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:wink:[ATTACH]384[/ATTACH] Well she is here and Granny could not be prouder, our Miracle Granddaughter. We prayed 10 years for her and God is good! [ATTACH]383[/ATTACH] She is going to have copper colored hair like her Mom I hope. [ATTACH]385[/ATTACH] So contented. Babies are Gods way of saying the world will go on!:eek:

:eek:Well I was tempted and GAVE IN to it, with some Crunch n Munch last night. After a day with my girlfriend who is a small petite person who always eats anything she wants, the box of Crunch n Munch was purchased and SHARED on the way home from a road trip. It WAS delicious, but this morning I WILL NOT get on the scale. I bum myself out! Well I got up early this morning and began exercising and cleaning out my car, the trunk and next to wash it! It got too hot out right now, so I came in to Blog a bit. I am going to work off the doggone Crunch N Munch till it is GONE! LOL Don't do like me, don't give in to temptation! It is hard tho when the smell is right there in the front seat with you! God Bless Have a great sunday, going to take my daughters Boston Terrier "Socks" the first granddog home to my daughter who just had the Baby AVA! She will get to meet her new Sister today, I hope they will get along and Socks won't be too jealous~socks is 11 years old in human life! :wink:

Thanks Guys I really MUST learn to let go a little and enjoy some of the good things in life, you are right! It is too hard to ALWAYS avoid everthing good, Like Crunch 'n Munch. That was the Buttery Toffee with Popcorn and Peanuts kind! LOL Even the name is dripping with FAT and calories. Oh Well, it is over and in the past, Love you all, thanks so much.

:smile:GOOD MORNING! OR IS IT???? ARE YOU STARTING YOUR DAY RIGHT EVERY DAY?????? THAT IS THE KEY TO CONTINUED SUCCESS WITH THE LAP-BAND®, WE HAVE TO GET OFF TO A GOOD START EACH AND EVERY MORNING. THEN THE BALANCE OF THE DAY WILL FOLLOW AND AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE SUCCESSFUL. BE RENEWED: GOD SELECTED...WHAT THE WORLD CALLS WEAK TO PUT THE STRONG TO SHAME. AND GOD ALSO SELECTED (DELIBERATELY CHOSE) WHAT IN THE WORLD IS LOWBORN ANDINSIGNIFICANT AND BRANDED AND TREATED WITH CONTEMPT, EVEN THE THINGS THAT ARE NOTHING, THAT HE MIGHT DEPOSE AND BRING TO NOTHING THE THINGS THAT ARE, SO THAT NO MORTAL MAN SHOULD(HAVE PRETENSE FOR GLORYING AND ) BOAST IN THE PRESENSE OF GOD. 1 CORINTHIANS 1:27-29 IF YOU ARE WEAK IN FAITH, IN MIND, IN BODY, IN DICIPLINE, IN SELF-CONTROL, OR IN DETERMINATION, SIMPLY WAIT ON GOD. HE WILL BE STRONG IN YOUR WEAKNESS. ISAH 40:31 TEACHES THAT IF YOU EXPECT GOD, LOOK FOR HIM, AND HOPE IN HIM, YOU WILL CHANGE AND RENEW YOUR STRENGTH AND POWER; YOU WILL RUN, AND NOT FAINT OR BECOME TIRED. THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY "HOPE SO, IT COULD BE, OR IT MAY BE"; IT DECLARES THAT YOUR WILL BE RENEWED!!! (PARTS TAKEN FROM A BOOK THAT INSPIRES ME BY JOYCE MEYER) I PRAY THAT WE ALL BE RENEWED AS WE STRENGTHEN OUR BODIES BY LOSING THIS ADDED WEIGHT. I THANK GOD FOR REVEALING TO ME THE LAP-BAND® AND TAKING ME THROUGH THE SURGERY AND NOW I MUST DO MY PART TO FULFILL THIS JOURNEY AS WE ALL DO. GET THOSE JOURNALS OUT FOLKS, WRITE IT DOWN, DON'T EAT IT IF YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO, AND GET THE WILLPOWER YOU NEED FROM ONE THAT IS STRONGER THAN WE ARE. HAVE A BLESSED DAY!:smile:

Thanks all, she is precious~got to go home yesterday, so today is a day to Thank God and give him the glory for a beautiful new addition to our family. She is so going to get spoiled by granny!

Thanks finallyncontrol. It is going to be a wonderful first year too. How are you doing? I was down a lb this morning, if it just doesn't appear back in the morning, I will be happy, weight loss has slowed down, but I have full restriction still, the sweet spot is here to stay. Blessings.

You do so encourage us ALL! You are beautiful and unless you said it, you look 40! The energy and the added enthusium are such a wonderful part of having the band. You have done an awesome job, come on Blog every day, we look for your blogs and miss you when you don't.

PS I eat anything I want to, just a whole lot less of it!

Ditto everything marw has said, the BEST thing I ever did. I was like you tried ALL the programs, nothing helped me keep it off after the program ended. Banded on 7-29-09 94 lbs down! Love the band.

