IndioGirl55

DITTO I could not live without LBT (it's my transfer addiction:tongue:) It's the GREATEST band community for support, education You DO deserve an award Alex

Dandy 1st rule of the Lucky #7 thread :scared2: Is positive thinking :biggrin: You from now on will take the word HOPE out of your vocabulary and replace it with I WILL do as good as all you...

I had a nuclear stress test (it was cuz I was too fat and couldn't walk on the treadmill long enough to get my heart rate up:lol: ) I had no problems -k I went back to work afterwords I think it would be best to call your Doc... Good Luck

Laurend I never noticed this before today (Rep Power) and never knew what those scales were about. Thanks for answering. I agree that it could seriously be abused. I guess I will have to go click on it and see what comes up...

OMW this website keeps changing !!!!! What is this rep power under our avatars ?? I see they gave us My account back - It took forever to get to our thread Well as long as they don't take our thread away from us - I don't care. what they do with the site... To me it's all about support and mostly our little gang .. Karr - How sweet :wub:- I think I remember bits of that will power speach - "that we really do have will power in us - we just chose not to use it" I spout so much stuff - that I don't remember everything I spout out about... I remember it vaguely... But it's like you have been here from the start - you are our little star :biggrin: My vow when I get to maintentance is that I will never let myself ever gain 5 lbs without putting a stop to it and losing it - I am not going to freak about 1-4 lbs flucations - but when that scales says 5 lbs - that's it. I will increase the exercise and decrease the food.... I understand totally about going to the in person meetings -:scared2: - I was suppose to go on 4/2 - but I had something else going on - and didn't want to make the drive to palm springs and not get home until 9 p.m. I need a couple of hours to unwind at night - All I need is my family here that's it for me - If the meeting was closer I might go - nah I most likely wouldn't... Well, I got that 5th bottle of water - but have only drank half of it But I did get all my water in for the day.. I didn't exercise today - had to p/u baby grandaughter like that excuse:tongue_smilie: - but really the gym gets too crowded if you get there around 5:30... Will go tomorrow - no excuses cuz it's my trainer day - legs tomorrow. The wind has started up again - ugh - I am going to call the doc tomorrow - I am really beleiving I need another .02 to be added back in - I use to say that the band didn't stop my hunger - but I have been more hungrier (love my grammar) the last 2 days - I might hold off for another day - but my doc only does fills on Wed - I seem to want to pick - Picking on things like meat - but still picking and that adds up. At lunch I should have been full - 1/2 whole wheat pita pocket w/chicken & 1/2 oz of cheese - but no I wasn't still had a 1/2 cup veggies. Well, not much to report - talked to my big sis and that's it.. So I think I am going to warm up dinner - No I won't eat until I finish my 5th bottle of water -that's 84.50 oz of water for Tuesday 4/15/08.... I have now added counting water in my food diary.... Ok - off to the water and boob tube - will ck back later.. Karri - when you want to say something rude at your support group just phrase it this way "Well my band Mommy would tell you ______" That way you can get it off your chest when you feel frustrated and they can't blame you - you are spouting my sayings (even though we all know that we agree 99.9% of the time:biggrin:)

What's not good behavior - I am a pretty good bander imho - I don't bp daily the only time is if I have eaten too fast - which is going to happen as I forget about my band sometimes..

Karri I don't know how ppl can pb daily or stay to tight - I could not imagine So you are going for sure on Friday ?? Which are you going to do complete or partial?? Look we all have faith in you - I AM SO HAPPY YOU JOINED OUR GROUP.. It seems like you have been with us from the start - I forget - what brought you to our thread - My memory needs a little jog - cuz right now it's FLOATING FROM ALL THAT STINKING WATER I HAVE DRANK TODAY:biggrin:

Ruby (aka: WATER POLICE - this is your new name - I deputize you as our groups Water Cop:thumbup:) I have drank 4 x 16.9 oz bottles of water and will start my 5th in just a few... One thing I can tell you from drinking all the blessed water is that I think for sure that my fills has loosen up

Ruby In my book that's what a true freinds do - gives back what I dish out... Yep - you are 100% right about the stubborn - I can relate to that 1 Mil% I can be very very stubborn too - and there is no stopping me either:lol: Isn't it so funny how much we all are alike in so many ways Well, it's 45 mintues since lunch (I only have to wait 1/2 hr) so I am now on my 4th bottle of water :tt2:

2 more bottles of water Ten trips to the bathroom (well not 10 but 3 )

