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Down 4 pounds yiipee now off to work out my booty! Name...........Start Lbs.........Current..........Goal....To Go 1000words.....220..................218.............210.........8 Barb12590.....185...................185.............175........10 Bonnielass......168..................166..............159........7 Brandy...........198..................198.............190.........8 crztchr...........250..................247.............240........7 CubsGirl..........150..................150.............140.......10 Imgoingdown...239..................199.............189.......10 janesays.........230..................230.............215......15 karebare714....283..................283..............265......18 kikival315........219..................219..............210.......9 LauraP............170..................170..............155.......15 leslie2lose.......229..................223.5............219......4.5 LilMissDiva.......253..................249.2..........242.2......7 Long2BThin......216..................212.7.............205.......7.7 Loveislovely.....223..................216.............208.......9 ltgordon...........264.................264.............250.......14 Mamanmidwife .264.................264..............250.......14 misskitty84......313.................263..............243.......20 SanDiegoPhotog..263...............191.............179........12 Tabithan.........246..................246.............236.......10 Terilynn112.....224..................224.............200.......24 Tuger............192..................192..............185.........7 twinmommie....207..................207.............193........14 wowox7.........173..................171..............163........8

Ok its friday, 7:10 am here in NYC. Today I weigh-in at 219.8. I lost a little over four pounds this week. Ate three meals and light snakcs in between. I exercised 5 times this week for about 2 hours:cursing: each session. I hope to make it to onederland by March.

:thumbup:Hi everyone in order to support each other and provide some type of motivation. Maybe we can weigh-in on fridays and report our exercise activities and offer tips and advice! So lets check in on Fridays!!!:confused: p.s Happy New Years! Much success to all of us! Please know that you have all touched my heart and I find this site very useful, inspiring and informative. Thank you for allowing me to be part of your journey!!

For the past four days, I have the same routine, 1 hou of strenght trainging, and 1 hour of cardio. It has actually been my routine since november 2008. I also do circuit work outs 3 times a week. Gosh I hope I make it to my vday goal!!

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<HR style="COLOR: #c9ced4; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c9ced4" SIZE=1> Name...........Start Lbs...........Current..........Goal..To Go Brandy..............198..............198...............190........... .8 janesays............230..............230...............215..........1 5 LilMissDiva........253..............250.6...............242.6........ 8 SanDiegoPhotog ..263..............191...............179..........12 Terilynn112..........224..............224...............200.........24 Tuger.................192...............192.............185.........7 twinmommie.........207..............207..............193..........14 Loveislovely.........223............220..............208..........12

Yes I wanted to be healthy BUT the reason why I decided to go ahead with my WLS was and is due to V-A-N-I-T-Y! I was tired and still tired of being the nice cool friend! Tired of only buying accessories from specifics evil stores lol. I was tired of my double chin and super fat face!

Thats a good one Tammy! Id like to war the same with a a nice ruffle neck white shirt, tucked in :tongue_smilie:

I remember when I first joined this site, before and after pictures were sooo inspiring. I realized I became my own inspiration when I looked at these summer 2008 pictures. Ugh I wish you all knew how much I hate these summer 08 pictures. My face was that of a balloon with lashes:tongue_smilie: I posted new christmas pics. Im about 60 something pounds from my goal, so I know major changes are still awaiting, but so far I think I am doing well.

Ok I cant believe I am about to post this pic. I saw it today and it made me cry, I didn't realize how huge I was! I was tagged in this pic and always tried not to look at it until today! I asked my mom why she never told me how big I was, she said "because I love you and knew you would be hurt if I were to be honest with you"...oh well here it goes. I was banded on October 8, 2008 and so far down almost 70 pounds. The latest pic was taken on xmas 2008 and the other summer 08. ugh I hate that summer picture.

I agree with Gab! Exercising is an essential part of the process, IMO!

I had a medium size regular yogurt from pink berry, with mango, kiwi and a little cap n crunch, yummm!!!

good luck everyone!

umm Id like to wear a Victoria secret lace teddy for my babes :hurray: a whip in one hand and low fat whip cream in the other!

Well for me is simple. During my sophomore year of high school I became depressed due to bad family situations and rape. The depression turned in to a food obsession. Ice cream never felt so sweet! Once I entered college it was all down hill from there, the drinking and eating was horrible for me. I also binged on food, kept a secret. I would eat two whole boxes of thin crust pizza and 20 buffalo wings :hurray: ouch! I also stopped exercising and that of course added to the weight gain!

Karen, I totally feel you. I used to HATE HATE looking in the mirror, especially at the hair salon! Now I see like a new person and so I look not in vanity but in a "is that me??" kinda way!! My NSV, I actually took a full body pic next to our Christmas tree and I loved it! I was in denial about how big I was for a while. My mom always told me I looked fine and so did my BF. Now they are both telling me that I was huge and they were trying to be supportive so I didnt feel down about myself! I understand them.

Happy Holidays fellow bandsters!!!! Ahh I am so glad the food eating holiday is over. Yesterday was rough! I had a huge family party. I drank a little too much juice. I ate well, but drank too many sugary juices :tongue2: I also have my menstrual cycle so I have been going from 223 lbs to 225! I hate it!

I lived in the gym lol :tongue2:! I hate it but I think it has helped a lot. It has slowed down these last few weeks, I am no losing about 1 to 2 pounds a week which is great of course. I work out about 5 to 6 times a week for 2 to 3 hours.

Count me in! I am shooting for 15 pounds as well! that should put me at 207 :tongue2: dreaming of onederland!

On surgery day, I had a BMI of 43. Now about 10 weeks post op I have a BMI of 32.9 :tongue_smilie:

Lone star!! Wow you a doing great!!!!! That sure is a lot of inches. I actually lost a lot of inches off my belly but it has slowed down A LOT.

Yeii I am so glad people are checking in!!! Alright so I am down 62 pounds I am really happy about the weight loss. I love my band I cant believe I am 229. I reached my first goal!!! My second goal is to get to onerderland all I need is a 199 on the scale!!! I hope soon!! One thing I notices is that now I am getting a lot of attention from men. Sucks that people are sooo superficial they would have never spoken to me 62 pounds ago! How do I know? because those are the same idiots I walked by last summer! In addition, those men are also some of my closest friends, interestingly interesting! sorry had to vent! Good luck everyone!!!!!

Ok I'm in. Yesterday I did one hour on the elleptical machine on 5 a incline level. One hour of free weights and twenty mins on the treadmil. Today I did the same and have done the same for the last two weeks :cursing: sorry for the typos I am writing via phone.

I hsd surgery on October 8th 2008 and all my weight loss has been post op. I was not on a pre op diet and def had a few margaritas a few days before surgery hehe! I eat a lot of sea food , yogurt , chicken salad and not too much carbs. If I do it comes from my fruits n veggies. I also have protein shakes. I would say my diet includes a lot of proteins and veggies :cursing: especially my string beans yummy! I am also tall 5'9 so my weight has distributed all over my target area is my belly. Keep up the good work everyone!