IndioGirl55

I had asked GS you want pizza he said no - so I woulldnt order just for myself - too much food. So I figured oh well my fish is better .. Then GS siad ya I want Pizza - He olny eats pepperroini I like everything - so it's pepperoniio The Pizza just arrived -and Daughter Yes I will have only 2 piece and will blot with a paper towel to get rid of the extra grease. Peaches you forget I am a midnight eater so that logic doesn't work for me and I rarely ever have heart burn Here is another PROMISE I WILL GO TO THE GYM IN THE MORNING !!! Well off to savor this pizza - can't remember the last time I had any - been a few months... CBL !!!

I AM HUNGRY I WANT PIZZA - but i am fixing/eating fish- No I AM ORDERING PIZZA no i will eat fish - Want take bets on who wins??? the little angel below on my signature or the devil on my shoulder right now.

What are you eating - give me an example of what you eat in a day. What type of exercise are you doing and for how long. When was the last time you had a fill? Do you have any restriction? Need the above in order to give you some suggestions.

Are you all sitting down - Well ya I guess you are cuz you are on your computers.. Well hold on to the arms of your chair or to your desk !! I went to Stein Mart had a 20% coupon. Guess What ????? I DIDN'T BUY ANYTHING !!!!!! Tried on stuff - even had these blue capris in my hand - but said to myself - you don't need them - you really don't need to spend the $$ - so I put them back and left - went to Target did my usual weekly shopping - didn't look at clothes - oh ya I got a pair of workout capris (those don't count) and then came home.. Tried to take a nap - did for about 1/2 hr then my son called so here I am - on the computer drinking tea cuz i am still sleepy.. Karri - CONGRATULATIONS !!!! I can't wait to see the picture.. Since I couldn't go to the gym this morning - I am going to go tomorrow - well that's my plan anyway. I was hungry today !!! At the beauty shop I was straving ate 2 cookie (180 calorie) then when I got home had some leftover 1 pot wonder (300 calories) and was still hungry had a 100 calorie popcorn.. On the weekend I rarely ever eat until dinner and usually aren't hungry... I may have breakfast on Sunday morning.. Got my hair cut a tad shorter than my avatar picture not much maybe inch shorter - same style though - I am having my fish for dinner - and that's about it - got some clothes in the wash - so have that - pretty boring.. Well 2 weeks from tonite - I will be getting cute so that I can go see my new boyfriend (Trace Atkins) in Concert - Maybe he will see me in the crowd and decide that I am the woman he has always wanted - and after the messy divorce I will become Mrs. Janet in your Dream Atkins - If you are going to dream ya gotta dream big :wink2: And I really don't want to take him away from his family and little girls and I sure don't want to raise any little girls - so maybe just a one night stand I am kidding married ladies - but since he is a celebrity you know we can think this way :biggrin: I am not a home wrecker :smile2: Kari If you scroll down below the reply box - you can see the last page or so of our post (I do this most times and it refreshes what I speed read through) and if you do the multi quote you can delete the part of our post that you aren't replying too to make it shorter - sometimes whe I do that I take out the smiles

I love food - it was my best Friend - I turned to it every night - to comfort me - something to do when I was bored. Then I go banded - as I was tired of being fat - I was tired of always being hungry and feeling deprived - I wanted to improve the quality of my life (I had no energy and would sleep my weekends away) I also wanted to extend they yrs I have left. I still love food and can eat most any food as long as I follow the band rules - small bites - eat slowly - chew chew. The change has been now I eat healthy meals (low fat sugar free) and I am full and satisfied - I allow myself treats every now and then - but the diff is that it's a small piece of something and not the whole thing. I still have a friendship with food - but it's not longer a love affair I call my band my interior motivator - it's a great tool that helps make my job of changing my unhealthy eating habits easier. Don't get me wrong - it's sure and the heck is not the Easy Way Out - as you still need will power and self control - They have banded our tummies but not our brains and IMHO alot of our problems with food are more mental than physical.. Good Luck on your Journey...

