tonya66

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

Name_________Start Weight ____Goal____ Lbs lost____Current Weight *****:cool2:********** **********:thumbup:******:tt2:**********:w00t:***** aJoneen............230.........220.......5.......... Bea1128............220.........199.......5.......... Babs0101...........185.........170.......0.......... blesdbyonmzur......159.........148.......4.......... BTTRFLI1432........221.........210.......6..........215 Bunkey1965.........212.........189.......16.........195 Chocolate_Snaps....254.........240.......6.......... Darr5380...........167.........155.......3.......... Epm316.............209.........199.......5.......... erikadawn..........199.........175.......0.......... FloridaGirl........235.........215.......0.......... HeatherO...........172.........155.......14.........158 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..........212.........200.......9.......... Luu2008............219.........189.......16.........203 Luv2Laugh..........232.........212.......0.......... luvinke............206.........190.......0.......... mamato3............199.........184.......6.......... mcgreen............189.........175.......0.......... mdgarcia31665......225.........200.......0.......... melboyd............266.........255.......11.2.......254.8 Missrach...........269.........175.......25.........244 MollyMolly.........192.........182.......2.......... mominlv13..........316.........300.......10.8.......305.2 MSnika3............228.........204.......4.......... MyTurn.............250.........240.......0.......... 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.......9..........178 want_so_bad........170.........155.......0.......... Sades.......(7/16).192.5.......180.......8.6........ Sadie..............220.........199.......6.......... smwww..............189.........179.......3..........186 tp78...............212.........195.......7.......... __________________

I have been sick since Saturday and so I haven't worked out since Friday. I am feeling better today so I will go to the gym tonight! My menu Bfast - coffee w/cream, handful of nuts Lunch low carb tortilla, 3 oz of chicken, no skin, 2 tbs salsa, 1 oz cheese. 1/2 cup cilantro - (chicken taco - yum) (320 cal) snack - sugar free low cal chocolate pudding (60 cal) Dinner 1/2 pork chop, salsa, low carb tortilla (330 cal) Workout Upper body - biceps, triceps, shoulders, back, chest 45 min on elliptical machine

I have been sick since Saturday and so I haven't worked out since Friday. I am feeling better today so I will go to the gym tonight! My menu Bfast - coffee w/cream, handful of nuts Lunch low carb tortilla, 3 oz of chicken, no skin, 2 tbs salsa, 1 oz cheese. 1/2 cup cilantro - (chicken taco - yum) (320 cal) snack - sugar free low cal chocolate pudding (60 cal) Dinner 1/2 pork chop, salsa, low carb tortilla (330 cal) Workout Upper body - biceps, triceps, shoulders, back, chest 45 min on elliptical machine

That is so Wonderful!!!!!! The last 30 lbs for me is so difficult. I lost so fast in the beginning, Now I am just stuck. I know part of it is my eating has not been good. But for the past 4 weeks, its been pretty darn good. The weight barely comes off. No, this does not happen to me. My biggest problem is my head hunger and cravings. I crave sweets all the time. This weekend was a bad weekend and I gave in to my desires and ate everything chocolate. This morning as I was eating my oatmeal, I could barely get it down. I wish my band would be more consistant. I've got perfect restriction until around 4 pm, then its wide open. I think this is something that I will have to learn to live with. I need to eat lost of protein in the evening and quit rading the sweets.

.............because I haven't all weekend and It's time to get back on track.

I read Idiogirl's thread and thought I would jump in and offer to help anyone too. Unlike Indiogirl, I am a slow loser so I can certainly emphasize with those of you who are frustrated with slow weightloss. So, let me give a breif history of myself. I love chocolate, I was banded January 18, 2007 after years and years of yo yo dieting. I love chocolate, All diets did work for me, I love chocolate, but they were just a diet, the 2nd I ended "The Diet", all my weight came back, and then some (did I mention I love chocolate). So for all you who say they are sweet eater, meet your partner. I was so successful the first 6 months, matter of fact, thats when I lost most of my weight. But the 12 months following that, not so good. Well, I've been back for about 2 months now, and the weight is coming off again. My mind is back and I think I can offer helpful suggestions to those who "fell of the wagon and need to get back on". Or maybe those who are struggling with head hunger. How about those who are struggling to get the perfect fill - I'm on fill #11 and I do know how frustrating it is. So, any questions, comments, whatever, fire away.

Hi Jamie - I wish they could make a band for our head, don't you? The head hunger is the one thing the Band does not control. Last night, I was about to crawl into bed, I had just spent an hour at the gym doing my strength training, I felt so good about myself as this was the 4th straight week I had made it to the gym at least 5 times. So, back to last night, I'm laying there just reading and watching a little TV, and all of a sudden the cravings started, I was up out of bed before I knew it and grabed a bag of microwave popcorn to pop it and add some extra real butter, yum. Then I got a phone call, and lost track of what I was doing. After the phone call I realized I wasn't really hungry, just wanting something. It made me think what I can do instead of giving into my head hunger. I've thought about grabbing a magazine when I get the head hunger, I have a ton of SHAPE Magazine with all these beautiful shaped women. Anyhow, I'm going to start trying that, I thought I would give you a suggestion, see if it works. Another thing I thought about doing is write down my goals every morning, and re-look at them when I get that 3:00 craving for chocolate. I hope this helps Jamie, I wish there was something magically that we could do for the head hunger, but sorry to say, we're the only ones that can control what we put in our mouth. Best wishes to you and let me know if I can be of help to you. Do not give up!

Stacie, Sounds like you have a very fickle band, as my doc calls mine. A drop can make a huge difference to me. I'm at about 3.8cc's and I think I might need a tad more, but when I go to 4cc's I can't even swallow my saliva, Its horrible. I started having this trouble in November when I got overfilled, and since that time, I have not lost weight, so I do understand your frustration. One thing I realized is I kept waiting on the band to "work", but I wasnt doing my part. Once I started following the band rules, and quit testing the band, it started working. Weird, huh. I'm not saying that is what you are doing, I'm just simply telling what happened to me. I know it must be hard being self paid, I was fortunate enough to have my insurance cover mine, and I've had to have 11 fills, so I don't think I would be where I am today if I hadn't had the insurance. Here is my advice, First of all, you have to really sit down and have a long talk with yourself, your the only one that control what goes in your mouth. Try and start following the band rules - Proteins first, and see if that helps the real hunger. As far as the head hunger, I know its hard, but maybe instead of grabbing something that is bad, how about grabbing some fruit? Some grapes? Carrots? Trust me I do understand what you are going thru, I spent a year of eating and giving in to my head hunger, then I finally snapped out of it. The 2nd thing I would do is don't give up on getting your fill right, it takes a lot of patience sometimes, but try and tweak your fill, maybe just a few tenths of cc might do the trick. Trust me, I know this is a hard part, I've been trying to get that perfect sweet spot for almost 19 months now. Best wishes, and I will be here to help you whenever you need it.

Hi Babyblue71us - I would love to be your buddy, can you tell me a little about your situation? 1. When did you get banded 2. What type of band do you have (4cc, 10cc etc) 3. Do you have restriction now? 4. When was your last fill? 5. Are you eating Proteins first, or soft foods. Let me know a little about your situation and me and perhaps others can help you thru this. You can do this, its never too late so don't give up.

TracyinKS - just wanted to stop by and tell you I saw your pics on the Before/after thread, you look Amazing! Girl, keep it up, your looking like a model.:thumbup:

Well, here we go for the weekend.....My goal this weekend is stay on plan....I always seem to fall off the wagon on weekends. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. Monday will 19 months since banding, I was sure hoping to be at goal by now. But I am still 25 lbs from goal, I am hoping by my 2 year anniversary I will be at goal. Talk to everyone later

Had another good workout last night. Woke up this morning and sure felt smaller, I thought I would go ahead and weigh. I was down just a bit from yesterday, but I swear I feel so much smaller. It must be the inches I'm losing. Wt - 178.6 Tonight, I will workout my upper body and do 30 min of cardio. I am a cardio junkie these days. I love the elliptical because its so easy on my knees. It still hurts a bit, but not as much as the treadmill or even just walking around my house. Monday will be my 19th month Band Anniversary and I'm hoping to be at 175. I'm hoping I have a 3 lbs loss thru the weekend. I know that is a long shot, but that is what I am hoping anyhow. I'm so ready to be out of the 170's once and for good. The 160's Here I come!

Had another good workout last night. Woke up this morning and sure felt smaller, I thought I would go ahead and weigh. I was down just a bit from yesterday, but I swear I feel so much smaller. It must be the inches I'm losing. Wt - 178.6 Tonight, I will workout my upper body and do 30 min of cardio. I am a cardio junkie these days. I love the elliptical because its so easy on my knees. It still hurts a bit, but not as much as the treadmill or even just walking around my house. Monday will be my 19th month Band Anniversary and I'm hoping to be at 175. I'm hoping I have a 3 lbs loss thru the weekend. I know that is a long shot, but that is what I am hoping anyhow. I'm so ready to be out of the 170's once and for good. The 160's Here I come!

...........because I want to weigh less on Monday's weigh in.

Another pound bits the dust! Name_________Start Weight ____Goal____ Lbs lost____Current Weight *****:cool2:********** :biggrin:****************:tt2:**********:w00t:***** aJoneen............230.........220.......5.......... 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.......6..........203 erikadawn..........199.........175.......0.......... FloridaGirl........235.........215.......0.......... HeatherO...........172.........155.......13.........159 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..........212.........200.......9.......... 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.......0.......... NANAbanded.........225.........199.......7.......... Ninja..............204.........189.......5.......... NukeChik...........221.........199.......6.......... Ollie..............242.........210.......0.......... Redtulips..........194.........180.......10.5.......183.5 Renewedhope........174.........155.......5.......... ronni_NC...........243.........220.......0.......... slgandera..........185.........173.......7.......... StartingOver.......220.........205.......15......... Sunshine2..........187.........170.......9..........178 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..........

...........Because I want to fit into a new suit I bought by August 29th.

Vanessa, Thats a loaded question. My doc told me between 800 to 1200. Some say they don't lose if they eat less than 1000, some say they don't lose if they eat more than a 1000. I try and keep it simple, I try and eat my 3 oz of Protein at bfast and lunch, lean protein. Throw in a a veggie here and there and I lose. I figured it up once and I ate around 1100 calories. You might just play around with it, see what or how many calories it takes for you to see results.

I'm staying on plan because it is working, I'm losing finally!

As they say, third times the charm, this is my third time out of the 180's. So this time it is for good! This last fill I got is so wonderful. I am full of a relatively small amount of food. I can still eat, meat, bread, whatever, just not that much of it. I'm still debating whether to get another fill. If it continues like this until next month, I don't think I will. My weight this morning was 179.1. I'm just ready to get to my goal weight of 145, or even my doc's goal weight he wants me at 155lbs. I did not exercise last night, it was a long night and I knew I had to get up this morning with the kids to get them off for their first day of school. I will go tonight for sure. Today was my son's first day of his senior year and high school and my daughters first day of high school. They have not been in the same school since she was 7, so they are excited to be going to the same school again. Well, off to work I go.

As they say, third times the charm, this is my third time out of the 180's. So this time it is for good! This last fill I got is so wonderful. I am full of a relatively small amount of food. I can still eat, meat, bread, whatever, just not that much of it. I'm still debating whether to get another fill. If it continues like this until next month, I don't think I will. My weight this morning was 179.1. I'm just ready to get to my goal weight of 145, or even my doc's goal weight he wants me at 155lbs. I did not exercise last night, it was a long night and I knew I had to get up this morning with the kids to get them off for their first day of school. I will go tonight for sure. Today was my son's first day of his senior year and high school and my daughters first day of high school. They have not been in the same school since she was 7, so they are excited to be going to the same school again. Well, off to work I go.

