Can't be without my friends. You all are a big part of my success.

OK I am wide awake! Staying at Mama's tonight, we have an early morning doctor appointment. Mama feel yesterday, what a week, state survey and in the middle,,, my mom calls. She is crying, she has fallen and afraid she has killed the babies, i.e. the babies meaning the singing bear and her snow tiger. OMG, so off I go, call hubby, he beats me to her apartment and sure enough she has fallen, into, on top of her coffee table. Babies are fine, mama is bruised and coffee table broke.

OK, I called the youngest.. I am done, mama has to move, this is ridiculous, She can not live by herself and I have to work. I told them both I had made a decision if they could not and mama either moved in with me or they found her a place but she could not live by herself without constant supervising.

All this results in a tight band, I did manage to eat and get my calories in but it was difficult. When this stressed the head hunger creeps in and I want to eat more than I should but my lovely band lets me no very gently that, that is a no no. I tried some strawberries with whip after dinner and 3 bites and in the trash it went.

This is why I love my band, I was always an emotional eater, the band helps me with that. It forces me to deal with he issues at hand and not find comfort in a bag of chips or bowl of ice cream. When I am super stressed, sliders do not even work for me.

Hubby told me today I looked like an old women. Hmmm, I think I take offense to that. Do I look old? I know I look a little stressed and yes I have some loose skin but do I really look that bad? Honesty please, Carole and Teri, you both will be seeing me in a few weeks and I need some honesty from my friends, so at our meeting I need your input about how I really look. Seriously I need to know, getting paranoid.

I ran into a lady today at work on the elevator and she said,"Honey you are so tiny," I looked at her and said, "I used to be really fat." She looked back at me and said, " Well I would never in a million years guessed you were every fat, you look amazing," So if a stranger thinks I look OK, why does my family think I am too thin. Maybe it is just the dramatic change in my looks. Guess I need to stop obsessing.

I do eat, and I do eat normal stuff. I just have to work at it harder some days than others. Today this is what I ate and you tell me what is so bad.

Breakfast oatmeal with egg whites with diced apples, blueberries and sunflower seeds with raw sugar

Snack: Apricot Kind Bar

Lunch: Cup Broccoli cheese Soup and French Baguette from Panara bread

Dinner: 1/2 single serve Birds Eye cheese and broccoli and 1/2 Chili Lime chicken and rice(lean cuisine)

Bonus: pino noir and I forgot I also had some Mexican Trail Mix at work.

2 strawberries with whip

Now that all calculates out to about 1300 calories so what is wrong with that day???

I know shut up and go to bed Diane, right! so goodnight all, sweet dreams.

Hey Teri, I reviewed your dairies on MFP, Looks like you are doing pretty good with choice, Suggestion, your protein needs to be more consistent and toward the high side to lose consistently. My experience with the band has been when I am high on the protein, more of an Atkins type diet between 70-80 gms I lost weight faster. Just a suggestion. Also the French bread from Panara was awesome, I had one yesterday also and it took me a while but it was the best thing I have eaten for a while.

hugs Diane...your family id guess are just worryed about you.....and like mine ...have never seen us thin...so usually when you see some one loose alot of weight its due to them being sick....From your pics...nope I cant imagine you fat.....you look so good......and it sounds like you eat hood !!!

Carole I worry you are to tight....I was like that and when I had a few dys that i would be able to eat then WHAM...till I had a bad stuck and had to go get all out of the band...let it stay out for 3 days.....and when he pulled it all out there was more in then dr had said.......so he put most not all back.....I worry ....

Janet...Maddy sounds like a trip.....just as CJ can be....he is shaking his head no right now as nurse trys to get him ready for school....

Im off with my neice today for her birthday present of getting er nails done ....

Have a great day Ladies ......

Good morning ladies, Just a quick hello before getting that UHaul started.

Diane, I'm glad you called yoir brothers and told them how it was going to be. You do have to save your mom from herself.

I think you look marvelous, but like Dee, I can see how they would think you might look thin. My mom has worn glasses my whole life, she had her eyes fixed and doesn't need glasses anymore, so when I see her with no glasses, I think she's sick (only time without glasses. Now Ange is trying to conserve her contacts and is wearing glasses, she looks sick b/c its the only time she wears glasses. Go figure, our brains are slow to catch up.

Plus your family propably doesn't see you eating much, so they presume that you're not.

I think your food log looks great!

Carole, I'll be glad when you see your new Dr. I pray he is great and can help you figure out whats going on.

Have you got use to the idea that Jack is not on vacation and is there for the long haul now?

I'll talk to the rest of you later. SIL is ready to move.

Love you all!

Mini I didnt know it was nat run day .....

I did a lot of walking yesterday...if I had known I would of tryed jogging just a lil..LOL

Last thing I wanna do is hurt my knees and not be able to walk !

Good for you staying on top of the game !

Good late morning all,

It seems that I will never be a morning person...even when I was in private practice, my first appointment of the day was not until 11am...but did work until 7pm.

Dee, I have very little Fluid in my band now...and I know it is too tight, only it is not too tight most of the time. I just never know what precisely or when it will decide to be too tight. I've even cut my portion size of carbs down, thinking my meals were too large in portion. The reflux is still there in the evenings. I stopped drinking ice tea, because it seemed that some of the reflux was after drinking tea. Still no solution. I also hope that this physician will have some new insights to share with me.

Good morning all, expecting TS Andrea to bring rain here to the marina later. Just posted a storm warning on our web site. Bad weather seems to follow me.

Janet good luck with the move, hope the rain there is not too bad!

All.... BBL Love you!

Janet...

Yes, we are still adjusting to spending so much time together...but mostly it has so far been an easy transition. I still find that time with Jack when we are both in the kitchen the most difficult for me. So I do my best to minimize it.

The house is large enough, with so many different projects going on we rarely see each other during the day except for lunch, or when we leave the house for errands. So far, so good. Jack still does not miss work, only a few of his closest friends there. it's nice in the evenings when he does not have to go to bed so early because he is not having to get up so early. The dogs still wake him up around 7:30, but he is not minding at all!

Thinking of you today with the move and the weather...I hope everything goes well with minimal rain bands.

Terri...

We did not know until the tropical storm until last evening...will you all have increased wind and tides from the storm?

I guess most of the rain will be to the east of us, though it has been raining here off and on since last evening.

Hope you are enjoying your stay despite the weather!

Diane...so pleased to read that you have reached some realizations regarding your situation with your mom. Safety and sanity are the primary considerations. And stress does take a cumulative toll on the individual.

Your menu from yesterday would not have passed muster with my physician in FL...but if your Protein is adequate that's all that matters. Way too many carbs for Dr. Kim...but you need them to help you maintain your weight. I am nowhere near that place in my journey.

Interesting note to me is that you and I are both "emotional eaters"...and now when I am upset my band tightens and I can't even drink Water. Regardless, you have excellent insights into what works for you and you are using your band to assist with your coping skills.

I hope you have a better day than yesterday...

Dawn...good to know that Erica has been able to put some of your concerns to rest with her communication. She will remember this time in her life forever!

Sorry to read about some of your band issues...Heaven knows that I am not in a good place with my band either. I have to learn how to keep from allowing stress to affect me like it is presently.

With a new job, different responsibilities, the empty nest, the move, ect...you are under much stress as well.

Perhaps meditation would help? I have attempted this for myself...my mind just never slows down for it to be effective.

Hope you will be feeling better...and seeing the scale move again!

Raining now but should get a bit worse tomorrow, at least Otis not right overruns.

We will dose out honesty. Hang in there you are right about your mom but I don't like the thought of her at your house. You need a place to yourself.

Good news is I've dropped another lb. bad news is I am exhausted! I'm home for the rest of the day. Just couldn't stay at my desk. I haven't been sleeping that much. Cant sleep at night then get up early for whatever reason.

The rest of this day will be spent on chillax!

Mini your looking really great !

Terri I hope all you do get is rain....