IndioGirl55

My computer is doing it again - I posted earlier now where in the hell is my post...

Karla- you were eating out last week - sodium - and I agree about the bm :0)... Don't sweat it til next week and the 2% cheese (it's good) sandwich kind is like 40 or 50 calories and the Oscar Meyer Turkey - 6 slices 50 calories and I don't count the lettuce and add some mustard... So you can even add more meat - 150 (12 slices of turkey 1 piece of cheese).. I kept my bf & lunch calories around 2 hundred each meal (400) so the remaining 400 to 600 left were for dinner & snacks.. Sounds like a plan with your Dad - Please enjoy your time with him.. Donny Osmand OMG !!! Too Funny - I loved MJ in that purple hat - When I was 14 when the J5 came out - I thought Michael was like 8 - heck he was born the same yr as my Bro Michael - and they both die at the age of 50 !! Mack Davis - Oh no girl !!!! But I did like New Kids on the Block and I was in my 30's.... Joey (the sandy blond one) was my fav... I was leaving that one up to our Teacher's I didn't learn the metric system - Don't you guys use it in Canada?? I guess not :0) Enjoy your wine and dinner - you are in France !!! See I knew one of our Teachers would know :thumbdown: The only time I can sleep that late is if I've been out late and had a few drinks - even then the dogs wake me up to go potty... Even when Karri was here - I think the latest I slept in was 8 - but ususally up by 6 or 6:30... Had a busy day - didn't leave work til 5 - and next week is short - We are have a 4th BBQ at work on Thrusday (we have Friday off) so will most likely get off work around 3:30 on Thursday - Don't know if I will leave for Joseph's on Thursday nite or early Friday a.m. OMG it's 7 - Well Kaitlin and I went to Marshalls when I got off work - was going to get a balance ball - OMG HERE'S A STORY - DON'T KNOW IF i WILL EXPLAIN WELL ENOUGHT - IT MAY HAVE TO BE ONE OF THOSE YOU NEEDED TO BE THERE.. Ok we are working out on the ball - my trainer Idrise is standing in front of the ball - I am to get on the ball on my knees - well as I do - the ball slips and I do a nose dive for his crotch !!!! We all just laughed - then one of the other trainers must have seen this and said "you should have let her go" - It looked like I was going to give him a BJ.. Well, that really embarassed me !!!! Idrise was cool he just ignored it... Well the line was too long at target - so didn't get it - maybe in the morning after the gym - it's good to work your balance and that will help on the wii... Got the house cleaned - tomorrow - babies go to the groomer at 10 and then my BFF Ann is coming over around noon... She's the one who did the little dance routines w/me to the MJ songs - Stop the love you say may be your own Well, its sure been quite today - Denise where are you you haven't posted in a while.. Linda hows your weather - How are you doing Kari - How's the soda going !!! Not I hope..:tt2: Phyl - How are you?? Feeling any better??

Hugs Karla - you need to spend as much time as you can with your Dad right now... So put everything else on the back burner and go see him - spend some quality time with him - It's hard - it's very hard to see our parents in that kind of pain and being sick - Sounds like you are very close to your dad even with the childhood experience - so I say get your butt up their. Make sure the doc's are giving him enough meds to make him comfortable so that he's not in pain - your mom is most likely wiped out from taking care of him - don't know if you have any other family memebers helpping or not - but it really doesn't matter - you need to do this for you as it sound like you love your Dad very much.. Your time with your ice tea and koi will come...

No one posted yesterday - or is it the site !!! When I first signed on this morning my post wasn't showing from yesterday I have been on this fricking computer since 5 - wtf is up now its showing up last night had to watch the news - I loved MJ no matter how werid he go - I grew up on the J 5 - we use to do little dance routines when I was a freshman to their songs.. He was a music icon.... Well I gotta jump in the shower - will ck the site from work Love to all

It's not silly to cry - I did too.. Am still very sad.. I bet pple here on lbt know more about us than pple who know us in real life.. I have made tons of new freinds here that will last a lifetime... Also, BJean - hugs to you to - I know how close you two were - I always considered you a team :0) - funny that I thought that way - but you two had alot of the same idea's and stood up for the same things.... I know how devestated you are too !!! Hugs & Prayers to you for losing your BFF :bored:

