IndioGirl55

Hey Denise that's GREAT:clap2::clap2: - What a great early Xmas present....

I wouldn't call myself a wise peep - but - if you volunteer and the people you are helping are saying thank you - wouldn't that be enought?? You are volunteering and I guess that's the "word" for me = you are doing this cuz you want to - out of the goodness of your heart - you aren't doing this just to get props from others in the orginaztion. With that being said - if I was an adminstrator of such an group - I would maybe have a little lunch to thank the regular volunteers - I guess it would depend on how big your group is - Do you know the adminstrators??? - I have volunteered for a local shelter - I did it cuz I am so blessed not to be in the position to use a shelter - I did it cuz I wanted to - to give back not for the thanks. But again - It's wasn't an everyday thing.. just my 2 cents ....

Brenda B - It's the outside membrain that causes the problem - I ate 1/4 of an orange the other day - and after tons of chewing - I had to spit out that part - i think that's why I only ate 1/4 cuz the 1st section I ate - I ate the whole thing and then as I way chewing the 2nd section I could tell it wouldn't go down smoothly. Too much work - so just quit Carol - Thanks - I would suggest the new band - it's suppose to be improved to reduce the risk of eroision - i think... for me the band is the greatest - it's my interior motivator and I feel so much better.. Susan - Welcome :clap2: this thread is one of my first ones when I joined back in May - They are the greatest group of women - did you start on page 1 and read forward?? If you didn't - I suggest you do - you will see how supportive and helpful everyone here is.. The band is a great tool to help you shed those unwanted pound - On this thread & others - you will hear/read that word "TOOL" all the time and you will be warned that - that is all it is - the real work will be up to you to make healthy food choices and add exercise into your life. By making very healthy food choices & exercise - I have lost 58.5 lbs in 5 months.. I am happy - My doc is very happy and say i am losing weight faster than most banders - I told him that I went to a lot of trouble to get this band (surgery) and i am very motivated to work my tool - and that's what I am doing - I am working my tool and in return the tool is helping me feel fuller on smaller amounts of food - I am very happy and feel so much better - I am lucky that I don't have some of the phyical limitations as other here do - so I can exercise - which for me is a BIG key to my sucess. Read all you can - ask any questions - we are here for you... Good luck on your journey...

Merry Christmas Ssankofa - too to here from you - Glad to hear you are the proud new Mommy to your Fur Baby- What's your baby's name. I have 2 and love them dearly - I don't have to walk them - cuz we have a yard and bear has bad hips - and i think baby does too - Good gooing on the exercise. Linda - it's ok to sample - don't feel guility a taste of this or that isn't go kill you - the only lesson i want us to learn is to be able to say no to the food - that's what our problem was before - we never said no to food - and we ate high calorie foods every day or ate healhty food in large quainties or both.. Today - was my office party - I skipped Breakfast (now mind you i didnt raid the fridge last nite) cuz I was so busy trying to get stuff bound and billed - lunch at 1 - I was starving !!! had 1/2 c gucamole & 10 chips - 3 poppers (yellow chili peppers filled with shrimp) - 1/4 c of carnisada (meat) and 1/3 cup Beans and 1 small (silver dollar size) cookie.. i skipped the tortilla - not cuz i can't eat them - i can eat anything - it's just i figured i had chips didn't need the tortilla - trade off.. I am full right now.. and it's 5 - to nite it will be fish rice & veggies I haven't exercised in 3 days - wake - shopping wrapping and today just to full from lunch - I will go in the morning and do minimum 3 miles and will try for 4 since i haven't gotten my quota in this week and I will go Sunday and Monday... Tomorrow is the famous cookie day for me so I have to be very careful or i can completely blow it - But i do have a plan - so that's in my favor - I am allowing myself 5 cookie minimum- and my DIL will be making dinner - I don't know if we will make the tamales or not. Phyl I think we might have had just a tad of wind as my cigs were on the ground not the table when I got up this morning.. But nothing like what you are discriping - DHS can be VERY windy - I use to get alot of sinus problems when I lived there... I was very happy this morning that I slept all night - heck if I could do that I would lose another 10lbs like that As you can see in my reply to Linda - I did ok at our party imho... Looks like I am not going to make the exercise challenge this month even if i exercise 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 31 - that's 8 days and i have 10 = 18 well 18 out of 31 during the holidays is pretty good..

