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Candice Is Canada day like our 4th of July - I know it's on my calendar at work...

Karla Yes Girl I am rubbing off on you :0) !!! I think that you could use some taken out - not a lot but a tad Test 1st - are those times that you get stuck are you eating slowly - chewing etc you know the whole band rules. That's the hardest part of the band - is getting use to those rules and also the 1st bite thing where you get stuck feelling on the 1st bite - but then can eat your meal if you wait a bit. I eat regular food - steak, pork chop or pork loin (my new fav thing) chicken- I can eat a taco or enchillda or releno - I can eat Pasta - rice and potatoes - I can eat a bagle (small) I can eat english muffins - Can I eat tons of these things most days no - some days yes - I have eaten 2 taco for dinner plus some bean... I do eat alot of fish -but like Steph say's I like it - but lunch was salad (normal size) and 3 oz of pork loin - For me mentally I have to be able to eat at least 1 cup food per meal - and I usually eat 1.5 per meal and some days it can be 2 (when it's more it's usually veggies) - So for me that's the real test you need to figure out.. Now that you are home - when you eat concentrate on eating slowly - chewing etc and see how much you can eat... And like Steph says - this is for a lifetime - can you continue this tight for the rest of your life.. Steph Hugs on your ordeal with your son and the cops... Back in the day we use to leave our kids in the car and run into the store .. But now a days things are so much different - heck pple call the cops if you leave your dog in the car (say it a couple of weeks ago at the grocery store)... Hugs.

Have a great time yourself - you drive carefully too - I will have GS - GD and my 2 fur babies - OMW how many pit stops will I have to make - I hate stopping - but this time I am going to make sure I have some popcorn & Jerky for my 6.5 - 7 hr drive :0)

Ok Phyl I down loaded foxfire - lets see if this works - now I see those red lines that you talked about when I miss spell a word (I know I do it often - glad no English teachers here ;0)

Hey Pam !! Nope I'm still here til Friday :0) Sorry about the sinus problems - bananas can be hard for some even on a good day... Apples is lucky her metabolism is great and she has pretty good restiction and she is fixing healthy meals.. Remember it's not about diet but healthy stuff... Great find on the pants - I got a pair at marshall on clearance for $4 !!! Have a good time with DIL and enjoy your time off... Jarronz - Hi and Welcome Why are you feelling lonely.. What food stage are you on? My Lbt DD posted some receipts - I will post them here in a bit - also we have a food thread to give you ideas.. Yep Girl you know the secert - I too eat real food not as elaborate as your meals - but I'm cooking just for me as my GS doesnt eat healthy :0) but one thing I couldn't do it the Desserts - I would still eat the cake or cookies if they were sitting around - and with the 2 of us - it would - my GS could have a piece and not be bothered - me - well it would be calling my name - til it when in the trash !!! Hey Meredith !!!! Glad to hear you are on the mend... I had a pain after surgery and some bad gas in the shoulder - I had pain pump for the first 12 hrs - then shots - what was in the pumps & shots I don't know -demoral I guess but not sure but my last shot was at 1 p..m. on 7/18 and after that nothing - didn't need it - I still have a giant bottle of liq vicoden in my medicine cabinet.. Just take it easy - walk as much as you can Let your parents baby you.. A pt shake has about 20 grms pt and is about 200 cal so 3 of those a day along with whatever you are allowed right not.. Just keep sipping all day long - you will get better each day.. Julie Isn't it great going from an inside girl to an outside girl WTG Ya I gotta go pay some bill too.. -------------------------------------------------- Well, Gang I went to the gym and did my 3 miles on the treadmil - didn't want to go - but went cuz I didn't go last Tues or even Sat and since I won't be home this weekend and it's the 4th - BBQ's - I had to make sure I got it in - I will walk when I am at my son's and we will play wii but gotta get that exercise in so I can eat .... I love to eat (yes I still enjoy it) but the diff is I know that if I want extra treats - I gotta do extra exercise :0) Well I am off to pay my bills - will cbl Hugs Gang

