IndioGirl55

I think your calories are too high - during my weight loss phase I kept my calories between 800-1200 and varied them daily - My starting weight was 250... I kept them like this during my whole weight loss phase - some weeks lost 1/2 lbs some weeks lost 2 or 3 lbs - but those all added up and lost 105 in a year to give me a normal bmi.. Again I exercised 4-5 times a week - 1st 8 months treadmill only - then started weights in March 08 and now do weights 2 x a week and cardio 1 or 2 times a week.. The more muscle you have the more calories you burn by just being.. Try lowering your calories and upping the exercise and get another fill Good Luck

Charlene - ROTFLMAO - Yes QVC has been a problem of mine for quite sometime !!! I haven't bought any xmas stuff from them - oh ya forgot about the tsv camera - but want sliver for GS for xmas that's on waitlist... My coats should be here today :0) - like it gets cold here - the leather jacket will be fine but the maxi coat was not really nessecary - heck I go from the house to the car to the office ... Well the furlough is suppose to be only for 6 months - but heck I am already looking forward to having 2 friday's a month off - what's it going to be like to have to work them again :0) - I just won't be able to spend like I do. I was talking to a girl here at work at lunch and she says I am not going to like the new gym it's crowded... So if that's true and with the furlough - it's a good excuse to my trainer that I can't afford it and I will go to the 24 hr fitness by my house.. save $$$ right there.. It will all work out - like you said I still have a job - but what will really piss me off is losing my vacation days - I like having 4 weeks off - that's a perk for being here so long.... Just got a call from DS they are comming to visit for a couple (4) days end of the month :0) - looking forward to that - haven't seen them since July... Get to have Brooke (baby 5 yrs old for hallloween) .. Well back to work :0)

Nellie How's your restriction - Really I have always count calories - during my weight loss phase - 800 to 1200 and varied them and hit the gyym 5 days a week.. Are you keeping a food log - are you exerciseing - what are you eating - I know quite a few banders do count calories - I know some don't - but as fat pple we don't know the amount of calories that we consume in a day - it's a learning tool imho - I kept a food diary for 1 yr - once I hit goal - I quit - but I still keep a mental note of the quanity- quality and # of calories i consume today.. Along with hitting the gym 2 x a week for weight training and 2 x for cardio..

Charlene - I got you beat gf - I just got a micro Fiber demin & co jacket - then a leather jacket (motto I think) - then the todays special value a maxi coat - then a pair of gold earring - clarisonic face washer (cheaper than the body one) - Instyler - OMG I am going to have to block the channel now !!! Oh they get you with those easy pay - only $16 a month for 5 months !!! Melissa - Yep I work for an Agency - We had ton's of contractors - 5 yrs ago my premium volume was $8 mil now it's $3 mil - this is all from lower payrolls and receipts - this economic down fall has hit us hard - I really still have 90% of my accounts I have only lost a couple of account - so I have the same amount of work as I did when the premiums were up and now less time to do it in.. Yep - lucky to have a job - we had said about a yr ago - that we would rather take a cut in hours so that everyone could keep their jobs.. Yes I have a job and good health insurance - I am going to have to cut back on shopping - This is going to be hard for the pple with Kids and Christmas comming - it hasn't been announced yet - but should be in the next few days - OMG I don't know what the fall out will be- but again we have to be thankfull we have jobs... ...

My eating varies a little from my weight loss phase and maintenance BF - Yogurt (dannon lite & fit) w/lf granola - Weight Contorl or Kasha Oatmeal - or eggs - or 4 oz of pt & fruit (this morning had 3 oz of ck and 1/2 pear) lunch - salad with tuna - yogurt based dressing - One Pot Wonder (meat/veggies/thrown together with bell peppers onions jalapenos and tomatoe sauce) I may go out to eat once or twice a month - Mex (shrimp cocktail - 3/4 taco & beans) or Chineese (orange chicken - 1/4 c rice) dinner - 4 or 5 oz pt (fish chick pork beef) veggies and usually always 1/2 c rice Snacks (I save for evenings) 100 cal popcorn snack pack - sf pudding - sf fudgesicle - sf/lf yogurt. I allow for treats - if it's someone's birthday I will have a piece of cake - I may buy a candy bar everynow and then (a candy bar - not a bag of if) I was told to eat 3 meals and 2 healthy snacks.. I am a WW girl at heart and really eat this way - yes you can have a WW brownie - you just gotta fit what you eat into whatever your calorie budget is for the day.. We had a luncheon at work last friday - I had the guts of 2 street tacos (meat only carnasada) - chips/salsa - 1/2 piece of cake (I skipped the rice & Beans for the cake ;0) I eat real food - I allow for treats - and I go to the gym 4 days a week - I stay away from high fat foods - and limit my starches to a degree - usually just do protein/veggies/salads for bf & lunch.. This is a lifetime lifestyle change and you have to make it work for you and your life - your likes and dislikes. I follow the band rules.. (no drinking - eat slowly - chew - low fat - limited sugar - eat off small plates)

