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LOL @ Carrie - I agree...you are too funny Chad - great job! Loving the work you have done! Woot!

Awesome! Nice picture!!!

I brought drink mixes with me and they came in very handy. The hotel does provide broth and some other liquids free of charge.

B - coffee 4 pc of dark chocolate..... Protein shot L - 1 cup of soup Protein chips 1 serving D - Poppers Protein shake

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I love the "Wait Till Wednesday Challenge," sorry to hear it was hard to walk by the scale, but.....kinda glad too cuz it was hard for me too. To top that off, because I was not weighing in....I was thinking about it more! OMgoodness! I am ready to break this habit, it is far to comsuming! I "sorta" feel bad cuz I get an extra weigh in next week. I go to the Dr on Monday for my fill and they weigh me there. Hey I am a bit over the top right now. I know. One thing though is there scale weighs me heavier....so I guess it is actually a wash....who needs there scale anyway.......right?! Ha just joking around here. Congrats on your great success and good luck on the 5 lb goal! Do you have any pictures up? I'd love to see some inspiration. I am such a visual person.

Carrie - Yay girl the 240's are looking good in my rear view mirror! I don't feel bad about it, not one bit! Great report! Sabrina! Happy one year! You look great and are such an inspiration! Ahh 160's that has a nice ring to it! LOL Debbie - WOW! 5 lbs! You have to be doing the happy dance! Before long you will be buzzing right by me, if I am lucky I might see a blur of light. I have to say it was so nice to step on the scale this morning. I didn't have to avoid it.....

Debbie - I can see why you would weight yourself so much....everytime you step in the scale it would be a different number! Speed looser aka Debbie! Welcome! Shelby - I have a WW scale and love it....

Hello everyone! I loved being able to weight is morning......is there hope for me......?!?! I was 237.3. My goal for the next week is to see the 236's!

Very cool! Glad to have another person on board for fun and support. I felt urges tonight to step on the scale....I restisted.

I think you will be fine. Don't beat yourself up, get back to the post op diet. Give you body time to heal and your band time to scar in. I struggled with my post op. Had my mini cheats. I even chewed and spit a few times. Hang in there and do the very best you can. If and I say if in the moment of desperation, choose soft mushy food. Like yougurt, cottage cheese. ect. You can do it!

I think you will be fine. Don't beat yourself up, get back to the post op diet. Give you body time to heal and your band time to scar in. I struggled with my post op. Had my mini cheats. I even chewed and spit a few times. Hang in there and do the very best you can. If and I say if in the moment of desperation, choose soft mushy food. Like yougurt, cottage cheese. ect. You can do it!

Suzpars - Glad you are joining in! Awesome! WOW 68 lbs! That is really fantastic! Can you just bask in that glory! Congrats! I am with you on the "hubby hiding the scale", if I find myself tempted to go to the basement I just may have him hide mine too! Ha! Shelby - Ha! You had me fooled! Here I thought you only weighed in once a week! LOL I really thought that the only day you stepped on the scale was Wed! I love the food logs and weigh in's. I get some good ideas of what people are eating which is cool. Bogiesmom - glad you can join in the fun. Of course you can put Sundays numbers on Wed! I love to see eveyone's progress. It keeps me plugged in. Not to mention grounded. Welcome aboard

B - greek yogurt and fresh strawberries coffee ff cream S - hummus and protein chips L - Turkey in enchilada sauce D - Turkey enchilada 3 small squares of dark chocolate 40 oz VW

Yes! I am glad I won't be going this all by my lonesome! Together we can do great things. Plus, a bit of postive pressure never hurt me one bit! If I know you gals are doing it with my I will be stronger because of you! Sadly I have been more obsessed with the scale than I have say.... the stinking RULES! LOL I really want to find a happy medium here. (living my life and loosing weight) I've been stuck/steady at the weight I am at and really want to see a change of numbers. Oh as one of my non food rewards I had bought myself a chenille super duper soft robe. The largest size they had at the store was an XL. So I bought it as a reward for myself. (As well as a future reward for when it does fit...I mean really fit!) I think I will take a picture of me in it to post on here. So you all can see how it fits on me and what my next big goal is! Let's hope it fits in the winter as it is a warm robe, not a cool summer robe! LOL No pressure Angie.....Ugh! Steph, Sabrina, and Carrie - I heart you guys! Thanks for joining in. Now, if I slip and fall on the scale by accident...*giggles*....(I am not planning on doing that either by the way) I promise to come here and spill it. Thank goodness tomorrow is Weigh in Wednesday!!! I am going to remove the temptation of weighing in during the week too. Gonna take the scale and put in the basement! Yes! That is right the basement! Out of site out of mind! I am telling ya, I have a scale issue!

