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Candice That would be so cool - I would love it if you guys "Wintered in the Desert like Phyl & Earl".. Yep we are starting a new decaded and we are better off than where we were 2.5 yrs ago tonite. Hell the best part is that we have found each other and have become life long freinds. HAPPY NEW YEARS TO MY SISTERS !!! Love to you all !!! I'm staying home so will be online most of the nite :0)

OMG WE HAVE 23 GUESTS - READING OUR THREAD RIGHT NOW !! Ok Guest this is for you all I guess you are all researching the band - making that new year resolution and looking into weight loss surgery.. Well #1 thing is to know - it's only a tool - as you are all reading right not about my meltdown - relapse - whatever you want to call it - the band doesn't make your food choices for you - it's NEVER going to stop you from eating candy, ice cream, gravy, adult beverage, cookie nor cake. It's never going to stop you from eating a bowl of mashed potatoes loaded with butter &/or gravy.. These things are what we call slider foods - they slide right on threw the band.. I have lost 112 lbs in just a little over a yrs time - banded 7/07 - I have kept my weight for the last yr between 138-143 my 5 lbs limit - I ate to many sweets this Christmas - where as for the last 2 yrs I had some but not like I did this year and I gain 4 lbs. I lost the weight my keeping a food diary - exercising and eating low fat - limited sugar & carbs. I got to my sweet spot 11/07 - my band does stop me from eating 16 oz steak and a loaf of bread. I worked hard to get the weight off - I did 75% of the work and the band did the other 25% by providing restriction It does nothing for your head hunger - It does nothing for our issues w/food - It's all about making a lifetime lifestyle change in your eating - it's not dieting - cuz when you go off your diet you go back to eating normal and wham the weight comes right back on.. That's what I did from 12/24 to 12/28 - I ate sweets - my drug of choice - I went back to eating normal and WHAM 3 lbs came back on over night.. I will not gain the weight back - I am keeping a food & exercise diary until I get back to 138 - I will make good healthy food choices and add a couple of exercise days into my schedule - I am not going to say oh it's only 3 lbs - not biggie - cuz then it will be 3 more and then next year at this time I will be 250 lbs again.. So take it from an experienced bander - it's work but it's so worth the work - I love me for the work I have - I love my band for the tool that it has been - making the hard job of losing weight just a little easier. My band hasn't failed me - I failed me by eating to much crap.

Oh Steph Candice Phyl - no more whining and crying - I promise!!! Thanks for the kick - but OMG I haven't been 146 since 7/08 that's how much I weighed when we met at MofA You know it's that sugar - it's the freaking DEVIL oh one more bite won't hurt - it's ok - ya just 4 more reese pb cups - just 2 more cookie - just another slice of pie... It really is my drug of choice - I thought I was in control but I wasn't - I let that stupid little devil tell me he wasn't the devil - that it's ok to eat me your only going to gain 1 lb.. Well he was a FREAKING liar ... So - as I have preached to Karri before - there is no recovery without a relapse - I had my relapse and now I am back into my recovery mode.. Well I am done w/the freaking devil - do you hear me - I am done - I will not do this again - I will not let my guard down like I did. Got off work at 12:30 - came home changed and headed directly to the gym - 4 mile - 650 calories burned... Sweating like a freaking pig - haven't sweated this much since I first hit the treadmill 2.5 yrs ago... But I feel better - got those endorphins rushing threw my system - Feel like I am in control again.. I am going to do my wii in a while - I am going to incorporate that into my daliy exercise - that's why I freaking got it - but have been saying oh your normal work out is enough - well I have just been kidding myself and not practicing what I preach and that is as you lose the weight you got to amp up the exercise - Well it's official I am not waiting till tomorrow I started TODAY !!!!

Oh great Steph make me cry some more lol !!!! Thank you so much - I know it will come off - I know what to do - I have the tools to do it - it's just so scary right now I am going to the gym after work - I am eating healthy today - I will continue to eat healthy and hit the gym a couple extra days/weeks to get the weight off. But it was so depressing this morning ... Nobody's fault but mine as I shoveled those extra sugar treats into my body - that spring that the Doc at my lapband convention 2 yrs ago has sprung - our fat cells shrink but they are still they and sugar/carbs stores right back in to those cells even faster after you have lost the weight.. Thanks for the love - it's needed and I will get thru this with all of your guys love and support..

