A1ikou

Another weekend...they come around so fast! I went for a walk yesterday and combined it with a little shopping...every little helps I bought some gorgeous cooling footspray at the Body Shop and some other bits and pieces. The place is full of teenagers! They have finished school apart from days when they have to sit end of year exams and so they were walking, chatting and coffee drinking everywhere I looked:) I have eaten well all through the week but can't get the scale to move. I'm not eating bad foods as such but guess that "one more bite" syndrome puts paid to many things! I'm eagerly waiting to see what my 2nd fill does for me. Not sure what the plan is for the weekend...maybe we'll go to the seaside and stay until tomorrow - in a hotel with a nice big pool..ahh bliss- or maybe we wont! I have to wait til hubby gets home from his errands and we discuss it. If we don't go then I'll walk down the hill to a little shop I know and get my 2nd wooden cat. I bought the big one a couple of weeks ago but just couldn't carry two and so I want to go back and get his friend Apart from that I don't have any other fixed idea...the cinema maybe? I want to see the Da Vinci Code. If we go out I plan on taking my little fork and my tuppaware box. The Greeks don't do take home boxes or anything like that and so I've decided to invent my own. I might get some strange looks but what the hey. That way I can save a little to eat in the evening...salad and stuff. :clap2: There is a new taverna opening next door tonight and so I think it's gonna be a noisy weekend round here...better go to the seaside -don't you agree :eek: ;) ?

Oh I know where you are coming from! I lost loads the first two months but now it's stuck and refuses to budge! It was easy in the beginning -I wasnt hungry!!! But now I am and have no restriction its soooo hard. Keep at it and we'll get there. I'm off for a fill next week and hope that helps out?!?!?!? One day at a time is all we can do.

My friend Mo wrote that the mood around here has changed and wondered if it was her...no, it's the mood. Shame but it'll change back- I hope. I love it here. I have never been able in my life to be so open about my weight, the struggles and the triumphs. So many people here know my weight and it was my most guarded secret EVER!!!!! :nervous I made new friends and had such a laugh that it became addictive. Now I am just being careful what I read and trying to keep things upbeat. I've had another good day food wise...brekkie yoghurt,lunch two crackers with eggplant salad and dinner mincedbeef with peas and mushrooms in tomato sauce. I put the rest of the meat into plastic bags and into the freezer. I tried doing a low impact aerobics video today but got worried about my ankle and knees part way through and so stopped. Guess I'll stick to walking and keep my ankle strapped up...somethings you just cant seem to win but I aint gonna give up. I want to be fitter and I so want my scale to do down Sunday morning...having scales with kilos isnt fair...we have to wait 2.2lbs for it to go down one notch:confused: Oh pooh bear!!!!!!!!!!!

My friend Mo wrote that the mood around here has changed and wondered if it was her...no, it's the mood. Shame but it'll change back- I hope. I love it here. I have never been able in my life to be so open about my weight, the struggles and the triumphs. So many people here know my weight and it was my most guarded secret EVER!!!!! :nervous I made new friends and had such a laugh that it became addictive. Now I am just being careful what I read and trying to keep things upbeat. I've had another good day food wise...brekkie yoghurt,lunch two crackers with eggplant salad and dinner mincedbeef with peas and mushrooms in tomato sauce. I put the rest of the meat into plastic bags and into the freezer. I tried doing a low impact aerobics video today but got worried about my ankle and knees part way through and so stopped. Guess I'll stick to walking and keep my ankle strapped up...somethings you just cant seem to win but I aint gonna give up. I want to be fitter and I so want my scale to do down Sunday morning...having scales with kilos isnt fair...we have to wait 2.2lbs for it to go down one notch:confused: Oh pooh bear!!!!!!!!!!!

God calls Adam and Eve to him in the Garden of Eden. "My children I have two more gifts to bestow..but who to give them to?" "What are they?" asks Eve "One is a dangily attachment so you can relieve youself standing up..." Immediately Adam starts jumping up and down...."OOOOH give it to me, sounds cool...I want that one!" Eve nods her head and so God attaches the dangily bit to Adams body and he happily spends the rest of the day watering the flowers in the garden! "And the other?" says Eve "It's called a brain..."

I met hubby on the internet too. One minute I'm plodding along happy in my little English life and next I'm whizzing off for weekends in Greece! He sent me a ticket to spend the Millenium with him and in the meantime we decided I'd move here...so I still have return half of ticket. Came here Boxing Day 1999 and we married in 2001. He spoils me rotten and is supportive of the band, not because he wants or needs me to change but because he wants me healthier so I can join in and do more with him.

Since I married a Greek and came to live in Athens I have to try Greek...I'm getting there but it aint easy and I'm not a fast learner!

I told a new LBT friend of mine that I always write my journal when I feel like snacking so it distracts me :phanvan Anyway today that's not the case. I just felt like waffling! It's a lovely day outside in downtown Athens and I have drunk almost all my 1st litre of water for the day. In a little while I'm gonna go cook lunch for me and hubby...I'm having fish and peas and he's having whatever I give him;) Back in a while..must get cooking it's later than I thought! Actually I'm not cooking..I'm Bofrosting!!!!!!!! We have a company here who deliver frozen foods and good stuff too. One day my mother in law asked if I was cooking for hubby..yeah I said. She asked what and I said Bofrost things and she said oh...I thought you meant real cooking:confused: So now hubby asks me if I'm cooking or Bofrosting! OK I'm back..did you miss me? LOL I made hubby some mixed herbs a few oven fries and spinach and cheese fritters. He ate it all so must have been OK! I have lessons today (giving not getting) so I'm going to go chill out for an hour and then get ready to go. Feel much better cos I went for a walk...it would have been great if a stupid teenager hadnt accidently whacked me on the back of the head with his football...I need a treadmill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I told a new LBT friend of mine that I always write my journal when I feel like snacking so it distracts me :phanvan Anyway today that's not the case. I just felt like waffling! It's a lovely day outside in downtown Athens and I have drunk almost all my 1st litre of water for the day. In a little while I'm gonna go cook lunch for me and hubby...I'm having fish and peas and he's having whatever I give him;) Back in a while..must get cooking it's later than I thought! Actually I'm not cooking..I'm Bofrosting!!!!!!!! We have a company here who deliver frozen foods and good stuff too. One day my mother in law asked if I was cooking for hubby..yeah I said. She asked what and I said Bofrost things and she said oh...I thought you meant real cooking:confused: So now hubby asks me if I'm cooking or Bofrosting! OK I'm back..did you miss me? LOL I made hubby some mixed herbs a few oven fries and spinach and cheese fritters. He ate it all so must have been OK! I have lessons today (giving not getting) so I'm going to go chill out for an hour and then get ready to go. Feel much better cos I went for a walk...it would have been great if a stupid teenager hadnt accidently whacked me on the back of the head with his football...I need a treadmill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was right...didn't lose anything this week. Now I have to get over a stupid little mind game I play with myself...maybe it sounds familiar? Weight didn't go down so diet not working ....if diet not working why bother....therefore I have to right to eat what I want! I know it's ridiculous and I know my band is working fine...I just need my infantile brain to catch up with this logic! I have been resisting the temptation to nibble...anything and everything ...all day. Not the most positive of days but the weekend is finishing and tomorrow starts a new week and I'm usually pretty good at new weeks :nervous

I was right...didn't lose anything this week. Now I have to get over a stupid little mind game I play with myself...maybe it sounds familiar? Weight didn't go down so diet not working ....if diet not working why bother....therefore I have to right to eat what I want! I know it's ridiculous and I know my band is working fine...I just need my infantile brain to catch up with this logic! I have been resisting the temptation to nibble...anything and everything ...all day. Not the most positive of days but the weekend is finishing and tomorrow starts a new week and I'm usually pretty good at new weeks :nervous

Hi everyone, I'm doing OK. I'm down 46lbs and this was the first week I didn't lose anything (must admit it was disappointing after the euphoria of watching scale go down). I am most definitely ready for a second fill. I don't have any restriction and it's not easy stopping myself from eating that one more bite when I know I've had enough. Maybe it's because I have so much to lose (still got 120lbs to go), but no-one has noticed my loss and all my clothes etc still fit me pretty well. I'm hoping that from now on things might shrink a bit! :nervous Apart from that me and Elpeatha (my band) are getting on great and my sugar levels (am diabetic) love her to bits!

One day over lunch with mum and dad we got round to discussing Bond films (don't remember why). Dad wondered if real spys got to do anything half as exciting as James' antics and mum pipes up "Ooooh yeah, just think of all the great jobs they get to do at MFI" She couldn't understand why we fell about laughing... MFI is a UK national furniture store! I think she meant MI5!

Another weekend! It's also the 2month anniversary of my getting my band. I'm down exactly 21kg or 46lbs so have nothing to complain about there. Only this last week have things come to a halt but then without exercise I didnt expect anything else. Considering how much temptation was in my path when my mum was visiting I didn't stray too far! I might have indulged in a few crisps (potato chips) here and there:eek: but nothing I'd consider tragic! Now my ankle is feeling much better I intend to start walking again. I do have one silly problem..it's gotten hotter still here...I don't do hot:phanvan I can postpone my walks until early evening I guess but that's not my favourite time to go out...ummmmmm?!?!?!?:Banane09: Have put myself on a strict diet for two or three days to try and kick start weight loss again...so far I'm doing OK - watch this space!

Another weekend! It's also the 2month anniversary of my getting my band. I'm down exactly 21kg or 46lbs so have nothing to complain about there. Only this last week have things come to a halt but then without exercise I didnt expect anything else. Considering how much temptation was in my path when my mum was visiting I didn't stray too far! I might have indulged in a few crisps (potato chips) here and there:eek: but nothing I'd consider tragic! Now my ankle is feeling much better I intend to start walking again. I do have one silly problem..it's gotten hotter still here...I don't do hot:phanvan I can postpone my walks until early evening I guess but that's not my favourite time to go out...ummmmmm?!?!?!?:confused: Have put myself on a strict diet for two or three days to try and kick start weight loss again...so far I'm doing OK - watch this space!

