IndioGirl55

Rigth on NurseMelly !!! You got the right mentality !! 38 lbs in just a little over 3 months WTG:thumbup: It's hard work even with the band - even at your sweet spot I work every day to make good food choices and work at not eating around my band - and realize that when I want candy , cookies chips etc - I'm not really hungry for food but want to feed something else (emotions boredom etc).. Those things don't have nutrition or fuel for your body.. Also props for the exercise - I know for me it's key in losing the weight and maintaining it too.. Keep up the good work...:rolleyes2:

Candice Ya that's what you have to do is keep your foot on her throat - I don't have any great ideas - as I am not good when away from home - my saving grace is that my band won't let me eat too much real food - so stick with meats chick fish and then a litte of something else - just stay away from the treats (sweets) especially if you are going to have a cocktail or 2... Karri arent men too funny - this is why I wish I were born a Man - wouldn't it be nice to work all day and come home and have dinner ready !!! then just to sit and watch tv afterwards... I have gotten so use to cooking for me (my xdh did most of the cooking and when I got home dinner was done) that it's just a way of life - but I did so very much enjoy the cruise where I didn't have to cook for a week.. Great mileage - heck I am always forgetting to update my exercise ticker.. Sometime you can drink and other times it hits you - glad you had a good time - when will you be home?? Steph - diet - nope it's called lite :wink:without the sugar and fat that really boost the calories - I haven't tried it but alot of pple talk about the greek yogurt - Fala or something like that - I think its not to bad in calories and has TONS of protein. May 6th is during the week so I doubt I can make it - I may be going to see ds for mothers day. 1800 a little high gf - ya it evens out but that was a bit much 800 to 1200 was my varied calories durning my weight loss phase Steph Being tired is a big big food trigger for me too - so just stay away from the junk !!!

Donna - Don't be a hater - I would think that pple would find the advice of a successfull bander informational. And I wasn't a "B" to anyone.. Melmeow I don't know how you think I'm frustrated - I didn't beat anyone up - I gave my experience with the band and asked a simple question and prefaced it with "not meaning to be a smart arse" In my experience of researching I knew about bandster hell - knew that it takes time to get restriction - knew that most of the work was up to me - I am just surprised that so many pple here don't know this stuff Have at it pple - just know that it takes a while to get restriction and even with restriction you will still get hungry the weight isn't going to fall off over night - and this is hard work - pull up the bootstraps and move on - it's doable.. As to crappy doctors - can't help there - and changing usually isn't an opionon as most doc's won't take another docs patient - you can find them but it can be hard

Candice - I am an EXPERT on children with drug problems !!! My DS started meth when he was 15 :eek: A few yrs here and there sober - but I think what happend last May has finally sobered him up for life God Willing - as you say all you can do is offer the support and help but if they don't want it there is NOTHING we can do to stop it - it breaks our hearts seeing them ruining their lives - killing themselves - but it's it God's hands not ours... So glad you aren't eating thru these problems.. Phyl - No tickets on vacation !!! but your time here in the desert isn't vacation - just traveling too and from :smile: You get a get of jail free card for traveling time :w00t: Step a gf used it (soy milk) in her mashed tatoes - ahag yuck - so I have never bought it - I use sf creamer - I only have 1 to 1.5 cups a day - and my coffee still looks like coffee and not milk (I don't use a lot) I am glad that DH wants to get healthy !!! KARRI NO PARKING WARS TICKETS HECK YOU JUST STARTED AND I THINK YOU ARE CLOSE TO ME IN $$$ TICKETS ON LBT IS MORE EXERCISE !!!! Parking wars is just play $$ so I really don't care about it - I am an exercise person - but can't say I just super love it - I do what I have to and that's it - so for me going more is going to be a deterine in me eating ... Candice not bad on the calories !!!! Karla - see that red word !!!!! CONGRATS ON YOUR POUND AND ON YOUR GOOD EATING DAY... You WILL eat well today ! and love your foods !!! Yep Kari - I have become a little careless lately myself - I have been at 139 - 140 more than I have been at 138 the last couple of weeks - I like the 138 # and I want to see that # when I get on the scales - I don't like seeing 140 !!! Karri - I went to the gym - then shopping for food - home put it all up then cooked 2 dinners, cut up fruit, fed the dogs & cat - marinated meat for tonite - made a one pot wonder for lunches and didn't sit down til 8:30 last night !!!! Steph Ticket are for eating bad stuff and going way over calories cuz you ate 2 pieces of cake - - not for 1/2 clup raisins !!!!

