MarinaBleu

Lulu, check out Jeff Galloway's Book On Running Second Edition. He has training charts if you have a specific goal time that you want to finish your 5K in.

It's also an easy to read reference book for when your running addiction kicks in :thumbup:

So much great advice!! Thank you all for taking the time to give a shout out, I really appreciate the input and support. It helps put everything into perspective. I guess it just goes to show how much food still has control of my life.

Thank you for taking the time to put all the info out there - it's a real sanity saver!!

armywife - thanks for your reply! It's good to know this is to be expected. Congrats on your 30.5lb loss!!

Duh!! You ladies are right, I am so focused on the scale at the moment that I didn't take into account the "non-scale" victories. This normally sane woman has been wrapped up in the numbers.

Alright fellow banders!

I'm not good at heeding my own advice so I feel a little hypocritical in saying this:

Won't we feel stupid if we put all this energy, money, suffering through each stage just to have a useless piece of plastic just sitting there for no good reason because we've thrown in the towel??

Dig deep, I know you are all savvy, intelligent, sexy and determined - together we can do this!!

Go Team!

~Kim

I was banded on Aug 21st - had a 6lbs pre op loss and 11 lbs post op loss - then stalled on day 8 - I'm at day 14 and saw a 2lb gain this morning, I'm thinking due to the sodium in my cream of chicken.< /span>

This is very frustrating. :party:

Is it normal to stall or hit a plateau in the liquid phase?

~Kim

My theory on this is that the more you lose the more it highlights other peoples feelings of failures, they see you succeeding and they start to see things in their life that could use improving, but instead of doing something about it, they pass the negative feelings onto you.

I think the other thing is that people are used to you looking a certain way and need time to adjust to how you look now – people don’t like change, they like you the way you are and know how to behave, when you change, they no long know how to behave. I think all these feelings unfortunately come out as negative behavior against you.

We need to understand that the issues are the other persons to deal with – my question is how do we help them adjust?

_____Name______Start Weight____Current Weight____Goal________Lbs lost

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1day at a time.....263............263............243............0

2BHealthE!.........194............179............194............0

ahsem2bme..........244............244............225............0

aJoneen............223............223............213............0

Aphrodite1984......208............208............190............0

Ariel..............199............199............180............0

Barb12590..........228............228............213............0

Bea1128............210.5..........210.5..........188............0

Caramia71..........208............208............195............0

Crzytchr...........310............281............265............0

DebinFl............181............181............168............0

georgiagirl........245............245............230............0

HarleyGirl.........188............188............175............0

HeatherA...........210.5..........210.5..........200............0

HeatherO...........155............154............140............1

Jazzyywan..........255............255............190............0

Jodi_620...........196............194............177............2

KikiVal315.........237.5..........237.5..........220............0

Leslie2Lose........220............220............205............0

LisaB..............205.5..........205.5..........180............0

livn4thm...........235............235............210............0

Long2bthin.........248............246............230............2

Luu2008............203............203............183............0

KikiVal315.........237.5..........237.5..........220............0

Mamanmidwife.......299............295............280............4

mamato3............186............186............170............0

MarinaBleu.........226.5..........226.5..........216............0

memom..............210............210............170............0

mominlv13..........299.8..........299.8..........275............0

nip50..............175............175............160............0

NurseNiki..........258............258............239............0

odamay.............242............242............225............0

paige65............252............252............232............0

Renewedhope........171............171............150............0

SpecialK...........294............294............280............0

Tess...............304............304............280............0

Turler.............225............225............210............0

wowox7.............195............195............170............0

WyominGirl.........327............327............312............0

noosagirl,

I choose not to tell anyone either, especially my Mom. She has no filter on what she says and the first things that usually fly out of her mouth are negative and uninformed. When I did finally tell her, I read her a letter I wrote,

"I wanted you to let you know what I was doing. I haven’t told anyone about the procedure, because the process of deciding to do it was long and personal, and because the insurance approval process was long and tedious. I have researched and come to the conclusion that this is the right thing for me. (I gave a run down of the procedure and what to expect) You may disagree with my decision. That’s ok. If you have a distinctly negative reaction, I ask that you keep your opinions to yourself for now. If you’re determined to share your reaction, please think twice. I’m not telling you out as a request for dialogue – I am informing you of my decision. In addition, I’d appreciate not having a whole league of “food police” watching my every move over the next couple of years. It’s going to be hard enough without feeling like I have a million eyes on me! This is a personal decision and a personal process."

That was the main part of the letter I read to her in person. It was easier to read than to wing it. Yes, her nose was out of joint for a few days, but she came around quickly and became my main chicken broth suppler. She is asking a lot of questions, but I'm ok with questions.

Best wishes to you and good luck with your surgery - please keep us posted on your recovery :tt2:

~Kim

side note: As far as the world is concerned the reason I went in for surgery is to correct a hiatal hernia (which they did take care of) - that is where your stomach pushes up through your esophagus - this satisfies everyones curiosity about the way I'm eating .<o:p></o:p>

I have been trying to break the snacking habit.

I have a fish bowl 1/2 full with slips of paper, each paper has a different activity on it, from doing a set of arm curls, walking around the block, playing a game on the computer, writing a letter via snail mail to a friend....I have things from the outrageous (look for a new "Oscar" dress online) to something I've put off, like organizing a drawer.

When ever my munchie train needs to be derailed, I reach into my fish bowl.

~Kim

I'm new to this site and am surprised by how many of you are able to eat regular food right out of the gate!

My Dr has me on 1 week clear, Week 2 - cream foods, Week 3 - Soft foods (eggs, cheese, cream of whatever, mash potatoes. Week 4 I'm able to introduce soft meat...

I was under the impression that the liquid phase was to make sure the band heals and "sets" - kind of like building a strong foundation. And here I've been eating yogurt that tastes like liquid cardboard! The ingredient list looks like some kind of science project! I was told that my stomach would not be able to "handle" sugar, and I've been too afraid to test that theory.