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That would be accurate Lisa. CONGRATULATIONS. Tiara coming.

OK guys here is my official weigh in for this weekend competition. We both started having lost exactly 43 lbs. So anything above that is how we determine the winner. I weighed this morning and I have lost a total of 49 lbs. So I have lost 6 lbs since the competition began. I now weigh 247 lbs. WHOO HOO!!!! I am so thrilled and excited that I have come off the plateau I was bit_hing about earlier. Can't wait to see all you guys in Vegas this weekend. Let the games begin.

HUGE CONGRATS to the both of you. Keep up the walking and also take it easy every now and then. Give yourself plenty of time to heal.

Veronica: I do weigh myself at the same time every day. Usually after bathroom, before food, and before exercise. SIGH!! Weigh in tomorrow for me and Lisa. Darcy: Keep us posted. I think it is a good idea to do the hospital stay. Come back and post to let us know what is going on.

You know I miss eating a salad. I just can't do the lettuce unless it is chopped really fine like for taco's in strips. I have PB'd too many times on lettuce to try eating it again. I do miss a good salad though. BUMMER!!

Awww you guys make me cry with such caring and support. LOL!! I don't even use the other two scales anymore since I got the stand up scales. So I am not even sure where I stand now on weight loss. The PCP scales have me at 244. My home scales have me at 250. Dr. Billy scales have me at 250. So what do I weigh????? Only the shadow knows!!! LOL!! Ya know what. All I know is I feel great. I look great. I have way more energy than I used to. And I am fitting into much smaller clothes. Thanks guys for the pep talk. IT is working. LOL!!!!! I have lost 24 inches total all over and that is GREAT!!!!!!!! I am in a smaller size clothes!!! I can breathe now!!! I don't get out of breath when I walk across the floor!!! My blood pressure is no longer out of control and I am off medication. In fact my BP was 120/80 at the PCP Monday. Can't get better than that. My knees don't hurt when I walk. My back hasn't bothered me in ages. People I haven't seen in ages are doing double takes at me. I am being flirted with more. :D I think that is enough for now.

Hey guys: I want to participate in the Los Angeles 5K walk / run Marathon. I thought for a fleeting second about the HUGE marathon but that is a brutal 26 miles. WHEW!! I think I can handle the 5K better which is only 3.1 miles. Here is some info: The Emerald Nuts 5k Run/Walk takes place on Sunday, March 6, 2005 in conjunction with the 20th Los Angeles Marathon. Shortly after watching 23,000 runners, walkers and wheelchair athletes pass the one-mile mark of the City of Los Angeles Marathon in front of Staples Center, an estimated 4000 people will start the 3.1 mile Emerald Nuts 5K Run/Walk. The Emerald Nuts 5K Run/Walk offers a full morning of family fun. After participating in a warm-up, participants will head out on the course, which starts in front of Gilbert Lindsey Plaza and heads south on Figueroa Blvd to Jefferson Blvd and back to the Convention Center. Following the Emerald Nuts 5K, many participants take a short walk up Figueroa to Olympic Blvd. in time to see the elite Marathoners and wheelchair athletes enter the last mile of the race. Many Emerald Nuts 5k participants also start their day by riding in the Acura L.A. Bike Tour. The registration fee is $15.00 Anyone interested??? I will most likely do it anyway whether anyone else does or not. Gotta have me a goal. If you wanna know more info then go to www.lamarathon.com and click on the 5K link at the top of the page.

Funny you should ask that. My great great grandfather married a full blooded Cherokee indian that was on my mother's side. On my father's side my great great great grandmother was a full blooded Cherokee who married a full blooded Choctaw. So yeah there is indian blood in my heritage. THanks for noticing. I think I see it more now as well. I honestly don't remember if the scales were reading the same or not. Hey Lisa: Did you tell me my scales were off? Remember when you were here and you weighed yourself. Did they say you were heavier or lighter? Can't remember.

Michelle great advice. All things I would have mentioned. Hey Rica how was the bachelorette party in Vegas? Oh and are you coming to VEgas this weekend?

