Suzzzie.

Name............Chall. Start Wt........Current......Chall. Goal.............To Go alwayscurious........245......................245. ............212.................33 Amelia40...............270.................... 270................240................30 areellady...............232....................226 .5 ...............212.................14.5 argon..................162...................160.2 ...............142...............18.2 Ariel....................207.................... 199 ..............182..................17 aussie_jode...........212......................212 .............190..................22 BabygotBack..........164.....................164. ............145..................19 Babygrl1234...........215......................205 ............190.................15 Becky42................253.....................248 ...............220...............28 bekafina.................225.....................2 25.............199................26 Cherrybomb...........311....................306 ..............291................15 chickatee..............203.....................201 ..............175................26 chocolate_snaps......344....................342... ...........299................43 cQQlgirl..................225....................2 25................185..............40 Chris_NJ................284....................265 .................250..............15 cindyluhu...............194....................194 ...............180.............14 dacer123...............243....................243. ..............223................20 Denise...................170....................17 0...............155...............15 Denise..................244.....................24 4...............220................24 Desertbunnee.........232....................207. .............180................27 DonnaD................185.....................185. .............170................15 eclipse..................215.....................2 12..............199................16 faithmd................303.....................303 ............ 283...............16.7 glindab................ 277.....................269...............250..... .. .......19 gonnabfree............231....................231.. ..............205................26 Guinessgirl77.........241...................241 ..................210..............31 gweniper..............253.....................240. ...............223...............30 hf2havefun...........240......................240. ..............210................30 ihadenuf................216....................216 ................190................26 itsjustducky...........317....................317. .................297...............20 james2539............235.4.................235.4 ................220.............15.4 jfran……………………….212………………………204……………………..196………………8 jglong54...............206....................206. .................195.............11 jadrad7.................224....................224 .................200..............24 jazzystouch...........246......................246 ...............220...............26 Jeni 85.................237....................230 ..................207..............23 joisey....................307....................3 07................290...............17 josiebies...............188......................1 73................165................8 JulieNYC................155.....................14 9.................136..............13 Kaelin's G-Ma.........272....................272............. ......220.............52 KarenG................. 240.....................232...................225. ...........7 katalin.e................230.....................1 79.................150..............29 Kellymovingon........207......................207 .................187............20 Kimmie.................296.....................290 ..................270.............20 ladydi............. .....233.....................228.................2 08...............20 legster..................261....................25 1................235...............16 LeslieLee...............216.....................21 6................186...............30 LifeLover..............289.....................275 ..............259................16 lisa_in_toronto.......180......................180 ................160...............20 losingjusme...........273.....................272. ...............238................33 luvinke..................225.................. ..223..................195..............28 maddog.................230.....................230 ................205..............25 marcar35...............277.....................268 ................250............. 18 mcgreen...............236......................230 .................210..............26 METALBAND...........187.....................182... ..... .......167..............15 momlambert..........207...................204.5... ............185..............20.5 mpalen.................229.....................229 ................200................29 Peache8887...........330.....................306.. ...............275..............31 pmmegm..............248.....................248... ...............228..............20 Rainer..................298................... 284..................258................26 robgoblin87............279...................279.. ................250...............29 SC2VA..................233.....................233 ..................200..............33 sdakotaRN.............254.....................254. ................225..............29 Short C................. 166....................166.................146.. ............20 Soniacan...............198.5..................198. 5.............175.............23.5 Stacy73.................259.....................24 1...............230...............11 Sunny112..............215.....................157. ...............140...............17 Suzzzie. ...............349....................334......... .......320................14 sweethot143..........197....................188... ...........175.................13 tanderson..............231.....................231 ...............199................32 teacher.................236.....................23 6.............200................36 ToniaPatt …..........286……….....……......283………......... 243.… ........…40 UK-Lady...............255.....................223.... ...........210.................13 Wannabthin...........231......................222. .............211................20 want2beme...........225.....................225.. ............195................30 wen.....................288......................2 84..............255................29 Whosyadaddy.........388.....................369... ...........335................43

(Bragging again... so sorry, I know it gets annoying!) Hung out with a friend today (was gonna go to the zoo and a corn maze, but the all day rain killed that idea.) Well, I ended up wanting to try on some more clothes from my closet (more stuff that still has tags, lol!) and stuff FITS! Its was so nice! We ended up just going to my AUnts Home Interiors party and had a great time. 2 of my Aunts and one cousin was tehre and they all 3 just gushed about how I look like I"ve lost weight! They wanted to know what I was doing and how much I've lost. It was so nice to hear these things from people who don't know I"ve had surgery, it just feels more sincere and genuine. I dunno. I was happy!! As far as what I told them - the truth, without details. I told them I was watching what I was eating, trying to make better choices and exercising. OK, TOMORROW I plan on going hiking... IF the weather holds out! If not. I'll definitly have to hit the gym... haven't exercised since WEDNESDAY!

Stef - NGs aren't all that bad. Of course I've never HAD one! I've dropped a few on patients... The human body is so awesome... its fun to put tubes and stuff in people. Haha. Yeah, I was born to be a nurse! - And your Grandfather looks AMAZING!! I have patients in there 50s who don't look that good!!! He is so cute! I work Oncology, so he is definitly in my prayers! Cancer, chemo, radiation.. none of it is easy, and he sounds like he is just taking it all in stride. Wow. He's just inspirational!! NSAIDS - When I talked to my NP at my post-op appointment and I mentioned some pain she told me an occational Ibuprofen wouldn't hurt, and since they are small they will go right through the band fine. She did tell me to not take it everyday or anything... but still. Now I wonder if I'm doing damage when I take it? Ibuprofen is teh ONLY thing that halps whenI get a headache or backache. Boo. Bracelets - I'd looked into getting one before IW as banded. There really are some pretty ones out there! I'm not a big jewelry wearer, and I'd hate to have people ask whats up with it. Lol. Since no one at work or in my family knows about the surgery... I dunno. I should definitly think about it again. I'd much rather have everyone know than have a medical professional NOT know and mess it up!!!!

DId ya'll check out my Ticker?!?!?! It moved!! Lol. Thats right, it went frmo 33 lost to 48 lost! I lost 15.something in one month!! I LOVE MY BAND!!!!! OK, well... I still got A LOT to lose, but I will take EVERY pound lost and be dang proud of it! It's certainly not 'easy' the way some people think it is! Not much else going on. I was going to go to the Zoo with some friends today, but woke up to thunderstorms... so looks like we might go to a movie instead... I was looking forward to walking the zoo! And this evening (if it ever quits raining) we're going to a HUGE corn maze. I"m so excited! Last year we walked the maze for about 2 hours. We'll see how we do this year! And you better BELIEVE that I will be counting it as exercise! TOMORROW we are going to a town about an hour north of Kansas City. They have a beautiful 'park' with a nice lake and several hiking trails. I wanna do the 4.2 mile trail... we'll see how THAT one goes! I hope ya'll have fabulous weekends!!!