GOOD MORNING GANG... 1ST I HATE HATE HATE MY FRICKING JOB !!! We had computer update over the weekend and then just given paper instruction to figure it out !!!! Candice - WTG !!!! Glad your Mom is doing well... You didn't eat cookies and you exercised... Keep it up !!! Karri - What did you do to strain it - how bad is it hurting - I strained a tummy muscle 2 weeks ago - but it was ok within 3 days - I know you are training - can you go see a chriopratro (sp) Also - You need to give me a ticket !!!!! :eek::sad::mad: Yesterday afternoon I had some ice tea - well at 11 p.m. I am still wide awake - (remeber I get up at 5) so I went into Andrew room to see what Easter Candy he had left... 1 pack of vanilla oreo cookies and 6 little choc candies (size of a quarter). I know why I ate it - cuz real sugar will put me to sleep -and it did I was asleep a little after midnite..:wink2: But I need a ticket - I have gym at 5 with trainer tonite - will get there at 4:30 and walk for 1/2 - that will be 2 miles.. Just have to fess up here !!!!

Steph - Don't know why you weren't quoted - but anyway Thanks too for your kind words... I think (know really) that my DD Karri and I were quite competetive with each other - we have so many simlarities - same height weight etc - it was because of her that I lowered my goal from 170 to 160 and then strove for 145.. I totally agree - we have to find out what works for each of us. Karri & I have always said - it's a little easier for us since we don't have familys to cook for - Ya I have my GS but he's easy and I don't like hamburger helper - heck prior to the band I normally did cook 2 meals - cuz GS is boring with food.. Karla - When you have a few go back and read page 203 forward cuz I don't really don't remember if I cried the blues - you will read alot of post from pple who no longer post - of the original #7 it's me phyl candice and car pops in every now and the - oh ya marcy poped in the other day.. As to getting easier - I don't think it's that hard - but again I am 21 months out - it's my new way of life - I still have to be very careful when it comes to sweets - cuz those are the calories (and fats) that add up really quickly.. But I just don't buy them - I stay on top of this (food) I eat - I enjoy treats - but I don't keep dangerous foods in the house Last night I had my jewelry partry - had chips dips salami cheese crarkers shrimp & cocktail sauce and cookies - I had one pina colada a few shrimp and a few chips & dip. But then after everyone left - there was tons of food left - I threw the crap away - better in thee (trash) than in me - but made the mistake of not throwing the cookies away - I had about 10 (they were tiny and calorie wise I was ok cuz I hadn't eaten all day) - but this morning - I got up and took all of them and threw them in the trash... 2 leads to 2 more then 2 more - well you know how that goes - so for me if it's not here I can't eat it - I only have food in my house that I can control.. Karri - I think if we get too comfortable at where we are at - that's what leads us back to eating the wrong things - thinking it's ok - I guess for me that's what has kept me on the straight and narrow for so long... I have lost the weight before (well not this much) and kept if off for a couple of year and then it came back plus some.. But that's cuz I would start eating again (sleeve of ritz crackers - saying I would have 4 - then before you knew it they were gone) I love the cheese in the can that you squrit with salami & trisicut - I miss it some time - see I ate very high fat.. I am so afariad of falling of the wagon - that it keeps me making the right food choices for the most part 98% of the time... Good Man !!!! Good calories and water - I need a ticket for yesterday - my water wasn't good - today it's 48 so far so I will get the rest in before bed Jazz church sound like a fun time ... Whats here name - she's beautiful... One day at a time :0) I have coffee every day - strong coffee sf hazelnut creamer and splenda - don't they make the sf international coffees. as to drinking with meals - I think that's the hardest - I don't think I drank with meal - but would after - that takes a while My instructions were 30 minutes - there are times that I am dying of thrist after a meal and I will take a tiny sip or 2 - but gotta say for the most part - it's become a habit - and it saves $$ when you are out eating - I never order ice tea with my meals or soda You aren't high maintanance - you are newly banded - we all a have been at this for almost 2 yrs now - Well it's almost 9 - I gotta get ready for tomorrow - Talk to you all then

