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weight 242, no change (like anyone is surprised) under bust 41.5 waist 43 hips 46.5 (okay, it wasn't my imagination that my pants were way too big)

that is kinda fun! Makes perfect sense too. (BOO!) heh, couldn't resist

The class was great, I'll try to take it again this spring, schedule permitting. They do have trail rides during the year, once a month while school is in session, and arena riding at other times, but this semester I'm so jammed for time, I don't have the time to take advantage of the horses. Next year I hope to go on the weekend pack trip. That would be very fun. Finally, DON'T WAIT to do things until you've lost "all your weight." DO IT NOW! And don't generally worry about hurting the poor little horse because you weight 290 (pick a number).

Ahem, "SexPot" is not a valid hippy name. Please try again.

Isn't this funny? I was just thinking about him last night as well.

Hi Benet, the pain sounds like you are getting things "stuck". This means you probably need to start slow not just slow down. Many poeple have found that they need to switch to a baby spoon and fork. Your body is still in the "AAAHHH AAAHHH AAAHHH WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME???!!!!!" phase. I think everyone goes through this stage. I wouldn't say lots of bad outcomes. I suppose it depends on what you mean by "lots" and "bad outcomes." But remember, this is a support board. Folks that are doing really well generally don't need support. Not a lot of "oh I'm having a wonderful afternoon, I'm not sure how to handle it."

Heh, silly me, I meant, how long do the results last? And would this be considered cheating for Nana~'s challenge? -- laughing my butt off, since nothing else seems to be working.--

Geeze, I'd need a medical ID charm bracelet!

I thought it might be something like that... I was thinking of the Boot Sales they have in the UK, and wondered if they were sort of the same sort of thing.

Nope, that's not what I had done. Gee I wish I knew where I could get that done. How long does it last, and how much do they run?

Excellent work Candy, I think tickers are wonderful, just not for me, just for now. I know for other people they scream "Yay me!" for me, it just says "FAILURE!!! You can't even do weight loss surgery right!" This is why I don't have one. It just ... accuses me of not being good enough.

I must appologise for my previous post. I know that it fill the needs for so many. I understand this. I'm just really pissy and tired, and having a head ache. This is what I've spent all day doing and it's addled my brain and my good senses. Find the equation of the line tangent to the graph of f(x)=2x^3-5x^2+3x-5 @ x=1 f(1)=2-5+3-5 so the point (1,-5) take the first derivative of f(x) so f`(x)=6x^2-10x+3 so the slope @ x=1 i -1 Equation of the tangent line is y-(-5)=-1(x-1) y=-4-x I know, simple stuff, but I stuggle with it. Again, I appologise for making disparaging remarks about Curves. I lost my bifocals, so I have to use drugstore reading glasses over my eye glasses; there were 2 bugs in my drink and I think thre might have been more and I've been working on calculus for 5 hours today and will probably spend another 3 or 4 hours yet more tonight. MsButterKup, I really and honestly think it is mah-vo-lous that you have found some place to work out that YOU feel comfortable working out at. I know this is totally important for everyone. I frequently forget that most people are not like me and actually do give a rat's ass what other people think of them.

They are owned by a man who activly works against women's reproductive rights. It's political. I can't support companies who activly work against women or our communities.

...the sounds of the crowd swell as they start chanting KEL-LEE! KEL-LEE! KEL-LEE! KEL-LEE!

It is possible that you have lost some weight because of dehydration, also, it sounds like your band is too tight. Too tight is worse than too loose because too tight can damage your stomach. And that's bad. If you are still too tight, too tight for solid food and solid protien, you should schedule an unfill. I was too tight my first fill and lost 5 pounds the first week. Half of that was dehydration.

Okay, I live in a pokey little town, and here I thought I was all up on the spa things... I had a wonderful spa day once in Calistoga CA .. Oh DEAR GOD! It was the most amazing thing. Part of that was an herbal wrap where I was slathered with hot oil after a massage and wrapped in saran wrap... IS this a wrap? Okay, and now we know your secret Jamie!

I just wish they were owned by someone else. Good for you for getting up and getting moving!

Oh man Darcey, I know if it was me, I would get the new band. Even with all my whinning and crying, pissing and moaning about how I'm not losing any weight, I would still get a new band. I would just know I was a slow loser.

Welcome to the Banded Gentry!

Your doctor is the only one who can determine this. Make an appointment to see your GP.

Thanks Rorysmom, but pedomiters just dont work for/with me. Wildly inaccurate. (one insisted that I only took about 13 steps all day (walking between upper campus and lower campus is a mile each way) and since my legs are really short, 13 steps is wildly out of line. Another listed me at over 8K steps, but since I didn't leave the house.. well, I'm pretty sure I didn't walk a mile inside my house that day. I've tried to put them at my waist, at my hip, attached to the band of my jean, to various pockets... I've cracked the cases, I've snapped the clip of 4 different ones, and I've just flat out lost 2 others. Oh, and 3 just stopped working, probably interference from my personal magentic shere. (My mom can't wear battery powered watches.. she drains the batteries in a matter of days.) Pedomiters just don't work for me. I'm really hard on things, no danty flower here.

I think it's now Pix #6... the one where she's being all sexy with the car?

what the hell is a "trunk or treat????" When I was a kid, there was always a big costume contest and prizes were awarded in various age groups. Then we would go out trick or treating with my big sister. One year I went as a hula dancer (I was 4), I was cold but I didn't care. We were frequently gypsies, and that was fun getting to wear my mom's jewlery. We would go all over, way past our neighborhood, blocks and blocks. This was before anyone even thought to do product tampering. (the first cases of poisoned or tampered fruit were evil parents looking to cash in on insurance policies, and not stranger danger. We are in much more danger from people who "love" us than we are from strangers.) We would have popcorn balls that the neighbor ladies would make, bobbing for apples.. carving jack-o-lanterns... When Spudboy was little we would go tricker-treating in our neighborhood and I would walk with him most years so I could go out and see all the wonderful decorations and wonderful costumes. It was always fun to see a grownup dressed with their kids too. No, when kids come to my door, I always make the do a trick. I always announce in a loud enough voice for the parents to hear that I demand a trick! I'll make the kids do a dance if they don't know any tricks. The sad part is that this always stumps the poor kids--it's a rare one that knows how to detatch their thumb or will make a face. Just sad. (The parents always bust up when I make their kids do a trick.) Or sometimes, after they say "tricker-treat!" I'll say Treat, and start digging through their bag... I always give good stuff ... at home I always buy toys and give them a bunch of plactic spiders, clicker bugs, pirate bootey, gooey eyeballs, stuff like that. One year I gave out squishy body parts... noses, fingers, ears... stuff like that. (those went to the older kids) Thank you Orental Trading company!

Yes, I still have some unpainted windows. I only paint my windows in ID, so my windows at home are all still unpainted, expect for the outside in the front which has paint splatters from the last time the house was painted yellow. And that would have been about ... 15-20 years ago. I don't have a ladder that will reach the second story so I can get up there and scrape them. And yes, I'll paint one of your windows, no worries!

Well, that's just it, the scales lie. You can't trust a single one. When I had my fitness assessment done, I was weighed on 3 different scales, and each gave a different weight. There was a 6 pound difference, so I just too the average of the 3 and called it good.