IndioGirl55

I don't own any wool :thumbup: What's wool :w00t: Fleece I do have, cashmier and cotten sweaters and leather jackets that's all we need in the Desert Phyl - What's the weather like in July???

Karla - on 1/17 I am 2.5 yrs out and I am still a food addict - it's not going to change - you are always going to want to eat - some days are easier than others - you just have to be mindful EVERY SINGLE DAY... We are addicts - some days sober addicts some days we relapse BUT WAY TO GO... Pulling up those boot straps right now - not tomorrow or monday - right now - THAT'S THE SECERT !!!!

Apples found that place I think - The way she makes it sound like its $100 for 3 nites not sure.. Ya we are overcast too (lol like I live so far away) ya rain the end of next week.. well back to work cbl

Linda still has to talk to Mel - so I'm not doing anything right now - I will wait most likely till May to make my reservations On Priceline - I think we can get a great deal - in fact going to go ck it out right now.. I will be flying into Seattle I think - is that the closest airport Phyl... Infact maybe on priceline w/air the rooms could be cheaper even than going directly to the hotel site.. Will let you know No LAZY day for me gym 3.5 miles 526 cal burned - got most of the xmas stuff taken down -now the dreaded tree - it's fake 9 ft tall and it's the biggest pain and heavy to to drag to the garage

Steph So very sorry for your loss and the heartache - Yes suicide is a thought that has crossed most of our minds at one time or another - When some commits it - the pple left behind have so much guilt - why didn't I see the signs.. I know I have lived w/suicide (my Mom) - it's tough on everyone. It's hard to understand - but it happens everyday - Hugs & Prayers !!!!

Good Morning Gang I SLEPT TILL 8:00 A.M !! You all know that is RARE for me.. Sitting here drinking coffee.. Need to hit the gym this morning I didn't sleep well last night ate pringles & pt bar - was sleepy but couldn't go to sleep - tossed and turned finally at 1 took a xanax - Angel woke me up at 5 but I went back to sleep and they had their potty time :0) I think it may have been all the stuff I watched on Haiti - OMG so so very sad - Candice they talked about the bldg code issues and corrupt gov - and how the USA contributed to it (how we turn blind eye when we back pple in the gov who agree w/us politically not just dem but everyone) this is what I hate about politics.. I would make a GREAT politician - cuz right is right no matter what title you wear - it's not the title you wear that makes you a bad person it's the corruption that does.. If anyone donates - please make sure you go to legit site - I went directly to the Red Cross.. Well just cking in - Candice my calories yesterday most likely ended up 1600-1700 uhg and I don't want to go to gym - but will.. I have my concert tonite !!! So that means a few adult beverages :0)... Want take bets on my condition tomorrow :0) - but it will be a throw of the dice - don't know if I will be in a party mood or not ;0)

http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/1/en/hotel/SEAMV/rooms/suites?start=1 Link to the hotel Ok Steph is in - so you will p/u Karla Here's how we will bunk Me/Karri Steph/Karla Linda/Candice Ok when I go to work on Monday - I will request 7/1 off I will fly in Thursday Leave On Monday Karri I will reserve our rooms and ck for flights this weekend. Ok Phyl looks like this is a done deal for 7/1 thur 7/5 ok I am pooped don't feel like typing ;0) Candice 1400 cal what did you eat - yes gym tomorrow me too in the a.m. !!! Hugs and sweet dreams... xoxox

Karla - you totally skipped the July Get Together - what's up with that... 4th of July works for me if that's the only time Linda can come -- I normally go see the kids that weekend - but can postpone it til July 16 (day after Joseph's birthday) Fly in Thursday 7/1 (Karri's Bday) and leave Monday 7/5 4.5 days depending on flight.. We are going to have to rent a van - depending on how many pple make it Ok peeps lets get some dates settled - so we can start making plans - you know not all of us are retired lol

Well doc A would be the only one I would go to - if I had to have it done - my doc does them - but again I don't think insurance covers it - so I would have to go to mexico.. How sweet of Jeff - Hugs to him !!!

Good Morning Gang... Well watched the rest of AI from the night b/4 and BL then watched AI last night.. dinner 4.5/8 oz ck breast - 3/4 c califlower - 1 popcorn - 1 pt bar 140c - 15 pringles (lite) - I think that was it - scale this a.m. 144.5 (WTF) I have been good I really have - I am ready for this tweak - I MUST MUST MUST get back to 138 for my own sanity.. And I truly think it's all about my portion size and had a stupid janet moment last night the cal's that I am alotting for lunch is based on 1 cup not 1.75 so that's part of the problem. Anyway 1/21 @ 3:30 I have a doc appt - my way of thinking (rationalization) is that I did get the band to help me with my portions - and I have been doing so much w/my will power and it's not getting the results that I was hopeing for - so I am going to utilize my tool and get a tweak.. Phyl your pic's are amazing !!! You have come such a long way !!! So Proud of you - but what's up w/the COOKIE :thumbup: I thought we wanted to get the scales moving - biscottie Cookies and today is thursday - isn't that pancake day - or is that only once a month :thumbup: Karri - You are your job - I want you to analize that statement - I don't think it's healthy... I know you take great pride and w/this whole new school thing - but you are not your job - I know it feels that way - but You are more than a teacher - you have feeling wants needs and being a teacher is PART of who you are - but it is not the total sum of you and it shouldn't be.. I understand that for a while (hopefully) you job is going to be all consuming - in the time that I have known you I know it is what you strive for - to be that perfect teacher - you want to help your kids and take a great amount of pride in your job.. Just please please please make a small amount of time for you ok... :biggrin: Steph - Dr A is the only person in Mex I would let touch me - I know a few pple who he did - OregonDaisy from the 50's thread converted to the sleeve maintaining 135 w/no issues - she's older than me and she struggled w/her band and was a slow loser - I think she lost like 10 lbs from the sleeve - she's a good buddy of Wasa.. $10K - i see the ad's that say $5500 - but don't know who the doc is.. Karla I have a 3 day weekend tomorrow is my FF (furlough friday) going to take down all the inside xmas decorations - go to the post office return my qvc coat - go ck out my bro's house (dreading that) and going to see Lionel Richie Friday night - Going to see Smokie 3/12 with another gf - going to FL 2/11 - Just the little jet setter.. Gang - We need to pick a date for our July meeting so I can schedule the time off - we need to get a date set... So what is a good date - I will send email out too since Linda doesn't post much..

I have mental issues - what can I say - my 4's are tight and I need to get a handle on this now... I have been watching what I eat - and the weight isn't coming off - and I am not eating any diff than I was - so I am eating too much I have appointment 1/21 for a tweak in my fill - I can eat about 1.75 cup per meal and be hungry an hour later

Steph - What doc did you end up calling??? I have called and made an appt for a fill - as you all know I eat pretty darn healthy 98% of the time and am dilgent on my exercise - but I am just not getting full till about 2 cup and not staying full for long - I want to go back to being full on 1 cup of food.. I got this band for a reason - I need a tweek even if it's only .1 - I need to eat a little less than what I am eating.. Candice Why are you eating crap.... You don't have the excuse of work any more... And don't even try an blame the EQ Why are you going to BOSTON pizza AFTER EATING CRAPPY !!! You can only have a salad w/lite dressing NO PIZZA !!! I didn't know about Hati's till this morning when I was leaving for work - I didn't watch the news last night or this a.m - I saw online somewhere there could be as many as 500,000 dead they say just do to the devestation that happend.. You know we bitch and moan about bldg inspectors but I am sure glad we have them here.. And they are such a poor country to begin with (well except for the corrupt politicians) Drinking french press coffee - have gym tonite

Vanity - God Smack - I had a hounds tooth sweater on that I thought made me look fat - so I figured I would take a pic and see if it did.. So press timer - put it on top of lamp and he fell off and the lens won't go back in... The Kodak that Andrew had before had terrible battery issues - Mine is a pack that is rechargeable which I like. But remember in Canada I was getting those grainy pic's and yours wasn't.. So I will look at the Cannon - isn't that what Tracy had too??? I saw the rainbow when I was leaving this morning - didn't know it rained - but haven't watched the news since Monday evening - Did watch it last nite or this a.m. - hell I just found out as I was leaving about how terrible the eq was in hatis...

Good Morning Gang My morning started out breaking my Camera - So Phyl what kind do you have Olypimic ?? Came home watched a movie ate popcorn - then fixed dinner watch 1 hr of Idol and went to bed.

I'm not going to the gym tonite either - I am pooped Today is the 12th and I have had some form of exercise every day except one - I think I deserve a break :0) - I will still eat healthy and I did do a little exercise this a.m. so really I am not skipping - I am just not going to go to the gym tonite after work Calories today 350 but I haven't had dinner or snacks :0) it's only 3:30 here :0) I think I am going home put on my pjs and eat some popcorn and watch a movie -then watch American Idol - CBL

one week I have lost 10 lbs. Is that average? There is no average - I think I lost 9 the 1st week Which are the best Vitamins to take and what dosage? What are your doc's instructions?? Mine was Flinstone chewables - or you can go to baratric choice . com and get lapband vitimans What are the best supplements (calcium citrate or the other, etc) Calcium citrate - is what my doc says - again what are your doc's instructions... Best chocolate Protein drinks or powder without chalky taste? I did

Full liquids per my doc included these items - creamed Soups - sf pudding - sf/lf yogurt - sf fudgesicles - sf popsicles - I had pt shake for bf - soup for lunch - soup for dinner - and pudding and yogurt in between What is your doc's defination of full liquids - I guess I was lucky my doc gave me a whole notebook explaing what I could have on each food stage - I wasn't lost- it seems like so many pple are.. I found homemade stuff (make a pot of bean scoop out the Beans purreed them and add them back to the broth you will have cream of bean soup) kept me full longer and was more satistfing I got sick of all the sweet Protein drinks after a while - I would even put unflavor pt powder into my coffee in the morning You are in bandster hell - it's normal - just follow YOUR doctors orders and you will get threw this

IMHO it's normal to be hunger around 5 p.m. That's dinner time for most and it's been 5 hrs since you ate lunch - and Snacks aren't meals . I don't find that my band takes away my hunger - it makes me full on a smaller amount of food but that's it. I still get hungry - I still have head hunger issues - I still crave unhealthy foods. As to # of cc's in your band you can't compare yourself to anyone else as we all are diff - I haven't had a fill for 2 yrs and I'm at a 5 (I think) what works for me - might not work for you - Fills are only about limiting the quanity of foods you eat at one time.. Here's my menu - I have replaced weight control oatmeal w/steel cut oats now a days - but that's about it - I am still eating this way - it's all about lifestyle change - you gotta find what works for you and make it livable for you.. It's all about eating healthy - not dieting... Wishing you the best... Sample Menu.doc

I live in the Palm Springs area - so can't help and this thread doesn't get much attention My doc office referred me to shrink that was covered under my insurance - my doc called and made all the arrangements for pre op test and I had tons.. Good Luck

Good Morning Peeps !!!! Got up early did my new wii active more games - did step this morning sweated and burned 137 cal.. Food yesterday good - had just a tad too much peanut butter - 1320 cal for the day - but I's cool w/it. I think tonite at gym I am going to try the elliptical for 1 hr - we will see - I think I need to change things up a little - really I need to take the week semi off - that's when the scale always does a good drop -doesn't make sense - but it does seem to work that way.. Phyl - I really was teasing you - truly - you know sometimes you can just get on a roll and pancakes & biscotti was an easy target - but BY GOD you really do look FABULOUS and it looks like you have lost about 200 lbs.. not just 120... 4 is a small EQ for us - really about a 5 you can't miss the rocking - 6.25 is really rocking that's the one we have back in 6/25/92 that caused a lot of damage (old buildings & mobilehomes) up in Morongo Valley area - It was right after my parent's died and I was still staying at my Dad's house in Bermuda Dunes - I had just woke up to go pee - got back in bed - and oh my it started - I just sat there and said it will be over in a minute - well that minute lasted along time :0) called the kids who where at my house to ck on them - everything was fine - some stuff fell nothing big - went out side after the rocking- neigbhor pulled car out of garage and thought oh that's a good idea - so I did the same - the power got knocked out - they invited me over for some coffee cuz they knew I was alone in the house and the parents dieing and all - they were really sweet. That's the last big one to really hit here (that I remember) and we had after shocks for quite a while. Karla - it's true - keep up the postitive affirmations - it really does work - quite talking back crap to yourself - you MUST tell yourself good stuff - it's the secert... Karri - Hope today is a better day for you... I am so glad that my cousin doesn't visit anymore - I really love not having that issue anymore - I will take my very minor every now and then hot flashes over Aunt Flo any day of the week.. Kari - Did you post yesteday - i know I commented on FB to you... Candice you are up early today - going to the gym :0)

Nope didn't feel it at all - I keep getting updates from kesq in my email - but I haven't felt a thing - but it's only a 4 and I ususally don't feel them.. LOVE LOVE LOVE THE New progress Pictures!!!! OMG just look at the difference - My humble apoligies for teasting you about the Cookies & pancakes - look how far you have come I totally agree w/you on the game playing- we get offers on the ranch and like I am always telling the realtor I hate that .. Things will work out - some way some how... OMG - What a rude little B.... Hope your tummy feels better cramps and swelling - Hugs..

Good Evening Gang.. Back from the gym - pooped.. Candice - I don't go to costco often - but when I do it's always $200 :0) - well not always but alot of the time :0) Glad you were there for you GF and lucky you have a good dh who even if he didn't have a gig - would let you go to the movies w/her - she needs friends like you.. Phyl - You better stick to soup or soft food for a while - you have irritated yourself. Do you have any chewable pecid - chew a couple before bed... I only had reflux once in the very beginning and that's cuz I ate too much.. I saw your pic's on FB - Very good pic of you and Earl - you need to post that other one her as an up date - you look fab in that pic - put it sided by side to your before.. That necklace looks beautiful.. Karla - GF you can always come back w/ a counter offer - that's what the pple expect - and you don't have to accept it - and if you refi now your payment would go up $200 or at the end when you have to pay interest & principle. Well I gotta feed the dogs and see what I am eating - still have bbq chicken - think I have some left over spinach and broc to go with it and maybe a small red baked tato.. CBL I

My old memory isn't that bad after all :smile2: So you are working all those crazy hrs anymore - I remember you having to do a system converstion or something like that.. It is a girl or boy (gb) how old??

Congrats on being a GM - Yep it's really a great thing !!! Great on going back to school !!! If I remember right and I could be confused - you were IT person - or am I confusing you with someone else?? Heck I'm an offical old fart this yr.. I was watching some Harvey Paksomething on QVC last night selling tapes that had only 25 min of exercise - he's some guru to the stars - selling some food (chips & pt bars) and some weights - book and cook book... I got the chips 130 cal per bag 10 grms of pt - they are great to have at work and are a little cheaper than the ones I get from baratric choice.. We will see... Our thread had dwindled down to 6-7 of us regular posters and 2 are adopted :0)...

2 words - pharmacy school :0) Hugs Hugs Hugs oh Karla - food cop not going to get pissed about the soda (diet is a must though) every now and then I do it - never was a big soda drinker - but every now and then I want one - and they do make me feel full - i pour them back and forth between 2 glasses to get some of the carbonation out..