Karla - I think you know this - but it's about their muscles vs our muscle mass ;0) - boobs are all fat - dingaling isn't.. :0) I agree cuz this worked for me !!! Doing Great Candice !!! WTG - I liked that you named your split personallity (Evil Dianna like the MJ songs) At first I thought who is she talking about - but then I got it - Love it :smile2: Yep just keep talking crap to her tell her how much stronger you are than her - I am a bit competative so that works for me :0) My child is BACK YEA !!!! YEA !!! This is the Karri from a year ago !!!! You go girl - you got your game hat back on - Yea :laugh: Well I am back from the gym 3 miles 4. speed 2 incline, 15 incline 2.7 speed - jogged for one song and burned 350 calories - in less than 1 hrs - 50 minutes. Do you know that I use to burn that many calories walking 3.0 for only 2 miles on 0 incline - tells that inorder to keep buring the calories you gotta up your intenstiy - infact if I walk 0 incline at 4 speed I burn like 1 calorie for every 2 steps - but if I put the incline up and decrease the speed - I burn like 3 calories for every step.. Well I should be in the shower getting dressed - I got stuff to do - but think I will play a game of pathword then get in the shower :0) TTYL

Well it's ok as long as you didn't quilt :sad: remember no quilting unless you exercise !!!! Karla nope on the net calories - exercise is your savings account - it's what is going to make the scales move on your weigh in day... I never did that net calorie thingie -and I think it allows you to eat more - when you think like that - oh I had a 1000 calories today and burned 300 so that 700 for the day - oh I get to eat 300 more calories to eat - well at the end of the week the scale is going to reflect all those extra 300 calories during the week... This came up a long time ago with a lady who was really struggling - she did the net calorie thing and each week she was dissappointed with the scales. So think of your exercise as a little extra insurance to keep the scales moving - I only had 1 week during my weight loss phase that I didn't lose any weight - and I don't think that would have been true had done the net calorie thingi - heck if I hadadded 300 calories every day 300 x 5 = 1500 that's 1/2 a lbs (well really 1250 is but close enough) and some weeks that's all I lost - Glad to hear your Dad is doing better... Well gang I am getting off the computer Will talk to ya'll in the morning Sweet dreams..

We must be behind the times here in the Desert - we still have 5 day school - Palm Springs Unified School District does have year round school for the elementary kids - but high schools are on regular schedule - and the district I'm in (Desert Sands) still has regular school schedule but they have something what's it called mathe & sicense combined and one week you have 2 hrs of math then the next week 2 hrs of sicience but they intermingle them - something like that I can't remember the word for it.. It was werid though .. I don't know if I could work 10 hr days - I like having 3 days off but working from 7 to 6 (hr for lunch) would be hard - heck most days I can't wait til 4 - but my bosses are too old fashion - we did try to get then to do it a few years ago and they said no. We have to have pple here on Fridays - but they just don't get it - it can be staggered - but again my bosses are buffonos (sp)

Darling take a chill pill - no one is attacking you - or at least I'm not I guess I got good advice and knew what to expect. When I joined lapband talk -I went to the 50's thread as I felt they were the most like me Gotta say that they had me totally prepared for the surgery - pain - the time between surgery - first fill - told me how to navigate lbt - where the food thread was how to get a ticker etc... Hugs truly for being so frustrated - and sorry that your appointment got pushed back - When you do get to see your doctor - I would tell him all the things you have vented here about - he should know how you feel.. It will be ok - have a little patience - it will all come in due time - Peace Out...

