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Candice - Warning Tough Band Love here WTF are you doing to yourself !!!! What is going on in your head !!! What are you eating !!! Why are you eating !!! What are you missing in your life that you are turning to food for comfort !!! Come on now - You gotta get control of this.... Today not tomorrow not Monday - TODAY !!! Skip the pasta & the cheese in that casserole !!! Detox your body of sugar and starches!!! When you go to coffee - no treats !!! You gotta get back into a healthy life style !!!! You spend $$$ for botox - what about your heart !!! What about your health !!! You think fixing the face is going to take away the look of the extra lbs.. Nope GF - I too use to spend all the time in the world on my face and hair - thinking that would take away from my fat body - all I was was a pretty fat girl.. Hate to be so tough on you - but I love you and I want you to feel successful - I want you to beat this demon (food addiction) you can do it - Do you have any idea why you are sabbotaging yourself - If you don't want to share that part then don't - but I want you to think about it - really study on it - why are you fighting yourself... gotta go to the dentist... I love you and just want the best for you.,. xoxoxox Janet

Good Morning ... Steph - Hugs on the Michael issue - OMG yep a little prick - time for some consequences !!! Sure hope things settle down for you - Hugs Hugs Hugs Phyl I have caught rock cod but never eaten it - Bella was gone last night - sorta nice not to have a baby in the house.. Karla - you come home today I think Been thinking about you. 81 right now only suppose to be 108 but w/humdity... But not too bad Candice - Have fun at Zumba - going to try it again Friday - don't think I will be doing it on a regular basis - but GF wants to go - and truly all I have to do instead is sit in front of the computer ;0) - so might as well go..

Hugs Steph on your towns loss - that so sad... Glad your pink thingie is going smoothly... How the food going - any exercise Phyl - Ya Karla is gone to scatter Dad's Ashes .. Bella is gone tonite - Andrew had to babysit his bros & sis at his mom's house over night - so it's just me and angel & bear - sorta nice not to have to watch bella 24/7 as she's still being potty trained.. Candice - didn't know you were going back to work - thought you said no after all - guess you didn't.. Hope the headache is gone.. Well had boot camp tonite - it's a great work out I hate/love it - tomorrow weights and yoga.. dinner soup (from last night ) I am headed to the couch ...

Congrats on your 100+ lbs.. Tips/Suggestions #1 how's your restriction?? Go back to the beginning Do the 5 day pouch test (google it) Keep a food Diary - Keep calories between 800-1200 and vary them daily (weigh & measure food to make sure of your portions) Exercise 4-5 days a week - Cardio & Weights - you need to work w/some weights if you aren't already as the more muscles you have the more calories you burn just breathing :0) your resting metabolisam is higher if your body has more muscles.. Eat healthy foods that you like - if you are hungry eat some extra veggies.. Remember this isn't a diet but a lifestyle change I know some pple who's bf is their most important meal - they have a big one - where as I eat lite for bf & lunch - as dinner is my main meal .. You can do this - you got the 100+ off - so you can get the other 25 off - it might not come off as fast - but you can get them off.. Hugs Janet

You hit the nail on the head - yes I feel 1 million times better ;0) Thanks !!!

Fridge Cherries Watermelon Leftover Ck Soup from last night Squash Broc Cauliflower Lite Grape Cran juice OJ Greek Yogurt eggs FF Cream cheese Lite Laughing Cow Cheese I can't beleie it's butter spray SF Choc puddings Home Made Salsa SF Jam Lite Mayo Wasba Sauce Freezer Cat Fish- Filet Migon- Sal mon Patties - Lean Hamburger - Ham Hock - Pork Tenderloin - chicken Various Frozen Veggie - spinach - carrots - brussell sprouts - corn - Beyers Low Carb vanilla Bean Ice Cream Variouse WW or Lean Cusine meals Pantry SF Puddings Mixes Tomato Sauce - Red Chille Sauce - El Pato (spicy mex tomato sauce) Pure Protein Ready made shakes Hummus chips Rye crips Crackers 100 Cal Snack Pack Popcorns Spray Butter Pam Paul Newman Marinar sauce Whole Wheat Pasta Rice Instant Mashed Potatoes oatmeal (steel cut) Corn meal Ice cream cones Peanut Butter SF Creamer coffee Tea Splenda Tuna Lite Bread

Thanks Dee... I'm not a big drinker - Yes I drink - but really only when I go out to a concert or party (sometime way too much ;0) Good for you to quit drinking on a daily bases - those are empty calories - I rather eat my calorie instead of drink them :0).. My doc say a drink is fine it's not against the rules - you just have to budget for them.. I'm still a night eater - but what I have done is budget my calories to compensate for it - I am allow 3 meals and 2 Snacks - I would eat lite for bf & lunch and no snacks in between - I saved them for evenings - during the day at work I can ignore my hunger - but at nite and at home forget about it - so I always kept about 300 cal for evening snacks - healthy choice sf fudgesicles - sf choc puddings - dannon lite & fit yogurts & 100 cal snack pack popcorn You have the right mindset - I think this will help you to be successful on your journey.. Suggestion - take hope & try out of your vocabulary - replaced it with I WILL !!!! Posititive Affirmations really do work !!! Hugs Janet

Good morning... Karla thinking of you - Hugs Candice - what are you doing today... More gym & eating healthy.. Phyl - All packed yet (lol) Well gotta hit the shower - cbl...

Jessica I posted this morning - but I don't know what happen to it.. Well, just cuz you can - doesn't mean that you should. Heck if you can drink a pt shake - you can drink a regular milk shake.. You ate real food 5 days out - what were your doc's instructions - the reason you aren't suppose to eat is that your stomach is healing (you band is stitched to your stomach) you have to let it heal - you don't want problems down the road.. #1 if you want your band to work you gotta follow the rules You will always be able to eat around your band - it's only a tool and yours isn't most likely filled now.. If I remember right I still had swelling/restriction at 5 days out - I was full on 1/2 cup of Soup.. No I didn't see a counselor - My doc's office has a nutritionist that you see every visit to go over your food that you ate the day before and your exercise - But can't say that I needed that - from all my years of dieting I could be one my self (nutritionist) I knew what to do but I didn't apply it to my life.. For me having major surgery was a big deal - that I went to the extreme of having an operation to help me loose weight.. So I made up my mind to follow the rules - they band our stomachs and not our heads and the real problems with food lies in our heads and not in our tummies.. Just cuz you have a band doesn't mean you are going to lose weight Its only a piece of plastic - you are the one who makes the food choices - The band just makes you feel fuller on a smaller amount of hard Protein - you will be physically full - but your heads going to tell you that you are still hungry - I still battle head hunger issues.. The secret imho is that you don't diet - you just start eating healthy - I think for most of us - it's not just that our portions of food is way too much - it's the foods we eat. I ate very high fat and high sugar and lots of starches - very little veggies - fruit - etc. I can't say I ate tons of food (yes I over ate but like at a buffet I couldn't eat 3 plates of food at one sitting)- it was the combination of types of food I ate eating too much and I did no exercise.. Now I eat healthy - lower fat (I still include a healthy amount in my diet) limited starches (I still have some but it's after my protein & veggie) mostly sugar free (but again I still have a piece of cake etc occasional) You gotta plan - sit down and make a menu for the week - You can take almost anything you ate prior to banding and teak it to be healthier - I use to eat fried fish - now I bake it This is a journey Jessica and you may not get it the 1st week - it takes alot of soul searching - really paying attention to why you want to eat - is it head hunger or real hunger (as fat chicks we really don't know what real hunger is) and you know what - it's ok to be hungry - it's normal to be hungry right before your next meal - and a little hunger isn't going to kill you - the fat will.. If you need to see a counselor - go for it - some pple do - there is nothing wrong with that - talk to your doc too. Your band isn't really helping you yet w/portion control and it make take a while to get to your sweet spot - but being at your sweet spot isn't going to make you lose the weight - You are the one who's responsible for that by your choices.. Good luck on this journey - if you need me - come to the I'm here to help thread (Mentor) and we will gladly help you Hugs, Janet I

Candice I was just about to ask about your food since you didn't mention it - figured it was great.. WTG on the gym.. I have weight training tonite at 5 (arms) there is a yoga class at 7:30 I may be going to - I really like the teacher and yoga - I am pretty flexable for an old broad.. Hell I'm more flexable than Vickie my 30 yr old work out partner.. I just hate the late hour - I won't get home till 8:30 - but I enjoy it and love the teacher - so we will see..

Phyl Sheba and Bella play well together - I was going to make a video yesterday of Bella - - but never got around to it - On the food issue - Well you know what you need to do .. So I'll leave it there.. I could use another day of rest - well didn't get any this weekend anyway - oh Saturday had 1/2 hr nap but that was it..

Good Morning Gang.. Candice I would NEVER NEVER just let anyone cut my hair and especially those $20 hair cut places.... There might be great pple there - but those pple are usually right out of beauty school and don't have a clientell yet My hair grows so fast I get a hair cut every 4 weeks and really should color it every 3 weeks. Nails I get done every 3 weeks - sometimes 4 and I change my polish in between.. Well, gotta hit the showers.. CBL

CONGRATULATIONS BRIDGET !!!!! (and Candice ;0) How cool is that !!! Sounds like fun - can't wait to see the pics.. Did my plios this morning - Nails & Toes - Marshalls (got a yoga mat & some more workout clothes) Target - Now got color on my head - it's about time to go wash it out.. Karla - Hugs Hugs Hugs... It will be ok... Just go w/the flow and chill some.. Phyl - What did you do today... Steph - I think you are traveling???

Thanks Peeps !!! I am glad to be of help... I feel so good - I want the same for all of you !!! I want you all to feel as good as I do today... You can do it !!!

Hello again gang - Phyl - Happy Bday to Jodi - Ya if you have a good day the festival sounds like more fun.. I heard 80 degrees your way !!! 112 Here today I have been up since before 5 - haven't done much - Have a driver error but since my computer is old (5 or 6) i go to the website but can't find fix for Creator 6.. They have creator 10 now a days and I don't think I need it for $50 - but I don't think I can burn cd cuz of this error Did unload the dish washer - 2 loads of wash - took the fridge apart and cleaned it.. (I hate that job) need to go buy some food but don't feel like getting dressed Oh ya cut the dead heads off my roses - cut something else oh ya my fern & daisies.. That's my tweet update for now..

Good Morning Gang Phyl - Hope Jim went to the ER... Keep us posted - Sounds like and exciting day - I doubt I would have gone on the wrong ramp ;0) I see pple do it all the time in traffic jams - that and driving down the shoulder - I don't want the ticket ;0). Karla - LOL getting lost .. Too funny girl - You make me feel like a big city girl - well I guess compared to you I am - I don't mind city driving or freeway driving - I hate traffic jams though - I knew a girl who wouldn't drive on the freeway - I thought to myself - omg how limited she is in where she can go - Not me - I rather drive from here to NY than drive in City traffic - I hate stop and go.. Hugs on scattering your Dad's ashes - it will be good but sad at the same time - it's all a part of the healing process.. Ya Zumba isn't my cup of tea - I don't like not knowing the steps - Guess we are going to give it another try next friday - cuz gf dh is out of town - once he's back - that's their happy hour time.. So she won't want to go or should I say can't.. Did work up a good sweat but doubt I burned 600 calories since I didn't do it correctly. Next time going to get in the back of the class - instead of the middle - I couldn't see the instructor anyway and when she was walking/dancing around she never came and helped.. Going to Plios tomorrow - I enjoyed that class alot - It's a great Sunday morning workout.. You work out and sweat like a pig without all the jumping around... I think you would like it..

Well Karla - don't know if zumba is for me - the class was great if you know the steps (I have taken ballet - tap - jazz - line dancing - so I know kick ball change - grape vine etc) - The teacher was a cute little thing.. Her zumba combination of mexican dancing and hip hop ;0) and I'm better at the hip hop moves than the mexican dancing moves - but most of the class knew her steps and then she did try a new workout that no one had done - well she really didn't tell you want to do - her zumba is really like a dance class - where the zumba at my other gym was more exercise.. I am not super quick on my feet - do better free style dancing and that's after a couple of drinks lol I got a workout (worked up a good sweat) - but wasn't the greatest for my knees - I will give it another try next friday w/diane - but don't know if it's going to be a keeper... I would love to go to a beginners class - where they slowly teach you the steps.. Plus - I like the Sunday morning Plios class - and then Monday Weights - Tues Bootcamp - Wed weights - 4 days is enough.. But the jury is out we will see - I didn't have fun - cuz I didn't know what to do.. I did exercise so that was good..

Candice I really can't believe this new you !!! Another Exercise day!!! Ya it's going to take some time to get use to the steps - I'm going to zumba tonite - so I am going to look out of sync w/the rest of the group - but what the hell who gives a rats ass.. I think I'm going to have fun LOL on not telling Peter about the $$$ my GF Candy does the same thing ;0) - It's her slush fund. We have a little more crime than you guys - but that had to be scary.. Well just sitting here w/a cup of coffee - it's 111 outside - but I gotta say this heat isn't bothering me at all - I guess it's the weight loss.. Waiting for Diane to come so we can go to class.. I'll tell you all about it when I get back... Karla - enjoying your deck.. Phyl - playing chauffer to Zoey :0) Steph - Safe Travels Denise - How you doing girl - hope bonnie misses you. Linda - stop by to say hi... Come on you can spare 5 mintues aren't we worth it :0) - Yes I should have been a jewish mother - I can lay on the guilt lol..

I am sort of a rebel - I wanted to provide those statistics wrong - I lost 100% of my excess weight w/the band I think those statistic really go to our mental stick to itness as obese pple.. It's just like druggies going thru rehab - what's the success rate - It's the addiction issue that we are battleing here.. Just like w/any addiction a person needs the tools to get and stay sober - a good support system (NA/AA/LBT) the desire to be sober (eat healthy and exercise). It's work - just like any addiction - you have to work every single day to stay clean. If you fall off the wagon - you pull up the bootstraps and get right back on.. IMHO it's up to the individual on how much they lose - The sky's the limit - you are only limited by your own mind - if you think you can't you won't - if you think you can you will

Good Morning Peeps Steph Safe Travels - yep counseling is hard - cuz we have to make changes - but it's doable .. Phyl - Andrew was able to down load his crackberry to the new phone - mine wouldn't but his did - This phone is really cool - but the thing is you when you are home you gotta put your cell by the base for it to bluetooth w/the house phone - I usually just leave mine in my purse - cuz I'm not as connected as some of you ;0)

Well got the phone hooked up to bluetooth - but it hasn't sync'd my contacts - we will see if andrew's does he has a crackberry like you.. ;0) Sheba will play w/Bella a little bit.. So will bear & angel Well just stoped by to turn off the computer Are you watching BB - it's stupid this yr

Candice WTG on the exercise - I AM SO PROUD OF YOU !!!! Yep the Elvis Fest - I wear my Tshirt to the gym ;0) How cool on entering the puppy in a dog contest - 1st Place.. Phyl - LOL - I knew Earl was already preparing the MH lol - tell him you only need 3 purse (so you can buy more - but don't tell him that lol) No problem on the Choc - how many calories are in it?? I got some white choc liquid stuff - not sf - 35 cal a serving - but yuk not as good as the powder stuff - Mail the ck when you can - no problem there either.. I can't wait to see Zoey and Bella playing - they are going to have so much fun.. I need to start leash training her - but tonite when I brought out the leash - Bear went CRAZY - he sees the leash and thinks he's going bye bye and he LOVES to go bye bye Bear was my runner - he isn't anymore - but as a pup he was.. Angel never has been - we will see w/Bella - Might sign her up for puppy school.. Went to Costco after work - got my right eye changed and he changed my left eye too - I can read the computer right now w/o any glasses - but to read close up small print need 125 readers Got a pair of computer glasses $139 frames and all - the lady said I should be able to read menu with them - we will see.. No gym tonite - thank God - I have been Sun Mon Tue Wed and go tomorrow nite... I think I am an offical gym rat .. Oh got new house phones from Costco - you can sync your cell phones to them (2) and use them (house phone) like a blue-tooth for your cell phone - and you are suppose to be able to download your contacts from your cell into the house phone - only $79 + tax - you get a base/answering machine and 3 handsets... They are charging right now - so gotta wait for another hr or so and see if it works (the cell thru the house phone and downloading contacts) How cool will that be.. Don't know what's for dinner tonite - sorta hungry :0)

Sue Glad everything went well and you are re-banded.. Sending positive thoughts your way...

So does Earl have the motorhome all packed and ready to go - you leave in about 3 weeks - I would assume he will be starting that orderal shortly :0)... Poor raccoon ;0) needs some food ;0) Have a great pt and hope the back stays pain free

Good morning gang Not much to report since last night - Watched Big Brother - this year sorta dumb players - had dinner - taco (minus the tortilla) hamburger meat - salsa - onion - avocado and a little cheese. Dessert - greek yogurt (vanilla) mixed w/a little lite cream cheese and splenda (vanilla flavor) - Went to bed early but couldn't sleep was up till about 1.. No gym tonite - getting contacts rechecked.. Phyl - You can't get your water/fluids cuz you are too busy or no room.. Zoey is sure keeping your busy... Hope the back is ok.. When to you leave for NY??