GOOD MORNING GANG !!! Is everyone ready for Christmas??? Today is our Office Pot Luck / Secret Santa party at 1 p.m. - I will make good choices !!!! Last nite had to wrap for gifts for my office mates & boss - didn't sit down until 8:00 - feel asleep around 8:30 on the couch and then moved to bed at 10 and SLEPT ALL NIGHT - NO MIDNITE KITCHEN RUN.. Love it. Well, got tons of stuff to finish up before noon - so will ck in later. xoxo Janet

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Salsa - I love my doc I see him every time i go in which is every other month execpt I go back 1/23 (he wanted 2/23 but since i didn't get a fill this time - I said No - want to come back in January in case i need one) No Heat - OMG my feet are cold all the time - Have a safe trip!!! Ruby - CONGRATS ON MAKING IT TO ONEDERLAND :clap2::clap2: Distant - Thanks - I hear you on the dh issue - that's how mine was and that's why he's an x - we went to counseling and the counsler said he had issues - with women and that they stemed from his mother - My best to you on that front - cuz no matter what you do you can't fix them - or the more you try and reassure them the worse it gets - this is one reason I am single - I just hate arguing all the time - i know that all men aren't like that but I don't know if i have the energy to try anymore... I like my life - i do as i please.. Have a MERRY CHRISTMAS - AND IF YOU NEED US we are here for you - you can vent all you want... Well, back to work = later gang

Hi - and why are you lost - this is just a thread that leads newbies to thread about how to get a ticker - what pb ing is - what DH means etc. go to page one - there is a link to a thread that has all the answers for the all the questions.. Good Luck on your journey...

little orange pill - old age setting in cant remember the name - ducolax??

Caribou sausage - I would try that ... I like to try different stuff - I eat sushi - escargo - steak tartar - oysters on the half shell - etc... I will try anything once...

Peaches - I don't keep up with how much is in my band - I hope it isn't a leak - but I have read alot of times that when they withdraw the fluid its not always the same that they put in - and it seems to be a mystery as to why.. We will pray for the best - and as far as they extra weight - it will come off fast - Salsa - Thanks - good on working out - I didn't get home til 6 p.m. and didn't go to the gym - will do tonite... Brandy - CONGRATS... 52 lbs:clap2: way to go girl... Nichole - OMG you really have a big trip just to see the doctor... I don't know if I could do that - but it isn't good to be over filled - My doc wouldn't give me a fill yesterday - and truely I don't think i needed one - it just that I am so afaird of not having my security blanket working at all times - If you have hit a plateau change up your eating - it seems to help me -- Phyl - ya we will see each other before that 1/3 of your weight gone:clap2: - I bet you are tired 7 a.m to 8 pm - I would be bushed... Yes Dr B is great for the ego:p... It's nice to get complements from your doc.. Well, maybe he or Marsha will ask once I get to goal weight - I would be very honored if they did... Again great ego booster. IMHO - i can't believe how we convinced ourselves that we were just fine and dandy being fat. I am just so happy that I did this - I just feel so much better... Well gang another day - have a funeral this morning - and tomorrow is our office xmas lunch and secret santa exchange - getting off early so I better get my but to work - will ck in later..

