scrappy_friend

I need to ban myself for all junk food for about a month. I gained 4 pounds just from eating junk over the 4th of july weekend. Somedays I just hate myself.

I've been pretty much maintaining a weight in the 140's for 2 years. Been as low as 132 for about 10 minutes and as high as the low 150's. I eat all the same food as I ate before sugery just a lot less of it minus the junk ( cakes , Cookies and chips). Once I eat the junk I start to gain, so I have to be very careful with that. Breakfast I will either eat a banana or 2 scrambled eggs, lunch is some sort of leftovers today it was a bowl of chili and a dinner roll, for supper I will have meatloaf, baked sweet potato and green Beans. I also eat a bedtime snack some examples are Jello, popcorn, salad. I love to eat and have to deal everyday with telling myself no I'm not really hungry inbetween meals, and not eating junk food is a constant battle.

Happy for you Special K. Now take this last week of not working and enjoy yourself. Any amount of weight loss is great! Anything is better than gaining! :thumbup:

Special let us know how the job situation goes. I have heard people say they forget to eat but that has never happened to me. I dont eat a lot at each meal but I am hungry about every 4 hours and normally want to pick at food before that. I still have to force myself not to eat between meals even if I'm not hungry. I know I don't need another fill I just need to learn self control. Rhonda

Special best of luck finding a job. We are celebrating fathers day today at a restaurant with my hubby, sons, and father in law. So I'll be fighting off the urges to pig out on the Desserts. I've been buying clothes made for skinny people and guess what they fit me!!!!!! I bought a sundress and a skirt in the size small and they both fit. Wooooooo Hoooooo!

I only had a revision done. I was in and out of the medical center in 4 hours time. 1 hour to do paper work, 1 hour for surgery, and 1 1/2 hours in the recovery, and I guess 1/2 an hour waiting around. They took the skin off the upper part of my belly since they didn't get enough of it with my last operation last June.

I had the revision on monday morning all went well. I have very little pain. Still have the binder on and a drain so really not sure how it all looks. I am hoping to have a flat belly. He didn't weight the skin he took off just said he took a big hunk off. I had to be at the office by 9:00 monday morning and I was on my way home by 1:00.

Going on monday morning for a revision of my tummy tuck. I sure hope this is my last surgery.

good job special K. thrift store clothes are perfect for shopping when we won't be wearing the clothes for very long. and so much easier to find nice things in smaller sizes.

After my tummy tuck I was much more restristed I went a few months with being too tight and finally had to go get some fill taken out. He took .75 out and I went back for 2 fills after that. I still am about .25 cc's less than I was before my tummy tuck surgery 10 months out. I think I am about where I need to be with fills for now. Keep us posted on how things are going.

Hope you are feeling well special K. I'm with christine and my boobs look like worn out tube socks. I won't do sugery on mine either just not worth it to me. I have a dr appt on tuesday to get a date set for the revision on my tummy tuck. Sure not looking forward to another surgery but I really hate how my clothes fit. I'm really thin around my hips and then I have this ugly bulge where my waist is. I'm in style with the teens and wear my clothes on my hips.

Good for you Harley. As of this morning I was 138 but probably tomorrow I'll be back at 140 desserts are too tempting.

SpecialK.............232.2.........155...................221.7 Scrappy_friend....149...........135...................140 LadyRoz.............220............190...................212 CandyStarr.........312............212...................312 Was down to 139 yesterday morning back up to 140 this morning, I guess I should have left the cake alone. Oh well will keep working at it.

Good job special K. I'm staying in the low 140's most days hoping to be under 140 soon.

I started out at 315 and I had a goal weight of 150 never really thinking I would really be able to reach that low. So then I hit 150 and by that point I wanted to have a bmi of 25 so needed to be down to 135 pounds. I actually got down to 132 for about 10 minutes. I still didn't feel thin. Then Thanksgiving, Christmas and New years came. Since then I have been been up and down from 141-151 and it is driving me nuts. I just can't seem to get back down to 135. People say I look better at 145 then I did at 132 but its a head thing and I want to say I am not over weight. I think its ok to change your goal as long as you are keeping your weight at a healthy bmi.

Thats great harley!

From what I hear the turtle won the race.

Name -Starting Wt .......Goal/End Wt 2010 .CurrentWeight- SpecialK.............232.2.........155...................227.3 Scrappy_friend....149............135...................141 LadyRoz.............220............190...................212 CandyStarr.........312............212...................312 still up and down but at least staying in the lower 140's now would love to be back in the 130's by next friday.

I think it would be a blessing if sweets made me sick. They seem to slide down so nice. It is snowing here too. Right now our drive ways is like a tunnel coming home. I think I have shoveled the same snow 3 times already trying to move it back more. The one day I had a 10 foot wall of snow and hubby thought he was gonna help and push it over the hill with his truck, instead it went right back into the driveway. The only good part is I know it is great exercise. I thought about what you said about marriage and the good and the bad and sticking it out. If I can be married for the same man for over 27 years and still have a fairly decent marriage I guess I can put up with the good and bad of lapband and keep making it work. The trick is keep working at it and don't give up. Ever!

Special K I went out for lunch yesterday where I got the salad bar, but they have Desserts on it, and my weakness is desserts, and its not good enough to have one, I keep going back for a bite this one and a bite of that one. Then my daughter brought home a box of candy and cakes from her school valentines day party. I didn't leave that alone either. I also made my hubby chocolate covered strawberries for valentines day. Didn't give them to him yet. I hope to leave them alone. And I wonder why I am up and down every week with my weight?????

I shoveled snow today too. I was pretty proud of myself I shoveled 2 feet of snow for 2 hours. No way could I have done that before I lost weight, and I don't even feel bad. Whoo Hooo

Name -Starting Wt .......Goal/End Wt 2010 ..CurrentWeight- SpecialK.............232.2.........155...................231.5 Scrappy_friend....149............135...................145 LadyRoz.............220............190...................216 SpecialK looks like we are playing the same up and down game. I hate it too. I had a small fill on wednesday so with liquids and soft foods I am down 4 pounds this week. I sure hope it keeps going down.

I was using the daily plate and logging everything I ate, then I got to my goal weight and maintained it for about 5 months so quit logging. I think I might have to start again. I am going back to the dr on Wednesday and asking for a little more fill. I was a little over filled and they took out 3/4 and a month later they put 1/4 back I think I need a little bit more. I am not eating any junk food but eating more at meal times. I haven't given up yet, I plan on getting back to my goal weight.

went to curves 3 days this week and walked the mall for 45 mins 2 days.