Options for eating on the run

Finding some good articles on Spark People today :
http://www.dailyspark.com/blog.asp?post=you_can_eat_fast_food

Food on the Run: Wendy's and McDonald's

By: Tanya Jolliffe : 1/19/2009 5:45:13 AM : 160 comments

Sometimes you have to eat on the run.
Sometimes you just want to eat away from home.
What can you eat while maintaining a healthy diet?



Here are two of the most famous fast food restaurant chains and the healthy options you can find when you have to eat away from home.

Most of these options are below 250 calories and 10 grams of fat and can be included in a health diet once in a while.




Wendy's





Jr. Hamburger
Calories - 220
Fat- 8 grams
Protein - 13 grams

Mandarin Chicken Salad (skip the almond, noodles and substitute the dressing)
Calories - 180
Fat - 2 grams
Protein - 24 grams

Chicken Caesar Salad (skip the croutons and substitute the dressing)
Calories - 180
Fat - 4 grams
Protein - 28 grams

Side Salad
Calories - 35
Fat - 0 grams
Protein - 1 gram

Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing
Calories - 90
Fat- 6 grams
Protein - 0 grams

Fat Free French Dressing
Calories - 70
Fat - 0 grams
Protein - 0 grams

Small Chili
Calories - 190
Fat - 6 grams
Protein - 14 grams

Strawberry Yogurt Squeezerz
Calories - 70
Fat - .5 grams
Protein - 2 grams

Mandarin Orange Cup
Calories - 80
Fat - 0 grams
Protein - 1 gram

Low Fat Milk
Calories - 100 (white) 170 (chocolate)
Fat - 2.5 grams
Protein - 8 grams



McDonald's




Hamburger
Calories - 250
Fat - 9 grams
Protein - 12 grams

Grilled Snack Wraps
Calories - 260 (Chipotle BBQ or Honey Mustard) or 270 (Ranch)
Fat - 9 grams
Protein - 18 grams

Premium Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken
Calories - 220
Fat - 6 grams
Protein - 30 grams

Side Salad
Calories - 20
Fat - 0 grams
Protein - 1 gram

Snack Size Fruit & Walnut Salad
Calories - 210
Fat - 8 grams
Protein - 4 grams

Newman's Own Low Fat Balsamic Vinaigrette
Calories - 40
Fat - 3 grams
Protein - 0 grams

Newman's Own Low Fat Family Recipe Italian Dressing
Calories - 60
Fat - 2.5
Protein - 1 gram

Newman's Own Low Fat Sesame Ginger Dressing
Calories - 90
Fat - 2.5 grams
Protein - 1 gram

Fruit 'n Yogurt Parfait
Calories - 160 (130 without granola)
Fat - 2 grams
Protein - 4 grams

Apple Dippers
Calories - 35 (additional 70 with caramel dip)
Fat - 0 grams (.5 with caramel dip)
Protein - 0 grams

Low Fat Milk
Calories - 100 (white) / 170 (chocolate)
Fat - 2.5 grams (white) / 3 (chocolate)
Protein - 8 grams

Now that you have all these options, the fun is putting together a meal that best meets your nutrient needs. Here are two meals that I would put together.

Wendy's Jr. Hamburger
Side Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing
Mandarin Oranges
Water
Total = 445 calories; 14 grams fat; 15 grams protein

McDonald's Snack Size Fruit & Walnut Salad
Side Salad with Newman's Own Low Fat Balsamic Vinaigrette
White Milk
Total = 370 calories; 13.5 grams fat; 13 grams protein

I will share other restaurant and meal ideas in the future. Let me know if you have a specific chain you would like to learn more about.

Share your meal combination ideas. Will you keep any of these ideas in mind next time you find yourself needing to eat out?



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Ok lets get things back on track for me and anyone else who needs some help.
Lets start thinking positive !!!!
What are some of your favorite healthy things to drink or eat ?
One of my FAVORITE things to drink on a daily basis Vitamin Water. I like a few flavors:Orange, Lemonade and Raspberry Apple.
Also I am very sensitive to protein powders , the ONE kind I can drink that does not give me migraines is Bolt House Farms. They are SO YUMMY . I have one every morning for breakfast.

