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:thumbup:I too have to start excersising. I know it works. I have just started an new job that I will be sitting behind a desk in a little tiny office. Not much room for movement there. On the other hand no more shift work and I think I can start to plan my activities a bit better now. I find if I just wing it things don't work so well and bad food choices happen. One thing low carb I like is berries with whipping cream, but lately I think I like it a little too much. My evil head hunger voice says "go ahead it's low carb". Portion control with the cream is hard, especially when you lick the beaters and the spoon, then a generous dolop on top of the berries. I think for now I will banish whipping cream from the house just like ice cream, potato chips and fast food. It's funny I heard my youngest (while they were planning their nite out)say to his buddy if we go and get burgers lets eat them at your house, my mom will give us a sermon on the evils of fast food. This is the same child who ate 2 double cheese burgers that night and came home sick and felt that he got food poison. He has now sworn off all fast food. What can I say Mommy is always right! Well, I off now to go for a walk with hubby and we have our low carb cheese and turkey snacks in my pack and off to the park we go. Hope everyone is having a good day.If not there is always tommorow. cc:smile:

Well, after a eating spree of carbs for about 6 months now and 25 pounds heavier, I am ready to step up to the plate(a small one with low carb food). I really am suprised how 1 cookie or a bowl of ice cream has had so much power over me. I was doing so well, feeling so good and I fell hard. I don't want my knees to start hurting again. I don't want to eye every chair in the room or on a patio and wonder if it will hold my butt. I am ready to re-commit. It has been 1 week now and the sugar detox is complete. Was it easy? Nope! I have great restriction with my band. A little bit of protein some veggies and I am full. But my head really wants something easy and carby to eat. It's so hard to turn off that voice. Well, here is the hope that another low carb week is in store for me, that I have control and this next week will lead me into the next and pretty soon a month will go by and then another month. But one day at a time. Sorry for rambling but I need to get back to basics and be accountable for the life I want to lead and I think it starts here with honesty. Thanks for listening. cc:smile2:

I too am sick with a nasty cold with lots of coughing and conjestion. I have been coughing nightly for about 4 days. Last night I woke myself up coughing and thought to myself I am going to cough up my band. I to would like to know if coughing can cause any damage. I've never heard anything about damage by coughing. What I do find hard it taking the cold pills. They are so huge and when you cut them up they are so gross to swallow. Well I hope we feel better soon it sucks to be sick and not be able to make myself feel better with the cold and sore throat cure all ICE CREAM:wink_smile: ha ha! cc

As a former manager of a Subway and as an employee making subs for years and years we always tried to custom make things for our customers. Only a manager can give a reduction in price, change the portion size, or other wise make ajustments. Inventory is strictly controled and every thing is counted, weighed, and measured. It is a lot of work. There (at least the last time I worked there, years ago,) is no way for an employee to make ajustments on the till to account for food ajustments. The accounting system is very strictly controlled. We delt with very rude customers that were shocked to have to pay extra for double meat, extra cheese, tripple bacon and so on. People complain about everything. The customer is aways right is used way to often! That being said, Rudeness should never be tolerated. I would suggest talking with the day time manager and follow up with a written letter to head office. Managers are always fielding complaints and in my experience are pretty understanding. Working for the public is the most thank less job there is. Employee's don't make the rules or set the prices, and get paid very little to work their tails off. Maybe the guy was having a bad day, or maybe he is always a jerk. Talk to the manager and see what they have to say. I still eat there and miss their bread terribly, but I always get my tuna, turkey or chicken on a salad. You don't have to tolerate bad service, if you don't get satisfaction take your hard earned money to another establishment that will appreciate you. That's all you can do. good luck cc:smile:

I gave up pop, chips, Cookies, icecream, candy, bread, potatoes, rice, ect. You get the idea. I love my coffee and have never been told to give it up and since I don't drink the fancy ones or ones with sugar in them I do think I am ok. I work night shift in an environment that there is access to a ton of bad things to eat and coffee helps me keep on track. I too have pcos and it is a struggle but it means we just have to work harder. I think coffee, for me, keeps me from sticking my hand into the cookie jar. We all have to do what works for our own individual bodies. cc

