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Karla - No counting calories today or tomorrow - It's Christmas I just finished cards - kids are in Pasadena - should be here in about 1 1/2 they say the freeways are packed Watching It's a Wonderful Life !!! My 2 nephew's (bro Jimmy's boys) are coming tomorrow along w/my sis son and his 2 daughter - My Uncle Charles and Stepbro Brad and maybe GF.. So will have a house full but am so looking forward to it - I will be surrounded by family and at this time of year I miss the ones who have passed the most.. I'm signing off for the night - So everyone have sweet dreams of sugar plums MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT

Well Gang I see everyone is gone already :0) doing family stuff - Well mine left their house about an hour ago - should be here 9:30 or 10 I got food shopping done - cake cooling on rack - cheesecake done - bought those precut sugar Cookies got them baked and iced so that Santa will have some on his plate tonite when he comes to go along w/his milk.. Ate a cheese/jalepeno tamale - took a power nap - had one cup of coffee - on my second - load of wash done.. Now just need to wrap DS compressor - nephew presents - do my cards and ck the guess room to see if it's decent. I may have a delima (sp) It's going to be Brooke - I hope she goes straight to bed cuz of the presents under the tree already - I think I am going to pump up the air mattress and put it infront of the tree so she can't see the presents - plus there will be the ones Joseph is bringing Well back at it - will cbl Hugs

Phyl sounds like you are having a great time !!! Yep I believe like you do -God brings us together for a reason... There was a lesson to be learned from that encounter - We have to be thankful for what we have - I agree MS is better the brain cancer - and I know from personal experience you will make anyone smile - you have that way about you.. I am in a very emotional state today - I am just feeling so very blessed - I have you guys - for the original #7 we have been sisters for 2.6 yrs now - and Karla - when did you join - but I feel like you have been here from day one - Karri too.. We have so much - we have our health - we have our families - we have each other - we all have a roof over our heads - jobs - and food on our tables (a little too much right now lol) God Bless each and everyone of you I love you all from the bottom of my heart and I thank God everyday for bringing you all into my life... Well enough crying :0)... Angel and I took a shower - I find it easier to give her a bath w/me in the shower - she doesn't slip so much as she does in the sink - got her all brushed out - now I have to put on my face and get dressed and get my shopping done... Just want you all to know how much I love you - Thank you all for being my Sisters ...

A quick ck in - back from the gym - took 1 hr to burn off 1 cookie - so I should have stayed for another 3 hours lol.. Well need to jump in the shower - Angel needs a bath too and hit the store before the rest of the world - hopefully most pple have to work at least 1/2 day today - so that this morning won't be too crazy... CBL

Good Morning Gang Merry Christmas Eve I too am awake early - but I didn't wake up - my alarm went off - I didn't turn it off last night cuz I wanted to get up early - gotta hit the gym this morning to burn those Cookies I ate last night ) Phyl - What a wonderful story about the lady in Starbucks isn't it wonderful that there are nice pple in the world who even with bad things happening to them they are friendly and happy and full of good cheer - that warms my heart. There's a story on my mentor thread - but for you who don't read it gotta repeat it I thought it was wonderful My friend went to church last night they took up the collection - the pastor had pizza delivery - and guess what - that collect that was took was given to the pizza delivery guy $485 tip !!! Life is good !!! What a great thing to happen to that pizza guy.. Phyl - What you aren't realizing is that you use to eat like Earl - you have changed but he hasn't - I bet 2.5 yrs ago when you guys traveled - when he ate you ate - now you don't and he still is.. Gym this morning - then finish up my grocery shopping - Joseph bought a little compressor on black friday - it was his xmas present to himself - so he left it here to put under the tree - well I just noticed it in my closet the other day - so now I have to wrap that.. Kids won't be here til 10ish tonite - Andrew will go to his Mom's tonite and I will watch It's a Wonderful Life Gotta email my Uncle & 2 nephews to tell them to be here around 1 ish on Christmas for dinner.. I'll be cking in during the day

