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Thanks, i'll definately try that! WASaBubbleButt, how do you cook the veggies and do you season them?

Isabella - is your age right??? you are only 16 and were able to get banded??? I gotta say you are a beatiful girl at 170 !!!

I put my veggie in a pot add Water to cover and boil - I cook my veggies to death cuz that's the way i have always liked them - drain and spray with i can't beleive it's not butter spray - salt & pepper.

I don't feel that my band changes during the day or night as i can eat whenever - but I am a night time eater too - I know that you have heard this before - but you really shouldn't go all day with out eating...

Good luck baby girl..

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Thanks IndioGirl. Yep, the age is right :eek: lol. For the most part, i drink protien shakes during the day and then binge like crazy at night. My restriction fluxuates like crazy...

I'm not that great at cooking, so please tell me, what veggies do you boil and for how long? :P and does this satisfy you/your hungar?

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Hey, you look great. I am always eating what I feel like is a pig at night too! I am way too tight in the am. alway pb'ing in the am. Just get your Protein in by using shakes during the day but be careful for too many liquid calories.

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Thanks, i'll definately try that! WASaBubbleButt, how do you cook the veggies and do you season them?

I cook them by going to Panda Express and ordering a side of Mixed Veggies. :eek: 80 calories and they are great.

I am a really horrible cook. :P

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Thanks IndioGirl. Yep, the age is right :eek: lol. For the most part, i drink protien shakes during the day and then binge like crazy at night. My restriction fluxuates like crazy...

I'm not that great at cooking, so please tell me, what veggies do you boil and for how long? :P and does this satisfy you/your hungar?

Isabella -

I love yellow crooked neck squash - zuchinnee (sp) - I mix these 2 togerther - I am not a cook who really times or measure (grew up cooking and loving food = hence why i am fat) but i would say for 15 -20 minutes. I also love brussel sprouts - spinach - carrots - califlower

I just cook until done (soft) drain and spray and yes they help with night hunger - and they way i look at it you are getting alot fewer calories eating vegges than you doing eating mash potatoes -

I think that most of the time that we do not accept that we are full we just want to continue to eat cuz it taste good - it's that way for me - I have to really stop myself alot as my tummy is truely full but i want to keep eating... it's hard to distingush between the two sometime...

Do you live on your own?? Is that your baby?? - I was a young mom too that's why i ask...

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...on occasion when I've really felt like pigging out on something that happens to be in the house, I've eaten an apple....

That's my newest trick--I slice a tart apple (Granny Smith or Macintosh) paper-thin, then salt the heck out of it. A healthy alternative to potato chips.:hungry:

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Isabella -

I love yellow crooked neck squash - zuchinnee (sp) - I mix these 2 togerther - I am not a cook who really times or measure (grew up cooking and loving food = hence why i am fat) but i would say for 15 -20 minutes. I also love brussel sprouts - spinach - carrots - califlower

I just cook until done (soft) drain and spray and yes they help with night hunger - and they way i look at it you are getting alot fewer calories eating vegges than you doing eating mash potatoes -

I think that most of the time that we do not accept that we are full we just want to continue to eat cuz it taste good - it's that way for me - I have to really stop myself alot as my tummy is truely full but i want to keep eating... it's hard to distingush between the two sometime...

Do you live on your own?? Is that your baby?? - I was a young mom too that's why i ask...

No, i don't live on my own.. i live with my parents and that is me with my baby cousin in California.. lol i don't really have any other pics of me because i always use to stay clear of the camera. :eek:

Thanks for the cooking advice! I like fending for myself.. i'd rather cook them than have my mom do it. I'm pretty independant

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No, i don't live on my own.. i live with my parents and that is me with my baby cousin in California.. lol i don't really have any other pics of me because i always use to stay clear of the camera. ;)

Thanks for the cooking advice! I like fending for myself.. i'd rather cook them than have my mom do it. I'm pretty independant

Yes I know how independent you 16 yrs olds are :)- I was there once myself - infact i had my own place and have been on my own since I was 16 . I have a grandson who lives with me and he's 16 too - He thinks he's grown half the time.:eek:.. I can't beleive I am doing this a 2nd time... :P

I thnk it's great that you are independent - you will make a fine young lady who will be strong and knows what she wants...

Good luck to you on your journey to become healthly.... cuz you are beautiful as you were...

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