minidriver

that's funny. I posted about taking a single serving thing to the bar before I read this reply. Great minds, ya know.

Oh, that's funny. I posted my reply about the single serving ocean spray before I saw what you said.

Yeah, I've been worrying about our upcoming trip to Mexico. I want to drink (of course) but really need to be careful cuz of my diabetes. I'm thinking of getting some of the new ocean spray drink packets and just getting vodka from the bar then adding water and drink mix. dorky, i know.

too bad ice cream never gets stuck . . . Hey, have you tried making your vodka and cranberry drinks with the ocean spray 5 calorie juice? I really like it . . .

Wow,that's wild. I have no problem at all with chili. Can't eat shrimp though. It just won't go down.

Yes, it is absolutely deductible and I'm sure planning to count mine! And don't forget your fills also!

Yep, that's exactly right. Even though I moan and groan about being a slow loser, I weigh less right now than I've weighed in over 10 years!!

Oh yeah. I've got tons of room. Come on over. We're a really fun bunch, even if we don't lose very fast!

Wow, what a difference!!! You look beautiful!

I apparently did jinx myself by posting Thursday . .. as I gained about a half pound overnight and so I"m only down 1.5. Oh well. It's still a loss.

Sure! Here is the protein drink I got at Cost Co. "Premier Nutrition Protein - High Protein Chocolate Shake" Cal 160 fat 3grams 0 sat and trans fat carb 5grams fiber 3 grams protein 30 grams! Hmmm, that must be the same one deboregon was mentioning. Does it come in Vanilla? I'm just not a big fan of chocolate shakes.

Lotza!!! Happy bandiversary. You look fantastic. I love the vest. It shows off your curves!

We have a Valentine's day challenge going on right now. Dee is keeping track and we weigh on saturdays. I'm sure you can join in! A few of us are doing various forms of low carbing to kind of get things jump started.

Dorky one!!! We've missed you!!! I'm glad to hear that your fluid was still in there and I REALLY hope the new fill works too. I think we all had a bit of holiday funk, but we're all turning over a new leaf for the new year, so join us!

Okay, I hope I don't jinx myself, but I'm so excited that I have to share . . . so last week I started the Cracking the Fat Loss Code WOE and lost 4.9 lbs. I was really happy but very concerned that I would gain some of it back this week when I reintroduced some carbs. But, I figured I'd be happy if I kept of a couple of pounds altogether. Well, not only have I not gained, I've actually lost an additional 1.7 since our weigh in on Saturday. At this rate, I may lose 2 lbs this week! As you all ahve heard me say again and again, I am a really slow loser. If I could lose 2 lbs a week I would be absolutely thrilled. I'm keeping my fingers crossed . . . .

Oh, gotcha! that makes way more sense. Wow, I'm gonna' try that. I'm not a huge chocolate freak but it would be really good with vanilla protein.

Yeah, I always warn my students at the beginning of the term that I suffer from CRAFT. What is yogurt powder? I've never heard of that.

CRS= Can't Remember S***. A closely related disorder is CRAFT: Can't Remember a F****** Thing. I got the plain. I'll try the sugar free jam with it. That sounds great. I hadn't thought of making a protein shake with it. Good idea!

Ahh, CRS. My favorite disease. I've had it for years now. So do any of you eat Greek yogurt? I tried it for the first time today. Yummy yummy yummy!!!

Jaime, that's awesome. Good for you and happy bandiversary. I agree about the slower weight loss being healthier. Yeah, I complain about not losing faster and I REALLY have been annoyed by the fact that NOBODY NOTICES that I'm losing weight. On the other hand, my skin isn't sagging too bad, and I haven't lost too much hair, etc. Well, actually somebody did notice! Yesterday I ran into a student that I haven't seen for 2 years. She almost didn't recognize me. She just kept saying "OMG! How much weight have you lost?" That made me feel good. I guess the change is just so gradual that the people who see you every day just can't see it. Including ourselves.

Don't apologize. This is a tough tough thing. Our weight impacts every single aspect of our lives, including our work, our relationships, our health (of course), our self-esteem, our interaction with the physical world, and our interactions with every single person we meet. AND we are judged at every turn, discriminated against, and have traditionally been left behind when it comes to medical research. It's only been recently that science has moved past the "just eat less" mentality to focus on the unique characteristics of obese individuals. As for all your bad choices . . . the thing you need to remember is that plenty of other people could have made those same choices and NOT ended up obese. Plenty of skinny folks make ABYSMAL food/eating choices. YOUR body and genes and brain are different though, so your choices lead to much different outcomes than someone else. So, yes, our choices played a role. But our physiology played (in my opinion) a much bigger role. Okay, on a different note. When you posted about steel-cut oats yesterday, it made me really miss them. Last time I tried to eat them it just really raised my blood sugar. I'm on a "carb up" day today so I decided to try again. I've read about adding protein powder to your oatmeal but I didn't have any, so I cooked it with my Slimfast Vanilla protein shake. It's really really good! Kinda' sweet, but not overly. I think this is gonna be a mainstay of my carb up days. I'll check my blood sugar later and make sure it's okay, of course.

Hmmm, so maybe people who are only 20 or 30 lbs overweight and haven't been chronic dieters are able to lose weight eating like that. I mean, my basal metabolism rate is supposedly 1600 calories a day or something. I would totally gain weight if I ate that much. There's no way my body burns 1600 calories on it's own. I just get tired of people saying that weight loss is simple . . . eat fewer calories than you expend. Well, for those of us who apparently expend VERY LITTLE to survive, that's easier said than done.

Yeah, I think my chronic dieting has really messed with my metabolism. I worry about the same thing with maintenance. I'm hoping this WOE I'm doing will help rev up my metabolism a bit. I think on the "carb up" days you end up with more calories, so maybe that will help.

So do any of the rest of you keep track of your calories? I stay between 800 and 1000 pretty consistently. But I was just reading some website that said for women to lose weight they should eat 8 times their body weight, which would be about 1400 calories for me. I am pretty darned certain that I would gain weight on 1400 calories a day. Do I just have the world's slowest metabolism? Or is everybody eating fewer than 1000 calories a day?

My fill doc says that being too tight can also make you hungry, because you're never able to eat enough to activate the "full" receptors at the top of your pouch, so you never get the feeling of satiation from your food. While you certainly shouldn't OVEREAT, being too tight will cause you to undereat at each meal, and then you're hungry all day long.