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Terry - I am a Libra! Always try to be fair and balanced! Heather - we love having you here! Can't wait to meet you in real life! Judy - I love the name Madison too! Hope it's a girl!!

TracyKS - big hugs sweetie. We're all struggling but we'll get through it... Janie - big hugs to you too. Is this your second fill? Morning girls... Busy day for me too. I'm gonna try to get my stuff done so I can leave work early today. I've got a dinner party scheduled for tonight for some friends and I've gotta run to the grocery store and start cooking! off to get my coffee...

Oh this explains so much. Juan is a Gemini too... He's really smart and knows about alot of different stuff but refuses to go back and finish school. I never got it until now... And he's soooo indecisive. About everything. About what to wear or what to eat. frustrating....

Jenn - you'll do great tonight with your trainer! Good luck with the cardio but I don't think you'll need it, you'll be fine.... Terry - I meant to tell you the other day AWESOME JOB on coming under budget. Me and Juan seriously need to get our spending under control. We don't spend more than we make but we don't save nearly enough. But anyhoo, just wanted to give you kudos because that's so hard to do but you're kicking butt with it... Janie - hello friend... You're not a failure! Keep on keeping on. One day at a time... That's all we can do Janie, one day at a time. Pammy - OMG, I got my tweezers last night. They are amazing! My family was over for dinner last night and I opened up your package in front of my sisters and they wanted to steal them! Thank you so much... Beautiful day here today. Hopefully the cold weather is making it's way out the door. I'm ready for sunshine! Two weeks till my vacation!! I can't wait, I need some down time... Off for my coffee....

TracyK - yep, i see your point. I love love road trips but only on my way there. On my way there i'm in a good mood, singing, chatting but then on my way back I'm usually tired, cranky, ornery and just want to get home. When we do road trips Juan drives all the way back and he tells me to just go to sleep that way I don't bug him with my crankiness... LOL

yep. Just got back from church... I actually wanted to try to go home after church but I have tons of work so I had to come back to work.

Morning ladies! We had so much fun last night. The theatre production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was amazing! They did such a good job with it. We got home extremely late though because it didn't end until 10:30, by the time we got our car from valet it was close to 11. Then we went over to Chinatown for some Vietnamese soup. We didn't get home until almost 1. On a Tuesday night! I'm dragging today... Fasting today. Fun fun fun... Going to church at lunch time. For lent this year I've decided not to give up anything food related. This year I'm going to give up impatience and scornfullness. Is that even a word? And thanks for the tips on the hair... I'm gonna trim a little first then do the mayo trick and then get some leave in conditioner like Janie said and some serum like Heather said... And Terry, I know it's killing my hair. But I've had the same hair style for about 20 years now and I just wanted a change. You can't do much with curly hair. It just sits there (looking gorgeous, he he). (that was for Michelle's benefit). I'm gonna try to take care not to damage it too much so that I can go back and forth from curly to straight, maybe every other week. off to get my coffee. I need to try to wake up...

Judy, have fun at the senior apartments practising tonight. I'm sure they really appreciate ya'll. I'm heading out the door too. Gonna get home to a nice scrubbed clean house. I love love love that. Tonight we are going to go see Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the theatre downtown. Gotta run home and get dressed and do up my makeup. Have a wonderful night girlies. Thanks for letting me vent with ya'll!

ha ha ha... oh i know! it's just that i felt like i was being .... oh boo hoo, Haydee can eat Pizza, boo hoo.

on another note.... I've been flat-ironing my hair lately. It looks pretty good but it's alot of work! Anyhoo, I've got tons of static. What can I put on it so that it's not staticky? Oh and my ends are horrible. Not really split ends though, just very dry. I love the lenght though and don't want to cut any off. Anything I can soak my ends in to bring them back to life? The rest of my hair is shiny and healthy but the last three inches are like straw. Dry and crackly...

Yes Michelle, unfortunately we'll have to (oh the horrors) work at losing weight, LOL. But I'm glad that I can come on here and commisserate with ya'll... I really really really wanted it to be a magic cure!! LOL

and i hate hijacking the thread with this. we all have very important stuff going on in our lives and i don't mean to come on here and be petty and complain about something so trivial.