Good Morning Gang. Eva -Glad you had a good time.. Fort Worth is where my Aunt Lived since 2000 - and my mom's pple where from TX Mt Vernon & Sweetwater TX Great - I am glad you aren't letting your family issues get to you.. After talking w/my Uncle the other day - I am feeling better about my Sis situation - It's nice to have someone who knows the family dynamics who tells me I am not the bad guy here - It's nice to have that reinforcement... Well gang - I don't know if I will be able to make a reunion - just got wind that we are being furloughed - effective 11/1/09 - We all will be cut one day per pay period (we get paid twice a month) - So I will not be working 2 days a month nor getting paid for not working :0) - they are also discussing cutting our PTO - I get 20 days for my 30 yrs - and 5 sick days - they are talking about cutting it to 20 total - so there is another loss benefit - which is a big big one in my book ... This isn't set in stone yet - but who know what they are going to do.. Well gotta get back to it - now I will have to do in 10 days of work to do in 9

Good Morning Gang... Karla - Dinner last night - 4 oz fish 1/2 c rice & 1 cup yellow squash - I did not have any popcorn - did have a yogurt and then a small handful of fritos - they are now in the trash.. I know alot of my struggles is that I eat on the high end calorie wise - I feel it's really about the food choices I make - not so much the amount of food that I eat - and again eating when I am physically full. Last night I really paid attention to is - not ignore it - didn't eat around it.. Well it looks like on Monday and Wed may not be on the computer after work - the new gym has zumba classes - 6 to 7 on Monday & Wed - this would work for me cuz weight training is 5-6 on those days.. Well gang I am getting furloughed (it's not official yet but my supervisor/friend - just told me) - it will be come effective 11/1 - I will have every other Friday off and won't be getting paid - Will loose 1 days pay per paycheck... They hope this is will be temp (for 6 months) - Then the next thing they want to cut is our pto (they think we get too much) I get 20 pto for 30 and 5 sick so that's 25 -- I get 25 days - they want to decrease it to 20. Karla - Karri is stressing about her job (teaching) it seems like to me you guys (teachers) have way too much work and cost that involves your own time / $$$ - Hell know - Not my kind of Job - I am not type A personality - I need my down time.. Well better get to work - CBL

Great - Well maybe they thought you weren't up to it with your knee and all - that's the only thing I can come up with - Hugs - That just awful - but gf you got us !!! Laura - I hope DH & Nelson come, you need them and so does your Dad & Mom.. I know once when my Dad wasn't doing so well - I called an left message w/DS work - to call me things weren't looking good - well they told him his GP died - he drove all the way from Indio to Encinatas (san diego area) - He came busting thru the doors of ICU and I was shocked to see him - said that GP was doing better he looked at me crazy - then found out what he got told - well back to the story he and I left the hospital for a while and went and sat at the beach that we use to go to when he was a kid - that hour on the beach with my son was the best thing for me at the time - I needed to get away and feel the sun and remember happier times - Caregivers need breathing room and fortification too.. We need a little support too - your dh & ds will be that for you... Don't worry about the gym - it will be there when things calm down - be with your family and if you can get out for a walk - do it - the fresh air will be good for you.. Well gang - It's 8 - I gotta go eat - and watch a little t.v. Talk to you all in the morning - Hugs & Love to all my girls !!

