Rockin' Robyn

Diane I am SOOOOO happy for you. That is incredible!!!!! It makes me so happy that you are dropping the pounds again! I truly do think the accountability thing is key because I am so embarrassed when I have to write down something bad I ate for the day. It doesn't always keep me from eating what I shouldn't, but it definitely keeps me from eating MORE than I should. The accountability log has been an eye opening experience for me. I hope we can keep it up....... Also, I am of the mindset that you should exercise to stay healthy....not necessarily exercise to lose weight.....I know....not a popular school of thought. But I went almost 8 months without EVER exercising, and that is when I lost the weight the fastest. Then when I started exercising, didn't really see much loss, although I have to say that it felt good. I don't go for the whole 'muscle weighs more than fat' thing as an excuse for not losing weight when I exercise....You have to build quite a bit of muscle for it to cause you to actually GAIN weight. What I am putting in my mouth is my primary problem:rolleyes:

I don't want to scare you, but I had a port infection 4 months post-op, which isn't typical either. They said what happened is the skin healed, but the infection was trapped underneath the skin. Mine presented with a painful lump and got worse, reddened and hot, after the lump/hard spot appeared. I eventually had to have the port removed, leave the incision open to drain for 2 months, then had the port replaced later. If this in fact the case, you need to get seen asap, the longer the infection is there and festering (for lack of better word) it can 'travel' up the tubing to the area where the band latches around the stomach....you DO NOT want this to happen. The more localized the infection is, the better (if there can be a 'better' with a port infection:rolleyes: ). Best of luck, and get it checked out soon!

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you tomorrow.:huggie:

Girly- Don't make me come beat you! You must eat!! Try eating more often.....like a small protein snack every 2 hours throughout the day at work. Set a little alarm if you have to remind yourself. Lick a tablespoon of peanut butter or something. Ever since I had the band, I can't really remember ever being "physically" hungry, EVER....NEVER! (although I'm not counting head hunger which is my true beast). I thought I saw on a thread you were going for another fill?? Did you change your mind?

I love this thread...I'm gonna go through it to get some ideas for some different things to buy at the grocery this week:hungry: Here goes.... Breakfast: yogurt, coffee with creamer Morning Snack: 1/4 cup cheese cubes/diced summer sausages Lunch: 4 oz roast beef lunchmeat, 1 slice cheese, sliced tomatoes. 1/4 cup chili. Afternoon Snack: 2 tbsp peanut butter w/4 saltine crackers. Dinner: You guessed it...too tired to eat. Stopped at Sonic on my way home and had an ice cream cone though :pout: That puts my totals for today at 1,006 calories and 56 grams of protein;) Water: Much better today, 64 ounces!:whoo: Exercise: Clocked 4 miles on my podometer at work today:target: :flame: Now I must go collapse!!!! Three days of this in a row is about to kill me!:faint2:

I'm the same way cate....stress binging is something that can be very real to me. Now I don't in any way binge like I used to pre-band...but sometimes it still scares me when I catch myself "starting" to do it. It is numbing to the emotions and stress in some way. Not that I'm saying your Mom is ANYTHING like my mom.....because my mom (aka Monster as I call her now) is a complete psycho. I made the decision about 6 months ago to break all ties, as it just wasn't healthy for me anymore to continually subject myself to her ongoing manipulation, control, and at times abuse. It has been so much better since I made that decision (albeit a hard one). Again, I'm not saying your mom is anything like mine....but I do have an understanding of what you go through. Sometimes when I would get done talking to my mom, even after lapband surgery, it would just make me want to binge to numb the psyche. Hang in there....things will get better soon. What kind of job are you looking for? Is the economy/job market just crappy there after Katrina or what?

Hi P'nut: Wish we could come up with something a little more exciting for our acronym....any ideas girls?

