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b: 1/4 cup oatmeal with nuts and splenda brown sugar s: cup of coffee (glorious) L: grilled chicken salad (about 15 small bites) s: 2 tbls ice cream d: 3 baby back ribs & couple bites of salad It's the weekend... :wink_smile: :teeth_smile:

b: starbucks perfect oatmeal and nonfat pumpkin latte L: nothing d: 3 oz steak and salad S: couple rasberry dollars (went to the movies) 1 handful popcorn

Congrats to all of you.. wow I can hardly wait to say I've lost 100 you must feel amazing!!!!! GREAT JOB!!

congrats long2bethin on your 65 pounds gone forever!! I seem to keep hitting a wall.. I hate to complain since I have lost a significant amount but I lose like 7 the week after i get a fill then bam I hit a wall.. I go up and down 1-3 pounds and I end up getting really discouraged. I am mentally freaking myself out. I can't seem to find the perfect excercize for me.. I get all excited about something then i get bored. I am thinking about joining curves and seeing how that goes. I need a excercize buddy badly.. I hope everyone has a great weekend!! :bolt:

B: pack of 100 calorie almonds, cup of coffee :tongue2: L: kids lunch from chili's piece of grilled chicken w/ honey mustard to dip and couple bites of cinnamon apples D: grilled chicken w/ baked beans (all of it came up, I ate too fast) s: 1/4 cup of oatmeal w/ splenda brown sugar and 1/2 pack of 100 calorie almonds grinded up..

I was denied.. I was 125 pounds overweight with no health problems. I ended up self paying instead of waiting for a health crisis. :rolleyes2: But I have to say it is the BEST $18,500 I have ever spent!!!!!!

B: kozy shack 90 calorie rice pudding cup L: 1 jr cheeseburger just the meat from wendy's (threw it up) bleck D: 1/2 cup french onion Soup (no bread) side salad All of a sudden I feel so much tighter!!!

Hey everyone! To all of you getting ready to be banded good luck! It will be one of the best things you have ever done.. just a quick tip.. I love love love the banana cream gnc protein powder! I blend it with skim milk 2 scoops of the powder and a couple ice cubes.. yummy!!

Hey there Junies!! I read all the posts daily and love to hear how you are all doing. I am doing good. I keep hitting a wall the second week after a fill.. I lose like crazy the first week then bam I stop losing and actually gain a little lose a little it ends up being 0 loss the second week. So frustrating. I was excercizing but have stopped.. lack of motivation. Trying to hit the 60 pounds lost and it's like I just can't. UGGH>>> I am feeling great about myself though. I posted pics of myself before and after on my myspace and they are right next to each other and I am like wow what a difference.. I go on it all the time just to see how far I've come and not get discouraged. I have to admit something.. I constantly worry that my port will flip or I will stop losing weight or the band will slip. My hubby says I am freaking myself out and I agree. I am a nutcase.. I guess I just feel like all my other diets failed why would this work? It's crazy. Sorry about blabbering.. anyways I hope you all have a great week!! Good luck on your move strike! xoxo

B: lil snack pack of cottage cheese s: 100 calorie pack almonds l: salad w/ a couple small bbq ribs d: small cupcake size of meatloaf and 2 itty teeny bites of mashed potatoes

I eat kashi go lean cereal every now and then.. it is high in protein and has the crunch I need.

Ok so I need a little help here. I am beside myself and just want to go eat eat eat. Which is why I needed the lapband in the first place. When I was 12 my father sexually abused me and was arrested. My mother took him back and sent me to live with my grandparents. He ended up losing his job and the whole family moved in with my grandparents and I ... the sexual abuse stopped but the physical and emotional abuse began. In both my parents eyes I was the temptress.. the bad seed.. I started doing drugs to escape my life and eventually moved out with friends. I tried to keep a relationship with my parents because they wouldn't let me see my younger brother and sister unless I did. Now 20 + years later I found the courage about 3 years ago to end my relationship with my parents and only see them at my nieces and nephews birthday partys. It is always awkward and they pretend as always that nothing happened.. My problem is this.. I have a party to go to this weekend and just the thought of seeing them makes me ill and I just want to eat eat eat. I know that my relationship with them has been the crux of all my weight issues.. the crazy thing is I wanted nothing more than to have them love me like a daughter.. and I tried last year to work it out. But my mother refuses to take any responsibility for her actions. I need her to in order to get past this. I have two teenage daughters and there is nothing or nobody that I would put before them and their safety. I just don't understand at all. I am so frustrated and have no idea what to do or where to turn.

Thanks for all your kind words.. I guess I was freaking out and regretted posting it as soon as i did. But I made it through the party. I definetly had to go.. My nieces and nephews have no idea what happened and I refuse to disappoint them. It was ok I just avoided my parents and played with the kids. Its amazing how something so little as a birthday party can throw me into a tailspin.. every other day of my life I am doing great but stuff like that throws me back to being a kid and vulnerable. I appreciate you all.

Awesome! I printed the recipes and will try them out asap! Thanks!

b: 1/4 of hubby's ham and cheese omeletl: 1 piece of deli roastbeef and a little bit of salad s: piece of birthday cake and a little bit of ice cream :embaressed_smile: d: taco salad with no taco shells s: slim a bear 100 calorie ice cream

I have 3 tattoos.. one on ankle(heart), breast(squirrell) and wrist (cross). I have lost 50 and they look the same. You will be fine especially on your leg. I didn't have any until my 30th birthday and now I am addicted. Mine are all very personal to me and I treasure each one of them. I think it's wonderful you getting something in honor of your grandpa.

I was on a liquid diet for 2 weeks pre op.. optifast 4 small juice boxes of it a day and a optifast bar. I was really worried about it because I was afraid I would be hungry and fail.. But I wasn't hungry on it.. it was fine. I did get a little hungry the second week and called the nutritionist and she allowed salad with balsamic vinegar and 3oz of tuna a day that really helped. It was not as bad as I had worried. I just kept thinking I wanted this surgery to save my life! I could do two weeks of dieting so I wouldn't have to diet for the rest of my life! It is amazing how great I feel and you will look back and realize how easy it was. You can do it. Just remember you can do anything to be there for your kids. You will be adding years to your life by losing weight and this was my inspiration. Good luck and God bless!

I was struggling with weight loss as well, I tried cutting down on my carbs dramatically and voila the weight started coming off. I have 4cc in a 10cc band and on monday am getting another fill probably to 5cc. I think losing 11 pounds is great.. think where you would be without the band.. that 11 pounds would still be there and maybe you would have gained. Also it's not just pounds its inches.. but remember how long it took for you to gain the weight.. just give it time and I wouldn't worry about slipping with a fill. You can't worry about what if all you can do is control now. Good luck and God bless!

I have told everyone and anyone..lol.. I am proud of getting the lapband. I am saving my life!!! I look at it as a positive choice. So many of my friends who were banded were afraid of negative comments, I believe it weeds out the bad seeds.. I figure if someone give me a negative response just weed them out.. I don't want unsupportive people in my life. I have not had one bad comment. I am an outside sales rep and have told all my customers, friends and family. I think if you say it as a positive they feel it as a positive.. but if you say it like you are embaressed or in a negative way people can pick up on that.. I am excited and proud I did this!! I just want to shout it from the rooftops..lol

Awesome! Congrats on getting your date!!! Good luck and much love!

Congrats!!! Before you know it, it will be done and you will be on your way to a thinner you!!! God Bless!

I hear ya! I was getting depressed when I would get on the scale and lose nothing but my new capris that i just bought which were tight are sooo loose now.. I was becoming obsessive with the scale.. trying to break the bad habit. I weigh on my wii fit and it shows your progress and when i see that I realize how much weight i really have lost. It's hard to see on a daily basis.. good luck

b: cappucinno delight slimfast L: south beach diet savory pork frozen dinner s: 90 calorie kozy shack rice pudding d: fresco chicken bowl no rice from taco bell s: (ok here i was bad went to the movies) 10 red rasberry dollar gummies, 1 bite charleston chew and 1 handful popcorn. ughhhhh monday is my fill and can't come soon enough!

I haven't been this excited about a presidential race until mccain picked palin! I think she is amazing and I might not agree with everything she believes but I haven't met one person that I do.. But overall I believe this is the best ticket!

b: slimfast cappuccino delight L: grilled chicken cesar salad from wendy's with fat free french.. only ate couple bites of salad but all of the chicken s: carb control ice cream d: 1 meatball, 3 oz chicken and couple bites of steamed veggies s: 100 calorie slim a bear ice cream