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Awe Karla... We just want better for our kids.. She will be fine and she always has you to fall back ont - Congrats Grandma - it will be all right !!! Sorry about all that reading ugh Karri - Hugs wish there was more that I could say or do - Hope you get answer quickly.. Not being able to eat would be the pits - I know that for me it would have me stuffing my face too much - cuz after I threw up I would try again.. Phyl - You gotta leave when he does LOL you know you are attached at the hips ;0) Glad you had a nice visit w/Tracey Candice - Why is SIL going if family doesn't want her there - I would stay home - This is Peter's Sis right.. Hugs - 3 hr drive ugh.. Well I had gym this morning - nice work out - training changing to Monday & Sat morning due to Vickie's classes - So now Monday Tuesday Saturday Sunday Exercise days Came home did some wash - cleaned up a bit - ate popcorn then green beans and took a nap... Back to work tomorrow..

Good Morning Peeps I thought I posted yesterday - but don't see it.. Charlene getting on line was no problem - getting click free to work was (back up system) - but think I got that fixed - learning the new word & excel - did a couple tutorials - new photo shop is way dif - think I got pic's sorta organized but the problem there is to many folders within folders.. That's going to take the most time.. Belated Bday Love Laura - but I did wish you Happy Bday on FB.. Debbie came over Sat afternoon as she was having a few issues at home stayed till 11 p.m. so that cut into my computer time - Sat had my massage - went to costco and Target - yesterday had gym - then went to target to use my Target debit card - it's like your regular debit card you can only use it at Target but you get 5% off every purchase - every time you use it - so I figured I need it - yesterday I saved 5.50 plus tax - so as much as I shop at target - I will be saving a nice amount over a years time - so they are sorta paying me to shop ;0) can't think of it that way though :0) Food good - Saturday was treat day ;0) we went to sizzler for dinner - did the salad bar - had Soup and loaded my plate as I was hunger - can't believe I still do that - cuz as I looked at it I know I wouldn't eat it all - but did have bites of this and that and did have their garlic bread and ice cream w/choc sauce - but back to normal eating yesterday - Had fillet Mignon - roasted butternut squash - !!! Karen - you are too kind - my house is just a house and I think my back yard needs work not as manicured as I would like - but I'm not Eva :0) don't do much gardening - I like to but gotta be in the mood- Glad you felt comfortable - that what I want - mi casa su casa.. Linda Hugs on Katie - I would be so frustrated... I had gym yesterday morning - they changed up Pilo a bit was a little harder than usual and I have gym this morning since I am off - emailed Idrise last night and ck'd w/Vickie to see if we can go earlier (5pm normal time) and since I'm off today and go back to work tomorrow it's like a Sunday were I will be winding down and getting ready for tomorrow by that time ;0) Eva I heard about a bad bad windstorm in AZ - Think I heard it was close to Tuscon... We had rain Friday nite a little Sat night and it's cold - 37 at 6 a.m. this morning - but the rain is over for now - talking about rain later in the week - weird February only suppose to be like 67 today and normally warmer during the day in Feb.. Kristi - I kept my calories between 800 -1200 during my weight loss phase - so you are doing good and your weight has been coming off really fast - I didn't have stitches - glue and steristrips - port site hurt (mild discomfort really) for the longest 2 wks I think Cheri - Prayers for DD - being a single mom is hard enough but you add in what she has to deal with I could understand putting things off.. Well time for my 2nd cup of coffee and getting ready for gym and getting the rest of my wash done - will cbl

Good Morning Peeps Sorry I have been MIA - been trying out this new computer Sat a.m. had massage and then went to Costco Target etc -- Debbie came over Sat afternoon was having issues at home - we talked - went to dinner - watched t.v. she stayed till about 11 pm - so that really put be back on learning computer - yesterday had gym - shopping then tried out excel - word - photoshop - all very time consuming things - Windows 7 is diff but will be ok once I learn it - I have gym at 9 a.m. asked yesterday if we could change time since I was off - really hate going at 5 - by then will be getting ready to go back to work Karla Where are you are you ok???? Candice love the jokes - leave the guy alone about his hair LOL.. I know Phyl's busy w/Tracy - cold here 37 this morning - but no rain yesterday or today - Steph I know you are busy w/family on weekends - Karri gluten free sandwich ;0) I have gluten free crackers - they are good Well thought I would ck in before I got to busy - gotta finish wash today - gym - computer stuff - will cbl