Apple - Can you cook with it Truvia?? Ya I got off the computer - made GS steak in my george foreman (bbq out of gas) he liked it - then I cooked my fish/broc/rice - ate and was full - no Snacks - didn't finish the book but watched "The Cleaner" I thinks that's the name benjamine bratt - who use to be a drug addict now helps others get clean.. Then to bed - Got the book finished this morning :0) now I get to start my Mary Kay Andrew book - I love her - she makes you laugh.. To nite is cardio - I will go - I didn't go last tuesday or saturday - I will not get out of the habit !!! Phyl - How do I get a new browser - just google firefox and down load it ???? It must me cuz that issue isn't here at work.. WTG on the 2.2 lbs !!!! It's a loss and that is what counts.. Prime rib sounds good - I am hungry this a.m. I guess it's cuz I didn't snack last night :0)... Thanks Laura - I know you are right - and I agree with the all or none thinking - I would have flaked except I pay for the trainer and if I didn't show then $$$ down the drain - so this is one reason I keep the trainer - I have to go.. 1Day - My DS is overweight (but he had a prior drug problem so if I have to choose between the 2 - I would rather have him fat) but we too will compete to see who can do what - I can out last him walking ;o) and we ran once and I really did beat him :0) Kim - Heck I went in for a fill - the doc would not give me one cuz I had lost 17 lbs since the last one - imho pple really can put to much emphasizam on fills - cuz that's all we read about - but no GF if you are losing weight without one and don't feel you don't need one than you don't have to have one... General rule of thumb - 1 oz meat/fish has 7 grms of protein I'm suppose to get 60 grms a day - Since I don't log anymore I not 100% sure but I know I get real close to it - yesterday 4 oz of pork loin for lunch 28 grms - then dinner was 5 oz of fish 35 = 63 grms and heck there was pt in my yogurt - so I get my protein in most days. With the help of your meds and now the knowledge that you don't have to have a fill - maybe things will calm down for you... ---------------------------------------------------- Well gang need to get back to work - cbl

Good Morning Gang ... Candice - it's it funny how fast time goes by when you are away from home - it drags at home but when you are out and about it flys by... LMAO - harder without me - I doubt it - I bet pple get sick and tired of me preaching :0) !!! I know I would :0) but I can't help it - I am a know it all lol lol and very very opinionated :0) I agree - I don't like teenage girls - Hell teenage boys are a pain in the butt - but girls no I rather deal with boys.. My financial advisor is an Edward Jones guy :0) Karla Crystal light and alcohal too - there are tons of way to have a cocktail and make it a little lighter.. I'm not a big drinker either but when I go out I do drink - tequilla and tonic - or a lemon drop martini :0)... My dinner 5 oz fish broc and rice - I was nice and full - no after dinner snacks.. Karri - My DD you could/can make anything thing in a liter verision !!!! And occaissionally DH gets to you to have a glass of wine :0) Hows your school planning coming along?? Phyl - Where are you - what adventures have you had this week... Denise - How long did you ground DS?? How's he behaveing now... Kari - What's on your agenda today.. Soda or no soda :0) Linda - Were are you - 3 weeks from thrusday we will all be together :0) Ok just cking in - cbl - Hugs -

Hey Gang... Linda - Hugs get your tt - do what you want !!! You deserve !!! Karla - Sometime you can eat and not feel full- but for me chick salad isn't dinner food but lunch stuff - today I had pork tender loins and buttternut squash - I was still hungry - last night I almost bp'd on the squash - sometime we are just tighter than others. Phyl - How are you feeling??? I had gym tonite - i was tired - had a busy day at work - i did break a sweat - but didn't feel like I put 100% into it... Kari - you crack me up girl !!! What can I say - I think you drink soda - just so you can say nanny nanny to me :0) Karri - Glad you got moved - I know your old place was the pits.. Well gang - I'm going to go cook - I hope to finsh my book tonite - So will talk to you all tomorrow.. Candice - have a glass of wine for me :0) Hug Gang Janet

Ok I think it may be the site and my aol - now I am on internet explorer - but it's aol too - who the hell knows and I see my post have posted !!! Long I'm with you on the pple who are afraid to lose the weight due to the flab issues - I am like you and Apples (well except for my arms they are VERY BAD) I except my body for what it is - I can't wear shorts or sleeve less but so be it.. I am tired tonite - went to the gym - it's legs tonite - but worked out only half ass - did sweat a little but am tired for some reason.. It's Hot here but hell I work in a/c so I really can't blame that - was busy today again Apples dinner sounds great - I made a pork loin last night - I am really into pork loins - so tender.... Tonite fish - broc & rice... I think I am converting from Splenda to Truvia - My LB DD brought some when she visited - we put it on fruit (strawberries blackberries rasberries) and it's just like sugar it stays grainy and doesn't melt the way splenda does - so you get that little crunch like real sugar.. 1Day you gotta eat fruit slowly and chew well and like with apples I have to take the skin off or eat super slow and make sure I chew... Charlene - hope this fill gets you back to that sweet spot Julie - WTG girl 3 lbs lost !!! with all that you went thru and being unfilled you are doing great !!!

