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Karri- I am soooo happy for you!! Congrats on your new 'modeling job' I was asked by my docs PA if I had received the newsletter they sent out asking people who were interested to contact them about possibly doing photoes and a television interview on the local news. I told her no because I just am not ready to get up on TV and tell GOD knows who what I have done. As I have told you all before I have a very select few that I have told about my band. On the plastics........CONGRATULU FREAKIN LATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy and jealous of you. I really hope that when I get closer I will be able to sete things 'cynched' up to where they belong. So far I don't have along of hang except on my arms (I am sooooo self conscious of them. I will be the weirdo in July wearing long sleeves when it is 100 degrees outside. So happy for you. Don't be ashamed of your pics. As Janet said we all have the same issues and hell...............YOU'RE GETTING YOUR FIXED!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats again you totally deserve this!!! As has been said we will definately miss you in July but will be looking forward to a full update about the tummy tuck. If you do not mind me asking and if so I understand, but will you give a ball park number as to the cost for something like that? I am sorry if my asking offends I am just thinking for future reference possibly. Glad to have you back.

Janet and Lindaa I can relate to the 'better' half issues. My DH is very willing to do anything I WANT him to do but never does anything spontaneously (sp?). I mean it doesn't matter what it is he does not come up with anything to do. It is always me. Where do we eat, what do we do, this is how we will do this. I know that sounds like some womens dream but it drives me nuts!!! He is also NOT a talker so we REALLY lack communication because me I LOVE TO CHAT!!! and it is lonely with him. He just doesn't talk. LITERALLY. He talks very rarely on his own and if you want to talk you have to ask him questions trying to start a conversation but he is not a conversationalist either. Love is blind as I did not really notice this as much until after we were married. Friday night was not a good night either. I took the kids to get clothes that they needed for an upcomming trip to Chicago with the school in April and he (very out of character. This is the 3rd time since we have been together that he has done this!!) but anyway he went drinking with his friends after telling me he didn't feel like going anywhere so I could just go with the kids. I felt guilty and called him and asked where he was and he said at you uncles house visiting. I get home at 9pm Friday night and he still is not home. I waited until 10:45 and called him and he was drunk and at another friends. Pissed me off!!! Then I figure he knows I am mad so he will be comming. I was sicker than a dog and it is 12:50am and he still isn't home so I call and call his cell. He doesn't answer but my cousin answered his and they were together. I told him I was sick and needed to talk to my husband. My husband is with his drinking buddies and says in the background (I don't have anything to say so I don't need to talk.' Then he gets home at 1:35 am and S#$t hit the fan here. I didn't go into the hospital that night but waited until Sat morning because I was mad at him and thought he should have been going with me. ANyway I get up yesterday morning and I drove myself there. My daughter was going to bring me my meds to the hospital and he did instead and then he sat there. I told him to get the (bleep) out because I needed him Friday night and he wasn't there so I sure as hell didn't need him yesterday. Of course he is very remorseful now and begging for forgiveness with his tail between his legs. I figure I am going to let him squirm for awhile and feel like crap about it. I know I sound mean and nasty and can honestly say that I am having a hard time keep up the facade of being mad now but too bad he deserves at least that much. :eek: Well back to bed. Just got up to try eating something. Nothing sounds or tastes good so I am just trying to get my fluids and forgetting the food for now. TTYAL:wink_smile:

Hello all. Just checking in. I have been in the hospital since early yesterday morning. Nothing real serious.a viral thing. I was dehydrated and things coming out both ends. SORRY FOR THE TMI!!!! I am really tired and still really weak. Doc only let me come home because I have have none of the above for the past 8 hours and I begged him to come home promising to rest. Sure rested alot. Came home and deep cleaned my house because I have to get the 'sick germs' out. LOL But seriously NOW I am going to rest because I feel wiped out. I am still in for Mall Of America whenever it works for everyone else. Let me know. Miss you all. Phyl so great to see that you are posting!!!!! TTYAL

