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Oh My Gosh It Is 70 Degrees Today In Michigan I Even Got Some Sun On My Face And Neck. Yea!!!!!

Jessica, Don't feel bad! We are all like that. But this site helps up to really think and keep it on our minds, so we are kinda changing our daily habits. You can't do it overnight. I feel like I am SLOWLY changing my habits. But we want to do it right this time. I live in Michigan and it is going to be 56 Degrees today, and I have the day off. YEA!!!!! I will be going for a walk today even with a bad knee. THINK SPRING! Everyone have a day. Mary

Jessica, Don't feel bad! We are all like that. But this site helps up to really think and keep it on our minds, so we are kinda changing our daily habits. You can't do it overnight. I feel like I am SLOWLY changing my habits. But we want to do it right this time. I live in Michigan and it is going to be 56 Degrees today, and I have the day off. YEA!!!!! I will be going for a walk today even with a bad knee. THINK SPRING! Everyone

Toqu- Great Job Keep it up!!!!!! Rayine- I'm glad about your Mom and your windfall!

Raynie, go see your Mom!!! Jimboss is right, always be postive, I think the trip will pay off plus you get a mini vacation and get to see your Mom which will mean the world to her. Mary

What is this diet M/E that everyone keeps talking about? Please it sounds interesting. Mary

Jessica, We all do it, don't beat yourself up and our life style change will come in time. I have noticed that I eat less at meals, (I still snack to much) but if we do it all at once we will put the weight back on like we always did, or at least I always did. This time is will be different!!!!! RIGHT? Jimboss aren't you in your 50's thats not old, its the new 30's that is what my law school son said LOL I don't think you should call yourself old jimboss. Not yet anyways. LOL What do you think girls? Everyone try to have a good weekend. Just leave out 1 thing that you usually have. Sweets are my killer. Mary

Hey everyone, I lost 5.8 lbs this time, not as much as I would have liked but my total is 42lbs. My second fill went good 2 cc's so now I have 6cc's in my 10 cc band. I am filling fuller now, when I eat I must eat slow or I am done very fast. One dinner makes into 3 dinners now! LOL Mary

Jane, I didnt have my 1st fill untill I was 3 months out too! I also had 4 cc's put in my 10cc band. I have read on this site about ppl's fills, and one person had 4 fills and she still isn't at 4 cc's? I go again tomorrow and hoping to get 2 more cc's. Keep up the good work. Mary

Hey Shirley and Jimboss also have been married 31 yrs. My hubby is still the best. He does spoil me though. But sometimes I think he is more my child than my spouse, (we were 15yrs when we started to date. and married at 18, woops tells you my age.) saturday he came out with a shirt on that needed to be ironed and he has never ironed in his life and I was like when are you going to grow up. LOL he doesn't cook, clean, make drinks or anything that would take time to learn. Don't ya wish we could say that. Its just his excuse not to do stuff. I am not his Mother! Husbands need to know that every now and then. How about you Jimboss are you grown up? LOL Or does your wife have to do everything for you too? LOL good grief didn't mean to vent on here at all. LOL I go for a fill on friday morning, I have 4cc'c in a 10 cc's band and fill tight now when I eat a big meal, but I still can eat chocolate and sweets anytime I want. Is there a band for that? LOLLOLOLOL I will let you guys know my weight loss on Friday. If there is any? Mary

If you have lost 81 lbs. I think you should keep doing whatever you are doing, keep the coffee and have another cup! LOL You are doing great! Mary

Hi Everyone, I am glad to hear everyone is doing great! I also was stuck in the airport yesterday in Norfolk, Va. flying into Detroit but it was foggy there. Waited 7 hours, so of course I had Ice cream, (god I miss that!) I was in Virginia Beach for a week and I am proud to annouce that I didn't gain any weight. YEA! (didn;t lose either! ) Got home last night and one of the messages I got is my Dr. Changing my 2nd fill. BOOHOO! I wanted that fill. But I am going to start being good again today. I even have had my muscle milk already. Chocolate cold isn't to bad. Everyone have a great week and THINK SPRING!!!!!!!!!!! Mary

