IndioGirl55

Good Morning Mouse worked this morning but not keyboard - I think after gym I am going to Costco or Best Buy and get a new computer... Steph Glad you had a good Bday !!! WTG on staying on track !!! Proud of you & Jeff.. Have you watched the show Heavy - it's on A&E or TLC - it' really good. Also on Dr, Oz yesterday they had this thing about being a food addict.. Phyl - LOL yep driving w/ me it would only take 45 min to get to 29 Palms LOL ... Well hope Earl gets in a better mood Karla - I love Greys - On Thursday nite at 8 or is it 9 my time - I dvr it most days - but it's a great show and so is private practice (spin off of Greys) I'm not doing accounting for a few days - letting my smiple mind rest ;0) Told you - that you were doing ok ..... Ya gotta learn to trust me - LOL I saw a new thread that said counting caloires works - I wanted to be a smart ass and say Yep it does - I have been preaching that for almost 4 yrs - and since I got to goal and have maintained it - I think I know what I am talking about - counting calories (eating healthy) and exercise - that' the only thing that's going to get you to goal - the band is going to help - but not going to do the work for you - and God forbid we ever lose it - I sure and the hell think that I might put on a few - but that I wouldn't be 250 a gain - (from my lips to God's ears) well does God have ears LOL - Gotta get back to work

Back from the gym - boot camp tonite - had a great work out... Mini bypass=sleeve??? Jewel just smile and change the subject .. Apples - The newbie here are really unorganized - were when I was a newbie 4 yrs ago - we pretty much stuck to our Lucky #7 thread - or the 50's thread where there were experienced banders - now they just post the same thing over and over again and don't look for thread with the same subject - and I do find alot of new threads - but I noticed last week the rants and raves have slowed way down - there are alot of newbies out there -but I don't see as much action like there use to be.. I find if I clear my cache every so often it helps. I lost my post this afternoon cuz of me - not the site.. mouse went up to the top and hit closed Operator error ;0) Not much to report - time to hit the couch ...

Well Back from the gym - had a good work out - came home fed the dogs & cat - then cleaned the stove - the burners are nasty - then went and washed face Going to have to take car in - seatbelt light & bell are going off when it' on... The saying goes you can't choose your family - but you choose your friends and we are the family we need... Love you all so much... Really wish you (Karla) were able to come in March.. Well food today Pt shake w/pb2 and 1/2 a banana - bag of pt cheeto's 130 cal 15 or 12 grms pt - ck catacctori - dinner - will be a ck thigh and some pasta and vegge LOL karla not being smart on vacuuming LOL.. Will have to go look at the new pics cbl

Oh my key board is working - can't beleive it - I'm tempted not to exercise and just go buy a new computer - but alas - I gotta go to the gym.. Boot camp tonite Karla - I have days that I want food - lots of it - I was able to eat 2 taco's last week - omg they were so good.... I felt good mentally and physically being able to eat them (non-fried) I bet you really aren't eating alot - we just freak about it now a days... Well I gotta jame cbl'

OMG Karla - LOL yep you know what we are going to say don't you LOL - Oh on the pity party - I guess since I don't have a Mom - I don't have to seek approval - but don't know if I would any way - I'm 56 yrs old (well almost) and yes I know we all have a inter-child that's 2 but I'm a freaking grown up and if my Mom said those things too me - I just might say - well bye call the one who you like/love better... I don't have a lot of tolerance for being mis-treated - I told my Grandma off and never saw her again.. She said my Dad abandont my Mother - he didn't - it was her fault that he left - and he always took care of us and supported us - hell he ended up w/us cuz my mom was mentally ill and killed herself - I told her she liked to wallow in self pity cuz I was taking care of my Dad and not her - - I was done - but I guess I'm mean and cold hearted - - This is all speculation on my part - I know my Mom loved me - she did show me love - but her sick side wasn't alway nice - but I just keep moving forward.. So all I am saying don't waste your time being upset about your mom - it is what it is - We love you and next time someone gives you crap - say well I wasn't wanted anyway - so you guys handle it.. But again I'm a smart ass - but I think I would say it I really do... We love you and support you - so don't think you aren't loved... xoxoxo J

