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Everything posted by IndioGirl55
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long term bandsters, question for you
Too tight - sweet spot - is diff for everyone.. But never ever be too tight it's bad for your band/stomach... I don't think you are too tight - you just aren't - you just don't know when to stop eating yet - it takes a while - hell i'm 4 yrs out and sometimes I still take 1 bite too many #1 imho - I wouldn't be eating the wrap - I would eat the insides but not the toritlla/bread whatever it's made with. Eat pt first - If you can eat 3-4 oz of pt and be full that's good - if you are hungry in a few hrs have another oz of pt - or another healthy snack. Drink your Water between meals - alot of times what we preceive as hunger is thirst.
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
Good Morning Peeps Denise - yes the pool boy is hot - lol - had me laughing this a.m. I vote New Orleans as it's a place I always always wanted to go - plus I know I would love DENISE !!! I can't go in Sept as lady I work with is gone the whole month.. Phyl Hugs on the cold - Mucinex have you tried it - it will dry you up.. food choices are yours no matter what others are eating - I know it's hard cuz when I am out - it's difficult to make food choice that are good - but it is possible. Well I bought this skinny cow candy yesterday - DON'T BUY it - it's comes in 120 cal packs - but you can't just eat one - LOL - so i was bad bad bad bad last night.. Well it's 6 gotta hit the shower Pray for Melissa - surgery at 8 a.m. today... cbl - Happy Monday..
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
Good Morning Peeps I slept in - just got up - Debbie stopped by - watched tv and talked till about midnite - then she left i stayed up an hr more then been - dogs had me up at 6 but went back to bed - No plans for the day really.. Karla - I bet you are tired - you have been doing a lot of yard work that hard... Yep our bodies tell us what they are hungry for - I wanted enchillada yesterday - bought this new sauce - they were awful - had 1/2 cup - then watermelon - popcorn - ice cream cone ;0) Yep Candice moving is better than sitting on your butt ;0) Glad your Gig went well ;0) Phyl Where are you..
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Any July 2011 Bandsters?
Good Luck Peeps - I'm a July Bander too ;0) 7/07 - 4 yrs this month Your band is a great tool - use it wisely - make the lifetime lifestyle change in your eating and exercise habits and you will succeed.. 52 when banded 250 lbs - today 56 and 136-139 lbs - feel 10 yrs younger - have 100% more energy.. I lost the majority of my weight in the 1st yr (105 lbs) then lost the rest in the next few months.. I have never dieted - I eat healthy - I exercise - I kept a food diary the 1st yr - counting calories & pt grms - I also weighed and measured my food till I learned what a 1/4 looks like or 4 oz of meat.. Prayers for a safe surgeries & speedy recoveries for all of you..
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Any July 2011 Bandsters?
Good Luck Peeps - I'm a July Bander too ;0) 7/07 - 4 yrs this month Your band is a great tool - use it wisely - make the lifetime lifestyle change in your eating and exercise habits and you will succeed.. 52 when banded 250 lbs - today 56 and 136-139 lbs - feel 10 yrs younger - have 100% more energy.. I lost the majority of my weight in the 1st yr (105 lbs) then lost the rest in the next few months.. I have never dieted - I eat healthy - I exercise - I kept a food diary the 1st yr - counting calories & pt grms - I also weighed and measured my food till I learned what a 1/4 looks like or 4 oz of meat.. Prayers for a safe surgeries & speedy recoveries for all of you..
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
Good Evening Peeps Candice so Monday is your 4 yrs - you fit the statistic and you are giving WW a shot to help you have better control - you got the tool - you are working on the control - WTG Karla - Girl !!!! child was missing 31 days before she was reported missing .. Be careful doing all that yard work.. Phyl - How you feeling today.. Linda - How your hips.. How Mindy Denise - any great concerts
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
Good Morning Peeps Yep Phyl steriod will do that to you - stay away from the starches !!! CONGRATS on you 100 lbs loss and maintainng that... WTG WOW Idol ticket how cool - I think the cloest they come to me is LA and it's normally during the week - love them but not that much.. TGIF gang.... Sure glad it's Friday...
