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Thanks Jackie !!! Much appreciated - all of you who posted last night and this morning gave me the encourgement to do it to... We are just a great group of WOMEN on our way to looking FABOULOUSE (Sp) The pic was taken tonite after work & meeting so i do look a little beat -put a litte lipstick on and said what the heck - but i am so judgemental about my pic - I love the camera fat or thin - they are always making fun of me for posing

SSANKOFA - Good for you:clap2: I haven't exercised for 2 days - had reunion meeting last nite and another family partnership tonite. Tomorrow 2.5 minimum.... CC - Gosh you guys are making me want one - but I gotta buy a new washer - Maybe next month Distant 13 lbs in one month OMG :clap2: and your pic's prove it - you are a pretty girl Marcy Congrats on 6 lbs in 7 days - OMG i only did that the 1st week after surgery - I am so happy for you - :clap2: Dini - That's great that guys are looking at you and trying to chat you up - it's keep Adam in line I remember what it felt like when guys looked your way and whislted - it's really great for the ego... I bet you were HOT in your leather jacket... :clap2:

250 Feb 2007 [ATTACH]10164[/ATTACH] 10/17/07 3 Months Out - 210 [ATTACH]10165[/ATTACH] Ok gang haven't read post yet - but want to see if i could do this - it took me a minute - but i think i got it figured out - hope the pic's arent too large

Ok Crabcake - The way I figured my goal weight is that 130 at my age with having been fat for so many yrs would look so ugly.... I carry my weight well even for being short 5'4 (it's pretty much all over equally distrubated) I'm 211 and look about 180 (per my gf) At 170 I will look like 140 - after I get to 170 - I will see how i feel and look and then may try for 160-150 - but heck getting to 170 is losing 80 frickin pounds and I don't want to make that # so big that it seems insirmountable (sp)... I think we all have friends who think it's all about them... I have a gf here at work who is just a cry baby boobie - she is a taker not a giver and sometimes that just bugs me so very much - example - She is the friend who i expected to come and see me in the hospital after surgery - well she never showed. I went and visited her when she was in the hospital. She sent flowers after i got home and that was suppose to make up for not making the effort. I am always supporting her - cheering her up - but she never recipocates - she never noticed yesterday that i was out of sorts - but by comparrision - a gf who is on the reunion committee did without me saying anything.. I guess that tells you who your TRUE friends are Last night this one chick would not shut up and let the guy from the class reunion place talk.... She tries so hard to sound smart and important and all she does is make herself sound dumb. I am just such B*tch.... Congrats on 3lbs - What went wrong with your fill???

My X-DH (we are still friends - Love him - but can't live w/him) came over and took it apart (he to can usually fix anything) and the springs are shot - my GS OVERLOADS the sucker - I guess i shouldn't have gotten the lesser expensive model - I am cheap sometimes Yes I forget to look at tickers and :clap2: 43 lbs :clap2: I think all our wind down here got us on Good Morning America As I was leaving this morning I heard something about wind is So CA... But off to work i went....

[ :clap2:LINDA THAT IT JUST TO SUPER FANTASTIC :clap2: :clap2:CeCe - I agree with Mango- Before you look way older - After you are a cute young women - KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK..:clap2: :clap2:Jackie - You can see your loss too - you look GREAT !!!!:clap2: Thanks for posting in email - cuz i can see them now :0)

Mindy I agree with you 100% - You said it fine - I didn't read anything offensive - I just don't think she is ready, she want's that pat on the back telling her it's ok. Which you or i arent' going to do.. I spoke my thoughts as did you and her response have been - I'm staying waiting it out - We can talk til we are blue in the face - but if she's not ready to listen be pro-active about her sistuation - Then all our talk is wasted... It's hard to leave - we both know that - I did it you did it - It's doable but only if you want to - she tells me hindsite is 20-20 - well ya but i got out - I refuse to let anyone mistreat me - belittle me - hit me - mane me. I am a woman who deserves to be treated with respect - Her DH has no respect for her.

Ladies - see Beau's response to me - She is asking for support for a situtation which none of us are going to support give her the support that she want's "telling her to hang in there ' it's going to be ok" I know how upset we are that she isn't ready to listen - but just like she isn't going to change him - we aren't going to change her. Do as i did - wish her luck (and boy is she going to need it) and let her learn the hard way - i gues sometimes that the only way you learn. but you would think that at 45 - she would be a little more open to advice... But it is what it is...

Met w/surgeon 5/31 - had 1 million pre-op test had approval by 6/21 - I think my shrink visit was 6/14 - The doc's office did it all would have had surgery 7/10 but still had some test to do - so 7/17 was my band date. Good Luck...

The day before was the easiest not to eat for me - I don't eat when i am nervouse Surgery is diff for everyone - but to me the 1st 6 hours are the worst but you have the pain meds to get you through it - when i 1st woke up in my room felt like an elephant had kicked me and still had his foot on my tummy. I had surgery around 7 a.m. by 6 pm that night i was better - in fact they took away my pain pump (the kind that you can push button to get meds) I pushed alot those first few hour - and i panic when they took it away - pain shots helped through out the night and didn't need anything after that.. Was back to work on day 6...

Thanks Kathy & Phyl - but it magically re-appeared...

Jackie These avatar pic's are so small that for us over 50 we can't see all the details that you see even with our reading glasses on I see a pretty blond in a red top - who's face looks pretty slim

Thanks Phyl !!! I lost my signature earlier and now it's back so i understand what you are talking about The wind is awful here and i don't think that helps my mood - I have pants that fit - but it's mostly tops... We are at that inbetween weather - ready for winter (as much as we get winter) but still too warm to wear nylons heals etc heck for most 80 - 90 is summer weather not fall weather.. I have a class reunion meeting here at my house tonite and don't really feel like being around all these people and trying to play smart... Plus this is cutting into my exercise and tomorrow have another meeting w/partners in family ranches & realtor - gotta p/u grandkids - so no exercise tomorrow either. I am 1 lb away from 40 and hope i make it to that 40 on Thursday without the benifit of exercise,... Gosh I never thought i would be upset about Not being able to exercise - don't get me wrong - i still don't enjoy it while i am doing it - but i do enjoy the feel of acomplishment after it's done... Also found out need new washer - mine was only 3 yrs old .... Being a big baby - there are people out there without a roof over their head or food in their tummy who have aids or cancer and are dying... I gotta get a grip... it will all work out it always does. Will go washer and clothes shopping this weekend - I have a retirement party on the 27th so I need a dress for that - I thought Honey's only sold bathing suits??? And the only place i ever shopped for clothes in DHS was Kmart... Thanks again for the love - it's much appreciated... xoxox Janet

I think this is why i am blue today - all i have are fat clothes and they make me feel fat - like i haven't lost weight - even though they are baggie - i went shopping a couple of weekends ago - but there was nothing out there that i wanted to spend $$$ on when I know that in another couple of months they will be too big...

Congrats Brenda :clap2:

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Hi Gang - Looks like everyone is getting their 2nd or 3rd fills and doing pretty good. I am blue today - don't know why - there really is no reason - just a blue day - I hate to adimit but it's hell being female with hormones - thank God no more periods - but still get moody sometimes..... I have people coming over for a reunion meeting at 6:30 tonite - gotta serve something - figured a coffee cake & coffee/tea - but I'm going to tell you right now - as soon as the thingie is over - it's going in the trash or someone else is taking it home.. Well you know i am a big advocate of only weighing yourself once a week - but since i have only 1 lbs to make that 40 lbs gone i have been stepping on that evil wicked enemy of ours - and it did say I made that 40 lbs gone - but won't be official until Thrusday which is my weigh in day... Well, talk to you all later - hope everyone is doing good - and remember i am right there on your shoulder - whispering - "you don't need it - put it down - throw it away"

Sghatl Way to go 62 lbs already :clap2:- You have the correct mindset imho.. Enjoy your cream of turkey Soup for Xmas :0) You are doing GREAT - keep up the good work....

Darling - good luck to you....

You are not a child for him to take a computer away from - OMG... He still has his maid, cook & secertary without the sex - big whoop - 2 months and at 37 you don't think he is getting it somewhere else... Darling you are not standing tall - Mental games we play... Who cares if you have proof - what is the proof going to do - he will never accept the truth so quite trying to make him - he see's only his truht and that it's all your fault. What both Dibaby & Wheetsin said above me is so true... Darling you aren't ready to accept our help - or suggesstion I hope that your "Wake Up One Day & Won't Take It Anymore" comes soon - cuz you are wasting your precious life - and when you are older looking back on your life.. you will.... say - why did i waste all those years on that s.o.b.

OK got a couple of questions for you - do you want to be healthier and lose weight and start the new year with a new you or do you want to eat until you are sick and have gained another 10 lbs from eating all that junk during the holidays. Which is more important to you... If you want to continue your unhealthy eating habits then start after the 1st of the yr - if you want to start getting healthy do it now. The band is not a magic cure to our issues with food it is only a tool that will do 25% of the work once you get to your sweet spot but the other 75% of the work is up to you. You can eat around the band - you can get stuck from eating too much, too fast, etc. you can do this year round not just during the holiday's. What are the holidays about??? Thanksgiving & Christmas - New Years They aren't really about food..... Thanksgiving is about Giving Thanks (that you have the band an are adding yrs to your life) Christmas - The Birth of Jesus - (thank the Lord that there is such an invention that will help your portions control) New Years (I am on my way to being a new person) How bad do you want to start your new healthy life - it's not about food it's about you... Good Luck on your quest......

I am HAPPY :clap2: that you re-found your motivation.... It was in you all the time.....

It's diff for everyone - do you have any chewable pepcid that you can take?? I would suggest - Clear liquids for the rest of the day or at least for your next meal -

Beau - Been there done that - Please listen to a "Old Women's Advice" He is never going to change - you can not change him - When I was your age I thought that with enough love and understanding I could change him - but you can't. Read the book "women who love too much" See a counsler You have to think about what's best for you - You have started that process by getting a band to loose the weight - We play all kind of mental games with ourselves - I know - I did it for years. Truely you are no different than me - I just have the years of experience behind me. I had a girlfriend tell me once - you will wake up one day and you just won't be able to take it anymore. If he hits you - you really need to get out and the mental abuse is just as bad it is tearing you down. You don't have control over him - but you do have control of what you eat - Have that be a starting place - I had an x - who told me i was FAT aftet i had lost 60 lbs - I told him that didn't work any longer cuz I wasn't... I am a prideful person and I will do it to prove you wrong - So prove the A-Hole WRONG - eat healthy - exercise oncenyou have been given the ok by doc and take care of yourself 1st. You have to love yourself before you can love anyone else. Do you have a shelter in your area for abused women - call them for the counseling. Good luck you can do this - you have taken the 1st step by being banded...

You can do it Badonkadonkbutt!!!!! You are woman you are strong !! You CAN win this battle!!!! Much Love Janet