IndioGirl55

Phyl - Hugs - Hugs - Hugs to you :eek: I am sorry you are blue. What the heck is going on is it a full moon or something a few of us seem to have stuff going on.. It could also be we aren't soothing ourselves with food any longer !!! I know that I use to use food as medication for bad feelings - now we are dealing with those bad feeling. Steph Ok ya wasted calories :thumbup:- but you were within your budget :tongue: and you didn't eat it all - but wasted:thumbdown: calories - but you are aware of what you did and heck sometimes you need to do that to see that heck - What was I thinking - it didn't taste as good as it use to.. So today - eat healthy make sure you get all your nutrients and next time you "think" you want DQ - just remember this conversation and that you even admitted "it didn't taste that good"

Thanks Advice ?? Here is what I did and it has worked for me... Eat healthy (low fat sugar free for the most part) 98% of the time - allow for treats 2% of the time and budget them in daily calorie budget 900-1200 a day (vary it) Excercise - slowly and increase speed & intensity 4 - 5 times a week and include some weigh work once you have been cleared by doc. Keep a food diary/log/journel - weigh and measure your food until you know what 4 oz looks like - eat from small plates, bowls & childrens utensiles - drink your Water - get your 60 grms Protein If you slip up - don't give up - just say that your very next food choice is going to be better. If you think your are hungry - really think about it - usually it's just head hunger - find something to distract you - I usually get on the computer LBT has become my transfer addiction :thumbup: Good Luck...

Good Morning Gang !!!! Linda - I'm with you and Karri - I haven't had anything added since January and I am still tight and I think I have lost like 20+ lbs since then - last night took a big gulp of water and slimed!!! Go figure... Like Karri said I guess we are Lucky :tongue: Karri - Unfilled and pb'd go figure - IMHO even with the band unfilled you still have restriction just from it being in place. Steph - CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! I totally get the shopping - it's fun now.. Kari - Sounds like you are at your sweet spot - good going !!! Phyl Where are you - I am going to have to call you.. Hope everything is OK.. Jackie - How are you doing today???? Ruby - Whats going on with you I am on my 1st water bottle... Peaches - What's up with you girl - no more dairy queen :crying: to report:biggrin: Well, not much to report - exercised last night - kid's ordered pizza - I didn't have any :thumbup: Fish Rice & Carrots for me :eek: - I can't believe it my whole food thoughts are diff now - my GF who I went to laughlin got some fudge - I had a silver and I mean sliver - just didn't really want it.. Well, off to see what I gotta do today... As usual will CBL :wink:

Jackie I really hope you had a good time with your Brownie thingie and dinner with DH - the kid's are old enought to fend for them selves - You weren't to hard.. I am glad you are seeing the Doctor tomorrow. Hugs teenagers are a pain in the butt - but you will make it through. Hugs - Hugs

I am sorry for your struggles but even with the band you do need will power - the band doesn't make your food choice - you/your brain does - they banded your tummy not your brain. The band is only a tool - it is not the cure all to our issues with food which are mostly mental IMHO. Even after your 1st fill you may be able to eat - most people aren't at their sweet spot after their 1st fill. I would say that you have some work to do - to find out why you are sabotaging yourself. You may want to consider seeing someone about your issue with food, My doctor didn't allow popcorn 2 weeks out - but all doc's are diff. Just cuz you can eat - why are you - you just had major surgery to have the tool to help you lose the weight - but the key word is help - you gotta make up your mind to change your eating to healthy low fat sugar free - You gotta follow the banding rules. Good Luck..

