Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

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They HOPE you are kidding??? WTF!!!!!

Some people just need to stop taking life so seriously. I was thinking, since I can't eat bread and I LOVE it, maybe, since the needle is hollow and bigger than a normal one, maybe I could get bread dough in there....and then the yeast will do the swelling and all will be fine. And then, after it ferments for awhile, we'd have grain alcohol. Whatcha think guys? I have a needle in my glove box. Maybe I'll try it. Screw the 4 hour drive Monday, I'll do it my damned self.

[mango24 1]

Steph you are ingenious! :cool:

Kari has a science background, check with her first just to be sure. But I tell you girl we are gonna put the fill guys out of business.

OMG I just thought of this

A fill boutique, with flavors, and we could do nails and pamper you like spa. OMG, OMG, we're gonna be rich!!!!!!!!

[salsa1877 10]

Candice if your economy is looking anything like ours I said it's best to keep quiet. Which of course is an impossibility for me. I can't keep my damn mouth shut. I learn my lesson over and over and over and over ..........

Wanna Laugh?

Check out this site I posted on. My response was pretty funny, but that is NOT what's really funny. You have got to read the serious responses to my posts. Ever time I read a new one, I can't breathe I laugh so hard. I'm gonna half to put on my Mama's depends. People ARE SCARY!! These are the kind of people that the directions are written on a can of corn for. Open before cooking.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f178/self-fill-you-doing-85154/

Tears are running down my face as I type this. That is the funniest thing...and yes while your response was hillarious, it was the responses to your response that caused the tears.

If all needed was a meat injector to unfill me...hell I would have run down to Linens and THings before they closed down.

Come on Denise you should share your story with everyone how you opened your belly up with a rusty ol' hacksaw to place your homemade band rigged up out of an old garden hose and pvc pipe. Denise...this is why we are education...we have to prevent people from ending up this stupid!!!

[salsa1877 10]

By goodness...with your ideas and my scientific background we could open up a walking liquor bootleg machine. Make the alcohol in the band and then serve it right out of our bellies!!! Instead of a needle we could put in a nozel!!! Pretty certain this would be a HUGE hit in Vegas. We could wear the big fancy feather hats and walk around in stillettos offering cocktails!!!

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You all are hilarious! I'm going to have to look into this. Phyl has a nursing background, doesn't she? She should be able to figure something out. Oh....and we can go to Mexico to get the supplies cheap. You know they have absolutely no regulations down there. Plus no snow. I'm all over this. We'll all be rich.

[peaches9 3]

Good afternoon, Ladies. It is cold and snowing here in Michigan (Calgon, take me away) Enough is enough.

Thanks for letting me vent here and your encouragement. I know I couldn't do it without you. I am feeling so much better today.

Do you guys still have the multi-quote on your site? Mine is gone. I just have the one quote option.

Phyl, What you posted about plateaus, sounds very familiar. I have to fight to get past that zero number.

Candace and Steph, No, I'm frustrated, but not giving up. I calculated my BMI. I am 5'9" and weigh 170 (morn. weighin). I've also been working on muscle mass for about six months now and am also larged boned. (i mention this cause they said bmi also depended on these things) Anyway, my BMI is 25.1. Almost normal but if you consider the working out and bone size, I figure it's normal. My goal weight when I started this was 150 lbs. (high school weight) Right! ! ! But, I am thinking 160 would be perfect for me. (at my age) But, right now at 170, I am really starting to looke haggerd and old. So maybe this is a good weight for me. I don't know. I'm still working on losing at least five more pounds and then I will decide what is goal.

OKAY, TIME TO GO AND TRY TO KEEP BUSY AND NOT EAT. HAVE A GOOD DAY ALL. CBL

Kari, by the sounds of it you are at a great weight... if you are 5'9" tall 170 sounds good. Plus, if you lose too much more it really might show in your face... JMHO:thumbup:

You all are hilarious! I'm going to have to look into this. Phyl has a nursing background, doesn't she? She should be able to figure something out. Oh....and we can go to Mexico to get the supplies cheap. You know they have absolutely no regulations down there. Plus no snow. I'm all over this. We'll all be rich.