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It is so hard for me to believe that this was me about three years ago. I actually did not know the extent of the danger I was in with the added weight on my body and my heart and other organs. How could I have let myself go like this? What is it that made me overeat? I quess I ate to replace something I was not getting from my life. I am so thankful to God for the LAP-BAND® experience, when I find an old photo like this one, I just cringe with an almost disbelief! :wink:

Thanks everyone! I really appreciate all the kind comments from you all and so do you all by the way, my we are changing aren't we? Thank God! LOL We are changing for the better.

:wink:Well it seems that my appetite is now getting less. I don't know what happened, maybe I am just use to eating less? But my head hunger was there for ALL the beginning months after my surgery and when I SAW foods that I use to eat or LOVED to cook like brownies, I did not think I could REFUSE to eat them. NOW, it seems like a page has turned and I am NO longer so tempted to eat those things anymore because my appetite is so low. Today, I was out on the road by myself, money in my pocket, it was lunch time and the restaurants were FULL, the food smelled good coming from the Restaurant, but I just passed them all by and went home for a lunch. Peanuts and Protien Shake! Then tonight it was chicken salad sandwich. I am totally full too! I did have a low cal single fudge pop for late night snack. I think this is where I am starting to feel settled with the way I eat now, and not LEFT OUT, because I am not at an ALL YOU CAN EAT buffet with my friends. I went to the Pizza Hut the other day, 1/2 of a salad and one SMALL slice of pizza and I was TOO FULL and almost sick feeling. So I just have to eat at the house most of the time, so I relax and ENJOY my food. Even drinking water too fast makes me feel bad. I think SLOW and steady is the way for me now. I like where I am now, it is soon to be 14 months on the 29th of Sept! 94 lbs off and I hope to shed the last 6 by 10-10-10, my daughters wedding date. Have a great nite all!:eek:

Yes and I stayed that way for two weeks, I was so miserable. Everything was coming up if I ate anything solid. I did go in for an unfill of .o2 CC's, just that little and it made a world of difference for me. I asked for it!!! I never thought I would, cause I felt like I was failing the band, the Dr., and most of all myself. But you will get more weight loss by eating right, I began to lose after that and felt good too. I was getting my electrolites off and out of kilter, felt dizzy too and not getting enough of the right kinds of protiens and vitamins that you get from food. If it does not let up soon see the Dr. you could also have hair loss problems if you don't. You have done an awesome job so far, 55 lbs that is great! I am 94 down in 13 mos, so I am proud too, the loss slows down the last six months or so, that is when I get into more exercise to tone the skin! God Bless You.

Hey so nice to see a face! But I admit I did like your Avatar too, it was so cute. Well now we can see who we are blogging with, and getting to know! I really look forward to seeing your posts and getting your comments!

So happy to hear the Cancer Free! I had a bout with Colon Cancer back in 2003 and every year I have a Colonoscopy in December, my Christmas present to myself! Before I had the LapBand back in March 2009 there were two Cancerous Polyps and I had them removed. Then I had the Band and so far no cancer! Thank God. I like the way I feel and look too! You keep on with that determination, nothing can stop us now!

Hi I am just curious? Did your policy have a provision for WLS? I had BC & BS and they would not pay a thing for me. I am so happy for you!!! You have every right to feel the emotions that you feel, I felt them all. You will be fine and so happy that you did this surgery. I have done well, and feel great about 14 months out.

:smile:It has been a real ride. I have been pretty happy every minute of it. There are of course disappointments along the way, but they seem to go away soon and we move on again. I am really laboring over cleaning the silver for my daughters upcoming wedding and getting all the crystal out and unpacked and finding the "special" pieces from those who have passed away, that we will incorporate into Jennifers special day. I have the great grandmothers punchbowl the was used at the 65th Wedding Anniversary of Jennifers great grandparents in Iowa, we will use that, it has been used at all of my childrens weddings except the oldest son. Jennifer will carry a silver locket with a picture of her dad's mom, (Grandmother Hurst) wrapped around the stems of her bouquet. She is the grandmother who spent a lot of time with Jenny, one of her mentors. Mrs. Hurst NEVER missed a day of school. Even in the hard winters in Iowa! She was well educated for her time. Jennifer finished RN school and is now working for a surgeon, and off every weekend! (Unless there is an emergency) She is borrowing my diamond tennis bracelet to wear,(I may never see it again~I will have to borrow it back, LOL) She will wear a blue garter, and a white one to keep. Her colors scheme is black and white. I told her I would not wear BLACK to the wedding. I have worn Black to disquise my weight all my adult life, and even tho I am fond of the color, I need to shine, not fade away! My dress is on the way, should be here next week, can't wait to see if it will fit right! Will post pics. I have uncovered Aunt Velma's silver salt cellars, Our 5th Wedding Anniversary Champane Flutes, and a lot of other goodies, so much that I can't see my kitchen table. So I have to go and clean that off before the hubs comes home. I am going to try to get to a wine tasting this afternoon and order a couple of cases of private label (With Jennifer and Franz' photos on the label) wine for the wedding. Have a wonderful day everyone.:smile:

Thanks so much marw! Hope things are going well for you.