TracyK

Its not that I am buying junk food.... 1 c. peanut butter 1 egg 1 c. sugar mix, spoon into balls on pan and heat on 325 for 14 minutes. LMAO.... I am getting off my butt and MAKING the junk food....thats WORSE cause it is premeditated! Pretty bad when you can figure out a way to make junk food out of what you already have in your house....blech!

Judy-there is a difference between burting someones bubble and giving her a reality check. She is probably seriously dilusional (sp?) or just trying to make herself feel better. But, I am a betting gal so I bet she really thinks she is not a big lady. That is sad. You look fantastic! You are my hero :thumbup: I have been blogging lately to keep me from boring all of you guys. I just noticed I had been saying the same things over & over on this thread so I just figured I would spare you and put it in the blog. :eek: It has really been theraputic for me. If any of you are interested in my brain...go read it be be warned, I am a little off. (like you did not know that already) LOL I am going to put a ticker up because I want to track (and be accountable to all of you) the loss of the weight I have REgained. My goal is to be back to 179 then take it from there. So, this is what the ticker is reflecting. I am not putting my pre-surgery weight, only my post Ike weight and my goal of getting back down to 179. I wanna get back to my lowest of 173 but that was my flu weight...lol. I am shooting for anything in the 17s really. Undo the bullshit I have done. (excuse me Judy) I have lost 2.5 since Ike, so I am back on the journey. Pray for me please. My life is on the way back to evening out so I am GMABIG (back) Love to all you girlies!

I made it...I actually made it. I went snackless last night. I guess the 'typing instead of eating' worked! Down another pound this morning. So what if it is fluid. A pound of fluid weighs the same as a pound of fat, it is still a pound any way you slice it, right? I know after I get on a roll again with the weight loss and recatch the "nothing can stop me" attitude I will get back down to my almost-goal weight. Hard to believe I was only 4 pounds away from goal then I blew it. Well, not really because that is when I quit smoking. It has been 6 months now since a cigarette...go ME! But...gaining this much is not OK with me. I will be happy if I get back to 17something. I feel great at that weight and look pretty damn good too. Or at least I think I do and that is what matters to me. To be back at 17something and a non smoker I will consider myself a true winner. So that means I have to lose 34 pounds to get to 179 then I will take it from there. First mini-goal is to be in onederland again. That is 13.5 away. I was just thinking...when I saw the scale crawling up...when it got to 19something I thought omg...and I just threw caution to the wind and said screw it. When I saw 20something I thought...I sure wish I would have stopped this when I was 19something. Now today I am thinking, there is now way I am going to be at 22something thinking I wish I would have stopped this at 21something. I am putting an end to this foolishness now. I keep hearing Dr. Phil in my head saying "you are drinking Mocha Java Chillers from sonic and you think that is OK, are you kidding me?" Looking back at when I was first banded I wish I would have done something differently. I wish I had taken this process slower. I lost almost to goal within about 10 months. I went all or nothing full speed ahead and never cut myself any slack. Then when I DID cut myself some slack I went (excuse the term) hog wild. Well, this time I am going to do it differently. I am going to take things slower. I am not in a race to get the 30 something pounds off. I am just going to make sure the scales go down and not up. I will get there eventually.

Ok, so I will just type in my blog instead of munching. I wish I would have never found that easy peanut butter cookie recipe. Ugh, I mean really...my favorite cookie in the whole world and I can literally have a hot batch made, with prep time to consumption only kill about 20 minutes and that includes clean up! lol Last night dh really did not help matters. I kind of half heartedly laughed to myself....he asked what and I told him that my inner fat girl had something to say and was thinking evil thoughts.....long story short, we had a batch whipped up in no time! :cursing: I like the little saying "I have a thin person inside me screaming to get out. But, I can normally shut her up with chocolate cake." So, can you tell yet that I am really fighting off the munchies? I mean EVERY night at this time I have a hard time. Thank God for sunflower seeds. I am glad I found out how many calories are in wine. Now there is no fear of becoming an alcoholic.:tt1: The good news is I have lost 2 of the 7 pounds I gained during the evacuation. WOOT:w00t:! I wish weight came off as fast as it comes on. Pretty bad when you hope for a small stomach virus or something to get the weight loss kick started. Oh well, I will just keep on doing what I am doing. I know HOW for goodness sake! Done it before, now I will do it again. :frown:

Ok, so I will just type in my blog instead of munching. I wish I would have never found that easy peanut butter cookie recipe. Ugh, I mean really...my favorite cookie in the whole world and I can literally have a hot batch made, with prep time to consumption only kill about 20 minutes and that includes clean up! lol Last night dh really did not help matters. I kind of half heartedly laughed to myself....he asked what and I told him that my inner fat girl had something to say and was thinking evil thoughts.....long story short, we had a batch whipped up in no time! I like the little saying "I have a thin person inside me screaming to get out. But, I can normally shut her up with chocolate cake." So, can you tell yet that I am really fighting off the munchies? I mean EVERY night at this time I have a hard time. Thank God for sunflower seeds. I am glad I found out how many calories are in wine. Now there is no fear of becoming an alcoholic.:crying: The good news is I have lost 2 of the 7 pounds I gained during the evacuation. WOOT:w00t:! I wish weight came off as fast as it comes on. Pretty bad when you hope for a small stomach virus or something to get the weight loss kick started. Oh well, I will just keep on doing what I am doing. I know HOW for goodness sake! Done it before, now I will do it again.