I would love to meet up at Mall of America. We usually go to Missouri to see my dad in the beginning of July but my son will be in drivers ed this year so he won't finish until sometime later in July and then we will be going. The school hasn't given the EXACT dates yet. Other than that I am pretty open to any dates really. Steph-Oh girl!!! I am the queen of PMS!!! LOL Just ask the family :tea: I swing from mood to mood faster than tarzan swings from tree to tree. LOL So glad to hear that you are feeling better today and focusing on the accomplishments you have made. Ok now I want to rant a minute. I have been on this $#%@ plateau for 6 weeks now. I was walking and walking and exercising like a fiend this week and still nothing!!!!! I am really hoping that once aunt flo gets here the scale will start moving again or I will have to take a hammer to it to save my sanity!!! I was so angry today about no loss and all the work that when I was in the grocery store I bought a package of sugar free wafer cookies. (suger free but still too many calories! ) Anyway, I came home this morning with them and I opened the package and had 4 (that is considered a serving. 140 calories) Then as I was on the computer I kept thinking about those cookies and I wanted more. Well I dont trust myself lately so finally I just went to the kitchen and took the package and dumped the damn things in the garbage. Then tonight we were in Wal Mart and they had Blue Bunny SF chocolate almond ice cream. I picked it up, put it back, picked it up and put it back and then just went back and picked it up and thought "I am buying this.' Anyway I got to the checkout and the line was long and as I stood there in line I argued with myself in my head and told myself you really don't need this and you have 45 minutes to drive home anyway so it will be melted. The devil in my head said 'just have them double bag it in plastic bags and tie it off to keep it frozen.' The Angel won. When I got up to the cashier and they were scanning my things when he picked up the ice cream ready to scan it I said 'I don't want that. I live 45 minutes away and it will not be frozen when I get home so could you just have someone put it back.' I DID IT!!!!!!!!! Walked out feeling a lot better. Came home thinking 'the scale better have moved. The damn thing didn't but you know what.......even though I am not happy about that I didn't give in to the attitude to F it I haven't lost any so what is the point?! Major NSV for me today I can tell you because I really love that ice cream and our local grocery store doesn't carry that specific one. :w00t:

Steph- I know how you are feeling as we all do. I won't go into a long speal because honestly I couldn't put it anywhere near as well as Janet did. I can tell you that I am at this plateau and I have MANY moments with the temptations and lately have felt like a failure a lot. I even caught myself the other day when we went out to eat mentally thinking of how much I would have left to eat later if I ordered a bigger meal. I have good restriction but I still want to eat. I have thought several times about the counseling like Janet mentioned to you. Opera brings 'why are you fat?" alot on her shows and they talk about people have a reason why they are eating and before any diet works we have to figure that out. Now I don't buy into all of it but I think I eat (first off because I like the food :tongue:) and second off what I think is just because eating could be something else. Who knows but you took the first step. You came here and talked to all of us so you have recognized the problem. Talk to your doctor!!!! Hang in there this is one of several bumps we will hit along our way unfortunately. We take them one at a time. Janet-Amen is all I can say to what you said to Steph and about religious beliefs. Amen Peaches- I came to Ontario (peterborough and I think it was Lyndsie) I thought the country side was beautiful!!! Loved it. I didn't really do anything important we just came and went as we please and hung out. We went to a Sports Bar and the people we wonderful and SOOOOO fun. They thought it was great because 'Americans' came to drink with them. HAHA What a memory in my life. The was a whole nother era. I was in having a OH MY GOD I AM CLOSE TO 30 TIME IN MY LIFE and seperated from my husband preparing for divorce. (a very amicable divorce. We ended best friends. VERY long story for someother time) A friend of mine and I ended up planning this trip to Canada because we had started talking to someone on the internet from there and I just wanted to get away. We go 1200 miles to get a way. :tt2: It was the farthest I had ever been from Iowa and I just felt free. We get there and we are nervous about meeting them because it was the net ya know?!?! but she was great and lots of fun!!! We just had a relaxing get away with no itenerary and no real intentions. WOO HOO to be that age again!! (28) HAHA Well I gotta cut this short. School just called my son has a headache and they can get bad for him so I gotta go get him. Have to heal him this morning because we are shopping this evening!!!! Later all!!!

