Shrinking Violets -- April 07 Bandsters

[bandedme 1]

Hi all! Hope all is going very well for everyone! And Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!!!!

It's been a couple of weeks since I've been on shrinking violets. I had over 10 pages to catch up on so I thought I'd skip forward and post and update, then go back and read!

I have my first fill appointment this Friday! Very excited to weigh in at the dr's office - can't believe I'm actually EXCITED about a weigh in! NEVER been excited about getting on a scale before! LOL!

I've lost 33 pounds so far! Started out at 262, was 252 at the pre-op weigh in, was 243 at 1 week post-op and today, I weighed myself at 229! It's so weird - I have to do a double-take with seeing the numbers go down. At first I was mad to see 229, because I thought I GAINED - but then it registered = 2 - 2- 9......WOW! Can't remember the last the time the scale was in the 220s for me! I've hung around 250+ for more than 10 years!

Anyway - hope all is going well with everyone! Going very well here - I have tons of energy and am adapting the the new way of eating very well but don't get me wrong - I am SO glad the first 3+ weeks of the post-op diet are a distant memory! Now my favorite staple is homemade chicken salad! Yum!

Anyone else not like the taste of breads anymore? So strange to me but bread is so tasteless to me.

DH has an appt with my band doc on Wednesday - he's going for the initial consult.

Have a GREAT week everyone! Take care-

BTW = can someone please tell me how to make the weight loss ticker work on my posts? Thanks!

Bandedme

262/229/150

[DynamoMini 1]

Hello Violets -

I hope Mother's Day was wonderful for all of you.

Lauraj23 - I'm with you, anyway I cringed seeing myself on the scale today for my "official" weigh in because we had eaten out two times yesterday. I ate the right stuff, but didn't have a Protein Shake, and you know that you always eat more out, a taste of this and that. So shaking I got on the scale this morning and I had lost two pounds since last Monday. Yeah!

Now, I had worked out six times and really ate under 1100 calories every day, so I earned it, but isn't it silly that we second guess ourselves?

So, pat yourselves on the back and say hello to another new week in Bandland. Hope you planted your flowers. Violets!

Hugs,

Michelle

[TracyinKS 7]

EVERYONE: MID DAY CHALLENGE.......

GO GET A GLASS OF WATER! NOW!

Report back when you've finished it...

Ready........

Set.............

GO!

[Teachlady 3]

Got my Crystal light about 15 minutes ago and am on my second glass. That makes 4 glasses for the day so far.

[Daisalana 33]

I got the sugar-free kool aid yesterday.. it's been a long time since I had anything but water! Mmmmmmmm me likey.

[DynamoMini 1]

lauraj - I think you are triggering the summer vacation memories of childhood. We used to call it Bug juice, probably because it had so much sugar.

[Kat817 19]

Hi everyone---Wow have I ever been having trouble connecting to any of you!!! Those whose home email I have, I tried to touch base.

I made a post last week saying we were going out of town for a couple of days or so, and when I went to post it, it said LBT was down for 15 minutes, but I had done it on a quick post, so when it failed to go through, I lost it!!! I never found time to redo it before we left.

As I told you guys, Rick has been so depressed---it has been a long year for him health wise, he has literally been dealing with it for a year tomorrow. So anyway, my friend Becky and I saw this flyer for these Red Bull Air Races. They were going to be in Monument Valley, Utah….about 150 160 miles from us, so we thought we would surprise the guys with tickets. Well they were happy, but they thought we should take the bikes (motorcycles) and camp out in the valley. I have been so overprotective of everything Rick has done, it was kind of a make or break moment….so off we rode. Thank You---whoever invented bungee cords!! We loaded the bikes with tents, sleeping bags, air mattresses, our clothes, lawn chairs (and while I am thanking unknown people----those folding chairs in a bag??? Thanks for them too!!!), everything on the bikes---and away we went! We got an awesome camp spot in Bluff, Utah. I don’t know if any of you are familiar with the Monument Valley, Utah area…but it is one of the most incredible landscapes ever to be seen!!! It is desert land, surrounded by bluff style mountains, but out in the middle of nowhere, out in the desert floor, up juts a huge rock formation---the likes of which are hard to describe. The rock is red, and it may be a globe balanced on a thin pillar, or a row of thin pillars, or perfectly square blocks of stone. The valleys are just as impressive, on the idea of the Grand Canyon, but they squiggle, and curve, with 1000+ foot drops. The stone variations visible as stripes in the stone. One of the rocks is called Mexican Hat, it looks like an upside down sombrero balanced on this thin piece of rock----how it has stayed there for years, without toppling over I have no idea!!

The air race took place in the bed of the valley, right in the center of the park. (Monument Valley while on the Navajo reservation is still a National Park) They have these huge pylon things made out of thin nylon, filled with air (they use similar things here at car lots etc. to draw attention) they are called gates. They are set up in different patterns, and the planes actually fly low to the valley floor, and have to fly with level wings through some of them, and then have to slalom, at a 90 degree angle, with their wings knife edge straight on other ones. Then they had to go up into a huge loop, flip right side back up and race over the finish line. And they do it flying hundreds of mph!!! When they finish their run, they would go into an aerobatic display, doing barrel rolls, flying inverted, hovering, free falling….amazing things!! Spectators sat on the hill sides (which is why we took the above mentioned lawn chairs!!!). Keeping in mind this is desert, and rattle snakes while rare around so much activity are not unheard of. Scorpions however they were having some problems with! And huge mountain boomer, collared lizards, that run on their hind legs----totally cool, but make me jump just the same!!! So anyway, there were 13 planes racing, one at a time, then they had brackets breaking down to get to a winner. The winner this time was from Hungary---the one Becky had picked. The one Rick picked actually clipped one of the pylons, and damaged his plane, and come way close to hitting the airport tower. The had huge jumbotron screens set up, so if the pilot had an in cockpit camera you could see him. When they went into the loop they were pulling 7+ G’s---it almost made your stomach turn watching them!!! They also had several para gliders---I would like to try that!!! It was totally awe inspiring! There were pilots from around the world, 2 of them from the USA. This race is one of 2 they do in the USA, the other I think is in San Diego. It is something we will make an effort to go back to again. And Rick had a blast. We took extra care keeping him cool and hydrated, but I tried not to be obvious over it !!!! You can see more about what I am meaning by how they race at the website www.redbullairrace.com . Anyway, by the time it was over, we settled in, had some dinner, let the crown disperse a bit---we were on loaded motorcycles, and stop and go traffic where no one seems to be watching for anyone but themselves, is scary! So we got home late, and then I had the family in for Mother’s Day, we grilled ribs. When they left---I simply collapsed! Then this morning, I got this post all ready, and I got a corrupted file notice every time I tried to log in to LBT. So hopefully at some point you will get this….I will be going back to read up on what everyone has been up to and make sure you are all ok.

Amazing how I missed hearing how you all were!!!

(((hugs)))

Kat

[mdrai 3]

Good Monday Afternoon, Violets~~

First off, (((PAM)))... I am so sorry to read of your Dad's cancer. I hope that you will be able to spend time with him and make a few more memories together. Know my good thoughts and prayers are with you.

Sounds like everyone had a good weekend and is doing well (ish)... the bands seems to be doing their jobs w/you all -- if not with WHAT you eat, then definitely HOW MUCH... and that is something right there!!!

Today is my FIRST liquid DAY... So if you hear sloshing as you're typing... it's just me! If I'm not online, then I must be in the bathroom! 14 more days to go before surgery... I started a day early after my "farewell" to food day yesterday... now my evil brain is whispering in my ear that I don't really have to start on liquids 'til tomorrow so that the 1/2 pizza in the 'frig is fair game... but IT IS NOT!!! I'll go suck on a sugar free popsicle or something... if I can't do this one day at a time, then I shouldn't be banded!!!

[mdrai 3]

Wow, Kat, that sounds so cool!

[lctexas 0]

A Poem that Touched My HEART<!-- google_ad_section_end --> <hr style="color: rgb(233, 233, 233);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> <!-- google_ad_section_start -->I am sure us woman can relate to this

I found this on another thred and I just had to share with my April LB friends

The Woman in the Mirror

Walking past the mirrored glass, I take a timid peak.

I see a woman staring back, I am to choked up to speak.

The puffiness, at last is gone, the skin pink and glowing.

The many pounds that melted off, Finally, now is showing.

Hard to believe until recently, the same woman was dying.

Stuffing the food to ease the pain, Heartbroken and crying.

Life revolved around each snack, She lived for every meal.

Anything to numb the hurt, She did not want to feel.

When did she get so pretty? When did God remove this grief?

How did this miricle happen? Who provided this relief?

What a gift!! A second chance!! I thank god everyday.

For his grace in showing me, there is a better way.

I walk, I dance, I make love too, my heart is filled with gladness.

I am out of bondage, I am out of pain, there is no more room for sadness.

This woman in the mirror, Smiles softly back at me.

She has good cause to be pleased, She has finally been set free!!!

[TerriDoodle 6]

Hm.. well, I was avoiding myplate, afraid to see the total.. but I just put in everything I ate yesterday and I actually could have eaten 20 more calories.. so I had 1180 calories total yesterday.. Whew, I don't absolutely hate myself anymore!

See?? Isn't that the coolest thing ever??? Even when you think you've been eating like a total 'pig' -- you haven't!!! Gotta say it: I LOVE MY BAND! Just think that it gets even better after your fills! :eek:

lctexas -- Gosh that is an awesome poem!! I sure wish i could get to my journal so I could post it there!

Mdrai -- Best of luck with your liquid diet....take it one day at a time...one hour at a time, if you have to. Keep your eye on the prize. Wouldn't it be great if you could get a 10#+ jump on the weight loss??

LUNASA - How are you sweetie?

Kat - sounds like an awesome trip!! Lucky you!!!! ....and glad you're OK, we were kinda worried!:phanvan

[TracyinKS 7]

Finshed!!! going for glass 3 of my 24 oz cup!

[Angie38 1]

Michelle,

Thanks for sharing your note from Dr K! I have an ab machine that i wanted to start getting on and thought I would wait until I could talk to him on Friday...... but your note is good enough for me! :clap2:

Ok Violets__

DH-Dear Husband

DS-Dear Sister

DD-Dear Daughter

MIL- Mother in-law and so on!

[Angie38 1]

Kity,

I am so so sorry for you! What terrible news. I lost my father when i was eleven to cancer. So I can't imagine my mom ever getting sick! :eek:

Sara,

Hope all is going well with your papers. We are all thinking about you and routing for you:clap2: .

[kity 2]

Someone sent me this, thought I'd share it w/ the Violets! Hope it makes you smile!

The true facts:

I know what Victoria 's Secret is. The secret is that nobody older than 30

can fit into their stuff.

The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by then, your

body and your fat are really good friends.

Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today.

Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness.

I gave up jogging for my health when my thighs kept rubbing together and

setting my pantyhose on fire.

Amazing! You hang something in your closet for a while and it shrinks two

sizes!

Skinny people irritate me! Especially when they say things like, "You know,

sometimes I just forget to eat."

Now I've forgotten my address, my mother's maiden name, and my keys. But

I've never forgotten to eat. You have to be a special kind of stupid to forget

to eat.

A friend of mine confused her valium with her birth control pills. She had

14 kids, but she doesn't really care.

The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing and

then they marry him!

I read this article that said the typical symptoms of stress are: eating too

much, impulse buying, and driving too fast. Are they kidding? That is my

idea of a perfect day.

Celebrate Womanhood! Share this with all of those amazingly brilliant and

tremendously talented women who are intelligent enough to call YOU their friend

:-) !!!