Donna113

Welcome back loracrose. Keep posting with us, we all get so much from each other here.

Sanin, your post was wonderful and caring. What you failed to mention, however, is that the reason why so many on LBT are upset with Oprah is because of her stance on WLS. While she hasn't all out bashed it, she has made her opinion on it very plain. She clearly feels only those that did it the traditional way deserve credit and those that take the surgery option "copped out."

Halloween was really tough for me. I ate a fistful of mini cholcolates on a daily basis for 2 weeks -- sometimes 2 fistfuls at a time. Amazingly I didn't gain during that time but needless to say, it only extended my plateau. I'm convinced I could be below 180 now if I had been more reasonable during that time. Oh well, no sense in looking back, this band is all about the present, right?

It's virtually impossible for me stop at one cookie unless someone else is in the room. I guess not wanting to make a pig of myself in front of others controls me somewhat but leave me alone with a plate of cookies and you'll be lucky to find a crumb!

Mine starts Christmas Eve and I won't go back until January 5th. Love it! 11 consecutive days off but because of holidays and weekends, only 5 vacation days used. Still will have 12 more days to use through November '09. We have a use it or lose it policy and I've lost vacation and personal days all three years that I've been there. My New Year's goal is to use up ALL of my 17 vacation days and 8 personal days, even if it's only to lie out by the pool sipping fruity drinks!

Another 1/2 down. After the steady .5 lb a day drop, it stopped for 8 days but it's moved today! Name_________StartWeight___CurrentWeight______Goal________ToGo *****<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = V /><v:shapetype id=_x0000_t75 coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" filled="f" stroked="f" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe">:woot:</v:shapetype>***********:sad:*************:woot:**************** :biggrin: * agreatknead........204............187...........180............7 areellady..........189............189...........159...........30 BIGB...............342............342...........300...........42 BellaPerdente......253............204...........195............9 Boos02.............258............226...........200...........26 Brandy.............221............200...........191...........9 BrownBear..........240............235...........200...........35 Bunkey1965.........194............167...........170...........(-3) Cadets71...........223.4..........220.4.........189...........31.4 Charlietuna........210............167...........150...........17 Claudine...........250............231...........225............6 CubsGirl17.........172............150...........150............0 Cutiew/booty.......251............225...........220............5 cQQlgirl...........195............185...........180............5 crzytchr...........276............253...........246............7 Donna113...........199............183.5.........160...........23.5 Ekat...............527............172...........152...........19 feefee57...........262............212...........180...........32 FeliciaLevy75......240............204...........190...........14 GillieBean.........304............296...........264...........32 HeatherO...........150............143...........130...........13 Hollie ............l54............154...........125...........29 janesays ..........244............232...........225............7 jazzyywan..........239............239...........190...........49 Jeni85.............182............182...........160...........22 Jillbeme...........235............203.5.........185...........18.5 Josie74............260............255...........215...........40 judy1023...........231............231...........199...........32 klmsilva...........216............212...........190...........26 legster............183............183...........160...........23 linksmom...........251............231...........200...........31 Lindar172.............257.8.....................245.2...............24 0...................5.2 Liquidbluegal......225............214.6.........199...........15.6 Liz_hager..........161............158...........130...........28 Long2BThin.........253............214...........215..........(1) lotzasunshine......292............271...........250...........21 Luu2008............230............199.5.........153...........46.5 Lunabeane..........244............197...........187...........10.0 Mamanmidwife.......295............268...........260............8 Melissa Aguirre ...266............233...........160...........73 Melody2006.........223............223...........173...........50 MiniPearl#2........???............???...........???...........?? Minxz..............299............287...........270...........17 neefam.............238............189...........158...........31 newby23............242............242...........212...........30 odizzzydori........242............242...........199...........43 paige65............252............238...........220...........18 rainer.............236............222...........210...........12 Redtulips3.........180............175...........160...........15 reif78.............294............195...........140...........40 RichardCranium.....338............276...........200...........76 soontobehottie.....201............175...........165...........10 srknepler..........285............249.2.........255..........(5.7) squale.............353............353...........325...........28 SueAZ..............198............193...........150...........43 Sunshine2..........177............166...........160...........06 Suzzzie............305............305...........285...........20 stevegoad..........370............341...........267...........74 Terilynn112........240............224...........215...........6 Truediva...........299............285...........235...........50 thininside28.......255............255...........215...........40 Turler.............219............203...........194............9 youcandoit!........196............182...........165...........17 bjbstoney..........321............153...........140...........13

Their oldest girl is very pretty but it looks like the younger one got all the personality. Kinda like the Bush twins, the prettier girl seems quiet while the other one is seems brimming over with bubbly enthusiasm.

Me too. Once I start with just a bite, I end up with just one more bite and on and on and on until either it's all gone or I'm back to feeling like the kid at a party who gets green around the gills overindulging in sweet, rich treats.

I second that!

OOOOOhhhhhhhhhhhh, I can't believe you said that! The liberals are going to get a posse after you! She made the 4th or 6th hottest woman on some list--maybe fan club of fuglys? I have to admit, I think Barrack is prettier than Michelle.

Being married really sucks sometimes.

Thinking the same thing.

Technically, Houston never gets a frost, EVER and we're always in shock when we get one. The snow last week completely looped us--in a good way though.

My DH has been researching cars and is shopping for one and is totally disgusted with me because I'm so not interested. It's going to be his car, so what do I care? Anyway, you'd think he'd be grateful that I told him to get whatever he wants. But noooooooooo, he's pissed because I'm disinterested.

See what your vodka talk did? I had to go fix myself an appletini. It was goooooooooooooood. I'm feeling the effects now...

Silly me, I thought political talk was over along with the election...

All juice is bad - liquid calories full of sugar. If you're craving fruit, then it's better to eat the fruit whole and at least get some fiber out of it.

WTG Phyl! You're awesome!

Brandy, remember--you were going to stay POSITIVE!

I second that!

Wine helps my mood plenty though! :ohmy:

Phew! BTW, you're not supposed to lose weight when you're pregnant! Doctors usually want a pregnant woman to gain between 18-22 lbs during the course of the pregnancy so you're doing great!

I understand how NurseMelly feels but agree completely with kgloverii.

Orea, get aggressive and go get another fill! I thought I was aggressive with fills: 1st, 3 ccs 4 weeks after banding 2nd .5 cc 2 weeks later 3rd .5 cc 2 weeks after that 4th .5 cc 3 weeks after that 5th .5 cc 5 weeks after that The 4th felt kind of like sweet spot for a couple of days but wore off fast and it wasn't until I got my 5th that I finally realized how wonderful the band really is. I often forget to eat and never feel that growling hunger. When I skip meals because I forgot to eat and it's about 4 or 5 in the afternoon, I finally feel a bit hungry, it only takes a 1/4 cup of food to make the hunger stop but I usually go ahead and try to eat a full cup to make sure I'm getting in enough calories and nutrients. Nowadays, it's more a battle to get enough calories than too much. Not because I can't eat, but because I simply don't have the appetite and find that many foods I used to enjoy aren't really that tasty anymore.

You gained 160+?