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
We (Linda - Denise - Phyl - Me - Candice) are all 4 yrs out this month... Since we are the OG Lucky #7's !!!! So how do we stand.... Janet 7/17/07 - 250lbs - 7/7/11 - 138lbs = 112 lbs lost and maintained for 3 yrs - fluctuation between 136-139 Phyl Candice Linda Denise There should be a law that you can't profit from a story - but I guess since she wasn't found guilty the law wouldn't apply - it's up to us peeps to boycott anything she does - but if she's smart (which she isn't) she would dye her hair blond - get blue contacts and move to Alaska and change her name - cuz I don't think she safe or will ever have a life using her real name and looks - who would have anything to do w/her - she will be living in her own prison for a few yrs anyway - till pple forget
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
Good Morning Peep OMG Karla - Casey Anthony has been on tv for 3 yrs - she killed her daughter 2 yrs old - I am awaiting the sentencing right now - found not guilty of murder but of lying - they couldn't prove she killed her DD but that she did lie Good luck on the house Slept good last night - fell a little more rested this morning went to bed earlier .. I don't watch a lot of the news but enough ;0)..
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
Good Afternoon Peep Candice I read the John Jake's books when they 1st came out - like 70-80's ;0) I loved them - I loved them ;0) Ya kids - another bump in the freaking road.. I really hope no one comes to her for a book or movie - She is a sick sick person - I beleive she has a mental disorder - hell the whole family.. I am pooped..
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
Good Evening Peeps Been a long long weekend - Saturday house cleaning - helping moving - couch - Sunday 4 a.m phone call Andrew went around corner hit water slid into curb with right wheel - car broke - (drinking ??? he swears no - the pple he's with wouldn't let him dd but who knows the real truth - I want to beleive he's not lieing but again I'm 56 not 16 - they were coming home from Del Taco) so I was up at 4 a.m. pissed off to say the least - well before I could call tow company (figured I would wait til 8) the sheriff is calling and had car towed - in fire lane - We this is all on Sunday the day I'm suppose to go to concert - in Hemet - well we still went - that was a total trip waiting in line for hours - totally unorigizines - we were crowded like cattle.. - then we left early - still took 1.5 hr to get on the road.. Temptations & 4 Tops free concert never again got home stayed up til 2 it was a long day.. Yesterday slept in - gf Ann came over - bbq ribs - visited till 9 -- then this morning had to run around and get car out of impound and towed to shop to get fixed.. Linda - 7/11 is Melissa surgery day @ 8 a.m. Candice WTG on your gig - congrats... Afgan don - colors green rust gold - will take pic this weekend. Phly - Yep the verdict isn't what it should be- cause I believe she knows what happen - but they did not prove that she killed her - the system did work - there was no evidence that Casey did it - there was a dead child and Casey lied her ass off - but that doesn't prove that she killed her child - again - I think she did - but there was no evidence that she did - so if you leave the emotional issue out and go on the actual evidence - they did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she did it - God will be her judge.. Karma will get her Denise - it's hot here too and humid but not as bad as what you get Well it's 8:30 - need to go eat cbl
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
Good Afternoon Peeps Well got the house done - floors mopped/steamed - carpets clean -funiture polished - glass table windexed - patio washed - Idrise called wanted help moving told when I was done - went to his house helped unpack the kitchen - Then Stater Bros - got ribs for Monday ;0) - cooking a pot of beans now - got stuff to make melissa chicken & beef broth - and will make some cream of bean soup for her - Got home to a message from a high school friend - but I'm too pooped to go anywhere - will call her back later.. Time for the couch ...
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
Good Morning Peeps - Up at the crack of freaking dawn - Idrise canceled bootcamp - he's moving - suppose to be like 115 today I think - I keep hearing heat warning - but only listening to tv w/1 ear.. Going to finish cleaning house - vacuum finish shampooing carpets - mopping floors - dusting - you all know the routine.. On my 4th cup of coffee - still not hyper yet LOL Karla - gravel heavy - not good - for your innars lol - be careful Candic how did you gig go Linda - at least we have dry heat but suppose to be humid later in the week - saw something w/1/2 eye Monday thunder?? rain and desert heat = humidity - we can take the dry heat himdity and diff beast for us - but since losing weight heat doesn't bother me as much..