I always wondered about that - even w/erosion - it that would cause a band like effect even with the band out.. Should be no problem with insurance hopefully - hell I don't know why doc's don't just say they are taking the band out and just do the bypass - hell they have you under and open - just do it an bill the freaking insurance.. I have $1000 ded and it started over this yr and going to the chiropractor comes out of my ded - they are cool - gave me cash price but will bill the insurance - so it will help get that deductible down - Also today I went to massage envy - (a massage chain) $39 for 1 hr massage.. It wasn't as good as the one I had before at the spa - but good enough that I fell asleep I think - his touch was too light - so I go again on Thursday and told them I want a guy who does deeper massage - I told my guy (a cutie if you were 20 lol) but he didn't listen - felt good though.. Oh what I was going to say about that is that massages are covered under your flex account - I gotta find out how much I have left in mine ;0) pre tax $$$ Karla - I like it - it's so much faster - it's just finding stuff - its in diff places and we are going to windows 7 at work - so this way I will have a head start - plus I'm going to be the tester at work - will be the 1st person to get it - so I can help the others - I know enough about computers to be dangerous - not a techie like Phyl - I don't talk the language of the discipline and it takes me a while to figure it out - last night I thought I put all my pics in yr folder (there are still folders within folders) but they were all by yr - well when I transferd - it doesn't look like it did when I fixed in old computer - I want to get pic's in order Phyl As long as you aren't throwing up - I won't bug too much - You sure pick up a lot of bugs - I think you need to carry hand sanatizer ... I down loaded espeller but I have to actually hit spell ck - so my spelling may be worse than before LOL - Plus I gotta get use to this new key board.. Ya it's suppose to clear up today but rain again tonite - What I like so far is the little weather notice on the desk top - it's 52 right now but it's sorta sunny - I have doors open.. My garnder put in a french drain a month ago - it worked cuz we got alot of rain too - and the side of my house isn't flooded like it usually is - we will see how it does w/this next storm - To bad the 1st weekend of the fair is going to be ugly - but it does happen.. I do have Clickfree external drive that backs up my computer - but I don't think it's compatiable w/7 - cuz when I say back up it wants a disk - it's suppose to be going to the hard drive (external) gotta read up on it- that's the problem - I don't read - I just do LOL.. Think I will get windows for dummies - I went to Costco after massage - got new photo shop and 2010 home office - my computer came pretty stripped but really all I every use is photo shop (gotta fix the wrinkles) and word and excel.. So I'm set for now.. Cleaning out all my old disk and going to try an restore old computer and give it to Debbie if she wants it - it works but slow and if I erase everything it should speed up too.. But gotta go find another monitor to do it - I think my old one is in the laundry room.. Karla - Yep I am resting this weekend - may not even go to pilo tomorrow morning - we will see how I feel - I stay up till about 2 last night got up at 6:30 drinking coffee want to get this computer loaded and originize - maybe read a little - haven't in ages.. and got a quite a few tv programs to catch up on - Next week I only work 3 days - we are off Monday and Friday is my FF - and my gf Diane is off - so I have to keep up on her emails and help on her accounts - but I will be delagating a lot LOL - so busy week that's why I scheduled next massage for Thursday at 5 w/Alex ... Making salsa - why I don't know - I got steak & lamb chops but I want to make a test run on this salsa mix I got from the street fair last week to see if I will make it for Linda & Candice, Phly in March.. Will ck back later - Love you all !!

I like pure pt pre-made pt shakes - vanilla cream - add whatever you like for fruit and ice really yummy and so is the chocolate - I they sell it in powder forms - never bought it - I'm well past the shake phase put will have one for Breakfast or a snack every now and then Good luck on your journey..

Eva - since I'm sinking in your head - you are sinking in mine - got a new computer (tower) So I'm trying to figure out windows 7 ;0) So gang - drive by post - will catch up later

Phyl - WHY HAVEN'T YOU GONE TO THE DOCTOR !! Have you tried drinking some lite pedialite?? You can't get dehydrated Hope you are feeling better.. YEA KARLA !!!! So what do they think the blood was from - no ulcers that's good - hell when they gave me verset when I had my colon thingie - I didn't go to sleep - I talked to the nurse the whole time- I had a super good buzz.. Karri - So what caused the scar tissue - YEA no erosion !!!! Yea for Lee - I saw it on fb Well this is a drive by - got a new computer today (just a tower - trying to figure out Windows 7... Now I gotta transfer my pic - so will talk to you all tomorrow xoxoxo

OMG EVA !!!!! I'm so happy that it's sinking in !!!! You don't know how happy that makes me... Gotta tell you it's how I have done it - and continued to maintain - I swear I am not on a diet - never have been - Ya I say no to junk (like donuts in the kitchen at the office today - As you know I can't throw them away LOL cuz they aren't mine and I get in trouble for being a food cop at work - but I did take the one that is my fav - and squished it up and threw it away !!!) I am eating healthy !!! That and exercise - that's it - As you know I indulge in real treats... But not every day and I know my limits, but I do have sf ice cream or sf pudding or snack pack popcorn w/butter spray - most nights and have since day 1 - Hell I have had a starch w/my dinner too - not as much lately - but during my weight loss days every single night 1/2 cup of rice. Linda and I are twins - cuz I eat like her too - hell 3.6 yrs later I'm still eating fish.. I am so happy - you just don't know how happy I am to read this.. Linda - I hear you that she's better off with you !!!! She is so lucky to have you - just like Andrew had me... We have so very much in common ;0) Yep Laura it's back on - set the dvr for next Wed night - you most likely can watch it on line.. Sandy - I read this too - but pple w/bmi under- have been getting the surgery as long as they have co-morbities - so I really don't know why it's news - I think it use to be 2 and now just one - but hell if you don't have any all you have to do is go to Mexico and get the surgery - last Sunday news was reporting death due to lapband - liver got nicked in surgery - well it was the surgery that killed the girl (doctor) not the lapband. Well went and got my neck & back popped at the Chiropractors - OMG the neck hurt - one side more than the other - but it feels so much better already... Came home talked to my sister - BIL started radiation for his cancer - not feeling well - Sis sounded good.. Food today - Jerky (Eva's - I gotta learn how to make this it's so good) PT cookie Peanut Butter 160 cal 15 grms pt - lunch baked chicken breast (3 oz) and 1 cup veggies.. Dinner - I don't know have some fish already cooked - just gotta figure what veggies to make... . .

What are you eating - give us an example of your daily food ... How is your restriction do you have any

How much water are you drinking??? I get bad leg cramps if I don't drink enough water - add a banana to your shakes

Good Morning Peeps Have a little bit more energy this morning and that's after staying up till after 11 p.m. - Survivor & Idol !!! Survivor is going to be good - I love Boston Rob and I don't know why anyone would call him a bad guy - Russell ya - but you always have to have 1 person you really hate - and I dislike the girl who had the immunity idol last night - and I don't know about Phil - that was a good and dumb move at the same time.. Kristi - WTG 20 LBS & Exercise... Linda - Where's Katie?? I know I would be TOTALLY pooped if I had a 4 yr old... It's just me and the dogs and I'm pooped LOL Great - Can't wait to hear if you are going to be a GM soon.. Well I'm at work gotta get to it Hugs to all

Good Morning Gang.... Karri - Hope that mail shows up - if she knew there was that kind of $$ in there she should have sent priorty - that way you could track it - but to tell the truth it takes 3 days from DS to my house and that's in Cali.. Ya I guess you are right about all the utilities etc being included - not having to come up w/first last and all the deposits.. IMHO I think bypass might just be what you need - espeically for your trigger foods :0) but just make sure you take double dose of your vitimans !!!!! Both Joseph & Melissa went to lapband seminar last night... They might do it together - I said I would come and take care of them LOL.. They wouldn't want seargant Janet LOL - I know my son - he would be trying to chew when he's suppose to be on liquids LOL Karla - Ya your school stuff way over my head ;0) ... I am a little bit better this morning - even after not going to bed till after 11 - had survivor & idol to watch .... Phyl - Saw on FB that you are feeling a tad better - but really call your doc and get a script for anti nausea meds to keep w/you... Zoey - OMG she just smelt another dog... Bella did that out side last week when Eva/Karen came - in neighbors yard marking all over the place - I didn't think girl dogs marked.. but she kept piddling .. Well at work need to get at it- have 3 day weekend... Andrew suppose to clean today - so the only thing I will have to do this weekend is wash my clothes.. cbl

Good Evening Gang Karri - Glad it doesn't sound like erosion - So ya what are you going to do?? New bypass or sleeve?? Hugs Hugs Hugs - Hope you had a great date nite... Sure glad Lee is with you.. Are you going to look for apt soon - I saw on fb that you have pple trying to get in your room - I know once in LV the front desk gave a key to our room to someone else - thank God I had the brack lock on the door.. Karla - Your test is tomorrow right?? How are you feeling?? Phyl - If you are sick to your stomach - you need to get anti-nausea meds - it's not good for your band and that heart attack feeling could be a hernia ?? You need to be really careful - Call your band doc and have him call you in a script... Hope you are feeling better tonite - Sorry that Tracey is coming for our bad weather... I heard tonite on the news 6 days of it.. Candice - I'm not sick - I'm just very very tired - my neck has been killing me - knees ache at nite and I'm not doing anything to hurt them - Idrise told me to cut out boot-camp and pilo for a week and see how I feel - just don't have any energy... I go to the chiropractor tomorrow at 4:20 - I know that one time I went - after he adjusted me I felt like I was on speed - like my blood was running thru my body unblocked felt super energized ... I think it's the pain issue and a few weekends without any rest - So am forewarning you - we are going to have to have a couple of days during the week down time :0)... I get worn out too fast - if I don't feel better by next week - going to doc to get blood tested - I have been really good on taking my vitamins - but just don't seem to have tons of energy like I did 6 months ago - and can't say I'm depressed.. Food today - Jerky and something else for bf (can't remember what) - Lunch chili beans that my uncle made at xmas - dinner ck breast and squash...

52 when banded starting at 250 - now 136 at the age of 56 - lost 114 in 1 yr.. Feel free to join us on the I'm here to help thread

Stop !!!! Your stiches are healing there is a reason for not eating - follow your doc's orders - you could be setting yourself up for trouble down the road.

Steph - Karri & Karla - Hugs on the band issues. Phyl - yep if you have restriction - leave well enough alone - as we all know - it's more about what we eat not so much the portions.. Yes they are important but mostly its the kinds of food we ate/eat.. WTG Steph on the exercise !!! Phyl I don't feel sick - I just don't have much get up and go - my knees wake me up aching - my neck is killing me - my old chiropractor has come out of retirement - I was cking Aetna's website for chiropractors today cuz of the neck issues - and found Dr Gray - I go Thursday at 4:20 and if I don't start feeling better - I'm going to doctor - I went to bootcamp tonite - but just don't have tons of energy- My dinner is done - going to try and get to bed early - ttyl

Cheri I hear you on being more tempted to eat diff foods while out - but again for me since I rarely do it - Those are treats - eating 1/2 enchilada and some Beans with chips & salsa - if just fine with me - I do it about every few months - heck not even on a monthly basis I haven't really kept tract but average once every 3 to 6 months - - might go out for Chinese once every 2 months and have a salad out - about every 2 weeks. Other than those few times I eat at home - I make my food - I control the food that I bring in my house - and occasionally something makes in my house that I can't control - I will have a little bit and throw the rest away.. I enjoyed my bday cake Sat & Sunday had 3 piece w/ice cream (sf) and then threw it away.. I think for me I have had my ah ha moment - I enjoy looking at myself in the mirror - I love feeling so much better (except for this week - I am pooped don't have much energy) - but I still went to boot camp tonite even thought I would have really rather sat on the couch - but even though I wasn't 100% - doing something is better than doing nothing.. I went - I sweated - I burned calories.. For me allowing myself those treats without guilt - having a little starch w/dinner - and a sf dessert at night - I really don't feel deprived - I eat foods I like - ya I get bored at times - but I got bored with the high fat foods that I use to eat too.. This is why I have said you have to get rid of the diet mentallity - diets don't work - you just have to tell yourself you are getting healthy and healthy foods don't include chips - candy - high fat - tons of white carbs - etc - we all know what's healthy and not - this is why you can't be so tight that you can't eat hard Protein.. I have a food plan that I can live with the rest of my life - I don't have a lot of outside temptation - a few at work - like right now girl scout Cookies - but I just say f you as I walk by them - I don't want to be morbitly obese - I don't want to be obese - I don't want to be over weight - I want a happy livable weight - and I have figured out that as long as I am following my food plan - and exercise - I can maintain .. Melissa - this is how I do it - make it a food plan that you can live with - allow occassional treats and don't guilt over it - you are diabetic - so you have to be extra careful - you have to eat to keep your body healthy - you have family who love you and want you around - and everytime you eat crap you are killing yourself slowly - so that's how you have to think of the junk as poison to your system..

Phyl - Okra - you can buy it frozen and stick it in your Soups - and you can still oven fry it - defrost - dip in egg beaters then corn meal - spray cookie sheet - but them on it - spray again w/pam and bake - almost as good as fried.. Glad you all had a great valentines... I woke up feeling like a mac truck hit me - I am tired - neck is killing me and also my knees were aching during the night.. I think I may just have to go to the doctor - I just don't have the energy that I think I should have..

It's ok the have some dessert & chocolates on Valentine's Day - On your Birthday, On a Holiday One day is fine - What's not fine is having them (treats) daily 24/7 - 365 You just need to budget for them (Treats) - Ya gotta get that whole cheating thing out of your mind - it's not cheating it's a treat .. Gotta get rid of the diet mentallity..

Good Morning Peeps Phyl - Hopefully weather will change - how long are they down for?? Karla - Have fun quilting... Woke up feeling like I was ran over by a truck.. Neck hurts - knees aching woke me up.. It' hell getting old. I'm tired..

Hugs to both of you... Prayers that there is nothing wrong ... Candice WTG on your gigs.... I am going to have to get your autograph when you are here in a couple weeks... Phyl - Where are you today Steph - How was your valentines.. Well off to bed I can't keep my eyes open

LauraK - I did that twice - sitting at the computer with my legs crossed - got up and couldn't walk - I thought I broke my ankle - but thankfully I didn't - Hugs I know how it hurts !!! Apples - Have fun shopping since you didn't when you were here ;0) Glad you had a nice day.. Great - Enjoy your dinner w/DH.. Melissa - Did you & DH do anything. Charlene - What did you fix for dinner.. Had gym - got the dogs fed and I'm starving... Pork Chop & rice - vegges for me tonite...

I have manners ;0) - Surgery is only a tool and it's not going to do the work for you and just cuz you can - doesn't mean you should.. But you will learn this on your journey,,

I deal with it on a daily basis !!! But can tell you that I have had a sweet almost every single night since I was banded... Now it's a sf fudgesicle or sf pudding Clean your house out of anything that temps you and that you can not contorl... Get rid of the candy... If it's not around you can't eat it.. The band is going to do NOTHING about your food cravings - it's only going to restrict the amount of hard Protein you can eat - I can eat a whole bag of candy if I wanted to - it's a slider - I could eat a gallon of ice cream if I wanted too - it's a slider.. So just exercise your gray matter - remember why you just had major surgery - was it to continue to eat the way you ate pre-banding - did you just have surgery to continue to eat crap.. The decision is yours - it's up to you as to what you eat - your band is never going to make your food choices for you...

Liese No one at the gym is really paying attention to you - they are working out... Muscle and fat weight the same - a pound is a pound - a lbs of fat may be larger in size than a pound of muscle but it weighs the same - and it take more that a week of walking on a treadmill to build 1 lbs of muscle.. Just keep going to the gym - just keep moving - for the 1st 8 months that's all I did - I walked on the treadmil increasing my time and speed & incline... I guess you can call me a gym rat of sorts - I go 4 x a week - not neccessailiy cuz I love it - but I know that if I want to maintain my weight loss - to continue to be healthy - it's something I gotta do - it's better than the alternative (BEING MORBITLY OBESE).. Also - to get the scales to move you gotta eat healthy & exercise - it's the whole math thingie - calories in vs calories burned - simple math that doesn't change cuz of the band...