IndioGirl55

WTG !!!! Told you gf I know what I am talking about - those extra calories sometime help w/the weight loss... I am not getting on my scale til Thursday - that's my weigh in day... I will exercise Monday Tues Wed & Thrusday this coming week - Saturday after Xmas too !!

Karla there is always plastic - what's another zero as my bro use to say :0).. Go see your Dad - if you don't you will feel worse.. As to DD issues - enjoy them while they are there even if it's one day... Back from the gym - 3.5 mile burned 502 calories now the shower and my stuff with Andrew.. CBL

My crack is food in general lol - but mostly sugar - once I start I can't quit and want more and more..

Good Morning I ate to my hearts content last night.. Lean Cuisine Alfreado (290 cal) the about 1/2 cup white rice in the left over sauce (150 c)- chips & jalepeno cheese (approx 600 cal) - white choc chips and walnuts (who knows and I am not looking it up but I would guess 900 cal if not more) corn on the cob 100- bf fish 150 - lunch salada 200 - so give or take 100 calories - I had approx 2290 - which isn't a bad number even if it was 3000 in all reality - for just one days food - cuz today I will eat healthy and I will be going to the gym and burning off at least 500 .. But Phyl I hear you on the staying away from sweets - could be my total down fall... I ate foods that don't bother my band I ate around it.. So today is a new day - and I do feel better with a little guilt cuz did I really need all those white choc chips nope - but they did taste good - but this morning feeling the effects of my food hang over :0) Karla - I guess you watched your movie and vegged last nite too..

Karla you know what it's on those days that I feel really fat that the scales are good to me - it's those days that I feel really thin and step on it and it shows a 2 lbs gain... Yes I'm right there in the morning w/you - take a laxitive tonite :0) - Yes if I haven't gone potty before a weigh in day - I might do it - those days are gone and I gotta say I haven't had any problem in that department lately If it's up it's up - and you know the reason why - but like you said the other day - now a days it's 3 carmels not the whole bags - It really is that now when we overdo the sweets we feel like we have been super bad and in all reality we haven't been that bad If it's up - then you make that deal with yourself - no more treat til Xmas Dinner - I am fight that right now myself - so far I am winning but I really feel like I am going to say "F" it and eat something unhealthy and sliding - but since I am saying it here - I most likely wont' - cuz I gotta show you guys how strong I am - I really do have to wait til I make xmas cookies.. but I will make some xmas eve for santa... I am not waiting till xmas night cuz everyone will most likely be too tired - then the day after they will go visit melissa's mom - and when they get back - Kaitlin will want to leave and go to her gf house.. I will be glad when Xmas is over - I think this is my hardest year yet...

730 calories in a cinnabom roll - omg - i won't even be eating half of one of those Karla - where are you !!! Phyl I hope you recorded Worlds New tonite- they gave Charles a great send off - I am crying like a baby - I love Charlie Gibson - I loved him since GMA !!!

Looked up the cinnamon bud 400 - 600 depending on the frosting - so say 250 - that's how I would calculate it.. Right now I would kill for some scallop potatoes - I am feeling the need for comfort food - cuz I have been saying no to the damn cookies - I am really feeling sorry for myself cuz I can't eat what I want to eat - There was a thread that said "relax eat what you want" I responded - hell no - that's how I got fat in the 1st place - that hasn't changed a bit even with banding - I still want the sweets the high fat foods - I just know that eating them will make you fat - I think the chick must have her band so tight that she can't eat much cuz she said her food consumption down 75% gets stuck on pie crust hell I can eat pie w/no problem - the only real thing my band stops me from eating is a 16 oz steak.. Well that is a bit of an exaggeration but you know what I mean.. I will try and make the thingie on Sunday are you singing :0) - I will really try to make it - I wish it were tonite - cuz I would love to get out of the house and hang w/you and Earl - I think my mood would improve - You guys make me happy I had planned to the gym then shower and go and do my Xmas Dinner shopping tomorrow - then Andrew tells me he has appt at 10:30 for tattoo removal and I need to take him shopping for his sister All my shopping is done - cuz I HATE to be out there with the rest of the pple who are doing their last minute shopping cuz they are so rude.. And on top of that he doesn't even know what he wants to get her - OMG what am I suppose to do wander around the mall for hours then end up at target or walmart - I don't need the temptation of shopping - I don't have the fainest ideal what a 10 yr old girl wants (this is his sis on his mom's side) Ya stick to the ham and veggies and a spoon full of potato's and 3 bite rule on desserts :0) Candice Whats Fat Quarters ?? $$$ for your Casino trips :0) Congrats on Retirement - But like I said - I bet you have a job within the next 6 months... Ya we remember John :0) That will be fun... Also - you are to clean out all the junk food you have in the house tomorrow - :0) no more maple ice cream :0) No news on knee yet - hopefully next week - but again it only bothers me when I am on my feet for a long time - so maybe just a muscle thing :0) My chest is killing me (muscles from workout on Wed) I took some advil before I left work - sitting here with coffee trying to not feed my face.. I may have a lean cusine alfreado and and scallops - I need comfort food badly.. I gotta get over this - I have another week to go - and I won't be making xmas cookies til after xmas - well hell I may buy those pre-cut ones -and frost a few - you know we have to have then out on Xmas eve..