Okay gonna post tonight and then hit the hay Just got home from working another long day..... Breakfast: 1 cup dry honey nut cheerios, coffee with creamer Snack: 5 pieces of cubed cheese, and maybe 2 small bite sized pieces of summer sausage. Lunch: 1/3 cup chili with cheese and 1 tbsp sour cream, 1/2 cup salad with ranch dressing, croutons, bacon bits, blue cheese, and sunflower seeds. Snack #2: 3 oatmeal raisin Cookies (over the course of about 3 hours). Dinner: None....too tired again:notagree Water: No surprise....I would guesstimate 32 oz. Exercise: Just walking again at work today, probably not quite as much as yesterday, but close. That puts me at around 1006 cals for today and a measly 26 gms Protein. Where's everyone else's posts? Come on people....spill it!!!:mad:

Okay girls....The longer I sit here...the more I"m thinking I'm hungry (which I'm not)....I gotta hit the hay or I'll never wake up in the morning at 5, after the long day I have had:phanvan ....talk to you guys tomorrow!!

(Heavy sigh).....Oh to be young again:faint: Just don't get a dolphin on your abdomen like my sister did. When she got pregnant it became an ugly whale with stretchmarks through the middle of it:p I've also seen a lot of shall we say "interesting" tatoos in "interesting" places in my line of work (needless to say I see a lot of normally 'unexposed' areas...you wouldn't believe the things people do to themselves "down there" with various tatoos and piercings:guess )

Ha....that made me laugh....I think I had 175 put on my drivers license when I was 16, which of course was about 75 pounds too little. I'll have to check it out though and see what's actually on there. Wouldn't it be exciting to change the weight on there for the next D.L. renewal Diane...Nope... no lincoln logs, but I loved them as a kid.

BTW Angela...I forgot to say :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: YOU ROCK!!!!:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

I think maybe that is why I'm also so apprehensive about "working out" on my days off too. I'm beat from "working out" at my day job:rolleyes: Problem is....it can at times be "aerobic", but most of the time just average activity....so I"m not really getting an aerobic workout through the week unless I push myself else where with actual "exercise" on my days off.....no way in heck I could go for a walk after work:omg: It's no wonder nursing has one of the highest burn out rates:(

yup!!

Here's my run down of the day: Pre-Breakfast: 2 cubes of cheese and a bite size piece of summer sausage Breakfast: FF Yogurt, coffee with 2 creamers (gotta remember to log that stuff too:rolleyes: ) Lunch: Pickle, slice of tomato, 4 oz sliced roast beef lunchmeat, 2 Tbsp mayo, 1 serving potato chips Dinner: Just don't feel like it....just got home from a very long hard day at work and it's 9 oclock:mad: Water: No time for it today...although I'm dying of thirst right now...all in only about 32 oz today...will probably gulp some before bed though. Exercise: I posted on our usual thread, but I'm just still in awe. I knew I worked hard and felt exhausted when I got home from work every day but now I know why. I wore my podometer to work today, and in one day I clocked 15,323 steps, which comes to 5.81 miles walked and 947 calories burned:eek: :D :eek: Anybody want my job?? That brings my total cals today to 733 calories and 45 gms Protein.

:hungry: Gotta make that dip.....problem with me is I wouldn't have the will power to eat it straight up...I'd just have to ruin it with carbs of some sort

Okay Angela-You are only 30 pounds or so away from me....your closing in, and you know how I feel about a little competition:kiss2: Diane-Speaking of support groups....I guess Billie was sick for the last support group too, so Nola ended up running it:guess ...a little birdie told me:p .....nuff said;) Hollie!!! I have been worried sick! Where have you been? Missed ya! I'm totally freaking out because I wore my pedometer to work today for the first time ever....I was expecting to maybe clock 2 miles walked in my busy day...but guess what!! I walked 5.81 miles at work today, for a total of 947 calories burnt!! WOW....no wonder I come home at the end of a day and feel like I've been beat up. Makes more sense to me now!:omg:

Funny you should ask....I was just logging my calories on FitDay....whew....not so good, but I'm alive, I'm healthier than I have ever been, no more surgeries on the horizon, and life is good right??:biggrin1: Breakfast: Starbucks Frappuccino (gotta stop this habit quick) Lunch: 3 oz salmon, 1/4 cup corn, couple bites of leftover chicken/rice casserole. Afternoon Snack: Tortilla chips (too many, didn't count) and about 3 oz of queso (Cate we were having the same cravings today I think:kiss ) Dinner: One piece of thin crust pizza at a social gathering with about 2 tablespoons Ranch dressing for dipping. Water::omg: Did I even drink any today? I don't think so.....Maybe 24 oz of tea. Exercise: Played my violin for about 3 hours straight in church this morning (does that count:nervous ) Totals on Fit Day come to 1303 calories and 60 gms Protein. Not gonna beat myself up over 300 calories, but will definitely try to do better tomorrow:bandit Tomorrow's a new day. Have to work tomorrow, so I'm gonna try to be good and take every opportunity to walk around the unit when I can. Cate-BTW, I think going to a support group there would be a great idea. I think it is a thing the surgeons should stress more is that there is actual research to back up the fact that weight loss patients who attend support groups on a regular basis are MUCH more successful with the amount of weight they lose! Gotta go catch the end of Celebrity Fit Club....I'm addicted. I'll check back in tomorrow. Nighty Night!!:notagree