Back from the gym - dinner cooked and reading Karla - Hugs - I know you are sad - mourning is hard - I know that while with my DH I would think about my x alot - I just hate you being so sad - We can't change the past all we can do is move forward. I doubt that he would want you to be so sad.. Phyl - Ya I saw on FB this afternoon - Earl posting about you shopping lol... I would love to go to Gilroy - never been - the Garlic Festival is in July - I would love to go to that.. OMW you did tons of shopping - this is why I say clothes shopping is exercise - all that dressing and undressing - it's moving and moving is exercise plus all that walking !!!! WTG I went to Marshall's & Ross's (across the street from my Marshalls) Ross's I got some house stuff - I really don't care for their clothing that much - then went to Marshalls and got white sweats and top but they are more like yoga sweats than regular sweats - the kind I would wear on the weekend and maybe to work the have more polyester than cotton I think.. I just wish it would cool down - 90 today - windy tonite 86 tomorrow and then back to the 90's .. Food today - BF 3 oz chicken - Lunch 4 oz chicken - zuchinne & rice 1 cup total - Dinner fish rice yellow squash I am in a quandary If I need a fill or not - - I think I need a tweak - I can eat about 2 cups and I don't stay full for long - I know my food choices are always the best - it's that I don't stay full for as long as I would like - but again - I know that alot of what I consider hunger is head - Last night I loved my zuchinne/rice concoction (zuchinne bell peppers oniion jalapeno corn with 1 cup maranara sauce and 3 lite pepper jack cheese squares (25 cal each) - it made 4 serving and I put it over 1/2 c rice - that I ate 2 1 cup bowls - I didn't have protein - just that.. Oh ya my gym is closing really merging with another gym and they are moving to that gym's location - its about 1.5 2 miles away - but I'm pissed I joined this gym cuz of how close it is. If it wasn't for my trainer I would just join the 24 hr fitness cuz it's across the street - but Idrise said they had Zumba classes so Vicky (that's my workout partner) said we would give it a try... Steph - How was your weekend w/Michael.. Do you have Karri's # - I need to call her - please email to me.. Ok - I think I am going to eat CBL

OMW - 2 days gone 4 pages !!! Saturday didn't get to the gym talked to my Uncle for 3.5 hrs on the phone.. Got to the gym Sunday - and my weekly shopping done. Laura - Continued good thoughts hugs & praryer.. I agree with the $100 per year!!! Ok I gotta get back to work... CBL Julie - Happy Bday !!!

Good Morning Gang I know I was MIA all weekend - Saturday morning called my Uncle we were on the phone 3.5 hrs - I cleaned and drank coffee - I didn't go to the gym - Never left the house - took a shower was going to but just didn't feel like doing the whole makeup bit.. So just put on a clean house dress and said tomorrow. Got up yesterday morning went to the gym did my 3 miles then shower Target - Winco - Ross's - Marshalls - home around 3 - Ok gang we gotta get over this "bad eating" I bought Andrew toll house cookie (the kind you have to bake - mini's) ya right Janet - I ate the dough last night with walnuts - only 4 of the cookies but then ate a WW fudgecicle with walnuts - then a sf pudding s/walnuts- Calorie wise most likely not that bad - but nutritional wise - sucked. Well the cookie dough went in the freeze.. I bbq'd ck for the weeks lunch w/spinach salad.. Karla - Sweetie Hug - It wasn't meant to be - We can't change the pass - leave it there - you are wasting precicous energy on regerts - as you know it most likely wouldn't have worked out if it was going to it would have. I think we tend to dream these great endings - when that's all it really would be a dream/fiction.. I know I do it to - so I'm not saying this to be mean - I wish that my James and I could have made it but - we didn't. Yes we can pretend that they are our prince charmings and we are cinderalla's - but that's all it is pretending.. Phyl - Traveling... It's so hard - not to have your own kitchen - It will be ok - Steph - Glad you had a good time with Michael - we want dealts Candice - January would be best - I don't have any vacation days left for this year Karri - Will go to emails in minute Kari - Where are you..

Candice - I don't mind a paying for a second room - I smoke and wake up earlier than you - ck the hotel in old down town - gold nugget - they have nice rooms and some times the hotels on fremont street are cheaper.. And I want a room that has a coffee pot !!! What dates are you looking at Ya friday or monday - sounds good...

Laura - Glad you are able to ck in w/us and keep us updated - I love the dh story broke in cleaned the house - too funny.. Ya times are going to be tough for a long while - wish I could make it better - and I guess we can- cuz we are here for you and knowing that helped me through my tought times last year - so hope it's just as much help to you... Hugs & Prayers xoxo Janet OMW - you look fab girl - I wouldn't say you are too thin - you are thin but what the heck is wrong with that - that's the whole object - getting healthy and you look healthy and 10 yrs younger - like a whole diff person - is that your handsome guy your DH in Vega Love your kitchen !!! Love the tile !!! White kitchen and all that cooking... 84 and still on LBT - don't know if our fingers will still work and eyesight issues ;0)

Darling - I am just a phone call away when ever you need me..