For a snack , I like granola bars . And for meals and sometimes snacks I love my "veggie mix" which is squash, bell peppers, red onions, zucchini and olive oil stir fried together. its YUMMY I can eat a TON Of it .

So what are some of your favorites ?

Me tips. Our time is NOW !

Bel, Of the Miss Piggy Chronicles inspired this post . Here is her post that lead me to mine :
http://misspiggychronicles.blogspot.com/2009/01/me-whinge-never.html

Weather it be before surgery or after at some point i think we all get back to what we had surgery for . US , me , myself , I , numero uno !
After all if anyone is like me for so many yrs I neglected myself, put myself on the back burner. I was a mother first, a wife next and a woman last.
After I had surgery I slowly started to get some confidence . I slowly wanted to look better. But I realized too , i was not quite sure how to do that .
It had been SO Long since i had any style. The last " Style" i had was in high school and I was a "cowgirl" , or that was my style. Wranglers and Boots.
NOW , let me say this .. I am BY NOW MEANS a style expert. At ALL . I laugh really about giving any kind of advice in this direction . However, I think its a good idea to know where to start again .

My first venture , make up . It could be cheap ( or not) it did not require me to constantly buy new stuff as i went down in size.
So a friend told me about a few sites on youtube.com .
Make up tutorials if you will. A W E S O M E !
I dont have a ton of money to spend nor will i spend a ton on make up . If i get somthing on sale im SO HAPPY .
I found this one ... this guy tells you which paint brushes , every day brushes you can get that are exactly like MAC brushes. NOW If your like me and dont know WTF MAC is , its an expensive form of make up . The brushes can run $30 and UP for ONE ! 2 words for that .. HELLLL NOOOOO will i spend that on make up brushes , STUPID !
SO here is this site
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9lPfKzQAXE&feature=PlayList&p=BC93C2326DC9FA07&playnext=1&index=6
He also has a tutorial on how to make brush cleaner ! As well as make up tutorials on cheap alternatives to MAC .


This one ,,, Awesome make up tutorials . She's so cute and funny . I wish I could do half the stuff she does.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCmhj4NHylM

The next one is more "every day" looks that's just great.
http://www.youtube.com/scalmat

You can also just go on youtube.com and search "Make up " or make up tutorials"
Its very useful . Its a whole new world. Or at least it was for me .

Clothes. I am ALL about cheap clothes. I am REALLY all about CHEAP designer clothes.
Now the closer you get into "normal" size clothes ( non plus size ) the cheaper they get. The best advice someone gave me ( granted I am a stay at home mom So i dont need a lot ) is to get 2 or 3 pairs of pants and multiple shirts. Old Navy ROCKS for this.

Once you want to start buying designer clothes 2 words CONSIGNMENT SHOP !!!
I recently got 3 pairs of Seven for all Man Kind Jeans ( retails for $200 each ) for $20 each . Also got a pair of Lucky Brand Jeans again retails for over $200 for $15 at a consignment store. It takes digging and hunting but take the time it works !

If anyone else has any "ME Tips" to add feel free !

Getting Back on Track : The Shame

I have not been a good bandster lately . I know its hard for me to admit that to ya'll because i preach so much to everyone about following rules ect.
But i thought maybe if i came here and admitted what a loser ( and not in a good way) i have been I would stop. As i mentioned in a previous blog about being in a funk lately. Well its not getting a whole lot better. It is and it isnt.
My eating is suffering. I either do not eat until late, late in the day because i have been in bed all day ( until my kids get home) or I am not eating the right stuff.
And the worst , my confession. Ice cream ! I have been eating a bowl of ice cream every night. I know its probably not a HUGE deal . But for me it is. Granted im not eating the whole thing, I have never been a binge eater. But Im eating 150 extra calories i do not need.
My youngest son has been suffering in my funk . He's always been a picky eater. But he also will try anything and eat some pretty healthy things. But in my laziness I have not wanted to make good dinners for him or my oldest.
I worry , since my youngest is not in sports yet ( I did just sign him up for baseball) that he will get over weight. ( just a fear of mine)


SO yesterday i went to the store. I told my youngest NO MORE , no more junk , no more waffles for dinner , no more waffles for snacks ( he would eat them all day if i let him ). I did get him 100% whole wheat with flax seed waffles he can have for breakfast and breakfast only . I got him yogurts , granola bars, fresh fruit and other healthy snacks. Also I got myself one pint of sugar free fat free ice cream and will allow myself one of those every month. ( If my kids do not get to them first)
I have got to snap out of this and start doing things right again .
Not only am I suffering but my kids are too.

