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Congrats Ruby - Yes the scales are moving downwards and every little bit counts - it's the end results that count - WTG GIRL !!!!:thumbup: Kari - Black stuff - are you sure it wasn't blood??? That would concern me... I will only take pills when I have a totally empty pouch - and that's only in the mornings - The chewable calcium is a laxitive for me - If I have 2 at nite when I go to bed I always go in the morning.. Or i used dulcolax they are tiny orange pills before I figured out the chewable calicum did the same thing without having to worry about becoming dependant on laxatives.. I think the liquids is a good idea:tongue:

Lynn -no I don't know yet - Kristin is going to call me back with the details - I have done a little still pic fashion show that I'm going to post on my lucky #7 thread- when I do I will give you guys the link - but the pics really don't do the outfits justice.. I may go shopping today - but I am suppose to stay off my foot as much as possible - but it doesn't hurt so we will see what I do... I am not real good at following orders - that old catholic school rebellious girl still comes out in me Thanks JoannMarie - I may just do that [/url] Thanks Becky but I don't think they are really going to show my legs the commercial that runs now doesn't and it's still 100+ here - I do have this black dress that cute - you will see on my fashion show thread I won't kennel my dogs either - cruel and unusual punishment IMHO they go with me or I get a house sitter too..

Charlene I know you can't read this right now - but just wanted to let you know that you are in my thoughts and prayers...

JoannMarie - The process you are going through now is what I did - I didn't have to wait as long as you for my surgery - but I was here on LBT learning all I could so that I would be prepared when I got my band.. Thanks Becky - am a little nervous - and I am hyper critical of myself . It's not cheating - it's not a diet - they are treat but not like the kind of treats that we use to treat oursleves to (whole cake) Joannmarie I serouisly doubt that you are going to need tough band love - cuz I think you got it.. but if you do - I will be here for you..

Good Morning Gang Yes I am at home and not at the gym... Why you ask cuz I did what all my sisters here told me to do - I went to urgent care after work and go my ankle/foot x-rayed... Well - it was really inconclusive - the doc showed me this little defect but didn't know if it was old or could be the way my bone just was (it's the bone to my toe - i would call it the ring finger toe (next to little toe) up at the top there is a little splinter if it went all the way up I would have a bone chip - it's to hard to explain) but there was no radioligist (sp) there at 5:30 they would have someone look at it and let me know - but I am suppose to stay off of it for a few days... I really don't have any pain just a little discomfort - it's barely swollen now but by the end of the day it will be... I can tell you something funny though - when I was trying on clothes last night and had heels on it hurt less than being barefoot... I did what Ruby suggested and did a fashion show - I will post on a thread under Lucky #7 master thread and you guys can look - The pics really don't show the outfits as well as they do in real life - but it's funny I think the white pant oufits make me look the thinnest funny you would think that I would look fatter.. Yes I know I am not but I still think I am sometimes - mantra size 6 you aren't fat... Kari - CONGRATULATION ON YOUR MEDS BEING TAKEN AWAY HOW FANTASTIC !!! Candice - your tummy growled that loud to wake up dh... OMW I have never had that.. Ruby - How did your weigh in go - Usually when I think I haven't lost is when I lost the most You guys are so funny about my shopping - but I really havent' shopped since our MofA trip - I have really been trying to cut back on expenses - heck in the last 2 days $950 spent just on Andrew's car - $500 deductible - then $450 brakes and oil change.. So I think I may have to do with whats in my closet.. Who knows - it's only 8:30 a.m so I may decide to go to the mall.. Well just cking in - I didn't post last night cuz I was doing my fashion show and I didn't sit down til 9:30 - ate 1 tostado and 1 pudding

Disagree... I am working my band correctly - and I am hungry between meals.. I can have steak & eggs for Breakfast and by 10:30 a.m. be hungry - real hunger not head hunger - a piece of low fat string cheese will tide me over til I can have lunch. Or I can be out busy doing something and can't stop to eat a meal - I will eat a piece of fruit to get me give me the engery I need to keep my motabolizm going... It boils down to what your doc suggest and each doctor here is different and then you have to take all this knowledge and make it work for you..

Like LuLu said - Every Doctor is different My doc - 3 meals 2 healthy Snacks I eat sf puddings - sf fudgecicles - dannon light and fit yogurts - 100 calorie snack pack smart pop popcorn (daily)- lf string cheese - fruit This is not a diet - but a lifestyle change For me the junk is gone from my eating - and even now if I want a candy I will eat 1 candy bar - I don't buy the bag of candies and eat the whole thing - I eat just one. IMHO it's up to you and what works for you

Sad to say - some women will vote for her just cuz she's a woman - Some Afro America's will vote for Barack cuz he's black - Some men will vote for Barack just cuz they are more sexist than racist - Some repbulican's will vote for McCain just cuz they are Republican - Dem's the same way - Then we have the pple who just don't vote. Hell, from what I have heard women vote for JFK just cuz they thought he was handsome That's the world - whadda ya going to do - No wonder we are in such a sad state... Look at some of the pple doing the voting based on looks - on color or gender..

