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Made it through my busy day yesterday, today is going to be a low key one. I am home from work already and will go back up the rec center at 2 for my Power 90 workout. Plan to get a nap in there some place. We are going to watch DH's nephew play basketball tonight. His HS is playing the HS that DH & I graduated from tonight (yes we were HS sweethearts). DH played basketball for 3 yrs at this HS and we have not been inside it since graduation in 1976 so should be fun. Our kids are coming with to see 'where it all began'. LOL RE: bread, I have been too afraid to even try it since banding. It was preached at us in our nutrition classes that it was a no no and how easily it got stuck, etc. And I know one piece, especially at a restaurant bread basket, would lead to more. It's easier for me to just say no you can't have that, once I open that door, I'd be toast. I did the same with chips and salsa at Mexican restaurants for quite some time, then one time I said I can try that and well now that is a danger zone for me because I discovered how easily they went down. I was better off when I had myself convinced they'd get stuck and not to go there.

Good morning!! Oh am I sore! I started these new workouts. Anyone hear of Power 90 by Tony Horton? He is the same guy that does P90X which you may have seen in informercials or on QVC, the X stands for Extreme. Power 90 that I am doing is the series before that and much less extreme but still very tough. It's a 90 day workout regime and includes cardio, yoga, bands, abs, etc. It's tough but I am liking it. It's all the rave (the P90X) at the rec center I work at and many come in to use the DVDs and do it there, my friend and I got this one as we weren't ready for that severe of a workout yet. However, I am getting a copy of the P90X we hope to do it when we are done with this series. However, today is only day 4. My friends husband who has a very physical job does it every day with us and even he is sore, my husband does it when he can but normally is at work when we do it. If you are looking for a good all over workout, I highly recommend it. It's only about 35 min a day. I hit 97 lbs lost yesterday!! Three more to 100 lbs lost and 8 more to ONDERLAND!! Lucy, hope you are feeling better soon! Allie, hang in there 4 more days til your fill. Just curious how much/many fills have you gotten? It's taken me 6 plus the prefill in surgery and others only need one or two fills ever.

Ruth I agree call the dr. and take your pills every day as prescribed, don't skip days. When I used to take diuretics one of the ones I had was super cheap called hydrochlorithiazide, if your's is expensive ask if you can try that one. Lizalee, glad you are feeling energized again. Good job on the water aerobics. I just started a new workout program too and am sore today. They told me 48 hours later was when it would hit the worse and it did! I was fin yesterday. Katy, hope the unfill will do the trick! Good luck with the swallow test.

97!!!! Only 3 to go now til Onderland!! WOOHOO!! Today is my busy busy day. Worked this morning at 5am, then got off at 830 and straight to the hospital to volunteer. Left early so I could get home, change, let the dogs out and now gotta leave for day 3 of my Power 90 workout. My abs are sore and today is another 'ab ripper' day. :thumbup: Get home fix dinner, and then have 22 people coming tonight for a small group with my church. Tomorrow is MY day! #1 on the agenda is a nap!!

Down another one, only 3 to go!! And 3 weeks to do it. NAME------------------------START----------------CURRENT---------------GOAL--------------TO GO 1000words..........220............214............210...........4 annjones...........277............264............267..........3 AuntieGG...........286............278............270...........8 BandedCG...........273............236.5..........220........16.5 Bandana............165............165............160...........5 Barb12590..........185............180............175...........5 Bea1128............190.5..........189............180...........9 Bonnielass.........168............164............159...........5 Brandy.............198............194............190...........4 Bunkey.............165............165............160...........5 Charlietuna........163............160............150..........10 crzytchr...........250............243............240...........3 CubsGirl...........150............143............140...........3 Cutiew/booty.......224............219............212...........7 Fordgal88..........274............208............198..........10 Imgoingdown........239............199............189..........10 janesays...........230............225............215..........10 Jodi_620...........160............157............148...........9 karebare714........283............272............265...........7 kikival315.........219.5..........216............210...........6 LauraP.............170............170............155..........15 lcwils01...........227............225............213..........12 Leslie2lose........229............223............219...........4 LilMissDiva........253............243.4..........239.........4.4 LisaLef............270............238............234...........4 littlefroggy.......211............205............195..........10 Long2BThin.........216............208............205...........3 Loveislovely.......223............213............208...........5 ltgordon...........264............262............250..........12 Mair...............231............225............220...........5 Mamanmidwife.......264............258............250...........8 misskitty84........313............263............243..........20 mominlv13..........270.2..........265.8..........260.........5.8 SanDiegoPhotog.....263............191............179..........12<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> Sistergrl25........359............289............264..........25 skyjoe.............322.4..........312.2..........289.4......22.8 Tabithan...........246............238............236...........2 Terilynn112........224............224............200..........24 Tuger..............192............192............185...........7 twinmommie.........207............202............193...........9 wowox7.............173............165............163...........2

No TV watching for me today. Busy busy day. Though I just keep praying for our country. Arelene, that's great about the personal trainers! What a wonderful gift to your group. Good luck with that! Do you know when your husbands bypass will be? I am glad he has found the right procedure for him. Well gang, I am feeling the burn from my workout yesterday. It's not super sore but I can definitely feel I've done something. I go again today at 230pm. Today we workout with cords.

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Apples, my grandma is very near Mt Dora, we've walked those shops many times. her mailing address is Taveres though. So close yet so far away. Lizalee, sounds like you are getting yourself back on track, GOOD JOB!!

Hope the fill works for you Charlene. I remember you had trouble with the last one I think. Is your hubby also looking at the band or just bypass? I wish him luck in his decision it is such a individual one and not one procedure is the right one for everyone. He will have a great care giver in you since the diets are about the same you will know what he can and can't have.

Joann, After your knee replacement were you able to come home from the hospital or did you have to go to a rehab place? Going to a rehab place scares me the most. Have you tried steroid injections? I did one in May before my cruise and it worked about a day or so and no more. I am wondering if another one of those would help in the short term until I got to goal. It scares the bajeebies out of me to reach goal, get knee replacement and then gain weight due to lack of working out. But heck, that will still be better than where I started at 300+ lbs!

Any chance your dr. office has it on his website? would love to see it!

Let's see my QVC indulgences are some white gold (I only wear the white metals and have to have gold earrings or my ears get infected), some diamonique but I really like the Indonesian artisan crafted silver. I fell in love with John Hardy jewelry on a cruise to the Carribean on our 25th anniversary and got a bracelet and necklace, then discovered the Indonesian silver on QVC which is very similar but way less costly. Of course, John Hardy has some fancier things and quality but for my budget the QVC stuff fits better and I can have more of it. Also, got hooked on Bare Minerals/Escentuals when I worked there and that is all I wear for makeup and skin care Dr. Denese, I swear my squinty lines between my eyes vanished after starting that stuff. I got so spoiled though with my discount that I have a hard time paying full price for it. I stopped using it for a time and need to go back to it. I used to buy a lot of Sport Savvy for working out but just get any old thing now, I tend not to want to order clothing items right now with changing sizes so rapidly. There's my QVC confessions. LOL I already got the name of a great knee dr. from my lap band surgeon. He said if he was getting his knee replaced it is who he would use. But I want to wait til I get to goal first and see how the knee does. But if there's no improvement it's surgery I have decided.

Janet, when I worked at QVC for events like the Gold Rush and Silver STrike we would have these big preview events. AFter the store closed in the evenings from 8 to midnight or so we'd open back up and have many of the pieces that were new to the show on preview and the TSV as well. Folks would flock to those sales, you could touch, feel and try on the pieces. They'd have refreshments and usually a meet and greet with one of the hosts, it was lots of fun and very well received. That P90X with that Tony guy is really tough. Some hardcore athletes at the gym are doing it. My boss is one and he does triathalons. I guess you can make it as hard as you need, but to me it looked like too much impact on my knee. Zumba has been tough enough and if that continues I may not continue Zumba, we shall see. I like how active I am becoming though, but there are other ways to do that. I have decided after reaching goal wieght this year, if my knee is still hurting I will look into replacement as I don't want to feel this good elsewhere and still put up with that knee.

Update!!! Since posting last night about being stuck, I woke up today to a loss!! WOOHOO!! I hit 96 lbs today. Getting closer. I have 2 huge milestones coming up. Of course, the first being 100 lbs lost in 4 more lbs, but then in 9 more pounds I hit Onderland!! I am so anxious about hitting those milestones that it seems to be taking forever, but realistically I know it's not.

96!!!!!!!!

YAHOO!! The scale finally moved today, down one more for a total of 96!! I have 4 more to 100 obviously and 9 more til Onderland. I am getting very anxious to hit those milestones. I feel so close yet so far away as the losses have slowed down from what they were, but I was losing at a quite rapid rate which of course, I loved! But I know I will get there. Today I am starting the Power 90 workouts that I had asked if anybody heard of the other day. Am anxious to see what they are about, it's a 90 day commitment. They aren't my tapes and am doing them with a friend who has them, so I hope she is as commited as I am. If not, and I like them, I will be purchasing my own copy. I have decided not to take Zumba today because of the other workout. I have no idea what to expect. If I find I can do both I will, but didn't want to overdo it my first day. My knee has really been bothering me after Zumba classes. Hubby was off today for the holiday, but I had to work this morning so he went off ice fishing. Sounds much too cold for me anyway, but he is planning on being home in time to take this class/tape with me. Ellen, are you still out there? Miss ya!! Janet, have fun in Vegas!! Apples, sounds like you are really enjoying FL, wish our paths would've crossed.

Down 1 more, finally!! Total of 96!! Onderland here I come soon I hope!

Lost one finally!! Glad I get to update my stats finally. 4 more to hit my goal for the challenge. NAME------------------------START----------------CURRENT---------------GOAL--------------TO GO 1000words..........220............214............210...........4 annjones...........277............264............267..........-3 AuntieGG...........286............278............270...........8 BandedCG...........273............236.5..........220........16.5 Barb12590..........185............180............175...........5 Bea1128............190.5..........189............180...........9 Bonnielass.........168............166............159...........7 Brandy.............198............194............190...........4 Charlietuna........163............160............150..........10 crzytchr...........250............243............240...........3 CubsGirl...........150............145............140...........5 Cutiew/booty.......224............222............212..........10 Fordgal88..........274............208............198..........10 Imgoingdown........239............199............189..........10 janesays...........230............225............215..........10 Jodi_620...........160............158............148..........10 karebare714........283............273............265...........8 kikival315.........219.5..........216............210...........6 LauraP.............170............170............155..........15 lcwils01...........227............225............213..........12 Leslie2lose........229............223............219...........4 LilMissDiva........253............243.4..........239.........4.4 littlefroggy.......211............205............195..........10 Long2BThin.........216............209............205...........4 Loveislovely.......223............216............208...........8 ltgordon...........264............262............250..........12 Mair...............231............225............220...........5 Mamanmidwife.......264............260............250..........10 misskitty84........313............263............243..........20 mominlv13..........270.2..........265.8..........260.........5.8 SanDiegoPhotog.....263............191............179..........12<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> Sistergrl25........359............289............264..........25 Tabithan...........246............246............236..........10 Terilynn112........224............224............200..........24 Tuger..............192............192............185...........7 twinmommie.........207............202............193...........9 wowox7.............173............168............163...........5

No, I go in every 3 mos for a check and whenever I feel I need a fill I just need to schedule one.

Beach, I was told soda was a big no no. That the carbonation can stretch the band or something like that. I have had a few sips of hubby's on occassion and if it's more than a tiny sip I am very uncomfortable. So not sure if you should even be drinking it, but I know many dr's have different opinions, you might check with your's.

Hey Junebugs, so nice to see some familiar faces back and posting! Today I went to the National Western Stock show and Rodeo. Dh was given free tickets at work. He was last year too, but this year I could walk around so much more and I fit so much better in those tiny colisium seats. YAHOO!! We had lunch there, OMG the food was so expensive. I got a pulled pork sandwich and ate not even half the meat for $8.50!!!! DH & DS finished it so I didn't throw in away. I am still stuck at 95 lbs. I want those next 5 so bad and the scale hasn't moved in over a week. GRRRR!!! I am missing the days of my big losses! But I will get there. I can relate to having felt invisible in the past and now people talking to me. I went to a social function on Friday night and usually I'd just feel invisible in the corner. This time I never did get a chance to go talk to someone I saw and wanted to talk to. And in stores, clerks actually ask if they can help me in stores other than Lane Bryant.

Lizalee, you can do this. go back and remember why you got this band in the first place, how determined you were. I think, for me anyway, it was when I found out I really could eat chips, popcorn, etc. that I started struggling more. Before that, I had myself convinced I couldn't eat those things anymore and had no problems avoiding them. Then once I discovered how easily they went down, the resolve slipped. I got myself back on track now, that was over the holidays, but it's still not easy. Plus I think I've reached a point where my losses have slowed down to a trickle compared to what they were. I get frustrated, but in reality am still losing about 4 to 5 lbs a month, I just lose them all in one week so the rest of the month seems like I am not losing and I panic about being stuck on the scale. You've had some major stress in your life with moving right before the holidays and your routine got changed. Now you just gotta make a new one! You can do this, your progress thus far proves that.

Good morning gang. Just got home from Zumba (Janet, it's me that's taking zumba classes). I felt a little more in step this time but not much. It seemed harder and faster, got a good workout that's for sure. I won't be able to go next Sat. as I have a meeting at the same time as class. However, my friend at work is starting these workout videos. Several people at our gym come in and do P90X workouts which is a series of workout videos by Tony Horton. I had never heard of them but I see he's on QVC today. Or you can get them online at www.beachbodies.com. Well for the 2 of us they are a little extreme to start out. the men in particular really like this series. However, he has a less extreme workout (the X in P90X stands for extreme I believe). the less extreme one is called Power 90 and we are going to start it on Monday. You do it for 90 days it combines, cardio, yoga, pilates abs, etc. Should be interesting. Just wondering if anyone else has heard of it and knows what I am getting myself into.

Allie, I can so relate to the big boned body. I don't think my skeleton could ever be smaller than a possible 10. Though I am getting hopeful with my new size 12 jeans but I am convinced they were mismarked or ran big as I have another size 12 that I can't even pull over my butt. My feet were 11's too and have shrunk a little but not enough. I also have 'cankles' so don't know how dainty my feet will ever look. Teach, so glad the fill went well. Mine have always been a breeze, so guess I am lucky. I've not had one since early Dec. and don't think I am in need of one for awhile yet. Of course, now that they are free, I don't need one. They will give me free fills for all my volunteering at the hospital in the bariatric program. I am sitting here enjoying the spring like temperatures. We had 63 today and they expect 60's through about Wed. next week, even heard 'record warmth' mentioned on the news. Gotta love it after the deep chill we had. Of course, all this does is give me spring fever and I know I have a long ways to go. march, historically is our snowiest month.

Good morning. Here it is Friday already, I had a busy week. Hubby is home on vacation so am just off my routine. Still haven't lost past the 95 lbs mark. I think that 100 mark is just going to tease me for awhile. I am eating right and exercising so I know it will have to give sooner or later. I am back at tracking on Daily Plate so I know I am hitting my calories and protein, etc. I went shopping yesterday, Ann Taylor had bigger markdowns! I was in trouble! I got a $139 cashmere sweater for $35 and some spring stuff was marked down already I got 2 shirts. Gift cards are now history that I got for Christmas.