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For those of you who miss cream sauce (alfredo specifically) they redid the sauce on Biggest Loser the other night and it was really good. Take a little bit of FF evaporated milk and mix with some parmesean cheese and some LF Italian cheese blend mix. We tried it the other night (had 2 bites of chicken and couldn't eat it!) but it was really good and cuts WAY down on the calories. Okay I am going to go take a nap before I go to the gym. I have had three 4AM mornings already this week...for those of you counting...yes that makes EVERY morning. I was a B!^%# all day today. Kinda felt sorry for the kids actually.

I have to wear spanx (or the knock off brand) when I am running other wise the excess flapping skin causes terrible pain around my port and my back. Though just having the shorts would be a lot more comfy and less HOT! Thanks for the info

No my meeting was not fun. The nutritionist doesn't like me...and I think I found out today WHY! I have her son in my chemistry class and he doesn't like to do his work. So I have sent many of emails home and talked with the dad often. The kid does NOTHING and then whines when he doesn't get an A. Didn't make a connection last night until I read her last name. Though, she DID know mine since the first meeting. Anyways the lady that I go with is the biggest excuse maker I know. She wanted to know my secrets about what I have done to become so successful. I said...I don't make excuses any more. I'm tired and that is a food trigger...so what...just means I have to make sure I am constantly drinking or ignoring my hunger. Just because I am tired doesn't mean the calories won't count. She added an excuse that it was so hard to cook when she was tired. Uh...NO KIDDING! But you then have a PLAN in place for when you are so tired that you cant cook. I have frozen healthy meals in my freezer for the days I don't want to cook. I am not a huge fan of them, but it is better than nothing. I asked her to tell me the biggest excuses that she makes and that I would try to help her come up with the alternatives. After about 4 tries to stump me with her excuse and me shooting them all down with alternatives...she admitted that she just doesn't put the time into this that she has needed to. I told her yep, lifestyle changes take time. She said that she really didn't understand why she had to change her life. She hasn't been fat all her life so she was just using this to get her weight off. So basically she was just using this to DIET! I wanted to hit her. Well I need to get back to work. Chat later

I wish I could get a hall pass for potty breaks. I can go potty before 7:30 and then not again until noonish. Good thing I have a bladder like a camel.

So an update and then I will stop talking about me on YOUR board. Nurse called today and says I need an unfill. She said in a "perfect world" one would get an unfill EVERYTIME they pb because the stomach swells and you could risk slippage. Then after the stomach rests that you would come back in and get a fill. So I decided that I am just going to have the complete unfill. If need be I could take another day off of work (it would be NO PAY!) and get a fill if I can't maintain. I think I have 2 reasons to NOT gain weight: DOn't want to lose pay, and TT coming up!!!!

Oh... I was not good with water today at work. Only 1 20 oz bottle. I will get more in tonight. I am going to the in person support group again. The lady I go with seems to glean some inspiration from me so her husband pretty much begged me to go. So I will take some water and drink it there. I tell you...If I drank some stronger stuff I would definetly be using some liquid calories to get me through this meeting...but since I don't, I guess Crystal light it is. Keep me in your thoughts...I will need it. (SUpport groups shouldn't be this daunting to go to should they?!?!?!)

I butted in on my own. I like the people on the August board and still post there, but this just felt like family when I would read. It was actually YOUR post on will power that sealed it for me. I have been here a while though. I am going to get the complete unfill. Since I have been toying with the idea I wanted to see where my mind went. I wanted to see if I was going to start thinking about all the things I could eat or if I would start thinking of how I could eat to still be successful. Well my mind went the correct way. I didn't think of being able to eat ANYTHING. I just don't want it anymore. The phrase "Nothing tastes as good as thin feels" rings hollow when you are still fat...but now that I have gotten here...there is NOTHING that is going to cause me to go back. I feel too good about life and myself. I am still worried that I will be hungry all the time and that I will eat too much but I already have a plan in place. I just eat salad with every meal if that is the case. And yes that means breakfast too. Lettuce and salsa have virtually NO calories so I just fill up on that and then eat what I need to. It is all about planning. You have to know what to anticipate and figure out how you are going to handle it BEFORE you actually experience it. That has been a big life lesson for me. I am kind of excited to show myself (and everyone else) that the band can completely CHANGE your life and even when you don't have it filled that you can be successful because this is about YOU not the band. I am confident that I can do this because I really did 98% of the work. Afterall...how many people can say they were unfilled during the holidays and LOST 10 pounds! I did!! So now all I have to do is maintain. See much more positive this afternoon. Power of postive thinking. Okay gotta go get DH on my insurance this afternoon.

One other thing that I wanted to say was that exercise helped me realize that the scale was not the be all and end all of everything. I can run 2.5 miles straight...and even though my scale still says that I am overweight, I can now take that number with a grain of salt because I have seen such a dramatic increase in my abilities to be active.

I am FAR from skin and bones, but I am very comfortable at my size. I am having a TT in July so I will lose the rest of my problem area. My goal weight was actually increased by 10 pounds until the TT. Then I will reevaluate. I hate the scale...don't get me wrong, I am addicted...but I still hate it. I have decided that I don't care what it says. I can get into size 6 clothes...Even if the BMI chart says that I am still overweight...I think the size 6 says I am not! It is all about being comfortable AND healthy. I was NEVER comfortable at a size 24 and 250 pounds!

I work out 5-6 days a week for 1-1.5 hours a day. I believe that my weightloss would never have been as fast if I hadn't.

I am kind of in the same boat. I lost 90 pounds in less than 8 months and now am trying to STOP without adding crap back into my diet. I went to a nutritionist, but what she gave me just doesn't work with my lifestyle. So I figure this is like every other part of the journey...you have to figure it out for yourself. I am getting a complete unfill on Friday but that is more because I am WAY too tight right now and I have to be completely unfilled for my TT anyways. I do think it is kind of a terrible ordeal. I have been finding that maintenances is much harder and takes more thought than losing. I know how to do 2 things when it comes to weight...I know how to gain and I know lose...maintaining is something I have NEVER done before! Good luck and try not to get survivor skinny!

So the doc called and they want me to come in. They said it was up to me whether I wanted a partial or complete unfill, but they (like you) feel completely comfortable with the fact that I should be able to maintain. The nurse said that (in a perfect world) anytime you PB you should go in and have them back off your fill to let your tummy rest. Then go back in and get another fill. That way you minimize ANY risk of a slip. I thought to myself...what about all those people who PB on a DAILY basis. Holy CRAP! Okay had to bring DH's car back to him since mine wouldn't start again this mornig. GRRR!

Mine has gotten tighter. In fact, I am going to need to go back in and get it unfilled more. As I have lost weight I have needed less of a fill. WEIRD!

When you ratchet up your exercise, the scale can stall. I have only lost 3 pounds in the last 3 weeks (nut, docs, and DH are happy), but NONE of my clothes fit anymore. Why?...exercise. I hate the scale. I made DH put it somewhere I would never find it because I was sick of standing on it. Okay, I am going to try to eat a meal tonight and if it hurts or I pb I am definetly going in for an unfill. I still haven't heard from the doc, but I will do what he says. However, if I can't eat I am getting this thing undone. Janet - The people that I was talking about on the PS thread are the few that have been unfilled PRIOR to surgery and have already gained 7 pounds before surgery. That scared me, but I think I will be okay. In fact I made some hot choc last night and after taking 1 drink realized that I grabbed DH's full sugar full fat kind. I dumped it out and made mine. I think that kind of solidified it for me that I would be alright. Still scared a little though.

I like that...cardio ADD. I was going to go and run this trail in a nearby canyon last night, but it was TOO cold and windy. I have been freezing since I have lost weight and I can't handle cold at all. Remind me of this when it is 95 degrees here this summer and I am in a binder for the TT! I will most likely not get my workout in tonight as I am going with someone to a in person support group. I don't like the group as they really said some not so nice things to me last week (they were jealous and said that my weightloss was unhealthy) Hmm I don't think I could be unhealthier NOW after losing 91 pounds, but phooey on them!

Nope not TOM. These things are crazy! I am going to try and eat a solid meal tonight and see what happens. BTW, my oatmeal is almost soup!

I thought that was my problem early last week with all the drama of the PS docs, but now I am actually less stressed than most days. I am a high school teacher, I wouldn't know what it feels like to have no stress!. And no...the new mawwage is not stressful at all!! I may see if I can postpone the unfill until later next week and see if whatever the heck is going on calms down. My doc might not be happy about that though. Sorry about hijacking this thread:biggrin2:

Yeah I don't think it is because I didn't chew properly. I am having issues getting down thick mushies. My oatmeal doesn't want to go down this morning. Yesterday I could at least get that down! I should have turned the car around after having the last partial unfill and had more taken out, but alas I didn't. My band doc is calling me today to discuss more options. We will see what he has to say.

