May 2007 Banders

[jsrico 1]

Merry Christmas to all my fellow A-May-Zing Bandsters!! We have all lost so much weight and gained so much knowledge about ourselves and selfasteem!!! 2008 is going to be FABULOUS!!!!!!!

Sandra

255h/242s/182c/165g

[sue11 0]

Merry Christmas!!!

[mini 0]

Dmawl,

Welcome and what a fantastic job you have done with the help of the band!

Sandra, I am so looking forward to 2008! Can you believe that you are only 19lbs above your desired wght! how crazy great it that!

Sue11, you made my day with your Frosty cartoon! You have a great sense of humor!

Now, how did everyone do over christmas? I admit it right here and now that I suck. I ate entirly too much! I ate so much that at 10pm last night I had to force myself not to go back to the kithchen for more! Felt like the old days. But, I didn't and I am determined to get back on track today. I ate a very light Breakfast (yogurt) and am going to have a pretty light lunch...leftovers. If I touch a sweet I swear I will somehow send myself to my room! I will be soooo grounded!

Blessings all, Weazer

[cindyluhu 0]

Merry Christmas everyone. Hope everyone had a nice Holiday and enjoyed themselves. I also ate too much. Well, not exactly too much, but what I ate was not so great. Too much picking!!

Take care everyone.

Cindy

[cindyluhu 0]

How's everyone doing with the exercise and Water? Not so good again here. With the preparation for the Holidays, pretty much the water and exercise were not here. That is now changing. I will go running tonight and hopefully live to talk about it tomorrow, and I will drink all my water today and everyday. Wish me luck!! Today is another day.

Cindy

[sue11 0]

I just looked at my WL record and was so surprised. My goal from Thanksgiving throught Mid-Jan was to not gain (what a wimpy goal). I had Thanksgiving, my Birthday, Christmas, New Years and a cruise all in about 7 weeks. I looked at my record and I've lost 9 lbs since Thanksgiving! I'm so shocked!

I need to start setting tougher goals for myself, I'm just so paranoid to set a challenging goal. In the past I would feel so defeated when I didn't reach my goal and it would push me toward giving up, so I stopped setting goals. I guess there's still a part of me that doesn't belive that I'm strong enough. An entire life-time of struggling with weight and failing really messes with your self-esteem. Time to believe in myself (and my BAND!!!)

Sue

[jsrico 1]

OMG! No Water these last 4 days off!!! I am terrible!!! Exersize....NONE either!!! I am in such a slump!!!! I know I didnt eat as much as I would of before the band....but I ate more than usual and ate lots of desert!!! I am a fool for some desert!!!! I think I need more fill.....the past months I ate sooo little because my band reminded me to stop, and know I can keep shoveling it in without a reminder. I am going to call my doctor right now!!!! I am now drinking my H20 too!

Mini, I dont meant to correct you but I am 17 lbs from goal....but it feels like I am never gonna get there....I have had NO weight loss since October!!!! Just loosing and gainning the same 3 or 4 pounds. At the rate I was going 3 months ago I should of been at goal already!! I am very frustrated with myself....and I cant get back on the band rules or the water or the excersize....I guess I am burnt out!!! I need help but I dont know what to do....now that I went back and looked at my weight chart 2 months is a long time not to loose anything. I just want to atleast see the 170's. UUUGGGG!! I just want to cry!!!

Sandra

255h/242s/182c/165g

[Melissa S 1]

Happy Holidays everyone!!

Glad to see everyone is doing well... and NOT GAINING OVER THE HOLIDAYS!! ... that was my goal.. not to gain. So far so good..

I had several major meltdowns yesterday... depression is kicking in something fierce. My grandfather passed away back in 2003...and going to my grandmoms house for Xmas without him there is always a rough time.. add in TOM (aahh.. yes, mother natures cruel Xmas present) and PRESTO!!! Instant meltdown time for Melissa.. I'm still trying to snap out of it.. but its been really rough this time around. So far I've held it together today.. I had off and me and my 15 year old brother in law went out to lunch and to a couple stores..and now we are back at the house making dinner. No Water today.. nothing "good for me" .... just trying to make it thru the day....

BTW... anyone get anything good for Xmas? I got a new Ipod (can't wait to take it to the gym) and some gift cards (which I used some of one of them today to buy new pots and pans...)

[Melissa S 1]

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[Melissa S 1]

um.. not sure what happened to the post.. haha.. sorry!

[Manatee 4]

urgh. NOW I remember why I got the band. Totally blew it over the past few days and rocketed back into the 190s. Now I'm headed off to vacation, so I'll leave the scale behind and worry about all this when I come back. I have a fill scheduled for the 10th, so hopefully that + eating correctly + a return to the gym will kick me back to the right direction.

Goal in 08!

[METALBAND 0]

I am afraid to get on the scale.....lots of junk over Christmas! What a slippery slope, one bad choice leads to another!

Today....I will stay on plan!

I did get lots of compliments from family members who have not seen me since the summer. My MIL on the other hand only said "that outfit is slimming"......not the fact that I have lost 61 lbs!!!! If I could have bought an outfit that would make me look 60 lbs thinner...I would have! She will just not give a good compliment, usually back handed ones! Oh well its her issue, not mine!

NSV....new clothes for Christmas without an X anywhere. I still look at them and think....thats not going to fit and then I am shocked when it does. It actually brought tears to my eyes!

Happy New Year everybody.....one more eating fest to get through! Good Luck!

[Melissa S 1]

Metal-

Don't ya just LOVE those complements? I agree.. some outfits look better than others but NO outfit is good enough to hide 60lbs?!?!?! She's just jealous!!

[METALBAND 0]

Melissa.....you are so right! If I had an outfit that could hide 60 lbs, I would be a millionaire! Forget the Spanx!

[Melissa S 1]

another meltdown tonight... Just cant shake it this time...I found my wellbutrin... Gonna go back on it.