Who's out there? We don't have too long to wait!!!:clap2:

Thanks Mini....congrats on your NSV!! I too have had that feeling of being so excited about fitting into something and not liking it so much anymore but....hey it fits, thats all that counts!

I was happy to make my half way mark but yesterday I had salad, pizza, a couple of chips and a chocolate cookie....YIKES!!!!

Back to being good today! I will not weigh in, it may be a little too scary.

Metal band, Notice you said a couple of chocolate chips and "a" cookie. Remember when it would be a couple of handfuls of chips and a couple of rows of cookies! Now today your back on track. That was almost impossible before. You are doing great!

Tee Hee, I am so excited and feel so good again that I can hardly contain myself!

Weazer

mini - I can totally relate to the tightness of your band. I am scheduled for another fill the Monday after Thanksgiving but there is no way I can be any tighter. I to PB after the first couple of bites and then can come back to the table and get the rest down. I have found that if I have some hot tea first, it really helps loosen the band so the food will go down. I always do it if I am out with friends and family, saves a trip to the bathroom to clear the pipes. The thing you really need to be careful of is getting enough nutrition down. My body thought I was starving it, which I probably was, so it just refused to drop any more weight. I started drinking two protein shakes and drinking the hot tea so I could eat more and it finally starting to move again, very slowly. Good luck with it. . . .

Mini....you are so right about the handfuls of chips and the rows of cookies!! I just don't want to head back down that slippery slope!

Wenjea.....I have been drinking the hot tea also. I am not sure if it works but I have not barfed in 3 days. It gets so bad that I feel like there isn't restriction if I did not puke today. Not good!

Metal band - When I was PBing everything I was thinking how easy it would be to become a bulimic. I drug out all my old Weight Watchers stuff to make sure I was eating enough and I wasn't even close. When eating is such a hassle it is just easier not to eat and my frame of mind was going there and the scale wasn't moving at all for weeks so I got my act together and things are doing better again.

Wenjea, So your at 26 cc wonder how much he will give you this time. Prob to about 3 or 3.25 just where I am. It really gets tight here..really really tight. about the bulemic thing..if I am honest and admit that the first several months I would have this sort of sick satisfaction when I pb's because I new it was calories lost. Now after the six month mark, most stuff I eat is healthy and I need the nutrician and I am always praying it will stay down! The warm tea does help, so does really cold stuff. I like to drink a can of low sodium v-8 before lunch because it is a serving of vegetable. I drink the protein shakes but they are so good that they feel like cheating to me. I always want another so I have to limit my use of them to like one or two every other day or so. I'm not sure how many calories I'm consuming each day but I know it's around 900-1200. I think I'm doing pretty good nutricianlly. Thank goodness. I think we are all doing great!

Sandra, havn't heard from you. How are you doing?

Weazer

Way to go Ragdoll, I bet you are at Onderland right now!!

Cindy

Way to go Ragdoll, I bet you are at Onderland right now!!

Cindy

Not yet. I REALLY want to make it by Thanksgiving. My scale stays the same for several days and then 3 or 4 days in a row will go down. I so badly want to be able to tell my family I went from 261 to 199. Dont get me wrong 202 is still VERY good there is just something about being able to see a 1 on the first of those numbers that I have not seen in MANY years that will make me feel amazing. I am still trying to think of a way to reward myself when that happens. Pre-band food would have been a reward, now that just doesnt sound appealing at all. Maybe I will get another tattoo :eek:

Weekly weigh in this AM. No longer morbidly OB. Guess thats something to cheer about.

Yippie for me..

hello all...

I'm now a Mrs!!!

The wedding went very smooth... but was over before I knew it...

We are on our honeymoon in Hawaii...and I LOVE IT HERE!!!

....I'll post some pics once I get a chance!!!

Melissa...

CONGRATS!!!

4RE4ME...

Ditto to you!!! It feels great to shed that "MORBID" label!!! Next will be OB!

Melissa,

Congratulations. Hope you're having a great time!!

Cindy

Melissa . . . what are you doing talking to us???? Go out their and enjoy the sun and your new husband, you are on your honeymoon for goodness sake. Go show off that new bod . . . and bring some sun home for me! Have a great honeymoon!

hey everyone, is anyone else struggling with the holiday munchies and goodies that are everywhere? I am letting sugar slip back into my diet and am feeling very guilty for it. I was at Costco and they were serving brownies . . . yum. It was in my mouth before I knew it! Followed by guilt. . .

Congrads Melissa! Enjoy you honeymoon!

Wenjea - Not struggling yet but yesterday I found out I am going to be a Gramma for the first time. This is great news of course but, the sad part is that she is not married. So I allowed myself yesterday to mourn for her and to wallow a bit in depression...went and bought a Whitman's Sampler. I ate some of it (planned on stuffing the whole box) but, I just couldn't do it and it didn't fill the empty hole in my heart so I took it out to the staff to eat.

Today only joy and peace. Babies are always a blessing and I am going to enjoy every minute of this from here on out.

Blessings, Weazer