On a side note our grocery store had these light whipped yogurts for 5 /4 packs for $1.00 each . I got 5 of them 5/$5 . I am not a big yogurt fan at ALL . But one flavor they had was key lime pie and it was VERY GOOD. So i think i might lets my kids have the ice cream and replace my midnight ice cream w/ the yogurt until i get it out of my system at least.

How tight is too tight ?

Ok so i dont spend much time on OH , dont care for them too much. But they have quiet a few good articles on the site today .
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/lapband/ADJUSTMENTS-Life-with-an-Adjustable-Gastric-Band-How-Tight-Is-Too-Tight.html

I am a bariatric surgeon who does gastric bands, and I have done a lot of them—over 1500 in the last four years. As you can imagine, I have had many thousands of conversations with patients after surgery regarding whether or not they have reached their “sweet spots.” When I ask a patient if he or she needs an adjustment, the answer is universally a resounding “Yes!” From the patient’s standpoint, more restriction always seems appealing, because it’s only logical that it would equate to greater weight loss, right? In actuality, nothing could be further from the truth.

What we are talking about here is over-restriction—the point at which a band becomes so tight that healthy, high-protein foods are no longer an option. Instead, the patient gravitates towards calorie-dense, high-carb soft foods: things like chips, pretzels and ice cream that taste really good and slide down really easily. I call this soft calorie syndrome. Patients who have this syndrome have suboptimal weight loss because they are not getting enough protein; their daily calorie intake can actually be too high, even though they can barely eat any solid food. This is because of these calorie-dense soft foods that don’t keep you full for any length of time.

When I see patients in this zone, usually they have gained weight or remained weight-stable since their last visit. It can be very difficult to convince a patient who hasn’t lost any weight that the band needs to be loosened and not tightened. What I always tell them is that they need to be loose enough to eat three-quarters of a cup of solid protein at one sitting. Meat is ideal. In fact, in my experience I find that band patients who are loose enough to eat most meats lose the most weight.

So keep this in mind when you are seeing your surgeon. Be straightforward and honest, and don’t try to skew things so that you end up getting more saline in your band. If you are over-restricted, you will be less successful in your weight loss and at higher risk for a slip or an erosion. You can be successful without being super-tight!

Trace W. Curry, MD, is medical director of the Center for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery and JourneyLite of Cincinnati. Visit www.thebanddoctor.com.

December 2008

The Evolution of Shopping

Aggie98, a Fellow blogger gave me the inspiration for this post, she was talking about shopping before surgery and it brought up some feelings, and memories that I thought I would share.
Shopping was never really my thing, I have never really been a "girly girl" so shopping didnt appeal to me much. Even in high school when i was thin . Sure it was fun to go to the mall . In high school i was a "cowgirl" boots and jeans were my thing. That does not require much style or thought. That remained my style until i got married for the most part. Then I got fat.
While i was fat, well anything that resembled a burlap sack did just fine . Plus for the most part i did not have much money and lets face it Walmart does not have the most stylist or flattering fat people clothes. (Note my before picture courtesy of Walmart and that was a dressed up outfit )
Shortly before my surgery we started to do a little better money wise. So i got tired of looking like crap all the time and decided " Im not going to shop at Walmart anymore " . So i started spending a little more money on my fat clothes. Went to Lane Bryant and The Avenue.
That helped me gain some self respect back, lets face it the clothes just look better and are as flattering as fat clothes can be .

