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Pamela-How jealous am I of such a big closet? OMG!! But then again, I don't have 1/16th of what it would take to fill it so...my little one is fine (for now) LOL By the way, is Zack full of himself or what? UGH! Congrats on the decision to lighten your workload! I know how relieved you will be! Jenn-I hope your dd feels better! I agree with Terri....are you sure you are getting enough water? Be sure you are young lady! Kat-I hate nightmares that do me that way! I have no idea what to tell you to do to stop having a recurring one as I had one that lasted for 3 or 4 consecuive nights! Good luck & Sweet Dreams!! Good Monday morning violets!! Everyone strive to have an outstanding day! Terri-I know you are probably already gone, but, have a great time and be safe! Love the necklace!

I wonder how much I have to lose to be able to have my angel wings removed....just thinking out loud

wow...sure is a quiet Sunday on the Violet home front!!

Good luck!! You will do great!! Keep us posted

OMG!!! FSC thank you thank you thank you for giving me so much to look forward to. You look awesome!! I hope that you are recovering well!

Good morning violets!! Terri-have a great time and play some for me in vegas!! We will miss ya. Jennifur-good Lord woman, I wish you were able to get out of the "funk" you are in!! I hate to see you so depressed. I am like Kat...I wish we could just run over to one anothers house and cheer each other up when we need to!! (((hugs))) Pamela-you are getting an island in your closet? Or did I misunderstand? Sorry about the ant bite...but glad it is better Kat-I am glad you all had fun yesterday! It soundd like a great time. I wish me & macy could have gone too! She spent Friday night with my mom & stepdad...(her mawmaw & pop). My mom called me and said that when they got in bed macy said, "I have a great idea pop, in the morning when we wake up you and me can go outside and plant my strawberry seeds (she got out of a strawberry shortcake DVD) and while we are doing that, maw maw can be fixing us some spaghetti !" Pop said he thought that was a GREAT idea! Then Macy took both of their hands and pulled them up to her chest and said "now my heart is all fixed". LOL Kids say the funniest things. Then yesterday my sister had her and she called to tell me that when they were in the backyard Macy stripped down to just her panties and when my sister asked her what she was doing she sayd she wanted to slide down the slide "naked". OMG, I may have an exhibitionist on my hands!! Then she plopped down in a mud puddle (in just her panties) and made mud pies laughing and saying the whole time that "this is so wonderful"....how nice it would be to be a kid like that again! OK, see, my posts can be a mile long too when I get to talking about my dd. This morning I was down another pound to 204. One pound in a week but I will take it! The countdown to onederland is here!! I am so psyched!! Everyone have a great day!

you know what I just thought about.... when I went to the seminar to learn about the lap-band, my dr said that people can expect to lose fifty percent of their excess body weight. Some "above average" people will lose more than that, some will be below average and not get to the half point. Well, I have lost from 257 to 205. So, 52 pounds since the band...I am at the "average". But before I had my surgery I told my dr that I would be one of his "above averages". Now, it looks like the real work is about to begin....The great part is I have 2 advantages: #1 I have this unwaivering determination that will not let me fail. #2 (last but not least) I have my violet sistas to support me. Life does not get any better!! So, with that said...I wanted to say thank you to all of you. Your support can not be measured. (((hugs))))

You have done an outstanding job...I know how proud you must be!! Believe me, I know how "over the moon" you will be...I am over the moon myself....well, in 6 more pounds I will be in onederland and talk about over the moon? OMG I will be dancing on cloud 9. I love how we are all taking this journey together! lilnena-you are doing a great job as well!! Isn't it fun to look at the world differently and be looked at differently? Good job...you have every right to be proud! I just PBd on chicken...it was too dry. I knew it would be but I did it anyway...what a dummy:eek: OK...confession time. I ate a candy bar last night. It was so good though. And considering I could not get my dinner down, it was an acceptable mistake....(is that an oxymoron) I look at it this way, I have not had one since April, so its OK. That is my rationalization and I am sticking to it! I will check in later....

Good morning violets.... DH and I went to the casino last night and we had a blast. We hardly ever get to do anything since he is working all the time...so we had fun. Michelle-congrats on the NSV!! Tht is great! TracyKS-yay on the -50. I smiled all day when I hit that mark too. Go girl! Everyone have a good day & take care! PS...Jenn-I will say a prayer for you!

Pamela-I loved the double elimination!! It was good! I was very pleased with the way it turned out. I am so sad to see it coming to an end TGIF!!! Everyone have a good day and I will check in later....(((((hugs))))

My DD got a clean bill of eye health...thank God. Jennifur-no I have not tried fiberone yet. I tried mineral oil and it has been working pretty good so far. Michelle-I know you didn't just refer to yourself as a fat a**. Don't ever say that about yourself again young lady!!

Just popping in before the eye dr appt for my dd. Michelle-congrats on the 26somethings....good for you! Jenn-I will keep my fingers crossed for you on the job! Cheese, hmmm, I can't have a BM as it is, that is the last thing I need right now Pamela-elimination night...woohooo! Hey, I read somewhere that tonight is double elimination night, have you heard that? I will check back in when we are done at the dr...

Jennifur-Good morning, I see you there!!

Terri-I am so sorry for what you are going through. Maybe, just maybe your DH is threatened by all the positive changes you are making in your life? Could be making him insecure? (I watch too much Dr Phil I guess). It makes sense though.... Keep doing what you are doing and everything will be great girlfriend!! Good morning Violets-I have to bring DD to he eye dr today. Her pediatrician recommended it because her left eye may be drifting inward. Anyway, wish us luck. I think I would croak if they said they need to do surgery. If so, they better have something there to knock her momma out too!! Everyone have a super duper day....

I hope dick & daniele are the final 2.... It would be way too boring if they would not have been on the show.

YAYYYYYYYY TRACYYYYY!!!!!!! That is so awesome!! YOU rock!!

Good morning violets....have a super day and remember, WWJD!?

TracyKS-Shrek must have a brother cause I used to be married to him!! I am so sorry for what you are going through! The momma "lion" would come out in all of us. What a bastard. I hope everything goes well! Hi all violets!! I do not really have much to say...hmm...thats different! Everyone have a great evening!!

Pamela-I know wh got it (POV) and am prety sure she did not use it cause that would be stupid if she did....thanks anyway! I kinda hope Jessica leaves...we'll see. Good morning violets-well all good things must end...so bak to work it is!!! Yuck On the upside, it will be a short work week. Everyone have a good one!!

Pamela-Who won the veto and did they use it? LOL I am sad its almost over too :eek:

Kat-no baby boy in the plans. My DH has 2 kids from his previous marriage and my dd was more than I ever dreamed of. So, my DH got "fixed". I would not have been sad about having another one. I was sick every day when i was pregnant. Morning (noon and night) sickness for all 9 months....here is the funny part, I loved every minute of it. I loved everything about being pregnant. I guess it is because I knew it she was a complete gift from God. If I were to get pregnant now I sure would have ALOT of explaining to do to my dh....lol Terri-sounds like you have a rocky road ahead of you. Keep us posted and know that we are thinking of you! So, Pamela...do you know who on the power of veto yet? :eek:

Welcome back Kat-glad you had a good time. Terri-you are right, it is amazing what .1 cc can do!!! Well, I have been fat my whole life. Never one time did I have a boyfriend in highschool. Never one date, no prom, no homecoming dance...nothing. (I was a virgin until I was 28, if that tells you anything). Once when I was 27 years old and I weighed about 325...I kept having a dream over & over. The dream was simple...I was in the hospital and I had just had a baby boy. My mom & sisters were there and I was holding my new baby. Then when I woke up I was really crying. It took days for me to figure out what that dream meant....why would I be crying after a dream like that? At that time in my life, my worst fear was a dr telling me that I would not be able to get pregnant being the size that I was. Then I took a long look into myself decided OK, what is keeping me from having my dreams come true....the answer was ME....I was keeping myself from being happy. What a revelation that was. So, over the next year and a half, I lost down to 163 pounds. I had never been happier...until I married a drug head and yada yada yada, gained the alot of the weight back (thank God not all of it) lost all my self esteem once again. Anyway, long story short...I divorced the bottom dweller, yo yo dieted, 4 years later met & married the love of my life and now have a beautiful 4 year old daughter. They are my reason to want to live....and here I am!! Bouncing between 205 and 206, but I know I will make it, I just know I will. Everyone have a great labor day!!

Yes, I eat cereal, I guess I need to try a different kind. Thanks! Jennifur-I will try the whole gran pitas....sound pretty good!!

OK, I cheated.....here is the reason why since you asked.... My then husband was a complete bastard. He told me (in his own way)that nobody would ever want me or find me attractive. He used me for money, was a drug head, and I found someone that treated me like gold, listened to me when I cried and things went from there. The "friend" knew I was hurting and he gave me new perspective & strength to move on from the horrible "relationship" I was in. I have zero regrets....let me say that again, ZERO REGRETS....if in the same situation would I do it again? No.... and here is why, I learned so much from the EX and my affair, that I have the strength and wisdom now to know when it is time to bail out and take care of me. If I do not take care of me then nobody else it going to do it for me. And that crap about once a cheater always a cheater...that is the biggest amount of bullshit I have ever heard. Like BooBoo Kitty said, you do not know what you would do until you walk in their shoes.... I am very happily married now to a wonderful man that is my prince...I aim to keep it that way. I would never hurt him by cheating on him...the EX?, well he deserved it and so did I...I am a better woman & wife for it. Thats my story....

Good morning Violets..... Like Laura-It is amazing to me me the portion sizes that are served when you go out to eat. It is just unbelievable that I was able to eat that much. I watch people in amazement and think OMG!!! The best part is that I do not miss being able to gorge myself like that. I miss the food sometimes, but not the gorging part. Terri-so how is the unfill working for you so far? We went grocery shopping too yesterday. We went to wal-mart. I normally like wal-mart but it did not take me long to realize why I like Krogers more. Wal-mart was a flippin ZOO. I was so aggrevated when I left there it was unreal! But what can you xpect going there on the saturday before Labor day... I bet Tracy & Kat & Judy are having a blast. Especially Judy, she is taking my dream cruise. One day I will do it too! I am so envious. My in-laws go on an Alaskan cruise one or twice a year, but if we were rolling in the dough like they are, so would we. I have still been having trouble in the BM department and the last thing I want is to get hooked on laxatives so I need to call the dr office and ask for tips. Fibersure does not work for me....it just cramps me up. I have been eating green veggies, still no go. I bought some mineral oil and we will see how that goes. Do any of you have suggestions? Oh well, I need to get to my coffee :ranger: Everyone have a great day! I will check back later....