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WOW! What a major difference! You look fantastica! You have really nice knees too, plus i love the ankles. I'm an ankles kinda girl

Ok, update... DOWN -4LBS BABY AND I EVEN ATE LIKE A FREAKIN COW YESTERDAY. Had 4 - 6 oz of food (lmao) Not alot but it was my first time since before surgery that I ate soo much. 2 bite sized pieces of fried Puerto Rican Pork something (mother-in-law made it) 1/6th piece of chicken breast (Bar-B-Que) grilled Garden salad with bacon bits, no dressing and maddd tabasco sauce Potato salad Puerto Rican rice con gondules So I had a 2 - 3 bites of everything and I felt good. I didn't overdo it however I did drink a little water during the meal b/c the pork was painful. (Didn't want mom to get upset cuz im not eating her food, she's soo paranoid if every single person doesn't go hog wild over her food. But I kept it realistic for myself. Plus she does know about the surgery so she wasn't soo bad.) omG why was my band surgery the topic of conversation or "nice conversation piece"????? How embarrassing! Sister-in-law's were all asking about it and other's listening attentively. :nono: Yes.... no one said I looked good but I can see how much they couldn't stop staring at me. It makes me paranoid... when people stare and not comment. I start to manifest all kinds of thoughts. Just freakin spit it out! Ask away...say something!!!! I did notice that people (family) were much more talkative towards me and much nicer. That sucks that weight changes people's demeanor. I'm happy that I'm happier. I don't care what they think anymore and when I hit goal... I know that if no one makes a positive comment, that means they are jealous or just don't want to acknowledge all the hardwork I put in. I mean, how can you lose 37lbs and no one tells you ..that you look different or smaller or...whatever??? But blahh, I felt like a star, even though I have a long ways to go, I felt super! Oh, funny thing too is my sister-in-law made a comment at dinner that her and her fiance saw me riding my bike about 20 ish miles from my home. They smiled..reluctantly. Kinda looked at me in horror. I said.."Oh yeah? Cool, so when are you joining me???" I got a shaking head signalling "Never" and a smile :tired No further comments were made about it.

Tricia_K, call me crazy but... you may be eating more b/c you are working out like a work horse. You are using weights, riding bike....and a whole schlew of things. You need more as you burn more and I think you may be putting on some muscle, which is excellent. This is my take on the subject anyway but... seriously, did you take into account all you've been doing? Don't deny yourself the right to gain muscle.. you are doing fantastic.

Allz I gotz to say is Trica_K must have legs like "the Hulk" cuz damn I can't do 500 leg lifts..... just not in me cards... lmao:heh: It killed me majorly to do 25 each leg. I can bike, can jog/run/walk for long distances but..........hell noo! I can't do 500. Geesh Louise! You go Tricia_K. Seriously looking to see Wonderwoman's legs one day

What a great NSV and what a great looking bunch of lass's. I can see a slight resemblance in the cheek curvature of everyone. P.S., I hope to look as great as mom does when I am her age and I would hope I look just as great after having 10 kids...wow! Hehehe, I fell completely apart after 2 kids. I was 145 when I got pregnant with my last one and skyrocketed to 240lbs . Not even 3 kids yet.. I plan on taking one of these pictures when I see my mom in July or August and my sister. I used to be the smallest and now I am the biggest..even still after dropping the lbs, I'm still the biggest. Can't wait to "not be" anymore:cool: .

Reporting in Sarge down -4lbs. Phewwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here are my stats: LBT BOOTCAMP SPRING 2006 Highest weight 240lbs, lost 5 before surgery Starting 04/10 at 235 lbs. BMI=43.00 Date Weight Lbs. Lost BMI 04/10/2006 235lbs -5lbs 43.00% 04/24/2006 219lbs -16lbs 40.10% 05/01/2006 216lbs -3lbs 39.50% 05/08/2006 207lbs - 9lbs 37.9% 05/15/2006 203lbs - 4lbs 37.1% 05/22/2006 05/29/2006 06/05/2006 06/12/2006 06/19/2006 06/26/2006 06/30/2006 Body Part - Inches lost by date: :)4/24/2006 :)5/1/2006 :)5/8/2006:biggrin1: 05/15/2006 Neck :)15.00 :)15.00 :)14.75 :biggrin1: 14.50 Arms :)14.00 :)13.00 :)12.50 :biggrin1: 12.25 Bust :)45.00 :)44.50 :)44.00 :biggrin1: 43.50 Chest :)42.50 :)40.00 :)39.00 :biggrin1: 38.25 Waist :)46.50 :)44.50 :)43.00 :biggrin1: 42.00 Hips :)52.00 :)50.50 :)49.00 :biggrin1: 48.00 Thigh :)28.50 :)26.50 :)25.50 :biggrin1: 25.25 Calf :)18.25 :)17.75 :)17.50 :biggrin1: 17.25 Ankle :)10.50 :)10.25 :)10.25 :biggrin1: 10.10 Wrist :)6.75 :)6.75 :)6.50 :biggrin1: 6.25 Total inches lost since surgery 21.9 inches

Weee doggy! I love that you did all of that DOC. You impress me. You are the first to do 5 miles on the bike that I am aware of... besides me. You go girl! Keep on keeping on.

I think I gained a lb cuz i started mushies full force and omG, garlic mashed potatoes and a few bites of meatloaf with broccoli. MMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Nevertheless, I got a BRAND NEW BIKE for mother's day and I'm headed out for the infamous 31 mile trudge. I'll lose 2 - 3lbs today. I hope to be 200lbs but then again, this happens when my body is ready. I've learned that.. (sighs) mushies! Missing EmileeKaye. Hope she's kickin some serious arse

omG i had garlic mashed potatoes last night. Unbelieveable taste!

6.5 mile bike ride (short route 3 times) 6.5 mile run/jog/walk on the route (no treadmill) 200 crunches 100 leg lifts (50 each side today) (5lbs leg weights) 3 sets of 15 bicept curls - 5lbs weights 3 sets of 15 tricept curls - 10lbs (2 5lbs weights together) 5 minutes jump roping

Correction, that's not everday, usual days for me on the bike are 7 miles but today I'm goin got push it.

Mel, I don't know what you are going though but I do know that we are here for you and we support you and pray that you'll find the right answers for yourself and with a little troubleshooting, maybe you'll find the reasons why you are gaining and aren't losing. Are you exercising? We are supposed to eat so that we fuel the furnace. If you fuel the furance you will gain energy and the more you do fuel it, the more the body will burn.. this seems to be the case if you are working out. But if you are eating and not exerting, you will most likely not lose and may gain weight. The key to losing weight I have found and have heard alot of people on here say.. "exercising". Several people said.. I was stuck at the same weight and actually gained but once I got onto exercise I start to lose and lose alot. I don't know but it's working for me. I burn a total of 2,800 calories on weekdays from my 7 - 16.5 mile bike rides and then my 30 - 45 minutes on the treadmill and/or my 5.5 mile jog/walk/runs. I burn about 3,000 - 3,900 calories per day on the weekends when I take a 31.2 mile bike ride. I take in about 1,200 calories or less daily. This is how I'm losing. Burning more calories than I eat/drink. I just looked at fitday.com and I have to tell you guys, it's pretty amazing. This may help you some. But please, dont' give up hon. It's only the beginning.

For those who don't know, this is how I'm losing the weight... daily 16.5 mile bike ride (short route 3 times) 5.5 mile walk/run (short route 1 time) 200 crunches 50 leg lifts (25 each side today) 5 minutes jump roping

BUMPING UP MY WORKOUT TODAY. IT'S FRIDAY AND I WANT TO BE IN ONDERLAND BY NEXT WEEK SO HERE I GO. liquids TODAY. NO food, JUST Protein shakes PACKED WITH Vitamins, YOGURT AND 1 GALLON OF Water. 6.5 mile bike ride (short route 3 times) 200 crunches 100leg lifts (25 each side today) 50 bicept curls 50 tricept curls 5 minutes jump roping *updated* Started to rain so no 16.5 mile bike ride and no treadmill

ROFL! Oh God! Now I'm haunting LBT-ers! Lmao! This post cracked me up soo hard that my husband had to pop in to see what was making me lose it soo badly. Keep up the good work DOC. But damn! Icecream and peanuts? Bad Bad girl. :embarassed: :confused:

I'm cleansing now. I needed to. It's weird but now that i'm slowing going on mushies, I'm all clogged up :confused: Citricil and some Senokot may do the trick but this means taking this stuff at night so that I don't have an accident during my bike hikes. I'm 207 still. No weight change. Gonna have to get that Water down and bump up my workouts. I'm only getting in 64 - 1 gallon and im barely getting the gallon in by midnight. That is freakin hard! I like to be everywhere and I can't be if my bladder is that active. (sighs) what to do.

Hopefully your sodium intake is very low as to not retain alot of water. Geesh, last time I had 8lbs of aritrary water inside me was my last pregnancy and that was painful. :Banane13: And good lawwwwd! 2 gallons?? All you need is one of those buttons on you somewhere b/c you are turning into a water cooler.

Funnyduddies, kill the scale. It's evil! It lies to you :Banane13: How the heck does the husband weigh the same and you gained 9lbs overnight??? NO freakin way!

(yawns....) Damn I'm soo tired.. I slept almost all day with a few hours up here and there. Reporting in C: 207 (-33lbs. total, -6 this last week) **I'm fluctuating at 205lbs - 207lbs for 3 days now. I'll go with the highest weight till I am stable at the 205lbs**

I slept almost all day. I must be exhausted. I did tonight: 4 sets of 15 reps - bicept curls 4 sets of 15 reps - tricept curls 50 leg lifts each leg (dayum this flippin hurts like crazy) (5lbs leg weights I got today) 100 regular crunches 100 leg lifted twisting crunches 2 mile jog/run on treadmill with incline of 2.0 and mph range (3.5 - 5.0)

I experienced this last night. I feel at this point, just to freakin not eat chicken anymore. It was very moist but Protein textures are hard and it is just not going down right... like a ball. My first human reaction is to wash it down with Water but it felt like i wasn't able to breathe so where does it go??? Only way but up. (sighs) I hate food

I keep coming back to look at your pictures. LOL! Wow! I knew you were tall. I can see the door panels and you are nearly up there. I'll come back again like maybe 5 more times just to look at your pictures.

2 miles on treadmill at 4 miles per hour 200 crunches - 100 regular crunches and 100 side twisting crunches with legs vertical Gonna try 50 leg lifts (good idea) each leg (OMG I did this and it hurts sooo badly) This one is tough 3 sets of 12 reps of bicept curls each side 5lbs weights 2 sets of 12 reps of tricept curls 5lb weights

omGG! Whoa mamicita! You look ...sesssi! To be honest with you, you don't even look 199lbs. In fact you look at goal weight. Your taste is sheek. Love your new you and your onderlandedness. Looking better in every picture I see you post and I know when you smiled in those pics, it was for us.. not the hubby

I just saw this post. Wow what a quick scare and also a quick relief. I am happy you are better than you thought. I will still pray for you till all that yucky feeling stuff goes away. Hope you feel better soon.