IndioGirl55

Wannabe - Yes you can eat real food - this isn't about dieting - its about eating healthy for the REST OF YOUR LIFE and exercise.. Cakes candies Cookies ice cream chips etc are not healthy foods.. and for the most part are sliders. I have eaten real food every day for the last 3.6 yrs - I eat healthy 98% of the time an allow for treat 2% of the time. During my weight loss phase I didn't indulge alot - but if I went to a bday party - I'd have a small slice of cake or a couple chips Please don't rely on your band to stop you from eating these foods - cuz it won't - Your food choices are up to you.. I can eat all types of food - except tough meat. I don't do too much bread- not because I can't but thoses types of foods that we use to indulge in 24/7 - 365 is why we got fat in the 1st place.. The band is just a tool - it doesn't make your food choices - it doesn't take away your head hunger issues and it doesn't exercise for you I say that I did 75% of the work by changing my eating and exercise habits and the band did 25% by providing restriction. I lost 100% of my excess weight in 11 months 1 week by making the total lifetime lifestyle change in my eating and exercise and have maintained that weight loss for 2.6 yrs..

Raylin - I just saw this at the bottom of our theard - Come and join us - the more the merrier... Somehow you did this on blog and I don't know anything about this feature - but come and join us - Hugs Janet

Well I wouldn't eat them for fear of getting stuck - I wouldn't eat them cuz they would fill me up and would be a waste of my calories - I would rather have a piece of fish and some veggies - I may eat 1/4 of one - but really to day - I don't eat a lot of bread/starches or high fat food - cuz those are the tings that got me fat in the 1st place I can eat just about any type of food - as long as I take tiny bites eat slowly and chew very well - Your band will tell you when you haven't followed the rules.. But the answer to your question - I bet you will be able to eat them again - but are you really going to want to - cuz you know what I use to eat the bread basket - my salad & meal - Now adays a bite or 2 of salad - then 1/4 to 1/2 of my meal - no room for the bread ;0)

Do you have any kind of restriction??? If it's filled to the max then I think you may have a problem and need to see your doctor... Being hungry and waiting and hour or 2 between your meals isn't going to kill you... If you are hungry eat carrots - celery - a piece of fruit - When we think we are hungry we eat Cookies - candy - chips junk - Fruit & Veggies don't sound appealling -its the high fat sugar stuff we want to eat So eat BF - then plan for a healthy snack - like an apple - eat lunch - then plan another healthy snack some celery & Peanut Butter (measure this) - eat a portion controlled dinner - then later when you are hungry have a salad - or some more veggies - then have a sf fudgescicle or 2 sf pudding... It's really about our food choices not just our portion control - You can eat a candy bar for 230 cal and won't be full at all or if you eat 1 apple for 100 I bet you would be fuller

It would stop me from physically eating a 16 oz steak - but it's not going to stop me from wanting to eat it.. It doesn't stop me from grazing - And I think that pple here think that the band will do that (stop you from eating) it's only a piece of plastic - it has no control really - it's just a tool - infact if I pb on something my band then seems to become wide open - and I can eat more.. Yes - regulate your portions - I eat off of dessert plates and 1 cup bowls and I'm 3.6 yrs out .. And after you have eaten 4 oz of meat and 1/2 c of veggie - go in another room and contimplate your stomach - do you feel fullness in your pouch (I bet you will) - I did this in the beginning - it takes time for your head to feel your stomach - and again sometimes no matter how full you are phyiscally you are still going to want to eat more - this is where you have to exercise your gray matter.. ;0) Good luck you can do this..

IMHO - I think that so many pple think that WLS is going to do more than it really does.. I didn't have that mind set cuz before surgery I was told that the real work was up to me - and that I had my Ah Ha Moment that my "normal eating was unhealthy and is what got me fat in the 1st place" So I take it you don't measure your foods - I eat out of 1 cup bowls - I eat off dessert plates - for the 1st few months I weighed my food too - especially meat - I know can tell you what 4 oz of fish looks like and what the calories are. I know pple are always saying I didn't get banded to weight & measure my foods - will imho it's a learning tool you don't have to do it forever - but that you need to know what 1 cup really looks like - not what we guess it to be During my weight loss journey - I ate 800- 1200 a day and varied them and I also worked out 1 hr - 4 to 5 days a week some times 6..