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
Good Afternoon Peeps Yep a yr ago we were in WA - for me it seems like a long long time ago like 2 yrs - don't know why.. Maybe cuz I have done a lot of banding get togethers since then Oct Vegas - Feb Eva & Karen - March Phyl Linda Candic - Vacation in Nov/Dec - Kids here a couple of time - seems like time just has flown by.. Well, got sheets washed dryer just finished - need to get floors mops and carpet semi-wash - rinsing mostly - Idrise cancellled boot camp in the morning - so I guess I better charge my ipod - cuz we don't have gym on Monday..
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
Good Morning Peeps Last yr today we were in Washington... I remember freezing my Ass off during the 4th - this yr. 111 LOL I will be wishing I was in Washington LOL Candice - Happy Canada 4th You and Phyl in those glasses LOL Yep Karla - the older we get the faster time seems to go by.. Good luck on your pond.. Getting off work early - House need a good deep cleaning - going to try and get it done when I get off work.. So I can have Sat free - Sunday going to Hemet - Sunday chilling..
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
Good Evening Peeps.. Linda never heard of those nails - alot of pple here get gels - but if you are rough on your nails the guy said they break easier - I just keep my acrylic's had them over 20 yrs now - I was afraid to go short but liking it - so much easier.. Karla - going to free concert in Hemet (40 miles away) on Sunday - but that's it - no plans for the 4th.. Candice - Well glad you are still down a pound - that's better than gaining.. I gotta clean tomorrow or Saturday .. We get off at 2 tomorrow - but gotta work through lunch - I hate when they do that.. Well 3rd person I know losing their band - Brandy you all know her the pin up girl ... Scary ... Well got bills paid - how in the hell did it get to be 7/1 so fast - half the yr is gone..
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
Good Evening Peeps Back from the gym ... should be cleaning - but that can wait till Friday - need to shampoo the carpets Andrew's little dog not totally potty trained.. Right now Bella scratched on the back door to go out !!!! Good Girl - Bear is teaching her I guess ;0).. Not much to report.. Work - boss gone for a week and drops a **** load on my desk this morning.. I think we get off a little early on Friday.. Food good.. Think of trying water arobics at 24 hr fitness - it's too hot to do the other stuff.. Karla - Kicking your ass pushing that truck - I guess you just want to mess up your surgery.... I would have called them and told them to come to me - I just paid you and the freaking thing broke down .... Girl Slap up side the head.. Yes you got your exercise Linda thanks I like it - it's freeing - so easy... I wanted something new - have appointment 7/12 for p.s. consultaion - eyes for sure - we will see about the rest of the face.. Candice - How's WW going??? Are you home yet.. Phyl love your toes - I totally forgot about 4th when I got my nails/toes done last weekend - I normally am red white & blue for the 4th !!!
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
Hugs Linda - Yes you can come - Indio allows fireworks - so we can buy them and set them off like the rest of the neighbors do - Debbie - Ann - Me going to see 4 tops & temptations on 7/3 in Hemet (we went thru there when we went to temcula).. I would invite the neighbors to come over too LOL just to piss them off. Not much to report - Andrew home safe and sound had a good time. No gym tonite - tomorrow - Hungry - going to go cook some veggies to go w/my chicken -
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
Good Morning Girl Sounds like shitty Monday for everyone - I got a new "do" ck out fb I got home yesterday couldn't find Andrew's dog - looked everywhere - after I called him 3 times - hear a bark - went to the garage - there he was up behind the hot water heater - guess he couldn't get down - don't know how he got up there in the 1st place - but thank God he was still here. Had gym - home talked to melissa -on her pre-op and starving - plus she has never done too many diets - so she really doesn't know about eating healthy - so talked to her for about 1 hr - gottta get her mush receips - told her she will be glad I'm only up there 1.5 days - you know me the task master LOL I was anxious all day yesterday - don't know why wanted to crawl out of my skin.. I dont have too many neg pple in my life - like it that way Ralph was always negative - I told him once if I has such negative thought as him - I would just shoot my self.. Thanks Candice - I do smoke but try and be considerate - I know how much pple hate smokers.. 't
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
Good Morning peeps Had a busy weekend - Sat boot camp - bank - toe & nails eye lash extensions - then home to shower for hair appt - ck out facebook for my new short hair do.. Love it.. then home to get ready for concert sat nite - it was really good - old school - rose royce (car wash) dazz bank - lisa lisa - jo jo - danced alot - had a few cocktail - an a head ache yesterday morning - didnt get out of t he house tiil noon - target then home - oh ya on sat bought a painting to go over fire place- hope it's not too big - 7x5 - medterian (sp ) it will be deleived on Tues and I asked if they would hang it ;0) Denise - I can't post drunk - LOL - Hope all goes well with the job - Mexico in July VERY HOT AND THE HUMIDITY - I have been in June when I was 240 and almost died LOL - beach was like a bath tub and so were the pools - Karla - Enjoy the time w/your mom - I know it will be a little trying - but try to enjoy.. Linda - I hear you on eating when you feel powerless - I know that was the reason I use to eat - but it just makes things worse - I so don't eat when he pisses you off go shopping in stead Well gotta get going... Will ck back tonite
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
Phyl - So how did your day alone go - What did you buy... I would be freezing if it was 60 too that's winter for me LOL Did you get your ball?? How about the hall way - you have bare walls there.. Cheese has a lot of salt - you gotta get the less salt stuff - to me it taste just like salt - I better much got off salt when I did WW yrs ago.. I use to use garlic salt - plus real salt - now I only use garlic powder.. Tell Earl you have a heart condition and that he needs to start buying salt free - ask him if he's trying to kill you slowly.. LOL
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
Good Evening Gang Karla - gotta say since I lost weight - the heat doesn't bother me that much - I get cold now ;0).. Sweetie you live alone - you do the grocery shopping - do not allow junk food in your basket/cart when you are at the store.... Cuz if it ain't in the house you can't eat it... You have the power of choice - and you need to look at the calories in what ever you are buying - look at the serving size - say to yourself will I only have one serving of this - and is 15 chips worth 200 calories - will I stop at 15 - or will I stop at 1 cup ice cream or will I go back for more - Reading the calories on my food makes me not buy it - cuz I know me - if it's in the house I will eat it - 500 cal for a piece of carrot cake isn't worth it 98% of the time - Today at work they had ice cream social - the did buy these sf ice cream thingies like an eskamo bar - 100 cal - about 3 bites - I said thanks for providing sf - everyone said oh you can have it Janet it's sf - I said it has 100 calories - it's not just about sugar free it's about the calories - I went out to lunch today - going to concert tomorrow - will have a few cocktails - so just skipped the snacks - didn't need the extra calories. Well coloring hair time to wash - cbl
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
I got gym so don't have time for a real post- but I just have to put this out there - NO IPADS EITHER !!!!! LOL Hugs on your GF Candice Linda really it's not that bad - I'm don't want to work in it - but hanging in the pool it's fine oh phyl - go buy a real digtal arm bp thingie while you are shopping... You were on pain meds in the hospital I bet that might have something to do w/bp - Lilnda >>>>> Karla - you can only do so much ...
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Lucky #7 are still going strong !!!
Good Evening Gang Well Linda hop on a plane - really right now the pool is perfect and to me it hasn't seemed that hot - I bbq steak tonite - Andrew is here again leave in the a.m for Vegas - EDC rave concert - I am babysitting his little dog like zoey - 4 freaking dog - good thing I have xanxa - maybe give the all 1/16 of a pill - jking... No much to report - have a funeral tomorrow - Lady who's a client and my friend dh died - Food good - bf - pt bar - lunch 3 oz chicken and green salad - dinner steak and spinach - had a couple bites of mac and cheese that I made for Andrew..