Tracy and I must have been sisters or something in a former life...i swear! My gosh those things (frosties) are my weakness! Whats up Tracy? What happened? Terry-you made me lol when I read your post cause I did the same thing yesterday but DQ, Wendys and Sonic were all out of sinful treats. SO, I did not get one. I figured it was God telling me something too. I did not go down without a fight though! LMAO

Thank you judy!!

Awww, I hated bringing macy for her shots. I think it hurt me as much as it hurt her. I would cry with her. Poor Ethan! BTW....can you come clean my bathroom too?:thumbup:

Good morning everyone~ Laura-love the new avatar and siggy pic! Pamela-you will do a fantastic job tomorrow! I wish I could be there to watch :thumbup: Judy-that is a very good pic of you and the little ones! It made me smile and I haven't done that much lately....thanks! Kat-when you read this...we sure were praying for you! Heal quick girlfriend! Janie-are you excited about your upcoing days off or something? lol I can tell! TracyinKS-hope ds sickness was just a passing thing! Gina-how are you? Denise-how are things going with babies and house & everything? Michelle-are you going Zumba'ing tday? Are you sore? Jennifer-I wished we lived closer to each other. :smile2: Terry-how are you? I LOVED your new jewelry on etsy too! Suzie-what is on your agenda? I bet you are missing getting in the pool. Macy was stayed asleep until 2:30 this morning and since dh starts graveyards tonight anyway, he got up with her and let me sleep. What a great dh! I found out that dd might start school wednesday but I will find out for sure on Monday. If all of the utilities at all the schools are on Monday then school will resume on Wednsday. Have a great day all!

I miss Haydee :biggrin: Hope Kat mends quickly. Thinking of Terry Praying Laura is doing OK Thank you Judy Good to hear from you Gina Macy is sick. She has a really sore throat. I may bring her to the emergency room. I called her dr office today but they are closed due to hurricane Ike SO.... She fell asleep at 6:30 tonight. I tried to wake her up to stay up a little longer but there was no way. So...I just gave her a dose of ibuprofin let her stay asleep. I never get any sleep when she is sick. You moms know what I mean. Have a great night violets!

way to go michelle!! WOOT!

good question.... I wonder how things are going!

Definitely POST OP...lol I was banded in April of '07 I do not need a fill, I just need to quite eating the wrong things. A fill will not help with reeses pb cups or ice cream.

Here I am a week later and 7 pounds higher. The hurricane crossed directly over our house. While we were on evacuation, I ate things I should not have. My husband took a picture of me with my daughter and I can tell in the pic that I am getting fat again. I have gained about 40 pounds since I stopped smoking in March. Anyway, we got our electricity back on yesterday when we came back home. We were very lucky because we had no property damage. We lost everything in our freezer which really hurts the wallet but I can handle it. It could have been so much worse. I am really glad I did not live in Galveston anymore. I would have been homeless for sure! I am all ready to start this thing all over again. I have new resolve this time. :cursing: So...bye bye 215.5:thumbup:

Prayers for Kats recovery!!

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Good morning violets~ Michelle-great pics Judy-we were very fortunate. Amazing how one street is OK and the next is devestated! Laura & Kat-(((((hugs))))) and prayers Tracy Jane & Suzie-I wish I could be there :wink2: But then again, Tracy is a bad influence HAHAHA :crying: (just joking) Pamela-sounds like busy schedule you have! Todays agenda consists of....eating healthy and exercising :tongue: Let me go get started. Have a fantastic day everyone!

Hi there...Glad to see how well you are doing! Thanks for reading me blog and commenting. Kinda keeps me remembering that folks are watching...lol I have lost 2 of the 7 that I gained while on evacuation so I am moving in the right direction! Thanks for your support!

Here are a couple of pics....one is debris in galveston on the seawall...the other is a house in our neighborhood.

Pammie & Janie-how about that DAN? I loved the end of BB!!

Judy~you do such a tremendous job! Thank you!

Kat-We have a Target, Wal-mart AND HEB all at the same intersection. I do grocery shopping mostly at walmart unless it is something I wanna run in & out for, then I go to Target cause there are less people! lol We went to a little neighborhood grocery store a while ago and found some ground meat, a roast and some eggs! May not sound like a big deal but meat and dairy around here are so scarce! Good news is there is no ice cream to be found....not at sonic or dairy queen either! That is making it easy to stay on track. We are gonna go to the POD (point of distribution) and get some bottled water later. No word on dd school other than ... out until further notice. We tried to drive by her school but you have to show a license at the roadblock to prove you live in the area to get in. So, it must be bad. Her school is about 2 or 3 miles from the bay where the surge got to about 15 ft. They may end up sending her partial days at a different school. Who knows. Talk to you all this evening.

Here I am a week later and 7 pounds higher. The hurricane crossed directly over our house. While we were on evacuation, I ate things I should not have. My husband took a picture of me with my daughter and I can tell in the pic that I am getting fat again. I have gained about 40 pounds since I stopped smoking in March. Anyway, we got our electricity back on yesterday when we came back home. We were very lucky because we had no property damage. We lost everything in our freezer which really hurts the wallet but I can handle it. It could have been so much worse. I am really glad I did not live in Galveston anymore. I would have been homeless for sure! I am all ready to start this thing all over again. I have new resolve this time. So...bye bye 215.5:thumbup:

As of today I am trying to GMAIG as much as I can. Like Terri said, there really is no meat or fresh veggies to be found anywhere. I just had a can of slimfast for lunch. My weight is not acceptable to me. As far as the fill goes...I really do not need one cause I have gained enough weight and now I feel like I have grown back into my band...HA! Sad huh? Good thing I am not going to get a fill cause we do not have the money right now. Evacuations are expensive. I am stressed out enough so that my band is working right now.