IndioGirl55

IMHO - I think that so many pple think that WLS is going to do more than it really does.. I didn't have that mind set cuz before surgery I was told that the real work was up to me - and that I had my Ah Ha Moment that my "normal eating was unhealthy and is what got me fat in the 1st place" So I take it you don't measure your foods - I eat out of 1 cup bowls - I eat off dessert plates - for the 1st few months I weighed my food too - especially meat - I know can tell you what 4 oz of fish looks like and what the calories are. I know pple are always saying I didn't get banded to weight & measure my foods - will imho it's a learning tool you don't have to do it forever - but that you need to know what 1 cup really looks like - not what we guess it to be During my weight loss journey - I ate 800- 1200 a day and varied them and I also worked out 1 hr - 4 to 5 days a week some times 6..

WTG STEPH !!!! SO PROUD OF YOU - YOU ARE A FANTASTIC MOM !!!!! You are sticking to your guns and that's what's needed - we let our kids maniuplate us too much (I include myself in this) they pull at our heart strings.. I understand about getting worked up and then not being able to sleep - before Andrew left he was always choosing late evening to get into it about the whole dog situation - I just couldn't take it anymore - I need my rest - I don't need the stress and I don't want or need anymore dogs - Hell I ended up w/3 and 1 cat - it really cuts into what I can and can't do... It's like having kids.. Well if you are hungry - google healthy recipes - omg I am finding tons of them - that's what I do when I am hungry - Karla mentioned taco soup - never heard of it - so googled it - to me it's really like chilli - but I bet you could eat that - ground beef or turkey & beans - I think I will be making some this weekend .. OMG just saw later taters - too cute.. Well I gotta get back to work - I am so glad you have come back ;0) it makes my heart smile - and omg your mom's pic's on FB too funny !!!

Anything is possible if you put your mind to it.... Go back to the basics... I totally agree being too tight is not the answer The answer to losing the weight and keeping it off is all about eating healthy and exercising.. I found keeping a food & exercise diary beneficial in my weight loss journey.. Eat pt 1st - always have that be the main stay of your food plan - then veggie - the complex carbs/starches For me I had a calorie budget - it allowed for sf treats - and again if I had a party or went out I budgeted my calories for those occiasions (still do) Google healthy recipes - there are a lot out they - you new dh won't even know he's eating healthy LOL Congrats on your success and marriage.. You can complete your jounery - have no doubt - you have the tool to...

DIETS DON'T WORK - EATING HEALHTY DOES... I will be physically full (pouch full) and still crave the taste of more food - my body says feed me I'm still hungry but my pouch say no you aren't - but that doesn't stop me from wanting to eat more food. Controlling the types of foods you eat is also a big factor in how you lose the weight and if you are exercising or not.. They have banded our stomachs - not our heads - and imho the majority of our issues w/food are in our heads and not our stomachs. What are you considering a large portion - What are you eating - Can you eat 8 oz of steak and not be full ..

See I missed this post :0) When I saw grand caymen - I'm going OH I want to go :0) I love that island.. I agree - I want to travel before my time is up or my body gives out - I just got news earlier in the week that a classmate/friend age 55 just died of a massive heart attack - you never know when your time is going to be up. I got to get to work - cbl.

Candice Cruise was 10 days she left 1/1 so ya she should be on here way home - I think she staying 1 day after she gets off ship - but today is the 12th - so we should be hearing from here soon.. Phyl - Needs to ck in ;0) Here is my suggestion - Next yr - All inclusive in Mexico in April - Karla can you save $$$ by then - You and I can room - as the others will be bring dh's??? Or if the ones w/hubbys don't have to bring them if they don't want ;0)

Good Morning Peeps LOL Meredith - I ended up eating a lean cusine (ck alfreado) popcorn and that was it... You sound like you have your plan down - I have a baby shower to go to on Saturday and will be having cake - well if I stay that long - it's my xdh niece and I really love her - having her 1st baby - she dog sat for me back in 05 - but I think it's a coed shower and a lot of family will be there - I get along with them all but - sorta feel funny about going since I'm not a Pimentel ;0) - but going to take her gift anyway... No firm dates on chicago - I really want to go - but cost of 4 day trip is going to be the real cincher for me - I have looked at airfare and hotel - could be $1000 for 4 days - where as I can go on a cruise for 900 for 7 days so time will tell on that one.. Apples - I don't get email but I usually go back to my last post - but sometime someone has posted the same time as me and they are above my last post - and I will miss it.. Easy to do on this new format - I have my watched topics - so it's a little easier getting here and other threads that I will post on - but one thing I have noticed since this new change that pple are all over the place - I don't think the newbie set up their own thread "Jan 2011" they just post all over the place..// Not much to report - had dinner - watched t.v. my DIL called - said that she was thinking of me - missing me and cried this morning - that was just so sweet to know I'm loved.. Well time to hit the shower... CBL

Good Morning... Hope you all slept well... Karla - How are you doing this morning - Hugs & Prayers Steph you were up late last night.. Phyl - Busy?? Not much to report - watched my soap & biggest loser - bed - now another day ;0) - Have gym again tonite - Monday got cancelled so leg work out.. Karla - How's Simon

Ok so when I get home from the gym - you should at least post and say you are ok.. $$$ well don't know where I stand till I get taxes done - I think I will be able to claim Andrew this yr - not sure - but then I have lost my single head of household status and that's going to hurt big time Back from gym - tired and hungry - want mexican food - but all I have is fish ;0) Karla -GF LOVE AND HUGS PRAYERS FOR A SAFE SURGERY TOMORROW - I will be thinking about you all day long..

