IndioGirl55

Well gang - I gotta brag a bit this morning (for you who know me - you aren't to shocked at that :tt2:) Guess what I did this morning - 5 freaking miles !!! in 1 hr 20 minutes... That is a personal best for me - the max miles I have ever done is 4 and that's rarely. But after my over indulgence last weekend while visiting Aunt - I really need to bump up the exercise to get the 1.5 left of the 3 I gained off.. I did the crime (had too many sweets) so now I have to do the time - cuz if I don't and I let a 3 lbs gain turn into 5 lbs gain then 10 lbs - I will end up back at 250 before you know it.. So that extra 2 miles I did this morning just shows me how strong I am - that I am now in control and even though I over indulged - I know what has to be done to compensate for it - it's wasn't the end of the world cuz I ate too many sweets - I don't now say oh I blew it - and continue to over indulge (and pple I want to continue eating sweets - I am not a superwoman with super control) I just don't ever want to look like this before photo taken 5/06 - I rather look like the after photo taken 2/09... And the only way I am going to accomplish this is by eating healthy and exercising...

Car - I come from a family of huggers and kissers my sis (diff dad's) use to say that we kissed good bye even if we were just going to the bathroom :tt2: - My DS dad I think gave me one bday card in the yrs that we were together - but the bf's and xdh since him were pretty good... Congrats on the legs & mirror - yep isn't it wonderful... OMG Chim Congratulations !!!!! Please come back and tell us more... Steph becareful girl !!! no crashing ok... Phyl when do you come back to the desert??? Good morning Gang I slept in til 6:45 this morning and last night a freind from work came over for dinner & movie - Ok I gotta brag here (oh ya like you guys are shocked by that) guess what I did this morning - guess.. 5 freaking miles !!!! yep 5 miles - That is a personal best for me !!! The most I have ever done is like 4 - this morning 5 miles in 1 hr 20 minutes with inclines and even jogged a bit...

Kristen - Yep the port site hurts the most - and having a high bed doesn't help - When I started this journey alot of pple said they slept in a recliner for the first few days. I don't have one and my bed is high too - but you will adjust and it will get better - yep we understand we have been there - and for some of the pain is awful and others have a higher tolerance - but do know it does get better - I would say that my port site hurt/discomfort for about 2 week - just don't wear tight pants - I wore dresses for the first couple of weeks... Holly - Yep you can do this - if an old broad like me can you can :0). Joann - You are too kind - thanks !!!! Charlene - Vent all you want !!! Would love to see pic's of your fur baby - it's not that hard Good morning gang - I slept in til 6:45 this morning and had a freind from work over for dinner last night - so that's why I wasn't online. Gotta brag this morning - 5 miles yep 5 miles in 1.hour 15 minutes.. That's a personal best !!!! in time and in # of miles. I gotta get another 1.5 lbs off from last weekend - I have a bday party this afternoon for my gf 80 yr old mom - I am going to skip the cupcakes today... That's my promise to myself - I can say not to food - it doesn't control me I am going to be in control today... and this is why

Juile - Boredom and being tired are big food triggers for me... Boredom - I get out of the house (but again I don't have snow - but I do have 110+ weather in the summer which last 4-5 months) if I can't get out - I usually get on the computer and come to LBT and post like crazy - I use to post all over the place - but lately just my lucky #7 thread, here and the 50+ thread - I also will do computer games or get on facebook and play crossword games - parking wars etc - or go clean out my closet or drawer - You gotta find a distraction - If you owned a gym - what did you do with the fitness equipment - hope you kept some - go work out on it if you did - if you didn't go order one of those walking tapes/dvd's and walk in your house - or while watching t.v. walk in place. Distraction thats what you gotta do - do you quilt - crochet - knit... Since you have used up your calories already - you are just going to have to find the lowest calorie foods to eat for the rest of the night... Nights are my worse - so I budget my calories accordingly - you really need to set up an eating plan and stick to it - 200 caloires bf - 100 cal mid morn snack - 200 caloires lunch - 100 cal mid afternoon snack 250-300 calories dinner and 100 cal night snack (i save my daytime Snacks for the evening that's my budget) Another life saver for me are the 100 cal snack pack popcorn - I have them almost nightly - one piece at a time. I started 250lbs on 7/17/07 - on 5/8/08 160lbs - on 6/26/08 150lbs on 7/24 145 - 9/20 143lbs - 10/12 140lbs - 12/10 138lbs... Ant - a fish bioligist - interesting -

blklab - you got me cracking up on the seting your goal below your goal and don't laugh 2 miles an hour - hey I started slow and worked myself up to 4.0 mile and that took over a year to get to the 4.0 - as I always say the turtle won the race not the hare. Gotta say that my original goal was 170 - (i had forgotten that) and that was cuz one time on WW i got down to that weight from 205 and thought I looked good there too. On my lucky #7 thread we have a 28 yrs (then) who was the same weight and height as me and we had a freindly competition going - so I moved my goal to 160 - once I got to like 190 -I did move my goal to 150 once but that scared me - I was afaird I wouldn't get there so I moved it back to 160 - got there on 5/8/08 - got to 145 on 7/24/08 and lost the other 7 by just sticking to my healthy eating and exercise (I didn't even try) I didn't want to write down that number 100 and not attain it - but ya - I played total head games with myself - like they say - make your goals in small amount so that they are attainable.