I think you've done a great job too:clap2: Giving up smoking is one of the hardest things you can be asked to try and you've done it! This alone should prove to the doc that you're serious and a go getter...regardless of what his scale says! You've upped the exercise and begun to change your diet... hell these things are hard enough when you have the band to help you never mind before. I used to drink tons of diet coke and fanta light before my band, now I just don't bother. I walk around with a bottle of water in my hand and just keep on drinking :confused: !!! With the efforts you've made already I think your determination to give up the coke will be easier than you think. Go into the docs with a huge positive attitude and let him know all the things you have done- then the scale wont seem so daunting! Good luck with the appointment.

I saw my dad go through a heart attack and later in life 2 gallbladder attacks...wanna guess which was worse?:confused: The pain of a gallbladder attack is unbelievable. Usually they start from 20mins to half an hour after eating (but not always) and the pain is as others have described. From a scan I had two years ago, I knew I had some "little stones" in mine but wasnt in any pain. Then after Christmas it started playing up...just like you described with the pains, sometimes dull and sometimes sharper. I don't specifically remember pain when breathing but can't say it wasn't there either. This pain came and went for next three months. Went for another scan and found more stones. Finally decided if it needed to come out this would be good time for band too! My doc agreed to do both. When he gave hubby my bag of 28 stones he couldn't believe I hadn't had a major attack. My gallbladder was a mess he said and even without stones would have had to come out!

"Hi, I'm Lola Lustythong" Could have been much worse!

My mum flew back to England today. Actually as I type this she should be just about taking off. The moment I hate is when I come home from the airport and she's not here anymore...the house is so quiet and for a little while it really hurts :think We had such a good time together and because hubby works such long hours, it was lovely to have the company. Don't get me wrong, I was getting to the point where I wanted my house to myself too but that doesn't stop me missing her...I'll be fine in a little while :phanvan just wanna have my little cry out! All the temptation has gone from the house, so things will be easier now...no more chips and cookies lying around waiting for a possible low moment to scream their presence. The bread is finished too and I'm not gonna buy anymore because I know it's my weakness...Hubby can go and eat all he wants at his mums...(She lives two floors above us!). My ankle is feeling much better too and so from tomorrow I can gently kickstart the exercise routine again...another thing I'll miss mum for - walking is so much easier when you have a friend to talk to...oh dear:cry Anyway, I'll go and do some jobs around the house and catch up with you all later...

My mum flew back to England today. Actually as I type this she should be just about taking off. The moment I hate is when I come home from the airport and she's not here anymore...the house is so quiet and for a little while it really hurts :think We had such a good time together and because hubby works such long hours, it was lovely to have the company. Don't get me wrong, I was getting to the point where I wanted my house to myself too but that doesn't stop me missing her...I'll be fine in a little while :phanvan just wanna have my little cry out! All the temptation has gone from the house, so things will be easier now...no more chips and cookies lying around waiting for a possible low moment to scream their presence. The bread is finished too and I'm not gonna buy anymore because I know it's my weakness...Hubby can go and eat all he wants at his mums...(She lives two floors above us!). My ankle is feeling much better too and so from tomorrow I can gently kickstart the exercise routine again...another thing I'll miss mum for - walking is so much easier when you have a friend to talk to...oh dear:cry Anyway, I'll go and do some jobs around the house and catch up with you all later...

A1ikou...well my name is Ali but that's always taken and so I substitute a 1 for the l and the kou is first three letters of my surname- Another boring one!

Hi everyone, Just wanted to say what a great job you're doing I'm eight and a half weeks out now and down 46lbs! This week might be a sticking point because I twisted my ankle and haven't been walking. Hey ho hum..never mind! I'll see on Sunday what the scale has to say about it all. Am thinking of going for a second fill because I still have absolutely no restriction from the 1st! It's getting hotter here in Athens and me and the sun don't agree so it might be time to get going on my exercise bike more and pull out the aerobics videos!!!!!! Only 27lbs to go to the 200's so thats my next goal...will let you know when I get there!

What is it with our bodies eh? Last week and this ?I made a few bad food choices and maybe overdid the cals a bit...then I go and lose 5lbs! Go figure! Mums visit and not feeling too good for last few days knocked me off course a little but hope to get back on the wagon tomorrow and be rocking again by end of the week.

What is it with our bodies eh? Last week and this ?I made a few bad food choices and maybe overdid the cals a bit...then I go and lose 5lbs! Go figure! Mums visit and not feeling too good for last few days knocked me off course a little but hope to get back on the wagon tomorrow and be rocking again by end of the week.

I think it depends on the person...I started out at 375lbs and have lost 44lbs so far. I'm still in the same clothes and no-one has noticed a difference at all :confused: I can tell where the weight is coming off..belly little better and legs much better but I have absolutely no idea when I will be able to do the wonderful thing of shopping for a lower size! I'm happy with the weight loss but disappointed to in an odd sort of way.