Thanks Everyone. Numbegirl Exercise - I started 6 weeks out - walking on treadmill like a 20-25 min mile 1/2 then slowly moved up distant and speed - I am now 1 15-16 min mile on inclines from 3 to 7 and have a trainer 2 x week for weights - I try and do 2 days treadmill - 2 days trainer - but before I got the trainer (which wasn't until March) I would go to the gym 4-5 days a week. Willbefine Thanks !!!! One day at a time - some days it's one minute at a time - I have had my Ah Ha moment and understand that this isn't a diet but a lifetime lifestyle change and will the help of the band it is so do-able... Amy Thanks - I am no diff than anyone else here - I am just a big mouth :biggrin: and love to share my experiences Wannadance Love your name - I can dance again - and you can still enjoy the warm weather foods - just smaller quantities and truly for me all those high calorie foods have lost their appeal - I will indulge every now and then but - really I just don't go there often as I don't want to trigger my addiction again.. I am truly very happy as I have 100% improved the quality of my life - I have tons of energy - Heck last weekend Stagecoach Fest - this weekend Laughlin (Trace Atkins) - Next month Vegas - July Minnesota - A year ago I would not be doing any of these things - I was eating and sleeping my life away - I thought i was happy but I really wasn't - just in denial ... Now I am living again and am loving life... My best to all of you - I am here for you all - If you have a question just ask.. Good Luck everyone !!!!

Good Morning Gang I am alive and well!!! Thank you for all your prayers & good thoughts!!!! DIL came home from the hospital yesterday around 3:30 p.m. - moving slow but doing really well considering... She was up and about this morning when I left. Jackie - Hugs to you - She is being 16 - is she PMSing?? and like someone said - we take our anger out on the ones closes to us. Trace is one hunk of a friggin man - I could see the sweat on his skin - and omw can the man move. Food really wasn't too much of an issue and had 3 drinks all weekend Gotta ck my desk - CBL :biggrin:

Thanks Guys.....

Hi Gang Thanks for all the props - I haven't read all the post - I just jumped on real quick to let you know where I have been - My DIL interupted a burglar at her house yesterday morning - they were still staying with me and she went home to get some clothes - the guy stabbed her - she is ok - in the hospital - didn't hit any major organs All this happend around 10 a.m yesterday (well that's when I got the call) Anyway - please say prayer for my family !!! Since her Mom is here - (staying with me) I may just go ahead and go to Laughlin tonite (Steph Loved the baby thing :frown:) - I am just sorta numb right now.. I know that even my Food Cop daughter is going to give me a pass on this one cuz of the sistuation - but I had pizza last night for dinner - cuz after all that happend I wasn't up to cooking plus I had not eaten anything all day Well I gotta get some proposals done - and am just a little numb right now.. I will try and ck back later - if you don't hear from me - I went to Laughlin so don't worry ok... Mango - thats for the bbq ad

Thank you all for the props !!!! I am on top of the world !!!

Go look at my profile - there are pic's there (not as of today) most recent pic added was 4/5 and really not that much diff in a pic but what the scales and clothes say.. Thanks - I am on cloud 9 today..

Thank you .... Yes I am on top of the world today !!!!! If you could just see me - I am so frickin happy... Just like the day that I go the call with my surgery date - I want to go yell from the roof tops !!!

Long2bThin - That's why I put it here to let everyone who is just starting their journey to know that IT CAN BE DONE.... You gotta work at it - the band is only a tool - it really boils down to eating healthy and exercising - You have to make the committment to yourself - but OMG let me tell you something - it is so worth it - you are so worth the work Thanks GF - Appreciate the standing ovation - I am on top of the world this morning !!!! Wowox7 - Take the word hope out of your vocabulary - replace it with the word WILL - Postitive Affirmations !!!!! It's not that you can't do it - its cuz you think you can't...

Thanks Babboobabe!!! Yes size 8's pants & medium tops are wonderful !!:biggrin: Last yr at this time 18/20 pants 22/24 top

I have know where it is now for a while :frown: but when you first start it's not easy to find :tt2: - Heck I found ticker instructions on another site easier than here - it was in plan sight. I copy paste link all the time for the newbies who want help with their tickers.

