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Here's what about.com has to say about it :)

http://nutrition.about.com/od/healthyfoods/gr /hearty.htm

Mmmmmmmmmmm that sounds wonderful!

tina,

those sound delicious especially the Special K Red Berry Waffles but what would you eat on them so that it's not so much sugar?

Oh and jenningermany I ate weight control oatmeal but added 1 oz of honey argh and that with the 2 tsp of sugar and cream in my coffee put me at 48 grams of sugar. Wow it adds up quickly. My oatmeal was sickenly sweet but I ate it anyways arghhhh.

dkenworthy,

Thats a great way of looking at things. Thanks :)

puh...that's a fabulous idea. That way its still fresh and not leftover. Thanks :)

Thanks heavenly...

I did end up cancelling the procedure and haven't reschedualed as of yet as now I have a cold but will when i'm better.

Sorry it took me so long to respond. There is something wrong with me not getting mail notifications that there is a new post and I have notified the technical support here on EP.

Thanks.

Wonderful Ideas............Thanks Everyone.

smwhipple; I wouldn't have thought of that for some reason. That sounds really good. Maybe even some salsa on top, homemade so there is not so much sodium. Mmm I gotta try this one.

Chrissy; Mmmm I like the burrito wrap idea but especially like the teriyaki bowl idea with veggies and maybe lean chicken. Low sodium sauce of some kind.

Puh; nope not at work, I am disabled and it's hard for me to move around but I can still cook at times. I do have a microwave but for some reason I don't like leftovers unless it's a meat, rice dish but for the most part leftovers doesn't taste the same to me, I know i'm strange lol. I do like spaghetti left over mmmmmmmmmmm.

Thanks Gi-Jane.

I'm on another blood pressure medication now with no adverse results.

I am not longer hungry. As a matter of fact i'm rarely hungry anymore and my legs feel much better.

Merylwhite? Jello silly not Jelly!

Unless in another Country they call  Jello Jelly?

You may not be able to see it like others do and I can tell you I definately see it big time! I looked at your profile pics and wow you look so different now and I love you with brunette hair much better. You look great! Keep up the good work. You are so pretty.

I agree with what rufus k said...

I think what's really going on here is that she got jealous of you and probably has been for some time because she was not able to lose it on her own like you have and this is her way of trying to get control of her weight because she can't do it without the lap band. I do pray she does well with it. You should instead of feeling jealous feel compassion and sorry for her because she was not able to lose the weight like you have and I have read so many stories of people who have the band on for a few years and it actually grows into their skin and becomes irritating and then the Doctors have trouble getting it out of them without causing many scar tissues and problems.

So she is not in a good of place as you are really. I think she was embarrassed to tell you that she cannot do it on her own and that she is was thinking of going this route.

It would be great if you could put your jealousy aside and offer to be with her on her day of surgery and help her through this. I do understand where you are coming from as i'm morbidly obese and struggle with losing weight and have considered having the gastric bypass surgery but because of health issues they won't allow me to have it now so i'm on my own and have to do it on my own, I have no choice. Well I do but that choice is either lose weight NOW or die SOON.

I'm very jealous of my thinner younger sister who is so much more pretty then I could ever hope to be but I do know that inside i'm a much better person then her. She is not a pretty person inside. So think about who you are inside hon and not so much about the outside in this case. You are doing great losing weight and you know you have it in you to continue. Okay a cheese sandwich and fries was not a good choice but it's over and done and it's in the past. You know how to move forward from here and get back on your feet and eat better tomorrow.

What is jealousy anyways? False pride?

She needs you now probably more then ever and probably feels very low that she cannot do this on her own.

Hugs.

I'm so sorry this happened to you. I get so sick of the 'oh you have a pretty face' BUT comments. I have heard them all my life. I have also had very hurtful things said to me. They are idiots and immature definitely if they feel they have a 'right' to say such hurtful things without repercussion in their own life. I have one word 'Karma' and it will happen. They may not know when where or how but sadly enough we don't go through life and get to act like this without having to answer to it.

I do hope you are able to allow these mean words to roll off your back. Just think of all the people in the world and just as many mean ones there are kind ones out there. Thank God there is some kind of balance.

I wonder if the person who said that comment had actually had a baby like you and has a family. These insensitive thoughts and words are everywhere, even here on CC I've seen it. But what others said it's up to us how were going to allow it to effect us. I know it's not easy but think of all the wonderful positive things in your life in comparison to those hurtful words and try to let them go.

Hugs.

gi-jane,

I found even when eating all natural fruits and veggies and lean meats my sodium is still hard to keep at about 2000. I did just go out and buy molly Mc Butter and will see how that tastes. I used it years ago and it was just okay if I remember right. I have read up on posts about sodium and it seems there is no good substitute without being too high in potassium so I will just retrain my taste buds for no sodium or less sodium.

I don't drink alcohol so that's a plus for me.

Today i'm cooking a pot of mixed beans that I had soaked over night. I added garlic powder and a bunch of italian spices with no sodium and i'm scared they are going to taste bland without sodium. How do you make beans?

Do you eat your poached eggs on dry toast with no butter and no sodium?

Doesn't chili taste bland with no sodium? I didn't look at your recipe but will as maybe there is a pinch in there or something.

I love pickles (gherkins) as a snack with laughing cow cheese and was able to find a low sodium brand of pickles woo hoo.

I've never made hummus but am going to buy some garbanzo beans and make some but have not yet found a low sodium can of those so i'm worried about how much sodium might be in them.

I bet eating out at a restuarant is a real challenge where sodium is concerned.

ClaudB, I loved your post LOL You had me laughing. Ya it is very hard!!! I agree. Your right, it is worth it in the long run. It's worth all the sweat, the angry moments at food and all the struggling with what to do with my emotions since I am no longer eating them away. I hear ya.I don't think being thin is going to make me happy. I use to believe that but I have since come to my senses lol. I am a pretty happy person inside most of the time but I do not like the outside and I want the two to match or compliment eachother.  Thanks for the motivation!

I can do a month :) 

Thank you so much for all the positive uplifting responses on here. You all are great!!!

Heather; thanks for your post and I can definately relate. I have had the same thing happen to me with a ride at an amusement park too and had to get off the ride. How embarassing. I have also had to sit alone because I was the only one who could fit in that seat on the ride when I really wanted someone to sit with me to laugh with and have fun on the ride. There are so many obstacles for the obese. I wish looking back I hadn't gotten so heavy but i'm here and something you said really made sense to me about how we even tell ourselves (self talk) why we shouldn't lose weight because of all the loose skin we will have to deal with later or things like we wont ever be thin or don't deserve to be thin or can't do it, will never do it, somehow i'm different and can't find the key. Were no different. If others can do it we can too. Laughing at those cuddely pooh bear shirts...I haven't seen them yet and I would never wear one. That is like saying it's okay to be obese. Ughhh. You are right we can do this. Okay I admit I don't know how but like what someone else said one day at a time is all we can do and make right choices and when we fall get back up. The only failure is to quite trying.

17Star; first congrats on all your weight loss. That is a tremendous amount to lose and I applaude you for it because I know how hard it is and how dedicated  you had to be. I like what you said about somedays getting mad at food and crying and such. I had those days last time I was on here. I got very frustrated and somewhat gave up. I guess there was a lot of stress too but there will always be stressors in life so I need to get use to dealing with those and staying on track. I don't have friends and my roomie had the gastric bypass surgery years ago and can only eat a small amount of food so there is no one to buddy up with to eat icecream lol. Besides that I've never been one of those girls or emotional eaters that have ever put away an entire carton of icecream or entire package of cookies. I don't understand it and sometimes makes me wonder how I got to be so obese because I do hear that a lot from people who say they use to eat a whole box of twinkies or 3 hamburgers from McDonalds and supersize fry and coke and such. I can understand the addiction of it and why they do it but I have never been able to eat that much in one sitting. I do however eat a lot total through out the day. I average about 2,000 to 2400 calories a day but I am also sedentary due to illness. Thanks for your post and offer of advice and friendship :)

Jennifer; thanks for posting :) Congrats on your weight loss! I know a lot of people may disagree with me but I do allow myself a treat once a day while here on CC , it's what keeps me sane and going on here. Its what helped me lose the 20 lbs last time I was on here. I just discovered Yoplait Yogurt Parfaits and they are 100 calories and that was my treat today. If I tell myself I CANT have something it will only make me sabotage myself later. I tell myself I can have anything I want but I also realize that if I don't eat healthy and make healthy choices the calories will add up too fast, I will go over, feel bad and get into a bad cycle again. I try to make the healthier choices and usually do okay with it as long as i'm here on CC, when I'm away from CC I make bad choices. I have told myself this time I just need to stay here on CC even if I end up eating badly I still need to come on here daily and log instead of hiding and not coming on here. Coming to CC and logging what I eat, reading forum posts is what keeps me going if I can just make myself stay here :)

Jackattack; you are so right! I tried this in the beginning when I first came to CC and was eating like 1400 calories a day and was way too low for me. I am now at 1600-1700 daily and that's what's most comfortable for me to lose on. I believe in the saying slow and steady wins the race. Most i've heard who lose slow and steady keep it off longer or for good. :)

mermaid; ya I do that too. When i'm upset, angry, afraid or upset at myself I eat. I am definately an emotional eater. I have sought counseling several times for my eating disorder throughout the years. There was one who really ticked me off at something he said but later I thought about it and he was right. He said we as humans are inately selfish. We normally don't do something for nothing. You are getting something out of being obese. What are you getting? Oohhhhh I was so mad at first lol. But it's the truth. I have since answered that personal question myself and I know what is behind it (too personal to share) so I have been trying to change my prespective on it. One thing I can say is that I love who I am inside but I don't love who I am outside. I do have a lot of caring and loving to do to get the outside to match up with the inside. I have been trying to remind myself of my good physical attributes lately, i'm not all bad physically. I do have pretty eyes. I have to remember to remind myself of those things and I did lose that somewhere along the way so thanks for the reminder. :) Thanks so much.