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Morning guys. How's it going? Angry here and ready to fight back. I took off 6 pounds while I was on vacation and have managed to put 4 back on. Well, that's just stupid. I can't live on vacation though I'd love to do that. Anyway, recommitting this morning to doing what I did on vacation. Nothing going in the mouth unless it's something I love. Weird, but then it's so me. Tap - sorry to hear that you aren't sleeping well. That is one of the worst things cause it just feeds on itself. I'll be singing lullabys and counting sheep for you. Shiny and ckk, so proud of you guys. I can't imagine being so close to my goal. You've worked so hard and done a great job.

Okay, gonna be short since I just typed a big ole long un and lost it. Angie - Yay! Jul - Welcome. Soda, me, yah, a little, no problem, don't like much now. Tap - good to see yah, glad mopies are gone. Anyone Ruby? Like the show, just found it and trying to catch up. Have a good un. :bored:

Huh?!! Did we switch threads or is everyone on vacation? Not a single post since the day I left for vacation. Really weird. Hope you're all doing well and having healthy days. I've decided I'm gonna go on vacation more often. I managed to lose 5 pounds in 6 days and most of it was in the last 4 days while I was out of town. We ate out most meals and had leftovers from eating out when we didn't actually go out. I'm still trying to figure out what I did so differently so I can keep it up. I know it wasn't more exercise because I actually got less. Whatever it was, I'm psyched and wanting more of it. Or is that actually less of it? Off to shower and walk. Have a great day guys and hope to hear from more of you soon. Or tell me where you more the chat thread to - hehe. Tap? Everything okay? Business trip?

Morning all. :thumbup: Sounds like you guys are right on track this week. Heads in the right place and bodies doing what we want them to do. Yay! Even with your band too tight Lil, at least you know what needs to be done an have a good attitude about it. Tap - peanut butter at night when you've barely been able to eat all day sounds like a good choice to me. It's good protein and good fat if I know what I'm talking about. And anymore, not too sure about that. But it sounds like you did a great thing by eating it. I had my doctor's appt yesterday and gained 6 pounds. It was horrible especially as it put me at a spot I never wanted to see again. I did feel a bit better when she said it wasnt fat. It was 1 pound of muscle and 5 pounds of water. Eh. That's better than fat but I still hate gaining. Now for the good news. My head is in a much better place today. I feel motivated and inspired. I'm ready to move and lose. In fact, I lost 2 pounds since yesterday. Helps that I barely ate anything yesterday since I had a major toothache. Hey, maybe that's my best diet aid. Oh. Groan. Not the way I wanna lose weight. Feeling better this morning which is really good news since my son and I are going to California for a few days tomorrow. Gotta get stuff done today for the trip and get the house ready for invaders. Hehe. They are starting demo on my master bath tomorrow and a friend is staying here to take care of our dogs and cat. Actually looking forward to the trip now. I wasn't before because I was just wanting to stay home. That combined with the fact that we are going to see my in-laws made it an unappetising prospect. I love them dearly but chaos reigns in that family and then I knew it would be bringing up my hubby a lot. Excited for it now. Gonna do some fun stuff though I'm not sure what exactly yet. Have a great day. Think I'll be able to post while I'm gone but if I don't, that's why.

Well, good news and not so good. I lost a pound this morning. That's the good. Bad is that I have absolutely no willpower when it comes to those blasted gourmet Peanut Butter Cookies from Fry's. I did fantastic yesterday until I hit the grocery store at about 6 PM. I had to go past the dang cookies to get my feta cheese. I kept saying all the things I said to myself all day to beat the other temptations but the cookies won this time. I do feel it coming back though. Feel like I can get back on track where before I wasn't sure if I could do it. Today has been better than yesterday so far but it isn't 6 yet. I'm planning on a Protein shake for dinner and I'm not going out any more today. How are you guys doing? Tap, did the alarm stop for ya?

Seems the weekends get real slow around here and I guess that's a real good thing. Means we're busy having lives. Yay! My doctor's appointment is on Tuesday and right now I've gained two pounds in the last month. Certainy not where I wanted to be and hopefully I can get those two pounds off in the next two days. I know it's better than where it was with about a 12 pound gain each month but so very far still from where I want to be. I did get a psychological insight this morning on my weight loss, or gain, right now. I think that I've had to tun off my caring function in order to deal with the loss of my husband. Sure, I cry, I grieve but most of the time I just try to keep myself busy with things I can control just to make through the days. Because I'm in that frame of mind, it makes it very hard to consistantly say I care about what I put in my mouth. Hard to care about whether or not I exercise each day. I have moments that I care immensely but most of the time I find myself with the "who cares" feeling. This was not said to evoke pity from anyone. I shared this to show that I am pinpointing the areas that are giving me trouble, finding the stumbling blocks to my health. For me, indentifying the problem really is a huge step in resolving it. Now, hopefully my theory is right and I can allow myself to care about that area of my life. And Rhap, I'm hearing you right now - "Keep swimming".