Hugs Long - I took care of my Parents so I know - Like Charlene says - We are here for you girl - Always - This is going to be a challenge - but you know what I was alway so glad that I could be there for my parents - I guess I love giving back when they gave me so much... Apples - LMAO you really don't strike me a the kind of woman who would cry easily :sneaky: I think you are way tougher than me and can dole out the advice just as well as me .. But thanks for the props... I know they are having one (LBC) in NY in March - didn't know about Vegas - Ya thaat would be real great - Going to put you in charge of keeping us posted on that one ok... Ich - That means your body needs it - yesterday you were still on those meds - your body is healing - just rest - your body will let you know what it needs - but are you getting all of your fulids in... That's important for your energy and how's your portein - what's your post op diet...

Lynn like you said you have been eating around your band so it's not really a plauteau - My original goal was 160 that was a 90 lbs weight lost - but you know what I wanted that 100 and truly I wanted normal bmi which would be 105 loss - but you know what - I am 112 loss just by eathing healthy and exercising - go for the 100 - it will be something that makes you very very proud.. Dot - Yep pouch fullness and being statisfied are 2 diff things - I am fight it every night - I am pouch full but not satisfied... I have read that 2 dif options on the NASID one that if you took it on an empty tummy and drank plenty of water (so that it doen't sit in your pouch) you should be ok - but then read NEVER take them... I would ask your doc specifically about your meds - I don't think the tyenol is going to hurt even in pill form but really don't know and I sure an the heck are licensed :0) - Ask your doc You are going to be eating like a bander for the rest of your life - you will never go back to eating like you did prior to your band - cuz if you did then you would gain your weight back and that's why pple fail at this and any other diet out there - the go back to eating normal - which is what got them fat in the first place. I don't think the medical field has much faith in fat pple changing their lifestyle - that's why they say we are only expected to lose 50-60% of our excess weight (and for me that would have been 50 lbs) Well that alone was enough for me to prove them wrong - you can lose 100% of your excess weight with the band - and truly - it's not about losing it fast or slow that's going to lead to putting the weight back on - it what you eat that deterimines that and it's in our genes to - if we go back to eating like we did prior to the band we are going to gain the weight back quickly - per Dr Dixon at my lapband confrenece last June more quickly than a normally thin person. Katy - Hugs Prayer and hope this new doc takes your case Pat - Welcome to Band Land - Glad you are doing well - each day does get better. Hugs Janet

Kari Glad you have good weather - don't fret about your 12/14 - you are a tall person - I'm short and so is Steph & Karri (me & Karri 5'4 and I don't know Steph's actual height but know that she's at least as short as me if not shorter :0) I am glad you are getting your exercise- how's your knees doing??

