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Lol Stef! OK... lemme find it...

Hey Ghosty! I see you're from KC! Where abouts? I'm in Liberty. Where'd you get your surgery done at?

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f93/recipes-43707/#post600984

Hey BeckieT! You're all over posting! Lol. OK, I do have goals and incentives!! I really wanna be at 315 by Thanksgiving - though that would make me have to lose about 12 pounds in the next 4 weeks... (and is lower than the Labor day to Thanksgiving day goal I set on that thread!) By New Years I want to be 299... (I am 327 this morning) so that would put me at needing to lose 28 pounds in 10 weeks. Both of these goals are do-able if I lose 3 pounds a week... which will take alot of hard work!! My BIG incentive is that in March (when I get my income tax money) I REALLY wan to be at about 275 by then and I will buy myself a GOOD Road Bike! (The one I'm kinda drooling over is about $900!!!) And I guess incentives for the 315 and 299 goals will be new clothes - cause I really need jeans that FIT... and i need new work uniforms... people at work are finally starting to notice (and ask questions!)

OK everyone... post your yummy bandster friendly recipes here!

Hey good idea BeckieT! We can post recipes... but lets put them in a seperate June 2007 thread... I'll go make it and link back here... THEN EVERYONE MUST PIPE IN!! (Lol!)

o2bthin - I'm soooo sorry about your dog!! I still remember how heartbroken I was when I was a kid (about 7 or 8) and we had to have of Doberman "Holly" put down cause she bit a neighbor boy - especially cause the dumb boy DESERVED IT! (Lol) Seriously though, I understand. {{{{{HUGS}}}}} As for my body bugg... I'm in LOVE. Lol. I slept with it on last night and did you know that I burned over 1100 calories just in my sleep! Hahah! I set the program up for a 1200 calorie intake, and then it sets your deficit based on what your intake is, and on how much weight you want to lose a week. I put that I want to lose 2.5 a week... so we shall see!! I still have to do the work! I think if I stick to the 1200 intake I have to 'spend' just under 2500 cals a day, - BUT if nearly half of those come off in my sleep, I should be good to go! Hahaa! This has totally motivated me. Of course its still a new 'toy' so during commercials (I'm off work today) i get up and walk around my apartment and jump up and down and stuff then I come back here and upload all my info. Lol! Its totally awesome if you love numbers and gizmos! Hahaa! The real test will be next Monday - will I have lost 2.5??? - Stay tuned!!!

Thanks for piping in Ghost! Unfortunately that is a bit too soon for me to pull money together. (boo!) Especially with it being RIGHT after Christmas and all. I think thats why I like the whole March/April idea - I'll have my income tax $$$ back by then and won't have had a chance to have spent it all. Lol.

Hey! Do ya'll wanna get rid of your display watch thingy-ma-bobs? Will they work with a different Bugg, or are they matched specifically to yours? Hmm... I'd love to have one while I'm at work (cause I take the 8 flights of stairs at least once a day) and while I'm at the gym. Feel free to send me a PM if you're willing to part with your doo-hickey.

OK - The BODY BUGG - I'm in LOVE! I got it all figured out - it's soooo easy! just push a button and BAM! all your calories burned info is downloaded!!! OK, I'm about to sleep with my Bugg... gotta figure out how many calories I burn while I dream about a new thinner me!! hahaa! Night ya'll!

Just wanted to come abck and say that after only wearing the Bugg for about 3 hours I'm TOTALLY in LOVE with it!!!!!!!!!! If you are thinking about getting it - GO FOR IT!

YES!!!!! I LOVE IT ALREADY!!! I had to run up to the gym after I got all the technical downloaded on my computer (including internet explorer cause it's not compatible with firefox!!) As soon as I got home from the gym (I was so excited that I only did 45 minutes elliptical and 10 minutes recumbant bike, Lol!) I had to come home and download the stuff for the 'wireless' calorie burning thingy... and then I had to restart my computer for the millionth time...and BAM! It works!! I'd already added in all my food and beverage for the day, 1254 calories intake, and based on my height, weight, etc... it estimates my 'normal' calorie burn rate... and of course it picked up my gym time. Its totally rad yo! Everyone needs one!!! I was just jogging in place and then re-uploaded my info and had burned about 100 more calories, Haha!!! So I've burned about 2500, which is perfect for my deficit! OF COURSE all of this info will be MUCH more accurate over the next few days as I wear it (even during sleep!)... I friggin LOVE it!!

bcrazy - Some days I can eat a whole dinner (lean cuisine, smart ones, etc...) and some days I barely manage half. I really think that it just depends on WHAT it is as to how much of it I can get down! BeckieT - bcrazy's response reminded me that I wanted to comment on your crock pot cooking! Lol. I LOVE my crockpot!!! (By the way - I have a whole cookbook for crock pot recipes. also a good site I use is Recipezaar: Where the World's Recipes Are and you can enter crock pot in the search bar and you'll get thousands of recipes!!) As for my body bugg - So far so good. I got it all loaded in my computer (after I had to download adobe reader and internet explorer!!!!) I entered my most common eaten foods (there are lots of foods listed, but not in the generic wal mart brands I usually buy, so I added them in as to be sure I was calculating everything right!) THEN I went to the gym and did 45 minutes elliptical and 10 minutes bike just to test it out... but now I can't figure out how to get the calories burned from the bugg to the computer!!! It comes with a 'wireless' thingy, and I have it plugged into the computer... and I downloaded the info I needed in order for it to read... but its not working yet. Grr. I'm about to restart my system to see if it will all kick in then.. if not I will go to the body bugg thread and bugg the people there! Haha!

Lol Sweety! I did 45 minutes Elliptical and 10 minutes bike. Can't think of what my total is right now, I'll update my ticker in a second though, so we'll all know!

The wrist band is like a little watch that lets you check and see at any point in the day how many calories you've burned. It does not actually monitor like the body bugg, on;y displays info.

Grace - Have you ever been to the middle of the desert in June before? I was there the last week of May this year and it was HOTTTT!! Lol!! I don't really care either way ya'll... seriously. I'm probably the most flexible person here since I'm singe and have no kids. My job is flexible too... I will only have to arrange for someone to check on my cats, which isn't difficult at all since I have alot of family and friends within a 5-15 mile radius of me. Hell, I"d go tomorrow if I could pull the funds together that quickly!

OK, I"m back - Guess what?? MY BODY BUGG JUST ARRIVED!!

OK, I'm back - Guess what?!?!? MY BODY BUGG JUST ARRIVED!!

OK - I was just reading ya'll when my doorbell rang - so you get to be the frist to know - MY BODY BUGG JUST ARRIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OK, have a good day!

Sorry about your staph infection!! that sucks! It also kinda sucks about having to switch facilities... but KU is a bit closer...Lol. And as far as losing slowly - Girl, a LOSS IS A LOSS! Be proud of every pound and bid it farewell! Its own entity... Lol! o2bthin - You crack me up! I was laughing out loud and scared my kitty!!

I've done that actually. But when I was done eating after only about 4 bites (right after a tight fill) she got all bad moody on me. I tried to pretend like IW as still eating... I cut up my whole plate of food into tiny bites and pushed it around my plate and would put the littlest of nibbles on the fork and play with it in my mouth. Lol. Overall she is just upset that her insurence won't cover the surgery and she doesn't want to be the 'fat' one.

Would you believe that according to the UPS tracking system my Bugg left the wearhouse for delivery at 0553 this morning and here it is now nearly TWELVE hours later and NO SIGN OF IT! My roommate left the house for work at 9am, so its possible that he (the UPS man) came by when no one was here... but he usually leaves me a note on my door saying when he'll be by again!!! Wahhhh!!! I want my Bugg!!!

Good to see you here again Beckie! Lol. I thought you'd abandoned me!

Thats awesome. I'd love to be able to do one of those rides... I'll get there soon enough! When is the deadline for sponsor money?? As for the Body Bugg - I think YOU would totally love it. You are one of those all or nothing kinda girls, so I think being able to really see your numbers (calories burned, calories eaten) would be awesome for you! I should get mine today (if my roommate is home to sign for it) so I'll let you know how totally awesome it is!

Sweety - NO! I get it tomorrow! I keep checking the online tracking number they emailed me for UPS... Its been about 20 miles from me since Saturday morning... DANGIT! UPS should run on Sundays! Lol. I can't wait to get home from work tomorrow and play with my new toy!!!!!!!!!1