Suziecat

Guess who is coming down with the Flu?????? And I had a Flu shot 2 weeks ago. Guess I got the wrong shot.

Just got up from my nap and need to get dressed to go get firewood. But guess what?????????? We have SUN. Oh, it's so nice and big and bright and shiny. I love it.

Woke up at 4am and just layed there in bed for 45 minutes before deciding to get up. Not sure what woke me and why I couldn't go back to sleep. Guess sometime today I'll have to take a nap. Tracy, with her making a payment and telling that she is going to make another one makes me think that she is at least trying. Hopefully it's a good start. I also agree about keeping your eyes open and get all of it in writing. I wonder if your nail falling off was for the same reason mine did. With you going and working out at the gym that could be it. Good Luck with it. Later today we are off to our property to see about collecting some firewood. It is so hard to get the guys motivated to do this. I finally just said that we were going. You should have seen the looks on their faces. Oh well. Time for another cup of hot cocoa.

Boy, I sure wish the sun would cme out. Even for fifteen minutes. We've had grey dreay skies for 4 days now. It's horrible. I need some sun.

Anyone that jumps out at me to try and scare me is going to get their balls kicked in. Or at least the S#$T knocked out of them. DON'T DO IT. Other than that I like scary stuff, just don't jump out at me. Hubby woke me up at 7am and I had 15 minutes to wake up, get dressed and get my butt to the gym. Crimany, I'm wiping sleep from my eyes while I'm walking on the treadmill. And than he wants to know what's wrong with me. Jeeez. So now I'm home, got my hot chocolate and the local news. I'm a happy girl. Only supposed to get up to 50 degrees today and a chance of snow flurries in the morning. We haven't seen the sun in about 4 days now. I'm becoming Vitamin D deficiant. Saw the report on the news this morning about the Cookie Diet. You eat 6 of these special cookies during the day when you get hungry and that consume 500 calories of protein at dinner time. I wonder how good tasting those cookies are. I bet not as good as mine. I'm going in to take my shower and get dressed and than take my sisters to the new Target store. We'll probably go out to lunch also. I'll check in later. Have a good day.

The cookies don't bother me, it's the dough I have a problem with. I could eat it all day. Work was really busy this evening, especially after the computer crashed. So I had to hand log everyone in. Other than that all was fine. I did a lot of cleaning this morning and feel good about it. Hope I get in that same mood tomorrow. I have a few things left I would like to get done. Cindy, Hope your sons ankle gets to feeling better soon.

:frown: :mad: SNOW???? :thumbup: :sneaky:

I just ate some grilled pork steak and grilled veggies for lunch. Yummy in my tummy.:thumbup:

Just had a close call with the washing machine. I was taking stuff out of the dryer and went to open the washer and noticed there was still water in it. It hadn't done it's final spin cycle. So I pulled the knob out, thinking I had accidently pushed it in with the basket. Nope nothing. Hubby came in and we unplugged and replugged it in. Pushed and pulled all the buttons and knobs. Did everything we could think of. So I told him to just forget it that I need to take a shower and than I would deal it later. He started to walk out the room and I reached up to pull the light chain and the washer came back on. We just stood there and laughed. I don't have a clue as to what happen, so weird. Last spring it was the dryer. It was so plugged up with lint in the hose that it shut it's self off instead of catching on fire.

Reflux is why there is a bottle of Rolaids on my nightstand. And learning not to eat after 7pm. I baked a batch of choco-chip cookies, spent 2 hours washing down the refridgerator in and out, mopping the kitchen floor and now finishing up on the laundry. And I still have to go to work later. But being busy keeps my mind off the food.

Morning Girls. Yesterday was a long day and extremly tiring for me. I had to work in the morning and than had some running around to do. Lots of errands in the morning that I needed to get done because I had to take my sisiter to go see a surgeon in the afternoon. She has this hugr protrusion in her groin area and we were thining that it was a hernia. The Doc said he didn't think it was one but wanted a cat-scan done to see what it is. She is on about 14 different meds and the risk of taking her off of them for the surgery out-weighs doing the surgery, so he wants to know exactly what he is dealing with. He than handed us a brochure on hernia's because he said it looked like he would be doing that kind of surgery. :thumbup: Now I'm confused. She does, she doesn't, she does.. When we got done there than I had to take her to the store and than get her home and reexplain it all to her. Mom, so glad to hear that the papaya helped out alot. I'll have to keep that in mind if I should ever have that problem. Glad you came here and hope you stay with us. Jenn, hope you are feeling a little better. I'm so jealous of your fire. We haven't even ordered our wood yet and it's been cold here the last 4 days. I could have torn it up. Have a great day everyone and I'll be in and out of here for a while.

Laura, whether it's off topic or not(let others decide) I think it's very important. Thank You for bringing it to our attention. The H1N1 flu is of a concern to me as I am diabetic. So far I have chosen to not take the shot but I did get the regular flu shot. Over 30,000 people a year die of the regular flu and that did make me take notice. How scary about your exercising and not being able to breath. Is this going to be hard for you or you do you have someone around that can be with you when you are exercising? I always workout by myself, well at least take my walks by myself. But I have my cell phone with me and I always have the doggie with me. My walk also takes me right by the fire station, somehow I look forward to having to be rescued by a young good looking uniformed man. My luck they would send a female cop to check out the situation. LOL. Just took my shower and will start to get ready for work in a little bit. I have a little running around to do before I have to go in. Have a good evening and I will check in later.

Back from the store and it it very cold out there. Wind is blowing so that makes it really cold. Kat, I would work for you but I have to work later today anyway. And they are calling for it to rain this evening. Wish we could both stay here and drink hot cocoa and enjoy a fire. And good conversation.

I'm up and drinking my hot cocoa. Thinking about going to Wal-Mart here soon. It's supposed to rain today and I have to work this afternoon. Have a great day.

I started my day out great with my eating and was still doing great going into this evening. Than I went to bible study class and blew it. Oh, they had the best Potato Soup and apple struesel(sp?) cheesecake and cookies. Yup, I ate it and blew my whole day. Maybe I was feeling good after my Doctor's appointment, knowing that it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Tracy, congrats on you having a good day.

Back from the Doc's and you will not believe this. I don't have a fungus. Both toes are bruised. Bruised from walking. Weird. Anyway, he had me stand up so he could see how my toes were and both of those toes have a slight curve to them so that the nailbed faces downward and if I don't keep them trimmed real good, they hit. So I have to trim them at least every 2 weeks. He went ahead and cut on them while I was there. If I wanted too I could have surgery on them like I did on the other 2 toes and have the knuckle removed and straightened out. That would be the extreme thing to do and just not sure if it's worth it right now. So, I'm home with my body intact and I'm still going to put my feet up and relax for the rest of the day. Sunny, So glad to have you here. It doesn't matter what your journey is, we are here. Hopefully you will find inspiration from one of our stories and who knows, we may find it in your story. Either way, welcome and we hope you stick around.

Good early morning. Yup, it's Monday. Well, it's Toe day. I go to the Doc's at 1pm. Right after work. :sad: Not looking forward to it. Someone asked where I work and I can't remember who it was that asked. I work at "Curves". It started out a little part time job and has slowly turned into about 20-24 hours a week. At the beginning, that was hard. I wasn't used to standing on my feet that long. Now I can go 6 hours on my feet, and still come home and go for a mile walk. Tracy, sounds like you do need to go get a little fill. I think it will help with your head. Just knowing you have that in your band will help with the eating issues. Good Luck. Michelle, I miss Yosemite. Beautiful country. The best thing about being a Scout was being able to see all the beautiful country that I did. Happy Columbus Day. Chat at you later.

Jenn, The pictures you have posted are awesome and I am in Awe of you. That is one thing I wished I could do. My Dad was a DIY'er and did so many things around our house. I can repai stuff, plumbing, drywall etc. just no remodeling. I live vicariously thru you.

Michelle, Holy Cow. That was scary. Reminded me of our times camping in the Sequoia's. We had to keep our food in coolers and hang them from the trees. No one was allowed to go to the bathroom by themselves. Glad you didn't walk out there. Sitting here watching football. Housework is done, I just need to finish up the sheets in the dryer so I can make our bed. Than it's a lazy cold afternoon.. Got y electric blanket out for my chair. Looks like me and the kitty will be curled up later. Trying to get as much done as I can today. I have a big week ahead of me. Lots to do. Starting with getting my foot done tomorrow. I grocery shopped yesterday and got stuff for the hubby to put in the microwave to feed us with. Tracy, glad you enjoyed your little peace and quiet time. Jenn, why are you sitting for hours on the bathroom floor? I hope it is because you are tiling. Hope everyone else is having a good weekend.

Back from the support group meeting and it was a really good one. They also handed out some journels to us. They are really neat and full of a lot of info. I'm looking forward to starting it Monday. I'm making rotel dip and chips for the get together this evening. Oh my. Wish me luck with that one. Jenn, have a great time this evening and take it nice and slow. But enjoy yourself.

Good Saturday Morning. I got up, fed the kitties and decided to weigh again. Umm, down another 1.5 pounds. Yup, I'm excited. Except for tonight is "Shit on your neighbor" Night. All those snacks and goodies. I hope I have strength. Getting ready to go to my monthly support group meeting at the Doc's office, I'm sitting here ready my e-mails and drinking my hot cocoa. One of the e-mails I opened was from my WW instructor informing me in a very beautiful letter, I mean very beautiful, heartwarming, extremely sad letter that her Mother passed away early this morning. The letter caught my breath and I am still teary eyed over it. I'm very sad at her passing but this letter really touched me. Irene, I am so anxious to follow you on your new journey and realized that there is no reason you can't post here. Isn't this the "Homeless" site? You have a home now and we welcome every bit of info you want to share with us. Who knows, maybe something that you are going thru will inspire one of us or someone that is lurking. I for one hope you hang here. Kat, that is a very sad story. Alcohol is such a destroyer of everything. Feelings, Family, Looks, Hopes, Dreams, Faith and all kinds of other things. I have a cousin who looked like she just stepped off a Vogue magazine who started drinking at an early age. It is horrible what the vodka has done to not only her self-esteem but to her Family and her beautiful looks. It's truly sad each month when we see her at breakfast, knowing that each time she gets up and swaggers to the bathroom that she is going in to take a hit off the bottle. I fear the her funeral is not to far down the road. Her liver is shot and they won't do a transplant in her condition. Such a terrible diesease. Kelly, Thanks for the compliment. It has been a struggle even with the band. However, without the band I would not be as succesful. I love my band and how we have gotten along. I fight with it daily but it's a good thing. Hopefully you and I will be off all of our diabete meds before long. I know that I fieel so much better just being off the blood pressure meds. I'm off to go dry my hair and get to my meeting. I'll see ya all soon.

Oh Tracy, The waiting game, it sucks. I hate that you have to go thru that. Hopefully it will pass fast and all will work out for you guys. 24 hours---you gonna sleep or clean or play??????

Oh Kat, that was so nice to hear. I bet she needed that also. Home from work, a 2 shifter. Nothing worse than sitting at work for 3 hours with no customers. Sheeeesh. So now I'm home, feet up and BIL is going to make dinner. All's right with the world now.

Michelle, take good care of yourself. Glad to hear that hubby got home safe. I bet it was great to see him. Irene, That is terrible that you've didn't have real good luck with the band. I've heard of others that have had problems also and I just can't imagine it. I've never had any problems except the one were you say one day the band is wide open and the next day it's tight. That happens to me and I just need to remember to not let my head allow me to over stuff myself. I have on several occasions lost around 100 pounds but as usual I gained it back and more. The band has been my lifesaver. I am off my blood pressure meds and a few of my diabetes meds. I'm healthier and happier. I get out more and move more. I hear alot of people say they want this surgery or that they have had the surgery and just know they never have to diet again. Well, my Doc and his support group people have always from the very start have made sure that we understand that the band is just a tool. How we use that tool is up to us. If we choose to abuse it than we will not loose the weight. That's when I hear people complain about the band. 9 times out of 10 it's not the band but the fact that people do abuse it. How sad that they weren't mentally prepared for it. I'm sorry that you have had problems and I don't blame you one bit for moving on. I myself have thought several times about the RNY but due to a couple of people I know that have had it, it is not an option for me. I wish you all the luck in the world and will root for you. Please keep us posted and and I also hope that you stay with us. Everyone have a great day and I'll see you sometime. I have to work a double shift and in between those shifts I have to get to the grocery store.

Irene, you said that the band did not work for you. Did you not lose any weight with it? Or did you just lose what the average was for people, they say you lose like a certain percentage of your weight. One of the things that I wished I had done was to have lost more weight before I had the surgery and than let the band do the rest of it. I did lose a lot before I went into this and now I'm at a total of 190 down. That's more that what the average person looses and all the Doc's are really happy. However I still have about 75-100 more pounds to go. I will now have to use my own willpower along with the band to do this. So I guess my question is, Are you using the band correctly? Are you doing all that you can to help your band to help you lose weight. Have you tried doing diets like WW or Jenny Craig or Atkins or any diet plan? I know that I had a lot of success with WW, unfortunately I hit a plataeu and have had a really slow weight loss in the last year. I'm just curious to see if you have really done all that you can with the band.