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Kristin How is your kitty cat??? Pbing - can open me up - i have read that others are llike that too - it's funny I can be full and still able to eat popcorn with no problems - popcorn is a slider food - but for me when I am mentally hungry it does the trick... but you know what for lunch i had about 3 oz of steak left from last night if that much and didn't eat all my veggie which was one cup - so ya - maybe i am tighter but to me yesterday morning those tatoes when down with no problems ...- I am having my other lobster tail for dinner tonite - i think i am going to have to weigh it cuz it looks pretty big maybe 6 oz - now you know my brain has changed when I say 6 oz is big..:thumbup: OMW i would eat pounds of lobster before... Haven't really been hungry cuz of this cold - but i gotta say not being hungry still doesn't stop me from eating - i know it's dinner time and I get to eat - plus I know now I have to eat to keep my metabolism going and dinner is the most important meal to me.. I wonder why - maybe cuz when I was a kid we all sat down and ate together - good memories???

Ok gang - I am back and you all are gone NSV today & Monday - went to the gym and worked with trainer even though i am sick !!!!! Dedication to becoming a strong fit old broad - heck the next thing you know I will be in the body building magazines ha ha ha ha on that one - though you all could use a laugh.... Ok I gotta go fix gs some dinner... Will ck back later..

OMW - that would be very hard cuz I hate sweets 24/7 - I guess I was very lucky with my doc 10 days full liquids included soups - then 10 day mushie - 10 soft and then regular. I do have to go back to post-op diet after a fill but i only do 3 or 4 days liquids then move to mushie - mushie is not prob for me - Hugs to you on shakes - I don't think I would have made it on shakes for that long

Peaches What happen to your pic??? Wasn't sure it was you... OMG I you have to have surgery again - 3/29 - so they have decided you have a defective band - Well, at least you will get a band that works and keeps it restriction - you will be a skinny mini by July... I have 5 cc in my band - I have the new band - larger don't know if it's 14 or 10 cc - and I think I am on the tight side of my sweet spot.. We will keep you in our prayer... My cold/allergies - are better today - went to the gym and worked out with trainer - i am going to be sore in a couple of days - but that's ok with me . I am going to get strong... I need the muscle...

Steph - I can't say I have really noticed a diff it the tightness - yesterday morning was hungry made some hash browns 1/2 c - eggs 2 & sauage - ate 1 link - 1/2 the eggs and all the tatoes - then didn't eat until dinner - I had room after i spit up - really wasn't a pb - slime really - but anytime I have pd'/slimed/spit up - I am usually open after the episode (sp) I refuse to give support the way you have explain - that's called enabling - and we are all in this together.. I don't want you to enable me and I am not enabling you... We have the best group on this whole LBT... We are real and give tough band love. Well back to work... ck ya all later

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Good Morning Gang I am back with the living sort of - I am at work - I slept yesterday then went to dinner with GS & Lil Bro last night ate 2 bites of lobster and was in the bathroom - spit up a little came back and had a couple more bites then baged up my food - was able to eat lobster once I got home - and then had a cupcake.. My head is still plugged - Karri I am like you I ususally don't get headaches often - but this sinus/head cold - what ever it is has given me one. Prisc - Congrates on ONELANDER !!!!! We are so happy for you... About fills - my doc does blind fills - he gives me numbing shot then finds my port and insert this needle - and fills as I drink water - he then will leave the needle in and have me finish the water... I find that you do get tighter after a day or 2 - my last fill had to have some taken out and when I go back on the 26th - i sure and the hell am not getting anymore added - I think i am on the tight side of my sweet spot. Karri - I agreed with you - I think people who like to be so tight as not to eat is very unhealthy .. I don't think you are learning good eating & management tools to your weight loss being so frickin tight... I think we need to learn how to eat healthy - and manage our issue with food - I tivo'd "i can make you thin" and the 1st episode was good put down the fork between bites - I slept thru some of it - but next week is about emotional eating - this will be very good for all of us.. Ok - I gotta get to work.... Will ck back later.. Thanks for all the well wishes and missing me :biggrin:

I am alive - I glance throught the post - I gotta go back and read but - have either allergies or a head cold.... I went to a bday party yesterday in Desert Hot Springs and the wind blowing the house smelled like popurri (sp) and by the time we left at 7 I had a major headache - this morning woke up with it - and didn't go to work - I could have but gosh I haven't had a sick day in 2 yrs... I did sleep for about 5 hrs so I think my body needed it - I haven't slept like that in ages... but i did go to the gym to meet my trainer... I don't have a fever so I went - I feel a little better - but head is pretty plugged up. all I really gathered cuz I really didn't read everthything - Karri - too tight - sorry hugs Jackie - The big Winner Patti C - from what I gathered Phyl & Karri have given you some great advise -my advice brain is not working right now - just remember this is a lifetime lifestyle change - we are going to fall down -now just pick yourself up - dust off your butt and start over... Kristen - I am here :thumbup: just not really up to thinking cuz of the head issues... So I will close for now gang... Just wanted you all to know nothing bad has happend I just am not 100% and typed reading and thinking aren't in the game today - so I will ck w/you all tomorrow... I am going to work I think and tomorrow is my GS 17th bday & my baby bro 50th so we are going to some steak house for dinner Flemmins - never been - but gs has with his mom he likes the halibut there - I will be eating steak cuz i eat fish at home.. ok - i gotta take some tyelnol my head is killing me... xoxoxo Janet

Karri Congrats on your 4 lbs Yep isn't it funny how we use to stay in the house all weekend before (well except goiing to the store to buy food that we would eat while locked up in the house:biggrin:) I went to the gym did my 3.5 miles - saw my trainer and said look no hands on a 6 inclined :tongue: Came home showered when and tanned and now just waiting to leave to go see Phyl... I have made a vow no more shopping until I get to goal.... So I am glad I have something to do today and tomorrow going to a 60th bday party - I really don't know the girl - but know the people throwing it - we have met and we do go to the same hair dresser - Linda Oh girl I AM SO PROUD OF YOU FOR GOING TO THE GYM...:sneaky::thumbup: I know that you have been fighting exercise - but it so much easier once you get the weight off - 20 min mile is very very good... incline even better. You gotta make yourself a promise to get to the gym minimum 2 days a week if not 3 - and once you find out it's not that hard increase it to 3 - 4 days a week - I believe it is what has helped me the very most. I love the challenge - I say ok you can do .50 more miles - you gotta get you and ipod and load it with upbeat musice from our era or whatever musice you like - I rock out to my itunes as I walk - it helps pass the time... Linda, don't you have any gf who you can do things with?? How is that girl you are mentoring?? I wish you could be here too cuz I think you need a big in person hug... So since I can do it in person - here is a big cyber hug (HUG).. We are here for you.... Ok my soup is ready - I havent eaten today and I want to put a little something in my tummy before I go hang out with my wino gf phyl - cuz you know we will have a glass or 2

129 lbs gone is a big deal be proud.. - I am afraid of how to maintain - losing it so far hasn't been hard - but maintaining ????? I have lost it before but never maintained... I only weigh in once a week - the scales flucuate too much - so I only do it on Thursday Mornings (that was the day I got home from the hospital).. Yep looking forward to meeting you...

Good Morning Gang You guys were busying last night and this morning - I was just cking in before I hit the gym - so this will be short (i think) Phyl - Yes to the cheesecake:biggrin: .... Jackie - the 10's aren't a fluke- if you are like me you wanted to wear them inside out just to show off the size :ohmy: - I have 10s & 12s - I think the 8's that I got are a fluke :thumbup: How nice for your family to notice your weight loss - that is such a nice thing to hear - (my gs has never really said anything - he accepted me as i was and as i am - I am his LALA but he knows I don't eat junk like i use too - he has told his stepmom - she can't eat that so he does notice) the complements from others really is a great motivator imho - I know everyone at work tells me i am shrinking - that I am now shorter than what i was -:blushing: Kristin - I too still buy too much food you would think we all were starving people like we don't know where our next meal is coming from - I do the exact same thing. Hope you start to feel better soon - drink your fuilds and get some ck Soup... Ok - I gotta get dressed for the gym it's almost 9 and I am going to go tan and then this afternoon going to dinner & a show at Phyl's... So I will ck back after the gym...