:frown:I DID IT:Dancing_biggrin: I MADE IT :thumbup: FIRST TIME IN MY WHOLE FRICKIN LIFE !!!! GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL (LIKE THEY SAY IN SOCCER) IN FACT I AM 2 LBS UNDER GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :Banane44::hurray::thumbup: 92 LBS GONE IN 9 MONTHS 3 WEEKS :tt2::Dancing_wub::Banane44: Just wanted you newbies to know as long as you do the work that's required your band will work Eat healhty and exercise you will succeed :thumbup: I made it:lol:

:frown:I DID IT:Dancing_biggrin: I MADE IT :thumbup: FIRST TIME IN MY WHOLE FRICKIN LIFE !!!! GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL (LIKE THEY SAY IN SOCCER) IN FACT I AM 2 LBS UNDER GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :Banane44::hurray::thumbup: 92 LBS GONE IN 9 MONTHS 3 WEEKS :tt2::Dancing_wub::Banane44:

:Dancing_biggrin:I DID IT:Dancing_biggrin: I MADE IT :thumbup: FIRST TIME IN MY WHOLE FRICKIN LIFE !!!! :Banane44: GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL (LIKE THEY SAY IN SOCCER) IN FACT I AM 2 LBS UNDER GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :Banane44::hurray::thumbup: 92 LBS GONE IN 9 MONTHS 3 WEEKS :frown::Dancing_wub::tt2:

I would LOVE to have the patent on that (brain band)- Think of the Million Trillions of dollars we would have..

Steph I agree you are to young for a mid life crisis Makes sense - and you know you could delay your trip down here by a month or so? Linda - good to hear from you.. Candice - I just don't know about you - if you wanted salt then you should have just added some to your soup :tt2: Nuts - you are nuts:lol: Why is it that it's so hard for us to follow rules sometimes - I will be craving soup before a fill then afterwards i will be craving the steak - our brains make no sense I think she was someone who posted here not realizing this is the 2007 thread not 2008 thread - being the nice people we are we said Hi - she hasn't been back - must have realized she was in the wrong thread. Ruby that's a great link - at one time I was thinking about getting one but for me i think it would start collecting dust too fast - I Karri our schools arent out til mid June too - just think their schools start in August where ours don't til after labor day.. Rest.... Ok - Still have the kids - my head hurts - and I need to go eat - so will talk to you all tomorrow Sweet Dreams

Glad to help and glad to hear you are doing better. Yep it's so hard to break old habits - I will still take that extra bite that I know I don't need or really want and I know if I sallow it I will pb - so most time i spit it out I know tmi :cursing: Congrats on the 75lb !!!!!

I don't know where you got that idea - it's far from the cure all and I think that a lot of us still think about food I know I do - I miss it big time at times - but I don't indulge - why you might ask? Cuz I feel so much better, I look so much better, I went thru major surgery. I finally had my AHA moment - if you over eat food which is high fat - full of sugar and don't exercise you are going to be fat - there is no way around that. I now eat healthy and exercise - this is what needs to be done in order to be healthy which equates to being thinner. They have banded our stomach (portion control) but they have not banded our brains - IMHO most of our problems with food are in our heads and not our tummies. I can eat dinner - be full and still want to eat more food. So it's still a daily struggle and most likely will be for the rest of my life - it's no diff from any other addiction - it's a life long battle.. I can tell you that it does get a little easier once you have proper restriction but even with that your head is still the thing that is making your food choices. Good Luck...

You I like that idea !!! It's giving props where props are deserved - you have done the work and are attaining your goals LBT doesn't become everyones transfer addiction - some people do have lives and don't have tons of time to post - see me I have no life and LBT is my transfer addiction :w00t::lol: And you and I can say the same thing using diff words and someone will more indenfity with your post than mine so that doesn't make your post better than mine. I am going to have to use your idea Lilmissband :cursing:

I agree 100% -There is nothing anywhere that tells others what to do I guess you could put a footnote- it you like my post and found it helpful - please vote for me... I think it fosters being competitiveness for some and makes a person feel bad when they have made a good post and no one gave you a rep power for it.. But again - this site doesn't really come with instruction on how to post and what things mean either - you have to figure alot out on your own..

I don't think so - only the person who gets the message can - cuz only I can look at my usercp This whole rep thing is a little silly in my opinion.. Heck I didn't know what those scales ment - and heck you and I could vote for each other and get all our Friends to vote for us - so that we have a high rep - but what's that prove... So imho the rep power doesn't really mean that much Newbies can't figure out tickers how are they going to now what those scales mean..