Mariposa Bella

I'm with you Megan, I've seen enough of it in my kids diapers and I'm tired of it.

I have started carrying a styrofoam cup in the car, just in case, funny thing, my kids are now used to me having to pb every now and then, my nine year old says, "ate too much, huh?" She is too funny.

QWinner, I think you hit the nail right on the head, a partners reaction to you might not be so much a change in physical appearance (althought it is a plus) but a reaction to your self confidence and new found self esteem, I personally know this because the times that I have been thinner I enjoy sex more, cause I look good, I feel confident and when I am heavy I hate myself so I don't want sex, I think that if someone loves you they love you no matter what, but if you don't love yourself, it might be difficult for others to love you too, and if your acting like a bitch half the time because your unhappy with yourself (which is my case) then its not surprising that once confidence is gained your attitude improves and therefore hubby is more interested in you, not so much for appearance but for your attitude change. It all about your new attitude not your new appearance. At least thats what I think. I don't even mind the light being on so much now. Can't wait to be my goal weight and enjoy it even more.

How awesome, That is the one fantasy I have, to be carried over to the bed and made love to by my husband. Just like in the movies, you know??? I know its corny, but I've always been too heavy to lift by anyone, actually that had always been one of my fears if I passed out somewhere, how could anyone lift me or rescue me?? Weird. What an awesome son you must have. My son is only three but he climbs in between my legs and grunts like he is trying to carry me, its so funny, he only weighs about 34 lbs and he thinks he can lift me!!

I too wish there was a miracle lotion out there, but I don't know that one exists. I personally have been pregnant too many times for my belly to go back in place, my personal trainer says that I could do thousands of sit ups everyday and not be able to get rid of my pouch, so I am having a tt in July. Sorry if I wasn't any help. And excersising will help tone up, we all have different elastisity on our skins and you might be one of the luckey ones, I know women that have been pregnant three or four times and dont have one stretch mark, and others that were pregnant only once and have tons of them, so we are all different and it would be hard to say. Good luck.

I had a drink not too long ago and boy did I feel tipsy with just one drink, You know whats bad, that I used to have an ocassional beer w/ my pizza or on a hot day and now I can't. I wasn't a beer drinker, but hot being able to have one makes me crave one even more...

Good Luck, You're On Your Way!!!! Hooray!!!!!!!

That is wonderful, I am so happy for you. Wow, 43 inches is alot.

I am totally with you on this one, especially because the weight that had come off came off fairly quickly in the first month 1/2, and then nothing, I had even gained 5 of the 23 lbs I had lost, I felt horrible. But I have to be honest I thought the weight would have come off sooner than it has, because I kept seeing how some people on this board lose 50-60 lbs so fast, I thought I would surely be at my goal weight in no time, BIG MISTAKE> I have had three fills and I think this last one is the charmer, I had it on the 16ht and I have already lost 7lbs, but 5 of that is weight that I had put back on, but hopefully I am on my way. It is very frustrating though that it is this slow.

The sounds that come out of you are so funny sometimes, my kids have a ball with them and the funniest thing happened the other night, I leaned over to kiss my husband good night and this really loud gurguling came from my throat, we started laughing so hard, he said he didn't know he could cause such an uproar in me..

I know how you all feel, it is really discouraging, but you have to remember that because we don't have as much too lose the weight will come off a lot slower. It is frustrating for me because I sure expected to lose a lot more than I have. I was banded on Nov. 4, 2004 and the 23 lbs I've lost was all lost in the first month in a half, so it has been awful not having any other weightloss. (I even put 5 lbs back on) I have had three fills but had not gotten to that sweet spot, as of my last fill I have started to lose weight again and am feeling pretty good. I have lost about 7lbs since my fill two weeks ago and that's wonderful. I have 30 lbs to lose to get to my goal and it is taking forever, but I have to remember that this is not a magic wand, it will take time. But I desperately want to get to my goal, my husband has already handed me the money to get my tummy tuck and body liposculpture, but I can't use it until I get to my goal. So hopefully this fill will do the trick, now I just have to get off my fat butt and exercise excercise. WEll good luck to us all.

Well who knew that when I was 12 and stayed up late at night doing my WE MUST, WE MUST INCREASE OUR BUST exercises they would work. I wear a size 38D which to some of you isn't that big, but they are BIG!! And the worst part, they don't shrink with weight loss, they stay.... The best bras are WACOAL bras, I love them they run $50-$90 but they are worth every penny. Oprah had a show on several years ago dedicated to this very subject and that is where I discovered these amazing bras, wouldn't change them for anything else.

Here are my thoughts, those dresses are fine, but if its truly a formal dress, formal means floor length to me.. those are cocktail (is this how you spell it?)dresses and when its a cocktail dress affair it says cocktail wear which is diffrent than formal wear. Keep looking, your best bet is to head into some stores, I personally don't ever like shopping on line for clothes because I have large boobs and large hips and it is quite difficult to find something that I am trying on so I can't imagine how I could ever buy something that I haven't tried on. Sizes are never the same, I can wear a size 12 in some brands, but others I still buy 14. So from an experienced self admitted shopoholic, go and try on everything but the kitchen sink and then you will know that the first black floor length dress that you tried on first is the perfect one, and it will never be on sale, speaking from experience. I am the queen of black dresses, I own them all!!! Good luck and have fun at your affair. And don't forget to ask at what formal really means....

That is way cool, but no I couldn't use it, even though no one can see, just the thought of you seeing passers by would be too distracting.

I love your idea, I think that if we each have someone take our pictures in our hometowns it sure would cut travel costs. I personally don't know of any photographers here in this area except the lady that does my kids pictures at the private Christian school they attend, and I sure am not letting her see me in my b'day suit.. She's a board member there and that would not be very appropriate, I don't want to get my kids kicked out of school, so I might just have to come visit you in Michigan one weekend.. I really don't need much graphics except maybe some rain, I'll supply the yellow umbrella and yellow rainboots, we'll keep working on this. Have you heard back from Scotty???

I too hope you start feeling well soon. Love,

I am so in. I will send you mi info Christina.

I don't want to give up my spot light, Im too short, I'll fade away in a group shot, I want my own month....I know I'm selfish and stubborn, but hey I'm a Taurus its in my nature, can't help that selfish feeling...Someone think of another idea..

Don't worry we will figure this out. I don't like that a second thread was started regarding this, is there any way to combine them again, this is too weird.

I'm so sorry that you are in pain, I didn't realize you didn't get put on a month, cause I was the one that bumped you off April, but I thought you had already chosen another month.. I am truly sorry, but hey we are going to have to make this a two year calendar or something, cause there are too many of us and I sure don't want anyone's feelings to get hurt, don't worry we will figure something out. I hope you start feeling better. love, e

Ms. January, will you be contacting inamed to see if they will sponsor our little project???

I'm so happy for you, I know how you feel, been there, done that. I am so glad that everything has worked out. I bought some really nice tea's and they are so delicious, I like chamomile at night, helps me relax. You have to relax and let your body recover from your nightmare. Keep us posted.

Delarla is right, those things are great, I am a sandal person, so I wear mostly lots of sandals, so these are great for me, I used to wear panty hose all the time, and hated it, I always got too hot in them, and they were to tight and its a pain in the butt if you don't get them up just right, the feeling you get when they are on twisted is horrible, I was ahead of the time, I used to buy the hose and cut them and wear them as a panty girdle, shorter for dresses, longer for pants, I should have marketed this, It was my idea, and they stole it..

Yep, I did, last night, not the whole thing, but a few licks here and there!!!!

Delarla, you are too much, I would have never thought of that one on my own.. So are we all set on the calendar thing...