Kari- I know what you mean when your waiting for a fill and starving. Hang in there you are just about there. You have a lot more self control then I would especially in the middle of the night. :cursing: Even if you ate half of your dinner I am sure it was healthy. Congrats on having 4 days off. Gives you something to really look forward to (besides your fill) Hope everyone is having a great day so far. I am on my way to the gym. Haven't been for 2 days so it is time. I made sure I still burned my caloric goal each day and walked 10,000 steps. Yesterday I was lagging and just didn't feel like moving so the steps were not adding up so I made myself get up and clean the whole house again. LOL You wouldn't believe how many steps we make cleaning. My daughter offered to help and I said 'no that is ok I need the exercise today and I don't see that I will get it any other way so I am cleaning just because.' She was fine with that. Put her ipod back on and continued looking at her magaizine. TTYAL!!:thumbup:

Brandy I am sooooo happy for you and so VERY envious!!! Conratulations!!!! You are doing wonderful and keep everyone else inspired. Thank you for sharing your victories!!! CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!! I JUST CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok sorry about all the smileys but you deserve them!!! (and besides I love 'em!!!!)

Hello all. Just checking in with my cyber family. I did not go to the gym yesterday but made sure I still got 10,000 steps in and burned my calorie goal. (thanks to my body bugg I know what is what:wink_smile:) My fill last week is very restricted but I am still able to get in my nutrition. I don't get these fills. One day they are not as restrictive as the next?:thumbup: Last night through the night I had reflux. I hate that!!! I used to get that ALL the time. I have had it for years upon years so it is nothing new. I have been on medication for this since I think I was 18. Used to get what used to be called heart burn constantly. Inherited it from my dad and unfortunately my son has had it since he was 4. Anyway, I am not sure that I hadn't caught a bit of a bug yesterday. My girlfriend that I was with is sick today and feeling the same way. I am trying to eat some of my WW soup I made and it is really not going very well. Just not really in the mood to eat. When I have proper restriction eating 1/4 -1/2 cup is a lot of work. Eating because I have too. I love that. Not eating because I just want to I need to. Anywhooo, the fill is restrictive but I am still on this damn plateau. Aunt flow will be visiting sometime this weekend so I am hoping once she has departed I will start seeing loss again. Frustrating!!:w00t: I have gotten myself into the mind set though that I am doing everything that I can to make the scale move so now it is up to nature to take its course. I was fristrated so bad last month when it wasn't moving and I started to eat a little more here and there of the unhealthy foods. Nothing bad or on a regular basis but enough that could hae been dangerous if I didn't rope myself back in. LOL Ok about the anniversary gifts I would love to be a part of that!!! Of course I hope everyone is willing to give some ideas as to things that you like or are interested in. I am not very good with picking out gifts and I stress myself out trying to find something. Sign me up Janet. Kari-your pizza sounds really good. I am going to try it. I think I would like the ground chicken as well. I love chicken breast. You certainly are the little cook. That is good. Keep sending us your recipes. Janet-Close you eyes and count to 10. LOL It is really stressful when you are not used to having younger ones around. I am 34 but both of my kids are teenagers and pretty self suffisient (sp?) and a couple summers ago my sisters hubby walked out on her and 3 little girls ranging from 1-5. She was really in a spot so I stepped in and told her I would do her day care for her for free. 40 some hours a week!!!! Plus I was trying to work my job around it and take care of my own house and family. :frown: As I have told you all before I am very anal about my house and how things are done and scheduled and blah bah blah. I tell you I was a freakin basketcase for the first month. Then I finally got a routine and the kids got into it and we were all doing fine. HAHA The girls always want to come stay with Aunt Jackie now. They get on moms cell phone and call when they are with her for the week (they do that shared care. 1 week with mom and one week with dad) and ask if they can come for a day. I spoil them rotten and they know it. HAHA Well better get. Gotta head in town for work. Won't be going to the gym today either but have a date set with my friend tomorrow to workout. I am working out with her in the am and with my aunt in the pm. Hope this damn plateau breaks soon.!!! :frown:

Pris- I remember you. I was thinking of you the other day also. I wondered what decision you had made because the last I remember you were really on the fence about the by-pass. Congratulations for making the decision to go ahead and for all the amazing weight loss already. Come here and keep us posted. We love having you. Congrats again. Kari- WOOOWEE congratulations to you!!!! I am so envious of you. You are so close and you will get to your goal. I am soooooo proud of you. again we are so happy to have you back. Janet-we had cake from the anniversary party on Saturday too and I ate a small piece last night and then got angry with myself for eating it and went to the kitchen and threw the 3 pieces left out. Can't trust myself :angry:so it is back to none in the house. At least you stayed within your calories even with your cake and stuff. That in itself is a major accomplishment. Well I went to the gym again today. Yeah for me. Done an hour workout and my son got home from school about 45 minutes ago and said mom lets go to the gym I haven't exercised today so I am on my way back. :w00t: :thumbup:Can you believe it? I tell you this weather is doing wonders for me. Feeling alot better towards hubby even. LOL Belive me he is a happy camper with me today. :drool: I just ate a 1/2 cup chicken rice (healthier kind that I found) and I am in misery right now. I tried eating this last night also and had the same thing. Feel like I am having a damn heart attach!! Pains all through my chest. Guess I am done with this. It tastes great t he first couple of bites but then the pain hits. :scared2::crying: Told hubby to go ahead and make the other 4 1/2 cup servings for himself for supper because I am done with it. Better get my DS is telling me "let's go!!!!!!'

Hello all my lovely's (sp?) Just wanted to check in. I have had a pretty busy weekend. We held a 50th wedding anniversary party for my in laws yesterday so had to get everything ready for that. Didn't get to go to the gym the past couple of days. WARNING!!!!!!!! MAJOR RANT COMING UP FAST FORWARD TO MISS THE b@tch SESSION Then today hubby pissed me off, (he's been really irritating me lately. LOL He has been off of work since last Wednesday because he cut his finger and can't get it dirty) don't really know what he did to start it now that I think about it but to much together time is terrible for us. I am a pretty anal person with the way I want things done and he has been stepping on my toes. I deep clean every 3 days and sweep vacuum and dust everyday. Today I start picking up the rugs in the house because it is my day to deep clean and he says 'we just did that yesterday' Talk about piss me off!!! I said 'I do that EVERY day and today we are deep cleaning!' I said 'I am not the only one who lives here so you can help.' He walked outside and stayed out there until I was done. I was breathing FIRE!!! I really don't ask him or the kids to do any deep cleaning but to keep their things picked up but it would be nice of them to offer even though I would decline. When I done the deep cleaning on Wednesday he sat in a chair while I cleaned around him and then I said could you move and he got up and went into another room and played games until I came to that room and then he got up and went back to the living room to recline in the recliner and watch tv and snooze. UUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH I have no idea how the hell we will ever make it through retirement!! God Bless anyone who is living with their mate and you or they are retired. Anyway something good came out of it. I was going to take the 2 kids and go shopping because I was trying to get out of exercising and then I thought 'get over it. You haven't done it for 2 days' I told the kids we will shop next Saturday and asked if they wanted to go to the YMCA. They said yeah and away we went. I was so damn mad when I got there I really worked out HARD!!! I was on the treadmill for 1 hour. Walking 3.8 and different inclines (automatic intervals of incline). I walked at 3.8 for 5 minutes and then I would run for 1 minute at 5.8-6.0. When I was finished their I went up to the track because my aunt had come in and asked me to walk with her so we walked another mile up there and then we went back to the machine room and I rode the bike for 15 minutes and then the eliptical for 10 minutes and then I finished off with the nautilus machines. 2 FREAKIN HOURS OF EXCELLENT WORKOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!! I honestly wasn't angry anymore when I was finished and even came home in a great mood. Was nice to hubby but he was still grumpy and I told him he needed to go do something instead of setting at home stewing all day. As I type he is still in the living room laying on the floor as he says that is where he is sleeping tonight pouting. I told him 'good for you stay there. I like having my whole bed anyway!" Man I can't wait for him to go back to work!!! Anyway I have done pretty good with the eating. Today I grabbed a piece of cake and sat down to eat it and then I thought 'am I really hungry or just pissed.' I was pissed so I got up and threw it away. I had an aahhaa moment and called my eating at that moment for what it was. I was trying to eat my anger. Instead I let er rip!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHA Better get. Law and Order Criminal Intent is on. Take care and hugs to all of you. Thank GOD I have lapbandtalk to come to. I would probably end up right back where I was with the eating!!!!! Thank you all!!!!!!!! Love ya! TTYL

Janet hope you have fun!!! We are throwing a 50th anniversary party for my in laws tomorrow and we decorated the hall tonight. Everyone asked if we wanted to go out andhave a couple of drinks when we were done and I felt nasuated (sp?) just thinking about it. LOL Needless to say we came home. Bet I will feel good this Saturday morning. LOL

