Dibaby

Well let me put my "I love Walmart" hat on. Why you ask? I'm a single mom that doesn't get child support and I'm barely making it. Walmart saves me a huge amount of money. For many of us..it's just about survival. I'm sorry but you don't have to work at Walmart if you don't want to. So don't. Then maybe Walmart will get the hint and then they will have to attract people with better benefits. Also from my experiences, walmarts vary greatly. There are ones I refuse to go into because of how unorganized and unclean they are. Luckily there are so many I can choose which ones I want to go to.

Well the thing you have to make sure of is what is it going to be like when your band fluctuates as I'm sure it does the same as the rest of us. Period week for me is the one that always gets me. Gotta make sure I'm loose enough to survive that week.

I think I know what your talking about Manatee. I think ur a bit like me. Your comfortable now with your weight loss..but you still aren't at your goal but yet everyone keeps on saying you look fine. But yet..your not truely happy with yourself right? Soo do what I did. Refocus yourself. Ask yourself a few questions. What is it exactly I wanna do with this body? What am I shooting for? For me I just kept on thinking everything was impossible..well guess what..it's not! Just figure out exactly what your goals are from here and go for it! Be happy dammit Nothing is impossible!

Well at first I was gonna say get a tiny fill..but now reading your post a few more times I thinking u should wait it out a bit. See if you still are losing. If not..then go for a tiny more fill. Good luck

Thanks so much! Yeah i had a slight regain over Halloween..almost 5 pounds!!..lol..but now i've relost that and im .4 away from 100 pounds..hehe

Hope you made it safely daddy! Okay Saturday had my Y weight class. Loveee this class. We did alot of leg lifts..omg..killer. Also did upper body too. Was great. Then I did 20 minutes on the bike. Doing little sprints here and there. Sunday I did my circuit training. I increased the weights and did 3 reps instead of 2. I'm still so new into this weight lifting stuff. Still not sure what I'm doing. Then I did 25 minutes on the bike. My ankle is bothering me and the bike is the best for that. Okay I let the guy go friday night. I feel alot better although I do miss talking to him. But I know if I talk to him I'll be sending the wrong message. Sigh. and life goes on.. I'm not gonna date till the new year.

The hard part for me is the whole food part...I've been living on processed foods and didn't realize it. So gone is all the 100 calorie pack Cookies and stuff. Also the lean cuisines and the weight watcher stuff. I am totally off of high fructose corn syrup. Does anyone know how hard that is to do? I mean it seems like everything has that these days. I can't even eat salad dressing. I even bought some cocktail sauce to go with my shrimp...guess what..corn syrup! geezee. Even bread is ridiculous. I bought this bread that is suppose to be super duper healthy. Called "Natural Ovens". Even though they say in their motto that they don't have corn syrup right there in the ingredients is "crystalline corn fructose" which is a derivative of corn syrup. Sigh. So I'll keep it in the freezer for one of my cheat meals. You might think I'm being a bit ridiculous with all this but darnnit..I wanna win this war with my body. I wanna have the best healthy bod I can have. We only have one body after all Anyways I'm doing more and more research. I find it all facinating. It's like someone just gave me the keys to my health now I'm just finding out where exactly they go. :whoo:

Checking in..sorry its been hell at work Well I went to work out last night..thursday night spin class as usual..well got dress..went to put on shoes..I had 2 left shoes!..ugh I felt like such a dork. I had to work overtime anyways so I just went home. Although good news..I lost 3.2 pounds over 2 weeks (including Thanksgiving!) so I'm a bit ahead of the halloween gain that I had. This new eating plan is doing wonders I think. Still havent let the guy go...I'm terrible..someone just slap me..geezee..tonight I gotta..

Oh some other things i have learned...a gallon of Water weighs 8 pounds..wow!..lol Also a pound of fat equals exactly the same as a pound of muscle. Think about it.. a pound is a pound..no matter how u weight it. The thing is that muscle takes up alot less space then fat...and resting fat burns i believe it is 2 calories while resting muscle burns 53.

Well I am not really looking to "body build" per say. When I say body build people automatically think of the hulk or she hulk bodies. Body building is just focusing on goals and getting to where you want your body to be. What I'm looking into is just utilizing the right foods at the right time to get lean. I've been looking into some nutitrional information written by John Berardi. I just started looking into it but it looks like it makes sense. Look here.. John Berardi - 7 Habits Anyone heard of it or used it before? I'm giving it a try..getting off of carbs and sugar is a tough one though..but one I wanted to do for a very longg time.

So I have a friend who's been researching like mad about nutrition and he's been working out and following more of a body building nutitrional plan and has been really successful with it in a short amount of time. My question is has any other bandsters been trying to follow a plan like this? I'm doing more research about it. Looking up articles on bodybuilder.com and trying to figure out what i should be doing..and what I CAN do. Alot of the diets include alot of meat throughout the day. Well chicken just won't work at 10am..lol. Anyways..just wondered if anyone has changed their eating and exercise habits and been successful with it. I just feel like right now I'm in la la land about what I'm suppose to eat and it's working against me big time. I mean how can I work out 5 days a week and actually gain 3 pounds?..Also it seems I'm focused too much on cardio and I need to do more high intensity interval training or (HIIT). Apparently also I can eat the wrong things before or after a workout that can almost eliminate all the work I have done. Just wondered if anyone has taken it to the next level so to speak?

Thanks so much for this advice. I definitely feel this way too. I just had such hope..ugh. I think I'll stop dating for awhile till the new year and regather. I'm on a new nutritional plan anyways that I wanted to focus on. Besides alone for xmas isn't so bad..lol less stress in many ways.

I feel like a bitch cause he's been nothing but nice to me but I can't get past the hangups I have.

Monday night step aerobics...and also 110 crunches before hand.. Nothing going on in the dating area. I'm still trying to let the one guy go..lol. I feel like such a bitch I tell ya

You know I really don't know how many calories a day. I've been doing weight watchers and it's all been points. So I'm assuming about 1500-1700 a day. I guess that menu is like the back bone to nutritional eating. There are more foods thank God I can eat I just have to figure out how they are metabolized. Which thank goodness I just ask my friend..lol Yeah I was bad today I had to use some pudding to push through my chicken stuckage. I knew it would work and it did. I had been sick like 3 times before that. mmmm..pudding..LOL

LOLL..it wasn't that bad! Thanks for making me laugh though

Well its already not working...basically the morning wasn't bad at all..eggwhite omelet with spinach..half slice of cheese..and some pineapple.. But second meal was chicken..wayyy to early for me to be eating chicken..so of course it got stuck..and now im wayyy behind on eating.. The band is just made to hold your food for hours..eating this often I dunno..I'm gonna try and talk to my friend about making it better for my needs. Although I'm sure he'll be upset and just say I'm "making excuses" LOL. As far as the food..it's alot of spinach..and lean Protein..and lets see..walnuts..carrots..red pepper...oh hell here ill type out a day Meal #1 1 cup of egg whites 1/2 cup spinach 1/2 slice cheese 1/2 cup pineapple 3 fish oil capsules to drink: 1 cup green tea with lemon..(no additives to the tea, make sure u look for sugar on the label) 1 cup Water Meal #2 4 oz grilled chicken breast 1/2 cup spinach 1/2 cup red pepper, sliced 1/4 cup onion, sliced 1 tbsp flax oil 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar to drink: 1 cup water Meal #3 4oz grilled extra lean beef 1/2 cup spinach 1/2 cup carrots 2 tbsp walnuts 1 tsp fresh garlic, minced 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar 3 fish oil capsules to drink: 1 cup water I'll stop there just so you get an idea..there's 3 more meals pretty much the same way..except for meal #6 thats 1/2 cup plain yogurt with 1 scoop milk Protein powder. This is just for women who want to loose fat mass..also there's a workout drink and a post workout drink..geezee..its alot to eat in a day.. Ohh this comes from something called No Nonsense Nutrition..I gotta get the guys name again who is the author of it all.

I don't know if I posted this already, but the thing that I really really hate about reflux is the day after. I swear I feel like I'm hung over the entire day. It's just awful. I figure it's because I'm dehydrated. Anyone else get that?

Heyy guys Well he's a super guy. Although he dropped a couple of bombs on me. One of which is a health issue which I'm not sure if I wanna deal with or not. The other..is more of a personal issue..ummm..LOL. Has to do with sex..LOL. Anyways..I didn't know what to say to him on either things. I just don't really know what to do with this one. Dammit I just want normal..lol..I even took down my profile and everything..ugh blah

Heyy guys! I'm back Did my weight class on Saturday. Weighed in and lost another pound I had gained over Halloween. Not to bad since it was Thanksgiving week! I'm starting a new diet today. Alot different from weight watchers. A friend of mine has been doing this for 6 months and has seen huge changes. So hopefully this will work. But I gotta get off my sugar addiction which is gonna be damn hard. Anyways it's eating like 6 times a day and it's eating at the right time of the day. Also before workout and after workout. It's a body building diet but it's for losing fat mass right now. The thing is I dunno how well this will work with the band. So I'm just gonna try and see. Also worked out on Sunday. 20 minutes circuit machines, 110 crunches, then 15 minutes eleptical and 15 minutes treadmill. Supposedly I'm suppose to do the weight machines first before cardio. Who knew..lol

Update! It was a wonderful date!! ohh myyy..hehe and a good kisser too. LOLL..people were waiting for our parking spaces and we were just smoochin away..giggle..I'm a happy girl

Well if nothing else Manatee its good entertainment! LOLLL Yeah I'm learning alot about dating. I'm also learning to say "no" to dates. That's a hard one for me. I really hate dissapointing people. Okay I'm leaving in 5 minutes for the date..gotta love the anticipation..:car:

Spin class last night and it was evil! Made it expecially hard with turkey day coming...spin those turkey legs!!! LOL also 110 crunches before hand. I feel soooo much better! Scale went back down a bit but still not past where i should be to get 100 pounds..ugh. Anyways have a date in a half an hour..weeee..I'm soo excited Stayed up till like 12:30 am talking with him..bad me..LOLLL Thing is I'm not worried about meeting him at all..I'm more worried about what the hell I'm going to eat and will it stay down..ugh

Well I think this could happen with any surgery really. There are always risks but I think it's very very slim that this will happen to you.

Well I've had a few dates with some guys but nothing that made me get excited about them. All have been really nice guys. Just that either the communication was bad or just something about them bothered me. I have also learned that when they put "occasional" for smoking means they are indeed a smoker..lol. Anyways I have another date tomorrow for lunch. First date..hehe. I have high hopes of course..hehe. We seemed to communicate really well on the phone at least have talked for hours. Wish me well..