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Boy, am I falling down on the job..............other than walking to and from Breakfast yesterday............this week's exercise has been nil! Still stuffed like a sewer and so taking it easy. My kids and grandkids from Sacramento are due in on Friday early morning and so the week just might end-up an exercise dud! Oh, well, I'll get exercise just running around after all of them - can't wait, have not seen those kiddies for months. Our whole gang will probably be over here for the 3 days - all 8 grandkids and parents..........what fun. My good intentions about counting calories lasted for all of a day - I guess I just don't want to do it and so I won't!!! I might just have to be happy being "overweight" and not "normal".................at least for now. Kat, how goes all? Molly how are you feeling?

Kat............don't worry about your weight/exercise right now - your band will help you maintain...............you've got plenty of time to get the rest of it finished!.............so important to just take care of Rick right now! Sounds like you need to get to the docs that know what they are doing - it must be hard to live so far from a good medical facility when you need it. Our best thoughts and prayers going your way.

Kat - we miss you on the exercise challenge! You are in Onederland - yipee! I've been keeping up to date on Rick. You know Alan and I are thinking about you both - and praying all goes well! Yeah for all you April 2007 band babies...........I read your thread every day...............you are so excited and it is catching for us "oldies". Happy fills for you all - may you get to your "sweet spot" soon!

Julie - Sunday is good. We'll be sleeping over in Yonkers (Alan grew up there) on Sat eve and then driving into the city on Sunday. Don't know if we'll get into the city in time for that big walk, but for sure we'll get together for maybe a little stroll, coffee, or dinner? I'll send you a PM and we can exchange phone #'s and make plans.

Dawn - I am so happy for you! You are a truely amazing young woman. How proud we are for you - you have worked, and continue to work so hard............such an inspiration for us all! Go Dawn - onward to 165 or whatever you desire. Your family must be so happy to have such a tiny, healthy/buff wife and mom. That hiking trip to Europe sounds like such fun. I'd sure love to meet and hug you also............do you think you might be able to join our NW retreat at Betty's this fall? We have to start talking dates soon - Boo, Julie, Molly, Jen - who else? Took today off the gym - my head is full of "snot" and I'm going to give myself a rest day....................might break down and take a walk later in the day...............don't know if I can get myself to just stay put?

Jen, Whenever you can - I'd love to have you join me at a NIA class to see why I love it so much! Sounds like all is well? I have a bike, but am a bit afraid to take it out on the streets...............Alan and I sometimes ride around the neighborhood.............yes, the "crotch numbness" is a bit of a bummer - my son who is a real bike rider says that goes away with time spent, but I've never really given it a chance.

Today was nice here in the NW............so after my NIA class this morning - Alan and I worked in the yard for several hours............everything is so pretty - including the weeds! Julie - we are going to be staying at the Helmsley Park Lane Hotel while in NY - 36 C Park So.................maybe we can take that same walk? or ??? or at least have lunch or dinner.........we'll be there on Sun, June 3rd, Mon, the 4th and Tues the 5th...........going to Ellis Island, Stat of Liberty on Monday afternoon, seeing Spamalot on Tues eve..............rest of the time is open????? Just going to be doing touristy stuff. Need to give my "child" a hug!

Julie - ? Not only do you have your mother, step-mother, you've now got all of us!! Get used to it! Us "MOTHERS" (not the 'bad' word)...............have a "need to know"! Molly are you feeling better? SillyWilly - welcome to our group.......good luck on your banding and join us in our exercise - it will be such an added perk to your band. Tracey and Terry - how are you doing???? and the rest of you April babies - how are you doing? Had a very hard (pouring sweat) NIA class today.................counting calories again starting today - any joiners? KAT - where are you? How's Rick? Worried!

Dear Amourette, I did miss you! You have that "NZ charm" in your "voice" - fresh, savy, fun. I remember "the broken heart" and felt your pain - my daughter is a 42 year old, recently divorced - 2 years ago (with two adorable children, 9 and 11)............and I "live" with her thru "dating"......................as a MOM you only want happiness for your kiddies..................thru her I "know" how hard the dating game is for you singles! Fun with the newness, that beginning feeling of "lust,love", but "work" after a while! Life sure is faster than it was when I "grew up"...........my wish for you singles out there is for you to find a great guy, who'll love and respect you (like the one I have)..................if that is what you wish! Did my Marathon Friday - was not quite feeling myself yet - still a bit drippy, but feeling better each day. Still teetering between 169-170.........doing the 800 - 1000 calories did work the week before last................so, here I go again giving it another try - hate counting calories! Have a great week-end all.