Good Morning Gang - I read some last night at 9 but was too tired to repy - went to gym came home and did accounting on my bro's estate - paid some of my bills and was wiped out.. So here I am at 5 a.m. replying cuz I am busy at work too.. Been a hecktic week so far. CONGRATLUATIONS KARI - NO SODA - PROUD OF YOU GIRL... Karla - Hugs Hugs Hugs on your past life and issue with parents amd dh ect..- That had to been tough as a kid... I think you and Karri need to talk - her's was a little diff but again it's about being deprived of food that makes you want to eat it all now.. I have been thinking about this since I read it last night (another reason I am posting instead of Wiing ;0) I want you to say to yourself that today - right now is the 1st day of your life - let the past go... You know you have food in the fridge you know that it will be there today or tomorrow - you no longer have to eat all you can while it's available.. You cant change what happen in the past but you are in control today... After reading about your finances - I know that you don't have the $$$ for a shrink - but need to ck your policy to see if you do have any coverage at all - even if it's just for one or 2 visits. Like I always say - if you think you can't you won't and if you think you can you will. This is why this (the band) has never been a diet for me due to past failures - GF we all have had them you aren't alone there.. When I go out (mexican) I have a fewchips and salsa - not the whole bowl like in the past and I have a taco or enchillda or releno and I find that these foods are really satisfing and I have the satified and full feelling after I have eaten.. I just don't do it every day... I was skeptical like you too in the beginng - It wasn't really about getting the weight off so much but keeping it off. I have kept it off for a yr now - this next yr will be the real test - cuz it's the 2nd yr that I usually start gaining it back - but again before I dieted - then went back to eating normal... Well as we all know - our normal is what got us fat to begin with.. I just keep eating healthy and focused - that's one reason I post - it keeps me honest - but truly is the freindships I have made here - that is the biggest reason and I love having you all to talk with about my/ours/your issues with food. It's great to have pple who really understand - even though some of us have diff issues - they all are the same really So - today is the 1st day of your new life (way of thinking) and when doubting doris comes calling - tell her to go to fricking hell that you are not listening to her any more !!!! It's work girl but you are worth it - you can do this - kick doris to the curb... Ok ya listen to what Karri said below - it's true Oatmeal for me is a slider doesn't keep me full - but gotta say popcorn does :0) Karri - how did the rest of your day go!!! Ya if I worked from home - I don't know how much I would get done either... Heck even at work - some days I can't focus and end up here or on fb too much.. Candice - OMG you got to meet Green - I have been talking to Bjean about her a lot the last few days.... I loved Green and you were so luck to get to meet her - she is one person I would have really loved to meet - Can't wait for July so you can tell me all about her... And I can share what I know.. Glad you are having a great time - yep $16 for a bottle of wine - I'm about a $6-7 a bottle girl - I like the white merlot but it's hard to find and again Im not a big drinker - well can be when with friends but home alone nop... Great Going Karla !! Yep girl it takes time - and with all of our help and you working on you - you will learn !!! Hugs glad it was a good day Phyl - Glad you are better - yep lobster did it to me the 1st time I ate it - I love it - don't know if I have had it since - but know you really gotta take small bites.. I never journal as far as feelings go (well I guess talking here can be considered journaling) the reason is that it takes too long to write out - but for food it was just a jot here and there.. LMAO - S is for snacks not sex :bored: Well gang gotta jump in the shower - it's 5:38 - I will cb when I can - have a good day !!!!

Nope Bjean verified that Green was a female 100% :0) and she shared some great stories about her !!! I took the zolfot 50 for about 3 yrs - it takes about 2 weeks to get in your system and they may give you the runs for the 1st few day :0) I did Wii fit w/DGD last night - she's a little better than me on the balance issues - but again I'm 40 yrs older than her.. But she couldn't do the hula hoops - quit on the tight rope, cheated on running didn't run just moved the numbchucks. She ask me how to lose weight (she weighs about 133 per wii and she about 5'3 ) I tell her then she tells me why she can't do that - I said Kaitlin quit with the friggin excuses you can do it ... She's a total cheese person - they buy it by the blocks - and quarts (sour cream) so last night she had a baked potato and I fixed it with 2.5 tlbspon sour cream (lite)and 1 tsp marg and she liked it just fine This is why Jenny Craig or nutruasystmen never really worked for a long period with me - I can't eat like that forever.. Last nite had 5 oz steak - maybe ate 4 oz - veggies - popcorn - sf pudding and woke up around 1ish had a bite of a fiber bar and said - you arent hungry go back to bed - so I did.. I'm eating granola & yogurt right now - lunch salad w/avocado & bbq ck - Well I gotta get in gear here - ttyl

