pattimomof3nj

OH that is so wonderful, and just think you do not get all the morning sickness, the sore back, the sore b@@bies! You just get the adorable after, the cute little baby!!! You are so Blessed! God does work in wonderful ways doesn't he! Remember age is only a number it is how you feel that determines your true age, and from what I've seen you are still a very young healthy person!!!

OMG, are you eating cantaloupe??? when i was that early out I was eating so much of it, it tasted so darn good!!! soft and sweet and YUMMMM. well anyway.. the acid burn got sooo bad. couldn't for the life of me figure out what the hell was doing it. talked to the pharmacist at the supermarket who took notice of the 3 in my cart. she said 'are you eating all that?' to which i responded 'oh yes, i just has WLS and it is so good'. she said sweetie that is your problem, too much of that will eat away at your tummy. i never knew it. Cut way way back and the acid stopped. JUST A THOUGHT. check what you are eating and drinking!!!

Congrats on your awesome loss! I cannot wait to try that awesome soup!!!

Well, it did take me about an hour. I was watching tv, hubby just told me we owed the township $1500 for the sewer bill seems he was forgetting to pay it. And the kids were out riding their bikes. I grabbed a sleeve and went to town!

I'm in the same boat as you. I started taking my master's classes again, and on top of full time work and parenting. I'm overbooked. so I've been stress eating and gained 3 pounds. I have realized what I am doing and I am trying to nip it in the bud before it becomes 5 or 10. I finally reached my 100 pounds down from when i started my WLS journey with my lap band in 2008, and I really do not want to get back to where I was. I have not been exercising, and have not really been drinking too much water, mostly iced coffee! I know I have been adding carbs to my diet and I know what I have to do to get rid of them, i do not think the pouch test will help is as we do not have a pouch, we have a stomach all be it smaller. we have to do a cleanse or cold turkey it to get the white carbs/sugar out of our systems, and it is going to SUCK big time!!! Last night i ate about 15 oreos, then I felt like crap for 2 hours! but today the scale showed 1 pound down, but tomorrow it will be back! I just have to stop and get the crap out of the house like Kelly said!!!

I've gone from a 7.5 -8 to a solid 6!! i had to rid my closet of 20 pairs of shoes and am not starting my collection back up again! this is the best part of having a sleeve!!! SHOPPING!!!!!!!

You have to let us know how the DVDs are, the reviews on Amazon didn't seem that 'great'!

What book? where do I get it? how much? and how long is this 2x per week workout? fill me in please!!!!!!

I make her 'bites', but never get a chance to freeze any of them as my kids and husband eat them all! the last batch i made them with cheese steak onions, peppers and Colby jack cheese. YUMMY!!! those things were gone in 5 minutes, even the 4 year olds LOVED them!!! that is what is great about them, you can add whatever you are in the mood for at the moment! I am not into trying to make protein donuts, so I just get the real thing and have a bite or 2 and give the rest to one of the kids when the mood strikes, but really I would rather be a skinny b***h than have a donut! LOL

thanks chicky, but i want my saggy butt to look like yours!!! You are looking so freaking HOTT!!!!!

Ok i'm game! 10/15/2010: Just shy of 10 months I've lost 62.5 pounds, .5 away from GOAL!!! (NORMAL BMI) Edit to add that since i started my lap band journey, i'm down 99.5!

Oh so you've got on of those too! My MIL brought some good ol' KFC to my house the day i got my lap band! Wasn't that just so sweet of her!! I mean my husband and kids need to eat, but my kids were 5 and the girls were 1 1/2 maybe at the time! And she brought over like 2 buckets of chicken and about 10 large sides! Hoe freaking sweet to have that smell in your house after you just had surgery and can only drink freaking water!!!! Not that I was hungry or anything, but really!!!

Ok i have a really silly question. for a techy, geek, I really feel dumb right now. How do I find my Facebook URL? I didn't even know I had one!!! thanks!

These sound super yummy! Lots of Protein for someone that has recently turned to toast for breakfast ! Are they east to heat up in the micro, so I can take them to work? Also, when you cook them/re-heat them, does the cheese melt out? That would sort of defeat the whole point of putting it in there, right? thanks for sharing, needing some new easy non carb breakfast ideas!

Well DARN, where has this been all this time!!!!! thank you so much for pointing that out to me!!! Love you girls!

Tiffykins, I had Moe's while on vacation last week for the first time, and I LOVED it. We do not have them here in Jersey! I so wish we did! I got a quesadilla and just ate the insides after i loaded it up with all the fresh free toppings, half for lunch and half for dinner. The kids even loved it! To the OP, at McD's I usually have one or two of the kids nuggets, but i'm not ever hungry so I just let the kids eat, and I'l drink my Water. On vacation last week, we stopped there for lunch before hitting the parks, to save some cash, so I got the yogurt parfait, I ate that minus the fruit. the fruit was mushy. I love the Wendy's half size salads and the chili, that is my go to fast food when I am out and about and need to eat, otherwise, i just have Jerky in the car. I can honestly sat that I lost 3 pounds on vacation eating a bunch of crap foods, pizza 4 times, hot dogs, McD's, Joe's Crab Shack, Moe's, park food and lots of alcohol. I made a promise to my family that I was going to have fun and not worry about what i was eating, and I didn't. the only problem I had was with ice cream that we had for dinner one night (the kids were really good and they picked that), I dumped on it! After that, I decreased my ice cream servings from 2 scoops to 1! much better! Oh, and after all that I am only 1 pound away from GOAL!!

Ok so it was only in my back yard and in front of my hubby, mom and kids, but I did it!! A bikini top and 'boy' shorts (I think that is what they are called)! And when I walked past the sliding doors to the dining room, I had to walk back a few times to make sure I was really me! except for the scars on the tummy from surgery, I couldn't tell it was me! I wanted to cry! I purchased the top to wear under the sundresses that i got for vacation next week because I cannot stand to have my bra straps hanging out, and do not like the way the teens let theirs hang. I think that looks trashy! And at my age, I really do not need my bra showing! So I figured a bathing suit top looks much better! The girls may be empty sacks of skin, but they still need lots of support (c cup)!!!!! Only 4 pounds to a NORMAL BMI!!! and my personal OFFICIAL GOAL!!!!!! I LOVE MY SLEEVE!!!

My 9 month surgiversary is on the 15th but I will be on Vacation so I'm doing my update today! For the past 9 months I think I have been doing pretty good. I am 5 pounds away from having a normal BMI which is my ultimate GOAL! Once I get there I will see where I want to be. People are telling me I am way too thin now, and I am looking a little on the sick side. I think once I have my plastics, to get rid of the 'twin skin' that is what i call it, and get the boobies lifted I will look good! I an wearing a size 6 pants and shorts, and a size small/ medium shirts and dresses. I am so happy with my life right now i could not tell you! I love shopping and trying on clothes! It is the best!!! My kids love when i bring home new clothes and my husband thinks i'm totally HOT! food wise i can eat whatever i want! i found a new love of salad, I just need to slow down until my intestines get used to eating it, can you say SUPER GAS!!! Here are my stats as of today! weight 145 neck13.25 arms 12.25 bust 40.5 waist 31 hips 36.25 thighs 21.5 the difference from surgery date is: weight 58.9 neck 2 arms 3.5 bust 6.75 waist 12.5 hips 12 thighs 6 I think that is pretty damn amazing! so if you are on the fence or thinking, stop and do it! Patti on my way to Busch Gardens to party in sundresses and short shorts with tank tops, go me!!!!

OMG! I used to hate shopping with a passion! I never went to the store, would just give my mom money and tell her to pick me up something! Now I LOVE going in and trying to find size 6 pants and small and medium shirts and dressed to try on! it is like a fashion show, and my kids love it! then when i get home and try it all on for the hubby he is all in tears at how HOT i look!!! I tell you this, buying clothes at size 16/18 sometimes 20 sucked cause the choices were minimal if you could even find that size, now to find a size 6 is getting difficult because not every store carries that size either! I had to settle on a size 8 Gap shorts for vacation because they didn't have a 6! BOO HOO POOR ME!!!! ISN'T IT FREAKING GREAT!!!!!!!

Someone mentioned Rice krispies, I would try one of the Chex cereals slightly crushed up for this. My kids LOVE all of the Chex cereals so, I'm thinking the Wheat or Honey Nut. Maybe even the Multi Bran sounds like it may be good! Just a thought, and the Honey nut are gluten free!!! Edit to add: I just checked the stats online, and the Rice checks actually have the best stats among them all!

Hey Kelly, Splenda measures spoon for spoon to sugar! so if the recipe calls for 1/2 tsp of sugar you would use 1/2 tsp of Splenda Granular. We only buy the Huge Econo bags too, but since my dad is diabetic, i do most of his baking with it! HTH Patti

OMG! BEER would be so wonderful! I got the bill for the pool repair yesterday when I got home from my horrible day at work and I just had to drown my sorrows in something! so i opted for a bowl of ice cream! I had 3 small scoops of mint Cookies and cream with 3 cheeries! Well let me tell you, I DUMPED so bad that I passed out on the couch and had the worst cramps all night that i was awake! totally didn't make my day or night any better! should of just blasted the music and danced my sorrows away! I'm sure a cold beer would have been nice, while i floated around my newly fixed pool to the tune of $2k! that would be $17K in the past 4 years that we owned this stupid house that we have dumped into this pool!!!! UGH!

First of all you are doing GREAT! don't let a .2 up get you down. it is just a little Water, or salt. and second, I love that you were able to go home to spend your daughter's BD with her and go to her favorite place to eat with her and not feel like a FREAK! Isn't that GREAT!!!!! it is so worth all of the other CRAP that we go through, choking down those now nasty shakes, and chuggin all that water! Now, i'm totally in shock that you can even drink a soda! I still cannot, trust me I try, but I just burp and hurt! I did manage to drink a Smirnoff Ice Grape over the weekend, but I had to pour it over ice in a big cup and drink it very slow! And they are not very carbonated to begin with! Guess I will just stick with my CL strawberry lemonade! Have fun on your trip!

My fave full liquid was broccoli cheese soup blended and strained to get the little balls out! also baked potato soup blended. i just added a bit of milk to thin them out some. also pintos and cheese from Taco Bell, could only eat about 3 bites, but the small container lasted a few days!

Here's my check-in! Not sure if i'm going to make it by the 4th, but who knows stranger things have happened! SN..............Starting Wt........Current.......Goal.......Lbs to Goal pattimomof3nj....150.............145............140............5