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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.

Chris,

Glad to hear you are doing good. Way to go on losing.

I hope your shoulder feels better too. Thank your wife for keeping us informed.

LauraK

Hey Chris...good to see you posting. Hope your shoulder pain subsides with each day. I assume you have PT ahead of you also. That will keep you busy during your time off. Did the pain meds bother your new stomach at all?

Have a restful weekend and take care.

Hey Girls and TX...successful day of shopping. I AM DONE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!!!

Tomorrow night the plan is for DH and I to dress up and go out. There's a Blues Brothers band playing in a town east of here that we plan on going to and costume contest. I will snap some photos b/4 we head out.

The following are photos from two years ago when I went out with my friend, my son and some of his friends. Fun was had by all. (My son is the one in the trench coat a.k.a. "Flasher") I'm the blond and was at goal...online shopping can provide almost anything a girl wants. LOL:w00t:

Hi guys,

TX, glad you're posting. Had a big bone spur and some rotator repair some years ago. Now my left shoulder has torn cartilage from a fall a couple of winters ago. Only really gives me trouble when I sleep. Can't lay on that side comfortably the way I used to. But I'm not willing yet for a surgical solution. And my experience with physical therapy for other injuries has not been great. I have full movement in shoulder, I just can't bear body weight well on my left shouder or sleep well on it at certain angles. I make sure I sleep on it in various positions that keep it from freezing up. I can just tell that something is torn and that kind of tear never really heals. Hope you heal fast and get full mobility and strength back quickly. I tend to heal very quickly from various joint surgeries. Don't even need physio afterwards. Pray you'll do as well.

Arlene, counting the carbs and not the calories might be the way to go right now. With your metabolism so low its probably insulin resistance that's keeping it so low in addition to your meds. Even a small amount of carbs can trigger cravings for those sensitive to it. Even fruit can do it. Corn is like potatoes. Turns to sugar very fast in your system. Once your metabolism changes and your insulin resistance improves from losing the weight and increasing your exercise, good carbs can be increased and occassional not-so-good carbs like corn tolerated. Keep the goal in mind. You've experienced so much improvement in your health. Some of it is from the weight loss itself, and some is from the elimination of carbs from your diet, including the lessening of your FM pain.

You can do this, as can we all.

Cheri

Forgot to tell my challenge buddies.... I did go to TOPS yesterday... probably wouldn't have if I didn't have to do the lesson... but I was down and weighed 201.6. Sorry I haven't been posting food/calories, but I've been doing pretty good with intake, but not so much with exercise! I think I only did Water aerobics once or twice this week.

Woo Hoo Phyl!!!WTG with the challenge! And not one, but two hot grandsons! You should be one proud lady.

Phyll...those grandsons of yours are both very handsome...good genes.

Like the new avatar pic, Apples!

Thanks, Great...DH snapped it a few days ago as I was sitting at my desk "talking" with you guys. I thought it was appropriate for my LBT avatar. So, everytime you guys see it you can pretend my lips are moving. :thumbup:

Hi Everyone - just checking in. The scale hasn't budged since Wednesday. According to the scale, I haven't lost one ounce. I'm eating between 800-950 calories a day (never over) and exercising like crazy. An hour, 6 days a week. Just had to vent my frustration :-( Trying not to go crazy - plateau's are generally when I sabotage myself so I'm going to try and just push through this. I hope I can at least lose a pound this week. Frustrating...

ISA...try to only weigh yourself on your weigh-in day if you are getting frustrated and feel defeated. Put the scale out of sight and just go on as you are sticking to your plan. Scales play mind games when a person weighs every day. We all have fluctuations and those 2-3 lbs differences can really put a damper on our moods and sometimes make us throw our hands up. Just a thought.

Charlene, I hear you on the slow weight loss with medicines. I take medicine for diabetes and it does make it harder to lose weight. On the other hand it is that much more important for me to lose the weight so I will keep on losing at whatever rate my body lets me.

TX – So glad to hear it went well. Soon it will be a distant memory and all you will be aware of is how much better you feel.

Sandy, how is your Charlie? What did you ever find out about his leg? I never heard or I missed it if you posted it here. Merry continues to amaze us with her running -- the other night she did 4 laps around our yard - and it's a big back yard. I'm so grateful that it all turned out so well.

Merry does not tolerate "dressing up" -- she hates all clothes -- so I'm a little jealous to hear of all of you having your doggies in halloween costumes. LOL.

Linda, Charlie just finished all of his antibiotics and his toe is completely better. It must have been a bad infection after all – thank goodness. I am so glad to hear that Merry had done so well after her surgery. I am sure you are relieved with the outcome. Charlie won’t tolerate a costume either. He will be my candy distribution helper but no costume. Thanks for asking about him.

Apples, Your Halloween pictures are too much. LOL. I just loved them.

I almost forgot my calories for today 1378. Not too bad considering I ate dinner out and had one cocktail.

Edited October 30, 201015 yr by sndycnrd

Sandy...those photos were taken 15 days after I hit goal. What the heck was I thinking? I should have been showing off my new body, not stuffing it. I will show it off in my costume tomorrow night.

Sandy...those photos were taken 15 days after I hit goal. What the heck was I thinking? I should have been showing off my new body, not stuffing it. I will show it off in my costume tomorrow night.

We want to see pictures!!!!

Evening ladies,

Linda, thank you for the book...I got it today. Can't wait to read it. Glad to hear Merry is doing so well. Those little dogs are amazing.

Sandy, did you post a picture of Charlies dressed up? Hey, that's pretty cool about your husband and him starting to save for your future "procedures".

Phyl, sorry to hear you are feeling poorly, hope you get better and so what's up with the MRI? You've certainly had your share this year.

Tx, congrats on the surgery and hope the shoulder starts feeling better soon. With that going on, you shouldn't be obsessing about the lap band like the rest of us probably did. The weight loss in the beginning is amazing. Enjoy it!!

Arlene, sounds like you are doing good with the FM. I'm sure the exercise is helping. It helps in so many ways. You are a good mother to take care of DD and grand kids the way you are. I certainly hope she appreciates you!!

Apples, the Halloween pictures of you are too funny. I love them. Enjoy yourself tonight!

Joyce, welcome home!!

Janet, have a good trip.

Julie, glad the "kids" made it back. Hope you get some peace and quiet. I'm doing some computer work (documentation and autoCAD) for a very small company out of Dallas. My friend turned me on to the job.

Great, are you back for a little bit from your travels? I just listed all the states I've been to and have 18 more to visit. I should be able to get to a couple of them on my trip to Ohio next month.

LauraK, I've seen you post but you aren't saying how you are doing? Still walking miles?

Finally making some progress on "the job". I starting to figure some stuff out and I think it's going to be alright. Now I just need to figure out how I'm going to structure my day. I guess it doesn't have to be perfect the first week. I worked 16 hours this week and got 4 autoCAD drawings done plus quite of bit of a workbook done. Still quite a bit more to do, but I'll need my friends help with it because I don't have the right information.

Hi Cheri, how are you doing? It's Friday so hopefully you have a good weekend! I just saw a picture I took of you at the Bellagio and you look so good!

I'm going to go read that book Linda sent...improve my mind.

Have a great night everyone.

Eva

Good morning gang! I am so sore from last nights session with the trainer, but I did not have to take Tylenol. That is a good sign.

Apples........love your constume pics! Can't wait to see the new ones.

Eva......you are so sweet. I love my grand kids, and my DD is so appreciative. I know when I get old she will be there for me and so will my Grand kids. Bethany did so good after DD cut out her milk products for one day. She is definitely lactose intolerant.

Cheri, I know carbs are my downfall. I have been slacking on the journal. I have to get back to it. This morning I had 2tbsp of PB2 on half of a whole wheat sandwich thin. The fact that I can eat a sandwich thin tells me I need a slight fill. I want to get one before Thanksgiving.

Sndy.....yep Dr. DAvis told me that my BP med is one that makes losing hard, but doable. I tried not taking it, but my pressure went up. I think if I can lose 20 more lbs I can get off of it I take meds for the FM which don't help either.

