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We are "junk in the trunk twins"!!!:clap2:

I think I am like a 12.

Thanks!!! I prayed for you also today!!! God Bless!!! Audree

I have been doing really good!! I LOST 3.5 POUNDS ON FRIDAYS WEIGH IN!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been eating really good on South Beach. My ability to eat more has gone up a little. I can tell I don't have much restriction because I don't have to chew as carefully and I can eat more. But, being on South Beach helps a lot. For example yesterday I had for breakfast 2 scrambled eggs, 2 sausages, and two bacons, with another sausage cut in half. For lunch I had almonds and 2 laughing cows and for dinner I had a carne asada burrito without tortilla and beans. Today I had cottage cheese, colds cuts and cheese, almonds, 8 small chicken meatballs and beans. I think I may weigh myself to keep myself in check before Friday. I don't want to get too out of hand. But, I am eating foods on the phase 1 plan but just want to make sure. I need to watch my almond intake also, That has gotten me in the past. I also think I am premenstrual and I always get hungrier during that time. I get my fill in 2 1/2 weeks and I am glad. I don't feel any restriction anymore and I am glad I am doing South Beach because I'd hate to gain weight at all!

All goals met for today! Breakfast: 3 eggs with mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, 4 cold cuts sauteed and salsa (about 380 calories) Lunch: 1 small can of sardines and a dollop of hummus (about 250 calories) Snack: 10 almonds ( about 100 calories) and 1 Laughing Cow cheese Dinner: 1 sirloin steak hamburger patty with cheddar cheese melted on top (about 400 calories) Calories: about 1150 ish Exercise: elyptical machine for 30 minutes Supplements: 1 tbsp. Glacial Milk, 1 Biotin, 1 QuickSlim30 Liquids: 64 ounces of crystal light (watered down with Pure Lemon ) ** I am eating so well on the Beach. I wonder if I will still lose weight???<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

I was wondering the same thing. Do we even have a poutch if we are not filled yet and have no more restriction? I do eat a lot less than I used to, but I am probably having about 1 cup and 1/4 at a time.

Do you think I have to keep the 1 cup rule even if I don't have any restriction? I know it should be different when I get my fill in a couple of weeks!

I have been really hungry too!!! I am definitely going to take my QuickSlim30 today.

Sound like good goals!!! I am having to keep focused to about doing my exercise today! I feel lazy!!! But, I have to make myself do it!!! My goals for today 1. drink my Water, at least 64 ounces 2. exercise This is what I have eaten today: Breakfast: 3 small eggs, stirfryed with mushroooms, onions and tomatoes and 4 pieces of deli style turkey cold cuts with salsa (about 280 calories) Liquids: drank 32 ounces from wake up to before Breakfast

I actually bought them at Sams Club. They are all natural, no preservatives and very tasty. I put a little marinara on them and have a good meal. I used to only be able to have 4, but now I can have 8!!! Bye Bye restriction!!! I am so glad to be doing south beach or I think I'd be losing control by now.

Hi Guys! Just checkin in! My goal for this week are to 1. drink at least 64 ounces of water/crystal light 2. exercise at least 4 times this week 3. keep on the south beach 4. remember to take my Vitamins, supplements I weigh in on Friday and I am scared because I have no restriction and have been eating very well, but still following south beach. You are supposed to eat till you are satisfied on the beach and that is what I have been doing, but.... Hopefully I am at least maintaining!!! I get a fill Feb. 17th, so I want to maintain, maybe lose a few more till then!!! How are we all doing??

How much do you measure and eat? I don't measure at all.

I don't have any restriction either!! It's gone!!! I can eat anything and don't have to chew like I did. I am eating South Beach, but it seems like a lot of food I am eating, so we will see on Friday when I weigh in!!! I am kinda scared! I am 5'5 so you are taller than me! I always wished I could be taller so I could get away with weighing more. I think they say 10 pounds an inch more or less depending on your heigth. I could never be a 3/4 unless my butt totally deflated. I always have to wear a bigger size, since I have major junk in the truck!!!! I think my goal is like a 5!

I am a tight wad too and don't want to buy some more jeans. I only had 1 pair anyway and they don't look good. They are 14's. I have some other jeans that don't fit yet. I probably need a 12, but don't want to spend the money. I am so tight I am thinking about going to a nice thrift shop! I don't want to spend and then where it for a few weeks and get rid of them!

I don't have any restriction either!!!!:faint: It's gone....... :) :paranoid :think :cry :tired I am eating very well, sometimes too well doing South Beach, but following South Beach guidelines none the less. So, I guess the true test comes Friday when I weigh in!! I am going to work out today too!!! Make sure you check on me, because I can't lie to you guys about it!!

