Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

[ribearty 544]

I'm back on track. Working out made an appointment with my trainer and working out with Wii and Wii Fit. If you don't have one it is so much fun.

[IndioGirl55 32]

I'm back on track. Working out made an appointment with my trainer and working out with Wii and Wii Fit. If you don't have one it is so much fun.

Glad to see you back on track girl - we have a lot of Lucky #7's who have dissappeared...

[Frustrated 1]

It's good to see you back again ribearty. And you too Chim. I don't think I welcomed you back. How rude of me.

Tonight's class went better than I thought it would. I had trouble with backward rolls. The forward ones went okay, but my brain forgot where to put my limbs going backwards. :eek: At least I didn't hurt myself. Well..... not much. In between techniques we sit in seiza. Kind of like kneeling, but you sit back on your calves. Getting up and down from this position left me with slight burn marks on my knees. But that's my only complaint. It was so good getting back into things. My technique may be rusty, and I was pooped halfway through the class, but I felt I could get into positions a lot easier and quicker because I didn't have the extra 70lbs I carried around last year. YAY!

It's been a strange day. I woke up hungry. I had coffee and a Protein Shake. For lunch hubby and I went to a Mediterranean restaurant where I usually order a lamb shank. Today I had maybe 2 bites and felt things ball up in my stomach. So off to the bathroom to get rid of it. I stuck with drinking Water after that. But wouldn't you know that didn't want to stay down either. I came back home and around 3pm my usual hunger pangs kicked in. I didn't want to risk it so had another glass of water. I didn't PB, but it felt really uncomfortable; like my band had tightened up. So I had a cup of coffee instead and that helped.

After class tonight I was starving. The extra exercise and sweating probably meant I was a little on the dehydrated side as well. I wasn't going to risk eating anything, so had Soup for dinner and followed it with another Protein Drink. It didn't fill me up, but it satisfied me enough not to feel hungry. So all in all, a good and positive day. I just hope I have the strength and energy for my trainer session tomorrow.

[Frustrated 1]

I'm feeling the effects of last night's aikido class this morning. :svengo:I certainly did plenty of core work. My lower back, hips and abs are tired today. It was tough work on the treadmill this morning as a result of that. It actually felt like hard work. :ohmy:

I hope I have the energy to meet with the trainer this evening. Right now it's a daunting thought. We'll just have to see how my day goes.

Last night while flossing my teeth, I popped out one of my crowns. :Dancing_sad: I had trouble with it a few months ago coming out as well. My dentist said at the time if it happened again he'd fit a new one. So I have an appointment to see him this morning. Maybe when I come home from there I'll take a nap. :cursing:

Will check back in later. Don't forget to drink your fill today ladies. :biggrin2:

[IndioGirl55 32]

Ruby

I find that my band tightens after exercise (all that rolling around) also if I have pants that are a little snug in the waist - it seems to affect my band.

70 lbs - FANTASTIC :ohmy::thumbup: - makes you think how did I get around before :cursing:

Let us know how the trainer thing goes and how much $$ - I would like to know

Good Morning Gang

What's up....

Not much here - just at work - wishing I wasn't :Dancing_sad:

Univentful evening - gym, dinner - tv - bed - same old stuff.

Well gotta get in gear - I will CBL:biggrin:

[IndioGirl55 32]

Ok where in the heck is everyone.....

Got something cute to tell you all.

My XDH stopped by the office today right before lunch - I had told him I needed my toilet fixed so we went to the house and he fixed it - I asked him if he wanted a sandwich - he said you got stuff to make a sandwich since you don't eat anymore - I said I eat - I made us turkey ham sandwiches on lite bread w/2% cheese

Then we we got back to the office he told me I was too skinny - I said how in the hell is 153 too skinny - he said oh you weight that - you look like you weight 120 - I love my xdh today :smile:

[kirajh 0]

Ok where in the heck is everyone.....

Got something cute to tell you all.

My XDH stopped by the office today right before lunch - I had told him I needed my toilet fixed so we went to the house and he fixed it - I asked him if he wanted a sandwich - he said you got stuff to make a sandwich since you don't eat anymore - I said I eat - I made us turkey ham sandwiches on lite bread w/2% cheese

Then we we got back to the office he told me I was too skinny - I said how in the hell is 153 too skinny - he said oh you weight that - you look like you weight 120 - I love my xdh today :smile::tt1:

I'D LOVE HIM, TOO IF HE SAID THAT TO ME.

[IndioGirl55 32]

I'D LOVE HIM, TOO IF HE SAID THAT TO ME.

Kari

Ya - it was pretty cool - and yesterday at they gym the girl and guy who always work the counter remembered my # without me saying is and then they said you want to take a new picture...

Since they see me so much they really haven't noticed the weight loss but they really looked at my 1st pic when I joined last July and they complemented me on my great weight loss.

And I kick the butt of the 28 yr old girl who works out with me - so I am feeling like the king of the world right now :smile:

[phyllser 3]

Hi, All,

It's been sort of quiet here today. Wed. is always a busy day for us... Primetimers at church and then we usually go to costco. I haven't really felt up to par today. I have had NO episodes of PBing since surgery, a few times of feeling "stuck" and one episode of sliming. Well, today at lunch, if I'd had only what they'd fixed for today, I would have been fine. But there was some chicken leftover from last week... looked nice and moist, BBQed, so I took a small piece of a thigh along with this hamburger stew they had made. Chicken is often not my friend and I should have known better. Then may have eaten it too fast. So then I couldn't finish my other stuff and was soon in a lot of pain and feeling extremely uncomfortable. Had to go hang out in the bathroom "just in case" two times. Did some sliming but nothing else ever came up. It was a miserable experience and left me feeling kind of drained the rest of the day. And, seemed to trigger shoulder pain that felt like that post-op shoulder pain so many of us had. In fact, that was really the worst of it because it didn't go away until tonight.

Anyway, enough of that! Early tomorrow morning we are driving up towards the Canadian border. DD & SIL gave us a whale watching cruise for Christmas and we're going tomorrow. We added two nights in Victoria BC, so we won't be back until Saturday evening. Our poor cat won't know what happened to us! We bought two new umbrellas for this trip!! Weather forecast does not look good! Hope we see some whales and not too much rain!

OH, baby week in our family!!

After 5 grandsons in 6 years, one of my sisters finally got a granddaughter yesterday.

And today SIL's daughter (our step-granddaughter)

had her 2nd baby girl.

  

[IndioGirl55 32]

Hey Phyl

Have fun whale watching and hope no rain - Congrats on GD's :thumbup:

Our bands are funny things - I had a sandwich for lunch no problems yesterday (toast light bread) dinner my usual fish and was so full.

After a pbing or stuck episode it takes away and desire to eat :thumbup:

Well, not much to report - today was my weigh in day - maintained at 153 (I think - scale would say 152.5 then 153 then 152.5 and then 153 4th time) so I must be just a tad off 152.5 - Happy with this.

Well just cking in this morning = yep very quite yesterday - now you and Karri both gone - it's going to be even more quite

Well as usual cbl.

[salsa1877 10]

i made it back safe and sound. Will post more later.

[peaches9 3]

Hi, All,

It's been sort of quiet here today. Wed. is always a busy day for us... Primetimers at church and then we usually go to costco. I haven't really felt up to par today. I have had NO episodes of PBing since surgery, a few times of feeling "stuck" and one episode of sliming. Well, today at lunch, if I'd had only what they'd fixed for today, I would have been fine. But there was some chicken leftover from last week... looked nice and moist, BBQed, so I took a small piece of a thigh along with this hamburger stew they had made. Chicken is often not my friend and I should have known better. Then may have eaten it too fast. So then I couldn't finish my other stuff and was soon in a lot of pain and feeling extremely uncomfortable. Had to go hang out in the bathroom "just in case" two times. Did some sliming but nothing else ever came up. It was a miserable experience and left me feeling kind of drained the rest of the day. And, seemed to trigger shoulder pain that felt like that post-op shoulder pain so many of us had. In fact, that was really the worst of it because it didn't go away until tonight.

Anyway, enough of that! Early tomorrow morning we are driving up towards the Canadian border. DD & SIL gave us a whale watching cruise for Christmas and we're going tomorrow. We added two nights in Victoria BC, so we won't be back until Saturday evening. Our poor cat won't know what happened to us! We bought two new umbrellas for this trip!! Weather forecast does not look good! Hope we see some whales and not too much rain!

OH, baby week in our family!!

After 5 grandsons in 6 years, one of my sisters finally got a granddaughter yesterday.

And today SIL's daughter (our step-granddaughter)

had her 2nd baby girl.

  

I am sure you'll see lots of whales off of Vancouver Island... what a super gift you have received!!! 30 years ago DH and I lived in Victoria (snif, snif :confused: ) It was beautiful in B.C. and I miss the ocean.

I was sorry to hear about your chicken episode, that is NOT fun, especially when you are OUT.

[salsa1877 10]

So there is good news, GREAT news, and well...to DH not so good news.

First good news! Doc cleared me for TT (I knew he would) and said that all of my nutritional testing is perfect!!!! Yeah!

Second great news! They are so excited about my weight loss that they are giving me a professional photo shoot in August in exchange for letting them use my pictures and story as a feature on their website, and the posters in their office. He was just thrilled and astonished at the amount of weight I have lost.

Okay not so great news. I am upping my calories YET AGAIN because I weighed in at 148 pounds at the doctor's office. Now...their scale is 2-3 pounds heavier than mine (which I consider official) That means that I could actually be as low as 145. That would make me at a normal BMI, but I really need to make the weightloss stop. I want to be at a stable weight for the next three weeks. So I am going to weigh in at home on Saturday (DH has to dig out the scale from its hiding place) and if I am at or below 148 we are upping the calories to 2000.

Well I am off to help at Senior Celebration...I get to be a "carnie" at the carnival. Then I need to run tonight (at least 4 miles...hopefully 5).

[IndioGirl55 32]

So there is good news, GREAT news, and well...to DH not so good news.

First good news! Doc cleared me for TT (I knew he would) and said that all of my nutritional testing is perfect!!!! Yeah!

Second great news! They are so excited about my weight loss that they are giving me a professional photo shoot in August in exchange for letting them use my pictures and story as a feature on their website, and the posters in their office. He was just thrilled and astonished at the amount of weight I have lost.

Okay not so great news. I am upping my calories YET AGAIN because I weighed in at 148 pounds at the doctor's office. Now...their scale is 2-3 pounds heavier than mine (which I consider official) That means that I could actually be as low as 145. That would make me at a normal BMI, but I really need to make the weightloss stop. I want to be at a stable weight for the next three weeks. So I am going to weigh in at home on Saturday (DH has to dig out the scale from its hiding place) and if I am at or below 148 we are upping the calories to 2000.

Well I am off to help at Senior Celebration...I get to be a "carnie" at the carnival. Then I need to run tonight (at least 4 miles...hopefully 5).

CONGRATULATIONS KARRI - HOW AWESOME - PROFESSIONAL PHOTOS AND ADVERTISMENT - SO HAPPY FOR YOU

145 - NORMAL BMI - YEA !!!! '

I think it's great that you have a normal bmi - and yes your goal it to keep your weight stable..

Have fun at your carnival !!!

[kirajh 0]

kARRI - 145...............I'm jealous. My goal is 150

Went up north with DH to see his cousin and I made him stop at the Outlet Mall on our way home since we drove right by it. Went to the Lane Bryant Outlet and got four new shirts. SIZE 14-16!!! Told my daughter and she told me she's never known me at that size. LOL But I can't get pants to fit right. Elastic waists that fit great.......butt, hips and thighs are huge!! Told DH i didn't think I would find pants to fit till I got rid of all that excess skin in my belly.

CONGRATULATIONS Phyll on the birth of those two grand daughters. What are their names?? Better watch out though, it is really fun to shop for little girls.