I have a VERY low tolerance for fills. I only have 1.7 cc in a 10 cc band. As I have gone through the weight loss I have actually had less and less in it. I have only had 3 total fills (1 after being totally unfilled) and after each fill within 2 weeks I have had to go back in and be unfilled. My last fill was at the end of March and I lost 9 pounds in 11 days because I couldn't eat ANYTHING. I went in and had some taken out and I have been too tight for me even since then. But now I have started pb'ing. I can still drink protein shakes and water, but anything thicker than that is causing me pain. Plus my PS does not want me losing any more weight before surgery. She wants me to be at a stable weight for about 1-2 months and I continue to lose weight when I am on liquids. All of my docs think that option 2 is the best (though that 3 was more realistic), but said it was ultimately up to me. Once I have the PS, I will most likely be at my original goal weight, so I am not really interested in LOSING more weight...just not interested in GAINING in either! Thanks for the input! I am taking EVERYTHING into consideration as this is not an easy choice.

Congrats...WAY TO GO! And with all the stress that you have been under. You should be SOOOO proud of yourself.

I ran 2.25 miles tonight. Yeah me! Whosya...if you are lurking I am going to get to the 5K by the end of the month. My original goal was to run 5 miles by my bandiversary, but since I will have my TT before then I have to move up the date. I am going to run 5 miles by my b-day (July 1). Two days before my TT!

Okay you all have me freaked out a bit! I am on maintenance right now, but for the last few days have been pb'ing (which is NOT normal for me) Prior to last Wed I had only pb'd ONCE since I was banded. Now 3 times in one week. MY PS requires that I have a complete unfill before my TT (July 3) because she doesn't want any nutritional issues. However with this new found unbearable tightness, I have a big dilema. I live 6 hours from my band doc and I have three options. 1. Stick out until the end of June and pray that this band loosens, meanwhile surviving on liquids and mushies. 2. Have a partial unfill on friday (12 hour round trip), a complete unfill end of June (again 12 hour round trip), and then refill mid-august (PS doesn't want me filled for at least 1 month due to the extensive nature of my TT) 3. Have a complete unfill on friday and the a fill mid-august. So I was really leaning toward number 3, but now I am freaked out. Maybe because I don't have the TT looming right now and I can still work out full force that it won't be a problem for me. I have no desire to eat the crap foods and hopefully that wont' change if I have the unfill, but I am SCARED! Petrified really. So we will all have to motivate each other during the next few weeks (months for me!) Hang in there. This is the beauty of the band, we can always get back on track! You guys are all inspirations and I look forward to sharing my stories with those that follow me. I have gleaned so much information from all of you and hope to be able to pass it on in the future.

Wow...standing up to the food cop. Nice job. Okay will you reprimand me now?? You would think being on liquids that I would do fine with water right? NOPE. Drinking makes me hungry, especially when I am on liquids. But I am going right now and getting glass of water...or 2...or maybe even three. Just got back from the gym and I ran 2.25 miles straight tonight. I will be at 5K (3.1 miles for those American non-scientists!) by the end of this month. MARK MY WORDS. Remember my goal was 5 straight miles by August, but since I wont be running after July 3 due to TT, I have to get to 5 straight miles by my birthday! July 1. :frown: I can do it.:huh2: I thought DH was crazy when he said that once you got to 2 miles that 5 miles would be nothing. :thumbdown: He actually was right. Chalk one up for the guy! I could have done more tonight but I would have had to reset the treadmill, and frankly I didn't want to do that. Once you select a time you can't extended it (or at least I haven't found out how to:tongue2:). So now I know that I must set it for longer than 1/2 hour. So I ran 25 straight minutes tonight! Not too shabby!:thumbs_down: I know...tooting my own horn, but I am dang proud of my exercise accomplishments. I didn't hear from the doc today...will call again tomorrow. I have been reading about people gaining 7-10 pounds on the PS thread when they get unfilled for their surgery and they have only been unfilled for 2 weeks:scared2:. I will be unfilled for 3 months! SCARES THE CRAP OUT OF ME! Maybe I am more determined, strong willed, and determined than they are. Yeah...that is it. I can do it...I can do it... C'mon join the chorus! I am going to need all your help. Though really I do think I will be just fine. I have NO desire to eat crap. I was just thinking that the day before my surgery I might go splurge a little. Then quickly I dismissed that idea. No point in starting something that I might not be able to stop. Fortunately we don't keep crap food in the house and I won't be able to drive after surgery so I will only be able to eat what DH fixes me:blink:... That has its good points and its bad points. If I am not watching him, he cooks really high fat. I guess I will just have to be the "enforcer" from the couch. Alright all, I am going to go to bed. I was up at 4 AM this morning.

So my dad just sent me our wedding pictures from this weekend. You can see that we had a lot of fun and we were NOT very traditional. Though the stained glass in the background at the restaurant was a very nice touch!

This is what is killing me being on maintenance. I have like 15 minute intervals throughout the day when I can drink. Only I have to wait an HOUR afterwards. I have never broken this rule ONCE though, so I won't start now. You can do it. I have found that if I chew gum during that wait time, that I don't feel as thirsty.