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CONGRATULATIONS CANDICE :party: :party: :tt1: :waytogo: :wink: :success1: :yikes::crying:

Emily... How cool that you have the smaller sizes to shop in your own closet - the smallest in mine was one 14 and a couple 16's... Yep the 1st week I lost like a pound a day - but it did slow - but if you average my loss over a year - it was 8.33 per month x 12 = 100 lbs gone.. Pple just get discouraged when one day the scale says you gained 2 lbs - I won't like and say I didn't jump on the scale on days other than my weigh in day - but the weight on those days didn't count... DCD Hugs Sorry for your struggles but you have lost 43 lbs and you need to be proud of that:thumbup: For me my band doesn't keep me from getting hungry - hunger is normal - My band makes me get full on a smaller portion of food - it's normal to be hungry 3-4 hrs after a meal And I can tell you that even when I am physically full - I am still mentally hungry and I crave more food - just like a druggie craves more drugs or an alcohlic craves another drink - it's all in our heads.. Head hunger manifest it's self into physical hunger and we really truly don't know the diff Head hunger is my addiction talking to me - telling me I'm hungry and even to this day - for me it feels like true hunger even though I know my stomach is full.. When was your last fill - how much can you eat per meal - what is a typical daily food/menu (what do you eat every day) are you exercise - do you have restriction when you eat hard Protein... Have you had your metabolizm tested. If you are really only eating 800-1000 calorie you reall should be losing - maybe you need to go 800-1200. Are you keeping a food diary like on daily plate or fitday... Kathy Hugs GF Your doc hasn't given you a fill since we met in December has he?? Do you have restriction?? It's not what your doc says - its about how much you can eat at one meal - You told me when we met that you could eat a regular steak - did you tell this to your doctor - can you still eat a regular steak - if you can then HELL NO YOU DON'T HAVE RESTRICTION... Yes we both know that your choices aren't always the best (martini's:tongue:)and that since you travel/eat out so much it's harder - but it's still doable if you had restriction (well execpt for those liquid calories) You need to go get a steak or any hard protien - go to his office and eat the G Blessed piece of meat infront of him - tell him - Oh this is a good choice how come I can eat the whole damn thing if I have enough restriction... Do you have any Fill Centers around your area - go there and get a fill - and I would say 75% is up to you and the band is 25%.. But ya either way - it's work... But you saw how much I can eat and we ate the same thing for Breakfast that morning... I have restriction and you don't.. Plan and simple So you really need to find a fill center or another doctor ... Hey Apples - I will have to look up Ocala Nat Forest I don't know where in the heck it's at - I thought you were going to Florida for the sun and warmth.. I have flown twice since being banded - and am lucky - no changes in my restriction Glad to hear you are unwinding - destressing Good Advice as always !!!! ----------------------------------------------------- Ok gang cking in - I was talking with a lady I met here on LBT - she went for her 1st constulation 1/13 her doc is pro bypass she wants a band - we have been corresponding for a few months and have talked on the phone once before - well she called tonite giving me an update... Found out we have alot in common - same age - had kids at the same age Ok it's almost 8 and I haven't eaten yet - so going to eat my dinner - chicken carrots rice... And will talk to you all tomorrow

Good Morning Gang..... Denise Great job on those calories - WTG :thumbup: Karri - Linda is flying to Vegas - I know that Phyls DD did to - so I guess it's a good place to flyout of - I usually want to travel on the weekends - but am going to ck thurs for when I go to TX next month - Congrats on the Run - Yep a bet will do it everytime Phyl - Good luck on your meeting today and remember to take into consideration you have real clothes on - that's a bummer - can'tyou just wear a long shifts (lightweight of course) over your suit .... Glad you are doing better.. Ok I got tons of stuff to do so off for now - back later Have a good day ladies

Sending sunshine to all my cold weather friends (I losr my cute smiliesy- I was going to send you all a Sun) Hate to brag - but it was 80 and sunny today... But you all would die in the summer 115 in the shade So it's a trade off - but I think I'll take the heat instead of the cold and all that goes with it.. Lynn - You are doing really good - keep up the good job girl..

