Rockin' Robyn

Cynthia- That was nice of him to call and check on you and explain to you the problem when you were more alert/awake. So your official diagnosis is a slipped band then? But technically, you had none of the symptoms associated with a slipped band, other than of course the lack of restriction....interesting:cry BTW Cynthia....we started another thread under the Kansas link where we are all posting what we are eating every day. Feel free to join in on that, even though it will be liquids/mushies for a while if you want. I am so happy you are still banded! I just can't say that enough, we were all so worried about you.

"So go ahead, hold me accountable. I ate bad food, but I enjoyed it, I didn't overeat or binge, and I don't feel guilty." Cate- You are holding yourself accountable, and that is obvious by your food choices:biggrin1: . You eat way more protein than I do, and get in way more water. The important thing is you didn't crash your whole day like I do after I have a little 2-300 calorie ice cream cone. You're doing awesome. Stay on track. Just look at your ticker...75 pounds!!! You are half way there girl, and in so little time. Keep up the great work:clap2: OH HOLLI.......where are you?????? I"m going to come hunting for you soon;)

Holy Toledo Cate, you have drank 100 oz more water than me today.....how is it possible to drink that much ??? Even when I was gulping super size cokes from McDonalds pre-op....I don't think I did that much:D .....That's awesome! Here's my log for today....I've decided I'm not gonna beat myself up so much on the choices I make, as long as I stay within my 1000 cal goal for the day. Breakfast: 9 mini peanut butter pretzel sandwiches (140 cals) Lunch: Went out to Houlihans for lunch with hubby, and tried rare tuna for the first time...it was YUMMMY...and the perfect portion...only about 6 quarter sized pieces of tuna (appetizer). Also, had about 3 bites of hubby's salad. Snack: Shared a small Frappuccino with DH at Borders, I had 1/3 of it. (approx 120 cals) Dinner: 2 pieces of the low-carb, light pizza from Pappa Murphys with sausage, peppers, mushrooms, and onions (400 calories). Exercise: None yet, but the evening isn't over. DH and I have the noc to ourselves and like to go for late night walks. Water: 44 oz so far....ugh.....I'm trying I really am. I just can't drink for about 3 hours after I eat....so I try to cram as much as I can in BEFORE I eat. On Fit Day, that brings me to 917 calories and 55 gms protein (wow the tuna really made a difference in my protein gms:hungry: )

Wheetsin- I know exactly what you mean....unfortunately I'm still in the stage of mourning occasionally and getting mad about NOT getting excited about going out to eat. We too used to plan our outings around who had the best food. Now, if I'm properly filled, food makes me feel like crap most of the time...and the more of it I'm around, the worse I feel.....which is the opposite of prior to surgery, where the more of it there was....the better I would feel. I have just realized something profound this morning...simple, but profound to me. I couldn't realize why I have been in this 3 month long slump where I just can't get motivated to be good. Now I remember.....LOSING weight is my motivator. Haven't lost much in a very long time (3 months really if you don't count the yo-yo'ing). No wonder I can't get motivated. Just losing those couple pounds this am, made me want to eat well today, and go out and run the long legs of the track tonight.....maybe we can all turn this around together:D

You go Cate!!! Weird.....I dreamt last night that I would wake up and lose 3 pounds....and I did!!!! The scale actually moved! I can't believe it!

Gotcha Cate....I read your post earlier at work, but didn't scroll down to see you updated it later in the day:biggrin1: . You've done AWESOME today!! I am absolutely amazed at your water consumption. You give new meaning to the word 'hydrated':clap2: . Have you worked out at all today?

BTW....Anybody out there go to support group tonight? Just curious how it went?

Okay girls....Don't make me do this on my own:phanvan . How did everyone do? Here goes for me....I thought I did much worse than I did, but after I actually logged what I ate on FitDay...it actually only came to 1032 calories, which is actually pretty good I think. Here goes: Breakfast: 80 calorie ff yogurt, coffee with equal and creamer Lunch: Immitation crab sticks (60 cal), 1/4 cup cottage cheese, 1/4 cup salad with a serving of ff ranch Snack #1: 4 med Peanut Butter Cookies (over the course of about 3 hours) Darn things were calling my name from the breakroom table........ Snack #2: 1 pretzel stick, 1 strawberry, 1 small cream puff, 1 cookie stick all dipped in chocolate fondue:o Snack #3: 3 small cubes of cheese Dinner: 1-2 oz of a broiled hamburger patty, (maybe) 1/4 cup (if that) of baked chopped up potatoes, corn, onion mixture, all topped with 1 Tablespoon bbq sauce Exercise: Worked a 12 hour shift, very busy...probably walking and on my feet about 3 hours of that total. (I need to figure out how to work that free pedometer they sent us after the surgery to figure out how many steps I take in a day at work). Water: Surprisingly...this has been an eye opener for me today.....I drank more Water than ever, but I'm still only at 4, 8 oz servings....so that would be 32 oz? Need to work on that some more before I go to bed. Totals for day: 1032 calories, 44 gms Protein Not Bad all in all......How about the rest of you all? Don't leave me hangin';)