Lost my drive by post :0)

Kendra - Are you taking a sip of water or a glup - Your doc could be right - you could be eating too fast or not chewing enough - taking tiny bites - I know at times when I am starving I will eat too fast and not chew - my band reminds me at those time.. You shouldn't have to have fills and unfills - If you are 11 lbs under goal - then what are you worried about - The band and losing weight isn't about starving yourself - it's about learning to eat healthy and w/the band you have a little reinforcement not to over eat..

:cake: :cake: :present: :present: HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEPH HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY !!! LOVE YOU !!!! XOXOXO :party::party: WTG ON YOUR LOST LBS :welldoneclap::waytogo:

I'm alive - My stupid computer/mouse/keyboard - my mouse will work - but my keyboard won't - then my mouse won't work and the key board does.. FRUSTRATING - I need a new computer..... I have been doing accounting stuff which takes me forever Busy at work too - don't have time to post - sorry about sending you all that email yesterday - going too fast..

Linn Hugs for your struggles... Sound like you need a fill - but most of all you it also sounds like you need to eat better - are you exercising?? The band isn't the cureall to our issues with food - it's only a tool - for that tool to work it has to be maintained - to lose the weight you need to eat healthy (your normal diet / food choices is what got you fat in the first place - this is what we all have to understand - Yes you will lose weight (some) by just portion contorl - but you really gotta change your eating habits and you gotta exercise - Your band isn't going to make your food choices - you do... Even with the band it's work - a lot of work - but getting the weight off is so lilberating - it's so worth the work Get a fill - Eat healthy (Protein 1st - veggies - sf - low fat - limited carb) and get out and get some exercise - if you do these things the weight will come off. Good Luck

Good Morning Gand My stupid computer/mouse/keyboard - my mouse will work - but my keyboard won't - then my mouse won't work and the key board does.. FRUSTRATING - I need a new computer..... I still haven't totally figured out the accounting yet - but have a good idea - talked to lady who use to work at accounting firm - I LOVE HER (Joan) she was so great in all my Dad's estate stuff and helping me with the partnership.. I understand what I have to do - but balancing has been a chore - going to leave it alone for a day or 2 then go back and see if I can get it done - I will get paid but not till a trustee is assigned - that's a 2 edge sword - we are afraid that once a trustee is assigned that they are going to petition the court to sell the land that's left - well we don't want to sell in this market - so as long as there is no trustee we ok. But again I have paid $9000 for 3 yrs bonding - that's just that much less that they are going to get - by the time we pay attorney/me & sis - there won't be much $$... I talked to Candice last night - then Joan - didn't get off the phone till 9 p.m. - make eggs for dinner and was in bed by 10:30.. I still need to go to FB to see pictures. Karla - Hugs on your Mom - Yep you can't help much right now - other will have to step up to the plate. How are you feeling.. Candice - I bet you are so glad to be home LOL trip sounds wonderfull but there is nothing better than your own bed and home cooked food - I don't eat out often - enjoy it when I do - but I LOVE home cooked food - my own coffee - my bed and my doggies. Hugs on GF - that's the freaking pits - Cancer is terrible. Phyl - Sorry your Seahawks lost - My boss is Bear fan - he was happy - I'm not for any of the teams playing - I don't like Steelers - cuz I'm a Dallas fan and they have history ;0) so don't want them to win. The weather is so beautiful - I really wanted to stay home and clean out the garage and patio - spring is in the air - For us here in the Desert spring is Feb/March ;0) Sometime April can be too hot.. Well, I gotta get my butt in gear - this is my short week - FF my gf Candy and I are doing something - then Saturday - Jodi from NY and my mentor thread will be in town - so Phyl - Earl - Her & her DD are coming for dinner on Saturday - She's Jewish and her DD only eats kosher - Thanks Candice for the Paper Plate & plastic forks idea - that's how I will serve the DD - Jodi isn't as particular - but will give her the option too.. Well, gotta get my desk cleaned up... CBL