Hi & Welcome Di I love my band - I did it cuz I wanted to extend my life too.. I feel so much better 10 yrs younger - I have made new friends here in fact my lucky #7 group plans on a meeting this summer - we can't wait to meet each other and I have already met on of my ladies cuz she winters here in the desert - infact I am going to dinner with her tonight - so yes LBT is great for support and meeting new people - it give yous so much info and support. I have BC and had no problems getting approved - met the surgeon on 5/32 got approved 6/20 - surgery on 7/17... I haven't felt so good in years.. Right now I am on my way to the gym - and that is a BIG improvement for a total slug bug... I can now exercise - I can't say I totally love it but have come to like it quite a bit... Good luck on your jounery - we are here for you..

Karri I think you knew you were alittle ocd (or whatever it's called):thumbup: but that's good that you are going to see some one to help you with it and yes if you are suppose to slow down the weight loss and can't eat much a little taken out would be good. I hate it when I can't drink- I haven't been great about my water - I am drinking about 2 bottles - so am just missing 16 oz - so that s not too bad... ' Ok My dinner is done - will ck back later

Ok I understand - our food what we controlled and no one else - I get it and you aren't bring anyone down - we are here to support you.... This is why I am so glad that we are going to get together - it will be so much eaiser to talk about our issues in person and for some to really get to know each other so that we will feel comfortable talking about stuff too. Yep I want things and miss them too - it ok - go have a ruben sandwich - just eat the center - heck you will feel better - and it's protein and veggies. and it's better for you than the fish sandwich...:thumbup: I would love to be 21 and know what I know now - but I wouldn't want to 21 if I had to learn life all over again.. Sweet dreams - tomorrow will be a better day - and you can ALWAY count on us being there for you - we understand xoxoxox Janet I think Jackie is staying with me - and the only reason I didn't offer to share a room is due to the fact that I smoke... I think the Residence in is a good choice - just cuz it's a marriott and I know we will have nice accomidations.

Jen The reason for not eating is that your stomach is healing and they don't want anything to distrub the stiches right now. I don't think you have done any major damage but again I really can't say cuz I didn't go to medical school. :thumbup: If you can't stop yourself from eating these foods - then do your very best not to be tempted by them - make some good homemade creamed Soups or broth - this should help (or I just read you have had nothing but water & Protein drinks for the last 10 days???) What are your doc's orders - can you have broths - creamed (totaly smooth) soups. I had soupy mashed potatoes and that saved me during the liquid phase along with cream of chicken soups. Please do your very very best to follow your doc's orders - there are reasons (health of your band) I know it's hard but you really don't want any complications and they can happen if you don't follow your eating plan. Good luck - I know how hard this is - but you can do it.... Welcome to band land...

