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Way to go, Madison !!!! Don't beat your self up for not meeting your goal, your still doing awesome !!! Congrats to you too, Lingling !!!! Don't you just love the feeling that WE CAN DO THIS !!!! BG, you are doing sooo good !!! Boy, when you hit onderland, you really dove in there !!! Everyone is doing really good !!! I've had a bad wk this wk. I don't know why but I'm really struggling this wk with old habits!! I didn't gain but I didn't lose either, just stayed the same !! Tomorrow morning I'm going to get up with a new attitude!!! WAIT a cotton picken minute, I just looked at my ticker and I lost a .5 pd !!! Hey ,I'll take that !! A half a pd gone is good right now for me !!!!

Janet , didn't mean to ignore you, guess we were posting at the same time! My DGS and I went to see his Mom Sat. stopped at the store to get drinks and he wanted this brownie, and he doesn't even eat sweets, so I got it for him, thinking he would give it to his Mom. Well, it's always crazy there and we forgot to give it to her and it ended up at home with me !! So your right, NO MORE BROWNIES ALLOWED in my house !!! Thanks for your kind words, We are food addicts, aren't we !!! TTYL

Good Morning All !!! Had a much better day Sunday !! After Church, we went out to eat with my DS and new DIL, that by itself was a treat, ordered a 2 pc fish dinner / baked pot. / unsweet tea, ate half and took the rest home for supper. So yes, I hope I snuffed out those bad feelings, I don't know what was wrong but I hope I don't do that too often, I don't like those guilty feelings !! Linda~~~ Thanks for the words of encouragement !! I will try that next time I start to feel that way again !! If~~~~ Your not going to believe this but another bander and myself were talking about things that we lose and some things that we gain while we are on this journey. Hers was losing 2 chins, mine were gaining new confidence, and losing some things that I wasn't too happy about!! lol I will read your post when I get thru here , I try to read it as often as I can. Your good !! Laura~~~ Glad to hear your Dad is doing better !!! Hang in there !! Is your sister there also ? I know how those long days in the hospital are ! My DH spent the first 10 yrs of our marriage in and out of the hospital !! So LOOOOng and boring!! I just hated it! Just know that we are all praying for your whole family ! Long and Apples ~~~ have fun with your DD's shopping !! I'm going shopping today also but I'm taking a 4 yr old, not sure how fun I'm going to have !! lol He has a Dr. app. to have a physical for school. You guys have a good week and I'll catch up with everyone Friday night!!

Well gang, I REALLY messed up yesterday!! I went to my DD Sat. visit and I always take our lunch. She wanted a stuffed BBQ potatoe, and I had been wanting one for a long time so I got one for myself also! I ate half of it and took the rest home, which wasn't bad but , for some reason, I started haveing a bad day and went back to my old habits of being upset and eating to cover it up and so there was a BIG OLE HONKIN brownie that kept calling my name so I ate the whole thing and when I finished, I thought, well I've really messed up now and went back and finised my potatoe!! I don't know what happened that made those old feelings come back but there they were before I knew it !! Anyway, I went bed or I should say, I kicked myself all the way to bed, hateing what I had done and wondering WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED !!! But I got up this a.m. and feel better and learned a lesson ! The old snack demon is still there and I have to learn how to regonize when it sneeks up on me and do something to counteract it !! Now I understand Meredith and her olives !!!

My Grandfather gave me that name, Doodlebug, when I was a baby just learning how to crawl. I would start out going forward then end up going backwards and we lived in Texas where there are doodlebugs that come out of the ground and that's how they come out, forward then they see something and go backwards into their holes! My sister still calls me Bug to this day and I just love it because my Grandfather was my hero !!! I had to put the 11 on the end of it cause someone else had Doodlebug.

O.K. O.K. !! Hi, my name is Doodlebug11 and I am a Scale Whore!! ( that's all I know of AA meetings) but anyway sign me up !! I only weigh the first thing in the morning, well, maybe the 2nd thing, not saying what the 1st is, and I don't chart anything, just keep it in my head. And yes, I have been known to weigh my shoes, hold up 2 different outfits, to feel which one is the lightest, take all the stuff out of my pockets, remove all jewelery, so I guess that makes me a SCALE WHORE !!!!

