IndioGirl55

Peaches - Being tired is when I can make BAD food choices too - it is a BIG eating trigger for me. So I try and be prepared 98% of the time.. Linda - Ya - I don't always look at the tickers or do and then as I am posting forget - tomorrow is your band 6month anniversary 82 lbs that flippin GREAT... I have only woken up once like that - usually I will slime or pb within a few minutes of eating too fast, too much or not chewing. Karri - no tivo or cable - You don't even have a vcr... OMG i would die I have gotten so use to my dvr and prior to that vcr - I usually can't stay up past 9:30 or 10 most nights (i get up at 5 a.m) so i tivo alot.. To nite is Idol and biggest loser (i think) I am glad you are back on regular food - that's great - It's funny about our bands - last night had a small piece of fish 97 calories (don't remember the oz) and 1/2 c of rice and was full and it took awhile to eat it. Somedays loose some days tight - go figure... Well, I am glad the site is working again - but I gotta get back to work... Talk to you all later....

Ruby - you had me cracking up on this... Heck we patrol the whole lbt site :0) 1) I am just really nosey now... what is everybodies Marital status...??? single/divoriced 2) Does everyone live alone and cook for one?? My 16 Grandson lives with me - I cook for him most likely 4 nights a week - I prepare separate meals for him most of the time - he does eat fish with me sometimes if I have lemon. 3) Who prepares family meals and who eats what they cook their family? ' I prepare most meals - my GS will make his own a couple times a week - last night at 10:30 p.m. he is making cupcakes - OMG - NSV I didn't eat any when I woke up at 1:30 - just had a bite of cold hamburger patty... I sometimes eat what I cook for GS but not often - sometime I take the hamburger when he is having taco's and make myself something diff with the meat. 4) Or... do you prepare special meals just for your bandster self? 98% of the time I make my fish rice and veggies for dinner.

I take atenolol - tiny pill like a BC pill with no problems - I don't crush I have chewable Vitamins & sublingual b-complex... I have liquid vicoden and tylenol - it works faster than taking a pill -

I put a little olive oil in a baking dish - roll the fish in it (usually cat fish or salmon - sometime tilpia (sp)) salt pepper and garlic powder - bake 350 for about 20 min (depends on the thickness) - then for variety i will put some parmensan cheese on it - or El Pato (spicy tomatoe sauce yellow can with a duck on it buy the tomatoe sauce) and some times I will dip it in egg beaters - roll in corn meal - spray with pam and bake.

Saleel22 - My prayer and good thoughts for a safe surgery and speedy recovery... Beckymein - We had a 50+ thread but it was real hard to find - I am glad they made the new forums so it's easier to find - Thank Alex and Alexadrana = I just made the first post - :smile:

Peaches At least you have restriction:rolleyes: Food cop on partol. :eek:Quater Pounder :smile: Better choice would have been a grilled chicken wrap - 270 calorie.... But 1300 isn't bad .... Yes - Eating healthy is all about the planning - Since i had a hangover :redface:from all those liquid calories on saturday.. - I didn't make it to the store for my weekly veggies yesterday.. Thankfully I had enought for dinner tonight and lunch tomorrow and do have a few frozen in the fridge. And bought fish as costco new yrs so I have enought for a while I make my rice and then put it in the little 1/2c containers and all i have to do during the week is nuke them - make my veggies & fish - Janet's 20 minute healthy meals.. So I guess I will have to stop at the store on my way home or go after the gym tomorrow - Well I was just cking in for the evening - just put my dinner in the oven and it's 8:30 - I don't know where the evening went .....

Hey Gang Had a great time at the concert - danced and drank - so yesterday was recoup day :Banane42: Email Notifications When you hit reply - scroll down to see if it indicates email notices or not - reset it ... Hey Dini - you REALLY can see the diff - You are hot girl On the meeting issue - it maybe that you are almost at goal and they are still working towards it and maybe feel a little intimidated about their weight loss compared to yours – They may look at you as the skinny chick and you know up fat girls can be prejudice too :frown: Chim - Congrats on 41 lbs gone for good:biggrin: I have noticed that the site has been really slow lately... and in the day and age of immediate gratification – I get perturbed when the site is really slow… Karri - Glad that you can finally eat. :wink: I ate too much yesterday with my hangover :smile: Brandy - Whoope - getting rid of fat clothes Ok - I gotta get to work - just cking in... Talk to ya'll later xoxo J

