IndioGirl55

Good Morning Gang.. Phyl - I am cooking aspaurgus tonite ;0) found it at stater bro for 99 cent a lbs.. How about broc - or cauliflower or green beans... Hugs on Uncle Ed issues.... They don't have an rv place here to service your rig??? With all the motorhomes here I would think there would be - in fact there is somekind of place across the street from my gym (weight/Idrise one as I have 2 gyms ;0) 24 hr fitness & weight gym) Karri - Hugs and prayers that it hasn't erroded.. Karla - stick to liquids - make soup this weekend - blend it - becareful.. Candice - I looked into buy window 7 for home computer - but I know that you have to back up what's on your computer before you install the new programs - sounds like too much work for a non tech - I was waiting for Phyl to install hers first to see how it went - I have a clickfree back up - but hell it would just be easier to buy a new computer then add my stuff back thru my clickfree - but again alot of work.. Well I'm only here till noon so gotta get my buttt in gear.. Hugs

Good Evening Gang !!! Well my house is clean (Andrew came) but I got these new sheet for my bed - he washed them and put them on the bed - but no softner - so I had to strip bed and re-rinse.. Got my food shopping done - need to go cut up chicken and marinate.. Oh we are getting new computers at work - Window 7 and Outlook 2010 - and guess who gets to test it out first me !!! I think I am going to have to go and get Windows 7 for dummies and outlook for dummies.. Karla - I am glad you saw the doc - I hope you got some sleep ... I can text but it takes to long cuz I don't have a texting phone - and hell I don't like typing that much anyway... Well going to go get out of these clothes - cbl

Good Morning Gang Karla - Hugs no I told you so - cuz you already know - just get it fixed !!!!! You can only rely on your band for so much of the work - but the majority of the work is up to you .... Eating Healthy & Exercise.. Phyl - Ok 4-4:30 is the plan - Wine - I know karen drinks vodka - but not sure about eva - may just make some margaritas who knows- I have to shop tonite - I think we are having chicken shikabobs (sp) Wild Rice and a veggie - Dessert my yogurt cream cheese - but going to add sf lemon pudding i think Saturday COD - 10:00 - 10:30 --- Then your house and if it's to windy (I don't know the weather for the weekend LOL I guess I should ck) we can just all go back to my house What to make - I don't know your white chilli ??? Just ate bf (popcorn LOL) and not hungry ;0)... or we can eat late lunch (out) and just come back to your house for finger foods & drinks - way we may beat the wind cuz it usually doesn't start until evening time.. But we maybe lucky... As to my weight - I am very mindful of the types of foods I eat - I was talking to Idrise about it last nite and I really beleive I finally understand I do have control and am exercising it.. Candice - You are so right - it's all about what you wants and needs. Well gotta get back to work.... PS. THE ICE CREAM STORE WHERE ANDREW WORKS GOT ROBBED YESTERDAY ABOUT 1 HR BEFORE HE WENT TO WORK - NO ONE HURT - JUST 3 SCARED GIRLS - GUY HAD A GUN - PUT THEM IN THE FREEZER - GOT A WHOLE $240 STUPID TO GO TO PRISION FOR THAT THEN HE HAD TO WORK LAST NIGHT - ALONE !!! BUT HE CALLED SOME GIRL TO COME IN AND HELP HIM CLOSE UP - HE'S THE TEAM MANAGER AT NIGHT ...

I am 3.6 yrs out - How - Why do I stay motivated ??? I stay motivated cuz now I am able to live life to the fullest - my weight no longer limits me - it completes me - I am healthy - I am active - I hopefully have added a few more yrs to my life - these are all the reason I am still motivated..

I eat 100 snack pac popcorn almost every nite - it's a slider for me ...

You need to eat more... You need Breakfast !!!! During my weight lost phase kept my calories between 800-1200 and vaired them daily.. On the exercise - every few weeks you need to up the intensity & time.. During weight loss phase I exercised 5 x week - hr max - Today I still exercise 4 x week 1 hr I really think you need to log your food - guestimating isn't always a good idea in the weight loss phase especially if you aren't losing...