Tx.......You sound like you are doing so well. You are one tough guy to have two surgeries at once. Move around so that gas doesn't get trapped.

Phyl....how are you?

Lori.....where are you?

Linda.....sorry you are feeling bad. Maybe that FM is acting up because the weather is changing. I love to get in the Jacuzzi at the gym and relax. In fact. DH and I are going to go swim this afternoon and soak in the Jacuzzi.

Okay peeps......gotta go get Charlie groomed then off to my GS's last football game . He will be 9 next week. I will check in later! Have a great saturday!

Hi and happy Sat. everyone!

Apples, wow -- love those costumes but yes, why in the heck didn't you dress up as a slinky, sexy girl since you had recently gotten to goal? Funny how our minds work.

Eva, glad you got the book -- it is a great one -- very helpful.

Tx, hope you have a good day and are feeling a somewhat more comfy. Hi to Debbie too!

Gotta get to the gym.

CBL

Linda

Hi and happy Sat. everyone!

Apples, wow -- love those costumes but yes, why in the heck didn't you dress up as a slinky, sexy girl since you had recently gotten to goal? Funny how our minds work.

Eva, glad you got the book -- it is a great one -- very helpful.

Tx, hope you have a good day and are feeling a somewhat more comfy. Hi to Debbie too!

Gotta get to the gym.

CBL

Linda

Good Morning....

Linda...I ordered the fake boobs and butt for both myself and my friend. She's always been a skinny little thing (she's the one I was talking about yesterday that wants a boob job and is saving for it) and she talked me into it. It was fun. My son had ordered the theatrical beard and hair (he has shaved his head for years) and it looked so real. He is one to dress up in really elaborate outfits each year. It's killing him this year cuz he is at a wedding in Mpls and cannot attend the many costume competitions which he usually comes in first. Anyway, he came that night with the fake hair a beard and decked out in his trench coat and lace up boots. I could not post a photo of what he had under that coat. All I can say is that it was a very real looking prostetic.

We started harvest again yesterday and am keeping my fingers crossed that DH is not too tired to go out. It's been so long since we have been out and I sooooooooo want to be his sleezy date. LOL.

It's sad when you live farther out and don't get a lot of kids coming to the door for Halloween. I grew up in town and every kid came to the door. We only get a handful but I am going to dress up early and Tanker will be decked out in his headless horseman garb so we can meet them at the door. Gotta load up their bags with candy cuz DH and DS have packed on a few pounds...my fault buying it too early. They don't get the concept of having just one.

Here is how it works at our house....yesterday I was Christmas shopping and not here at lunch time. I was unsure of how many would be at the table so left an apple crisp on the table with 1/2 dozen serving plates and roast in the crockpots to put on buns. Well, it turned out that DH was the only one to eat. Asked him where he put the rest of the apple crisp...in frig?...in freezer? He got this look and said "I thought I was supposed to eat it all". There were like six servings! But, DH has always been one to watch the scale. Up 5lbs and he has the determination to take it off in a week. I used to envy him for that.

Arlene....I had responded to another thread yesterday to a girl that was struggling with extreme hunger between meals and was stating that I have somewhat defied my doc and had 5-6 small meals a day. My metabolism was so out of whack and I think that is what brought it back to where it was b/4 all my weight gain. I also am a believer (this is pushed by my LB doc) that carbs should be minimal. I know Cheri is a believer in the same tactic. If you can really make sure of the carbs you are getting and counting them, try to keep them between 20-40 carbs daily. Give it a good 2-3 week try and I bet you will see a difference. Those little things that we all think do not matter really do add up.

I know you probably feel that we are closing in on your with all our advice and tips. Please don't. When one of us is struggling, we all feel your pain.

Cheri wrapped it up in a neat little package with her post about some ppl being carb sensitive. I have a friend that if she introduces anything over 35 carbs into her diet, she will notice the difference. She is very vigilent in watching and it does it to her. I used to be during the weight loss stage. Somehow it did a turn around for me.

Quite weekend on the thread. I am home most of the day (just have to run to town in a bit for parts) and will check in later. Hope everyone has a great weekend.