IndioGirl55

I have a question... Why does anyone care how much fill they have. What's the purpose in knowing??? All I care about is being at my sweet spot - Which I think I am at after my second fill. All I know is that I have the new band small i think - imho the only numbers I care about are the ones on the scales moving downward...

Sunny - So happy to have you back - and yes being accountable is good thing - I haven't ever been to TOPS - but if it's anything like WW it's will be very good for you... Congrats on the 12 lbs:clap2: Linda - No one is going to get on your case - Maybe he will surprise you for with a treadmill for xmas.... Blooeyez - It will be good to get a little unfill you don't want to hurt yourself by being too tight...

Phyl - Whatelse can I say - Men:paranoid Crabcake - I too wasn't going to buy any clothes until at goal - but I was swimming ins 99% of my clothes - went out this past weekend and bought 9 top 4 pair of pant - Since I still work I really needed some stuff cuz I didn't feel good in my old clothes - Yes got to Walmart Target - Mervin's was haveing a great sale - buy just a couple things - that aren't expensive and I agree - cruises aren't as dressy as they once were unless you are going on a Holland or one of the more ritzy lines. Enjoy your 3 days at sea... Welcome Titslereaux - This is a great group !!!!:Banane20: LBelle - Congrats on getting banded and Welcome :clap2:

Ok gang I want you to know i am having a sliver and i mean sliver of the worlds best choc cake (it's the size of those thin breads by northridge i think 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 1/4 thick..). A girl in our office makes the BEST choc cake (hersery powder) to die for. But you know what - i have only eaten maybe 1/4 and it's really not as good as i remember - I think I will do the " Better in Thee (trash) Than In Me" trick OK YES I JUST THREW IT AWAY :clap2: - I AM STRONG I AM WOMAN Before you all think of me as a Godess - yes i did a good thing - but during the daytime it's easy for me to eat healthy BUT had i had this piece of cake at home during my night time kitchen raid - I most likely would have eaten it all and wanted more....

:biggrin1: Sunshine - I am the food cop (angel) on the Lucky #7 thread !!!!! Put that candy down NOW - you don't need it... Yes I have heard that it can take 2 weeks to feel the fill. If i eat pudding too fast i will pb....

Bonnie - Sorry to hear you are having such troubles - :girl_hug: Well with all your jobs you should be getting enought exercise:eek: I can barely do my job - get in my 30 minimum exercise and deal with my house and I am single w/16 yr grandson.. To Do do your own job - his and the stuff around the house - props to you for being such a strong woman (See what i tell you guys all the time WE ARE STRONG WOMEN - I bet you 10 to 1 a man couldn't:p) Ok gang I want you to know i am having a sliver and i mean sliver of the worlds best choc cake (it's the size of those thin breads by northridge i think 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 1/4 thick... A girl in our office makes the BEST choc cake (hersery powder) to die for.) But you know what - i have only eaten 1/4 and it's really not as good as i remember I think I will do the Better in Thee (trash) Than In Me trick - OK YES I JUST THREW IT AWAY :clap2: - I AM STRONG I AM WOMAN - -

Ya - NMSunshine - that's the whole point of being a grown up - no one telling you what to do...

Salsa I am glad to hear/read that you are going to the doc tomorrow and i applaud your determination too:clap2: Yes - keep us filled in :pabout how your day goes tomorrow... xoxox Janet

My Xdh never knew how much i weighed - there were times when i weighted more than him... and he isn't a skinny guy :omg: As far as anyone temping me - nope - this is the good part of being single - I don't buy it so it's not there - I only go out to eat maybe once every 2 weeks with gf from work. But then again - I don't have anyone at home looking over my shoulder saying "are you suppose to eat that" That - doesn't work for me - just makes me want to eat more.... This is the rebel part of me - please don't tell me not to do it - cuz then i will want to do it just cuz i was told no... OMG I am a 52 yr old brat :heh:

Great work Nichole !!!!! Thanks !!!!

DITTO - I don't like generalizations....

Yes Carol - I will go for my mamo - pap yearly - suppose to have my blood ck'd at 6 months - all the blood was for all the vitimans and then some.. Colon don't have to do for another 5 i think... Beachbon - Congrats on the 100 lbs good - you are an inspiration... Green - I am glad you are doing better and really wish you would change your mind and post pics..

Jackie - I don't like gummy bear candy so I don't think I would like the vitimans either... I am pretty good about getting veggie and a little fruit in daily - and I just bought a big bottle of the centrium - still have the flinstone that I need to give my DGD.. So I will continue to take every few days... Salsa - Make sure you let us know how you are

Salsa - Never apoligize for venting - that's what we are here for - I could never be a teacher (though as a child that's what i wanted to be) I am sorry that you are in such dire straights... If this doesn't get better by tomorrow I would call your doc - you don't want something bad to happend and I have read if you are too tight it can hurt your tummy - so you may need to make that 6 hr trip - i know more stress - but GF you gotta take care of you... Congrats Jackie :whoo::clap2::bounce: It's so great when the scales move in the downward postition.... I am terrible about taking my vitimans I take them every couple of days - I dislike the whole chewable thing - but really - I'm not good with pills period - except my high blood pressure pill which i take before bed..

Nicole Forgot to give you your props for breaking 230 :clap2::clap2: You go girl :bounce:

Excercise Challenge - Count me in My mini goal to be 185 by my bday 1/29 ...........

rebellerina - congrats on trying to improve your life - part of what your bf says is true - this is A LIFETIME LIFESTYLE change - not something you are going to do for a couple of months and then go back to the way you ate before the band - if you do this then yes all the weight will come back on. The band is not the magic cure all for your food issues - they band your tummy not your brain - the band does 25% of the work but the other 75% is up to you by making healthy food choices & exercising. I was told over and over again when I first started researching the band that it was only a tool - and i really didn't understand what they were talking about - the more i read the more i learned - you can eat around the band - you will have head hunger issues - there is so much more to this than just being banded. I am almost twice your age and have fought weight most of my life - i have done it all - lost it - but always regained it cuz i didn't keep up with a healthy eating plan and would quit exercising - The band helps control your portion size once you obtain correct restriction aka your sweet spot and to me it is the internal motivation that I need - But I am still in the begining stages - it's not the losing it that's always the problem it putting it back on - I am older and know that I don't have many chances left - so I must and will make this a lifetime lifestyle change in my life. If you have this committment in your soul - to really change your issues with food then I say go for it... But if you think it's just that band that's going to magically make the weight fall off then - i say keep on reading and learning before you consider surgery... Good Luck on your journey....

:clap2::clap2::clap2: CONGRATS DISTANT0098 :whoo::whoo:

PCGirl - Isn't the band just great - I agree totally with the not dieting per se - this is not a diet but a lifetime - lifestyle change - good healthy foods in smaller protions. I feel so much better than 4 months ago - I feel like a new person already and I still have 43 lbs to go. OMG by then I will be flying high

Crabcake - here in the desert we wear as less as possible too - don't have that much humidity but even dry heat at 110 is awful... - I don't think i would want fish for breakfast - I love my fish - but who knows I would try it.. I will try anything once... Denise - You stated your problem - sweets - cut them out and i bet those scales will move ;:eek: - I am ok with my sf pudding and fudgecicles don't really miss sweets too much - but was watching Paula Dean make an apple pie (i know Food Network isn't a good channel to watch) but anyway - OMG wanted apple pie alamode - so went to the kitchen got my weight control oatmeal (cinnimon sp) added a few raisin - and splenda brown sugar - cook it up- had about 1/3 c vanilla ice cream and put the 2 together - OMG heaven - for a whole 200 calories (only used 1/2 of the oatmeal) Carol - Glad you you enjoyed your seminar - The pre-op test were my biggest problem - cuz i don't go to the doctor's every !!! so I had to have mamo - pap - lungs- heart - sleep - colon - blood work 14 vials - chest xrays etc - got them all done in just a little over 1 month - at least i know i am in pretty good health,.. Good Luck... Michelle - were are you we haven't heard from you lately - in fact this thread hasn't been too active lately - Where is everyone....

Linda - I knew you were about the same age as me... I am a young 52 still listen to top 40 radio - I think we are a whole lot diff than our Mom's were at our age - well mine die @ 40 but she was old to me then (i was 15) - they listened to diff music etc (les brown and the band of renowns ugh and roy clark that twangie country music) - older mine set than us... Yes they say stress and aunt flow will change your band - i would do just what you are and have soup - Work - ya i know about that :paranoid- to bad we can't win the lottery... Keep us posted...

BlooEyez you may be too tight - try only warm/hot liquids for a day and if you don't loosen up go get a tad unfilled... Yes I know where you are - we drove through there on our was to San Diego in February - You know where I am don't you - Riverside County too.. Indio - Palm Desert - Palm Springs - i think we may be about 60 -80 miles from each other...:guess Dont worry you will get your soon enought:heh: Jackie - CONGRATS 3 LBS :clap2: I Promised myself to stay off the scale this week - and so far so go - Thursday will be here soon enought... We can lift weight from now till hell freezes over - still going to have them Salsa go back to soups for a least a day - - when was your last fill?? do you think you are too tight or just didn't chew enough or was your food dry?? I find when I am STARVING that i will eat too fast and pb'd on pudding.. Well, was charging my ipod - it quit on me in the first 10 minutes of me exercise this evening - so had to charge it up for the rest of the week so i thought i would ck in before I'm off to watch Dancing with the stars - it's 9:20 so may not get it all cuz I have been up since 4:30 - gotta love tivo - i don't know what we did before vcr dvd & tivo... Dinner tonite - my fish with mex tomatoe sauce 3 oz 1 cup zuchinnee and tried 1/4 c brown rice butdidn't have the room... walked 2 miles 36 minutes - i was on the pooped side tonite almost quit at .77 miles - but didn't just slowed the pace and increased the incline..

Well since I don't follow rules to the "T" I just do the week of Soups (full liquids) then move to more mushiee/soft foods. I eat fish 5 nites a week and it is very soft and zuchinee which is mushie... I think it's to help jump start the weight loss cuz I have always - (the whole 2 times) lost well after a fill..:bounce:

Crabcake Here is another interesting fact I have learned in talking with my Uncle over the weekend (he was in the airforce & merchant marines and is well traveled and he didn't know about the Canadian custom of removing your shoes) - Did you know that in Europe that people don't go out to breakfast like we do here - they don't have Denny's Ihops etc - I asked a girl on my lucky 7 group who is from Ireland - and she too said they don't - they don't eat the same kind of breakfast that we do i gather they eat more bread for breakfast... rolls sandwichs etc... Just a bit of triva.....