Ok Sharon - It's butt kicking time :mad2::sneaky: First of all - I want you to stop eating as if you are on a diet - I really really don't want you to be on a diet - I want you to get healthy !!!!! That is how you have to approach this - your band is a lifetime tool - Lifestyle change is the key term that you have heard in all the "diet programs" out there... Our band is the tool that we need to help us make this change... Sweets/Straches are all our downfalls - who wants to pig out on celery and carrots.. I forget - do you have an adversion to the surgar free foods? I know it takes awhile to get a taste for them at first it's hard - I drank reg coke back in the day - then when I joined WW started drinking the sf shasta grapefruit soda - and after a while you do get a taste for it - I keep sf dark choc puddings & healthy choice fudgecicles for the days that I want choc - and protein bars too the pure protein choc bar in the fridge are great and southbeach has a good choc/peanut butter - & cinimon carmel one too. Treats are allowable (when I stay treats I mean real sugar) but only like once a month. But the sf kind you can have every day so that you don't feel deprived. Heck in my weight lost phase I ususally had 2 sf pudding and a sf fudgecicle every night... Also, like my cream gravy story earlier - did you really go thru major frickin surgery to continue to eat the way you did prior to being banded... The more sugar you eat the more you crave - well that's how it is for me - it hard to stop at just 2 cookie - I want 10 - heck I bought some sf wafers a while back - they were great really sweet - but I was eating to many of them and anything in excess is bad - so in the trash they went - better in thee than in me.... Sharon - You are going to be in banster hell till you get your first fill and even then you might not get restriction - but gotta tell you GF even when you do get to your sweet spot - your band is not going to stop you from eating 5 candy bars - a 1/2 gallon of ice cream - or 10 cookies - 5 pieces of cake - all these food slip right thru - the only thing the band really works on his the harder foods - so be forwarned. I look at those candy bars evertime I am in the check out line too - oh they look good - oh I want to buy them - but I jsut don't if they aren't in the house then you can't eat them. I usually saved my treat days for when I went to parties or other pples homes for whatever - then I would have a little of whatever and didn't have to bring it in the house - cuz if it's in my house I will eat it.. Remember it's not that one piece of cake that made us fat but its cuz we ate the whole damn cake one piece at a time.. Ok - now what are you going to do - you are going to pick one day a month for a real treat (one treat not treats all day long :0)) and in the meantime you are going to eat sf treats daily - you are not going to buy the cookies or candy bars - just don't look at them -what I do is say to myself - I don't need that choc as I already have choc in my basket (sf dark choc pudding & fudgecicles). I want you to keep posting too - imho I find that those who start then quit it's cuz they have fallen off the band wagon - it's not always true - but I think for the most part it is - it helps to be accountable... We are not going to tear you apart - we are going to give you tough band love - with the opertive word being love - Ok... We all want those sweets - we do - I still do to this day and most likely will for the rest of my life - food is our addiction and it's always going to be with us - we just have to find ways to beat it. Again did you have major surgery to continue to eat poorly.. Nope - you had major surgery cuz you wanted to get healthy - and eating those sweets is not getting healty - your are depriving yourself that... Think of it that way - that you are depriving yourself of health each time you reach for the candy or cookies... You can do this GF - you really can - it's work - but omw you are so worth the work -

Thanks Charlene !!!! Yep Julie - My parents die within 1 month of each other we had trust we inherited Date Ranches that was 17 yrs ago this yr and the $$$ is about to run out and due to the economy doesn't look like we will selling any ranches in the near future and I was trying to make the $$$ streach as long as I could for my bro as he didn't work - and in his head he thought is was Howard Huges Rich !!! My Stepbro thinks I am controling his destiny (to be homeless) - I think it's just our cross to bear and that their is a lesson to be learned in all this.. Well, some pple never learn even if it smacks them in the face... All my affairs are in order - trust - will - living will - etc - but I bet there still will be issues between my Son & GS (gd's are still to young) when I go...

Yes Phyl - it's so easy for us to get wrapped up in our own lives - we mean to call but somehow or another we just don't get around to it. I know how you feel on that issue - It seems like I have been to Michael's house more since he died than I was when he was alive. I would figure that they will do an autopsy since it was an unattended death. Prayer for her passing - it's always a very very sad thing to lose someone you care about..

Welcome Julie Congrats on 78 lbs in 6 months that's fantastic !!!! I don't concern myself with the # of cc in my band - don't see why anyone really cares as it's a very individual issue - what works for me isn't going to work for you - all you should care about is if you have restriction or not.. You say your restriction isn't good - I am glad you are seeing your doc - for me as little as .01 can make a difference - I know what you mean about being fill shy - I was too tight for one week and never want to be that way again. Talk to your doc and have him add just a tad. As to being shakey - well, for me I haven't looked at this as a diet - but a lifestyle change - eating healthy & exercise but that being said - ya - when you allow for treats and then sorta push the limits sometimes it gets scary - oh no will I lose control again..... Control our minds are really what we have to work on so much - yes our tool is a great help - but our issues with food really are mental more than physical. When I got to goal - I just kept eating healthy and going to the gym - I didn't change a thing and I lost another 12 lbs and now maintaining that weight pretty easily. But that's cuz I didn't diet - I didn't lose the weight and go back to eating normal - cuz my normal got me fat in the first place. Just take one meal at a time - eat healthy and keep us your exercise - and as you can already attest to - it does make you feel better about yourself. As Ich say - we are all in the same boat - we all have the same problem (food) I have a saying no one knows about a fat person like another fat person does - As I have always said we are more alike than we are different when it comes down to it.. Hugs - Janet Ich - Glad to see you on line - hope all is well - what's your post op diet like Kristen - What hurts - gas ??? if so use the gas x strips. You need to get out of bed and walk - the more you just lie around the worse you are going to feel.. Are you getting your fluids in - didn't your doc give you some pain meds (liquid) - do you have some liquid Tylenol?? --------------------------------------------------------- Good Morning Gang... I am in a better mood today - but heck it's Friday and I love Fridays - no work for 2 days !!!! Thanks for the offer Rose - it's just dealing with family and stuff has been said (mean/greed) and I just am pissed about it and can't seem to let go like I should - And again - I hate doing all this - it's just one more thing I have to do and for me I have always taken care of others and feel that it's now about me - and sorta resent always being the responsible one - gosh I wish I could be irresponsible sometimes like everyone else in my family is - I am the one left to pick up the pieces.. But it is what it is - so buck up Janet and deal with it :tt2: Ok just my morning ck in - Will CBL:tongue:

Hey Gang - I have been busy being Executor - Bookkeeper etc -Working my job etc- and I didn't sleep well last night either and have been very blah today.... Karri - Baby girl - hugs prayers that everythng is ok - I agree with Steph - you have just irriated your band - but let us know ASAP - am glad you found away around the block - I am lucky to be BFF with our IT person :0) Phyl - Hugs about your friend - how sad... Steph - Andrew has a cold - thankfully I haven't gotten it Hope Nick is feeling better Good on you Food Candice - today for me has been BF 1/2 pt bar Lunch the meat in my soup - I wasn't hungry (blah) Snack - jalpeno popcorn that was ulgy - just a few bites gave it to Andrew Dinner ?? left over hamburger patty buttnernut squash and rice I guess... Car here you girl - cookie and the band even when you are at your sweet spot - it does nothing to stop you from eating them - 10 oreos !!!! Carolyn, I've been trying to reach you... a while back you sent me a link to your condo in France. I am interested in renting a property in France for the last 2 weeks of June 09. My DH is retiring from the Navy and I want to take him someplace special to celebrate. Can you send me some details? Peaches, cmcintyre_beach@hotmail.com Candice - How cool & romantic --- Let us know if you do it Will have to ck it out - I saw the title - but like I said - I have been busy today doing other stuff - I just don't have enought hours in the day to get everything done... Denise - well at least they will be healed up by summer -:tt2: [/center]

Ich Congrats on being Banded !!! Glad all went well and you don't feel to bad.. I didn't like how I felt when I woke up from surgery and then when they took me for my fluor test - they almost made me throw up - then on Wed when Doc came to release me I had MAJOR gas pains in the shoulder - but after I got that last pain shot I was ok... I love your motto !!!! Take it easy - no lifting - no being macho ok - give your body time to heal - you don't want your port to flip. Glad to have you posting/chatting with us... Hugs - Janet Long - I looked /checked in this morning - but no one had posted and I had to to bookkeeping for my Bro's Estate and really didn't have anything to say - I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning didn't sleep very well last night either - I think it's about all that I have to do with my Bro's Estate (talk w/attonery yesterday) - It's very overwhelming - I have a hard enough time keeping up with my own bank account bills etc along with my job - with out adding his - and then being accountable to the courts - selling house doing an inventory of his personal stuff etc... OML just too much to think about !!! You maybe eating more cuz you are working out more and your body needs the additional fuel - just keep tabs and watch the scale.. I say to myself - Oh I'm a size 4 that candy bar aint going to kill me (while at my aunts and it was 2 candy bars - reg ice cream - oreos - trail mix w/choc in it) Well 3 lbs later - ya it did hurt me - now I am working on getting back to 138 - 2 lbs to go... Charlene - Hugs alot of pple seem to be getting sick - My GS has a cold too - thankfully I haven't caught it... ---------------------------------------------------------- Ok where is all our newbies - Sharon - Holly - Bonnie - Rose - Gino - how are you all doing... Becky how's your cold ? Apples I bet you are washing unpacking shopping etc -all the stuff you have to do when you come home from vacation Kathy - How you doing girl - tracking that food - how's your restriction now..

Karri - You are so right - yep we all are so much better than we were a year ago. And a big change from before is that we are now mindful of our eating - even when it's not great and now we just don't give up - we keep plugging along with the help of our family here - We know we are not alone in our struggles. Love Love your picture and DH's foot :0) - Yep I played basketball on the mother/son team for the boys club when my DS was young - I wasn't 250 - but 180's and they worried about my cuz my face gets all red when I exercise. WTG yes you have made major accomplishment to be proud of.. Can't wait to see Volleyball getup :0) Steph - I live in a town that has 72000 pple and I still have no where to go :0) - unless it's shopping :0)