I make one pot wonders on Sunday and bring them to work to eat for the week - One Pot Wonder - Anything that sounds good to you.. Garlic Onion Bell Pepper Jalepeno Ground White Turkey meat cabbage a little soy sauce and a little evoo - yum.. Garlic onion bell pepper ground white turkey meat corn tomato bisque Soup

1 Bottle Down !!!! 3 to go !!!!

Donna - I have never been a big chip eater - but I still occaissionally have maybe 10 - 15 chips - but i to fit them into my daily calorie budget - we still have to live life - that's why I say I eat healthy 98% of the time and allow for 2% treats - but again they are always budgeted and I 99.9% of the time stay within my 900-1200 calories for the day..

Ruby - LOVE IT !!!! :thumbup: ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT !!! HAND ON HIPS :Dancing_sorry: OK I WILL drink all my water today - I promise :biggrin2::biggrin2::biggrin2::biggrin2: Cuz I have to have my snacks - last night strawberries - and I am going to jinks this cuz I am talking about it - but my little angel has not woken me at all during the middle of the night to go potty for the last 2 nights that means I have slept 2 nights straight thru - you gotta know even without the dogs I rarely sleep all night - usually up once or twice during the night.. Not always to eat but just wake up. Karri - Yep Ruby put me in my place - but even us Food Cops need some policing too :Dancing_angry: Congrats on the Exercise - You are doing so good. I am proud of you... Your bday is the same day as my Mom's :thumbup: I am not worried about you being unfilled at all - I have read the PS thread too and heck those women are as dedicated as you and some of that weight gain is from the surgery - water retention swelling - so you can not get on the scale after the TT for 2 weeks .. I gotta say I might splurge before surgery - not so much junk - cuz that goes down OK now - but I would love to eat a big juice bloody steak (I am a cannibal ladies ) I can eat steak but not a lot... So something like that - not the sweets. well maybe a little:redface: the sweets..:thumbup: -------------------------------------------------------------- Steph That's FANTASTIC !!! That 12 lbs a month - GOOD JOB!!! ------------------------------------------------------------- Peaches You might not really feel the restriction until you get to real food. Hold on - I know it's hard - but we are cheering you on... ----------------------------------------------------------- Jackie - GF what's up ??? ----------------------------------------------------------- I made this great dinner last night - a new one pot wonder ground white turkey meat (about 8 oz) onion - bell pepper- 1/2 c corn - 1/4 c rice - 1 can of tomato bisque soup. it makes enough for 3 or 4 nights - I had one full cup - guesstimate the calories to be about 210 - 250 max - It was really good. -------------------------------------------------------------- Well, I am drinking my water - and will report in when I have this 16.9 ozs done - I have to drink 4 of them for 67.60 oz of water - I think I need it cuz I have been having tmi stopped up issues :thumbup: Ok off to work (well I am at work) but you know what I mean TTYL

Hey there Gang - Whats Up... Ruby - I have bee so bad about my water - I have only had 1 bottle today Karri - I think you are making a wise decision - you are going to be our guniy bander on maintenance and unfilled :huh2: But I know you are going to do get - I have no doubts... Beth Linda is so right 95 lbs you have done great so far - this little break isn't going to be the end of the world - Just do your very best at eating healthy while unfilled and make sure to exercise .. Phyl You did great and I agree that 1 lbs is most likely all the water you retained - Go get a new scale when you get home... I usually have a little bruise after a fill - but can't say it ever hurt... You have me :thumbs_down: pm tje Enforcer :thumbdown: I know he means well - but - I understand why you want to strangel hiim at times - Well you will be home shortly and you will get some space between you - it will be all right.. Candice With the fill and your repaired tubing you are going to be right there with us - but no more M&M'S OK:lol: Kari You gotta find some low calorie stuff to eat - I think if I was home all day it would be harder not to eat.. But you can do this.. Ok gang - I am beat - my trainer worked my butt off and I am pooped so this will be it for the evening. Just want to pop in and say HI & tell you all how much I love ya'll ... Sweet Dreams - Be Good Ladies - Talk to you all in the morning xoxoxoxo

Beth I forget - why did you get unfilled??? Some of us have a theory that ppl who don't post aren't really working their bands to their fullest potential. I agree - that coming here helps keep us accountable - Plus I have made lifetime friendships and I just gotta talk to my girls.. We are here for you now and always...

Carol I knew the your name from another thread - I think you might have been looking for me by your first post - and yep you found me :smile2: We welcome you with open arms - ask questions - all these women (we don't have any guys) are FANTASTIC and are willing to impart our vast knowledge and experiences with our bands today - which is almost 9 months :rolleyes2: and as Karri said - we do have ppl who were banded in other months in our group..

Denise congrats on your loss of 2.5 - love the snail :rolleyes2: OMG they have changed the whole freakin site :smile2: I know I got and email that there were going to be changes - but this omw - something else to get use to...

Good Morning Gang !!! Well not much to report since last night - but I do have a nsv - midnite raid - I have these reese pb 100 cal snack cookie (tiny) and when i woke up i really wanted choc for some reason - so went and got one pack (even though I have them in the back of the pantry I found them right away) well i tried to savor them - and really really wanted to go back and get another pack - BUT I DIDN'T :smile2: - you have to understand that stuff like that was a really down fall for me prior to banding - sweets put me to sleep and i would use them as sleeping pills to self medicate. OMG Linda 18.5 til you are to goal - HOW FREAKING FANTASTIC !!!!! But have a question if you get a tt early July do you think you will be healed enought for the MA trip?? You gotta come :rolleyes2: Ok gang - need to get my butt in gear - as usual will ck back later

I was probably out smoking :smile2: and I never saw the reasoning for Diagramming a sentence - Why?? :eek: - I cheated my way thru english ask the people who sat infront of me - Thanks JB :rolleyes2:

All this talk about fills - is messing with mine.:smile2: I ate 1/3 ck bbq ck breast - 1/2 cup rice and 1 cup veggies and am still hungry. The chicken was no problem - i did chew and ate pretty slow - but sometimes even with chicken I will still get stuck. Well if I can't fight this demon - it will be more veggies - but if this doesn't change I may be going in earlier - It's been lately that I can barely get my fish 1/4 c rice and 1/2 cup veggies down... Ok it's 9 going to turn off the computer watch tv for 1 hr and hit the hay - 5 am comes early Linda - hope you had a nice dinner with your family Steph & Krisitin - Where are you girls Chim - Sunny - Jeannie - SSankofa - Ladies why did you drop off the face of the earth again... Phyl, Mango, Peaches - Good Luck on your fills... Oh ya Phyl - don't be to discourged by the # even on your doc scale tomorrow - you are full of all that extra water - I want you to weigh on your scale when you get home on Tuesday - and that's the # we are going to use now ok... And if need be - get on that scooter and zip to Target and buy a new one :tongue: OMG I ALMOST POSTED THIS POST ON THE 50 THREAD - WELL PEACHES & PHYL WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHO I WAS TALKING TO.. BUT I CAN'T BELEIVE I WAS READING ANOTHER THREAD - BUT STILL THINKING ABOUT THIS ONE (Well it is my MAIN thread :wink2:) Dandy - Karri is not kidding this is OUR TRANSFER ADDICTION... Oh ya you gotta know that Karri & I are the food cops and also we are a Mother & Daugther team (Band only cuz we are so much alike and I am old enough to be her Mom ) - as you will find out - we are just one big happy family - OK I gotta get off this computer - --- Til tomorrow Sweet Dreams everyone...

Katgirl This is the Rant & Rave section - there are alot (yes I know it's suppose to be a lot :smile2: but I am lazy) post on this thread that are going to hurt people's feeling. That's why it's called Rants thread - and if you can't take the heat then you gotta stay out of the kitchen.. I am one person they are complaining about my spelling can be very bad - put the fact is I know that my vocalublary is bigger than my spelling ablitiies - and I really don't give a poop it anyone likes it or not... If my periods - dashes etc annoy people so what.. IMHO i think there are bigger issues than spelling and grammar in this world and if someone wants to complain about some of us who aren't the best at it - so be it... Who cares... It's not going to stop me from posting ....

Hey Gang What's Up!!! I went to Walgreen's and got my beauty supplies - that 14 day oil of olay stuff REALLY works - a friend said my checks were looking tighter. So had to go buy some more Might have to buy some stock in the company Never made it to Target or Home Depot - I just didn't feel like getting dressed & makeup - so just went to Walgreen's & my corner store (no make up and I am not the cutest thing without make up)- Came home but my house dress back on - that shrunk and is a mini now (did hit right at the the knees) layed down to watch Godfather but fell asleep for about and hour.. I got some go lean kashi cereal - 1 cup 200 calorie and 9 pt - I came home and had 1/2 cup.. Then some not too great watermelon.. Hey there Carol - I know I responded to you before the Dandy75 is a name I remember - but heck I am all over this site giving everyone my 2 cents all the time so I don't know if it was a post or in the 50 thread But doesn't matter - Welcome - We really are the best group - we don't pull bunches as you can tell by our post - and if you are an English teacher and a spelling critic - I am the WORST Denise - The whole fill issue :eek: I can't gulp water when I am at my sweet spot - when I went in January for my 3rd - I was able to drink water in a gulp - so that was my clue I needed a little fill - my doc does blind fills - so I am drinking as he fills - but the 1 cc he put in was too much - by the next day - so when I went back he took .08 out - so really my fill was just .02 - I think that is what I am going to need shortly - but will wait a bit longer - I had about 2 oz of chicken this morning and got a little stuck - but last night no problem - ate that cereal - and omw 1/2 cup looked like alot and i said to myself - I couldn't eat a whole cup - well - yes I could have -:wink2: I totally agree with eating too much or not being able to eat - and being too tight is AWFUL - so it's just a fine line we have to walk - Peaches - How nice to have someone come in and do that major cleaning - yep it's worth the $$$ Good luck on your fill tomorrow too - you have a little bit of a drive too I will bring you my 8 jeans in July :smile2: Karri Darling being too tight can cause problems and I sure don't want you to lose your band. I know it's a 6 hr drive - but I would go now and get a little taken out and then right before surgery get the rest taken out or if you feel confident enough you could get unfilled now.. How do you feel about getting totally unfilled now?? Like you said you lost 10 lbs before while being unfilled - so that's 2 1/2 months without a fill prior to the surgery and 1 month afterwords - so 3 1/2 months with no fill - for me scary but I have never been unfilled and have come to appreciate my band so much - I really do depend on it - but as I type that I could eat around it but don't - but would I eat more at my meals - ya' thats what I am afraid of -but this isn't about me :tongue: But no way in the world would I stay that tight till June - Nope Nope Nope They do want you to maintain - so this may be a good way to do it (by getting unfilled now) especially considering your drive Jackie - Glad they got the sf ones - that should help all those little calories add and I don't care what anyone says (on other threads oh I don't count calories I didn't get the band to diet) calories do count when you are trying to lose weight - it's all about calories in vs calories out - period end of story.......

GOOD ALMOST AFTERNOON LADIES !!! I have been up since 7 a.m. (well the smoke alarm went off at 5 a.m. need new batteries i guess as there was no fire ) I have read the paper - done 3 loads of wash - cleaned my room, closet and bathroom (hairspay on mirrors - counter tops -floors ugh- but gotta look cute)- Ironed - (done all between 7 - 11) Then got online - answered Phyl's email - then had a message from someone named ellen about the band - then Cheryl about the flabby skin issues for us older ppl and all that took 1 hour I finally made it here... Peaches - I like catfish the most - it is less fishy than salmon - don't get me wrong I like fishy (or should I say strong foods - I like lamb too) and it's soft - I bake it with evoo salt pepper and garlic - or top it with Parmesan cheese - or salsa. I love it I eat it most nights... Sounds like you had a lot of fun - what a great DH :thumbup: and you had a special weekend - I give you a pass for the alcohol :biggrin: cuz for us who drink - special occasion are drinking occasions :biggrin: and you don't do it every day - but now that you are back - watch those calories and hopefully you got some exercise (hint hint) that will help too :tt1: Nic - anyone can help you here - just post your questions and you will most likely get 4 or 5 responses from us lucky #7's - as Karri said WE ARE THE BEST THREAD on this website - we have had like 9000 post - but we have had 138,000 people viewing our thread - what's that tell you Ok gang - I am alive and well - but I need to do some Target & Walgreen shopping and may be hit Home Depot (a new one open down the street and we even have signal lights now - i am really getting up town) So will ck back later ----:tt2::tt2::tt2::tt2:

Karri Sorry about the pbing - Your soup sounds delicious - you are a good cook - you are like me (again:tongue:) where you can just throw things together to make something good. Well, off to the t.v. for a bit - it's now 9:17 and I have been on this computer since around 6:30 - Phyl is in WA - they are at a park near her doctors - she gets her fill on Monday - somehow her phone can hook up to her computer - she sent me an email - stating she wasn't sure I would get it but I did - she has a cold that she got from one of her grandkids... OK I gotta move... Ck back in a bit..