WHAT !!! 50 pds lost !!!! WTG ~~~ BG I am so proud of you and it's you who inspire me!! I'm hopeing that next wk I can post my 50 pd loss !! I'm going to keep my fingers crossed and my mouth SHUT !! lol I just need 3.5pds lost so maybe ??

Good Morning Gang ! Meredith, the way I have been losing is for 2 or 3 wks, I will stay the same and then one day when I weigh, usually on Fridays, I'll lose some. At first I was getting upset but then I looked at the whole picture and realised I was losing and didn't worry so much about the weekly losses ! I know that it's the small losses that gets us into the big losses but when I don't have a loss one wk, I just think about the BIG loss that I have overall !! I just keep on plugging along, do what I know is right and , hopefully, on Friday I will see a loss !! Sometimes I feel like "The little engine that can" !!! I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, and one of these days it will be, I KNEW I COULD !! Linda~~~ hugs and prayers go out for you and your DGD. Hope she is doing better!! Laura~~~ Sorry to hear about your Dad ! He must be so proud that you and your sis are there to support him and your Mom ! We will keep you guys in our prayers !!

Kaner, sorry to hear about the plateau !! I have found that coming back here has really helped me to stay on track! When I do feel like I'm going to cheat, I think in the back of my mind, I'm going to have to weigh in on Friday and I don't want to have to tell everyone that I had a gain !! I know that one day I will have a gain but right now this is what is working for me! We all need each other to make it to where we want to go!! When one of us starts to get bogged down, the rest of us have to help them get back on track !! And we don't know if you don't tell us. So hang in there, get your mind back where you were when we first started this and come on back as often as you can !! I have been in for 2 fills so far and both times the Dr. asked me if I had a good support system and ,of course, I said yes and told him about you guys ! He said good, so by that I'm thinking it is very important to have a good support sytem !!! DB

Labor Day Challenge for Bunny Bandsters! Bunny's name -----------Target loss ------ Start weight ----- Current weight --- Target Weight Sept. 7 Band_Groupie ------------ 15lbs -------------- 203 --------------- 198 ------------ 188 soon2befit ---------------- 25lbs -------------- 261.5 ------------ 256 -----------236.5 hopeful41411 ------------ 20lbs -------------- 253.8 ------------- 253.8 --------233.8 smilan--------------------- 20lbs -------------- 218 --------------- 216 -------------198 trobison------------------- 15lbs -------------- 221 --------------- 213 -------------206 myturn2bhappy ---------- 15lbs -------------- 282 --------------- 282 -------------267 WannaBe1/2TheWoman - 20lbs ------------- 230.6 ------------- 217.2 --------210.6 Butterfly64 ---------------- 15lbs -------------- 231 --------------- 230 ------------216 MrsMitch ------------------ 20lbs -------------- 232 ---------------- 232 ------------212 doodlebug11-------------- 15lbs ------------- 192.5 ------------- 189.5 --------- 177.5 size6----------------------- 11lbs ----------- (-)19lbs ---------- (-)21.4lbs ----(-)30lbs TerriLynne----------------- 15lbs -------------- 282.2 ------------- 282.2 -------267.2 txdj ------------------------ 18lbs -------------- 183 -------------- 183 -------------165 1want2bthin -------------- 15lbs -------------- 202 --------------- 202 ------------187 ALuv82 -------------------- 30lbs -------------- 265 --------------- 260 ------------235 tbryant1216--------------- 15lbs -------------- 260 --------------- 260 ------------245

Hey Guys!!! I made it out of the 190's!!!! I weighed in this morning at 189.5 !!!! That's down 1.5 pds. !! We are ALL doing so good !! I think one of the things that is helping me stay on the right track, is coming back here to track what I'm doing and find out how everyone else is doing !! I have to hold myself accountable to someone and this group is it ! It's important to stay in touch and encourage each other and help those who need it, that's why we are here !! Talk to you guys next week, have a good wkend !!

WTG, LONG,!!!!! It must be awesome to be at goal, and one of these days, I'm going to get there!!! Janet, good to have you back home!! Glad you had a good time! Laura, sorry to hear about your Dad! Hope everything goes o.k. with him! Apples, have a good wkend, YOU DESERVE IT !!! Meredith, I love chicken salad and I ate alot of it after I could eat real food.

WAHOOOO!!!! WTG!!!!!! Congrats on getting to ONDERLAND!!!! It's time to PAARTAY!!!!!! I can hear the music all the way here in Arkansas!!! Keep up the good work!

Good Morning Gang!!! 1day, what a beautiful family!! And your half way to your goal? You are doing AWESOME!!! I think I am too but not for sure right now. Kathe, I have tried tough love so many times, I'm embarrassed to say. I think it's called tough love because it's tougher on us that it is the other person! I can not imagine having to go thru this with my other kids!! They all have their problems but not this bad! My hearts just cries for you!! If you ever need to talk, just holler at me! I'm here for you!! If, it sounds like you had a FUN Sunday!! I would love to go to a Multi race Church!! What a singing that must have been!! My DD is going to Celebrate Recovery, and when she gets out, they are going to put her to work as as leader, so I think that will help to keep her on the right road! I'm also going to go for help cause I know I'm an enabler! In a way I have helped her in her addiction by supporting her when she had no money, so I need to get help in stopping that! Well, I need to get off here, the garden is coming off and I have purple hull peas and tomatoes to can, and I don't think anyone else is going to do them!! lol I'll catch up with you guys later!! Sharon

Thanks guys for the warm thoughts and hugs! They mean so much to me. Kath, I just want you to know that you are not alone in this problem, there are lots of us out there and we are all sending good thoughts out to you!! And when you have good people like you have here praying for you and your DD, it HAS to turn out o.k.!! Linda, we're also praying for your DGD and her recovery!! I also worry that when my DD gets home that something will upset her and set her back. I know that it is a very good possibility, but will cross that bridge when it comes when we get to it! Julie, it sounds like you have had a wonderful Sunday!!! I would love to be on a river right now but I would also have a fishing pole with me!!! I love looking at the water but not too crazy about being "in" the water!!

Meredith, Thank you so much for your kind words !! Even tho it I have been dealing with this for 11 yrs, it is still hard to talk about. I do love my DD and would do anything for her but now I have to think about this sweet, sweet boy that deserves a good life ! And the life style that he was being raised in was not going to give him that chance!! Please do keep us as well as kath in your prayers!! And THANK YOU for not judging!! She was not raised this way, she was raised the best that we knew how!!

Hey B_G, where are you ? We miss you !!! I'm going thru DT's from not reading your blogs and posts !!! Hope every thing is o.k. with you and your just really busy. Take care

Good Morning Gang !! Boy, you guys have been soo busy !! I can't post here but on the wkends cause of work and no time, but I truly love to read what everyone has been up to!! Joann~~ CONGRATS on making it to ONDERLAND !! It's great here isn't it !! Laura~~ I love to read about what you are doing and about Nels!! He is soo cute! Thank you for all you do to help the rest of us!! Meredith~~ WTG on 30 pds lost!! You are doing soo good, keep up the good work!! Apples~~ Good to hear from you again!! Like I said, I don't get on here but on the wkends and I have thought about you every day this wk, wondering whats up with you! I couldn't hardly wait to get in here to see what's been going on!! I 'm just glad you were doing something you enjoy! I also love to travel!! And when I retire in 6 yrs. that is just what I'm going to do!! One of these mornings, my kids are going to look for me and my DH, and WE WILL BE GONE !! He likes too travel too. Janet~~~ love-love-love your pics!! Your DGK's are awesome!! I've got to learn how to do that and put one up off my DGS, who lives with us, he is such a joy to us!! We have 10 DGK's and we love them all but he has a special place in our hearts!! Bugs~~ Keep on coming back here listen to these girls, they KNOW what they are doing!!! Before long you will be on your way to a healthier life and that is what we all want!! For yrs, I have tried to diet my way thru life and it just didn't work and now I'm working on a healthier life!! Hope everyone else is doing good and have a great wkend !!