Hey ya'll. I have made a decision. For the longest, I have been weighing myself twice a day.....yes....a bit over the top I know. That being said, I want to stop being a scale whore. Here is my new plan of action. I am going to weigh in on Wed on this board. I've already put my plan of action into progress and stopped stepping on the scale. I'd love some support! I am finding myself wanting to step on the scale. *bites finger nails* I didn't weigh myself last night or this morning. Boy was it temping too! Anyway, will you join me??? Margaret posted a post last weekish, that talked about the ways we hender our weight loss. Very profound post by the way! Loved it! I thought about several things I am doing as a result of the topic. Ahhh gotta love some self reflection. Pain torture....choke! Just kidding! Ha! What I realized is lately I have been managing my weight. Kinda like I am at goal and holding, only I am not nearly close to goal. By stepping on the scale so much, if I go up a tency bit, I get stricked. If I go down a 1lb I REWARD MYSELF! WITH FOOD! AHHHHHHHHHH! Not a huge change in behavior for me, cuz let's face it food has been my best and worst friend for a while now. HOWEVER~~~~I am working on change....so I am confessing what I know to be true, and working on a different solution. An yes, I know I need to find a different way to reward myself....but for me I have fallen back in the good old stand by.....FOOD. My hubby likes that I weigh in and thinks I am making a.....well hasty decision. Which I can see his point, however I want to give this a go. If I don't weight in all the time it will leave me wondering what my weight is like. If I don't know if I can "AFFORD" a tastey treat, then I won't want to gamble....ya see fokes, I am not a gambler by nature. I like the security of restults. So, with out going on and on. I am asking you to join me if you want. If you are already in the mode of a once a week or month weigh in, please share any and all pearls of wisdom you can offer. I am white knuckling it right now and I am being honest. NOT STEPPING ON THE SCALE IS HARD FOR ME.

woo hoo yes! Glad to hear you got a date and found the loot to do it! That is nice that you bf will be going. Which hotel are you staying at? Which pre op are you doing? Congrats!

Very cool! I can't wait to see your pictures. Seems inspiration seems to follow close behind when someone (like you ) shares hey have reached goal! Keep the rest of us reaching for the stars! Glad you jumped on to share your news! Congrats!

B - greek yogurt with fresh strawberries S - teddy grahams.... L - Corn and Grilled Chicken with SBR BBQ sauce....Love that sauce! Ugh! Brought a afternoon snack of hummus and Califlower.... not sure if I will need it or not....don't want to be overly hungry and eat anything in site when I get home. Binge! Ugh! Plus I have been eating like crazy over the holiday and I want to be prepared for the mental weening off of sugar and foods I don't normally eat....Yikes! So that is my game plan. Gosh I want SUGAR right now! D - Turkey enchiladas with Spinach wraps and FF refried beans Count down to fill T minus 7 days and counting! LOL

Laura - Glad you liked the video(s) I am a newbie for sure! I suppose as I get into it I will do better! Do you have a you tube account? I'd like to be your friend there too if you do! Thanks for the compliment, I think you are a great source of encouragement and inspiration as well! Margaret - Your posts are really awesome as well. You have a way of stiring up a good conversation! Love that!

Hey DisasterWalking 73 - glad to see you back around.....what have ya been up too? Our Thanksgiving was great and I cooked up a storm! Yummy food. Glad I was able to really enjoy the holiday and stay on track. I weighed in this morning and I gained .01 lb! Not bad given all the festive food and how long it has been around! I love this band and even more when I was able to maintain. Cheers to maintaining! Your fill is coming up! Hang tight!

I hit up lap band talk for the blogs. Seems they have more to read over there. I like to read Band_Groupie she has a good blog on that site. Recently I became aware of a vlog weight loss community on you tube. I really love watching some of those videos. Seems very honest and personal because you can see the people there. I would recommend ProofWLSworks. It is a group of weight loss patients who have a topic they speak about each week. So one person speaks each day of the week with that topic. It is really cool to hear each persons perspective. My user name is faith8412. I like more people over there and would be happy to share their screen names to anyone who may be intersted. Amazing how much you can learn and relate to so very much!