Name...........Chall. Start Wt........Current......Chall. Goal...........To Go alwayscurious........245......................245. ............212.................33 Amelia40...............270.................... 270................240................30 areellady...............232....................226 ...............212.................14.5 argon..................162...................160.2 ...............142...............18.2 Ariel....................207.................... 199 ..............182..................17 aussie_jode...........212......................212 .............190..................22 BabygotBack..........164.....................164. ............145..................19 Babygrl1234...........215......................205 ............190.................15 Becky42................253.....................250 ...............220...............30 bekafina.................225.....................2 25.............199................26 Cherrybomb...........311....................306 ..............291................15 chickatee..............203.....................201 ..............175................26 chocolate_snaps......344....................342... ...........299................43 cQQlgirl..................225....................2 25................185..............40 Chris_NJ................284....................262 .................250..............12 cindyluhu...............194....................194 ...............180.............14 dacer123...............243....................243. ..............223................20 Denise...................170....................17 0...............155...............15 Denise..................244.....................24 4...............220................24 Desertbunnee.........232....................207. .............180................27 DonnaD................185.....................185. .............170................15 eclipse..................215.....................2 12..............199................16 faithmd................303.....................303 ............ 283...............16.7 glindab................ 277.....................269...............250..... .. .......19 gonnabfree............231....................231.. ..............205................26 Guinessgirl77.........241...................241 ..................210..............31 gweniper..............253.....................240. ...............223...............30 hf2havefun...........240......................240. ..............210................30 ihadenuf................216....................216 ................190................26 itsjustducky...........317....................317. .................297...............20 james2539............235.4.................235.4 ................220.............15.4 jfran……………………….212………………………204……………………..196………………8 jglong54...............206....................206. .................195.............11 jadrad7.................224....................224 .................200..............24 jazzystouch...........246......................246 ...............220...............26 Jeni 85.................237....................230 ..................207..............23 joisey....................307....................3 07................290...............17 josiebies...............188......................1 77................165...............12 JulieNYC................155.....................14 9.................136..............13 Kaelin's G-Ma.........272....................272............. ......220.............52 KarenG................. 240.....................232...................225. ...........7 katalin.e................230.....................1 79.................150..............29 Kellymovingon........207......................207 .................187............20 Kimmie.................296.....................290 ..................270.............20 ladydi............. .....233.....................228.................2 08...............20 legster..................261....................25 1................235...............16 LeslieLee...............216.....................21 6................186...............30 lisa_in_toronto.......180......................180 ................160...............20 losingjusme...........273.....................272. ...............238................33 luvinke..................225.................. ..223..................195..............28 maddog.................230.....................230 ................205..............25 marcar35...............277.....................268 ................250............. 18 mcgreen...............236......................230 .................210..............26 METALBAND...........187.....................182... ..... .......167..............15 momlambert..........207...................204.5... .............185..............20.5 mpalen.................229.....................229 ................200................29 Peache8887...........330.....................306.. ...............275..............31 pmmegm..............248.....................248... ...............228..............20 Rainer..................298................... 284..................258................26 robgoblin87............279...................279.. ................250...............29 SC2VA..................233.....................233 ..................200..............33 sdakotaRN.............254.....................254. ................225..............29 Short C................. 166....................166.................146.. ............20 Soniacan...............198.5..................198. 5.............175.............23.5 Stacy73.................259.....................24 1...............230...............11 Sunny112..............215.....................157. ...............140...............17 Suzzzie. ...............349....................334......... .......320................14 sweethot143..........197....................188... ...........175.................13 tanderson..............231.....................231 ...............199................32 teacher.................236.....................23 6.............200................36 ToniaPatt …..........286……….....……......283………......... 243.… ........…40 UK-Lady...............255.....................223.... ...........210.................13 Wannabthin...........231......................222. .............211................20 want2beme...........225.....................225.. ............195................30 wen.....................288......................2 84..............255................29 Whosyadaddy.........388.....................369... ...........335................43 LifeLover..............289.....................275 ..............259................16

Name...Challenge Start Wt...Current Wt...Challenge Goal...To Go Huntersmom...... 174........... 172....... 159............ 13 SWEETY.......... 202........... 195....... 180............ 15 MJsafari........ 268........... 252....... 238............ 14 captdanbo....... 211........... 211....... 185............ 26 PaulaD.......... 216........... 216....... 199............ 17 Stefanie42467... 206........... 200....... 175............ 25 Suzzzie......... 349........... 334....... 320............ 14 glindab......... 277........... 269....... 250............ 19 MM.............. 242........... 227.2..... 218........... 9.2 finallythin..... 254........... 254....... 225............ 29 BeckieT......... 259........... 259....... 239............ 20 Miscontext...... 303........... 303....... 275............ 28 ja9va........... 207........... 199....... 182............ 20 wombat712....... 180........... 171.6..... 165........... 6.6 Texasmom5573.... 252........... 252....... 230............ 22 Waters.......... 214........... 213....... 190............ 24 lessnless....... 206........... 191.2..... 179.......... 12.2 MissDarlene..... 223........... 223....... 195............ 28 o2bthin..........238........... 233....... 215............ 18 insubordination..300........... 288....... 283.............05 Holliwagz........325........... 315....... 295.............20 cc...............202............200....... 190.............10 Texasmom5573.... 252........... 246....... 230............ 16

WHERE IS EVERYONE?!?!?! OK. Since I have this thread all to myself today... I wanna brag about myself! I got in all my protein, I ate my veggies, and got in my dairy. That rarely happens! I've been going through my closet... I've found that I can wear a few more shirts that I couldn't wear the past 1-2 years. One is a really cute top I bought 1 1/2 years ago and I gotto wear it last night! :cool: It still had tags on it! Speaking of tags. I found another pair of size 28 jeans and a pair of 26 jeans with tags still on them. I tried them on and they both fit. Lol. OK the 26s were tight, but I WILL wear them for thanksgiving! Its funny, cause I rememebr when I bought them (on clearance at Lane Bryant for like $10!) they didn't fit and I took a pic of myself trying to zip them up! My fat tummy was all hanging out. Lol! Once the jeans really fit me I will post both pics! Its AMAZING! Actually, the 28s were a bit baggy, but I just wasked and dried them, so they'll probably be tight now. Hahahaa! OK. WHERE ARE YOU ALL!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?! I have my doc appointment tomorrow... HOPING TO REALLY MOVE THAT TICKER OF MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow Dawn!! HOw scary! I'm certainly glad you are fine, but FREAKY that no one knows exactly what it was!! Let us know if you find anything else out! As for me... Things have been well. My computer is haing issues, so for some reason it doesn't stay online for very long. So annoying! (Crossing my fingers that this will post!) Last night was the second meeting of the weightloss challenge I signed up for. I'd lost 4 pounds and 6.25 inches total. I was very pleased with that! Afterwards we went to the gym to work out with the personal trainer we get each week (only 8 of us signed up to take advantage of this - we all share the same 30 minutes in a workout session) so we did this awesome set where we combined cardio with weights and the balance ball thing. I had alot of difficulty with the more 'dance-y' steps cause I'm NOT coordinated at ALL! Lol. But it was fun and really worked us out! It gave me bunches of ideas for when I'm at my gym working out alone. I go to my next doc appt on Friday. I'm excited to see what my weightloss is... I haven't changed mt ticker since my last doc appt... so on Friday evening I'm hoping to make a BIG change on the ticker. Everyone else seems to be doing good. Hang in there all!! We're making it!!

Hey all.. having MAJOR issues with my computer - so if you don't see me online ofen, that would be why! (I'm crossing my fingers that THIS will post!!) I did 30 minutes aerobic/weight lifting workout with a personal trainer last night! And did 60 minutes on the elliptical machine tonight! Woot! That brings MY total to 320 minutes so far. Yay!

Sorry to hear about your job MM!! That SUCKS!!!

:welcomeB::welcomeB::welcomeB::welcomeB::welcomeB: I had trouble with navigation at first too... You'll get the hang of it soon enough!!

Yes, I'm anal sometimes... the order got flipped around with the most recnt post, so I had to fix it. Please don't hate me! Name...Challenge Start Wt...Current Wt...Challenge Goal...To Go Huntersmom...... 174........... 172....... 159............ 13 SWEETY.......... 202........... 195....... 180............ 15 MJsafari........ 268........... 252....... 238............ 14 captdanbo....... 211........... 211....... 185............ 26 PaulaD.......... 216........... 216....... 199............ 17 Stefanie42467... 206........... 200....... 175............ 25 Suzzzie......... 349........... 337....... 320............ 17 glindab......... 277........... 269....... 250............ 19 MM.............. 242........... 227.2..... 218............9.2 finallythin..... 254........... 254....... 225............ 29 BeckieT......... 259........... 259....... 239............ 20 Miscontext...... 303........... 303....... 275............ 28 ja9va........... 207........... 199....... 182............ 20 wombat712....... 180........... 172.4..... 165........... 7.4 Texasmom5573.... 252........... 252....... 230............ 22 Waters.......... 214........... 213....... 190............ 24 lessnless....... 206 .......... 191.2..... 179 ........... 12.2 MissDarlene..... 223........... 223....... 195............ 28 o2bthin..........238........... 233....... 215............ 18 insubordination..300........... 296.5..... 283...........13.5 Holliwagz........325........... 315....... 295.............20 cc...............202............200........190.... ........10

Lol. Thanks Stef. 1001 cals for your weight? wow... then I burned ALOT! haha. Myscales say 330 this morning. I gotta quit weighting myself daily. Its an obsession. I want to be under 300 so badly! Can't wait to weigh in at the docs office on FRIDAY!!

Lol. Stef! But it wasn't like at an 'exercise' pace... ya know. Oh, and I should confess here too... Lol... my friend bought an 'apple dumpling' which is a huge peeled and cored apple which is then covered with this breading stuff and deep fried. Then its covered in a thick rich sugary cinnamon sauce and toped with a huge scoop of ice cream! I ate about 1/4 of it! Haha. Ooopsie!

I think whenever we discover those that copy/paste wrongly we should evict them. Lol. j/k. But it is annoying. I mean... HOW HARD IS IT TO JUST copy/paste THE VERY LAST ONE!?!?!?!

Sounds like a good plan Stef! I hope it works for you! I went to the Renaissance Festival today with a friend and we walked around for 5 1/2 hours. Now, I want to count some of this as exercise... but know I can't count it all, cause we did stop in some shops and sat down to eat once. But I will count 2 hours of it! Lol. I think thats fair... what do you think? I swear I'm worn out!! So add 120 minutes to my total for the month! NEW TOTAL 230 minutes.

OK. Stef and Sweety are kickin my ARSE!! I was sitting around the house tonight with nothing to do... and it's Saturday, so I felt lonely and pathetic! All of a sudden I got this burst of energy from no where and felt like going jogging! Haha. Now, if you know me, you will see how funny this is. I'm 331.8 lbs (per my scale this morning) and I have large breasts... I can't even imagine myself jogging! ANYWAY, so afetr I laughed at this thought for a few minutes I got off my duff and headed to the gym - for the first time in just over 2 weeks!! I easily did 80 minutues elliptical and then 30 minutes of weight machines focusing on arms, legs, and abs. I feel so goo about this! I"ve never done this much on the elliptical before, and for me to be able to do that after avoiding the gym for 2 weeks, I'm proud!! So far my monthly total is 110 minutes. Yay me! Only 690 to go! Hahaaa!

Congrats on the job Missy!! But we need to meet before you move. Lol. You live so close to me, and yet so far away. Me, you and hubby need to plan a night out where we can go order an entre and split it three ways! Hahaha!! We'd probably STILL have take out boxes!

How do you all swollow prenatal vitamins? I've always taken them cause I like how they make my hair and nails look, but it's my understanding that those large pills won't go down through the band? I haven't tried to take any pills at all since I was banded in June. (Luckily I've never been on any meds for anything.)

Way to go Sweety!! THats awesome!

Oh yeah.. my scale showed me down to 331.8 this morning... I want to change my dang ticker soooo bad - but am only changing it based on my weight at my monthly fill appointment... which is this coming Friday. No, I'm not getting a fill that day, there is NO WAY I could handle more fill! (My ticker is still set to my weight 3 weeks ago - 349!)

Lol. Glad you like them Stef! I'm taking them for my Family Thanksgiving! Toni- Thanks for looking for Heather for us! OK, as if losing my hair wasn't enough... I found my first ever GREY hair today while I was at work! I was seriously reduced to tears. (I have age-related anxiety and have cried about every birthday since I turned 24... it gets pretty serious!) So I had a mini-freak out today at work... I even ate a bite of cake someone brought in - before I realized that I didn't want to be grey AND fat! Haha! But, OMG, I was freaked! I'm having issues that I never thought I'd have - I'm not hungry. I've eaten about 1 cup of chili today, and the one bite of cake... and thats it. I'm just NOT hungry. food doesn't interest me today. I even thought about ice cream, and because I know I can't eat much of it, it doesn't even sound appealing. Anyone else think this way about food? I've done 2 Protein shakes today, otherwise I'd be WAY down for protein. Bah.

Lol. No prob Faith! I just can't eat that much. I ate just under 500 calories today - and that actually inclues a protein shake. I only counted calories yesterday and today (yesterday was about 550). I can only eat about 1/4-1/2 cup food at a time right now. A small Smart Ones frozen entre takes me 3 'sessions' to eat. I don't even eat 'meals' anymore! I just try to eat about 5 times a day... but I can't always even do that. And to think... I NEVER thought that the band would ACTUALLY work for me! haha!

Faithmd, HOW do you get in so much protein?!?! Do you eat it all, or do you drink it? Cause I can't do it unless I drink it!

Has anyone heard from Heather lately??