IndioGirl55

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Cuz you don't have me - on your shoulder I am the Lucky #7 food cop or angel as i like to call myself I can become the devil - but i'm not going to say go ahead I am going to YELL - PUT IT DOWN YOU DON'T NEED IT!!!!! :p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p

ssankofa - If some of us don't make it - no biggie - but just maybe it will help when we want to eat a little more than we should or something (like halloween candy) we shouldn't... That little angel on your shoulder. May also inspire some to get up an move more too... It all good - just a motivational boost...

Heather I think most of us had Last Meal Mentaility - that we could never eat again - but the experienced banders told me I would/could eat after the band. What changes is that those high calorie nachos just aren't as appealing as they once were (at least to me) - plus you can't eat nachos & burrito all in one sitting anyway - I find that all the work that went into getting my band (had TONS of test) the visits with the nurtisionist, reading on this board - has changed my way of thinking - I have lost 40 lbs since July - this equates to 4 - 10lbs bags of potatoes that i am no longer carrying around. I feel so much better. There was a day when I was 1st on soft food - that i was really tired (one of my triggers to over eat) and i started to fry some bacon to make white cream gravy - had the bacon in the frying pan... Looked at it and said to myself - Janet - you went through all this work to get a lapband and you are going to screw it up by eating cream gravy & rice - come on you don't need it - Guess what - I threw it away and ate something heathly. I still go out to eat - will be hungry very hungry think with my old brain - order taco enchallida & bean - want to include a chili relleno but don't want to look like a pig - food comes - I can only eat the taco. Our brains are our problem not our tummies - Once they develope something for that - then the issue of being fat will be cured 100%. But I find that the band helps so very much - I think about what i am eating - I plan - I don't keep junk in the house - I don't think about food 24/7 - I still get hungry yes - I can over eat too - but I try and choose low calorie low fat sf foods... It's a great tool - but that's all it is - ya gotta do the head work too. But it does clear your mind enought so that you can - and this site is a great help - heck I am here way too often when I should be working - I think it's my transfer addiction :biggrin1: !!!!

Mango - Sorry that you aren't doing welll - go get unfilled that's the most important - rant will be here when you get back.. I go @ 10 for my 2nd fill....

Told you we are all alike - even though we are different. I still eat in the middle of the night - but now it's sf pudding and sf fudgecicles - If i could just quit this behavior - I would save about 200 calories a day... But I can't so at least it's 200 c and not 1000 = NSV..

I posted this on the 50+ thread - so you 7's who read that thread - you can just skip this message from me. I thought my Lucky #7's would enjoy my little rant - especially since i forgot i was on the 50+ thread and say how great us 7's are We were talking about Will Power - me saying that we do have it with the help of the band.. On the will power - as I see it we do have it - we say we don't cuz then we wouldn't need the band - that's not necessarily so - we have all lost weight before - that means we did stick to a diet at one time in our lives Yes we all gained it back and then some - That's not necessarily lack of will power but falling back into old habits just a little at a time. Oh this extra taco isn't going to but 40 lbs back on it's ok to eat it - those cookie - that we started out only going to eat one and then the bag is gone. we gain 5 lbs - do go for a while eating healthy some of the time but slipping more and more and then gain 5 more - so on and so on..til it's all back and then some - and then we are so disgusted with ourselves again - cuz this last time we lost the weight we said "WE WILL NEVER RE-GAIN IT" as it was too hard to loose... We get hopeless. We think that we should be able to eat like we do and enjoy our food and be thin at the same time... We feel so cheated - cuz we look at our thin friends and it seems like they can eat any and everything and stay thin (a rare few do but those are the rare cases) but our thin friends don't eat like we do - cuz most of us are closet eater - people don't really see you eating 3rd serving of dinner at night or getting up and eating a half a bag of cookie or a bag of candy - not one candy bar but 2 or 3 King Size, socity is to blame too - super size this -All you can eat buffets. We play little mental games with ourselves... We can't do - it's too hard why can't i be like Suzie.. But that girl who eats a big lunch isn't eating a big dinner with desert too and then another dinner before bed... But you know what "We can do it " "We are doing it" We have a great tool that does help you eat smaller meals but we all are working hard using our will power to make healthy food choices. We could be still making bad food choices even with the band but we all went through alot to get this tool - We are trying to figure out why we ate - what are triggers are and how to deal with them other than food. LADIES we are learning a new lifestyle - which I don't think we really did in any other diet we went on - we just figured that we would follow the diet and once the weight was gone we could go back to eating our way. For once in our lives we are really working the program we understand that if we want to succeed at this that we have to eat healthy for the rest of our lives - not just until the weight is off but forever.. We can have that cake - candy - but only every now and then. With the band we can't over eat a 240z steak - a large baked potato with the works - half a loaf of bread dinner salad & Soup Plus desert. The band will stop that binge for sure even if you don't have alot of restriction,..:embarassed: We have this site which we didn't have before - it's made up of FAT women & men - people just like us - who understands our addiction to food which is physicolocgical and not phyical. We can talk to each other - we understand each other - We are on this journey together we are here to support each other - give a helping hand when needed and slap (from me:biggrin1:) when needed. Ladies we really do have will power we have just convinced ourselves that we didn't - but we do - look at us lucky #7's. We are STRONG women - we are on our road to recovery - 10 lbs by Turkey Day... That's will power - Lucky #7 Will Power. & over 50+ will power (and us older ones are a tad smarter than the young ones - age does have it's benifits)... Ok - the story above is mine - but i bet there is more than one other person out there who felt the same way as i did/do... We all are different but again we are all alike... Well enought of my rant ....

On the will power - as I see it we do have it - we say we don't cuz then we wouldn't need the band - that's not necessarily so - we have all lost weight before - that means we did stick to a diet at one time in our lives Yes we all gained it back and then some - That's not necessarily lack of will power but falling back into old habits just a little at a time. Oh this extra taco isn't going to but 40 lbs back on it's ok to eat it - those cookie - that we started out only going to eat one and then the bag is gone. we gain 5 lbs - do go for a while eating healthy some of the time but slipping more and more and then gain 5 more - so on and so on..til it's all back and then some - and then we are so disgusted with ourselves again - cuz this last time we lost the weight we said "WE WILL NEVER RE-GAIN IT" as it was too hard to loose... We get hopeless. We think that we should be able to eat like we do and enjoy our food and be thin at the same time... We feel so cheated - cuz we look at our thin friends and it seems like they can eat any and everything and stay thin (a rare few do but those are the rare cases) but our thin friends don't eat like we do - cuz most of us are closet eater - people don't really see you eating 3rd serving of dinner at night or getting up and eating a half a bag of cookie or a bag of candy - not one candy bar but 2 or 3 King Size, socity is to blame too - super size this -All you can eat buffets. We play little mental games with ourselves... We can't do - it's too hard why can't i be like Suzie.. But that girl who eats a big lunch isn't eating a big dinner with desert too and then another dinner before bed... But you know what "We can do it " "We are doing it" We have a great tool that does help you eat smaller meals but we all are working hard using our will power to make healthy food choices. We could be still making bad food choices even with the band but we all went through alot to get this tool - We are trying to figure out why we ate - what are triggers are and how to deal with them other than food. LADIES we are learning a new lifestyle - which I don't think we really did in any other diet we went on - we just figured that we would follow the diet and once the weight was gone we could go back to eating our way. For once in our lives we are really working the program we understand that if we want to succeed at this that we have to eat healthy for the rest of our lives - not just until the weight is off but forever.. We can have that cake - candy - but only every now and then. With the band we can't over eat a 240z steak - a large baked potato with the works - half a loaf of bread dinner salad & soup Plus desert. The band will stop that binge for sure even if you don't have alot of restriction,..:embarassed: We have this site which we didn't have before - it's made up of FAT women & men - people just like us - who understands our addiction to food which is physicolocgical and not phyical. We can talk to each other - we understand each other - We are on this journey together we are here to support each other - give a helping hand when needed and slap (from me:biggrin1:) when needed. Ladies we really do have will power we have just convinced ourselves that we didn't - but we do - look at us lucky #7's. We are STRONG women - we are on our road to recovery - 10 lbs by Turkey Day... That's will power - Lucky #7 Will Power. & over 50+ will power (and us older ones are a tad smarter than the young ones - age does have it's benifits)... Ok - the story above is mine - but i bet there is more than one other person out there who felt the same way as i did/do... We all are different but again we are all alike... Well enought of my rant .... Phyl :clap2: at least you aren't responsible - our whole medical system needs revamping and your story is proof...

You are welcome Linda - Kids - I am glad I only had 1 but doing it twice since i have his son. We are a long ways away It would never get to us - too much sand here - i said 60 miles but that's to the bottom of the mountain and San Bernardino Mtn is a BIG mountain.. Your summers are nice June to Oct - while that's the HOT months for us with Oct to April May being out nice months... Linda :happybday2::happybday2: in case i'm not on Friday ... Hope you have a great day...

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I concur !!!!

Jachut - Nothing makes me so special - it's that I carry my weight very well for a short person - even doctors don't think i weigh as much as i do. Awful & Ugly are about the same - awfuls just not as bad as ugly I get what you are saying though i think - that we think 120 is too skinny cuz we are use to looking at the world through fat eyes and truely 120 is what is considered normal for your height build etc.????

Will Power - Something we thought we didn't have but with the motivation/help of our band we do have some... Isn't that strange? Maybe a as we go along - our brains are getting banded too??

Bird - you did sound a bit condensending in your original post - I took offense when I read it and it wasn't even directed at me - I am the first one here to give TOUGH BAND LOVE - but the operative word is love. If she is losing then I don't think it really matters if someone has a chicken nugget or two - If she wasn't losing then I would suggest healthier food choices. Sometimes we are in situations where we can't make super healthy or our will power isn't as strong as it should be. Imho - I feel that 75% of the work is up to us and the band is only doing 25% of the work and that we have ALOT of brain retraining to do. Regular people do eat ck nuggets every now and then - I too take one day and eat out - Order a taco enchillda & bean - can only eat the taco - take the rest home for another meal - the other 6 days a week i am eating baked fish veggies & low carbs - low fat & sugar free. And so far every week I have lost 1 - 2 lbs a week which is what is expected.. Just because you are on a ridged eating program doesn't mean that the rest of us have to be - - I eat fish 5-6 nights a week - does that mean you should be doing this too.. No, we are all individuals here over the age of 18 - and considered grown ups... Lets treat each other with the dignity and respect due another human being... If someone needs support - give it - and if they need a slap in the face for eating junk 24/7 and crying that they aren't losing weight and their band isn't working - give them the facts - but do it with a tad of kindness. I have been told by many on this board that I am great at motivating and giving support -- and I am one to call a apple an apple - OK - title of this thread was when are you eating too much and need a fill. IMHO - I need a fill as i can eat about 2 cups of food per meal and an hour later am hungry again - go tomorrow for my 2nd fill. Right now I am doing 95% of the work and the band is only working 5% of the time

Pre-:happybday2::happybday2:In case my old brain forgets on Friday OMG to be 29 again and know what i know... :mad:

klrromano Congrats on losing 25 lbs :clap2: Now lets move on to why the scales haven't moved in 3 weeks. #1 - what are you eating??? a suggestion here - keep a food diary count your calories and Protein grams - log every item that goes in your mouth. You may be surprised at what you are really eating every day.. #2 - are you exercising??? My success has been that I log all my food - eat low fat - sugar free - and do include some rice potatoes etc. I watch my caloires - I keep them around 1000 -1200 daily and get all my 60 grms of pt in. I exercise 5 days a week - walk 2 miles 3 day - 3 miles 1 day and 4 miles on Saturday - (treadmill @ gym 16.30 minute miles - this up from a 25 minute on day one - goal is 15 minute mile) You can do this :clap2:- you have succeeded in losing the 1st 25 you know what you need to do - you just gotta put it to work....

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Yep 1955 and in 1955 there was a Hurricane name Janet in the Barbados... Wonder if there is any corrolation (sp)??? I was born in January - so it was after my birth date - but when my x & I were in Barbado's and the tour guide told us that - I laughed out loud and said I'm Janet and borned in 55 - my dh said - well they all know how old you are now - i said who cares... i was still in my 40's then... and to be it's just a # even now... I really don't care about my age (well not too much anyway)...:mad:

Ok - I will bite - but I am one of those that you are ranting about My goal is 170 and at that weight I will look 140 - I am 52 and I feel that this will be a managable weight for me. I may try 160 or 150 - I just didn't want to set a goal that was so high that I might not attain it - so set it for 170. The 170 is not set in stone and my bmi will still be considered overweight. But so be it -- I have lost 40 so far and feel so much better - got 40 more to go - and then will re-adjust then if I choose too. I don't want to be 130 - might be healthy but i would look like SH*T - and I don't want to look any worse than I already am.

I have a sun on my right ankle got it when i was 43 & have my nose pierced - little diamond got that done when I was 50.. took my grandson to get his tonuge pierced and got my nose done - I have always wanted it - but always said i was too old too fat etc - well I an not too old or too fat - i want it i got it - my boss didn't like it - but who cares..

Phyl 10/28 weight 210 Thanksgiving weight 200 OMG - I am going for 199 so I can be in Onelanders again it's been YEARS.... Ok 6-7 yrs....

Chim you are still sick:sick - ya, i think ya, better take a day or 2 off - i think you are wearing yourself out with these 2 jobs... You need to take care of yourself girlfriend... Make some ck soup and stay home.... That's and order from Dr. Wright... AKA indiogirl 55 - aka Janet

I am in so cali - no fires in pasadena - here is link to cnn fire map Evacuation stadium filled with almost festive spirit - CNN.com Linda - where do u live ??? He should be fine... I have 16 gs who is too busy for his grandma - aka mom - boys??? what can we say... Arrowhead - is San Bernardino Mts not too far from me (60 miles?) San Diego Fire - in the oppsite direction of Pasadena Santa Clarita/Castica Fire - sort of by Pasadena - really above it I don't think Pasadane is in any danger. Steveson Ranch - Irvine Area Malibu at the beach Heck we have 15 fires right now - a lot of people have lost their homes and businesses... But again Pasadena is ok...

Calories in calories out - do you know what shape your liver is in and if they will so the surgery- between the liquor & fat - your liver could be in bad shape... Did you see Big Medicne - just being fat can give you chericoso (i can't spell but u know what i mean) - they might not so the surgery... 400 calories is 1/3 of my daily food intake on a 1200 calorie a day diet . Would rather eat that drink... Good luck -

I am 3 months out from surgery - I ate prime rib last nite (1/4 of 8 oz) I have had shrimp - haven't been anywhere to eat lobster (my fav)