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oh yeah, i think we should post nsv's. ok, so i went shopping last week with my 15 year old cousin. she is smaller than me, but she's not skinny. anyways, we can wear the same shirt!!! i decided i dress way to old and fat for my age, so i went and got some of those cute form fitting thin tee shirts...i love them. also, i found a pair of jeans that fit me perfectly that do not have W attached to them!!!! i can't tell you how long that has been. ok, so they are an 18, but they are a regular 18. plus i bought some shorts (never wear shorts but they were for camping) and they are a regular xl (16/18) and they are almost too big!!! ok, so here is the big one, i just got a picture back of myself a couple of weeks ago at a family reunion and when i looked at it, i actually did not think that i looked fat!!! it was amazing.

no the thread is not going to die. it may just be me and you want, but this thing is working. i weighed in tuesday morning at 205.2 lbs!!!!! so i lost 2 pounds!!!! ok, now my weight is up to 209 i'm carrying so much Fluid i can't close my hands and i'm sick. i have a sinus infection in both sinus cavities, i have an outer and inner ear infection in one ear and the other one has a lot of fluid in it, so when i stand up i throw up. this is my 3rd day out from work sick. they are probably going to fire me. i'm not tracking calories because if i can eat it and it will stay down then i am, and that includes sweet drinks. so this week is a bust for me so far. as soon as i stop throwing up i will be tracking again. i don't have my quote of the day today because i get those at work, so i will have to post that tomorrow. CONGRATS ON THAT POUNT WANT.... way to go, it must feel good to bust through that plateau even if it is a pound. we are going to do this together. i have found a new favorite snack, jack link's beef Jerky. i especially like the steak nuggets. low cal, and high Protein and very good. ...i need a fill though, i have one coming up in august.

i just found out today that my coworker takes it, and she has been thinking something is wrong with her because she has been several months without a period...i guess it is a good birth control.

i get to weigh in tonight, so i will let you all know. my calories are horrid today. i had captain d's with sweet tea, and a dr. pepper today!!!!!! i let myself have sweet drinks over the weekend because it was so hot i could hardly eat. (i have low sugar A LOT)...i have it high too..... WAY TO GO WANT!!! you sound like such a good mother. how many children do you have? do you work too? how old is your baby?

i was told that after i had my surgery from a lady that works at my doctor's office. all i know is that if your doctor can only do surgery in a "surgery center" i would be wary...however, wellborn, baker, and the guy with baker are all good and clear.

coo, i completely understand about comfort foods. when i was going through my miscarriage i just gave in. i didn't have time to deal with it. and i tell you, i still have my days. i'm taking antidepressents and everything but some days this whole baby thing really gets to me. if you want to talk about what is stressing you, i am here. i want another baby really bad, at least i thought i did. my husband and i have a 7 year old (i was 18) and we didn't get "back" together until he was 2 1/2. we've been together now for 5 1/2 years and we just got married in march. the monday after my miscarriage we found out we lost the baby. we delayed out honey moon until memorial day weekend (i didn't have time off from work) and i was a little better before the honey moon and then we came back and i got severly sick. i developed mrsa in my uterus. i ended up missing 9 1/2 weeks of work. for a very small thing. i had been pregnant since january but the baby had died and 6 weeks, and i carried it until april. it could have been a lot worse and i realize that. the miscarriage only made my husband and i stronger, but i ended up having surgery and my doctor (switched because the first caused the problems above) told me that i have a 4 month window to try to have another. but you know what, now i don't want one...but i do. i cannot stand the thought of trying to have another baby right now. if i had to go through all that again, i just do not think i could take it. if i had a miscarriage and it was taken care of in a week it would be easier, but i was soooooooo sick. and my brother had a baby in the same hospital at the same time i was having surgeries, so i've been able to be around her...and i've determined that i'm too lazy to have another baby.......so, i think in my head i don't want another because we have $10,000 in wedding debt to pay and i'm lazy,.....but yet i cry when i type this. it has really been getting to me, and joey (my husband) really doesn't know how to deal with my crazy emotions. he has them too, but he doesn't talk about them as much. ...i didn't care about food when i was going through all of that. but i did puke up everything that i ate and i developed a severe Vitamin deficiency that caused sores around my mouth (seems the vitamin that my doctor prescribed to me was for people who eat healthily...not for band patients..so i thought i was taking a good one...and i wasn't.) stupid..doctor. ok, so here is my exercise for the weekend: Saturday morning 1 a.m.: set up camp later that day, paddled a conoe for 6 hours and swam i also swam across a 25 foot river and back ( i know 25 foot is not that big of a deal, but for someone who never ever ever exercises, i was schocked that i could do it...i love to swim though and i'm a pretty strong swimmer). sunday: swam for 2 hours, broke down camp....exhausted today..i'm exhausted and burned.....lol.. can't wait to hear from you guys...... ok, so here is the quote of the day "A good plan today is better than a great plan tomorrow." George S. Patton