Karla - You don't have to think about what you are going to eat when you reach a healthy weight - I eat the same foods that I ate 2 yrs ago - I have never never dieted... This is your eating plan for life and I am no diff than you when it comes to trigger eating... The diff is I quit making excuses for myself.. I was tired of being morbity obese - I was tired of being tired all the time.. I wanted to improve the quality of my life... You gotta quit hiding behind the excuses of why you can't do thing - I'm not being mean here - truly i'm not - but you keep putting up road blocks before you even get there... Well it's after 4 I gotta p/u DGD be back later... Hugs I do love you !!!!

FYI - Phyl & Linda - Green was a female not male... ' Karla & Steph OK girls both have diet mentalities !!!!! This is not a diet - it's never going to work if you keep thinking of it that way. Steph you should know freaking better by now.. No drinking your meals and if you are then get your butts to to doctor and get and unfill. You can not stay so tight that you can't eat and you can be hurting yourself if you do.. It's just about eating healthy - you gotta eat you can't starve yourselves - I am just going to have to kick some butt here Steph you should know better by now - Karla - you are still a newbie so I am cutting you a little slack. You guys make time for everything else but yourselves... This is more important that's more important - and you guys keep getting pushed back into the shadows. For gosh stakes stop it.. Eat healthy girls and be careful about the protein products - they are to be eaten in a pinch - not on a daily basis - they are full of calories - ya just as much as a candy bar - but you keep telling yourselves it has protein - well if you want to eat 1 hr after eating one where as if you ate an actual meal that would have kept you full for 3-4 hrs... What should you choose.. Karla - GF we will never have it totally under control and don't fool yourself that you will - this is an addiction one day at a time...

Karla - 700 is too low !!!! Glad you are listening to me thought :0)... Hugs on your Dad - I miss mine.. Being around pple 24/7 is tiring - go to your room and chill.. Hugs J Linda how funny I assumed Green was a girl all this time - I really did - lower bmi - got to goal in 10 months - face lift loved jewelry - what else was I to assume - and it's usually girls on lbt and in the 50 thread too... Well after I read her/his last post - got married to his mate of 25 yrs (the mate is male) by a rabbie who marries gay couples - So now I am thinking that Assuming really did make an ASS OUT OF ME !!!! Plus Green always talked in the 3rd person and I thought that was strange - but it doesn't really matter if he was a she or a he - Green was a great person... Yep me & Karri the 2 competitors :0) well now we both have to compete to stay at goal - but she has a thyroid problem and I don't - she has lost 2 lbs and the girl eats... Healthy but eats... and I am staying off the scales til Thrusday - I was getting on them 20 times a day - no more - I am just going to eat healthy and weigh once a week. So the rest of you have to lose 5 lbs by 7/23

