HeatherGurl

This was my daughter's first time to eat spaghetti with no assistance from me. She had a blast!!!

OK, guys... this is a picture of my new "do". Already 3 weeks old, but I am just now downloading the pics.

I am so sorry about the loss of your mother. You will be in my thoughts.

Happy Birthday girlie!!!! I hope that you had a great day!

I am all for high protein, low carb... but the no veggies and no fruits doesn't sound safe to me. Interesting though. Thanks for posting.

OK, I was going to keep track of my weight at the gym... but I like my scale at home too much... I do promise to only weigh once a week though. I am concentrating more on getting my body fat percentage down. We are going on a small vacation next weekend and I am packing my walking shoes so I can do some working out. I am also taking my bathing suit! :confused: You guys keep it up!!! Telly, you make me tired reading all the stuff you do. You are going to be at 190 before you know it!!!! We are all rocking on!

Now I get to put in my 2 cents. I am int the supposed "Honeymoon" phase, according to some. I have had tons of people jump on my for saying that my weight is gone for good. I have not gained back one single pound that I have lost. I lost 20 pounds in the first week that I had my band. IT NEVER came back. I am as healthy as a horse. I know that we all are entitled to our opinions here, but to say that it is bullshit that the weight will never come back I am saying bullshit to you. I am living proof of it. I am only 6 months out, and I am one of those giddy newbies that LOVES my weightloss (And I have done an excellent job there) I also appreciate the people that have had their band for longer telling us that this so called phase will end.... It motivates me to never let my phase end. When is the honeymoon phase over for a marriage? DH and I have been married for 3 years and we still act like we did when we first started dating. I really appreciated P'Nut's starting this thread because there are the few "veterans", "newbies", and ones that have had their bands removed that are really blunt in saying that you will not be this happy forever. I certainly don't like to hear that. Hijack: I was warned that P'Nut was an evil person too... HAHAHAHAHAHHAAAA I was told to watch her and beware... Turns out I had to watch the one that told me that. I really enjoyed reading everyone's posts here on this thread. Everyone hs their opinion and it is all out there now. I can relate to some and want to slap some of the others... but hey, that's life. To SUM it all up.............. I don't want to EVER leave the Honeymoon phase!!! And all of my weight is GONE FOR GOOD!!!! (come join our support team if you like) I also like having my siggy that shows how well I have done. I like looking at others siggy's too. It helps me know how to talk to you... like if you are new I might be able to help, or if you are a veteran I could ask you for advice!

Telly, I think they will do a payment plan... but this is with a huge gym... so I am pretty sure that if he skipped, they would give me another trainer. I DID 10 WHOLE minutes on the elliptical today! That was so great.

I have heard of this... but still haven't tried it!!! I am going to do it this weekend! YUMMY! I love omelettes, but too lazy to make them.

Yeah BIG CONGRATS FUNNY!! Have fun this weekend in your cute new top!

You must be tall Wheetsin like me? You are looking great!!!! Keep up the good work.

If you can not drink without feeling pain, I would say you are too tight. Does your Dr. know this? Good Luck!

All right buddies~ Just got back from meeting with a Trainer... Verdict: I am a fat ass! Just kidding. OK, So my cousin and I joined a gym on Monday. I went and worked out Tuesday, Wednesday and today. Today we met with a trainer. He weighed me, took measurements, and calculated my percentage of body fat (ICK) The last one is the one I was COMPLETELY dreading. I mean, my husband doesn't even get to pinch my fat, why in the world did I let a stranger? So I thought my percentage of body fat would be 99.9% When he told me it was 41%, I was pretty happy :Banane20: I know ideally in perfect shape people it is like 18.9%? So I was just really glad that it wasn't 100%. My cuz and I hired him to be our trainer. We are going to work with him for 50 minutes once a week (that's all we can afford) Wish I had 3,000 for the big plan they wanted to set us up on, but that ain't gonna happen right now. I am VERY excited about this whole gym thing. I NEVER in a gazillion years thought that I would WANT to go and work out. Sheez, I feel like a million bucks. Guess I am in the "Honeymoon Phase" of working out !!! heheheheeee I am going to put my weight in my sig that the stupid freaking gym said. That way I will update it once a week and quit weighing at home everyday.

I think about Telly when I am on the Elliptical too!!! Oh, FunnyDuddies... LOVE the top you bought!!! I can't wait to see pictures!!!! You have a good time!

IT wouldn't surprise me if she did bike there. If anyone can do it, Telly can!!! She will be on your door step before you know it.

It definitely is comical now... not bothering me at all.... I just think it is too funny.

