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Thanks Tracy! They towel was a big one for me too. I will never forget the moment I realized I no longer needed a beach towel, I was smiling from ear to ear! Exactly right, whatever it takes! I firmly believe that we need to focus on a lifestyle change rather than "diet" or "exercise". Just being more active constantly is so much better and it becomes a part of your everyday life. You caught me, I have been slacking! I am getting back to the gym, promise! Me too, NO MORE EXCUSES! I really want to be at gaol by my 2 year! I have 23 to reach the docs goal of 155 and 33 to reach my goal of 145 and slacking will not get me to either of those goals, so I MUST get back to the gym. On a good note, eating has been great for me. My restriction is pretty good these days. I think I need just a tad more, but if I don't ever get another fill, I think this one would work. Your DH sounds a lot like mine. I need a new oven too, mine probably came with the house back in the 70's too. It finally went out on me the first of the year and we still have not bought another one. Mine is white, but very old. I don't want to get it fixed, but want a self-cleaning double oven. So, I'm saving right now to get me one, plus new countertops and I want to pant/glaze my kitchen cabinets. I'm hoping to start remodeling our kitchen in January.

Name...............Starting................ Current.......Goal..............To Go agreatknead............237......................205...........180...... .... .........25 areellady................189.......................189...........159… ................30 BIGB.....................342.......................342...........300 …................42 BellaPerdente........287.......................251...........200....... .............51 Boos02..................258.......................226...........200…. ...............26 Brandy...................221.......................221...........191.... ................30 BrownBear............240.......................240...........200..... ...............40 Claudine................250.......................250...........225. ...................25 Bunkey1965..........194.......................190...........170....... .............20 Dionna113.............199.......................199...........160... ….............39 FeliciaLevy75 .......240.......................237...........190.................. .47 GillieBean.............304.......................304............264. ..................40 Hollie ....................l54.......................154............125..... . ............29 Jeni 85...................182.......................182............160.... .. ............22 Josie74...................260.......................260.............21 5. ...............45 klmsilva...................216......................216.............19 0. ...............26 legster....................183......................183..............1 60 ...............23 linksmom.................251......................251..............200 ... ............51 Liquidbluegal............225......................225..............199 ... ............26 Liz_hager..................161.....................161..............13 0... ............31 lotzasunshine............292.....................292..............250. . .............42 Luu2008...................230.....................203..............153 ... ............50 Mamanmidwife..........295.....................295..............260.... .... .......35 MELISSA AGUIRRE..266....................233..............160................73 Melody2006..............223.....................223..............173.. ... ..........50 odizzzydori...............242.....................242..............199 ... ............43 paige65.....................252.....................252..............2 08.. .............44 rainer........................236.......................236........... ..199. .............37 soontobehottie...........201.....................201..............165. . ............36 srknepler...................285.....................285..............2 55.. ............30 squale.......................353......................353............. 325...............28 Sunshine2................177.....................176..............160 ...............16 stevegoad..................370....................341.............. 267...............74 Terilynn112................240....................240..............199 ................41 Truediva.....................299....................285............... 235..............50 thininside28...............255....................255...............215.............. 40<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>

Lisa - we miss you too! Glad you popped in. The sight is dead these days so I get excited when someone post. :cursing:

Lisa - you are right, maybe we should focus on our accomplishments or NSV vs the Scales. So here is my list 1. A regular towel fits completely around me now, I no longer have to use beach towels. 2. When I take a bath, my sides no longer touch. 3. My wrist are so skinny now, my cuff watch no longer fits. By my wrist measurements, I am considered "small frame". 4. I weigh less than my husband! 5. I can walk into any store and buy something off the rack. 6. I look younger 7. I no longer have to have the lights out when making whoopie :huh2: 8. I lost my "other" chin :cursing: 9. I have collar bones now! 10.I can cross my legs 11. I can bend down and tie my shoes while still breathing - I used to have to hold my breath. 12. I am a tucker now - yep, can tuck my shirts in! 13. I feel better - Cholesteral is down! 14. I no longer GAIN weight by "looking" at food. These are just a few things that I can do now.

Fill #1 - 3/6/07 - 2.2cc's Fill #2 - 4/17/07 - 3.0cc's Fill #3 - 7/6/07 - 3.5 cc's (I think it was only 2.5cc's because when I went back for fill #4, he could only w/draw 1.8 cc's) Fill #4 - 7/20/07 - filled me back to 3.0 ccs - He should have filled me more! Fill #5 - 8/17/07 - 3.4cc's Fill #6 - 10/08/07 - filled me to 3.8cc's - the restriction I've ever had,but still could eat big bites of food, so I figured I needed to be tighter. Fill #7 - 11/21/07 filled to 4.0 cc's. By the evening could not hold anything down, not even my saliva. PBing all night - horrilble experieince 11/23/07 - Unfill - Got unfill and because of the swelling and all the PBing, doc took my fill down to 3.0cc's. NO RESTRICTION AGAIN Fill #8 - 1/18/08 Went in and the doc filled me back up to just right under 4.0, according to Flouro, it was perfect. Well, by next morning, could not hold down saliva again, ended up back in hospital and the Doc had to take me back down to 3.0. grrrr. Now I'm back where I was in November, barely restriction again. Fill #9 - 3.5 cc's - was tight for about a week, now feel lose again. grrrr, still have "some" restriction, just not quite enough! Next fill scheduled for 4/7/08 - I hate that it takes sooooooo long to get in to see the fill doc. FILL #10 - 4/7/08 The doc just added .4cc's, making me at 3.9cc's. I think this might be the one! FILL #11 - Was scheduled on 6/25/08 - but the doc did not fill me up, I was leaving for a cruise on 6/27 so he didn't want to risk me being too tight, so did not get a fill. FILL #11 - 8/5/08 Went for a fill, this time the doc took all my fill out and all he could get out was 2.4 cc's. Filled me up to 4.0 cc's, I left, had to go right back because I could not drink, he took out a little over .2 cc's, he said I'm somewhere between 3.5 to 3.7 cc's. - I had great restriction for 2 weeks, but It has now loosened some. I feel I might need a tad more. I'm worried I have a very slow leak. FILL #12 - SCHEDULED FOR 8/17/08

Fill #1 - 3/6/07 - 2.2cc's Fill #2 - 4/17/07 - 3.0cc's Fill #3 - 7/6/07 - 3.5 cc's (I think it was only 2.5cc's because when I went back for fill #4, he could only w/draw 1.8 cc's) Fill #4 - 7/20/07 - filled me back to 3.0 ccs - He should have filled me more! Fill #5 - 8/17/07 - 3.4cc's Fill #6 - 10/08/07 - filled me to 3.8cc's - the restriction I've ever had,but still could eat big bites of food, so I figured I needed to be tighter. Fill #7 - 11/21/07 filled to 4.0 cc's. By the evening could not hold anything down, not even my saliva. PBing all night - horrilble experieince 11/23/07 - Unfill - Got unfill and because of the swelling and all the PBing, doc took my fill down to 3.0cc's. NO RESTRICTION AGAIN Fill #8 - 1/18/08 Went in and the doc filled me back up to just right under 4.0, according to Flouro, it was perfect. Well, by next morning, could not hold down saliva again, ended up back in hospital and the Doc had to take me back down to 3.0. grrrr. Now I'm back where I was in November, barely restriction again. Fill #9 - 3.5 cc's - was tight for about a week, now feel lose again. grrrr, still have "some" restriction, just not quite enough! Next fill scheduled for 4/7/08 - I hate that it takes sooooooo long to get in to see the fill doc. FILL #10 - 4/7/08 The doc just added .4cc's, making me at 3.9cc's. I think this might be the one! FILL #11 - Was scheduled on 6/25/08 - but the doc did not fill me up, I was leaving for a cruise on 6/27 so he didn't want to risk me being too tight, so did not get a fill. FILL #11 - 8/5/08 Went for a fill, this time the doc took all my fill out and all he could get out was 2.4 cc's. Filled me up to 4.0 cc's, I left, had to go right back because I could not drink, he took out a little over .2 cc's, he said I'm somewhere between 3.5 to 3.7 cc's. - I had great restriction for 2 weeks, but It has now loosened some. I feel I might need a tad more. I'm worried I have a very slow leak. FILL #12 - SCHEDULED FOR 8/17/08

