretty red - I have a whole shoe box full - I take my own polish to nail shop that way if i need a touch up I can do it - rarely have to but ya never know.. CBL

???? These are my personal clothing - I was in a commercial for my doc and wanted my Lucky #7 on what to wear

Ok here are some of the outfits I have tried on... My doc likes the classic way I dress - he commented on it once when I was in for a visit "I like the way you dress"

Good Morning Gang I got up at 5 a.m. and I don't have to be at work but I HAVE to go to the gym - I can't make anymore excuses - I HAVE TO EXERCISE. So at 6ish I will be in the gym - see what it does to my knee - heck I am going to doc this a.m. anyway - maybe I just over did it the week of thanksgiving (hopefully).. Kari - it's just as easy to post pic's here - but I will go look on fb - Karla - you can still have your stuff around you - pple understand crafts.. It's not like you have over flowing trash cans

There is a thread on the home page - where pple post what they eat. Here's my weight loss menu - maybe it will help you Also why wait till 1/2 to get back to the gym - do it now !!! Don't put of to tomorrow what you can do today.. Getting back on track today and going back to the gym today may save you from gaining another 4 lbs :0) Good Luck...

I'm not going anywhere - and I thought the same thing - we are just going to have to call each other :0).. Phyl will always post and so will Candice - but they both go dh's - do it's a little diff for them I have to have the accountablity - so don't be afraid .. You can't get rid of me that easily :0) Don't cry ... I don't think I could say no to the bars either - especially at nite They sound really really good !!! I love everything that's in them :0) We got another shit load of those Cheryl cookies today at work - but like I say I can usually 99.9% say no to that stuff during the day... It's at night that I can't or if I am super frustrated or something bad has happened where I think I need to comfort myself - but I gotta say I have been really good at work and I put that fudge in the freezer cuz i was still eating it even cold.... I am a teeth clencher too - but I don't have tmj - I use to grind me teeth too - I don't think I do anymore - I use to wake myself up grinding :0) - Now my stress is in my shoulders :0)

If they haven't called by 9 p.m. then I would say no work @ 5 a.m. tomorrow.. I agree with you why can't pple make an executive decision with out calling a meeting and discussing it to death and never coming up with an answer anyway.. Hope you don't have to go in at 8 though :0)

I wish I was lucky as you - but alas I'm not - I have to exercise - plus muscle burns more calories and it's good for our bones too and our balance - Can't say I love it but don't hate it like I use to cuz now I can do it.. Plus even with my band I like to eat :0) that has never left - so if I want some extra treats (especially this time of yr) I have to hit the gym more often :0) Jenna - Go back to the basic like you did when you 1st got banded - low fat - sf - Protein 1st - limit carbs & exercise If you have a hard time eating hard protein - I would say you have restriction and my be eating too many sliders - are you guestimating your calories or actually logging them.. Did your turkey day meal consist of sliders - mashed potatoes gravy - stuffing w/gravy - pumpkin pie.. How much turkey did you eat and did it have gravy? I suggest actually logging your calories for a week and how much you are able to eat per meal - then take this log to your doc. Restriction is key - but truly our food choices are what is the main factor in losing weight I'm another firm beleiver that you need sometime of physical activity in your life - Just like taking the word Diet out of our vocabulary and replacing it with healthy eating - we should do the same with Exercise and replace it with physical activity - Those words (diet & exercise) really seem to turn pple off and cause ton's of arguments. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet Some pple have better metabolizes than others - some pple are happy eating 1/4 cup of food per meal - we all are diff Also - I found that during my weight lost phase that as long as I varied my calories 800-1200 it kept the scales moving.. You just need to get your motivation back - you need to understand that you can never go back to eating your old normal - cuz that's what got us all fat in the 1st place. This is really about a total lifetime lifestyle change...

Well I was lonely :0) Vent away - I would be venting too !!! I was like when the kids where here - Loved having them but it does interfere with things that I wanted to do.. As you all know they are coming for Xmas - I had the choice of 12/22 or 12/29 as my furlough day - at 1st it was going to be 12/22 but then decided that I would take 12/29 and have a recoup day after they leave ;0) (well hopefully they leave by Tuesday) DIL has like a week off.. Yep - I'm like you too about trying on 1st then buying online you never know how things are going to fit.. I have the reg to wear with heels and petite's to work out in I don't usually have coffee at night - it will keep me awake - I did get some decaf of the new starbucks instant - but tonite I don't have to go to sleep and get up at 5 - I should cuz I need to hit the gym - cuz I have to be at the doc at 8:45. But we will see how I feel in the morning :0)

Where is everyone tonite??? Since I don't have work tomorrow - just had a cup of coffee - I'm cold now I want another one :0) it was really good.. Well - I guess I will go see who's on FB :0)

