IndioGirl55

I distract myself - I come to lbt and post - or play games on facebook - and I budget my calories (yes I still think about them - I don't keep a food diary anymore - did for the 1st yr) and I save about 300 cal for nite time Snacks - I eat those 100 cal snack pack popcorn I eat one piece at a time - not handfuls ;0) and I usually have a sf fudgesicle or sf pudding

Drive by post girls... Steph WTG 10LBS YEA !!!!! Karri - Hugs on being sick - glad you have real food Phyl - Whats up Candice - How are you doing - still on the band wagon Karla - LOL yep when pple die they become saints ;0) - Good luck in Assuie country.. I had dinner w/Andrew - he took me out for my bday ;0) Mexican food and it's 9 and I need to get off this computer... cbl - love and hugs to all

Increase the intensity of your exercise and keep varing your calories 800 -1200 - Watch the carbs - eat mostly protein - veggies and limited starches... Keep plugging away - it will come off.. Remember this is a lifetime lifestyle change and not a quick fix..

Good Morning Gang... Kids are leaving this morning -They didn't get home till 8:30 last night - so I was up till 11.. Phyl we had a little wind yesterday and it was cold - but no rain. LOL on Earl and having a tanturm over a little water - OMG he has a hair trigger doesn't he. I think I would have just sit there and laughed.. I think golf carts are made to withstand a little water - they are outside vehicles ;0).. I don't think I would go to the pool either w/the wind - Hell I'm cold right now - wouldn't even think about getting in a pool - Hope the hips gets better - do some streaching - Glad the services were nice.. Karla - Why shouldn't you be eating meat loaf - OMG you aren't on a diet - meat loaf made w/lean hamburger is just fine - did you eat a pound of it... Here's the skinny on ground turkey vs beef - You might be tempted to use ground turkey for a low-fat substitute for ground beef, but check the label before you assume too much. Not all ground turkey has the fat and calorie savings you might believe. If a package is labeled "ground turkey," what it means is that it can be any combination of breast and leg meat, and even skin. A 3-ounce cooked portion of this kind of ground turkey has about 200 calories and 11 grams of fat. A 3-ounce cooked portion of extra-lean ground beef contains 218 calories and 13 grams of fat, so you aren't really getting reduced calories and fat from using this type of ground turkey. What you want to look for is a label on ground turkey that says "ground turkey breast." This type has 100 calories and 1.5 grams of fat for the same cooked 3-ounce portion. Of course if you use the lean ground turkey, you will lose some moistness and flavor. If you are making turkey burgers, for example, they won't be as tasty as the combination ground turkey. But if you're making chili or something else with a lot of flavor and spices, you probably won't notice a difference. Glad you are getting a paycheck !!! How much longer are you off work??? Don't you take sleeping pills? it's the pits not to be able to sleep - We love you too - yes WE ARE FAMILY... Well gotta get to work - cbl ;0)

Janet - WTG on your 30 lbs - Yep this is a journey - both physically & mentally.. I had bday cake this weekend but as of this morning it's in the trash - better in thee than in me :0) - Hugs Janet

Water pills - diet pills - diets - don't work - it's only playing games w/yourself. Just like pple who take laxatives - it's not about trying to fix the problem by artificial means after the fact.. Drink plenty of water tomorrow - flush your system You could have taken your own popcorn - it takes 3500 cal to gain a pound.. You didn't eat 3500 cal - so you really didn't gain a pound - it's the salt.. Next time you go to the show - take your own popcorn - or buy a small popcorn and don't add any butter

It's most likely water - stay off the scale - weigh in once a week on the same day FYI 1 cup of dry roasted cashews 755 cal - Nutrition Facts Serving Size 1 cup of roasted Amount Per Serving Calories from Fat 559 Calories 755 % Daily Values* Total Fat 62.1g 96% Saturated Fat 11.021g 55% Polyunsaturated Fat 11.11g Monounsaturated Fat 33.7g Cholesterol 0mg 0% Sodium 400mg 17% Potassium 822mg Total Carbohydrate 39.21g 13% Dietary Fiber 4.3g 17% Sugars 6.51g Protein 21.89g

Hugs on being sick - On top of everything else - that's the pits. Yep even too much healthy food isn't good - have you been able to run... I think I had/have ibt - itb - which is is Candice - she's the one who diaginosed me LOL - I remember you having it and using a roller - It hasn't be hurting me lately - but I have been babying it.. Karla - Where are you today Steph - how the baby feeling any better - I'm reading my cookbook - 1400 cal a day - very liveable and very good recipes !!! Phyl - Busy Busy Busy.... Candice - I have stuff like your muffins - I like that kind of stuff cuz it doesn't call me - Food today - 3 oz of hamburger - 1 snack pack popcorn - fish spinach and 1 piece of cake for later ;0)

Steph - I got those 2 taste of home cook books too ;0) you and me QVC Queens... Karri - Are you on any meds for your depression?? How's the tummy today - do you have pain - why did they look for a slip - how's the whole liquids going.. Phyl - we had a little wind earlier - but nothing much - it's just cold today I paid bills - fb games and a little tv - Kids should be coming home soon. You can be my proof reader anytime ;0) !!!! Dinner - fish - veggies and 1 more piece of cake before it goes in the trash ;0)...

#1 this isn't a diet - but a total change in your eating & exercise habits for the rest of your life... You have to realize that your normal eating habits and lack of exercise is what got you fat in the 1st place.. The band is only a tool - it doesn't make your food choices.. I eat healthy 98% of the time - I exercise regularly - I have treats 2% of the time - but they are planned and fit into my calorie budget..

WTG - I just post on Face Book and tell friends to see them there I haven't even tried to post here ;0)

I gotta say I was on tract since surgery - but this was my ah ha moment - I came home from work one day while I was still on mushie stages and I was really tired (big food trigger) - so I was going to make white gravy (you know the kind that you have w/biscuits) over mashed potatoes.. It was a mushies ;o) I was frying the bacon in the pan - I looked at it - all that grease - and I said - Janet - did you just have freaking major surgery to continue to eat this way... I said NOPE - so I threw it away and ate something healthier -I don't remember what it was but I didn't eat greasy white gravy... The test to see if you need a fill imho - is try and eat 4 oz of hard Protein like steak chicken etc then 1/4 c of veggie - put the food away - sit and contemplate your stomach does it feel full - it most likely does - but your head is telling you - that you are hungry not your stomach Keep a food diary with the kinds of foods you eat and how much - then take this to your doctor.. I budgeted my calories to take into consideration that I too like to eat at night -

Good Morning Gang... Thanks for the bday wishes had a great day!!! Nothing really funny to tell - my bro brad & joseph got a new light hung in my nook - oh what a diff - I have been here almost 7 yrs - that light makes all the diff - got a new towel rack hung too now I need a curtain rod and I will be done w/all house hold projects.. Karri - we love you and weren't rejecting your or meaning to insult you and like I said before we are of a diff age bracket and look at things a little diff - I love that you want to change school system - it needs changing - just don't want you to get so involved that you are killing yourself over it - that's all little girl ;0) - We love you and no insults were intended.. I sure hope you are in a better place now.. Know you are loved and we sure don't want to lose you.. Hows the liquids going ... Karla - Reading is resting - I think I will be doing that after gym.. Steph - Yep I saved calories - had a couple adult beverages - a piece of chicken - guca & chips and 2 pieces of cake - don't want to go to gym today - but will - need too - not that pilos most likely burns to many calories - but its something.. Kids going to DIL moms so I will have a quite afternoon.. Hope your kids are feeling better and Mommy always makes better food than daddy ;0) Phyl - OMG what a fiasco :0) but you had a good time and that's what counts - Yep got new bbq - natural gas doesn't get as hot - but that's ok - I don't have to refill propane tanks... Lbt was down for awhile this a.m. - gald it's back up - time to eat some breakfast - gotta get this sugar out of my system - got a bit of a headache this morning - and I don't think it's from my 3 drinks...

Good Morning Gang.. Just got up and have ton's to do before hair appointment... Don't know that I always say the right thing - I just speak from my own experience ;0) and like I always say no one understands a fat chick like another fat chick does ;0) Yep Steph - I love them here - but my house is always in a mess when they are here - they leave lights on - use way too many glasses - and they eat like pigs - DIL goes in Feb for a seminar about lapband - but she's still eating cheese on her fries and yesterday we got starbucks - DGD doesn't need whip cream on her mocha - but she ordered it that way... All those little things count as we all know - I just kept my mouth quite - but inside - I'm saying start making the changes now.. Karri - Hell I wouldn't want by pass either but free vs $8000 that would be a tough decision - Prayers good thoughts and ju ju being sent your way.. Karla - Yep Food is hard... Always will be - but you are a fighter - you will do it.. Candice - Ya I want to see that movie too - I'm not much of a movie goer - always fall asleep ;0) How was it.. Phyl - THANK YOU FOR THE BRACELET & EARRING !!!! Sorry about the drive by - but I gotta pick up the house etc before I leave at 9.. CBL

Karri We love you - you are one of us... You came home cuz you have a problem and that's what we are is home.. Promise no tough love ;0) Hugs on the slip - Of course the new doc doesn't want you to go to mexico - that's what all american doc's are going to say ;0) - But I know alot of pple who have gone - Little miss diva (irene) went - she went to the same doc as Wasa ... If I had to have a revision - my insurance wouldn't pay cuz of my bmi - I think they might replace the band - but not sure WLS is even covered under my Aetna policy.. We understand and we are here for you... I have read that unfills sometimes make the band go back into place - Liquids for 2 weeks - ugh that's going to be tough - but you are strong and if you make your mind up - I know you can do it - cuz you are a strong woman.

Karla Gf you will never ever have your addiction under control... I have thought the same damn thing - I would go to Costco - but the trail mix (for the m&m) well when I had eaten 2 cup in one nite - guess where the bag went - When I buy peanut butter and have 3 tables spoon - guess where the jar went - when I bought sf cookies - ate 9 instead of the 3 for 130 cal - guess where those cookies ended up. Well I think you know they all ended up in the trash - I think I have control - I do as long as certain foods don't make it into my house - that's my control - I just don't buy stuff that I know I will eat too much and have to throw it away.. As far as restaurants - well eating out is a treat for me as I don't do it that often - so I pretty much eat whatever I want.. I would have order the milk shake too - heck I had ice cream for lunch last week - I did skip real food - but hell I don't even know the # of cal in that ice cream - I got a small cup but it was at least 600 cal I bet.. Well had lite dinner that night and made sure I hit the gym.. You are going to have to learn not to listen to that devil on your shoulder when you are in the grocery stores - he's telling you - awe go ahead and buy it - you can control it - Ya right - when those mid nite munchies hit - there is no such thing as control.. I bought Joseph some ice cream sandwiches - but I bought the store brand instead of fat boys - why cuz if I bought the fat boys I would have gotten into it - and stuff like that I normally can't eat just one - once I start on sugar - watch out - I will eat it till it's gone I didn't buy him any candy either - why you might ask - cuz he is my son and likes the same candy I do - Choc & Nuts & Reese PB cups - if they had been here last night I would have eaten them - he asked when he got here today were's the candy - said I din't buy any - but I would get him some after work - so I got 6 in some valentine thingie - so if I do hit it tonite I can only have 1 candy bar - but doubt I will - I want bday cake. So I am saving myself for that Karla - I started this an hour ago - kids came home (they went to see Andrew's apt) and they just finished eating and are in bed or taking showers ;0) Ok where was I - When you are at the store - don't let that devil win - you have to exercise your gray matter - How I do this is I read the lables - I look at the calories per serving and the serving size - If I really like the item - Like Puff Cheetos - I KNOW that I will not stop at one serving or that I will be in the kitchen every 1/2 hr getting a handful - so those thing just don't make it into the shopping cart - I'm not a big chip eater so I can have potato chips and tosido's (sp) in the house - the bite size ones (their round) you can have like 24 chips for 140 cal - so I will count them out and after I have eaten them, I'm done - Candy - that too I look at the calories and say oh no 230 cal for 1 candy bar isn't worth giving up a meal.. I do on the weekend - about once a month or every 2 - buy a big reeses that has 600 cal - that will be my treat for the weekend - but I eat healthy the rest of the time - it's all about trade offs - making deals with yourself - OK so you had your shake - well now no more treats till next weekend - then allow yourself another milk shake or what ever you want.. Our lives are going to include treats - this isn't a diet - those things aren't out of our lives forever - we just can't do them every day - or every other day - Occassionally - it's like when I am on vacation - I have way more treats - but that's my deal w/me - I have them while away from home and at home (my safe haven) I eat healthy - But again I can tell you I have something sweet almost every nite be it a sf fudgecicle or pudding ... So you know what you can and can't control - you know your weakness for certain foods - well those food you just don't buy.. You only allow those things occaissionally.. Well Brooke wants attention- so gotta go... cbl late xoxoxo I

I had surgery 7/17/07 at the age of 52 - weighed 250 lbs - Lost the weight with in 1 yr - Today 136 - will be 56 on Saturday - I can tell you I feel better at 56 than I did at 46 !!! Words of wisdom - This isn't the magic cure all to your issue with food - the band doesn't do the work - it's only a tool. The real work is up to you. You gotta get that this isn't a diet - but a total change in your eating habits - I had heard this a million times in WW - but as you know once we go on a diet - we lose the weight and then go back to eating normal and quit exercising - I finally realized that my eat normal and not exercising is what got me fat in the 1st place I suggest counting calories - keeping a food & exercise diary - I did this until I reached goal - it's a learning tool - I changed my eating habits - I use to eat very high fat - tons of starches/carbs & sugar - and sat on my butt 24/7 365 (what else can you do when you weight 250 lbs - hell vacuuming the house made me break out in a sweat) Today I eat health (low fat - limited starches & carbs & sugar) 98% of the time - I allow (budget) for treats 2% of the time - I go to the gym 4 times a week - 2 x's weights - 2 x cardio.. I will do this for the rest of my life if I want to maintain my new healthy body.. I will never go back to eating normal ;0) cuz I know where that will get me (250 lbs) The quality of my life has improved - I can go zip lining - I can para sail - I can scub dive - I can hike a mountain - I am no longer limited in what I can or can't do.. The band will never take away your head hunger and imho that's where most of hunger is - in our heads I can be physically full from dinner - but my band doesn't stop my head from telling me I'm still hungry - I still crave more food - I want the taste - I love the taste of food.. So just don't think that once you are banded that it's going to be the magic cure all - the real work is up to you..

Good Morning Gang.... Phyl's in AZ at rock show... Zoey w/babysitter ;0) Candice WTG on your gigs & down a pound - yep take it anyway you can !!! Karla - did you get a fill or did you just eat the wrong food - I'm swollen this a.m. rings are tight - I need to be good on water - they gave your mom morphine for at home - that's a little strong - I thought they only gave that for home use when you have cancer - that's a class 3 narc - and it will cause problems - Hugs & Prayers - how far is she from you.. Not much to report - legs last night the had to go to store - kids will be here tonite - had to stock the house for their visits - hell $172 for not much - grapes - oranges - not to much junk no candy - salimi for Joseph fruit for the girls .. Came home put it all up - vacuumed mopped and watch most of Idol - think I have about 30 min left - but had to go to bed - slept like a log.. Well off to the shower - will ck back later Hugs & Love

Good Morning Gang.. Karla girl - you better listen to us - or you are going to get gang jumped... GOD LOVES YOU - GOD FORGIVES EVERYTHING NO MATTER WHAT.. AS LONG A YOU ARE TRULY SORRY... I don't know what you did or didn't do but Girl - I don't think you murdered anyone - so chill that stupid church was the kind that give churches bad names - you know the kind that they have to vote you in - - You are a sweet and good lady - hell we all have done one thing or another that we aren't proud of... I know I have - but I know God loves me - and I'm not going to hell- and neither are you LOL on me writing a book - we all could write that book - but I am far from a writer - I'm not wordy enough - I am short and to the point - but I would love to be a trainer to older pple and obese pple - cuz I have been there and I understand - totally agree with you that trainers don't get it - I know mine doesn't - My uncle really wants me to be a trainer - if Idirse ever does open a gym - he would get me certified and I would be a trainer for the 50 plus pple and chubby girls... I am passionate about this whole weight loss stuff and exercise - so if I every get to retire - I may go back to school get certified as a nutritionist and change my occupation ;0) WTG on shopping !!!! Deals & Sizes.. Phyl have fun on your trip - Ya I would be pissed too... Hugs - I guess they aren't very good friends are they.... We love you.. I bet you have a hay day w/my spelling - I fix words sometimes - sometime - I just don't care as you all understand what I am saying Candice Loved our quick chat last night - Diane though you were beautiful !!! She said how pretty you were.. Well I got some really bad news last night - You know how we have been talking about ulgy cancer ... Well my BIL - has prostrate cancer and had a bone scan - they think it may have spread - they can't operate on his prostrate - he's going for radiation - on Thursday they will find out if it has spread.. Sorry to be debbie downer - but I love my BIL - Buddy is a good guy - bought his self up from nothing to working as a manager for the state of ca - he's been so good to my sis and her kids and he's been good w/the whole family - he's a great mediator he is very skilled at that - he has tons of common sense..

Biker Jon - #1 question - do you want to be fat again - do you want your obesity to limit the quaility of your life - do you want to hopefully add # of years to your life - If the answer is yes to these questions.. Then do what you need to do to get there.. This is a lifetime lifestyle change - it's going to be work for the rest of your life - making healthy food choices - exercising - Realize this - This isn't a diet and if you go back to eating unhealthy and not exercise - the weight will come back on regardless of being banded.. It's ok to indulge everynow and then - but not 24/7 - 365 - cuz that's how we got fat in the 1st place..

Good Morning Peeps LOL Steph on Jeff (food vs exercise) I agree - that keeps me from eating too much cuz I don't want to have to exercise those extra calories Karla - I must have missed the post about church = what happen - to lazy to go back and look for it - shouldn't say lazy - just don't have that much time... Well not much to report since last night - dinner - bed at 9:30 - now another day starts.. Yep cancer sucks...

Good Evening Gang... WTG Steph !!!! Losing weight and subbing !!!!! Think you might go back to teaching !!!! Karla - Listen to the doctor !!!!! I had to balance Ranch accounts to Bro's estate - the accounting that lawyer had from accountant - didn't take into consideration that I had cashed in cd's - then we have collected rents - and I owe bro's estate $$$ - It's just complicated - 3 sets of books sorta of - (3 check books) Candice - I can sip a beer - but the only time a beer sounds good is in the summer time You were right - no biggie on the little bit of pee - hell I have to watch Bella - she's good about going out side - but I step in puddles sometimes - it's all part of dogs - it's the biggest reason - I won't go up to Joseph's now that I have 3 - Bear is excellent - Angel 98% - Bella ?? and they aren't animal pple - so that have to come and see me.. Well busy at work - had tons of emails - and another short weeks - Food good - bf - ck leg and little jerky - Lunch green salad & chick - Snack pt chips - Dinner Lamb/veggies and 1/2 c taters. Had gym tonite - arms - bootcamp tomorrow - Legs on Wed - Kids will be here Thursday.. I'm pooped tonite didn't go to bed till after 11 - up at 5... Candice - I get my mamo every yr... Hugs & Prayers for your friends cancer..

I DID IT - I DID IT - I DID IT I FINALLY GOT THE ESTATE & RANCHES TO BALANCE I Spend most of last weekend working on this - a couple of nites during last week and since Noon today - got done about 8 p.m. Don't ask me how I did it - what I was doing wrong before - I don't know - when I start working w/#'s watch out !!!! Well, went to the gym, stopped to get cat food after wards - groomer was free - so took in all 3 to get pretty came home worked on books - now it's almost time to go to bed... Food today - a couple of chips & guacamole - having lamb veggies & tater for dinner as soon as I get off computer... Sorry about the drive by but I gotta get off this computer I'll catch up tomorrow......

Good Morning Peeps... Had a great time last night - dinner was a little late cuz Jodi couldn't get here till later (saboth) so we never got to dessert - everyone left about 10 ish - As always enjoyed hanging with Phyl & Earl ... Dogs did great - Dassi (Jodi's DD) was just as cute as a bug.. Well started this 1/2 hr ago - dryer went off put that load up now got another one in - washed face - brushed teeth - did face (minimal) combed hair - got gym at 10 - just sat down w/another cup of joe Hugs for all that cold weather - it was 78 yesterday suppose to be 77 today - 54 right now - 80's the rest of the week.. As I was telling Phyl & Earl last nite - don't think we will get any more cold days - our winter is over ;0) - hugs for Linda Karla Candice Steph- couldn't do the cold - can't even imagine -0 ...

Ok gang had to report this - Earl had Phyl email me - to tell me to turn off the sprinklers so that Zoey wouldn't get dirty LOL... It came a little late - sprinklers went off at 1 - but since it's warm - I think most of the water has dried up - except in one place and we all know that's where Zoey is going to head LOL Sitting here drinking a strawberry/lime margarita - hope I don't get heart burn - waiting for Phyl and Earl - they should be here anytime.. Have their wine open and breathing since I don't have an airator ;0)