Cate-I believe you just answered your own question.......Do the best you can. We are all struggling, some more than others at times, but it is the same struggle. That's why it is so important to have support so when you are down, there are others out there that can reach out and help pull you back up!! We are all doing the best we can, and this won't be the last time we struggle, there will be more valleys, and hopefully many more times than not there we will be standing high on the mountain, looking back at the valleys we have just treaded through. I don't know if there is a "fix" per say...but we can definitely just take it one day at a time, one meal at a time even...and encourage each other along the way. You are doing absolutely awesome.....you have realized looking back on things now that you had a little 'slump'. That is half the battle...realizing it, admitting it, and then committing to get back on track. To me, that is always the hardest part initially. You can do it girl! I know you can and WILL! :kiss2: :)

DITTO Girl!! You all are my inspiration as well.....I often wonder if I would have even made it this far if it weren't for the fantastic support I have gotten from each of you throughout this experience! As for 130-160:eek: I can't even think that far ahead yet!! After being stuck in the 240's for 3 months, I just dream over and over about the 230's:p Being in the 1 somethings, although it sounds nice, I still don't have the confidence in myself to think to fathom or believe I will EVER be there. I guess my psyche still doesn't realize that I have lost almost 150 pounds......I keep telling it, but it keeps forgetting :omg:

Cynthia- Just keep riding the not hungry wave, and stick with those Protein drinks.....remember, the hunger will come back soon when the swelling goes down. Drink the protein, even if you are just sipping 1/4 of your usual serving of one a little at a time. FF puddings...cottage cheese (can you have that yet?)...refried Beans from taco bell (yummm).....Keep up the good work!

Diane- First of all...thanks for posting what you ate. I think it helps so much to see how other bandsters eat throughout the day, plus doesn't make me feel so bad, because in all actuality when we are beating ourselves up, what we are eating is NOTHING in comparason to the 5,000 or even more calories per day I was eating pre-band:faint: AND.....PLUS you are still losing weight! But I think what you said above sums it up for me in starting to log on here what I am eating. I am realizing I'm not eating all that much, but just making so-so choices on the actual foods I am eating.

BTW, I think I might need to start taking Calcium supplements or something because lately, I have noticed I have started CRAVING anything and everything that has milk in it. Unfortunately that includes...ice cream, frappucinnos, creamed soups, etc etc etc:mad:

OMG Cate! You are melting again!!! I am so happy for you....you are doing so well. BTW....I was so frustrated about not being able to post what I ate yesterday So....Here is my log from yesterday: 11:00 Breakfast (slept in:notagree ): 1 egg over easy, 1 sausage patty, 1 slice of cheese. Late Lunch: Slice of cheese Snack #1: Sonic soft serve Ice Cream Cone (180 cal) Dinner: chicken Rice Casserole with approx 3 oz chicken (yeah I know...I still try it from time to time, even though it doesn't sit well), 1/5 cup long grain rice, and 1/4 c cream of mushroom Soup mixed in. Snack #2: Homemade frappuccino (approximately 230 calories) Water: 88 ounces (doing better:nervous ) Exercise: Went up to the track and walked for 30 mins, (jogged the ends of the track and walked the long legs) That makes for a total of 958 calories for the day and 56 gms protein:)

My sis and her almost 1 year old came over just before we were going to go for a walk......I wish she would leave already. She is one of those that doesn't know when to leave.....I'm probably gonna give her the boot soon and at least walk around the block a few times. Signing off for tonight....gonna go snuggle with my hubby and watch some movies too (all the while sipping on my water of course;) ). Will check in tomorrow girls....be good tonight!