My office can be buttheads - they told us last week we had a mandatory meeting... Everyone has been speculating what's going on.. Well we all go in the lunch room then give us this card and tell us to follow the boss outside - we do - then we walk to the park next door to the office - I see streamers and pple cooking food - we get over there and it's a celebration.. They admitted to being remiss in celebrating pples miles stone anniversaries (remember in July that 30 yr mile stone I had - with no recognition) Well they said they were eating crow (had crows on the table) and that from now on - pple who had 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 etc anniversaies they would get 100 for each decade (so I guess 5 gets 50) Had a nice lunch tacos rice Beans chips & salsa and cake I had the guts of 2 tacos - 1/2 piece of cake - and chips & salsa (ate too much of them) - Good thing I went to they gym this morning :0) So I got $300 and and 2 others 15 yrs & 25 yrs got envelopes - so it was a very nice surpise - but they f'd with pples heads for a week.. Well I may go tomorrow and buy a new coach purse with my $$$ We had some excitement in my neighborhood this morning - All four escaped inmates back in custody | MyDesert.com | The Desert Sun Click this link above - They aren't saying how they escaped but one rumor is that the cops left them in the van while they went an ate (we have a mcdonalds) 1st story was there had been an accident - but from the news tonite - cops being very tight lipped - so sounds like the got left in the van and they escaped.. I got a news alert on my email - then another alert from hoa - called andrew to make sure he still had the alarm on (I had it on when I left at 7) Apples - picture - hit reply then scroll down below the smilies and submit reply you will see and orange box (well it's orange on my computer ;0) it says "MANAGE ATTACHMENTS" click on that - then you will see browse - click on that then go to your pic file where your pictures are - pick the one you want and double click it - you will come back to the box that says browse - next to browes it say up load - click that box - wait for your pic to up load - then repeat the process - once all your pics have uploaded (it will tell you in the middle of that screen that they have - type your message in the reply box and hit submit.. - That's how I do it... Thanks gang for all your good thoughts - I really didn't think I was getting laid off - had that been the case they would have done it yesterday (payday) But the furrlough issue was what was on our minds the most.. I would be ok - but the younger ones wouldn't.. Question - Hi & welcome ... Stay hydrated and sip on your Protein drinks - it gets better each day - heck I was 52 when banded was back at work day 6 - I gotta say that by day 3 I was feeling good except for the port site - that's uncomfortabe for a couple weeks - Eva - Family issues ya we all have them - Your card sounds beautiful !!! Melinda - no problem - that's what we are here for ... I gotta say that I pretty much eat the same thing - but I do mix it up from time to time - I could never do atkins - I gotta have my starches - I am a WW girl as I think they have the most balanced eating plan - that is liveable... I am more into the exchanges than points cuz that's how I learned WW and you were limited on exchanges - where as point can be spent any way you want.. Love the babies !!! I have a toy poodle and a Pomeranian Charlene - Have you called the doc about the unfill - ya if you can't eat real food then you will go to the slides which we know isn't the best for us ;0) Julie - Have fun tonite - meat loaf sounds good - I may have chirizo & eggs GS was eating some when I got home it smelt so good..

My office can be buttheads - they told us last week we had a mandatory meeting... Everyone has been speculating what's going on.. Well we all go in the lunch room then give us this card and tell us to follow the boss outside - we do - then we walk to the park next door to the office - I see streamers and pple cooking food - we get over there and it's a celebration.. They admitted to being remiss in celebrating pples miles stone anniversaries (remember in July that 30 yr mile stone I had - with no recognition) Well they said they were eating crow (had crows on the table) and that from now on - pple who had 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 etc anniversaies they would get 100 for each decade (so I guess 5 gets 50) Had a nice lunch tacos rice beans chips & salsa and cake I had the guts of 2 tacos - 1/2 piece of cake - and chips & salsa (ate too much of them) - Good thing I went to they gym this morning :0) So I got $300 and 3 of us got envelopes - so it was a very nice surpise - but they f'd with pples heads for a week.. Karla Hugs I'm home... Candice that would be cool just you and me - I'm cool with Vegas - it's like a 3.5 hr drive - not bad - I love driving long distants - I hate driving around town - it's up to you -- I will gamble with you one nite - then we shop - and go see a show Well I may go tomorrow and buy a new coach purse with my $$$ We had some excitement in my neigborhood this morning - All four escaped inmates back in custody | MyDesert.com | The Desert Sun Click this link above - They aren't saying how they escaped but one rumor is that the cops left them in the van while they went an ate (we have a mcdonalds) 1st story was there had been an accident - but from the news tonite - cops being very tight lipped - so sounds like the got left in the van and they escaped.. I got a news alert on my email - then another alert from hoa - called andrew to make sure he still had the alarm on (I had it on when I left at 7) Karla - 4 piece no biggie - don't sweat that - that's a normal persons serving...

