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Good job Terri and Shiela You are both doing great! Congrats on entering bandland Terri it is truly an exciting ride

I hate when I fix my little tiny plate of food and it's something that I slaved over cooking and it's super delicious and for whatever reason I get too full too quick and can only eat a few bites of it :angry I hate when that happens! It is a sad day when I can't eat a saucer of food! Yay for yummy protien shakes, but it still isn't the same

Yup got lots of extra water today

lunchables has processed cheese and meat that is loaded with sugar and chemicals. It is super high in sodium and because the meat is so highly processed it doesn't yield that great a protien amount either. To me stuff like that is serious junk food right up their with fast food. Now I do have things like that on occasion but not very often, certainly not as often as I crave pizza

That is my surgeons feelings as well. If we have fat stored on our bodies we don't need calories for energy we need protien and nourishment. I honestly don't believe the starvation mode affects people who are overweight unless their are other issues involved. Everyone needs to find what they can live with though. If you lose on 1500cal a day and are happy with your loss and how you feel then great! We all need to find that place where we can live at forever or we will gain back the weight. If you can live on 800cal a day and not feel deprived then go for it. You will need to up your calories once you reach goal but until then you are fine. The key is to eat your protien so your body doesn't metabolize your muscle. The RNY crowd have malabsorption, they get very few calories that actually absorb into their system, their survival is based on protien for at least the first year till their body figures out how to absorb nutrients and calories from food again. If we could live on vitamins and our protien shakes and not go buggy we could lose that fast too, but it isn't as healthy to lose that fast and it isn't possible to live without food forever, so I just keep focusing on my protien and let the calories fall where they do, some days it's 1200 and others it's 600 and once in a blue moon it's 1600 (If I eat a lot of junk that day)

Well mine was up 3lbs today! I have been staying withing my calories but last night for dinner I had a mashed potato bowl from KFC It took me two hours to eat it but it was worth it. It only has 720cal which put me at 1,100 for the day (I don't remember the littel numbers off the top of my head) but it had an astronomical sodium content. I knew ahead of time that I was gonna reatin water. Let's put it this way, I have needed the bathroom yet today :omg: and yes I'm drinking down as much water as possible, lol, so it will leave me. And there is no way I'm updating anything! cause I know it's not for real. High sodium + AF = major water retention!!!

I think we should start on Tuesday the 17th since that is the actual day taxes are due this year and a few people may want the extra 2 days to reach their goal

hmm laundry....:guess Well I wasn't feeling very well today and my ankle got a little twisted with the long jump yesterday so today instead of the track I went out and did some deck gardening. Arranging my pots and plant stands a little weeding. And of course the biggie I took down all the christmas decorations. The inside was christmas free last month but the outside was as yet untouched. I just didn't have the heart to take them down, they were a cheery site for me to focus on after my mom passed. Spent a good 35+ minutes working hard out there And now I have scratches on my hands and dirt under my freshly manicured fingernails, lol.

For me the adrenaline rush getting the surgery was enough to carry me for 4 months! In the first 4mo I had no restriction but I had dedication and the results I was seeing fed that drive to eat right and lose. Then I had a few tough months where I was out of control on my choices, I was worn out from "dieting" at 10mo I finally got the fill that was the answer to my prayers, I have the VG band so it can take a lot longer to get good restriction. In the last 7weeks I have lost an additional 30lbs! Is it easy to stay on track? most days yes, because I have the restriction and because I see the results. I know that the weight is coming off and will continue to do so. I don't think I'm going to the track today, AF has me worn out and is so intrusive this visit I don't want to get stuck somewhere without a restroom!

My surgeons rule is whatever you can tolerate after a fill. I start with liquid at one meal if that goes down then I try mushies at the net one and so on, if I PB then I go back to liquids and stay there at least a day and then start the trek to solids all over. Mushies will always leave you hungry after only a short time, solids are what keep us full for a longer time. Don't evaluate if you need a fill until you are on solids.

Sounds like a fun easter dinner Dinner is at my house and this year will just be me and my DH. I am doing the cooking and I am making a small ham, mashed potatoes, green Beans, sf Jello salad with fruit cocktail and cool whip lite in it and rolls (for my DH). I do not anticipate any food issues, there won't be any fattening desert to avoid or anything like that, just a simple but nice dinner.

Grats Julie :clap2: You are doing great! 50lbs was my first big landmark too. Don't you just feel great?

Twoterville is the land of the 200's so 200-299, the 300's are tri-cities, and the 100's are onderland

Welcome Laura Well now I know why my muscles ache. AF is here with a vengence, she breezed into town during the night. This is not gonna be a fun visit I can already tell. The only time she visits is when I lose a good chunk of weight quickly. Such a price to pay

I love excersize!!! I totally was bad with calories yesterday, we were out an about most of the afternoon and I grazed all day, something I normally don't do. I came in at approx. 1700cal I got on the scale this morning and was down a pound!!! Not updating the chart yet though I will wait for a few days at least to do that, hehe.

The good news about your insurance is that you've already had your surgery Now if it had changed prior to surgery that would have sucked

I was at the local hs track today with my DH and two of our kids walking my laps and when I was all done walking (everyone else petered out early, hehe) I decided to join them at the long jump site where my kids had been competing to see who could jump the farthest. Well let's just say none of us are going to the olympics based on todays performances, lol. I decided to give it a go, it has been almost 20 years since I have run track and done the long jump but I figured what the heck. So I ran, yes ran! and I jumped albeit not far but I jumped and landed in the sand all of me after my feet hit I slid and ended up full on covered in sand, lol. It was so much fun!!! A year ago I could not walk for 5 minutes without terrible pain in my lower back, now I walk 2 miles a day and have no pain! I would have never dreamed of running before but today I ran full on, not jogged but ran full out! Once I hit my century mark, 22lbs to go, I am going to add jogging to my walking! I knew that weight loss would relieve me of much of my pain, but I never imagined how much! This surgery has given me my life back! This year I will be going to the zoo with my kids and not have to sit on a bench the whole time! We are going to have such fun this summer

Just remember LapBandit if you are sticking to plan and counting your calorie intake you know you didn't really gain anything except fluids I do agree it is discouraging all the same though. Well I bought my bandiversary present a little early, I picked up a cute dressy/casual jacket from target today. It is tailored and pink linen and super fun I'm gonna wear it Easter Sunday with a black skirt and white blouse. I double scored cause it was on clearance!!! For the record it is a size 26! And we all know how target and walmart clothes run

I didnt' deal with an insurance company but isn't it standard to deny the first application. I think many of them require an appeal or two to actually approve the procedure. Either way, just keep trying to jump through their hoops it will happen eventually

I'm so glad you are feeling better!

Yay, congrats :mad: That was a big day for me too, I know weigh a good 20lbs less than him, but my DH is a big guy so that's not hard to do

I know enough to walk the er doc through the unfill! Most of us should, we know non-coring needle and we know where our port is located, and we should know that by lying flat and lifting our legs any medical provider should be able to find it and access it unless it is flipped (a diffrent matter entirely then) I would never condone someone filling or unfilling themselves without direct permission from their surgeon! It is quite possible that your doc may fire you as a patient for doing this!

Yay on the excersize Sheila you are doing great. As for your Mom and her friends, if you know you are making the right choice for you then ignore them. I truly wish I had had the opportunity to do this 14 yrs ago (not sure it existed yet) My life would have been so different in a positive way. This surgery does not have to be permanent, you can easily reverse it if desired (not sure why you'd want to...) Julie yay for clean hair! It does make ya feel soo much better. Rootin for that shower Betty, thanks for the definition :mad: I have 1 week and 1 day till my bandiversary, I can't believe it! I need to come up with a celebratory activity, some sort of reward that is NOT food related, lol. I can't believe it's been a year! The time has really flown by. If I lose 2 lbs this week I will have lost 80lbs in my first year. Not too shabby, not stellar but then it took me 10 months to get to my sweet spot :mad: (VG band)

Wahoo I had a great week! Excersise really does pay off Tax Day Challenge! (April 15th) Week Six of Eight Name..........................Starting…...…..Current….…..Goal…....To Go Juliegeraci.......................238............. .........233.................228..............5 Lapbandit.......................231............... ........210………….199.............11 Waterlily........................300............... .........276.................264.............12 Roiansmom....................299................... .....299.................270.............29 Libra..............................248............ ............236.................228.............8 JulieNYC.......................212................ .......199..................185.............14 Elisabethsew..................282.................. ......274..................264 ............10 PeaCeJ..........................338............... ........333..................318.............15 RidinMyHDDream.........297........................ 281 .................281..............0 Babygirl1234.................260................... .....244..................240..............4 Leecelove70..................228................. .......228.................200.............28 Josette...........................351............. ...........342.................335...............7 Lizrbit............................289............. ...........286.................279..............7 losingjusme....................315............. ...........315.................302.5........12.5 OK somewhere along the way we missed copyin gth emost recent. I think I have it all up to date for everyone. Please check and make sure :mad:

heartburn isn't necesarily an indicator that something is wrong. While most banded folks don't experience it some do. Certain foods always affect me no matter what, like garlic, but I love garlic so on days when I eat it I take an antacid, no big deal. I only have a small list of offenders but the only one I eat often anyway is garlic