Hello me ladies!!! Feeling better tonight. Gotta tell ya. I went to the PA today for a fill. Got LOTS of things cleared up for me. Told her about the drinking last week and then told her that I am still splurging on McD's iced coffee ever couple of days. I am always very honest with her. She is hard nosed and tells it like it is.....it may seem like she is upset with you but it is out of love. :wub: Anyway, I have a wonderful relationship with her and I just love her. So I am telling her that I don't honestly know if I need a fill or if it is psychological. (She does them under fluro and as she does them we talk.) So I am talking and telling her all my no no's and she asked if I have been exercising like I should and I said no. Told her I let myself get out of it and now I am trying to get myself back into it. So anyway when we are done she looks at the tech (same one everyt time so I know them both and am comfortable with them) and the PA said how do you reprimand (sp?) someone who comes in and tells you everything and is so honest? We all laughed and the tech said 'yeah she does confession whenever she comes in if she knows she is doing something wrong." So anyway she tells me that I should never think it is psychological with needing a fill. She told me if I am eating more than I should then I need a fill because if my fill is fine my band would be making me PB if I ate to much. I asked her to look and make sure that it wasn't stretched out or anything and blah blah blah. I watch the screen from the side each time but today when she was done she said come here and I want to show you. I looked at it and she showed the picture of how the barium went through before she started a fill and then when it was going through after the fill. She showed me my pouch and told me it is just fine and the same size it should be. She said now I am doing my part here and you have told me what you need to do so you do your part with the exercise. I came home and I had deep cleaned the whole house and my car before I left today so I was trying to justify not going to the gym tonight because I had enough exercise cleaning. I sat here and was feeling so guilty for about 3 hours and then I thought I am not going to feel better until I go so I asked my daughter if she wanted to go and we went. I walked on the treadmill for an hour at 3.5 and automatic inclines. I feel so much better. :blushing: Get this since this morning and being back on my Water pills regularly since my mishap last Friday night that led to all day Saturday and saturday night (LOL) The extra is finally gone again. Whew!!!! Still between 197 and 202. I will take that though because this morning and the previous couple days I have been weighing 205-206. Tonight I am 202.3. Well girls better get. I am going to watch my tivo'ed shows tonight. I have about 60 hours of them. Good night!!!

Hello all. Sorry I have been MIA the past couple of days. I tell you this past weekend was ROUGH!! LOL No more drinking for a while for me. Thats ok though don't need the calories. I still haven't lost those 3 extra pounds and found 2 more to go with them. I go tomorrow for a fill so hoping that will help. I feel like I can eat and eat and eat. Janet I am like you with the eating and drinking after a loopy night except that I get sick the night of the party and then feel like crap and want to eat and eat and drink WATER or POP the next 3 days after. One night out honestly just isn't worth all that for me anymore. Gotta get going to the Bucket List at the theatre tonight. TTYL

Kari- I have this problem ALL the time anymore. I use Benefiber in the morning in a drink. Honestly you do not taste it whatso ever. If that doesn't work then I go to the store and I buy Magnesium Citrate in the Cherry flavor. I put in on ice and mix it half with water and drink that. Now this makes me go and really 'moves things along'. I know how uncomfy this is believe me!! Ruby- I had this same thing before I had my breast reduction back in 2000. The plastic surgeon told me to use antipersprent (sp?) deodorant. I used sucret and it would be gone the very next day. After you take a shower dry it really well with a towel and then take your deodorant and rub it right into the crease. Apply it a couple of times a day if it persists. Try it...it really did take care of it for me. My mom and sister are do this with the crease of their bellies too. I don't have that....yet. Really hoping that I won't be then again I have 65 lbs to lose yet. Also yes start complaining to your doc now because that may help to get it covered by insurance. Ok now for what I have been up to. Friday night started out to be a very fun night. I do not drink often what so ever and a friend wanted us to go out for her birthday. Anyway, I stopped drinking beer long ago but that is what they had so I thought I would try it. Then we go to the bar and they ordered some shots for everyone. I of course couldn't drink the shot like they did so I sipped mine down and then we got another beer because I didn't want to change what I had started on. Things were going down and we were laughing and dancing and more shots. I drank 4 beers and I think about 6 shots and I was TOAST!!! I was so ill feeling!!! I came home went to bed and I was so ill yesterday I didn't even get out of my bed until 7pm last night. I got up 2 times yesterday to go to the bathroom and each time I thought I was going to throw up!!! I couldn't even roll over in bed without feeling queasy!!! NOT AGAIN!!! I didn't even take my water pill that I am supposed to take 2 times a day because I knew I would have to go to the bathroom and I was afraid of getting sick if I got up and walked. Then today I get on the scale and I am up 3 lbs. UUGGGHHH!!! It was fun...at first....but enough for me for a longggggggggggggg time. LOL Back to the basics tomorrow again. Party is over. I played so now I gotta pay. Anyway I just had to tell you guys. I did however get several compliments Friday night. That was nice. What was it Hank Williams sang??.........'HANGOVERS HURT MORE THAN THEY USED TOO.' I tell you that is the understatement of the century for me. I am back amoung the living today.