After I had my surgery shopping at first did not interest me . But as I started to drop sizes I obviously had to go get more clothes. The smaller i got the more fun it became.
Then one day i went into the Avenue to buy jeans and guess what ? Everything ... was TOO BIG !Could it be ? Normal sizes ? My dream was to walk into Old Navy and NOT feel like the fat ass in the store of skinny biotches ! So i thought " Should i try it ? Should i try Old Navy ? "
Across the street I went .. Tried on a 16 they had in there , STOP THE DAMN PRESSES !
TOO BIG ! Then I Tried on a 14 ! It FIT !! Dare i run through the store screaming ? NO instead with out realizing it I (apparently rather loudly ) said " Shut the F*C* up " Well the lady in the dressing room said " are you ok is there something i can help you with " LMAO I said " No thank you I am just in shock that these fit "
That my friends was the start of a very dangerous habit !
Old Navy is bad news ! In a good way . Do you know you can buy shirts there for $2, 4 and $6 , No WHOLE Shirts, that fit over your whole body !
Pants for under $40 ! Hell you can buy 2 pairs of pants for $40 !

Now.. prepare yourself !! Ladies and Gentleman its the Mother Ship: THE MALL


Its a WHOLE Building full of stores to explore ! This my friends was a whole new world for me.
By time I ventured to the mall I was well into normal sizes . What FUN this is.
I have a 17 yr old sister and she has opened my up to a whole new world.
Stores I had never set foot in . Gadzooks , Buckle, Macy's ect. Clothes that you can get for so cheap. I have to warn you though, This can be habit forming and addictive , you have to watch it. Seriously . People can switch from one addiction to another , food to clothes. I have seen it happen. I would have to say I came CLOSE to having a problem . But i stopped myself.
Oh yeah and you would have to have money in order to do that LMAO .
But seriously . I cant tell you how fun it is to know that you can walk into ANY Store in the mall and buy nearly everything in that store. OR the BEST , they don't have your size not because your too BIG but because that size is GONE from it being "too popular " ! Oh my !
If ya'll do not look forward to anything, look forward to shopping !
Now the closer to goal i get the more i am trying not to shop because once i get to goal i want to get a ton of new nice clothes.
One of my weakness' that my lovely teen sister has turned me onto , Designer jeans.
You know the one's that cost $200 a pop ! Lucky for ME , my mom buys her an ass load of them and i get her hand me downs now ! But I would love to buy some nice ones for my own .
Also consignment stores are the best for cheap designer clothes.
See I love expensive clothes, But i love buying expensive clothes that are CHEAP ! I like getting a bargain !
Anyway , i have rambled enough I thought I would tell you my Evolution of Shopping !

Stop , Dont feed the piggie !

Ok So i am not a pig but damn do i feel like one lately . I told my dh tonight i have GOT TO GET A F'ing fill SOON ! I honestly have not felt this fat since i have been banded. I feel like everything i have put in my mouth im gaining and gaining.
I have not had to go this long w/ out decent restriction since my total unfill and let me tell ya'll it sucks big fat ..... well you know . It SUCKS !

Hubby swears i'll get one soon . But DAMN IT !! I know im bitching about this a lot . But unless you have had good restriciton for a long time then been this damn hungry for this damn long you have NO CLUE how badly this sucks. I refuse to let anything in this house that is junk .
I cant have it right now . The only thing close to junk food is granola bars.
I hate this ya'll. I get SO DAMN close to my goal then i gain and gain ! SON OF A BITCH !!!

Ok sorry i just had to vent !

My thoughts on the Biggest Loser

Ok ya'll can smack me , flame me , disown me off the blog sphere for this one . BUT I have some thoughts on the biggest loser. I caught it tonight for the first time in a long time.
Over all I like the show, i think it can be a great motivator , starter to lose weight. And most of ya'll should know ( if you don't i will say it now ) that I do NOT think that WLS is the only way someone can lose weight nor do i think that the Band is the ONLY surgery that works. Lifestyle change and working out works for some too.
Now, that being said, here are my issues with TBL. Its JUST NOT REALISTIC .
Ok here is why .. First off these people are working out 24/7 basically while they are there.
Ok fine, i can deal with that. But my biggest issue w/ TBL ... The weight loss.
Tonight someone lost 30 LBS in a WEEK . Are you freaking kidding me ? That's not even "Normal" for someone with bypass . I am not even sure its HEALTHY not to mention when someone else comes along and their "totals' add up to more, the guy who lost 30 lbs in a WEEK is disappointed and that number was no longer Good enough for him . What does that teach people ?
What does it teach people who are sitting at home wanting to change and they lose 3lbs in a week ( which is awesome) ? They are surely going to be disappointed . These people are losing DOUBLE Digit amounts of weight in a week . Its just not realistic.
THEN for that to not be "good enough " ! How sad !

I think this show is sending the wrong message . If your going to do a show like this lets be realistic . Make it realistic so people at home have something real to go by . Not this bullshit of losing 10,15, 25, 35 pounds in ONE WEEK. Correct me if I'm wrong , but i have yet to see anything on the show, a disclaimer that says " THIS WEIGHT LOSS IS NOT TYPICAL " Because we are working their ass's off 24/7 !

Im curious what others think of it ?
comments ?

Review: My Fitness Coach for the Wii ( DAY ONE )

I have a Wii and the Wii fit. LOVE it all. The only thing i don't like about the Wii fit work out routines is there is no " routine" . You have to start and stop start and stop .
So i asked hubby for the My Fitness Coach for Christmas. I had heard the Jillian Michael's one was crap so i did not even bother.
So I used the Fitness Coach for the first time last night . The first thing is does is ask you to do a fitness evaluation . OH BTW you do NOT need the Wii Balance board for this .
Anyway , it asks you to do some exercise to assess your fitness level . Jumping jacks, Sit ups, push ups, ect. It also asks you what equipment you might have to use at home. Balance balls, dumb bells, heart rate monitor ect. You check which ones you have to use and it incorporates that into your work out. Then you do a stretching move to test your flexibility . So after you do that it tells you what it thinks you should work on . It gives you options of cardio, flexibility, strength training and a few others i cant think of . It will then ask you how many days a week you want to do the work out and for how long. Then you begin the work out . I did 15 minutes of cardio .
I really like how you can do a full 15, 30, 45, or 60 minute cardio work out non stop and not have to keep selecting things like on the Wii fit . The work out I did was not easy . It was probably a jazzercise type routine . it was not easy at all . My butt muscles hurt today from it , and my legs.

So over all I really like this so far. We'll see how i like it tomorrow night when i do it again .

I am SICK of this !! Please listen up !

OK I am going to have a little vent ! This is not directed at any one person so dont get pissy with me ! This is something that comes up and probably something i have been guilty of myself.
OK here is how a conversation would go :

Me: Gosh i have gained 5lbs over the holidays , I am so upset , i need to get this weight off once a gain to get to goal , im so close .

Someone else : Oh you are just fine , You should be glad you have lost so much weight .
Someone else B: OH you will get it off , dont worry
Someone Else C : You have lost so much weight 5lbs is nothing to you
Someone else D : OH 5lbs I only wish ! You have lost so much weight I wish I could look that good ! ( actual comment not being stuck up )

You get the idea ?
So here are my points !

1. Just because someone has lost 50, 70 ect pds does not mean their gaining 5lbs does not freak them out any less than someone who still has that weight on !
2. It is NO LESS upsetting to someone at or near goal to gain weight or have a "set" back just because we have lost most of our weight.
3. giving a compliment followed by " 5lbs is no big deal " does not make us feel any better.
4. Im tired of my feelings being minimized because people think I should be grateful that I am close to goal, lost over 100lbs ect.

Telling someone ( me) that I look "good enough" im " small " enough does not make my feelings any different than anyone elses for gaining 5lbs.

About me and those 5lbs , I have lost and gained those 5 lbs since JULY !! I FINALLY Got them off before the holidays and gained them back AGAIN ! I have been 20 pds from goal since August ! That is SO FRUSTRATING I cant tell you . Am I grateful that i have lost the weight I have . YES . But does that mean I dont want to or should be at goal by now ?
Why is it "ok" for someone is has lost 20,40 60 lbs to be frustrated by a plateau but its not ok for ME or someone who has lost 100lbs or more ? I am not any different than anyone else that has had this surgery . I want to be at GOAL ! Just like everyone else !!!!

Sorry if this is pissy but frankly im a little pissed. I am tired of getting comments from friends, family , ect about this . If anything learn from this and dont do it to someone else !!!

Mindy

Ask me anything ?

OK I thought this would be fun ( Humor me im bored) I saw this on another blogger's site ( Ok i stole the idea from her LOL) . Granted she's got a HUGE following . But I thought this might be fun .
First I wanted to say that all the comments and emails that i have gotten lately are SO nice and very important to me , they keep me motivated. I want to say thank you to everyone .

NOW the "game" . Ask me anything ! I have noticed lately I have gotten comments from lots of newbies, some emails as well. So send me an email ( Or post the comment ) and i'll post it on the blog to answer your question the best i can . The whole reason I started this blog is because i was getting emails w/ the same questions over and over , I figured " lets put them in one place" .
Buts its become so much fun and therapeutic for me as well. Im not an expert but just enjoy helping others the best I can . So go ahead , let me have it .

Ask me anything , It does not have to be weight loss related if you dont want it .
Shoot Im an open book !

Mindy

What do you want to change in 09

I hate new years resolutions ! No one ever keeps them . But those of us under this WLS journey all im sure have something we want to do or change with ourselves.
SO if you want , send me a comment about what you want to change in 09 and i'll post them on my blog ( If its ok with you ) .
For me I want to change NOT working out . I want to do at least 2 days a week of SOME kind of work out . Also I know A WHOLE YEAR But i want to get these last 10 ( OK 15 now ) Pounds off.
So my goal for 09 , to be at goal ! OH I have one more , to save more money !
So lets here it ladies ( probably some men too ) whats your change for 09 ?

My How a Year Changes Things

Wow how a year ( plus a few months ) can change things.
My life has change so much in the last year and a half i cant even begin to put it in to words .
Prior to July 07 I was a miserable person , there is no other way to put it. I was unhappy with my self, unhappy with my life, unhappy with my marriage just plain unhappy . Most if not all of it stemmed from my weight . ( See picture to the left) I mean really look at me . I did not want to go anywhere, do anything , take my children anywhere or be seen in public , i was a step away from a shut in probably .
After i had my surgery my life slowly changed. I slowly felt better about myself . I slowly wanted to do things , wanted to get out of the house , be around people , go more places. As more weight came off i felt better and better about myself. I can honestly tell you now having my band put in was THE BEST choice i have ever made for MYSELF ! So many times women put themselves last. We are mothers, we are wives we are care takers . We forget we are WOMEN , we are our own selves too ! Our priorities , our selves get put on the back burners and we neglect ourselves. I can tell you that is what happened to me . But i can tell you that will never , ever , ever happen to me again . I will not put myself on the back burner . I will take care of myself . I may not always be able to put myself first ( we are after all mothers too ) BUT I will make myself a priority .
This year has been tough as well. BUT the change has been shocking to even me . I still have things to work on , still have more weight to get off. But I cant tell you how happy I am with the start so far. To those of you who are frustrated. Work the band , let it work for you ! In the end its an AMAZING Feeling !!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL !!!!

WOOOO NELLY

I need a fill QUICKLY ! This sucks ! I can eat nearly anything i want the only good thing is I DO have a stopping point but its pretty big !And i am hungry all the time , this is ALMOST As bad as a total unfill ! SHIT ! I dont want to gain weight. I have to tell ya'll im getting a little panicky !! .
I JUST WANT THESE LAST 10 DAMN POUNDS OFF !! Im telling ya'll these last 20 are a BITCH !

The Food

Well Christmas is almost over and I am here to say im glad.
I did not have much spirit this yr between the economy hurting us and not looking forward to gaining any weight.
I am SO Glad i did not take my doc up on totally unfilling me for the holidays ( Although I dont think he REALLY would have done it ) Because im as close as you can get right now with out being totally unfilled.
Its been hard ! Real hard. I COULD if i wanted eat bread, pasta, rice ect.
I have restriction , a little , its not much , if i push it its there.
But im really trying not to , i dont want to gain a bunch of weight being this close.
I want the scale to stay at least at or under 140 if i can ! I WILL NOT , Hear me people , I will NOT GO over 140 ! Why do I always get unfills at or near holidays or vacations , that kind of crap ? UGHH.
Luckily my parents did not go TOO over board on junk this yr . The holidays remind me JUST how much of a grazer i am !
I made brownies that was it and i left them over at my parents house LOL
So back on the Wii i go !!!