Well Karla - I went and made a cup of coffee instead - well not really put my spinach on to cook.(I have fish & rice left over from last night).. I'm cold have sock & slippers on an feet still cold - looks like the thermostat says 68 in the house - turned on the fireplace too but it has to be on for hours to warm up the living area.. Do you know that we are down to 4 regular posters - Me, Karla, Phly & Candice.. I posted on Steph's wall on fb that we were going to hunt her down.. Karla I guess you an me don't have much of a life - or husbands to have to talk to.. Just us and our pets.. You got school work to do - I guess I could go read my new magazine and I still have my book to read.. Or go shop online :0)

I had a jetted tub at xdh house - the only problem was that it took a 1/2 hr to fill up (it was big enough for 2) and so you had to sit in it for at least 1 hr so that you didn't feel like you were wasting waters (it had a heater so the water stayed warm) I have a gas fireplace (my 1st) my old house didn't have a fp and xdh house had a real one - but the whole cleaning it ugh I don't need anything else that I have to clean.. Well I am going to go eat - I'm hungry and it's only 6:55... I am an hour early...

I thought everyone knew - my nose is pieced... I did it 6/04 I always wanted it - but thought I was too old too fat etc Then one of our company reps came in w/her's done and we are the same age - so I did it.. Well the next time she came in it was out - her boss said something.. I know I use to kid my boss that I was going to do it - even glued a crystle on once - just to piss him off - Remember I'm a Catholic girl - tell me not to do something - I'm going to do it :0) It's a little diamond stud - nothing big I have the long pants - boot cut - fitted or semi fitted I think - they come in tall - reg & short I also have the capri's which I wear in the summer for working out.. They are like yoga pants but a little more form fitting cuz of the spanx .. I have the all black ones - I don't have the ones with strips down the side - they are in the exercise clothing section These are the ones I wear C9 by Champion They are usually $19.99 sometimes on sale for $17

Karla Sounds good to me - The beach part - not a big mountain fan - I love the look of it - but I rather lay on the beach and swim in the ocean than hike in the mountains :00 I am lucky Sheba is a short hair - so I don't have to do much with her - but my Bear is like your cat - but he loves to be brushed... Thankfully it didn't get your actual eye.. Well I have doc appointment at 8:45 in the morn for my knees the stupid girl told me it was in Indio - well the message they left on the machine last night said Rancho Mirage - well I called this morning - yep it's in Rancho Mirage.. I am sure glad that got straighten out today or I would have been really pissed - as it is I don't have time to go exercise unless I get up at 5 - I really need to go - so we will see what happens tomorrow... I have always thought about where I would like to live - want green - but don't want snow - want 4 seasons - don't want hurricanes - tornados -

Welcome Tink - Congrats on your band I would say that my port site was uncomfortable for at least a couple weeks - but heck it could have been longer - that was 2.5 yrs ago - and my old brain doesn't really remember ;0) They keep moving things around - here's the link that explains how to get tricker and post pics etc LAP-BAND

Ok no one posted today !!! Well Phyl had Red Hat Xmas Party - How was it?? Karla doesnt post during the day :0) Candice you usually do - Where are you... Karri is having her reverse tt & boob reduction on Tuesday - so please keep her in your prayer... Well going to go start Andrew's dinner - CB in a bit

My Word you have been busy - since tomorrow is my furlough friday - I had to make sure my desk was clean.. I don't remember if I had to take off nail polish when I got my lapband - I don't think so - but I did have to remove all my jewel (nose diamond ;0). Ya Charlene you should have gotten the menorah :0) but heck my gf Starr was jewish - she celebrated haunicak(sp) and christmas My Aunt Dot loved her sweets too at 93 - she would put sweet in low in her gin :0)... She ate like a bird too - the only thing that that I am losing is my sense of smell - I still have my taste for food and sugar - I know the sense of smell is suppose to affect taste - but that has happended to me yet :0) Julie WTG GIRL !!! I am so proud of you !! Yep you are a grown up now - you can do this... I know that's what I though the first time I travelled alone from Cali to Fl to meet my sis for a cruise.. It's not that hard - there are always pple to help you along the way.. Once you have this trip under your belt - you will become a little jet setter ;0) Jewels - We are all fat chicks here (even those of us who have lost our weight - in our heads we are still the same person we where when we were morbitly obese) so we understand where you are coming from - suggestion when you have time - go back to page one of this thread and read forward - you will see how much we all have incommon with all our daily and family issues.. Have fun tonite with DS Laura - Ya you are warmer than us - no bathing suits here - but I am loving it - it's 52 right now - I have fleece pants & top that were on sale at target this week ($10 a piece) and socks on my feet - we are expecting rain. 85 omw - our average for right now is 77.. Ya you have your new uniform don't you ;0) - I bet cuz it's more form fitting than the baggy stuff you normally where is why pple are noticing ;0)... Can't wait to see the pic's from DS performance. Great - You are a very good GD - Hugs & Prayers for your surgery next week - you will sail thru it :0) Apples - Darling gf - you get eye lash extensions - so I think that qualifies for a girly girl :0) - I don't have them... I get nails done year round - but toes I usually do myself in the winter cuz I am wearing closed in shoes so no one sees my toes - Heck I love it now I can reach my toes - my belly is no longer in the way ;0)