Labor Day Challenge for Bunny Bandsters! Bunny's name --------Target loss lbs. --- Start weight 7/13 --- Current weight --- Target Weight 9/7 Band_Groupie ------------ 15lbs -------------- 203 --------------- 203 ----------------- 188 soon2befit ---------------- 25lbs ---------------- ? ----------------- ? ----------------- ? hopeful41411 ------------ 20lbs -------------- 253.8 ------------- 253.8 -------------- 233.8 smilan--------------------- 20lbs ----------------- ? --------------- 218 ----------------? trobison------------------- 15lbs ----------------221 --------------- 221 ---------------206 myturn2bhappy ---------- 15lbs ----------------- 282 ------------- 282 --------------- 267 WannaBe1/2TheWoman - 20lbs ---------------- ? ----------------- ? ----------------- ? Butterfly64 ---------------- 15lbs ---------------231 ---------------- 230 ---------------- 216 MrsMitch --------------- 20lbs -------------- 232lbs ------------- 232lbs ------------- 212lbs doodlebug11---------------15lbs -----------192.5-------------191--------------------177.5 TerriLynne--------------------?---------------------?-------------------?--------------------? txdj----------------------16lbs------------------?-------------------?-------------------? size6------------------------11lbs-----------------(-)19lbs--------(-)19lbs--------(-)30lbs 1want2bthin -------------- 15lbs -------------- 202lbs ------------ 202lbs -------------187lbs tbryant1216----------------15lbs----------------260----------------260-----------------245

Good Morning All !!! Stayed the same this week at 191. I guess I'm o.k. with that, I have to be, huh. I get sooo close to a new ### ( 180's) and I just kinda stall out ! Maybe next week !!!! :biggrin: Hope everyone has a great weekend !!! See ya next Friday !!

Good Morning, Gang !! I just love to read what everyone has been up to !! You guys don't know just how much of an inspiration you are to me !!! I really depend on your experience to get me thru the tough times. CONGRATS, Janet, Phyll, and Charlene on your Bandaversaries !!! You guys are all our heroes !!! I was going to ask you, Janet, how long you have been banded, so now I know ! I would have never guessed 2 yrs., I thought maybe 5 or 6 yrs. from reading your posts and all your advice !! Bugs,from one Bug (doodlebug11) to another, you can do this !! Just keep coming back here , soak in all the love and advice these AWESOME ppl on this site can give you !! I don't know about you but I get ALL my support from here !! And as far as the staff being snobs, your only going to see them every now and then, so when you do go in for a ckup, STRUT your bad self in there and show them !!!! You can get past the nerves, just think of the surgery as a door that you can walk thru to a better life, and I can now say an exciting life !!! I haven't enjoyed life for so long now because of my weight and being so down on myself, but now since my surgery, 4/06/09, I can honestly say, I love life !!! Give yourself some time and just know YOU WILL GET THRU THIS !!! Well, I gotta run catch up with you guys next wkend !! Glad to hear everyone else is doing good !!

Hey, tig, hope your doing good !! Been thinking about you and wishing you the best !! Hang in there, you will get to the "sweet spot" soon, I just know it !!! Talk to ya later ! Sharon

My Dr. have done my fills every 6 wks. and so far he has only put in 2.6cc. He said he will only put in 4cc total, I have a 10cc band. I had my last fill on July 3,.6cc, and if I'm doing as good as I am now, on Aug. 20, I don't think I will go for another fill. I'm going to talk to the Nurse about it. I don't want to have any problems with PB's or sliming, and I am losing so I'm going to just wait and see.

Hang in there, BG You'll wake up one of these mornings, soon, and you'll hear the scale calling your name,{ I know because my scales know my name} "BG, come join me" and you'll jump on them and you'll be in "onderland" !!!! It is great here !!!