IndioGirl55

I have 2 bedrooms - but I guess no one wants to stay at Janet's Bootcamp ;0) It's the wipes you are using - I have read that a lot of other pple getting rashes from those things.. Wed is surgery day for Earl.. At work - ugh - It's clouldy today - you getting any rain Phyl - none here - Going w/Andrew after work to ck out his apt and see if I think it's safe place - I do have to say you have to have credit ck etc to get in so that should help weed out the kind of pple you don't want living next door (well I would thin anyway)... Make good food choices - Here's my plan.. BF Greek Yogurt & rasipberries Snack - String Cheese Lunch - Salad w/chicken avocado onion bolt house dressing Dinner - Fish - veggies (butternut squash) Snacks - Popcorn - fudgesciles - ??????

Good Morning Gang.. Carmen - Welcome - yes we are still a mentor thread ;0) - But as you can see we have become friends here too.. As to needing a fill - My don't won't give them if you are losing weight - I know that when you are 1st banded all we think about is fills - well that's not the way it works - each one of us is diff - some pple have fills every week - some rarely need them - it doesn't matter the # of cc's I have cuz that won't work for you... You doc will guide you.. -------------------------------------------------------------- Bose head phone ;0) - I have just reg head phone - If I was flying to Guam - I think I would invest in them - long flight - I think my longest flight is like 6 hrs and that's enough for me - I don't know how I would do on a 12 hr flight..

Good Morning Peeps... Yep Karla it's more about listening to our bodies - I know that at night I eat more than my body wants - the head takes over sometimes - that's why I have popcorn and no dangerous foods in the house.. Well not much to report - went to bed early 9 ;0) work today - didn't get much done yesterday since i went to the funeral was gone from 10:30 to 2:45 - so today will be playing catch up for the most part..

Good Evening Peeps Msampson - I never had a down time during my weight loss phase - but again I was religous to my new life style - I lost 105 lbs in 1 yr and the next 14 came off in the next few months.. As I have said before - I think the light blub has to go off in your head - cuz that's where our problems lie for the most part - I really did make this a lifetime lifestyle change.. That's the light bulb moment I am taking about - our eating normal is what got us fat in the 1st place - So what do you want - do you want to be healthy - or do you want to be morbitly obese - I would guess you want to be healthy or you wouldn't have gotten the band - but did you think it was going to do the work for you - What are you eating - what's your exercise..

Good Evening Gang... Linda - I was at the gym - just got home a few minutes ago :0) Karla - Cruise in July is only Alaska - it's too hot anywhere else and hurricane season.. Alaska doesn't rock my world - I'm more of a beach person if I am going to spend that kind of $$ - East Coast sounds good to me ;0).. Linda - Ya I have 2 bed rooms now - one has a double the other a queen.. and the couch is comfortable and I have an air mattress - Also I heard on the news a week or so ago - Canadian air has direct flights to Palm Springs All I need is a phone call so I can put on clean sheets and get the time off work... You can invite yourselves any time !!!! I would love it.. Candice no fleas here - and they don't shead anyway - you would think bear would be he doesn't and I think I read yorkies don't and Angel doesn't - now the cat - that's a diff story - but she's not that bad.. Andrew just called pple are freaking Andrew out about DHS (desert hot springs) it has some bad area's just like any town - I don't think he will have a problem - I am going w/him tomorrow to see the apt - he is suppose to sign a 1 yr lease - I'm want to know under what terms can the lease be broken.. He's not a gangster - so I don't think there should be a problem - his Mom doesn't want him to move - but that's understandable cuz for most of his life he's lived w/me or his Dad and not her.. So tomorrow I guess I'll miss the gym and go ck it out - He wants to start to be on his own and like he said - you gotta start some where - 1 bedroom $450 and they can afford that.. Oh Candice will put you in charge of finding us a house - lol I think the rent would be astronomical for Martha's Vineyard in July ;0)... Phyl Glad your hip is better and you found a babysitter for Zoey..

