IndioGirl55

Ok got the dogs fed - GS went to taco bell - I have my fish cooking... I haven't been too good with Breakfast lately - I need to go to the store - today one of my insured asked me to lunch - I had never met her before just talked on the phone for 5 yrs - She doesn't know I am banded she was the first person who I have eaten with who didn't know - it was weird cuz I was eating so slow - she didn't notice as she ate 2 soft tacos and I ate 1/2 of the taco a few bites of the Beans - So for you who haven't told - I could see how it's hard - all my freinds know so when i stop they all look at me are you ok - ya I'ms just a little stuck :tt2: I can't say I eat on a time schedule - breakfast when ever - usually around 9 ish - always noon for lunch on the weekdays - dinner is usually 7:30 - 8 p.m. most nights - Weekend are when ever I am hungry - I ususally don't eat breakfast on the weekend - cuz I am out and about - usually just dinner and evening Snacks.. If I ate at 6 p.m. I would be hungry or looking for food from head hunger by 8 - As peaches indicated (i don't know if it was here or 50 thread) that the night she had fish she was hungry a couple hours later... It's not just that it's my whole nite time eating thing - I know when my demon hours are so I just fix it so that I can feed those demons during the hours that the want to be fed and stay within my calories for the day.. Today all I have had was that 1/2 taco and 1/2 beans - I had a dentist appt after work - got my new bridge it feels good.. Expensive but you gotta have teeth :frown: Can't say I am really hungry - I cleaned the kitchen - tried to Iron this skirt from coldwater creek that came today (a lady I work with gave me a 40% coupon) omw - it's gorde or pleated and i spent an hour on it and now my back is killing me - I was pissed this afternoon when I could get our old thread - Wanted to see what Phyl said - I was busy at work so didn't get a chance to ck as much as I usually do... Yes this is a healthy transfer addiction - better than my shopping :eek: Ok gotta ck my dinner - gs just gave be a bit of chick quesidlilla from taco bell -it was good - see i wasn't hungry till i had that bite now i want to eat - food really is an addiction for me - once i start I can't stop (well yes with the band I stop - but pre band I didn't - this is why for me it's such a great tool.. Ok - I am out here for the night - Sweet Dreams everyone - Talk to you all tomorrow... xoxox Janet P.S. What am I the unofficial leader of the lucky#7 - phyl - jackie and Karri all got in contact with me about our thread being broken -:frown: Thank you guys for loving me - It really made me smile Well, I fixed our problem - we have a spot again - :thumbup:

Hey Gang - I have p.m. Alex again - I p.m. him at 2:40 today telling him our thread was broke - everyone p.m. him - maybe he will get it fixed We can use this thread until ours gets fixed.... I gotta start dinner - will be back.. Miss you all..

Yep - we aren't perfect - and this whole thing takes a lot of pratice - Just focus - this battle is more mental than phyiscal imho - you can do it - just gotta get your mind wrapped around it.. Sure glad that you didn't eat baked beans & yogurt :puke:

Phyl - Hugs again this morning - Have a safe trip home - Congrats on making your Exercise challenge - you go girl you are doing better than me. Mango - I am not much into celeberities either - but their is something about him - that gets those hormones going:tongue: ... Nicole - Hey there - looking good congrats on 60 lbs - heck I am really good at taking out double chin in my adobe photo shop - I can take out my wrinkles too :puke: use the smudge tool :biggrin2: Candice - I will try the micorwave next time - I think the squash may have been a little old - the seeds inside seemed a little dry.. Red White Blue yes you are our adoptive American Happy Tuesday Gang - How is everyone today ?? Well just doing my morning ck in - hope everyone has a good day - I will ck back later...

Jackie I am glad you had a GREAT BIRTHDAY... EXCELLENT choice on the smaller cheesecake:thumbup: You had your treat but didn't over do it to the 10th degree.. I am so proud of you :smile: Your birthday is your day and it is special and I truly don't feel that we have to deprive ourselves on our day and we have learn not to go overboard - you ate out - but i bet you didn't eat as much as you did last year:tongue: You went to the gym today and you will go tomorrow... it won't be that bad - infact you will probly loose more weight this week - it seems like when you give your body those extra calories it sometime helps.... I wanted to share this before I signed off for the night - my trainer said - we don't want to be normal - normal people are the ones who are fat and don't exercise - we want to be abnormal cuz we want to eat healthy and exercise... Think about it the majority of American's are overweight (Candice I don't know about Canandians ) This is the norm now a days - so we don't want to be normal - we want to be abnormal Something to ponder:rolleyes: Sweet dreams - I am of to change in to my jammies and eat my abnormal meal of fish rich and french style green beans... TTYL tomorrow xoxoxox

Lifechange Ok you messed up - now pick yourself up and dust off your butt and get back on the Band Wagon - You must follow your doctors orders and only your doctors - not someone else who allows them to eat right after surgery.. The whole reason for not eating is to allow your stomach to heal around the band where it was stiched - you don't want to cause a slip. You ate Beans with yogurt ??? OMW that sounds just gross:tongue: - you must have been desparate - but that's still no excuse -:smile: can you have creamed Soup - potatoe soups & creamed soups were a life saver for me - Can you have sf fudgecicles - popcicles those you do bite and sort of eat - you can make a pot of beans - after they cook take the beans out run them thru the blender and add them back to the broth - you have cream of bean soup and it is really good and satisfing You can do this - please know that even with the band you do have to have will power - the will power to change your eating habit and follow the rules.. You can do this - just but on your big girl boots and keep on stepping in the right direction..

Hey Gang What's Up... Well, went to the gym - worked arms today and walked 1 mile at a 5 inclline. Went and saw GD who just got back from her 8th Grade trip to The Big Apple & Washington DC - came home clean the kitchen - GS NEVER puts his dishes in the dishwasher :smile: - still got cook for me - just burned myself making sauages for GS - I hate popping grease... and it's 8 p.m. Yep Linda weight loss - does change more than the phyiscal apprearance, I can say this here cuz you will all understand - but it's embarrssing to be that FAT chick - you would think it would be eaiser going places where you don't know people - but I find the oppesite to be true - didn't mind being around my friends - but stranger - yep - Would never have admitted this 8 months ago - but I can now... Ok I gotta get my dinner started - and relax a bit before bed time - will ck back in a bit -

Ok next time I will cook it longer !! but heck that's alot of cooking I had it in the oven @ 350 for 1 hrs...

Yep I miss chugging water alot still do - small sips just isn't as satisfying as a good chug...

I had 1/2 beer on Friday night - the problem is with the carbonation - after one or 2 sips - you are FULL - i was almost sliming on 2 sips - so had to take small sips and wait a while between those sips - I hate hot beer so I guess that tells you why - I left half a beer - It was hot. I like a beer or 2 especially here in the desert during the summer - but heck - I can live without it and if I want one I can have one - but I have to nurse the heck out of it - so I have martini's instead - or wine - or gin & tonic...

I met with my doc 5/31 had tons of test to do for surgery and had surgery on 7/17 (could have been on the 10th but I still had 2 test to do) I think it all depends on what test you have and how they can be scheduled and what your docs schedule is

Karri We all totally understand - not being able to get to LBT... It's the 1st thing I do in the morning when I come to work and on the weekends and the last thing I do at night :tt1: Right now it's 70 and no winds... But I am stuck in the office... You know there really isn't any food I can't eat - I havent' tried a sandwich on sour dough or french roll - but that's just cuz i would fill up too fast just on the bread - but I can eat anything so far... I got into Trace while watching the Apprentince - He seems like a really nice person.. My sis likes Toby Keith - I just don't listen to Country music - except today I googled Trace and listend to his other songs' - I really liked the one he sang on the show "you're gonna miss this" I have only been to Laughlin twice - once on a turn around back in the 80's and then my nephew fought in some tough man competition. It's a 3 hr drive thru the ugly desert :crying: but my gf Candy (Peaches she is a Candace - you spell yours with an I :tt1:) will have me cracking up the whole way. We are the kind of friends that you have once in a life time - we finish each other sentences - know what we are going to say before it's said - and she has such a great sense of humor - I am always laughing with her. We use to be eating buddy's - well we still are - it's just I can't eat too much :huh2: she is overweight but tall and I don't really see it - just like she didn't see my weight - when you love someone - the weight isn't what you see it's the person.. I am just looking forward to having some grown up fun - I am still a Mom and being single limits where I go - so I am really looking forward to this - but i can tell you one thing - i probably wouldn't be making these plans 80 lbs ago - didn't have the energy - but now I feel so good about myself - I am no longer ashamed about my clothed body :thumbup: Well back to work - ck back later...

I am so jazzed - I am going to see Trace Adkins in Laughlin on 5/10 Called my gf (she has a great dh who lets her have girlfriend weekends) and she loves to gamble (Laughlin is like Vegas use to be a LONG time ago - casinos are along the river) So we are going 5/9 & 5/10 - I get to do something real fun !!! and drool over Trace :thumbup: - I can't say I am a BIG country fan - I am mainly and R&B kinda girl - but really love all kinds of music - but right now I have this thing for Trace :tt1:- he is one hot sexy man :tt1:- he could put his shoes under my bed any day :crying:...

Here is the Trace Adkins - video - I JUST LOVE THIS SONG AND HIM!!! MY KIND OF GUY CMT : Videos : Trace Adkins : You're Gonna Miss This

Oh Phyl - I am so sorry for your loss :ohmy: My prayers are with you and your family - and I am so proud of you for going to the pool - I don't know if I would be that strong... The wind has been pretty strong down at my end of the valley - so I always think about you and how your are :crying:

No asprin -no NASID - only tylenol.....

Oh ya - I agree 100% - I really can't beleive this whole weight loss thing -I think I am going to wake up and it's all a dream I am also very afarid of maintence - but what I am going to do is weigh in weekly just like i do now - but I will not ever let myself gain 5 lbs - without losing them immediately You know the rote - 5 lbs up one week - oh no biggie my clothes still fit then 2 months later another 5 - brush those off too and before you know it you are back up there again - so I have a 5 lbs rule (which will be the MAX amount) I am with you - if I had to have my band removed I would do the sleeve too. I know WASA is/was considering it at one time cuz of her band & tummy and some spasma. I haven't talked with her in a while - Did she ever get her TT??

:cake:HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKIE :cake: :party: Trace Atkins - You're Gonna Miss This You're gonna miss this You're gonna want this back You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast These are some good times So take a good look around You may not know it now But you're gonna miss this" He sang this song on Apprentince and I thought how true - we are always wishing our life away - Oh it's Monday I wish it was Friday.. Celebrate who you are and the strong confident women that you have become :biggrin2:HAPPY BIRTHDAY - ENJOY THE DAY :biggrin2: _________________________________________________________ Karri - I am going to have to make that berry/granola mix - sounds delish.. Beets :eek: are about the only thing I don't eat :crying: Yep DF is a Great Guy You gotta take a pic and post it when you make it official next weekend. I made one pot wonder last nite cabbage, bell pepper, onion, jalepeno, ground turkey, tad of rice, garlic, soy sauce. This will be my lunch for the week Dinner was baked catfish & cooked carrots __________________________________________ Kristin - Happy Monday Payday :ohmy: ------------------------------------------------------- Linda - Yep to be 36 again :tongue: I hear ya girl on that one. _______________________________________ Good Morning Gang The start of another week - Just cking in - the wind is still blowing here - so where Phyl is it must be pretty awful - so don't know if she will be leaving on the 1st Well, not much to report so far - the day has just begun - Well will ck back later !!!!

Karri I have been fat most of my life too - I lost my baby fat between 8th grade & my freshman year - we ate tons of junk that summer but we walked alot too - by the time i started high school i was 140 (165 in 8th grade) and by my soph yr i was 130 when I got pg - then back to 165 then went down to 115 - 120 and stayed that way until about 24 -25 in 79 when you were born :tt1:- I was weighing 182 - and have been up and down ever since (Mostly up) I had gotten back into the 180 a few times but never for long. Our skin has a lot to do with our dna - I have had saggy boob since my son - not as bad as they are now - be even then when i bent over they looked like cucumbers:eek:. IMHO you still have a few yrs for retirement - so If I were you I would get the stuff fixed now!!! Heck you DF loved you fat - he still loves you now - he doesn't see the fat or saggy skin he sees you and the wonderfull person that you are. I know that's hard for you to beleive - but it's true he was with you when you weight 250 - so what's a little skin.. They to make nigthies with built in bras now a days - and there is always the light switch:rolleyes2: - I guess I don't have that problem - no man in my life - but if there were I doubt we would be doing it with the lights on - :cursing: and I would probably be more aware of the issues than I am now...

Yep we do have matching arms - and you look whiter than me - even with your latin blood :tt1: - and yes Linda - freckle - I have them on my arms back chest - I was never a big tanner as a kid - but as a child we vacationed at the beach every summer - and those were the pre-sun block day :cursing: The granola furit and cream cheese sound delious - how did you make it just mix it all together - oh that sounds so good - I am hungry - all I have had was that ice cream cone. I made some spag squash - is it suppose to be a little crunchy - I cooked it per the direction 45 mins 350 in a little water - then turn it over and cook until tender - well is scoops out just fine with a fork - but its a tad crunchy - - I think I need to go put my fish on.. Jackie - here in the desert it's hard to find longer sleeve during the spring and summer and it gets so hot that you really don't even want to look at 3/4 lenght sleeve they just look hot.. Ok I will be back - I am going to put my fish in the oven.... But I want the receipt for the cream cheese fruit granola thingie...

Vicoden and I don't get along well - I take the cup that comes with the tylenol fill it almost full (with the tylenol) then add a tad of the liquid vicoden - I only do this maybe onc every 3 months if I am in pain Thanks for the concern -:cursing: I really don't think I am oding on my tylenol :tt1:

Homemade broth taste the best - easy to make - chicken - onion - celery - garlic - carrots salt pepper - boil til done strain - and you have good broth for clear phase and then when you can have regular Soup - you can then puree the left overs (that you froze) and add back into the broth - yummy-

Tai Welcome to LBT - it is the greatest site for info & support. We are the same height but I think my bmi was like 42 and I had some co-mobities - it all depends on your insurance. I love my band - I love me for finally understanding that my prior way of eating wasn't normal - The band is a great tool - but that's all it is - you are going to have to learn to make a lifetime lifestyle changes in your eating - we still absorb our calories where bypass pple don't - so for us we really have to learn to eat healthy - we don't get sick if we eat sugar and it slides right thru our bands (easy to eat even when you have restriction) where as hard proteins like meat - fish - chicken don't slip thru - you feel full alot faster with the band - but that's once you have proper restriction - Read - Read - Read all the thread here - you will gain tons of knowledge. Good Luck on your journey

Thanks - Yes I have done the work - and am almost to my 1st goal - I am thinking about moving is down 10 more lbs - but want to get to my 1st goal first :cursing:

I am lucky my tummy isn't too bad - but I totally get the "didn't appreciate the bodies we had in out 20's" I was 120 and omw if I knew what I know now and had the body I had then - WATCH OUT WORLD.. but you know what I saw this guy I had dated (I was a groupie he was in a band :tt1:) after I had gained like 60 lbs - he said "omw what did you do to that great body you had" Do you know that I didn't know I had a great body..:cursing: I accept that I am not going to look like a 20 yr old - and the majority of my flaws can be covered up - the arms are what can't as much - here in the desert every thing is short - like cap sleeves - dresse are sleeves - tops are sleeveless.