wombat712

Oh wow - I've been gone for two days and look at this!! I've cried and laughed catching up on this thread!! Candy - my prayers are with you as you go through this time. My marriage was almost over 7 years ago and then my husband became a Christian. God is so good and now I thank God every day for the man He has given me. 7 years ago I couldn't get rid of him fast enough lol. I know God can work through any situation - I pray God's blessing on you, your marriage and that you receive God's wisdom during this time. Ghost - such a sweet story. I'm a sap and cry at EVERYthing! So touching I love the ideas you have already received on how to deal with your nighttime prayers. Is it working?? I wish mine were small again (14 yr boy, 10 yr girl). Hugs & prayers! wombat (Geneva) <><

wooohooooo GeorgiaGirl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oooh - that looks like a good one!! Thanks Lisa!!!

So today at lunch I decided to "do the rules" and well I still took normalish size bites. But, I chewed until mush. I was able to eat 3/4 of a turkey burger from Fuddruckers! They are huge. I removed 1/2 the bread because that was just too much. On the 3rd quarter I removed the top piece of bread as well. (DH ate the other 1/4). Isn't that too much? :smile: I didn't have anything else (but the Cookies were screaming at me). I'm getting a fill tomorrow so I'm hoping to get some real restriction and control over how much I can eat!!! Thanks y'all for responding!!! wombat

I think one of the biggest shocks is how much food has been integrated into our lives, our habits, our activities, celebrations, depressions, and so on. It is difficult to find rewards that don't involve going out to eat to celebrate. I LOVE eating out. I would never cook again if I could get away with it. :smile: I lived on mashed potatoes and various soups because I was out of town for a week and 1/2 after my surgery. I had to go out for every meal and find something that I could eat. I was too terrified of hurting my band to deviate from what I could eat. good luck to you - this stage will pass soon! wombat

uh oh - look for new ones :smile: Mine changes up on me. I very seldom will have the shoulder pain. I occassionaly get the sigh, but mostly I get the burp. I know I took one extra bite when I hiccup and I know I didn't chew enough when I get the golfball in the chest. I don't know why the signal changes but mine does so I have to try and pay attention or I get to the hiccup w/o realizing it.

Well ... being in my upper 30's it's not looking good on this end. I had plenty of stretchmarks from my 2 kids so it's really getting wrinkly and soft now (sorry if it grosses you out!). I'm going to try some bodywraps to help tighten up the skin and we'll see how that works. I've done it many years ago and I loved it so we'll see how it works with the extra skin. Otherwise, my DH has said I can have a TT and breast lift when the time comes if I want it.

lulu - I think it's a tough one at the best of health!! My DH went and ran it anyway yesterday; I think he was crawling to the front door - poor thing. We're already planning on an extra week at this level before we move on.

Hugs and prayers for everyone today!! I just did two days of Protein shakes to get all the bad carbs out of my body and I felt so weak during it. I survived it but it didn't cause me to lose hardly any weight; only 0.2 pounds!!!! I'm going for another fill tomorrow hoping to stir things up a bit. I know the weight loss goes slower as you get closer to goal but it is SOOOO frustrating! HUGS! wombat

I ended up with this for yesterday: 3 Protein shakes w/ 1% milk - 568cal/11fat/33carb/83protein 2 bananas - 217cal/1fat/55carb/2protein 1 SF diced peaches - 25cal/6carb 1 cup coffee 16 oz Water (I know - I suck at this part) Total for the day - 810 calories / 12 fat / 94 carb / 85 protein

Congrats greeneyez!!!!! It gets better every day - just rest and sip

Ok - here's my sparkpage too .... maybe I'm not sure if I'm linking it correclty. I'm wombat712 there too. Error

OMG we're done!!!! That was tough and ummmm, the scale didn't give me any kudos for it either Oh well - it made my raisen bran taste divine this morning!!! wombat

I didn't run yesterday. I was finishing my second day on protein shakes only and just didn't have it in me. I almost passed out playing my instrument so I know that I wouldn't have been able to jog.

amen! lol I feel the same way I just don't chew as well as I should I guess and I take too big of bites. Good question though - maybe someone has an answer ...

Mine range anywhere from 600-900 depending on the day I average just under 800 on most days. I'm on the higher end when I eat whatever I want (just small portions). I'm on the lower end when I'm eating healthy and making good choices.

I never got any antibiotics. Just some pain meds :cool:

The bad breath is generally due to ketosis from all the Protein we're eating. I carry mints with me. I used to chew gum but that can cause big issues if you accidentally swallow some. I haven't tried to give up all carbs so I haven't really had an issue that I have noticed. I am an ex-smoker so I tend to always want that mint flavor :cool:

Do you actually take these tiny teensy bites that we are supposed to take? What size do you realistically take? I can take my usual size bites. I chew pretty well and swallow in bits. I have never taken the pencil eraser size bites. At best I have taken 1/2inch size bites after first being filled. Does this mean that I need another fill? Sorry y'all for all the questions! wombat

Oh ghost - I'm sorry you're having such a rough day!!! At this point I'm wishing I had agreed to just eat meat for 2 days - I need to chew!!!!!! and the banana just aint cuttin' it for me :cool: A few more hours ... no one's dead, yet ....

Yikes I'm scared of week 3 - going tonight. I'm just hoping to survive!!

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I suppose you can get frustrated by it. It makes me more motivated to do something to MAKE the number change the next day.

Oh - me too!!! NAME.........Start Weight...Goal...Current Weight...To Go Jeni 85........214.4 .......184.......214.4 ........ 30.4 Stacy73........226.4........194.......226.4 ........ 32.4 Nadean.........204.6........160.......204.6......... 44.6 Angie4b1g......237.8........205.......237.8......... 32.8 babs0101.......216..........190.......216........... 26 wombat712......152.8........120.......152.8......... 32.8

well how cool is that!?!? Don't you know my son never mentioned this was available. lol I've played DDR once. We got the Eye Toy a few years ago to hopefully help my son get SOME exercise. It has wishy/washy where you cleared the screen by doing big arm movements - that was a workout!! Some karate stuff and so on.