HarleyGirl

Nice to see everyone checking in. Doing okay here....my band still works, if I let it! I've learned the fine art of eating around it and have let things slip away at times. Weight has stayed within ten pounds or so, it fluctuates. I make myself face the scales and that's usually the reality check that I need to get back on track. My biggest problem is and always has been exercise. The weather is starting to break and I will try it again!

Nice to see some activity here!! I still start my mornings with a protein shake....I still find, even after three years that I'm pretty tight in the mornings. Sunday morning I went out for breakfast and paid for it all day....I was super-duper colossal stuck for the rest of the day. I generally don't/can't eat until afternoon. Lunch is usually just protein....tuna, a few slices of cheese, some sliced turkey, chicken....whatever. Dinner varies greatly.....Del Taco .99 bean burritos are a staple...I know, tacky, tacky, tacky....high protein, high fiber, fairly low in fat and I can eat dinner for $1.06! I packed on fifteen pounds over the holidays (YIKES).....I've managed to get ten of it off.....but the last five is sticking. I'm sure once the weather finally breaks and I'm out more, it will be easier. It was a rough winter.....I'm looking forward to the change of the weather...and well, just change!!

Hey, I just looked at my "joined" date.....it was three years ago this week that I really started the push for all of this....wow, what a journey it's been! I miss this group and the support.....would love to see some folks pop back in!

Hang in there, my friend! It's tough.....and this IS the tough part....we're well through our "honeymoon" with our band and solidly into the part where you have to work at the relationship! I've been going upward a bit....noticing my jeans are tighter, more muffin at the top.....BUT I'm working on it! I've come too far to let this get away from me! I'm kind of a new agey girl and really believe in the Law of Attraction, found this recently and have incorporated it into my 'program'. I started it Thursday.....yesterday at work....donuts, pie and coffee cake all over the place and I it WAS like during the honeymoon, I stayed away completely.... It's all about energy meridians....reprogramming our "tapes". Give it a look with an open mind, at the very least it can't HURT anything!! http://www.thetappingsolution.com/free_eft_ebook.php http://efttappingtechniques.com/eft-videos/jack-canfield-quotes-about-eft/

Just a check in.....the holidays kicked my ass. I ate like a beast.....fortunately, I only gained seven pounds.....but I am finding it hard to get back on track. I've managed to get 4 pounds off.....I freaking hate winter. It's depressing and it's hard to get out and I find myself reverting back to old habits. Been having lots of problems with reflux, too. I know it's from eating badly.....the last couple of nights I've been more careful, not eating after 7pm, drinking a lot of water...and the reflux has been better, so I know I can control it. I had a guy come in to work the other day and we started talking and he told me he was getting ready to have lap band surgery, so I told him that had had it done. It did me good to talk to someone who is just starting and wanting it so badly, made me appreciate what a gift I already have....and that I really need to get back to working it.

CONGRATS on your coaster rides! That is so awesome.....what a wonderful feeling to be able to participate in one of those rites of summer that we've missed before.....good job keeping up with the 'kids'!!!!! I loved this article and thought I'd share it with you guys.....it's all about learning to treat food for what it is and stop giving it so much power in our lives.....easier said than done, but I liked this a lot! http://www.healyourlife.com/author-john-parkin/2010/07/lifeshelp/get-healthy/have-that-frickin-chocolate-bar?cache=1

I still try and journal, just to keep myself accountable and keep track of intake. I'm not as rabid about it as I was at first...after this long I've kind got a routine down pretty well. I really had to learn that "full" feels different than it did before....and it feels different for me from day to day. Some days I'm super restricted and can't eat much of anything (today) and some days I can eat pretty much anything. It's weird, but it has become normal for me. I'm working on maintenance right now.....if I lose five or so more, that would be stellar....but if I don't I'm happy staying right in this neighborhood. Saw my ex over the weekend and hadn't seen him for a while....that was worth it all....just saying.

goal weight today!

I'm a little over two years out.....no significant problems at all. Like you mentioned, some inconveniences...usually my own fault....but not a second of true trouble.

I believe very strongly in the Law of Attraction, so for me....I never allowed myself to believe that it wouldn't work. It does work, it will work.....believe it and you will see it! Two Easters ago I was a size 20.....this Easter, I'm a size 6....it will happen for you!

Hoping everyone is having a lovely Spring and a delightful Easter! I passed my two year mark on the 18th....what a feeling! This morning.....the second number was....a FOUR....never, ever did I think I'd be in the 140's.....I also realized that I only weigh 15 pound more than my 17 year old.....we can actually share clothes.... Anyway, it's been quiet....I hope that no news is good news!

It's good to hear from you, Jonathan. I've wondered how you were doing. Sorry things have been stressful, I understand that. I was very pleased that my band didn't allow me to resort to old habits when I went through my divorce. I believe I mentioned it before, but in times of stress my band becomes a sphincter and I'm lucky to get much of anything through it, so it makes stress eating impossible. Do whatever you need to do to get the support you need and make your band work for you. The planet is a better place with you on it, get yourself healthy!

It has taken me almost two years.....but I hit 100 pounds THIS MORNING.....I was very, very, very happy to see that number this morning!

I did it, i did it, i did it! 100 pounds gone!!!!!!! God, does that feel good.....i was so happy to see that number on the scale today!