Karla - Sounds like you have a busy fun day - Pple here get fireworks from Mexico and shoot them off along w/guns... I hate the guns and my doggies will bark but aren't to afraid. Candice - I need the secert - I am really really bummed this morning - I mean major major bummed - got on the scales 146.5 - and I have beed eating good since Monday - I know I want the xtra weight to come off over night like it has in the past but it's not. I was up 1/2 lbs this morning.. (and I know it's mostly Water as I was super puffy this morning - but that doesn't matter in my brain right now) I am giving it a week then I am calling the doc and getting a fill - it really only needs to be a tweek - but I need something - I hate myself today - I feel like a total failure - a fake - an imposter. I want to cry.. Is this the beginning of the end for me.. Phyl - Yep you got it right - Palm Springs use to be the hub of the Coachella Valley - but that's move more to Palm Desert now a days - The Coachella Valley starts at Palm Springs - Ends in Thermal - 40 miles I would guess - you are about 10 miles north of Palm Springs and I'm 20 miles East of Palm Spring Well I am crying as I am typing this post - I need to get my butt in gear - so I will ck back late gang

Good Morning Gang Happy New Years Eve Steph - my gf has a sinus infection too and the doctor told her to use one and it's helping - I also read about some nose spray that has caynne (sp) pepper in it that suppose to help too. Well today is the last of 2009 - can't beleive how fast the last 10 yrs has flown by - seems like yesterday that we were bringing in 2000. But again that seems like a lifetime ago too.. Food was good yesterday - 1000 calories plus my exercise Well it's 5:30 gotta hit the shower - hopefully today will be a short day - but doubt it - the boss (we have 4) that usually lets us off early isn't at work today

I only do box cake ;0) Well I had dinner - off for some popcorn then bed - 5 a.m. comes fast I think my new yrs plan is going to be to get back on my wii in the morning before work - hell 1/2 hr 4 days a week will help some :0)

Ya she was standing on the corner w/her bike on the way to work and a big rig was turning the corner - back end ran her over dragging her a 1/4 of a mile.. When my Bro died in 99 then his son died in 00 then bro dies in 08 his sis dies in 09 weird huh??? I have that elect cig - it didn't charge well and didn't really like the taste of it - I got menthol but it didn't taste like menthol - maybe we I get ready to quit again (one of these days not right now) I will pull it out .. Too funny about the pancake mix lol Yep Karla - You might not be in the perfect place where you want to be right now in your life - but it could be a whole lot worse.. Enjoy the day - I really have been trying to live that way lately.. Worrying about tomorrow isn't going to change it.. Can't wait to see the new pic's - I am sure glad that cake isn't anywhere near me - I am done with junk.. OMG Girl - I would never post a toothless pic - I am way to vain... You can order them (smokeless cigs) off the internet Electronic Cigarettes - Smokeless Delite - Smokeless Cigarettes WTG on your calories and gym tomorrow - how's the knee - mine hasn't bugged me since thanksgiving... Go figure.. Kari - Sweetie - don't wait til Monday - you have had enough junk - why add 2 more lbs stop it now... Hugs on Jaylee bday That's what I have done - I think I am going to have lobster tomorrow and stay home and watch movies - Debbie wants to go out - I don't - I have been there done that and I don't want to drink - not in the mood. I am not a big drinker - I can get in a mood to party - but I'm not there right now.. Well back from the gym - had a good work out - I think my arms are going to be sore tomorrow - I know that my butt and legs are from Monday's workout.. Well gotta ck dinner - be back in a sec

Drive by post - before I leave work :0) have 10 minutes to kill Steph so glad you are feeling better (emotionally) and ya I read about the $100 med !!! I remember when Joseph was a teenager - I would have get him to the point of crying to break down that wall - Andrew too... So glad things are progressing with Michael Karla - Yep wouldn't life be so much easier if kid's would actually listen to their parents :0)... Phyl - Glad Earl isn't starving himself :0).. Candice - How did the dentist go... Will ck in after gym - I am hungry if anyone cares and there is still crap in the lunch room:eek: - more cookies came today..:tongue2: Oh just got a call my BIL sis got hit by a truck and died today - she was about 44 - I only met her a few times - sad for my BIL to lose his baby sis...

Phyl - Hugs on your Earl issues - he's going to be a bear cuz like you said he will start starving himself and be grouchy... Ya gotta get back to healthy eating - least you did better than me - 2.4 my scale 3 lbs - but remember alot of that is water weight too cuz carbs make you hold on to the water.. I'm eating my steel cut oats right now - I like them .. Yep no excuses for the gym/pool for the next month - gotta get those scales moving for all of us...