Hello white06! Wecome, Jesscia I am in for the Easter Challenge too I want to do both! I did have a good day yesterday then my new puppy started to challenge me and she won! So I was in a bad mood last night and ate to make up for it. Then I was just more mad at the puppy. But when I say come here I don't mean run the other way! LOLOLOL. Hey I bought some Muscle Milk at the grocerys store, 16ozs for 13.99. There is no shipping there. LOL by all the healthy stuff. Lose away, Mary

Jessica, I like the short term goals! They seem easier for me. How about we do 5 lbs before st. Pats day???????? Congrats on getting under your mark! I am 12 from mine. Shirley,Glad to hear your doing good. I will need a knee soon too! I am waiting till I can't walk. LOL I am 12 lbs from hitting my 1st goal and then I will be on the move, I just feel it. Plus I get a fill on the 28th of Feb. YEAH!

HELP! I am still munching on everything in site and if it isn 't in site I make it. I can't eat a dinner like I used to but I sure can eat everything else. Sweets are my down fall and I love chocolate. But I need to be held accountable to someone I guess. Maybe I will go back to WW. Everyone at work is skinny and all they do is diet and talk about it. I am the one with the band and still can't lose. I am so mad at myself. I haven't lost anything since before Christmas. What can I do to make myself do this!!!!!!!!! err!!!!!! What is it going to take??????? I know if I knew I would be a millionare!!!!!!! LOL My bad time is at night, any ideas Mary

Good Luck Shirley, I am from Michigan too! Mary

I am on the chocolate, just as bad! Why do we do that to ourselfs? At night I just can't seem to be good. My hubby works 3rd shift and he sleeps from 6-10 at night so I am alone. But I know chocolate and sweets are not going to keep me company, so why do I do it?????????? Welcome Angie, wow you have lost alot of weight, tell us one of your secrets that has made you so sucessful. I have been sick too with the broncitics, also when I got sick after my lapband in October they did a cat scan and they said I had a enlarged ovary so I had to have a ultra sound of it and now to the ob-gyn, to find out what they are going to do, the nurse said ppy take it out with surgery. Not again! I hope not, but what ever it takes. Wish me luck. Mary

Flavored water is great. I find that I am always grabbing one. I like it very cold. It helps me get the water in.

Hi Everyone, I just got my 1st fill in my 10cc band and it was 4cc's, I didn't ask what I will get in 6 wks. I am not sure what I feel yet, but there is something different. I can't eat like I could 2 days ago! YEA!!! All my fills are free for the 1st year. So I am glad that I don't have to pay everytime I go to get a fill. I was banded on Oct 17 2006 and have lost 36lbs. Mary

I got my fill this morning, 4cc's it was so easy, easier than getting my injections in my knee. I was so nevrous about getting a fill. He just pushed on my stomach and then numbed it and shot it. Fast and easy. Oh he did say I could have anything I wanted to eat or drink, He even asked me if I wanted something before my fill. But I went without anything, but got my coffee the minute I left. LOL I am down 36lbs now, I can't believe it, because Christmas was really hard for me with the sweets. Ok everyone lets do this. Mary

Question here? Can I have my morning coffee before my fill at 9:30 ?

I to have been struggling too! I have stayed the same. I go for my 1st fill tomorrow at 9:30, I'm alittle nervous! But I hope it kicks me in the butt! I have been having the gel injected into my knee and have that tomorrow too, #2 out of 3, one each week. Hope it works, did last year. But riding my bike has made it bad again. I need to exersize more. Dru you are doing great and now you are a head of me. but I hope to catch up with you. Mary

I'm in on this one! I will do 15 lbs, by Valentines Day! So you guys hold me to it! LOL I go in for my 1st fill on Jan 10th for 4 cc's in a 10cc's band. I was sick a month after surgery so they wouldn't fill my band. So I am alittle behind you guys. 33 lbs I really love this site and the support, I sure need it. OK EVERYBODY LET'S DO THIS!!!! Mary

I have a 10cc band and my first fill will be 4cc's, I'm thinking if you guys are getting a fill often, then you have to pay often. That is what it looks like as I read everyone's posts. I am not expericened in fills yet. So this was just an idea???? They (the Dr's) are here for the money not their health.