This is a learning process you aren't going to be perfect all the time. So throw the pie in the trash (it's not good for the doggies) and move forward. I gained 5 lbs between my 1st visit and my pre-op - due to the last meal mentally - but you know what - you can still eat when you are banded I now have a treat every now and then - it's budgeted into my calories bank for the day and now it's 1 small pie - not the whole pie. Good Luck..

ok I am PISSED !!!!! I got to the gym @ 7 - it's now 7:38 - wonder why i am home so fast - CUZ THE FRICKIN GYM ISN'T OPEN !!!! I have a hair appointment @9 so I had 7-8 to exercise. Well I hope that the person who was suppose to open didn't get in an accident or anything - but I am PISSED THAT I AM NOT GETTING MY EXERCISE... Karri - Good Luck on your race today:biggrin: So Proud of you for doing it - What a GREAT NSV :thumbup: Can't wait to see the pictures I like exercising in the mornings better - I have more energy... and then it gets me pumped up for the day - i was going to try and jog/run again - oh i'm mad... I could have gotten a couple of hours more of sleep !!@!

Here is a little motivator that my trainer gave me "It's not that you can't do it - It's that you THINK you can't do it" I love this - I am going to put it on my signature...

Ruby Filters are on my to do list today !!! With all the building at is going on around me - I could walk too but i don't:lol: - During the summer it's too hot -like that excuse - but with the price of gas who knows - but when i go shopping too many bags and we all know the kind of shopper that i am. Well it's 6:55 so I am off to the gym - it opens @ 7.... Will CBL - HAVE A GOOD DAY EVERYONE

Alice Congratulations I was a total slug bug -couch potato prior to banding I joined the gym around the corner from my house right before I got banded and i started out slow - 20 - 30 minutes - and now I do 1 hr about twice a week and I have a trainer twice a week. I truly believe that my exercising has contributed greatly to my success in getting this weight off. Keep up the good work :w00t:

Candice - You got that right this is my life - it's 5:30 AM and look where I am at Stupid smoke detector when off - if the fan in my GS room isn't on it will go off.. So I was getting up at 6 anyway so that I could be at the gym by 7 (I like to sit have my coffee & smoke and wake up slowly - I hate rushing) - Hair appt @ 9 - getting highlights.. TV is boring - I guess I need to start reading again - I use to read a book a week - but haven't been in the mood for a while.. Ruby - You don't drive :tt2: I guess that would be weird - I know that when X and I would be on a cruise - and like on St Thomas & St Barts we rented vehicles - thhe vehicles where like ours - but you drove on the wrong side of the road - It was a bit nerve wracking for me - but he did fine You have been here a long time haven't you?? I just could not imagine not driving

Ok - I guess I need a life - I am off to cook some dinner... and watch tv CBL

i was doing phen fen when they pulled it off the market - but my doc only had me taking one of the phen pills and not more like alot of drs were. (he said that's what the problem was that dr's were giving their patients like 3 of the little orange pills with the diet pill) But I was called in to participate in a study to see if it had damaged my heart and they did the echo - My heart was fine. But I never lost much weight doing diet pills cuz as long as I was taking them I wasn't eating and then I wouldn't take them then eat enough to make up for the days that I didn't eat :w00t: But did love the energy level they provided..:tongue2: I had to have an echo before surgery just as part of the pre-op test due to my age..

Being stuck USUALLY doesn't require a doctors intervention. Stuck means 2 things (well my experience) you have eaten something too fast or taken too big of a bite &/or haven't chewed well enough. You get a feeling of a golf ball in your chest - sometimes it goes down by itself you will have the pain for a few minutes and then other times your body will produce saliva to try to work the stuck object down your tummy -ie sliming and if that doesn't work then your body is going to expel the food ie pbing.. There are pple here who have more medical technical language for this - but this is the best that I can explain it You can chew papaya enzymes too to help meat that is stuck to help it soften so that it will go down too.. I haven't ever used them but have Friend who does - my sticking episode only last a few minutes... But I have read were ppl are in pain for a hour...

Girl you are doing a 10 minute mile - you are almost running - you are in shape Gas here is like $3.69 to $3.84- but we do have some stations that are $4 :sleep: I have a Chrysler 300 with a hemi - so you know I am crying the blues - but I can't see getting a smart car - cuz it's so freaking tiny if you hit a cat in the road you most likely would be dead and car totalled.. This weekend is the Coachella Fest - and I bet the Shell up on the exit is over the $4 mark - We are hearing that it's going to be like $5 by the end of the summer...

oh Beth - I was going to answer you - to tell you that i don't know the answer :w00t: Did you use the search feature and type in pork chops in the food thread?? How about adding a can of Campbell's Healthy Request soup to it??? Cream of Mushroom or Cream of Chicken...