The latest PM Thanked me for correcting PAT, and then told me to take my picture off because I am ugly... Now, THAT isn't very Christian like at all. PAT MUST be a model or something... What PAT said makes PAT the Ugliest barker on LBT!!! I am not being very Christian like the way I responded... but I would never call someone ugly like that.. I mean... IS SHE BLIND???????????????? I AM A HOTTIE!!!! hahahhahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

It was on another thread... I'm sure you guys will figure it out... but the original thing I said wasn't even that ugly... UPDATE: most recent harrassing PM from PAT "You are SATIN" so I sent back "That's SATAN to you" hehehe

I need to fume to my dear GFG Club buddies~ I will not mention the name of the person I am about to fume about because I know that is not proper etiquette. So I responded to this thread yesterday because PAT (I will use this name since it can be male or female) made a VERY silly comment. To me it was anyways... So this morning I get here and I have a PM asking me why I quoted PAT's words... DUH, to make a point!!!! So I sent PAT a friendly PM back stating that I was just putting my 2 cents in. Then PAT got Ugly and told me to mind my own business... WHEN PAT asked me why I quoted PAT. Just got a PM that said " You better back off little girl and quit harassing me" So now I am rolling on the floor laughing my big white ass off because PAT was more or less harassing me... and now I am harassing PAT??? I don't get it???????????? NOTE: If you are reading this PAT, then....:second: :) :croc: I think those sum it up....

Telly and Emilee!!!! WOW You 2 are SO close to Onederland!!! You two keep it up! :second: I can't wait until I am that close to there!!!!

OK, about 2 months ago when I decided... hey, you are losing weight... you might actually wear shorts this summer, you need a tan Heather. So, I looked into places here to tan in Houston near my work. I found a nearby tanning salon that I could go to at lunch. To sign up it was like $30 bucks and I get unlimited tans for $20 a month I believe. When I first started, I didn't buy the lotion they want to sale you. Well after a week of tanning with no lotion, I was itching like crazy. Do get some lotion, it protects your skin and hydrates it. I started out going 3X's a week for only 3 minutes. Mind you that when I am tanning I have beautiful bronze skin, but my skin hasn't seen the sun in 3 years, so I wasn't taking any chances on burning! I am now up to the full 15 minute sessions. I tan naked and I prefer the lay down bed to the stand up ones. Just because I am completely lazy and could not stand to stand up for 15 minutes and do nothing. When I lay down, I can take a nap. I LOVE tanning. I haven't been in almost 2 weeks, and seeing this thread is making me go today. I agree with a lot of you when you say that fat looks better tanned. With the exception of FunnyDuddies!!! God, I LOVE her pretty skin!!!!!!! Good Luck and keep us posted!

I do somewhat have this happen with me... I really have to have self control at night. Depending on what I eat for breakfast and lunch... it is usually 1/2 cup worth of food, but I am able to eat sometimes 2 cups of food at night. I have to make myself a small plate and stay out of the kitchen when I am finished with it.

Day 2 of working out~ WOW... I did 6 minutes on the elliptical instead of 5. I plan to bump up a minute everytime I work out. I did the treadmill for only 6 minutes because I didn't have on my walking shoes and I tore my footsies up bad... BLISTERS!!! I won't do that again. Then I did all my weight machine thingies... Don't ask me what they are, but it is a row of machines that you can do like on your lunch break for a 30 minute workout. I love IT!!! I am glad that tomorrow isn't a workout day though. I will need the break. I will just do my walking tomorrow. Here are my stats for this week: C 254 (-111 lbs total, -0 lbs this week) :think Disappointed about that, but I just started at the gym and next week is TOM, so I never lose the week before... I would be a lot more sad about no weight loss if I wasn't looking so cute in my clothes:eek:

I don't think she looks unhealthy at all... but I do not know what she looked like before either. I will keep you and your family in my prayers... Maybe she is just going thru some stuff... and has lost some weight due to that. I hope it is nothing.

Before I got pregnant with my daughter in July of '04, I weighed in at 340 lbs. I was working my butt off to lose weight and had lost down to 299, but gained it all back. I got pregnant, and thank God I only gained 25 lbs. Still weighing in at wayyyy too much. The day I had my daughter I weighed 365 lbs. That is what the scale read, and that was my highest weight ever. I couldn't believe that I was only 35 pounds away from 400 pounds. It scared the crap out of me. I worked really hard to lose my weight that I gained with my baby, and got down to 340. Then I heard about lap band, and I did it right away... I CAN NOT believe that I weigh 254 right now. That is still too much, but it is heaven for me. I went from a size 26 to a 16 in 6 months. Life is good for me!!!