Hey gang Ya I was busy today - had to watch my 3 yr gd while my 13 yr old had satuday school - (detention) so I didn't get to the gym but did walk to walgreens and back and last nite cleaned and took down all my xmas decorations tree etc - so I feel I got a work out. Well, I am off to the shower to get HOT in my size 12 jeans for the Earth Wind & Fire concert tonite - just woke up from my little nap (you know up 50+ have to plan our engery - cuz most nites asleep at 9:30 10) Well I will write tomorrow ... Talk to you then - I really don't follow football but I think my Cowboys still have a chance... coxox Janet

Well at least i am in good company - This is Bad - I don't think you should be able to google indiogirl55 and my profile pops up - I don't think people on this board know this - cuz if they did they might not be posting all their pictures. Alex - you really do need to protect our privacy.

I just read this thread and googled my self - my profile comes up picture and everything - I don't like that !!!!!

That thread for ticker - definations made clearer for the new people to the site - It's sort of hard to fine Under suggestion feedback & question Make the title - something more catchy - Like - "Come Here for Ticker - Definations etc"

Thanks - I am just paying it forward - I was lucky enought to have alot of help when I first joined. I have learned to navigate this site and where to find thing - the ticker instructions are under this was under f"requently asked questions" on the main board - also definations as to what pbing slime and NSV DH etc.. So Sheila 6 months from now - I want you to do the same for the newbies then OK cuz by then you will be experienced and you will have been around the site enough to know where stuff is at - heck you will even be in the rants' - Saying OMG they don't know what sliming is:biggrin: My best to you...

YES !!!! I feel so much better, I have so much more energy. The band is a tool that help make the change to a healthy eating program possible and to be able to lose weight so that I can exercise. I call my band my interior motivator - it helps me remember why i chose such a drastic surgery to help me get the weight off. I have pb'd a couple of times - but thats cuz i ate too fast or didn't chew. Other than that no problems - for which I thank God.. In everything you do there are risk - and I felt that this risk was worth it cuz I was a heart attack waiting to happen - I want to live for a few more year with some quality of life - which i now have.

I gotta say that my pregnancy was one of the happiest times in my life - i was lucky no morning sickness - just had to pee 24/7 and had heart burn cuz i ate so much hot sauce:eek:... Well, I will keep good thoughts that the next 3 months are easier You think you are excited now - wait till the baby's born OMG you will be beaming.

Denise Congrats on your 1st grandchild - they are great little buggers to have. I love all 3 of mine..

Ok - I am at Walgreens transferring my prescirption - the guy (maybe 30) asked my date of birth "1955" then as he is looking at my insurance card he say "IS THIS PART D" WTF - I know i don't look 65 !!!!! I think I look my age - but you know what kept be from getting depressed - I had on a size 12 pair of jean !!!!!

Ruby Congrats on Onederland I understand your frustration on getting appointment for fill - My doc only dose fills on Weds - and last time I called trying to move my date from 11/5 to 10/1 i couldn't get in until 10/24 - so this time when he said see you in 2 months (after not giving me a fills) I said no... I want to come back in 1 month cuz you are to hard to get into see when I want I just figured if I don't need one this month I can call and cancel and then just reschdule for February... So if I were you when you do get in make an appointment for the next month and you can always cancel. I eat about the same as you if not a tad more at least at dinner - I ususally have 4-5 oz fish - 1/2 c rice and 1 cup minimum veggies for dinner every nite and if an am hungry i will eat more veggies - lunch any where 1 - 1 1/2 cups veggies and some protein - breakfast yogurt & fruit.. IMHO i don't think eating 1/2 cup of food is enought both mentally & phyically - this is why i brought up the phyiscological issue of a fill last week - Just make healthy food choices 98% of the time and you will win the battle..

I have an x-bf who had diabetes so I know a tad about it - well what I can remember from 12 yrs ago - Couldnt you just drink like a little OJ before a meal to keep your sugar up - Do I have it the right way it you take a shot you gotta eat right away or your sugar will drop. I remember James - breaking out into a cold sweat if he didn't eat something soon after his shot... Then had to give him something sweet to bring his sugar back up...

I'm 52 soon to be 53 on 29th of January - Son 37 - 3 grandkids 17 yrs - 14 yrs - 4 yrs. Had surgery 7/07 so that I can see the grandkids get married and hopefully see my great-grandkids too.. I am 60 lbs lighter and FEEL 20 yrs younger - yes the 50's are the new 30's - we aren't as old as our parents were at our age... Truely I don't want to be younger - heck I have learned alot in these 52 yrs - I don't want to have to start over - but if you could give me the body of a 30yr old with the brains of a 52 yr old. I would take that ..

Congrats on your weight loss - this is the best place for support - in fact it's been my only support since being banded - but my Doc is starting a LAP BAND only group in Feburary... Hope you can find a gym close to home that way no excuses... I like going all by myself - cuz when your gym buddy flakes on you then you don't go - when you do it by yourself - you just go - you don't have to wait on anyone.. It's what works for me. What kind of work do u do that you would have lost your job from being over weight???

Sheila - here is a link that will tell you how to get a ticker. http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f5/ticker-tutorial-pictures-41782/ Jsoto - I beleive in tough band love - imho we are taking drastic measures to lose weight - we make so many excuses - we just have to step up to the plate and take responsiblity for our over eating and bad eating habits - we need some self control - the band restricts the amount of good food you eat but not the bad - but you gotta do the rest by makeing healthy food choices. -

Good Morning Ladies How is everyone today??? No much going on - had my hair done last night and went to dinner with gf - 1/2 taco - bite of enchillda (to salty) mostl chips & salsa - It's funny how chips & salsa are fine going down - but the taco - meat would stick a tad.. Kristen - I watch Big Medicine too - I have it scheduled on my dvr (tivo) and when I was cking my recording - I saw that it was back on... Peaches I am glad you have restriction - it is a wonderful thing... I just really wish they could band our heads... Kari - How scary - I hear about legionnaires - most on cruise ships - but I get I have heard about hotels too... Do you have any lingering effects?? What does being diabetic have to do with stopping eating?? Heck - when I was out to dinner last night my gf said that she didn't want to be an enablers - I told her you aren't - I can eat regular food and that I sometime miss pigging out - but the band is the greatest tool cuz it won't let you - plus the cook was way to heavy handed with the salt - the gualmole (sp) and enchilldas where WAY to salty - couldn't even eat them - which was ok cuz I didn't nee to any way. ribearty - that's how I know that I stil have restriction is when drinking water.. Oh I just see where they changed our smilies...:smile::tongue: and it looks like we lost some too. Well it's 8:15 gotta get to work.. Talk to you all later

MY BAD IT'S 2/5 NOT 2/4 - SEE I CAN'T TYPE OR PROOF READ I Took that off - cuz my email was full all the time - so I just go to usercp - to see who has responded to theards i have posted too. If you want email notice - go to the bottom above where it say submit reply...

Thanks Jackie !!! I get gas too:p... I hate the dentist too :embarassed:- I love my dentist:kiss2: - he and his whole office are just GREATEST.. I hate the drill - don't mind the shot or anything else except the drill. I am far from being bander poster child (got me cracking up on that) But appreciate the complement... Yes I would have eaten most of the box prior to being banded - I really wanted pasta & alfredo sauce - but didn't have any. They put in a temp bridge - so at least the hole is covered - I am a bit tired and headachy - vicoden and i just don't get along real well - that's why I stayed in the hospital an extra night - as i was having TERRIBLE gas pain when the doc came to release me on the 18th - I was afaird to go home in that kind of pain - vicoden makes me a little sick to my tummy - 1st dose ok - but if I have to take a second dose - i am sick.. Since I am not feeling 100% - I want to eat - I have had a 1/2 c cantelope - yogurt & 1/2 banana and am starving - I have about 2 1/2 oz of fish and some veggies for lunch - ususally this is ok - but since i am not on my game - I want FOOD - thankfully - I don't have any - and i did say no to brownies in the lunch room this morning... I know at least the scales are moving downward and I should not be complaining... I know that for me it hasn't been that hard and up to now it has been moving pretty well - a week from today is my 6 month band anniversary and 60 in 6 is GREAT and as said before I have never lost this much weight in my life.. I guess I feel so good now - I just want to feel that much better when I am at goal - that will be the real proof to me that this thing works. If I will be able to maintain goal weight - in 2 - 3 yrs from now... But right now not worried about tomorrow just today .... Karri IMHO - I know it's a pain in the tush - but take the day off go get a bit taken out - you can not continue like this - it's not good for you phyically or mentally - (omg - i do sound just like a mom ) Well off to eat my lunch - getting eyes ck'd and gray covered this afternoon - ck with ya'll later...