I love the I can't beleive it's not butter spray - I use it on artichokes... You could do the cauliflower and add a little cheese - the 2% isn't bad and Karris says the FF Kraft melts. I think I bought it once and it does.. I have been in to bbq chicken lately - and Im not a big chicken person - I like it cold though - and pork ternderlion marinated in the yokosomething tereaky (sp) sauce the bbq's but on the rareish side - I would die with Earl's over cooking things - Go to Target - I got a cookbook WW that was at the check out stand -5 ingrendants 15 min meals - it has some good ideas... What happen to you cooking a few of the meals - now that you are home you need to get back in the kitchen and make some stuff you like.. I love oysters on the half shell but I like weird stuff ;0) yes that sound good too me... When you go to your primary doc have them ck your thyroid and some meds for the depression... It seems you have been a little blue lately - so I would ck out some meds - I know that it's hard on you when some of us have gotten to goal and some are real close - and you have a little ways to go - but you have to remember you started higher than us - you could be my big sis (as in age not size ;0) and you have mobility issues... Darling you have done so much in the last 2 yrs - Karri and I were talking about you and how well you have done - you are above the 1 lbs a week average - so sweetheart - get in the kitchen make some meals you want and know that we are very very proud of you... You are not a failure ok - You are a WINNER !!! Green talked in the 3rd person alot :0) - she inherited $$$ from her Mom - she was at goal - had a face lift - loved jewerly - lived w/her mate - but I guess they got married right before she died.. oh ya she lived in her linen pants - she love them even if they were too big she didn't want to give then up... She had throat cancer, she couldn't talk for a while after an operation - but then she could and last time I pm'd her she said she was fine and that it wasn't termina and that she was in remission l - from what I read on the thread that Bjean announced it on - she was in pain - Wasa had talked to her on the phone... Her last post was the end of april where she posted she got married by a rabbi who married gay couple - question is gay marraige legal in Canada ?? Her and her bf had been together 25 yr - so now I am wondering was it just my assumbsion that Green was a girl - or was she a man - I gotta ask BJean since she posted that... But in her lengthy post - she always talked about herself in the 3rd person which I thought was strange - I always figurred she was a writer by the way she spoke/typed.. I don't know if our original 50 thread is still there - if so go back to when we 1st joined she use to post ... She was really funny.... And I remember she gave great advice... But it seems like once I sorta took over the 50's thread and posted 24/7 they quit posting there I run around barefoot 99.9% of the time - but the problem is i do go in the back yard barefoot then come back in the house - I know at DS house shoe come off too.. Kari - I think you are the only one of us who hasn't given up much :blushing: but since you did get to goal - I guess it didn't hurt you.. I only do carbs/starches once a day for dinner (not counting my popcorn) But I do have sf fudgesicles .. Well it's time to leave for the gym...

Phyl forgot about the cauliflower Well I put it in my steamer and steamed it to death (falls apart when you stick it with a fork - most likely 40 mintues - i didn't time it) Then I put some in my little one cup bowl and poured in a little I can't beleive it's not butter spray (1 teaspoon guessing here) and mashed it up - it was very creamy - of course add salt and pepper.. I still have them (mashed taters) every now and then - I use instant make with just a little 2% milk and water and little can't beleive its not butter spray - I think 3/4 cup is like 200 max and on Thanksgiving etc - I always have a little - I just now usually say no to the gravy - now if it were white cream garvy I wouldn't couldn't say no - but brown or turkey no problem - for me it was the butter - I would use 1/2 stick in 2 cups of taters and eat the whole darn thing and want more butter

Hugs Phyl... But you lost !!! 1.2 this week and what did you lose for the challenge like 2 so that's 3 lbs - you are doing great Phyl !!! - I know it has to be hard on you - but you have lost 112 lbs in 23 months that averages to almost 5 lbs a month and that's within the average for a lapband remember 1 to 2 lbs a week so you are doing very very good. Pluseyou have to take into consideration that you can't exercise due to the knee issues - you went your whole 1st summer with no great restriction cuz you were here and needed fill - Look at those before and after pictures that you posted on FB last we - come on now gf - look at that before - now look at - YOU DON'T EVEN LOOK THE SAME - YOU LOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.. 10 YRS YOUNGER AND 10 TIMES HAPPIER !!!! Yep that 50 on your bp is low - Karri's was like 90/51 the 1st time we took it - I think you need to check with your doc... oh ya I got some sad news - remember Green from the 50's thread when we 1st joined lbt - well Bjean just informed me that she passed away 6/12 - I'm so sad... She was such a nice lady - Oh ya gang - for those going to Canada this summer - here is what I learned from her... We have to take our shoes off when we go to Candice's - that's the custom in Canada !!!!! They sometimes have sippers by the front door for you to wear in the house or we can just walk around in socks... But in Canada NO OUTSIDE SHOES IN THE HOUSE :0)

I just found out today of Green's passing from Bjean. I am so very sad, I may not have known her in person but as you all know alot of us become very close and personal friend even in cyber land.. Green & Bjean - where the first 2 pple I met in the 50's thread when I joined LBT 2 Yrs ago.. They didn't get pissed at me for asking the usual newbie questions - pb & slime ;0) They told me it (band) was only a tool and gave me great advice.. The last I had communicate w/Green she was doing well and the cancer had shrunk and that it wasn't terminal.. I was so happy to hear that.. Now this..:biggrin: Once I found this thread - do you take your shoes off when you visit someone - Well I didn't know I was in the Canada thread :blushing: and I replied No - Green gave me a education on Canadian Etiquette :0).. So this summer when I go to Canada - I know to take my shoes off thanks to Green :confused: BJean - I know I'm a little late - but if you do talk to Green's DH (glad to hear they got married and he took her last name - that was so Green:biggrin:) please let him know that they are all in my prayers and what a wonderful, joyful, caring and upbeat women she was .. She will be truly missed !!!!

Can't wait to hear about the new job training - sound like this is going to be the perfect job... Ya I know that you would worry about increasing the calories- don't think of it that way just have a few more snacks - I know that's going to freak you but agian I know how bad you want your PS so you can do it.... Weather is weird - I saw that in Wisconsin it was raining and flooding - Linda are you ok... Here in the desert we are finally getting hot but yesterday it said 113 on wed now they have lowered it... It would be great if I was cold - it would help my a/c bill :0)

Kari You are living a normal life - we all go a little hog wild every now and then especially after 2 yrs - but the main thing is to get back to eating healthy (no soda :0) ASAP... I like your challenge - it's reasonable - the 5 in 2 weeks was a bit challenging and not really feasable - that's alot of weight for us to lose in 2 weeks - it's doable but hard.. I vote for the drink - not the hot fudge :0) less calorie in the drink :0) -------------------------------------------------------- Good Morning Gang..... Not much to report since last night - had fish - fake taters (cauliflower - oh it was good) then a little more popcorn and fudgesicle... Meeting another Dr Bobby patient for lunch - we do chinesee chick & broc... Well that's about it for now - Hope you all had a good Fathers Day yesterday.. Hugs J

Hi Gang Phyl Sounds like you had a good Father's day with the family and did good eating... You know your body - it loses big then doesn't for a while and this is why I can't wait for your knee surgery cuz then you will be more mobile and I think that will help tons in the weight lost dept - do you have any water arobics up there like you do down here... I think Linda has bible study tonite - so we might not hear from her til tomorrow.. Gosh Candice gone - Steph traveling so is Karla - Denise & Kari where are you girls !!!!! Went and got nails done - looked around Marshalls bought some lotion and DGD some hair stuff - then Target - Then winco - home - had a piece of chicken & popcorn - read a little took a 1/2 nap and then cooked lunch for the week BBQ chicken - Steamed some cauliflower for dinner to go with my fish - but I'm not hungry - I think it's the popcorn - ate a big bag around 3.. Called DS and wished him Happy Fathers day - it's not one of my most fav holidays - since I don't have my Dad.. And that's about it... Well I'm hot - from being outside BBQing - it's suppose to be 113 on Wed ugh !!! Well I guess I have to count my blessings - its the end of June and just now getting hot... CBL

Karla - yep have them design one small though - and I have to figure a place to put it.. I have one on my ankle already - I just don't know where I would put it - Yes darlling you have to add a #7 to your turtle !!!!! Connie - it will be here before you know it.... Karla - that's the problem you didn't weigh in when you got back so you don't know how much you actually gained while away - so you don't know if you had a loss this week - since the scales are the same... So hiding your head in the sand didn't help - it just made things worse.. You have to deal with a gain - not getting on the scales after a bad weekend - is denial... Denial is what got us fat in the 1st place. So after a bad weekend of food you have to learn to deal with what the scales says - most of it's usually just water weight but depending on what you ate it can be real pounds - remember it take 3500 extra food to gain a pound.. And it could be when you got on the scales today - you are retaining water - scales are fickled things and our weight can vary from hour to hour by as much as a pound.. So after I scolded you for not weighing in after your weekend - you can't take that weight as an absoult but you do have to deal with what it said.. You need to start counting calories - you give us what you eat but not the calories - how is your restriction are you still to tight?? As for the July Challenge - I think that 1 lbs a week is a good starting point - as most of us #7 are 2 yrs out and we aren't going to lose quickly - and pple like Phyl will lose 3 -4 lbs in a week and not lose for the rest of the month - That's really up to you guys - Karri & I would be strickly maintance... Candice is gone for 15 days and I assume that she will have a bit of a weight gain as she is on vacation and food choice along with adult beverages And then at the end of the month we 5 of us are going to Canada - so again our mini vacations we won't the perfert banders - but again since we are all together it will be an all or none kind of thing - we will all choose to eat good - or bad which ever the case may be.. So I don't know how good a challenge would be - those of you who want to participate can - challenge each other - Maybe you and Steph can have a challenge - See me and my DD had challenges without even posting that we were - I wanted to keep up with her and she didn't want me to get a head of her - we talked about that when she was here - it was never a public challenge and never really spoken between us - it's just the way we were - one time I got a couple of lbs to her and that made her focuse to get the 10 lbs that she usually was infront of me :0) Cuz Gf we are food addicts - cuz everything we do with others centers around food - we don't want to feel deprived - it's a b to find the happy medium... You are even - so that's better than being up !!! I know you are not an exercise girl - but if you would I bet you would see a difference - just a suggestion - try it you may like it :0) and gf it's ok to be selfish !!!! I think it's a good thing... I do it all the time !!! Steph Happy that you are .7 lighter have a safe trip.. Well gang - napped yesterday afternoon - went to bed at 9 and up at six - have been on the computer ever since and it's almost 9.... It takes along time to reply to post..... My mentor thread which I didn't post to yesterday - had a poster on my Dr Bobby thread - the 50's thread - and here and then emails .. I still haven't gotten to my paper yet !!! Well today is nails and food shopping for the week - I need to get my butt in gear.... Weather report - next week we are suppose to hit 110 !!! For me anything below 105 is fine - but 110 is hot.... ok going to go get paper another cup of coffee CBL:wub:

Yes Kathryn Dr Bobby has a big program fee - but you never have to pay for any co-pays or fills for 5 yrs (that's what I was told) IMHO it's his way around what the insurance companies pays and he also gives you the food for the preop diet in that program fee.. He has a nutristion on staff and you visit with her everytime you go in - Dr Bobby does your fills not an assistant - and he sits and talks to you and listens - it's not just a 5 minutes in and out with him.... I LOVE DR BOBBY - he is worth every extra penny that you have to pay... You can get care credit to pay the program fee (loan) ... Also for me having a local doctor was very important... You get his cell # incase you have any problems you have 24/7 access to him personally... There are other doc's out there who don't charge the program fee - Dr Philllip Q somthing - he's in LA and I didn't want to travel that far to get fills and ck ups as that would be a whole day off of work.. Again you can get a loan thru the Care Credit (I think that's the name) and what isn't paid by insurance is tax deductible too Again like I said Dr Bobby is worth his weight in GOLD AND EVERY PENNY WAS WORTH IT... Good Luck - Talk to them - They will help you figure out a way.. Janet

Ocotillo IMHO the pple who quit posting aren't doing well in their journey to get healthy - my Lucky #7 had tons and tons of pple - now we are down to like 9 and 3 are adopted (banded in diff Months & years) and the ones who quit posting will pop in everynow and they tell us well I've only lost 30 lbs or have gained 15. I can't say I have a data to back it up really - So don't take that as an absolute 2 reasons for staying 1 is I have made new friends - my lucky #7 gets together every july - last yr we went to the Mall of America - this yr we are going to Canada to get together. I have a whole new family of friends. My lbt DD just came to visit me from Oregon - I have gone to Vegas to meet one of my #7 since she was so close - When another bander is in my area - they look me up and I am in another state I have met other banders from my mentor thread or 50's thread Also, for me LBT keeps me focused - I am not one to not practice what I preach - I had great mentors when I started and this is just a way for me to give back

Karla - sounds like you are doing great... I have a tattoo - sun on my right ankle and my nose is pierced - I wear a little tiny diamond - did it all before banding though... Well you know what they say about bike riding you never forget - I haven't been on one in years either - wanted to get one - but the window to actually ride it is to short - either it's too hot even at 5 a.m. or to dark when I get home from work - Phyl - I love the idea of Lucky #7 Tattoo... I'm up for it.. Canada is You, Me, Linda, Peaches of course she since she's our hostess - and Kari... I think that's it this yr. Hopefully next yr we will do the cruise out of New Orleans and then Denise will come and Karri said she might do that one cuz she would like to see if she likes cruising.... So Next yr - you me linda peaches denise karla steph karri kari that would make 9 of us - I hope I'm not forgetting anyone - I'm old too.. That would be just too much fricking fun !!!! Ya I figured that since your kid's lived in your area that's why you were living there and not here in the Desert.. Heck when it's hot you just stay in doors - no biggie Karri - Monday when I hear the street sweeper - I will think of you ;0) but ours comes around 7 a.m. - Yep never thought about living in a residential area opposed to living in a commercial area that those things (sweeping trash) would be any diff..

Peaches al la mode ;0) Have a great time - Remember we want pictures !!! just eat like the french do and you should be fine :0).. We are going to miss you... OMW only 4 weeks til Canada !!!!! (well starting next Thrusday ;o)) So it sound like your dog or another dog bit DH's dog and that's what cause the infection - I guess I missed that story.. Glad she's on the mend that's what's important.. Hugs again have a great time !!! xoxoxo Janet

Linda It was so funny I remember sitting there with my frapaccino and you saying you would be right back and saw sorta where you went - but I hadn't remembered us going into that store - but when Karri and I walked in - It hit me - Oh this is where Linda went - so you had special scented stuff made up for you DD & DIL.... I like the frapaccino's but not addicted to them they are a once in a while treat when I need caffinee and out and about Have you tried the ice coffee's - I never thought in a million years I would like an ice coffee the whole thought discussed me - but I thought oh I drink a frap so really what's the diff - you get the sf hazelnut and lite - I think the calories are like 80 when made with skim milk that's for a medium... Yep everything does seem to evolve around food... All you can really do is say ok today I am going to eat this and tomorrow I am not going to eat that.. Today I brought a salad w/avocado & one pot wonder for lunch - well - I was looking at it - I brought a big salad with 1/2 of an avocado plus dressing 280 cal estimated - then my 1 pot wonder 250 cal estimated - well combinded that would have been 530 just for lunch !!! So I froze the one pot for next week and ate the salad.. I wanted both - I could have most likely eaten both - but truly I am not physically hunger So you just gotta choose your posion - today or tomorrow and stick to it - and remember gf you like those adult beverages :0) - so if you have an adult beverage - no dessert that's your dessert :0).. I thought I had introduced you guys - maybe it was ruby to karla... Yep Karla Linda is an OG#7 :0)

Aivey - I got to goal (160) in 10 months - I got to a normal BMI in 1 yr 1 month and the last 7 or so pounds just came off cuz I just kept eating healthy & exercising - I didn't try for them - I am at my happy weight.. Take the word hope out of your vocabulary and replace with I will. If you think you can't then you won't - if you think you can you will :0) You can do it - you may not lose as fast as I did - but this isn't a race - we each lose at a diff pace - my Doc said I lost the weight like a bypass person... Just focus on eating healthy and not dieting and move as much as you can... I will pop in from time to time - you guys are on my subscriped threads - so if you have a question just ask.. EE - all our stories are about the same - a few changes here and there in the details - but more similar than differnent - the lowest I got pre-band was 165 for a minute too and that was a combination of WW and diet pills. I too was a chubby child weighed 165 in 8th grade - lost weight the summer after 8th grade due to being more physical - walking a lot more and during high school i was 115 -120 and then 24 starting on the gain train - til I reached my heaviest 250 on 7/6/07 The band is a great tool...

Oh it's an IPhone - but you just don't have the phone part - I got it - That's the phone Andrew has - his dad got it for him for his bday - but I had to pay the $10 xtra bucks for internet - I don't even have interent on my phone :o0 But heck I don't use my phone that much - I hate cell phones - I rarely hear it ring - texting - well I know how but takes too long to do...