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Well, I went to my 1st(this journey) meeting last night. I lied to my hubby when I left the house, told him I was going to visit my GF who lives around the corner. I wan't entirely sure I was going to have the guts to actually pull into the church parking lot. But I did and was glad to meet more like minded people there. THey were very welcoming and it was a step study meeting last night.. they were working on the 3rd Tradition which is all about "WHO qualifies to be at a meeting" It was perfect! I was very concerned that they may not WANT me because I have had WL surgery. But it never came up, and I didn't feel the need to share that information... The only requirement to membership is "the desire to stop eating compulsivly".. well I have that in spades. So I found a place that I can belong. When I came home I fessed up with my hubby and told him where I really was... and he was o.k..... "I just want you to be happy hun" was all he said. So day one was a sucess, I got thru the rest of the evening not over eating, no junk.... it was good. Karri, I don't know if they have chapters in Oregon, abut I'm sure that they must... My town only has a pop of 18000 and we had a meeting! Thank goodness for that, cause if I had to travel to one I am sure I would have used that as an excuse not to go. Have a great day ladies.... C

Morning Steph; I work for a Chiropractor so I always TRY their conservative approach to back health first....BUT, sometimes things are so bad (ie hern disc) that you need surgery. Then the specialist you need is an Orthopedic Surgeon, or a Neurosurgeon... That's right both of these specialist surgeons are equally equiped to deal with whatever you have.... After tests and this consultation if you don't need surgery, they'll recommend Physiotherapy, Chirpractic care or possible Laser Therapy would help. I suggest Low Intensity Laser Therapy because that is what I do. I am a Certified Laser Therapist, I treat all kinds of Musculoskeletal illnesses. Arthritis, bulging discs all sorts of low back pain, foot pain, TMJ just to name a few... What ever course of treatment you choose I just hope you get it soon so that your PAIN stops and you get back to being YOU! Back pain is the worst!! I can attest to that. (((HUGS))) Candice p.s. your posts are never too long silly girl:tt2:

Oh Steph, you poor dear! It sounds like a Herniated Disc? Have you had an MRI??? HUGS GF.. I hope you are in less pain tomorrow!

CALORIESCARBSFATPROTEIN1,050/138/37/52 I made it thru today with NO junk Food!!! I catch up with everyones post in the a.m. night, night

Thank you for all loving me in your own way, and making this journey into wellness a little easier. Steph, you are right about the SECRET, I do have a copy - I've just chosen not to look at it much lately.... I'll have to re-read it again. I am glad that your trip was a successful one and rewarding too. Ain't it great when the kids get along! Phyl & Janet; You are so lucky to have been able to spend a wee bit of time with our Linda.. Isnt' she just the greatest? Love her. Karri; I have got to get into the routine of Fitness again, you are a super example to emulate.. Well, I'm off to 'that' meeting tonight, I am not going to chicken out... just gonna do it!! I will hear something that I need to I am sure of it. CBL Have a great day everyone :mad2:

Thanks Karri, you do understand... that is an accomplishment in itself! Cause "I" don't understand "ME"... Argh, Tomorow I am going to try something different. Going to go to that meeting and see what happens.. I gotta keep trying. I know that this wk I've been bored with work, and also feeling some resentments I think that may play in what's eating me... CALORIESCARBSFATPROTEIN1,467/203/40/86 After supper....

I just looked up Overeaters Anon. and there is a meeting IN my town. Wednesday nights at 7:30... so there, there are no more excuses not to deal with my addiction. Lap band is good, but its my Head that is "FLICKED up"....

O.k. its 1 p.m. and I've already had 936 calories!! Click on an Item Above to Make a SubstitutionCALORIESCARBSFATPROTEIN9361272167 1,000 - 1,050163 - 23632 - 5660 - 127 I just can't seem to stick to my Food Plan for the last week or so... eating JUNK!! This morning I had weightcontrol Oatmeal, skim milk... then Chocolate covered Almonds (while driving) and a donut :biggrin: I've already h ad my DAYS allotment of calories!!! I have a weightloss goal in mind, but I keep sabotaging myself... I know its wrong, but I keep doing it. Geez Louise

Great picture Janet and Phyl;;; Everyone looks so happy... wish I was there! Phyl I am sorry to hear about your Uncle's passing (((hugs))) to you and your family. Got the morning off today, being really lazy here. Still in my P.j.'s woke up this morning to the dog YACKING in the bed... Boy did I jump up fast!! LOL Now the sheets are in the washing machine... I finished another quilt yesterdya... I'll post pictures later. Gotta run to Collingwood to take my Mom's tax stuff to the Accountant. Plus she needs some repairs to a ring of hers so I am taking that there too. Have a great day everyone... Car, did you get my note about PayPal? I'm all set to send the deposit but I need instructions (dah!)