i am approximately 2.5 months pregnant, but my embryo died at 6 weeks. we found out yesterday via an vaginal ultrasound that the embryo does not have a heartbeat. i find out thursday if my blood work confirms it. (my hcg levels have to be going down). i'm devastated. i never knew it would be this hard, but now i have another decision to make. my doctor wants me to decide if i want a d & c or if i want to wait for it to pass. i don't know if i can walk around every day waiting for it to happen. it's hard enough now because i know it is still in there. it's already been several weeks and no sign of miscarriage.

a prescription diuretic is probably your best bet. it does not have caffeine but it can decrease your potassium levels. i take hydrochlorthiazide and i love it. but i have severe swelling and some days i have to take a lasix in addition to that.

ok, where is everyone at? here is my report for yesterday: 1155 calories and 38 grams of Protein. no fruit, but three veggies. had a rough night really, spent 3 hours in the salon, while i had a migraine, sugar bottomed out (65) drank sweet tea, that set up a spiral for the rest of the night. then i couldn't sleep (that seems to be the norm) so i ate. i finally went to sleep at 2 and woke up at 6. i'll not be on here this weekend, we are going to the Buffalo River to go on a canoe float. that will take care of my exercise :wub: ...i will not track my calories there, i know that i need too, but we make a lot of dutch oven meals, that have a lot of ingredients, that i honestly do not want to add up. :thumbup: here is the quote of the day. "Only by seeking challenges can we hope to find the best in ourselves." Robert Rodriguez

OH I LOVE DORY..she was truly my favorite character in nemo. we must remember not to beat ourselves up. i don't want this to be a "i did bad so beat me up thread" that would not be cool. instead we are going to encourage each other. don't fret, it is just one day. if you don't do it all the time, it's not going to hurt, and you have to allow yourself some freedom within your diet, just not too much. so Cookies and milk and popcorn is not a big deal. you did great the day before, and today is a new day. i had milk this morning, totally threw off my calories for the day......i'll eat a good lunch. i think i'm going to try to find a good salad.

Motivational Quote of the Day "If we are ever to enjoy life, now is the time - not tomorrow, nor next year, nor in some future life after we have died. The best preparation for a better life next year is a full, complete, harmonious, joyous life this year. Our beliefs in a rich future life are of little importance unless we coin them into a rich present life. Today should always be our most wonderful day." Thomas Dreier ok, there is the motivation quote of the day. my report for yesterday: still haven't exercised. it is that tom, and for anyone who has been following me around here will know that i just went through a miscarriage and some serious infections, and finally had surgery to fix it all 6 weeks ago. overall i missed 9 1/2 weeks of work. so i'm still very tired, and i think i'm pms'ing right now, i'm tired, achy, bloated, etc. and i had a migraine yesterday. so i should have exercised the day before because i felt fine. (i have fibromyalgia too and it gets me) i ate 825 calories yesterday and i had 23 grams of Protein. i had one fruit, that i barfed up, but no veggies. i couldn't fit it down yesterday. i ate those crackers and ham and cheese rolls, then for lunch i had lunch meat and cheese, and then i couldn't really eat a dinner. so i'm still doing better than i was before i started this whole thing. want_so..., i'm anxious to see how you are doing. coo, are you still with us? lulac you have done so well, and even though i'm not where you are, i still appreciate your experiences. ...i haven't even begun to deal with why i self sabotage myself, well actually i take that back, i think it has to do with my man problem. it is hard and i studied psychologin in college, and i'm beginning to think that working on yourself may not be such a good idea..i need someone from the outside. ok, so how did you guys finally break your habit of head hunger. mine is particularly bad at night after i take all my meds. i think it is because they relax my stomach. i started doing word puzzles at one point and i think i'm going to take that back up again. my husband recently went back on evening shift 3-11 and i miss him, and i can't sleep. so i think i want to eat for comfort when normally we would be sitting around talking.

my doctor says that it is just air coming up from the food or Water that you have just swallowed. they say it is perfectly normal

if i have a good fill, i gurgle with every sip. hate it....

