Jennifur

I only use cash myself, getting laid off 3 years ago messed me up horribly, but over the last very long 3 years, I have learned if you don't have it don't use it!

Tracy- I worked in a bank fo 15years, and when all the foreclosure stuff was going on... I said just that... lose your house, you can't pay bills, what happens next, can't rent with bad credit, can't get a credit card, takes years and years to rebuild, what happens to all these people????? It is a scary thing out there and this is just really starting to become an issue... watch... it is going to get worse!

Hi guys going to work on the bathroom floor, but wanted to check in... Josie, it is freezing here isn't it! yuck. I might have a fire tonight and watch a movie that is kind of neat you found your grandparents names at ellis ilsand. Tracy - MUAH... love ya sister mom is crazy this am, she is getting dressed for a job interview and we have totally different taste... and she asks me over and over if i like something and i don't know what else to say, I am simple and she has 10,000 pr of earings ... ya know what i'm saying? ok here i go!

Haydee something else I just read up on is Coconut Oil, I am going to get some vits of that, I have stuff to cook with but I can't have an egg that taste even remotely like coconu off to work on the bathroom floor, have a good day

Morning gals how are ya'll doing? Tracy - you are a mess, wish I could have been with ya, I use to get dirty like that all the time, then I turned into such a girl.. blah i suck! I was happier and thinner then I'm going to drink my coffee and go for a smaller walk today, I need to get the tiles out of the bathroom and be cleaned up and to the school at 4 for a game! i'll be around

Thanks sister! There is a real world out there! I will hold you accountable and will do what you need me to do to kick your butt... we were at the same place for a while, you were lower than me and now I caught up and you bailed... so your turn to catch up with me... DARE YOU!!!!! :tt1::tt2::thumbup::tt2:

Hi guys judy - glad you survived the shot with better luck than we all had Pam - if you get the swine, lmk how that works and what info you get Haydee - the vit D is big but has never been stuck in my pouch, I do have a hard time getting it down but i've had pill issues. I still miss kev, shoot 19 years just doen't go away overnight, but I am truely happy and the guy I met, or re-met last week is super nice and very good to me, and I am actually trying really hard not to freak out too badly and there is no sex unless I am 100% ready - he told me that, he wants more than that ... so it is just what I deserve hope you are all having a good night Laura - I'm sorry you are dealing with so much yucky stuff, and it sounds like crazy stuff, that you would only see in movies or something. hi all

Tracy - thanks sister! I hope you have a good night

Thank you, that is just so kind of you to say, I don't think of myself that way. Most of my stress is from the relationship I am just getting out of, but I do love to cook, and I have learned how to cook healthy low fat/cal/carb and everything I do I focus on protein. Suzanne - You should be proud of yourself!!!!! You have lost 190lbs... that is something to jump up and down about. My dr would have suggested no band but RNY, so you have worked hard to get that gone! It is a great time of year to get motivated, nice walking weather, get out there! and you are so right, a lb is a lb is a lb, slow and steady wins the race, and if it comes off the right way it will stay off If you ever want to make something, give me a challange and I'll swap it out for a healthy version! That is out there for anyone I'm very bloated today, I don't know why, but thank goodness for gas x

Babs - welcome Courtney - take the pressure off, I was doing myself in with pressure I put on myself. My dr told me I would be at 210 when I got to stats goals. I was there for almost a year, now I'm kicking butt for me and it did take a lot of changes and soul searching, but you can do it. Personally, I think it is as much as the why and changes as it is the band. I am 12 lbs away from the goal I set for myself when I was banded, and then I'm going to add another 25 on to that when I get there, because I'm at a point when I know I can do it and it is all about me. I also found a very nice guy who was there the entire time, my eyes were just closed to what I knew, change in my life opened the door for happiness for me. who knows where this will end up, but I would have never let anyone in without the life changes. Ask Suzie, Tracy and Kat what a mess I was, even a month ago! I'm never going back where I was... and that is my choice

Hi Courtney, nice to meet you. I am 38 and have been heavy my entire life but after my son when I was 34, I gained 75lbs from stress and life. So in a nut shell here is what I learned over the past 2 + years 1. The band is a tool and you have to work with it not against it. 2. There is a reason I was overweight, why is that? and why was I using food as a drug? 3. What do I do when life's stress hits me hard? 4. Alcohol is definately very bad for weight loss! 5. If the band is too tight, the only food that seems to do into me is bad fried food, wings, chicken tenders, onion chips, and nacho's from the pub, even in small quanity, are not foods that will help you lose weight. 6. Exercise is important 7. Water is important So saying what I've learned in the last 3 months with my reality check on why I'm not loosing... 1. I am working with my band, taking very tiny bites and taking 20 minutes to eat. 2. I don't eat when I'm stressed but what I do eat is horribly bad so my body does not work properly, you can't eat 1000 calories all at one meal! 3. When I was dealing with stuff before I would crawl into bed, now when I get stressed I put my sneakers on and walk, and think, and walk some more. 4. I still drink... but once a week and I don't drink anything that will make me want to eat, no high carb drinks and nothing with heavy high cal juice. I mix with Crystal light. 5. Band adjustment and it is working, back to very small amounts of food and focusing on Protein. 6 & 7. I now have the time so I am exercising excessively and I make sure to drink a ton of water. So I know this is long, sorry, it is what I have personally learned, but most of all - I learned there are reasons for my choices and what I have been working very hard on is getting the answers and choosing to make the right choices and not the ones that would make me happy... and trust me, not everything I have had to change has been easy or easy choices, but they are the right ones... and my life is changed for good! I wish you the best of luck and it is so nice to have you here. Ask away!!!!

wow, I hope he is ok too, but at least you got your walk in:lol:

Hi Kat... My name is Jen...and i have a new boyfriend... jk... just being silly... but very happy for the first time in a long time... and happy with me glad you joined us

Pamela - my nutritionist told me to take them at my last appt, 1000 units vit d... also promotes fat burning. I've been taking them for about 6 weeks, that and my flinstones

Morning all Judy, good luck with that flu shot... both my kids got sick and my mom got hers 2 days ago and is now getting sick too. and Pamela... you hit the nail on the head.... "What do we know about it???????" that just scares me and the way they reacted to the regular one this year... mmmmmmmm I don't think so went for 4 mile walk now heading to the gym, then home to clean and do some paperwork. Have a good day all

Hi all hope you have a great day, I'm back from 4 mile walk, made an egg and now heading to the gym for some weights going to get some paperwork done today I think so I'll be back in a bit. Tracyk - call me sister!

I hope so, all of it, muscle and it will come off... I'm afraid I might keep going up. I am going for my walk in the am then water aerobics, I'm changing my schedule up... cardio 3 x week plus walk 6 days and weights 2-3 days for some tone.

I wish you all the luck! I am so undecided. I gained a lb and I'm freaking out! I have an emergency nutrition appt on 10/2 to get this under control. how do I gain when I'm exercising like crazy!?

Mimi - I'm so jealous. I want a TT because I could prob get my ins to pay for it... but worried about another surgery, so thinking about smart lipo, it tightens skin and I've seen the living proof, so If i can get rid of even 1/2 of this for 5k I'll be very happy, no major surgery! well, going to lunch with new friend, I'm starving from walking, prob going to get a small chicken salad, but I need real food! working out even more is pushing me over the edge I think

Haydee - thanks. ... no they went back to school last Wed, dd is exhausted has cheer ever day from 3:15 to 6 school all day and tons of homework... ds is just exhausted getting back into it. He is getting a little cold and alex got a mild flu from the stupid shot. NO WAY am I giving the the Swine shot. I'm sorry to hear about your break in. I was 2nd on the list for our site, than goodness Chris always answered. LOL

Mimi - Hi and welcome Suzie - you are funny... step away from the funnel cake!!!!! LOL I am enjoying it, I just walked 5 miles plus my 2.5 this am... holy smokes burned 1170 cals before noon! why am i stuck again??? I logged all my morning walks only because I couldn't remember what days I did a 2nd walk or Water aerobics so I didn't count them. I've burned 6068 cals since 9/2 ... I'm starving ... what am i going to do? I am going to have some broth, take another shower, then go to lunch with Dan. it is all good. what you all up to today? anything exciting?

HI Jane I gained 20lbs in 5weeks on Lexapro, there is a very good chance that could be it. That is why I changed. I think sometimes I need a higher dose since so much has happened since I went on it, but I'm happier and loosing weight. have a good day yes sad about Patrick - what a year for the famous

Morning gals Welcome Jolly - nice to have you here, it seems this is going to be a great group. Suzanne - remember my bath pics of the tub and wall? I am going to take up the floor tiles and put down big ones like the brown on the wall. I have been seriously putting it off waiting for my dad to take the toilet out... it is out so I guess I should get busy... TracyK sent me a text last night, she is not in a great place and went to spend a night or 2 in LA with her freind to do some soul searching. She is going to try to post today or tomorrow. Send her good thoughts guys, she has been dealing with a lot. Anyway, gong for a walk in 5 mins so i can be back before the kids get on the bus

Good for you, Congrats... slow and steady wins the race! I only have 1.5 in a 4cc band.

Thanks Heather - and I can't forget 18 years.. but I sure can love me and be happy... I had a great time Sat, we went to a car show in Lake George, the city was closed down, I have never been to one but want to do new things, and had a really good time, and he came over last night and watched a movie with me... and a chick kind of movie... so that must say something