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The movie was creepy, but it didn't scare me. My daughter and her friends, however, were VERY scared. My 17 year old slept in my bed last night/this morning.

Hun, you are riding that "I am wearing a freaking size 12 Jeans" high. You won't come down off of that high for a while. At least I know I wouldn't.:thumbup: Enjoy it, you certainly deserve it.

Michelle: I'm not at 100%, but getting a little better everyday. Thanks for asking. I am just hoping the prednisone doesn't put a few more pounds on me. I am truly fighting it. I am so glad it is Friday...Just went and saw Whip It. Cute movie. Now, I have to meet up with my 17 year old and a few of her friends for the midnight showing of Paranormal Activity.:thumbup:

:thumbup: I love it!!!! I almost spewed my precious Starbucks latte out my nose.

Major congratulations for that! I am so happy for you and yet green with envy:biggrin: Kat: try not to overdo it with family coming in. I hope you get better real soon.

Quickly popping in to give my Friday WI. 219

I think the danger of the situation is evident in the comments of his ex sister-in-law. She claims he is a good guy and the sex was consensual. There is no way we should consider an adult drugging and having sex with a 13 year old consensual.

I also do not understand this. The crime was horrible and I don't care how much time has passed, he needs to be held accountable.

Tracy: I am feeling a little better everyday...I should, I am on day 8 of the antibiotics and did I mention I HATE prednisone?! This really messes up my October/Halloween Challenge. I realized there are way too many movies that I want to see this weekend. I am currently trying to convince my teenagers they want to see the Toy Story movies in 3D with me. I think they may cave, if not, I will look like a major dork, but I will go solo. I LOVE TOY STORY!:smile:

Irene's here!!! Hey, Irene...It is good to see you here. Jenn: I hope you day is getting better:sad: Kat: We had problems with my stepdaughter for a few years. To my knowledge, she never told lies about us, but when our oldest was very young, my stepdaughter would "hug" her tightly and my husband caught her pinning her down on the floor. He straightened her out, but it was jealously because she wanted the life my daughter had. She wanted to be able to have a stable parent to live with. She was actually afraid of her mom in many ways and wanted to live with us, but mom threw a fit. We saw an attorney and it was not going to happen unless she testified and she was too afraid of her mom to do it. Her mom finally relented and let her live with her grandparents. We, of course, still had to pay the child support to her. The day my stepdaughter turned 18, she moved in with us and to this day, she calls me mom and goes for a year or more without speaking to her mother.

Yes, ma'am...done!

Thanks for the well wishes. The doctor said I was cleared to return when the fever subsided so I returned on Monday. I teach the inclusion classes so my kids don't do well with subs. It is difficult for them to handle change. I feel bad, but me at 60% is better for my kids, than a substitute. We have good subs, but the kids are really hard on them.

Tracy: I am glad that Macy is feeling better. Watch that cough, though...see below. Kat: I am so sorry your husband is feeling so bad. I hope he feels better soon. Apologies to Kat, Diva, Heart and others who read this on PJTP. I returned to the doctor Monday afternoon, because I finished the 5 days of tamiflu and zithromax and I still felt like someone was sitting on my chest. I could barely breath after coughing. He ordered a chest x-ray and it seems I had pneumonia on top of the flu. If he hadn't given me the zithromax as a precaution, I can't imagine how bad it would've gotten. I am asthmatic, so he gave me a steroid shot to hurry and get the inflammation down. He also prescribed 5 MORE days of zithromax and 9 days of prednisone:mad2:( i hate taking prednisone). My asthma since dropping the 90 lbs is so much better. The inhaler I was using was from August 08. I maybe use it once a month. I can not even imagine how bad this would've been if I was still at 310. I could've been one of the people hospitalized with this dang H1N1.:scared2: Just another reason to love my band.

Ebony and Colorado Chick: I hope y'all feel better soon. I am STILL fighting it. PJTP: Being sick has helped me appreciate my band more than ever. I returned to the doctor on Monday afternoon after being on tamiflu and zithromax for 5 days. I still felt like someone was sitting on my chest, but my fever was gone. They did a chest x-ray and it seems that I had pneumonia on top of having the flu. I am asthmatic, so my lungs are weak. If I still had the 90 lbs on me I would have certainly been in the hospital. I am also fortunate that my doc put me on the zithromax last week, as a precaution, or it would have been much worse. So....Monday, I got a steroid shot, 9 days of oral steroids and 5 more days of zithromax. Dang, I didn't know you could take that crap for 10 days! Jeez I hope the steroids don't make me gain:scared2:. Oh, and apologies to my friends at the homeless thread who may see a similar post if I update there later.

If you cook the beans you can lower the sodium yourself, but you will still have to add SOME salt, at least if you want it to taste good at all. I don't know that there is really any more to it other than adding the seasoning mashing the beans. You can try the one below and just adjust the salt to satisfy your sodium concerns. 1 onion, peeled and halved 3 cups dry pinto beans, rinsed 1/2 fresh jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped 2 tablespoons minced garlic 5 teaspoons salt (may want to cut this in half?) 1 3/4 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper 1/8 teaspoon ground cumin, optional 9 cups Water Place the onion, rinsed beans, jalapeno, garlic, salt, pepper, and cumin into a slow cooker. Pour in the water and stir to combine. Cook on High for 8 hours, adding more water as needed. Note: if more than 1 cup of water has evaporated during cooking, then the temperature is too high. Once the beans have cooked, strain them, and reserve the liquid. Mash the beans with a potato masher, adding the reserved water as needed to attain desired consistency.

Kat and Tracy I am sorry your family is sick. Tracy, I can imagine not giving it to your child if there are side effects. Luckily I haven't experienced any. Kat, if he has the H1N1 and you get it, you may not experience the vomiting. Luckily, I haven't.

Tracy try to bring her as soon as you can in the morning. If it is the flu, the sooner she can start tamiflu the better. My fever stopped after 3 days. I feel much better now, except that everything has settled in my chest and isn't moving. I am taking mucinex to try to break it up, but nothing so far. This is what my dr was afraid of. My lungs as so weak from 35 years of asthma. :seeya:

Thanks, Jenn.:seeya:

Jenn, my start weight was 221. Do we need to update you periodically to get it changed, maybe on a certain day, or would you rather us just report back on Halloween?

Please realize that I do eat more than 1/2 cup of food. I eat more like 1 to 1 1/2 cups, but I am losing and it is an amount I am happy with. If you go for that fill, I would suggest it be a small one. If you feel at ALL restricted when drinking water, then have them take a tiny amount out. When you get close to your "sweet spot", your fills may only need to be .25cc at a time to "tweak" your band. Good luck!

If you know how to use Google docs, it would work nicely there. They have used it in a few of the weight challenges before. The Thanksgiving Day challenge is using it now. I don't know how to create them, or I would do it for you.:seeya: Or, we could do it like we did last year, and just type and update our info the copy/paste/edit way that the old challenges used.

I eat about 1/3 of what I did before being banded. Immediately after my fills, for about 2 weeks, I couldn't do bread, but I can now. Examples: pizza: i eat 1 slice of thin crust from a medium pizza instead of 3 slices of hand tossed I HOP breakfast: now I eat 1 pancake and half of a egg and cheese omelet, instead of the 3 eggs w/3 pancakes meal with a side of toast Chilis: I eat a cup of chili with 4 crackers and maybe some skillet queso, instead of 1/2 of a skillet queso order and 1/2 of an order of chicken quesidillas Chick fil A: I eat 1/2 of a chicken biscuit for Breakfast instead of a whole chicken biscuit and a cinnamon cluster ( those things were so good, but I haven't touched one since before banding, cuz it's not worth it) As you can see, I can still eat many foods and I like having the ability to eat them. I don't want to be any tighter, even if it means I can lose an extra pound per week. I am happy like this and I think if I ate less, it would feel too much like dieting and that is not why I was banded. To me, that means this is my sweet spot.:seeya:

Congratulations on making positive steps to make your transition easier. It sounds like you are off to a great start. You may want to start trying to cut out drinking with meals. It seems that many bandsters have a problem with that at first. Good luck with getting your date!

I was lucky enough to have some restriction since surgery. I have never really not had it. I was just a little tighter after each fill, but could usually eat most of the foods I want. I have been at my current level since November of last year, which was 4 months after surgery.

Bernadette, I am so glad your dinner went well. As far as the tiredness, you are probably just worn out from the stress of yesterday. Get some rest.