Good Morning Gang.. Drive by post - gotta hit the showers.. Food Yesterday BF - 4 oz prime rib - Lunch Popcorn - Dinner Fish Cauliflower Snack - 1/4 c cashews - 2 sf dark choc puddings. Exercise 3.5 mile 500 calories burned. Today - BF - Steel Cut Oatmeal - Lunch Fish/Cauliflower Dinner - Fish/Rice/Veggies Snack - taking a pear to work. Exercise - Weights tonite (arms) That's the plan for today... Well gotta hit the shower - Work

Glad you got home safely -fingers crossed you don't get what Jackies dgd had. Sound's like your gs has his head on straight = Marines great idea - I think any of the militalry would be good.. Well I have work tomorrow - headed to bed in a few.. Talk to you all in the a.m.

OMG Candice - is that the work you had done in Mx?? Send Peter to the store to get some fixodent (denture stuff) and put it back on - it will hold it a little bit - I have gf who used super glue to put her's back on Ya I could imagine how hard it is to type w/doggie in lap - Angel is smaller and every now and then she's in my lap but it's to hard so on the floor she goes.. Phyl should be getting home by now - I didn't tell her - but it's cold here - low/mid 60's during the day... Well I didn't do crap today - 2 loads of towels and that's it - oh ya took a nap.. I did make the mistake of getting on the scales - up 3 freaking lbs.. Well that's what I get for eating all those sweets it's a good thing I didn't make xmas cookies last night.. Well back to the gym and eating healthy they will come off - am thinking about a fill again but again I don't think I really need one - who knows maybe a brain fill of .1 would help.. Well need to go see what I can throw together for lunch tomorrow - back to work for 2 days then off for a 3 day weekend - I won't have another furlough day til 1/15 then 1/29 -

Doesn't it feel good to get back to healthy eating - funny how we miss it and look forward to getting back to it.. WTG on the gym - hell no one talks to me at the gym - not many our age at mine - and both Idrise & Vickey say I am not approachable.. I said the other day - no guys look at me at the gym and vickey said yes they do - but I haven't ever noticed - I don't smile enough I guess.. Who knows - but since I ain't looking no biggie and when I go to the gym I go to work out - When I go in the mornings I have a fresh washed face and that's it... I don't look too cute :0)... Did you go see the Torch - Peter posted pic on FB how cool I would have went to see it pass thru.. I have my official Canada Olympic outfit that I got last summer to wear when I watch this winter (remember)... Yep you should maybe do 10 min treadmill to warm up then go to leg weights one day - then next day arms - then 1 day just cardio then back to legs - do lunges - if you want your butt to hurt - we did they yesterday and my butt is sore today ;0)

Good Morning Gang... The kids just left ;o( - I will be worried till they get home safely - I worry about them on the road - I guess it's the insurance person in me - Accidents... I ate good yesterday - didn't get up to eat last night - In fact I slept quite well - got up at 6:30 (today is my furlough Tuesday) had my coffee - went to the gym did my 3.5 mile burned 500 cal Got home at 8:15 everyone still asleep ... I have more energy than my 32 yr old DIL and my 38 yr old son.. Got the house packed up (all their xmas presents) and packed in the truck - had to cover stuff as they may hit some rain on their way home I think every towel in the house is dirty - have one load started - sheets stripped - My Sis and DH are coming soon - I need to call them to find out when.. Karla - I haven't been on the scales yet - I don't think I will get on till Thursday - I am afraid of what they say.. I threw out the last piece of cake this morning since Joseph was leaving - proud that I didn't eat any last night... Back to healthy eating and getting all my days in at the gym - no more oh I can miss today :0) This morning Joseph said - "You have been to the gym already this morning" - "you don't play around do you" - nope dear I don't want to be over weight again - I gotta be serious about this - It's my life we are talking about..

Candice No more jogging - it's not good for our knees - and you need to have a trainer show you how to do the weights so that you don't injury yourself... Menudo is made with Tripe (cow's stomach - honeycomb tripe) and a cow's foot (minus the hoof) hominy which is big corn.. I think you might want to go to a authentic mex restaurant and try it before you make it - I like it but I eat oysters on the half shell - escargot - weird stuff in some pples book - I like sushi - Mexican's can take all the scraps and make a meal - stuff most pple throw away Well back from the gym - the kids got pizza - ugh - I am making fish - steamed green beans & rice - the only problem is the cake isn't gone - I am going to do my best not to eat it to nite.. Idrise (trainer) gave me an Vicky (workout partner) new years resolutions - Vickey has to lose 15 lbs and then I asked him what was mine - he really had to think about it - he says well you keep bitching about being up 5 lbs - so your goal is to get to 133 so that you can have the 5lbs to play with and be 138 - the lowest I have every been is 136 when Karri was here - he gave me to 2/14 to lose it and Vicky has to lose 10 by then - I seriously doubt that I can get to 133 - don't have any real urge to - but will get back to 138 - am going to have to make sure I hit the gym 4 days a week if not 5..

Candice - I think/hope all junk will be gone by the time I get home tonite ... I had bought choc chips to make cookies - but I ended up opening them and eating them with walnuts - I threw 2 have eaten bags away last week... Food today - BF - 1/4 c peanuts - Lunch 1.5 cup menudo soup - Dinner ??? I won't know til I get home - I have gym tonite and will go tomorrow morning.. Well don't know if I will be back on tonite as kids may be leaving tomorrow..

Glad you had a good time w/the girls!!! I have one more day w/mine - I think they are leaving tomorrow.. Congrats on your size 12 - wtg !!!! I could take a nap right now - it's almost 3 p.m. and I have gym tonite - You could be at my house w/a 5 yrs who has this gutiar and thinks she's a rocker chick - I would take the quiteness :0)

I don't care how tight you are sweets slip right on thru... It's done - it's over - get back to eating healthy and add a couple of extra days of phsyical activity the lbs will come off again...

Oh ya gf my maternial instinsts would have flown out the window once he called be a "B" too and it was no accident as we all know - what word could he have been typing that's like bitch - witch - same meaning :0) - and the whole adopted thing too - total maniuplator - I am glad you are pissed - it's better than the sadness - I love do they have wifi under a bridge lol...

Good Morning Gang Phyl - Hugs - #1 how does DS have access to a computer? I don't know what to tell you on this one - I would have given in by now too - When does his job start.. It would have pissed me off about the getting my nails done - that would have turned off the maternial instinst for me.. As long as I can stay mad - I can do ok w/saying no.. Candice - I did hit the gym yesterday a.m. 3.5 mile 582 calories burned - I have eaten way too many sweets - they are all gone now - I threw away the rest of the fudge this morning - and I won't be making xmas cookies - we don't need them.. Potatoes sound great - but I am back on the bandwagon... Karla - Hope you are enjoying your daughters :0) Yesterday we went and saw Avatar - I didn't want to see it - didnt think I would like it - it's an EXCELLENT movie !!! The graphic are spectactular !!! I napped a bit - it's a 2:45 hr movie - but I didn't miss anything - It was wonderfull - modern verision of Dancing with Wolfs :0) Well am at work today - have tomorrow off - Kids I think are leaving tomorrow ;0( cbl

Candice Here's some links - put some hot sauce on it - then he won't eat it :0) Coprophagy: Preventing Stool Eating in Dogs & Puppies Stool Eating: How Can I Break My Dog From This Nasty Habit? Dealing with the Stool-eating Dog Ya Christmas is a big deal for us - all those gifts are a combination of my gifts to 5 of them and then Joseph & Melissa's gifts to 4 of us - so ya we are blessed :0) What is Swedish Potatoes ?? I have a cup of mac & cheese then a bowl of my Menudo - My GF Linda came over had some said it was good and then Melissa came home said it was better than her Grandma (who's mexican) so I gotta say I do pretty good for a white girl :0) I have had cake & ice cream to nite :0) Bear knock on the glass when he has to go out - I know when I took him to puppy school they say you can put a bell and teach them to ring it ;0) I have to go to the gym 1st thing on my days off or I won't go :0)

WTG Riley - You will get there !!! If you think you can you will - If you think you can't you won't

Good Afternoon Gang I started a post this morning but then got side tracked w/down loading pictures - talked to Sister - went to store to get fixings for Menudo - came home started it - then had to take Bear to the vet - ears were gross - $200 later - got then flushed, shot and ear meds.. Had a wonderful Christmas - Everyone showed up at one time or another - was a hectic day - but a good one.. Karla - sure hope DD gets home today. Phyl - Quiche sounds good - I have never made one - I am going to have to try it sometime.. Candice - You did better than me - I didn't make the gym today - I was pooped from Christmas.. Maybe tomorrow Food hasn't been bad - not great - but not bad either - I am not worrying about it for now.. Love this new computer screen - barely need glasses with it. Well just wanted to say Hi - Think I am going to go relax a bit - kids went to see Melissa's Mom - so need to enjoy the quite while it last.. CBL

MERRY CHRISTMAS Presents opened - my new 23 inch monitor installed :0) Breakfast cooked - I need to eat I was registering my new monitor Half the family (Joseph & Andrew) will go back to sleep (I got up at 6:30 woke everyone up at 7) Will post picks later MERRY CHRISTMAS