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Thank you everyone, went to the mall today. It was nice strolling around the mall in my nicely fitting size 16's knowing I am under 200. :thumbup:

:w00t: Ok this may not be far into onderland but I just do not care, it is still there; my number this morning was on the scale was ... 199.8 :thumbup: Needless to say I am freaking ecstatic.

When are you due? I hope the sickness gets better really quick.

I can imagine how excited you were. I was actually quite scared when I was trying on the size 16 jeans, I wanted them to fit so badly but I am so accustomed to them not fitting in the past, when they did fit and were not tight oh my godness....:confused:

I am very boring the same thing every morning (but I like it) Quaker Oatmeal - usually the brown sugar one. I can not eat first thing in the morning. I wait until I get to work at 8am and eat it.

Also--Breakfast. I am not as hungry in the morning and am really tight. So I would skip breakfast. But now I have some hot green tea, wait a half an hour and just eat very slow and have a scrambled egg with some turkey sausage. I can't eat breakfast first thing in morning either, I fixed my kids breakfast here at home and when I get to work around 8am I fix my oatmeal and then slowly eat it - usually takes my around 35 minutes to eat. Now don't get me wrong I am hungry when I wake up but I know I can not eat without getting stuck so I don't try.

I try to stay around 1100 calories a day, sometimes it goes down to around 1000 or up to 1200 but I definitely try to not go above that.

Went shopping at Wal-Mart today and decided it was time to get some new jeans - was wearing 16W but they were way too big, kept having to pull them up. Well my niece convinced me to try a size 16 - and they fit, and fit very nicely I must say. This is the first time in I do not know how long I have a pair of jeans without a letter behind the size :laugh: I have to admit to trying them on again when I got home and just staring at myself in the mirror and saying you know what I DO look good.

Congrats on your weight loss you have done excellent :laugh:

I am using the Walk At Home DVDs by Leslie Sansome. I have only been using them for a month but boy have they made a HUGE difference. :laugh:

I have Lose It - you could find one of two ways - the easiest would probally through itunes, go to applications and then the free ones under helathcare and fitness then look at the free ones. There are a lot of them but I really like this one because it is free and it comes with a database of foods.

What I have is "Lose It"

Hello everyone, I have not check in a while. I doubt anyone will even remember me. I was banded in Mexico on July 2nd. I have lost right at 46 pounds. I started at 248lbs I am as of this morning 202.8 I am so close to onderland, closer than I have been in probably 7 years. I am so excited. I am tracking my food everyday on a free application I found for my ipod touch and I am exercising almost everyday with Walk at Home DVDs Leslie Sansome - they are great exercise dvds. I have only been tracking the weight and doing the regular exercise for the past month and boy has it made a huge difference. I have had 2 fills so far and believe at least for now I am at a good place restriction wise - I think I have 2cc's in (sorry I know I should know the exact #) I was told my band will only hold around 4 cc's. I have read through alot of the posts and everyone is doing so well, congrats,

I would also suggest calling your doctor. I have 5 incisions and two of them still have the steri strips on them that the doctor originally put on. I was sent home with bandages on and was told to clean them (I just used a saline wash I did not rub them at all) and put new bandages on for a few more days. You really should try to get moving more too. Good luck :scared2:

Congratulations!!!!! :scared2: The day I reach onederland will be the best day ever. I am so very happy for you and I think getting something for yourself is a wonderful idea. I have not yet decided what my reward will be but I will be buying something some sort of clothing item or items :biggrin2: