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Phyl - I am sorry about your son - as you know I have some of the same issues with mine, so I totally understand.... The sadness - could be hormonal as we don't eat all the junk we use to and our bodies still want all those feel good chemicals from all the sugar we us to eat... That's Dr. Janets answer anyway - IMHO it's cuz it's xmas time and we know that we can't eat all that junk and everyone else is.. I look at these people with disgust - all that bad sugar that they are putting in their bodies along with chips - fat fat fat - I watch people eat in our lunch room - sort of makes me sick - they lose weight and go back to eating a big bag of chips with their lunch - a girl who has diabietes (sp) was going for the carmel/choc popcorn at lunch yesterday - I told her don't do it - it has sugar... See gang I just not the food cop/angel here but at work too. Thanks Brandy - I have pb'd on pudding from eating too fast - Don't worry I think our band and tougher than we think Kristin - Hi - when you are looking - just drop a shout out to us - let us know how you are doing.

Cool Pics - But just think about all that yellow stuff - gross - glad that cuz of the band i have lost 52 lbs of that ugly yellow fat... You never think of it attaching to the outside of your tummy like that..

See I forgot Jackie :0)

Where in the heck is everyone !!!!!!:roll: Phyl - you haven't posted today... Ihope today was a better day for you... Dini - you haven't posted since you came back from NYC Ruby - How's the boobies... Nicole, Lynette, Kathybad, CeCe - CC - riiberty - chim - Jeannie - just to name a few that we havent heard from in a long time... I know I am missing a bunch of people - but you gotta forgive me i'm old - worked all day - walked 2,5 miles rod the bike for 2 miles - and am cooking dinner. and as soon as i seen your name - I will say - OH Ya I love her - how could i forget her .... So shout out to all lucky #7... Linda - Distant - Karri - Mango how are you girls today Well, everyone must be hiding, shopping - asleep etc... I was just cking in - waiting for my salmon to defrost - drinking my water tomorrow will be weight in day - hope for .5 to 1 lbs - but will be happy with staying the same... Well, I am of to see what's on t.v. Ck back later ..... xoxoxo Janet

Justin - The band does not prevent heart disease. You can still eat high fat - high colestoral (sp) foods with the band. The band only controls your portion size when you are at correct restriction - which can take awhile. The band is only a tool and not the magic cure to our food issues - The tool is used with a healthy eating plan and exercise which will result in weight loss - If you had control before then why where you looking into the band I am guessing that you didn't have control over the amount of food you ate before due to your weight (285) I am not trying to be mean here just stating a fact. Even with the band if you choose to eat around it (wrong types of food) you will not loose or/& gain it all back - this is a lifetime lifestyle change. You can eat all the salad & veggies in the world - but if you keep eating sweets & high fat foods you aren't going to loose weight.. If you have never tried eating healthy in your life prior to being banded why did you think the band was going to help you... I am a tad confused as most of us here have been over weight most of our lives and have problems with portion control - I find that my band is my interior motivator - I eat healthy 98% of the time I exercise 4 to 5 times a week - I want to extend my life.. The majority of people here were banded to extend their lives - and of course we do like looking alot better - but mostly it's for health reasons. I think you are in a bit of denial - but that's ok - the 1st step in recovery is admitting that you have a problem - You see most of us are addicted to food - it's our drug of choice and I would guess you are too There was a guy out there who went on the McDonald diet and lost weight - so it's not always about what you eat - it's the amount of calories that you eat... Justin - read all you can before you have surgery to really understand what being banded is -- this site is wonderfull and full of info. I love my band and would do it all over again....

Good Morning Gang How is everyone this wonderful morning.... Just cking in to see what's up with everyone this morning.. Salsa - I don't envy you being a teacher - but give you props - a very difficult job now a days. Kids are so different today.. I'm glad I'm not the only one who has the urge to tell strangers what to do... But have to remind myself - it's not your business - Now if I saw someone smacking their kid inappropriately or something of that nature - I would butt in.. Marcy - QVC also has custom made jeans.. I am a big QVC shopper But I am afraid of ordering cuz if you go by my waist size in ordering clothes by their chart - I would be like an 18 - I can fit a 14 have a tad muffin going on when I sit - but my blouse covers. Well, Ladies - have a good day - make good choices and I will ck in later :kiss2: Janet

Phyl Sorry you had a bad day :kiss2: Hope tomorrow is better:) Jackie - yes Kids are alot bigger now then when I was younger - you always have had the big kids - but now when you walk in the mall there are alot of big girls in tight clothes - I just want to cry - heck today at the gym there was a girl in her 20's - bleach hair - weigh 280 white TIGHT capris - and a TGHT seafoam tank top - OMG every roll and dimple showed... How can someone walk out the door looking like that.. I know I should be kinder - she was at the gym - but - the rest of us had to look at her... Well - I am off for the night - did 2.5 miles now gotta go cook my fish.. Talk to you all tomorrow - have a good night - sweet dreams...

I remember 29 waist Ditto jeans - once i even got into a 28...Those were the days "DISCO" I was a Disco Girl back in the day.. I started going to clubs when I was 20 with my Sister's Fake ID - heck back then you could have a paper temporary drivers license and the would let you in and once you were a regular they never checked you any more - I even dated one of the guitar players "just call me a groupie". OMG those were the days - I had alot of fun... I'm smiling as I remember those days - in fact the guitar player guy was the one who said "what did you do to that beautiful body" when he saw me a few years later - and I was weighing 180.. - back in the day I was 115 - 120...

I do feel full when I eat - had 1 cup turkey chili for lunch and was tummy full

kcval Welcome !!!! #1 - 1 to 2 lbs a week is normal - you have lost 9.25 per month this is normal Are you exercising?? Do you keep a food log... What are your calories for a day?? Are you eating healhty foods or are you eating the same food you ate before just in smaller quanities?? #2 - You are eating only 4 oz per meal??? I just ate 1 cup of turkey chili and I'm full - I have had 2 fills so far - my restriction isn't as tight as it was a month ago - but I think i have pretty good restriction. I eat 4-5 oz fish 1/2 c veggies & 1/2 c rice for dinner and am usually quite full and but still have head hunger issues. Are you getting you 60 grms of Protein and drinking all your Water. #3 - I don't keep up with my fill #'s - don't see the use of it - I know most of us July babies have the new bands- my doc said I have the new band - don't know if it 4cc or 10cc- I think the size of your band depends on the size of your stomach.. I don't really care what size band or how many cc's are in it - the only # i care about is the number on the scale. I keep a food log - keep my calories about 1000 - 1200 daily - I exercise 2 or 3 miles 4 to 5 days a week. Let me know what you are doing...

1st Step: Admiting There's a Problem<!-- google_ad_section_end --> <HR style="COLOR: #e9e9e9" SIZE=1><!-- / icon and title --><!-- message --><!-- google_ad_section_start -->Ok so through-out this whole process I have never admitted to myself that I have a problem. I have moaned and groaned to myself about how my restriction isnt good and I haven't lost my last 20-25 pounds. But I came to the realization that I am choosing to be over weight. I now know the band isnt going to do all of the work for me. I choose to eat too much.. I choose to not exersize enough.. I choose to let my hubby sabatosh me.. I dont have to do any of it. I dont have to eat food because its around and I can exersize more. So I have decided today to choose to be thin. No matter how hard it is and even if my band doesnt work as well as other people, I can do it anyway. I dont need great restriction to get off my ass and move around more. So what have I been waiting for? I suppose inside I wasnt really ready but I am choosing to be ready today and tomarrow and the next day. Restriction or not This was a thread posted by gummiebear - I think that it was great and would share with the rest of you in case you didn't catch it...<!-- google_ad_section_end --> <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

1st Step: Admiting There's a Problem Ok so through-out this whole process I have never admitted to myself that I have a problem. I have moaned and groaned to myself about how my restriction isnt good and I haven't lost my last 20-25 pounds. But I came to the realization that I am choosing to be over weight. I now know the band isnt going to do all of the work for me. I choose to eat too much.. I choose to not exersize enough.. I choose to let my hubby sabatosh me.. I dont have to do any of it. I dont have to eat food because its around and I can exersize more. So I have decided today to choose to be thin. No matter how hard it is and even if my band doesnt work as well as other people, I can do it anyway. I dont need great restriction to get off my ass and move around more. So what have I been waiting for? I suppose inside I wasnt really ready but I am choosing to be ready today and tomarrow and the next day. Restriction or not This was a thread posted by gummiebear - I think that it was great and would share with the rest of you in case you didn't catch it...

Gummiebear You go girl !!!!! You got it (mentally and that's where 99% of the problems lies)!!!! You will win this battle!!! :clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2:

Way to go Crabcake - 10 lbs by 1/3 :clap2: I am just aiming for 1 lb a week for the month of December... Luvsrocks - Good for you - I did this too - well not 5 weeks prior to surgery but a couple of weeks before. Carol - Hope this fill gets you to your sweet spot - It helps cuz once you have eaten your protein first not much room for those nasty carbs Denise - Head Hunger - OMG this is what the whole battle is about - even with proper restriction - head hunger rules. I have problems with this alot especially at night - but the only thing that really helps is that i don't have the bad stuff in the house and only cook single servings (sometime I do have lunch leftovers especially if I make a one pot wonder) but I will find myself - looking - looking for more to eat cuz it taste so good..

Yep I am back - So watch out everyone the food angel is back I am patroling again .... You can have your sweets (moderation) - but remember you gotta pay for them with increased exercise and very healthy food choices for all your meals... OK GANG - HERE IS THE DECEMBER MOTTO I WILL ALLOW MYSELF A FEW TREATS - BUT I WILL PAY FOR THEM - I WILL INCREASE MY EXERCISE AND ALL MY MEALS WILL BE LOWER CALORIES AND VERY HEALTHLY CHOICES. Had a great time with my Sis & BIL - but omg I was tried by the time they left - it's not that we did alot - i would have done more with them not here but - would have had quiter evenings.. Not talk talk talk... You would never know it but I am an introvert... Being around people for a long time - wears me out - I love my time to myself to recharge... I like getting back to my routine...

Michelle It just might be too many carbs - typical daily food BF - 2 eggs or egg beater - or Yogurt with 1/4 c granola - or 1 weight control oatmeal. Lunch - turkey chili beans 1 cup or cup of veggies & little can of tuna or soup. Dinner - 4 or 5 oz fish - 1/2 cup rice or red baked potatoes and veggies Snacks - sf yogurt - or sf pudding or sf fudgecicle. I eat carbs (don't count veggie or fruit - just rice pasta bread etc as carb) - but not alot and i rarely drink - and when I do have a sandwich or toast I buy lite bread. (40 caloires a slice) I would cut the wine and piece of bread and add veggies and a salad... imho Are you exercising?? drinking your water???

Salsa - CONGRATS ON ONELANDERS:clap2: and yes if you lost tons last week this week is going to be slowing if anything.. Just keep up the good work Mango - ONEDERLAND - FANTASTIC !!!:clap2: OMG Ruby - we are Sisters - I can relate to all of the above - start out with 14/16 in plus size section then move to regular section- i am 14/16 in pants in plus size - some xl tops in regular womens - and 1x in plus. I kept a couple of pairs of 16 pants cuz some times I don't want the tight waist - 16 are way to baggy but comfey (sp) i did buy a 2 x when i went shopping a couple of weeks ago - cuz it was a cute top and 1 x was too tight... Yes some brands are cut smaller than others and sometimes - you can try on a 14 and it fits and then try on a 16 and it doesn't - I don't try to be ruled by this size but how it looks on me and makes me feel. But yes I can relate to trying to down size and being so afarid that they won't fit and I will say - WHAT'S THE USE... Take baby steps - do plus size 14 1st - then move to 16 in womens and then include a 14 - it will really depend where you carry your weight too and make sure they have some streach - that always helps..

Distant - Thanks!!!! - ya I did work very hard - till 2 pieces of cake - 2 cookies and ya i forgot to tell about the cheese cake - but i didn't drink the calories and really enjoyed the sweets instead and my food calories weren't too bad. I did exercise M/W/T/F last week didn't on Saturday and did 2 miles today... Am back to fish and veggies for dinner - plus i am having a tooth problems and can't chew really well - can't get into the dentist til 12/12 - thank God no real pain ... I agree with Linda - you looked good at 199 - but you will look good at 135 and you will be healthier too. I think those of us who weight in the mid 200 & above look at the lower weights and bmi as skinny already - but I know you weren't - You werent as fat as most of us but you were overweight and your bmi was not normal.. Looking GOOD Girl - you keep of the good work :clap2: I am proud of you for getting a handle on it while you are young and not waiting until you have major health problems - You have extended your life... Linda - Xmas cookies - OMG - put me in a major depression last week just thinking about them - I will be baking them at my DIL's and will bring a baggie home for GS and will allow myself 5 of them (may change that to 10) Plus I have the whole tamales issue too... They aren't diet food - masa lard cheese - OMG they are great - going to make and cook them too.. We will just have to increase our exercise for all this EXTRA food... This is why I am only a level 2 for Kathybad's challenge:p and am in Nichol's exercise challenge gotta pay for the sweets some how... If I had trays of xmas cookies in my kitchen - they would be eaten by me - band or no band... My drug of choice - so what i bring home for my gs will be hidden from me and once my 5 or 10 are gone then that's it no more - tamales too - will bring home just a few and when they are gone they are gone - won't have ton's of junk - but will have some - ..... I will continue to eat healthy and exercise during the month of December - but will allow myself more treats than I have in the last 4 months - plus I go on 12/19 for another fill - (only need a tad as of right now) We will survive!!!!! We will continue to lose... We will eat healthy 98% of the time and we will EXERCISE !!!!

Hi Gang ~~~ I'm back............................. My Sis left this morning a little before 7 a.m. - I am at work going thru my 117 emails and readying everyones updates here. Congrats Ruby for the great boobies and hubby. I was a 42 C - am now 38 D and would be happy at a 34 Full B.. I need the lift mostly.. but heck I would rather do my face 1st - the other stuff is covered up by clothing and a bra.. I didn't drink the whole time my Sis was here (my family likes to drink) but at the 40 yr wedding anniversary we went to I did eat cake:eek: said i would rather eat my caloires than drink them:p - haven't been on the scales - won't till Thursday - so will see how I did - as of last thrus did make 198 :bounce: We had rain & wind Friday & Saturday and I am colder than i use to be - i guess it's cuz we don't have all that insulation any more to keep up warm:p Well gotta get back to work - will ck in later xoxox Janet

Mango - That's a REALLY GOOD one - i was in such shock - That would have been great --- I can be quick witted sometimes - but not like you - I have a gf who is quick witted to... Love it....

Sue - I don't think thats going to work - we are food addicts this will be a life time battle for us - Lifetime Lifestyle Change... I wish it would only take 3 months Brenda - CONGRATS !!! YOU WILL BE IN OUR THOUGHTS & PRAYERS.. Denise - I get pissed when something stops me from going to the gym it's no cuz i love it - but know that it's my secert wepon to lose weight. Michelle - I am glad you are doing better and have had 2 good strong days... That's great to hear... One day at a time - that's it.. You were so supportive when I 1st got here - I remember your kind advise - for some reason I have the impression you are a very soft spoken kind woman who maybe doesn't always stands up for herself... But you are now on a journey where you are doing everything within your power to become a healthy strong woman that you are deep inside.. Well gang guess who I met today - someone from this board... Phyllser & I had breakfast this morning - she lives in Washington and is a what we call a snowbird - she & her hubby spend their winter here in the Desert about 20 miles from where I live. I think it's great to be able to meet someone you talk to here... My sis will be here tomorrow for 4 day - got the guess room cleaned up with fresh sheets - dusted - vacuumed etc - and now i am hungry - off to my fish & veggie & 1/2 c rice. Talk to you all later..

Tammy - I have seen couch to 5K but don't know what it is - we have an exercise challenge for December - 20 day from 12/1 to 12/25 if i remember correctly - I think Jackie is in charge of that one... Not sure We also have the level challenge that Kathybad started. go back a couple pages.. As far as fills go - who the heck knows - my 1st fill tight right away - had good restriction for about 1 1/2 then it loosened up - 2nd fill 10/24 and didn't feel it that first day - in fact took a couple days but my doc makes me go back to banding diet (1 week full liquids - 1 week mushie - 1 week soft - the regular ) I don't follow orders real well - so I do about 4 days liquids - then move to mushie/soft - I eat fish 99% of the time and it's very soft ... I have some restriction but not a lot right now but if I eat too fast i will get the golf ball & the other night pb'd on a 4 bites of a cheese enchillada.... I am lucky I have a gym right across the street from my housing tract I have been on vacation for the last 2 weeks so I have been going in the morning after I drop the grandkids off at school - but usually go right after work - I walk on the treadmill most days (4 to 5 times a week) - 2 to 3 miles and maybe 4 on Saturday and some days will do a little on the weight machines - I keep a food diary and eat about 1000 to 1200 calories a day - i save my morning & afternoon Snacks for nights as this is when i want to eat the most.. Tomorrow is my weigh day (I only weigh in once a week cuz the scales are just to fickle - one day up 2 -next down 3 - but I hope to be in onelander tomorrow - What's my motivation- I feel so much better and have so much more energy ... I am able to buy 14/16's was in a 22/24 top and 18/20 pants I get ton's of complements - well execpt today when I picked up Grandaughter (3yr) from pre-school - some RUDE little boy called me an OLD LADY - i am only 52 - I told him some day he would be old just like me...

Hey Gang - I have been MIA for 2 days... This has been the busiest vacation ever.. I am going to have to go back to work to rest!!!!!! Salsa - I agree with the commitment and $$$$ - I think it's that stupid surgar that got to me... Felicia - Welcome to pb' world - I get golf ball from eating to fast and the other day pb'd my cheese enchilada by eatting too fast... I forget i have the band most of the time. Macry - I love your pic's - to me crusing is the only way to go on vacation ... I have BC California and I didn't have to have any supervised diet - just noted all the diets programs I had been on... I think it should depend on your bmi - age - how long you have been overweight -co-morbitiies etc a gf told me that a PS doc here in the Desert is now doing the surgery and you only have to be 50 lbs overweight.... I don't think I would bother if i had to wait 3 yrs to get banded - but again - there are those who think the band is the magic answer to food issues and put the weight back - so that in itself tells you it's not being just banded but the whole mind thing that's needs working on - I bet insurance companies will make it harder as they collect more #'s on how long the weight stays off. OK my Sis just called - they are staying with me for 4 day - so i guess i gotta go clean the guess room - wash the sheets dust and make room in the closet.. OMG more work - but worth it.... It will be nice having my Sis for 4 dayss. Yep - Phyl & I met for breakfast - it was great meeting another Lucky #7... She is just as sweet in person as she is on the board... Phyl - our pic didn't come thru - try to upload again Well gotta go clean and then food shopping - my bro in law is a breakfast eater Shout outs to Peaches, Chim, Jackie, unruhly, distant, Mango... And everyone else - gotta get moving... Dini should be on her way back to Ireland - think she came Sat and was going to be here for 4 day (per Phyl ;0)

Phyl Got your message when i got back from gym - called left you message - will be at cottage 10:30 today.... ok... I see you are on line ;0)

Hi Michelle I was wondering where you were!!! I am glad you are ok - depressed but not in an accident or in the hospital - How's your Mom?? I am over the honeymoon period with by band - Over thanksgiving had a couple of pieces of cake - had turkey day twice - now i keep going into the kitchen and looking for food... That's why I am on the computer - I need distraction,... Food issues - well not feeling very smart tonite - so i will leave that for another day... Thank goodness for the band cuz it doesn't let you down right pig out..