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Hi Kerri, great to see you post!!! Today: B: usual shake (drank it later than normal) L: no lunch, had late breakfast and then was in a meeting S: so of course I was hungry in the afternoon, had 1 reeses dark chocolate pb cup D: a third cup stuffing with diced chicken and gravy mixed in wanted something sweet so I had a bite of a hershey bar (only one bite though!)

Hi everyone Weird day for me B: usual shake L: couple crackers with about a third cup turkey salad D: tried having the inside of homemade pot pie.. wasn't really working so after a few bites I made myself about a third of a meatball. Band feels really tight today. I don't think I am drinking enough water. Going to sip, sip, sip tonight and see if that helps.

Hi everyone... Today: B: usual shake L: turkey chili with cheese- had 1/2 cup but didnt finish it S: two crackers with turkey salad on them D: not quite half of a pan-seared tilapia fillet, one slice yam Not enough water today. Going to try really hard this week. I want to lose 1.8 lbs... really want to get to that 60 lb mark!

Hi everyone... I am not sure where I want to go with this post. I know what I want to say... maybe I will just start typing and see where it ends up. My boss had me in tears this week at work. It was a very stressful week. There were just way too many things going on at the same time. I am a perfectionist and I really stress myself out. Anyway, I was really pissed off because nobody was turning their schedules in to me on time. That puts me behind because I can't turn in my budget on time. I can't stand that. This is an ongoing issue and the fact that I just had 15 things going at once... :scared2: So my boss says, 'Lisa, you are just different. Ever since you came back from having your surgery. I can't place my finger on it. You just aren't yourself.' She was not saying this in a mean way, she was just making an observation. She left for a little while and I started to think about it. I had a total 'light bulb moment'. She came back in and I told her that I was not feeling any more stress than I normally feel but that she was seeing it more because I lost my coping mechanism. She was really seeing me 'raw and exposed'. I dealt with stress by eating. That just isn't an option. (well, I learned this week it is an option but we are nipping that in the bud right now!) She said she completely understood that. But I keep thinking about this. Not only do I have to find a way to deal with my stress and not shove it down with food..... it's more than that. I feel like I need to figure out who I am. Who am I without food as a crutch? I think being fat for so long has changed my personality. I used to be so outgoing. Now I am not. I have hidden behind my fat for so long can I still consider myself outgoing? Part of the thought of this 'reinvention' is exciting. And part of it is scary. Maybe I won't be so understanding at work when people don't get their stuff to me on time. Maybe I am not the 'nice, fat person' Maybe I am the 'skinny bitch' who doesn't care if anyone likes her! LOL Have any of you had these thoughts? Do you know who you want to be? And how do you plan to be the person you imagine? This journey involves so much more than just food and exercise. Any thoughts???

Hi everyone... Updated my weight since I weigh in on Mondays. Lost 1.4 lbs this week.

Hi everyone! I lost 1.4 lbs this week. Last week's weight: 183.2 Today's weight: 181.8

Hi everyone. Not a very good day. My routine was screwed up from the get-go. I had to run an errand first thing this morning. By the time I got home it was 10am. I decided to have lunch instead of breakfast. Then in the afternoon I was snacking. Bad choices!!! Today: B: ate late... had 1/3 cup stuffing with turkey and gravy L: 1 small cracker with mouthful of chicken salad Obviously not enough because then I wanted to pick at food... ate 1 reeses pb cup, 2 pita chips D: 1/3 cup stuffing with turkey and gravy Oh well.. tomorrow will be a better day!

100 lbs in a year?! Yay, I would say MUCH better than last year! Congratulations!!!!

Hi everyone! Today: B: usual shake L: stuffing mixed with turkey and gravy- total of half cup (I thought it looked like so much when I was heating it up so I put it in a measuring cup!) and one slice of yam D: 1 scrambled egg and half a piece of bacon S: 2 cookies- not sure how they snuck up on me! :thumbup:

Mimilou, Your success is inspiring!

Hi Barbie! I am doing great! I am feeling great! I am loving my band! I really thought I would resent not being able to 'pig out' yesterday. But I really didn't. I ate what I wanted, I ate a tiny bit. I felt great after my meal and I didn't even want anymore. That was a very nice surprise. I love that food doesn't 'own' me anymore. I can eat it, love it, enjoy it and then walk away from it with no guilt. :thumbup: I have lost 58 lbs (not reflected on my signature because it won't be official until Monday). People are really starting to notice now at work. I just smile and say 'thank you'. Part of me is sorry I didn't do this sooner but the other part knows I wasn't ready. Even with a physical barrier in my body, this journey is still mostly mental. At least it has been for me. I am interested to read others experiences!

