IndioGirl55

I've lost 88.5 in 9 months - 5'4 250 age 54 How fast or slow you lose is up to you - and also your body - but it's all about what you eat and how much you exercise

I keep a little spiral note book that I got at target 3x3 -for me it's easier cuz I carry it with me in my purse - If I need to look up calories for something I just google it or use fitday.com or dailyplate.com (both are online sites where you can track your calories & exercise - alot of pple like the dailyplate site) A food scales is great - alot of people say they don't want to do these things - but for me it works - we have a lot to re-learn as far as what a real portion size is - how many calories are in the cup of mashed potatoes that are loaded with butter.. These are learning tools for me and 9 months out I am still doing it - it's not hard and not time consuming - I also log my exercise in - and each week on my weigh in day - I note 4/17 - 4/24 - 2.5 lbs 10 miles walked 2 hrs weight trainer - total loss 88.5 lbs Like I said - it works for me and statistically they say people who keep food diaries do better - cuz it's easy to forget little things here and there and they all add up.. Thanks again Jen - Wishing you well on this journey.

Kari - I sent you an email - it's Smiley Central where we get the diff smileys The site is slow.....

Hey Gang back from the dentist - it wasn't as bad as I expected - I had gas of course - but I thought he was just re-filling 1 tooth and putting my new crown on - well he re-filled 3 teeth and put the new crown on. My molars are very hard to deaden - but he gave me tons of shots and i thought he was going to bring out the big daddy drill - but no - I was out of there by 3:30 and my appointment was at 2:30 - My jaw is still a little numb - but other than that I'm cool.. I guess I am so use to waiting until I have a problem - that it's so bad that I need a root canal & crown - or just a crown so there is alot of big daddy grinding - Now I have either crowns &/or white fillings in all my teeth no more silver fillings. Karri - I wanted pizza - I ate my 1 1/2 piece and was fine - just like you and your little candies - I agree sometime our bodies want stuff. You did it you are done and you move forward - Just like you told me with the pizza - heck every couple of months we are allowed treats. For me next weekend will be a challenge since I am going to have grown up fun - eating out that much not having my healthy snacks - oh wait i can pop my popcorn and put it in a baggie and take it with me - I'm not flying - When I am in Vegas is going to be the problem - you can't take food on the plane unless you have a doc note - so I go to the doc on 5/28 so I thought I would get a note so I can take my protein bars at least - but I am a popcorn girl when I gotta feed the head hunger and I don't want to going to the gift shop and buying chips and candy - so for me this traveling is going to be another learning experience. Kari - smiles see if after I post it shows a link at the bottom of my post - if not I will send you an email - and you can down load them. I think you are a fish with all that water - and I have only had 2 1/2 bottles for the day - with a numb face it's hard to drink - Hey like that excuse pretty believable :thumbup::thumbup: half true - the numbness is almost gone so I better go get a bottle and start drinking. Steph - I thought I posted that you should do what works for you but I don't see it - is it on another page - I swear I did it.. Phyl - Retirement - this is why I wish we had sold a ranch before this slump in the real estate market - I am afraid I am going to die before I get to super enjoy the $$ my dad left me - the $$ I have makes my life very comfortable - but am afraid it will run out once I retire - I want to enjoy it - i don't want my kids to get it all while I had to work so hard since I was 19.. OK Karri - doctor report - we are waiting... :wub:

Ya we know each other pretty well I would say :cool2: Nothing wrong with that IMHO :tongue: Thanks - I am pretty happy !!!

Popcorn - sf popcicles since you can't eat dairy.. this is what I eat when I am hungry..

Thanks Jen - I still have 1.5 to go.. Size of band not super sure - He told my son after surgery I had the new Cadillac band and then in the office he said large once and then small - but I know I have 5 cc in it. It never really mattered to me size or how many cc's I had (the only reason I know is cuz when I was too tight and he took some out he said I have 5 cc's) the only thing that mattered was that I had restriction and I didn't care how we got there as long as we did get there. Secret - There really isn't one - I had major frickin surgery - I was 52 when banded - I have fewer yrs ahead of me than what's behind me and I want to extend the years I have left and I wanted to improve the quality of my life. So my head is totally in the game. I was told over and over again here on LBT by my 50+ ladies that the band was only a tool - So I knew going in that this had to be a LIFETIME LIFESTYLE change in my life. Also, I have the experience of all my other dieting efforts - and I am able to use the information I learned in Weight Watcher in helping me eat healthy (not diet) and exercise. I eat healthy 98% of the time - I allow for treats 2% of the time - but those calorie are not in addition to my daily budget of 900-1200 but included in. I exercise 3-4 days a week (2 cardio - 2 weights) - I also keep a food diary (on my 5th book) where I track my calories & pt grms. I bought a scale that gives me all the info on whatever I am weighing - I used it alot in the being but now I know what a portion size looks and know most of the calories by heart of the foods i eat (I still pull it out when I am eating something different) I eat off of a sandwich plate - use children's utensils - and have a little bowl that holds one cup. I still eat out - Mexican or Chinese - but I eat 1/4 what I ate before - I eat minimum 1 cup per meal - usually 1 to 1/2 - but some nights it can be 2 cups.. I eat low fat - mostly sugar free - and I do eat carbs/starches I always have some form of starch with my dinner - usually 1/2 cup of rice. So if the above is a secret - it's not any longer :cool2::tongue: I am more than willing to share - as I know how it feels to be the Fat Chick - and in my head I still have her - but before long she will be replaced by the new thinner & healthier chick and I want everyone here to share the joy in meeting and exceeding your goals and to feel so much better. Heck no wonder I was so tired before I was carring around 88.5 sack of potatoes on my back. I firmly believe that 75% of the work is mental and the band does the other 25% by providing restriction. (this is the real secret - knowing that you are going to have to work at this - that the band isn't going to do it by itself) Good Luck and thanks for the props - I really do feel 10 yrs younger...

Darling - It's the benefit of AGE... There are some very good things that come with it - KNOWLEDGE FROM PAST EXPERIENCES :cool2: and some stuff we don't like (aches pains saggy skin etc) - but truly I would rather be my age now that to have to grow up again (we all know I am not really a grownup - I just fake it - cuz deep down inside I am still a 2 yrs)

Thank you Baby Girl !!! I am pretty proud of me too .. But gotta say going to the dentist today is taking the edge off my happyness - but I will just tell him to turn up the gas :tongue: I did get flamed by someone else on that thread where I posted my pound is a pound - but also got a rep point too - More right ons - than flames... :cool2:

My 2 cents - you are setting yourself up for failure - 900 minutes is exercising every day - yes some days you may do 1 hr but there can be days where for whatever reason you can't do even 30 I had a goal of 20 days and I wasn't making - made me feel a little bad (not too but a little) so I moved it down to 15 - and this month I did 19 - it's better to over your goal than under. Even though I only said I would go to the gym 3 days a week - didn't mean that I couldn't go more than that - and I felt really good that i exceeded my goal.. These are the mind games that work for me - You have more family obligations than I do - so you have to allow for that and if you can't get your 30 minutes in you aren't going to feel like a failure and give up and just say screw it.. OK my 2 cents:tt2:

Thanks Linda - I really don't feel like I am being ganged up on - heck now a days us smoker are use to abuse heck they are trying to pass laws where you can't some in your own apt - or outside - heck you can't smoke in your car with a kid under 18 - Big Brother :cool2: Like Steph says I know the dangers and this too shall be another hurtle to overcome And I agree - enjoy my victory over food for right now - one battle at a time :tongue: Love my girl (hugs to you all)

I felt restriction on my 1st fill but loosened up within about 2 weeks - 2nd fill was great lasted from Oct to January - asked for a 3rd fill (like Denise says becare full of what you ask for) and was too tight (IMHO I rather be open than too tight) He had added 1 cc - had to take out .08cc - and that was the end of January - I am scheduled to go back the end of May but as it stands now - I don't need a fill..

Love it - Thanks! - and yes I know I need to - no diff than losing weight it's going to be the just doing it.. Baby steps (aka excuses) One thing at a time - Maybe I will make this my new years resolution - by then the weight will be off for 6 months - I will get some chantix and do it.. Ok making 2009 resloutions...

I'm just echoing what everyone else has said. This is a Lifetime - Lifestyle change - As long as you work your tool - by eating healthy & exercising you will lose the weight. Just today on another thread about not losing - the op posted that she revisited her eating and exercise and found that she was under estimating her food intake and the amount of exercise she was doing - She now is tracking her calorie and bumped up her exercise and the scale is moving. Good Luck - This journey is a learning experience and when you fall down - just pick yourself up and start over - but please know it is so doable..

Good to hear Sophie - Keep us posted...

You are mostly right - about that !!! -

Denise - I am sending a plane for your right now and we will head off to some nice quiet white sandy beach with swaying palm trees and a beautiful blue water ocean and a guy serving us drinks with umbrells in them.. Sound good - Think of that today :smile:

Karri - I am so happy you are getting it ck'd out - as soon as you get home you let us know ok.. Linda - We had a little EQ a week or so that was a 3.2 about 9 miles from me - I felt that one - Last night around 9 I hear we had one 15 miles from Anza (which is up in the mountains - most likely 60 miles from us) it was a 4.2 - I didn't feel that one. I usually don't feel anything under a 4 but the little one a week ago was only 9 mile east of my house felt a little jolt stop another jolt - very very mild. I know that alot of people are really scared of EQ's but since I have grown up with them - they don't bother me - the worse one in my life was 6/27 (right after my Dad died) I was still staying in his house and woke up right before it hit - at 5 a.m. they original had it at a 7 something but I think got down graded to a 6.5 That was a band one - my dad's house was like 4000 sq ft and It was just me and his dog. and we had a lot of after shocks - but it gave us something to talk about - When we had the Northridge quake - It woke me up at around 4 a.m I though oh just another EQ no biggie then when I woke up that morning and saw the News and how bad LA was hit - I was shocked. I will take EQ's over tornado's any day ... EQ only happen every so often but tornado's happen every yr and more than once a yr.. I hate that you aren't getting your PS - but the selfish me is happy that you are going to make the MofA trip.:smile:.. And Yes I totally understand the taking the pressure off - I think we all sometimes put too much pressure on ourselves - I know that I do.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Well today is a very good day ladies - Down 2.5 lbs this week - only 1.5 to goal !!!! You would think I would be more happier than I am - Do you all wanta here something sort of sick - and I have to share with you my family (cuz some of you may have these sick thoughts too) Ready for this DUMB thinking - I haven't lost the weight cuz of the work and changes in my eating & exercises - that I have cancer and just don't know it... I Know really sick - but I think of that movie with Mary Tyler Moore and someone comments on her weight loss and she says "ya it took cancer for me to get thin" Ok so you all now know that I am a little warped - I hope I haven't totally ruined your impression of me with my sick thoughts - but since you are truly me family and understand this whole journey and what/how a fat chick thinks - I just had to share - You guys are the only ones who really understand how fat chick's think - Ya I may be close to goal - but I will always have a fat chick mentally i think... Ok enough of my morbidness - I am on my 1st bottle of water - last night calories were only 700 cuz I only ate 1/2 of a pudding for my midnite raid - and I was proud of myself for stopping at half cuz all I really needed was 1 tiny spoon full - but I knew if I tired to eat the whole thing it wasn't going to stay down. CBL

I am sorry for your struggles - I am surprised that you were banded - I thought the 75 lbs overweight was the rule of thumb. How long have you been banded? What are you eating? Are you exercising. Have your talked to your Doctor about your pain. Not achieving any weight loss sound like you could be eating around your band - The band itself isn't going to make you lose the weight you are in control of that by what you eat and the amount of exercise you do. There is a big diff between bypass and banding - bypasser don't absorb their calories where as a bander does - plus it sounds like you dh had a lot more to lose than you do. I would suggest you talk to your doctor - track your calories. You can always go to the Lapband complication/removal thread too. Good Luck..

Water Patrol 66 oz of water (58 water - 8 oj) Food Patorl 850 calories today.. see if it's the same in the morning - you know midnite raids :smile::lol: nighty nite...

Minnesota - the Mall of America the biggest mall in the world I think Me & Step are qvc shoppers and they have a store in the Mof A (oh you don't know Steph aka Twilight- She was banded in Dec but is one of us - We have adopted Karri aka salsa and Steph - the are offical Lucky #7's) anyway - she and I can't wait to go there.. Phyl, me, Linda, Peaches, Steph, Jackie (maybe) and it seem like I am forgetting someone - Chim said she was going to try and make it to but she poped in for one day and hasn't been back.. Well, I just stopped by to turn off the computer - (45 minutes ago) but had to respond to a couple post & email - Yes it's offical LBT IS MY LIFE AND TRANSFER ADDICTION. So sweet dreams - See ya'll in the morning....

Thanks Bikinibeachy I practice what I preach:tongue: and as the saying goes the proof in the pudding :lol: I gotta say that from all the people who have read my little soap box tough band love post (and quite a few have) I have had only 2 negative responses. And I will stand by a pound is a pound - size might be diff - but a pound is a pound... Like I say we all need a kick in the butt at one time or another and I really try my hardest not to be mean - and help others who have lost their way and need a little motivation - cuz you never know - I may need you all to kick me in the butt one day :smile:

Denise I can eat almost anything - I haven't tried a submarine sandwich or any kind of bread like that cuz I know it would't work - but as far as food goes yep I can eat most things - slowly and chew small bites - it was brooklyn style - not the thick crust kind When I 1st did WW is was exchanges - 2 breads 3 protiens 5 veggies 2 dairy - I really just follow their balanced eating plan - cuz I can have my starches without guilt - they have no bad food - good food - it's about choices. Lynn - love your way of thinking - sounds like someone I know very well (me :thumbup:)

No Cotton Candy Tracy - it might weigh less but it wasted calories - have the steak instead you need your protien See you in Vegas at the end of June :thumbup:

Ripley What do I say - to person who isn't going to read my reply... I guess nothing - but I think you missed a key point - Both fallout and op were complaining about no longer losing weight and that they wanted to - the post was to that issue besides the myth that a pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat. As far as encouragement - I gave them both encouragement/suggestions on how to get the scales moving again. To bad just because you don't agree with someones post that you will no longer visit the site - support comes in all forms and not everyone responses to hugs and kisses - sometimes we all need a kick in the butt. And I did warn tough band love - I am sorry if you where offend - it wasn't my intent - Intent was to provide information to be use to help re-start the weight loss.