scrappy_friend

I plan on cooking my normal thankgiving meal and I also plan on eating everything I make. I will only eat a bite or 2 of everything and I plan on enjoying it. Then I'll probably eat leftovers the next day. I also plan on eating a peice or 2 of pie. My son and his family will be here and I will give them a lot of the left overs. My biggest weakness will be the pies so I'll try to have them out of my house as quick as possible. My calorie intake will probably be on the high side for about 2 days, but if I think of what I used to eat over the holidays it will be about 90% less. I used to be able to eat 3 peices of pie a day or maybe even more. I know I won't do that ever again.

Fenton I'd be happy to be your inspiration! I know you can do it. You wont even have to give up steak! The only things I have totally given up is soda and chewing gum. I just eat a lot less of the foods I have always ate. Before the band I would sit in front of this computer and eat candy bars, and chips I did that every night. Now If I eat at night its an apple or 1/2 cup of cottage cheese. I hardly ever eat junk food at the house, now if I go to a party I will eat a handful of chips or have a peice of cake. I still have to force myself to stop its far from easy. I have been walking about 2 miles here at my house about 4 -5 days a week but now that the weather is yucky I joined curves. I just started yesterday I hope I like it and stick to it. I joined the gym last winter and sort of felt uncomfortable there most of the members was in good health and weight. At curves its all ladies and most of them are there for the same reason as I am they are over weight.

I went to curves yesterday for the first time I think it went pretty good and I do think I'll like it. I had a membership at the gym for a while and I sort of felt out of place there. When I went to curves it was all women which I liked and I'd say half the people going was overweight. At the gym it was more people in good shape and health working like crazy. Curves is more my speed. I woke up this morning and the back of my neck was stiff not sure what caused that and my lower back was a little stiff till I got up and moved around a bit.

Lapbandfan, I am going for my trial run at curves tomorrow and I'm pretty sure I will join. I would also like to lose 10 pounds by Christmas. That would take me from 184 pounds to 174 in 6 weeks. Lets see if we can do it together.

Today I went into a craft store that I go in pretty often and one of the workers came up to me and asked if i had a sister. I looked at her sort of strange and then she said or have you lost a lot of weight. I told her I have lost 130 pounds. I also went to check out curves today I go back tomorrow for a trial run. I think I'm going to join. I can join for 2 months for $99. They do have cheaper rates but I want to make sure I'm going to like it before i commit for longer than that. I have been walking about 4-5 evenings a week but now its cold and raining and snowing so need to think of more options.

Here's what I ate yesterday still a little on the too much side buy hey I'm losing weight Breakfast: southbeach Breakfast bar with 10g of proein Lunch: about 3 oz of left over bbq country ribs and an apple Dinner: homemade salisbury steak about 1/2 cup of meat, 1/4 cup mashed potatoes, and 1/4 cup peas Bedtime snack: large apple I also ate about 5 bugles and a tootsie roll pop during the day. I had around 1000 calories for the day. I eat anywhere from 800-1500 carories each day. I average around 55g of Protein a day.

Good new and bad news I went for a bike ride yesterday. First time in I'd say 30 years. I bought a bike on the clearence rack at wal mart last week. I was able to ride for 2.5 miles and I thought I was doing pretty good. Well then it was time to stop, so I hit the brakes a little too hard and fast put my foot down to catch myself and my legs turned into rubber and me and the bike was laying along the side of the road, was a back road so my hubby is the only one that saw. So I sat there for a minute laughing at myself still not knowing why I fell off and when I went to get up my legs were still rubber and I had a really hard time walking for a while.

I bought 2 bras today got the playtex 18 hour ones paid $40.50 for 2 so I guess not too bad. I took my 9 year old daughter with me and she thought she needed a bra too. She was trying on these padded ones way bigger than her AA size. But she had fun so I let her pretend. I did buy her one at walmart a bra and panty set for $3.88 she was too happy.

Oh good we can talk about bras. I am still wearing the same bras that I had at 315 pounds. They are stretchy and didn't want to buy them for each size. So here is my problem the old ones were sort of comfortable but didnt do much as far as support. I am now having a horrible time finding one that i like that fits good. So far I have tried on 14 different bras and still didnt buy one. The only one I tried on that even felt comfortable was $32 and no way am I going to spend that. Any suggestions on a comfortable bra that gives support????? I was a 54D and I think now I'm around a 40C

I am still here. I hit onderland last week. I went for about a month and stayed the same and then last week I lost 6 pounds. I would get on the scale every morning and would be down 1 pound. I'd like that to happen for the next 50 days. I am 195 pounds now and would like to be at 175 by christmas.

Tess I have 3 kids 2 boys 19 and 24 both of them gained weight around the age of 9-15 then lost it as they got a little older. My 19 year old is obsessed about his weight if he gets 10-20 pounds overweight he starts taking diet pills against my better judgement but not much I can do about that being that he is an adult. My oldest is somewhat over weight but he also has a lot of muscle. Now for my 9 year old daughter shes about right where she should be on the weight chart but last summer we were moving and maybe changing her school and she was so stressed out about that and she lost 10% of her body weight and thats a lot when you are only 70 pounds. I took her to the doctor that summer and was pretty worried about her eating habits. She was taking tiny bites and would only eat small amounts and then after each bite washing her food down with a drink. Was really scary for me. As soon as we moved and kept her at the same school she was back to eating normal again. I really worry what will happen in her teen years. My husband is also over weight but not as much as I was. I do see how the kids has picked up our bad eating habits. Now I just don't buy the junk because I don't want the temptation. So they are now eating more healthy and I try to walk most evenings 30-45 mins at a time and my daughter loves to go with us.

Penny, I had my last fill June 12, when I first got it I was only eating about 3/4 cup of food at a time, now I'm at a cup or more for some meals. I was down one more pound this morning so that makes me at a 110 pound loss. I did lose 55 pounds before I even had surgery so the whole 110 pounds didn't happen since surgery. One week I lost 5 pounds and I loved that, then I went 3 weeks and only lost 1 pound and then I get frustrated and start to worry I won't lose any more.

I have 6.5 cc in a 10 cc band and I think I could use just a little bit more. I'm eating about a cup of food at at time sometimes even more. I stay full for around 3 -3.5 hours. I eat 4 times a day.

1. SpecialK Banded 3/17/08 Current Loss 9/7/08 --> 53.9 lbs. 2. scrappy_friend banded 3/17/08 current loss 9/4/08 54 lbs.

Do you only want weight lost since surgery date, or should it include the post op diet weight or total weight loss if some was lost before the pre op diet?

Christine thanks for the compliment. It was a bad day as far as eating too much but it was a good day with family. We had a cook out and all the yummy stuff to go with it. I'm here reading every day just don't post much.

its a bad day when I know I ate too much and won't even waste my time going to thedailyplate to see how much I ate.

Name.............StartingWeight....Current......Goal.........To Go Bunkey1965........220.................194............189...........5 CQQlgirl..............200.................198............190...........8 Cadets71............239.................224.5..........219..........5.5 Dreamsize8.........216.................216............190...........26 FeliciaLevy75......286.................242............240........... 2 Gayle21..............190.......... ......190............175...........15 Jeni 85................189.................182............169...........13 Laura bough........215.................205............190...........15 Liz_hager............172.................163............150...........13 MMarg.................220.................214............199...........21 Newhope4me......163.6...............159.6..........150..........9.6 NukeChik.............227.................227............197...........30 Scrappy_friend....222.................207.............200..........7 TexGirl................202.................198............180...........18 Thininside28........271.5..............256.............245...........11 Wannabthin.........199................199.............179...........20 __________________ 7 more to go. I lost 5 last week but so far nothing this week. been walking extra to help lose but not sure its working.

Hey Tess at least it wasnt a 12 inch sub I used to be able to eat that.

Add me to the list i lost 55 before surgery and 47 since so thats a total of 102 pounds 63 more to go.

Don't give up now fenton you have come too far. You were doing so good and you can get back into it. I think a fill would be a good idea then the band will make you behave.

Thank you all for the compliments. I hope to add one more picture by next summer that has my goal weight on it.

Picasa Web Albums - Rhonda - weight loss heres a link that shows my weight loss if anyone is interested

He better be treating that dog like the queen too.

I'm glad you still have a hubby Amanda. Tell him he owes you big time now.