WTG STEPH !!!! SO PROUD OF YOU - YOU ARE A FANTASTIC MOM !!!!! You are sticking to your guns and that's what's needed - we let our kids maniuplate us too much (I include myself in this) they pull at our heart strings.. I understand about getting worked up and then not being able to sleep - before Andrew left he was always choosing late evening to get into it about the whole dog situation - I just couldn't take it anymore - I need my rest - I don't need the stress and I don't want or need anymore dogs - Hell I ended up w/3 and 1 cat - it really cuts into what I can and can't do... It's like having kids.. Well if you are hungry - google healthy recipes - omg I am finding tons of them - that's what I do when I am hungry - Karla mentioned taco soup - never heard of it - so googled it - to me it's really like chilli - but I bet you could eat that - ground beef or turkey & beans - I think I will be making some this weekend .. OMG just saw later taters - too cute.. Well I gotta get back to work - I am so glad you have come back ;0) it makes my heart smile - and omg your mom's pic's on FB too funny !!!

Anything is possible if you put your mind to it.... Go back to the basics... I totally agree being too tight is not the answer The answer to losing the weight and keeping it off is all about eating healthy and exercising.. I found keeping a food & exercise diary beneficial in my weight loss journey.. Eat pt 1st - always have that be the main stay of your food plan - then veggie - the complex carbs/starches For me I had a calorie budget - it allowed for sf treats - and again if I had a party or went out I budgeted my calories for those occiasions (still do) Google healthy recipes - there are a lot out they - you new dh won't even know he's eating healthy LOL Congrats on your success and marriage.. You can complete your jounery - have no doubt - you have the tool to...

DIETS DON'T WORK - EATING HEALHTY DOES... I will be physically full (pouch full) and still crave the taste of more food - my body says feed me I'm still hungry but my pouch say no you aren't - but that doesn't stop me from wanting to eat more food. Controlling the types of foods you eat is also a big factor in how you lose the weight and if you are exercising or not.. They have banded our stomachs - not our heads - and imho the majority of our issues w/food are in our heads and not our stomachs. What are you considering a large portion - What are you eating - Can you eat 8 oz of steak and not be full ..

Candice Cruise was 10 days she left 1/1 so ya she should be on here way home - I think she staying 1 day after she gets off ship - but today is the 12th - so we should be hearing from here soon.. Phyl - Needs to ck in ;0) Here is my suggestion - Next yr - All inclusive in Mexico in April - Karla can you save $$$ by then - You and I can room - as the others will be bring dh's??? Or if the ones w/hubbys don't have to bring them if they don't want ;0)

Good Morning... Hope you all slept well... Karla - How are you doing this morning - Hugs & Prayers Steph you were up late last night.. Phyl - Busy?? Not much to report - watched my soap & biggest loser - bed - now another day ;0) - Have gym again tonite - Monday got cancelled so leg work out.. Karla - How's Simon

Ok so when I get home from the gym - you should at least post and say you are ok.. $$$ well don't know where I stand till I get taxes done - I think I will be able to claim Andrew this yr - not sure - but then I have lost my single head of household status and that's going to hurt big time Back from gym - tired and hungry - want mexican food - but all I have is fish ;0) Karla -GF LOVE AND HUGS PRAYERS FOR A SAFE SURGERY TOMORROW - I will be thinking about you all day long..

I use to use the dannon lite and fit - but the greek has more pt... I too add vanilla and white choc pudding sometime ;0) Well just a drive by - gym in a few... Karla what time is your surgery tomorrow

Remember the fruit dip you made in Washington - Yogurt & cream cheese w/a little splenda - well I now use greek yogurt (vanilla) lite cream cheese and brown sugar splenda - and it taste just like cheese cake (w/o crust) and I get pt :0) best of both world - figure the cal to be about 200 but getting like 18 grms pt - where as with sf ice cream you get like 6 Kaitlin was the same way as a child - she would only eat cheese hardly any meat - but she out grew it now she loves blood red steak ;0) just like her LaLa

Kim How much hard Protein can you eat at one sitting... That is how you tell your amount of restriction - Can you eat a In & Out Double Burger & fries all at one still.. What are you eating - what are you doing for exercise..

Regardless of religion - getting unfilled prior to a holiday &/or vacation defeats the whole purpose of getting banded.. I have a gf who is an orthodox Jew and she has never had her band unfilled for holidays Our bands are tools to make us full on a smaller amount of food .. It's about eating healthy and a bander should be able to eat holiday foods in small portions - Our bands don't make our food choices we do.. - Holidays are not about the food behind them as much as the meaning of them which is the reason we Celebrate them..

Don't worry about the skin issue - that's why they make spanx and have plastic surgeons for ;0) - which you may or not need - only time and dna will tell that story (age being a factor too and total amount of weight loss) But remember this - the flabby skin isn't going to kill you but being obese is.. I'll take my flabby arms - legs & stomach any day over the 114 lbs that I use to carry on my body - Hell I look fantastic in m clothes !!!

Nina - That's what lbt is all about - it's been my support system from day 1.. I'm glad you only weigh in once a week - that's also been my rule since day one too - Thursday is my weigh in day .. Yep hunger is a terrible thing - but when you really think about it - waiting a few hours between meals isn't really going to kill any of us ;0) - I know that for me about 11:15 - 11:30 I think I am going to die from starvation when lunch is in 1/2 hr - 45 min - When I feel like that - I just say to myself - girl you can freaking wait xx amount of time till you eat - you aren't going to die... Right now I walked by someone's desk and they have fritos - almost stopped and got a handfull - then said NOPE - you are going out to lunch today - you don't need those wasted calories... This is what I would tell anyone here on how to handle a situation - and since I a person who practices what I preach - it help keeps me honest too ;0)

Steph - losing your mind LOL Choc Tofu ???? How was it - I think that's what you were going to tell me On the food issue - you know what we have to accept eating 1/2 of a ck burger and not the whole thing... I have been tight lately - I can't eat a whole 4-5 oz of fish - veggies & rice - What I have am trying to learn how to accept that it's ok to eat 3 oz of fish - 1/4 cup of veggie and maybe no rice - I need to listen to my band more - last night had 3 oz of fish 1/4 cup veggie just had to keep eating them cuz it tasted good - well had to bp.. I know for you you can't eat too many solids for me I have to learn to listen to my band - I got banded for a reason - to eat smaller portions - even 3.6 yrs later I am still learning

LOL Nina - Yep after 3.6 yrs of being banded losing the weight and keeping it off - I know the ropes pretty darn well - especially what works for me.. So how did the day go ???

Good Morning Gang... Yep Phyl you are back in the swing of things aren't you... I envy your vacation - Yep it was weird cloudy yesterday... I have robe and heater on right now - it was cold when I got out of gym... Don't you think it's a good idea for our next get together - just can't make it in July but in April or May.. Karla - All doc's are against all those things LOL - Glad you got a doc in town... Hope today isn't too bad - tomorrows Thursday what time is surgery??? Hugs & Prayers Watched tv my soap and some of Biggest Loser and was alseep by 10 woke up before alarm at 4:20 - so got up.. Ate too many choc calcuim - they are great for tmi issue .. Hope everyone has a great day

Good Evening Gang... Back from boot camp ;0) got the dogs fed - just cking in... Phyl look at the resort looks nice - I really want to go to another one - I was looking there and one in Ixtapa at a Barcelo (same one I went to in playa de carmen) - About 1500 total - Heck they are talking on the mentor thread about Chicago in june - but hell that would cost me $1000 for 4 days just in travel - where as I could go for a week at all inclusive for that price. I would rather do a week at a nice resort.. Karla - save your money - so we can go next yr - how about it girls - all inclusive in mexico for 7 days and hubbys can come if they want - they can hang together ;0)... I want some r&r.. I only got 1 good beach day when we went the end of Nov.. The rest of the time it was go go go.,.. Well Karla said she would be late tonite - Candice still on Cruise - Phyl what are you doing tonite - Steph how was the dessert - did you like it - I saw that Jeff liked it.. Food today BF - Jerky Lunch - bbq chicken & broc Dinner - fish & veggie - rice snack s?? Boring life ;0) off to start my dinner ... cbl

Nina - Let us know how it goes... Another thing to do in between meals - drink - they say that when we are thirsty our brains tells us that's hunger instead - During the winter months I have a harder time getting my Water in - but I make deals w/myself (total head games but it works for me) Example - I will drink my 16 oz of water before I eat breakfast - and then after I eat (1/2 hr. for me ) I will make sure I drink another before lunch - like right now I am a little hungry - told self - you can't have bf till you drink your water ;0)..

Good Morning Peeps Steph how was the tofu ;0) - You are doing so great !!!! Karla - YOU WILL NOT POSTPONE... ;0) - Get done what you can - and the rest will take care of it's self - heck you are only going to be down for a couple of days - Is one of your DD's coming to help you... LOL on your Mom - I'm like your brother - it's all harmless really - cuz I don't know if I totally believe in all that hocus pokescu ... Well - it's that time again - shower - dress - work... CBL

Karla - Hugs Prayer for a safe surgery - glad you are so positive about it - You aren't debbie downer - you haven't been feeling well.. Well - tried the stupid wii zumba - don't waste your $$$ it's going back to qvc - they don't tell you left or right - too hard to follow - but I did yoga and it's been 276 days since the last time I turned on my wii - have improved greatly in that area and my weight is the same as it was 276 days ago - it just gave me bmi - but it's the same ;0) 24.06... So now just posting - going to go have dinner - sorta hungry Bf - Jerky lunch fish & spinach snack 1/2 ck thigh Dinner ck thigh and broc & rice Snacks?? Popcorn fudgecicle