Gino - since you are a vegetarian - then you are going to have to look for more ways to get the protein in thru beans and I guess protein supplements (I think there may be a thread on the main forum page for vegetarians)- since I am a carnivore :0) I don't know what other items have good protein values. I use WW or saralee lite bread 45 c per slice.. Rose - I haven't been dancing in ages - mostly due to the reasons you just stated "age appropreate places" I like hip hop & RB - but hate going to clubs where there is nothing but 20 yr old - The Esmaralda in Indian Wells has a club - went there for my 50th - a little older crowd and I think in Palm Desert McCormicks is another older crowd place. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY !!!!! Hope you have a great day and glad your DH surpised you... Ichthy - Prayers for a safe surgery and speedy recovery. Don't worry about the weight loss right now - I don't think you are getting enough calories - you are a guy so lucky you you get to eat more than us girls:tongue: Holly - I don't really do protein bars now a days and the ones I have are from months ago - Pure Protein choc and they have been in my fridge for months - so I am not afaird of the Peanut Butter issues - I rather eat real food instead of pt bars - but in the beginng I did supplemnt my pt with some clear liquid pt drinks I got from my doctors office -

OMG - I guess the honeymoon is over for us - we are now fighting for our lives here .. Karri - Yep I totally get well I'm a size 4 I can eat !!!! I think that's been my problem and why do I think that I can go away for a weekend and eat 10 oreos - 2 candy bars - small bowl of real ice cream with choc suryp and god knows what else.. I'm ok at work cuz I don't have access to food - well I do have some protein bars under my desk and some tuna - But I do gotta say I am hungry all the time at work too - stress I think - I want to nosh on stuff all the time but can't cuz there isn't anything eat.. I think for me - when I am out like that(away from home) I know I can't eat at burger king or pizza hut or mcdonalds plus those places never appealed to me even when I was 250 - so at the airport I had taco bell taquitos - well they weren't fried but steak wrapped in something like a flour tortilla - I ordered that and a quesidilla - but I only had one of the quesidilla and threw the rest away.. but ate the thingies they called taquitos w/guac OMG I can't wait to see the picture of you in your suit - have fun.. Steph - Carbs & Fat - my 2 best friends... And they have been calling me too much lately - I agree with you it's not one day at a time but one meal or even second at a time.. Healthy foods (salad)aren't as appealing as the junk (candy bar) - it all goes to what we have in our head.. Who in the hell says oh I'm hungry I want a salad over a bag of chips & dip.. I am lucky to have decent fruit - my new combination the last week or so has been strawberries & blackberries with lite whip cream - Donna - my last fill was .01 and it got me to where I am today.. Denise - What Candice said is so very true.... and so very well said... Listen to her... You got that treadmill things will be getting better now that you are exercising... Candice - Good food today - keep it up and I love your honesty - isn't it so great that we have this safe place to come and tell the truth... Ok gang - Idol in a few - Today's food Yogurt & Granola Oxtail soup (really meat & veggies & 1/4 tato not much broth) Fish Rice Veggies Snacks who knows popcorn & fruit most likely.. 3 miles at the gym on the treadmill so I am ok - my calories will s/b max 1000 for the day - so it shouldn't take too long to get these 3 lbs off... Sweet Dream - I just want you all to know how much I love each and everyone of you - united we stand - divided we fall...

Glad to have you back Apples - You were missed... I wish I could lose 8 lbs on vacation :thumbup: Gino - Here's what I eat for breakfast (I eat at work during the week so I need stuff that's portable ) Hard boiled eggs - weight control oatmeal - dannon lite & fit yogurt w/1/4 bananna or 1/4 c low fat granola - or kashi crunch. Egg salad 1/2 cup made with lite mayo - Protein bar - 5 slices ham & 2% slice of cheese - Weekends eggbeaters with a tad of cheese - onions & bell peppers and jalapeno's and maybe 1/4 of a hot link or turkey polish sauage... You can eat whatever you want for breakfast - it doesn't have to be breakfast food - heck you can have a 3 oz can of tuna if that's what you feel like - I have had 1/2 sandwich made on lite bread for breakfast - or I have bought the WW egg mcmuffins - but I take the top muffin off (too much bread) Becky - Hugs on being sick - that's the pits - chicken soup it really does work :thumbup: Well gang - I didn't get the 4 miles in on the treadmil tonite - but did get 3 in and I was a little pooped after those 3 miles - but I did work up a sweat... Breakfast - Dannon Lite & Fit vanilla yogurt & 1/4 lf granola (160 Calories) 7 pt grms lunch = Oxtail Soup Well really meat & veggies 1/4 of a red potatoe there wasn't much liquid.. (300 Calories) 20 pt grms dinner - Fish 4 oz (cat fish baked in the oven with corn meal crust) 1/4c rice - 8 asparaguss spears (325 calories) 20 pt grms Snack - Snack Pack Popcorn (100) & SF fudgecicle (100) 3 pt grms So what's that 985 calories for the day and 50 pt grm - short 10 on my pt - so maybe will add another sf fudgecicle or yogurt :0) or I know 1/2 of a pt bar - that will give me 60 grms of pt for the day :0) Well, just cking in - going to go change into my jammies and eat and watch my soap before Idol comes on.. Talk to you all tomorrow - Hugs & sweet dreams :thumbup:

Gino Welcome - Nope it's not just about eating less that is going to make you lose the weight - losing weight is all about the math = calories in vs calories burned. It's about eating healthy and exercising. Remember eating normal is what got us fat in the first place as most of us ate high fat - high sugar & high carb meals - and we didn't exercise. Your band is only a tool - that's it - it doesn't make your food choices for you - it doesn't exercise for you - all it does once you get proper restriction is control the amount of food that you can eat at one time - but that being said - it does NOTHING for slider foods - you can eat around your band - slider foods are those that are soft and liquidy and slider right thru the opening from the new tummy to the old - Slider foods - ice cream, Cookies, cake, candy, chips, liquor, yogurt, fruit juices - this is just a sample of some slide foods Ya if you want to eat cream gravy with rice - you might get some restriction but the gravy will help slide the food right thru the band - and cream gravy is all fat. Once when I came after work and was on the mushies stage - I was very very tired (hard day) and said to myself - that cream gravy and mashed potatoes were mushies - so I started to fry some bacon to make the gravy and looked in the pan and said "Janet - did you just go thru major fricken surgery to continue to eat poorly - yes this is a mushies - but it's not a healthy food it's high in fat" So I threw it out and had something else that wasn't high in fat.. (I don't remember what - but that was an ah ha moment) Yes - I weighed and measured my food - I tracked my calories (for 12 months) and I exercised 4-5 days a week during my weight loss phase - I eat healthy foods that are low fat - low to limited sugars and I do eat starches but in limited amounts. I am not dieting - I am just eating healthy - following the banding rules - Protein 1st - veggies & then starches if any room - tiny bites - chew well - I allow for treats just not every day and if I go over my calorie allowance (yes I count calories 800 to 1200 varied during my weight loss phase - I kept a 3x3 note book - but alot of pple use dailyplate.com or fitday.com or sparkspeople.com) Today I still sort of count calories (in my head) - I just don't eat whatever I want and when ever I want - it I did that I would be a Fat Person again as I could choose to eat around my band. The saying "I told him that if i could do that i wouldn't have needed the band " is what alot of pple think - but it's a missunderstanding of what the band can and can't do - it in itself isn't going to make you lose the weight - it's up to you to do that - I say that I have done 75% of the work and the band has done the other 25% - that statement is why pple think WLS is the easy way out - but once you have done your research you find out it isn't - I knew this going into my surgery so - I was prepared - I made the changes in my life to get healthy and lose the weight and the band or any weight loss surgery is work - it's sure and the heck isn't the easy way out - just ask any one who has lost the weight - ask the who did the work - and they will tell you they did it not the band... Good luck to you on your journey and look forward to chatting with you.. Yep - there is what we call bandster hell - the time between surgery and getting your 1st fill - not everyone one get it though - Yes you may be able to eat more before your 1st fill - but as fas as going back to your old eating - nope - don't go there you control what you eat - if you are extra hungry - then eat extra veggies - as I said above to gino you control what you eat not the band - the majority of our problem with food is mental and not physical - and darling I will tell you that for me my head hunger manifest it's self in to what I consider real physical hunger - being pouch full and satistfied are to different things.. So yes prepare yourself for being hungry (I am at my sweet spot and I still get hungry - both physical & mental) don't keep junk in the house - always have good healthy foods to eat - low fat low/limited sugars - Prepare and plan and you will make it thru Again - this is going to be a life time thing for us - yes it will get easier as you go along - but year and years of bad unhealthy habits aren't going to dissappear overnight - but as time goes buy it does get a little easier and as the pounds drop off - you will see the fruits of your labor and that will help too...

Donna Thanks !!!! for saying I'm Skinny - I have to remind myself that I am not fat - cuz my pants are size 4 so how in the hell can I be fat - when I look in the mirror and see a fat person or pick up a pair of 4's and look at the butt and say to myself - omg these are big am I that big... And after this weekend of eating oreo's candy bars and real ice cream and no exercise - I feel very dissappointed in myself - why couldn't I just buy 1 candy bar - why did I have to buy 2 - why did I buy that trail mix - and eat the whole bag. When I am away from home - It's very very hard for me - I am afarid to be without food at hand - don't ask me why - I think it comes from my Mom controling my food - I have to have something to eat in the middle of the night - at home I have sf puddings - sf fudge cicles etc - I have better foods to choose from - but when I am away from home - watch out.. I am the old Janet - well not as bad - but not as good as the Janet who lives in Indio :0) Candice as Steph says - who cares if you are re-starting just the fact that you are restarting is excellent - and with DD wedding - it's just that much more motivation to keep you in line - but even with that you may fall off the wagon - like I always say - it's picking yourself up and moving forward that is the most important thing - we can't change the past - but we can change what we do in the future.. Steph - Yep I really did enjoy our time together - she wants to take me and my cousin Sandy on a cruise in May - so maybe that will keep her going - something to look forward to.. Phyl - tell that lady to jump in a lake - if you have only 5 cc's in a 11 how can't you have enough room - and my baby GD says LaLa what happend to your arms - so dont feel like the lone ranger with Grandkids and their remarks... Just like that kid at baby GD school who told me I was old - yep I a old - I am Santa's Wife... Remember that one :0) Ok just cking in - Making soup and it should be done - it's 8:25 and I have work tomorrow - I have been to the gym twice today - and will go tomorrow too - so will talk to you all in the morning Hugs & sweet dreams - Janet

