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Long.. this is going to sound crazy but I bumped up my calorie intake and voila the weight came off.. but you have 700 buck a roos on the line.. jeez i'd be afraid it wouldn't work.. I hit a plateau for almost 3 weeks and my doc said my body was in protection mode and suggested i bump up calorie intake to like 1200 which i tried to do i was between 1000-1200 and i lost 4 pounds in two days.. so it worked for me and got me losing again. It is definetly harder now to lose.. I am happy with a couple of ounces.. I went for a fill on monday but they wouldn't give me one since i had lost 8 pounds in 3 weeks grrrr.. but i was on a plateau before that.. so I was pretty frustrated. Good luck with your final weigh in.. I hope and pray you win!!!!! xoxo

Long.. that sounds sooo rewarding.. you are very lucky to have found a job that is fufilling!! Congrats!! xoxo.. don't sweat the weight.. it will come off.. your body is probably in shock from losing so much so fast and is in protection mode.. once it figures out your not dying it will start to kick back in to loss. (this is what my doc told me about my stall) so.. give yourself a break.. my lapband twin.. lol

Hey Junies.. Oh Cathy, long and strike.. you three made me giggle with the oven talk.. lol.. but I gotta say she is BEAUTIFUL!! I have been saving for over 2 years for it. When we built our house in 99 we didn't have alot of extra money for good appliances.. so over the past couple of years I have saved for a new double countertop depth fridge, bosch dishwasher and microwave oven.. the stove was the last appliance to replace the 200 junk oven we bought when we moved in. I was so excited the Navy Exchange had a huge sale day after Thanksgiving. I was actually dancing around my kitchen after the delivery people left.. it was a struggle to wait until they left but men just don't understand... lol Cathy I am so sorry to hear about your ex ahole and ex bestfriend ahole.. sorry for the "language" but I feel it's appropriate. That is one of the main reasons I don't have alot of "girlfriends" My best friend made a move on my hubby about 6 years ago.. needless to say we aren't friends anymore.. she sent me a letter telling me how handsome and wonderful he was and that he deserved someone attractive like her. OUCH.. so it's hard for me to trust women.. but on here I feel i can be myself with no restrictions.. thanks junies.. smooches!!

Hey there brown bear.. welcome back! Looks like you are doing a great job! I was eating jerky but now that I am at my "sweet spot" It is to dry. I really can't even eat nuts anymore. I hope you have a great day! Today my new double convection oven is getting delivered and I am so excited. I have wanted this thing forever and hubby bought it for me for my "big" christmas present. He also bought me a nikkon d40 for our anniversary. I was so surprised! This was a great year for presents for me! I hope everyone has a terrific day.. we are finally out of the freezing teen weather and in the 50's today.. woo hoo

Wow Long 30 years.. how awesome is that! I am glad you found a sweater, would love to see how it looks! I went to get a fill today and they said NO :wink_smile: I had lost 8 pounds in less than 3 weeks and they thought with Thanksgiving and everything that was plenty. So now I have to wait until January 26 to get another fill. Uggh... DH threw out his back weight lifting so I am off to cater to his every need. Have a great night! xoxo

Hey junies.. Long!! I missed you girl! I hope you find a great sweater soon.. I too see myself as larger sometimes and sometimes smaller. For instance when I was heavier i would walk by a mirror and say WHO THE HELL IS THAT??? I couldn't believe I was that big. In my mind I was smaller. But now that I have lost weight I walk by the mirror and say damn I am looking hot.. lol.. I look smaller than I think I am. I am always picking out people and saying do I look like that??? And hubby ALWAYS says.. honey you look so little I could put you in my pocket.. he said that when I was morbidly obese too.. lol.. He knows the right things to say.. today is our 18th wedding anniversary so after all this time he should know.. lol Have a great day junies.. Cathy your pic's always look beautiful.. xoxo

Thanks june bugs for all the compliments!!!! :sad_smile: Strike.. I tried setting goals and would end up not making it then I would binge.. sooo for me I can't set goals.. I find I do better by just seeing how it goes.. if the scale is down great. If it's up I excercize more. I don't know if that helps..lol We had a great time and I did lot's of dancing. I have to tell you how great it was not being one of the heavy ones at the party. I hope that doesn't sound to bitchy.. I just used to always be one of the biggest and being close to normal was so nice. I danced my butt of and felt so great.. my hubby was constantly complimenting me on how great I looked and how small I felt in his arms.. It really was a magical night. Tomorrow is our 18th wedding anniversary and I am getting a fill so we are going out for a anniversary dinner tonight.. I love this time of year being so busy!!! Have a great night! xoxo

Hey everyone.. well my avatar pic is my picture of the outfit I wore tonight for hubby's xmas party.. we had a blast!! You can also see the pics better on my myspace MySpace.com - www.myspace.com/58165637 Cathy and Strike.. I hear you both on the long hours.. I work M-F from 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on tuesday's and thursdays I open the office at 6 am but go on the road from 10 am till 3 pm.. then head back to the office.. I enjoy what I do and work with all men which most of the time is a really good thing. Mon Wed and friday's I stay at the office all day.. those day's really drag... I hope everyone has a great weekend!! We cut down our xmas tree today and are decorating it tomorrow. :sad_smile: hohoho

Lol Long.. I know it is amazing.. you keep me motivated..lol.. I have been slacking on excercizing lately.. I need to get my butt kicked.. It's cold and I just want to get in pj's and turn my electric blanket on and curl up in my big cozy bed and watch tv... soo bad.. I have to try and motivate to excercize.. Gosh Long I wish you lived close!!! We could be excercize buddy's.. that is what I need someone who makes me go.. lol xoxo

Wooo Hoo congrats long!!! I ended up getting my sweater at sears, I tried macy's, jcpenney's, tj maxx and I was looking for something festive and classy.. The sweater is really nice.. it looks like a twin set and it has like a cinched waist. There are some silver decoration things around the collar.. I will take a pic today and post it.. But I loved it.. I got my pants at the Navy Exchange and my new jacket at Kohl's (it's a dress jacket goes mid calf and is black with big gold buttons and the best thing of all drum roll please it was only $36.99. All the dress jackets for apt. 9 were on a major sale!!!! I will post pics later.. xoxo

Hello everyone... well.. it has slowwwwwwwweed down alot.. I am struggling to lose 5 pounds a month. The closer I get the harder it gets but that is to be expected. I feel great and I even feel SEXY which is soooo awesome. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Hey Junies.. VZG so sorry to hear you got laid off!!! What a crappy time.. I pray a new job drops in your lap asap!! Great news on hitting your half way mark.. Long.. congrats on the new job.. sounds like it is a win win situation.. I went shopping and found a almost smoking hot outfit..lol.. I decided to go for classy.. I bought a size 14 black slacks and a size large red sweater twin set and a pair of black high heeled boots.. I also bought a new black jacket.. so I will take a pic and post it after saturday's party or maybe I will take a pic tonight.. lol.. I hope everyone has a great friday!!!!

good morning June bugs!! Nice to see your beautiful face Cathy!! I also have a sweet tooth and when I deprive myself or try not to eat sweets I go crazy and go on a binge.. so I found my solution.. they have these new 100 calorie packs of candy.. m&m's, twix, snickers etc.. I keep them on hand and when I have a craving I eat a pack.. just one does the trick.. We love going to the movies on the weekends and I always bring a pack.. I have found that it really helps me to know I can have candy when I need it. So today I am off to find an outfit for my hubby's work xmas party this saturday night.. The people he works with have not seen me since before surgery.. so i want to look smoking HOT ..lol.. Wish me luck.. when I need an outfit I always have the hardest time finding something.. but the good news is.. I AM NOT SHOPPING AT LANE BRYANT THIS YEAR!! Regular sizes here I come!!! Have a great and glorious day!:cursing:

I have hit a plateau and would like to know if any other banders have lost after hitting a significant plateau.. if so how did you do it? I am only eating between 500-700 calories per day and I am trying to excercize at least 30 minutes every day. I appreciate your help!

Long.. it's like you are my long lost twin.. lol.. I teach!!! You are doing sooo great congrats! It seems long, you and me are all neck and neck.. I think I gained a pound but I am not weighing because my ticker only moves one direction!!! :thumbup: .. Have a great day.. even though I am back to work! UGGHH

Hey jack! Thanks for responding! I have noticed clothes fit so much better went from a size 24 to a size 14. It just seems that I can't lose any more.. I see my doc on dec 8 for another fill even though I am not sure I need one.. My hubby says I should try eating more but I am afraid I will gain weight.. You have lost sooo much!! 115 pounds gosh! Thanks for your support..

One of my first black friday experiences was the year of the furby and I was first in line at walmart since all my daughter wanted that year was a furby and I couldn't find one anywhere! I got my hands on one and was so excited when out of the blue this woman knocked me over and stole my furby. I figured she must have needed much more than my daughter. I sent out an email to all my friends asking for help. My daughter got 7 furby's from my friends that year. It is sad that people are so desperate now that they are willing to keep shopping as a man lay dying. I just can't even imagine the crazy mob scene that had to have been. I didn't see as many shoppers out this year. May God bless that man and his family and the others that were hurt. I pray that the offenders realize what they have done and come forward.

aj congrats on the 40 pounds gone!! Long congrats on the 85- how have you been???? teford.. looks like you are doing great! grey , kizzie and vzg how are you guys doing? I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving..

Hi Sharona.. thanks for your kind words.. I have lost a lot and I guess just eager to lose the rest. It came off so easily in the beginning. I am getting another fill on Dec 8 so hopefully that will help. I have lost a little this month but it has been with alot of hard work. I hope everyone has a great week.. uggh back to work.

Strike.. hobby lobby sounds fun. I love love crafts. I hate when I wait to eat and I end up starving and I eat to quickly. I hate that stuck feeling so much. My sister and nephew left this morning (we had to leave the house at 3:30 a.m.) and hubby and I came back home at 5:30 am and went back to bed till 9 am woke up to our first dusting of snow! I am so glad he put up the christmas lights yesterday. We went to the movies and saw four christmas's it was really funny! Aj what a chilly time to go to boston! I live about an hour and a half away and I love boston! But I only go in the spring and summer because I love walking around. We are also a hour and a half away from new york as well so I get the best of both worlds. My hubby is a huge Yankee fan so we hit the games quite a few times. I am going to go through all the christmas stuff I bought to be sure i bought equal stuff for my girls.. I way overdid it this year. I have a few friends who were laid off so I am taking over the role of santa for their kids. So I don't feel so bad overdoing it. Have a great day!

Katie, I hear you on the running to ben and jerry's mine would have been dairy queen though..lol.. I attend a weekly support group.. It has been helpful although most people in my group are struggling to lose weight, all have been banded in either jan, march or april and the most anyone has lost is 30 pounds. I feel bad and they ask me every week how much I have lost. On one hand it pushes me to lose weight and on the other it makes me feel bad because I know they are upset they are not losing as fast. They call me the super bandster. I don't feel super especially since I can't stay away from the leftovers.. :thumbup: Cathy it's good to see you back.. I am glad your surgery went well and that you can sneeze, laugh and cough freely.. :wink2: I am going to get back on track tomorrow.. My sister and nephew are visiting from florida and we are going out to dinner tonight so instead of trying to get back on track today and failing I am just doing it tomorrow. Have a great Saturday!!!!

Hey strike!! I am so glad you had a nice visit with your girls! I also was at Vickie's and purhcased some cute panties size (L) soo happy!!! I love christmas and we are putting our lights up tomorrow. Once I dig out those christmas boxes watch out.. my girls call me a christmas nazi because I am a freak about getting it all out and making sure it looks good. What the heck is a Hobby Lobby?? I have never heard of that. I have eaten more than I should have.. we got up at 3:30 a.m. shopped till about 10 came home, had a salad plate of leftovers woke up at around 2 and had a mini slice of pie and some green bean casserole then around 7 had another plate of leftovers.. went to the casino (mohegan sun) now I am home and it is 10 and i could either have another plate or a piece of pie.. Gosh I love love love thanksgiving food. eekk... I am going for the pie.. pumpkin no crust but with homemade whipped cream.. I hope everyone has a great night.. Strike I too enjoy our junie support group!!!! xoxo

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful day! It amazes me how many of us have been through similiar situations.. I didn't realize how much I missed having support from women until now. Thank you everyone for helping to fill the void I had. I used to fill it with food but now I come on here and chat with you..lol.. so you guys are my indulgence I had a great Thanksgiving.. I ate a little bit of everything and really chewed and ate super slow. It was fantastic. I lost another pound and I really think I wasn't eating enough calories and my body was in starvation mode. I ate more calories and lost! So weird. Katie welcome to the club! LOL.. I am also going shopping in the morning and plan on hitting victoria's secret early! They usually give a free (really nice) bag with perfume and makeup for free with like a 60 dollar purchase.. I go there every black friday just because I love the free bags.. but this year I get to buy stuff for me!!! Strike, Apples and Grey.. thanks for always being on here!! I love seeing what you guys are up to and really look forward to your posts.... Gobble Gobble~

Grey, I am sooo sorry to hear of your loss. That must have been so horrible for you and I am truly so sorry. I can't even imagine the pain you must have suffered and still suffer from. My prayers and thoughts are with you! My best girlfriend decided she wanted my marriage and went after my hubby with everything she had.. it was devastating.. I trusted her so completely and never thought in a million years she would do something like that. I felt heart broken. I am afraid to trust women again. I walked in on her kissing my husband and she saw me and smiled.. it was terrible. He was not completely innocent in this, by not stopping her pursual earlier.. but they did not have an affair, I don't think I could have handled that honestly. I miss hanging out with girlfriends but I am afraid of being hurt again. I know I have trust issues.. I do not have a relationship with my parents either (significant child abuse that my father was arrested for and mother stayed with him and sent me to live with grandparents) I want to learn to trust and have more friends.. when people meet me they are like wow she is sooo outgoing and friendly but I don't allow people past the initial accquaintence phase. So wow that is pretty much where I am..lol..

congrats skinny mike!!!! I am doing a little happy dance for you!!!