Good Morning Peeps... Cheri - Maint is hard - I could live on the same things as you :0) - Planing is hard - especially if you aren't the shopper or to much of a cooker. I know that when I'm at the store I salvate over the candy - cheetos - Cookies etc I mean it I really do I look at those things with long in my eyes and heart.. I think to myself F it - I'm tired of this watching what I eat all the time - then my other self - says Janet get a grip - you aren't going back there - failure is not an option! Saturday - I had my treat - Jalpeno cheese Dip and tostido's at the whole can of dip - do I feel bad nope - it was my thing I wanted it - I ate it - and that's it - We are diff cuz I don't mind cooking- but like you limit the # of ingredents - 5 for me ;0) - Last night lamb shanks (I know apples - you don't eat bambi ;0) w/roasted red potates, onion, garlic, carrots - cooked 2 shanks will have dinner for about 3 nites. So tonite I don't have to cook.. Got stuff for salad and precooked chicken - it's a little salty - next time will just by a roastier chick. that will be my lunch for the week. chocolate - I like the WW Giant Fudgesicles - 100 cal and they are good - I found myself eating too much of the sf vanilla ice cream so I have switched to the fudgesciles - but hell I'm still eating 2 some nites.. If I like something too much - I just don't buy it.. Can't say I do fast food at all - never been a big thing w/me I do like a red burrito from del taco w/extra sauce & extra cheese - but alas 600 cal nope - have eaten the insides maybe 3 time since banding.. You won't go back to your old ways - you are testing - I do it too - but you know when to reel yourself back - I really don't beleive that you will ever go back to your old ways again - I know that for me - that sometime I precieve that I am over doing it - grazing days - but in all reality I'm not as it all balances out -- With the help of exercising. Do you do popcorn - it's a LIFESAVER for me ;0) Charlene - Love it Janet's posse will kick the stalkers butt - I was thinking that the other day ;0) - Congrates on DGS win !!! S/b getting that powder Peanut Butter this week - am going to try it in a shake - I'm sticking w/my pure Protein - I love it - Laura - Sure glad no bad news - that would scare the crap out of me too.. Nope it wasn't me on the meds - I have been lucky - no syptoms for menopause - a few little hot flashes and that's about it.. Maybe a nap before Nels comes home today.. Jodi - I HATE when I lose a post - Hope you had a great time w/your GF - any news from Jeff ;0) Julie - Hugs on you pain... Well need to get to work - leaving at 10:30 for funeral - cbl Happy Monday everyone... Eva you back yet

Good Morning Peeps Karla - polish no matter what kind chips on real nails - put on fake ones it last... WTG on shopping - Good for you ... You will get those shoes - I would be PISSED Too.. Phyl - it wasn't the other toes it was that I kept hitting it on something - I saw someone at Marshalls yesterday trying on shoes who has a toe like yours.. So it's not uncommon - Well not much to report yesterday gym - errands - colored hair talked on the phone to the family and dinner - lamb shanks tato carrots - 2 fudgesciles ;0) Well time to hit the shower - ck in tonite - have funeral today

Karla Of course we will work around your schedule ;0) that's what we did this yr so that Linda could make it ;0) Got toes painted - but keep smugging them - save some $$ so just need to get nails done - will get a pedi before vacation - but in the winter time I do my own feet ;0) - I can reach them now. You need to get a coin jar - every 5 dollar bill you have goes into it at the end of the day ;0) and all your change - that's your vacation jar. Good luck on the school work - you are a better person than me ;0) don't think at this age I would take it on ;0)

Good Morning Peeps... Phyl - Jackie is one tough chickie !!! I need to go to Costco - need some steaks and dog treats... But I am so spoiled with not having to leave my neighborhood now a day.. Karla - School work & Nursery??? I bet you are pooped Candice - What are you doing today... I have gym in at 10 - nails and need to mop the floors already vacuumed the living room kitchen & office - need to do my room - got a load of wash going - and then had some kind of leak underneath the sink this morning - don't know what it was - (most likely the pull out handle) but it quit - but had to deal w/that when I 1st got up ..

