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Your boss is awesome, and YOU are awesome, for being strong and rescuing the little one!

Squeak has a new home

I wish I could post his picture here - he's so cute! Today he finally learned to latch onto his bottle so I could stop feeding him with a dropper. It's the most adorable thing EVER.

I had success been in a relationship for over 3 years and we REALLY took our time getting to know each other, which I love. Yes there were plenty hit and misses. Just be sure to be very selective, listen, have lots of convo and watch out for any warning signs. Don't settle, don't rush & have fun.

Good luck! I met my hubby on eHarmony in 2003....big smile! Peas in a pod. I was 46 then. We got married just before my 47th birthday. The site has changed some now, but I liked the way the site worked. I agree with @lisaanewme67 about being selective, don't settle, don't rush, have lots of conversation, WATCH FOR WARNING SIGNS/FLAGS, and Have Fun. Remember: Not every date has to turn into a relationship. And, something someone told me many, many years ago.....don't date someone you wouldn't marry.

So far, one super nice guy that I'm sad to not be attracted to (he's THAT nice), one that has a job and makes me laugh so he sounds pretty promising, and one creeper that "has a good feeling about me"...and so does his kid. That seems pretty aggressive, lol.

Too funny! Thanks for making me laugh.

Smooth Move Tea. Problem Solved.

Two colace yesterday, and I'm 3 pounds down today - coincidence? I think not, lol.

I am looking forward to dropping the morbidly obese part too! I just want to be obese for a little while....

Thanks, all! And Jane, you can do it! I'm going to enjoy it for a day or two, then start jamming towards "overweight"

I love tracking the obesity "classes." I'm working on my next goal of 180 right now, which would mean "overweight" 8 pounds to go

No. I started out doing that and then decided it was not really necessary since I only use sugar free.

I only track that I take them so I don't forget to take them. However, I do not track them for calorie purposes. I don't think it's that necessary.

Thanks, all - I'm debating on whether to keep counting them or not. The vitamins, fish oil, fiber gummies and calcium chews add up to 83 calories. Doesn't sound like much, but it's a big chunk of a low calorie day.

Thank you! I'm at the 8 month mark, and even though I'm pretty careful sometimes I just forget myself. It's always a surprise, lol.

Ugh! Hate to hear I will still be doing this in 6 more months!

It's usually my fault - you may have nothing to worry about!

Thanks! I ended up at McDonalds last night and it wasn't a great salad - sounds like Wendy's is where it's at! One benefit to this, though. I need to shower to go to work, so it's getting me to the gym!

I love Panera's salads. They are unique and I get an apple as a side. I love the soups as well. You can go online and look at the nutrition info

I discovered Nalley Fresh last night and got a sweet potato bowl - a whole bunch of stuff I never would have put together, but it was pretty amazing! Like a salad dropped on top of a sweet potato.

(((((((BIG HUG)))))))

so sorry to hear your news but both MissMAc and OKC had some great options to consider down the road....

Thanks, everyone. I'm doing the m&m wallow today, and vowing to pull myself out of the dumps and start figuring out what I want to actually DO about it tomorrow. We already started talking possible donor eggs, but I'm going to a fertility center in the area to find out more about maybe how much time I have left to decide while that's still a viable option.

Good luck young lady, this isn't easy and requires the same dedication you brought into this surgery. The advancements in this area of medicine are staggering. The last time I did a legislative project on this was 10 years ago, my GF showed me how much advancement has been made since then.

The coffee and the pineapple extract both sound delicious - thanks! Have either of you seen the new Fairlife milk? It's got more protein in it than regular milk (13 g for 1 cup vs 8 g). I've been drinking more of that, too. Most of my protein comes from food now, but some days it's just harder to meet that goal than others!

I haven't seen the Fairlife milk yet. Will have to look for it. Does it taste like skim milk?

If you haven't already learned this (I had to ask), you can make up your Unjury shake and drink it the next day. I've found this very helpful from a morning time-saving standpoint. Also, I think the shakes taste better when allowed to "bloom" for a while. So many brands of powder say you should drink it immediately.

It does - I can't tell the difference at all. It's supposed to be the way it's processed that causes it to have less sugar and more protein, but I don't have any clue what's involved

yes, i am and love it! I also like mine because it tracks sleep and has caller id!!

I didn't realize that I got up in the night to pee until I got fit bit. I also tracked how many steps it took to walk to the alarm clock, hit snooze, and go back to bed.

That's funny! I'm glad these things didn't exist when I worked nights. I was up in my sleep all the time - even woke up outside, in the rain, in my jammies, cleaning out the car one day.

You resisted! YAY!

It IS some crazy programming! It's also funny how, when you start losing weight, people who don't know what you're doing all of a sudden crawl out of the woodwork and try to sell you diet aids. There's no better diet aid than cutting out 80% of your stomach, lol.

