lindata

I'm so glad for you, Lizzie. I know how hard of a time you've been having. I'm at my mom's and not weighing on their scale, and I've been eating waaay too much baking, so we'll see what happens when I get home.

I haven't seen Enchanted yet, but The Golden Compass was awesome.

I am totally clueless if/when anyone flirts with me. But my friend got really cheesed off at me because she thought I kept flirting all the time. I run my hands through my hair constantly to keep it out of my eyes - and she perceived this as me being a girly girl and flirting. I wasn't. Hair in eyes. That's it.

Okay, very cool. Do you know the website for the moon property?

Yeah, Tish. I was going to post to see if anyone knew where you had gone to. I love your knew nymph - a little of the old, a little of the new. :confused:

If you order online, how do you know they will fit? I usually have to go through the whole store before I find one pair of pants that fit properly.

Go to tickerfactory.com and follow the instructions. :confused:

How old are they? I can usually find some good stuff at dollar stores. Christmas decoration, crayons, small tubs of play doh, small books, CD's, DVD's, and of course socks! It kinda depends on age and gender. More info please!

So what does everyone like to do for exercise? What do you find works the best? What did you used to do when you were in good shape that gave you good workouts? The biggest bang for your buck? I have been doing the recumbent bike but, with my bodybugg, have found out that I burn more calories being upright - like walking or dancing, although I have the bike on a high enough setting so that I'm actually creating a lot of muscle tone in my legs. After holidays I'm going to try jogging on the treadmill - wait, did I say I was going to jog? :omg:

Serious? Wow, I've never heard of this before. Thanks Jack.

I take my protein shakes with me in the car in a reusable bottle. I can relate to the no time to eat thing. If I'm in a hurry it's just something easy I can take along in a cup on the way - like cottage cheese.

Sorry, I probably didn't make any sense! This is what I understand as well - that it may take many fills to get restriction in that you can't physically eat anymore. What I meant was that at surgery, the band is around your stomach, and it does somewhat restrict things going down - as in, there's a band now where before there wasn't, so it does slow the food somewhat, giving a BIT of restriction in that way. Hmm, I'm starting to confuse myself now!

Thank you so much for all the suggestions. It's also difficult to know where to shop since I've just moved from Canada to the States and there are different stores here. When I first moved here, I went to Kohl's, Dillard's, J.C. Penney, just to see what was in the store - I hadn't a clue what they sold.

That is the coolest gift I've ever heard of! My original gifts this year were from Kiva.org. You pay kiva, which loans people money in developing countries to create small businesses and get out of poverty. Then when they're up and running they can either pay you back or you can keep lending the money to other people in need. It's pretty cool and made me and everyone I gave it to feel pretty good.

I think there's some confusion regarding this point. My doc said when he inserts the band, it does restrict somewhat - now, as to whether or not it gives you a feeling of restriction is another thing. That's how he explained it to me. I wish there was a manual on this, as well as the eating, and every single doc followed it, because it is all rather confusing the different opinions all docs have.

You know, I used to do all this stuff in high school when I was THIN! Ceramics, crocheting, knitting, playing music, all of it. And it did keep my mind and hands occupied for hours on end. I've got to get back into all this stuff - start acting like I did when I used to be thin.

I went, didn't have popcorn, I lived. Barely.

Sorry, I'm not such a great cook. But I've got to try that Ambrosia. Sounds delish!

I have a great idea for all you crocheters out there. Our children's hospital accepts crocheted caps for their patients. They've got really cute instructions online. So that's what I'm going to get into next.

Yes, I wish I knew what it will "feel" like. For me right now it's all willpower, and I'm not good at willpower!

I put away two big tubs of plus-sized clothes - banished to the attic! Someone finally noticed and commented on my weightloss today and said I looked terrific!

As I've been plus sized for about ten years, I have no idea what all the "regular" stores offer. What are some good stores for transitioning from plus to regular sizes? I don't want to walk into some leeetle girly boutique and be all embarassed. Linda

Is anyone else obsessed with their weightloss ticker? I swear, this is the most motivating thing I have ever had with weightloss. I'm an addict to changing the numbers. Whenever I lose even half a pound, I've got to post just to see the ticker go down. I love it. Linda

I saw The Golden Compass tonight - excellent movie! What I hate about going to the movies - watching everyone's cell phone light up when they open it to, what, look at their texts? I'm not that technologically advanced to even know how to text on a phone, so I'm assuming that's what they're doing. Anyway, the lighted up display is VERY distracting and annoying. This rant is a little mild - it's because I'm too tired to pick out the right words, not because it's not irritating to me! :angry

Down 31 since pre-op diet! WHOOHOOO!!!