Good Morning Peeps Sooverit - Hi havent' talked to you in a long time - Like Apples said - call your doc !!! - what's the pain - have you done anything different (did you over eat last night) Deb - Welcome - We are here for you.. Ok I read last night as I was turning the computer off but too tired to post and then this morning didn't feel like quoting ;0) so here goes Apples - YEA !!! On not letting someone take your power - Yep you are in your groove when you have things to do... You don't have to be a Beverly Hills housewife to have a coach bag - hell most of us get them at the outlets anyway and cost just as much as a regular - my 1st Coach was at the MofA - but all the others have been at the outlet... Sandy - Love your Charlie story.. Joyce - WTG on the clothes - your trip is wonderful - Didn't you go there when you 1st started on the thread - I remember it for some reason.. which is weird (remembering) Laura - Sorry you couldn't sleep... Love your pics... Charlene - so you are going to do the 5 day pouch test to get back in the groove - good for you.. Well that's all I remember ;0) Got gym at 10 - need to get nails done - and color the hair and that's about it - well need to vaccume mop floors etc but nothing exciting oh LauraK - glad you liked the date!!! cbl.. Eva was going to be gone for 2 weeks if I remember correctly - 1 week w/dh then 1 week with friends - should be home soon...

Yes Phyl - I know your bday is thanksgiving ;0) - Ok we will have to do it then one weekend - I might be taking off the whole week after I get back - I have like 11.9 pto days left - they will allow 5 days carryover... I would offer to babysit - but gotta work.. I was at Fantasy Springs - so you came to my Target - what time - I was home at 2 ish.. You could have stopped by ;0)

OMG Julie you have NEVER bowled... I find that strange for some reason - we use to do it quite a bit when I was a kid - a group of us would go to the bowling ally - did it as teenager - 20 - 30- I would say in the last few yrs I only go for this charity thingie - I'm not too good at it once a yr - 1st game 93 - 2nd game 86 - did get a strike - spare - a few gutter balls ;0) Laura - sounds like you had a great day w/Nelson.. Love the pics... Charlene - Great writes in purple ;0) - I hear they are remodeling our super wall mart too - i don't go to it cuz Target is closer ;0) WTG on a smaller size..

I have been eating my vitamins (chewables) and now the skin under my rings is turning green - it' looks like my jewelry is fake ;0) instead of real..

Hugs Linda - I would be angry too - so vent away... Ya life is short and when you are burnt out (which I TOTALLY get) it's even harder. Ya I know what you mean about fur babies and going away - I have 4 !!! As far as Andrew goes - (imho w/kids period) you guide them as they grow up - but they turn out to be whom they are suppose to be - we have no real control over that. You can do all the right things teach your kids all the right things but they are going to turn out how they are meant to be.. Look at the kids who come from 2 parent homes - have a cushy life - go to college and still turn out bad - then you have the kid who has nothing was raised by a single mom & grandparents and becomes the President of the USA Imho life is pre-destined - yes we have choice but it was all planed or known what choices we would make from the day we were born.. It's not that we concisely think about that - but it's fate. I do know that I have no control over anything or anyone other than myself. I was talking to my gf last night - she was asking about childhood and about my mom - and we were talking about men in our lives - gotta say if you read a book about my life - you wouldn't beleive that I was the person I am today - or why I made those choices back then.. But all those experiences made me the person I am today.. But gotta say eating may bring temp comfort - but not like it use to - cuz now I think we feel more guilty about turning to it for comfort than we did pre-band. I know that's a fact for me.. So go shopping instead - hell if you have to work to help the retirement nest egg - then go out and reward yourself with some new bath stuff - make up - clothes - shoes - jewelry - nick nacks - whatever you want... That's what I would do - I'll show you - if I gotta work then I'm going to spend my $$$ like I want - guess you can see why I'm not marrried ;0) Karri & Steph are gone for good I think.. Sorry that they don't like us anymore - but like I said - I have no control over others and the decisions they make - hopefully one day they will come back - and I sure hope that they get all that they strive for.. Well back from bowling - 1st game 90 something - 2nd game 86 i think ;0) - did bowl one strike ;0) and a couple spares a few gutter balls. Ya next yr walk for obesity..

Well off to bowling - I'm not a good bowler - Nails get in the way ;0) - but it's fun Phyl Next yr we will do the walk for obesity .... Andrew works at the 99 cent store right by the house - you will see it next time you come over (we will plan it when I am on Vacation before Thanksgiving) A pre-bday dinner since I won't be here ;0) Ya I think so - Andrew is a take charge person - he likes thing orderly - OMG I would hate to work for him cuz he would expect the same dedication as he has ;0) - He would have to learn some PC skills ;0) But I'm very proud of him that he took it upon himself to go in on his own time and talk to the main manager about the issues that were bugging him.. Well gotta jam.. CBL

Good Morning Peeps... Happy Saturday.... Jodi - LOL children/dogs same things imho- On Oprah the other day they had this thing about being normal - is it normal to talk to your dogs like they are pple ;0) yep !!! I too didn't think I could do the classes - we guess what I can and so can you... WTG getting to the gym.. Yep as time goes by you are going to surpirse yourself w/say - I like the gym - I do it all the time - from total slug bug to gym rat - I am still in awe of that change everyday... I really wanted to go to the treadmill this morning - haven't done treadmill since I joined all these classes - sorta miss my ipod and walking - I agree that after a while the treadmill can get boring - that's why I tried the classes - but now I am missing the treadmill - I haven't tried spin - it's on a day that I have weight training - am afraid I couldn't keep up - but again - once you go to these classes you learn that you can modify for your age/abilities and it's no biggie - Like last week at boot camp they were doing all these jumping jacks and other jumping stuff - my knees were acting up - so I modified for my age and ability.. I am not going to injury myself.. I wore my DNKY skinny jeans yesterday... I thought of you and Apples ;0) - Well not much to report since last night - my gf called was on the phone forever - had dinner (fish) then went to bed... Have charity bowling this morning @ 10 - gotta figure out what I am wearing w/my Star costume ;0)

Good Morning Peeps.. Hugs Phyl on the back issues. That's a pain (literary). LOL on Earl freaking on med - I have like 5 blood pressure pills left - but won't order till I'm down to 1 - but again I just have to go to the corner to pick mine up.. Ya Bella can get too rough and her teeth are sharp.. Karla - you posted and that's what counts ;0) Have a good day !!! Well I swear Andrew calls all the time - had battery problems - told him to call AAA - then calls after work - 10 ish - I was in bed - he had a talk w/his manager the other day (he went in one morning last week just to talk to her about the condition of the store and they way things were running) - essentially tell her that they don't allow enough time to clean up the store and a certain employee wasn't doing his job - well I guess they listened - they fired the one guy - they gave them more time to clean up the store - and then the night manager tells Andrew - I got the job but it should have been yours - so he let Andrew be the night manager last night - Andrew was in hog heaven - getting to boss pple around ;0) Dinner was Fish - rice - WW fudgesicle - sf popsicle - no veggies was to lazy to cook them - since I was eating leftovers - Got bowling today - and that's about it.. Nothing exciting Next yr I think I will do the walk for obesity instead..

Candice Why would we yell at you - you haven't been anywhere... Sounds like fun...

Good Evening Gang !!! TGIF !!!! Karla - must be the moon - I could eat all my lunch w/no problem - could have eaten more - went out w/Candy to chineese - had kung pao shrimp & beef aspargus - omw the beef was to die for - so tender and the shrimp were perfect - we ordered half orders - wish we had ordered full ones - cuz I could have eaten more I don't eat alot of beef - and I use to - it was so tasty !!! Well that's about it for me - bowling for our local theater (charity event) - Sunday nails and that's about it - 6 weeks till vacation !!!!

