georgia girl

becacloud, sorry you aren't feeling good. Hope you feel better real soon!

Great post Restlessmonkey! You too Plain! I agree with both of you. I can honestly say I never "cheated" on my 6 week post-op diet. I followed it to a "T". In fact, I followed the rules pretty religously for quite some time. I have been banded for almost 2 years now and I'm finding that's it's getting easier and easier to "cheat" and eat around the band. It truly is a mind battle for me. I wish I still had that "fear" I had at the beginning of my journey. Cherishthepast, seems like you are dedicated to making yourself a success. Best of luck to you.

I say first and foremost, ask your surgeon. They should give you some sort of nutritional plan to follow. I know that the low carb diet is a controversial one, but it works really well for me. I don't really lose unless I do low carb. I think the main reason is because I have PCOS. Good luck with your surgery!

Glad your son is okay! I ended up not eating anything at the party. One of my cluster headaches hit and I ended up leaving early. At least it kept me from eating a bunch of junk, lol. Welcome back golfgirlv! Glad to see you posting again! I pretty much took the weekend off. Weekends are the devil for me. I am hitting it hard tomorrow! Low carb, here I come... Today B- LC slim fast L- couple of bites of chicken, some green beans, some dressing w/ cranberry sauce, a little peach cobbler S- reeses cup:blushing: D- waffle, 2 slices bacon S- Caramel Java Chiller:blushing:

Hey mich! Just thought I would let you know that the oxygen is working GREAT! I've had to use it few times in the last couple of days and I am very impressed with it. It usually aborts my headache within 5 minutes- before it gets full blown! Please let your mom know how well it works in case she starts having them again. If you go to clusterheadaches.com, there is a lot of information on cluster headaches and treatment there. They even have it to where you can print out how the doctor should write out your oxygen prescription, so insurance will pay for it. I hope she never needs it, but it is definitely a Godsend for me. Take care.

Today... B- low carb slim fast L- salad- lettuce, cheese, black olives, banana peppers, ham, ranch dressing S- 3 mini hersheys chocolate pieces D- picked at appetizer sampler from Applebees- 1 quesadilla wedge, 2 buffalo chicken bites, a few chips and spinach dip, and a couple of onion rings

I watched it once, and that was one time too many! I just couldn't stomach it. Why would you put yourself through that humilation? And the outfits they were wearing? Oh my...

Me too! There is soooo much going on over the weekends that revolve around food. I'm going to a birthday party in a bit, and there will be junk food galore, lol. I have done well today so far, just hope I can keep it up through tonight.

I know. It is just crazy how I work hard all week and then blow it one the weekends. This is such a mental battle! Tomorrow is a new day and I will do better. Thanks becacloud!

Not a good day at all...why are the weekends so hard for me? I will do better tomorrow. B- nothing, slept in L- 1 c pizza casserole S- some peanut butter cups...too many! D- Most of a chicken sandwich from Chik-Fil-A S- chips and queso dip

Today B- Atkins Mocha Latte Protein shake L- 4 slices deli turkey, 2 slices cheese, and some coleslaw S- 2 tbsp Peanut Butter (I was craving the real stuff) D- cup of chicken salad from Chik-Fil-A (added a few chopped pecans to it...yum!) S- Atkins chocolate shake Happy Belated Bandiversary krtork!

LOL...my curiosity will keep me watching, but I'm sure I'll continue to complain about it :sneaky:

Hi MissK! What about ratatouille? There are lots of good ratatouille recipes on the net. Sounds fancy, but there are lots of easy recipes for it out there.

WTG Beacloud! Be proud...you have done GREAT!

Yeah, he does seem really nice and compassionate...but I have to wonder how "real" these people are. I personally would never trust anyone on a reality dating show.

Hehehe...yes they do!

I am going to have to look for that Friday, when I go grocery shopping. I am trying to watch my carbs, but I LOVE milk!

Today B- Atkins shake with pb2 L- Tuna salad from subway- lettuce, tuna salad, banana peppers, black olives, pickles, ranch dressing S- Cocoa roast almonds D- Insides of a cheeseburger, coleslaw S- Atkins shake....if I need it

I have tried a few of them and I really like them. I've tried the caramel and vanilla in my coffee, and egg nog. I used the egg nog flavored one at christmas time. I just added some to a glass of skim milk and it was DELICIOUS! I got that wonderful egg nog flavor without all the fat and calories. I've thought about ordering the toasted marshmallow...sounds yummy!

LOL...I was thinking the same thing. They need "The Biggest Loser", not this Luke dude. He doesn't even seem all that great to me. Yeah, he seems nice, but a great catch...I don't know.

I had a hard time watching the show last night. The self-pity crap is sooooo annoying. I think these girls are full of crap. They are all saying that they want someone to accept them "the way they are", but clearly these girls are not happy with their bodies "the way they are" or they wouldn't be crying every time they talk about their weight. I don't know if I can keep watching....

I recently ordered the PB2 powder online and started using it in my shakes. It only has about 50 calories for 2 tbsp vs. 190 calories for 2 tbsp of regular pb. The directions say to mix 2 tbsp of the powder w/ 1 tbsp of water, but I mix it with 2 tbsp of water when I'm using it in a shake. You get the peanut butter taste without all the extra calories.

Nikki, that sounds sooo good! Thanks for sharing!

So, it's late, I'm bored and searching the net for healthy recipes, and I come across a crockpot meatloaf that calls for shredded cabbage in place of bread crumbs. Just wondering how good it would work and how it would taste... Anyone ever tried this before?

Just wanted to share that I made this for supper tonight and it turned out really good! I didn't use the celery seed or the dried onion. I just used real onion instead. And I added a little shredded cheese into the meat mixture. DH and DS really liked it too! DS ate A LOT!