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Food:

1 southbeach breakfast bar

1 peach ice tea

Exercise:

Food:

2 Kelloggs breakfast bars

1 ham and cheese sandwich (sandes)

50ml peach yougert

McDonalds McChicken sandwich (ducks from the flying shoes)

Cuppa Soup (100kcal)

2 liter water

Exercise:

Daily routine

30min stairs

Food:

100ml peach ice tea with green tea (NO sugar)

South Beach breakfast bar

100g grilled white pork

2 teaspoons of white rice

2 tablespoons of green beans

South beach snack bar

Cuppa Soup(100kcal)

Chicken sandwich (low cal bread, no cheese)

1.5 l water

Exercise:

25 min treadmill (1.42 distance, 128kcal, 40fatcal)

daily routine

Food:

125ml milk

3 bolachas Maria

1 ice tea lemon

37gm Manhazito (130kcal, 3.3g protein, 17gm carbs, 5gm fat)

110gm beef sliced thin

2 spoons of rice with beans

4 small strawberries

50gm of salad with mushrooms

pizza (for gawd sake! i suck!)

1 coke (doh!)

2,0l water (good)

Exercise:

Daily routine

Weight: 107.2 (-.8grams)(-1.8lbs)

Food:

Ice tea (29 kcal, 7.3g carbs, 30mg vit C)

125ml 1% milk

3 Maria crackers (ok these I'm debating the nutritionalist told me to eat them but the surgeon said not to. hummmmmm)

60gm (1oz) lean pork girlled

1 tablespoon white rice

100gm (3oz) salad

200gm (6oz) turkey with mushrooms

100gm (3oz) rice with beans

1,5 liter of water

Exercise:

Daily routine

Food:

1 ice tea lemon (29kcal)

100 ml yougert (60 kcal 4.8 protein, 20g sugar, 200mg calcium)

115gm (4oz) spagettie with tomatoe and beef sauce

60gm (2oz) salad (letteuce, purple cabbage, carrots)

1/2 ham and cheese sandwich (no mayo)

50gm (+-2oz) spagettie

15 light pringles

1.5 liter water

Exercise:

walked on the street 15min

daily routine

Food:

1 peach ice tea

20g trail mix

1 lemon tea (29kcal, 7g sugar)

1 small plate of nachos

1 small ham and cheese sandwich (no mayo)

150ml of potato soup (100kcal)

20 light sour cream pringles (ok not great but could be worse)

1.5l of water

Exercise:

daily routine

weight 107.9kg

ok I'm going to try and keep track of stuff here.

Food:

1 carb smart carnation shake (calcium fortified milk) 250ml

1 peach ice tea (with surgar) 200ml

1 whole grilled chicken breast(yeah a whole one)

1/2 cup salad (lettuce and carrot with olive oil and vinegar)

handful of potato chips

2 scoops of carmel ice cream (the day just keeps getting worse...)

1 cup of orange drink (think tang)

1 plate of nachos (yep nachos) (cheese, meat, olives, beans)

Exercise:

20 min on the treadmill (87.6 cal, 27.3 fat)

Regular Routine (there are 3 stories in my school and no elevator, I walk up and down the stairs all day)

Alright writing this all down has made me see why I'm not losing any thing...I gotta get with the program....*sigh* Hopefully tomorrow will be better.....

Well, this is a great tool to keep track of things isn't it? I'm glad I found this site. I never thought about doing surgery before because I never thought I was that fat. But apparently I am, and I think I have really known that all along.

To top all that off, I live in Portugal where obesity is not such a widespread problem. I actually almost fell out of my chair laughing yesterday at a doctor’s appointment. See by law here, if you work then you’re entitled to insurance through the government. Nice right... but that also means that once a year they get to send you to a doctor and run all kinds of test. It was this doctor that I was seeing. She asked me....Do you have any health problems. And my response was, well, other then my weight, no. And she said, ohh right, but that’s a characteristic of your people right? :omg: She was saying it’s a characteristic of Americans to be fat. After I finished laughing, I thought. Gezz....

Any way, it was her that suggested I get lap band surgery and it wasn’t until then that I seriously considered doing it. It seems to make a huge difference when a doctor suggests it. My husband is against it, he doesn't think I'm that fat and he says surgery should be a last resort. Well, I feel like I'm at the end of my rope. I'm 25 and I have been fat since I was about 6. I've been on pretty much every diet you can think of. Sometimes I loose, some times I don't. But one thing that is guaranteed, I gain it back plus some. I'm currently 5'5 and 242lbs. I didn't even realize how fat I was getting because we weigh in kilos here and 110kilos doesn’t sound like much, until I converted it.

Well, I have an appt with the bariatric doctor on the 24th, so we will see what he has to say. I'm sure I qualify my bmi is 40.3 and I have headaches and other pains. Not to mention I can't find clothes here in my size :phanvan , I'm always asking my mom to send me stuff from the states, but that gets expensive.

Well, that's it for now.

Hugs and butterflies for every one.

Hey there,

I just wanted to say you should stop beating yourself up over your daughter. Shes 21 (right) and way over the legal age. What she does now shouldn't effect you. If she's living at home and refuses to abide by your rules then kick her out. If she doesn't live with you, then limit your contact with her and tell her why. Eventually she will come around. I know because I'm 25 and my mom and me had it a bit difficult awhile back. I'm sure you did the best that you can, now its up to her to be a big girl. I know it sounds a bit harsh, but thats what you have to do to get kids to understand sometimes.

I read on another forum about some one who went to mexico. she was absolutly thrilled with her choice. She said that the facilites were beautiful and the doctors and his staff were wonderful, so more power to ya!