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WOO HOO!! congrats on the 5 lbs, onederland, and JUST overweight!! what a great day for you!! i hope you are over your migraine. i'm a sufferer of them also...this has been a BAD week for me. i've had to take imitrex 4 days in a row.

you look fabulous! it will come off, just keep at it!! as for your waist....at curves, they have us bend at the waist, side to side. put the tape measure in the bend and measure there! the inches are going down! you will get there!!

I said i would NEVER post my pics either...and i didn't look at them for a very long time. guess what i did today (before i read your blog too!)....put my pics in my profile. YIKES! to think the night before i had the thought that maybe i DIDN'T need to do this! yeah right.... who am i kidding? I should have done it long ago! I am also always behind the camera, and run from them. I LOVE the timer on my camera because no one but me (meaning hubby doesn't even) sees them!! i started on liquids today because i've been going nuts with junk and snacking (grazing) all day. i was SO on track, but after the 4th, my teenagers b-day and hubby's b-day (that's tomorrow and i'm NOT giving in to temptation even though there will be cheesecake here) have just made me bring things i normally wouldn't have in the house...and eating it! protien shakes and water for me for a couple of days so i can get used to 3 meals a day again! I hope i can bust through a couple of pounds too since i've slowed down!

thanks! you know how it is though. when it slows, you want it to go so much faster! I really need to get back to my eating healthy again! funny thing, i haven't had a fill since April 23, and i'm so tight today that i have to really make sure i take even liquids (i'm doing protien shakes all day (and water) to snap myself out of this snacking/junk food trend i have started) SUPER slow... i felt like i was going to start sliming on Water earlier today!! My period just ended yesterday, so i would have thought i would have been tight right before or DURING that time...but NOPE. TODAY, the day after it stopped! strange!:thumbup: i don't know if i have to do anything to let you see...after my goof-up today. let me know if i do!!

oh wow, i thought you were all set to do your surgery. so, is a lower body lift a cut all the way around the body? what results will you get that you wouldn't from a Full TT? i don't know what the LBL does. I have so many things i would like done.....but for now a flat belly and the girls back to were they go is what i will do!

OOPS! i was taking off names that i didn't know from my friends list and i unchecked you instead of the one next to you....i'll see if i can add you back, if not, or if you have to do anything, could you please re-add you to me, or me to you.... SORRY!! going do the pics now! edited to add: i uploaded my pics! ack! i did 3 different albums. before, during, and family

I bet that was LOTS of fun! a crash right in front of you...wow! i bet the crowd went nuts! that is awesome that you were able to lose while gone! isn't that amazing! no way we would have done that before the band! I'm working on uploading my pics....it's scary! i still can't believe my size and that i thought for a half a second that maybe i DIDN'T need to do this....i should have done it a LOT sooner! I am down another pound. 47 pounds gone.... so close to 50 but i seem to be slowing down. of course with all the snacking and junk that has been around the house....I only have MYSELF to blame for eating the way i have. today, i am doing liquids. my Protein shakes (carnation essentials with egg whites for added protien). I need to get myself out of this rut. i wasn't even craving junk anymore, but now that i have let myself eat it, i want ONLY that. on to NSV....i had hubby get down the box of clothes that was put in the attic when we moved since i was pregnant at the time and figured i would not fit in them for a while....then the 2nd pregnancy...and now the 'baby' is almost 2 and i have no excuse to still have 'baby' weight. it was labeled 'clothes i won't fit into for a very long time' box. it had a mix of sizes from 8's down to 4's....the 8's ALL FIT!!!!! i was SO excited that i went through my closet and tried on pants.... my 8's fit! i even had a pair of 6's fit! (ok, it's old navy and for me, old navy runs big because when i bought that pair of pants, all the rest of my jeans were 8's)...but OMG did that feel GREAT!! of course, it didn't stop me from shoveling the crap into my mouth! I'm joining a running club with my neighbor this weekend. I hope this boost my motivation, beats my slowdown of weight and makes me stop and think before putting the junk into my mouth!!!! ok, the pics are on my computer...i'm going figure out how to upload them to the site.....shield your eyes...it's NOT a pretty site! ACK!~

I just told my hubby the other day that i need to get a ring guard because my ring is so lose i'm afraid it's going to fall off and i won't notice! It's insured, but it still wouldn't be the same having to replace it! I'm not ready to have it sized down....i had it sized to be able to wear it, and i don't want to do anything to it until i KNOW it won't have to be sized again!

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i hope you had lots of fun on your trip! I bet you will end up enjoying nascar....I'm sure 'being there' is much different than 'watching cars go round' on the TV. LOL I guess it's a man thing, because i don't get it either! i can imagine it was great and FUN buying new clothes for the trip too! as for pics, i need to take some. i have befores.... oh my goodness, i cannot believe i let myself get to that point. Is there a way to load them and they don't show up for the world to see? you know how on the home page they show the 'latest' pics uploaded. i don't want the world to see them, since i'm one of those who hasn't told the world i've had this done. I had gone down another pound, but between the 4th and my period about to come, i'm up a pound. I usually want to eat everything in site the week before (although that is still MUCH less than i USED to eat) but USUALLY lose a couple of pound as soon as it starts. I hope i didn't screw that up with all the snacking i did over the holiday and the last few days! I threw most of the stuff out and the kids finished the rest, so i just won't bring that kind of stuff back in the house. Oh....well, this coming weekend, my oldest is turning 17! he's having friends over and doing pizza, Snacks and cake....i'll have to stay away from it and make sure everything is GONE when they leave! that shouldn't be TOO hard with a bunch of 16-17 year old kids here! can't wait to hear about your trip!

I started at 191, i'm only 4'11". I have a (first goal) of 120 which is 71 pounds to lose. (i would LOVE to get to 110, but i will see when i get closer) I had surgery 3/3/09 and i am down 46 pounds. Before and after surgery, i would occasionally walk, but NOTHING consistant! I told myself after 20 pounds gone, i would start exercising, but i didn't. I hit a plateau about 1 1/2 months ago and stayed there for 3 weeks! I KNEW what needed to be done. i started going to curves. i'm losing great again. I want to reach my goal by the end of this year (i'm hoping for my OMG goal of 110-115). I would REALLY like to reach it by my birthday that is at the end of October. If i keep losing at the rate that i am going, i think i will get there by then.

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THANK YOU!! i swear i replied to this....but i don't see it! so here i go again! I hope Dec 18th gets here QUICK for you!i bet you are SOOOO excited!! I am now 46 pounds down!! 4 pounds to losing FIFTY POUNDS! WOW!!! 6 pounds to be in the 130's! 10 until my Labor Day challenge goal (135!) We went to New Orleans this past weekend...i LOST WEIGHT while gone! WOO HOO! I worked out while gone, ate good at most meals, but ate what i wanted when we went to a nice place (cheesecake bistro!) and i STILL LOST!! I was so worried i wouldn't be able to eat, or would get stuck, since no one knows i've had this....and it was all fine!! of course not one person said a SINGLE work about me having lost the weight.....50 pounds was not noticed? REALLY? :rolleyes2: oh well.... I haven't lost it for THEM...i did it for ME, and i feel SO MUCH BETTER about MYSELF!

another 2 for me! five pounds away from 50 pounds gone!! our total is over 120 now! WTG everyone!!