Just checking in to see if there was anything I missed. Have had a pretty good day with calories. Feeling pretty good tonight. Called my docs office to set up an appointment with the PA for my 4 weeks check-up. I was supposed to go this past Monday but our weather here hasn't been the best and honestly I just didn't feel like going that day anyway. Anywho..when I called I was talking to the receptionist and she said do you need a fill? I said well I don't really know right now. I havent lost any real weight for the past 5-6 weeks. She said lets get you with the nurse and you can talk to her. The nurse came on, WONDERFUL women. I love chatting with her. I told her that I haven't been doing alot of exercising and I am getting back into that and she said how much can you eat at one setting. I told her at least a cup and usually more. I told her that I am really hungry at night and that lately I wake up in the morning hungry and don't have any problem eating. She said 'I think you need a fill.' I told her I just wasn't sure if I needed a fill or if it was something that I am doing wrong. She said 'lets set up a fill for next wednesday and go from there.' So I guess I am getting a fill. I think I might need just a slight one. Hopefully with that and the exercise it will get things moving in the right direction again. I am sick of this damn plateau. Besides 3 days after I get my fill we are hosting a 50th wedding anniversary party for my in-laws so I won't be eating any cake from that one. YEAH!!!!! Janet I have to tell you congrats again. 175. WOW!!!! You will be at goal before your 1 year I bet. Karri- salad for breakfast? I dont think I could do that. LOL You are doing great staying on track. Way to go!!! I don't mean to not mention everyone because you all mean so much to me but I just forget who posts what most of the time. I am sorry. I love ya all though!!! Have a great night ladies.

I want a vitamin B shot. I am going to have to check into that stuff around here. HMMMMM Maybe if it is too cold again tomorrow I will take tomorrow off and go get a facial and check around for the vitamin B shots. I need more energy. Although I do have to say that the past couple of days since I am working out regularly (2 days in a row! LOL) I feel like I am about to burst with energy at night.

HI BRANDY!!! So happy to have you back. I am sooo jealous of you going to Florida. We are freezing here in Iowa.

Ok it cut me off. HAHA I wanted to say.........Hope you are all doing well. Lindaa how are you doing today? Hope you are doing better. Janet-A facial. I should have thought of that!!! Heck I didn't have time. I will definately have to remember that the next time. Vitamin shots? Does a nurse give those? It is b 12 that is supposed to help with weight loss? Tell me more!! I am sorry for so many smileys. I just think they are cute.

Ok all I am back from my VERY busy day. HAHA I had the whole day off because clients didn't want to go out with the cold. I went to the gym and it was only noon when I finished. So what is a girl to do?! SHOP!!!! I left at noon and it is now 8:30 at night!! I treated myself to a ice coffee today and hit the stores. I will now look nice and trendy while at the gym!! I have always liked how others look in those cropped dri fit pants and shirts with the zip up jacket over them but was always WAY to fat to fit them and wear them in public. Anyway today I thought I am going to try these on and I even ventured out and tried on the size medium pants. THEY FREAKIN FIT I was sooooo happy. I even look trendy!!! I bought myself 2 full workout outfits and then I found myself 2 pair of NIKE's and bought them also. I was having soooooo much fun today. I am soooooo remotivated now!!!! Whew what a rush!!!

Karri- Don't beat yourself up over popcorn. Alot better choice than cake or cookies like Janet said!! Get a good nights sleep. You definately deserve it!! I can't even open my eyes any before 7a.m.

