IndioGirl55

Mango - Does your grandma live with you Business classes where in high school - I loved business economics loved my teacher Coach Rose - he called me his 115 PA System... but again we are talking high school freshman classes which was 36 yrs ago... It was funny cuz I remember arguing against insurance and gave a pretty good arguement - and now that's what i do for a living... Yep - I am dedicated 98% of the time - I really love losing this weight You guys just don't know how much better I feel and I realize that at 250 I WAS ASHAMED of how I looked - I would never have admitted that then - would have told you I was happy - but i really wasn't - it's funny how you can fool yourself - or at least try too. I am looking forward to my upcomming concerts - I just feel sooo much better and ya the saying nothing taste as good as thin feels (not really thin yet but thinner and on my way) is so very true... I really don't miss too much all that food i use to eat (well sometimes i do) but this feels so much better than the taste of food ...

Brandy - Yes I wouldn't mind being 24 again - but I would want to know what I know now - youth is wasted on the young... No offense Dini but you still have a lot to learn (or well most 24 yr olds do)... GREAT NSV XTRA SMALLL OMG - WHATS THAT Peaches - we are all human - even skinny people over eat sweets this time of yr - ya gotta do like me and have a plan - ok I will eat these Cookies but tonite infront of the t.v. instead of just sitting I will stand and walk in place - do you know that figgeters burn more calories than those who sit still... Get up and move - put some little weight by your couch and do arm exercises - while watching t.v. - also - if you have sweets during the day - then cut the carbs from your dinner.. You can do this - you really can - So far I have just said no to my drug of choice but ask me on Sunday how I did after making cookies on Saturday.. Peaches - I really dislike women who do this just to go to the BEACH OMG come on now ... They look so fake - I really hate that whole fake persona = e being on the prowl- if they don't like me in my beach attire tough luck... I understand going out at nite and taking your time to get ready cuz you are suppose to look good - but again - I sure and the hell don't ever want to come off as a desparate divorcee - Love the Canuks humor...

Welcom NomoreYoYo... You can hang with us anytime... I am on the over 60 thread at times. heck half my friends are 60+... It's not really all about age - but just our experiences period - we are alot diff than the 20 & 30 yrs olds out there. Also you may be surprised with your weight loss with the band - I was - I thought I had a slow metabolism cuz in May I tried medifast and only lost like 3 lbs the 1st week - gave up - said screw this ... Got banded 5 months ago today and have lost 55.5 lbs - I am eating more calories (1000-1200 healthy foods) than when I was on medifast - but I think the key for me is that I am exercising 4 to 5 days a week - walking 2 to 3 miles daily and maybe 4 on a Saturday... and i may lose 2 lbs one week - then only 1/2 lbs one week and 3 the next - it works as long as you work it by exercising and eating healthy.... Good Luck on your journey - read - read - read and ask questions. pb is productive burp - (like a throw up in a burp can be that easy or more force full) Slime - saliva foaming out of your mouth cuz some thing is stuck and your body is trying to produce enought spit to get it to go down.

Cornell Note is a way of taking notes The Learning Toolbox - Cornell Notes you just don't write them on a sheet of paper - divide the note paper in 3's and write key points in one section - notes in another and summerize at the bottomc... This was for a 6th grader... I told the teacher the hardest thing I did in High School was a book report and got an A on that - Phyl school is so very different than when we went - I can't help with homework - logic problems ??? greek to me... W rite notes. The large box to the right is for writing notes. Skip a line between ideas and topics. Don't use complete sentences. Use abbreviations, whenever possible. Develop a shorthand of your own, such as using "&" for the word "and".

Sweet Dreams......

Ya I forgot them - I got cut off at the bar there once with my DH & BIL - and we weren't even drunk - had a good buzz - but no where close to being drunk.. See I have had my days hanging in bars :0)

Brenda Thanks !!! I feel so much better - I am no longer carrying around 55 lbs of potatoes... You are talking to the QUEEN of nite time eating - I still eat at nite but i budget my calories to allow for it... I normally don't have snacks during the day - at night I have my sf choc pudding 1 or 2 60 cal each or a healthy choice fudgecicle 80 cal or extra veggies and sometime toast or popcorn or a dannon lite & fit yogurt - I go on the 19th for another fill - only need a tad but it is taking more than 1 cup to be full.. IMHO I don't want to eat only 1/2 cup per meal - I don't think you can get enough calories that way - and I am losing on my 1000- 1200 calories a day - and walking 2 or 3 mile x 4 or 5 days a week.. My suggestion is to budget your calories so that you can have a treat at nite - if you don't you are going to end up over eating. But this is just my humble opinion - Glad to hear you are over the liquid stage - that is so hard and you had to do it much longer than i did... Keep us posted on how you are doing... Janet

OMG - you are hot...... I can see why the old men were after you.. and yes why the indians were so protective... GREAT Pictures!! We don't have and A&F here in the Desert but in Los Angeles they do - my grandson has a tee shirt and sweatshirt from there = We have holister (surfer store) and my GS gets 99% of his clothes from there. Tee shirts & jeans... No much up with me - work - home - gym - thats about it - My sister was here while you were in NY had a nice visit - going to see Earth Wind & Fire in January and Stevie Nicks in February... We do get some good entertainment here in the desert cuz of the indian casinos - we have 6 within a 40 mile distants.. 1 Palm Springs 1 Rancho Mirage 2 Indio 1 Coachella and now 1 in Salton Sea.. It's a good thing i'm not a gambler - but between the 2 in indio (where I live) we get some good groups.. I am boring - I have already done the bar scene in my 20's 30's and it's not that attractive for a 50+ women to be hanging at bars all the time - I sure don't want to be confused with a bar-fly... Plus the kind of guys you meet there aren't about anything - guys my age like girls your age - you know how it goes - I am happy with my non-drama life

Dini we would never forget you... OMG dirty old men... They say New Yorkers are rude - I have never been but want to go - see ground zero (did you go there?) see a show (i think they were still on strike when you went) I want to ride the subways - and I understand what take you 5 takes someone else 35 that can be very aggervating... Was the hotel afraid you were gay WTF girls can't go places together without everyone assuming they are gay. Since i am divorce I am always going places with my gf's some married some aren't ... Do people assume that 2 girls together are gay - that's messed up.. What did they say after you told them off... Whats A&F (ass & ??) i don't the we will offend the others we are all grown up here.. Did you go to central park - time square - 5th avenue - all those places It seems very active when I watch Good Morning America or the Today Show - this are morning news show in NY... Whats up with Adam if you are looking for a new beau....

Gene Congrats on starting the new year with the greatest tool to help you have a HEALTHY NEW YEARS :clap2: I don't know Dr Wright - but how can you go wrong with someone with that last name:p (plus i was born with that last name - so I say I was born Wright:p)

Michelle - Merry Christmas to you too.. I got a box of See's candy from a customer today I went an put it in the lunch room which is another wing of my office building - while there - there was soft frosted sugar cookies. I JUST SAID NO TO DRUGS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3 Kids under 7 - OMG how long are you there??? I have a 3 yr old grandaughter and after 2 or so hours i am worn out - the noise gets to me... I know you will enjoy being with your family ... Have a safe trip and talk to you soon xoxo Janet

Congratuations 54 lbs :clap2: That's so Great... 1 pill gone :clap2: Keep up the good work:first: You are doing better than me if you quit smoking - I only lasted 10 days..

Just got a box of See's candy from a client.... I put it in the lunch room (a whole nother wing) I didn't have one piece.. While I was in there - there were some good frosted xmas cookies soft - didn't have one either.. JUST SAY NO TO DRUGS !!!!

Karri What is a periodic table??? I am a high school grad (continuation cuz i was p.g.and finished at our local college) with some upper baccalaureate insurance classes - I have some initials behind my name - but - I have no need for chemistry in my job - could careless about algebra - would love to go back to school and learn about theory... Just for fun - I can read & comprehend quite well - can't spell or type worth dilly squat anymore - but I figure everyone gets my drift and who reads word for word anyway;) I enjoyed school too - I took all business classes when I was in high school - by then I was going to be a legal secretary -

DONATE them to the your local mission/village/shelter...

Thanks Phyl - drinking some new energy drink advocare ??? we will see what it does.. Karri - I usually get up at 5 a.m. cuz I like a cup of coffee & my bad habit (smokes) and I hate rushing in the mornings - i get in the shower around 6 and out the door a little after 7 - am at work before 7:30 I just had to exercise today... I can't beleive those word are comming out of my mouth - but they are - so that in it's self is a BIG NSV for me.. I wanted to be a teacher when I was a little girl - I was going to be a teacher and my grandma and I would live together - she would have a lavendar bedroom and I would have a horse :biggrin1: - I don't think I could teach teenagers - I would rather have the younger ones - k thru 5 before all those attidutes set in.. Phyl you said that right - school isn't what it use to be reading writing arthimatic - now it's algebra in 1st grade:eek: cornell notes in 6th grade- I didn't know what that was and my grandson had to take cornell notes..

Karri good for you - taking steps to improve your life... Thanks Phyl - I could use a cup of coffee right now :notagree -

Rebandit - Some days we all are sh*theads - that's ok ... But I think you still have a story to tell - we are here for you... Candle - I don't think there is that much negative stuff posted - I agree that people aren't really informed about the band - and even if they know it's just a tool and the real work is up to them - they think in the back of their head that it is the magic cure to all their food issues. I don't feel guilty about my success cuz i know i am working hard at this by eating healthy - exercising etc.. This is a lifetime lifesytle change for me - I think I finally got it - my band is my interior motivator..

Happy Monday Gang.... How is everyone this morning?? Good I hope... Today is my 5 month anniversary - 56.5 pounds lighter Here is my NSV for the day I am not going to be able to go to the gym tonite (have to go see a gf who's Dad passed) - so guess what I did I set the alarm for 4:15 A.M. - got up had my coffee - dressed and was at the gym at 5:05 A.M. - Did 2 miles - came home showered and was at work by 7:30... For me exercise is key and last week had so much going on - I didn't get to go except for Monday & Saturday... Well, gotta go order my Earth Wind & Fire concert tickets for 1/12 and then get to work - Will ck in later... Have a good day and make good choices.. P.S. Linda - i will fess up on all the cookie & tamales that i eat !!!! I am human too - I do have treats - I figure that so far i have been so good and not eating any junk here at work that I will allow myself some treats next weekend :biggrin1:

Phyl - Adobe photodeluxe - I was trying to figure how to type date on each - I could do it in my card maker - but got tired of screwing around with it... Yep Denise - I am INSPIRED by the weight loss - this is the most weight i have ever lost - well 250 was my highest weight too. the most I have ever lost was about 40 back in the late 80's early 90's and the was with the help of DRUGS... I am so inspired that I got up this morning at 4:15 and went to the gym at 5 cuz I won't be able to go tonite - for me exercise is a must ... ...

Thanks Everyone !!!!

IMHO - In my humble opinion....... since i am the one who uses it the most - to preface things not to piss people off.. Hey Dini - glad you are alive and you didn't get mugged in NYC - we want to know what went wrong?? Sorry you didn't have a good time. CeCe - Sorry to here about your battle with the cookie xmas montser I am lucky the lunch roon is in another wing of my building and i don't go over there execpt to eat lunch - i look at the stuff in there and look at the calories and say - oh no too many calories for 1 piece of candy or cookie.. BUT next weekend making I'm making xmas cookies & tamales - I think i am going to allow myself 10 cookies (in the past it would have been 30 if not more over the whole weekend) - and tamales not to worried about cuz after about 4 i am done.. So my other back up will be going to the gym - I have a plan - we will see how well it works out Mango - yes wrap up the praline - I can just about taste them - I am having terrible head hunger tonite....

I'm here just this thread has been so quite - here is a little motivation even if i do say so my self - it's me !!!! Some before and progress pictures tomorrow is my 5 month anniversary.. The before's 2/07 on my curise - 5/07 going on medifast (lasted 1 week) 7/07 about a week before surgery - progress - dressed up 10/27 and the other 2 yesterday 12/15.. Maybe a little motivation for some .. If you guys don't know I am not the most humblest person you will ever me :biggrin1: - But am a firm believer in if you dont toot your own horn - no body will

I have pb'd a couple of times but it only bothered me for an hour or so after that i could eat - just had to slow down (i eat too fast) and chew better - I have read that you should go on liquids for a few days after something like that - you can be inflamed... If it doesn't go away in a day or 2 call your doc..

I agree with Wasabb pretty much - I don't eliminate all white carbs as i do eat 1/2 cup rice with dinner which is fish & veggies and will have wheat toast or a sandwich every now and then - but yes 2 cups pasta seems like a lot - I had 2/3 c last nite - whopping 230 calories just for 2/3 of a cup.. but I had room in my 1000 calories for the day and I wanted some as it's been 5 month since i had some - and you know what it wasnt that good - i enjoyed my cauliflower more.. A calorie is a calorie - but your body reacts differently to carbs fat and protein ... If you ate 1000 calories of lettuce or 1000 butter - i bet you on the lettuce only you would lose weight and with the 1000 butter you would gain - try the experiment yourself - do as Wasabb suggest and I bet you will lose... all calories are not created equal... Sorry... Add Unflavor protein powder to your coffee - let it cool a bit first You state you are a vegetarian - do you each chick or fish - how about beans... Eggbeater is great for protein and low in calories.