IndioGirl55

Choose fish that are low in mercury, such as catfish, cod, and haddock, and avoid stream- and lake-caught fish, which can contain a range of other toxins. I have eaten farm raised catfish primarilly since I have been banded almost 5 or 6 days a week for the last 8 months - I really like it better than salmon - plus the only thing i count is calories & protein - all that good fat bad fat carbs etc - just way too much thinking for me.. :confused::eek::eek::eek:

Karri I think salmon is a high calorie fish - more so than my catfish - I use a scale that gives me all the info - calories - protein etc.. Denise great idea - Karri ck it out could save you $$$ Well its lunch off to eat.... Later chickies

Didn't know we were in school or a professional writing class on this board I am a BIG mis-speller and drop words like crazy... But again I don't read word for word and am one of those ppl who can read a messed up spelling letter.. No biggie... Life is to short to worry about someones spelling and english... Just my 2 cents - cuz I do all the things you complain about

Denise The closet thingie was funny - I feel sorry for the poor boy though getting in trouble for dressing like a girl - I bet he really gets made fun of. But I don't know - today it seems that HS kids are more tolorent (sp) of gayness than when I was a kid. CONGRATS ON THE P.S. in June:thumbup::eek: Ruby - I am right there with you on the whole water issue - so far I have had 10 ozs.. 1 cup coffee and 2 sips of water :eek: - Yesterday most likely got in about half Karri - I slimed little pb on my salmon last nite too... Must be the salmon :confused: Kristin - Happy TGIF - Hair cut (new du??) ya gotta post some pic :eek: Ok back to work - I gotta get some stuff done this morning...

I was banded 7/17/07 - I have lost 84 lbs :redface:

SIZE 4 :redface::eek: you go girl OMG even a 6 is GREAT.... Crabcakes sound good - i have never had then - I am having salmon - i am hungry - lunch was slider food - healthy zuchinee shredded chick spag sauce - 1 cup but I am hungry and it's only 6:30 - ok I gotta got eat a cracker or something - I am starving - will be back

Hey Gang - doing my usual - come home , go to the gym, come home sign on to lbt - but no ones here :redface: Karri - Yep - I have done good this last week on exercise - I had sort of slacked off - I was just doing trainer and sat mornings - I need more than that I think so for now my goal is 2 days trainer 2 days treadmil (this is for a week not a month:wink_smile:) Ok Well going to go watch the news - will ck back in a bit

You gotta exercise - that's how are bodies were made - to exercise - you wanta lose weight faster try it - you might like it - and this is coming from a total slug bug - who now exercises 4-5 days a week..

Ruby My foundation isn't expensive - loreal or revlon - perfurm ya it's expenseive - ya pretty soon we won't be able to wear jewelry on the plane or have a book - ipod - phone ... 911 - I doubt that any of these new precautions would have stopped 911 if they were in place - if some one wnat to do something bad enought they will find a way..

What a nightmare this has become - ok travel hairspray too - makeup s/b ok and they do have stores in Vegas :redface:

I'm a city girl :redface: so am lucky I don't have that stuff to deal with except in the summer -NO A/C :tongue::eek: How's retirement going for you DH & you... Are you going crazy or enjoying it..

Tough band love coming (operative word love) Just cuz you can eat everything why are you... The band does require will power - the will power to eat healthy low fat sugar free - the will power to change your mindset about food - it is no longer for comfort - to fill a void - it's for Nourishment - This is a lifetime lifestyle change in your eating and you have to add exercise into your life. Even when you have proper restriction - you can still eat around your band - so it will take will power not to......- The band is a GREAT tool but that's all it is - the real work is up to you. It is not the magic cure to our issues with food. As to being hungry - heck you will have proper restriction - you will be phyically full - but you will still be looking in the kitchen for more food - I know I have been there done that - As food addicts we don't want to stop take our drug (eating food) We have been ignoring that full feeling for years now - why do you all think that you are going to stop doing it once you have good restriction - The majority of the work is mental you gotta make up your mind to follow the band rules and your doctors orders You can do it - you really can - not eating that candy bar or piece of pizza isn't going to kill you but if you keep eating that junk it will.. I know I am coming off a little harsh - but I want you guy to succeed I really do - and if you want to - you are going to have to call on your will power every now and then. You need to make that committment to you and your health.. Also - you aren't suppose to be so tight at to only be able to eat soup - you should be eating hard Proteins (meat/fish etc) are you able to get your 60 grms of Protein in on just Soups - also being too tight can cause it's own set of problems. This is a learning process - and you are going to fail sometimes - but what you do is IMMEDIATELY pick yourself back up by the bootstraps and continue forward - Don't get me wrong I eat healthy 98% of the time - allow 2% for treats and I exercise 4-5 days a week. I am no diff than you guys I am really not - Please do the mental work about why you are reaching for that stuff - YOU ARE NOT WEAK YOU ARE STRONGER THAN FOOD - Good luck ladies and I hope you find restriction quickly :redface:

Linda - how about hairspray and foundation (makeup) - deodarent?? I use a cream in a jar) - I areally got those travel things a while back at walgreens it was like $2 and thought you may need this summer when you go to Mall trip and when you want it you won't find it.. Ok I need a travel size toothpaste - travel size hairspray non- areasol?? This is so stuipid - I bet you a terrorist could get through easier than us - On the shoe thingie they did that the last few times I have flown - I have on thong sandles and I gotta take them off - like I really have something to hide there.

Sufina This is the GREATEST site imho for surport and info - This is why I was banded too - went to Maztilan (sp) a couple of yrs ago - about die from the humidity and walking - I want to live life and not sleep it away anymore - and I can tell you from personal experience - i feel 10yrs younger and have so much more energy.. Good Luck on your jounery ...

Steph :thumbup:LOOKING GREAT:thumbup: :thumbup:you can see your waist & shoulder

Denise - Thanks I am really stoked about it... OK hunger means we are losing weight - well last night I fed my hunger with a WW fudgecicle so I guess that's why scale only went down 1/2 lbs this morning - But truely I think I am not eating enough - my calories have been like 800-900 lately. But I think my fill is loosing up some cuz I am eating just a tad more. Linda - Thanks - I have already been thinking about that :lol: The flight is only 1 hr on a puddle jumper :eek: but with all these new airline rules (changed since I flew 2 yrs ago) I don't know what I can take on a carry on and I don't think puddle jumpers have ck'd baggage?? 3 day - it's going to be hot in Vegas in June - want to look classic but comfy and need to take things that pack well. I must have my makeup - I use a cream foundation - can that go on a carry on??? Linda - Even if I am the food cop :cool: I still agree with you 100% Ruby Congrats on doing your exercise... I love to watch lighting as long as the power doesn't go out - that is the only thing in the world that really makes me a little scared... Can you beleive that a 53 yr old women who hates when the power goes out - I am not scared of the dark per se except when I can't turn on a light Well, my trainer had a meeting yesterday - so my weight training will be Friday instead - but I did go and do the treadmill last night did 1/4 of a mile on 10 incline :wink2: then - will be going again tonite - gotta get the scale moving and again - here is a challenge for those of us who aren't getting all our water (ME) lets get that water in today:thumbup::thumbup: OK off to my desk - ck back later

Karri - CONGRATULATIONS - ALL DONE BEFORE YOUR 1 YR ANNIVERSARY!! I think I would like having a female doctor too - Oh forgot to give you props for RUNNING 2 MILES:thumbup: No Problem Ruby - just trying to keep you & Linda on the right side of the law:cool: I bought my GS a piece of cheesecake last week - it's still in the fridge - but it hasn't been calling my name either cuz if it was it would be in the trash:lol: Linda - Distraction does seem to help 98% of the time but yes sometimes nothing works -:huh2: Kari - Congrats on all that water - I have only had 2 bottles need one more - I didn't do too well on that goal today like I had planned. Ruby - I bought some 100 calorie snack pack reese pb cookie thingies - they are very good but tiny portion - and when I start with sugar watch out - i keep going back too - so they are in the back of the panty - I just don't trust myself - last night wanted sweets after dinner - ate a sf yogurt and for my midnite raid 4 0z o.j. an 3 walnut pieces. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Steph - Hugs to you - the thing with your son will work out - but I know how hard it is to see the light at the end of the tunnel - Congrats On the Large Shirt :thumbup: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I got some news gang - I have been invited to sit on a patient advisory council meeting with the Allergan people in June (27-29) in Vegas at the Wynn Hotel - How cool is that - I feel pretty honored. I called and rsvp today - already have airplane ticket - omg their travel people great all done in like 10 minutes had E ticket in 30 :smile: Well I really now have extra incentive to get to goal by then.. 11 weeks - 16.5 lbs - might be streaching it - but I can come close if I kick up the exercise - but I have that weekend in Laughlin too - so who know - but I will get real close I promise you that... Well, timer is buzzing - so dinners done.. 4 oz catfish - spinach & 1/2 c rice :tongue: Will ck back in a bit.. P

There you go :crying::thumbup::sad:

Ok no friggin cookies ladies :thumbdown::sigh: - I mean it :glare:- or Karri and I are going to come and lock you up in jail and throw away the keys.:lol: Come on lapband surgery - remember - if we could just stop at one it would be ok - but since we can't - don't even start - Cookies are the DEVIL - THEY GOT YOU FAT IN THE FIRST PLACE.. They don't taste good they are full of sugar and fat - which just turns to uglier fat on your body and even worse the scales won't move DOWNwards on your weight in days and then you will be crying the blues... Why - I am so mad at myself - Well if you don't do it - you won't be mad at yourself - go make a fruit salad - add some nuts & sf cool whip - make a alba choc shake and add a banana... Anything but a cookie... tough band love (operative word being love :smile:) And linda do you want those cookies or your wine that you budget for:tongue:

I have already discussed this w/my doc and the answer is - if you need to have it preformed in order to save your life - then there is no question - we would worry about the band later - if you didn't have it you could die. He really didn't think it would hurt the band - but he didn't know of any cases as of yet.

Good Morning Gang Phyl the cippino sounds great I have always wanted that and bul-u- base (sp - just sound it out:biggrin:) Ya remember the days where we ate the bread, soup, salad and our dinner - then wanted dessert :redface: Karri you might just still be a little swollen - and sometimes (not often) i find my band tight at night especially if I haven't eaten in a while. Well, I was hungry last night - I think my band has loosen up a bit - or it could be that I am just tired - from what i don't know - I have been trying to do better with my vitamins and today - goal is to drink my water !!!! Ok off to ck my desk - Later

Linda Congrats on 2 more lbs :eek: Vino and all you are doing so good.:tongue:.. Why did you take your ticker off :thumbup: I didn't exercise tonite - went to see a gf then drop off my check for the Ranches property taxes :eek: due by the 10th I have been tired too. I don't think I have been eating as well as I should. Last week I didn't eat breakfast a couple of days and on the weekends my eating is all messed up except for dinner - I ALWAYS EAT DINNER :Banane20: today my lunch was 2 crackers and 1 piece of string cheese I was hungry when I got home but got on the computer and then cleaned up the mess my sick gs left. I am done with the whole Aunt Flo issue I think.. it had been about 9 months no spotting or anything - then had 3 weeks of spotting but that was a while back - but i am lucky no other symptoms at all.. Learning spanish - that's really great... Here in Indio the majority of the population is Mexican - Como Sa Yama (can't spell spanish) can understand a few words - know the cuss words of course - and i am an EXPERT in ordering food (Taco - Burritto - El Pollo - Friejolies) - but I can't speak the lanuage - I can barely speak english :Banane20: what's margo in the aft?? Sorry for the rain and cold - We have winds and cloudy for the next few days - but this weekend is suppose to be hot - don't you need to come visit your son out here in Cali for some reason - heck just getting away from the cold would be reason enought and you really could just come and stay with me for a couple of days - I would make sure I stocked your kind of vino :wink2: Well gotta go feed my little fur babies...

Karri What wonderful pictures - DH is a cutie :thumbup::tt1: You guys look like you really did have a good time and so happy to. Just make me tear up - I told you your band mommy is a sentimental fool I'm so happy for you. Your Dad is good looking too.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phyl You are doing good on your portions sound like they are ok - so don't sweat it you are doing the best you can while eating out. Like I said before my challenge will be the weekends that I am not at home - plus I know the concert will involve drinking and maybe be the night before to - I know we are all so concerned about losing weight right now - and we want to keep the scales moving downward - but life does happen and there are going to be times that we gain 5 lbs - the diff is now we will stop at those 5 lbs - no more oh 5lbs that's ok my clothes still fit - NO WE WILL NOT EVER AGAIN ALLOW MORE THAN A 5 LBS GAIN - WE WILL GET RIGHT BACK ON TRACT IMMEDIATELY - but it's going to happen - so like you tell me "Chill" you are doing very well and compared on what you would have done last yr at this time - you are 100% a head of the game... I would have loved to see DGD in the water - those are the best scenes funny but not funny - hope she didn't get too cold.. OH the top scale counts til you get home and get back on your home scale..

Darling - don't stress it will all work out and wasn't the local doc the one who would try and get it covered by insurance??? Can't wait until tonite to see pic :frown::tongue:

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