Hi Cynthia!!!!! I am so glad you posted....I have been wondering and wondering about you, but didn't want to call and wake you if you were resting (enjoying the narcotics:biggrin1: ). I am SOOOOOO glad you are banded.....so when you say he took out the VG, did he say what happened to it at all? Had it slipped or come unsnapped in some way? I'm nosy...and enquiring minds want to know . So does that mean you now have the smaller band that holds 4 cc of fluid like Angela has? Love ya girl, and wishing you a very speedy recovery, lots of restriction, and sending lots of love and well wishes your way! Rest up:girl_hug: and talk to you soon!

:cry Angela....I was missing you.....wondering where you had been:nervous . I need to start back with crisping up the pepperoni chips. I had way too many of them at first. But now they are starting to sound good again. I think it is so interesting to see how everybody else eats....honestly that is. I can totally see and make the correlation for example, why you are still losing weight and I am not...... could it be perhaps because I eat too much, and make crappy eating choices....HMMMMMM.....:cry what a profound thought!

HELP!! HELP!! I'm crashing.....I've done soooo awesome all day, but they are having a farewell reception in the cafeteria and I made the mistake of going down......THEY HAVE A FREAKING chocolate FOUNTAIN!!!! :faint: I just want to stick my mouth underneath it and open wide!!!!!! I had 1 pretzel, 1 strawberry, a cookie stick thingy, and 1 cream puff (ouch) all dipped in chocolate.......dangit!!!! THE AGONY:think Can't I just be good for one freakin' day?????........

Diane- Ice cream is my absolute down fall.....never had ANY until about 6 months post-op when I was so tight I couldn't eat much without puking. Then it crept back in because it was something I could actually keep down. Now I eat way too much of it because it's summer and damn it...it tastes good!! Plus it goes down easy still.....I've got to start small...I keep telling myself, back to basics....back to basics. One of the basics I have to remember is NO MORE ICE CREAM!!! Holli- You've motivated me to pack my lunch for tomorrow too and not just wait until the last minute and throw whatever I can find in there....gonna go do that now. My goal is to lose one pound....just one pound!! I think I can do that, if I hold myself accountable and am good for just one week. I can do that.....We can all do it....look at how much we have all accomplished so far. Tomorrow's a new day....let's all make it a good day, whatever that means for each of us. Gotta go to bed to wake up at the crack of dawn :notagree . Love you guys...talk at cha tomorrow :kiss2:

Holy Toledo Batman....that comes to 1900 calories for me on fitday.com!!!!:faint: NO FREAKIN WONDER!!!!

Cate- I just have to ask because I'm concerned.....you are only 4 months out honey.....why aren't your fills still covered? Were you covered by insurance or self pay? That just sucks!!

:biggrin1: Okay...here it is: http://lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=22649 I basically did the same thing you did Holli.....I also put at the bottom things I thought I did well and things to try to do better tomorrow. You have done great today Holli!! Is it sugar free pudding?? LOL!!:biggrin1:

OKAY GIRLS!!! Let's do this thing! Let's just take it one day at a time and see how it goes. You must COMMIT to coming on here daily and logging EVERY SINGLE BITE you put in your mouth, as well as the Water you are drinking (water....what's that??), as well as the activity you had for the day. I'll start....this is going to be reallllllly hard for me:think , but here goes.....HONESTY, remember HONESTY.....aka accountability amongst friends;) BREAKFAST: 1 egg, 2 pieces Canadian Bacon LUNCH: 1/4 cup mashed potatoes, 1/4 cup fajita vegetables, 1/4 cup flank steak (came home and crashed) SNACK: vanilla ice cream cone from McDonalds about 15 pringles when I got home and raided the cabinets about 1/4 cup whole cashews DINNER: 1/2 cup chili topped with melted cheese and dollup of sour cream lots of tortilla chips! (I would estimate 2 "normal" servings, maybe 20 chips) WATER: NONE.....MAYBE 2, 8 oz servings of tea EXERCISE: Probably on my feet for a total of 2 hours out of the 10. There...I did it, and now I feel incredibly motivated to be better tomorrow so I don't feel like such a big toe. THINGS I DID WELL: I actually ate Breakfast which I usually dont.....did okay for 50% of the day. WAYS TO IMPROVE TOMORROW: Don't crash at the end of the day!! No snacking....drink more fluids throughout the day....exercise.