I did not make it to the gym last week, bad me! I just had too much going on, however, I'm back at it this week. Today's menu so far Bfast - iced mocha from mcD's with skim milk - bad, liquid calories. And 1 jal pepper baked with LF cream cheese - co-worker brought it to me this morning, very good. Lunch - Logans Steak House - I had 8 oz steak - but only ate about 2 to 3 oz of it, grilled veggies and steamed mushrooms. Did pretty good, I did not eat the bread! Dinner - 2 oz of ground lean beef, LC tortillia, salsa. Exercise - 10:00 am - 16 min on elliptical 3:00 pm - 15 min on elliptical 9:00 pm - 40 min on elliptical Total calories burned - approximately 550 to 600 - You would think those darned scales would move! Those bastards! Wt - staying off the scales, tired of watching them not move. this is so hard for me! I weigh 2 to 3 times a day and it is so depressing to me when they go up and not down. I am either weighing once a week or I will weigh when I feel like I've lost. I have such a love/hate relationship with those darned scales.:tongue2:

I did not make it to the gym last week, bad me! I just had too much going on, however, I'm back at it this week. Today's menu so far Bfast - iced mocha from mcD's with skim milk - bad, liquid calories. And 1 jal pepper baked with LF cream cheese - co-worker brought it to me this morning, very good. Lunch - Logans Steak House - I had 8 oz steak - but only ate about 2 to 3 oz of it, grilled veggies and steamed mushrooms. Did pretty good, I did not eat the bread! Dinner - 2 oz of ground lean beef, LC tortillia, salsa. Exercise - 10:00 am - 16 min on elliptical 3:00 pm - 15 min on elliptical 9:00 pm - 40 min on elliptical Total calories burned - approximately 550 to 600 - You would think those darned scales would move! Those bastards! Wt - staying off the scales, tired of watching them not move. this is so hard for me! I weigh 2 to 3 times a day and it is so depressing to me when they go up and not down. I am either weighing once a week or I will weigh when I feel like I've lost. I have such a love/hate relationship with those darned scales.:party:

Hello everyone, how is it going? I've had a slow week, did not exercise one bit last week, but made it back to the gym this week. I am staying off the scales, and just trying to focus on making better choices. Basically, just trying to get back to the basics. My weight has stalled for so long, and I'm tired of watching it. So, besides that, my fill is pretty good. This is the most restriction I have ever had and I love it. It has loosened up a bit, but I can still feel the restriction - I had steak for lunch with no problems so I'm not too tight. I only ate 1/3 of my steak - which was 8 oz, so I had about 2 to 3 oz of it. I'm scheduled for another fill in September, and one day I think I will cancel it, then the next day I feel I need it. Who knows - I guess I will wait and see how it is doing come September 17th. Any knews with you guys? How is everyone doing?

Congratulations to you guys that hit goal. I will not hit goal, but I'm okay with that. It just takes me so long to lose just one pound - I still have 7 lbs to go to hit goal, and only 5 days to go so, I doubt I will hit goal. Again, great job everyone and now lets get on with our next challenge!

Name.............StartingWeight....Current.....Goal.........To Go areellady...............189.......................189............159..................30 BIGB......................342.......................342............300.................42 BellaPerdente.........287.......................251............200.................51 Boos02..................258.......................226............200.................26 BrownBear.............240.......................240............200.................40 Dionna113.............213.......................199.............160................40 FeliciaLevy75 ........240.......................240.............190................50 GillieBean..............304.......................304.............264................40 Hollie ...................154.......................154.............125................29 Josie74.................260.......................260.............215................45 klmsilva.................216......................216.............190................26 legster..................183......................183..............160...............23 linksmom..............251......................251..............200...............51 Liquidbluegal.........225......................225..............199...............26 Liz_hager..............161.....................161..............130...............31 MELISSA AGUIRRE..266....................233..............160...............73 odizzzydori............242.....................242..............199...............43 Sunshine2.............177.....................177..............160...............17

I love the Hallow-Lean Challenge title - :smile2:

Heather, great idea, I just couldn't think of a holiday between now and Thanksgiving.....I forgot about Halloween. I agree, shorter challenges keeps me focussed too.

I think we should start a Labor Day to Thanksgiving challenge after this one!

Name_________Start Weight ____Goal____ Lbs lost____Current Weight *****:cheers2:********** :wub:**********:smile2:******:party:**********:hurray:***** aJoneen............230.........220.......6.......... Bea1128............220.........199.......5.......... Babs0101...........185.........170.......0.......... blesdbyonmzur......159.........148.......4.......... BTTRFLI1432........221.........210.......6.......... Bunkey1965.........212.........195.......15.........197 Chocolate_Snaps....254.........240.......6.......... Darr5380...........167.........155.......3.......... Epm316.............209.........199.......5.......... erikadawn..........199.........175.......0.......... FloridaGirl........235.........215.......0.......... HeatherO...........172.........155.......15.........157 Heft_Bandit........261.........245.......6..........255 JennyPoo...........169.........159.......5.......... KarenG.............160.........158.......6.......... KathyStrick........305.........290.......0.......... Lapbandfan.........258.........230.......2.......... Leslie2Lose........224.........209.......5..........219 LessNLess..........144.5.......140.......0.......... LilMissBand-Aid....234.4.......225.......6.2........ Lunabeane..........209.........200.......11......... Luu2008............219.........189.......14......... Luv2Laugh..........232.........212.......0.......... luvinke............206.........190.......0.......... mamato3............199.........184.......6.......... mcgreen............189.........175.......0.......... mdgarcia31665......225.........200.......0.......... melboyd............266.........256.......5.8........260.2 Missrach...........269.........175.......25.........244 MollyMolly.........192.........182.......2.......... mominlv13..........316.........300.......10.8.......305.2 MSnika3............228.........204.......4.......... MyTurn.............250.........240.......7..........243 NANAbanded.........225.........199.......7.......... Ninja..............204.........189.......5.......... NukeChik...........221.........199.......6.......... Ollie..............242.........210.......0.......... Redtulips..........188.........180.......6.......... Renewedhope........174.........155.......5.......... ronni_NC...........243.........220.......0.......... slgandera..........185.........173.......7.......... StartingOver.......220.........205.......15......... Sunshine2..........187.........170.......10..........177 want_so_bad........170.........155.......0.......... Sades.......(7/16).192.5.......180.......8.6........ Sadie..............220.........199.......6.......... smwww..............189.........179.......0.......... tp78...............212.........195.......7..........

Yay - its my Friday at work - I'm off tomorrow. I plan on going to the gym tonight and tomorrow when I'm off, I'll go during the day. I have had very very good restriction lately, its been about 2 weeks since my fill, and I have another appointment in September for another fill, but at this point I might cancel it if I still have this good restriction. Menu today Bfast weight wise oatmeal Lunch smoked turkey, green beans Dinner Grilled Talapia topped with homemade salsa and a spoonful of brown rice. Wt - Didn't weigh this morning, was running way behind in getting ready for work and simply "forgot" - wow?

Yay - its my Friday at work - I'm off tomorrow. I plan on going to the gym tonight and tomorrow when I'm off, I'll go during the day. I have had very very good restriction lately, its been about 2 weeks since my fill, and I have another appointment in September for another fill, but at this point I might cancel it if I still have this good restriction. Menu today Bfast weight wise oatmeal Lunch smoked turkey, green beans Dinner Grilled Talapia topped with homemade salsa and a spoonful of brown rice. Wt - Didn't weigh this morning, was running way behind in getting ready for work and simply "forgot" - wow?

Twil - I guess when I say I eat big - I mean the bad stuff - cream pies, chocolate, ice cream - etc. Ladywinsall - thank you so much, you are right, having the band does not stop you from having challenges in life. Its a struggle, but I am getting there, one day at a time. Thank you both for your kind words and support.

You'll appreciate your blog as you go down the road. I too have kept a blog thru my journey, I started it at the end of 2006 and I'm sure glad I did. There have been months that I haven't posted much, and those are the months that I have done the worst. So blogging really helps keep you on track. Good luck to you and I loof forward watching your progress.

Well, One thing I can tell you about the band, you will no longer be able to eat 2 cheeseburgers, or 2 buffett plates - once you get restriction. The hardest part is getting to that restriction, you have to very patient. For me, it took 19 months to finally get really good restriciton, but I'm a rare one, Most people it takes 3 fills, it took 11 for me.