Well said Riley For me the fact that I had majority surgery to get control of my life and this is not a diet - it's about being healthy.. The quality of my life had deteriorated - I was sleeping and eating my life away - could barely vacuum the living room without breaking out in a sweat - walking for any length of time was too much effort - I was 52 when banded I have 3 grandkids (18/15/5) whom I want to see grow up. For me I had my "ah ha" moment.. I finally understood what they meant in all the "diet programs" by this has to be a lifetime lifestyle change in your eating - not a diet - cuz they don't work - we all have dieted, lost some or all of the weight then go back to eating "normal" and making excuses why we can't exercise.. Well our eating normal for the most part is what made us fat in the 1st place - it wasn't eating healthy and exercise is key in being healthy.. I wanted to add a few more years to my life and be able to do the things all my friends could do - and I couldn't cuz of the weight.. The band is the tool which is permanently installed to help us feel fuller on a smaller amount of food - but it doesn't make our food choices and it doesn't exercise for you. And most importantly it doesn't do a darn thing about our mental/emotional issues with food.. And truly imho that's where the majority of our problems lie.. There are failures in any WLS and it's not the surgery that fails but the person who doesn't commit to making the lifetime lifestyle change.. I think this is why the statistics for the band is that you will only lose 50 to 60% of your excess weight - and that due to our issues with food and not making the changes needed to be healthy - that we are inferior to some degree - I wanted to prove those statistics wrong - I lost 100% of my excess weight in 1 yrs time.. Not by dieting but by eating healthy and exercising - which I still do today and will have to do for the rest of my life if I want to keep the weight off. I can never go back to being a couch potato and an unhealthy eater (high fat - high sugar - tons of starches) Again - I think you just have to have your AH HA moment no matter if you do it with or without surgery - you have to make the commitment to yourself to be healthy - Surgery help make a hard job just a little easier but it's still work Good Luck to you on your journey..

Kari - Hugs - GF - you need one of those sun lights - and go to the doctor and ck your meds - they may need adjusting.. Have a safe trip tomorrow - I know the weather isn't good for my northern friends.. Ya I had to sign in too - they must have reset something - I never have to sign in and when that's happen before - I forget my password and then get locked out - then it takes forever (15 minutes) to get your password reset - I was lucky I remember my password this time.. OMG your kids would fail in Cali schools...And you are suppose to contact EVERY PARENT when they haven't turned in their papers - OMG I would have heard every day 10 times a day from GS teachers... Kid's don't have to take responsibility - OMW - you work for a F'd up school district. How can you teach 6th grade science with a 9th grade level book - did you ask that question - simple but no hands on - no fun - is it earth science you teach - so you can't have them bring a potato and what it grow - your kid's don't have a science fair that they MUST enter.. Andrew did.. Ya you are a babysister - OMW - I can't believe that so much diff than our schools here.. Hugs Hugs Hugs - I think you need to get online and ck out Desert Sands Unified School District or Palm Springs Unified School District - Coachella Valley Unified School District (those are the 3 school districts here in the Desert) Plus we have ton's of private schools too.. Can't hurt to ck it out and then you could move here and have me as a ft gf :0) Maybe you could teach me how to quilt - but remember I am not good w/math :0)

Candice Yes I got your card last week early in the week - Have you gotten mine - I mailed them a week ago Monday - I see you sent yours air mail - I sent mine regular mail. I didn't know there were 4 bathrooms - just yours - the one I used and the one Phyl used.. Since I use foxfire I have all these tabs open and FB is one and Linda will be on and want to chat but by the time I see it cuz I a posting here - we miss each other.. I guess what caught my eye on that thread was - Relax eat what you want - I took it literally - And I can't - Like I said I am a sober addict right now - if I ate the way I wanted I would be 250.. WTG on the exercise girl - I am proud of you... Exercise is key for me - and I think for those of us who have desk jobs and don't move very much - it's a great boost to our weight loss cuz our bodies arent' use to the work outs.. I am back from my weight training arms - Had a good workout - The coffee kicked in and I think I will be sore in a couple of days - last week my chest was so sore that I thought I was getting sick - I told that to Idrise tonite he knew what I meant - I like it when I get sore after a work out - it means I am burning calories :0) and building muscle.. Well, Tomorrow is Christmas Eve - Joseph & Family should be here around 10ish tomorrow night.. I am going to have to make sure the living room is dark so Brooke can't see the presents - When Joseph & Andrew were little I never put presents under the tree til after they went to bed..