O.k. its Saturday!!! I finally got off my but and got some exercise in. Yesterday, Bowling for Big Bros and Big Sisters, so that kids can go to camp this summer... My hubby and I raised $150 it was fun.. the whole Clinic staff participated..Then we had a Pot luck at my boss's house afterwards. Today, I went for a power walk with DH and Doggies... oh my gosh it IS starting to warm up here... all the snow mounds are melting.. Its muddy and wet but at least its disappearing.. YEAH!!! Going to France the last week of June and the first wk of July... really looking forward to it too. Gotta get this blubber off before then!~:laugh: Stephanie; I hope you are taking good care of yourself, gastro-flu is yucky at the best of times... but with a band? I don't know if I could survive that. Keep up with the liquids if you can, take a Gravol Supository too that might help you keep liquids down so you don't get dehydrated. Phyl; is your cold finally gone? I hope it didn't settle in your chest.. This has b een a bad winter for bugs, I've had 4 cold sores on my mouth this winter... I usually only get one...:thumbup: Janet & Phyl; You guys get to see Linda this week eh? Oh that would be so good to see her.. GIve her a BIG Canadian Bear HUG from ME:thumbup:

Its my Hubby that's retiring from the Cdn. Navy... I'll still be working 4 days per week... No, we are not concerned... we have enough stashed away to be comfortable... not rich by any means, but we live modestly and keep a little aside for traveling... Plus that's what I save my Work $$$'s for... traveling and having FUN!!! Life is too short to save everything for a rainy day... plus I want to be able to travel and enjoy things while our health is good and we are young (at heart) enough. I am NOT leaving money to relatives, that's for sure... I hope that dosn't sound selfish, but that's the way I feel.

Don't worry, its nothing that you have done... It is not anchored within your abdomen so it sometimes shifts a bit. Most good fill nurses can still fill a flipped port.... as long at its not completely UPside Down.

The Red Wing Quilt was started end of November 08 and I finished it Sunday night (Mar 09)... that was a pretty easy one, not much quilting on it that was difficult... I just hope GrtNephew likes it!!!:cursing: Had Squash and Baked Beans for supper tonight... it got stuck, so I had to get rid of it and start over with smaller bites... Argh, when will I learn. Hubby and I just came home from our Financial Advisor meeting, really nice guy... and wouldn't you know it... he's moving his family back to Saskatchewan!!! Damn, we were really liking this guy too. Young and full of good ideas... here is my hubbies, count down ticker to retirement. 98 days2373 hours142381 minutes8542881 seconds Alternative version It is 98 days, 21 hours, 1 minute and 21 seconds until Friday, June 12, 2009 at 3:30:00 PM (Toronto time) Current time is 2009-03-05 17:28:39 EST(local time in Toronto)

Hi Kari; I did not find Red Wing fabric... I found a FLAG at a sporting goods store in Erie Pennsylvania last Nov. That's what I started the quilt from.... added a piano key border and then sandwiched it and quilted by hand... I dont' know where you'd find fabric...??? sorry!!!

CALORIESCARBSFATPROTEIN1,506;198;52;63 Yesterday food, 1500 cals is not good... PIzza last night, 2 slices.... don't know WHAT I was thinking....

Hi Heather, I'd be interested int doing Long-distance Boot Camp.... I live 2 1/2 hours from the Clinic so it's pretty impossible for me to get there to do it.

Hey Janet, glad you are o.k. and just keeping busy with work. Is there still a lot of work to be done on your Bro's estate?Gosh, life is so complicated sometimes. (HUGS) Don't you dare get Phyl's cold.... you need to stay in tip top shape for when you go away on your cruise. I've forgotten, where are you sailing to? ALaska? or what? Ya, I am having a happy hump day, although I am at work and a tad bored right now, my next Px dosn't come for 1/2 hour... so I'm playing here on my puter. hee,he:tt2: How are you and Jeff getting along? Did things sort them selves out? Last I heard you wern't sleeping with him:angry: bet that showed him huh??? You got a great deal on your trip to vegas!!! Have a blast, go to the fortune teller at O'darby's (its on the main drag, not far from Imperial Palace on the same side of the street) O'darby's (irish name or something like it) has a food COURT there too where you can get quick food from CHinese, Mexican, pizza, burgers, chicken etc... realatively cheap... Also a great restaurant to go to is "Batista's Hole in the Wall".... right on the side street, directly across from Ballys... Janet and I went there for dinner and it was great! Ugh, I can't wait for this winter to be over, I am sitting here scratching my hands... excema from the dryness and cold.... :confused: oh how I hate Winter Itch!!! Hey for any of you gals past menopause, how many of you take replacement hormones???? I am just curious as my G.P. Dr. wants me to come off them and I dont' want to go back to the night sweats, moods & no sex drive.... any thoughts out there????