I'm going for the Gold Grammy (23 days @ at least 1 hour)! Yeah for all the April Bandits! Go Eficka, go Molly, go Boo, go Julie - and really have fun on those dates. Yipee - such excitement! I'm feeling almost back to normal - just a bit of a drippy nose today - went on our usual walk to and fro this morning and I'm off to NIA in the morning...............

I didn't do that great on the calorie challenge - but, I did manage to get below 170 lbs............(I'm back to weighing only once a week - on Friday mornings).........and it made me very aware of what really is going into my mouth and I have been so much more honestly compliant this past week - to myself! I have a nasty head cold - did my walk to an fro Breakfast in the morning yesterday and then got into bed for the rest of the day. I'm taking the day off exercise today and going to Mah Jongg with the girls if I feel a bit better in a couple of hours! Julie - welcome back to the world of movement! Congrats on your plateau breaking week! Jen, keep up the great work - please come and join me this week-end for a NIA class - I promise you'll love it - it's such a great cardio workout and FUN!

Well, I only got thru part of my marathon day..........did my NIA and Core classes and realized I had this scratchy sore throat and a headache........first time I've been sick in over a year.........last time it was in March (I had my band surgery date in March, got sick and had to postpone it to April - just think.......if that would not have happened I would not have met you all!!!!...... and maybe still have been a couch potatoe....)............so went home before the end of my marathon day! I feel lousy, been drinking tea all afternoon and eve and am now going to hit the sack. See you all on the April Bandit's May Challenge.

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Julie - you answered Tracy while I was doing the same.............do we sound like we're related or what? Only you can spell and I can't! Today will be my 25th day of exercise for this month - am I a fit, buff, grammy or what? Happy anniversary month to us all and onward to a healthy, happy May!

Tracy - happy to hear you're a "member of the tribe"............and back at work already! Sounds like you are doing mushies already? My doc had me doing full liquids for a couple of weeks, then on to mushies............I'd say don't worry about calories (I believe we have plenty of "reserves" on store in our bodies when we are first banded!).................however we do need to stay hydrated............and we do need proteen in our bodies to function (without enough I felt tired, headachie, sluggish)..............so do not try to jumpstart your "diet" - it will come! I did not "waste" my liquids, mushies stage before my first fill (I drank, ate the same kinds of foods that were suggested for a bandster - proteen, veggies, fruit, non-fat dairy, whole wheat grains)..............just slowly add things to your new healthy lifestyle.............just remember - you may have to "act as if" you are at your "perfect fill level"...............until it actually happens..........don't beat yourself up if you "slip", your band and the rest of us will get you back on track..............and MOVE THAT BODY - you are now a member of the Bandits Exercise Challenge - right? Jenny - how was your week? Kat - you and Rick are in Alan and my thoughts and prayers. Let us know what is happening. Off to my Marathon Monday at the gym..........NIA, Core, Strength and Conditioning - go buff grammy B.

:faint: I just fainted - because you are amazing! So happy for you.............Love, Mama Betty

Kat - I just got on after a couple of day off - Alan and my prayers for Rick - please give him hugs from his surgery bud twin! Keep in touch, we are so worried. Julie and Dawn - the both of you keep going (down, down, down)..........you are truely amazing - there are no words to describe you both! I'm going to work extra hard this morning in NIA - the two of you are so close to my tail............I'm such a competitive grammy - I want to reach "my goal" before you both do..............ah, well, face it Betty - those 2 wonderwomen are going to "beat your a..". Go all us bandits! Terri - see you great it feels to be healthy! Molly, my NW bud, keep up the great work! With that said, I went over my 1000 calories the past couple of days - not by much (just a little of 1000).............but my promise of less went by the wayside! I would have chucked it all another time (like consumed thousands) since I blew it, but "I've come a long way, baby". So proud of all of us. I guess I need to mention that my band sure helps a lot (??????)........such a good reminder!

Yea for you Julie (you're on my tail........hitting those 70's very, very soon - is it real for you?..........I still don't believe where I am - and by the way *********ALAN WEIGHS MORE THAN I DO**********) - that is exactly how I feel - about a goal weight.................I'll just know when I get there............I have set my goal (for now) to be a "normal" BMI, however I am not holding myself to it!!!!! Yesterday came in at around the same as the day before 950ish calories........I did eat out tho and did a guesstimate (we had greek food and I had hummus and eggplant and a small glass of wine - high calorie stuff - but just a little). We did do our walk to breakfast in the morning (about 2.5 miles rt) and then our friends joined us in a walk to the movies (about 4 miles rt) - so I walked off some of those calories. Off to the gym this morning for NIA and my Core class - going to skip the Group Power today so I can do some "damage" with my friend at Nordy's. No Julie - I will never look great in a swim suit (sigh) - ah for young, pliant skin, - but I'll take the way I look in a medium red top (would have never done that before) and a size 12 jeans (soon to be 10's - my original goal). Good for you Molly - being available to friends and family is the best of the best! Happy to hear you'll be available to join in our FallBashatBetty's.

Oh my, oh my! Check out my ticker - I did it, this is it - Thank you, thank you Julie for suggesting this new challenge to go along with the old! I was not supposed to weigh until tomorrow - but I just had to this morning.................had this feeling in my empty tummy (you all know what a "big one" I did this morning - TMI) that a "great miracle happend here"...............and I was correct.................first time to waver past the 170 mark................oh what a great feeling...........I'm such a happy/healthy/no longer "obese" grammy..............isn't it grand........just "overweight".

Kat - where are you? Happy Bandanniversary! Miss all your stories about what you do each day - I "use up" at least 500 calories just reading about all your activities!!!!! The "protein" thing is very controversial (sp??? - don't know how to use the spell checker on here)................I have read/heard so many different #'s/%'s......................I just went over my last few days of food and have been coming in between 50 - 60 each day (without even trying) and I eat no read meat/very little fish/chicken................I've never felt it a problem and I'm "old" and feel great even at around 800 - 1000 calories and am the Grammy exercise queen! Speaking of - going to wake up Alan, get dressed and walk to breakfast - yeah, can start my calorie count once again! Maybe if the weather holds out (we've been promised no rain here in the Portland area thru the week-end) - we'll later walk to the movies and back..............oh, my goodness - if all my old friends from CA could hear me now - they'd faint - couch potatoe grammy B loves to move. With Molly, Jenny and I here in the NW Porland area (Molly you're really close) we already have 3 for our NWBand @ Betty'sBash - With Julie and Boo(I'm RSVPing for you both) - we now have 5..............any other takers? Kat - you have to come also..........Efficka, Amourette????? Susan, Roberta, Blue - where are you all??? I promise - great accomodations, I'll starve you enough so you'll go home skinnier, move you to exhaustion, show you all the beautiful sights...................what more can you ask?

Well, I should have gone to bed also! Just felt I needed a 'bit' more.....so, just ate a 140 calorie protein bar........so up to 959 for the day. Boo, I think approx 40 grams of protein..........I just looked up the formula and it's .8 grams per 2.2 lbs of ideal body weight.

817 calories for today. I'm back to drinking lots of water inbetween meals - it really does help. Don't know if I can keep up the 800 calories for more than a week tho - it sure is not much is it? It seems tho, that I really have to go low at this stage of my "journey" to loose. Julie, I'm very close to being a vegetarian - I do eat fish tho..........and once in a while make a pot of turkey/chicken chili. How long have you been veggie? I've really thought about going full veggie lately! No wonder you have cheese around..............see, I would never think to have a piece of fish/chicken as a snack - cheese - now that's a different story! Sorry to hear about the date - thought it might be the "friend" you had talked earlier about - maybe it's time to "move on" and open yourself up to seeing what/who else is lurking about the vicinity - put out that bright, outgoing, gorgeous Julie to some lucky guy! OK all - in a couple of months, when we know what's happening in our lives in the fall - we'll plan your trips to the NW. We'll see the sights, and go to all my NIA classes. Start saving for the air - all else provided by the Betty/Alan Bed and Breakfast.

Eficka - This is just an added bonus for us on this thread (the calorie challenge) - what ever calorie range you'd like to give yourself - that Julie suggested - great suggestion for me. Don't know what it is about this group that keeps me so on my toes...............bring it all on - bandits - to date just a week at a time! The extra challenge does not have to be calorie intake - you can make up your own (like no chocolate for a week!!!). I'm off to the gym this morning and will make this months exercise challenge.................. now going for 25! Then off to my weekly Mah Jongg game - going to bring along a couple of 140 cal protein bars just in case the hostess (we take turns hosting) has bad stuff for lunch (they are usually accomodating for me and make band friendly food - such good friends).

Julie - You are beautiful - of course all mother's think that, but in this case so true (Julie is my bandchild).................it's about time I saw what my offspring looks like! With that face and those boobies the men will come a running - you won't have to wait long!!!!!

Julie - I forgot - did I see date???? So - give.