June 2007 Bandsters

[TexasFire 84]

YAY! We are there!

300!

[ingyrob 1]

I am 199.6 this morning, but like you missy I wonder if I can stay there, but it was good to see it. I wanted to shout it out this morning, but my DH and DS are asleep and it is not fair to wake them.

[mjsafari 0]

Congrats! Ingyrob - I made my husband come look the other day, when I was first there, so I had a witness. I was even 200.0 today. At least I am still headed mostly in the right direction!

[ja9va 0]

wow 300 PAGES!!!!!!! I need to read everyday, I had to go back four pages, sorry guys!!

Missy and Ingy welcome to ONDERLAND!!!!!!!! Great job!!

Missy, I can relate to getting mad sometimes when you can't eat. I have been having a tough week eating anything at dinner time, it just won't go down. I am wondering if my TOM is coming. I will need to begin to look at the timing. My TOM is never regular either, so that is difficult.

STEF Wow, sorry to hear about your band. Now I am scared since I have had food struggle through the band. I slimed last night, but not to the degree you described. I really need to listen to the band and not eat what I know it is not working. I guess I keep trying and hoping I can eat it! eating slower and chewing, but it still does not work. I can drink and eat Soup and sometimes a energy bar or crackers, cheese. so the food is going down. At almost a year you would think I had it down to a science!!! But still LEARNING!

I loved your bike photos! you look lik a pro!

suzzzie congrats on the XL scrubs!! you earned it...soon you will be down to L! Vent any time, your experiences relate to us and we all learn from each other!

BANDAVERSARY!!! I mentioned this to my DH and he was like, " what is that!" well, something to celebrate!!

One final note, my grandson, Anthony James, was born on Sunday night! he is so tiny and beautiful! he has a 2 year old sister. I am to young to be a Nana!

[wombat712 2]

Woooohoooo 300 :tt2:

[ingyrob 1]

Hi Missy, sorry I forgot to contratulate you on "onederland", my excuse is that I was just writing a quickie before I went to work. I was really excited, but could not share it at home. I have only been under 200lbs once and it will be interesting to see what I am tomorrow morning. Anyway here's hoping we can keep under. How long do you think we will have to be there before we are sure? Good luck anyway.

Ingy

[mjsafari 0]

Until I get to 195 - I am not going to claim I can stay under 200lbs. I seem to take off and put on 5lbs at random. I am scheduled to see my primary care doc tomorrow. I hope he is going to let me have byetta, the glucaphage is just not helping.

CONGRATS on the new baby Janine! You are a healthy YOUNG grandma!

[Suzzzie. 3]

Yay for new babies Janine!!! Lol. My mom because a Grandma when she was 38. Maybe she was 39. I don't remember... Lol.

Went out to eat at Sweet Tomatoes with a friend tonight. I love going to eat with her. She is my super thin friend and she has been nothing but supportive of me from the begining. She is the only friend that I have who knows about my band, and will still go out and eat with me. Seriously. Maybe a few others will go out with me, but they hate watching me eat tiny portions, and tiny bites and chewing. Honestly, I hate watching them scarf down huge bites of things I could never dare to eat. Lol. Oh well. ANYWAY... so we went out and I seriously paid $10 to eat like 6 peas, a few peices of shredded cheese, 1 crouton, 1 small broccoli head, 2 sips of broccoli and cheese Soup, and a few sunflower seeds!!! Thats insanity. We laughed really hard about it and she said that she was going back for 'thirds' to finish eating our moneys worth. Haha. We had a good time.

Missy - I know what you mean about the scale... this morning I was back at 280.1. yesterday morning I was at 279.1. But (here's nasty TMI talk) I realized I hadn't had a bowel movement in like 3 days. So I doubled up on the Fiber today, which just made me gassy. I really felt like I SHOULD go tonight, so I did a suppository! Haha. I was desperate! I feel about 5 pounds lighter now. :redface: Yay me!

[ja9va 0]

Thank you all for the best wishes. My son and his wife have a daughter too, Elise, 2.5. She is wonderful, I was a grandmother at 47! I don't know how older grandma's keep up, I can't some times. But I am glad to be losing weight and healthier so I can be around and have fun with them!

I hear you about the scale, it is really a strange tool to dislike. I am stuck at 191 and can't move it. I hardly eat, and think I need to jump up some Protein or something to burn more calories. Does anyone have any ideas? I want to be in the 180's when I go back to my doctor in May. I really wanted to be at goal at my bandaversary, but won't make that..but I am better off than a year ago and need to focus on the positive.

have a great day

[bigbaby 4]

Congrats on all of the "one-derlands"...and the "new baby"...My next weight date isn't until May 1st. I have sabbatoged myself over the past few days....I ate chocolate cake for dinner and a snack last night.....Dag gum that cake for going down so easily!!!!

I'm having a garge sale tomorrow to get rid of my plus size clothes!!! I hope everythings goes fast. I posted it on craigs list and put an ad in the newspaper...

[o2bthin 0]

Okay, I have a couple questions for all of you.

How tight are you?

What are you eating BLD??

I found some of the greek yogurt (honey) by Oikos. A 5.3 oz container has 120 calories, 0 fat and 13 g Protein. I am able to eat this for Breakfast or a snack.< /p>

[ingyrob 1]

Good idea missy to wait until you are 195 before being sure that you are under 200, I think I will do the same.

Congrats Janine on the new grandchild. I have read or heard somewhere that if you change you diet completely, eating different foods, but keeping within your calorie target, that it kickstarts the weight loss. However it is a bit scary because you know you have been able to lose the weight before on your current eating plan.

Anybody dare try it?

[ingyrob 1]

I had a fill on 01.04.08 I now have 8mls in a 14cc band (or is it 8cc in a 14ml band, I can never remember, but you know what I mean) I was quite restricted at first but not very restricted now. Here is what I ate today.

Breakfast

I had a WW bar

Half a banana

Capaccino

Lunch:

Couscous salad

2ozs chicken breast

Dinner:

Lamb ( as big as the palm of my hand)

1.5 Potato

1oz carrots

1ozs Caluiflower

1ozs Broad Beans

Gravy

fruit Salad

snack

10 Almonds

coffee All milk

Several black coffees and glasses of Water throught the day

[Suzzzie. 3]

cc=ml. They are the same thing

I have (I think?) 8 or 8.5cc in a 10cc band. I'm pretty dang tight!

Today I had:

BREAKFAST:

2 oz OJ

SNACK:

FiberOne bar

LUNCH:

BeneFit yogurt (3oz of the 4oz container)

SNACK:

approx 7 Lays potato chips. (they were in the breakroom at work!!)

DINNER:

I haven't eaten yet, but am thinking about having either a hard boiked egg, or a Protein shake...

NO ONE can yell at me. Lol. I know I"m not getting protein in on a regular basis. I struggle with getting enough fiber. I wishthey made a fiber/protein bar!!! Ahh that would be heaven!!

[ingyrob 1]

Suzzie,

Thanks for the info on the ccs and mls .

You hardly eat anything compared to me. Maybe I eat way too much and that is why I am not losing very fast.

I think you guys are really good, carefully making sure you get enough Protein and nutrients. I find I eat way too many carbohydrates and this is without eating bread. I really used to eat a lot of bread and have tried to avoid it since being banded, as well as cakes, biscuits, chocolate and sweets because I think they are very addictive.

If I were advising a new bandster, I would advise them not to even start on the crapola as it is so addictive.