I don't understand this statement then - NOTHING prepared me for what i am going through right now

Ok I gotta put this out there and I don't mean to be a smart A$$ But when you say you researched - where did you research - I have heard this from others - they did all this research and don't know what bping is or slime - it's just like you don't know what bandester hell is.. When I researched - I googled lapband - first I got obesity help website - but didn't like that so much mostly bypass pple there and then googled lapband again and found this site.. This is where I did my research - talking to pple who had 1st hand experience with what it's like to be banded - You docs are banded for the most part they don't know what to expect - heck they most likely aren't fat - they don't understand our compulsion to eat - for most we are just money making machines for them.. I am lucky I had a great doc - with a nutritionist etc - but I can tell you what - I have more info that he does on what it's like to be banded - I think all bariactic surgeon should have actual pple who have had the procedures done talk to the pple looking into being banded - so that we can give them 1st hand knowledge.. When I went to see my doc I had a list of questions that I found here - he was impressed with my knowledge of the lapband and all that when with it.. I just don't understand when pple say they researched and they don't know common stuff..

Darling - I can't fix it - I wish I could - so Vent away !!! But heres a suggestion that might hellp with the $$$ issues - send in smaller amounts on you lb & ps bills - that will help - call them up and re-neogiate your payment - most credit places are doing that now a days with pple getting laid off - I even heard Suzie Orman say something on that the last time I watched her - it can't hurt to try and something is better than nothing... We had our Friday potluck for the pple who brown bag - we had home made ck pot pie - I had 1/2 of c max and only a bite of the crust - spinach salad with light balsamic dressing and no dessert - I have had 26 oz of water and am almost half was thru the 20 bottle now - oh had to stop and take a drink - now offically 36 oz of water only 28 more oz to go - no ticket for me today Steph !!!! Breakfast kashi oatmeal... Gym in the a.m. - I am having a jewerly party tomorrow nite so tonite and tomorrow clean hows and make muchies - and some exoctic cocktail with coconut rum :0) (my planned treat tomorrow) KARLA - THERE YOU GO - YOU GOT IT GIRL !!!! thankfully those calories were way off :0)

ELISA CONGRATULATION FOR A GREAT JOB DONE ON LOSING :thumbup:120 LBS WTG !!! YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE PROUD !!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND YOU WILL GET TO YOUR GOAL - IT IS ACHIEVABLE

Here's my Experience My doc doesn't fill til 8 weeks out.. as they want your stiches to heal and not to put undue stress on the while healing With banding your aren't going to lose the weight super quickly - and after you do lose those first few weeks very quickly its going to slow down - with lapband 1-2 lbs a week is average - and with the lapband you are only expected to lose 50-60% of your excess weight.. Those are the statistics of the lapband and also it can take up to 2 yrs to lose that 50 to 60 % of your excess weight Now here is the big one - and you may get upset with me saying it - but it's the truth - and this is comming from someone who as 21 months under her belt. YOU DO NEED WILL POWER WITH THE BAND OR ANY WLS The band doesn't make your food choices for you even when you are properly restricted - candy ice cream cookies cakes chips and adult beverages all slip right thru the band. You band is only a tool - you have to make healthy low fat limited sugar food choices - it's about eating your protien first then veggie and if any room some carb. Ok so you don't have tons of restriction right now This is what you do - you eat your 4 oz of hard protein (meats) then follow that with a cup of veggies with I can't beleive its not butter spary and then if you have room 1/4 cup starch and if you are still starving eat some more veggies.. Weigh and measure your foods - track your calories keep them between 800 to 1200 max - vary them daily - eat low fat - limited sugar and carbs - Get out and get some exercise - as losing weight and maintaning it is all about calories in vs calories burned even with the band. For me my band doesn't take away my hunger - it makes me feel fuller on a smaller amount of food - I can be phyiscally full and still want to eat (head hunger) and this head hunger manifest its self into physical hunger - and it really does take a while to figure it out what is real hunger verse head hunger

STEPH LMAO - LOVE THE WATER TICKET !!! I guess I better get going - so far today 16 oz - 48 to go... better go fill up the water bottle....