Happy - Congrats on getting banded. You now have your tool to help with your portions - but your food choices are up to you - as OregonDaisy (Denise) says - the stuff we tend to want to eat - candy cookies etc are still easily eaten even with the band and proper restriction - Our bands are not another form of diet - but a tool to help us make the lifetime lifestyle change in our eating & exercise habits.. For us in the 50 crowd - it's about our health more that it's about looking good (as I call it - it's the icing on the cake - can't say I don't like the way I look cuz I do - but I got banded to extend the years I have left - God willing) So for me - I have never thought of myself on a diet since I was banded - I eat healthy and exercise - The band helps me feel full on a smaller amount of food - but even when I am full I want to eat more food-- Head Hunger is our real enemy not our stomach hunger - and for me sometimes even now - my head hunger manifest it's self into physical hunger... One day at a time - this is a whole new learning experience - for me - My band was the tool I needed to put to use all the healthy eating and exercise lessons that I have learn in the past...

Candice - I am REALLY impresssed on how well you have been doing !!!! I had a weight control oatmel with walnuts & raisins (added by me) with some splenda ice cream last week - it was very good... Car glad you got some taken out - it's very dangerous to be too tight - you could lose your band altogether with all that bping - or it could slip ... This is where IMHO the whole eating healthy comes in - not just relying on your band to do the work (I'm not saying that's you but I have known pple here on lbt who do) I have always been able to eat 1 to 1 1/2 c per meal most days and I am happy with that.. You would think that a flight to LV for me would be cheap - heck Candice is coming from Canada $400 - that's how much it would cost me to fly from here and I am right next door (4 hr drive) doesn't make any sense to me... They never have cheap flights for places I need to go - like Dallas... Well I am back from the gym - I think the menu tonite will be chicken - broc - salad - Oh we have Idol again tonite... Who all watches Idol Phyl - Are you feeling better...

Hey Lucky this is going to be quick - cuz I am on my way to the gym Congrats on you weight loss - eating healthy and exercising:thumbup: #1 rule - don't weigh in daily - our weight fluctuates too much - pick one day a week (I used the day I got home from the hospital) and weigh that day and only that day's weight counts Just this morning I weighed 138 - tonite 140 - now come I we know I didn't eat 7000 calories - anyway the fat doesnt metabolize that fast anyway... Your weight loss is going to flucuate too- some weeks you might lose 1 lbs - then the next week 1/2 lbs then the following week 3 lbs - Heck I know some pple (Phly) who can lose 4-5 lbs in one week then not lose another pound for a whole month We all lose weight differently - as long as you follow your rules - eat healthy and exercise the weight will come off - Taking your measurements is great - cuz there are weeks when you might not be losing - but your body will be shrink none the less. My weight lose was all over the board - .5 one week - then the next week 2 - then the next 1.5 - but I only weighted once a weeks. Just ask Becky - I was alway telling her to stay off the scales... as the the fill - you may not need one on the 23rd - there are pple who don't get fills right away - there was a girl in my doc's office who went 6 months without one - just the band being in place can be enough for some - so count your blessing (that you have restriction) Ok I gotta go - Trainer today - Arms - I will CBL:wink:

Karri - too sweet - ya Dallas is far it's a plane ride which is $$$ - whereas LV is just a drive for me... Ya when my Mom died I thought it was my fault too at the time -- I know now that she was sick mentally and that it wasn't my fault at all.. She had tried so many times before - the last time she just succeeded in her wish to be dead... Love the positive affirmation WILL and it's so very true... It's my mantra - This is my life and yes it's about me too not just everyone else... Steph - how sweet of DH - Lets see pics of them... Candice you are just doing so fantastic with your calories !!! WTG:thumbup: -25 omw - I would die... Today will be sunny 78-82 - I have white pants - open toed mules and 3/4 lenght sleeve mock turtle neck (tee shirt material) - sending some warmth in your direction :tt2:

Becky Yep - Peace & Quite - I hear you girl on that one.. I love it when I am with DS & Family but after they are gone - I love the quiteness again... I use to think it was so funny that my parents had this routine - how they did everything at a certain time - well now I get it -- It's funny we do become our parents :0) French door refrigde ?? I have sidebyside - counter depth so it's small and even with just me & GS things are crammed in there.. But I didn't want the fridge sticking out farther than the cabinets.. Yep those protein bars are great for protein - but not good calorie wise and they are like candy bars - You don't need them really - you should be getting all your nurtrients from real food not those bars - I have a few in my fridge (pure protein choc in the fridge is like a candy bar) but rarely eat them - I don't find them that filling and I may take them when I an on a trip - but other wise - I want real food for 200 calories - I am still a volume eater - My volume had decreased tons but I still want real food - So quit buying them - anything that I like too much I get rid of - I bought some sf (splenda) wafer cookie OMW sweet great fantatistic - just like the real thing - 4 like 110 c - but the problem was I ate more than 4 - so last night they when in the trash... I would eat 4 - go back a while later eat 4 more - and before you know it half the package is gone and I just bought them on Sunday. Focus on the eating healthy issue - and just cuz it's a Protein Bar doesn't mean it's healthy - those things have tons of sugar in them and can be high in fat too. I never counted fat or carbs - I focused on Grams of protein and caloires only during my weight loss phase - I did watch carbs but still had them in limited amounts - but again didn't count carbs in veggies - since I am a ww girl - I really just limited my starches... Gotta say that there is a lot of work in our weight loss phase - it is work - no way around that - but it's laying the foundation for maintenance... It's very easy to get complance after losing 50 lbs - You are feeling so much better looking better - hell when I was 198 in a 14 - I though omw you look good - well now when I look back at those pictures ya I look better at 198 than at 250 but I look and even feel better at 138 - but most of all at 138 I am healthier than at 198.. So - keep on with your food diary - keep making healthy choices - and if some of those healthy choices are becoming a part of the old you (protein bar being candy) cut them from your diet and replace it with something else that you aren't going to over indulge in... Ljv52 - Welcome to our little family !!!! Congrats on your 1/27 date !!!! OMW you kept your weight off for 6 yrs - That's fantastic- I hear you on the diff between being single & 1 kid opposed to having a family to cook for... I know that for me only having my GS to cook for instead of a family is easier - I still cook 2 meals most nights but heck I did that alot prior to being banded cuz I eat diff than he does - I didn't alway - but I like tamale pie he doesn't so - he had tacos from the hamburger meat and I used mine to make tamale pie.. For me now is about me and my health and you are like the rest of us we want to be around for our Grandkids - Again Welcome - Please stay with us... This is a really great group - even if I do say so myself :tt2: Hugs - Janet ------------------------------------------------------- Good Morning Gang..... Just cking in as usual

