Suzzzie.

This is a great idea!! I'm going BIG and working towards 31 off by Thanksgiving!! I have a pair of jeans I want to wear to the Family dinner! Name.............Chall. Start Wt......Current......Chall. Goal......To Go losingjusme...........273.....................273. ............238.............35 faithmd................303.....................303..............283.............20 mpalen.................229.....................229..............200.............29 want2beme...........225.....................225..............195.............30 mcgreen...............236.....................236..............210.............26 wombat712...........179.....................179..............155.............24 Suzzzie. ..............346.....................346..............315.............31

Faith! You're the first one I've read that mentioned a runny nose. Lol. I totally get that!! And I notice that I sigh when I can't eat another bite... and I will hiccup too. Lol. I have so many signals. But the one that gets me EVERY time is that when I'm full, even if only a few bites, that the food doesn't look good anymore. ANYWAY... Congrats to SWEETY on your 4th fill!! I'm not even sure I'm gonna go for my 3rd on the 14th. I'm still waiting this one out!

OMG!! WHere is this thread going today?!?! hahaha!!

OK... anyone having problems with their eyes? Lol. Cause my eyes are now WAY bigger than my band. I see food and think "Wow, I want that!" But its either something that I can't eat at all (like bread) or I just can't eat as much as I want. This is both sad and happy for me. Like, tonight, I wanted fish (which I never want fish!) and so I baked two peices (boxed, frozen) and I wanted to put about 4 or 5 in the oven cause I used to be able to eat that many. But I knew that I couldn't now, so I baked 2. But Um... I can't even finish one peice. Its so weird. I still just can't wrap my mind around it!!

Congrats on joining the gym!! I remember teh first time I Walked into a gym... I was so nervous! I'm game for posting pics at 6 months!! I'm no where near ready now. Lol. I've lost like 35 pounds, but I can't see it ANYWHERE!

Hmmm, that didn't work... how do I post pics??? Leme try again...

Lol. This is a college football thread!!! I don't know college football... So I'm gonna post a picture of my sexy cats! Princess Jezzebelle Sunshine is a 5 year old Calico, and Sir Toadeous of Liberty is a 1 year old black medium hair. They are my babies!! I mostly refer to them as "Boo" and "Bubba". Lol. <img src="http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j240/suzannerene/Toad%20and%20Princess/DSCN7088.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket">

Hey!! Football!!! Yeah, GO CHIEFS!! (If only they could quit LOSING!!!) I have family that lives in Mississippi, and they are HUGE Ole Miss fans!!

I'm going with 800 this month.

A few people mention not being able to eat breakfast, I usually have 1/2 of a South Beach Diet bar (high protein!) and then the other half later. I am tighter in the morning, but can always get a few bites in. I need to work on better choices!! I had an appointment with my primary care physician last week and told her that I was banded, she was shocked but kinda excited. She said she's had patients get the bypass before, but none have had the band! So she wants to watch my progress and see if she might start recommending it to some of her patients! How exciting! Anyway, had labs drawn because I have always had issues with my blood sugar bottoming out, but its much more frequent now. Seems that I have 'insulin resistence. Grr. Thankfully I'm BANDED. Lol. So that should go away. Just think, if I didn't have the surgery when I did I may have been diabetic within a year!! Good news though, my cholesterol is only 87!! Oh, and she also put in a consult for me to see a dietition (I can't spell??) which is awesome, cause my surgeons office really only relies on the NP to do all that stuff. So this will be a good thing. I will meet with her next wednesday... Welcome Jojo7!! Post often!! I have no life so I live for reading these threads! Lol!!! Hey Beckie - Sorry to hear about your cousins wife. your family will be in my prayers! And I'm really glad that you resisted the temptation of chocolate and chips!! If only I could build up a resistance to ice cream! My 2nd fill is good too. Have a good time Ms Stef!! I'll look forward to your updates - if that hubby of yours ever gets off that runway!! Hey there bigbaby! I don't know the nutrition facts for the meatballs, but you could easily add it up with the ingredients you are using. I post recipes on a website that will approximate calories, fat grams, etc... you can see what it says HERE. Your family will also be in my prayers. Its never easy making the decisions that must be made. I work Oncology and see the saddest cases everyday.

Hey lQQk!! I did 740 minutes! I made it!! ALSO - my BMI is now officially under 50!!! This is a happy day.

RHonda First I want to say that I appreciate you doing the hard work for us!!! I'm definatly in!! April is fine for me, it doesn't matter what days or anything, as long as I can request them off from my job 30 days in advance. I'm more than willing to share a room!! Especially if it's going to be that expensive! I've only ever stayed at Riviera and Sahara, and they were like $50 a night. Lol. But, in most cases you get what you pay for! I'll have to start playing at the local KC Harrahs and earn me some points (and hopefully some comp points I can use in Vegas!)

I was begining to think my restriction was gone - until I ate 1/2 of a crab rangoon that my boss brought in today! OMG. I made it until 3pm before anything got stuck today. I even ate a donut!!! Of course I picked at it for about an hour. Lol. Why is it so quiet here lately?? WAKE UP PEOPLE!!

LadyHR, I haven't seen a difference at all, but my friend told me today that he can see a difference in my face. That was nice to hear!

So I went out for Greek food today. (Yeah, I eat out a few times a week... I'm not big on cooking.) So I had a few bites of my salad, and about 3 bites of pita bread with hummus. Then I went to the bathroom to PB. THen I ate about 3 bites of chicken off of my gyro. Bah. My friend that I was with was the one that drove me the day I had surgery and he said he felt bad about eating while I couldn't. Have any of your friends/family made a similar comment!? Even my friend Judy that I eat with about once a week has said something very similar. I just laugh it off and tell them that "Hello! THis is what I wanted!!" Lol. I wanted to NOT be able to eat so much, and so I got what I wanted. I wrote this last night too, but again today I was considering canceling my 3rd fill appt on the 14th. I have good restriction now. And I'm going on vacation to Houston on the 20th, so I don't want to be unable to eat anything while I'm there. gah. I should just wait until the time gets closer and see how I feel then. What do you all think?

I'm in MO actually. Just no docs on this side of the stateline that I knew of that did the surgery! I live 'North of the River'. Lol. Yes, I'm a Northland girl.

WOW!! Sorry for the BOOK that I wrote!!! I don't get headaches, but my jaw gets VERY tired of chewing!!

I'm here!! Here's a story for you: I think I wrote that I ate Indian food on Friday night? Well, I took the leftovers to work on Saturday and could only eat about 1 cup worth. I took the rest of it to work today and only ate about 3/4 cup... and tossed the rest. I just couldn't do it! There was at least another cup worth of food there... I never used to waste food. I used to be able to eat the whole meal in one sitting. On Sunday for lunch I ate about 5 of my turkey meatballs, they went down very slowly. For dinner that eveing I went to Panera with a friend and ordered the grilled chicken casear salad. I ate the chicken off of it, and a few bites of lettuce over about a 45 minute period and was so stuffed. I threw away more than I ate. Today, I was starving so I went down to the hospital cafeteria and got the 'caregivers special' of 2 eggs, 2 bacon, and 2 toast. I ate about 1/2 of one egg, and 1/2 of one bacon... and then I toook 1 bite of toast and it was PB city! After a few minutes I went back to eating the eggs and bacon. In total, what I kept down, was about 1 egg, and 1 1/2 pieces bacon. I gavethe other toast away. - And best of all... I was eating with a co-worker (after I PB'd, she wasn't in there for that!!!) and she had this huge omlet and toast and she was done with all of that before I even had about 3-4 bites of egg down! THis is GOOD for me cause it shows that I have learned to eat slowly. She and I used to eat together all the time and I'd finish about the same time as her. She has noticed I eat slower... I justtell her I'm trying to be healthier and make better choices and take my time - which is all true. So, that was breakfast, and I already said I had Indian leftovers for lunch, and then for dinner I had about 6 meatballs, but I should have stopped after about 4. I actually stopped to think today about whether or not I should go for my fill on the 14th. Its 3 weeks away, so I'll just have to wait and see how I feel then, but for right now I'm pretty satisfied with my band. I'm very sorry for those who are having trouble, either one way or the other, with their band. I know we all went into this understanding that it was going to be difficult, and knowing that it would take time to work... but that doesn't mean we have to be patient about it! I know that I wish I could have woken up from surgery already 200 pounds thinner!! This morning my weight was down to 348.6! It's been more than a year since I was under 350!!!

Thats awesome!!:clap2:

Hang in there!!

Toni!! - I want 5 Hail Mary's from you! Lol. Hey, I'm sitting here eating Edy's Loaded Choc chip cookie doagh ice cream... what can I say?? I'm weak.

I didn't add any sauce, but you could if you wanted to. Let me know what you try, and if you like it.

1 lb ground turkey 1 cup dry breadcrumbs 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper 1 tablespoon garlic, minced 1 egg 4 ounces mozzarella cheese pre-heat over to 400F degrees. cut mozzarella cheese into very small cubes. mix breadcrumbs (I use pepperage farms herb crusted stuffing mix) and cayenne pepper in large bowl. add 1 egg and minced garlic to breadcrumbs. fold in ground turkey. may need to add more breadcrumbs to desired texture. roll meatballs to about 1 inch size. make hole in each meatball and add small cube of mozzarella cheese to middle, then pinch meat around and roll to fully cover cheese. Place on lighty greased baking pan. bake at 400F degrees for 15-20 minutes, or until meatballs fully cooked. Lol That was easy!! I post recipes I make up on Recipezaar: Where the World's Recipes Are. so all I had to do was cut/paste! yay!! I'm an amature cook though, so if ya'll see anything that could be changed to improve it, let me know!!

My new total is 520 minutes. Stef - you make me feel so inadequate!

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