Karri I know you haven't been sleeping well - hope you got some good winks last night.. Steph Love the trophy wife comment - that should be motivation right there to get the good eating habits back !!! I would say that I tend to eat softer foods cuz they are easier and I don't get stuffed after 2 bites - I am still a volume eater with the band to a degree - I just watch my calories - but I want to be able to eat my whole dinner - it's very important to me.. Karla Try & Hope are 2 words that from now on are stricken from your vocabulary - in place of them you will use the word WILL... Legal Sweets - That fudgecicle you had - sf jello pudding cups (the dark choc is wonderful and so is the banana choc ones) - I don't eat jello or popsicle but again another option if you like them but again sf. fruit with lite whip cream and a little splenda Karri - what's that thing you do with the cream cheese and granoal & furit - !!! What in the heck kind of pt drinks are you drinking dear 400 calories Unjury protein powder had like 100 calories per scoop that gives you 20 grms pt -with the vanilla pt powder add 1 container of dannon lite fit yogurt in whatever flavor you want and fruit and ice in blender - total calories 200 - 250 depending on the fruit you add and how much. With the choc pt powder I added a 1/2 banana.. Also I like the jay robb egg white protein vanilla - with lite oj - it taste like an orange julius and has only 200 calories - 120 for the pt which has 24 grms and 80 for the juice You need to really get your pt in right now while you are healing.. check out bariatric advantage website - I think Steph has some too (websites) she has some kind of coffee drink that she loves ... Karla - it's worth repeating you gotta read labels before you eat - you gotta know how many calories are in the foods you eat - since I eat mostly sf and low fat - the only thing I counted was pt grams and calories and that's what I logged.. Ok I gotta get my butt in gear - will cbl

Karla - where did you get the idea that chicken was a mushie chick salad?? or really chick Mushies - refried beans (protein) with a little cheese - instant mashed potato made with 100% skim milk no water to boost the protein - weight control oatmeal (low sugar) - Cream of wheat I made grits (yellow - really corn meal mush) and put spagh sauce on top with a little cheese. Oh ya I mixed zuchinne & yellow squash and cooked to death (but this is how I eat my veggies anyway) they are mushie add a I can't beleive it's butter spray. Ground turkey crumble it really good when frying it up in a non stick pan with a little evoo add spagh sauce and some riccottta cheese. Or just spagh sauce with some ricotta cheese in it (heated of course) Cottage cheese.. Mushies - food that you eat with a spoon - Baby food texture - pureed foods... Then you move to soft I think I may have had my catfish or you could get some dover sole and bake it with a little evoo - garlic salt and pepper - it's like mush that way.. I think pple do tuna salad - egg salad is another good one - just becarefull on the mayo - I use lite mayo & mustard.. Did you check out the food thread - I think they have ideas there - you are asking me to go back 21 months :rolleyes2: If I were you I would stick too liquids for the rest of the nite and maybe try some egg salad for bf in the morning - make it tonite and pack for work tomorrow - and then refried beans for lunch and dinner... Sounds like you have restriction !!!! Creamed soups are another option - Thick creamed soups are very good and satisfying - here the link for the mushie food thread - http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f82/mushies-stage-recipes-17637/ OMG Denise Girl - TONS AND TONS OF HUGS BEING SENT TO YOU - A DAY FROM HELL... I am glad you are going on your trip ... There's not much you can do here anyway... We will keep your Mom in our prayer and we want you to have a little fun - and your bro & sisters can step up to the plate for the weekend - and you DH looks like he's a sweet guy... Go have a couple cocktails and chill you need it - remember caregivers have to take care of themselves too !!!