Good morning everyone!!! Just wanted to pop in and tell you all to have a great day. Lindaa good luck today. Sounds like maybe you may have a touch of the flu amoung the other things. TMI here again all! I have the problem of being 'stopped up' all the time. I tell you it is terrible so to me I would love to be 'cleaned out'. It is 30 below zero here today. One of my clients for today called and said they were canceling for today because it is to cold and I called the other and suggested the same to their parents so I now have the day off. Going to read for a while today and then early afternoon head to the gym again. I'll get warmed up there. I am really revved up about being back in the gym. Take care ladies and make good choices today. TTYL

Janet- we start school the last week in August. Yeah I am only 34. Tonight I can say 'only' LOL Most days I say OMG I am 34 years old. I feel so old. LOL I had my babies with the love of my life and believe that GOD intended for me to have them so young (18 for my first and 20 for the second. I got married when I was 18) because my kids dad was not going to be with us a long time. He passed when he was 35 from complications from diabetis. OK off that subject now... I will be 37 years old and my children will be old enough to be on their own. I think about that and just can't believe it!! My sister is 2 years younger than me and has 3 little girls. She will be 50 when her youngest leaves. My best friend just had another baby a year ago and her oldest daughter is the 16 just like my daughter. She did not intend to have another but....things happen. LOL Linda- I am so sorry to hear of your slip. I was told like Kari that if I had a slip that they would remove the fluid from my band and hope that it would 'settle back down where it is supposed to be' and if it didn't then they would take me to surgery and put it back where it belongs. Like Kari said. Try to stick to the bandster rules. I feel terrible saying that because I know I would really struggle with that if I lost the fluid in my band or my band. Remember we are here for you. Ok so I had a moment tonight. :cursing: I ate 4 small bites of a grilled salmon patty tonight and I was full. Then when I got home from my meeting my son had had chinese and he said mom there is just a little rice left do you want it. I wasn't really hungry but the old Jackie thought 'it is only about 1/2 cup and it smells good.' It had been a couple of hours since I ate and I didn't eat much of anything today so I took the rice. I got 2 bites down and OMG!! :tongue: TMI coming up. I started sliming and knew it was not going to stay down so I went to the bathroom. My own fault. Scared me a bit. I have slimed a few times but never pb'ed like this. My band said no and made sure I knew that it was there.

Ok I know that I am supposed to be showering but I HAD to respond to this. I have a friend also that had by pass in October. She does absolutely NOTHING for exercise and she is still eating everything BAD. She told me that she has thrown up lots of times because she has stuffed herself. She honestly does have a terrible addiction to food and other men. Long story short we are good friends and co workers but I have to tell you guys that I am struggling being around her too much right now. She is really starting to act like 'gosh they need to take charge of their weight.' and blah blah blah. Today at our meeting (we work together) she goes 'I am down to 179 now and my doc says they wouldn't have eve guessed me at that because I look alot smaller than that.' now don't get me wrong I am happy for her but I just get angry sometimes because I feel as though she is judging others that struggle with their weight because she is losing. She did tell me last week one day that she had gained 3 lbs and her doctor had told her that she had to get control of it now before it got out of control because once she begins to gain it would be easy to lose control of it again. I guess I just needed to B%#ch :cursing: to someone about it because she needs to remember what it felt like. Sorry for my rant!!

Hello my lovely Lucky 7's!!! I am in a wonderful mood!! I feel so good!! I joined the gym again today and went and walked on the treadmill and then rode the exercise bike for 20 minutes. I am feeling great!! I found that new found strength. I even had my daughter walking on the treadmill next to me. That in itself is a wonderful accomplishment because as I have told you all before my daughter is 16 and struggles with weight. I hated writing that check today but I knew that if I didn't I wouldn't exercise again and now I will keep thinking of the darn money I spent and make sure I get my money's woth. :cool2: It is cold in Iowa today. Travel is not even recomended in the North east and central parts of Iowa. I have a meeting tonight at 6 for work and just dread going in. It isn't snowing today yet. The kids have missed the past couple of days of school due to weather and I will not be surprised if they are home again tomorrow. We are supposed to get 2-4 m,ore inches of snow and then 30mph winds. For the past month and a half it has snowed about every other day!! Oh Janet I forgot to tell you all....we don't get off of work or school for presidents day or any presidents birthdays. Never have. We did this year but as I said that was due to the weather. The poor kids will be going to school until the beginning of June! They already have 6 dys to make up this year and we are only in the middle of Feb. I was ok with them not having school today though because my sons birthday was today so we went out for lunch. Kinda nice to spend the day with him. My baby is 15! :thumbup: Kari congrats on the 1.25 miles. You ROCK!!! Well I gotta get. Need to shower and get ready to head out again.