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Karri - I got the same coment when I went to the beauty shop tonight - and you know what I said - yep - size 10 white jeans - :rolleyes2: - My hairdresser said they were going to start hateing me - cuz I was going to be thinner than them -(i don't think so ) but that was nice of her to say.. Popcorn is my snack most nights - It is my salvation - I try and eat one piece at a time - Glad you are going to have some time w/BF - I know how you miss him - so I hope you have a good time this weekend. As for my hair - got quite a bit cut off (2 1/2 inches) - right now it's right under my ears - same bob type cut - but way shorter - since i have lost weight my face went from being round to long - and I need height that I wasn't getting and my face was looking dragged down - so the new cut give me a more youthfull appearance - I will take pic tomorrow and post it. I have been lucky not to have lost any hair from surgery - I remembers yours being long and dark brown - I would ck with a shop and see about getting a bevealed bob like your moms :tt2:- I have very fine hair thin hair - like carmen diaz and the bevelled bob makes it look 10 times thicker than it is and if I remember right the shapes of our faces are similar - I have a big forehead and oval face - like i said before the length I had was just making my face look droopy.. I took botin right after surgery - cuz I didn't want to lose any hair - but in reading here they don't know what causes it - some think surgery and others lack of protien - I quit taking it about 3 months out - then read that at 3 - 4 months is when hair starts falling out - well since mine hasn't I hope its not going to start at 7 months Ok gange it's now 8:30 I haven't eaten yet - so I am off to eat and watch a littel t.v. - Talk to you all tomorrow - sweet dreams.. xoxox J

Amen to that - I think we only have funnel cakes here during the fair - I never had one - doesn't look that appealing to me - My vice at the fair is are the cinimon (sp) rolls - cream cheese frosting and walnuts - would eat one minimum - and all 4 if that's what i broght home - now 1/4 if that - and threw the rest away ...

Congratulations on your date - 3/18 is a good day - it's my grandson & brother's birthday... You will feel 10 yrs younger once the weight comes off - I know I do... Good Luck on your surgery...

Muffie - How much weight you lose is up to you not either surgery really and how long you keep it off is up to you too - neither operation is a quick fix to your issues with food. You gotta get your head in the game and make drastic changes in how you eat - Healthy - low fat - sugar free and add exercise in your life - that's the simple fact period end of story. The band is a tool that will help you control your portions once you have proper restriction - but you can eat around the band - liquid calories, candy, Cookies etc go right thru - with bypass you don't absorb your calories that is why they drop weight so fast (we banders still absorb our calories) but they have problems with malnutrition where we don't - we still have to take vitimans but our bodies absorb them. IMHO I think it really depends on what your trigger foods are as to which surgery you do - I over ate food period not fast food not tons of sweets (don't get me wrong I would have a sweet binge ever few months) but home cooked foods that were high fat and i was a total slug bug/couch potato - Now I eat healthy 98% of the time - I exercise 3-4 times a week - I have lost 76 lbs in 7 months and I am in my 50's !!!! I aint no spring chicken - in fact as of today I am just overweight - I am no longer MOBITLY OBESE. I love me for the work that I have done - I love my band for being there to help me accomplish my goals. Good luck to you on which every surgery you decide to have - that is your personal choice and only you can make that decision - but please note that neither are the quick fixes to your weight - You really will have to do the work - these surgeries are just tools.. My best to you on your journey...

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Steph - no feelings hurt - I don't think you were saying anything bad about us - Friendlly teasing - come on - don't be so senintive (sp) I am NOT a humble person - I have always tooted my own horn - my feelings are "if you don't who will "- I am proud of my accomplishements. Even when I was morbity obese and had a new outfit on i would strut my stuff.. I am a big bold personallity (fat or thin) - I think you already know this about me...

Thanks Ruby & Karri Karri running is just as good as a flip - and you can do that:thumbup: I had posted and I looked at my ticker and it said 29.9 and I thought I think you have hit a mile stone - so I ck'd the bmi calulator and sure enough..

AS OF TODAY I AM OFFICALLY JUST OVER WEIGHT I AM NO LONGER MORBITY OBESE (which I was when I started this journey) I AM NOT EVEN OBESE THE WORD OBESE NO LONGER APPLIES TO ME I AM JUST OVERWEIGHT !!!! :thumbup: :Banane10:

Denise - you are to frickin funny - :thumbup::lol::lol: so I am going to look like a freak with 2 dog ear boobs with 4 nipples..:lol:

Ok I just ordered this thought I would try it - I read about it in Good Housekeeping last night - Fiber Gourmet Light Pasta - 130 c vs 210 - per good housekeeping - doesn't taste exactly like pasta - but really close and is suppose to be good - I ordered the sampler - 23 bucks incl shipping and I think I get 4 or 5 diff kinds - I will let you know how it is.. Heck it's worth a try - 20 grms fiber - 7 grms protein - 130 calories .... FiberGourmet: The world's only guilt-free pasta - low calorie, high fiber.

Good Morning Gang... It's Thursday - Only 1 more day of work - This Sunday is my baby GD b-day - she will be 4 - going to Chuckie Cheesee (big whoop - I hate their pizza and I get to spend the afternoon with the Other GM - She is ok - but she is a big talker - i mean non-stop - I am so glad that my DIL isn't like that) OK just wondering here with all the talk about breast reduction (well except for our girl Ruby :wub:) I was just thinking out loud here - maybe I could call my breast lift a reduction - heck they are d's but totally deflated d's:biggrin: they hang so bad that the nipple should be in the middle not the bottom:biggrin: - couldn't we call that a reduction - heck they would have to cut half the boob off - I would be happy with a full c.. Might have to ck that out.. I can complain about pain - that's easy enought... Katrina - Hope you are feeling better soon !!!! Jackie - Proud of you girl for going to the gym :blushing: Glad to hear you have such a good relationship with your PA. OK not much to report on - so just wanted to say Good Morning - Will ck back later...

Denise - I totally understand - I really do - but you gotta do it gf... Karri - Isn't it against the rules to chew gum in school:lol: Ruby - Loved the stroll....:wub: Ok - I paid bills - got GD so didn't exercise and tomorrow hair - will go Friday Gotta run gotta watch GD... Just wanted to say Hi....

I have nose stud - had to take it out for surgery - but it went back in w/no problem and I stayed in the hospital 2 nites - my nose has been pierced for 2 yrs now..

Tweedhill - You must not be a Dr. Bobby patient as he is the one who gave me this info and I have attended the 1st meeting Lapband only group on 2/5 Yes - Desert Hospital (Palm Springs)has labpand only support group on the 1st Tuesday of the month - 3/4 - 4/1 - 5/6 & 6/3 At the Stergios Building at 6 p.m. to 8 p.m - Call Marsha Yosef program member - 760 323 6346 There is also support group at the JFK medical center on Washington in Palm Desert on last Monday of the month - this is for everyone - banded & bypass it's at 6-8 too 2/25 - 3/24 Strenght Training) - 4/28 (new coping skills)- 5/26- (eating onf vacation) 6/23 Joining Life- they have actual speakers at these meetings. There are a few of us from the Coachella Valley on this board. I love LBT as it is open 24/7 - and support group is only once a month..

Denise - I don't think of myself as an excercise fiend :biggrin:- I don't hate it as much but I do fight myself almost everyday to get to the gym :eek:- right now our weather is so nice and it's staying lighter longer and I would rather being doing something else after work - but Excercise is KEY for me in losing the weight. This is one area that I really want to push on everyone - it's that saying if I can do it so can everyone else - cuz I am not and never have been an athelctict (sp) person - I have always been a girly girl - I was the disco girl while my sister was the camping girl - I have always been the high heels & make up girl - so if I can get out there and do nothing else but walk - so can everyone - You deserve that 30 minutes or 40 minutes or even 60 minutes to yourself. You really do - the dinner - the house work - the family can wait - You are important and sometimes it is all about you... I can tell you one thing I have noticed over the last 7 months - I still sweat like a pig too - but you know what I don't break the sweat as fast and my t-shirt isn't soaking like it was (my head is dripping still though) - but again it's not summer yet - well that's what I tell myself - but I do think it's about the weight that is gone too - I guess I don't take credit for my work - So Denise - I want a promise from you to exercise 30 minute a day - even if you have to break it up into 10 minute segements. You can do it to girl :tt1:

Good Morning Gang.. Linda OMW you are 4 lbs short of lossing 100 lbs You are doing freakin great:Dancing_biggrin:and you do have to expect our weight lost to slow as we get closer and have already lost so much. IMHO we will struggle forever - not as had as we have in the past - but our fat brain is always going to be with us - I think we will have to stand guard over it for the rest of our lives - I think it will get easier - but for me personally I am still afraid that I will slowy slip back into old behaivors - That being said - I have never had this kind of support system either So I am putting this out there PACT FOR LUCKY #7's WE WILL CONTINUE OUR DAILY POST HERE EVEN WHEN WE REACH OUR GOAL AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER ABOUT OUR WEIGHT & PERSONAL ISSUES Steph - Glad to hear that you had a great day :biggrin: As for the X - I think that there are many of us who had that kind of comment made to us at one time or another. Screw them and the horse they rode in on. I had an xbf tell me something about being fat - and i was like 140 - .. I do have a question though for you teachers - school has changed alot since I was a kid and since my Son was in school - Now adays (with my GS) it seems that schools are spend so much time on preparing kids for the testing - I understand that the schools get $$$ based on their test scores - but I think it's about understanding the subject and not just how to pass a test. My GS went to a baculaurette school and they just seemed to worry about test scores and not a well rounded education. I know on other threads - ppl are always apoligizing for long post - well what the heck it takes more than 3 sentences to explain stuff - I have never gotten that part of the board - If I have something to say - I am going to say it if it takes up 3 pages. Karri - As you know your Mom is not one to mince words and with you I am not worried that you will be hurt - cuz you know that I understand where you are coming from - it's all about control - just like before the band - we controlled the food we put in our mouth (we were in control about it - we planed it - we hid it - we decided we deserved it) - now we are controlling what we don't put in our mouths (well for the most part anyway :smile2:). I feel that with the help and insight that each of us have and will post in the future we will relax and have the support we need to win this battle - well that's my hope anyway.. Ok I started this at 7:30 it's now 8:47 - have had a millon interuptions - i don't know why they expect me to work at work:eek: - so gotta go. TTYL

Darling I am not a doctor so really can't answer your question - and the only way your doc can tell if you streached your pouch is with fluro (xray) Heck I eat 1 - 2 cups of food and my doc knows this and he never said anything about streaching my pouch - this morning I had made myself 1/2 of a Peanut Butter sandwich for Breakfast - i ate about 1/2 of it - I was full - I don't think that amount of food is streaching my pouch... What is your typical daily food -how many calories are you eating a day and what kind of exercise are your doing and for how long.

Beth CONGRATULATION 10 YRS - HAWAII The last one I had and wore twice was from Lane Bryant - You are just going to have to go to the mall and try them on I thnik. When do you go?? I am so happy for you.. Have an umbrella drink for me... Karri - My original goal was 170 - so I am only 5 lbs from that - but then you joined us and I was looking at your goal weight and we started out the same and have been losing close to the same - so I thought I should shoot for 160 cuz it gives me a better BMI - still not 25 but close enought for a women my age. Plus there was a big fight on one of the threads about why us fat people only chose to lose like half of our excess weight and why not lose all of it - it was battle royal - people calling one girl - I think it was Chickie too skinny - she even took her picture off her signature. And the arguments they gave there made sense - why aren't we striving for our health to get all our weight off - but as I told them at my age and if I was 145 - I think I would look sickly - but again that is the max I should weigh for my height and truly I'm under 5'4 - more like 5'3 1/2. But this is me and I will only do what makes me happy and not what someone else thinks is right for me - I think 160 is a good number I am going with for my happy weight - which is a weight that is attainable and maintainable without beating yourself up - Karri do you get Self Magazine - there was an artical in it last month - p.m. me your address and I will send it to you.. I get tons of complements - I feel so much better and I am giving myself 3 months to lose the 15 lbs - that's 5 lbs each month and I think that is doable and turly if I get to 90 lbs gone by 7/17/08 - I will be very happy.. What are the wrong reasons - Heck 100 lbs gone is a very big accomplishment and you need to say yes I set the goal and I accomplished it I am proud of me. You are such a beautiful, giving, smart young lady and you have accomplished all this on your own. I think you are well balance and level headed for a girl who has gone through your uphill battle to become a wonderful adult. You have to give yourself a break - you need to lighten up a bit - it's good to be serious and goal orientated - but not obessive.. Weepy - is it that time of the month?? I use to get very angry when I was younger at that time - then last few years I got weepy and lovey dovey - I would tell my dh I love you and he would say - you are getting ready to start - and I would ck the calendar and he was right:lol: Just want you to know that you are loved and appreciated for the wonderful young lady that you are...:biggrin2: Ok - I went to the gym - I walked my 3 miles - went to the neighborhood store and they didn't have any fresh green beans :thumbup: - got some sunless tanning spray - Weather here is great - 83 today - so if I want to wear my new capri's I need a little color on my legs :glare: cuz I look like casper :tt2: Well, last night dinner was enought for 2 nites - so all i have to do is throw it in the microwave - which I am about to do - it's almost 7:30. I will ck back later -

Jackie - It's one of the reasons - I really don't drink too much anymore - it's the way I feel afterwards - just not worth it and heck with the band I just can't eat like I use to - and I hate that.. OK - the battle starts - I don't want to go exercise. I would rather go to Costco and get some fish & veggies - Yes I know you all are saying well why can't you just do both - #1 I get off at 4 and get to the gym by 4:30 before everyone else does and I can get MY treadmill and I am one of those people who if I break my pattern I won't go - cuz it will be too late - too many people - etc excuses - cuz i really don't have anything else to with my time except talk to you all... #2 can't go after the gym cuz I am all sweaty etc I can't go there looking like I do after the gym - I will run in to our neighborhood market - but not go to costco. I am getting complacant - with my weight loss - I am still eating good but am not exercising since I did lose 2 lbs last week and I haven't been on the scale since - maybe I should get on it - cuz if it's not moving or going up that is incentive to go to the gym . Well gotta log off - I will fight with myself all the way home - but bet you 99% i will go to the gym - but it will be a fight

Karri Kids today have no common sense... Hugs to you... Here is a real virus warning we got from our IT person today - Please DO NOT open any e-cards sent to your email address here, even if it seems like it was sent by someone you know. If you receive one that you think is legit, do not open it but instruct the sender to send it to your home email address (and still, open at your own risk, this is a REAL virus warning).

OK gang - another slow day on lucky #7 board - I guess everyone is working - me too - I just ck in between my files. Back from lunch - 1 cup one pot wonder and 16 oz of fresh squeezed pink grapefruit juice -45 minutes after eating:tongue:

Easier said than done :biggrin: I understand - but since you have been lifelong friends - I would try - can't hurt. My best to you..

Hate to say it but looks like they are fairweather friends - or maybe I am just very lucky - my friends are still my friends - even the ones that are still heavy - they are proud and happy for me that I have lost weight - but again we are older and that may have something to with it. If I were you I would hit the subject head on with them - Tell them how you are feeling - they can't do anymore than they have already done - maybe they think you are now judging them - just put it on the table and have a frank discussion with them Good Luck..

Ruby - I don't think we are throwing it in anyones faces - I think Steph as the newest new comer said that too - I know that I am happy for anyone who loses 1/2 lbs - and sad if they gain - We share our joys & sorrows - I agree with "If I can do it so can you" On the exercise front - I always find my 1st day back after being off a day or 2 the hardest - I was feeling pretty strong last night - but at 3 miles - i said forget this and turned it off - Like I have said - I don't hate exercise like I use to - but I don't LOVE it either... Denise - I know you are a few yrs younger than me but I agree witht he whole body lift issue - at my age I really don't care - I would like it - but don't know if I want to spend the $$$ and there is always the PAIN factor Time will tell - lose that 20 and go from there - maybe he will give you a discount.. Ruby - I think I would do arms before body lift - body covered by clothes and here in the desert all the summer clothes are sleeveless - and I hear that the scar from an arm lift is pretty bad - but I dislike my arms very much - so it all depends on cost - I am about to go see a ps for my face - I have bags under my eyes and I look tired (also have hoods over my eyes) and now that my face isn't all plumped out - it looks so long... but again - I don't like pain - so who knows when I will get the courage to really do something - it took yrs for me to finally get banded and insurance covered it - as we all know p,s. usually isn't - so thats a big factor. Ok - back to work -:cool:

Good Morning Gang !!!! Steph - I feel sorry for all you teachers - OMW you guys have a lot of work with hardly any pay or acknownledgement from parents & kids.. Hugs to you all for being good teachers:thumbup: Karri - Hugs back to you - I would never wag my finger on food choices as long as you are in your calorie intake limit for the day - I wouldn't nesssaaryily agree to just eating a bag of M&M for your 1000 calories - cuz you need your nutrition but every now and them - eating that bag of does the trick - but for me I gotta have real food - I have a new bedtime snack - fiber cookies w/pb & little jam - 200 calories - so yesterday had 850 for the day - I think today I am going to have to up them a bit - I truely haven't been getting 1000- 1200 most days - more like 800 - 900 max.. On the exercise issue - We are a lot alike and pushing ourselves to do more and more - My Uncle told me (we are alike too) that is how we burn ourselves out and then will quit all togther. We just make it too hard - if we aren't going 110% - it's that all or nothing attidute - He told me to slow down - relax and enjoy what you are doing - concentrate on your form - listen to your music - We don't always have the energy to work out hard everyday - we work - we have lives - and sometime we are tired - so you did good with bartering with yourself - heck 1/2 hr is better than no exercise. Phyl - that sounds good - I am hungry this morning.. Marcy - Glad you stopped by we miss you - I bet you are tired of winter - Crab - you lucky girl..... Well, gotta get to work - I have had 3 people in here since I started this 1/2 hr ago... Will ck back later..