HERE IS LINK TO CANADA TRIP POLL http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f94/poll-lucky-7s-trip-canada-92359/ Candice Ok here's something to try - when you want to buy those candies - talk to yourself like you would if it were me wanting to buy and eat 3 candy bars - tell yourself all the reasons you shouldn't - but make it a conversation to your split personallity - give that person a name - and when she wants to take over - talk to her mean - tell her that you aren't going to let her keep on making you unhealthy... Gand quit thinking of this as a diet - focus on eating healthy - say to yourself - I am going to eat healthy all week long - I will say no to all the treats at work during the week - on Saturday - I will allow myself 1 treat (small like only one candy bar not 3) Promise me to give this a try for 1 solid week - ok - Promiss me... Karri - yes we were all a bit worried about you in the beginning about being anorix (sp) but that was really cuz you were exercising so much and eating very healthy but very low calorie.. I think that you have that part on an even keel now - will I guess not cuz you aren't eating healthy - but once you get back into the better food choices - I think you will be fine... I am with you on having a specific eating plan - I am 21 months tommorrow (4/17) I am still eating Catfish, Rice & Veggies for dinner most nights - I don't vary my eating that much - Remember you use to have a menu - you cooked and had food you could eat at your disposal all the time... That's what its going to take - being prepared at all times - cuz when you take me out of my comfort zone - and put me in a restaurant and I'm hungry - the Old Janet orders the food - but one thing I can count on - is that my band will stop be from eating the whole meal... I don't think the original 50 thread is still here - it maybe - but if you went back to that thread and re-read it - you will find a post by me when I first found lbt - it will say something like this "Im not so worried about getting the weight off (well I am shocked that I got 112 lbs off) it's where I will be in 5 yrs. I have lost weight before and after about 2 yrs it starts creeping back on - cuz you have a bit of this or a bit of that and before you know it you are eating 1/2 cake again - 5 tacos for dinner - etc - you all know the drill. We get relaxed in our eating - Well I am super aware of this and I try my very hardest not to let it happen - yes when I am away from home - I order busicuts & gravey for breakfast but heck eating like that every few months is ok with me cuz when I get home - I go back to eating my Fish.... I just don't allow myself to eat like that here in town.. Well one thing you have to look forward to is that when you come to visit we will be eating healthy- I have a plan that you are going to cook me one of your healthy meals and then I'm going to cook you mine - Do you like fish ????:crying: Today was nice - it's suppose to start warming up this weekend with maybe even 100 sometime next week... And the Coachella Fest is this weekend !!! Roads are going to be busy.. Yes I agree the new rule about periods & comma - it due to Texting !!! Well do you know that 281.144 people have veiwed our thread - I would say that we are quite popular and 13,493 replies :crying: Have fun and your concert aka jazz fest tonite... It will be a blast !! Karla - Ok since you were under your calories - but becareful -you are brand new and those little things aren't good habits to start now... You gotta reach for something else - I ususally drink my crangrape jucie at nite when my furr baby wakes me up to go out... I am a major nite time eater - so don't think it's easy for me but I know that I can't eat like I use to - those days are long gone 98% of the time... And you have been under so much stress with your dad and all so - you are just getting a warning and not a ticket I don't think you know this yet - but I'm the food cop - well Karri is too - We are the Lucky #7 police force and Also - Phyl gave me the title of Exercise cop too on my mentor thread... So You aren't going to get a ticket today - You have been given a freebie :laugh: With every ticket you gotta exercise for an extra 20 minutes and just like a speeding the worse the offense the more you have to exercise OMG - That a brilliant idea - OK gang - I am going to give ticket (myself included) and depending how bad the offense was - we are all going to have to start exercise more to pay for those tickets !!!! oh ya I can't spell half the time - so don't worry about that everyone is use to me - i miss spell drop word type hear when I mean here - We understand anyway - who reads word for word anyways :0)

As late as you want within your calorie budget !!! this is per the offical food cop of the lucky #7's

My #1 Thing I want this time is to spend more time together chatting laughing and just being together I really like #6 & #7 except all you with Wii's will have an edge on me cuz I don't have one - the first time I played was last weekend - I did ok on Golf - sucked big time at bowling, tennis, driving, baseball and my 5 yr GD beat me up in boxing - my wii age was 80 !!!! And we all know I am in good shape for a 54 yr old GM... Also we need to know who's coming and when - I hope to Fly in on Thrusday 7/23 and Fly home on Monday 7/27 So I will be there for 3 days Friday Sat Sunday I guess it would really depend when everyone is comming and leaving Elvis would be fun for 1 day - I like him but I think one day would be enough Beach is always good.. Toronto sounds fun too - a little shopping :rolleyes2: I doubt I would sleep to noon - well that's not true cuz if we stay up late and drink - then I might sleep till noon... I am agreeable to whatever the group wants .. #1 Who's comming and what days will be you arriving and leaving - who's flying in and and what time (I gotta still make my reservations was going to do it tuesday when rates are suppose to be the very best - but got busy and forgot so will do it this tuesday for sure) But my times I don't think will change Arrive on 7/23 at 3:45 in the afternoon Leave Monday 8 a.m. something.. I am going to post link on our main thread... And since Linda doesn't post - you (candice) might what to do this in an email to Linda - Me - Phyl - Kari - Steph

