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As the saying goes, if you build it, they WILL come! They'll find you! That's insane! I didn't have to do most of that stuff!! (Medicare/Tricare For Life)

Don't let him try to talk him in to something you don't want! Far less complications with LapBand and either way it takes a strong commitment to completely change your way of eating, as well as other lifestyle changes.... exercise, in particular, Just spend some time looking at the Before & After thread to see how wrong he is about weight loss success with this procedure!

That's funny!! Our granddaughter just started at U of WA. Son watches her school account spending online so he can see where she's at. He knew she was going to buy a football jersey for the first football game so he as expecting to see a $60 charge because he'd seen them at the bookstore when he was there. So he was puzzled when it showed up as $30... then he figured it out... she bought a childs' jersey, too, so it wouldn't be baggy!!

Classy, Sassy, Lady!! You look GREAT!! That DOES sound like a FUN job! Yeah, Janet & Steph introduced me to QVC at Mall of America! Still don't watch it on TV, but I enjoyed shopping in their store and bought a couple of things including a purse that I really like! At 5', I don't have that problem~!! In fact, I buy cropped pants and they end up being just the right length usually!!

I just sort of LIVE here on LBT!! Guess I should get a life! Although lately I'm kind of obsessing over FACEBOOK!! Playing silly games like Parking Wars, Speed Racing and Kidnap your friends!! LOL

Welcome!! There's also a thread called "New 60+" that you might want to check out. Hey, we're neighbors for a few days! We're in our RV staying with friends in Three Rivers on our way to Desert Hot Springs for the winter!! Boy, is it hot here!! Didn't expect it to be this hot! But, that's why we left WA!! To get away from the rain and chilly temps! I was banded 14 months ago. Down almost 90 lb.! Down one cholesterol pill and both BP Rx half the strength they were then!

Welcome! There's another site for 60's folks that seems to be a little more active. It's called the new 60+ thread. Don't listen to "naysayer" friends. If you are determined to make this work, it will!! You can get lots of support and encouragment here!! Stick with us here on LBT!

I had Synvisc injections probably 7-8 yrs ago. They helped for a while but not as much as steroid injections I'd had a couple of years before that. Good plan to get the weight down before replacement. I had partial on the right and hardware is collapsing down because of the weight loss. So have to get down to BMI 40 before it gets converted to a total and then total on the other knee. Surgeon says that way he can be pretty sure that won't happen again. He only wants to do them ONCE! I'm all for that! I second that! We stopped at a truck stop in our travels yesterday.. There was a Subway inside so DH wanted to get lunch. I told him only if they had those little round sandwiches, or else bring me a cup of chili. Well he comes out with a chicken wrap.... 12" tortilla! I'm sure! i have to be nice! I pulled off the end of the wrap and ate the insides with a fork! I can't do soft flour tortilla any better than thick bread! I've had one of their subs a couple of times, but eating VERY slowly and throwing away much of the bread.

Great report, Steph!! Congrats!!

Yeah, don't freak out about the meds. It'll all work out. Talk that over with your primary care doc. Only pills I've had trouble swallowing are calcium tabs... to big and tend to have rough edges. Did find Calcitrate Petites that I can swallow okay. That's great news, Joann!! Dec. 4th will be here before you know it!

When I saw that ortho guy for the 2nd time he said the hardware in the original partial replacement was collapsing down because of my weight loss. So he needs to convert that one to a total and do a total on the other one. But he wants to wait until my BMI is about 40 rather than risk that happeneing again. So... I'm hoping maybe when we go home in the spring. Yes, we do LOVE the RV lifestyle, but it's not for everyone. Cost of repairs? That can be expensive, but we haven't had many problems with our Winnebago. Oil changes are pricey. But only a couple of times a year. Tires.... very pricey, but we haven't had to buy any yet. I know it's coming soon because the coach is almost 5 yrs old. Even if we did have a mobile down in the desert, I would still want my rV because I enjoy the trip down! We stop here and there for several days at a time and take 2-3 weeks to get where we are going. Our first year as "snowbirds", we moved every two weeks all through Arizona and CA and that was after several weks in WA, etc. We still lived in OK then. Ah.... we are starting to move!! I guess I have to sign off! Will lose the WiFi when we pull out! Don't stay away!! We miss you!!

Yeah, I've been thinking about trying on those size 22 jeans! Actually have bought a couple of things lately that were NOT in the PLUS SIZE dept! We have a TOPS group at our RV park down there, so that's where I'll be weighing in. AND, we brought our Wii with us. Haven't set it up in the RV yet... it would be silly to do that now when we're on the move! We did take it in to my sister's when we were there, but they were all so enthralled with it, I barely got to use it at all! I did use DIL's when we were there. Hoped to go in the pool here today in this park, but DH said the water was too cold. Next stop... our friends have a pool that they keep quite warm, so we'll probably be swimming every day the rest of this week. I brought 4 bathing suits with me only to find out that 2 are too big to wear, one I can get away with but it's really too big, too. The 4th I haven't tried on yet, but it might fit. It's an 18 and I think I need a 20. Will try it on tomorrow.

Hope she drops by! You know us... the more, the merrier. We're always anxious to share our ups and downs! And the secrets of our success!! Yes, nice to walk the stores, even with a little pain! And nice to have to move the car seat forward! I can reach the pedals so much better now, and my stomach is not in the way!

Yeah, those who are in control make sure their own interests are protected while the rest of us pay the consequences!! There's no justice!! RIP Paul Newman!!

