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My project for next week is to work on finding alternatives when I get stressed, other than eating. Atleast I am making better choices. I have to realize, I can't please everyone. I need to make more time for excercise and have an alternate plan. I haven't lost any weight for almost 2 weeks and I am the one to blame. But I realize I am still in a learning process. One major improvement, the junk food. I have to work tomorrow and plan on getting in some walking while I have down time at work. Hubby wants to plant flowers on sunday. So I should have a busy weekend. Hope we all have a great weekend. Rose, we miss you. China, we need to get strong for ourselves. Have a great weekend. Laurel

Yes this is getting harder. I go for my 3rd fill on the 27th. I know I need it. I can do good all day, but then I want to eat. But atleast I do eat better food. But too much. I do have some stress going on with my kids. I also haven't gotten to the gym like I was. My work schedule is getting crazy again. Have a great day. Laurel

Glad you are feeling better China. I didn't do well this past 4 days. I got stuck yesterday, so a good lesson learned. I am doing everything in my power to get back on track with everything. I hope everything went perfect with the wedding for Rose. Have a great day, Laurel

China, I hope you are feeling better. Rose, I hope your daughter's wedding was beautiful. I didn't lose any weight this week. It was hard to even get to the gym due to my schedule and my sister from texas being here. I am going to work hard next week to get everything back on track. Hubby and I are supposed to take two of our dogs out for a walk at a local resovoir. It is 1.6 miles. I am hopiing to get atleast 2 laps in. My goal is for 3. Have a great weekend everyone. Laurel

Hope everything goes well for the wedding Rose. China, you do need to listen to the doctor. Can you do a protein shake or anything like that for breakfast? I know I am not that hungry in the morning so I make a shake with carnation instant breakfast sugar free along with a banana and some peanut butter. Keeps me full for the morning. Do listen to your doctor thought Rose. Have a great day. Laurel

Rose, congrats. Good luck with everything this weekend. I am sure everything will go very smoothly for you. China, WW is a great place to learn about food and good choices. I do pretty good during the week with water. My weekends are bad. I need to work on that. I did something like WW about 14 years ago. It will be good to get weighed in once a week and have feed back and support. Laurel

At the meeting I went to friday night, we talked about food. Most of the people had the gastric bypass. There where a few who where 5+ years out and starting gaining weight back. They are going to weight watchers and are doing great. It makes you take accountability for your food. They all say the point system is great. I am planning on starting it when I reach the point I am not losing. This is a hard road we are on. I am going to do everything in my power to reach the end though. Rose is probably real busy getting ready for the wedding. Have a great day. Laurel

Hope everyone is doing well. I got to the gym today and also took dogs for a nice walk. Last nights meeting was good. Got us into thinking about alternatives for foods we crave. Making bad things into good. Today our temp. hit 70 degrees. Monday we had 18" of snow. Go figure. Tuesday am was 12 degrees it was already in the 60's this morning. Well most of the snow is gone now. Laurel

I find excercise along with diet helps a lot. I do mostly water aerobics. Not as hard on the joints. Laurel

I am only down 1/2 pound this week. I am going to do much better next week. I did good with food. Just didn't get excercise time in. It makes a big difference. Laurel

Keep up the good work China. I didn't do so well this week with excercise. I will get back on track next week. I knew this week was going to be hard due to having to do some double runs this week. I only lost a half a pound this week. I am going to get back into my rountine next week. I will be going to the gym tomorrow. Tonight I am going to a local support group. I enjoy having online and also going to the meetings. Hope everyone has a great day. Laurel

I still feel guilty for my me time. But I am making it happen. I think the more I do it, the more I can enjoy it. Well today is tuesday and day 2 schools are closed around me. One good thing was I am having a real bad TOM. I am limiting my excercise. I wish I could have sped things up right now as I am off. I did shovel the snow yesterday as we had over a foot and hubby was at work. I know that is a good work out in itself. I am feeling better today but I am not going to push it too much. I was so light after surgery but not this time. I made up for it. I am going to do a work out tape this morning. I don't think I am going to try to go to water aerobics though. This is going to be a tough week getting there because of testing in the HS, we have to do our HS runs twice. I have to check into the other gym by work to see if I can make it there. If not I will do some other type of excercise. Have a great day everyone and take some me time everyday. Laurel

Isn't that why we had to go and get a lapband. We put ourselves last before?? I sure feel that way. We all need to take some me time now. Laurel:thumbup:

You took on a lot Rose. The Band and the Wedding. Make sure you are getting your protein in Rose. I will be going to Vegas in August. So have to save up some more money. I am looking forward to going to Florida next month. We are driving down. I cleaned out some of clothes out of my closet today. The piling getting too big is getting bigger. We are due to get a snow storm tonight. I am kinda of hoping for a day off. I have some little things I need to take care of. Have a great day everyone. Laurel

Thanks Pete for the update. I need to start writing things down. Laurel

Thanks Theresa. My dh said it probably was there server. Laurel

I am done 3 lbs this week. I think I have 7 lbs this month. Close to goal. I also had my 2nd fill this week. I will go for another 8 lbs in march. Laurel

Do you guys ever have a hard time longing onto this website? Last night, I spent over an hour trying to get on the website but it wouldn't come up. I had no problems getting on any other website though. I will be spending a week in Vegas in August. It will be hot. But a nice break before I start a new school year. Hope everyone is doing great. Laurel

Rose, Remember China and I have a lot more weight to lose then you. Don't beat yourself up. You didn't gain. Get back on track. Hope everyone had a great day. Laurel

It might be the gall bladder too. Get it checked.

I forgot to post the past couple of weeks. I have been steadily loosing 2 lbs a week. So I am down 6 lbs this month so far. I also got a fill yesterday and so I have been on liquids since. Hope I get a jump start. Laurel

China, your doctor's meal plan makes sense. I am glad he is happy with your progress. I lost 8 lbs in 4 weeks. I am up to a total of 41 lbs offically now. My doctor gave me the option of a fill. I explained that I excercise a lot and I also can eat a lot in one sitting. I have been on liquids since my fill so I am not sure if I have restriction or not. I will try to eat some soft foods probably tomorrow night. I go back on 3/27 to determine if I need another fill. I am leaving for Florida on 3/10. I want good restriction while I am away. We will be in a time share so I will have a kitchen to prepare foods. I will also be down there with 7 people total so going out to dinner every night will add up big time. I will be going to Las Vegas the last week in August. I want to fit comfortably in the plane as we will be taking the red-eye home. Let's all continue this good progress. Laurel

Where is everyone? I hope you are all doing well. I had my 2nd fill yesterday. So now I am on a liquid diet. The dr. was very happy with my progess. She even gave me a choice if I wanted a fill or not. Of course I took it as I have been eating more. I now have 5cc in my 8cc band. It feel so good to watch the scale go down. Have a great day everyone. Laurel

I am officaly down a pants size. That makes me feel so good. Over 40 lbs down to actually go down 1 pant size. My top size has gone down close to 2. Regular XL fit but still a little snug. I feel so much better. I am so looking forward to going to Florida now in April. Have a great day everyone. Laurel

That is a nice NSV moment China. I also have one more session with the nutritionist. I haven't made the appointment yet. I know I need a freshning up. Today I did GREAT at the baby shower. No cake. It was one of my favorites too. Have a great weekend everyone. Laurel