TracyinKS

I'm not as seasoned as many here, but I would say that your version of feeling full changes...... no more will you feel like a stuffed turkey on thanksgiving..... its not the same sensation. However if you continue to stuff yourself it will come back to bite you in the butt as you run to to toilet to PB. :smile:

sounds good Haydee! I alway make my oatmeal with milk! (might be a few more calories and carbs, but adds protien and taste) I just finished mine... I am full! Now to catch up with the water.

Good Morning Everyone! SeaJules: WELCOME to our little thread... we are a chatty bunch that come here to share our journeys and lean on each other and kick booty when needed......... I started the original April thread this time last year when I finally got a surgery date and as the April group got closer to surgery we had KAT who is an April 2006 bandster to help guide us and mentor us... and now we have several Violets that were not banded in April 2007...... so its not exclusive in the date you were banded just in the spirit of the combined journey........ We are a very diverse group of ladies.... so join in and post often... It is dreary and raining in KS this morning.... supposed to change to snow later today........... the scale did bounce up a pound from the crap I ate yesterday...... I guess I somewhat binged..... I ate the i.c. sandwhich, a few dibs, and then felt so horrible I started shoving ritz crackers with butter into my pie hole......... not a lot, but enough to really undo my day.... Now that I'm in ONEderland.. this is my DANGER zone of complacency....... happens every damn time I get here..... 180-199 is where I always stop losing.. and then once I get back over 200 I start spiraling upward... (this is in my Atkins preband days) I guess knowing this about myself is a big step in FIXING it.... right???? Jen: good luck today! I'm having WC oatmeal for breakfast. going to try for another 3 liters of water today

GR8: I totally understand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here I am downing 3 liters of water during the day and eating perfect and whammo dh brings home 3 kinds of icecream! THREE.......... dibs, blue bunny i.c. sandwhiches and regular ice cream....... AHHHHH I ate it and then felt guilty.... so as I'm watching Biggest Loser.. I'm feeling like a loser! I did do some lunges and leg lifts but I still feel so freaking stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so dang weak...

I'm a huge fan of the show, and they are doing more and more bands... if you saw the rerun over the weekend you would of seen that Garths Sister has a band, and Garth did an emergency unfill on her. The new season started last week.

I will say that I went and sometimes still go through a mourning phase of some foods.. the holidays were tough because I literally went around and smelled everything that I couldn't eat. My problem comes from me wanting to stress eat and then I can't so I need another outlet... crying for stupid reasons and or being a complete biotch... and it was tied to my emotional eating.

LOL Tracy!

3 liters of water AGAIN today! Yay me! ok....... gotta gooooooooooooooo :cool:

LC/Atkins has been the best way for me to lose weight of any amount pre band, it also helped my PCOS.... so I am a FIRM believer in that WOE... post band I still believe I would lose faster if I went strict LC (induction levels) but since I eat so much less now.. I figure I can go a little higher on the carb count, like milk. I love milk. Atkins, it would be a little high on my 20 carb a day count but since I focus on Protein a glass a day doesn't hurt me....... The easiest thing is that now it is not a struggle to control portion sizes, but sadly the carb monster still attacks!

LOL.. the title of this thread caught my attention! More power to you guys!!!!! Don't think I could EVER stick to a vegitarian diet though...... I would like to read the book though! BG: YOU ARE KICKING ASS!

no habla espanol (this is what I learned from spanish 1 in 9th grade) GREAT TO SEE YOU SUZIE! I too can see a huge difference in your jaw line! Whoooohooooo!

working on liter of water #2!

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! buckle bunnies! OMG!!!!!!!! so funny... Texas would be fine with me... (this is me still hoping I can figure it out)

Ok.. so what the heck is going on??? someone pm me

Terry: I like the WAFERS not the bars.... my favorite is the choc/ peanut butter.. I buy them in bulk through GNC online using my gold card discount and what ever promo codes I can find online

Great to see you HH!!!!!! I know what you mean.. I was on a plateau from October to the end of December. Laura: CUTE!!!!!!! the 3 liters of water really helped yesterday, scale read 197 today... I was so stinking hungry last night that I gave in and had some bad stuff..... but I ate it all too fast and ended up pb'ng! Serves me right! Goal is to have 2 liters of water today......... I just finished my OhYeah wafers for breakfast Have a great CTCD!

Oh lord... trying my best to stay away from the crap! I had 1/2 chicken breast.......... really slow..... I am now hungry again and really want something else.......... I am going to have a nice glass of milk and hope for the best!

I have almost finished my 3rd liter of water!!!!!!!!!!!

closing in on 70 oz's of water! Had a tiny amount of taco meat for lunch..... maybe 1/2 cup... I smelled some cookies and then closed the TIN and walked away! YAY ME

36 oz's of water down! :smile:

GOOD MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TracyK: CONGRATS ON THE 180!!!!!!! I was lucky to still be 199 today... seems like I ate ate ate all day yesterday... (I fried flour taco shells and I munched on 3 taco's all day.... then I had a biscuit with gravey and bacon for dinner......... TOM is here and everything tasted sooooooo good.. oh.. and girl scout cookies! BAD BAD BAD Tracy... but it was nice to eat real food, even it was BAD food! This morning I've had coffee, and just now I finished my OHYeah wafer. I brought the taco meat mixture, cheese and salsa for my lunch.. (no shells!) and I put chicken breast in the crock pot for dinner.. and I NEED WATER. Terry: I got the necklace and earrings THANK YOU SO MUCH! I am wearing the earrings today as I typ this and the necklace I wore over the weekend.... you are right though it won't match my wedding dress, but it matches the bevy of browns and greens in my closet! I LOVE THEM. Have a great great great day GET THAT WATER GOING!

Good morning! I just got back in for the weekend....... Charles and Cody went scout camping all weekend so Robby and I have been running around and ended up staying over at my sisters last night. We went shopping all day... they got their bridesmaid dresses and shoes, I got shoes and a shawl thing that I may wear.... shoes for robby and charles, material for decorations, cutlery for the reception. Took my mom to lunch as a bribe for her to watch robby for a few hours while my sis and my niece and I hit the mall........... I am pooped. Denise: WHOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO hotmama in that avatar! OK.. gotta go.

mmmmmmmmmmm sounds good Terry! smyly: no real difference in gas... I agree with Terry though..dig out the gasx strips!

Haydee: LOL... cluck cluck... we will let chicken marinate in a bottle of italian dressing all day then then cook it on the george foreman grill, or outside grill....... or I dump it into a baking dish and put some bacon on it and bake it. I just had chicken tortila soup for lunch! (restraunt)

HOLY MOLY LAURA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is WONDERFUL! both the 240's AND the Project Runway app! COOL!