My view too :w00t:- I love the way you put it :scared2: I say that my head hungry manifest it's self in to me thinking I am physically hungry... Just the other night I was physically full - but my body was craving more food (my drug of choice) but remember I was physicall full Pple it doesn't get better (even at your sweet spot which I am ) - I'm 2 yrs 3 months out and this is still going on - Once an addict always and addict - Today I have control and that's how I have taken this journery - Once day at a time. Hell it's normal to be hungry before a meal - a little hunger isn't going to kill you but the fat will..

Karla - Ya I will be home tonite :0) I will be home by 4:30 California time - so call anytime after that - You have my # from your caller id don't you it no I will p.m. you

Good Morning Gang... Karla - how are you doing today?? What are your plans for the day... Well not much to report - went to the gym this a.m did my 3 miles - last night skipped my Protein (lamb) -did eat veggies (butternut squash) to eat ice cream (bryers lite 80 cal 1/2 cup had 1 cup with some neslte quick sprinkled on top) then 2 graham crackers w/peanut butter - so I guess I did get some protein .. Well we are having some mandatory meeting this a.m. sound like they might be furrloughing us?? Well at 11:45 will find out... CBL

Good Morning Gang !!! Well I hit the gym this morning - Yea Janet - Calories good yesterday but too many carbs - so had to go... TGIF... We are having a mandatory meeting today - we all are wondering what it's about - I know our premium volumes are way down - I use to handle 8 mil now its 2.8 mil - we wonder if they are going to cut hours or what.. Well hopefully my 30 yrs means I'm not getting a pink slip.. Yesterday was payday and I didn't get called in - so I guess I still have a job - I need to go walk around to see if anyones desk is cleared - I get off at 4 - the office is doesn't close to 4:30 ... Well think I am going to take that walk...

Ya Phyl sound like you need to kick back a little - it will get better the more you walk the strong it will get - heck how many weeks since surgery - you are doing great well I am signing off for the night - it's 7:50 and I need to eat my burnt lamb chops - and butternut squash ;0)

Julie - Glad you had a good time !!! Don't worry about the weight - now that you are back home and back on track it will come off - I am terrible when away from home - I really tend to eat too many sweets - but once I get home - I am ok.. Great - yes drive her crazy - On the Mom issue - Hugs - I know that I wish mine was still here - but I bet you if she was I would not be a happy camper - she was a drinker and negative person - I don't miss having that in my life - I guess since she's not here I can imagine that we would have a good relationship - but in all reality it wouldn't be... Charlene - glad your fibormyalga isn't acting up... Melinda CONTRATS ON THOSE 82 LBS... Sounds like you know what you are doing - Be careful with that ankle - you don't want to permantaly damage it... Glad you want to eat - I was reading an artical about speeding up your metabolizam - low carbs for 3 days - high carbs for 2 days - it was in 1st magazine - I got say thats sorta how I eat - mostly varing the calories - low one day - higher the next then low again - I know if the scales jump up - I limit my carbs and I am a carb person - I usually have 1/2 c rice with dinner most nights - when I say carbs I mean starches - I don't count fruit and veggies - rice tatoes bread etc are carbs to me.. Sweetie don't worry about us or your typing - we just want to hear how you are doing.. I am so glad you are there w/your parents - who flew the plane ??? Glad Nelson was happy and good when you talked to him and that Daddy's with him - He will be fine.. Don't worry about the scales right now - you are stressed and for me that means a tight band - just do what you can - Thanks for checking in w/us - you & family are in my prayers Melissa - I sure hope so - I gotta call tomorrow and get sheba fixed... Cheri you are wright you have to do what is best for you - we all have to take the rules and bend them to our livestyles.. Well gang - it's 7:45 - I need to go eat... CBL - Hugs & Love J

Darling - we were posting the same time - Sweetie it will get better - I know today isn't a good day for you and it seems like if it aint one thing its another - but it has to get better - come on one day at a time.. We'll get you a man - it may be a while - but once we are out there vamping in our rv - we wil find you someone - and then I will be all alone ...

