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TOM visited today. Maybe that's why yesterday's run was so hard. Dang that TOM. It wipes me out everytime. Did my Jillian video tonight. It was tough. Followed diet well today. Countdown to PS!!!

Kathy, Isn't it amazing how emotional that 20 minute run is. We all come back and post these amazing posts. I can just see the smile on your face. I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!!!! That is such a big step!! Once you do the 20 minutes you feel like you can do anything!! WAY TO GO!! Whosya, thanks so much for the advice. I have got to get outside and run. We are getting lots of rain from Gustav so I don't know when that will be. I am going to have to not run the 5k on Saturday. I just decided this weekend to do that not knowing that DH has planned a special weekend getaway for us!! We are leaving Friday afternoon and won't be home until Sunday afternoon. We are going to lake Palestine for the weekend. DH's family has a timeshare there and he put us on a waiting list. THey called today adn have a cabin for us for the weekend. I am so excited. So I will be running the 5k on September 20th and that may be it until after PS. Hope everyone is having a great day!!

Kathy, I am actually planning to run a 5K this weekend, and then another on September 20. This weekends is kinda a "test run" for the one in September. It is a Cancer Benefit. A friend of mine and I plan to run it together. Leslie, GET UP AND GO RUN TODAY!!! Ok, there's your kick in the butt. It is amazing how much stress and frustration you release by running. You will feel so much better. I say start with week 3. You can do it!! Kathy, we are doing well. I still miss the kids, but have checked on them and they are doing fine. Our social worker said that they talk about us a lot, but it is in a healthy way. We went to our land and rode 4 wheelers this weekend. I was very nice to be able to get out a bit more easily. Low carb......Well, I have done low carb on and off since being banded (and before for that matter). I can eat meat pretty well, especially since getting a slight unfill. A typical day.... Breakfast - low carb shake or sausage and egg (depending on how tight I am) Lunch - tuna salad Supper - baked tilapia, steamed vegetables Kashi Go Lean cereal with skim milk prior to my exercise. Snacks....Cheese, raw okra (I know, it's gross, but I love it), peanut butter, or edemame. I lOVE fruit. berries are the best to eat when low carbing. I love strawberries. Usually I have strawberries with cream (sweetened with Splenda) with supper, but my doctor is having me cut out all fruit to lose this last 18 pounds. I can' wait to add my strawberries back. I am a big fan of low carb, but I just have a hard time doing it well for long periods of time, so I usually do it as long as I can stand it and then add some carbs. Inevitably I always go back to low carb.

Welcome Sass. Get ready!! The c25K is lifechanging (in a good way). I am doing things now that I only dreamed of doing a few short months ago. Can't wait to here your progress!!

I will have an extended tummy tuck and medial thigh lift. For the thigh lift she will make an incision from my groin down my inner thigh to about 2-3 inched above my knee. Sometimes they go all the way to the knee, but my loose skin doesn't go that far. She will remove the skin on my inner thighs. "The girls" are going to need some attention too, but I am saving that for another time. I'll let my breast lift be my "final touch". Seriously, the skin on my inner thighs and my stomach are the worst. If I am brave enough I will post a preop pic in a bikini. I may wait until I'm post op to show them. I judt am not sure yet about showing the more unattractive parts of me on the internet. Anyway, I will be in the hospital overnight, and have 4 - 6 weeks of recovery with 3 or 4 drains in the beginning. They say it is a pretty tough surgery but well worth it.

Looks like I am low carbing it again with you guys. I have watched my carbs closely since not "doing low carb", but I will be following a more strict low carb diet, so I will be checking in here again for ideas and support. I posted this to another thread, but thought I would copy it here... I talked to my doctor today about PS......I have 18 pounds of fat to lose before ps. She recommended that I eat strict low carb. The only exception is eating good carbs (oatmeal, Kashi cereal, low fat milk) prior to and after exercise. She suggested that I cut out fruit and processed foods all together. This is not forever,but just because I want to get these 18 pounds of fat off in the next 6 weeks. I am going to follow my eating and exercise regimen to a tee. DH is going to take a week off to be home with me. Looking at his work schedule, looks like we might try to schedule it October 24 (my bandiversary)! How cool is that. I have to see if my surgeon is available that day. She is going to put in a low profile port as well, since I have a "flippin" port. I am pretty pumped.