OMG Linda - Hugs Hugs Hugs..... I sent you message on fb a while back ... Hugs Hugs Hugs .... Is she still involved w/that stupid man... Well only 8 weeks and you will be here !!!!! Well at least you have the 2 grandbabies to help you get through this - Hugs on AH DH ;0) - Men you see why I am single LOL - sometime want one to do things with - but don't want to put up w/the other stuff.. Well we'll get Phyl's scooter for you.. You guys can share ;0).... You gotta get that hip fixed - How's your tummy.. Candice - LOL on bar bill - That happen on 1 or 2 cruise - but not anymore - the last couple I really didn't drink that much - but they get you on the booze - Phyl know's how to sneak it on the ship - Never heard of that cruise line ... I bet you are ready to come home - I don't care how much you like someone - 14 day - omw - I would be ready to come home.. We are going to have to have a skypes conference call ;0) Glad your Mom is ok.. Phyl - LOL watching football and me telling you to go for a walk LOL Well - I never got out of p.j.s - I spent most of last night and ALL DAY trying to get this crap figured out - right now I think I owe estate $3800 but don't know why - lost a spread sheet - when keyboard locked up.. I never went to the baby shower - gift is on my desk - hope fully she's still working (down the street from me) or will have to drop it off when in PS.. I'm brain dead - so I will wait till tomorrow to double ck my #'s but by then I will be confused on how I arrived at what I have right now. Phyl - all those things sound good.. Karla - Hugs on the pain hitting you - rest please xoxox Janet

LOL Karla - I left bed unmade and stuff in the sink cuz he was suppose to come to clean today- hasn't been since before Christmas and since I cleaned last week - house isn't bad at all - but he called and said they called me in should I go - I said yes - no now I gotta clean up what I didn't last night and this morning Oh it's not cutting into my furlough LOL that's next friday :0) but I have plans w/my gf candy - It's going to cut into my night tonite or my weekend - I'm not an accountant and it will take me a long time to get it in a format that's understandable ;0) - I know what needs to be done - but there are diff ways to add 2+2 - you still come up w/4 but in a diff way - I know when I try and do budgets - I make them more complicated than they should be - and I get confused easily lol I'm at work right now - but got call that rent ck's need to be picked up and it got me to thinking that I gotta write ck to bro's estate - so called the sec and we got talking and figured they haven't done the account correctly at all - so she and I are going to do it - I think I will be asking for some $$$ back from the accountant - Well got 1/2 hr - need to get a couple things done - will cbl

Karla i was wondering if your town had them (taxis) LOL Glad the pain isn't bad... Fingers crossed it stays that way.. Might not be on tonite - talked to lawyer secretary today about bro's accounting - and the stupid accountant has it all f'd up they haven't taken into consideration the bills I pay from the ranches - so it's all messed up - I am going to have to get the ranch ck book out and do a spread sheet - then make sure it balances w/his stuff - Have a baby shower tomorrow- need to stop by the store on the way home - need nails done - and something for dinner - Andrew got called into work - so house didn't get cleaned.. Well it will all get done - may just be drive by tonite when I get home depend on if I get involved in bookkeeping or not ;0)

WTG KAREN - GOAL !!!!!!!!

Good Morning Gang... Phyl - The combination of wine & cheese - cut the cheese (pun not intended lol we done want that lol) and keep the wine - that might help some.. Cheese has tons of salt & fat.. But sounds like you have a plan - I don't like Winco brand veggie they are always full of ice - but stater bro & target brand are ok - but on broc I like fresh - Steph - You are such a sweetheart w/your pink ribbon stuff - Have fun and be safe.. Karla - How you doing today- rest and don't over do it ok.. Yep Phyl sometimes the computer is just too much - I hear you on that on ..

Good Evening Gang... Lori - Come on you need thicker skin LOL you know we are razzing you ;0) - We all understand - heck I would love to be in the position to hope on a plane and go where ever.. Glad you had a good time at the support and were there to help someone else - being a mentor really give you a standard to keep - at least it does for me.. It helps me practice what I preach Eva A/C in the car - OMG it's not that hot here - I think we got to 73 or 74 - sure not a/c weather. Sounds like a wonderful day,, Linda - Hugs on Katie and never getting a weekend for yourself - but at least DGD has you - where would she be w/o you.. Being a single parent my DS had chores and loves telling the story about Patches on his jeans - I would Iron on patches on the inside of new jeans - hoping they would last longer.. We had our struggles - My DS knows how to shop on a budget and save $$$ but he's still of the generation of wanting it now and not waiting - reason for his involvement w/drugs - fast easy $$ - Well not really easy - almost got him killed.. Charlene - WTG on counting points !!!! Cheri - once we get a solid date I will know better - it's pretty expensive to fly now a days - and I don't know like I said for $1000 I could have a full weeks vacation w/food included in a tropical paraside - Maybe something will turn up... Not a defenit no yet.. WTG on that train... I don't get on the scales every day mostly because if I weight 135 -136 then I figure I can eat more treats cuz that's the low end of my 4 lbs max weight - so as long as I don't get on the scales - I think oh I bet i weight 138 so I can't afford that extra treat.. My Uncle say single parents is the reason for the down fall - and I think not having family values like we use to have - but again - with parents who stuck together but never told their kids they loved them - hell - it's just all messed up - who know why the world is the way it is - I guess it's the plan.. All we can do is the best that we can.. LauraK 27 yrs 2 men - OMG - well I guess that's why I'm not dating from the age I lost my virignity to today - well I would never admit to how many there have been ;0) - I was hot to trot when I was younger - but responsible only had 1 child ;0) Enjoy... Jodi - We have Sherman's deli in Palm Desert - Montery & Country club I think - so you can still eat Kosher.. Well gang - i'm pooped - don't feel like typing - am hungry - had legs tonite - good work out ... Cbl maybe food will give me some energy... 0

OMG Karla - how scary to wake up w/that tube - I have only had 2 surgeries - and neither time did I even know they intubated me and my throat never hurt.. Sure glad you are home safe and sound - yep being taken care of is nice and ya I bet you would doze.. the only pill I take on a full tummy is my blood pressure pill.. How nice of your sister - you better go !!! You can afford it and you need a break ... LOL 15 yrs - you got be beat - I think mines like 9 or 10 - I would have never beleived that I would have gone this long w/o some hanky panky ;0) - My hormones must have died.. Yep had gym - going to eat dinner and watch tv - yep friday tomorrow !!! Next Friday is my FF - My gf Candy and I are going to get in the car and see where it takes us for the day.. Phyl - Am I going to have to hunt you down - I see you posted on FB but havent made it here... Did you get your veggies - How's your Mom.. Candice - Aren't you home yet....

Drive by - have gym in 10 ... Karla is fine - sounded great - she left message on my house phone around 12:45 - surgery earlier than expected - she's just waiting for DD to pick her up at 5:30 p.m. Poor thing had to wait that long - I would have called a taxi LOL Karla - So glad you are ok - was thinking of you this morning - Phyl - where in the hell are you - you need 4 corners to upd lbt LOL - I know you went to Costco today ;0)

IMHO - you don't need a fill - what are you eating?? how many calories - if you are working out a lot you may need to up your calories a couple times a week Plus your weight loss is going to slow as the weight comes off - you have done EXCELLENT 10-14 lbs - average is 1 - 2 lbs a week - so you are doing better than average. Remember it didn't come on over night it's not going to come off over night.. Eat healthy - vary your calories and keep up the exercise - it will come off.. Oh ya - it's normal to get hungry - heck I'm hungry often - mostly an hour before my next meal - and in between - That's where healthy Snacks come in - or Water - crystal lite ..

Wannabe - Yes you can eat real food - this isn't about dieting - its about eating healthy for the REST OF YOUR LIFE and exercise.. Cakes candies Cookies ice cream chips etc are not healthy foods.. and for the most part are sliders. I have eaten real food every day for the last 3.6 yrs - I eat healthy 98% of the time an allow for treat 2% of the time. During my weight loss phase I didn't indulge alot - but if I went to a bday party - I'd have a small slice of cake or a couple chips Please don't rely on your band to stop you from eating these foods - cuz it won't - Your food choices are up to you.. I can eat all types of food - except tough meat. I don't do too much bread- not because I can't but thoses types of foods that we use to indulge in 24/7 - 365 is why we got fat in the 1st place.. The band is just a tool - it doesn't make your food choices - it doesn't take away your head hunger issues and it doesn't exercise for you I say that I did 75% of the work by changing my eating and exercise habits and the band did 25% by providing restriction. I lost 100% of my excess weight in 11 months 1 week by making the total lifetime lifestyle change in my eating and exercise and have maintained that weight loss for 2.6 yrs..

Raylin - I just saw this at the bottom of our theard - Come and join us - the more the merrier... Somehow you did this on blog and I don't know anything about this feature - but come and join us - Hugs Janet

Well I wouldn't eat them for fear of getting stuck - I wouldn't eat them cuz they would fill me up and would be a waste of my calories - I would rather have a piece of fish and some veggies - I may eat 1/4 of one - but really to day - I don't eat a lot of bread/starches or high fat food - cuz those are the tings that got me fat in the 1st place I can eat just about any type of food - as long as I take tiny bites eat slowly and chew very well - Your band will tell you when you haven't followed the rules.. But the answer to your question - I bet you will be able to eat them again - but are you really going to want to - cuz you know what I use to eat the bread basket - my salad & meal - Now adays a bite or 2 of salad - then 1/4 to 1/2 of my meal - no room for the bread ;0)

Do you have any kind of restriction??? If it's filled to the max then I think you may have a problem and need to see your doctor... Being hungry and waiting and hour or 2 between your meals isn't going to kill you... If you are hungry eat carrots - celery - a piece of fruit - When we think we are hungry we eat Cookies - candy - chips junk - Fruit & Veggies don't sound appealling -its the high fat sugar stuff we want to eat So eat BF - then plan for a healthy snack - like an apple - eat lunch - then plan another healthy snack some celery & Peanut Butter (measure this) - eat a portion controlled dinner - then later when you are hungry have a salad - or some more veggies - then have a sf fudgescicle or 2 sf pudding... It's really about our food choices not just our portion control - You can eat a candy bar for 230 cal and won't be full at all or if you eat 1 apple for 100 I bet you would be fuller

It would stop me from physically eating a 16 oz steak - but it's not going to stop me from wanting to eat it.. It doesn't stop me from grazing - And I think that pple here think that the band will do that (stop you from eating) it's only a piece of plastic - it has no control really - it's just a tool - infact if I pb on something my band then seems to become wide open - and I can eat more.. Yes - regulate your portions - I eat off of dessert plates and 1 cup bowls and I'm 3.6 yrs out .. And after you have eaten 4 oz of meat and 1/2 c of veggie - go in another room and contimplate your stomach - do you feel fullness in your pouch (I bet you will) - I did this in the beginning - it takes time for your head to feel your stomach - and again sometimes no matter how full you are phyiscally you are still going to want to eat more - this is where you have to exercise your gray matter.. ;0) Good luck you can do this..