Good Evening Gang... Back from Gym ;0) Hugs to all dealing w/parent issues.. Cheri - It's a cute movie - love the smoking pot scene - LOL Great - I'm working for my one boss - I have only his accounts now - so it's ok - I've worked w/him so long - I call him my office husband - and since he's got divorce and is w/his new gf (who me & my GF candy) set him up with and his cancer surgery - he has mellowed - so it hasn't been bad - 32 yrs this July (God willing) got a bit of mess on my desk right now - but nothing I can't fix if I put my mind to it - Still bored w/my job - but gotta have it - Tell your Mom - I'm not doing taxes this yr - going to hr block - I'll take GM's with me ;0) - Jodi - If we every go to Vegas again - we will hog tie you and block his # from your phone LOL Well - I am hungry and pooped - really want mexican food for dinner - but I have fish left from last night - so I guess that's what I am eating..

I use to use the dannon lite and fit - but the greek has more pt... I too add vanilla and white choc pudding sometime ;0) Well just a drive by - gym in a few... Karla what time is your surgery tomorrow

Jodi - How about planning a get together Sat Nite 1/22 (after sundown ;0) 5 ish here in Desert or Sunday - My family is coming the following weekend so I will be tied up and just made plans at lunch w/Gf for Friday 1/21 - I had I read this post before I went to lunch - I wouldn't have made Nothing between AZ & CA but Desert and stupid little towns ... As you know I live in Indio - Phyl lives in Sky Valley/Desert Hot Springs we are about 20 - 25 mile from each other.. Palm Desert is in the Middle So Sat 1/22 or Sun 1/23 gotta get back to work

Remember the fruit dip you made in Washington - Yogurt & cream cheese w/a little splenda - well I now use greek yogurt (vanilla) lite cream cheese and brown sugar splenda - and it taste just like cheese cake (w/o crust) and I get pt :0) best of both world - figure the cal to be about 200 but getting like 18 grms pt - where as with sf ice cream you get like 6 Kaitlin was the same way as a child - she would only eat cheese hardly any meat - but she out grew it now she loves blood red steak ;0) just like her LaLa

Kim How much hard Protein can you eat at one sitting... That is how you tell your amount of restriction - Can you eat a In & Out Double Burger & fries all at one still.. What are you eating - what are you doing for exercise..

Regardless of religion - getting unfilled prior to a holiday &/or vacation defeats the whole purpose of getting banded.. I have a gf who is an orthodox Jew and she has never had her band unfilled for holidays Our bands are tools to make us full on a smaller amount of food .. It's about eating healthy and a bander should be able to eat holiday foods in small portions - Our bands don't make our food choices we do.. - Holidays are not about the food behind them as much as the meaning of them which is the reason we Celebrate them..

Don't worry about the skin issue - that's why they make spanx and have plastic surgeons for ;0) - which you may or not need - only time and dna will tell that story (age being a factor too and total amount of weight loss) But remember this - the flabby skin isn't going to kill you but being obese is.. I'll take my flabby arms - legs & stomach any day over the 114 lbs that I use to carry on my body - Hell I look fantastic in m clothes !!!

Nina - That's what lbt is all about - it's been my support system from day 1.. I'm glad you only weigh in once a week - that's also been my rule since day one too - Thursday is my weigh in day .. Yep hunger is a terrible thing - but when you really think about it - waiting a few hours between meals isn't really going to kill any of us ;0) - I know that for me about 11:15 - 11:30 I think I am going to die from starvation when lunch is in 1/2 hr - 45 min - When I feel like that - I just say to myself - girl you can freaking wait xx amount of time till you eat - you aren't going to die... Right now I walked by someone's desk and they have fritos - almost stopped and got a handfull - then said NOPE - you are going out to lunch today - you don't need those wasted calories... This is what I would tell anyone here on how to handle a situation - and since I a person who practices what I preach - it help keeps me honest too ;0)

Sandy You are not a bad daughter and there is nothing wrong with saying I can't do it all - I work - I have a life too - He only broke his arm - OMG it's not like he had a stroke - It's funny how old pple revert to being babies.. I forget - do you have any family there to help,.. Aren't there places that will come and pick him up to take him to pt ?? I know we have services like that here in the Desert. Eva - I too would have the house like I would like if I were staying there too.. Yep 68 closed in shoes - sweater and long pants - that's sweater weather for me ;o) Charlene - I know Phyl makes white chili here's some links http://www.food.com/recipe/white-chili-low-fat-low-cal-444510 http://www.food.com/recipe/pats-low-fat-white-chili-288695 http://www.mccormick.com/Recipes/Main-Dish/Southwest-White-Chili.aspx Great - Hawaii - you are just way too lucky - I would like a couple days on the beach myself ..