What? we could be doing our own fills and unfills??? That would be awesome.... can you just go into a pharmacy and purchase needles? I am not squeemish so I think I could actually do it if I had the supplies, plus where'd you get sterile saline?

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[peaches9 3]

They HOPE you are kidding??? WTF!!!!!

Some people just need to stop taking life so seriously. I was thinking, since I can't eat bread and I LOVE it, maybe, since the needle is hollow and bigger than a normal one, maybe I could get bread dough in there....and then the yeast will do the swelling and all will be fine. And then, after it ferments for awhile, we'd have grain alcohol. Whatcha think guys? I have a needle in my glove box. Maybe I'll try it. Screw the 4 hour drive Monday, I'll do it my damned self.

Denise and Stephanie; You two are hysterical! Let me know when the RYE WISKEY is ready - I'll bring the Coca-cola to mix~~~

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CALORIES/CARBS/FAT/PROTEIN 1,620/203/40/75

Edited January 11, 2009 by peaches9

[phyllser 3]

You all are hilarious! I'm going to have to look into this. Phyl has a nursing background, doesn't she? She should be able to figure something out. Oh....and we can go to Mexico to get the supplies cheap. You know they have absolutely no regulations down there. Plus no snow. I'm all over this. We'll all be rich.

I laughed 'til I cried and could barely read your post to Earl, Denise.

TOO FUNNY!!

I'm in.... and then we have Candice with her acupuncture experience...

hey, we've got it made!!

Yeah, Karri... Vegas, Baby!!

[peaches9 3]

Candice if your economy is looking anything like ours I said it's best to keep quiet. Which of course is an impossibility for me. I can't keep my damn mouth shut. I learn my lesson over and over and over and over ..........

Wanna Laugh?

Check out this site I posted on. My response was pretty funny, but that is NOT what's really funny. You have got to read the serious responses to my posts. Ever time I read a new one, I can't breathe I laugh so hard. I'm gonna half to put on my Mama's depends. People ARE SCARY!! These are the kind of people that the directions are written on a can of corn for. Open before cooking.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f178/self-fill-you-doing-85154/

Thanks Denise, I did read your post re=self fills... cheered me up.

I went to an OPEN HOUSE this afternoon with DH. It was a musical thing where the hosts guitar students could strut their stuff. It totally took my mind of work, so I'm in a better frame of mind now. You are right, I'll keep my mouth shut and just go to work and do my 'thing'.... but I did send out a couple of feeler letters today just to see what I might get somewhere else.

I like MY job, just not the atmosphere and politics at work. But you are right, a bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

food journal today, well, probably not so good, all the food was nibbler stuff. Spinach dip/bread, tortillas sandwiches, egg rolls, cheese spread.... then I had ONE whiskey :martini_shaken:drink 3 cups of tea :coffee:and then....:thumbup: 3 dessert squares, we call them Nanaimo Bars, but I have no idea what the calorie count would be... so I'll just say today was a WASH! :thumbup:

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Okay...forgot....who was talking a couple days about mushroom pie and did I miss what exactly that was? I think it was mushroom pie. Something like that.

Fill needle....I've got one in a package in case of absolute emergency, but on Monday I'll just grab that red bag in the drs room when she isn't looking. My appointment is in the afternoon so there are bound to be a bunch in it from the day. She won't miss it, and we can put the needles through the dishwasher. If we fill with Rum, the alcohol will kill any germs anyways, so who would care if they were sterile?

[mango24 1]

Karri- I did really good on my diet this week, low cals, and lots of exercise. But with the new incentive you have given me, I am gonna do ever better next week. You're saying we can actually be walking whisky gins in heels. Hot Damn I'm In.

Me and DD just got back from seeing Celine Dion. She was fantastic, the show was beautiful. My DD worships the ground she walks on. Always has

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Alright ladies. I'm having a rough night. Fighting with idiot husband. grrrrr

Why am I the one going to sleep on the couch when he's the @$$? Because he doesn't care that I'm angry, he just does whatever the frick he thinks he wants to and treats anyone else like crap. Knows I'm mad at him and comes in after 6 hours of snowmobiling and sits in his recliner and goes to sleep. Doesn't talk to the kids, doesn't ask how our day was, dozes....until I say maybe he should get ready for bed, so he goes down and brushes teeth and goes to bed....like I'm going to go too....NO @$$bite, I'm not going to be all sweetness and light. grrrrr

My darling's 2nd birthday is tomorrow. She isn't feeling the greatest today so I'm hoping she's better tomorrow. Especially since I'm going to go get a fill on Monday and need her to go to daycare!