Candice - You aren't the lone ranger - there are so many pple who when they quit posting it means they aren't doing well. #1 - You gotta tell pple in your office not to bring you candy - donuts - food period !!!! No one in my office would dare bring me that stuff - I would tell them - Thanks but no thanks - a gf brought me easter cookie - they did sit on my desk for awhile - but then I gave them to my boss - heck let him get fatter - better him than me... I like your exercising before you can quilt - thats very very good - yes the quilting keeps your hands busy but you are just sitting on your butt you need the exercise - so from today forward no quilting unless you have done your exercise Also - do the boxing - that's a work out that and tennis - I played at my DS house this last weekend - boxing had me sweating - They don't have the Wii fit part so I don't know what it contains - but I think your wii came with boxing You need to sit down and really think about why you keep going back to the candy.. I have a sweet tooth too and I usually go to it when I need comforting.. But really after the first few - are you reallying enjoying them - or just eating to be eating - it's our drug - once we start the sugar the more we want - so from today forward you are going to go on a sugar fast - no more fricken sugar.. Only SF foods if you just have to have your choc - last night I had to have choc - I love the dark choc sf jello cups - had 2 = 120 calories.. What's going on - why are you so stressed - how's work? Has things calmed down there at all?? How's it with DH being retired. You need to enlist everyone in this quest to get healthy - tell them not to let you eat the junk - and don't go to the darn candy store - that's frickin off limits ok... Candice you are such a sweet nice beautiful person why don't you think you are worth the work to get healthy what's going on... Like I always say this whole weight loss getting healthy is more about our mental issues than our physical ones - as we all know even with the band the junk is no problem and we all have figured out how to eat around it and if you could eat 2 pieces of pizza - do you think you may need a fill - or were you stuffed to the gills after eating theml How's Ginnett??? Tell her Hi !!!

Steph I don't know about new rules - heck I don't follow the old ones.... But agree one space after a comma and 2 after a period. google it see if you can find anything about the new rules and let us know :0)

Karri - Yes your trainer $$ is well worth it - and working with weights will make you stronger - improve your running ablities and burn more calories - So take that extra $$ and bite the bullet and get a trainer... Food choice - I am the oppisite of you - at work I am fine - it's not that I don't want to eat - but I don't have food at my desk - yes there is food here in the office that I could go get - but - no way in hell am I going to eat it - I have a postition to up hold - I have lost all this weight - I tell pple I did it not the band by changing my eating habits - so you won't catch me eating a donut - cake - candy or cookie at work. I am hungry but I just work thru it during the working day - My problem is at home !!! This is where I have to be super dilegent... What's up with your counsler - The stress of the issues at school are awful - but adding eating to it - is just going to make your stress level that much worse. Can't wait till you get here - you need r&r you need to turn on off your brain - you need to understand that not everything is in your control - you gotta go with the flow - worrying about what might happen - isnt going to change the out come of what will happen and since the decisions are in other pples hands you have no control - just think of plan a - then plan b and then move on... OMG Marcy - how in the heck are you girl - I think you need a butt kicking for staying away so long - I think you need us !!! Thanks - yep 138 - size 4 pants - go back a few pages and there are some current pictures or on my profile Yes I am all about the health and Yep I did it - so if I can do it everyone else can too - I am no stronger than any of you all. I just wanted my health back - I wanted my life back Karla Ok GF - I know you have been under alot of stress - but come on - cookie and milk and you were just banded. Why is this crap in your house??? Get rid of it - if it's not there you can't eat it. I weighed 3.12 at birth I was a premei (sp) - Hope is not a word we use here - you have to take that word out of your vocabulary and replace it with I WILL. Try and hope aren't options - it's I Will do this - postitive affirmations - You are just a few yrs younger than me - and this is about extending the years we have left - improving the quality of our lives - we don't have any more chances - we need to get this right now - not tomorrow but today !!!

Phyl - you took the sun and heat with you ... It's 59 and today was only 68 and windy.... Well, just came to turn the computer off.. Candice - were are you you haven't popped in... Easter is over :0) Sweet Dreams..