sweethot143

well, sort of. this is my trouble... so i start phase one and usually get through about 13 days then like you some event knocks me out! but in those 13 days i dropped 8-10 lbs. i've lost 11 doing it for 3 weeks, 13 days and then about 9 days. i fall off each time. but i don't get stressed about it though. because the weight has been maintaining. Like in july i did it, lost 10 lbs in 7 days, then fell off for about 2 months and ate whatever i wanted pretty much, and didn't gain an ounce. so my thought process is that i have only 48 more lbs to goal, i could lose that in 3 months if i really cut the carbs and sugar out and then relax. i could easily drag this weightloss on for the next few years, i don't seem to lose an ounce when i eat refined carbs and sugar but i maintain, because i keep my calories around 1000, (if i count them). in SB there is no counting carbs, i eat as much of the allowed foods as i want, which is so much easier with the band because that is very little. i could never do it without the band. If i fall off for a bday cake or like last night a buffalo wing at chilis and a few chips with salsa, oh well. I'll just start fresh after that meal. I am probably going about it the wrong way by sticking on phase one (no breads or pasta) for way to long, but i just want to lose fast fast. I've come to the point that 10lbs makes a huge difference in my clothing, i wore a demin skirt size 15 today that i bought back in april and it was so huge! i had to change, it kept sliding off my behind. i tried on a size 11 jeans and almost could button them, so it's encouraging to move down in sizes after 10-20 lbs instead of the old 40lbs at a size 20. i am beginning to feel pretty again, i can see collar bones for once in my life! guys flirt with me, ofcourse i flash my wedding band, but still the male attention went away for a while. I love shopping in normal stores like H and M and Anne Taylor or Aeropostale. i bought a size 12 Pea Coat today, last year my coat was a 2x, a 2X! this year a size 12 which will probably be huge by the end of the season.

Name............Chall. Start Wt........Current......Chall. Goal.............To Go alwayscurious........245......................245. ............212.................33 Amelia40...............270.................... 270................240................30 areellady...............232....................226 .5 ...............212.................14.5 argon..................162...................160.2 ...............142...............18.2 Ariel....................207.................... 199 ..............182..................17 aussie_jode...........212......................212 .............190..................22 BabygotBack..........164.....................164. ............145..................19 Babygrl1234...........215......................205 ............190.................15 Becky42................253.....................250 ...............220...............30 bekafina.................225.....................2 25.............199................26 Cherrybomb...........311....................306 ..............291................15 chickatee..............203.....................201 ..............175................26 chocolate_snaps......344....................342... ...........299................43 cQQlgirl..................225....................2 25................185..............40 Chris_NJ................284....................265 .................250..............15 cindyluhu...............194....................194 ...............180.............14 dacer123...............243....................243. ..............223................20 Denise...................170....................17 0...............155...............15 Denise..................244.....................24 4...............220................24 Desertbunnee.........232....................207. .............180................27 DonnaD................185.....................185. .............170................15 eclipse..................215.....................2 12..............199................16 faithmd................303.....................303 ............ 283...............16.7 glindab................ 277.....................269...............250..... .. .......19 gonnabfree............231....................231.. ..............205................26 Guinessgirl77.........241...................241 ..................210..............31 gweniper..............253.....................240. ...............223...............30 hf2havefun...........240......................240. ..............210................30 ihadenuf................216....................216 ................190................26 itsjustducky...........317....................317. .................297...............20 james2539............235.4.................235.4 ................220.............15.4 jfran……………………….212………………………204……………………..196………………8 jglong54...............206....................206. .................195.............11 jadrad7.................224....................224 .................200..............24 jazzystouch...........246......................246 ...............220...............26 Jeni 85.................237....................230 ..................207..............23 joisey....................307....................3 07................290...............17 josiebies...............188......................1 77................165...............12 JulieNYC................155.....................14 9.................136..............13 Kaelin's G-Ma.........272....................272............. ......220.............52 KarenG................. 240.....................232...................225. ...........7 katalin.e................230.....................1 79.................150..............29 Kellymovingon........207......................207 .................187............20 Kimmie.................296.....................290 ..................270.............20 ladydi............. .....233.....................228.................2 08...............20 legster..................261....................25 1................235...............16 LeslieLee...............216.....................21 6................186...............30 lisa_in_toronto.......180......................180 ................160...............20 losingjusme...........273.....................269. ...............238................31 luvinke..................225.................. ..223..................195..............28 maddog.................230.....................230 ................205..............25 marcar35...............277.....................268 ................250............. 18 mcgreen...............236......................230 .................210..............26 METALBAND...........187.....................182... ..... .......167..............15 momlambert..........207...................204.5... .............185..............20.5 mpalen.................229.....................229 ................200................29 Peache8887...........330.....................306.. ...............275..............31 pmmegm..............248.....................248... ...............228..............20 Rainer..................298................... 284..................258................26 robgoblin87............279...................279.. ................250...............29 SC2VA..................233.....................233 ..................200..............33 sdakotaRN.............254.....................254. ................225..............29 Short C................. 166....................166.................146.. ............20 Soniacan...............198.5..................198. 5.............175.............23.5 Stacy73.................259.....................24 1 ...............230...............11 Sunny112..............215.....................165. ...............140...............25 Suzzzie. ...............349....................337......... .......320................17 sweethot143..........197....................188... .............175.................13 tanderson..............231.....................231 ...............199................32 teacher.................236.....................23 6...............200................36 ToniaPatt …..........286……….....……......283………......... 243.… ........…40 UK-Lady...............255.....................223.... ...........210.................13 Wannabthin...........231......................222. .............211................20 want2beme...........225.....................225.. ............195................30 wen.....................288......................2 84..............255................29 Whosyadaddy.........388.....................369... ...........335................43 LifeLover..............289.....................275 ..............259................16 __________________ __________________ down 2 more!