Thanks Gang !!!- I was feeling kind proud that he thought I had done a good job... Well, I just got home had a rosery tonite for my gf dad who passed and I am hunger - guess i don't need the soup since no fill - so I am off to eat - Might get on later if not talk to you all tomorrow. Sweet Dreams

Hey gang you all have been quite so far today - this is just a quick note about my Dr. Visit today - No fill since i am losing weight - lost 17 since 10/24 and he said I am losing weight like a bypass person - I have lost 53.55 % of my excess weight - He told me I dress nicely and He wants a picture of me to use as an example of weight loss with the band... just love my Doctor.. I guess that's my NSV for the day - and a little toot my own horn and brag about my doc... oh ya Phyl - they are starting LAPBAND ONLY support group at Desert Hosipital - here's the schedule 2/5 - 3/4 - 4/1 -5/6 - 6/3 6 p,m, to 8 pm they all are on Tuesdays - See you at the 2/5 meeting ??? Well got ton's of work - talk to you later tonite... xoxo J

I LOVE PAULA DEAN !!!!! She is so funny - and I think we are related cuz I LOVE BUTTER & FRIED FOODS - Not eating them much anymore - but still love them - it's what I miss the most...

I agree Wasabb - this is not a diet - the is a lifetime lifestyle change of bad eating habits - What I strive for is to eat healthy 98% of the time and IMHO that is what healthy thin people do - In the past we ate UNHEATHLY 98% of the time - this is what got up to where we are - so ya - have a treat eat some mash potatoes - gravy - and not the whole pot just 1 serving and the next day go back to good healthy food choices

I just LOVE having a little market 1 bloc from my house - I ran over there got some beans to make my cream of pinto bean soup for the next couple of days.... I think $300k median price for homes now a days - to think in 1976 my 1st house was $17,500 - Mind you it was a HUD house and not in an upscale neighborhood - but a great starter house - 4 bed rooms 1100 sq ft and a big yard. I lived there for 28 yrs - sold it for $152,000 that's how I afforded my house now - I got in right before the big jump - by the time my complex sold out - my plan was $120k higher than what i paid... now who knows what i would get - but heck I love my house and plan on being here forever...

NMSunshine - :heh: NO HOT TODDY OR MULED WINE (isn't that warm wine) too many calories - a cup of tea about 1/2 hr before your meal... I am going to have to watch out for you and Phyl ... You are bad girls:p

Brenda - the popcorn wasn't bad - it was the junk you had with it Ok don't mean to be a smarta$$ here - but i want to know what the diff 2 small cups vs 2 reg cups:biggrin1: This is the kind of thinking we have to re-think - a cup is a cup - we gotta learn what a real measurement is.. 8/31 I had 1 1/2 pieces of cake on my DIL bday... I pretty much stay away from sweets (well real sugar - i have sf pudding & fudgecicles)- I haven't had any so far this xmas season... Cuz once i start - OMG can't quit... This weekend will be baking xmas cookies w/grandaughters and making tamales with DIL - but I get a fill tomorrow - I am allowing myself 5 cookie for the whole xmas season - but I will increase my exercise plus I will be on liquids for 4 days since i go for my fill tomorrow...- Yes you are normal - If i remember correctly - 3 weeks out I had a tad restriction - I could eat 2 cups of zuchinee and my fish & 1/2 c rice - but since i am a ww girl - to me veggies are pretty much free - so when you are still hunger eat an extra cup of veggies - I have never limited myself to say 1/2 c per meal - I would say I eat about 2 cup right now - 4 oz fish - 1/2 c rice - and 3/4 cup veggies. IMHO 1/2 c of food isn't enought - especially for my brain. I have a little bowl i got at target that is 1 cup and I eat off sandwich plates... with good restiction I eat about a cup per meal - and I am happy with that. Also - it's not a cheat - but a treat and now you have to pay yourself back for that treat - you gotta walk 1/2 mile or a full extra mile ... I eat healthy 98% of the time - but you know what so do normal people - I use to eat healthy only 2% of the time and bad 98% of the time.. So take the word cheat out of your vocabulary - and replace it with treat - Skinny people have treats - not cheats - make sure your treats are only 2% of your eating an not 98% of it:biggrin1: That's my phylosophy (sp)... If i eat I increase my exercise & eat less at my next meal - Like today I went out to lunch ate an enchillada & 3/4 of my taco - so for dinner just meat and veggies and i walked 3 miles instead of 2... Thankfully I go for a fill tomorrow - that's one reason I ate out of my norm - cuz I know that for the next few days I won't be able to eat much at all.. You can do this and I bet you that you really can't eat as much food as you use too - you might not feel much restriction - but i bet you do have some.. Talk to you soon.. :confused::girl_hug: Janet