Morning Tap. I'm here. :tongue_smilie: Tired but trying to find my "get up and go". Yesterday was busy busy so I didn't get a chance to post. The house hunting is a combination of things. Some is just for fun, others rounds are because I'm looking for a property to rent for income. That's kinda put on hold for a bit cause they are fighting me a bit on one of the life insurance policies we had on my husband. That plus the housing market is doing weird things right now and could break either way soon. I'm hoping by the time I'm ready again it will be a better buyers market. Though for our economy's sake I hope things go in favor of the people losing their homes. I'd rather have a stronger economy and make less money from interest. Shower time since the contractor will be here in 15 minutes. Take care guys. Be healthy.

Oh man, getting up in the morning is kind painful at times. I can certainly feel the weight I've put back on. You'd think that just that would be enough to keep the junk out of my mouth, wouldn't ya? Didn't eat a lot yesterday but it wasn't near as good as I wish. Focus, focus!!! No much to say today. I'm the middle of the first bathroom remodel here. They said it would only take 2-3 days. Hope they are right. I'm gonna run away for most of the day today in hopes they will get the worst of the noise and dust done. Gonna go about an hour south of me and look at houses with my mom and a couple friends. Hopefully it will be some exercise and no munching time.

Morning all. Having a bit of a grumpy morning here. I gained 1.5 pounds. While I know I wasn't perfect, I still took in a low enough amount that I should have lost weight. Oh well, I learned this before and just have t accept that it's real - I must take in a much lower amount of calories to lose weight. I'm just proud that I haven't given up. It would be so easy to just let it go and eat. But I'm re-focusing and am determine to lose 8 pounds before my doctor's appointment. I know it sounds like a lot in a week but if I get really strict and eat like I should be eating, it should drop off really fast. Did you all have a great weekend? Sounds like several of you did. Off to walk again. At least I'm consistant on that. Yay!

Morning guys. Hope you had a good trip Tap. Tara - I was just thinking that it would be a wonderful time to start new habits and routines if you do move. You have to re-establish everything anyway, might as well conciously make it a healthy routine. Gotta run cause I got up late so it will be a shorty today. Off to walk. Have a great one.

Rhap - you're nuts. :tongue2: I consider you one of the major stability blocks around here. You would be sorely missed. Not in much of a talkative mood this morning, probably cause I just got up and cant think yet. But I need to get moving so wanted to check in here. Hope you all have a great day.

Wow! It's good to see RSG back and it's been a few weeks since I've seen anything from LilMiss so it's great to see you back too. Yay yay yay! The VVs are coming home. I also got pms back from Queen of Hearts and AprilE and I'm hopeful that they will be posting here again soon. It's so really great to see all these old familiar names. If there's anyone that's just been reading but not posting, please do me a favor, just post a quick hello. I'd love to say hi back and I'm sure so would the rest here. Really put a smile on my face this morning. RSG - that's fantastic on school, keep it up, it's way better to be busy like that. If you can just fit in a quick morning walk on the treadmill it will fall into routine soon and you'll feel so much better. Also, sending all my good luck power to Marcie. Tap - thankls, that's a great idea. I'm gonna try measuring stuff out again instead of guessing. It's a great next step for me. Lil - Good to hear from you. Missed you over the last week or two. Crystal - haven't seen anything from you later. Missin' you too. I will call you I promise. I'm so bad at the phone. Call me if you want, I'm sure you're a better phone person than I am though I love to talk. LOL Yay VVs! Let's rock the band life this week and kick some fat butt! Where are Marathinner, kjeter, AprilE, JaxBandster, Becca with the video blog, all the rest of you that my poor brain can't pull out right now? Okay, I'm excited and hyper now. Good time to go walk.

Okay, I'm still struggling. Yesterday I did okay, about 1700 calories but it was still not as good as I need it to be. I also ended up with a 2 pound gain for the week. Need your suggestions. I really want to get back to small, small portions and lower carbs. Any suggestions on getting to post op diet? Right now all I can think of is to go back to the pre-op stavation diet for a week, then liquids for a week, mushy for a week, etc. Only problem is it's so extreme that I can't seem to get myself going on it. Even after my fill I only managed liquids for most of a day How are the rest of you doing?

Morning morning morning. LOL - still need sleep. I played on my computer until 2:30 AM and then watchd TV until 4. Jeez! Worst part was I found 4 lovely cookies during it. The rest of the food that day was good though. Hoping I didn't mess up too much. Back on track today though I won't be walking since I'm way too tired right now. Wish I had a landscape gene or two like you guys. Think all of mine fell in the interior design area. Oh well, at least our front yard was already done and just need a tiny bit of tweaking. The backyard is a different story. It's small since the pool is large and takes up a good bit of it. Guess I'm gonna see if I can find someone to do the landscaping. Think I should wait until the pool is replastered and new deck is done. Okay, gonna go plan my day and get something done before I nap. Ahhhh, heavenly naps.

Yay Jaime! I'm so happy to hear the weight is moving down again for you. Happy for two reasons - happy for you, of course and happy because you were always one of the ones that I felt closest to as far as where we started from and how we were doing. So if you can get this beast moving back in a downward direction again, so can I! I fact, I'm gonna have to kick it in and catch up with you. :thumbup: Hope the rest of you are having a fantastic weekend. Mine is going okay. And I still have today to make it end up a fantastic one. Go team VV!!!! Also, I sent out several PMs today to some people on my friends list that I miss. If I sent you one and you've changed your name or if you've been on recently, sorry. Just chalk it up to my really messed up brain. Anyway, hope we see some of them soon. I've really missed so many people on here. Glad some of you guys are still here.

Wow Angie, that's hot! Time to find an indoor track or move to the treadmill. I just popped back on cause I couldn't believe it when I read Michael Jackson was dead. That's so freaky. He was less than 2 years older than me. Way too young to be dead. But then so was my hubby at 43.

Morning Tap. Sounds like you're doing well. I'm just trying to wake up. Gotta get my butt up in a few and do some cardio warmup before I head off to walk. Yesterday went okay until about 9 o'clock. What the heck is it with the evening munchies. I did clean out my fridge and my spices yesterday. I'm making room for healthy food by getting rid of the unhealthy and old stuff. Figure if I get my panty down to one main cabinet it will force me to eat more fresh food. Things are really starting to feel like I'm getting back into good eating habits. How are the rest of you doing? Any new tasty recipes out there? Think I'm gonna make that Salsa Chicken recipe again soon. It's so easy, healthy, low-cal and tasty as can be. Thanks again to whoever it was that posted the recipe. Feel bad I don't remember who it was. Enjoy the day.

Hi guys. Just checking in. I had a few bad days but it's getting better again. I stepped away from the scale for a few too. Don't want to go into a downward spiral if I gain a couple. Back to being good. Still walking each day so that's good. Think I'm gonna add part of my cardio workout back to each morning too since it's such a good limber up thing. Hope everyone had a great weekend and will talk to you tomorrow.

Happy Father's Day to all of you fathers out there. Enjoy the day. You deserve it. Hope your families treat you to a healthy, tasty BBQ.

Morning. Hope you all have a good weekend. I gave in to some sweets for a couple days but think I have it out of my system again. I think I'll still end up losing weight because my calorie total was low enough for the days but it was real unhealthy. Gonna run and answer a few emails then get on with the day but I wanted to check in with you all.

Morning guys. I have some good news to report. I lost another 2 pounds. Woo hoo! After so many months of it going the wrong way it's so good to have it moving the right way now. Total of 5 off again - 40 something to go to get back to where I was. But I am very determined to do it. I just had to get to the right frame of mind. Later on I'll try to send some PMs to the old regulars too. Just don't have much time now as I need to jump in the shower and get walking. Have a good day all.

Yay Tap! Yay Angie! Tap - I was worrying about you, didn't want you to end up with an unfill. So glad to hear that things are going down better. Angie - Way to go! It's so nice to see some of us having a good time for a change. Maybe we're all getting ready to get into another good lapband phase. Hope the rest of you are doing well too. We really can do this! Some times it seems so far away and so difficult but we just need to break it down into one day, one hour, one minute, whatever it takes to stay on track. Go VVs, go!!!!

I'm here finally. I've been running since first thing this morning. Got thru the major hurdle - my doctor's appointment. There's nothing worse than going in when you've gained weight. They're really nice but I hate that I let myself gain this weight back. It did take off 3 pounds over the last week and have been doing really well concerning the sweets. I did get a really tiny fill and they checked the amount of saline in my band. Right now I have 8.75 in there. Also, now that I'm not working I can attend the support groups from there, first one for me is tomorrow afternoon. Yay! Support is a real big issue for me right now. I realized today that I lost such a big part of my daily support when my husband passed away. You guys are a great place too, just have to make myself keep checking in.

Morning all. Hope you guys have more energy than I do this morning. Gonna try to workout since I'm not walking with the parents this morning. Gonna try a protein shake and see if that gives me any energy. Did you all have a good weekend?

Okay, I slipped back for a few days and wasn't posting - sorry. Have to get back into the routine again. I have been walking very regularly and have finally started to lose weight again. It's only 3 pounds down and I've gained almost 50 back. Trying really hard not to hate myself for that. Trying to be gentle with me. I have done much better over the last 3 days now and I think I've gotten rid of most of the major sugar cravings. That in itself should help immensely. Dreading Tuesday morning though. I have a doctor's appointment. I'm sure he'll be disappointed though nice when he finds out my husband passed away. Just hate going in there when I've gained weight. Gotta face it though. No fill for me because I'm still having a hard time eating real food without having to throw up. Hope you all had a good weekend. Will post again in the AM so I can prompt myself to workout. Enjoy.