Lisa - Yes you can jump in - this thread is open to anyone who wants support.. CONGRATS ON LOSING 93 LBS - THAT'S GREAT !!!! Being unbanded and gaining 15 lbs - well ya that's understandable - that why we have the band in the 1st place to help us control our portions... I know that I wouldn't be where I am without the band. Now you just need to get that mindset back to healthy eating - Remember this isn't a diet - but a lifestyle change and how's your exercise?? Get rid of all the junk in your house - you are going to have to detox yourself from that - which I think you would have since you had surgery and are back on the post op diet... As you know you may have some restriction but most likely will need a fill when your 6-8 weeks are up.. (that's when I got my 1st fill 8 weeks out) You know the ropes - Protein first - no slider foods - low fat - sugar free Suggestion make foods you enjoy - but make them lower calorie verision.. Go back to tracting/logging your food to get a handle on your calorie intake - as you know you don't have to do this forever - just until you get it back in control... I am a big exercise advocate - that's has really helped lose the weight and now to maintain it.. Get some in every other day.. You can do this - you have done it before with your 1st band - I know that you have to feel so much better with the 93 lbs gone than you did before - You really don't want to go back there - cuz if you really did you would not have had your band replaced.... So Girlfriend - yank on those bootstrap - give them a big hard pull and get back on the band wagon.. You can do this - Your previous loss is proof of that - So now it's time for you to move forward P.S. - I understand not changing your ticker - but now that you are back in control - change it so you can track your new weekly weight loss.. Another little incentive to get you back on track.. Seeing those #'s going down again...

See this is why you are my jedi warrior !!!! Love your thinking - this is way you have to think and feel and live... WTG:thumbup:

Thanks Lori!!! It's for my Doctor's office - He called me his STAR lapband patient the last 2 times I was in to see him.. I haven't seen him since May - I think I have lost like 15 or so lbs since I last saw him.. I would have to go look at my ticker chart ...

CONGRATULALATION KARI - HOW FANTASTIC !!!! WAY TO GO GIRL !! Denise - I her you gf - I feel about the same way - both say they are going to change - but bet your bottom dollar nothing will.

Anytime !!!! Well when you get to the Desert and come for dinner I will fix them Give me your address I will mail you some:o) and yep anytime anyone is down this way - I would love to cook for you !!! I just make them up as I go (that's why I don't give measurement - I just cook - throw this and that in to taste) - that's what I did last night - had the one pot wonder (the turkey mixture from the night before) and just said to myself - I wonder how this would taste together. But ya I will post them as I come up with them...

Thanks Phyl Jb & Green !!! Yep I am really jazzed !!! I think you all have figured out by now that I'm really a 2 yr old in a 53 yr old body:lol: I feel like a little kid on Christmas morning... I will have to go thru my closet tonite and maybe shopping this weekend - but I got some nice classic stuff on our M of A trip... You know they say the camera adds 10 lbs :wink2:

just got a call from my doctor... Guess who they want to use for their new TV Commerical guess - guess ME !!!!! Oh My - what am I going to wear !!!!!

just got a call from my doctor... Guess who they want to use for their new TV Commerical guess - guess ME !!!!! Oh My - what am I going to wear !!!!!

I just got a call from my doctor... Guess who they want to use for their new TV Commerical guess - guess ME !!!!! Oh My - what am I going to wear !!!!!

JoannMaire - I have said it before - but need to put an AMEN to Phyl's post you really do have your brain in the right place - and you are so much more eloquent than me... I can't wait til you are banded :wink2:

:cursing:WTF DID MY POST GO!!!! OH I'M PISSED - I STARTED AT 8 - FINISH AT 10 CUS THE PHONE KEPT RINGING AND NOW IT'S NOT HERE :drool: Ok move forward Janet - as you always preach you can't change the past - you gotta move forward !!! Short recap - it was a brilliant post but since my short term memory is shot to hell - I can't get it back.. #1 - The Whole Slow Loser Talk Ellen - 48 lbs gone in 2 months - that's 24 lbs a month - that 6 lbs a week that's .86 lbs per day - almost 1 pound a day lost on average Lori - 61 lbs gone in 3 months - that's 20.33 lbs a month - that's 5.08 lbs a week - that's .73 lbs a day.. - almost 3/4 of a pound lost a day for your average. You guys are not slow losers - don't put that title/label on yourselves - then you will become that slow loser - get frustrated - give up - etc - you know we don't need much of an excuse to fall off the wagon.. Heck I could smile at you and you could turn it around for a reason to stuff your face - Yep I know all the fricking excuses out there. You are both "LOSERS" not gainers - You are both STRONG WOMEN WHO ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING HEALTHY TO EXTEND YOUR LIFE AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF IT.. That's Your Titles/Labels - OK Tattooed that phrase into your brains... Positive affirmations !!!! If you call yourself stupid you will be stupid - but if you call your self smart you will be !!!! We have to talk to ourselves like we talk to kids - What do you say to a child who Say's oh I'm so stupid - do you agree - nope - we all have that 2 yr old inside of us - you need to nurture that 2 yr.. Not beat her up - you wouldn't beat up another kid so why do we always beat ourselves up?? Lori - a piece of pie & ice cream is a part of life - this isn't a diet or a program - this is life style change - eating healthy - it's finding a balance between the all or nothing that Ellen talked about - Yes she is absolutely right about that - But again I totally agree with tossing what's left - because it can be hard to have it sitting there and not to keep picking at it - it's not that one piece that will get you fat but 3 or 4 pieces and you know us - end up being the whole damn thing Ok started this an hr ago - don't remember what else I spouted off about - but the real jist of this is that you all doing good - you are losing - you are making mindful choices and not mindless eating - this is a learning process and there may be days in which you do fall back in to old habits but the diff is now you will pick yourselves up and move forward.. And Positive Affirmations no more bad talking to ourselves - talk to your selves like you would your best friend...

