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Laura, Purple power to you and Hugs. Good Luck.

Oatmeal for breakfast 1/2 peach 1/2 plum Yoplait yogurt for lunch Pretzels for snack. Doing good do far. Now I just need to get some more water in.

TracyK, Have a great time and see you when you get back. Terri, Do you have an update on your Mom? I'm tyring to think of a NSV. Hmmmm. Oh yeah, I just thought of one. On Tuesday I went to lunch with some friends and we took their car. I was able to use the seat belt and there was room to spare. I was pretty excited about that. Today is my day off. I cleaned out some cupboards. There is a nursing home here in thown that is having a garage sale and I just going to donate this stuff. Now my house is about 50 pounds lighter. LOL. Hope Judy has a great time tonight. Have you CTC today????????

I had to do a lot of reading to catch-up. TracyKS, So happy for you and your family. That was an amazing amount of purple power that was sent your way. Judy, Love the outfits. Can you make a pair of those purple ones for all of us????? Pamela, So glad you guys are home. I will get to the pics soon. I promise. Denise, Very glad that Dimitri is home. I'm sure he is smothered in love. Terri, You look beautiful but I always thought that. Everyone else, Hugs to you. Been real busy that last few days. Running here and running there. Finally got some down time so I'm using it to get caught up on some things. Good news is the pool is in and the chemicals are being added as we speak. The plumber was here all day and will finish up tomorrow. Really don't need him right now as the temp of the water is 84. It's getting in the 90's here so that is helping to heat the pool. The guys are gonna finish the deck work Friday so it looks like I will be poolside all weekend long. I did cheat yesterday. I broke down and got me a small DQ Girl Scout Mint Cookie blizzard. I just had to get that uout of my system. Back to reality today. The only thing I have splurged on is watermelon. Other than that I have behaved. Still need to get a little more water in. Hope all is doing well. I'll check in when I can.

Welcome back Pam. Up Early, don't know why. Anyway I have a busy day so I might as well get it started. Supposed to get up to 90 today. And Humid. I hate humid. Went to Beauty Brands yesterday and got my years worth of shampoo. I like when they have their Liter sale. I stock up. Everyone have a great day and don't forget it's CTCD.

Pool is installed and about a few inches from being filled. We will finish that tomorrow. Still need to get the plumber here to hook up the heater, but the pool is ready to go. Wednesday we will take a water sample to the store so they can get the right chemicals for us. Just need the sun to stay out for a couple of days to help warm it up. Had a good day. Got back to drinking water again. I slacked off over the weekend. Did good on the food today, just need to work on the quality of food I'm eating. Hope everyone did good today. Don't forget that tomorrow is CTCD. Start preparing yourselves now. Have a great evening.

TracyKS, sending all my purple power to your Mom. Keeping you and your family in my prayers and also the doctors. Good Luck. I went down that road with my Mom and Sis. It's a hard road and one that makes you stronger. Keep your head up. Hugs to all of you.

Hey Girls, sorry I've been gone for so long. Just a lot of crap going on in my life. Things are starting to calm down and I can get back to a some what normal life again. Dianne had asked me about my last appointment with Dr.M.. It went great and I left feeling a whole lot better. It's just that I have done so much reading on all the different web-sites and had gotten myself worked up about what I was reading. I told him that even though I have lost a lot I still have a long ways to go. I'm very determined to see it to the end. But I have read that people that have been banded for 2 years and more don't loose weight. That what you lose in your first 12 t0 18 months is about it for the weight loss. I just couldn't accept that. He reassured me that what I read was wrong. That with the band and my determination that there is no reason I can't make it to my goal. That because it is adjustable is one reason why the band is a huge success. With the gastric bypass, that's it. No adjusting and that is why most of them gain back the weight. So, here I am. Determined as ever to finish losing what I need to. Yes I have had a few set backs, but that is one thing I like about the band. I can handle lifes curves and not gain and I can get right back to it. On My birthday back in June I fell on the deck and broke my big toe and severally bruised the others. I also twisted some other parts of my bodya nd was really sore for a long time. During this I threw a pity party for one. I ate things I should not have been eating. Although I didn't over eat, it was th quality of what I ate. High fat things. Now I'm over it and back to the loseing side again. Foot is getting better but it will probably be at least another 2 weeks before I cna get a shoe on. I miss my exercising alot. Hope all is well with everyone and good luck to all the bandsters. Welcome aboard.

Went out to lunch with my friend Judy. We usually meet half way and so far the best place we have found is "Hy-Vee's" grocery store. The have a very good salad bar and some other stuff. So that's good for us. And it's a place were we can sit for hours and talk without being pestered about sitting there. We had a really good time and she did all the talking. Later she apologized for taking over the conversation and I told it was alright, I enjoyed listening to some one elses problems. Reminds me that my life isn't so bad after all, LOL. Jane, It's sounds like we will have to pick a Sunday, since that is my day off also. The only other day I have off is Thursday. I'll let you pick what Sunday becaus I'm really flexible. Just PM me and we can set things up. Kat, Thanks. That was a nice surprise. Glad you enjoyed your reunion. I missed mine last year. Next one won't be for another 4 years. Maybe I will have lost all my weight and have had my surgeries by than. I really shock them all. Something to look forward to. Terri, Hope you enjoyed some of your time off work. It's always hard to go back. Hope eryone had a great weekend. I know I did. Hugs.

Man, I slept 12 hours last night. Just got up at 9 am and jumped right in the shower. The sun is shining bright and low humididty. Gonna try to get my house in order today. That way I can concentrate on getting the pool completed this week and ready for next weekend. Tomorrow I'm gonna call the Doc and see if I can get the MRI done on my knee. It was hurting all day yesterday, but I happen to be on it for 2 days working at Curves. But still want it checked out. Terri, I love to tour old homes. It does reminds me of when my Sis and I would visit our Grandparents. I love the old architecture. Judy, can you send me a video of you doing the wii hoola hoop? I tched them do it on "Good Morning America" and had a good laugh. It looks like a lot of fun. Jane, Sometime we need make a date to meet up in Columbia. We can do lunch and than hit the outlet malls along the way. Everyone have a great day. I'll check in when I can.

Question???? I have read it post where people say they have a 4cc band and that they have 4.25 in it and feeli that they need more in their band. I guess I'm not understanding this. Does a 4 cc or a 10cc band not hold 4cc or 10cc's. Do they actually hold more than that? I have a 10cc band and I have 7.6cc's in mine. I probably could use a little more but I don't want to get to the point where I'm throwing up. That is one thing I have not done in my 2 years of having my band and I don't want to start now.

Guess what I got?????? Go ahead, take a stab at it. I bet you'll be right this time. I actually have a pool in my backyard. Yup, I said it. It's for real. I have pool. It may not have water in it yet. But it's up. They will be back Monday to finish putting the skimmer and water intake valves in. Than we just have to wait for the plumber to come and hook up the heater. Right now it has about 2 feet of water in it and it's cold water. Can't wait to get that heater going. I'm hoping that by next weekend we will all be in it playing volleyball and floating and synchronized swimming. Sis and I used to do that when we were younger. So, did you all guess right?????????

TracyK, Go to google and type in "Free in ______". Type in the city that you live in. It should lead you to several links that post free things to do. Example... Free Fun Things to See & Do in Dallas

Laura, That is so exciting. Keep us posted. TracyK, One thing I did was to teach Jack how to cook. By the time he was 5 he was making grilled cheese sandwiches. Not unless I was there to turn the stove on though. I would take the time to explain to him about different fruits and veggies. You might try looking at the Library to find a cookbook for kids. Like making sandiches and using cookie cutters to make shapes with them. No bake cookies. Go to Freecycle.com and see if anyone has a pup tent they don't need anymore and put that up in the backyard. Have fun. Judy, A fish Fry. I'm soooo jealous. Just a reagular day today. Will work on my drinking. I can't get over how well I am doing on my eating. It's amazing and I'm enjoying it. Everyone have a great day.

I bought some of those Yoplait Whip Light and Fluffy yogurts and froze them, They are pretty good that way. So far I have tried the strawberry one. I liked it. Tomorrow I'll try the key-lime frozen one.

I realize I don't have anything to gripe about. It's just that when you've worked so hard for so long and you finally part with some of that hard earn money and things don't go right, it's maddening. I still haven't gone outside. I'm afraid I might say something and now that they are working hard I don't want to give them a reason to stop. It could be worse I keep telling myself. Sure will be happy when everyone gets back here. I miss everyone.

As soon as Pamela gets back I'll have a pool party. Cannonballs anyone???? :thumbs_down:

Update on pool, We had decided that today after work that we were going back to the store and lay into them. I have had just about enough of their screwing with us. I was needing to get out of the house so decided to go to the grocery store. I had no sooner walked in when my phone rang and hubby was telling me that they showed up. I said, "Are you F*#king kidding me?" Yes they finally showed up. I won't even go out there I'm so mad at them. I don't want to hear anymore excuses. Hubby keeps going out and checking to make sure they are doing everything right. I'll keep you updated. Hopefully by Sunday we will swimming. I have to wait till the water warms up. :thumbs_down:

Can they put that stuff in my margarita's??????? :thumbs_down:

Up and at it early this morning. All ready have stipped the bed and doing the laundry. Thought about washing the pillows and hanging them out to dry but I think I will save that for another day. I did really good on my drinking yesterday and I did very good with my eating untill I made chicken strips for dinner. I ended up eating 2 of them. One I just ate, the other I cut up and put on my salad. So in all I had about 1400 calories for the day. I'm happy with that. My biggest downfall right now is Wearther's and other little hard candies. Warm here today and the humidity is supposed to rise thru the day. Tomorrow it's supposed to get Hot and Humid. Oh Boy. Everyone have a great day. Don't forget it's CTCD.

TracyKS sent an e-mail. So you need to go check and read what she had to say.

Welcome Stacey and congrats on your weight loss. You have done wonderful. But what is an Omni Pack?

The first thing I noticed about the picture was your bones showing. Isn't that a great feeling. You look wonderful. PS, I'm not really sad. Just waiting.

Michele, you made me laugh and than be sad. I was hopeing it would be the pool also. We are still waitng. He called this morning and said that he would be here this afternoon and so far no one. I did call the store owner last night and left a message. He called me back this morning and we had a good talk. Even though I still don't have the pool in my backyard I still walked away a winner. I made him see it thru my eyes what they have put my family and I through. At the end of the conversation he offered me a huge bonus that I felt was acceptable. He did tell me that the guy has no more pools he is signed up for so I am definately his next job. I'm still waiting. I will keep you guys posted. Sending a pic of what our yard looks like. TracyKS, keeping my prayers said for you.

I got a postcard from Pamela. It's so pretty too. It makes me want to go there.