Mango maybe you got my life :confused: - and hey 16 isn't 18 and sure and the heck isn't a 20 - What does TTFN mean Ta ta for now???? Hope you have a good time at your party Distant - I really don't want clothes yet - I did by a few things first of Nov - so they should last for a bit - cuz some of the xl tops are just a itty bit tight - I have 38 lbs to go - hopefully i will be a 12.. The only thing by the time I need clothes it will be summer and everything is sleeveless - and I need a little sleeve to cover my bat wings and your dh is right - and i agree with you - I am a little addicted to this losing weight and ya it's not too hard most of the time... Karri - do you know when I eat like i did for lunch - i stay fuller than I do on my fish rice and veggie - It's 6:40 right now I have been to the gym and walked 3 miles - ck'd on my grandaughters - came home cleaned the kitchen - and got on line - and i am just now getting a little hungry yesterday had fish & veggies for lunch an was starving by this time.. I really could have stopped at 1/2 the enchillada & 1/2 the taco - but my brain was hungry and knowing that I am going to be on soup for a few day - OMG I am not perpared - I need to go to the store for some beans - I don't think I have any. I agree you gotta feed the beast so he doesn't get out of hand... My GF & I were talking cuz I couldn't believe I ate that much - but in the past i would have cleaned that whole plate and came home and ate just like that for dinner... :biggrin1: I am in good company... I see what - I think??? Dini - you aren't too full of your self - you are young and having fun - go for it - have fun .. Peaches that's how much a new house cost here in Indio it was more like $350 - $400 k before the market dropped... Use to be a $1 mil house was a big thing - but heck it's nothing now a days

OK GANG - I called my gf and said I am hungry lets do lunch - plus i know i go for a fill tomorrow - so if I am going to eat - today is the day as I am suppose to be on full liquids for a whole week (will only do about 3 or 4 day) so went to Taco Shop - again i want you to know i was STARVING.... Order taco enchillada tostado & rice - ate 3/4 of taco the WHOLE enchillada and a couple of bites of rice - I am stuffed - but now very aware that I do need that fill tomorrow - I threw away the tostada and rice - I will now stay full all afternoon - See everyone the FOOD COP/ANGEL is human - I don't always make the best decisions - but even normal people don't eat healthy 100% of the time - that's why i say i eat healthy 98% - today for lunch was that 2% that i don't - to nite i will have ground turkey & veggies and will skip the carbs (no rice) and exercise... OK got tons of crap to do - talk to you all later. xoxox

CONGRATS - I REMEMBER HOW HAPPY I WAS WHEN I GOT MY DATE - I KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOF TOPS...

Small, small bites, eat slowly, chew chew chew and drink something warm before you eat ....

I know with my Lucky #7's 99% had that problem too :embarassed: I haven't read where too many have the opposite problem - but I had mine for like 3 weeks - better in thee (toilet) than me ...

Karri :girl_hug::girl_hug::girl_hug::girl_hug::girl_hug: I am sorry for your sadness yesterday - I think we all miss food espeically when we are in one of our moods... I am glad you had no guitl over that one stupid cookie - it's shouldn't cause any guilt.. a 14 is a 14 BE HAPPY GREAT NSV SIZE 14:clap2:

I had the same problem - I finally did take some immodium and it cleared up - the pills are small and I didn't have any problems - but best to ck w/your doc...