Ok I thought I answered Steph & Karri - but i guess not - I know I started a reply but must have never finished.. Steph give the med's time - you will level out - and hope you have a fun time this weekend - I am going to Phyl's for dinner & a show at their park on Saturday - so I am really looking forward to that -- =========================================================== Kari - I was talking with a gf at working and she said I bet you keep losing - I said yep i really thought so to - cuz I don't know how to stop it and sorta think that my body will when it's ready. You need to beleive your bf - from your pic of your tummy I bet you will lose alot of weight when they do the TT and I have a lot of loose skin all over my body too - my legs really aren't fat but the skin is so loose..I am right there with you You may need a tad unfill - I can't eat much either at one sitting and I don't want to start eating cheesecake either - so I think that when you/me get to goal - we will have to get a little taken out so that you can eat more good foods. We will learn so don't fret too much about it - I think our bodies will set themselves at one point - we do eat so it's not like we are anorixa (sp) and the thing about being to skinny isn't necessarliy ture - it's just that people are so use to seeing us fat that now we are tiny to them - but if they didn't know us before then they wouldn't think that way... You can add some healthy carbs to your diet - that might help.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Linda - I am so sorry that you didn't hit your mark today ((Hugs - Hugs)) - move the frickin scale back to the other room... and you are not hopeless.. Can you even eat the bread from the fish sand or ruben??? Don't you still have restriction - I would love to have a submarine sandwich but know I couldn't eat it - i can eat sandwich bread but I don't think I could eat a roll and that would be to frustrating - I can't tell you that I don't want food anymore - I do - but I am afarid of it. I want cookies - I want my fish fried instead of baked. Like today - when we were at target - i thought about buying a candy bar - said "well you only have 10.5 lbs to go and you have given yourself until 5/17 to hit that - so ya you can eat a candy - or have some rocky road ice cream" if you don't lose next week that's ok - well ya that's ok - but I sure and the HELL don't want to gain either - so I just say no... I am afraid that if I gain - that it won't stop = just like in the past - Don't ask me where this strenght is comming from - cuz i really don't know - I just thank God for it... So We do not think you are hopeless - we have an addiction and we are all diff on how we handle it - Look how good you have done almost 100 lbs in 8 months. That is what you have to focus on - I know that it had to be really hard on you today cuz the scales went up instead of down - it could be water the moving of the scale or tomorrow yu can get on it and it will show a 3 lbs loss - you know how fickle the scales can be - just write down what you eat for the next week - that will help (did you eat or drink something extra cuz you did walk and thought cuz i did exercise i can eat this or that) Did you eat something salty?? have you gone potty (#2) there are alot of factors here .. So please please don't feel hopeless you aren't you have lost a great deal of weight in a very short time (like a bypass person) just know we are here for you and that you ARE NOT HOPELESS... (hugs - hugs - hugs)

Captain Dan - Here you go... Bariatric Specialists @ Desert Regional Medical Center (Stergios Bldg) 1150 N Palm Canyon Dr Palm Springs, CA 92262 Time 6-8 p.m. Marsha - 1 800 491 4990 for reservation or 760-323-6346 you can also go to their website and do a reservation Desert Regional Medical Center-Palm Springs, CA It most likely would be good to register - I did it on the website eaiser than a phone call... If you are going - I might go - plus Pam aka Kity here is suppost to be going too.. I usually hate giving up an exercise night - but since I am working with a trainer now - I need that day of rest:tongue: If they ask you who referred you just say me - Janet Wright OMG YOU ARE AT GOAL OR REAL CLOSE - FREAKIN CONGRATULATIONS I JUST SAW YOUR TICKER - IN LESS THAN A YR,....

Cathy - Your doc sounds like mine - I had homework too - there are so many people here who don't know what to eat or do after they they have surgery - It sounds like you will have all your facts so that you will be able to succeed at this and not be lost as what needs to be done once you are banded. I have 1 older sister - she was happy for me - she doesn't have a weight problem - My little bro was ok too.. I guess they figured I was a big girl and I could make my own decisions. My support has been my Lucky#7 gang - We have the greatest group and my 50+ ladies - these are the 2 thread that I have posted to religiously since I joined in May.. Bypass vs lapbands - for me and per my doc it depend on many issues - if you are a big sweet eater - then bypass may be a better option as you don't absorb your calories and with the band you do and candy/sweet are easly eaten with the band - For me it was a portion control issue - I didn't eat tons of junk just too much good home cooked food and no exercise. Welll gotta get back to work - ttyl....