Laura - Andrew didn't interfere w/ me having a bf - he's not like his Dad lol - who would freak if I got a bf lol - I really don't go out much - and when I do it's mostly around younger pple and the men my age want chick's in their 20 - 30 ;0) - I don't do internet dating sites - so unless it's meant to be - it ain't going to happen for me ;0) I talk all day at work - so week nites don't need to talk - it's the weekends and vacation time that I would like a man freind ;0) Kasa - Taking it out on your child - pull up those reins and take a step back - if you realize you are taking it out on your child - then stop right now - they haven't done anything wrong.. Struggling how - w/the pre-op diet. We all were scared - we had major surgery and it was only my 2nd surgery - But we did it and all of us here are just fine.. The odds are in your favor.. Enjoy your day w/your DD Yea for Charlene's DGS !!!!!!! Chris - Glad you are doing well - brownies - omw - those use to be my down fall - WTG in resisting them !!! Kimberly WTG on pulling up those boot straps.... You are welcome to become a member of Janet's Posse ;0) Well gang home from work - got a load of wash in - hungry for the last couple of days - had chineese for lunch - omw had beef & asparagus - omw the beef was so tender !!!! I don't eat alot of beef - cuz tough meat doesn't go down well - it was to die for - if I didn't have fish cooked from last night for dinner tonite - I would have ordered it for dinner I ordered that fake Peanut Butter and some new choc peanut butter stuff too - it wasn't there yesterday - but today when I was cking it out they had PB2 Choc Peanut Butter - will let you know how it taste..

LauraK I admire you in getting out there - I don't know what's wrong w/me but I just have no desire to date... Sometimes I think something is wrong w/me.. I miss having someone to do things w/on the weekends and vacations etc - but all the other stuff that goes along w/it - just don't want it - I like doing my own thing - being my own boss and not having to be accountable to anyone.. Avoidance maybe - cuz prior relationships didn't work - so maybe afraid of my judgement - don't know - don't really care either ;0) I am happy and I guess that's what really counts.. Well need to get butt to work... CBL

Good Morning Gang.... Laura - Love the pic's of dh & family- it's a good thing he went - giving up control - I would love to give the bill paying up - Hate bill paying ;0) - I would do it in a hot minute - but I would have to see what was going out ;0) - but they could pay the bills.. Hugs on Dad issue - Prayers too Charlene - WTG on sticking to your plan today... Great - Enjoy Hawaii - Jodi - I need you to help train my dogs ;0) I'm a terrible trainer ;0) they jump all over you when you come in the house... Movies - can't help there - I rarely go myself - but the one with Josh Duhmel (sp) Leo from All my Children looks cute.. Chris you are doing fantastic... Well, not much to report - it's Friday !!! CBL

Laura - I have always been a ham - not matter 250 or 136 - I'm still a ham ;0) - Never scared of the camera Yes we know you love your DH - he's a great dh.. I'm jealous ;0) Very low in calories too ;0) Just do it - Really - it will grow on you... Laura - Great suggestions - I love my classes - I haven't been to yoga - it's just too late 7:30 and I don't get home til 8:45 - that's late for me on a work nite - plus the dogs are alone all day - But really doing yoga was exercising 2 x on the same day - I may go some days - but the last few weeks too busy - I do love it though - just wish it was earlier.. You are doing really good Joyce - one day at a time.. Ya I forgot I attached that picture - omg I though I looked really thin in that picture back then - that top was from the gap - xlarge and 14 jeans ... Yep I still had boobs - I like my b cup - just wish they were perky ;0) Joyce - :0) Kimberly - if you haven't lost any weight in 6 months then it's what you are eating - like you said you are eating around your band.. Your band is not going to lose the weight for you - that's up to you - your food choices your & exercise choices. You really have to make the lifetime lifestyle changes I got the band cuz I wanted to be around to see my grandkids grow up and maybe see come great grand kids (oldest gs is 19 - gd 16 and one 6) I was eating and sleeping my life away - I was 52 and I wanted more out of my life - I wanted to participate in it and not watch it pass me by- I wanted to do things - like walk the mall without being totally exhausted.. You gotta make up your mind to do this - and then just do it- ya it's hard work - but so worth it.. Start keeping a food diary - exercise - and the weight will start coming off - if you can eat more than 4 oz of hard Protein and then some - you need a fill - if the days you can eat anything are the days you are eating around your band then no - you don't need a fill - Google 5 day pouch test - start there to get back in the swing of things.. I feel 10 yrs younger have more energy than most of my friends - Hell I went zip lining a yr ago - something I could have never done at 250... I am living my life - I am participating in it... Hopefully shedding 114 lbs is going to extend the # of years I have on this earth.. Well - I'm outta here for the evening - time to eat Fish - Veggies - Rice :0) Sweet dreams...