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Do we have any computer wizzies - I post and then the page just keeps reloading - wth is wrong - and now I think I have lost my post to Kim...

Kim What are you scared of GF... Be thankful you don't have an appetite ;0).... For some pple just having the band in - provides enough restriction and they don't need a fill - fills are not mandatory.... So don't sweat it - Did your band come prefilled - I have read now adays that some are. 5 week out you should be on regular food - how much can you eat at a meal... Again what are you eating - are you eating slowly - chewing and taking tiny bite. And you are starting a new jounery - losing the weight can be scary -- we are losing our armour against the world - Hugs - it will get better - remember this is a new lifetime lifestyle change... Janet What are you eating - how much protein are you getting - are you getting your fluids in ...

This is just a drive by - Hi to let you know I am a live. Candice love the pic's now who's the hottie in the brown teeshirt :0) !!!! He's sitting across from Peter in one of the pic's :0) Linda - Hugs on Mom & DH issues - I gotta say (now don't take this the wrong way) I guess I'm lucky that my Mom's dead - I don't have to try and make her happy - I don't have to deal with the crap - and I think she would be a cry baby and want my attention 24/7 - I don't mean that to sound mean - but I am sure glad I don't have these issues - as much as I wish I had a mom - I'm sure glad I don't have the mom issues. DH issues - Well, ya - these are all the reason's I'm single - wrap the crap up your mom brings - for dh - and then go put them in his garage where he spends all his time working on that new project Just tell him I don't need these in the house and would you please just support me on this and keep them out here.. Karri - lol Good Mommy :0) - Well I got the good daughter too.. Thanks for the receipts... Karla - Congrats on 53 lbs... I love the sf creamers - and truvia is great - it's sweeter than splenda and it's great on your fruit - it crunches like real sugar and doesn't melt like splenda- Karla has learned well (5 stars karla on your questions & suggestions ;0) to pcgirl Kari - How's today going... PCGirl - Yep I remember you (well the name ;0) - Sorry for your stuggles How's your restriction - what are you eating - whats going on in your life.. Denise - Hugs teenagers are a pain in the ASS.... well sorry it's fast post but I gotta get back to work... Sat gf came over - then yesterday spend the day with kaitlin I will ck back tonite Hugs Janet

Hey Gang - Computer was acting up on Saturday like I reported - gave up on lbt for the day and then a gf came over so never got back on and Yesterday - spent the day with my DGD - it seems if I get on the computer nothing gets done - 3 hrs gone by in a flash !!! Oh yes GF I totally hear you on the estate issues !!! Question I would put out there - what are you getting from nephew vs fair market value and in today's market what's fair - I think my relationship w/my sister may be permanently damaged... Time will tell.. Phyl - but the remote ones are so much safer :0) !!! Yep K - jump in and ask away - we have a little family here and we will all help you.. CONGRATULATIONS LORI !!!!! What a fantastic accomplishment !!! Omw on the bear - how did he get in the car??? I would have been scared to death - you guys didn't have a gun with you - I don't think I would go camping without one especially in bear country :0) K - it's a learning process - one day at a time - let us know what you are worried about.. Laura - Glad you had a good time w/parents - I love denizal - but the last move I saw of his a couple years ago was disappointed in - something about banks don't remember the name... But that movie looked good. Meredith - Were are you girl.... Ok I gotta get back to work Apples must be busy getting all her work done to so she can head back to the lake for the 4th :0) CBL - sorry about the drive by post - but it's just like that some days :0)

LOL - I do every now and then when I read something that I have a strong opinion about - but really not up to all the cattiness - personal attacks that do go on here on the rants thread. I personally believe that each person is entitled to their opinion and that doesn't make the other person stupid or dumb - and we are never ever going to get someone who is right winged to agree with a more moderate point of view.. I find it more beneficial to use my time trying to help other bander's with their food issues rather than their political ones :0) - I think I have a better chance at convincing someone not to eat that big mac than I do convincing a conservative to have a little compassion for those less fortunate :0)...

Darling this is not a diet - you can't live on liquids!!! What happens when you go off a diet - you go back to eating your normal foods - then wham all the weight plus some is back on.. Light Blub - our eating normal is what got us fat in the first place... What's a typical days food for you - are you logging your food - counting caloires?? Weight loss is math for the most part - calories in vs calories out (burned) Are you exercising? I can eat any thing (well will take that back I haven't tried a submarine sandwich or anything like that but again I really don't miss them) Are you sticking to a low fat - limited sugar and carbs/starches?? The band imho doesn't take away our hunger - mostly because so much of what we think is hunger is really head hunger.. I can eat my dinner 4 oz meat - 1/4 c rice - 1/2 cup veggies and be physically full (pouch full) but mentally I still want to eat - and that head hunger manifest it's self in to physical hunger - but my stomach is full so I am not truly hungry - I just want to eat, mostly just cuz it taste good.. Are you eating your Protein 1st then the veggies then the starches.... Are you taking tiny bites and chewing and eating slowly - those are the things that get you stuck and make you pb - heck I have pb's on butternut squash cuz I ate it too fast.... I have learn in my 2 yrs (well almost 2 yrs) that eating slowly, taking tiny bites and chewing well is the secret to not pbing - plus not taking that last bite when you are full, just cuz it taste good cuz that's when it's going to come back up.. IMHO you can't live on 1/2 cup of food for the rest of your life - this isn't about dieting or starving yourself - it's about changing your lifestyle.. I want to eat normal portion sizes (you know those ridiclous things that say 1/2 c of ice cream is a serving size not the whole pint or quart - or that one sandwich is a serving size not 2 plus a bag of chips) and I can - I can eat a taco and some Beans and feel full - I can eat 4 oz of meat veggies & rice and be full - I can eat a salad and be full. You have to just follow the rules and make them work for you that's what I have done - some pple eat 6 small meals And you gotta move your butt - exercis is key imho...

Doctors do 2 kinds of fills Fluro (xray) and blind (you drink water as they insert the saline into your band) IMHO the only real dif between the 2 is that they find your port fast - pple who get fluro fills don't seem to get to their sweet spot any faster then pple who have the blind fills. My doc does blind fills - he has me lay down - numbs the area around my port then inserts the needle - the 1st time it took alot of poking to find the center and get thru the scar tissue - but the next time it was a breeze.. It didn't hurt cuz I was numb IMHO the #'s of cc's in your band or the type of band (allergan or realized) doesn't make a darn diff - for you it could take 5 cc's to get to your sweet spot and for some they don't need a fill for 6 months after surgery.. I have always wondered why pple care about the cc's in their band as there is no magic number that's going to work for both of us - we are all diff in what we need.. Each doc is diff - some are agressive some arent' - for some it takes awhile to get to the sweet spot and for others we get there fast (for me it was 2 fills - well really I had 3 but was way too tight and he took all but .01 cc out) I haven't had a fill in 1.5 yrs and I still have restriction.. When I went in Dec 0y for my 3rd fill he wouldn't give me one cuz I had lost 17 lbs since my last (2 months earlier) but then went again in January 08 and he gave me a small one and like I said almost all of that one was taken out. Fills can be physoclogical more than physical imho sometime..

I post then hit sumbit and my computer just keeps on reloading the page - wtf is up I have lost 2 post today I signed out now back in let see if this works.

Linda - Babies can get lupus OMG prayers it's just the sun. Doodle - Yes don't spend $$ I did - thinking 12's were it then 10 so on an so forth - Hopefully you will get to your sweet spot in this next fill.. Ya I hear ya girl on the food issues - I have been wanting mexican - nachos covered in cheese Beans the works - so the other night I had cheriso (sp) and eggs (2) and 1/2 c bean with a tad of cheese and 1 flour tortilla - now my cravings are gone :0) Heck I alway take what my scale says - period it's lower than everone elses :0) Laura congrats on your 2 lbs - and thanks for the props... Have a great time w/you parents & your beatiful little boy. Linda - GF I am going to kick your butt - 4 lbs in 1 month is good - we are only expected to lose 1 -2 lbs a week - you have done better than average and it the end it all averages out - Yep I was thinking about Long this morning - Can't wait to see the pics PJ have fun shopping !!!

Bjean - I don't think you sound harsh at all and I am just a reader most of the time on the rants/rave thread and don't post much here... Only when the mood strikes :0) I love the EH - I noticed it and it makes me smile - it's a great way to keep Green front and center in our hearts. I think we all have strong opinions -and that's what so great about the USA - We are free to express those opinions..

