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I agree Denise - I tell pple the same thing - but I have told them I am banded - I have a freind who went to mex to get banded - she only had like 30 lbs to lose - but I think she "thought" it was easy after watching me lose weight - but now she "Knows" its not cuz she has only lost like 10 or 15 lbs - But they like to drink :tt1: This is another reason I say that 75% of the work has been up to me and my band has helped 25% of the time... It doesn't make your food choices or exercise for you..

Steph you are too funny -:laugh: you are right they can't be replaced... That might have not been the right word :tt1: but the easiest... Hugs - Janet

Candice - 1200 not bad but I don't see that your exercise ticker got updated:thumbdown: Did you stay in bed this morning :tt1: Well you are off tomorrow - so before you go see your Mom - GYM.... I really wanted to flake on the gym tonite - I started at noon trying to talk myself out of it - then I said - Janet - you are always spouting about exercise and how important it is to your lucky #7 and your mentor thread - so you CAN NOT FLAKE ... So I went and did my 3 miles - but I am pooped... Phyl Just finished the debates - I think it was a tie... They both talked in circles and blamed each other - I don't think the trickle down effect works and don't know if the trickle up effect will - but I know that I fall in the 95% of american's who don't make 1/4 mil a year and that under McCain - I would lose my health insurance and know that $5k isn't going to buy me a very good policy- worse than what I have this year... and he wants to double the tax credit if you have kids - what happpens to the pple who don't have kids... Pain bugs me - mho - I don't like the cuties act.. Yep told you it was warm - you said you wanted warm - you got it now - sun & heat Kari - I am with you - I don't know if I would replace my dogs when they pass... I love them - but I would like to travel and not worry about them - but I do love my little ones - ok Gang - I am beat -- it's 8:48 and I think I may just head to bed.. I will talk to you all tomorrow - sweet dreams..

Cathy Ramble all you want... I gotta say my bladder problems have improved 95% - I use to have to wear a pad 20 hrs a day - now I rarely do -I would most like wear one if I had a cold & cough but on a day to day basis don't need them anymore but I will tell you before - if my bladder was full and I got a coughing attack I would pee my pants... :eek: Heck I would do the same (get a ride home) 3 miles is enought - heck I don't do more than 3 miles... Becky - Rainy weather = comfort foods - Make a pot of Soup or chilli Beans - Apple - don't worry about a long post - i don't know why pple are always apoligizing for long post - it takes words to explain things and who we are - you can talk about anything you want #1 - I am confused here (easily done:lol:) - You cook for farmers ???? Do you own the farm and cook for your farm hands/family - or are you a cook on a farm = What do you grow.. #2 Is your son going back to Iraq??? Or are you just supporting those who are getting called back - At our office a gf DH in the marines and we sent packages to his platoon - He's back safe and sound now we have a producer's nephew over there... Can wait til we don't have to send our family to these awful wars.. #3 It's great that you have the time to volunteer - If I ever get to retire I would do that too.. Gail - I am so very sorry for the loss of your Mother :tt1: My heart and prayers are with you and your family... Love Janet Lori - Your parents will be so happy to see that their daughter is getting healthy... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry gang this is short - but I just finished watched the debates - and am pooped.... I will ck back in the morning to see what I missed.. xoxox janet

Candice- Out of bed - Gym before work :w00t: Steph - See how much I know- and aren't you such a good mommy training your dogs so welll - it just goes to show you - i train mine like I do my kids - not the best displanariay out there :redface: but it works ok - except when bear sits there with his toys wanting to play fetch - or doing his running game - when it's time to get in bed.. Jackie - I ck here often even when I am buried at work - it helps keep me sane.. Ruby - Sit down Friday nites (or whatever night before you go food shopping) and plan a menu for the week - That's how I do it.. I know on Sunday night what I will be eating all week long..

Congrats Mia on your 2.4 loss - That's Great :w00t: Thanks for the props on the picture - I'm not too bad for an old broad:tongue: - and the pic doesn't show all my flaws that I am deeply aware of but try and not to focus on them but the overall picture.., You are so right about this being permanent !!!! This isn't a diet this is the way you are going to eat for the rest of your life - so you have to make it work for you.. It's not that you will never eat chocolate again - it will still be there tomorrow - it's just not something you are going to eat everyday... It's not out of your life forever - Those are the things we have to remember !!! I still have treats - just not as often or as much and I am a happy camper.. It does work that way with exercise - I had discovered this in the past the weeks that I exercised like mad - the weight loss was slow then the next week I didn't get the exercise in and the weight loss was great - so it's like the zig zag on the calories - our bodies like variation... Where are you going for holiday?? I haven't had a real vacation since banded - a day to 2 here or there - and I do find that I don't eat as well as I do when I am home - but when I get back home - its back to eating healthy - I guess I will allow more treats away from home that and do when I am home - that way I don't feel deprived - at home it's to easy to over do it.. I am going on a cruise in March for GS 18th bday - that will be my test - but I will be in the gym this time... I have been on 8 cruise and never been in the gym and would look at the pple walking around the decks like they were crazy - Well now I get it - if you want to eat that piece of cake you gotta walk... Ya works is crazy for me right now too - in fact I need to get my bum in gear too.., TTYL - Hugs - Janet

PHYL FREAKING CONGRATULATIONS SIZE 18 THAT'S GREAT OK ONE POT WONDER WILL BE ON THE MENU Steph - What a beatiful dog... I would wait thought to get his collar how are you going to know how it will fit - but toys... Well you can shop for toys - bed - cuz I bet your DH ain't letting that big dog in your bed - heck that's why I stay single - where would my dogs sleep if I had a man in my bed Bear doesn't always sleep with me but Angel does - she's the size of a cat though - bear is the size of garfield... (big fat cat :crying:)

Hey Gang.. Phyl I'm with you - if you don't toot your own horn who will You all are working so hard to change your lives and get healthy - It's work - thin pple don't know what it's like to have to lose 50- 80- 100+ lbs... They don't know what it's like to give up your very best Friend.. So Be Proud - When you have something to brag about - come and do it.... Those things like getting to Onderland - is a great achievement - getting to just obese bmi is great - being able to take the stairs ... Lori - I think it was after about 6 months that our thread really started losing pple - every now and then they will pop in - most popped in on their 1 yr anniversary date.. Charlene - Glad you are ok -!!! Phyl - I too weighed more than my DH or the same - I think at one time he was 217 and I was 220 or 230 - then he got to 238 and so we were weighing the same - but he never knew how much I weighed.... Becky - you had a busy day !!! I had chicken last week - had no problems - but I think its cuz I am extra careful when I eat it - I had bbq a chicken breast - it was really good - I prefer cold chick to hot chick Well it's 7 - gotta go feed my fur babies and ME:tongue: Will cbl :crying:

Hey Gang - Back from the Gym - It was just me and my training buddy tonite -My trainer had shoulder surgery today... Steph - Congrats on your new baby.... For us winter is the time to BBQ cuz it's not 110 outside - it's just to hot to go out an bbq when it's that hot... You will do fine on your weigh in - and I agree going to the gym is easier than doing it at home - I have one of those tony little gilders - I brought it out after being banded and thought I would do it on the days that I didn't go to the gym - well I think I did it once - I don't like it as much as the glider I had from Costco.. Donna's fine - she posted on my mentor thread - not much damage but lots of $$ spent fleeing town .. Phyl - I haven't heard the weather tonite yet - but I think this morning they said winds this weekend... Let me know when you get settled - the new supertarget is going to open this week I think.. And I want you and Earl to come to dinner - The only weekend I have plans for this month is 10/24 going to go see Fergie.... So call me once you get settled.. Kari - That was a big class - I dont think that my whole high school had that many pple ... I too was thiin in HS but at my 10 & 20 yrs weighed like 180 - We didn't have a 30 thank God.. So if we have a 40 I will be prepard.. Have fun with your GF's !!!! They are going to be shocked at the new you.. Jackie - We will always be here for you... We are your family - BTW you are only 16 lbs from goal - CONGRATULATIONS you have done very well with all that's on your plate... Yes - it's good just to sit and watch tv sometimes - that's what I did yesterday afternoon.. Candice - Way to go girl !!!! So proud of you for getting to the gym and doing so well on your food choices today - I bet you feel wonderful about yourself... Love the new EXERCISE TICKER !!!! I can't beleive you are bipolar you are so calm & sweet... - Not that you aren't sweet too Jackie - I just know that you aren't calm :crying:.. With all your deep cleaning etc :thumbup: Ok off to get my dinner started... Guess what I am eating :w00t:

Why don't you go back to your doctor and get another fill if you don't have good restriction. What kind of bread did you eat??? I can eat sandwich bread with no problem and I am at my sweet spot. How much can eat at one meal - are you eating hard Proteins or soft foods...

Don't know Kerry - but I can tell you our July 07 thread was VERY active had maybe 30 if not more pple - we are down to like 7 who post regularly.. Charlene Yep you pb & slimed - I usually can get it to come up with no problem or it goes down - I find getting up and walking to help and have read putting arms over your head - I don't do the payapa things - mine has never lasted that long - just for a quick few minutes... I don't do liquids afterwards cuz I don't find I am irritated... It's a personal thing to me - ususally after a pb - i can finish my meal with no problems -

That's Great Candice !!!!! I am so PROUD OF YOU ... You are going to feel so good and proud of yourself for doing this - You are going to get hooked !!!!

Becky - You did very well you ate lunch and then ate a light dinner - that's how it's done - I hope that your next fill helps... I am so lucky that I got to mine very fast. But here's an FYI - the band isn't going to work even when properly restricted against most holiday foods - Cookies & candies - you are going to have to use your brain when dealing with those foods - The band will help you not to eat too much turkey or rolls but not the mashed potatoes - gravy - cake and cookies... Charlene - you are so right - we still have to live life - and that does mean having treats now and again... Lori - This is so true Special days come and go, it's what we do the rest of the days that matters most Ellen - Yes it is time for you !!!! The eliptical hurts my left knee - I don't know what's wrong with it - I will get a little pain in it when walking down stairs in heels - or at the gym doing leg extensions on the weight machine - it hurts the outside under the knee cap - sometime it hurts and some times it doesn't - The treadmill doesn't bother it at all - I don't like the bikes - but I have a Friend Kari who bikes ever day (home and i think its the recumbent) and has lost 100 lbs... As for the caffine - I drink 1 to 2 cups every morning - My doc doesn't have any restriction on caffine I have never slept well - I wake up a couple times a night and it's a miracle when I have slept the whole night without waking up even once. Last night I slept pretty good - I think I got up once around 3 - then next thing I knew the alarm was going off at 5 a.m. Well, just cking in - sorry I wasn't here yesterday - I cleaned house and got caught up on all my shows that I had recorded last week...

Kari - I got on yesterday morning to post - but my Uncle called and spent 1 hr talking to hime - while I was in the middle of cleaning my house - so when I got off the phone - I needed to finish and then went to the store and got stuff to make soup. Congrats on your shopping.... Isn't it fun :tt2: - The reunion is this coming weekend?? You are going to have a ball.. Where you heavy in HS??? Do you live in the same town where you went to school... Karri - Yesterday I was going to tell you Congrats on your Run !!!! Phyl - I got your invite to facebook - but between this thread my mentor thread and sometimes the 50 thread - I just don't have enough computer time - I still have to watch tv cook exercise and sleep.. Our weather is turning fall like for us (80's ) suppose to have some wind the end of the week - and maybe triple digits on Wed - but nights cooling off nicely mid 60s.. I have a couple a bathing suits - but I think they are 18/20 - I will have to ck.. Candice - I loved talking to you too yesterday... It really makes me wish that we all weren't so far apart... Do you have that bag in your car !!!! As the saying goes Just Do It... I know there will be days that you are going to try and talk yourself out of it - but don't - just put on your gym clothes and go walk and then venture to the weight machines after a while... So you don't all think we are talking in code - Candice and I talked yesterday - She is joining the gym today - and it going to get to her goal weight !!!!! She is going on Vacation Mid December and is going to have a certin # of lbs by then... Candice you will be trading those 14's in for 10's by Mid December !!!!! Ruby - How was your lazy day - did you enjoy it.,. Jackie - I sure hope you get your med's figured out so that we can have you back... We've missed you... Steph - How was the BBQ and Yep tell your Mom to stop by and say I to us... Well, not much to report - Cleaned yesterday - slept ok last night and now starting a new week... Got my water on my desk - and taking my vitimans... Just droping in to say GOOD MORNING...

I did the treadmil only or should say for the most part for the 1st 8 months then in March I got a trainer and now do weights twice a week - I have mucles now I can do a push up for the 1st time in my life - in fact my trainer told me last week that if I didn't quit losing weight he was going to have to do an intervention :smile2: - I am not losing weight (well I flucate between 142 - 145) - it's that my body is shaping up due to the muscles - _____________________________________________________ Lori - LBT revamped the look of the site - we use to have a thread called "hows weigth loss for 50+" When they revamped the site they added the age group thread 20 30 40 etc - So I started this thread for all of us who posted in that thread could fine this one - I think our original thread is still there - Yep I just checked http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f120/how-weight-loss-people-over-50-a-21117/index44.html But it's lock - you can still read it though - this is where I got all my pre-op - post op - band is only a tool knowledge :crying: Since I never go to forum and then 50 to get hear (I just go to user cp and my subscirpted threads are there) I miss all the post under our main thread...

Charlene you ate one cup cake not 2 -3 or 5 - how many would you have eaten last year... That one cupcake isn't going to cause you to gain 1 lbs - in fact it may help a boost your metabolizam... But tomorrow be wary since you will be faced with the challenge when you help your Mom celebrate her bday of not eating more cake... It's not that one piece of cake that got us fat - it's cuz we ate the whole damn thing.....

Hi All. Well my weight loss didn't help my game :crying: my 1st game 33 second game 54 - fouled twice (big feet).. Had fun and heck my team wasn't great anyway - I think our score was like 147 on the last game... It's for fun anyway - and that we had.... We had lunch - chicken pasta salad & 1/2 piece of cake - and not the part that had all the frosting the smaller part of the slice... Came home took a nap - I think the pasta and sugar did it - cleaned the kitchen and now am washing.... Boring Saturday - but my Supertarget is suppose to open next week so gotta save my $$$ to spend at the new store... Ruby - Yes it's good that your weight is at least staying the same - it's sure better than a gain... Karri - Glad you are getting caught up that's going to make you feel better - Yep DH has ALOT on his plate right now - Hugs to him... How ways your 5 mile run??? Riberty - The weights coming off and that's what counts - not how fast but that it is coming off... Keep up the good work..

Well gang - My bowling still sucks :smile2: my 1st round score was like 33 - second game 54 - I faulted twice (my big feet) :crying: But had fun - heck my teams score was like 154 - so I wasn't the only bad one... We had 5 teams - one girl had 4 or 5 strikes in a row :lost1lbs: Well, that's about it for my day - had lunch there -chicken - a little Pasta salad and 1/2 piece of cake.. Came home took a nap (I think the pasta & cake did it ) clean the kitchen - have wash in the washer and now cking in.. Hope you are all having a Good Saturday.... Will ck back later :myscared:

Gail Darling your band had nothing to do with your miscarriage - Please don't think this is your fault.. It wasn't a viable pregancy - as you say you have a history of them - so that in it's self is proof that it's not due to your band.. You have been blessed with you Son - enjoy him - put your energy into him Heck I was a grandma at the age you had your son :smile2: I was 36 when my GS was born - I had the energy then - but now having a teenager at 53 can be a little taxings - but I think cuz I have done it once already with my DS... :crying: Get your rest - don't over do it - let your body recover - eating healthy will help your body recover... I can't imagine how you feel - but my heart hurts for your loss - Prayers being said.. Hugs Janet

Kathy What's important is that it is comming off and not how fast.. Well, I just got back from the gym - 2 miles on the treadmill and 1 mile on the eliptical - It sorta bothers my knee - but not to bad - I thought I would mix it up a little this morning - My Ipod flaked on me (battery) so my 3 miles were a little tougher due to no music - listen to the tv at the gym - but it's not the same - I like to groove to my music... Well off to the shower - bowling today for a local charity... Lets see if I do better than last yr - I think I'm like 60-75 lbs lighter - maybe my bowling will improve some :smile: CBL

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Good Morning Gang... Candice & Ruby - how are you ladies doing - I know both have had some issues this last week - Hugs hope they are getting better. Well just cking in - before I head for the gym. I am bowlling this morning too - I am not a very good bowler - well maybe I will be better this yr with the weight gone and working with weights (having stronger arms)- but I still have finger nails (long) so I don't know how that will play out. Well - Just wanted to stop in and say Hi... CBL:biggrin:

OMG my post disappeared again !!!! Energy - I have tons of it - I feel 10 yrs younger - I am no longer sleeping my weekends away - and look forward to my Saturday morning workouts (it's when I get to go in the morning instead of afterwork lwhen I am tired - but still go:tongue:)

I don't think it's that simple jack - My Father was a farmer - the pple who worked for him came from Mexico - most if not all the labor in the ag business is from Mexicans - he provided them with insurance & 401ks - They pple who cut my grass, wash the dishes in the restruants and are bus pple are of mexican decent - I live in a area of the state where mexican's are the majority - and I gotta say most are hard workers - they aren't on welfare - it's the pple who where born here that abuse the system.