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This is pathetic! I am amusing myself by watching the little Smiley Guy die over and over and over!!

That Smiley is really funny. I didn't realize what it was doing until I watched it for a few minutes!! Here he is again!!

Yeah, I'm not going to quit using my new water bottle. I'm just rotating the "poison" one with the non-poison one!! :biggrin::biggrin: If you turn your plastic items over and look on the bottom for the recycle icon.... little triangle... the number inside the triangle is the indicator. #7 is BAD, any other number is okay, I guess.

Yeah, I bought a brand new $12 Camelbak bottle about two days before they came out with that.... sure enough, it has a #7 on the bottom!! I also bought a much cheaper Rubbermaid bottle a few days before that.. no problem with that one! When I went back to the first store a few days later... almost all the Camelbak bottles had been pulled off the shelves.

You're doing GREAT, Lynn! Off to an exciting start! We'll be keeping you in our thoughts and prayers, Roses! You've done really well on the pre-op diet! Wow! 42 lb since January.... great! Doing well with exercise, too. Keep up the good work!

Sorry, Maggie... the head hunger is something you have to overcome. It does get better, but it's something you'll have to battle. As the weight comes off, I have more strength over temptations because I don't want to lose my momentum and sabotage my success. As time goes by, I am less and less tempted by things I used to have a weakness for. Something that helps a lot is to plan your snacks. Make sure you have things in the house that are healthy to snack on... know ahead of time what you are going to have when the hunger hits... and work at trying to distinguish between real hunger and "head" hunger. You CAN do this, I promise!! And, thank you so much for the compliment!

Okay now??? You're not too tight, are you?? Maybe you ate to fast. My TOPS weigh in day... down 2 1/2 lb, and she had to move the little weight thingy down another 50 lb!! Very exciting weigh in for me... it was a biggy! All in all.... a very good day, even though the sun continues to refuse to make an appearance! Also, DD sent me an email last night... finally some dialogue! And she apologized for yelling at me last week. We are making some headway!

Thanks for the info, Shirley. I am in WA state. I had at home PT after the partial, but only for 2 wks. I had exercises I was supposed to do every day but I wasn't very diligent about it. I will do better this time! I will know more after I meet the surgeon on Wed. I'm still toying with the idea of doing both knees at once, but I'd have to persuade the surgeon AND my DH who is pretty adamant about not doing it that way! My SIL, who has had lots of knee problems and several surgeries including a total on one of them, says this doc I'm going to this week is one of the best in the area. That was good to hear.

How was the rehab, Shirley?? Did they make you do inpatient or outpatient? I guess I wouldn't mind a few days of inpatient, and there are two different PT facilities a block away from where we live.. maybe they'd send me to one of them for outpatient rehab. I'm thinking of doing them maybe a month apart. But they'd have to get me in quick because we have a 3 wk cross country train trip planned for the end of July. I'm not able to do much walking at all right now. I've been using an electric scooter for several years. It gets me around the mall, Wal-Mart, Costco, etc. Couldn't shop without it. Yeah, I'm worried aobut one shoulder, too... the pain is intermittent right now, but some days I can't stand my bra strap! And lately I've been hearing and feeling grinding in there. Ugh!

WOW!! That is a GREAT report! We're all so proud of you! A fantastic accomplishment!!

Janet, Where are you?? Karri???? Are you home yet??? We're waiting for weekend reports from both of you! I lunched on Costco samples today. Everything was Mexican! Now I'm going to cook some seafood stew! Yeah!! I get to cook today!

You know what.... acknowledging that you HAVE issues is the first and most important step in dealing with them. If only our DD could get to that place, maybe we could begin to resolve some things!! Yes, we have pretty high numbers here, don't we??!! I keep worrying that Alex is going to cut us off because we have too many pages and too many posts!! Hmmm... we've got to get you on this Wii bandwagon!! My sister just told me that she thinks tomorrow is the last day you can order the Wii Fit online. She is in Buffalo NY and unable to buy a Wii after looking for several weeks for one for herself, and my Mom wants one! She's 86!! So now she thinks she's going to try to buy one (or two) on eBay! Jeans... I am wearing jeans since January... for the first time in many years. I don't like to talk sizes either, especially since some of our dear ones here are getting in to 12-14 and smaller!! But, I was wearing 3X-4X when I started all this, and no chance of getting jeans on. Now I can wear a 1X or 2X in cotton knits, 26 in jeans. The jeans I'm wearing I think I got at Wal-Mart for $10!!! My problem is they are tight in the thighs and loose in the waist & butt. I think Janet ordered a pair on QVC that were custom made.. you take your measurements and they make them to fit. I'm not ready to invest much money in my clothes while my sizes are changing though. Do you think this will get us past the 666????

You're sweet! I haven't yet experienced being too tight... think I'm in a good place right now. And I can relate to your knee problems. I've had a partial replacement on the right... several years ago.. like about 2002, I think?? I saw an orthopedic surgeon last week and was hoping maybe a partial would "fix" the left, but after looking at the x-rays he says I need a total on BOTH! Not the news I was hoping to get! In the years preceding the first knee surgery, I had both steroid injections and halagen. I know many people get months of relief with the halagen, but I really didn't get any benefit from them at all. The steroid injections, on the other hand, relieved my pain for quite a few months...maybe six even. The injections themselves, while not a walk in the park, are not nearly as painful as you anticipate. I hope you get some relief from them.

I don't want to do it until DH gives it his blessing and he's still dragging his heels. Thinks I'm spending too much money! I'm wondering how valid their estimated shipping date is, too, being that there seems to be quite demand and they're already projecting a "shortage"!! That's why I want to order it ASAP! DIL ordered hers a couple of days ago... for her birthday! DS is protesting... says she shouldn't know what her birthday present is a month ahead of time! But she says last year HE ordered the propeller for the airplane he is building (which finally got moved out of their garage yesterday) THREE MONTHS before HIS birthday! I told her... as the saying goes, "turn about is fair play"!! BTW, he's been building this airplane for almost 12 years I think, and it's going to be ready to fly within the next month or so. Jacki, Do you think this will get us to the next page????

Well, NOW I noticed the page number!! Hey!! You need to demand your rights, woman!! Tell those turkeys it's YOUR TURN!!

I think the boxing is the hardest! I have a hard time controlling where my punches are hitting. Haven't quite figured it out yet. Practice when the kid is at school until you get really good at it and then beat his butt!! I think I'm going to order it there, too. I read an article on the web that says they're already projecting a shortage of it and it's not even released yet! Wal-Mart will give you a $10 gift card, too, if you pre-order from their site. Hope you get a chance to "play" today!! I love the bowling, and I'm getting pretty good at golf, too. Grilled chicken wrap.... I think they're only about 250 calories. That was probably the best choice you could have made at McD's....and a few fries... don't beat yourself up! You did pretty good! Funny... everyone is getting in to the Wii!! It's really fun. It keeps track of the minutes you use it each day. I like that. Took me a few days to figure that out.

Welcome to ALL the newbies!! Happy to have you join us. Ducky..I use E.A.S. chocolate Protein powder from costco.

Trying to get my water in, but not too motivated to do anything today. The temp is back to normal, though, so that's a good thing! Think this will be short-lived. Aches and pains, headache, but no new symptoms. That was a wild ride last night! I think it was DD who gave it to me. She needed her butt kicked before that!!

And we want to see a picture of you in that cowgirl hat!! I am not having a good day. About 5pm last night I started shivering and shaking... I thought I was just cold because the sun was going down and it was getting chilly in here. But I couldn't stop shaking for two hours. My hands were like ice cubes and hurt really bad. DH wrapped me up in my electric throw blanket and then a heating pad for my hands. I shook so bad all my muscles and joints were hurtiing. When I got warmed up the shaking stopped, but I had a temp of over 102. So, I went to bed. this morning... 100+, headache and generalized aches and pains. someone gave me the flu!!

Yes, that happens. Have to slow down.... small bites, eat slow. Stop when you start to feel full.

That would be a tough transition. At least, when the weather is crappy here, I can count the months until we go south again! And we do enjoy our times with the grandkids, and our daughters (even though one is being a butt head right now.) It seems like we've been getting just a short time of sunshine every day...well, not EVERY day, but most days. It's very rarely been over 60 degrees since we've been back (2 wks). I'm ready for some warm weather.

Yeah, I remember that, too! One of my earliest attempts at weight loss before I got married! My Aunt Genny got me some in Canada. I didn't sleep for days and finally had to quit them. I think that exercise plan is right on!! My water: I think I've only had about 24 oz of Crystal Lite/coffee so far. Still working on it but having my little glass of wine right now. I have to add my two cents about the mucinex.... I did a lot of research on ADHD or, as they used to call it, hyperactivity, when our youngest son was in grade school because he'd been diagnosed with it. One of the things I remember coming up more than once is that people with that condition often react exactly the opposite to stimulants, etc than other people. For example, I was told to try giving our son coffee in the morning before school because the caffeine would have a calming effect. As I remember, that didn't work on him, but he would load any liquid with tons of sugar. But, I was just thinking... you mentioned having ADHD, Steph, so maybe that's why you reacted like that to the Mucinex. Then again, I could be way off track!

Just teasing you Shirley.... your signature.... after your goal it says "I hope"!! It IS great information. Janet likes to scold people when they use the word "hope"... encouraging us to be more positive about ourselves. We have been fighting this weight/food battle for so long we tend to think of ourselves as pre-programmed to fail. HUGS! Didn't mean to upset you!! It was just in fun!

You are so sweet! I really appreciate your kind words. My Band Family has helped me through this day and I thank all of you for your caring expressions of encouragement. Steph, you are a blessing to all of us. We know how busy your household is!! Been there, done that!! We appreciate all of your contributions to this site! I am starting a new month of logging my exercise. Today I discovered that the Wii keeps track of your daily activity. Not a running count, I don't think, but today I was on there twice. When I logged in the second time, I saw I had two messages on the bulletin board. So when I checked them, one gave me my "Wii Fitness Age" from today (sadly went from 29 up to 71), and told me I'd done 27 minutes of exercise so far today. So I spent some more time doing some training exercises... boxing (dodging tennis balls and punching the bag until it fell), bowling (power bowling and one game), golf.. (target practice, putting, swing strength).. Before I logged off I checked again and had a total of 52 minutes for the day. I'm going to count that as one session. Almost an hour. Tomorrow I'll try to make sure it's a whole hour.

Okay, now the Smiley's won't work!! Grrrr!! Can't you bring those needles to the M of A???? :wub::biggrin::thumbup: BUSTED!!! That is REALLY GOOD NEWS on both fronts... tendonitis is somewhat better than a stress fracture!! And I'm glad you are going to get better shoes. That's really important with all the running you're doing.