Well let see if this post - I just posted on another thread and the page just keeps flashing... And looks like my post is gone - so I reloaded - lets see if it does it again. Karla - I'm a total bad boy girl - all my bf's & Dh were bad boy types no wonder never of those relationships ever worked out - well gotta say one wasn't Chris the Artist but that didn't work either Plus I was 38 when the BSB came out!! May have thought they were cute - but way over the boy bands by then :0) I can't say there are any singers out their who I think are handsome/cute - Oh well ya one TRACE Atkins :wink: Told you to try the popcorn !!! It's a life saver for me... and you gotta make this work for you - I try and ignor my hunger real or fake - but when I can't - Popcorn !!! Well after telling you I get up at 6-6:30 last night - I didn't get up til 7:35 this morning - I stayed up late last night and I thought I set the alarm for 6 - but I guess I didn't - so no gym this morning... My GF who's coming over today teaches water arobics - so we will be doing that this afternoon - it's suppose to be 110 degrees today !!!! Hell the pool is going to be hot.. Doggies groomer @ 10 this morning - may go do some wii in a bit - but my tummy is acting up - tmi (runs)... But love the scales this morning 137 !!! Well off to surf the net - Have a great day ladies - CBL:wub: Oh forgot - Karla - get the sf hazenut or whatever flavor you like of the creamers - that's what I use - I tried the SF hazelnut syrup and didn't like it - the sf creamer has like 35 calories - I have never counted those calories cuz I only have one cup maybe 2 a day - and I have never counted down to the itty bitty calories like some (lol my dd )

Well let see if this post - I just posted on another thread and the page just keeps flashing... And looks like my post is gone - so I reloaded - lets see if it does it again. Karla - I'm a total bad boy girl - all my bf's & Dh were bad boy types no wonder never of those relationships ever worked out - well gotta say one wasn't Chris the Artist but that didn't work either Plus I was 38 when the BSB came out!! May have thought they were cute - but way over the boy bands by then :0) I can't say there are any singers out their who I think are handsome/cute - Oh well ya one TRACE Atkins :wink: Told you to try the popcorn !!! It's a life saver for me... and you gotta make this work for you - I try and ignor my hunger real or fake - but when I can't - Popcorn !!! Well after telling you I get up at 6-6:30 last night - I didn't get up til 7:35 this morning - I stayed up late last night and I thought I set the alarm for 6 - but I guess I didn't - so no gym this morning... My GF who's coming over today teaches water arobics - so we will be doing that this afternoon - it's suppose to be 110 degrees today !!!! Hell the pool is going to be hot.. Doggies groomer @ 10 this morning - may go do some wii in a bit - but my tummy is acting up - tmi (runs)... But love the scales this morning 137 !!! Well off to surf the net - Have a great day ladies - CBL:wub: Oh forgot - Karla - get the sf hazenut or whatever flavor you like of the creamers - that's what I use - I tried the SF hazelnut syrup and didn't like it - the sf creamer has like 35 calories - I have never counted those calories cuz I only have one cup maybe 2 a day - and I have never counted down to the itty bitty calories like some (lol my dd )

Ok - where's the peace pipe and make sure you put some good stuff in it :thumbdown:... Cleo's Mom & Kartman - GREAT POST !!! Couldn't agree more.. Since I don't know the "history" that's being talked about and can only go on what's been posted here - it seems to me that something that's being said in jest - is being taken as an being mean and nasty towards another. From an outsiders view point I don't think Bjean was being mean or attacking you Beth.. You are assuming she's talking about you when in what I've read so far - if she was talking about you she would have said so... Neither of you are afraid to speak your minds. I wouldn't say that Bjean can't debate either - In reading her post she comes across in a nice non attacking manner.. And I would say that the majority who have posted on this thread aren't agreeing that the dem's try and cover up their dirt - that it's the right wing conservatives who are always preaching about values and morality - when their house is just as dirty as the dems.. I personally think that what goes on between a man & his wife is their business - it doesn't mean that the person can't do their job... But what pisses me off is that he spent tax payers dollars to visit his gf.. Heck he should have done it on his own time and spend it own $$$. Then I really could have cared less about the whole situation... But that he wrote the trip off as a business expense to the tax payers is WRONG.. Like Rodney King said "Why can't we all just get along"

Linda - it will all depend if he has a will - trust etc and if she gave up all rights - you would think he would - but who knows - I think legally the mom of the kids would get them.... I would hate to see the kids separated though and I wonder if anyone know's who the 3 baby's mom is - well I guess she knows :0) This is going to be just like Anna Nicole Smith... I watched last night - but after a few days will get sick of them repeating the same stuff over and over and over again.. Charlene - Good luck on that fill - even .2 can help .. Meredith - Hope you are doing well - hope they are giving you good drugs :0)... 1 Day - what's up girl how's it going Laura - will look for you on fb :0) Ive been playing mindless quizzes - and some pathwords tonite...