I hope everyone else had a great time and the food was not too much of an issue for them !

Doctors Visit Today Unfill

Doc said my fill level looks good. But he said from my last PB episode and sinus drainage ( from trying to get sick right now ) that between the 2 its just not working for me and obviously causing me problems .
He asked me " So you want a total unfill for the holidays " I said " HELLL NOOOO " LOL He laughed and said " thought i would ask " I asked him about my weight and my frustration w/ feeling like not being able to eat . He said " I understand how you feel but your SO Close , lets get the last 11 pds off , that will give you some wiggle room and once we get you to goal you wont need many fills and wont have the issues of needing fills and unfills and going back and forth"
So i was ok w/ that. He thinks this next fill might be my last .
OH and this was SO Nice, they asked me before he saw me if I wanted to do it under flouro i said I would " prefer to not have it done because of money " i got in there and we started talking and he said lets take a look at your band under flouro " On the way out I went to pay for the flouro he said " NO NO Its not charge consider it a Christmas gift " So that was a relief i only had $250 left until Monday when Jason got back . So that left me some money .

So Hopefully i can keep from gaining a bunch of weight and go back after the holidays and have one or maybe 2 more fills and be at goal !

What to do ?

I am going to see my doc on Thursday . I am still a little tight , I am going back and forth tight "ok" not comfortable just ok.
So im going to have to get a slight unfill. I'll beat his ass if he wants to totally unfill me ! So here is my dilema ... I am pretty happy w/ my weight right now .
I would like to maybe lose another 6 pds or so to get to 130 .
I think im going to talk to my doc about my weight loss and my goal.
Should keep trying to lose some more or can this , is this enough ?
I will see what he thinks about it . As of 140lbs I am a "normal" weight . If I lost another 6 i would be happy if not I think i would be happy . But with as sensitive as I am w/ my fills and all that I am just thinking this might be enough ?
So we'll see ?

Ladies and Maybe some Men ... I give you my ASS .....

In a size 7 designer jeans !!! WOO HOO ! LMAO




I have to admit this is the first picture i have taken that I see myself as SmallER , not tiny but SMALL !!!


I went to a really cool consignment shop today with my sister. I really have fallen in love w/ expensive jeans since losing weight . But im too cheap to buy them .
Plus I love deals and would rather get a deal on them then buy full price.
WELL , Today i got a pair of Lucky Brand Jeans for $19.50 ( retails for around $150)
and a pair of Chip and Pepper ( Never heard of them until today ) for $20.00 They retail for about $150 too .
THEN yesterday my sisters friend, Her aunt owned a boutique that was going out of business ( did you follow that ) and i got 2 pairs of designer jeans ( Blue Cult and Big Star ) for $100 for both of them , those were a little more expensive, but SO worth it. So i am set for jeans for a while !!!

Fickle Fickle

Is my band ! Last few days I was about to get worried. Could barely get liquids down .
Between the sinus drainage i was having and the start of my TOM my band had really tightened up . I was about to call my doc if it went on one more day .
TODAY !! If i wanted to I think i could eat anything ! .
Yesterday it literally took me an hour to get down 1 cup of vitamin water. Today I can drink it fine, I had not been able to take my meds in 3 days because they would get stuck , Now Im totally fine !
I wish i could figure out 100% what does this to my band. It would SURE make my life easier !!!
But glad im "normal" feeling again .

BIG step and NSV/ SV For me !!

This Sunday My family ( husband , 2 boys and myself ) are going to get family portraits done. Big deal you say ! Well my oldest is 16 and my youngest is 7 . Jason and I have been married for 9 yrs in Feb. The Last time WE had our pictures taken TOGETHER was our wedding . The last time the boys had their together ( other than candid shots ) was about 5 yrs ago . As a FAMILY we have NEVER had a family portrait , i would NEVER allow it . I was too big and no way i was getting in front of a camera willingly ! Hell i had to search for "before" pics of me from everyone i know to find those . Im actually excited about this. The boys , well they are just like " OK Mom making us where matching crap ( just solid colored T's ) and Jason is like " Oh ok dear what ever makes you happy , boys shut up and just do it "
So im excited, Hopefully i can show them to you in a week or so !!!