E60 - Welcome !!! Being pouch full and statisfied are 2 different things - If you have read any of my post - I talk about this all the time !!! I will eat my dinner and will be physically full - but still want to eat - mentally I am not full - this is head hunger and it does manifest it's self in to you thinking you are really physically hungry - but you really aren't cuz if you eat any more you will bp. Your doc is asking if you are pouch full - and yes slider foods (yogurt, ice cream, thin oatmeal, soft veggies anything super soft - for me popcorn is a slider and so are Cookies & chips and cake) are foods that you can eat 24/7 and tons of without restriction as they slide right thru the band.. There is a reason for the band rules - Protein 1st - then veggies and if any room starches - the reason is that you will be pouch full after about 4 oz of meat - you then may get to eat 1/4 c of veggies... Yep Bonnie - tracking forces you to be honest :biggrin: and ya I bet you fell down those stairs on purpose (just kidding - really hope you are OK) A while back I was sitting at the computer with my legs crossed got up to go to bed - well my foot had fallen asleep - and I fell hard on it and hear this snap crackle pop - thankfully I didn't break anything - but I did sprain it... Holly - Thanks !!! You are doing good on your calories & exercise - Keep it up -:rose: and sweetheart - cornbread is bread :smile: and as stated above I think your doctor wants to know if you are pouch full - not satisfied - hell thats why we were fat in the first place - we ate to darn much food - and just like a drug addict or an alcoholic - the amount of food we ate to feel satisfied keep getting to be more and more... Remember the day when you ate 1 candy bar and were fine - I remember I would make a box of rice a roni and I would eat on it all weekend - but prior to banding - that box was gone in one setting :smile: . As to the weakness are you getting your Vitamins ??? that's very important along with your water - I would discuss it with your doctor again - cuz you shouldn't be feeling weak.. Becky - Sounds like good restriction to me - cuz I will get stuck on pudding too if I eat too fast... Yes life seems to revolve around food - all the holidays the birthdays etc and you will also notice how much pple eat and how fast they eat and the whole eating out thing - it's so hard to make good choices - but with proper restriction it's ok to eat that enchilada cuz you won't be able to eat it all- you will box up the left overs and have a few meal out of what use to be 1 meal.. Missing being able to pig out - yep - I hear ya girl on that one - I still miss it and most likely always will - but it's in our heads as you said and as each day passes it does get a little easier as with each pound that is lost you feel so much better and that feeling is better than the taste of the food (well most of the time :biggrin:) Well, gang - I have been to the gym twice today - 4 miles this morning and weights tonite - am charging my Ipod as I type so that it will be ready for tomorrow (NO EXCUSES) so that I can do another 4 miles after work tomorrow - I gotta get these 3 lbs off and fast... I am making soup for dinner - oxtail - cabbage zucchini carrots mini corn on the cob and oxtail's- will be eating soup for lunch the rest of the week and getting in ALL if not Extra exercise - dessert tonite will be strawberries & black berries with some lite whip cream... No more candy or Oreo cookies or real ice cream... Til tomorrow - Sweet Dreams !!! :tongue2:

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I am back girls !!!!! I see you all were pretty chatting this weekend - I am glad to see that... Had a good time with my Aunt Dot - She wasn't feeling to good when I got there had quite a bit of tummy issues still has chest/breathing issues and some major teeth problems - but Friday got her up and walking a bit - she has 2 girls who come in 1 in the morning to fix her breakfast and get her up and then another who comes in the evening and gets her ready for bed. Her mind is still pretty good - but her body is sort just worn out - not super steady on her legs - uses a walker but I really think if she tried just a tad more that she could be better - but again I'm not 93 and I think she's just tired - She kept talking about us going on a cruise in May - that would be great - but I just dont' know if she's up to is but again her girls said she brighten up with me comming so maybe it would give her something to look forward to. I can tell you all this - watching all these old pple at this retirment homes - sorta scared me and also made me glad that I have lost the weight - cuz there aren't any fat pple there (cuz I guess fat pple don't make it to that age 80+ the majority of them) - can't beleive it with the food they serve - chicken fried steak mashed tatoes fish cooked in some cream sauce - fried okra - and tons of desserts - I don't think they serve the healthiest food for older pple.. I did TERRIBLE ON FOOD - I MEAN TERRIBLE WAS UP 3 LBS THIS MORNING... I have been to the gym this morning already and did 4 miles and burned 400+ calories and go back tonite for weights w/trainer - I saw him this morning and told him to work my ASS off tonite cuz I ate bad bad (sweets - oreo's candy bars trail mix chicken fried steak - cookies) It' raining and I need to get in the shower and go HEALTHY FOOD SHOPPING.... No more junk - I want the scales back to 138 ~!!!!!! Steph - Men - what can I say - Hugs - Write him a letter if he won't talk - I have always done that - I have an easier time in experssing my feelling in a letter than in person... Don't know why - but I can... Thanks Candice Yes I had a very good time - but am now a little sad cuz it just maybe the last time I will see her - I don't think she has much more time left - so I am very glad that I went... Today is a holiday for us here in the States - President Day - so I have the day off which I am very glad of cuz traveling tires me out.... Ok since I read further - I see you are off to FL - your Mom lives there if I remember.... Enjoy the sun !!! Have a good time - I remember you went last year - Your Mom is going to be surprised in seeing the NEW YOU !!! Phyl - I wouldn't watch the news about the crash since I was getting ready to leave for Texas - My Aunt was afraid for me. But I wouldn't let it scare me - I figure we had one so another one wouldn't happen right away - plus - I wasn't going anywhere that had bad weather... Yes prayer for the families - it's terrible - we don't think of all the pple who die every day in car accidents - but when there is a plane crash since so many more die at once - but more pple still die in auto accidents every day than in those everynow and then plane crashes.. Go to her profile and either send a private message or you may have the choice to send her an email... or you can search her name and get to her profile that way too I love osso buco - had some at Costco - but it's veal and since watching a show about veal 20 yrs ago - I won't order it... Hope you get that knee stronger - becareful... Glad you are working with a trainer It's raining right now Phyl (Monday 11:52 a..m) and I have the heaters on.... Grandkids - OMW - Hugs on that one... I guess he doesn't understand the FANTASTIC PROGRESS YOU HAVE MADE IN THE LAST YEAR.... Well Denise - Plan a trip - heck you have cruise out of NO - I think that when my GF and I go on our's next year - I will make it so we go out of NO so I can plan 1 day to meet you... or how about our trip this summer (Candice) or fall (Karri Vegas) Steph - You know what me and my Xdh always did well when it was just the 2 of us - Yes I think you need to just plan a weekend for you to and tell him he is going.... Ok gang I gotta get my butt in gear cuz I have to be back at the gym at 5 for weight - and I got stuff to do.... Oh ya - I met another bander (PJtaxlady) for breakfast on Saturday - am going to add our pictures to this post too... Ok - gotta split will cbl - Love to you all I miss you...

Yep Joann that's exactly how she feels - she is the only one left of her siblings - she married my Uncle Bill but he died of MS in early 60's never had children and then married my Uncle Ed in 79 and he died 2000 - and again no kids - so all she has is her nieces and nephews (well she does have stepkids from my Uncle Ed and they are great to her -espcially since they were all growned when her & my Uncle Ed got married (she was in her mid 60's I think) Yes with me coming the girls who work for her said she perked up... Well I gotta get in the shower - it's raining I think - yep i just looked out the window - I gotta go shopping so I will ck back later today... Hugs everyone

Back from the gym - did 4 miles and burned like 420 calories - I worked out hard and saw my trainer - we have appt tonite at 5 - I told him to work my A$$ off - he said to becareful of what you ask for ,,,, For those who don't like exercise - and I was one of you - please please know that I HATED HATED HATED IT... I would always park as close as I could to the entrance of where ever - I took the elevator instead of the stairs - I avoided any kind of physical acitivity as much as i could - Well you know what - that was one of the reasons I was morbitly obese... Do you know God (or your higher power) did not make our bodies to sit on our butts 24/7. Yes it was hard in the beginning but as the weight comes off it does truly get easier - it really really does and your body will crave it - right now I feel so much better physically and mentally - Ya I over did it in Texas - but you know what - Now a days I know that if I do over do it - I gotta pay for my crimes with a little more exercise - so today I will be at they gym twice and tomorrow I will be back on the treadmil after work - No EXCUSES LADIES I WORK TOO.... I am tired after work just like the rest of you - but you know what - that hour at the gym after work does give me the 2nd wind I need to get through the evenings and I do sleep better too.. Ok Here's Pic of PJ & Me and Me & my Aunt Dot