Tell Rose I said Merry Christmas - Enjoy having your Mom around for the holidays ... Well - Am off work - we got off at 3 - did good at pot luck as I wasn't hungry - Had 2 shrimp filled yellow chili peppers and 1/8 of a tamale.. But I did bring 4 Cookies home... Sitting here drinking coffee - have gym at 4 and my 4.5 hrs of sleep has caught up w/me hopefully the coffee helps. Last time I talked to Phyl - she texted me that she was wearing the cap I crocheted for her for her Bday - they were in the Grape Vine - oh you guys don't know it - but it's I 5 going up north - it got closed yesterday morning due to snow.. She was glad she had it cuz it was COLD.. CB after gym

Good Morning No she really doesn't have 10 but she has 2 guess rooms upstairs and 2 in the basement and that's where her sewing room is along w/wine celler and Peters workshop - if I remember correctly - both Phyl & Tracy slept down stairs along with Kari - Linda & I slept up stairs... You were the 1st person on my mind this morning knowing today was your last day of school - Yea... Karla - as far as my commitment - you (well all of you) gotta go read this thread - http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f178/eat-what-you-want-107023/index3.html I am terrified of gaining the weight back - like you I freak when I eat too many sweets or something indulgent for dinner like tacos or lasagan - I have lost the weight before never this much and I have never gone to the gym for 2.5 yrs - when I have lost weight before about the 2nd yr it starts coming back on. I am so scared of that - I don't think anyone truly understands that about me.. I think this is a dream and that I am going to wake up morbidly obese tomorrow - especially since I haven't really been able to get back under 143 - where I was 138 for the longest - while on vacation a couple of weeks ago I did get 141.5 but now that I am back to work and this past week did over do it on the choc (last friday) So I have to have the committment of going to the gym - I know it works - I do know what works (eating healthy & exercise) but I still have a fat chick brain and I still want to eat junk - that hasn't left me - but like you said before it's 1/4 of what I use to eat when I do eat it - but I am afraid that one day I wont stop - or I will say oh it's ok to have treats more often and not be so diligent about what I eat.. You all think I have it under control - I am a sober addict right now - but I am still an addict.. LBT is my AA - You all are my sober friends - I can't do without you all - You all help me stay on tract.. Well I had leg cramps last night didn't go to sleep til after 12 - and hell when the alarm went off - i said wtf it's 5 already. I looked up (toogled) at 12 last night immediate relief for leg cramps - pinch the bases of the nose (the part that separates your nostrils) well it did seem to work.. Well it's 5:30 and today is our office Xmas lunch - it's pot luck and I gotta figure out what to wear - I don't have all the xmas tops that I had when I was obese - I haven't been able to find any cute ones in medimum size - have one from target but it's short sleeve (very short) so I gotta wear something over it.. Phyl - have a safe trip - I know we will hear from you during the holidays - (we better ;00)

It was cuz of the snow that it was closed for 2 hrs I read - I think the rain is gone so I don't think you will have a problem. Well got the dogs fed - Andrew left with a friend and I don't know what to fix for dinner. I guess eggs - omelett w/some cheese :0)

