doodlebug11

Good Morning everyone !! I'm having some thoughts on fills also. I've been reading your posts and want to get some opinions from you guys. I have a 10cc band, right now I have had 2 fills, for a total of 2.6cc's. I think I do have some restriction but not much, I do eat more than cup of food and sometimes my chest does have a full feeling. I am losing but at a half pd or sometimes 1 pd a wk. My Dr. won't put in more than 4cc's in my band, my next appointment is Aug 20, so what I'm wondering is , do I get my next fill or do I just keep plugging along ? I haven"t had any PB's or slimming and really don't want to start having those problems !! I'm thinking maybe one more fill cause I'm not getting that for sure feeling to stop eating, I'm eating the right things but the weight is just coming off too slow !! I know that that's the way the band is designed to work but I thought that I would lose more than a half a pd a wk !!! Right now I've lost 47 pds since March. I just don't know what to do , any suggestions would certainly be helpful !!! Throw some thoughts my way !!!!

Good Morning All !! Now maybe I'll have time to post !! I've had a super busy wkend. Laura~~~ so sorry to hear about your dad. I understand about being home and feeling bad about leaving your mom and dad, maybe you and your DH can go down on the wkend. I can also relate to the ups and downs of an illness, my MIL and mom both had cancer, in fact my MIL moved in with us so we could take care of her and take her to her treatments. One month she was improving, the next month, not so good. Hang in there and just know that we are all keeping you and your family in our prayers !! Great~~~~ Glad you had a good time on your trip !! I love to go camping and looking at nature, or some of it, not so much the animals !! I hope, next yr, that we can go to my sis in Utah and go to Yellowstone !! We had plans to go this yr but the economy got in the way !! My busy wkend started Friday when I got off work,about 3 wks ago, I ordered 60 pds of tomatoes, WHAT WAS I THINKING !!!! I make my own salsa and my DD1 wants to learn how to preserve veggies. So Friday night, I put up 7 qrts. of salsa. Sat.morning, I had to take my DGS to a town about 35 miles from home so he could ride in a parade with his mom. It was a watermelon festival, supposed to have the sweetest watermelons in the world. They were good, but I don't know about the best in the world. Got there at 9:oo a.m., stayed all day in the heat, got a bad sunburn, and left around 5:00p.m. He was so tired, he feel asleep on the way home, and slept until 8 that night and got up. I was already in bed so DH had to stay up with him. But that's o.k. cause DH has weird sleeping habits, so they stayed up till 1:00 a.m. After church, my DD1 and DGD came home with us to eat lunch and can her salsa. We put her 14 qrts. up, or I should say my DH and I canned her salsa, but she tried !! This is a girl that does not cook at all !!! But anyway, my DH and I finished last night at 11:30 !! We got about 27 qrts for myself and 14 for my DD1, so happy it's over !! So this morning, I'm relaxing !! Hope everyone has a really good wk and I'll catch up with you guys next Friday !! Sharon

Good Morning ! You guys have been so busy, it's taken me over an hour to catch up with all you've been doing ! If I forget someone, please forgive me!! Laura~~ was so glad to read your Dad was doing better , and then let down to hear about his lab tests ! I may have missed it but why does he have just one kidney? When I was little , we used to play in Moms sheets and blankets when she hung them on the line outside, of course, she never knew that or we would have gotten in trouble !! When my Grandkids were small, they would spend the night with us and I would make them tents and they thought I was sooo much fun !! But now the older ones think they are too old for stuff like that ! Have a safe trip home ! Julie~~~ Thanks so much for the things that you and your DH have done for this country and what you continue to do !!!!!! I think it is just awesome that your DH still keeps in touch with his ppl like he does !! My Grandfather, also my hero, was in WW2 and my brother retired from the Navy and I know the sacrifices that they made and my eyes teared up when I read about how your DH was looked up to !! Glad your feeling better ! Linda~~ I have a niece and her family that live in Vegas, my sis lives in Utah and when we go out there, we fly to Vegas and stay with my niece for a couple of days to see the sights ! It is pretty but I don't think I would want to live there! The first time we went, we were walking the strip and I saw some cards that were thrown all over the side walk, I thought that they were playing cards so I picked some of them up, well, they weren't the kind of playing cards I had in mind !!! My sis just laughed at me when I realized what they were !! I couldn't believe that ppl were allowd to just throws things like that on the ground !!! But any way, I learned my lesson, oh and I took some of them home to my freinds at work ! They got a kick out of them !! They know how easy it is to embarrass me !! Have fun on your vacation !! Meredith~~ hope your feeling better, also. I have never, knock on wood some where, pb or slimmed ! But I think it's because I don't have very much in my band, just 2.6cc's. My Dr. won't fill my 10cc band but just to 4cc's. I've had 2 fills and the last one was .6cc's so maybe that's why I don't. A friend of mine got her 1st fill and she got 5cc's. Maybe my Dr. is just careful or something, I don't know but I wish I did ! But any way you are doing really good !! Eva~~~ I agree with you on some things, I DON'T like to exercise, either but I do feel better when I do. The last time I really tried to lose weight, I was walking 4 miles a day, with a friend, and dancing 2 or 3 nights a wk. I got down to 159 from 200 pds but I was enjoying doing both of them!! I think you have to do what ever you enjoy and like you said anything to keep moving! I know I don't do enough moving around and that's why my weight is coming off slowly, but just do what you enjoy ! Oh and when my freind and I were walking and danceing, she lost lot of weight also, and left her husband for a man that was in our danceing group !! SOOO that's why I stopped walking and danceing !!! Janet~~ I wish I had your energy !! Maybe if I did exercise more I would, wouldn't I !! But on my job, I work in heat all day long, like one day they checked how hot it was and it was 120 !!! It's not that hot ever day but it is around 110 every day and when I get home, I'm just DRAINED !! I have been thinking about going to a different department to get out of the heat, it's getting harder as I get older !! I know it can't be good for a person to be that hot all day long !! We have had several girls pass out on the line cause of the heat !! But anyway, I admire you and your energy !! Sorry this is soo long but just trying to get everyone in there and if I missed someone, I'm sorry !! I've got more but I'll save that for later !! Sharon

Hey, BG, I've been to the GC on the Utah side, I have a sister that lives in Utah and one year, when we went up there, she took us to see it. It is too pretty for words, it made me feel sooo small !! It sounds like you are going to have a great summer, you deserve it after all you've done for your kids !! Have fun and be sure and keep us updated on your trips and lots of pics !!!

Labor Day Challenge for Bunny Bandsters! Bunny's name -----------Target loss ------ Start weight ----- Current weight --- Target Weight Sept. 7 Band_Groupie ------------ 15lbs -------------- 203 --------------- 198 ------------ 188 soon2befit ---------------- 25lbs -------------- 261.5 ------------ 256 -----------236.5 hopeful41411 ------------ 20lbs -------------- 253.8 ------------- 253.8 --------233.8 smilan--------------------- 20lbs -------------- 218 --------------- 216 -------------198 trobison------------------- 15lbs -------------- 221 --------------- 213 -------------206 myturn2bhappy ---------- 15lbs -------------- 282 --------------- 282 -------------267 WannaBe1/2TheWoman - 20lbs ------------- 230.6 ------------- 217.2 --------210.6 Butterfly64 ---------------- 15lbs -------------- 231 --------------- 230 ------------216 MrsMitch ------------------ 20lbs -------------- 232 ---------------- 232 ------------212 doodlebug11-------------- 15lbs ------------- 192.5 -------------- 189 --------- 177.5 size6----------------------- 11lbs -------------(-)11lbs ---------- (-)3.4lbs ----(-)11lbs TerriLynne----------------- 15lbs -------------- 282.2 ------------- 282.2 -------267.2 txdj ------------------------ 18lbs -------------- 183 -------------- 183 -------------165 1want2bthin -------------- 15lbs -------------- 202 --------------- 202 ------------187 ALuv82 -------------------- 30lbs -------------- 265 --------------- 260 ------------235 tbryant1216--------------- 15lbs -------------- 260 --------------- 260 ------------245

Way to go, Madison !!!! Don't beat your self up for not meeting your goal, your still doing awesome !!! Congrats to you too, Lingling !!!! Don't you just love the feeling that WE CAN DO THIS !!!! BG, you are doing sooo good !!! Boy, when you hit onderland, you really dove in there !!! Everyone is doing really good !!! I've had a bad wk this wk. I don't know why but I'm really struggling this wk with old habits!! I didn't gain but I didn't lose either, just stayed the same !! Tomorrow morning I'm going to get up with a new attitude!!! WAIT a cotton picken minute, I just looked at my ticker and I lost a .5 pd !!! Hey ,I'll take that !! A half a pd gone is good right now for me !!!!

Janet , didn't mean to ignore you, guess we were posting at the same time! My DGS and I went to see his Mom Sat. stopped at the store to get drinks and he wanted this brownie, and he doesn't even eat sweets, so I got it for him, thinking he would give it to his Mom. Well, it's always crazy there and we forgot to give it to her and it ended up at home with me !! So your right, NO MORE BROWNIES ALLOWED in my house !!! Thanks for your kind words, We are food addicts, aren't we !!! TTYL

Good Morning All !!! Had a much better day Sunday !! After Church, we went out to eat with my DS and new DIL, that by itself was a treat, ordered a 2 pc fish dinner / baked pot. / unsweet tea, ate half and took the rest home for supper. So yes, I hope I snuffed out those bad feelings, I don't know what was wrong but I hope I don't do that too often, I don't like those guilty feelings !! Linda~~~ Thanks for the words of encouragement !! I will try that next time I start to feel that way again !! If~~~~ Your not going to believe this but another bander and myself were talking about things that we lose and some things that we gain while we are on this journey. Hers was losing 2 chins, mine were gaining new confidence, and losing some things that I wasn't too happy about!! lol I will read your post when I get thru here , I try to read it as often as I can. Your good !! Laura~~~ Glad to hear your Dad is doing better !!! Hang in there !! Is your sister there also ? I know how those long days in the hospital are ! My DH spent the first 10 yrs of our marriage in and out of the hospital !! So LOOOOng and boring!! I just hated it! Just know that we are all praying for your whole family ! Long and Apples ~~~ have fun with your DD's shopping !! I'm going shopping today also but I'm taking a 4 yr old, not sure how fun I'm going to have !! lol He has a Dr. app. to have a physical for school. You guys have a good week and I'll catch up with everyone Friday night!!

Well gang, I REALLY messed up yesterday!! I went to my DD Sat. visit and I always take our lunch. She wanted a stuffed BBQ potatoe, and I had been wanting one for a long time so I got one for myself also! I ate half of it and took the rest home, which wasn't bad but , for some reason, I started haveing a bad day and went back to my old habits of being upset and eating to cover it up and so there was a BIG OLE HONKIN brownie that kept calling my name so I ate the whole thing and when I finished, I thought, well I've really messed up now and went back and finised my potatoe!! I don't know what happened that made those old feelings come back but there they were before I knew it !! Anyway, I went bed or I should say, I kicked myself all the way to bed, hateing what I had done and wondering WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED !!! But I got up this a.m. and feel better and learned a lesson ! The old snack demon is still there and I have to learn how to regonize when it sneeks up on me and do something to counteract it !! Now I understand Meredith and her olives !!!

My Grandfather gave me that name, Doodlebug, when I was a baby just learning how to crawl. I would start out going forward then end up going backwards and we lived in Texas where there are doodlebugs that come out of the ground and that's how they come out, forward then they see something and go backwards into their holes! My sister still calls me Bug to this day and I just love it because my Grandfather was my hero !!! I had to put the 11 on the end of it cause someone else had Doodlebug.

O.K. O.K. !! Hi, my name is Doodlebug11 and I am a Scale Whore!! ( that's all I know of AA meetings) but anyway sign me up !! I only weigh the first thing in the morning, well, maybe the 2nd thing, not saying what the 1st is, and I don't chart anything, just keep it in my head. And yes, I have been known to weigh my shoes, hold up 2 different outfits, to feel which one is the lightest, take all the stuff out of my pockets, remove all jewelery, so I guess that makes me a SCALE WHORE !!!!

WHAT !!! 50 pds lost !!!! WTG ~~~ BG I am so proud of you and it's you who inspire me!! I'm hopeing that next wk I can post my 50 pd loss !! I'm going to keep my fingers crossed and my mouth SHUT !! lol I just need 3.5pds lost so maybe ??

Good Morning Gang ! Meredith, the way I have been losing is for 2 or 3 wks, I will stay the same and then one day when I weigh, usually on Fridays, I'll lose some. At first I was getting upset but then I looked at the whole picture and realised I was losing and didn't worry so much about the weekly losses ! I know that it's the small losses that gets us into the big losses but when I don't have a loss one wk, I just think about the BIG loss that I have overall !! I just keep on plugging along, do what I know is right and , hopefully, on Friday I will see a loss !! Sometimes I feel like "The little engine that can" !!! I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, and one of these days it will be, I KNEW I COULD !! Linda~~~ hugs and prayers go out for you and your DGD. Hope she is doing better!! Laura~~~ Sorry to hear about your Dad ! He must be so proud that you and your sis are there to support him and your Mom ! We will keep you guys in our prayers !!

Kaner, sorry to hear about the plateau !! I have found that coming back here has really helped me to stay on track! When I do feel like I'm going to cheat, I think in the back of my mind, I'm going to have to weigh in on Friday and I don't want to have to tell everyone that I had a gain !! I know that one day I will have a gain but right now this is what is working for me! We all need each other to make it to where we want to go!! When one of us starts to get bogged down, the rest of us have to help them get back on track !! And we don't know if you don't tell us. So hang in there, get your mind back where you were when we first started this and come on back as often as you can !! I have been in for 2 fills so far and both times the Dr. asked me if I had a good support system and ,of course, I said yes and told him about you guys ! He said good, so by that I'm thinking it is very important to have a good support sytem !!! DB

Labor Day Challenge for Bunny Bandsters! Bunny's name -----------Target loss ------ Start weight ----- Current weight --- Target Weight Sept. 7 Band_Groupie ------------ 15lbs -------------- 203 --------------- 198 ------------ 188 soon2befit ---------------- 25lbs -------------- 261.5 ------------ 256 -----------236.5 hopeful41411 ------------ 20lbs -------------- 253.8 ------------- 253.8 --------233.8 smilan--------------------- 20lbs -------------- 218 --------------- 216 -------------198 trobison------------------- 15lbs -------------- 221 --------------- 213 -------------206 myturn2bhappy ---------- 15lbs -------------- 282 --------------- 282 -------------267 WannaBe1/2TheWoman - 20lbs ------------- 230.6 ------------- 217.2 --------210.6 Butterfly64 ---------------- 15lbs -------------- 231 --------------- 230 ------------216 MrsMitch ------------------ 20lbs -------------- 232 ---------------- 232 ------------212 doodlebug11-------------- 15lbs ------------- 192.5 ------------- 189.5 --------- 177.5 size6----------------------- 11lbs ----------- (-)19lbs ---------- (-)21.4lbs ----(-)30lbs TerriLynne----------------- 15lbs -------------- 282.2 ------------- 282.2 -------267.2 txdj ------------------------ 18lbs -------------- 183 -------------- 183 -------------165 1want2bthin -------------- 15lbs -------------- 202 --------------- 202 ------------187 ALuv82 -------------------- 30lbs -------------- 265 --------------- 260 ------------235 tbryant1216--------------- 15lbs -------------- 260 --------------- 260 ------------245

Hey Guys!!! I made it out of the 190's!!!! I weighed in this morning at 189.5 !!!! That's down 1.5 pds. !! We are ALL doing so good !! I think one of the things that is helping me stay on the right track, is coming back here to track what I'm doing and find out how everyone else is doing !! I have to hold myself accountable to someone and this group is it ! It's important to stay in touch and encourage each other and help those who need it, that's why we are here !! Talk to you guys next week, have a good wkend !!

WTG, LONG,!!!!! It must be awesome to be at goal, and one of these days, I'm going to get there!!! Janet, good to have you back home!! Glad you had a good time! Laura, sorry to hear about your Dad! Hope everything goes o.k. with him! Apples, have a good wkend, YOU DESERVE IT !!! Meredith, I love chicken salad and I ate alot of it after I could eat real food.

WAHOOOO!!!! WTG!!!!!! Congrats on getting to ONDERLAND!!!! It's time to PAARTAY!!!!!! I can hear the music all the way here in Arkansas!!! Keep up the good work!

Good Morning Gang!!! 1day, what a beautiful family!! And your half way to your goal? You are doing AWESOME!!! I think I am too but not for sure right now. Kathe, I have tried tough love so many times, I'm embarrassed to say. I think it's called tough love because it's tougher on us that it is the other person! I can not imagine having to go thru this with my other kids!! They all have their problems but not this bad! My hearts just cries for you!! If you ever need to talk, just holler at me! I'm here for you!! If, it sounds like you had a FUN Sunday!! I would love to go to a Multi race Church!! What a singing that must have been!! My DD is going to Celebrate Recovery, and when she gets out, they are going to put her to work as as leader, so I think that will help to keep her on the right road! I'm also going to go for help cause I know I'm an enabler! In a way I have helped her in her addiction by supporting her when she had no money, so I need to get help in stopping that! Well, I need to get off here, the garden is coming off and I have purple hull peas and tomatoes to can, and I don't think anyone else is going to do them!! lol I'll catch up with you guys later!! Sharon

Thanks guys for the warm thoughts and hugs! They mean so much to me. Kath, I just want you to know that you are not alone in this problem, there are lots of us out there and we are all sending good thoughts out to you!! And when you have good people like you have here praying for you and your DD, it HAS to turn out o.k.!! Linda, we're also praying for your DGD and her recovery!! I also worry that when my DD gets home that something will upset her and set her back. I know that it is a very good possibility, but will cross that bridge when it comes when we get to it! Julie, it sounds like you have had a wonderful Sunday!!! I would love to be on a river right now but I would also have a fishing pole with me!!! I love looking at the water but not too crazy about being "in" the water!!

Meredith, Thank you so much for your kind words !! Even tho it I have been dealing with this for 11 yrs, it is still hard to talk about. I do love my DD and would do anything for her but now I have to think about this sweet, sweet boy that deserves a good life ! And the life style that he was being raised in was not going to give him that chance!! Please do keep us as well as kath in your prayers!! And THANK YOU for not judging!! She was not raised this way, she was raised the best that we knew how!!

Hey B_G, where are you ? We miss you !!! I'm going thru DT's from not reading your blogs and posts !!! Hope every thing is o.k. with you and your just really busy. Take care