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a great day with your family! Today: B: usual shake L: chicken salad on a cracker D: tiny bit of turkey, stuffing, gravy and cauliflower in cheese. If you put it all together and put it in a measuring cup it would have been about 3/4 cup. I did have dessert. We had pumpkin and apple pie. I had the 'point' of each kind. They were probably about 1 inch pieces. I feel really good about today. I ate what I wanted. I ate enough to be satisfied so I didn't feel deprived. I wasn't stuffed like the rest of my family. Oh.. and my tiny amount took me LONGER to eat than the time it took my family to snarf down 2 plates each! :thumbup: I was loving my band today!!!!

Hi everyone... I am trying to remember what I had to eat yesterday.... B: usual shake L: chicken salad on a cracker D: half a meatball Today- I cooked the Thanksgiving day luncheon at my work so I prepared turkey, stuffing, hams, sweet potatoes, vegetable casserole, hash brown casserole etc etc etc for 130 people. I do it every year. It is a LOT of work but I really enjoy it. B: usual shake L: from the luncheon had small piece of turkey, tiny scoop of stuffing, mouthful of hash brown casserole, couple bites of veggie casserole and about four bites of sweet potatoes. D: wasn't really hungry, just a few bites of chicken salad

Hi everyone... I am 1.80 lbs under my turkey day goal! WOOT!! I weigh in on Mondays so this will be my offical starting weight for the Valentine's Day challenge.

Hi everyone... I lost 1.6 lbs this week. Last week 184.8 This week 183.2

Hi everyone... tomorrow is weigh in.. hoping for a good weigh in this week. Today B: usual shake L: about a half cup of chicken salad D: half a meatball trying to drink lots of water! glug... glug... glug

Congratulations! That is awesome!

Hi everyone... Today- B: usual shake L: turkey chili with cheese and sour cream.. total of a half cup D: third of a turkey burger, quarter cup mashed sweet potatoes and about 4 bites of broccoli No snacking today! YAY! I have been bad about grabbing a bite here and there. It is just unnecessary and a bad habit to start so I need to nip it right away! TOM is gone now so I am hoping for a good weigh in on Monday.

Hi everyone... Today was an odd day. I went and saw New Moon and then I had some errands to run B: protein shake L: just bites of samples at Costco... brie, cheesecake, breakfast wrap D: quarter of a turkey burger with cheese and onions, about a quarter cup of mashed sweet potatoes I really made too many of the mashed sweet potatoes last weekend. It is taking me too long to go through them. Oh.. New Moon was really good! Good adaptation of the book.. much better than the first!

Hi everyone... I haven't posted because of computer issues... :bored: Today: B: usual shake L: skipped S: handful of pita chips D: quarter cup mashed sweet potatoes, about a third cup chicken salad and about a tablespoon of cauliflower with cheese

Hi everyone... I weighed on Monday, just haven't been able to post it. Lost 0.4 Last Week 185.2 This week 184.8 Met my Turkey Day Challenge goal!

Hello everyone! Today- B: usual shake L: half a meatball, about a quarter cup of roasted cauliflower D: half a panko breaded tilapia fillet, quarter cup of mashed sweet potatoes and about two tablespoons broccoli in cheese sauce Wow... way more veggies than I usually manage Water intake needs to improve Oh, The Ugly Truth was funny. :wink2:

Hi everyone... TOM arrived today. I got on the scale even though I was feeling bloated and yucky and it was 185.0! That was my Turkey Day goal. I am claiming victory! WOOT!!! Kind of skipped Breakfast. I just got busy. I was getting hungry and looked at the clock and it was 10am. So I had lunch instead. Lunch at 10am: third of a turkey burger with bbq sauce and cheese, quarter cup mashed sweet potatoes and a quarter cup of ice cream from Cold Stone Creamery Dinner: half cup of homemade taco salad with 4 tortilla chips and a quarter cup ice cream. I got The Ugly Truth from netflix today so I am going to go plop myself on my chair with a delicious bottle of Water and watch it! :thumbup:

Hi everyone... I am very nervous about what is to come for me. I am experiencing job-related stress right now. Without giving too much detail, work has become very divided and ugly and most probably they will be calling a strike/lockout tomorrow. I am still struggling day to day with balancing my stress levels without using food as a coping mechanism. I have done really well. I am 4 months post-op with no fill so far and I have lost 55 lbs. I know I cannot allow any stress in my life impede my band journey. I guess I am nervous about it because it was always my pattern in the past. I would do great losing weight until I was stressed about something and then it all went down the drain.

I normally weigh on Mondays but for some ridiculous reason, I got on the scale today right after TOM showed up. WOOT! WOOT! I made my Turkey Day goal! I am claiming it! YEE HAW!