Well...better get to the couch. I'm tired but I'll be damned if I'll go listen to his snoring for the evening. GRRRR. I'm so mad! I could go in there and kick him!

Okay...vented. now I need to go to sleep. Big day tomorrow. Night ladies. Kick idiot husband in your dreams for me.

[IndioGirl55 32]

Spell check... if you have misspelled a word, it's underlined with little red dots. If you right click on the word, it will give you the correct spelling. I use it ALL the time!

Pool.... OF COURSE, I went to the pool today!! You didn't really thing that old biddy would stop me, did you!?? These people have all seen my ugly legs, most of them for several years now, and rarely are any comments made. And Earl tells me these ladies tell him all the time how impressed they are with my weight loss/exercise efforts. And he tells me how proud he is, and gives me hugs when I need them because someone has been rude! Interestingly enough, the old biddy wasn't there today and she rarely misses. Maybe she was having a guilt attack for her rude comments!

The plane, the plane.... today we went to the hobby shop again and got all the parts to fix the BIG plane and bought a small plane for him to practice with! (Well, when I say "we", I was next door browsing through Trader Joe's and buying some more white balsamic vinegar because the big bottle I bought a couple of weeks ago is just about GONE!!) When we got home, he fixed the big plane, put the little one together and we went back out to the road behind the RV park and flew the little one. He crashed it over and over without doing damage and finally figured out he needed to extend the antenna because the plane would get just so far away and it would lose power and crash! DUH!! ANTENNA... radio controlled airplane???? After that he was much more successful in controlling the plane. He flew it ad nauseum and crashed it quite a few more times before he finally was getting close to what I would call a "landing"!! This one crashes without damage because it's so much smaller, flexible prop, goes slower & is much lighter. I kept whining that it was getting dark and I had to pee and he finally quit! I really did have to pee, but I also wanted to go back to the RV because it was getting late and I missed my afternoon glass of wine!!

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I agree with mango24. Even if she's 80, she's still a B*tch (yes, I meant with a capital . People who are happy and content with themselves don't make hurtful comments to others. Those that do, often are only lashing out at others their own inner miseries. I'd say next time be just as inappropriate as her and either just stick out your tongue at her so she realizes how ridiculous she is or you can go down to her level and ask her if she intends to get plastic surgery for all the wrinkles in her face and neck.

I like that.... PS for the wrinkles!

Hi Everybody,

Janet - My Mom is not allowed to hoard in my house. Last year my neice brought her an Avon catalog. She bought stuff, the first time I let it go. I was p.o. ed. The second catalog, she does it again. She spent 150.00 that time, Curves sandels, watch, jewelry, lotions, makeup. She doesn't go anywhere. Doesn't walk except to the bathroom. I threw a fit. You will not fill my house with garbage. I made her call my neice and tell her she could not buy Avon. They know my Mother, they did it on purpose. They knew she'd buy like a fiend. My sister was the one selling the Avon. The sister that my Mother raised her kids and she does not talk to my mother and she lives in the free house that my parents gave her. Anyhoo, I got a Young n the Restless family. You can't imagine.

I have been cleaning her house for at least 30 years. I clean, she freaks, "yeah a clean spot to fill with junk."

You should see the Christmas dollar store crap I'm gonna have to get rid of. She has a minimum of 20 nativity scenes. I have a whole container of Rosaries,over 50. Mentally, she's getting pretty bad. Askes me what day it is every time she sees me. I mark it on the calender right wear she sits. I have to fix her food for the day every morning before I go to work. I put a lock on the pantry, because she will eat sugar, carbs all day. She ate herself into Diabetes. My family is really not happy with the situation. It is very, very hard to say the least.

I was typing after 4. I went to sleep at around 5. I woke up close to 8. IT WAS GREAT. I am now typing and it's 8:38. I hope to be back in bed before 11. That rarely happens. Night owl, work at 6:45 is a major problem.