Karla yes we do the spring forward - if you posted at 10 my time the it was 11 your time.. so you did go at the right time You said FH was a fireman - were there any fires going on?? Hugs about your xbf - I understand where you are coming from - I had one like that - and after 7.5 yrs I said good bye cuz I wanted more from life - he died a few yrs later in Oct 95 as a result of his drug use 37 yrs old - I was 3 yrs older - but he was the one guy who accepted Joseph & Andrew - in fact he loved Andrew so much that if he woke up at night he would go get him and put him in bed w/us - and on Friday nites we would go out to dinner - we always took Andrew.. Ralph my xdh - would never do that he was super jealous of Andrew - Ya he had a job - car - house didin't have a drinking or drug problem - but was still a butthead - he had jealousy & control issues.. Sorry you have had such a shitty day..... Candice I eat salads - never had a problem - Yes good food day.. Just let me know about Vegas (dates) I'll be there.. Glad Linda's doing ok - but oh so said about her baby - I bet she's torn up.. OMW we know not to get on your bad side with the secert weapon lol Jackie - LA isn't as hot as us - but it doesn't snow - so for you it would be warm lol Well had to go to the bank and deposit my paycheck - since I had to get new accounts and change my direct deposit - the 1st check is a regular check - Now I have to call and make sure they take out for my xmas & savings account - didn't think of that that day I was at the bank. Then went to costco - to get some lamb - then realized I no longer had a costco card - so had to get a new one - ugly picture - got my lamb then put it on the bbq and started playing scrabble w/phyl on fb and forgot all about my lamb chops - thankfully they aren't burned to a crispt but they are well done ;0(.,

I have been banded 2 yrs 3 months - lost 112 lbs (105 of that in the 1st yr) Here's my 2 cents The band is only a tool - that's it... It doesn't make your food choices for you and it doesn't exercise for you. only purpose is to restrict your portions. I don't care how tight you are - You are still going to be able consume unlimited quanaties of ice cream candy gravey milk shakes etc - anything that's considered a slider food.. You will always be able to eat around your band. Yes getting to your sweet spot can be difficult for some - but for others it's not - it's a crap shoot really - I don't remember if there was a poll at one time - on how many fills it takes to get to your sweet spot - I got to mine in 2. Dieting vs your normal eating - Well ya you are going to have to "diet" as our normal eating is what got us fat in the 1st place.. Most of us didn't get fat eating 1/2 cup of veggies & 4 oz hard Protein. Yes by restriction alone you may lose some weight but not enought to go thru major freaking surgery.. This really is about a lifetime lifestyle change and with the help of our tool (band) I was able to get to goal and maintain that weight for the last year. I have not dieted - I eat healthy - I still allow for treats - but they are budgeted into my daily caloric intake - and yes you gotta learn how many calories you are consuming a day, you need to learn what 4 oz of steak looks like. (these are normal serving sized) you gotta read label and you gotta exercise.. Why are you getting banded?? To get healthy ?? Well to get healthy you have to eat healthy and exercise that's what healthy people do... WLS is not the easy way out - I did 75% of the work and my band did the other 25% - Losing weight is simple math - calories consumed and calories burned Hungry isn't going to kill you - and it's normal to be hungry I don't find that my band takes away my hunger - it keeps me full on a smaller amount of food. But I still get hungry and then we have the whole head hunger issue and for me my head hunger manifest it's self into real physical hunger Last night I was physically full from didn't - but I was not full emontionally or mentally - my body kept telling me to eat more and more - I was eating veggies - but still I was eating when I was not physically hungry.. The majority of our issues are in our head - not our stomachs - and until we learn to deal with those head issues we are going to have a fool proof weight loss system Well, that's my 2 cents - I love my band - I love me for the work involved and the continued work I do daily - I love that I feel 10 yrs younger - have improved the quality of my life and have tons more energy.. Good Luck on your journey....