OK now it is my time to vent frustration. Since Lisa and I started this competition I have ONLY LOST 3 F#$%^&*ING lbs. So what is up with that. I went to my regular PCP yesterday for my 3 month checkup. His scales weighed me at 244lbs which would make have me losing 52lbs so far. I like that. But my scales at home have me at 250lbs which is at 46lbs loss. SIGH!! So confused and disappointed. I know I know I should be happy that I have lost at all and not gained. I did gain 1 lbs back from the Jamaica vacation but hey that is OK. I can lose that easy. I am so frustrated right now. I guess this is one of those plateaus so many people speak of. I just did my measurements hoping I would see a difference there and guess what? NO, NOTHING, NIL, NADA!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so ready to scream.

Hello: COngratulations on the decision to have the surgery. That is the first step to losing the weight. We are here for you. SO ask anything or share anything you want. We are like a family. So welcome.

YUP I am not gonna try to but succeed in "dragging 5'10" of 260 pound Polish double Libra woman with Mom's schitzophrenic gene tucked away for emergencies in her pocket up there!" LOLOL!!! This is gonna get interesting. I will just locate the keys to your orange beauty and put on your nice leather's and climb to the top. I will await your arrival to retrieve said prize possessions and then have them lock the doors to go back down till you agree to ride that screamin thingy with me. LOL!! HEHEHEHEHEHEHHEHEHEHEHE

I ate anything i wanted the night before. I thought honestly that I would not be able to eat it afterward. SILLY ME!!!! Come back and let us know how you are doing.

Awww Cindy: I hope you continue to have success with weight loss. Please do come back and let us know how you are doing. Just because you aren't banded anymore doesn't mean we don't still care and want to hear from you. Please do stay in touch. You will be in my prayers.

Restriction is good. But you have to be careful when reading our posts and to NOT I repeat NOT be eating any nuts when you laugh. Can you get the picture now? Yup spit them suckers out all over the desk. UM can we say EWWWWWWW!!!! Ok I wanna go up top. Any takers? I think Delarla should go with. All in favor say "AYE"!!!!! Aye says Lulu er Penni er whoever the heck I am right now. LOL!!

HOLY MOLY!!! LOOK AT YOU!!! You are awesome. And I agree you don't look like you weigh 200 you look smaller. AND just let me point out those gorgeous LEGS. WHOO HOO!! Sorry we couldn't get together when I was in town maybe another time. I come quite often.

OH OH OH!!! I have soooooooooo wanted to ride that thing for the longest time. I will go up there and ride that thing for sure. Isn't there a roller coaster up there too. Let's get drunk then go up there and jump on it. LOL!!

That is so uplifting and sooooooooo incredibly true. Thank you for posting this Chantal. By the way, how are you these days? I think about you often.

BLAH BLAH BLAH Tell it to someone that believes you. LOL!! You did it because you wanted your hubby to suffer and worry and wring his hands about HIS nifty swifty new Harley when you learned to ride it and then take off without him knowing exactly where you were going. LOL!! Come on Fess up now!

Darcy and Lisa: Both of you get to a doc soon. Don't worry Darcy I am gonna bonk her on the head for sure when I see her. And if I was gonna see you I would bonk you on the head too. Love ya both though.

Estrogen is stored in the fat cells of our womens bodies. When you lose the fat the Estrogen is released. And yes if it gets worse or pain is involved then certainly go see your doctor pronto.

I think it is a true testament to your love for this person that you are here wanting to learn how to support them. I commend you on that effort.

Darcy: You should not wait till the 13th. You should go see someone NOW. THat is not right to be in that much pain and not know what is going on. Please call me if you need to talk. I will PM you with my home number and cell number. Also, Darcy, and everyone else don't ever keep anything inside again. Let it all out here. This is a safe haven for us to share our thoughts, fears, and hopes.

Lisa I will wait to throw my shoes at you in person. LOL!! I am still laughing at this latest endeavour. by the way, as a former Harley rider years ago. That BIKE ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW!! That was awesome. We should do something like that for the VEgas Bash this weekend. LOL!! How did you do that??? You, your kids, and your hubby are all cute as a bug's ear. LOL!!