March already?? Where has it all gone? We are now heading into 10 months if banding and I see some of us have reached goal already! Congrats Neal! You rock dude!!

I am now officially down 72 pounds. 208! 9 more pounds to onderland. March is going to be good to me.... I can feel it! Last May I was wearing size 22 pants and 3x tops. Today I am wearing size 16 skinny fit cords from Old Navy and a size XL top. The cords are being held up by a belt and this may be one of the last times I am able to wear them I am afraid. I do have some 14's that I can fit into very comfortably now! I am wearing a bunch of my hubbys sweaters and jackets as all of mine are huge on me now. Men's L fits me great!

I have been struggling the past week or so with life in general. As some of you know I injured my knee almost 4 weeks ago at derby practice. That has really kept me down. I haven't been able to practice or do much of any form of excercise. I had planned on getting into the gym starting last week and working on the stationary bike and doing some strengthening on my knees but I cam down with a terrible flu bug that wiped me out for a whole weel. I missed most of the week from work and barley had enough energy to make it to the bathroom from bed and back. My eating has slowed considerably to the point my hubby is concerned that I am not getting in enough calories. I have appeased him by adding a Protein drink to my daily diet and I admit, it makes me feel better. I am going to see my ortho doc today about my knee and hope to be back on skates next week. I think that alone will greatly improve my general well being.

I will get some new pics posted ASAP!!!

Peace.

Hey everyone! Haven't been able to get online because our 2.5 day blizzard has knocked out my internet. I'm stealing the neighbor's wireless signal right now. I tried to get a hold of my internet company, but they, along with the rest of the town, have been shut down since Wed. Hopefully I can get a hold of them to come fix me up before I go crazy! Right now I have to hold my laptop in the right angle on BOTH my kness and hope and pray that I don't lose the signal.

Anyway, my week has sucked. I haven't lost anything, haven't gained anything, but today I had a terrible PB out of the blue. I had a small piece of New York strip along with a small salad and some ice tea for dinner and all the sudden......oh, yuck! It all came back up! And the SLIME......not good. I don't know why, I've actually been feeling pretty good lately. Maybe it's just a reaction to all the stress from the storm this last week that finally caught up with me. (working where I do, snow...especially a whole lot of snow...is very, very stressful - especially when I had to run roadblocks to get home the Wed. and Thurs. -- I imagine they close roads for a reason??? LOL!)

Anyway, when I get my internet back up and running right, I will check in again!

Marz - Sooo happy to hear from you. Congrats on the weight loss. I'm very proud of you for handling everything that you have gone through in the last few months so well! You are an inspiration! Congrats also on getting the fill. I can totally relate to the grazing thing, it is a constant battle for me to avoid doing that. For example.. yesterday we had a very late lunch.. like 4:30. So I was hungry by 8:00 pm. Instead of having a small meal, I ate Funyuns(fake fried onion-ring chip things), part of a piece of pecan pie, and some raisinettes. Well that lasted about 30 minutes and then I was hungry again.. so I ate a small bowl of chili. If I had just eaten the chili to start with, I could have saved myself a few hundred calories! Geesh! When will I learn? In my defense I am PMSing! Marz- good luck getting started on your biking, you can do it!

Marci - great to hear from you. Sorry about the blizzard thing, I hadn't heard about that. What part of the country are you in? We have been experiencing extremely mild weather here in the southeast.. several days have been in the mid to upper 80's. Seems like we skipped right over Spring and went directly to Summer! So sorry about the PB, I've only had that happen once, but I am definitely not looking forward to another one. STRESS will do it! Mine happened during a stressful eating situation! Hope the snow melts soon.

Have a great week Maysters!

Checking in everyone. My unfill still going well. I've dropped 2.4 lbs. However it is now my TOM so I am hoping I don't eat the house this week. I am pretty loose right now. Hope you all are enjoying April so far. We are so close to our bandiversary!

WOOWZER Alicia what a pretty avatar. I am so glad you changed it. You really show off how pretty you are in this one.

Well I am now officially in the 230's. Been a long time since I have seen this low of a weight. I have lost almost 50 pounds so far.

I did FIVE minutes on the elliptical yesterday without stopping. My 16 y/o can only do three.

Glad to hear everyone is checking in and doing well.

Has anybody heard from Paladin and 3loves? I wonder how their trip to Oklahoma went. Ya'll CHECK IN please!!!!

Myra

Good going Alicia! I can relate to TOM! I'm about to start so my band is VERY TIGHT today, but come tomorrow and the next few days it will be WIDE OPEN! Whats up with that?:omg:

Myra - keep up the great work, you are doing awesome!:clap2:

Paladin!!!! 3loves!!! Where are you guys?

Hello Everyone! Hey, Kim, I live in NE Wyoming. March and April have always been the worst times for blizzards. But when the snow melts, it is so GREEN!

I had a NSV on Sunday. We went up to Billings, MT (about 3 hours away) and since we were up there and they actually have a mall and clothing stores, unlike here where all we have is Walmart, I decided to look for a dress for my son's wedding. I found a beautiful skirt that was a large that actually fit without being tight or anything. Then I found a shirt that looked good with it. The sales lady brought me the shirt and another one with a bit different style. I tried on the one shirt and it was too tight across the chest and they brought me back an XL in both. I tried on the one and told the sales lady, "hmmm, no, I don't like it...." and she said, "well, no wonder, it's too big!" Too big??? AN XL too big???? It made my day. Needless to say, I found a nice white shirt to go with my pretty sage green skirt and I'm set for the wedding. The wedding theme is "a casual summer picnic" so the skirt and shirt are perfect. Now I just need shoes. We have to go back to Billings at the end of April and I will find my shoes then.

I didn't do my walk/run yesterday because I was building a chicken cage for my 6 chickens I bought last week. My DH isn't very happy with my chickens and they are getting too big to keep in a large tub in my laundry room much longer. They'll go into the storage shed in thier new enclosure until all the snow melts, then I will build them a chicken house. I wonder how long that will take since just building a 3x3x7 cage took me all afternoon and into the evening and I'm STILL not finished. I have to make a door for it still so I can get in and clean it out.

I just read back a few pages (I missed some with my internet down) and saw that we have a new challenge! I'll join in. May 1st is my bandiversery. That's about 6 weeks. So a pound a week will be 6 lbs. Sounds doable! That would get me under 190.

Have a great day!

Thank you Myra!

Myra and Marci you both are doing great!

I suspect Drews will post soon with an update on Roller Derby and possibly to make our new thread.

Oh yeah, by the way - I found out my insurance covers a version of tummy tucks!

Hey Duckie! Great to hear from you! Wow, I've never been to Wyoming or Montana, but I bet it is beautiful after the winter season is over. Everything here has bloomed.. dogwood trees, tulips, buttercups, etc. Now our weather is supposed to turn off cold again. Mother Nature can't make her mind up here in Tennessee.

Duckie- Congrats on finding an outfit for the Wedding! I love the theme! Congrats on the XL being too large, that is awesome! Good luck with the chicken coup, that would be a major undertaking for me, I wouldn't know where to begin to build it! I admire your abilities. Good luck on the Bandaversary Challenge, I know you can do it! BTW - 3 HOURS AWAY FROM A MALL?!?! I WOULD DIE!! I live about 7 minutes from a small mall and about 25 from the largest mall in Tennessee/Northern Georgia area. I would have a lot more money if I didn't live so close, though. Have a great day!

Okay I am bumping pretty close to 50 pounds lost. I have resisted trying on clothes to see if I have shrunk in sizes. But today my husband took off his sweat shirt (which used to be mine before I outgrew it) and I decided to see if I could wear it again. IT WAS TOO BIG!!!!!!!!!

So then I tried on a 2X sweatshirt and wasn't too small either.

I bought 4X shirts in Oct. 06 for a mini vacation and they are hanging on me.

Duckie good job on the wedding skirt. That sounds like it will be a beautiful wedding.

Too strange.

Myra

Yeah Myra!!!!!!!! It is wonderful to hit a goal isn't it?! Keep up the good work. I bought my first size 18 in years (friends had given me a few pair) and it was so awesome to buy something that I didn't think I'd ever buy again in my life. Enjoy the smaller sizes and relish the feeling of clothes that are too big.

Well I totally blew following any kind of bandster rules this weekend.

How did everybody else do over the holiday?

Myra

I did okay.. Too many desserts! Too much macaroni and cheese! I'm back on track today... refused to bring fattening Easter leftovers for lunch. Don't fret over it Myra.. today is a NEW day!

Sorry that I'm slacking... I've been sick.

Off to make an April thread!

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/may-06-bandsters-t33032.html?p=438748

Here ya go!!