Steph - losing your mind LOL Choc Tofu ???? How was it - I think that's what you were going to tell me On the food issue - you know what we have to accept eating 1/2 of a ck burger and not the whole thing... I have been tight lately - I can't eat a whole 4-5 oz of fish - veggies & rice - What I have am trying to learn how to accept that it's ok to eat 3 oz of fish - 1/4 cup of veggie and maybe no rice - I need to listen to my band more - last night had 3 oz of fish 1/4 cup veggie just had to keep eating them cuz it tasted good - well had to bp.. I know for you you can't eat too many solids for me I have to learn to listen to my band - I got banded for a reason - to eat smaller portions - even 3.6 yrs later I am still learning

LOL Nina - Yep after 3.6 yrs of being banded losing the weight and keeping it off - I know the ropes pretty darn well - especially what works for me.. So how did the day go ???

Good Morning Gang... Apples - I can't imagine living so far from a store :0) - Glad you are having a good time ... What's the weather for Tuscon - it's suppose to be 74 here today ;0) Linda - Watched 1/2 of BL last night - will watch the rest tonite hopefully Lori - Can't go to the show w/o popcorn - no biggie - your treat.. Meredith - Can't believe you don't pay bills online - stamps cost $$$ - Online banking free and quicker ;0) it's the only way to go and you don't need to keep copies of bills - I have a spread sheet that I put amount due for each and I throw the bills away - no need to keep them - I only get paper statements for Ranches and Bro's Estate - Well - I had uneventful evening too - watched my soap - little of BL - Dinner Fish Rice Squash - Popcorn and too many choc calcium they are like candy but the good effect is no problem in morning tmi ;0) Off to shower - CBL

Good Morning Gang... Yep Phyl you are back in the swing of things aren't you... I envy your vacation - Yep it was weird cloudy yesterday... I have robe and heater on right now - it was cold when I got out of gym... Don't you think it's a good idea for our next get together - just can't make it in July but in April or May.. Karla - All doc's are against all those things LOL - Glad you got a doc in town... Hope today isn't too bad - tomorrows Thursday what time is surgery??? Hugs & Prayers Watched tv my soap and some of Biggest Loser and was alseep by 10 woke up before alarm at 4:20 - so got up.. Ate too many choc calcuim - they are great for tmi issue .. Hope everyone has a great day

Good evening gang... Back from boot camp - had a good workout.. Apples glad you could ck in - think you need to get your own laptop lol we miss you junking up the thread lol.. Lori - WTG on shoes - I have all these $10 off card for my bday from everyone - but the thing is you gotta spend $$$ to get the $10 off LOL and I just spent $500 for a french drain in my back yard.. I was just being nosey about your Dad since your rarely talk about him - Mine worked like your Dad - but I guess I was lucky my family was I love you kind of family - kisses and my sis use to joke that we kissed by before we went to the bath room - I got some neg stuff from my Mom but I know she loved me - and my Dad too - on my last bday card from them (dad & stepmom) (i was staying at their house taking care of them) said they were so blessed to have a daughter like me ;0) - Charlene - if i remember correctly you weighed in today - WTG Congrats ... Kelly - Don't know if I know Mike Smith My stepbro read dad was Ed Smith - not sure if mike w/his son or not - Chris was my bro friend and married to my gf sis - Yep our desert was small back in the day - doubt you would know it today

Good Evening Gang... Back from boot camp ;0) got the dogs fed - just cking in... Phyl look at the resort looks nice - I really want to go to another one - I was looking there and one in Ixtapa at a Barcelo (same one I went to in playa de carmen) - About 1500 total - Heck they are talking on the mentor thread about Chicago in june - but hell that would cost me $1000 for 4 days just in travel - where as I could go for a week at all inclusive for that price. I would rather do a week at a nice resort.. Karla - save your money - so we can go next yr - how about it girls - all inclusive in mexico for 7 days and hubbys can come if they want - they can hang together ;0)... I want some r&r.. I only got 1 good beach day when we went the end of Nov.. The rest of the time it was go go go.,.. Well Karla said she would be late tonite - Candice still on Cruise - Phyl what are you doing tonite - Steph how was the dessert - did you like it - I saw that Jeff liked it.. Food today BF - Jerky Lunch - bbq chicken & broc Dinner - fish & veggie - rice snack s?? Boring life ;0) off to start my dinner ... cbl

Nina - Let us know how it goes... Another thing to do in between meals - drink - they say that when we are thirsty our brains tells us that's hunger instead - During the winter months I have a harder time getting my Water in - but I make deals w/myself (total head games but it works for me) Example - I will drink my 16 oz of water before I eat breakfast - and then after I eat (1/2 hr. for me ) I will make sure I drink another before lunch - like right now I am a little hungry - told self - you can't have bf till you drink your water ;0)..