I weighted and measured for the first few months as a learning tool -As fat chick I don't think we know what 4 oz of meat - Pasta - rice looks like - I kept a food diary for the 1st year til I got to goal - it was an accountability factor and I loved writing down each week -2 lbs - and keeping a running total as the months passed - I logged calorie and Protein and my exercise - the minute I hit goal I quit doing these things How much do I eat per meal - 1.5 to 2 cups for dinner - I have 4 oz of meat - 1/2 c rice and 1/2 cup veggies - some nites I eat it all some nites I don't - lunch is about 1.5 cup too - breakfast is usually something lite cuz I eat at my desk.. I am 2.5 yrs out and I am still afraid of gaining the weight back if I let my guard down - I am not dieting - can't say I really ever have - I cut the unhealthy stuff from my diet most of the starches - not all as I still have some starches/carbs- I cut tons of fat (cooking oil - butter & cheeses) and sugar.. I no longer eat 8 tacos loaded with cheese & dripping in grease or refried Beans made w/lard - or a 3/4 of a casserole in one night - or on a weekends a batch of brownies - Plus I added exercise into my life - prior to my band I sat a desk all day - and on my butt at home.. I like veggies always have - but did I eat them regularity nope and if I did eat them they were loaded with butter- I ate home cooked food starch/fat/sugar and meat Not Fast Food I still crave these things (high fat & high sugar)- I could still eat a bag of candy - My head still wants those foods - I still miss being able to sit down and pig out on something - my band prevents that.. I am a Food Addict - I am a sober food addict at the moment but I am still an addict.. Food brings me comfort - nothing better than to sit down and read a book with a bag of M&M So Jachut - I get your Mom - she need's a program to follow- I basically follow a WW type eating plan - as I think it's the most balanced - I don't go to meeting - I don't count points but I eat how I learned to when I went to WW which is balanced low fat limited starches & sugars and exercise Everyone is diff - just like some pple need to go to their AA meetings weekly and other don't go at all.. I had to change my eating - as prior to my band my eating was unhealthy - I can't just eat less of what I use to eat due to it not being healthy. I am guessing here - don't have any #'s behind what I am going to say - but IMHO the majority of morbidity obese pple aren't just over eating healthy foods - they are eating high fat and high sugar and high carb meals in large quantities and they don't move due to the excess weight and it being too hard to.. I go out and eat mexican - Chinese - and cook these things at home occasionally - my band prevents me from over eating these foods but these foods are usually high calorie foods opposed to meat/fish - veggies & starch.. I still am a volume eater most of the time - I would rather have 4 oz of fish 1/2 c rice & veggies for 320 calories than a candy bar for 230 calories - I have bday cake - Cookies - an occasional candy bar - or pie/ice cream - but usually always away from home - cuz if this stuff was in my house at Night time I would eat them till they were gone.. I am relaxed to a degree - but I know my triggers - so I am always mindful of them.. I have lost the weight before (never this much) and usually by this time I start gaining it back.. Our individual diets are what got us fat in the first place - So ya you can eat less of that same diet - but are you learning to eat healthy - or just less of the same high fat high sugar foods.. I concentrate on eating healthy 98% of the time allow for treats 2% of the time and work out 3-4 days a week 1 hr max per workout session - I have maintained my weight loss now for 1.5 yrs - fluctuating 5 lbs max. But I still want unhealthy foods... Hi my name is Janet and I am a food addict and the band doesn't deal w/my mental issues - just the physical one by limiting my quantity of food..

Good Evening Gang... Well tried to talk myself out of gym - Oh you are going Xmas eve so you don't need to go tonite... Cop out !!! So I didn't think about it came home changed and went - Great work out burned 556 calories !!! I did incline 6 & 9 at 3.5 & 4.0 mph... Tomorrow is our Xmas pot luck - didn't know what I was taking - had lox for lunch one of the girls likes lox - so that's what I am taking - I had to get some french bread - sliced it - toasted it - well the 1st batch burned - had to go back to the store and got some more bread got it sliced and toasted - so doing that w/some cream cheese.. Phyl - Ya I napped and didn't wake up til 5 and didn't feel like getting dressed - Sorry that Earl waited for me.. I was pooped Sunday - went to bed at 8:30 and sleep til 4:45. You are taking the RV not the car?? I just looked at weather - the news said 40's but AOL Weather says 35 - 34 for the next few nights - I heard the grape vine was closed this morning for a couple of hours - so - becareful tomorrow Well you know Earl he likes to fret over stuff he has no control over.. I don't know what I am cooking for dinner - didn't take anything out and am not really hungry at the moment... Karla - Hugs on the student/parent issues - but you don't have to take the abuse and your principal should back you up.. As far as doing what the realtors suggested - like we all said do it after the holidays - if someone wants to buy the house they will - I thought it looked good as it was.. Candice - Your house is fine - hell you have 10 extra bed rooms lol - one has to be ready for the kid and hell it's your daughter - it's not like it's company :0).. Well need to feed the dogs - Ck back in a bit