OMFW - He brought you a cin roll and then wants to bitch - and when you bring up cement it's a no go - but then he talks to the neighbor and then he's all for it - OMW - I would have shot him... Well it will be nice but still - you should pout for 3 day :0) All these cookies and candy on this side of the office are killing me gang... On the other side of the office I didn't see it - Well just at lunch but being on this side - I know they are just a few steps away and when I go get water I have to walk by them. I went and looked up the calories of cheryl cookies - oatmeal raisin 190 cal for just a normal size cookie - the brownie bites are 80 cal - Well the problem is I don't want one - I want 10... I though looking the calories up would help stop my cravings and it has to a point - 200 cal for one dumb cookie - but hell I don't know the cal in my xmas cookies I make with the girls and but most likely about the same.. I am not eating them - but I am bitching and moaning cuz I want to and I can't - cuz I will not stop at one - I have a deal w/me and I gotta stick to it.. So until Xmas you might have to hear me doing alot of moaning :0)

Yep Irene - You can do this and will do it once you make your mind up about it.... Plus it helps to be at your sweet spot too. ;0) You just can't think of it as dieting - it's about eating healthy that's it - There are tons of treats in our lunch room right now at work - Oh my would I love to have one (really about 5 cookies)- but I am saving my treats for when I make Xmas Cookies with Grandaughters - It's all about the trade offs - I have kept my weight off for over a year now - but know I have to be diligent in keeping up my healthy eating habits - I can't let the old ones slip back into my life.. I am determined to keep my weight off - If an old broad like me can do it - so can a young cute thang like yourself can too.. You go girl - I am in your corner and if you need a kick in the butt after the 1st of the year - you know where to find me. Merry Christmas to you & yours - Blessed New Years !!! xoxox Janet

This from the man who binges - straves himself - binges and straves hiself - Ya - GIVE YOU A BREAK ;0)

WTG Diva !!! This is a great idea - I feel that my mentor thread help me stay focus and helping others you help yourself !!! Peeps who are reading this - Come join Diva in her challenge she's a great person - alot of fun and she will help you get it done- well you all will help each other Come and join her - you all can help each other - that's what LBT is all about 24/7 support - it's been my support since I was banded - I love it.. Good Luck Diva - You can do this I know you can !!! xoxox J

Sara I was 52 when banded 250 on 7/17/07 - by 7/24/08 I weighed 105 less - So you can lose it in a year.. But again alot depends on your metabolisim - what you choose to eat to maintain a healthy eating plan (meaning this isn't a diet - I am eating the same way I ate 12/07) and exercise.. Good Luck to you..

Dee Rose - Sorry but I don't think they have come up with PS in a jar - if they did they would be rich !!! My arms are the worse too and I hate it - but I rather be healthy and have the skin issues that be fat and have the health issues Lolly I am petite too and dressed I look just fine - if you met me for the 1st time in person - you would think I have always looked like this - Thank God we don't walk around naked :0) - I guess we do have to be glad Eve gave Adam the apple :0) lol Darling - there is such a thing as excess skin - it does lose its' elasticity - Stretch Marks... You take a garbage bag fill it with 100 lbs and leave in there for 5 minutes - take it out and it goes back to its normal shape - put a 100 lbs in that bag leave it in there for 20 yrs - take it out and the bag stays stretched out.. It is basically your DNA which determines if your skin is going to bounce back or not.. But the combination of how much excess weight you have - how long you have had it are also a contributing factors. I work out with a trainer - I have muscles in my arms - but no amount of muscle (unless I doped) would fill up the space where the fat was - When or if I ever have ps to cut away the skin that has stretched out and isn't going to bounce back - I will have Kelly Ripa arms.

Good Morning Gang... Phyl - You have had a lot of holiday stuff - I think that's contributed to the weight issue... They (holiday's) will be over soon enough so I wouldn't sweat it too much - the biggest this is that you haven't gained 5 lbs... Karla - Hugs gf - why can't the xbil mail you the rings... We could all pee on xdh front yard. When does school let out - that's one thing I would like about teaching - summers off - easter break & christmas break ;0) but that's it - I'm all about the amount of time off i get - what a great employee I am :0)... Steph - Hugs Hugs Hugs - wish I could do more than that - it's the mother in me too - I want to fix it for you.. I'm not a big worrier - I stress a little bit but nothing marjor - so it's easy for me to tell you that all that worrying isn't going to change the outcome - you have no control - and hopefully with the counseling you all are getting you will come to understand that - I guess I beleive in fate - yes we can direct it to a degree but it's going to be what it's going to be I am so glad you get to see PA - I really think that you need an adjustment to your meds which will help some and counseling - you will get better... Just know that we love you unconditionally... Candice - is today your last day??? Congrats GF I am so so jealous :0) Well need to get to work... CB in a few... TGIF

Ok - Now I understand - I hadn't read anything on this thread that would offend anyone - so I was lost.. What caught my eye on this thread was - Relax Eat what you want.. I don't want newbies to think that they can eat want the want cuz like I said - that's how most of us got fat in the 1st place.. I also eat healthy and I have a starch every night for dinner and have never considered this a diet - but what I want to eat and eating healthy are 2 diff things I still want those Cookies and candy - but now I know that they are not healthy for me and once I start I can't quit - I know my limitation - I think I remember reading that you have the same ones - so why start if you can't stop

Oh heck ya Ruthie - there are failures with any WLS - the key word is it's only a tool - that is - that's the most important thing to know going in - It isn't going to lose the weight for you - it doesn't make your food choices - it doesn't exercise for you.. Cause of failure - not changing your eating habit - thinking that it's the magic cure all to our issues with food.. Company just got here - so I gotta jam - will post later.. Ok - I'm back - for the most part it's not the bands failure but the person who failed - Like I said before this is truly about making a lifetime lifestyle change in your eating habit and adding physical activity in to you life.. They band our stomachs but the majority of our problems lie in our heads. I am at my sweet spot - but I can eat around my band if I chose to... Candy, ice cream, gravy, adult beverage all slide right thru (slider foods) so the band has no affect in stoping you from eating large quantities of these foods.. Which are full of calories It's about eating low fat - limited carbs & sugar - The band will stop you once you get proper restiction from eating a bread basket - salad - baked potatoe loaded and 16 oz steak and dessert Now I eat 4 oz of the steak - a little salad and a few bite of my baked potato (not loaded) and I am physically full - but even being physically full - I can still want to eat - I still crave more food - the band doesn't take away your cravings it doesn't deal at all with our head hunger issues. I say I have done 75% of the work by changing my habits (eating & exercise) and the band did the other 25% by providing restriction. Even with the band it's still work - it help make a hard job a little easier - but it's still work - so just don't go into it thinking that it's a breeze - you will have to do alot of head work in order to truly understand that it is about a lifestyle change this is the way you are going to eat for the rest of your life - this isn't a diet - cuz what happens when you go off your diet - you go back to eating normal - Well our eating normal is what got us fat in the 1st place.. Once I understood that - it all fell into place for me - had my ah ha moment - the band has made me be able to live that new lifestyle change -

Good Evening Gang.. Phyl - How was Guy's & Riverside Karla - How has your hookie day been Kari - You haven't posted - but I know where to find you :0) Candice - One more day.... Steph - How has the rest of your day gone today... Well am waiting for GF to come over to cut my hair - she use to work at my job - she use to be a hair stylist - but is allergic to the chemicals - She does a better job than the girl I was going to - but this is her side job. Andrew said why are you getting your hair cut again - I don't like short hair - well dude it's not your head and I look better w/short hair - I guess he doesn't understand the words shape up.. Well I guess I would grow it out if it was nice and thick but I have fine hair and not doing the whole extension thing - plus I think as you get older you look better in shorter hair Heck I was 27 and had medium hair got it cut shorter and this lady said - oh you look younger (kinda rude - I was old to begin w/at 27) and you know what I did get carded after that.. Well, not much else going on - will ck back after hair cut

Well we wouldn't want that to happen ElfiePoo lol... Be care full - I have don't it a couple of times myself :0)

No regerts at all - only that I didn't do it sooner - I feel 10 yrs younger - have tons more energy and hopefully added a few more yrs to my life... Icing on the cake - I love going into a store any buy size 4 pair of pants (was 18/20) Catherine55 gave you great advice - WTG Catherine 7lbs to go - Congrats !!!!

It depends on your DNA mostly - how much weight you have to lose - how long you have been over weight - your age.. The way I looked at it - was the excess skin isn't going to kill me (they make good foundation undergarments like spanx for those issues) but the excess fat was going to kill me and limited the quality of my life..

Yep my crazy daughter wants to do a 3k one day then the next day 1/2 marathon and on the 3rd day a full marathon - yes she is certifiable - but I love her and her determination. Ok I would go on a GF trip with you - that's another good part of being single - someone can say let's go and I have the freedom to do it - but hell we live to far apart - go get Karla and do something - how far do you guys live from each other... What happen w/your church group that you were going to join.. I can get hermit like if I stay in the house too long - I am glad you are going to see your PA - I want you to tell her everything that's going on - so that she can adjust your meds to help you deal will all thats going on.. Candice - get your RV - go pick up Karla - then Steph and head to Vegas ) Phyl & I will met you there..

Who did a fake shudder ?? I am lost by your post...

Count yourself lucky - cuz my band doesn't stop me on pie crust nor cake or cookies I alway say that I have done 75% of the work by making better food choices and exercising and my band has done the other 25% by providing restriction I focus alot more now a days on the nutritional value of my foods - I don't count calories or pt grms any longer (I did keep a food diary for the 1st yr until I got to goal) I do make sure that I am getting healthy food - some days - I want a quesdilla (sp) I will have one for lunch - not often (may every couple of month)- cheese is another one of the foods that I have very limited quantities of - it's too high in fat and calories I also limit my starches - but include some every night with dinner - I can't do an adktin type eating plan - it's to restrictive for me.. Yes once a month or every couple of months is a good plan - I went to a bday party when I was like 2 months out - had 1/2 slice of cake - What I do is look at the calorie content of the cookie I want - 2 cookie 300 cal - well that's an hour on the treadmill - then I ask myself - is it worth it - usually it' not but some times it is :0).. I measured & weighed my food for the first few months - I needed to understand and know what 4 oz of meat looked like - I needed to know what 1/2 cup of something looked like - These were learning tools - I counted calories and kept food diary for the 1st yr til I got to goal - Again another learning tool - now I know for the most part the # of calories in the foods I am consuming - where as before I had no idea that a slice of cheese cake from he cheese cake factor (low carb one) has like 500 calories - a regular slice has like 1000+ The whole weight loss thing isn't a race - some of us are stricter with our food choices than other - some of us keep out bands tighter than others - some of us have slower metabolism than others and some spend more hours in the gym than other.. We all do it a little diff than the next person and that's fine - nothing is written in stone - I feel that you have to find what works for you and do that - cuz this is a lifetime lifestyle change - and for it to truly become that for you - it has to work for you and be livable..

Back from MRI & lunch - OMG a MRI is nothing !!! The put head phones on me (well with all the clanging - you couldnt hear much) I sorta power napped.. I'm w/you Steph the clanging sorta like white noise.. I don't think it would bug be at all if I had to have my head done. I won't know the results till they call me for another appt - but Steph & Candice - it's nothing big my right knee was hurting while I was on vacation - I think it's a muscle thing from over use (well shopping shouldn't be that hard on it) anyway - could be a torn mensucusi (sp) nothing major - an in & out surgery and 1 month pt... But hopefuly it's nothing - in fact it has bothered me since I was on vacation and going to the gym every morning - then shopping in the afternoons - Like I said it only acts up if I am on my feet for 5 - 6 hrs.. Steph - You gotta get your little ones presents - even Michael something - I could see donating for Grown ups but not kids - My sister takes buspar (sp) for her social anxiety - when did this start - you didn't seem like this was an issue in July 08.. Sweetie I don't nor can't run - so it's not a rejection of you - it's just something I don't do.. I'm old enough to me your Mom - am in decent shape for an old broad - but am not a runner and if I am going to spend $$ going somewhere to exercise :0)- I want it to be fun - even though I exercise alot - doing it for 3 day walk or run - No fun imho - give me get to gether time w/my Girl Friends - then you will find me - We are going to WA this yr - for our reunion - so you better show up and bring Karla w/you..

Sally What I do is make deals with myself - I work and my office gets tons of cookies candies etc - well my deal with myself is that I don't eat any of the junk here at work so that I can have a few Xmas cookies that I make w/my granddaughters every year... I guess what got me was the title of this thread Relax - Eat what you want - Well hell - that's how most of us got fat in the 1st place. I know that a few pple who have the band - didn't eat all that unhealthy prior to banding - they just ate too much food - (I wasn't a fast food eater - I ate too much home cooked food - that was high fat and I ate tons of carbs and sugar) would say for the majority of us weren't eating healthy.. here's a link that may help w/the holiday temptations 10 Ways to Avoid Weekend Weight-Gain You can do this - you really can - If I'm doing it you can - it's work but your health is so worth it - it's hard at time and easier at other - But it's do-able.. Wishing you success on your journey