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Happy Birthday Rose. Good luck with the wedding too. I get my next fill on Tues. Tomorrow I am going to a baby shower for my niece. I am hoping I can control what I eat there. I will be there among my ex's family. It is my niece from his side. She still considers me an aunt. I used to baby sit her a lot. I got the excercise in this week but I ate more then I should have. Atleast I made good choices but it bothers me sometimes I am HUNGRY. Maybe I am not just feeling old feelings. I need to make my final appt with the nut. too. Have a great weekend everyone. Laurel

My next fill is 2/24. I am planning a trip to Las Vegas the last week of August. I know it will be HOT there. I am also going to Florida over Easter. I am hoping I will be down a little more for my Florida trip. I saw my Mom yesterday and haven't seen her since Christmas. She told me how proud of me she was. She could see a big difference. My sister from Texas is coming in March. I haven't seen her since Sept. I was 40 lbs heavier. Funny how we thrive from getting positive attention. I am really looking forward to my next fill. I did get some restriciton on the first one for about 2 weeks. Now I am getting hungry. Laurel

Yes we did gamble but didn't win. I enjoy getting in NYC too. But mostly end up there when I am working the limo. I want to try to go up in the spring when it is nice. We did have good time Hubby also bought me 18 roses. Work is getting busy again but should be slowing down. I was did very good preparing my food yesterday. I also squeeze in 2 water aerobic classes. I got home from work at 9pm and was in bed by 9:10. I can't get in a class today so I am hoping to get to gym tonight. Have a great day everyone. Laurel

Glad to hear everyone is doing well. I went to Atlantic City friday night with hubby to celebrate Valentines Day. We had a nice evening along with a nice 4 day weekend. I go for my next fill on 2/24 and am excited about that. I know I need it as my appetite is starting to increase. I have been trying to atleast make good choices on food. But I didn't lose any weight last week. I am not going to let it discourage me as I know I have been lucky to have lost so far. Yesterday was our 2 month aniversary. Time is just flying by. Have a great day everyone. Where is China? Laurel

Where is everyone? I hope we are all doing well. I hope everyone had a great weekend. Laurel

Happy Valentine's Day!!! I hope everyone had a GREAT day. Laurel

Enjoy NYC China. Rose, I am glad you are feeling better. How is the fill going for you Matty? I am off today and Hubby and I are going to Atlantic City. Free dinner and a show. He was so sweet and bought me 2 dozens roses. I did get to my 90 min. water aerobics class today. I am also going to get in a lot of walking too. I am looking forward to a 4 day weekend. But then no days off until good friday. Have a great day everyone. Laurel

WTG China, keep up the good work. Rose hope you feel better soon. How is the fill going for you Matty? China, I feel like I need a fill as I am starting to get hunry and can eat more then the amount I should be. Thank goodness atleast I am eating more good foods. I don't buy anything that I know I can resist anymore. The only treats I buy for my daughter is ones I know I really don't care about. Most of the snacks she eats now are the ones I eat too. She is built like me and I am trying to help her not gain. Hubby needs to lose weight too so I won't let him buy anything for himself either. I pick out the snacks he is allowed. Have a great day everyone. Laurel

Hope everyone had a good day. For some reason today I was hungry. I ate more then I should have but atleast made good choices on what I ate. I know I need another fill. 2 more weeks for that. China, I hope you are doing well with eating. Laurel

China, I can understand on being to busy to go grocery shopping. Thank goodness my life has slowed down alot . I try not to buy anything that would tempt me to eat it. I buy mostly healthy foods for the house. I do pick up a few treats for my 13 yr old. She has been trying some of my food and likes it. Her favorite is the sugar free ice pops. Have a great day everyone. Laurel

Good luck with the diet and excercise China. Wow, Rose, I can't even imagine one of my kids getting married yet. Although some are old enough. That must be so exciting. Today is a nice day here. It is in the 50's and windy. I am planning on taking the hubby and dogs for a nice walk. We had snow on Weds. And now the 50's. Snow is all gone now. Have a great day everyone. Laurel

By my calculations for the begining of this journey, I am down 40 lbs. I really need to write things down. My memory seems to be slipping soon. Thank goodness, I have had some control over my eating. The first time in my life. China, I totally understand family problems. I have been a stress eater my whole life. I am just trying very hard to turn to excercise instead of food. I also go to a counsilor and I thinks that helps a lot. I feel like my ex-husband is going to keep trying to ruin my life. Right before I had him removed from my house, his words to me where "Your FAT, your in your 40's and you have 4 kids, NOBODY will want you!!" Well now I am in my 50's and re-married and on my way to being fabulous. He still causes stress in my life, but I am going to win. And I am going to win, not by fighting, but by proving him wrong. I feel so powerfull lately. It is amazing. The most important fact. I am getting healthly for ME!!! Well, enough words from me tonight. Have a great night. Laurel

I am down 1 pound this week. My Feb. challange is for 8.