I land on my heels. I ran distances in school and my coach drilled that in my head. It is natural now. Thanks Coach Beane. I didn't have a great day running today. I attempted my week 10 run twice. The first time I went for 25 minutes. Then I ran again tonight for 28.5 minutes. Ok, so I didn't run for 35 straight minutes but I did log 53.5 minutes of running, so I guess that's really not such a bad day. I bumped my time up to 5.2 running, trying to get closer to 5K in the 35 minutes. That is not a big increase in speed, but I think it made it too difficult tonight. I talked to my doctor today about PS......I have 18 pounds of fat to lose before ps. She recommended that I eat strict low carb. The only exception is eating good carbs (oatmeal, Kashi cereal, low fat milk) prior to and after exercise. She suggested that I cut out fruit and processed foods all together. This is not forever,but just because I want to get these 18 pounds of fat off in the next 6 weeks. I am going to follow my eating and exercise regimen to a tee. DH is going to take a week off to be home with me. Looking at his work schedule, looks like we might try to schedule it October 24 (my bandiversary)! How cool is that. I have to see if my surgeon is available that day. She is going to put in a low profile port as well, since I have a "flippin" port. I am pretty pumped.

Welcome Skinny. yes I think you can do that run. Just see how you progress through the couch to 5k and you will be pleased. If you don't run all of it, you will definately be able to run a large portion of it. I say GO FOR IT!! Welcome back Bonnie. Don't be too hard on yourself. Afterall, that is why you are getting banded, right?? Good for you for getting back on track. No looking back, only forward!! Gustov is dying quickly and turned a little to the east. We are getting rain and wind, but they don't anticipate the flooding that they were predicting yesterday, so all looks good here.

Georgia, That is pretty much what I am doing as far as diet. I got a .4cc unfill on Friday, and it is amazing how much better I feel. I haven't pb'd at all and I am able to get in the calories I need to run. I never thought I would need to eat more. That is so wild. Well, it appears Gustov is headed our way. We usually don't get much from hurricaines other than rain, but this storm is still supposed to be a tropical storm when it gets here. The rain started a little tonight, but should get bad tommorow. Then the storm is supposed to stall out over east texas dumping rain. I think they are saying we could get 15 - 20 inches of rain. Wow!! I don't know how long we will have electricity, so if it goes out I will check bac in with yall as soon as i can. Tootie, how are you doing??

I paid $99 plus tax for my wii fit, and I have everything I need.

jsut keep calling. When they get some in, it is usually only a few, so you have to catch them when they arrive. Places I know of to look (I am sure there are many other places.) are Game Stop, Target and Walmart.

Sugar, Way to go ont he weight loss!! Don't beat yourself up just jump back in there and keep going!! This thread isn't going anywhere, so start wherever you need to!! I know you can do this!! We are rooting for you!! can't wait to hear your progress!!

I just completed week 10, day 1. It is a 35 minute run. I ran it at 5.1. It was very hard, but I hear Rocky music!!!! Maybe that is some redemption for my non10K this morning!! LOL

Tootie, So sorry about all that is going on. We live in East Texas. There are lots of evacuees around. After katrina a family lived in my parents house next door for almost a year. I don't have anyway to contact them. I pray they are ok. They lived in the lower ninth ward. Anyway, where did you evacuate to? My prayers are with you and your family.

OK, I am hoping to have a tummy tuck in early November. I want to be at 150 by then. Here we go!! _____Name______Start Weight____Current Weight____Goal________Lbs lost *****:thumbup:************************:tt2:*********************:w00t:**** 2BHealthE!.........194...........79..............194............0 ahsem2bme..........244............244............225............0 aJoneen............223............223............213............0 Aphrodite1984......208............208............190............0 Ariel .............199............199............180............0 Bea1128............210.5..........210.5..........188............0 Caramia71..........208............208............195............0 DebinFl............181............181............168............0 georgiagirl........245............245............230............0 HarleyGirl.........188............188............175............0 HeatherA...........210.5..........210.5..........200............0 HeatherO...........155............155............140............0 Jazzyywan..........255............255............190............0 Jodi_620...........196............194............177............2 Leslie2Lose........220............220............205............0 LisaB..............205.5..........205.5..........180............0 livn4thm...........235............235............210............0 Long2bthin.........248............248............230............0 Luu2008............203............203............183............0 Mamanmidwife.......299............299............285............0 memom..............210............210............170............0 mominlv13..........299.8..........299.8..........275............0 nip50..............175............175............160............0 NurseNiki..........258............258............239............0 odamay.............242............242............225............0 paige65............252............252............232............0 Renewedhope........171............171............150............0 SpecialK...........294............294............280............0 Tess...............304............304............280............0 Turler.............225............225............210............0 wowox7.............195............195............170............0 WyominGirl.........327............327............312............0

ok, so DH and I stayed up late last night and I slept in this morning. No 10K. I will run later today. I am such a goob!!

Lyn, I hope the inserts help. Be patient, as your first fill may not get you where you want to be, but you will be amazed at how things take off once you have good restriction. You are going to be kickin butt!!!!

Ok, the man who used ot be my trainer at the gym asked me to run it with him. I told him that there was no way I could run 10K, but I would come run 5k just for the practice. I didn' think anything else about it until today I saw some info on it at Academy. I went online and read about it and I can't officially run it because I am not close to one of the locations and I don't have a Nike plus sportband (I am getting one for my birthday next month :smile: ) However I am going to go do my 10K tommorow anyway. I probably won't have a picture pecause DH will be home with the kids. I am doing it for the satifaction of doing something that was impossible a year ago, and it will be cool to run at the same time as millions of other people. We are starting at 6a tommorow.

