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Hi Trude, thanks for checking in. You are doing great.

I have an Ipod Touch, where can I find this application? It sound like just what I need.

I have Lose It - you could find one of two ways - the easiest would probally through itunes, go to applications and then the free ones under helathcare and fitness then look at the free ones. There are a lot of them but I really like this one because it is free and it comes with a database of foods.

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I have a question about Daily Plate: I see where you can add a whole serving of something to your intake, but is there a way you can tell them you only ate half of it? Three meatballs instead of six, for example?

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I have a question about Daily Plate: I see where you can add a whole serving of something to your intake, but is there a way you can tell them you only ate half of it? Three meatballs instead of six, for example?

On the computer you highlight the serving then just update it.....like put in .50 for half then click on update. On the Ipod it is under Livestrong....there is a place to click on the amont.

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I remember you miss Trudeip! Congrats on your wtloss! Thank you for posting what you do - I am always curious as what other banders are doing daily to lose wt.

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I remember you miss Trudeip! Congrats on your wtloss! Thank you for posting what you do - I am always curious as what other banders are doing daily to lose wt.

Congrats on your weight loss you have done excellent :laugh:

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Went shopping at Wal-Mart today and decided it was time to get some new jeans - was wearing 16W but they were way too big, kept having to pull them up. Well my niece convinced me to try a size 16 - and they fit, and fit very nicely I must say. This is the first time in I do not know how long I have a pair of jeans without a letter behind the size :laugh: I have to admit to trying them on again when I got home and just staring at myself in the mirror and saying you know what I DO look good.

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Congratulations! I don't know if I will ever get out of the W stage. I will be satisfied with a 14/16 W. I am an 18/20 now. Anything past the 14/16 will be a bonus for me. I started as a tight 26/28!:)

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Congratulations! I don't know if I will ever get out of the W stage. I will be satisfied with a 14/16 W. I am an 18/20 now. Anything past the 14/16 will be a bonus for me. I started as a tight 26/28!:)

I hear ya! I was a tight 26/28 and I just bought a 18-20 jacket (1x). My goal is a 14/16, but I don't know if I will ever get out of the w's either. We can only hope.

Well, I am going out this evening for a piece of cake to Celebrate my B-day.......yep....it happens once a year. I just want to be at goal before I turn 60.

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Truedip and Capitol Chick, welcome back!

WTG Truedip on getting out of the Ws.

I finally got out of the XLs. I'm wearing Large Petites for tops and 12P/14P for pants/skirts.

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I've been wearing a very baggy 16 jeans for a while. I decided to go to old navy last week because they had jeans on sale for $19. I got a size 14 and a size 12(for later on). I get home to try on the 14s and they fit a little loose. I decided to try on the 12s and they fit fine. I was so excited. :)

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I hear ya! I was a tight 26/28 and I just bought a 18-20 jacket (1x). My goal is a 14/16, but I don't know if I will ever get out of the w's either. We can only hope.

Well, I am going out this evening for a piece of cake to Celebrate my B-day.......yep....it happens once a year. I just want to be at goal before I turn 60.

Happy birthday!

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I've been wearing a very baggy 16 jeans for a while. I decided to go to old navy last week because they had jeans on sale for $19. I got a size 14 and a size 12(for later on). I get home to try on the 14s and they fit a little loose. I decided to try on the 12s and they fit fine. I was so excited. :)

I can imagine how excited you were. I was actually quite scared when I was trying on the size 16 jeans, I wanted them to fit so badly but I am so accustomed to them not fitting in the past, when they did fit and were not tight oh my godness....:confused:

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Happy birthday!

Thanks Orea! Well, I am scheduled for a fill this thursday, but my 35yr old son is having shoulder surgery. Since he is single(divorced) I am taking him so I will have to cancel. Hopefully they can fit me in next week. It's weird. Some days I feel I can eat anything.....other days.....two bites and I am almost stuck. Anyway, I think my band needs tweeking. Do any of you put on weight in the spring and summer? The weather is in the 80's here and I have put on a couple of lbs.

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Do you think the heat may cause you to retain Water? Are you drinking enough to make up for more perspiration? Are more calories or carbs sneaking in?

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Orea, I have always retained Fluid in warm weather.....not as bad as it used to be now that I have cut my carbs down. I have not been getting in all my Water. I will increase it today. I got an appt for a fill next monday, so I want to lose at least a couple of lbs before I see the dr.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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