julie.ann

Halloween Challenge: Julie.Ann----------(16lbs) -1.1, -4.8, ,-1.3, :thumbup: Nazzy--------------(18lbs) -3.0, -2.0, , CarrieJess----------(5lbs) 0.0, , , GiddyupGrandma-(10lbs) -0.5, , , Ruby124-----------(17lbs) , , , Annecolorgreen---(10lbs) :thumbup:, , , Sarahp626----------(8lbs) +2.0, -4.61, +1.1,-1.7, :sneaky: Hallfamilyx2-------(10lbs) , , , Ewiedbingcott-------(8lbs) -1.0, 0.0, , Loveislovely -------(8lbs) :thumbup:, , , Catherine55--------(6.4lbs) , , , MollyJo-------------(10 lbs) :tt2:, , , Great Job Sarah! How about the rest of you. We have hit our Bandiversary Month. How are you doing on our Halloween chanllenge?

That is great Timmers! Good luck to all of those coming up soon! One year from today you will be where many of us are! The year will go fast and I hope you are still on the boards sharing your stories!:smile:

I have a 10cc band and I have about 6cc now. Thanks for the encouraging words! I am really starting to feel like I have made a change that will stick with my my entire life! WHOOOHOOO!

OMG!!!! I am out of the 170's! I weighed 168.9 lbs today! Awesome! I too started to platuea after about 8 months. I needed another adjustment that I put off for 3 monthsl I also changed up my diet a little. My supper mostly is tilapia fish and a side of cottage cheese to help with the texture. With a high protein breakfast and noon meal the weight has started to move again. I had started to cheat with sweets and it had stalled my progress. Still hitting the gym. I still do much better if I track everthing I eat at www.spartkpeople.com. If I don't track it then I eat one or two things that really screw up my band. I love my band. I might be a little tight. If I was closer to my surgeon I would get a tiny unfil, but if I am mindful of what I eat and the bites I take then I do okay. I'm in the 160's! I just about can't stand it!!!!:thumbup: High /Surgery/Current/Goal 285.5/ 271 / 168.9/142.5 Banded - 10/29/08 Five fills - 5.9 cc/10cc Halloween Goal: Weigh What my Driver's License Says I Do!

I had surgery on Thursday and was back to work on Monday and no one knew. High /Surgery/Current/Goal 285.5/ 271 / 168.9/142.5 Banded - 10/29/08 Five fills - 5.9 cc/10cc Halloween Goal: Weigh What my Driver's License Says I Do!

OMG!!!! I am out of the 170's! I weighed 168.9 lbs today! Awesome! I too started to platuea after about 8 months. I needed another adjustment that I put off for 3 monthsl I also changed up my diet a little. My supper mostly is tilapia fish and a side of cottage cheese to help with the texture. With a high protein breakfast and noon meal the weight has started to move again. I had started to cheat with sweets and it had stalled my progress. Still hitting the gym. I still do much better if I track everthing I eat at www.spartkpeople.com. If I don't track it then I eat one or two things that really screw up my band. I love my band. I might be a little tight. If I was closer to my surgeon I would get a tiny unfil, but if I am mindful of what I eat and the bites I take then I do okay. I'm in the 160's! I just about can't stand it!!!! High /Surgery/Current/Goal 285.5/ 271 / 168.9/142.5 Banded - 10/29/08 Five fills - 5.9 cc/10cc Halloween Goal: Weigh What my Driver's License Says I Do!

OMG!!!! I am out of the 170's! I weighed 168.9 lbs today! Awesome! I too started to platuea after about 8 months. I needed another adjustment that I put off for 3 monthsl I also changed up my diet a little. My supper mostly is tilapia fish and a side of cottage cheese to help with the texture. With a high protein breakfast and noon meal the weight has started to move again. I had started to cheat with sweets and it had stalled my progress. Still hitting the gym. I still do much better if I track everthing I eat at www.spartkpeople.com. If I don't track it then I eat one or two things that really screw up my band. I love my band. I might be a little tight. If I was closer to my surgeon I would get a tiny unfil, but if I am mindful of what I eat and the bites I take then I do okay. I'm in the 160's! I just about can't stand it!!!!

Are you hungry or do you want to eat everything in sight? There is a difference. When you start to search for food. You know what I mean...you start stalking the kitchen....or the offices that you know have chocolate sitting on their desks. That is when you need to stop and ask yourself if you are hungry. If you have to find a room by yourself and ask it out loud then do it. Am I hungry? Is my stomach empty? Is it going to growl soon? If the answer is yes then eat protein. If the answer is no then your brain knows it is not hungry....you just want to eat. This helped me lose more weight than just about everything else. I also use www.sparkpeople.com to keep track of what I eat. Good luck. Get those sweets out of your system and you won't crave them anymore. It takes about 3-7 days.

Well DH bought me an hour long massage with hot stone therapy in June for my birthday and I haven't had a chance to use it yet so I think I will for my Bandiversary.

Halloween Challenge: Julie.Ann----------(16lbs) -1.1, -4.8, , :cool: Nazzy--------------(18lbs) -3.0, -2.0, , :cool: CarrieJess----------(5lbs) 0.0, , :thumbup:, :cool: GiddyupGrandma-(10lbs) -0.5, , :thumbup:, :cool: Ruby124-----------(17lbs) , , :sneaky:, :cool: Annecolorgreen---(10lbs) , , :sneaky:, :cool: Sarahp626----------(8lbs) +2.0, -4.61, +1.1, :cool: Hallfamilyx2-------(10lbs) , , :seeya:, :cool: Ewiedbingcott-------(8lbs) -1.0, 0.0, :w00t:, :cool: Loveislovely -------(8lbs) , , :biggrin:, :cool: Catherine55--------(6.4lbs) , , :biggrin:, :cool: MollyJo-------------(10 lbs) , :tongue2:, :biggrin:, :cool: I'm taking the week off of weighing because I have been out of town. I'll be back next Saturday. Let's hear it. I have missed several weeks from several of you......:wub:

One day at a time. Keep the end prize in mind. I'm going to assume you meant "laid off" :tongue2: I'm sorry to hear about that. Congrats on this decision. It is a wonderful ride if you follow all the rules! I remember that. I NEVER thought my surgery date would get here! Oh Sarah, I'm refusing to weigh until at least Wednesday. I have had icecream every day this week. Back from my trip and nose back to the grindstone! You are all getting so close! Wow how exciting. My MIL and I are not that close, but it is great you are and to have someone to go through this with. Remember NOT to compare yourselves to each other. Each of you are different. If you lose at different rates then one of you might become discouraged. Be mindful of that and EXPECT it. That will help you prepare for what ever rate you lose at.

To all you new October Bandsters...Congrats! If you would like to find the thread for October 2009 you can find it here: October 09 Bandsters - Lap Band Surgery and Lap Band Discussion Forum Welcome to this wonderful journey!

Breakfast - Southwestern Egg Beaters and 1 morning star breakfast sausage. (sometimes I'll have bacon or ham. I really like the morning star and can't eat much of the egg since my last fill. The southwest has great taste included with pepers and such!) Lunch/Supper: Okay so here are a few of my favorite meals. A) I just found these incredible walmart brand hamburgers. They are precooked and haved flavors such as jalapanos/cheese or blue cheese and black peper. I add about 1/2 c. of cottage cheese for texture. These only have 200 calories which is about half of regular hamburgers that I need to cook myself and I only have to heat these for 1 1/2 minutes! :frown: walmart brand stuffed chicken breast. Cook for thirty minutes in the over. add cottage cheese or veggies. There are 4 different variations to keep you from getting board. (bacon & peperjack, mushroom, Jalapenos & cheese, there are a couple more..it is late and I can't remember them, but they rock!) C) Chicken salad - one can of tyson chunck chicken breast, 3 big spoons of light miracle whip and 3 forks full of sweet relish. garlic peper to taste. This makes 2-4 servings depending on your fill. Again I love to add cottage cheese to every meal. I love cottage cheese. D) Turkey breast, diced mixed with cottage cheese and peas. (Sounds weird, but one of my favorites!) E) Hormel Roast Beef with Au Jus. Enough in a little package for about 3 meals. Awesome! Add some veggies or my favorite standby Snacks: A) I drink pink limade crystal light (walmart brand) for my sweet tooth. LOVE it!! :wink2: Beef Jerky - has never gotten suck. I don't understand it! C) String cheese - if you watch your brand it is only about 60 calories per snack. I hope that helps. I keep track of everything I eat on www.sparkpeople.com. It helps me with my Protein and calories. I used this for the first week or two. I was weak the first week from lack of calories. I think this helped me get going, but remember that you don't want to drink calories after you are on solid food after banding. I could get it in without using them so try to use the solid protein to get you full and keep you that way. Good luck! You'll do great.

I get 70 - 100 grams of protein a day. It melts the pounds off! The solid protein fills me up and no room for extras and that gets the cravings out. I am out of town this week so I am just hoping that I don't gain this week! Great job in boot camp. I thought about it at my gym, but the days don't fit my schedule and it is SO EXPENSIVE!

PBing stands for Productive Burping (Belching) It is a nice way to say throwing up. But it doesn't feel like throwing up. (Technically regirgitating anything that has been in your stomach is vomiting, although some may say it isn't the same.) PB really just happens. You feel like you have this little burp and then all this slime comes up with it. It doesn't take like vomit. (Sorry, but this is the real information.) That is because it isn't mixed with any digestive juices. Sometimes you PB food up that is stuck. Usually for me it is the slime. If I need to vomit food up after I get stuck then it is usually more forceful for me. It is hard to understand until it happens to you. Then you are like....OH! THAT is what they were talking about! I hope that helps.

That is great Beth! I was banded last year on the 29th! Good luck and keep us posted.

Great job. Isn't it great. I think I have had small goals in my mind, but I am a bit different because I have to focus on weighing just one pound less every weigh in or else I get complacent. Good luck everyone...it is a great ride!

Halloween Challenge: Julie.Ann----------(16lbs) -1.1, -4.8, Nazzy--------------(18lbs) -3.0, -2.0, :biggrin: CarrieJess----------(5lbs) 0.0, GiddyupGrandma-(10lbs) -0.5, Ruby124-----------(17lbs) , Annecolorgreen---(10lbs) :blushing:, Sarahp626----------(8lbs) +2.0, -4.61, :biggrin: Hallfamilyx2-------(10lbs) , Ewiedbingcott-------(8lbs) -1.0, Loveislovely -------(8lbs) , Catherine55--------(6.4lbs) , Great job everyone! See Sarah...you have caught back up! Keep the numbers coming. Feel free to copy and paste my post and put your numbers in.....

Halloween Challenge: Julie.Ann----------(16lbs) -1.1, -4.8, Nazzy--------------(18lbs) -3.0, CarrieJess----------(5lbs) 0.0, GiddyupGrandma-(10lbs) -0.5, Ruby124-----------(17lbs) :thumbup:, Annecolorgreen---(10lbs) , Sarahp626----------(8lbs) +2.0, Hallfamilyx2-------(10lbs) :thumbup:, Ewiedbingcott-------(8lbs) -1.0, Loveislovely -------(8lbs) :thumbup:, Catherine55--------(6.4lbs) :thumbup:, Okay all. I finally got back on the wagon, got the carbs out of my system and lost all the cravings!!! I forgot how great it feels! It has been a LONG 4 months, but I finally feel like I can keep this going to goal. I might change my overall goal to be the same as my halloween goal. We'll see how things go. I go out of town from Monday - Saturday. I need to be happy if I don't GAIN this week. I should be able to work out every day....if I make it a priority! How's it going?

Down 115 as of today!

It has taken me a while to jump back on the wagon. I have a hurdle to jump (as always) a business trip all next week! Those are tough. I might be ok if I work out every day. I have gotten the sweets and carbs out of my system and now my cravings are gone and it isn't hard to eat supper at 5:00pm and go to bed without eating. I forgot how this felt. I'm so glad I found it again. I have started to losing again. Yay! I have lost 3 lbs this week. I have to keep going. It feels better than I remember. It has been a long 3 month plateau. I am looking at changing my goal weight from 142.5 to 160. That is what I hope to be by Halloween. It is my goal for my halloween challenge. That will also put me at my 1 year Bandiversary. I am about 11 lbs from that now. I don't know if I should change my goal. Maybe I will know by then. I have lost 114 lbs so far and thrilled to back on the wagon and losing again!!!!

It has taken me a while to jump back on the wagon. I have a hurdle to jump (as always) a business trip all next week! Those are tough. I might be ok if I work out every day. I have gotten the sweets and carbs out of my system and now my cravings are gone and it isn't hard to eat supper at 5:00pm and go to bed without eating. I forgot how this felt. I'm so glad I found it again. I have started to losing again. Yay! I have lost 3 lbs this week. I have to keep going. It feels better than I remember. It has been a long 3 month plateau. I am looking at changing my goal weight from 142.5 to 160. That is what I hope to be by Halloween. It is my goal for my halloween challenge. That will also put me at my 1 year Bandiversary. I am about 11 lbs from that now. I don't know if I should change my goal. Maybe I will know by then. I have lost 114 lbs so far and thrilled to back on the wagon and losing again!!!!

Halloween Challenge: Julie.Ann----------(16lbs) -1.1, Nazzy--------------(18lbs) -3.0, CarrieJess----------(5lbs) 0.0, GiddyupGrandma-(10lbs) -0.5, Ruby124-----------(17lbs) , :thumbup: Annecolorgreen---(10lbs) :mad2:, :thumbup: Sarahp626----------(8lbs) +2.0, Hallfamilyx2-------(10lbs) , :thumbup: Ewiedbingcott-------(8lbs) -1.0, Loveislovely -------(8lbs) , :thumbup: Catherine55--------(6.4lbs) ,