I still find it funny how every time I see an ad for some new diet miracle I find myself watching it and literally thinking I wonder if that works! LOL I think that was one of my worst bad habits, falling for a the crappy diet fads that did not work long term. Good job staying away!

Outstanding! Congratulations!

Congrats!! Love the name!

Thanks, all! 1 pound to go now by the 25th - I wanted to be half done at 6 months and it looks like I might make it!

It was the dressing room at the store, not the gym - someone tried it on and decided not to buy it

Oh, well that's different. Sorry, I misread what you wrote.....so, I hope you bought it!!

Lol! I sure did - and I think I might go back for the pink one.

Great job ! Keep it up , you can do it !!

Outstanding! Love the success stories, they are so motivating!

Thanks! Now to shoot for 70%

maybe they high with oil on them before grilling.

I was just shocked when I got home - I thought an ear of corn and a few grilled shrimp was a decent enough choice at my brother's father's day dinner last night - yikes! Gowalking, that might be it - they came with a cup of some sort of flavored butter. I gave it to my niece for her potatoes, so maybe that's where all the calories came from.

That was most likely it, the butter. Corn is very high in sugar as well so be careful with that.

Thank you!

Yes, breathing is a great place to start....literally. There are many breathing/relaxation and surgery preparation FREE videos out there on-line. I used them and did great with my stress/anxiety. I still use some of the exercises for managing mindful eating. Breathing Is Good!

Best Wishes and remember to keep us posted..

Thanks! I'll check those out!

105 lbs down!! congrats - great you could get INTO the pants - pants are a great motivator, before you know it, your little tushy will slide right into those pants - keep up the good work - kathy

Way to go! My 12s are baggy so sometime in the next week or two I am going to try some 10s! I hope they fit!

Thanks! Yeah, I left them at the store, but not before I thought I was going to have to ask for help, lol. My birthday is in about 5 weeks, I'm aiming to make those my "snug" jeans then

That's going on my list! I love anything pineapple

Another favorite when I'm in the mood for something chocolate/mocha (chocolate's not a huge draw for me), is to mix about 10 oz. skim milk, 1 serving of the Unjury Vanilla, 1 serving Chocolate Splendor, and 4-6 ozs. cold/room temp coffee, shake well, drink chilled or over ice.

I absolutely agree, the cappuccino nectar is technically bareable, but with the addition of espresso powder it's pretty darned good.

That's what I did too. Never a disappointment!

Yes! I think I'm going to pop the batteries out of my home scale and just ride this particular high out as far as I can, lol

Congrats!

LOL! That actually sounds like a good idea. I think it's going to be my 50 pound reward

I have a little longer, my surgery is December 10th. I am doing the same thing with trying to clean out closets and the laundry room and get rid of all the junk and clutter my family has horded. It feels metaphoric to losing the extra weight my body has been carrying around. I have a tendency to get a little OCD with my cleaning lists. I like the idea of hiring someone for the cleaning, but December is not a month with anything extra in the budget. I think we need to give ourselves a little grace and be happy with what we are able to accomplish. I wish you the best in your endeavors!

QB

Yeah, that's a good point - I'm kind of at the stage where I've accepted that I still have to go to work tomorrow, and other than changing my sheets what's done is about all that is going to get done . Thank you for the good wishes, and I wish you the best right back!

try changing it up with fish

Tilipia, the mildest easiest fish to cook!

I do need to do more with fish - I'm not great at cooking it, but I like it when other people make it .

Sorry to hear that. I had trouble with cheese the first time so haven't tried again, but will sometime.

Thanks! The whole thing was oddly gentle, like my stomach just sort of said, "Excuse me, miss, I'd like to return this." At least it was good going down, lol!

I use a tiny bit of shredded cheese. Usually mix it in my eggs.

Must be - I try to make healthy choices when I go out but it's almost guaranteed to come back. Oddly, fried with the breading pulled off doesn't usually bother me. I wonder how much grease soaks into fried chicken when any breading or skin is pulled off?

I would imagine that when its skinless and grilled they brush it with oil, or its marinated. The breading may absorb the majority of the oil when its fried. If you have issues with restaurant chicken maybe get fish?

Shrimp seems pretty reliable so far - I haven't tried fish out anywhere yet. It just seemed crazy to me that the allegedly healthiest thing on the menu aside from undressed lettuce is the one thing that makes me sick!

Great news, same with me for booths at the resturants. I carry most of my weight in my abdomin.

That I awesome. I want to take and airplane soon! I don't travel much and I always hated flying...but I have a desire to go just to know I can be comfortable...or at least as comfortable as anyone can be on a plane these days!

Right! I flew at about 3 months and it was tight, but it worked - I'm with you, though, I want to try again!

There is sort of. Google "weight loss avatar". It will show you several different programs.

Oh cool, thanks!

It's fun to take pictures of yourself during the journey also. You would be surprised what a difference you can see in a month. Its fun to look back over the last 16 months