It's now 16 weeks out and i'm down 44 pounds! out of the 150's! no longer be obese! 12 pounds to my labor day challenge goal (i hope to beat that!) 17 pounds to be the weight i was when i got married! (would love to meet THIS for labor day!) 27 pounds to be the lowest weight i've been since having childern and my 'goal' weight. 32-37 pound to my OMG goal! My birthday is at the end of Oct. and i would LOVE to be at goal by then. it would take a lot of work, but not impossible! It's a little more than 18 weeks away. that's an average of 1.5 pounds a week...that's doable! Then i could maintain my weight (or get to my OMG goal) until the beginning of the year, when we would be ready financially for the cost of PS! I had to go to the DR. (my lapband dr.) last week because after 16 weeks, the incision for my port was irritated and had infection! he said it was on the surface, and not to worry, it would be ok and not cause probelms. it's already doing great. he said it was probably the suture knot being rejected by my body....i had the same thing happen for one of my sections. he was impressed with my progress, and said no to a fill. i wasn't there for one, and really didn't think i needed one since i've been steadily losing again. I will definitely wait until my next cycle is over to decide when and if i need a fill. The Dr. really thinks i'm at my sweet spot. some days i think yes, others, not. some days i think i should be able to eat more, others, i'm thinking i need a fill! LOL I finished a month of curves, and i am pleased with the results. I lost 8 1/2 pounds and 10"! I sent an email to a Plastic surgeon my SIL used to ask questions about WHEN to start the process of PS. I wanted to know when i should go in for my first consult (if his waiting list is long...i don't want to wait 6 months after i have my appointment if i'm ready to have surgery. i rather go 6 months early, find out what i will have done and the cost. and put it off if i'm not ready...rather than be ready and have to wait! ) I can't wait to hear back!! i read that you will have your surgery in Dec! that's AWESOME! I know you are so excited to have a date!!

This was a great poll to see! I'm at 3 1/2 months now, and sometimes get frustrated that i'm not seeing the scale move (during plateau's). when i look at the poll results, i remind myself that at 3 1/2 months out, i should be proud that i have lost 43 pounds! from the poll results it looks like the highest average is what i have lost already....and the poll was for SIX months out of surgery!! I haven't done my measurements in a while but i'm sure on the weeks that the scale doesn't move, that the inches are still coming off..... I can't wait to see where i will be at six months!!

as for why get the band if they can lose it without restriction.... we have all tried diets after diets. some even WORKED..we lost, we may have even got to goal. the problem is, when that motivation is gone, it's way too easy to put it back on. when we put it back on, there are ALWAYS a few (or A LOT) pounds with it and the roller coaster begins again! it's a TOOL, it will HELP us not to STAY off the wagon when we fall!

I did curves YEARS ago because i wanted an all women's gym to go to. after i lost lots of weight, i started at the gym with my brother who body builds and LOVED it! Not confident enough to go to the gym at the times i can go (in the evenings when it's probably the busiest. so, for now. i will go to curves. I seem to be at a standstill right now. Just when i was thinking maybe i need another fill (i'm really not sure...) i went and had my very first PB today! I think i was just eating too fast. it was on grilled fish and veggies. oh well, i guess 120 something days before it finally happened to me wasn't bad! I'm wondering if my cycle is coming around again. i seemed to have gotten tighter this time last month also. i have also been drinking coffee every morning because i'm tighter in the morning. i'm even reminded by Water that i have to SIP SIP SIP in the mornings. this morning, i didn't drink coffee because i went to curves early and didn't want to only have coffee in my to work out. I plan to have PS when i get closer to my goal also. I've been starting to look for surgeons in my state and possibly in TX since i'm closer to Houston than i am to New Orleans. I want a full TT and breast lift/possible implants also. That's awsome that you are in 10's and L shirts!! will you try to go smaller? or are you happy with the 10's? I don't know how tall you are. I'm VERY short, so i need to get into 6's or 4's. if i wanted to get to the lower end of my ideal weight, gosh, i would be in 0's....but that's not gonna happen. not after 4 kids. (i wore kids sizes until i had kids!!)my smallest size i got into after the first 2 kids has been some 4's...but that lasted a VERY SHORT TIME before i started gaining it all back again! :-(

If you want to add Protein to COLD things, try egg whites. You can get the next to the egg beaters in the cold section of your grocery. it is 25 calories/5 Proteins per serving. I add it to my carnation drink and to cottage cheese (i put mine in the food processor because i don't like the texture of CC) and it does not change the taste at all. I *think* i pay 1.74 for a pint. I'm allergic to artificial sweetners and most Protein drinks contain some type of them, so i use the egg whites and it's worked out great!

I have never participated in a challenge, but think this would be GREAT for me! I hope after posting to this i can find it again! LOL what do i need to do? thanks!

It's now 12 weeks out and i'm down 38 pounds! 4 pounds to be out of the 150's 5 pounds to no longer be obese! 23 pounds to be the weight i was when i got married! 33 pounds to be the lowest weight i've been since having childern and my 'goal' weight. 38-43 pound to my OMG goal! I joined curves 5/21 but couldn't work out that day ( i needed an appointment), but went for my first workout the yesterday and went again toady! I even walked after i was done yesterday! I can SEE reaching my goal....that's such a great feeling! i NEVEr thought i would get to it before!

How do you start the process to even start narrowing down surgeons to use? i have gone to make me heal and besides finding it hard to navigate that site, i have not been able to find many Dr.'s close to me that have enough ratings or high enough ratings to even consider. I'm not sure how far out is too far out to travel (to go back for checkups....traveling back and forth in the begining seems like it would be tiresome and painful to go a couple of hours back and forth) I live close to the Texas border in Louisiana. I have family in New Orleans, but that's about 4 hours away. I'm about 2 hours away from Houston. I still have a ways to go, but want to start doing my research now so when i get to a point that i want to start my consults, i know who i want to go check out. I want to have a TT and BL (not sure with or without implants yet), and lipo if needed all done at the same time. I have about 23-28 pounds to get to where i will be ok with my body, but i would like to lose 33-38 pounds to be at my OMG goal. when should i think about going to check out Dr's? THANKS!

Hey, if it's make you feel better, my TEN year old weighs 70 pounds!!! you are doing great!! keep up the great work! I cannot wait until i can say i've lost that much!!

you are so right! the last few days, picking up my toddler, i thought, wow, you are getting heavy to pick up! guess how much he weighs? about 32 pounds. i have lost 38 pounds! if i had that weight still on, i would be carrying around MORE than him! now to lose HIM PLUS my 24 pound 20 month old! lol

i have a couple of them. I want to get a new hairstyle. i have had the same style (all one length, the length has just changed through the years, and the color) for several years but never wanted to cut it because i didn't want to make my face look rounder. I have a stylist who i completely trust to go in and tell him to do whatever he wants.... since it's all one length, and i'll make sure it's a length he could do whatever he wants to it, he will be able to do anything! the other thing(s) is a breast lift and tummy tuck. we always get a large amount from taxes back. we usually put it into the house. a few years ago he got a boat with it. I told him my goal was to lose weight and get a BL and TT...well, we all know what happened, it DIDN'T happen. i was heavier than ever. so the taxes went back into the house and our portion of the BAND. i don't see why i wouldn't meet my goal sometime this year, so my plan is NEXT year WILL be my year and i WILL get my BL and TT! a itty bitty bikini will be another thing... hubby can't wait to use his boat while i sit out on the front in my bikini with the confidence to wear it! we plan to go on a trip too. we were suppose to go to Mrtyle Beach for our 2nd anniversary, but i had a premature baby that i wasn't going to leave, the following year, i had ANOTHER premature baby and a 1 year old that had never been away from me...and after that i didn't want to go NEAR a beach looking the way i did...so i want to plan that trip again and go have a BLAST!! I have a tat design that i wanted to get after my divorce that would represent my life before and my life i was begining, but i never did do it.... it could also represent my fat life and NEW life..... Hubby doesn't like tats, so i'm not sure if i'll do it or not. then again, if when i'm to goal and loving my body again and i REALLy want to do it, i will. It will be for ME... (i want it in a place that only in a bathing suit or naked would it even be seen) whew...i rambled!