Good Morning Gang - TGIF Well you didn't hear from me last night cuz I was just too tired to get on the computer.. Came home and GS had cleaned my house - so I just vegged in front of the TV.. I think the Residence Inn is a good choice by the looks of the map its right around the corner and they have shuttles to Mall & Airport... Peaches you and Linda better stay away from the cliffs !!! Phyl - Tell Uncle Ed to go you know what - I am a lady so I won't say the actual words (ya right :angry_smile:) - You are doing great 70lbs - and just cuz you didint' lose this week we know that in a week or 2 you will drop 4-5-6 lbs. Son is staying away from me - I dropped the girls off on Wed and he had this big smile on his face and then ran in the house - he knows his mother and her temper.. Brandy - I bet you can now get a two piece - at 144 - you go girl... I haven't tried on suits yet - I have one or 2 that might fit - but after a few more tanning sessions I may venture into that section at the stores. Peaches - I know ppl who did that for smoking and it worked - hope it works for you - and we all have those stories - we will share all that junk at our gab fest in July.. Especaily after a few cocktails... I will warn you all right now - I am one of those people who just love everyone when I have a little buzz - but you all know already how much I love you guys now - so if we have cocktails don't be shocked if I tell you all again and cry... I think I am very lucky that I haven't really caved into any major wanting stuff (candy/brownies) - I wonder why - last night on the way home from worked I stopped at the store cuz I wanted some of this new juice "Plum Something" 60 calories 8 oz for the lite - well Stater Brothers use to carry sf angel food cake - I looked for it cuz it's good with a little yogurt and furit - well they don't carry it anymore. So ended up with just some strawberries - then GS was going out to starbucks and asked if I wanted anything - I wanted rocky road ice cream from 31 flavors - I figured 1 scoop would be ok - then I said no - he was being super nice (must want something & his bday is on tues) and said he would get it for me - I said no that ok - I don't need it. I think about this stuff - but just haven't actual gone out to eat it or get it - I think I am afraid to - cuz if I start - then I will slowly slip back into my old eating habits - Pris Phyl can help with the glitter - I took mine off as it's wasn't working half the time - I just did a word signature... (I remember that you do it just like you do your ticker - google glitter signature I think) Phly - can you help Pris with Glitter... Karri - How funny you mentioned the school counsler - I was thinking about that for both you and Steph - See you guys I spend alot of time thinking about you all - but I didn't know if you wanted someone where you work to know your business... Ok I started this an hr ago - I gotta get stuff done - I will ck back later ..

Steph - Oh girl - think about all those calories in that peach cobbler - for one serving 6 oz 420 calories - now do you really frickin what that many extra calories today - I don't think so - and you know what - when I do allow myself a little bit of a treat - it's never as good as I remember it. the -1 lbs feels so much better than what the taste of food is - heck you could have done Phyls 3 bite rule if you really wanted some. So tonite reward yourself in someway (nonfood wise) tonight for being strong and deterimined - you are in control now not the food -

Kristin Oh so sorry about your kitty ((Hugs)) I have 2 little dogs a little black pommerarian (lil bear) and a white toy poodle (angel) - I LOVE MY DOGS they sleep with me. I hope she/he will be ok... I think being sick will make you tighter by what everyone has posted.. Just try and get your fuilds in and rest - Hope you feel better soon. We understand not everyone can afford this trip or any trip - someone will have a lap top and we will take pics to post and report all about our trip. I am really looking forward to it.. Ok rest and will talk to you later

Jackie YOU GO YOU FRICKIN FANTASTIC WOMAN IN CONTROL CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!! I AM SO PROUD OF YOU !!!!! What is is with us and food - I will walk around and pick stuff up - look at the calories then put it back. My house is full of food - I really don't need to shop as often as I do.. Ok we will be good - I need to wake up too... Thanks of the props - I don't know what I am doing to lose the weight I eat and don't feel deprived 99% of the time - I know that I am not eating as much as I was even in the beginning - heck at the start I ate at least one healthy choice fudgecicle and 2 s/f puddings at night - my getting up and eating at night is almost nil - got up last nite - went and had 1/2 cig and drank 4 oz of crangrape juice - dinner was just some fish and a little of the enchillda sauce & cheese - on the side - I was full and happy.. I am going to be like our dear little Karri - I am not going to know how to stop loosing weight - I have been so fortunate imho - I haven't had any real plateaus or anything - Sometimes I worry - how am I going to stop loosing the weight - but in a way i figure that my body will tell me when enought is enought.. On the trainer issue - I think I will have him for minimum 2 months twice a week then move to 1 once a week - he is really good - very nice guy - easy on the eyes - and wants to know what you want expect from the workouts - told him I hate my back fat - so we did some back exercises - tricep - I think WE ARE WORTH THE INVESTMENT of a trainer if you can afford it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Karri Good for you.. I think with the TT you are going to lose minimum 20 lbs which is going to put you lower than your goal weight - and I totally understand this whole maintenance game - the closer I get to my goal weight - It's going to freak me out to eat more - and truely I guess I would just have to add some daytime Snacks - and maybe more red meat since I eat fish 95% of the time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- OK started this 1 hr ago - others most likely have posted :smile2: Phone ringing again ...

Lilo I have dog ear boobs (but truly I did when I was heavier i had ugly boobs with the fat I went to 42 D - I was orginally a 34 a or b and after the birth of my son 37 yrs ago I had saggy boobs - - I am now a 36 D - but totally deflated) My tummy has a little apron but not too bad - I wear lipo in a box - inner thighs not pretty and I have some bat wings - It's all about your genes and how long you have been overweight. No amount of exercise is going to fix saggy skin. I gotta say that I am pretty lucky - I have some sag but not as bad as others - I am not a beauty nake - but who sees me naked I dislike my arms but what I have read the scar from that surgery is uglier than the wings - I don't know if I want to go thru the pain of having surgery - in my clothes I look pretty good - I would rather spend the p.s. $$$ on my face - and I am lucky there too not too bad - I have hooded eyes and little bags under the eyes - but had this 80 lbs ago too - My face is what is seen and my body might not be perfect - but I feel so much better and who cares really and at our age we aren't going to have the body of a 20 yr old. I like said - no perfect body here - but over all I gotta say it looks a hell of a lot better than 80 lbs ago - saggy skin ain't gonna kill you but the fat will - that's the way I look at it..

Hey Ladies You are going to love your band when you get them... It is the best thing that you can do for yourself - as we are all in the 50+ gang and we finally realize that if we want to live a better and longer life that we need to get this fat off of us.. The band is a great tool to help us acheive this goals and with the help of our other tool (our brains) we will finally get it that this is a lifetime lifestyle change in our eating habits - that we must execrise and make healthy food choices to be healthy. I feel 10 yrs young - look like a normal person - feel 1 million times better about me - I am so proud of the work that I have done to accomplish this goal - and imho I have done the work not the band - yes it has helpped but I am the one who has made good food choices and gets my butt to the gym. I am the one who says no to the candy - fried foods - by band is my interior motivator ... Good luck to you all and welcome to lbt

Ok - take this one step at a time... This is a lifetime lifesytle change in your eating - Eating normal got you fat in the 1st place cuz what's normal for us is not what is considered healthy.. IMHO you can't continue to eat pizza, tons for fried foods, sugar, fast foods etc but just in smaller quanities and think that you will be a band sucess story - You have to eat healthy - low fat - low to sf free - you have to add exercise into your life. The band is not the magical cure to our issues with food - once you have proper restriction it will help control your portion size and if you don't chew or eat too fast you will get the stuck feeling (golf ball in chest pain) and this will happen cuz you can forget that you are banded - It does happen to me when I eat too fast or try to eat too much - You can eat around your band - Cookies, chips, ice cream all slip right on thru. I don't have acid reflux not everyone does - some people have never PB'd either - I may get a itty bit of heartburn every now and then - but I just take a chewable pecid - and I am just ducky.. You are worrried about complications - thats normal - but are you wondering about the complications that are going to happen if you stay obese - We don't think about all the damage that we are doing to our bodies with our unhealhty lifestyle - Stuff happens but not to everyone - I would say the majority of the people here have not had any major complication - Yes there are some - and we can focus on the negative and say Oh I can't do this or we can focus on the positive and say - Oh this is a great tool to help me learn a new healthy lifestyle which will pro-long my live and greatly improve the quality of it. This is a personal choice - only you can make the decision - but I can tell you from my point of view that the band is the best thing that I have ever done for myself - I love me for finally getting it - that I must eat healthy 98% of the time (and yes I still have pizza every now and then 1 piece not a whole pie) and exercise to be healthy - I love my band for the help in the portion control department. It took having major frickin surgery for me to get it - the band is a great tool - and your brain is even a bigger tool - with the combination it's a winning combination... Good luck on your journey....