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you can add shredded cucumber, dill , salt , garlic powder, lemon and make "z-sauce" great on falafel, chicken etc

go for it!!! you have lots of support here! Congratulations on you insuWho rance approval, and decided to grab on to life!!!!

LMAO.... REESES IS THE DEVILS CANDY and I think it has protein in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I canceled halloween this year and my 8 and 11 yr old did not protest to my surprise..... we are going to the movie to see Cloudy with a chance of meatballs......... OMG I just realize... food movie ..... this is wacked!

LOL I have cleaned out some stuff too... have to be careful since I have 3 others at home who are not having weight issues ;o) challenging!

congratulations! I am so excited for you and for my future, thank you for sharing your triumph! That is my goal too! I believe if I follow through and follow the path I will pull it off. Just the weight loss I have had in the last few months preparing my self I have lost 25% of my goal. My kids need me to do the fun stuff with them too! I do this for myself and them!

when you are banded you have to be pretty anal about what you eat, measuring , exercise, you are accountable to the band or it will punish you... you have to check in with your dr. all for the massive success, it is a lifetime commitment not a fad diet ... So how could that be cheating???? I have had to "educate" a few people and let them know about the preop and post op life.... the majority of the response is .... "wow I could NEVER do that , how are you doing it?, or I don't know how you are doing it!!!" Yeah and I am a cheater!?? what is up with that!!!!????

I wonder about that too. kinda worries me. what about the vomiting too, what happens if I get the flu, does that mean that I may slip even though it is sewn in place?

If it doesn't subside take a trip to the dentist and be sure you don't have an underlining infection or a tooth that needs attention. I guess I will be carrying around a travel bottle of mouthwash in my near future! LOL... altoids anyone!

I personally was thinking of the thanksgiving dinner, If I can't eat no one can eat LOLOLOL I usually cook the Thanksgiving meal .... am I still required to cook this year???????? boy have they got another thing coming.... EVIL CHUCKLE COMING ON!

LOL I do sarcastic humor I will join you

thanks Blaze.... it gets confusing reading the reviews and such.

Come on you can do it...... I have 2 weeks to lose 10lb min only 1000 cal.... I have lost 7 in a week!!! you can do it. Just stick to the plan. I am using a white board on my fridge to track my calories so I know where I stand during the day. Hang in there!!!

Awesome! That must feel incredible!

that is great it is all worked out... Now you can focus on healing! Congrats

my mom will be my biggest problem when and if she finds out.... she has always ragged me about my weight etc. She has not seen me since this summer I had only lost a couple of pounds at that point, now that I have lost as much as I have so far and still losing as this is preop time , hoping that I will have lost more round about Mid Nov... her birthday is the 15th.... so I will have to show up and bring her a present and make the formal invite to thanksgiving dinner even though I know she will decline.... She only lives 35 miles from me but we are not on the best of terms. So hopefully I will get her attention about all the weight loss and she can find her way to say something positive to me, but if she finds out "how" then the negative will fly! She would totally be the one to announce to the table and be loud about it etc. GGRRRRRRRRRRRR

LOL I think this person is a poser LOLOL J

I was wondering what the issue was with rice, thinking it was small enough etc, I didn't even consider the expanding factor. How about short grain brown rice? Or does that behave like the white rice?

Do you know what your triggers are? I have only recently learned of some of mine, I am trying to figure out tactics to keep myself on track. Over the years I hit the magic number of 169lb and I freak and self sabatoge... now that I know that I am trying to over come the reason. new self talk before I get there. I have been going to a counselor who among other things deals with eating disorders. I think it is helping me, she herself is a former binge and purger.... I binge but cannot throw up! thank God. Funny because at 42 I have finally learned WHY I do it, but the ticket will be HOW to I stop the response. I used to think that people at my age who had revelations of things that were suppressed after so long were full of BS but now I understand first hand that it really happens and how it just turns your world upside down.

A bunch of martyrs! Funny cuz as ya'll said... Tracey will NEVER sacrifice herself for the good of the team or even her 'BEST FRIEND' if she has one. And what is with that 2 faced smack talkin'? I wish she was voted out... but I guess it will be a while since she adds to the drama of the show. Pony up Losers and fight for yourselves... don't be a Martyr. This is more than a game it is a live changing experience.

I finally made it back into Onederland! 194, while on the preop. I haven't been here in Gosh more than 10 yrs, closer to 20 with my highest weight being 235lb. I can see such a bright future as a pull out from my mixed sized closet smaller jeans. I am going to have to hit up some thrift stores next. As the clothes get too big I am putting them in a pile in the corner of the bedroom .... to be bagged up and donated. What a wonderful feeling! One more week until surgery!!! I am so jazzed... and so glad it is before the holidays! Never thought I would say that!:thumbdown:

wow can you imagine when you throw in that exercise plan. You have done great so far! That is one thing I need to get on... an exercise routine .

WoW I can't believe how many of us are getting banded in Nov! That is so Cool! I am so excited!!!

I read your blog..... like it.... I like the way you write!

I agree with you I wanted her to stay. She looks so AWESOME now! Using her painful experience and using it to impact others lives.... Just look at her NOW ... she was ready to go home! WTG ABBY!