SO what did you end up doing just the hot tub- we didn't get rain this way - it's windy now.. What time are you leaving tomorrow ?? Steph - Tell 3 speed freaks - You - Michael - Nick??? An that me has the oppossite effect on Adha - it's going to slow you down :0) so you don't over think :0) - Glad you are getting med's adjust -hope you feel better soon So how's your 1st week of retirement :0)

It gets better - I woke up from surgery (my 2nd in my life) and said WTF have I done - by day 3 I was just fine ;0)

Good Morning Gang I went to bed at like 8:30 most likely went to sleep at 9 got up at 11 ate some lamb way to fast pd a little - Sometimes I hate my band.. Karla when you had your 1st surgery why didn't insurance cover it - Hugs on the issue - would a diaphram help?? Not much to report ate 2 sf fudgsicle last night - I was ok calorie wise.. Sorta cleaning my desk as I type - it's a mess... I guess since I only had one child - I didn't have the sibling issues - I had 2 bros but done remember any major issues except for the fact that I was the 1st born of my parents and my bro Jimmy (1 yr 4 days younger) always hated that fact - so I think he had some jealousy issues with me - Michael the baby bro was just fine - he was very easy going - like me and my Dad - whereas Jimmy had my mom's temperment as does my sister... Well off to watch the weather suppose to be 65 and windy today - Phyl will get the worse of it if it is - Xmas is supose to be 67 an sunny - wish it would by 68 and cloudy I know a couple pple my sis and a gf who when to a physic and they were right on- I would love to go - just sorta scared..

Hugs Gf - I can't believe a parent would do that - what a stupid ass... Put the worksheet in an envelope give it to the kid to deliver to parents and do a sign receipt from them.. Pain in the arse but that way the kid will have to do his/her homework and you will have the evidence... Call the doc on your pain - come on now - we need you around..... Ok I am watching survior - how in the hell did the blondie win - RUSSELL SHOULD HAVE WON !!! He's kinda cute - he did play the best game.. As to tarot cards - I have played them on line - it's just a game - just like reading your astrology = heck we use to play wegee (sp) board... Me personally - there could be aliens - who in the heck knows - I guess if I met one then I would know for sure - but anything is possible.. I have never gone to a physic - want to but my Catholic roots stop me..

Hey Gang... Steph sorry about the cold.. They are the worse.. They reallly drag you down - but sounds like you got something accomplished.. Candice -WTG on the gym- Yea on the personal trainer !!!! WTG you need someone to kick your butt since I'm not there to do it :0)... Karla - Where are you - you have school this week?? Ours are closed (I'm pretty sure) this week and next week - the go back the 4th.. Today was busy at work today .... Will be that way till Wed - we have Thursday Friday off.. Had gym tonite - food was good Sat Sunday & today - found these pita pockets at Costco - 80 cal - made ck sandwich with it - 1/2 for bf & the other 1/2 for lunch - Apple for snack.. Well that's about it for the day - need to go feed the dogs and see what Andrew wants.. cbl

Good Morning Gang... Got All my presents wrapped - shopping done (well the there will be some food shopping on 12/24 - rolls and dessert stuff - milk eggs oj that kind of stuff)- washing done - napped - had roasted lamb potatoe carrotsfor dinner and now at work Phyl - How was your Christmas Concert - Sorry didn't make it - Napped from 3- 5 and still went to bed at 9:30.. Candice - I wear my Elvis shirt to the gym :0) Hugs on your GF DH.. Karla - Yep you are a good girl - Don't sweat the house till after the holiday I was going to call Karri yesterday - but never did - will do it today..

Good Morning Gang Up at 7:11 Dogs just don't let me sleep.... Angel really.. Have the paper read - now to get dressed - do my Target shopping, come home wrap my few remaining gifts and wash some clothes.. That's about it for me for the day... Phyl will see my energy level this afternoon - Sunday's are my relax day getting ready for work tomorrow - that means nap day :0) and this week will be hectic

Mine wasn't costco - but rib eye from staters - not going down too well.. OMG that man - he sure can eat can't he... I loved those crackers - I got some new wheat thin cracker to eat w/my lox.... Joseph can eat a steak like that :0)..

Ok Phyl I know who to call in a crisis - you - I would be the same way freaking - I don't have air miles so I would have been sol... So glad they got to go.. I have already told the family they have to have passports - Oh I better get Andrew's :0) Food today - these pita bread thingies from costco 80 cal w/lite cream cheese & Lox - 260 cal - I have cooked a steak - but don't feel like it right now

stupid website - I just lost my freaking post... Karla See there is a Santa Claus !!!

I would call your doctor if I were you.... You might want to ck w/the pple in powder Room Gone Wild thread - they talk about this stuff there.. Powder Room Gone Wild (New!) - LAP-BAND

Ok you all know how lbt addicted I am and how much I love you all - so listen to this I was changing in to my comfy clothes right now-and I was thinking about our thread and post this morning and it hit me PHYL I DIDN'T TELL YOU CONGRATS ON BEING ABLE TO CROSS YOUR LEGS !!!! THAT'S A HUGH NSV - CONGRATULATIONS - SORRY I FORGOT EARLIER HOW RUDE OF ME !!! Ok here is what I have done today - gym as you all ready know - showered then took Andrew to his appointment - he has been bitching at them that they aren't going high enough with the laser to remove his tattoo (it barely gets red) so this time the turned up the power - I have never seen it this red he also has this skin thingie (so does DS) it's a fungus and it gives them these little spots of lighter color skin (where as on us it wouldn't even show) well it's on his back - but last night he found some on his arm and about freaked out - so he asked the doc at the tattoo removal place (its a derm place) and they gave him some medicine for it - pretty cool - cuz his step dad paid up front for this tattoo removal thing and I told him he could try and ask them about - but they might shine him on cuz it's not part of the treatment and he has and HMO and needs prior authorization to see a derm doc.. I gotta say both my kids (Andrew & Joseph) know how to get things done... So after that he didn't want to go Xmas shopping (he stayed out too late last night I think and which I am glad of cuz I didn't want to go to the mall) so brought him home - got his script fill then went to Costco - Got prime rib for xmas dinner (oh my was it expensive) asparagus - green beans - and some lox - they had samples and it was so good - so I got me some - then came home and put that food up and got back in the car and went to Stater Bros for the rest of Xmas foods (got even poorer) and truely will have to go back for rolls and such closer to Xmas since it's still a week away - hope the asparagus last that long.. Lucky Andrew helpped bring the groceries in - got them put us and here I am.. I am so diff than you guys - my kids will be here for 5 days and that's 2 days too many for me.. I enjoy a few days with them - but it disrupts my whole life - Trying to figure out what to cook for them - cuz they eat so much diff than me - they gotta have sauage/bacon eggs toast for breakfast every day - lunch - dinner - noise - I like my quietness - I know this sounds awful - cuz I love them with all my heart and if anything happen to them I would die... But 3 days is a long enough visit for me.. So Candice the only kid of shopping I did was food - and after having samples at Costco - I wasn't hungry so it was hard to even think of what to buy for our normal weekly food - got Andrew all his junk - we are having steak tonite - but I will have to go to Winco tomorrow to get my fish and most likely will hit Target too. I might go to Khols early tomorrow I need an Xmas top - but who knows - I may even go to the gym - My knee hasn't bothered me at all today - so hopefully it's just that I do something wrong on the treadmill to hyper-extend my knee and that's it...