what's up ladies? kaydot-good luck on the fill! i had one last week and it still hasn't kicked in! I'm patiently waiting. brandi- the tummy is shrinking! loving the size 4 jeans on you! do you live in them? A size four isn't even in my dreams! i have some thighs that would stop me from that! I'm ecstatic that 13 are getting loose. I can't wait to slip 11's on! I haven't been in that size since i was 15. I'm still Southbeaching it, i went back to phase one to lose faster, i'm so impatient. so i'm on day 3 of no sugar or bread. getting easier. this weekend will be hard we are going up to a big miliary base for a dr. appt. and all there is to eat there is fast food, so i'm guessing i will go with somesort of salad. or 6'' sub and just eat the filling.

jill, I am also a slow loser! I feel your pain girl! welcome back!

haha, i knew what it was going to do and I still jumped! lol.

the only way i lose is to do South Beach. I always lose about 8-10 lbs in the phase 1. then i fall off for a bit, don't gain any back but don't lose an ounce. so the only way for me to break a plateau is to cut out sugar and simple carbs for a few weeks.

HEY GIRLS, well I thankfully had a pretty non eventful weekend. Saturday we went to a starward convention on base and my 2year old won the costume contest. she was yoda! it was so cute. There was no church on sunday so i got to relax all day, well sort of we set up our girls some bunkbeds in their room, so that was quite a job. Monday was a holiday so we went to a few german stores to look around. Today I am back strict on phase 1 again of SouthBeach. I finished phase one a week ago and then went to phase 2, and then had birthday cake and couldn't stop from there. so now i need to go back to phase one again. it's been a week since i've weighed, so i'm going to weigh tomorrow. i hope i lose another 8-10lbs in the next two weeks! that will give me only 20 or so more lbs to hit my year end goal. I think i can do it if i cut out the carbs. Good thing is that when i fall off the bandwagon i don't gain it back. so i need to sacrafice and just get these lbs off so i can relax! there is cake in my kitchen! how will i turn it down today? last night was family night so we baked a cake together. why do i do these things?

i stick to southbeach, that's the only way i lose. I'm always on and off of it. when i'm off, I maintain. when i'm on I lose very well.

I agree, it's just a number. You really had no idea what you would look like at that weight. If you look how you wanted to look at the weight you are now then I would go with that. the reason for the surgery was to make you healthier and happier with your body. You made it!! You do have a large chest so i'm sure after a tweek or two from PS you'll probably pass your goal. Reset!

hey ladies. so i've been super busy as usual! i thought that today was finally the day that I had to relax and clean my house. But no, i got a call this morning to meet the troops at the gate as they come in from Iraq and give them gift bags and thank them for what they have done. I couldn't say no , because it's so patriotic and how could I say no to something like that! so another busy day. i was hoping to stay in my jammies all day. So yesterday i purchased another size 13 jeans! LEI jeans, They are so cute! a bit long for me, they didn't have short, so i'll have to wear my tall sexy boots with them. Brandi- sorry about the speeding ticket man! that sucks big time, i can't believe it's turned into all that it has. nuts. I hope that it works out in your favor and you aren't out too much money. so i hid my scale! i am only going to pull it out once a week. I was on the thing all day long. so i had to hide it. I got a fill on monday. It hasn't kicked in yet, but on the screen it was so so small. i drank and then it all just sat in the pouch for a few seconds and then started going through. usually it had just flowed through right away. But yesterday i at a whole piece of pizza and it went down fine. so im worried that this fill is not enough. he said that he can't possibly tighten it anymore and not to come back there for 3 months for a fill again. i just ate a piece of deli ham and about 10 pistachios for bkfast and still hungry. hmm. i guess i'm never going to his this "sweet spot" .

love love LOVE, that dress!!! it looks fantastic on you!!!

-7lbs! Name............Chall. Start Wt........Current......Chall. Goal......To Go alwayscurious........245......................245. .............212..............33 Amelia40...............270.................... 270................240..............30 areellady...............232....................228 ...............212.................16 argon..................162...................160.2 . .............142...............18.2 Ariel....................207...................... 199 ..............182...............17 aussie_jode...........212......................212 .................190...............22 BabygotBack..........164.....................164. ...............145...............19 Babygrl1234...........215......................219 ................190...............19 Becky42................253.....................251 .5.................220............31.5 bekafina.................225.....................2 25.................199.............26 Cherrybomb...........311....................306 ..............291................15 chickatee..............203.....................201 .................175..............26 chocolate_snaps....344......................342... ..........299.................43 cQQlgirl..................225....................2 25................185................40 Chris_NJ................284....................272 ................250................22 cindyluhu...............194....................194 .................184................10 dacer123...............243....................243. ..............223................20 Denise...................170....................17 0...............155................15 Denise..................244.....................24 4..................220............24 Desertbunnee.........232....................207. .............180.................27 DonnaD................185......................185 ..............170..............15 eclipse..................215.....................2 12... ..............199.............16 faithmd................303.....................303 ............ 283...............16.7 glindab................ 277....................269...... ........250....... .......19 gonnabfree............231..................231. .................205................26 Guinessgirl77..........241.....................241 ...................210.............31 gweniper................253...................243. ...............223................30 hf2havefun...........240......................240. ..............210..............30 ihadenuf................216....................216 ...................190.............26 james2539............235.4.................235.4.. ................220.............15.4 jglong54...............206....................206. ...................195.............11 jadrad7.................224....................224 .................200..............24 jazzystouch...........246......................246 ...............220...............26 Jeni 85.................237....................234 ...............207................27 joisey....................307....................3 07................290................17 josiebies...............188......................1 80...............165...............15 JulieNYC................155.....................14 9.................136..............13 Kaelin's G-Ma.........272....................272............. ......220.............52 KarenG................. 240.....................237...................225. ..........12 katalin.e................230.....................1 79.................150.............29 Kellymovingon........207......................207. .................187..............20 Kimmie..................296.....................29 0..................270.............20 ladydi............. .....233.....................228.................2 08...............20 legster..................261....................25 1................235...............16 LeslieLee...............216.....................21 6................186...............30 lisa_in_toronto.......180......................180 ................160...............20 losingjusme...........273.....................269. ...............238................31 luvinke..................225.................. ..223..................195..............28 maddog.................230.....................230 ................205.............25 marcar35...............277.....................273 ................250............. 23 mcgreen...............236.................... 230.................210................26 METALBAND...........187.....................184... ..... .......167..............17 momlambert............207....................207.. ..............185..............22 mpalen.................229.....................229 ................200................29 Peache8887...........330.....................306.. ...............275..............31 pmmegm................248.....................248. .................228..............20 Rainer....................298................... 286................258................28 robgoblin87............279......................27 9...............250..............29 SC2VA.................233...................... 233.................200..............33 sdakotaRN.............254.....................254. ................225..............29 Short C................. 166....................166.................146.. ............20 Soniacan...............198.5..................198. 5.............175.............23.5 Stacy73................259.....................246 ...............230...............16 Sunny112..............215.....................165. ...............140...............25 Suzzzie. ...............346....................346....... ........315................31 sweethot143..........197....................190. .............175.................15 tanderson..............231.....................231 .............199..................32 ToniaPatt …..........286……….....……......283………........2 43.…... .....……40 UK-Lady...............255.....................223.... ............210...............13 Wannabthin...........231......................231. ..............211...............20 want2beme...........225.....................225.. ............195................30 wen.....................288......................2 84................255..............29 Whosyadaddy.........388.....................369... ..............335.............43 LifeLover..............289.....................289 ... ..............259.............30

hey ladies. I put up some pics on before and after. I was a bit disappointed with them, I look a lot bigger than I thought I did. Now i finally have some full body pics to compare to in a few months. 32 more lbs to lose by year end. My goal was 40 and I've lost 8 so far this month! gotta love South Beach. I just hope I can stay on it this time. It works like crazy! My body apprently doesn't tolerate sugar and simple carbs at all, the scale doesn't budge if I have one bite of bread. Brandi- how is your low carbing it coming?

before: November 06 1/2 way there, about 50lbs to goal: Today

boo boo, sorry about the car!! thank goodness you are ok!

I can eat most breads just fine, including, the soft white wonderbread. However, you probably won't be eating pbj for a while. Occasionally, like twice since banding i've had a half of one with natural PB and Naturally sweetened jelly and 100% whole wheat bread.

my favorite gadget is a pampered chef garlic press. i use it daily, and had it 5 years now. I love it because you just drop the whole clove in it, you don't have to peel or cut it first. The best $15 i've spent in my kitchen so far!

wow boo, sorry to hear about your drama there. Why does he take the kids? usually the mom gets to take them in fights. at least with everyone else i know. the board has been soo slow! I went to aqua jogging last night and swam laps. good stuff. fun fun . My husband got switched back to nights, so that messes up my nightly jog. of course. hopefully he'll get back on days. i had chicken for dinner 3 hrs ago and it's still stuck! i feel all the pain in my back. i feel it moving down though. i guess i ate too fast, i was talking on the phone at the same time. I went to get my car inspected today and it was deemed undrivable! 2 days before our trip to Garmisch which is 5 hrs away by car! I had to run out and spend $300 for two new tires. And i just bought them less than a year ago! crazy. but it passed the second time around, so our trip is still a go. I can't wait! Everyone doing well?

no he doesn't do financing. if you pay in cash the day of surgery he actually took 1k off the price it was 6k. there are no psych evals or nutrition classes or any info for that matter. I learned all I needed to know from this sight. The fills are free, no pre op diet for me. this is how it went. i called his office, they speak great english, po tickler was the ladies name to ask for. booked a consult. went in 2 days after calling, then they weighed me, gave me a booklet on RNY surgery? for what i don't know. then he talked to me for about 10 minutes, booked surgery for 2 weeks. i filled out a bunch of medical history stuff a whole booklet full of papers. i didn't get surgery on my original date because my loan didn't finalize yet, i did a home equity line on a home in the states we have so it took a few weeks to fund. I had surgery at his friends hospital, like a free hospital, and that's dr. matkovich, he speaks no english. And he is who I have been seeing ever since surgery. he does all my fills under fluouro. i go in, they act as if it's a surprise even though i call and book it, he comes out of surgery takes me to the xray room with his nurse does the fill under fluouro, and i'm out in 10 minutes flat. they don't weigh me or anything. he does ask if i have problems ect. gave me his home and cell number, but he doesn't speak english so that's worthless. lol. I don't regret it at all, there are no luxuries or anything, but i educated myself and emailed back and forth with my original dr. dr. weiner. and he answers promptly most of the time. he uses the 10cc VG american band. he also does gastric sleeving where they remove part of your stomach. he wanted to do that on me instead, but i decided against it. they didn't even give me a post op diet. he said liquids for 1 month!! I didn't do that. i did 2 weeks. I pretty much followed the standard on here. i am in bitburg, 2 hrs from frankfurt. in the Eifel Region. good luck i think you'll have a good experience. If I can help in anyway, let me know. I am heading out that way in the end of the month for a fill. dr. matkovich is on holiday until the 25th.

i drink 24oz. in about 10 minutes. I drink 12-15cups of water a day. no problem, unless i ate recently then it makes my food get stuck! then i slime

Name.............Chall. Start Wt......Current......Chall. Goal......To Go losingjusme...........273.....................273. .............238.............35 faithmd................303.....................303 ..............283.............20 mpalen.................229.....................229 ..............200.............29 want2beme...........225.....................225... ...........195.............30 mcgreen...............236.................... 236. .............210.............26 wombat712...........179.................... 179... ...........155.............24 Suzzzie. ...............346.....................346........ . .....315............31 Chris_NJ................284.....................28 4 ..............250.. .........34 Cherrybomb...........311.....................311.. .............291.... ..... .20 legster..................261......... ...........261................235...... .....26 Desertbunnee.........232.....................207.. ............180............27 areellady...............232.....................23 2................212.............20 sweethot143.........197......................197................175.............22

hey girls, Talk about about a lazy sunday! After church I took a 3 hour nap and now i'm just lounging around. It's freezing out. I taught my class today in church and it turned out great, everyone left in tears. Of course I teach woman so that it to be expected. I felt it turned out well though. My baby starts kindergarten on tuesday!! I can't believe it, she's a kid now, not a toddler. My other baby is only 2 1/2 so i can enjoy her at home with me for a bit longer. We snuggle all day =). slow weekend on the forum.

i had depo when i first for married and gained 20lbs in 2 months.

Boo- Totally, if you want to come to Garmish with us, you are welcome to come!! All of you are welcome to come to Germany and see the sights and stay at our house for free! We have been here a year and have had no visitors yet. Our families are not interested at all. so we have a guest room complete with a full size bed and never a guest! Brandi- Ok, I have to say that I respect you 100 % more than I already did and you know that I think highly of you already. She is very very lucky to have a friend like you, who is selfless. I think that you are absolutely right, spending 2 + hours a day with a friends husband, whom you have a lot in common with, is probably a recipe for disaster. Of course you can 100 % be trusted and so can he, but sometimes an emotional connection can happen without it intending to be. You're absolutely right that eventually the wife would probably become a bit jealous especially if they ever get into a rough patch. Maybe you could meet just a few x's a week and he can get you on a workout plan and started with supplements and you check in with him on it. I would make sure that his wife is always ok with everything and kind of include her as much as possible. ( i know she isn't the workout guru, and he is) Anway, shin splints are feeling a bit better today. I think i'll be able to back to jogging by monday. I'll take it easy for the weekend, and continue to do my weights and crunches ect. Wish me luck, I have to teach the lesson in church on sunday, I'm so nervous!! I'm teaching about improving your marriage through faith and prayer. good stuff. boo if you guys were a religious couple i could give you all sorts of advice. so sorry to hear that you are having a tough time. It seems to be the trend among my friends lately. Just when my marriage is stronger than ever it seems others are beginning to crumble. Cheating, verbal abuse, man it goes on and on. I wish there was some way that i could make a difference, but other than being a good example, I don't know what to do.

hey guys, crazy week! My shin splints are worse. I guess I did too much still. I've been walking my 4 miles and I also did aqua jogging, like water aerobics in German. so that's fun. I skipped soccer tonight because of the shin splints. I'm so depressed over this crap. I was doing so well jogging! why a set back. On a higher note. Next weekend we are going to beautiful Bavarian in Garmish Germany. It's right next to Austria. On the way there we will stop at the Neushwenstein castle, the one that disney modeled the cinderella castle after. then the next day we just explore the Bavarian. I'm so excited! It is the most picturesque place you could ever imagine! Nestled in the Swiss Alps. so i have sort of a NSV. I ordered new jeans from Aeropostale which runs a bit smallish and a few shirts and they all fit! and are super cute and even a bit big. size 13 in jeans and a large in shirts. so not where i hoped to be by now. but still feels good to be able to shop at a cute store.