Good Morning Gang... Karri Too funny (not really) you hated the cold in OR and you move and still are in the cold... Hugs.. It would be cool to work from home - but I think I need the interaction w/pple - even though I don't like to be around pple 24/7 - I would miss it to a degree.. But would love not to having to be controlled by the clock ;0) Good luck on the new bypass - I think it might be the best thing for you since you have never really been able to find a sweet spot - that's the biggest issue w/the band - there are so many pple who can't get to sweet spot. Just make sure you are very very very very and I mean very good about taking your vitimans daily if you get the revision.. Glad Lee is going to be working soon... Karla - You know you are going to get crap for being too tight - especialy from me - it goes along with reading lables - this is not about stravation - I know you still have that mentality but gf - if you pb'd in the parking lot you should have turned around and had some taken out.. The one time I was too tight it didn't hit till the next day... You promise me if you can't eat meat in a couple of days then you go back and have some taken out.. You have had 2 freaking surgeries since Nov and haven't had 1 oz of exercise - so gf don't beat yourself up about the 4 lbs... Hell if I couldn't exercise - I would gain weight - that's another reason I don't have any plastic surgeries cuz I know I couldn't exercise for x # of weeks - not an option for me... Candice - the only reason she's drinking tea (Karla) is cuz she can't drink her coffee cuz of ulcers.. So did you find new songs to sing... Phyl - What time are you coming over on Friday - about 4 ish I am thinking - the girls want to get pedicures - so I was thinking maybe Friday afternoon - instead of Sat morning - since we are going to the swap meet - Well gotta get back to work - CBL

Good Morning Gang... Karri - Understand how you feel about Lee not working - you need the $$ - Hell a job is a job until the one you want comes along... I know I have a freinds DD who thought she was too good to work burger king - I said wtf if you need $$$ your need money - it's better than sitting home broke or till the job you want comes along - hell - I don't like mine very much - but it's easy for the most part and it pays the bills - I have insurance and after 32 yrs - I'm not starting over.. Karla - I'll be your alibi LOL.. Use your 1 call for me I'll bail you out... Well drive by I got a meeting in 10 - CBL

It's true - Starvation isn't going to do it - you gotta eat healthy - follow the band rules - As to how many calories you should it - you are a guy so it's totally diff than us girls - Your Doc should really be guiding you in this area Have you ck'd out the men's room ?? They might be able to help.. For me I ate 800-1200 cal a day and exercised 5 times a week - lost my weight in 1 yrs time..

Candice - it's just your liver - it's just the way it is - Joseph has high colestoral too - just had a blood test last week - they told him to lose 40 lbs and if that doesn't do it - he's on meds. I haven't had my blood ck'd in a couple yrs - my bad colestoral was a little high they said to increase my fiber - but that's hard to do w/the band - I watch Barbara Walters the other night - think I need to go to doc and get a blood test.. I'm still on high blood pressure med - was on 2 now just one.. It is what it is.. What do you want - not to take a pill or have your ateries clogged.. Phyl - yep market is back up but now 3 yrs later I have what I had 3 yrs ago.. just think what it would have been if it hadn't fallen - LOL maybe I could be retired.. Well who am I picking up on Sunday at 1:30 Candice or Linda - I have that time and date written on my calendar - but not a name LOL Steph - will have to do research on that breast thingie - Home you baby is feeling better

Thanks for the props peeps - I gotta tell you I am VERY PASSIONATE about this whole getting healthy .. IMHO our #1 problem is in our brains - not our stomachs... Our issues with food are very deep - Food is our drug of choice.. We are food addicts... So just like a drug addict who's trying to stay sober - they aren't buying or keeping drugs on the kitchen table - the same thing goes for us - we can not surround ourselves with junk food.. I am no freaking diff than any of you - I LOVE FOOD - I MISS PIGGING OUT - I went the store yesterday - oh how I longed for choc chip Cookies - , nacho's - candy - potato chips (heck they did make it in the cart saying to myself - you can have a few - but I know that those few will turn into a whole bag in a day or two - so I took them back out cuz I know I was kidding myself) I long for sugar and fat most of the time - I look at my old fav foods with such longing - I miss my best friend a lot of the time.. But you know what - my best freind or who I thought was my best freind was killing me slowly and limiting the quality of my life.... So is it or was it really ever my best friend - cuz a friend wouldn't do that to you... I have dealt with the death of my baby Brother - with my DS & Family having MAJOR PROBLEMS (carjacking - stabbing) - all since I was banded - But I did not turn to food, why cuz I know it really doesn't comfort you for long - only for those first few bites - then after than - the guilt comes - oh why am I so weak - why did I do that - now I have to un-do that Well I don't want to un-do the damage... Yep I go to they gym 4 days a week - but I don't want to go 5 or 6 and it take 1 hr walking on a treadmill for burn 300 cal.. I don't like exercise that much - I am very aware of the calories I eat and how much work it take to burn them off - this is one of the reason I feel that everyone should be counting them - it's a learning tool - you need to know how many you are eating - other wise you are just like an ostriach with your head in the sand.. Ignoring them doesn't make them go away.. I am not a super woman - this is work - it's work every single day - but I am so worth it and so are all of you.. Now just pull up those bootstraps and move forward - You CAN ALL DO IT...

Karla - Green Bay won !!! Karla - I am very fortunate - I inherited some $$ - or I would be in the same place as you.. Plus I have worked since I was 19 - have had some kind of retirement since then from the majority of my jobs .. So I have been saving for a long long time.. I really need more than a couple K's more like $400 - would give me a good cushion - but that's a lot of freaking money and with the market the way it is - I will be working for sometime.. I'll have to look for my dream book :0)

Good Morning Peeps Lbt was down for a while yesterday..... Went to get my nails done - the shop was closed for Chinese New Years - WTH they are Vietnamese LOL So did my target shopping - got some pics developed and got all our vacation pics in albums Kaitlin called and we talked for a while - Joseph called and we talked for a minute too- OMG it is so cool to look at these pictures - really did make some great memories - I did that while the game was on so really didn't watch it - listened to halftime - I know alot of pple say it sucked.. Candice - You really know how to work Peter don't you !!!!! That's too funny - I'm not good at that - maybe another reason I'm single LOL Phyl - Hugs on the Queen's issues - Yep I'm all about planning - that's why I am working Need a couple more $100 ks to retire - I don't want to be an old lady eating cat food.. Insurance is the most important thing too.. IMHO just quit asking him if he smoking - leave it alone.. Then you won't have to get pissed off - and tequilla and fb don't go together LOL - I have to many work pple who are my friends so I can't complain about work LOL - Steph - Can you find a new doc who doesn't make you feel stupid - I know you are in a small town but can't you go somewhere else... Never had the boob pain - hormones is all I can think of. Karla - Where are you... Well it's Monday... Woke up in the middle of the nite to pee thought it was Saturday.. Hate that..

Good Morning Peeps.. Stayed up til midnite - then woke up 2 or 3 times with leg cramps - I drank coffee yesterday but no water... Don't think I'm going to gym this morning - going to get nails done and weekend shopping so I can come home and chill - Phyl I can't imagine how hard it is for your friend - I guess another reason not to get married/attached - I know I'm missing out on the good but not the bad - and they didn't plan - why would she loose everything - that wasn't too smart on their part - I guess I am a planner - to make sure I have enough to live on when retired - don't over extend myself.. I have no debt. If I couldn't pay it in cash - then not buying it.. Or if that's not an opition like a house or car - then I would make sure I could make the payments.. No life insurance - no retirement... Yep as a single person - household stuff can be over whelming... Glad you were there for her.. Well it's 9:22 need to get dress.... CBL

Yep Karla - I cleaned out my linen closet - bagged up old bedspreads - I hate throwing them away - always come in handy when you need to make a pallet ;0) - then when to Marshall's candles towel exercise pants - pj's (which I didn't need) then to Target - for washing stuff (soap & softener - Candices Ultra Sensitive Tide ;0) and I got a Shark (steam cleaner) and some more towels - going to need beach towels this summer - all mine are 7 yrs old and very raggie - but not ready to spend $12 a towel - ..Got my clothes washed - the 2 other beds stripped and washed and remade (still have one to do - dryer just went of) Tomorrow - Yoga and relaxing and oh ya menu planing and shopping - cuz I won't have time during the week.. Steph I got the 2 taste of home cookbooks - comfort food and diet - OMG great recipes - I love that they have all the nutritional values.. Have you gone to you gyn??? Had blood work done - they can tell by your hormone levels if you are pre-menopausal.. I always bled like a freaking pig.. I bleed for a solid week - clot and all - toward the end - I would have my period every 23 days and they lasted 1 week - it seemed like I was on me period all the time ... But I have never been bothered w/cramps - well except when I had an IUD.. Go see your gyn ;0) OMG LOL on the sex on your period - gotta say most of my men freinds weren't down with that LOL I had one guy who didn't mind LOLGot you beat - I had to wear 2 overnighter pads !!!! and one time I thought I was losing a baby as big as the clot was LOL -- Tampons were a waste of time for me - but ya I would wear 2 and 2 pad too like at work.. I am so lucky - no hot flashes or mood issues for me in menopause :0) it's been a piece of cake.. Thanks been gone since they changed the site... I hear you on work Karla - I wish I didn't have to go either Well Steph since Jeff won't on your period - you could alway use bob (battery operated :0) and get the same relief LOL - Gosh we sound like powder room gone wild LOL Phyl - How did your day go today - still pissed - DH still pouting Well need to go make the bed while sheet are warm and start another load

Good Morning Gang - Site back up !!!! How is everyone..... Even though we were down yesterday - not much going on - busy at work - came home played my fb games - did some wash - cleaned up the kitchen - Andrew worked both jobs yesterday so didn't get house cleaned - and i have company coming next weekend (Karen & Eva from my mentor thread) so gotta wash sheets and dust the guest rooms - since the kids were here last weekend.. Andrew appreciated the food - he called last night and was eating - I guess I am going to have to pick up extra when I'm shopping - cuz the kid needs to eat and doesn't want to ask for help - Love his independance - but ya gotta eat - he's skinny (I mean he really is) and doesn't need to lose anymore weight

Hi Trystelle aka as one of the original Lucky #7;0) Glad you are back on the band wagon !!!!

#1 take out the diet mentality - I have not dieted since I started my journey 3.6 yrs ago... My goal was to get healthy - to get healthy you have to eat healthy and exercise and allow for treats too.. I am a FIRM believer in keeping a food diary - I asked a lady at work how she kept her weight down - she said when I have gained a few lbs - I start keeping a food diary writing everything down and keeping my calories around 1000- 1200.. She's one of those pple who we think - can eat whatever she wants and stay thin - Well there is no such person really - and we have to quit thinking that we can eat junk and quit exercising and stay thin or lose the weight... This is about a LIFETIME LIFESTYLE change in our eating and exercise habits - If we want to lose the weight and maintain it we have to understand this.. We have the tool to help us.. So why are we going to screw that up.. I've maintained my weight loss for 2.5 yrs now - How you ask - Cuz I eat healthy 98% of the time allow for treats 2% of the time and continue to workout 4 days a week.. I know that I have to do this to maintain the weight loss - I know that my previous eating habits and lack of exercise is what got me fat in the 1st place - I feel to freaking good to go back there.. I can also tell you that almost every single night since 7/17/07 I have had dessert - SF puddings, sf ice cream, sf yogurt... I go on vacation and eat what I want but continue some type of exercise - but when I come home I go right back to eating healthy.. It was my Birthday last weekend - I had bday cake & ice cream Sat & Sunday - Monday morning it when in the trash !!! I looked at the cake a few time during the day on Sunday -(in the past I would have eaten it all day long) but said - you are going to have some tonite - if you eat it now - no treat tonite - I wanted to save it for the evening. Peeps - you can do this - you just have to understand that you can't eat high fight - high sugar - high carb foods 24/7 365 - you can have them as treats - but on a daily basis you have to eat healthy and exercise.. As the saying goes you can't have your cake and eat it too.. You have to decide for yourselves - what feels better for you - being morbidly obese or thin and healthy - I hate the saying nothing taste as good as thin feels - cuz I love the taste of food - (fat & sugar) but I can tell you nothing feels better than being able to live your life with out your weight limiting what you can or can't do.. And I can still have that fat & sugar even now and then as long as I exercise and eat healthy the majority of the time.. I'm a 56 yr old grandma - who can now zip line - Para Sail - scuba dive - hike a mountain - walk all day long - leg press 400 lbs - I'm the grandma who can catch air - not the fat one sitting on the beach looking at everyone else have fun.. Use your tool - quit sabotaging yourselves - Love yourselves enough to do this for you - to improve the quality of your lives - Don't let that little devil tell you it's ok to eat the junk - cuz it's not - it's going to catch up w/you.. Sit down plan your meals - plan your treat - budget your calories to allow for sf dessert at nite and make sure you get your exercise..

WTG Karla - That's good news - choc ok for lunch - I had shrimp and tempura veggies

Good Evening Gang Back from the gym - my arms are killing me from Mondays work out & yesterday - Now my legs are going to be sore in a couple of days. OMG Phyl - just wear them - say they were from last yr ;0) he's just doesn't remember LOL.. No wind here - it's 60 I think is what the car said when I left gym Chilli sounds good - I have hamburger - could bbq it and some broc - I'm hungry and don't know what to eat Candice - I like the heating - quilt - keeps you warm ;0)

Glad you have a snow/ice day... Good for you taking a year off - even if it's not really off - Glad you are going to school - that will be a job in it self... I agree that things need to change - you will be the one to do it ;0) - I saw that Lee updated his profile pic - looks very handsome in his teacher clothes.. well gotta get back to work cbl

Good Morning Peeps... Karri - Didn't know Tx was having bad weather too - Snow?? So Lee is with you now ??? or are you in OR?? I would stick with soft foods.. Hope the ear gets better.. Phyl - Not windy here and really not that cold out - computer says 42 - but news says 62 today - don't know if I will wear a sweater or not - It can get hot in the office.. Well time to hit the shower - CBL

Here's the instruction Jessica gave me on how to download pic's I haven't tried it - looks like a lot of work - easier to post on fb Janet, First I upload the pic into the gallery on LBT. Then right click on the picture and select properties. The url for it will be there. Be sure you right click on the picture that is smaller in size, like the thumbnail. It will post the same size as the pic you right click on. The size is adjustable but that is a little more detailed. Well back from the gym... Had bootcamp tonite - had a good work out... Phyl - How's the wind your way - we had a little but not much ... Are you getting my emails. Candice - Hugs on the rash - that would be the freaking pits - are you getting all this bad weather your way.. Karla - I haven't read lately - spend too much time on the computer ;0) Well not much to report - need to go start dinner ... CBL

OMG Girl you do have very sensative skin don't you - I would hate that - I don't wear short at all only capri's... Take an oatmeal bath - or calimine lotion.. Hugs

Good Morning Gang Steph - I sure couldn't deal with all your cold weather... Karla - Yep you beat me - I was harvesting crops this morning ;0) Ya family drama is a drag - I avoid it - I just don't ask how things are going - If they bring it up I change the subject - Just don't let their drama be your drama - your kids are grown - the only way any of us learn is the hard way... Well gotta get my butt in gear cbl