No game

To late, I already did it this morning. Everyone chose the Oreo over the rice cake. Including the dog....

Yay Dr. Zare people! he is an awesome surgeon

Looking good!!!

Factoid about the lard.... In the mid-1990s, health concerns prompted Nabisco to replace the lard in the filling with partially hydrogenated vegetable oil. Yum

They have always been my all time favorite! My nana used to tell me "Laura those have lard in them" and I told her "I don't care if they have rat guts in them! The are my favorite"

Addiction Addicted to Oreos? You truly might be, Bob MacDonnell / Connecticut College A rat and Oreos at Connecticut College in New London, Ct. Oreos are as addictive as cocaine, at least for lab rats, and just like us, they like the creamy center best. Eating the sugary treats activates more neurons in the brain’s “pleasure center” than drugs such as cocaine, the team at Connecticut College found. “Our research supports the theory that high-fat/ high-sugar foods stimulate the brain in the same way that drugs do,” neuroscience assistant professor Joseph Schroeder says. “That may be one reason people have trouble staying away from them and it may be contributing to the obesity epidemic.” Schroeder’s neuroscience students put hungry rats into a maze. On one side went rice cakes. “Just like humans, rats don’t seem to get much pleasure out of eating them,” Schroeder said. On the other side went Oreos. Then the rats got the option of hanging out where they liked. They compared the results to a different test. In that on, rats on one side if the maze got an injection of saline while those on the other side got injections of cocaine or morphine. Rats seems to like the Cookies about as much as they liked the addictive drugs. When allowed to wander freely, they’d congregate on the Oreo side for about as much time as they would on the drug side. Oh, and just like most people - the rats eat the creamy center first. “These findings suggest that high fat/sugar foods and drugs of abuse trigger brain addictive processes to the same degree and lend support to the hypothesis that maladaptive eating behaviors contributing to obesity can be compared to drug addiction,” Schroeder’s team writes in a statement describing the study, to be presented at the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego next month. “It really just speaks to the effects that high fat and high sugar foods and foods in general, can have on your body. The way they react in your brain, that was really surprising for me,” says Lauren Cameron, a student at Connecticut College who worked on the study. “I haven't touched an Oreo since doing this experiment,” Schroeder says.

Taradawn, a truly amazing transformation! You have done so well, I am floored by the amount of weight you have lost! You look beautiful, happy and healthy

Have a great time!!! Aw man I wish I was celebrating my 30th birthday... According to my calorie count I came in at 499 today???

You are looking good!!!!

Truly amazing transformation! You both look so happy and healthy

Welcome and wishing you well on your surgery day!

I've used mederma but not often enough I guess to make a difference.

I hadn't heard about South Dakota M2G good news on the scale!!

I still have some to go too and something tells me the belly will get more and more squishy as it goes. But I like the "war wounds" that Arts said. I have been through life and these are part of my tale

Yes, hopefully it won't make a difference I wish you well and update with the news

I have them... It was never an issue with having surgery. Did they say it might be?

Ok I've been meaning to post pictures of my scars and my not perfect belly... And this seems to be as good as a spot as any. Most scars I see here look great.. Mine are extreme so don't let it scare you.

You, my dear, look beautiful! OMG that is an awesome loss too! And you know what? whatever we are this Christmas it's going to be so much more better than last Christmas

Skinny pouty and seductive!!!

thanks, I never in a million years would of thought that I would be an inspiration to anyone... It is truly moving (and I had to explain the tears in my eyes to my husband that just walked in) You will do it too and in a short time. I bet someone will be saying the same thing to you! On a side note? I just walked my son to school, a simple thing I know.. But a year ago it would of been painful (physically and emotionally) Today it was a normal thing to do as a normal person. It's these moments that make it worth it

And so are you!!! And you've lost more weight than me IN A SHORTER TIME!!! So I hate you!

Then my apologies... I was just going off of something you wrote a few days ago about your progression. Good luck on your journey