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seems like I'm satisfied with WW's food system too.

Weighed in yesterday at WW, lost another pound! Glad I joined cause I just plateaued and was blaming it on everything (thyroid and complete knee replacement), but it was just me I guess. I think I need to be accountable to someone every week.

WW tonight for me.

Lost another 2lbs this week at WW. Wow, so far 3 3/4lbs in 2 weeks. So I go to WW with a band, I think they don't understand that we still have to have help with our eating.

I agree, what happened to TracyKS, I lost 2lbs at WW, yahoo!

I guess those are extra points that if you don't use them you lose them. I guess maybe sometimes we overeat and get discouraged, so this is a way to let us not feel guilty and give up, but rather, add those extra points and start again tomorrow. I think it's like 35 a week?

Judy, I have 22 points also.

I guess I was double excited!

48 thin pretzels sticks is 2 points on WW!

48 pretzel sticks is 2 points on WW!

I am here Kity, I was exploring my etools for WW, found some good recipes on there for salad dressing.

Kity, that's great about WW, you probably have a great speaker, and that helps for motivation. I have an older gal who tells too many jokes and asks too many questions, she needs to give us more motivation. One of her jokes, it's okay to pat yourself on the shoulder, even a mosquitto needs a swat. haha

Irishmae, yes, I do have etools and will check this out. thanks.

Hi Haydee, congrats on you wedding, sounds like a lot of people on here will be going, good friends for sure.

thanx irishmae, I may have some questions. Good to know we have help here. I have to get used to the point thing, it's hard to find points in some things, especially homemade foods.

Well, I don't have to go every day but I need to get some motivation like when I first was banded. If you have the monthly pass then you can go every day. There was a woman who also does the medical weight loss program there, I thought that was interesting. So you see, I think just getting out of the house and being with all different kinds of people and talking helps. Don't get me wrong, I love my band, I just feel it did its job and I have to finish this and nip it before I gain more weight. What is it about all we went through for this to be gaining weight now?

getting ready for WW again. I went yesterday and I will go as many times I can cause I have a monthly pass and I need all the coaching and food talks.

you're welcome, Kity, I hope it helps, I can only have 22 points, yikes!

yeah, Judy we talked before, let me tell you the rehab is something else on knee replacement.

Kity, I joined WW yesterday. I need to lose the 25lbs I can't with the band. I will be adding weight to this if I don't do something. Sure, we have the band but somehow we can eat too much of junk and I need to stop before I start the charts going upward! I have gained about 10lbs since this ticker and now have to lose that plus the 18 or so I can't lose on my own with the band. I never thought I'd say that. WW put me on 22 points a day and it tracks it on their etools, easy to do. Join on their website and get the first month 1/2 off, so 19.99 the first month with unlimited visits during the month, it's called the monthy pass. You can print it out and go to the meeting that day. I think I can do this but I need help. I am seeing a lot of weight gains on here and also with people who have been banded that I know. We must stop this and get back on track. I thought you might be interested in this info.

you are right, exercise needs to come into play here. I am seriously thinking about joining Weight Watchers to lose the rest of the weight.

hi May bandsters, coming on my 3 year anniversary. I feel fine but sure would like to lose my last 20 or so pounds. Anyone else having this same issue? I have gained about 7 pounds from my lowest and that adds to the 20 pounds, so now I have 27 pounds to lose :biggrin:

thanks Phyl, I will try hard in PT tomorrow to get range of motion, right now it's 103 on my own and 113 with the therapist's help. I just want to be able to walk for longer than 20-25 minutes before it stiffins up on me. I know it will take time, and appreciate your thoughts.

Well, it has been 5 weeks since the total knee replacement surgery and sometimes I second guess it. OMG, that was sooo painful, I thought why did I do this. I hope I get to the point were everyone says oh, I'm so happy I did this. I can only walk around for about 20 minutes and the whole leg tightens up. I need to sit down then and rest. The trick or treaters will have to bear with me, lol.

thanks Phyl, I really appreciate it, it's good to hear from someone who had this done. it's funny how the knee feels better just before surgery. Doesn't hurt now that much, lol. anyway, I think the pain will come back. I will have the other knee done, but I don't know when I should do it. Maybe in November? I'll see how I heal up first. You've been a real help, thanks.