losingjusme

hi Angela, sounds like "last meal syndrome"... with your banding being early next year, it may make it more difficult or you can start the 'pre-pre op diet' sooner and drop some of the liver fat .. i know i am going to catch hell for this, but... my suggestion. have a week. ONE week and eat whatever you want. if you want to get burger king 2 times a day, do it. if you want a piece of chocolate cake for Breakfast, do it. BUT (big but) you must find 30 minutes to do some sort of constant physical activity. if it is marching in place for 30 mins so be it. AFTER THAT WEEK - start a semi-restrictive way of eating. dont fully restrict yourself from everything to nothing. talk about a mind game! pick a plan and stick to it. whether it be low fat, low carb, whatever ... stick to it until you have to start your pre-op diet. that one week of whatever you want is mostly mental. but it will get the 'last meal syndrome' out of your head. i was petrified that i would no longer be able to eat X after surgery. i can eat X even now ... but its about 1/4 of the amount i used to be able to eat. good luck, keep us posted.

:clap2::clap2::clap2: surrrrrre you arent ...

I dunno if we are WOWing the same thing, but yeah... wow

great job whos!! :clap2: i am back to running. will start hopefully today. having work and DD issues (no one to look after her when i run) so it may be a problem, but i will do something.

not always ... sometimes he's a dear, sometimes damn, darling, etc....

i am so sorry that DH (and i dont mean 'dear') did that. he sounds incredibly selfish to 'expect' you to perform for him since he looks good. oh puhleeze. you took the words out of my mouth.

its my soft stop. are you a tad too tight?

because it is what is best for me. focus on food and exercise now.

i was stupid and walking in my kitchen in the dark. opened the pantry door (walk in pantry) and stubbed it on the door frame. it made a 'pop' and is now reddy/black and blue ... PERTY!!! it hurts to walk so i have no idea what i am going to do.

hi jennibee, i am normally not hungry in the morning anyway, but force myself to get some calories in. i know tons of bandsters are tight in the morning. i usually have an Atkins Caramel shake (delish!!) for breakfast. i do stay full until about 11-12ish. good luck!

hope that's one heck of a Protein bar ... sounds like you need more protein. sample menu: b - shake (Atkins caramel latte - yummy!!) s - almonds maybe l - spicy tuna w/ HB egg and some spicy mayo s - almonds maybe or iSS Oh Yeah bar (another yummy) d - whatever family is having, meat & veggies type food. no late snack. good luck!

Exercise is key to my loss. even if i am not eating perfectly, if i move, i lose. i would say 1700 cal target is rather high unless you are REALLY exercising. good luck!

if i only ate 3 meals a day, they would be 3 continuous meals ... i have b/l/d and usually a very small (handful of almonds, etc) for a snack or 2.

ok, grabbed everyone thru want so bad. i will update one or more times a week and post when i do.

isnt it obvious . . . it's all about me ...

oh dear, we are up to 3 guests now ... i dont care about poop. what's a PB?

i agree, its not her fault she was misinformed... BUT, my concern here is we always say, "listen to your doctor" ... what happens when a doctor is clearly uninformed of the best post op procedures?

o m g :faint::faint::faint::faint: f phenominal!!!!! you are SMOKIN!!

now that didnt seem obnoxious, self-righteous NOR condescending. what's going on Chickie? did one of the non-know it all's get to you ... to keep on topic... i think i f'ing broke a toe ... dmit.

OK, nice L O N G challenge. This is September 1st (or whatever day you would like to start) until US Thanksgiving (November 22) - 11 1/2 weeks long. Anyone is free to join. Use this template below. Copy the most recent stats from a previous post and add your name alphabetically. You can weigh in any day you want, but I will be posting mine on Wednesdays. I am setting a very aggressive goal, not sure if i will make it, but i am going to reach for it!! Good luck everyone! Name.............Chall. Start Wt......Current......Chall. Goal......To Go losingjusme...........273.....................273. .............238...............35

I didnt realize it was THAT huge, I'll shrink when I get home. I just ate some steak. but I dont go in for my unfill til Thursday so im ok.

jm - plz take care of yourself first and formost.. we'll be here next week sweet - oh no!! hope the family is feeling better. if you can't find the podcasts, I'll see if I can email them to you. I actually think I do better with my own music. I am cleaning out my closets today. getting rid of ALL my old fat clothes (keeping 1-2 outfits for pics tho). now I CANT gain any weight back. it would bankrupt us..

im sorry, Chelle. i dont think that would be tolerated either...

im going to try week 3. DH is out of town for the next 10 days so not sure how consistent i can be with wee one...

hi guys, new week has started. super busy, will post more later. C http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f81/couch-5k-week-25-01-december-45834/