Good Morning Ladies! CALORIESCARBSFATPROTEIN1,209;78;51;86 my totals for yesterday.... KFC for dinner, so the points are a little higher... but still I was accountable. The Seatle trip sounds like a great motivator, but unfortunatly I will not be able to afford that... France trip upcoming, Elvis Festival in July in Canada, my daughters wedding in October.... my dance card is filling up!!! I wish you guys every success in planning it though... Seatle would be a great thing to plan for... Got the morning off today, Doctors appt. at 1p.m. then I work this afternoon. Stephanie, your GH sound so funny. I have one dog who loves to smell my breath too!!! I thought I was the only weird one!!! Not much excitement here today... I talked to my sis ter in Mexico and she is bored and can't wait to come home to Canada... Next month, I miss her and can't wait to see her when she gets back. Phyl, I hope your cold/flu is on its way out... Boy you had a nasty case of it. Take care everyone else, Love C

YES, I did resist the GD Donuts!!!! We sent them all home with one of the Chiropractors (he's young and slim) so hopefully there won't be any more there today! Final cal count yest. was 1050... not too shabby at all - I am happy!! CBL

Hey Girlfriend! There are a box of Donuts sitting in the staff room at work. OMG, I almost took one - as yesterday was bad, bad, bad.... Donuts will get STUCK right? That's why I can't have one:thumbup: I am glad you like my quilt... I hope DGrtNephew likes it. He's in grade 11 highschool... a big kid now, but a sweetie... I just hope he's not embarrassed his Auntie made him a quilt. 175.6 this a.m. not too shabby, if I stick to my cals today... the rest of the week will go o.k. I have that ONE POUND per week goal that I just have to stick to.....October will be here before you know it and also I have 13 wks until FRANCE... so... I could be 161 lbs by the time I go to France... I shouldn't screw it up:rolleyes: OMG I want one donut... no I don't....:thumbup: Congrats on your 138 lbs.!!!!!

LAPBAND originating in Lyon France... too funny... as I have a "FRENCH MID BAND"... that's what my surgeon uses in all his patients. So I am taking my BAND home to visit!! :eek: It's going to be a great trip! My Hubby is retiring from the Navy and this trip is to celebrate that occasion.

O.k. not tracking my calories today.... its a WRITE off!!! As Scarlet O'Hara once said "after all, tomorrows another day" :wink: Got the quilt finished I'll post a pic here and see you y'all like it.

Too funny Car!!! Food Friday : CALORIESCARBSFATPROTEIN1,123/111/37/54 Not too bad considering my SIL and her hubby were here overnight... I make Prime Rib, Mashed potatoes, Carrots and Squash... Yum!!! But I ate my tiny, tiny portions... my SIL says "Wow, you look great, what have you been doing?" So I told her about my Lapband... cause my Bro-inn-law has gained 60 lbs since retiring from General Motors.... Its aweful, cause he's such a nice guy... so perhaps I've planted a seed. I have finished my quilt for my Great Nephew who is the Hockey fan... He loves the Detroit Red Wings, so thats what I made him... CBL

Yup Phyl, have a good weekend and take care of that chest cold and bl/infection... those are nasty! Good job on the 1.8 lb loss.. you are racking up the results Girl! Janet; Thanks for the kudos, yes I am feeling in better control, that little fill did the trick.. I think if I lose another 10 I'll go back for another tiny top up... I am going to stay on TOP of my fills, I gotta be tight or else I cheat!!! Car; Hopefully you got my email about FRANCE, we are all very excited, so I hope those 2 wks are still available. Getting ready to tell my boss. Stephanie is away, hope she's having a fun time. Denise; nice to see you posting albiet 'lightly' Donna; you're doing good keep it up!! Karri and Kari you girls have a great weekend too. AUGH, more snow here today, BIG flakes the size of quarters.... when will it end?

CALORIES/CARBS/FAT/PROTEIN1,322/99/62/43 OOOh, a little high for today....