Well, it seems to me that the only way to controll my eating is to stay low carb. The scale has been going up and down 5 lbs like a frigin yo-yo:cursing:. Does anyone else feel the diffrence in food control. I don't mean restriction but for instance if I eat low fat foods I feel continual hunger. If I eat low carb it really does keep me full for hours. When I fall off the low carb wagon it seems to take ages to get back on. But at least with the band I don't gain all my weight back right away like I use to pre-band. I am going for another fill towards the end of September and I hope that will help as well. I would so like to be in onederland soon.:biggrin: cc

I hear your pain! I was dignosed with back pain for 6 years. Trips to the ER lots of diffrent drugs and pain that makes you lie on the floor and cry because it hurts so bad. My Dr. always said lose some weight and you'll be fine. Well, when I went for pre-op tests for the lap band what do they find gall stones the size of golf balls and the Dr says I bet they have been painfull. Well frigging duh! I had my gall bladder out 6 weeks after my lapband surgery. I would have like to have both surgerys at once but the Dr. was worried about cross contamination. I won't lie to you the gall bladder was a more painful surgery, but nothing compared to the years I suffered in excruciating (sp?) pain. Good luck and please don't suffer with pain needlessly. cc

Somedays the struggle seems so hard and others days I am at the top of the world and I think nothing can stop me now:smile2: When I reached a stand still at 250 lbs for 6 weeks I thought this was it, this is as low as I can go. I got over that and now I think 220 is as low as I can go. Our minds play such trips on us. At the end of June I ate non stop crap for three days and the end result was of course a large weight gain.(It has taken me untill today to loose that gain.) All the thoughts of failure, what have I done, I've spent all our money on this very expensive DIET and now it's not working what the hell am I going to do. My daughter told me in a loving way of course to "Suck it up Buttercup" and not to let the scale run my life or to dictate how I feel on a day to day basis. Such a smart girl. All I can do is live day to day and hope that one good day leads to another and when I do have a bad eating day (and I have had them and I will continue to do so sometimes) I can get back up and move forward. This band I have helps me get back up when I am down, but I too have to help it in any way I can in order for us to work effectively as a team. Sorry this is long and rambley but I just wanted you to know that I too fall off the wagon and overeat crap but it really is possible to get back on track. I have not weighed this little since 25 years ago. The head hunger is very hard to controll and remember even with proper restriction it is still possible to eat crap so take it one day at a time and you will get there:thumbup: cc

Well, I too am back to my ticker weight, even just a touch under. It seemed to take forever to get back there. Three days of eating crap at the end of June has taken me this long to loose them. I have only been in moderate ketosis and I think I drink far to much regular coffee to get into heavy ketosis, But coffee keeps me from eating and killing my kids, hubby, and boss:tongue2: I would so like to be in onederland by September:drool: but I am not getting the exersise I need, I am so tried of working two jobs I know that is an excuse but I never get a day off and must continue at this pace for a while yet. I am quick at one of my jobs to do the outside chores or take a client in their wheelchair for a walk. It's like getting paid for a little bit more exersise. To everyone who is doing a good job:thumbup: and to all those still stuggling take one day at a time and you too can do it. The low carb diet (and I hate to use that word) takes the edge off of my hunger and my band provides the tool to restrict the quantity of food I consume I am not too resticted but with low carbing I really don't have to be to tight. Good luck for the next few weeks to all the low carbers we can do it. cc

I suffered with gall bladder pain for years. It was "just pulled mussles" " lose some weight and you will be better" that is what I have been told by my Doctor. I went for an ultra sound just before my lap band surgery and low and behold gall stones. You would have thought countless trips to the ER, drugs, and pain, pain, pain for years someone would have said "lets check up your gall bladder" But now to the topic, Gall bladder surgery way, way more painfull than the lapband surgery. Glad they are both done and over with. cc

What great information! Thank you for posting that. I am going straight to costco and getting me a big tub of leptin:drool:. Does any one know what isle it is in:lol:. Once again thanks. cc

I'm staying on plan today because I have lost and gained the same darn 6 lbs for the last six weeks. I feel so great for loosing some of my weight but at the same time am very frustrated at my slowness. I think I need to commit to exersize, I am commited to my diet, so now if I incorperate movement it has just got to work. I promise to use the treadmill for a full 30 minutes after work tonight:scared2:. cc