Consider yourself bitch slapped - 62 cal in 1 cup of grapes - so you are fine and you are not going to have a problem going potty tomorrow - and it WAS better than eating 2 lbs of chocolate.... I know I still think = losing/maintaining weight - is about not eating - but that's not true - not eating makes you hold on to the weight - your body needs the fuel to burn the fat.. We use to get after Karri for eating 600 cal a day and then trying to run 10 miles at nite... Candice the costume is for bowling on Saturday - Dancing w/the Stars - I'm the star - they had me try it on to see if it fit - I gave myself the title of Star Employee .... My boss liked it so much he took a pic w/his phone - it's really a joke cuz I'm the one who talks back all the time ;0) I am a star employee about coming to work not calling in sick - and doing my job - but not when it comes to office politics ;0)

Good Evening Gang.... Linda - So sorry about Katie - Hugs - is she taking care of herself - or has she just let herself go so much that she's having a hard time getting healthy Andrew talked about an apt when he was turning 18 (typical) but didn't have job then etc - Rents like 450 - just looked at apt online - not bad - he's on the 2nd floor can have his dog - nice balcony.. Between his cousin and him - they won't have much left over - a 2 bed room is $56 dollars more - I may help them w/that - it would be better than a 1 bed room w/2 beds - he's taking his bedroom set from his mom's and Andrew likes things neat - just ask Eva - He' was my house cleaner - and will become it to make some extra $$ - so that will help me out - but I told him if I am paying him to clean then he has to do the fans and dust blinds - stuff he didn't do when he lived here - he vacummed - mopped floors - straighten up but didn't do the stuff you don't see.. Also - he does know how to budget $$$ he's good at that.. I gotta say in just talking to my x tonite who's 20 yrs old DD is back w/him - he's an EXCELLENT kid - I always knew that but there is a time that they need to grow up and if you don't want to follow my rules and argue about it 24/7 then it's time to go.... We are fine - I miss him - but I don't at the same time - hell I think we talk more now than when we lived together.. I am proud of him for taking the initiative of getting his own place and taking responsibility for himself (to a degree) As to size - that was never too much an issue for me as I didn't have a particular size in mind at the beginning - well ya 14 - when I got there 12/07 I thought I was hot - This is what I thought was goal size wise - not weight wise I think I was like 190-180 something.. My body has just found it's happy weight - I contribute it mostly to my exercise and eating healthy 98% of the time.. Apples - we need a pic of those new Jeans ;0) I think I will do the store locator 1st - I think I would like it in my sf vanilla ice cream at night - sometime I add really Peanut Butter and in my occiassional shakes - hell I could use those 200 cal for something else (candy ;0) lol Kim - I want to eat like a pig some days - I haven't even tried like a submarine sandwich or hamburger - I know I couldn't eat it - but that kind of eating is what got me fat in the 1st place - hell a mickyd hamburger fires and soda is like 3000 calories - for just one meal - that's why I think it's important that pple learn about calories - blooming onion at chillis or outback A whole Bloomin' Onion with an average serving of dipping sauce contains about 2210 calories. Ouch, ouch, ouch! (Comparable fried onion appetizers at other restaurants will have comparable calorie totals.) Most likely you'll share this appetizer with one to three other people, but the calorie total is still likely to be nearly 1000 calories per person, and that's before you've even started your meal. Not to mention that the total fat content is 134 grams, meaning that if you ate one half of the onion you'd have consumed more than your daily recommended fat intake for the entire day Here's a typical meal from outback calorie for 1 dinner Onion w/dipping sauce 500 cal Cup of onion Soup 300 cal Grilled ck on the barbie w/baked potato butter & sour cream 938 cal 6 oz steak w/baked potatoe & house salad & ranch dressing total calories 1250 Bacon Cheeseburger w/Aussie fries 1625 calories Dessert - chocolate from down under 950 cal So if you have onion cup of soup steak salad potatoe and dessert - 3000 calories - and that was just one freaking meal.. And pple wonder why they are fat - I never had a clue that food had so many calories... I eat about 1500-1800 cal a day to maintain my weight and will have my splurge day about once every 2 weeks - usually a 600 cal reese peanut butter candy..