Congrats Rose on you weight loss. Glad you are feeling better China. Allie I have 1/2 inch on you but quite a few more pounds. I can't even remember what I weighed in HS. I too am not sure what my final goal will be. I don't think I even weighed under 180 at this height. I haven't tried to do just regular sit ups yet. But with water aerobics we do work out our core. Last night I attended my first WLS meeting. It was interesting. Of course most people there had gastric bypass. They meet once a month I am going to try to go on a regular basis. Last night we talked about relationships and sex after weight loss. Well need to get running. Have a great day everyone. Laurel

Congrats Rose. I know the scale didn't move for me either this week. But I can feel the toning up. We have to look at this as a lifestyle change. I can take slow losing as long as I know this is the last time I will have to lose it. Hope you are feeling better China. Have a great day everyone. Laurel

So glad to hear you are feeling better china. It is better to give in and sleep then try to fight it off. Rose, how are things going for you? I am doing pretty good. Seem to be able to stay on eating and excercising patern. Trying to get hubby motivated to get moving too. Have a great day everyone. Laurel

Sorry to hear your not feeling well China. Thank goodness I got 2 good colds before surgery. I also got a flu shot this year being I am around so many children. I stayed up late to watch the superbowl game. So today I am tired. When you get up at 5am anything after 9pm is late and of course I am on the east coast. Have a great day everyone. Laurel

I am glad we have each other to keep encouraging each other to just keep plugging along. We all knew this would be a slow but steady battle. Have a great superbowl sunday. Laurel:thumbup:

China, The big difference I notice since the band is I feel full. I haven't pushed myself with food. So I haven't felt full. I have been able to stop with just by portion controling. I like this feeling, I have been worried about when I get over stressed. My time to overeat. I think the excercising is helping with dealing with stress too. Laurel

I have another 3 lbs this week. I also had my first fill on 1/24. I think I am at a nice steady pace now. Hope it stays that way. Laurel

Glad to see everyone doing so well. You also have to make sure you eat around 1200 calories. If you eat to little, you wont lose weight. China, I had to opposite happen. Mine lighten up a lot. But I also know I am getting close to change of life. One of the reasons I did this was I was bleeding so bad before. My Gyn said loose some weight it will help. Thank goodness it is Friday. I didn't get enought sleep last night and am tired today but have been on the run. Too many people are out at work today so we have been trying to double up on busses. So I ran late all morning but managed to get to my water aerobics class. Have a great day all. Laurel:thumbup:

China, It wasn't painful, just gave me a tightness feeling. I guess a good reminder to slow down. I haven't tried too much in food yet. I have been on liquids mostly. I have tried bananas. Today I will try some mushy as I have to work tonight so I will bring some food with me. Hopefully my I will find myself fuller faster. Sorry to hear you fill was postponed. But not worth the risk. WTG Rose. Keep up the excercise. I find I lose at a nice pace when I keep up the excercise. Well off to water arobics, have a great day everyone. Laurel

China, I hope you are feeling better. Glad your fill went well too Auggie. I also feel something too from my band. I ate a banana too fast this morning and it was a quick reminder to slow down. Unfortately I was working and try to get the breakfast in quickly. Have a great day everyone. Laurel

Rose, I am hoping to lose atleast 90 more pounds. My family Dr. would like me to lose about 140. I have never been that thin. I am 5'10.5" tall and big boned. So, right now, ever pound i lose is a big plus. So I am officially 30 lbs down from my first meeting with surgeon. I met with her right before thanksgiving and started liquid medifast diet on that monday. Hope all is going well with you. Laurel

Well, just got back from my first fill. It did hurt a little going in but a quick pinch. I have a 8cc lap band(not realize) and they put 3cc in it. Funny I felt a little tightening in my stomach. I then had to drink a glass of water and it went down fine. My next fill date is 2/24. The total weight loss I have on the Doctor's scale is 32 from the beginning. I lost 7 lbs since last visit. He didn't give me any instructions for today, but I plan on basically doing liquids. Next visit, I did schedule for the Doctor who did my surgery. Hope all goes good for you China. Hope everyone has a great day. Laurel:thumbup: