guns n roses

Hi again everyone. I haven't posted in a long time. Thought i could do this on my own. But I'm soooo glad i can come back here for support. I had gotten pretty discourage because i wasn't dropping 15lbs/month like March and April. Just reading how alot of you are feeling the same way has let me know that I am not alone. I have continued my exercise but have slacked off alot with the diet. I eat bread sometimes now. I'm so glad I came on and read July posts. I can keep up with my 17 year old d/d on the tennis courts for an hour now. HA. Down 50 lbs but it's so S L O W anymore.

My gosh, I laughed your dog. :funnypost: What kind of noise? and why is it making it? Had my first fill today.

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Heya Marchies, Getting my first fill today so last night I went completely off my diet and ate a hamburger! I don't even like them-but I had to be defiant. And 5 sugar free cookies. And still didn't go over 950 calories And I am not exercising today. I think I'm treating myself and actually all I feel is guilt. Guess I'm getting trained into this new Healthy Lifestyle. Hope y'all have a healthy day.

I can see you just had your surgury and have been on this forum for a year. You obviously have learned alot prior to getting banded. 10 days out and you are doing the exercise and water (I did too) Good for you:clap2: . You are getting your first fill pretty early compared to the rest of us? Keep up the good work.

Nice to see new names: Thickchicktexas, My5grlz,Snowangel, KuebulJ, - For those of you not losing I can relate. After a few weeks when that scale wasn't moving anymore and I thought I was doing everything right--I buckled down. For more that a week I've been doing 800cals/40 min Cardio + other stuff and i was losing a pound a Day. Now guess what, The scale has not moved in the last 2 days. What I have learned is how to eat better, count calories and protein, stay away from sugar, bread and all drinks but water and sometimes for the sugar Jones-Crystal Lite. I come on this site for info and encouragement and feel the responsibilty to keep on track like most of these bandsters--Just Keep Doing the Right Thing. TammyJ: sounds like the warm stuff was going down a little smoother that the cold stuff. Get my fill on Thurs so that's good to know.

What a happy sounding group today:D . Is it because it's spring?...Is it because we are not getting sick anymore?...OR is it because..........WE ARE LOSING WEIGHT:clap2: . that's the one tu tammyj for the incentives. I wish I knew how to cut and paste. Duh:embarassed: . I even did one of those tickers but can't figure out how to move it. Oh well. 45 min cardio 10 stretching 06 crunches. 31 LBS-see ya. Good Day Y'all--Chris

DEMSVMEJM: All that heavy duty work in one day!! If you go over to Fitday.com you will see that you burned about 9,000,000 calories:biggrin1: I also see that you are nicotine free? I didn't do it. I spoke with Forked-tongue to the med. folks. Good for you.

Hey All. I just got that Marching band. Duh. Very cute. Well, we will have 31 days to use Marching in May and then time to change it again. "Marching into Bikinis":embarassed: "The Marching Bandsters":biggrin1: "Marching to Size 8";) Although 12 is fine with me. I was an 8 when I was 8. Reprogrammed my daughters old I POD yesterday, so I was rocking on the eleptical this morning. TammyJ: I did 4 mini crunches this morn. One more each day. It would not be on my "TO DO" list, if I didn't see it here.

NURSEAMY; You had a fill 3 weeks ago?? WOW. You'll be getting your second fill when most of us seem to getting our FIRST FILL. I Guess you shall be our guru. Down to 229 this AM. I was 236LBS.. only 8 Days ago. So it seems my 800 calories/day was paying off. That FITDAY.COM and journaling my calories seems to hold me accountable. Kyethra; My mini goal is also 220 by 5/20--family function. Hope ya'll have a lovely low-cal day.

SOMETHING CRUNCHY? :hungry: I remember that feeling. A peeled apple was the trick for me. Not only did it help with that CRUNCH CRUNCH desire, it also helped with the sweets craving. I had some Golden Apples-they were very sweet. I didn't want to TEST eating the skin so the deer benefited from that. Going to NY huh? I'm in NY--I'll see if I can figure out how to send a private message to ya.

TammyJ: I recall something about 6 wks. I'm so focused on the cardio and stretching right now that I don't want to do too much on the crunches till I see the Dr. next week. I did do the MINI's today.

LF Cottage cheese, natural applesauce, FF yogurt, protein shakes, Healthy Choice Fudge bars, Fat free pudding, sugarfree jello, Stage 1 Baby Food-fruits, chewable vitamins, humus, low fat rigotta cheese. These things gave me plenty of choices, hope it helps you too. Welcome.

Welcome Careypea, you've come to the right place. Most of your questions will be answered if you go to the FAQ area of this site. It helped me alot. I still haven't found the rules, I just try to follow the lead of the vetern bandsters. My DH (dear husband) used to tell me I was beautiful too. I knew better. I was 160 when he married me and 3 years I thought pregnancy was a license to eat. It got progressively worse for the next 17 yrs. I was so psyched when I got my surgery date that I started (only 2 wks prior) working out, drinking lots of water and cutting down on sweets. It made resuming these healthy choices easier to resume after surgury. Make sure your pantry is full of the things you will need after surgery-Before surgery. Keep reading . Knowledge is powerful.

The gas is VERY common. Movement, Gas -X, and Beano seem to be the consensus for the solution to the problem. If you go back to FAQ on the forum site you may find even more solutions. It seems most newcomers questions are responded to there. Congrats on the wgt. loss. :clap2: Keep up the good work. You may also want to look for the forum for the APRIL BANDSTERS.