Karri That would be so fantastic !!!!! We would be only 4 hours away,... Not days - I love having Phyl so close during the winter - It's so nice to really meet and hang with our new families... How interesting about the 9 & 16 yrs... I don't know but I thought you had been with DH for years - You in a bad relationship thats shocking -when you have such a good DH but I guess not when I really think about it - but you just seemed to always have such a level head...- .. Heck - I think in all my relationships Chris was the most normal - and too boring - so dumped him for a bad boy.. I guess that's why I'm single still- don't trust my judgment how long has your biological mom been gone?? Yes we know you are competitive You are the one who got me to where I am - I had to keep up with you... So when it comes to your food choices - think of me see if you can beat me in better food choices.. Today - I was busy paying my bro's bills figuring out how much his estate owes me and today is 3 months since he passed - so I haven't had much of an appetite - Breakfast acai berry juice drink 90 c - lunch a few bites of turkey polish sausage - dinner will be steamed fresh carrots - baked chicken - rice or salad - I think maybe I will do the salad.. So really my calories are on the low side - but I didn't go walk tonite - well - I went to target after work and walked around and tried on clothes so that was a little exercise... Car - you are too funny I love reading your post - How did your unfill go... I am glad you are getting some taken out - being too tight to eat IMHO is worse than having no restriction... Steph - Love your pic w/your niece - you look really cute in that sun dress - Yes I want to see Rose's After pic's - I have some pre-pic's to compare the after with - And I though you 2 lived close to each other to begin with - I am glad she will be closer - I know she's not my Mom - but she is a cool lady - I enjoyed hanging with her at out MofA trip.. I didn't see that qvc show - but that's sorta how I do things but have been very mindful of my food choices lately - like I had said in that long post that disappeared - I fear I am a poser at time - I am spouting all this crap heck I have a mentor thread - pple are always giving me props for my success- think I got the problem beat - and am afraid that I will end up like Oprah.. (has anyone watched or read her article to understand what I am saying) so all these shows on right now along with yours & Karri struggles make me a little more mindful to eat healthy.. Not to allow myself to slip back into bad eating - which is hard after the holidays where I did eat sweets.. Like we all know - the food that isn't healthy is the easiest to go down/eat - where as the healthy food we can't eat much of.. We want to eat volume - so we make the choice to eat the unhealthy stuff so we can eat more.. IDEA - IF Karri moves to LV - that's where we all can meet in August or July depending on when she gets moved... I know it's hot - but heck the casino's have AC and the hotel rates are cheaper - Whadda ya all say to that !!!!! Donna - You really like wind:eek: & yes Car is Very sarcastic - I love her post - they are so intense Denise - it took me a while to get the hang of it - I still don't understand why I never get yellow cars limo's ice cream trucks etc that everyone else has - heck I was a parking dummy in the beginning was in the minus alot in the beginning - you gotta get alot of friends to join parking wars - I have you Jackie Phyl earl (phyls dh) steph - and a couple of others that they give you - but so far I have 3 red cars and 1 green - so you can only park in those spots or a spot that doesn't have any sign - but then the sign can change from red to green and you will get a ticket.. and girl you make me laugh - blow dry the snow... I think Denise can be our stand up comic - OMW I would love hanging with you - you would have me busting a gut laughing so much!!! Glad you had good food & exercise - Hugs on the bad day.. Phyl - Hugs on the blah mood - I know how you feel - wish I could make it better ... Candice hope work was better today Kari - Shout out to you too... OK I think this has taken me 45 minutes to write - My dinner's done - and it's 7:35 - so I am going to go eat - IDOL tonight !!!! Talk to you all tomorrow - Hugs & Love - I really Love you guys...

Good Morning Peeps... How is everyone this morning -- It's going to be a beautiful day here in the desert - low 80's sunny maybe a little wind but they have been saying that for a week and I haven't seen any yet.. I hope it continues that way cuz I dislike the wind.. Just cking in - I see everyone was quite last nite... Phyl - you haven't posted - what's up... Car - Glad you had a good holiday... Karri - How are you doing - when's your next visit with the counsler.. Ok I gotta get my butt in gear - and get some work done... I will cbl..:laugh:

Good Morning Gang.... It's a beautiful day here in the Desert - It will be sunny and in the low 80's... No much to report since last night - I ate my fish - then watched a little TV went to bed at 10 and up at 5 - here at work and need to get my butt in gear.. But this is my ritual - so I gotta Say GOOD MORNING TO MY GIRL FRIENDS - will CBL :laugh:

Long - I am glad you are enjoying you zumba classes - after a while you won't be such a clutz - I am a pretty good dancer but again that's after a couple of drinks - in those kind of classes - I feel like a total dork.. Apples Enjoy your vacation you deserve it girl - I wish I had half your energy... My house if very traditional I would say - Walls Mocha - carpet oatmeal - couches taupe & black over stuffed - glass/iron tables mixed with wood table. I have lived in my house 5 yrs this May - and after the intital move in and furniture buying - (whole house had new furniture) I got burnt out - I need art work - mantel and that's really about it - I am not good at assestorizing... Like stick this dodad on this table - this size plant here - that kind of stuff.. Plus I am tired of some of my silk plants too... Have a good time on your vacation in FL soak up the sun - but make sure you have your sun block - you don't want to get burn so badly that you can't enjoy yourself.. Check in when you can - we want to hear all about your adventure.. Becky - Hugs to you and DD how awful for her... My Mom had some bad skin - and I know how she felt - There is nothing any plastic surgeon can do to improve her skin - I know that my uncle had something done - it soften the scars a little but they are still there.. How fun a new kitchen !!!! Ok gang - I need to finish my dinner - I ate my salad at 8 cuz I go on line around 7:30 and by they time I made it here I just had to eat - it's 9 and I need to go eat my fish.. Yes I know I am backwards - but for some reason I have been hungry for salad for the last two days... So now tomy fish.. Will talk to you all tomorrow...