I just remember that at the beginning saying that someday I would get to the point of where I would be eating to live not living to eat. I don't think I will ever be there. I will have to battle this my whole life! I don't think I will ever be non-chalant about food and not have it consume my day.

yeah, i went to go get a fill and under flouro. My doctor says I'm pretty tight and that my pouch is not stretched. So I ask her, why am I able to eat a whole sandwich, bread and all? And she just says, why are you eating a whole sandwich? DUH, cuz I can. A slice of turkey with cheese does not satisfy me. On Friday for dinner I had a baked chicken breast. I caramelized onions and peppers and then added some cheese to it and put that on top of the baked chicken breast. I made steamed veggies on the side. Zucchinni, squash, brocoli and green beans. I was able to eat a whole breast with some of the topping and a side of veggies and half a bowl of salad. HELLO. WHY? I hear banded folks all the time saying they have so much trouble with chicken. We eat chicken breasts all the time. I buy tons of them when they're on sale and we live off of chicken breasts. I have no problem eating a whole huge breast. And I know it would be one thing if I only lived off the chicken breasts. Then of course I would be losing weight. But my whole point in pointing that out was that I have no restriction and that's basically the whole point of getting banded. No pizza, no bread, no doughy stuff, right? NOT. So then that's where the barganing with myself comes in. And I've never had self control and I knew that I wasn't going to start once this piece of plastic was put inside of me. Ugh, am I making sense? I feel like I'm just rambling now... just know that i'm frustrated with myself and with my band...

Oh and I barely had a chance to go back and catch up on some of the posts and I wanted to comment on your post Michelle.... I get super frustrated with myself and my band at times too. I thought my days of barganing with myself and "dieting" were over once i got my band. It's frustrating and I knew that we were still supposed to make good food choices but also were only supposed to be able to eat about a 1/2 cup of food at a time. That is a huge joke at my house. Anyways, just venting and comisserating with you Michelle...

My cousins all have kids and they call my aunt gamma gamma. I think it's the cutest thing...

yeah, that's what i thought. i've been anemic in the past too and never thought much of it. But last night she told us and she was making it a big deal. My mom is paranoid though when it comes to us being sick...

My sister is borderline Anemic. Is that bad? My mom is freaking out saying that if she doesn't get it under control that it could lead to leukemia?? Is that true?

Morning girls.... my feet are freezing today. And my whole body aches. We went to a Pilates class last night that KICKED MY ASS. I could barely walk out of there because I was shaking so much. I was in so much pain last night that I didn't get any sleep, just kept trying to get comfortable. I was MIA because I was at a church retreat Fri Sat and Sun. I thought I had mentioned it?? Anyhoo, it was lots of fun. It was from 8:30 - 6:00 on fri and sat and on sunday we left after mass. It was meant as a preparation for Lent and what that all means and entails. Then yesterday I spent all day catching up with work. And I still have tons! Then last night after my pilates class I ran around cleaning my house because my cleaning lady is coming today. I know, I'm a dork but I'm sure everyone does it. I'm off to get my coffee...

anything with "birthday" in front of it actually consummed on your birthday is calorie free Did I already tell you Happy Birthday? If not Happy Birthday!!!!

oooooohhh Tracy - how are you gonna keep a straight face next time you talk to them?? My next door neighbor is a SAHM so she knows all the gossip and comings and goings so I love to sit outside with her in the evenings. Oh and my neighbor across the street is a teacher and she's got tons of scandalous stuff to tell us about her co-workers. We don't know these people but it's like a soap opera.... I never knew teachers could be so catty! MEOW!

Gaa, I hate licking sounds! I can't stand that! Drives me batty... Taking off now. It turned into a gorgeous day so I'm gonna get home and get on my bike a take a ride around the neighborhood. Then we're meeting some friends for dinner at TFI Fridays. Have a great rest of your night!!

aww too cute. When my Princess is ready for ME to get up she sits on my chest and starts tapping me with her two front paws. Tap tap tap tap... it could just go on and on... My dogs are not the least bit nasty! Cleaner than most kids i see running around everywhere! They are beautiful maltese with silky white hair that doesn't shed. They always smell like Chanel #5 which I spray on them after their weekly baths, even the two boys, LOL. Juan hates that! He thinks I should spare the boys but I just love holding them and burying my face in their coat and they always smell so sweet! We are at our limit with 4 though! Even though they are little they do like to sprawl out when they sleep... TracyKS - that's awesome about your fill!! I need one so so so bad. I'm gonna make an appointment for the weekend of the 28th and hopefully my gain will make her realize that I do NEED A FILL...

Judy - your yorkies sleep with a cat? Oh my! I've always wanted a cat but my little bitty 3lb maltese goes pyscho at the sight of them.

Good morning lovies... Nasty weather here today. Takes me forever to get to work in the mornings when it's like this. Traffic moves at a snails pace. TracyKS - WOW, we are the complete opposite of you and Charles. We maybe have a few inches between us but we're all a tangle of arms and legs. Most nights we end up on just one pillow and the other one gets tossed to the floor. We're just used to it by now... I don't know what I would do with so much room if we got the king size bed! Maybe I'll stick to my queen size bed for now. I think I would seriously would feel weird with an expanse of room between us... Laura - I've never had the Kashi pizza before. I love the lime cilantro shrimp and the lemongrass coconut chicken. Those are my favorite but they have lots of others. They are more expensive than other frozen dinners but fill you up and are still cheaper than eating out for lunch every day. Kat - so sorry to hear that your son and dauther in law are thinking of separating. This news on top of everything else that is going on with you? That sucks. My continued prayers for you...