Well i think we made it thru our holidays??????

SO how did you all do with food? temptations and treats? I did have 3 bites of a cupcake christmas eve. THAT was my biggest cheat all month and im so proud of myself. I mean i lost this month. NORMALLY from thanksgiving to christmas i put on! ALL the candy, bakeing.....so im pretty happy and so glad i choose bypass surgery. I am in a new set of numbers and clothes are starting to look good on me! HOPE everyone did well thru the holidays! TODAY i shopped was gonna buy a pair of jeans but didnt. ITS hard im tempted to buy some jeans but fear in another 2 months ill be out of them! Well love to here how everyone did thru the holidays. ANY lost big or small for this month deserves pats on the back! LISA 310/189/??? thinking of you all! LISA

Lisa you are doing so very well. Good for you! only three bites of a cupcake all month long? I AM PROUD OF YOU! I did not do so well. I am discovering chocolate is not a problem. Wish i never would have found that out. I can have like three peices and feel totally fine. So as soon as all the mini reces peanut butter cups are gone life will be better. ;) GOOD FOR YOU! Hope you had a Merry Christmas!!

Well I didnt do so well either. I havent lost anything in 10 days. I have ate too many things that I shouldnt , but at least I didnt gain. But I am back on the bandwagon tomorrow. I have been feeling pretty guilty about it. I bagged up all the cookies today and I am going to put them in the freezer for the daycare kids tomorrow. Lynn

Thanks for the inspiration Lisa! With the unexpected death of my brother, I still remain mentally committed to my plan, but emotionally and physically I have had to devote a big chunk of the last 2 weeks to coping. I have been exhausted. All the details and getting things resolved has been so draining. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were tough but we managed. I did indulge in some alcohol yesterday and feel good getting back into my normal routine today. I haven't been perfect, but over the past few weeks most of the bad choices I made were because there were no other convenient options and I was eating out of hunger because I had pushed myself too far. I found that it was a fight for a few days to get in the water I need and that hurt me the most. I didn't really give in to emotional eating, which is usually a big one at times like these. The stress tightens my band, and until this weekend I had a hard time getting anything down without throwing it back up, so I gave myself a little leniency over the weekend. A fellow lap bander had suggested I put my lifestyle on hold for a period of time but that is not my idea of a good plan. I'm most comforted eating my routine meal of protein and veggies with a couple bites of carb. So I try to stick to that as much as possible! On Christmas Eve I got into the gym for the first time in 2 weeks. I had gotten a few walks in here and there but no serious physical activity. So that felt really good. I plan to get to the gym tomorrow and wed am for a workout too. Back into the normal routine things. I'm struggling with my feelings - I have a good support network with my best friend and husband and am trying to stay in touch with them so I am talking often and that helps me deal with the feelings. What a novel concept, eh??? I'm glad the holidays are over, because they were definitely difficult. Having the week off, being good to me, and ministering to my brother's kids while working out the details for my brother is the plan this week, in that order! Between Thanksgiving and Dec. 22 I managed to lose 10 pounds, and that is a first for me. I won't be back on the scale til Jan. 3, but I'll let you know what happens! God bless all you guys! Yours in pounds down, Jen -110.4

well, i guess i survived the holiday, although i didn't make the best choices. xmas eve, i ate cheese, ham rolls and a piece of my dad's margherita pizza (yum!). i also ate like 3 of my mom's xmas cookies - unfortunately i have no side effects. then xmas day, i had a few more ham rolls and then for dinner i had one stuffed shell, not even a 1/2 piece of ham, a meatball and a hard-boiled egg (no yolk). we put eggs in our sauce, they are yummy! overall, i didn't think i did "too" bad. but unfortunately i got on the scale this morning and gained a lb! now i am "overweight" again! heck, i enjoyed the holiday, didn't feel deprived at all, and i am sure i will be back down to 136 in the next couple of days! hope you had a wonderful holiday, lisa! hugsssssss

I did really well....better than thanksgiving. For thanksgiving i made a splenda pumpkin pie and i ended up eating it for breakfast lunch and dinner!! For two weeks I struggled with being stuck between 164-168 (up & down).....but finally the scale picked back up and by Christmas morning i weighed in at 158!!! I got my Christmas wish to be in the 150's and wear size 10 pants. I was surprised on Christmas day at how much I couldn't eat.... I filled my plate with 1 slice of turkey, 1 tsp of peas, 1 tsp of mashed potato w/gravy, 1 tsp of stuffing, and three green beans....that's it....and you know I returned that dish to the kitchen still 3/4 full? Normally, I would have been able to eat more than that...but this time I was stuffed. But then about an hour later, I felt like something was stuck in my pouch. It felt like a lot of pressure and I thought I would hurl any moment...but i never did. Several hours later, it was gone though. The only bad thing I did was have one small square of someone's dark chocolate dove bar. I just sucked on it for as long as I could and enjoyed the heck out of it. I didn't dare have any more than that though. ~hugs, Pam 250/158/??

Wow Lisa, you are doing so good, in the 180's now!!! I didn't do very well. For about 1 week before Christmas I didn't eat much at all, and when I did it was carbs. I just wasn't hungry. This weekend I have eaten like a PIG! The scale has stayed exactly the same though, at least. 159. I made sugar cookies and I have eaten 6 of them over the past few days, and lots of mashed potatoes and stuffing yesterday. Along with apple pie and ice cream. Only a few bites though. I guess that the reason why I have only lost a few lbs this month is because I am eating bad. My goal is to start fresh and back to basics tomorrow, with a protein drink for breakfast. Another bad bad thing I did this Christmas: I drank 6 shots of vodka!!! Ugh I know so bad, but it was so much fun. I drank 3 double shots of cranberry vodkas last night, oh my it hit me fast and hard!!! I was so drunk I couldn't even walk, and I did some dumb stuff. I guess I won't be drinking for New Year's. Tiffany 247/159/125

WELL i think everyone even though we had some slips we still didnt gain 5 to 10 lbs which can happen this time of year. (mary jo that 1 lb might be some sal****er retention, i wouldnt count that). I think we all did wonderfully! I also had it much easier if you all recall i was sick for 14 days and most of my montly losses came in that time which i think counts, but not really. MAYBE if i hadnt been so sick i would have tried more. I am just so afraid to learn I wont dump and then ill eat all wrong. TRYING to keep in control for as long as i can. GLAD everyone had a nice holiday! I too PAM took more on my plate then i could eat... 1 sausage, 1 meatball and one chicken cutlet and barely ate....but i think i had to many shrimp for appetizer and cheese. NO biggie. Well enjoy all! lisa

Lisa, I did great food wise. I didn't eat anything I should not have but I did over indulge on some Christmas cheer. We had drinks with friends on Christmas eve and then a party last night. I didn't eat anything at the party but did drink about 4 ****tails (in about 4 hours). I was buzzed but not hammered at anytime. I'm not sure how it effected my weight but I'll know soon when I go to the gym. I'm going to hate that precor machine today after an evening of drinking. I got a new iPod for Xmas so I've programed a few workout routines. Perhaps that will help to inspire me. Chip

Friends, I have failed!! Well, I really did not due to bad. My hoilday was great. I pray that you all had a great one. I tell you the truth........... that rotel dip and chess squares had a tight grip on me Christmas Eve. ... I could not be stopped. I have to get a better grip on this control issue. Anyhoo, Blessings........................