Road Queen

I am having a mental bad day so I went to the cafeteria to pick up a cookie. I came back to my office - took 1 bite - threw the rest away and grabbed a bag of protein chips. My brain is starting to kick in and work with me!!

I've only had a couple in my life but the best one was where I threw glasses on a roof and let them fall back and hit concrete. The noise/splattering was awesome. Don't do it anywhere you have to clean up

Good job. Enjoy and treat yourself to something that you didn't do before - or a nice pedicure in a fall nail color.

I have been addicted to scales and tape measure for about 30 years. I have weight tracking going back into the middle 70s and measurements from the 80s on up. I can't bear to throw them away but since they are in different books, I refuse to bring all the books to a central location. I don't just dwell on the scale pounds but am I losing inches as fast as I did before (a little faster maybe) and in the same locations (no!). Okay, my midsection has gone done much slower through the 40s but my thighs/knee/calf are reducing much faster than the 20s. My latest thing (since mid 90s) is tracking which clothes fit at which weight. Even though the inches may be reduced, it might be a non-measurement area that fits differently. I read that everyone has something they are obcessive compulsive about and I guess this is my thing. That strange thing probably is that I do track my dogs weight but I've never measured her....hmmmm, I wonder if I just found a new hobby.

keep us updated. congratulations. Celeste

I posted earlier about how good Kay's Natural Protein chips were. I went online and ordered tons of them (for healthy eating on my motorcycle trip next week). The pretzels are to die for. I got Wasabi, Jalapeno honey mustard, and chipolte aAnd cinnamon toast for my sweet tooth. The little bags are 1.5 servings of so. A serving of the jalapeno honey mustard pretzels has 120 calories, 6 grams fat, 2 grams Fiber, 10 grams protein, and 9 grams carbs. But you will want a beer with them or the chipolte gold snack mix (120 calories, 4.5 fat, 2 fiber 11 carbs and 10 protein). I love healthy junk food.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm wanting to try them all today....oh, that was in my pre-band days...I want to try one a day.

Okay, I think this is the last picture I have to post. I'm in a nostalgic, non-working mode today. Everyone else in the world is in Sturgis and I am working. Sorry I don't know how to make the pictures normal size. Celeste

These are the pajamas I wore in 20 plus states and 4 countries - retired in Ecuador in May.

Here's the 5 of us - somewhere in California or Oregon along the coast!!

My co-workers decided to have an appetizer potluck on Wednesday. I am not really in a cooking mood today and need to make sure there is something there I like to eat. I had been thinking about bringing veggies and hummus. But these people are not health food types. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Glad to hear you are feeling good. Enjoy the weight loss. It is much easier when the scale drops quickly. Don't work too hard at home today. Celeste

Wishing a speed recovery for you. Maybe you can be a belly dancer for Halloween!!

My dalmation and I won't be able to come. She has to stay home and I have a work conference in Topeka. Celeste

Nykee, Filled Wednesday and still sore doesn't sound good. I had my second fill Friday and was struggling so the dr and I met today so he could take some out. I was only up to 1.5 and now I'm down to 1.25. And that is wonderful. Please call your dr in the morning. You don't want to mess up your band. Celeste

Okay, I just called the dr and I am going to get an unfill. This is his first one (as well as mine). What restritions did your dr give you after a reduction in your fill - liquids for a day? Thanks for any help.

Divaliciousdee - it may be the carb to protein ration or vice versa. Ask your nutritionist. They know what their requirements are. Every dr is different.

black Beans hummus flaxseed whole wheat everything sprouted grain muffins and my old standby - I take psyllium tablets daily. In a 14 month time frame, my mom and dad both had colon polyps removed and my brother had diverticulitis. I decided I was going to keep a clean colon. I detoxed and then started psyllium. I don't take as many as I used to since my food input is less. I believe in the 3 bm per day, floating, etc. that is supposed to signify health bms. Oh, what a gross topic to write about in the morning.

You still have the psychological journey (at least I did) but the band definately helps with the physical. In some ways, the band also helps with the psych since some foods don't work well, you don't have the hunger, etc. When I do get a mental need to eat, I stop much quicker. For example, I need crunchy foods. I have recently found some good Protein chips but before this, I have been buying 1 bag of chips a month and that lasts 3-4 weeks. Since I get them from a monthly food coop order, I wait until the next order ($2 cheaper a bag). In the past, even with all of the self control in the world, I would go through 2 bags (or more) a month. The band is helping me but I also need strength and patience. Hope this helps.

I think you will find a great variety of meals from different people and at different times/stages. The post surgery and healing time is described here alot. After that, people have different levels of restriciton. Until I had my second fill, I could eat anything I wanted. I just didn't want alot of the stuff I used to eat. I think you will have various stages of eating and work through them. The big issues is that the band will be your friend through this - but for many of us, food was our friend and making and adjusting to new friends is difficult. Read the messages around here and you will find lots of information. Good luck on your journey to good health.

I will include you in my prayers. Good luck and keep us posted.

Christina, I had a couple of little pb's before and then yesterday (Friday) I had the mother PB (like yours) after a fill. I think we need to give them different names - baby pb's and Monster PB's or something. My dr is working out of town for 5 day although I did call him this morning. He gave me his out of town number to contact him - thank goodness. Since he is a fairly new band surgeon, I am his first patient to report this Monster PB thing. I PBd last night and had alot of acid reflux through the night - first time ever. Now I know what acid reflus is. This morning I had trouble with water but beef broth was okay. I did manage to keep down enough water this afternoon to get my pills down but it was uncomfortable. I had a protein shake a little bit ago and that was fine. So the weird thing is, it seems like I am only having alot of pain with water. Have you experienced that? Since I can get fluids down, I don't think I need an unfill but am wondering if the water thing ever happens to anybody else.

Congratulations on being 'overweight'. I'm sure you are noticing many NSV - be sure and keep us updated.

I don't have kids of my own - except a dalmation who is better behave than my foster daughter was or any boyfriend I had so I can't really make a educated recommendation but have you ever read or looked at the flylady.com site? The site is to help women get organized in keeping up their house - realistically. In many of the testimonials, the kids and hubby start following through. As I was reading this thread, many parts of it were familiar from that site. She says to use a timeer and declutter for 15 minutes only. So maybe your son gets so much done in 15 minutes this time. She also recommends baby steps. I love the 27 thing flings they recommend. You take a bag and put in 27 things for the 2nd hand store. Then do another bag of 27 for garbage. Sorry to get off topic, but I have used a number of these when I get off track and I think they may help for kids too. Having a finite end to a job time wise puts the stress out of "when is this done?" Good luck.

My dog just started throwing up like mad - 3 times in the last hour. Do you suppose she is having sympathy pb's?