No time to panic!! It'll be okay. I think a lot of this is politics!! You all have probably got it that I'm a pretty staunch Republican...but, Rep/Dem, it matters not... this whole thing is politics. Jockeying for position... tank the economy and then try to take credit for rescuing us all from economic disaster! We have a "money man" in OKC who is tried and true and we trust him with all that we have. He emailed DH today and told him not to drive the RV into the Pacific or hang himself from a cactus. He says this is NOT about VALUE, and just hang in there. If it all tanks, we'll all be in the same boat!!

No posts ALL day!! Hope everyone is having a GREAT day in spite of the economic CRASH!! In lieu of that, DH & I just shared a bottle of Cabernet and we're both feeling MUCH better about it now!! :cool2: We are having a WONDERFUL day off from traveling and visiting with family/friends! Just US today!! We traveled a whopping 45 miles today from our son's place in Mountain View to Gilroy CA! Garlic Capitol of the World!! Here's an intersting note... we both drove... DH in the RV, me in the Honda CR-V. Every time I drive, which is not THAT often, I think, even the car seems TOO BIG for me. I don't fit the way I used to and its disconcerting!! (A big word for someone who has really had too much wine!) I've been struggling with that for the past couple of months. Today I fixed it!! I MOVED THE SEAT UP!! So I did some shoppping in Gilroy!! I went to Camping World ALL BY MYSELF, and I WALKED!! I managed to make it up & down all the aisles. Knees hurt, but I toughed it out. AND, I took a LONG ride on my scooter to do some shopping ALONE!! I found some tops at the Salvation Army store, one at Wal-Mart and some sweat pants at Target... everything under $10! Most under $5! I am a GOOD shopper! Later, went to a winery where we bought some Garlic Red Wine!! It's good for both drinking or cooking! And we went to Garlic World after that and bought a lot of other garlicky stuff. Here's an intersting observation: we are staying in a fairly pricey ($40/night) RV park and there are people staying here who are living in their RVs at that price. DH says 50% are CA residents who appear to be staying here monthly, so they probably get a bit of a price break, but not that much. Okay, so... the market sucks, but this is the time to JUMP IN!! Buy low, sell high!! Love Ya!

NORMAL!!! HOLY CATS!! AND DOGS!!! THAT'S SO EXCITING!! CONGRATS!! Me.... I'm wearing my 50,000 Point YMCA shirt that I haven't worn in about 8 years (and baggy capris)! I earned it working out at the Y .... on the weight machines... almost 10 years ago. I think I lost about 40-50 lb that time and it all came back. So it's good to wear my 50,000 Point shirt again. We're moving south today, but less than 50 miles!! We're slow movers! We're going down to the garlic country!! Yum! I'll be going to the big GARLIC SHOP today, and I hope to Camping World, too. Later, Gang!

I'm glad you finally were able to eat something! That's great! We're all going to be so excited when you get your dog.. like we're waiting for a new baby!! My DIL used that word again! We were at our son's hangar looking at his plane and watching him do some riveting before we went to dinner. He was almost done when he says, "Where's Mom??" DIL started laughing & said "she's sitting right there on the chair!" Then she told me, "see, you're getting so skinny he can't find you!" That was cute!

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So is one of the dogs in the pictures yours?? Or is it one of the dogs in the other pictures you posted?? Of this group, I really liked Tildy! DH would never let me have a dog, but if he ever changed his mind it would have to be a tiny one. Lately, I've become very aware of how large a part emotions play in our restriction, or for me, at least! I've noticed that if DH & I are not getting along, or if I am upset in any way, I can feel the restriction choking up. I have this really strange reaction when I get REALLY mad.... I cry! It's very frustrating, but it just happens when I'm angry and I can't control it. And if that happens, I get very, very tight. So, I imagine any kind of emotional upset would probably have the same reaction.

Good sound reasoning, Ruby! You've got a plan!

So sorry about your troubles, Don!! But great to hear things are finally moving along for you! You'll be banded soon!! GREAT newss!!

Steph... you are making us all worry! You need that unfill pretty quick!! DH is at San Jose hockey game with DS, DIL & GS. DS's neighbor gave us 4 tickets to the opening game... really good seats. So GD & I went out to dinner to celebrate her birthday, which is next week when we'll be gone. She had a birthday coupon from Red Robin. I got the Ensenada Chicken plate... two grilled chicken breast (i brought one home) and salad. It was good. We didn't want to go to the hockey game so we volunteered to stay home! Forgot to tell you all about compliments that came from family this week.. BIL hadn't seen me since April.. said, in his extremely reserved manner, "you're really slimming down there, Phyl!" You can't imagine what a big deal that was for me, coming from him! He's a hospital administator and kind of a "stuffed shirt", if you get my drift! Then, yesterday I wore my JEANS, and DIL told me I was really looking "skinny"! Well, you know that is a bit of an exaggeration, but that's what she said! She said she didn't remember ever seeing me in jeans before and that they looked really nice on me! OMG!!! Amazing!

Yep... headed SOUTH! Seems early, but last year we waited until Nov. 1 & Oct was cold, rainy and miserable!! It's nice and warm here in the bay area! Enjoying a few days with son and his family. They're all going to San Jose hockey game soon. GD, 11 yr old, & I are staying home and going out to dinner! Her birthday is next weekend and we're going to be gone, so we're going to celebrate tonight... her & I!

Yes, it will be hard, but get off the carbonated drinks and sweets ASAP!! You'll have enough to deal with later. Get that out of the way now. Once you are off of those things, the cravings will go away. I LOVED my carbonated drinks. I had Diet Coke EVERY day, at least one! I really, honestly don't even miss it! I drink Crystal Lite now, or the Wal-Mart or Albertson's brand. I still don't like water much, but I get in my liquids with the Crystal Lite and black coffee. YOU CAN DO THIS!! I've lost close to 90 lb, but I'm only about half way to goal and pressing on!