I am down a few more pounds. This last fill I got might be the one that takes me to my ultimate goal! For the first time in 18 months, I've actually had to slow down eating. This is my 11th fill and I'm hoping it works! So far, so good! Name_________Start Weight ____Goal____ Lbs lost____Current Weight *****:rofl:********** **********:crying:******:rofl:**********:rofl:***** aJoneen............230.........220.......5.......... Bea1128............220.........199.......5.......... Babs0101...........185.........170.......0.......... blesdbyonmzur......159.........148.......4.......... BTTRFLI1432........221.........210.......6.......... Bunkey1965.........212.........195.......13.........199 Chocolate_Snaps....254.........240.......6.......... Darr5380...........167.........155.......3.......... Epm316.............209.........199.......5.......... erikadawn..........199.........175.......0.......... FloridaGirl........235.........215.......0.......... HeatherO...........172.........155.......12.........160 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..........212.........200.......9.......... 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.......0.......... 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.......8..........179 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.......... __________________

I just got my results back from my biopsy and it is A benign tumor. Well, that is one relief off of my shoulders - how about you mommi-hammi? Any knews? I just found out that there will be more layoffs at my job. They are flying in tomorrow and we have to train them on our stuff (the new company) which tells me, we will be laid off eventually. I have been here 10 years, so I should get a pretty good severence package. I am just not going to worry about it. I am sure I can find another job, but I just won't make what I'm making now. They pay me very well and from what I've seen at other companies, they are not paying what I make. I'm fortunate to only owe $30K on my house, I have 5 year left to pay on it. So If I am laid off I think I can just take money out of my 401K and just pay it off. Even though I would be penalized, at least I would not have to worry any longer about losing my house. Thats my plan anyhow, a worse case plan, if I can't find another job. So, as you can see, life is hectic but I'm still making it to the gym. And I've been eating really good. My restriction is still with me, I'm shocked. I still don't have to take small bites of food, but I do have to slow down a little. Especially if I'm drinking something. Hope all is well with everyone.

Well, everything is going along. Weight is just staying on, but I'm losing a little here and there. I've been making it to the gym, last night I was so tired and almost blew it off, but I knew I needed to go. I didn't do my strength training, however, I did do over 30 min on the elliptical and burned about 325 calories. So, I was happy that I went. My fill #11 is still going pretty good. I think I might need to be just a tad tighter but I'm afraid to go back. I fear that I will get too tight, or he'll take too much out of the fill and not fill me back up right? My band is so tricky, just a tad makes a huge difference. I'm debating on rather to just stay like I am. I am scheduled to go again in September, I believe its the 17th. However, I might just cancel it. I will wait and see how I am when the time runs around. My eating has been going pretty good. Last night I did eat a very small peice of cheesecake my daughter made, but it was small and I was full after I ate it and didn't eat dinner. Menu today 1/2 cup cereal with strawberries and skim milk lunch chicken breast (3 oz) and pinapple snack cottage cheese dinner fish/salad wt. 181.5:unsure:

Well, everything is going along. Weight is just staying on, but I'm losing a little here and there. I've been making it to the gym, last night I was so tired and almost blew it off, but I knew I needed to go. I didn't do my strength training, however, I did do over 30 min on the elliptical and burned about 325 calories. So, I was happy that I went. My fill #11 is still going pretty good. I think I might need to be just a tad tighter but I'm afraid to go back. I fear that I will get too tight, or he'll take too much out of the fill and not fill me back up right? My band is so tricky, just a tad makes a huge difference. I'm debating on rather to just stay like I am. I am scheduled to go again in September, I believe its the 17th. However, I might just cancel it. I will wait and see how I am when the time runs around. My eating has been going pretty good. Last night I did eat a very small peice of cheesecake my daughter made, but it was small and I was full after I ate it and didn't eat dinner. Menu today 1/2 cup cereal with strawberries and skim milk lunch chicken breast (3 oz) and pinapple snack cottage cheese dinner fish/salad wt. 181.5:unsure: