Great Idea - I will do it right now !!

Hi

I am Janet and I am a recovering food addict :wink2:

I was banded 7/17/07 - My starting weight was 250 - I'm 5'4

Today (just over 10 months out) I am 154 - size 8 pants (was 18/20) Medium tops (was 22/24)

I got banded as I wanted to extend the years that I have left on this planet and to do that I knew that I needed to lose weight.

The band has been the tool I needed. For the first time in my life I have been able to achieve this goal (actually getting to my goal weight)

If you want a buddy - support - help - suggestions - Please feel free to call upon me - I will gladly share my journey with you - the journey is still on going and by helping you I will be helping me (staying motivated and accountable) and then one day you can pay it forward and help someone else.

Apples - great to see you back here. Seems like you were gone forever.

I'll take your support with me to Guam, and feel, after the fill, my choices will take me back to the right track. The hotel has room service and I discovered in Florida and Las Vegas that the right items are available for we banders (when traveling). pacificislandclub.com

BTW - I bought my first Coach bag yesterday. Love it. Had planned to check them out in LV, but didn't work out. Needed just the right size and color for Guam.

LauraK - we love hearing about a new man in your life. Like reading a romance novel - step by step.

Hi all...read all your posts...sounds like everyone is doing great, I love that you all respond so well to each other!

I went to the Oakridge Festival today its like a craft thing in the woods, and walked and walked..bought a few things, had chicken off the grill for lunch, ate only a little and was full. When I came home, of course puppy wanted out, so I walked him, as I started to turn at the corner of my block, I thought--lets make it two, so I headed down to the next corner and came back around, two blocks tonight after walking all day. Had a Burger King $1.00 side salad for dinner, with some chicken breast on it. Feeling good. Need to get that Pedometer still, but I'd bet I walked 10000 steps today-my hips ache a bit, but gonna do it again tomorrow.

Congrats on the Casino win- Thats GREAT!

Peascorps-sounds like you had a wonderful day with your little one! My daughter took her little ones to the Orchard today and did about the same thing.

Thanks ALL for you kind words of encouragment!

Gonna take a bubble bath, get in my jammies and read--the hubby got me a book of short stories by Grisham -Ford County- a very sweet card and a pumpkin spice candle for sweetest day--hes learning--no candy for this gal. LOL

May you ALL have a peaceful evening!

Kimberly

Hey Kimberly...welcome to the thread. I hope you continue to stick around for support. It's nice to be with a group of ppl that understand what we are going through.

Hope you enjoy the John Grisham book. I read it a couple of weeks ago. I am usually not a short story person but these were pretty good. I love his books.

Apples, glad to see that green back. Don't let anyone imtimidate you. Do we need to kick some a$$ this group can do it.

That would be great for you guys if you can get your corn in in less days. good juju for your weather. of course in a couple of days it will be my weather. lol

Not sure if he is "the one" but was nice easy to talk to and I got my miles in.

LauraK

trying link again www.pacificislandclub/guam.com

one more time www.picresorts.com then go to Guam tab

Joyce...thanks...good going on the Coach. I have yet to buy one. I love Nine West and Stone Mountain. Just a plain ole' farm wife here.

Laura...thanks...and thanks for offering the kick-A$$. I can usually hold my own and there's a whole lot of kick-A$$ gonna happen in a legal way soon.

YAY Apples! I am glad you are back! You too Joyce......and the smaller outfit....congrats!

I just put together the new Lysol hands free soap dispenser. Oh boy, now the G-kids will surely wash their hands once they pass their hand across it.

Oh, Apples, I ordered the PB2 from Netrition. I also got a couple of cases of my favorite Protein bar......Light Muscle Milk Peanut chocolate caramel....a good price too 14.95 for twelve.

Janet, that is a good score considering you don't bowl very often. My DH and I met bowling. We were on a teenage team together. We bowled in a few leagues together. He wanted to be a professional bowler. His average was always over 200. We haven't bowled in years since all our joints and backs went south. I would be lucky to bowl a 50.

Goodnight Y'all !!!

Hi, I am a newbie to this thread. Just banded on Oct 6th and looking forward to everyone's support and ideas.

Hi, I am a newbie to this thread. Just banded on Oct 6th and looking forward to everyone's support and ideas.

Welcome...hope things are going well for you. Any questions?

Apples2 is back!!! Decided I'm not giving up my power to ANYONE.

Laura...sounds and looks like fun was had by all today. Such a nice photo of you and Nels together. That will make DH smile!...

OK...I missed some of you...so sorry. Will check back later. Nice to be back. (like it was soooooo long)....No one junking up your thread.

Apples~ I couldn't sleep and decided to get up and just see what was going on. Your post was like music to my ears! :thumbup:You never want to let anyone take your power. Glad you are doing your thang! :woot:Nels was afraid to get on the bus after that incident and I told him, don't let that bully know he got to you! I even said, it's someone who doesn't feel that good about himself to steal. Nels went on the bus with head held high and even made a decision on his own to be NICE to the kid. He was shocked that the kid turned into the quiet one suddenly! Thanks for the comments- we had a great day today. Weather was PERFECT!