I'm here - this is where I frickin live :w00t: it's my life blood I run around LBT spewing my yadda yadda yadda - especially when I am hungry and want to avoid eating... Watch out the food cop is on patrol:lol: - OMG I am feisty tonight.. I would say that my 2nd fill took about 2 weeks to fully settle... Plus you are under a little stress too. Are you taking pencil eraser size bites and eating slowly and chewing really super well... This is what I mean - to me a couple of bites is just not enough - mentally I will still be hungry and physically too - I do have to say even fat my body would crave nutrient foods too.

I only had 7 days pre op but 2 of those where Clear liquids cuz I had a colonoscopy on 7/13 and then the day before surgery was clear liquids only. I didn't like the opitfast - I was suppose to do oatmeal, shake, Soup and 2 bars - they only had tomatoe soup when I went (my doc provides the preop diet) it was AWFUL - - I called and asked can I have a small piece of fish and salad for dinner - and they said yes. I would have NEVER made a week on that awful soup for dinner.. - so I did do oatmeal - shake - small high Protein dinner and the snack bars that were actually pretty good. Good Luck..

No offense taken Brandy.. Yep I still smoke - but it's about 1/2 pack a day - so I am not a full fledge addict - just a part timer - you know like - Oh I am not an alcoholic cuz I only drink beer and not the hard stuff - Yep justifications - denial - but I still enjoy it... I will quit one of these days..

CONGRATULATIONS YOU GOT A DATE

I have been banded for 9 months - ya I had to quit before surgery too What's the Doc goint to do to come and take the band out cuz I went back to smoking - there are a few of us here who still smoke.

Thanks Mariah - Just goes to show you that if you do the work that is required the band does work - even for an old fart like me :thumbup:

Andrea Are you full after you eat a WW meal?? When you say breadstick are you talking about the ones that are like pretzels or the kind from olive garden (real bread) how much salad did you eat and what kind of dressing. How may calories are you consuming in a day?? For me personally - I want to eat more than 1/4 or 1/2 cup per meal - IMHO eating only 1/2 cup 3 x day is not healthy. This is a lifetime lifestyle change in our eating - its the combination of eating healthy (low fat - low sugar) and the restriction the band provides by making you feel fuller on a smaller quantity of food and adding exercise into your life. Weight loss is all about calories in vs calories burned - if you are consuming more than you are burning then the weight isn't going to come off. You say cuz you have done so well in the last 9 days that you ate 2 breadstick & salad - was this a reward for doing so good. There are theories out that that your body goes into starvation mode if you don't get enough calories - I am not a nutritionist or scientist - so I can't debate that - but for me if I vary my calories - say 950 today and 1100 tomorrow and 1000 the next day - I do ok. I keep a food diary and track my calories and Protein grams and log my exercise - again which has been a very big part in my success too. I have been truly bless cuz I have had a lost every week since I started this journey (well except for 1 and I didn't gain stay even) Suggest - write down what you are eating - the amounts and calories and then total them every night - do that for a week and go back to exercising and see if it helps get the ball rolling again. Good Luck..

laniayala Am I getting this right you are 38 and 127 and can't do 15 minutes on the treadmill?? Are you eating properly??? What speed are you walking at &/or incline? I could only do 15 - 20 minutes when I 1st started and weighed 250 but now I do 1 hr 3 miles varies between 3.0 to 4.0 speed and inclines 1 to 6 and I'm 164 lbs 53 yrs old and smoke.. - I listen to my Ipod and jam to my tunes as I walk - heck I even jogged/ran for a 1/4 mile yesterday.. I would ck w/your doctor - cuz in my unlicensed doctor opinion I think you should be able to do more that 15 mins..

Hey Gang It's my rest night too - I am not exercising - I will go in the morning before my hair appointment at 9 a.m. Jackie 6 friggin miles - becareful that you don't burn your self out - how long does it take you to walk 6 miles???? My 3 wears me out - but I forget I am old enought to be your Mom too.. Karri - for your running shoes are VERY important - so be prepared to spend the $$$ - they will protect you feet - joints etc.. Phyl - how cool a new scooter :thumbup: well pretty soon you won't need one at all.. Steph - my scale is just a cheapie from target too- I want one that shows like .02 of a pound lost - mine only shows .5 Nothing to report I am hungry though - most likely just thristy cuz I have only had 1 bottle of Water - I better go get a glass to drink while I am setting here on the computer.. CBL