DeLarla

HIYA BEAUTIFUL! I love your pics! Girl, you're gonna rock this world one way or another!

She sent me well wishes when I had my band removed less than a month ago, so she's okay. They went on a cruise??? I think??? Let's yell at her for not coming around. TERESA!!!

Tentative? When will you know for sure, and what will your treatment be? Big sigh, but at least you're finally getting some answers. Thinking of you here, xoxoxoxoxoXO.

I'm only 23 and had more complications than anyone ~ as I duck to avoid shoes flying at my head, I AM TOO only 23!

This thread inspired by Alexandra's ice skating thread :girl_hug: Here's a place for us to post our NSV pictures. An NSV is a non-scale victory, so here's me riding a bull last week after losing 75 pounds since banding. Post pictures of your old pants, bending over to tie your shoes, dancing, wearing a bathing suit or anything you've done since losing weight that makes you feel amazing. Hurry, we want to see!

Nothing special planned? Are you nuts? Milk the heck out of this day, heck, milk the whole week! Go shopping, to a show, buy yourself some bling! Happy Birthday

You better have fun for your birthday, or else! Happy Birthday Chickaboomboom!

Being at The Cowgirls, Inc. in Seattle with a bunch of drunken ironworkers rates pretty high in my book. Sounds like an NSV to me!

Crystal, what happens in Mexico stays in Mexico. I rode topless as a 300 pounder. Those Mexican men love big American girls! And the grass is always greener, ladies. I don't have two-boobs-a-floppin. Everything about me is big but my boobs (and ears, than you Mother Nature!)

Here here on the "DO NOT WAIT." Right on woman!

"I HAVE YOU BEAT!! HA, Dare me will ya? Here goes... Last night, the bull rode me!!!" Sorry Jenna, but I still got you beat cause I rode TWO bulls last night, and I never fell off the second one. Touche' HELL YEAH! Oh this is just too funny.

Crystal, I'll take that belly dancing bet and raise you riding topless on an ATC through Mexico, and... uhhh... selling sex toys for a living! Just pass me those little finger symbols and I'll pass you a Love Swing! That bull pulled places I never knew I had but it was worth it. You only live once. I'm pretty beat after just coming home from doing a Slumber Party & lugging all my bins. But again, the $1300.00 in sales was way worth it! HELL YEAH!

Right on girl! That's next on my list. Haven't been on ice or snow skis in 100 pounds. I wish you'd have taken pics, but that's okay since you'll be going again soon! I'm so proud of you, you've come such a long way. Lucky little girls, too.

No, I didn't ride my new bike. I have this (rolling eyes since it's so ridiculous) superstition that I never ride my vehicles till after they've been officially registered at the DMV. Yeah, yeah, I know the temporary tags make it legal, but I don't like the "Look at my brand new bike" lable all over the license plate. Oh, sure I want people to look at me, I just don't want to yell it out Chris took it to get registered yesterday, but the only man for a job is a woman (he forgot the correct paperwork.) DOH!

As of last night, a mechanical bull! There's a pic of me on him here at LBT!

"I'm a redneck woman I ain't no high class broad, I'm just a product of my raising I say hey ya'll and yee haw!" Gretchen Wilson I waited all night to hear Gretchen, and she came on right when I got on the bull! It was meant to be, just like my new Harley was meant to be as Metallica yelled "Gimme fuel gimme fire gimme that which I desire" as I pulled out of the dealership on my brand new bike! I gotta wonder if my days are numbered because I simply had to ride that bull, it's not like I had a choice. And the whole "Debra Winger" thing was Hollywood B.S. because the guy running the bull doesn't do any special favors ~ I asked him to go really slow but, "You don't come to a cowboy bar to ride a slow bull." It looks so easy, but that's a wild bull! Since debanding & dieting, my new drink of choice is a glass of wine diluted in a tall glass of ice. I allow myself 2 per night, but I think I had 4 last night because not only did I go to the gym at 5 a.m., but then we took the dogs for a long walk, then danced my brains out and rode a bull. Was I buzzed? "Let me hear a big HELL YEAH from the redneck girls like me, HELL YEAH!" Yep, buzzaroni! Tonight I'm going bungie jumping. NOT! So there, anyone can beat my NSV cuz I ain't NEVER jumping off any building unless it's on fire, nor will I jump out of any airplane unless it's on fire! You guys crack me up. Thanks for always making me laugh so hard. I laughed so hard at these responses that I cried!

P.S. I was scared %@#$%@#$%@-less!

OMG, I think I busted an ovary, but I RODE THE BULL! I'm so excited I'm coming out of my skin! I've wanted to ride the bull since Debra Winger in Urban Cowboy (ya gotta be damn old to know what I'm talking about.) Thanks to the band and my weight loss, not only did I get asked to dance & did the 2-step with a guy while Chris watched, but I rode the damn bull! Now go ahead and criticize how gross this picture is, but I dare YOU to try it! HA!!! (Or as hubby says, "I dare you to f-ing try it since my wife has bigger $#lls than me!"!)

Kelly... uh, sorta. Now I have clarity, cut and carat, so all I gotta work on now is color! Ha ha, hooo hoooo (laughing.)

I'm new at the whole Harley thing, but take your time picking the perfect bike for you. Sit on all of them, ask for rides on the backs. We now have 3. My Sportster is a great starter bike, but I'm super tall so it was too little for me. Our Dyna is like the chopper of Harleys, and my new Street Glide is like a Mercedes. Both are awesome, but they're both completely different toys. Who said we can only have one toy? I love the trikes too, but I don't like when one trike rides in the middle of our group. I think they belong at the back because it's hard to see around them and they kick up rocks, but wouldn't it be sweet to have one (in addition to bikes) one day? All I want now is a boat. Dream on, we'll be living in a tent once the payments start coming due at the same time!

"hi erin <cough,cough> I can't make it in today <achoo> my new bike has given me a severe case of spring fever <snniffff>" Oh, now that's funny! But I'm playing my cards just right... since Chris isn't working, I made him go to the DMV to register the bike. Naturally, he didn't get the job done having forgot the correct paperwork. The right job for the man is a woman!

Oh Mandy, I'm sending you all the strength I can muster with tears rolling down my cheeks. Girl, I'm from a family with many mental disorders, and you are very fortunate to be living in a time of such advanced medical and medicinal advancement. I'm not comparing her to Chloe (a little girl in my life) but your baby does have some of the same issues. Chloe was put in more advanced classes, given extra activities (ice skating, karate, gymnastics that wear her out,) is seeing excellent psychologists, etc. They attacked her problem at all angels all at once, and in just a couple months she has come so, so far and frequents her "dark place" less often. Have faith that your little one will break through her troubles. You mean so much to me - always around when I need you. If there's anything I can do, I'm here.

I'm on your side, too!

I'm here. Broken hearted, but I'm here pulling for your baby.

Bontril made me go way too fast, and it raised my blood pressure. We got people walking on the moon and doctors changing women into men. But science can't come up with a diet pill. Many obese people have associated high blood pressure, but diet pills cause high blood pressure. Go figure. This Hydroxy pill says "take 3 pills 1/2-1 hour before meals. I'm afraid to take 3, so I just took one. Let's see if today's itty bitty meal will fill me up better. I'm starving!