Gonna try and go back to bed:sleep2:........TTYL peeps...peas

Apples - so glad to see you back. We drove down to a farming community just south of Springfield to drop DH’s deer off at the butcher. We have butchers here of course but he likes this particular butcher and it gives him an excuse to see his friend, who happens to be a farmer too. Weather has been treating him well too. He was busy but found time to go to dinner with us. It was a very fun, impromptu getaway. DH decided Friday morning to drive the deer down there and called me at work to let me know. A half an hour later I called him back and said how about if Charlie (my dog) and I come with you. I knew Charlie would just love being able to run on so much land. We just have a regular sized city yard 60x80. I called the motel to be sure that Charlie could come and they said ok. We brought his crate with so we could leave him to go to dinner. We all had a great time. Charlie was hysterical; he was just in heaven with all of the freedom. This was the first time he has ever been off leash outside of our yard. His exuberance was a joy to see. We even took him back in the wooded area and he went crazy with all of the different scents of animals. DH will go back down in a couple of weeks, when he has his vacation from work, and hunt by his friend. He can pick up the deer at that time. I will drive down for the weekend at that time to see hubby and spend time with our friends. His friend’s wife and I started planning for our next visit. She wants us to stay at the house but HD and I both prefer to stay at the motel. We never want to impose and while her offer is gracious, we turned it down. Heck, we want to visit, not move in.

Joyce, I looked at the link. The trip looks awesome. A swim though aquarium? Too cool. I hope you have a great time. If I remember right, don’t you have family there? Congratulation and fitting into your outfit. That is the best feeling in the world to fit into something you haven’t been in for a long time. You go girl.

LauraK, the miles always go by faster when you have someone to talk to. Glad you enjoyed your day.

Charlene, Good luck to Jacob showing his steer today!

Cheri, Your advice is very common sense and is quite good. I don’t know about everyone else here but over the years I had gotten so sedentary that I could not do most of the things on your list. Go on the park equipment? I couldn’t fit before. Sad, but true. It seems to be a vicious cycle, as you gain weight; you get more sedentary so you gain even more weight. The good news is, I managed to break the cycle and I can do those things now. It saddens me to think about all of the time I missed not being able to do things. I am ever so grateful for where I am right now. I am not at goal but I have the ability to do fun things again and truly enjoy them instead of sitting on the sidelines.

1 day, sorry you had such a scary experience. It may be best to start putting out applications; it doesn’t seem that this is a good fit for you in many ways. It doesn’t hurt to keep looking; after all you have this job now to fall back on until you find something better. Good luck.

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Help!! This morning I'm officiLly really worried. I am 2 years post up doing well. Ups and down but heading toward peace toward all good food. However it has been over 2 weeks that I am experiencing stomach pain especially in morning but all day as well. Going to call for tests tomorrow. Just scared today sunday

Help!! This morning I'm officiLly really worried. I am 2 years post up doing well. Ups and down but heading toward peace toward all good food. However it has been over 2 weeks that I am experiencing stomach pain especially in morning but all day as well. Going to call for tests tomorrow. Just scared today sunday

Sooverit...even though it is Sunday, if you are in pain and think you should not wait, seek medical attention. Please keep us updated.

Good Morning....

Laura...hope you got back to sleep. Perfect sleeping weather here. Had not turned the furnace on yet. Cold when we get into bed but nice and cool for sleeping. Down in the 30's overnight. Hit the heat button on the thermastat this morning to take the chill out.

Woke up to the phone VERY early. One of DH's buddies was working all night out in the feild and was stuck...DH is still over there trying to pull him out. One of the joys of farming.

Sandy....loved your story about Charlie having the best day of his life. Our Tanker has that every day. He's a lucky dog. We tend to take for granted what we have at our finger tips. You and DH revel in the fact that you can take a trip and go out to the country. I, on the other hand, look forward to getting off the farm to see real people. City mouse country mouse????

Joyce.......your resort looks wonderful. I am working on finding a place to take DH to for our 31st anniversary (Nov 10). All depends on this harvest. I cannot remember a year that we were done by that time but this might just be the one. Will most likely shoot for the weekend of the 13th for the reservation just to be sure we are done. Hope you have a great time with your family.

It's a working day here so better get after it. I love harvest time and all the action in the yard. Love the guys that are hauling and running the machinery. Most are single and young. Last night they each had a dozen banana muffins and a plate of toffee bars on the seat of their trucks to take home. We worked till 10:30 so I am thinking they were dipping into their goodies on the way home.

Hope everyone has a great Sunday!

Good Morning Peeps

Sooverit - Hi havent' talked to you in a long time - Like Apples said - call your doc !!! - what's the pain - have you done anything different (did you over eat last night)

Deb - Welcome - We are here for you..

Ok I read last night as I was turning the computer off but too tired to post and then this morning didn't feel like quoting ;0) so here goes

Apples - YEA !!! On not letting someone take your power - Yep you are in your groove when you have things to do... You don't have to be a Beverly Hills housewife to have a coach bag - hell most of us get them at the outlets anyway and cost just as much as a regular - my 1st Coach was at the MofA - but all the others have been at the outlet...

Sandy - Love your Charlie story..

Joyce - WTG on the clothes - your trip is wonderful - Didn't you go there when you 1st started on the thread - I remember it for some reason.. which is weird (remembering)

Laura - Sorry you couldn't sleep... Love your pics...

Charlene - so you are going to do the 5 day pouch test to get back in the groove - good for you..

Well that's all I remember ;0)

Got gym at 10 - need to get nails done - and color the hair and that's about it - well need to vaccume mop floors etc but nothing exciting

oh LauraK - glad you liked the date!!!

cbl..

Eva was going to be gone for 2 weeks if I remember correctly - 1 week w/dh then 1 week with friends - should be home soon...