want...WOW..WAY TO GO GIRL. and the exercising, great thing. see that is why i need to exercise, so i can eat more calories!!!! good for you on that Protein, i can see why you lost. ok, now, i'm dedicated to keep this going until we get where we need to be, so want_so_bad, those mental issues.... i'm afraid that when i get close to goal i am not going to like the attention that i get from other..particularly men. i have a problem with men. i mean i have healthy relationships with them, i'm married, etc, but i avoid men like the plague. i love where i work because there is only one, i will not check out with a man checker if i can help it, if i'm doing a loan i always try to talk to the woman..it took me a while to realize this, but i'm afraid it works against me. so, is that anything to do with the mental issues that you are dealing with? how are you dealing? let's talk about it, and maybe it will help us get through it and others dealing with it too.

ok girls. i work at a mortgage company and sometimes our appraiser's love us enough to send food. well, today is the day!! i had one ham and cheese roll and 4 saltine crackers. i am stopping at that. it measured up to be about 90 calories worth.

i found a small fish oil at walmart that i use and i only have to take one a day.

ok, so i'm ready to report on yesterday's behaviors. i consumed a little over 800 calories, but not much. YEEEAAAAHHHHHH!!!! however, i only ate 14 grams of Protein.... :frown: ....bbbbaaadddd me. i ate 2 veggies, i never got around to the fruit though. my goal for today is the same as yesterday. i did good, but got to work on protein. oh, and yesterday's weight was from Saturday actually. i never re weighed. now i'm at 207.4 !!!! down 2 lbs. ok GIRLS LETS DO IT!!!!! I guess since this is a motivational thread i will post a quote of the day: (not related to weight) "When we are conscious of our personal uniqueness and our universal nature we express ourselves creatively. In this way we fulfill our dreams and our life purpose." Andrew Schneider ..........i'm waiting to hear how everyone else did, don't let this thread die. let's band together and work through this. welcome coo, i still think you are doing great, but i do hear that halfway is a hard point. i'm glad you are joining us!

i use the daily plate also. i love it. i'm thinking of purchasing wii fit to see if that will motivate me. i do not like leaving my house :thumbup:. i hate walking outside. arkansas weather...well..it's humid and hot...or cold..lol you are doing really well want..i mean you are only 20 lbs from goal. that is when i hear it gets hard. i can understand you wanting to do the extra exercising. really that is where i want to be when i am at that point. i want to eat normally when i am at maintenance mode, and i believe the only way to do that is to exercise, not to mention the health benefits. and although i'm all for it mentally...getting my body to cooperate is quite different.

..mine is cheese dip....tom and i eat it for dinner every night :thumbup:

i always ride out tom by having soft foods or liquids.

you said it want...that is my problem too, tomorrow this...tomorrow that. well, i haven't had my fruit or veggies yet. i've had 236 calories and only 9 grams of Protein. so, i'm not making good choices yet either. (i picked my calorie goal from my doctor..he swears that if you only eat 800 calories a day you WILL lose 2 lbs a week, no exceptions). OK, WANT...YOU CAN DO IT!!! ...an hour a day..whew!!! i feel i need to kick my goal up some (twice a week..ha), but i burn out easy..so slow start for me.

is the centrum chewable good, i was afraid to try it.

truly country my best advise is start trying to exercise now, and cut out simple sugars. it will help a lot after surgery. also, do not expect the world, that way if you get it you will be pleasantly surprised. be prepared to lose weight slow. i have only lost 14 lbs since october, but that is 14 lbs that i probably would have gained otherwise.

i like unjury Protein, ONLY. i cannot stand the other stuff. it is good. tastes just like chocolate milk. when i started my paperwork with dr. wellborn i was banded a month later. i'm a self pay. it took no time. i had already decided to use him before i went to the seminar. actually the seminar was the week before my surgery :tongue_smilie:. he is great, but i hear great things about lutrell and baker. all i know is make sure you do your research, i have heard there is a doctor in arkansas doing bands, that has been banned from baptist and uams hospital due to his large amounts of malpractice. he/she therefore HAS to do their surgery in a surgery center. lot's of people are having problems with said doctor. i do not know their name, this is all i know. i got this information from a pretty reliable source though.

diane, it sounds like your problem is not in your choices but in the band itself. if you eat meat, veggie, and fruit and are hungry 2 hours later and it is a solid meat, then you need a fill. my doctor's rule of thumb is that if you can eat a half of a white bread sandwich you need a fill. no exeptions. my problem isn't in that i get hungry, all the time, but in that i make bad decisons. thanks for joining me!! looking forward to working through this together. ok, so i have had 36 calories today (coffee), now i want taco bell for lunch. i know bad, but it goes down easy when you are tight. trying to talk myself out of it.