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HELLO V's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Michelle you crack me up!!!! I can very well picture your mickey keds! It was cool and overcast today and I spent $200.00 on perenials for my yard!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OHHHHLLALLLAA I love spring......... and they are all planted and watered! I worked on my front beds which are 100% shade due to the big ass tree that covers the front half of the yard....... (last week I actually climbed on my roof to trim branches) NSV NSV NSV.... I have to say that I'm quite pleased with my efforts....... Have any of you ever trained a wisteria vine into a tree??? We have THE most beautiful one on campus at work and I think it would look great..... Funny part is DH gave me 60 bucks for mothers day flowers and I spent $200! LOL he about keeled over... I talk flowers and he rolls over dead..... oh well....... I love the big goober! I was itchy and sweaty,, and I crammed a fairly large piece of sour cream angel food cake down my pie hole... and oh imagine that IT GOT STUCK! So I let hot water beat down on my chest until it dislodged....... and I have been bad bad bad...... primo sabatage at work ... girls this is EXACTLY why I've lost 80 lbs 3 freaking times PRE-BAND......... and Michelle I had a dream about your blueberry buckle!!!!!!!!!!! I'm an idiot...... Oh and can we say this now........ NO FOOD POLICE next weekend. Please... I know I'm going to be bad..... so just bite your tongue while I run out of the room to PB! (I'm laughing as I type this but its only because I'm such a dork!)

I really don't pay too much attenion to that but I think I have about 3 in and all i know is i have the new band small - all those #'s are too much to keep track of - all i care about is the restriction and that I have and the weight loss and that's coming... I bought good candy cuz i don't the the little kids to suffer cuz i can't eat it - but you know what - i can - i had 1 reeses pb cup last night (again) but it was only one... and i was truely satisfied with one - and my midnight run to the kitchen only ate 1/2 of my sf fudgecicle. So my brain is working..... Linda - Thanks so much !!! I believe in truth - even if it hurts some times :0) - I have played all the mind games with myself for many years, i am a private eater - I am the one who would say - 1/4 of a pint of ice cream isn't a serving - the whole pint is just one serving - I watched a skinny girl in our office yesterday pull out a pint of ice cream - she had 5 bites and put it back - oh to be normal - but i guess i am getting there - 1 reese pb cup and not a whole bag last night :0) CC sorry about the hair loss - I am told that it happens to some - but that it does grow back- but that doesn't help while it's happening so here's a hug:girl_hug: My bmi started at i think 43 so that mean for us who weigh more we are going to lose faster than those who done (this is mho - i don't know if it's sciencifict or not) Are you keeping a food diary??? You may have just hit a platuea (sp). Increase the intensity of your exercise if you can - they say that's what burns the fat not the lenght of time but how hard you work out - drink plenty of water as that's one of the ways our body gets rid of the fat - talk to your doc/nutritionist about this.. I don't think i will be losing much this week with my little wine drinking this weekend and skiping exercise on Monday and tonite. this morning scale was down only 1/2 lbs from last week - i have had a fill and not eating half as much as i was the week before.. So who knows why our bodies seem so attached to our fat - Just keep up the good work and it will all work out in the end. I bet you do notice a diff in your clothes though and that's always a great NSV...

Tracy-sorry you feel crappy but congrats on the NSV...that is way cool! When I got that e-mail I LMAO cause I can relate. I just wanna smack people that say, "hot enough for ya". UH, :biggrin: yeah...

Good Morning Girls!!! I am sooo tired this a.m.!!! We got in really late, 12:30 this morning, couldn't go to sleep so we just sat around to unwind!! But we had a WONDERFUL time!!! And it didn't hurt my feelings that we WON!!!! 48 to 10!!! We played Missouri and we made a touchdown in the first 6 seconds!!! When we got up yesterday, it was raining but by the afternoon, the sun came out and the kids were able to play. It was sooo much fun. Oh I forgot to tell you guys, I had a NSV yesterday!!! Our seats were in the nose bleed section, last yr and this yr, last yr, I couldn't walk all the way up without stopping, couldn't breath and this yr, I made it all the way up without stopping!!! ONLY you guys can understand my small victory!!!:thumbup: Mereideth~~~ It was me that was talking about The Shack. I'll have to say, it is the best book I've read in a long time! I liked it because it made me think outside the box and also it will mean different things to different ppl. My 16yr old DGD is reading it right now, and she and I talk about how it can mean one thing to her and something else to me. But anyway, it is a good book. I also was able to watch a interview with the author on t.v. and that made it even better! Laura~~~ sorry to hear about your sister!! Maybe she is depressed because she is living with your parents. I know I would be, I have friend that lost almost 100 pds, on her own, and she had to move back in with her parents, and gained it all back plus some!! Oh and that's not good that they compare you two!! That just makes it worse!! I'm like you, maybe she can move out and get her life back on track!! If~~~ dittos on the DGC!!! I had a t-shirt one time that said "if I had known Grandkids were so much fun, I would have had them first!! Good for you on the slide!!! Don't you just love these little victories!!!!:thumbup: Well, I need to go get ready for church. I'm taking Eli to his Moms church this a.m. and it's so big they have 2 services!! I get really nervous around a lot of ppl that I don't know but it'll be o.k.! I'm just going in there and find me a seat and set down, just hope I don't take someones spot that they've sat in for 50 yrs.!!!! You know how ppl can get!! lol TTYL Sharon

Ellen - I would say you most likely do need a fill since you haven't had one but you are 100% right about it not taking care of head hunger issues. For some fills does take away their hunger - you may be one of those - but I'm not that lucky - I still get hungry and for me it's once I start eating I don't want to stop even with the band.. I can be physically full and still have the desire to eat. And this is mostly at night when I am at home I don't keep food at my desk - cuz I would graze all day. I do have some Jerky and almonds for those times when I am absolutely starving (real hunger) but I can stay in control during the day - for me it's the night time that I have to be very careful of. When I was 1st banded I would eat my alloted dinner then sit and really think was I full or did I just want to eat more cuz it tasted good.. I really tried to listen to my body and not my head - 99% of the time I just wanted to eat more for the taste - I love the taste of food - I am a food addict... So I hear you.. The way I deal with it is avoidance... I don't have stuff in my house that I can over indulge on - well ya I do sf pudding & sf fudgecicle, 100 pack popcorn - Lite Pringles - bite size tostedos and ff beans.. but all these things are better and lower in calories that the stuff with fat and sugar. When I wasn't at my sweet spot - I did ok during the day but at night when I was still hungry I ate and extra cup of veggies - being a ww girl to me veggies are almost free as far as calorie I will take a 1/2 c refried Beans add some green onion - salsa - ff cheese and make a bean dip and eat with 14 tostedo bite size chips. I am full on this - it will be my lunch sometimes on the weekends.. I have alway budged my calories Breakfast 200 - Lunch 200 - Dinner 300 - Snacks 200 or 300 - I saved my snacks for when I am the hungriest which for me is night time Journaling is excellent they say - I just saw Valeria Bertanelli (sp) on Rachael Ray this morning - that is what she said she did.. Also for me like on the weekend - I would get out of the house - as long as I am doing something I don't think about eating - sitting in the house - am alway looking in the kitchen for something - what I don't know but something. Sometime you have to find away to feed your head hunger without going overboard - If you keep denying cravings you will want it that much more that's why I have my sf puddings & fudge cicles - This is a struggle that we all have - I wish I had the magic answer - cuz if I did I would be a TRILLIONAIRE:lol::lol:-. Just think - am I really hungry or am I trying to soothe myself - what's bugging me - get out of the house if you can - eat something lite and within you calorie budget, And yes the more you exercise the more you can eat cuz your body burns more calories just breathing if you have muscle - this is why weight training is so good Congrat on your parents 64 wedding anniversary - that's fantastic - heck if they want to stay home tonight let them - there is always tomorrow to go to dinner or lunch - Watching your 3 yr gs - that's a tough one - all day... OMW after 2 hrs my 4 yr gd wears me out Go take him for a walk or to the park.. There is some fun exercise... Gettin - 1st you have done well by not giving into your I screw up mentally - Again this is not a diet - you had a treat this weekend at your nieces wedding - that's allowable - that's life - even pple without a weight problem have cake, foods they don't normally eat every day and a couple of drinks - but that's one day then the next day you go back to eating healthy and increase your exercise a bit to make up for the eating - you don't beat yourself up... WTG :w00t: on putting on the gym clothes and going to the gym... Lori - No a/c and pushing 90 - you are better than me 80 is when the a/c comes on and stays on.:cursing:. Congrats on the pants that's a great nsv.. be proud.. Glad to hear that the cream is working.. WTG in getting rid of stuff to graze on :cool2:- it's still avoidance for me - I am no longer keeping a diary but I have changed my eating - even today when I went food shopping - I read lables - I was in target hadn't eaten all day and it was noon - looked at a box of jr mints 220 c for the box and said ya that's within your calories that would be the same as breakfast - but thought - iwhat nutrient's does it have - it's sugar and fat and when you eat sugar you just want more so I said- nope i am not eating this - so just waited til I got home and had my fish left over from the night before.. I normally want real food before junk.. not always but most of the time Another way that I deal with my food issue is being creative in the kitchen - I fix stuff that I will really enjoy eating when it's time to eat - I just now make the meal healthier - less fat less butter not starch loaded. It's a challenge - but that being said I did and still do eat mostly the same foods - I read some where that pple who do this do better with their weight... Hungry eat something a piece of fruit - a 100 calorie snack pack -(whatever you are craving but try and do liter stuff like snack pack Cookies or crackers) but when you are eating - don't do it mindlessly - enjoy it...

Good Afternoon Gang OMG you all have been junking up the thread this morning LOL !!!! Tina - Cheri gave great advice (as usual) Yes you did let her take control - Yes you have done things in the past not to be trusted - Addicts are very manipulative pple - I know my DS was one... Oh we need tires - or spent the $$ at the casino now need food - yada yada yada.. He's sober but I don't fully trusts him cuz he has been sober before and gone back to using... Baby steps - nothing is over night - we have to work for everything... Oprah - Like Cheri's saying Take what you want and leave the rest - It just goes to show you that even pple with all the $$ in the world - chefs - gyms everything at her disposal and she still has a weight issue - Why - I understand - she does so very much for everyone else - food is what she does for her - it's her drug of choice.. I agree - sometimes she's a bit to preachy - I record her shows - but only the ones that I find interesting - I agree w/Linda - Cheri should have been on the teacher one.. I just went and found the channel on my t.v. 230 ;0) - I added it to my fav's and when channel surfing (I'm like a guy - I channel surf alot - or leave it on QVC just for the noise while on the computer) Cheri - I would assume that since you live in a big city that you would have a support group (lb) I think that's a great idea... Hugs Hugs Hugs on the wanting to self medicate w/food right now - a book isn't going to do it - it's keeping you in the house - I am glad you are going to get out.. Diets - Well as I am always saying they don't work - none of them work cuz you aren't going to follow them for the rest of your life as they are too restrictive - ya as long as you restrict your calories - any and all of them are going to work - but that's the secret restrict calories - exercise - that's the only way you are going to lose the weight - PERIOD END OF STORY... For me and my body - I have had a dessert (sf) & starch (normally only 1 serving a day) every day since 7/17/07 - I have exercised 4-5 days a week since 7/07 3.6 yrs. I restrict my calories - I exercise - I have lost 114 lbs - I have maintained that weight loss for 2.6 yrs. I over indulge at times but I get back to eating healthy and never quit exercising.. I have not dieted since day 1 - I just eat healthy low fat - limited carbs/starches/sugar.. Each of our bodies react diff to all these things (fat/sugar/starches) one plan isn't a one fits all - we have to find out what works for us (that's a lifetime livable change) and stick to it I need to make my NY resolutions about taking my Vitamins too cuz I am REALLY REALLY bad about not taking them and I think that's why I haven't been super motivated lately (energy wise).. Melissa - I thought that it was the sweetest thing that you text-ed me last night - I am sure glad you had a great time !!!! Linda- I hear you on loving GD but wanting your time - At our age I truly believe it's now about us not raising the gkids - I've been there done that but again I was only 36 when Andrew was born - and gotta say I love being an empty nester - He called last night to wish me happy new yrs ;0) Apples - You have found what works for your body - yep you are lucky to be able to eat more than most of us - but you sorta have the opposite problem than us - you have a hard time getting the calorie in - where as we have a hard time keeping them out - so you do have an issue - just diff than ours - and as to that bitch- f her ;0) I'll share the rent a car w/you - cuz I will be flying in too.. Vote is to stay outside city by Cheri's and take the train in ;0) The only thing I have to deal w/will be the dogs/cat issue.. For those who need Pedi's I bet you will find a shop open somewhere - most Vietnamese shops are open almost 24/7 365 LOL well at least here in the desert ;0) - During the winter I normally don't get them - since my feet are in closed in shoes - I just do my own - another NSV I can reach my toes ;0) - plus no one see's my feet - another plus for being single - and I don't have to shave legs every other day LOL Lori - My xdh was a handyman - I do miss that I would love under cabinet lighting... I always leave the living room light on during the night - if I had under cabinet lighting that would be my night light (my room isn't close to kitchen/living room - so it doesn't bother me - but I can see if I get up in the middle of the night to take the dogs out) Well Deb got here around 7 - we had salad lobster veggie and I had maybe 2 bites of potato (Charlene Sweet Taters are good carbs) she brought brownies had 2 small squares - she had a couple drinks - I didn't - Salt is an excellent movie !!! Really only watched the ball drop on Dick Clark - it was mostly commercials and just interviews - Did watch the back street boys & new kids on the block (I loved them back in the day - I was a big New Kids on the Block fan even though I was in my 30's) I was so surprised to see Mark Walberg on there since he's a big movie start now a day... That was the only part of Dick Clark that we watched - we watched house hunters after the movie... Deb left around 2:30 I went to bed at 3ish - dogs had me up at 7 - but I got on the couch and went back to sleep - got up at 11:15 ish .. Lobster was ok - not great - I think it's cuz it's not main lobster (I ate 1/2 then a few hrs later the other 1/2) I had never broiled it either - but it's easy - try it Lori... Apples - it's always hard to figure what to take cuz you don't know what you are going to feel like wearing... I don't plan my clothes for a week of work - I walk in my closet and say what do I want to wear - I think our problem is that we have TOO MANY choices LOL... Well - Don't know what I'm doing today - I know it's Saturday but feels like a Sunday to me - Ya 1 more day off work - I have gym tomorrow at 10 ;0) Weather Today 54 right now..Plenty of sunshine. High 56F. Winds light and variable. 56 High 33 Low Well off to ck my #7 thread - cbl - Happy New Yrs everyone...