Okay...give me 5 minutes...I"m going to the KS thread to start a new one where we can post daily.... I"ll be back:D

Hows about doing it for just a week....to see if it jump starts any of us? Then go from there???? Anybody....Anybody?:cry

Okay....here's what I have been wanting to do for a while....but too afraid to ask. Would it be monopolizing this thread if we turned it into us all reporting DAILY on exactly what we eat....NO lying to ourselves or each other. I can say out loud that I"m not eating that much, but I know in my heart I am and that I"m eating the wrong things. We would have to commit to weighing/calculating what we are eating for EACH meal and snacks if any in between.....what we drank.....any activity. We could just do one measly day at a time......Or if that would be monopolizing this thread too much, we could start another thread under the Kansas list called SMMC accountability group or something Something SIMPLE like this: BREAKFAST: LUNCH: DINNER: WATER: EXERCISE: But along with this....I WANT someone to ride my arse if I'm screwing up ...I want Holli to say "get off your arse Robyn and do this....you owe it to yourself". Feedback girls......Feedback......

:angryYOU GUYS SUCKKKKKK!!!!!!:lalala: Don't you people realize that I stood on my feet walking in the hospital for 10 hours today, came home looking forward to being lazy and relaxing....and now I feel GUILTY AS H..L sitting here feeling that I "need" to go for a walk!!!!!!!!!!!! *****SSSCCREEEEAMMMMMM!!!!!!*****:yell::faint: By the way Cate.....did you plant a chip in my brain before you left where you can read my thoughts because we are one in the same.....I couldn't have described my last few months any better. Total lack of motivation....eat well all day, screw it up at night....and I'm not really gaining weight...but the scale won't move in my favor!!:ban: You articulated my sentiments EXACTLY..How'd you do that??? I wonder how many calories will I burn if I involve my hubby in some "exercise"?? All kidding aside girls....I'm proud of you....now start sweating!!!:huggie:

Cynthia- Just want you to know I have been thinking about you all day long!! I have been praying that your surgery went very smoothly and that you still have silicone left in you:biggrin1: Post on here as soon as you can and let us know how everything went. I'm dying to know what he found out happened to your band when he got in there. Wishing you a speedy recovery, and lots of pain-free rest this week.:notagree Love ya!! Robyn

MEMEMEMEME!!! Where do I sign up???? I would love to go ahead and meet with a PS at any point just so I could for one get their opinion on how much more I would have to lose before they would touch me, and two...what the costs would be for each procedure. A little road trip with the girls would be fun too :biggrin1:

Hi Girls- I'm back from vacation....haven't posted in a while. My 13 year old broke his ankle in 3 spots just 2 hours after we were home from vacation, so I've been running around everywhere for that little predicament. Missed talking with you all! How's everyone doing?? Cynthia...I have been thinking of you so much....I know good things are going to happen for you this week. Everything is going to be just fine! I can't wait to hear the news of how everything went after your surgery. Hang in there and keep your chin up! Time to start planning another get together....Things will start winding down for us this week, so I'm open for anything. My fill has me really tight again. I'm gonna ride it out and see if I start losing again with this really tight fill since I have been on such a long plateau (besides when I was starving myself the week before my bandiversary). If I don't start losing, I'll probably go in for a little unfill because its silly to be eating like a mouse and not losing anything as a result:D Cate-It's so good to hear from you. You can get back on track girl, just as fast as you got off. Those liquid calories can be a killer:p ....That's great that you only gained 3 pounds though. That's a mere one day fluctuation in my life;) Holli-my cell phone fell on the concrete in Branson and broke into pieces, so I don't have your phone numbers anymore (as they were programed in my phone and I haven't had time to stop and get my new one yet)....Call me tomorrow at work (I'll PM you my hubby's cell, which is what I have been carrying in the meantime). Jennifer...where are you????? Sea....glad you liked the HSSH support group...I definitely want to at least try it next month so I can compare. Angela....Angela...Angela.....GIRL!!! YOU ARE AAAAMMMAAZZZINNGG! I am so proud of you. What an incredible job you have done....I'm speechless:clap2: :clap2:

I have them in my fridge....but I don't drink them unless it is an absolute last resort.....mostly only on rare mornings of the month if I am too tight. Hate them Hate them Hate them!!! Did I mention I hate them I too get plenty of Protein through my regular diet, as long as I am sticking to the "rules" and starting off each meal finishing up my hard protein before I move onto the other stuff.

Darn....I can't get it to "play" on my computer. This is totally changing the subject....but to any of you out there that work at big companies, does your company offer you to buy discounted tickets to Steal Your Dollar City??? I just remember when I worked at Sprint in my past life, we were always offered discount tickets. If so, would any of you be willing to check into it for me? Don't need the hopper passes, as we already have tickets to the other parks...just SSC. We're leaving to go down there on Sunday. Thanks;) Robyn