WOW!!! That is sooooo awesome!!!!!! I go for my first fill Feb. 17 and I am glad because I do not have any restriction anymore!!! Dr. Ortiz told me to get ready to burn all of my clothes, but I think I'll donate them! I am in that awkward stage, where my main weekly clothes don't fit. The only clothes I had a little smaller were work out clothes. My jeans are too big and the ones I was saving for "one day" are a little too small. I have no pants or jeans!!! My regular jeans are so big they make me look fat!!! I have a question for you. When do you know when to stop losing weight? I was thinking, I know I 'say' my goal is 135, but that is just a number. What if I look really good at 145? Then a part of me wants to get really small just because my whole life I have been overweight. All my teen years and adult hood has been overweight. Can we ever get too thin?

Hi!! My name is Audree and I was banded on Jan.5, 2007, so 1 month ago!!! I can't believe it went by so fast! I have also prayed for so many years for God to help me lose weight and keep it off. Not just for me, but for my family. Having a weight problem my whole life, dieting since I was 12 and now I am 33, had taken a toll. I want to be a happy and fun loving mother and wife, ready to take off to the park at a moments notice and run around in the grass. I was so tired of being sick and tired. I didn't know how God was going to answer my prayer, but I would pray for healing from being addicted to food. I would diet, lose, binge, gain, diet, lose a few, binge, gain it all back over and over. I became obessesed with food and dieting where it was just taking too much space in my head. I wanted to be set free from this bondage. Then one day a friend who was banded, suggested the band. I had never heard about it. I just knew if it was God's will, He'd provide the finances, since I was a self payer. He provided for everything, down to every last detail!!!! Everything has gone so smooth, very minimal pain and discomfort! I am a lower bmi bandster, started my journey at 190,, but I was on my Un-diet, so I was gaining fast and headed back into 200 land. I am glad I caught myself at 190!!! God had been so good to me!! I have felt so much peace and joy!!! I am happy and for the first time in my whole life, I am not thinking about what diet am I going to do this week or what I should eat or not eat, all the while feeling deprived and moody! My poor husband has gone through every diet and the pain and disappointment with me! He deserves a medal! A hungry and dieting hormonal woman is not a fun and happy woman!!! This is what my husband says I looked like pre band:frusty: and that is how I felt!!! I have lost 20.5 pounds so far, putting me at 169.5 My goal in 8 weeks is 15-20 more pounds, putting me at 150-155 My ultimate goal is 135ish by my 12th wedding anniversary July 1st. I will also keep you in my daily devotion/prayer time!!! PUSH - PRAY UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS!!!! With all of us praying for each other, we are going to see some miraculous weight loss!!!!! Thanks for letting me be a part of your journey!!! Very refreshing thread! God Bless!!! Audree

I was told I'd have diahrea if I had juice or gatorade, which i did so I stopped drinking them!!

Glad to hear you are doing well!!!

I take a really good liquid vitamin that has everything in it called Glacial Milk. I bought it at Sams Club but you can find it on the internet too!

Welcome Joanne! This site has helped me so much! I love it! I loved having Anderson's creamy split pea, V8, drinkable yogurt, sugar free jello, sugar free fudgesicles when I was where you are post op. I used a lot of Gas x strips for the gas too. Seemed to help! :clap2:

I was told i could walk for 3 weeks and then start to exercise more. No cruches for 3 months and just being careful with twisting.

I know my clothes feel better and my daughters teacher said my shirt looked really nice on me, I wear it ofter, but she was looking at me like she was trying to see what was different about me. I did have a NSV today! I wore my size 12 slacks and they felt very comfortable, not snug at all. I am feeling more hungry and can tell my restriction is pretty much gone. If it wasn't for South Beach, I think I'd be in trouble!!!:faint: I feel like I am eating a little too well, but it is all on plan, so I will know for sure when I weigh in.

Hey! Today I had a 3 egg cheese omlette with sauteed mushrooms for breakfast, and lunch was some chicken and 2 pieces of brocollie from a chinese restaurant we went to eat at. Liquids: 40 ounces so far! I am going to rest from exercise today. I am more hungry today! I forgot to take my QuickSlim30 and I can tell! But it is almost 4pm and if I take it now, I may not sleep well. I did take my 1 tbsp. of Glacial Milk liquid Vitamin and I started taking 1 Biotin in the morning. I have been "Water loading" like Sandy from smarterbandsters advises, which means drinking as much as you can before a meal. Dr. Ortiz advises no drinking for 1 hour, but I think if I haven't had my water intake, I will do this. I do follow the No water for 1 hour after though. Thank God I am doing South Beach because I feel like I can eat and my appetite feels normal. I don't push myself though. How is everyone else??? What types of goals do we have for this week??? Let's keep each other going!!!

Where are all my Beach partners at?