Happy Bandiversary, April 2006 Bandits!!!

also...Welcome to our '07 Newbies!

Can you believe it has been a year already? (How things have changed!) Usually, Julie starts this thread, but she is recovering from her TT and so I will substitute for her this month. We are adding a few new elements to our challenge so that it can accommodate everyone (go Newbies!)

CHALLENGE:

Bronze Medalists: 14 Exercise Sessions for 35-40 minutes

Silver Medalists: 17 Exercise Sessions for 40+ minutes

Gold Medalists: 20 Exercise Sessions for 45 minutes

RULES:

1. Count only one session per day.

2. Exercise the specified number of minutes.

You are allowed to split your time, if needed.

20 morning minutes + 20 evening minutes = 1 session

SO HERE WE GO!!!

Any questions?

Julie you are awesome, you go girl!

Tracey you are doing so great! Keep it up

I am over the omgosh I can eat phenomenon and am now sitting here with no amount of any real restriction. Early in the day I have some but by evening it's almost all gone. I am however taking advantage of this lack of restriction to fill up even my head! on veggies and fruit. Big salads with under 50 calories! and bowls of melon, yumm. I think tomorrow I might een try an apple! I just can't eem to do under 1000 caloires withou the restriction but I am staying below 1500 and eating all good healthy calories! Maybe having this period of healthy food at a little higher calorie range will help jump start my metabolism a little and help me lose a little more regularly, who knows. My scale isn't moving but my clothes are fitting differently, so I know I am losing inches. Tomorrow is a new month and I have to get to the gym and get in that habit again! These last two weeks I got way to slack, so I'm kicking myself in the heiny to get me moving again Who's starting the new months thread, Julie? Boo?

Congrats to all of our baby bandsters for having restriction. Isn't it grand to not be hungry?

I'm off to the gym for my final workout. I'll post when I get home!

(Lost a pound this morning and had about ten compliments at work. ALSO, two men WINKED at me today - hahaha! I didn't know they did that anymore.)

Tracy,

I want to do a little experiment with you to try and save you some anxt that might be (hopefully isn't, but might be) ahead. You game? You already know everything in this message, but I'm going to say it all in a particular order.

OK, here goes. Think about this feeling that you're having right now -- the feeling of being full on just a little bit of food feeling. Think about it really hard and remember it. Now, believe me on what I'm about to tell you. Ready?

You are probably going to lose that feeling very soon -- maybe even within a few days. When you lose it, it's going to be scary and you're going to doubt whether you'll ever get that feeling back. Now, comes the good part -- YOU WILL get it back. You will. I promise. You'll just have to wait it out until you get a good fill level, then you'll have it back and it'll carry you through a lot of weight loss.

Why is this crazy girl bursting my balloon of low-cal happiness, you ask? Because I want you to have the easiest time possible through "bandster hell" and I hope that if you preempt the feelings of fear and doubt that naturally come when you lose that feeling of easy fullness (by believing you can get them back), that you'll have an easier time. No matter how much we prepare, losing that feeling of easy fullness is always scary and traumatic. I want that to be minimized for you. Believe me -- you'll get it back. Read this post again if you get scared down the road when you lose that feeling, ok?

WOOHOO! Go Tracy! You're on the road to recovery. I can't to watch your progress.

Molly,

Why don't YOU start the new thread! I think a different member should start it every month, when possible. Of course, if you don't log on before noon or so, I'm likely to start it because I can't keep my big "mouth" shut about whatever is going on, but if you log on first, please start it!

Julie

Well, I only got thru part of my marathon day..........did my NIA and Core classes and realized I had this scratchy sore throat and a headache........first time I've been sick in over a year.........last time it was in March (I had my band surgery date in March, got sick and had to postpone it to April - just think.......if that would not have happened I would not have met you all!!!!...... and maybe still have been a couch potatoe....)............so went home before the end of my marathon day! I feel lousy, been drinking tea all afternoon and eve and am now going to hit the sack.

See you all on the April Bandit's May Challenge.

I just finished this month's challenge at 10:00. Now, on to May and more weight loss fun!

Tracy, I hope you don't have any problems with tomatoes and seasonings. Anything with a tomato base or spices caused me great pain for nearly the entire year.

Ok the new thread is up :girl_hug: I guess this means I need to be on my toes this month, no excuses

hey all :-)

I cant find the new thread? Whats the name?

April Bandits May challenge

Hi to you all otherwise!

Where r u all? Can't find the right thread!?