oh wait I made a really great dinner... 1st get some pasailla chilis (the chili releno kind they are not hot) put them on the gas flame to char skin all around and put in a plastic bag and wrap in a towel - cool then peel of chared skin - brown Ground turkey in a little oil with onion & bell pepper garlic powder - add some corn and tomato sauce and a little splenda - cook - then slit chili's stuff with meat mixture and put on a sprayed cookie sheet - top with a little pepper jack cheese (I used habenaro but it's a little spicy so use either the pepper jack or plain jack) - oven 350 about 10 minutes until cheese melt. OMW Yummy...I ate 2 - calories not much ground turkey & cheese are the only things that have any calories - I would guesstimate 200 max per chili

oh I made a really great dinner... 1st get some pasailla chilis (the chili releno kind they are not hot) put them on the gas flame to char skin all around and put in a plastic bag and wrap in a towel - cool then peel of chared skin - brown Ground turkey in a little oil with onion & bell pepper garlic powder - add some corn and tomato sauce and a little splenda - cook - then slit chili's stuff with meat mixture and put on a sprayed cookie sheet - top with a little pepper jack cheese (I used habenaro but it's a little spicy so use either the pepper jack or plain jack) - oven 350 about 10 minutes until cheese melt. OMW Yummy...I ate 2 - calories not much ground turkey & cheese are the only things that have any calories - I would guesstimate 200 max per chili

Thanks Becky - Ya that's what I was thinking if I had broke it no exercise - that would be awful - I can't beleive I am saying that but that's how much I have changed in a year :sad: It's swollen and ankle and side of foot is going to have an ugly bruise an my toes too.. But I will live - it's a sprain - I just know that falls when you are older can cause some problems - I thank God that it's just a sprain could have been a lot worse.. Great doing on the exercise - and I promise you it really will get easier and next year you will be saying what I just said above - I gotta exercise .. Ok back to the couch and elevation... I will talk to you all tomorrow oh wait I made a really great dinner... 1st get some pasailla chilis (the chili releno kind they are not hot) put them on the gas flame to char skin all around and put in a plastic bag and wrap in a towel - cool then peel of chared skin - brown Ground turkey in a little oil with onion & bell pepper garlic powder - add some corn and tomato sauce and a little splenda - cook - then slit chili's stuff with meat mixture and put on a sprayed cookie sheet - top with a little pepper jack cheese (I used habenaro but it's a little spicy so use either the pepper jack or plain jack) - oven 350 about 10 minutes until cheese melt. OMW Yummy...

Where is everyone ?? Charlene is running from Ike (hugs & prayers) Ellen hows your fill doing Becky - you doing ok Kathy- any more traveling Lori - how's my jedi warror Tina - How was today.. Well last night I almost broke my ankle - how you ask - well sitting here on the computer posting (with legs crossed) - signed off got up and I guess my left foot fell asleep - cuz it would not respond to my brain - it buckled under me and I fell.. It frickin hurt - all I kept thinking was oh please don't let it be broken - well took me about 5 minutes to even move it - put ice on it and can walk - but my achillies tendon is all swollen - need to got ice it again... Well, that's all I really have to report - for now - gotta fix somethng to eat too.. so of to the kitchen - will check back later..

Yes I agree about the exercise I am coulld almost be called a gym rat see i used the word ALMOST Sorry about that - ya getting others to accept our families can be a bit of a problem - my xdh was jealous of my son and gs... cause friction.. Hugs that you will get thru it...:sad:

Hey Ruby - I guess you and I are the only ones here today... Well the 400 should cover your dinner and maybe one little sf snack... Donna - Yep you are in our prayer. Well, not much to report - work home tv and on line - but I gotta go ice my ankle again and elevate it.. So I will cbl:tongue: