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Hi Girlies........... Thanks for all the positive reinforcement!! Vinesqueen..........your post made me smile!! Ok, I am happy to report that I have lost them back!! YEAH!!! I did this through halloween treats and all! I took some of your advice and it truley helped to motivate me through it!! Sunshine........I am so glad to hear I was below the norm!! It's just a little shocking when you step on the scale and see the numbers go up instead of down. BUt it was very rewarding to be able to loose it so quick. It's Gotta Go........ your post was short but gave me the reassurance I needed!! Thanks girls!! Now, I hope to loose 5-10 more by Christmas!! Jen

Hello to All...... I feel bad because I havn't posted here in months but yet I find myself back to ask you all for some help!! I know this is a great place for support and I really need it now! Here is my problem........... I went on a cruise this past weekend with some girlfriends for a little "me time!" I have two beautiful little girls who I absolutly adore and this is the first time I have done anything like this. Well, I endulged a little too much. I came home and hit the scales first thing yesterday morning and I GAINED 5lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!! YIKES!!!!!!!!! This sounds crazy but we all took are scrapbooking stuff and this was an organized scrapbooking cruise. A lot of late nights eating JUNK to keep me awake (scrapping until 3am- 2 nights in a row). I also endulged on a lot of vanilla-mocha and fancy Desserts that I didn't have to pay for. (well, I payed for it but I am sure you know what I mean if you have been on a cruise) OUr group also had a couple of FREE cocktail hours!! So my question is this...........What have some of you done to loose those few lbs that you have put on? I HAD lost 62lbs before the 5lb weight gain. I have been at a slow pace the past month in a half. I had surgery on 4/3/06. I need a PUSH start again and I am up for any advice to get these 5 off along with another 5 before Christmas Festivities begin!! Up until this point I havn't experienced gaining weight, just maintaining for a long time. (since I was banded) The frustrating thing is I don't feel like I ate a whole lot of food, so it must be the coffee drinks and desserts I just had to try. (My girlfriend said to me........"How many of those people on the Titanic wished they would of had desert with there dinner." Gosh, that sounds horrible, and I guess I took it litterly.) ON a positive note: This was the most "comfortable" vacation I have had in a long time. I was able to keep up with everyone and I WASN'T the biggest person in my group!! :cool: I am up for any suggestions!! Thanks for reading!! Jen:help:

We started our b2s meetings yesterday! :faint: My workouts have already been affected, I worked out Mon and Tues but did not make it yesterday or today. I "worked out" in my room until 5:00pm last night and just got home about an hour ago today. I did break a sweat moving desks around, throwing away stuff and changing my bulletin boards. (does this count!?) I am really hoping that my 5am plan works, if not I am looking into after school care for my girls (which I didn't want to do) so that I can hit the gym from 3-4:30. We will see...............good luck to ya all!

I had a NSV at our back to school meetings! Our department met in one of the teachers classrooms to discuss the upcoming school year. Well, in the years past I always looked for the nearest chair to sit at and always hated it when there were no chairs, only desks! To sit in a desk was a nightmare and could be embarrasing from time to time. The bigger my belly got, the more uncomfortable I was! Well today.........I went for the desk and had NO PROBLEM with room to spare!!!!!! I chuckled to myself and I couldn't believe how something so minor felt so good!! Thanks for letting me share!!!!!!!! :clap2:

WOW Telly you got guts, you kick-ass, and you look AMAZING!! Can I say Superman, WATCH OUT!!!!!!!!! You go girl! I hear ya with the hair loss thing. Like you, I have thick hair so it hasn't gotten to the point where I want to shave it off, but I am seriously thinking about cutting short. I scheduled a hair appointment yesterday for late Sept, so we will see! P'nut thanks so much for your fill or no fill post! I so needed that! Your posts are so helpful to me and I appreciate the whelm of info that you give out!! Your my lapband Encyclopedia!! I went to lunch the other day with a couple of girls from my area that I have met on LBT and we all found you to be very helpful!! So.......to get to my stats! I have been laying low due to some frustration! I mentioned in a earlier post that I have been stuck in the 230's for some time!! Well FINALLY today I woke up and weighed and to my great surprise I saw 226!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO, we will see how long this holds. I have been working out very faithfully BUT I have been off work all summer. I go back on Monday and my new workout routine will take place in the early morning at 5am!! I am not to excited about it, but I have 2 kids and I don't like the fact that I am away from them from 8-3 and then again for me to workout. My dh is a wildland firefighter and it's still "fire season" here in California so he still gone a lot. Wish me luck on this new workout adventure. I truley fill that if I don't work out than I don't loose!! keep up the good work girls and guys!!!!

Hi Girls...... I have been in a funk and not wanting to post anything lately. I FINALLY this morning saw 226!! I have been stuck around 230 for almost a month!! Hopefully I am on the downhill spiral. It sounds like you are all doing well and it's refreshing to read that we all share the same struggles with this band. JulieNYC: loosing weight on a BIrthday vacation is AWESOME!! I to have to switch to a morning workout since I start back to work on Monday. (high school teacher and my summer is OVER :phanvan ) My goal is 5am, so I don't have to stay away from my kids any longer than I already am. We will see how long I last. Susan: I am glad to hear that your surgery went well. Sometimes I wonder myself if my port might have slipped. My problem is I am pretty sure I need a fill! I don't know if any of you are low on energy, but I found a AWESOME energy drink. It only has 8 calories, and it has NO sugar, NO carbs and you can get it with NO caffeine. It is called XS, I get it from a trainer at my gym. It does have carbonation, he told me to either drink it warm or open it and let it sit for an hour and then pour it over ice. It doesn't taste yucky and it works!! I do have new found energy with my weight loss, but I still find myself tired around 3pm! I have two little ones and sometimes they are hard to keep up with. off the subject...........this may be a stupid question but how are you guys posting pictures? I swear I am computer illerate when it comes to photos. I do have a digital camera. All I have done with it so far is take pictures. I have not printed or ordered anything yet. I would love to get my avaitor changed and get some pics on the before and after site, but I am embarrased to say that I am clueless!! Please help!!

Welcome Back Telly!! :whoo:I didn't make it to the gym today, but I did chase around 6 little girls!! I have 2 girls and my bestfriend has 4! I had this crazy idea to have them over today for a pool party playdate! After swimming all day, playing dress up and going to Target (yes with all 6) I was to tired to hit the gym. I am sure there were a few calories worked off in there somewhere! Happy Friday!!!!!!!!!!

I just thought I would bring this back up in case there are any more teachers, students, etc.. out there!! I am back in full swing next week and I am getting a little nervous about how I am going to get my workouts in. As of now, I am hitting the gym at 5am!! I have no idea how long this will last!! The other option is 8:30pm when my kids go to bed! We will see what happens! I was hoping to get a support system together of school staff so that we can stay on top of this!! Summer is over and the bell has rung!! :faint:

I have been out of town and the last time I weighed I was 229. I haven't weighed in almost 2 weeks, and since I started my MC when I got home I have decided to wait and weigh when it's over. Hopefully that will be this Friday. My hope is to be about 227 or less. I have been flexuating between 231-229 for almost 3 weeks!! :faint: I will report with my current numbers for next Wednesday's weigh in. I will skip this weeks weigh in. Hope to have big numbers for you next week!!!!!!!! Jen

LapBandit your my HERO!!! Your weight loss is AMAZING!!!! I am doing well, but I can totally relate to Dimples. I have lost 53+/_ . I too tend to loose and regain the same 3-4 lbs. I will say that I havn't weighed since last week. I was gone for a week and just got back to my gym this past Monday. I started my "cycle" so I don't want to weigh until it's over. So, hopefully by this Friday I can weigh with good news. THe last time I weighed I was 229. I have been there for about 3 weeks. (229-232) I will be estatic if I get on the scale and it reads 227 or less. Then I know I have beat that 4lb cycle. I have found with my band that if I don't work out I don't loose! This tends to get depressing at times, but it has also kept me very honest. There are days where I feel like I can eat anything and that gets aggrevating. It's been very HOT here, so I tend to want smoothies, cold coffee drinks and the dredded ice-cream. I just know that if I splurge on one of these treats then I have to work extra hard at the gym!! The weekly weigh-ins on LBT help me a lot, because I don't want to report bad news, even though it does happen from time to time. We all need to stay as positive as possible and just keep giving each other encouraging words!! Keep up the good work girls!!!!!!!!! And for those of you that are struggling...... tomorrow is a new day!!

hELLO GIRLS...... I have been gone for a week or so and gosh it seems strange to NOT read about how much Telly is kicking my ass! (that is with her AWESOME weight loss and encouraging words to exercise more)I am glad to see Tricia K is still around! And it looks like MoOrless is doing well! I have been in Evensville, Indiana and Owensboro Kentucky with my 18-under club softball team that I coach. I did manage to work out at this AWESOME gym called Tri-State Fitness Center. We have nothing like this where I live in California, and it was much needed since I also ate at lots of yummy non-California restaurants. I worked out 5 of the 7 days I was there. Here is what I did: Mon-Wed-Fri: 30 min of cardio, 3 sets of 15 on leg press, leg extensions, calve raisers, quads, tricep press,biceps, pull downs, lap pulls. Tue -Thur: 1 hour of cardio (30 min on tredmill, 30 min on stairclimber) The humity was HORRIBLE, and since I was outside a lot I was hoping that I was sweating off some pounds but unfortunatly it didn't come off as much as I would like it to. Since I have been home, I worked out on Mon (did the cardio/strength) and Tues (cardio only) , NOTHING today! I had built-ins put into my office and I have been cleaning and simi putting my house back together today! Glad to see that everyone is still doing well!!! Jen

No on RockStar, yes on THE ONE! Did you watch it yet? If so, I will let you in on a secret. If not, I won't ruin it for you! I will say it SO MUCH better live, and there is so much that is said that they leave off of TV.

I just love all this re-defined confidence!!! TELLY: It's glad to see that your human!! I am sure that 3lb weight gain is lavishing toned muscle!! It sucks that if we venture out a little, we pay the price. Isn't slow metabilism great!! lol

I was out of town yesterday so here are my digits...... 230 (-52 total, -1 this week) I will be gone for 8 days, therefore I will check back in on August9th! Hopefully I will have some big numbers to report. I am sure TELLY will be melted away by the time I report back! YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!! My goal is to get out of these 30's, I have been STUCK there for WEEKS!! Going up and down like a rollar-coaster, I feel your pain Tricia K!