WAY TO GO KATHY!!!! OK, I am back! LOL Tommorow, in regular Amy is crazy fashion, I am going to run/walk the Nike Human Race 10K. I plan to run 5K and then walk/run the other 5K. I just decided this today. So, Whosya, what do I eat in the morning to help sustain me through this??? Give me some tips here.

I certainly didn't come anywhere near my goal. My weightloss has really slowed, but when I saw the doctor today I had lost almost 7 pounds of fat and gained almost 5 pounds of muscle. The numbers almost balance out, but I know the benefits don't. I will keep exercising. It's on to the next challenge for me. Name_________Start Weight ____Goal____ Lbs lost____Current Weight *************** **********:biggrin:******:Banane20:**********:tt2:***** aJoneen............230.........220.......7.......... Bea1128............220.........199.......5.......... Babs0101...........185.........170.......0.......... blesdbyonmzur......159.........148.......4.......... BTTRFLI1432........221.........210.......6.......... Bunkey1965.........212.........195.......16.........194 Chocolate_Snaps....254.........240.......6.......... Darr5380...........167.........155.......3.......... Epm316.............209.........199.......5.......... erikadawn..........199.........175.......0.......... FloridaGirl........235.........215.......0.......... HeatherO...........172.........155.......15.........157 Heft_Bandit........261.........245.......6..........255 JennyPoo...........169.........159.......5.......... KarenG.............160.........158.......6.......... KathyStrick........305.........290.......0.......... Lapbandfan.........258.........230.......2.......... Leslie2Lose........224.........209.......0..........224 LessNLess..........144.5.......140.......0.......... LilMissBand-Aid....234.4.......225.......6.2........ Lunabeane..........221.........200.......16.........205 Luu2008............219.........189.......14......... Luv2Laugh..........232.........212.......0.......... luvinke............206.........190.......0.......... mamato3............199.........184.......6.......... mcgreen............189.........175.......0.......... mdgarcia31665......225.........200.......0.......... melboyd............266.........256.......5.8........260.2 Missrach...........269.........175.......25.........244 MollyMolly.........192.........182.......2.......... mominlv13..........316.........300.......10.8.......305.2 MSnika3............228.........204.......4.......... MyTurn.............250.........240.......7..........243 NANAbanded.........225.........199.......7.......... Ninja..............204.........189.......5.......... NukeChik...........221.........199.......6.......... Ollie..............242.........210.......0.......... Redtulips..........188.........180.......6.......... Renewedhope........179.........155.......8..........171 ronni_NC...........243.........220.......0.......... slgandera..........185.........173.......7.......... StartingOver.......220.........205.......15......... Sunshine2..........187.........170.......10..........177 want_so_bad........170.........155.......0.......... Sades.......(7/16).192.5.......180.......8.6........ Sadie..............220.........199.......6.......... smwww..............189.........179.......0.......... tp78...............212.........195.......7..........

I went to the doctor today. The bad news. My port has flipped. It is on its side, so after a difficult time she was able to access it. She removed .4cc to allow me to eat more. YEAH!! I had lost 4 pounds since the no scales challenge began. At first I thought that didn't seem great, but according to the machine I gained almost 5 pounds of muscle and lost almost 7 pounds of fat!! I'll take that. We are hoping that my port will behave until I have my tummy tuck. If she needs to replace it sooner, then I will probably go ahead and do the tummy tuck at that time. According to the doctor I have 18 pounds of fat to lose before I am at goal!! WOOHOO!! I want to lose more than that, but that's a start!!

Luluc, The only thing I could could think of is maybe you should see your doctor and make sure you don't have a fungus in your tonenails. That can be very painful and cause them to split. If the are not too long, I don't know of any other reason. I hope it gets better real soon. Sounds very painful. Way to go Georgia!!!!! I moved my Dr appointment to today. I am really tight all of the sudden. I think it has to do with TOM and the stress of the kids leaving, but I have had bad reflux that last few nights. I am going to talk to her about diet today. Amy

georgia, I try to focus on taking long deep breaths. As I get further into my run this gets harder, but if I can keep my breathing under control then my run goes much better. This is so much easier said than done.

At the hospital I worked at you could change during open enrollment or if you had a qualifying change. I may be wrong, but I think that is a law, and I think your husband becoming diabled would be a qualifying change. Have you talked to your HR people? It's worth a shot, expecially if you like your job.

Mamato, Wow!! Bless your heart. So many big things going on with you! My heart really goes out to you as well. Know that we are all here. I am glad DH is doing better. I will be thinking of you as you are making all of these other changes. Amy