Yes, I feel like I have such good restriction in the morning, I wish I could have this restriction all the time! If I get another fill, I know that in the mornings, I will have to just do liquids, or have to wait until after 12 or so to eat. But then maybe I would have restriction at night?' I agree with you, the band is a flacky thing! But I still love it....We have a love/hate relationship. :eek:

Hey girl, my band is fickle too. I sometimes think I need another fill, but honestly, this is the very best restriction I have ever ever ever had. I have a hard time drinking really cold drinks, I actually have to slow down when I eat, I never had to do that before. I still eat regular bites of food, however, I do eat slower than usual. I can still eat bread, chicken and anything, just not that much of it. I gurgle a lot when I drink, I can hear all kinds of noises coming from my esophagus, so weird. Then the next day, I feel like I'm eating just like before, no restriction. It is so weird. If I get a fill, I know there will be days that I will have to be on all liquids - like TOM. If I don't get a fill, the days I have the perfect restriciton is when TOM is here. So, what do I do? Anyhow, its a complicated thing this little band at times. Do I regret the band? Absolutely not! For the first time in my life I am no longer gaining weight. I don't have to worry about ever being over 200 lbs again. I love that. If I never lost another pound, I still think the band was worth all the trouble and even this fickle band.

Highest weight - November - 2007 248 Banded 1/18/07 1 mo post op (Feb 18)- 206.8 2 mo post op (March 18) - 198 3 mo post op (April 18th)- 193 4 mo post op (May 18th)- 184.2 5 mo post op (June 18th(- 178 6 mo post op (July 18th)– 174 7 mo post op (Aug 18th)- 178 - went on vacation and ate big (7 day cruise) 8 mo post op (Sept 18th)- 174 9 mo post op (Oct 18th)- 170 10 mo post op (Nov 18th) - 167 11 mo post op (Dec 18th) - 170 - haven’t even been trying 12 mo post op (Jan 18th 2008)- 174 - again, not trying. But finally refocused - exactly where I was at 6 mos post op – so basically no weight loss in the past 6 mos 13 mo post op (Feb 18th) - 183 - Ouch! started taking steroids and made my weight go up, along with not eating right and no exercise! 14 mo post op (March 18th)- 185 - grrrrr 15 mo post op (April 18th)- 180 - weight is finally going down, but inches are actually coming off faster since I've been exercising a lot. 16 mo post op (May 18th)- 178 17 mo post op (June 18th)- 175 18 mo post op (July 18th)- 179- still not focussed:sad: 19 mo post op -(Aug 18th) - 178 - focussed again - This time I am committed to getting to goal and will not stray! I do not ever want to see the 180's again!

Highest weight - November - 2007 248 Banded 1/18/07 1 mo post op (Feb 18)- 206.8 2 mo post op (March 18) - 198 3 mo post op (April 18th)- 193 4 mo post op (May 18th)- 184.2 5 mo post op (June 18th(- 178 6 mo post op (July 18th)– 174 7 mo post op (Aug 18th)- 178 - went on vacation and ate big (7 day cruise) 8 mo post op (Sept 18th)- 174 9 mo post op (Oct 18th)- 170 10 mo post op (Nov 18th) - 167 11 mo post op (Dec 18th) - 170 - haven’t even been trying 12 mo post op (Jan 18th 2008)- 174 - again, not trying. But finally refocused - exactly where I was at 6 mos post op – so basically no weight loss in the past 6 mos 13 mo post op (Feb 18th) - 183 - Ouch! started taking steroids and made my weight go up, along with not eating right and no exercise! 14 mo post op (March 18th)- 185 - grrrrr 15 mo post op (April 18th)- 180 - weight is finally going down, but inches are actually coming off faster since I've been exercising a lot. 16 mo post op (May 18th)- 178 17 mo post op (June 18th)- 175 18 mo post op (July 18th)- 179- still not focussed:sad: 19 mo post op -(Aug 18th) - 178 - focussed again - This time I am committed to getting to goal and will not stray! I do not ever want to see the 180's again!

I'm trying to watch my calories - her is yesterdays Grams Calories = 950 Fat = 53.4 (too much fat - it was the cookies I ate that put it this much fat!) Carbohydrate 51.5 Protein 68.1 Wt 179.5