Hey Gang Just a quick stop in - it's almost 8 I am hungry and haven't eaten yet Had gym after work then had to go rent Hamlet for Andrew didn't get home til 6:30 then got dinner started and talked to Debbie to she what she could afford hotel wise.. Parked my cars - on parking wars - Sorry Denise - I had to give you a ticket :0)... Ms Pris - Karri is the only one of us Lucky # 7 that had plastic surgery so far.. I have looked into getting my arms dones - but insurance isn't going to cover my tummy or arms - I don't have rashes etc that you need for insurance to cover it "Medically nessecery" Congrats on your weight lost you have done supper good !!! Ok gang I am off for the night - I will talk to you all tomorrow

Candice - I just talked to my GF Debbie - we are going to come on Friday Night when I get off work 1/23 and stay til Sunday - so won't get to Vegas until 9 or 10 - Imperial Palace right !!!! My GF Debbie - has never been to vegas and she will be 55 in April. She is really jazzed... She has lived a sheltered life compared to me... Kari - This is for you - it took me 5 months to get from my original goal of 160 to 140 - so be kind - it will come... I just never stop the healthy eating & exercise I think I still have your cell in my cell - I have a new phone at home so I don't have your home number anymore - I will email you ok.. #DateWeight 12/10/2008138.0Edit || 10/12/2008140.0Edit || 9/20/2008143.0Edit || 8/07/2008145.0Edit |7/24/2008145.5Edit ||7/17/2008148.0Edit ||06/26/2008150.0Edit ||06/10/2008151.0Edit ||6/05/2008153.0Edit ||5/28/2008153.0Edit ||5/22/2008154.5Edit ||5/15/2008157.0Edit | | 5/08/2008158.0

Welcome Janice... I don't have a DH but a GS who lives we me and we eat differently too - Always have - I don't like hamburger helper he does... I like veggies - he doesn't touch them with a 10 ft pole - My DS was the same way - so I have always cooked 2 meals some days - when I make stuff peppers they get hamburgers. I am lucky though my GS likes fish.... I too was a total slug bug - hated exercise - but each day I went and day by day month by month it does get easier and know what - I like it now... It's not so hard now.... Some days I still have to talk myself into going - but I can tell you without the exercise - I don't think I would have lost the weight that I have... And exercise goes hand in hand with healthy lifestyle.. Your 2nd fill will help - you have don't great so far !!!

Good Morning Gang Hope you all had a good weekend - Mine was good got the last of the Xmas stuff put away - went out yesterday and bought 2 fake trees - sofa table and ton's of silk flowers and sorta redecorated my casa... I am in a nesting mode I guess... Found some sf w/splenda wafer Cookies - 4 - 130 calories - but I think they are going in the trash - not cuz they are bad - it's cuz they are too good - I ate 8 - they are tiny but still. Well just cking in - Sending Sunshine to my snowbound Girl Friends - It's beautiful here this past weekend and suppose to be a beautiful week - High 70's if not low 80's.... Gotta get some work done - so will CBL :cursing:

Hugs Linda - I am so very sorry for your struggles. I would tell your band dr - that your tool can't work if it's not maintained. I had my gallbladder out in 85 when they cut you open - now adays it's a lot easier - I was in consent pain with mine. Concentrate on eating healthy and loving yourself but not with junk food - Love yourself enough to give your body what it needs - healthy foods and in turn your body with repay you by being healthier and giving you more energy...

Denise YES !!! I WAS SO "F"ING PISSED I had started that post Saturday morning - but you all had been so chatting that I didn't have time to do it before I left for the gym I responded to all that stuff - hit post it went thru then NOTHING - IT WAS A WASTE OF A GOOD 45 MINUTES.. I was so PISSED :thumbdown::cursing::wub::cursing::cheers2: I just got off the damn stupid computer... I had things to do !!!! and when I still on the computer for 3-4 hour streaches - nothing gets done... On Saturday took the dogs to the gromers did my Target shopping - Went to marshals and got the cuties pair of shoes came home at noon and cleaned my room and bathroom - Sunday went to HomeGoods and got 2 trees - Sofa Table and flower and redecorated my house Ok little recap Steph you are not a failure or poser!!!! Candice - I wasn't critizing your medical care system I am such an Idealist that I think the concept is great everyone should have access to medical care - but I think that Cancer is something serious and you shouldn't have to wait to see a doctor... Karri - Yes it's about happy weight & being healthy.. Kari - Just keep doing what you are doing (exercising & eating healthy) you will get to your goal - and 165 who be a good # Denise - Hugs on the Mother issues - and screw your sisters - in the end you will be the better person and they will have to live with their guilt - Isn't it so funny we all wish we had normal lives - then we listen to each others drama and the lite bulb goes on - there is no normal - we all have somekind of drama or issues in our lives.. Phyl - we haven't had any wind down my way _ I know they keep talking about winds but nothing so far THANK GOD cuz I hate the wind Ok It's Monday back to the grind of things... Hope you all had a good weekend - I am sending sunshine your way...

I like that.... PS for the wrinkles!

Good Morning Gang I am not mia - yesterday went to the gym, then took doggies to the groomers - went to Target for target stuff - then to Marshalls - got the cuties pair of shoes - well that took 3 hrs then p/u the doggies - came home - cleaned my room and bathroom (changed sheets dusted polished the furniture vaccumed corner clean mirrors mopped etc) was done around 5:30 - and was just too pooped to get on line - I was up at 5:30 in fact I think I went to bed around 9:30 last night.. Up at 6 this morning.. Going to finish cleaning house (I think) and maybe go to HomeGoods - need a Tree for my room.. Ok just cking in - like I said - I am not MIA - no longer blue - just busy and it seems like when I get on the computer - before I know it 3 hrs are gone and I have done a darn thing. Joann - how did the doc appointment go...

Congrats Long !!!!! :thumbup:WTG !!!:thumbup: I am so happy that you enjoyed it.. Yes you are worth 12 dollars a week to move and exercise and do something you enjoy - you are so worth it - so don't let the $12 buck stop you.. I am so happy that you told yourself to shut up !!!!! That stupid little negative person inside of us - stops us from doing so much and enjoying life... Go for it 100%...

Hey Gang - I couldnt get on last night - the stupid system kept bumming me off and was super busy at work so couldn't get on during the day.. Ya I would hate working for someone younger than me - at least at my job they are all older or the same age. I say suits at target & stien mart in the last few weeks too - I need some capri for summer - I don't do shorts - well I can do bermuda's Joann - Hugs on they eye problems - but like you said they can do wonders now a days.. How did your doc appointment go yesterday Apples - What a stupid B - these are the kind of teachers that give the teaching system a bad name ... I am so happy that you could report that "those kids" are successful - thanks to you being the good parent that you are.. What was her reaction when you told her ... Jill I have a freind going to the inauguration - she is suppose to be bring me back a something... I would love to go -but like you the crowd issues - heck on tv you will have a birds eye veis.. Long - Men !!! They have more muscle and that's why - it's so un fair Lucky you going to Florida... Well 2 more months til my cruise Nope I have tried - who makes it - I will look for it - I have raisin bran - go lean crunch and kasha cinnimon shredded wheat... I only eat cereal every now and then.. ------------------------- Good morning !!! Like I said early couldn't get on last night ... Well up waiting for the gym to open - doggies have an appointment at the beauty shop at 9 Need to food shop for the week and whatever else hits my fancy I guess. Well, just cking in - will CBL:tongue:

Great on your calories Why a couple of months - is this what pple here talk about when complaining about your socialized medicine?? I thought that if it was something serious that it got taken care of right away... Basal cell isn't the bad bad kind of cancer - but it's still cancer and should be looked at sooner than a couple of months...