Candice - The fabric went to another niece of the same parent. My Mom raised her. Benefiting from her would be as likely as monkeys flying out of my a..... She told my mother she would bring her kids on the Monday after Christmas. The presents my Mom insisted I go get on Christmas eve because they were coming are still sitting under the tree. I went shopping at Wal-Greens on Christmas Eve, I have never done that in my life. People were walking around buying for their mothers, it was sad.

Donna- My DD got my DH hooked on that. He gets his at Wal-Mart. I don't know what brand. He loves em. I eat a few.

I think ya'll can see between my nightmare job and taking care of an aging mother ALONE when she has 5 children is not easy. If I didn't have a wonderful family, I would lose it. Do ya'll remember that country song, "I get to come home to you."? That is how I survive.

AND TALKING TO YOU GUYS TRULY HELPS TOO! I LOVE YOU GUYS! AHHHH SHIT now I'm crying again. Phyl had me crying yesterday. I definitely think I'm PMSing. My teeth were hurting yesterday, that's my number one sign that Aunties in the car on the way over. Actually I'm hoping it's PMS because I fear losing it.

Hi ladies. Crappy day. I did manage to get some exercise in...if you could call it that. I finally unboxed my Jillian wii game. What a waste of freaking money!!! It was HORRIBLE!. If I was Jillian I'd be horrified that my name was on it. I ate a bunch of crap. I don't know. Just a bad day.

I did decide that Monday I will begin the 5 day pouch test. I'm to go get a fill that day. I don't know. I'm feeling like a failure right now. I've gained 15 pounds in 2 months. I feel like a fraud. acting like I knew what I was doing and I have absolutely no self control. I'm almost too tembarassed to go through with the fill. I know I'm beating myself up. I know it isn't all that bad...but I'm kicking myself while I'm down. I guess I have the winter blues too.

I'm going to do better. I'm working out again. I'm drinking my fluids....I just feel like crap! Like a failure.

GRRRRRR.

Steph the two weeks before Christmas I was doing so good. I was finally losing weight again. I gained it all back for Christmas. Sweets! I ain't gonna lie, I was sugar crazy, plus I partied and drank several times.

I did liquids Tues and Wed. Today I had a can of tuna for lunch and PBed. Liquids really tightened me up. I was eating a lot before the two days of liquids. I felt I really needed a fill. Then I do liquids and I feel tight. The tightest level has really been hard for me. Sometimes I feel I need a fill. Then I feel tight. Then I need a fill. Then.......

This is really hard for me. I did liquids and I was starving. The only time I lose weight is if I stay under 1000 cal. and it's really hard. I'm hungry, no matter how tight I am. I think I could use a fill, but I'm afraid if I'm too tight something will go wrong. This weight loss thing is really hard. Without the LapBand it was an impossibility. With it, it's possible but it's still a lot of work and will be for the rest of our lives. High calorie foods will always taste the best, be the easiest to get, and the easiest to get down. I wish I wouldn't have told anyone about the Lapband. They really think this was some easy fix. Anyone who thinks eating under 1000 cals. a day and exercising is any easy fix needs to easily get my foot outta dey a....

Its not the 'socialized' system that is the problem, it the supply of Specialist Doctors. or rather Doctors in general. There are just not enough of them -as when they graduate and practise for a couple of years they flee to the U.S. where they can charge whatever they like and make a ton more money.

By the way you do have socialized healthcare in the U.s. Already... Your Military and dependants all get free healthcare right?

Hey YOU! Now stop that! 76 lbs gone is NO failure. You have done awesome! Beleive me I know how to beat myself up too when I am not eating healthy like I should. But, you can only change TODAY, not what you did yesterday and not what you might do tomorrow...

So just this DAY be accountable, the crummy feelings will pass. You might not even need to do the pouch test. Would that be your way of punishing yourself some more??? Just a thought.

Being BLUE makes it hard to stay on a possitive course but I know you can do it. Challenge the Negative statements in your Head.

You know, "I'm a faillure at this Banding thing" (-)

"o.k. I've had some challenges with my food plan, but I can do better, I've done it before and I can do it again" (+)

(-) "I hate the way I look fat"

(+) "This puffy outer layer does not reflect the Beautiful person I am within. I will fight to let the INNER me out and shine"!

(-) "My skin hangs, I hate to undress in front of a mirror"

(+) "o.k. I have some loose skin, it reminds me of WHERE I've been and not going again, I will fight to let the INNER me out and shine"!

(-) "I hate that I cannot eat like other people"

(+) "I take responsibility for the nourishment that goes into my body. I now eat to live, not live to eat. It is none of my business what other people eat."

these are just a few samples of CRAP that I say to myself, I am sure we can all add a few more examples.

HUGS Stephanie:angel_smile::coffee:

Candice! You're the best. You are right as always. I need to get out of my head. I guess I've been spending too much time alone in front of the computer and giving myself too much time to think negative things.

I'm a little embarrassed about the "advice" I've given in the past when I thought I was all that, doing so well. Now I feel like I was a "poser". I guess I needed taken down a few notches. Getting too big on myself.

I can do this. And the pouch test isn't a way of punishing myself more, it's my way of getting back on track. Since I have to do liquids Monday because of the fill, I thought that it would be a good time to get back in touch with my band and what it feels like. I'm hoping for some restriction after this next fill. I try to remind myself that right now I have less in than when they placed it so it's almost like being in bandster hell again and everyone says not to beat yourself up at that time....but I have a hard time thinking I've learned nothing in the last year that has stuck. Anyways....after this fill I will (crossing my fingers, toes, and eyes and knocking on wood) have some proper restriction and will need to go back to learning what I can and cannot eat...and so I thought the pouch test would be a great way for me to relearn that. I will also be traveling on Wednesday and will be able to choose foods easier if I'm strictly on soft Proteins. I will not be tempted to stop by McD's or other places like that. Thursday - Sunday I will be in a hotel and being back on track will be what I need. The hotel does have an exercise room and I will do at least a half hour each day on the elliptical in there....going to push myself to go for an hour a couple of those days if I have time. Staying where we are meeting will be a plus on that front. I should have more time that way.

I also decided to move my work to the basement where I have to go upstairs to get food instead of 15 feet to the kitchen. The lazy me still tells myself it isn't worth those 14 steps!!! A mixed blessing I guess.

Okay...back to my work. I'll check back in.

BTW Candice! I LOVE the new pic with your weight! It's lovely. You're looking GREAT!!!

MY TURN.....MY TURN ! ! ! Talk about frustration. Seems like I have hit a wall. A solid, thick brick wall. And the magic number is 169. It will not go below that number. 169 - 175.......up and down........up and down. But, it can't break through that brick wall. It's been like this since fall. Damn!! Maybe that's it for me and my body is trying to tell me something. Yeah, I am a lot healthier now. (which is the reason for starting this journey). No more sleep apnea, no more high blood pressure, no more #2 diabetes, no more high cholesteral and trigycerides. But, am I satisfied? NO ! ! Everyone tells me how skinny I am and what a good job I am doing. But, having come this far, I want the whole enchilada. Maybe this brick wall is a GOD SMACK? You think?

CALORIES/CARBS/FAT/PROTEIN 1,199/122/52/63

Hi gals, Hubby took me out for dinner tonight, so my totals are a bit higher today. I ate 1/2 of my Steak & Mushroom Pie and no French Fries.

I don't know what the heck they did to this site when it was down today, but it sure seems like they screwed it up big time. I tried to post and I don't know what happened but next thing I knew they had me back on page 1 of our thread!! And I haven't gotten any email messages of new posts since yesterday.

Candice, You're doing great! And I LOVE your new picture.

Janet, did you feel the earthquake last night??

Neighbor gave me some samples of this line of skin care products she is selling and I ended up with a big old ZIT on my chin!! I'm way too old for zits!! So much for that stuff! I like my Clinique stuff.

[mango24 1]

Janet- I bet you lost all your post didn't you?

I hope you're not cursing and drinking now.

[phyllser 3]

Janet- I bet you lost all your post didn't you? I hope you're not cursing and drinking now.

LOL!! I bet you're right!!

I was wondering what that post was all about!!

Well, not much wind all weekend, but it sure has picked up now.

Earl had to put the awning in AGAIN!! And, it's clouded up, too.

It was such a beautiful morning! And it's pretty warm... like 76.