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Taylor Hicks belongs in a KARAOKE BAR!!!!!!!BOOO!!!!!!!!!! CHRIS NEEDS A DIVORCE AND TO MARRY ME!!!!!LOL!!!! *CONGRATS TO THE IDOLS, TAYLOR WORKED HARD

Im a little nervous...BUT! Im back out there in the game, looking for someone to have fun. This is taking a lot of courage on my behalf because of how badly I was burned in my last relationship. Im very excited, Im kinda into a guy now and I think he feels the same. IM WEARING CLOTHES FROM AEROPOSTALE AND RUE21 NOW!!!!YAY! I bought an XL dress at OldNavy where as I wouldnt have been able to find a DRESS to fit me there.....Anyways... With me moving soon Im not going to settle with one guy or anything, just going on little dates here and there and having a blast now that I have some confidence about myself! ...This is going to be an adventure....but a fun one! *EDIT* I have bought 2 BIKINIS! YES bikinis, not tankinis, BIKINIS!!!!YES!!!!

Have you and your friends ever planned a brown-bag lunch in the park rather than buying out every day? Would your friends agree to one or two days as "bring your food to work" days? Well we would have to be cooped up in the college for an additional 45 minutes longer than usual and thats no fun at all ya know? Its a great idea except for that and we would get done so quickly there would be nothing to do for about 30 minutes or so.......We cant eat at the park because its usually just girls, and it is known in this town that young females do not goto the park without a male because of the location of the park (its in one of the worst, no the worst parts of my town) There was in fact (no lying or exaggerating) a madman hiding in the woods around the park last week, and the week before that a woman left her kid at the park alone, at dark, and went to a bar and when she went to pick her child up at 2 am, she found her daughter surrounded by cops and she was taken into custody. There are always assaults and stuff that happen there. Oh btw, I eat my salads without dressing (just lemon juice). I like the freshness of the vegies and I hate to weigh them down with dressing, but that is an excellent idea

Do you know Cobb Salads? I have ordered Cobb Salads (if they are NOT tossed and they usually are not) and asked them to put the lettuce on one plate (because lettuce was NOT easy for me with the band AND because it's important to have access to the protein) and the other stuff on another plate. That leaves you with the Cobb salad "innards," which includes: tiny, chopped tomatoes; small chopped eggs; crumbled bacon; some chicken or sometimes turkey (probably white meat, so you have to eat around it); maybe avocado and crumbled bleu cheese. I tried this Cobb Salad one time before I was banded..........didnt turn out so hot. I dunno why, but it made me soooooooooooooooooooooo sick for like 3 days, I swore I had food poisoning lol! I dont eat them anymore because of that one experience, I just cant bring myself to, lol. Oh I dont eat Bacon (or much pork at that, I used to show hogs and now the meat just smells like a dirty hog and tastes like a meat locker to me) I dont eat the yolks out of eggs either, so anything that contains yolk I cant stomach it (i dunno I always think of baby chickens, and I HATE CHICKENS)lol I dont eat tomatoe because ewww ok I cant get past the slime to eat one. It feels bad on my tongue. Im not trying to picky or make excuses I just thought I would add a little anecdote. I need some more small town suggestions, we DONT have Crackerbarrel or Red Lobster or Applebees or anything like that all we have is in my previous post. This information is useful when I go out of town on the weekends, but for everyday I know that I can eat fajita meat.....thats it.......I need to know what is healthy at a Chinese Restaurant like tofu and stuff, I want the caloric amount if anyone has it (tofu vegetable stir-fry). Everyday we either eat Tex-Mex or Chinese, or I starve because they go to get fried chicken (ewwwwww never was a fan, felt bad in my mouth). Okay and yes I admit im OCD about some stuff. But im trying to break the food OCD habits, I really am...............I have gotten to where I eat more seafood than I ever did (I just cant eat shrimp, doesnt go down easily and neither does catfish anymore) So I ate at Applebees the other night and order the Talapia without the rice pilaf, and it was marvalous. I wish they sold that stuff down here, we have catfish, crawfish, shrimp, and some crabs........unless you drive over an hour and get it. I really live in the sticks, we have nothing here.......lol Thanks all of you for the help keep um coming:biggrin1:

Awww.... I tried Wendy's for the first time like 2 months ago, it was awesome. I wish we had one here, I live in a very VERY small town lol. This will help though..................we have: McDonald's KFC Popeyes Taco Bell 3 Tex-Mex Restaurants 1 Chinese place (my fave) 1 Hotel restaurant (which I eat pretty healthy there) hmmmmmmmmmm thats pretty much it taht isnt a buffet.........

Thanks you guys! I still need more suggestions, but this is helping! I can teat the chicken, I dunno why I try and try and end up in tears no matter how much I chew and chew and chew, it still hurts me sooooooo bad!

Hi guys! I went to the doc last week and he says the pounds should just be falling off of me as a teen, and sent me to a nutrionist. The nutritionist was a bunch of boloney and tried to sell me EVERY diet supplement she had for like 50 buck a piece (its $6 at Target, I checked lol). But Ive been this route before with nutritionists, and its just a bunch of crap I didnt fall for it. She didnt say anything helpful, I wanted some daily food ideas and recipes and stuff to get me under 1000 calories a day, but all she did was try to sell me stuff and jabber on about her (at $75 an hour at that!) So MOMS TICKED! Anyways, what I want is some ideas of what I can under a 1000 cals a day. I drink SlimFast for Breakfast (which I like to keep) but I need some lunch ideas since I have to eat out everyday due to I live outta town and have to grab something in 15-25 minutes every day. I bought some low calorie lunchables for those days when my friends go eat something that I cant, but I cant get them down very well. Also I dont want to eat lunch on my own everyday, and if I bring a lunch thats what I would have to do. I cant bring foods into ANY restaurants in town because they will kick me out lol (been there, done that). I just need some help grabbing food (doesnt have to be McDonalds or anything, just normal restaurant food not pertaining to any certain one because we have alotta restaurants here that are locally owned, just some ideas) Here are my limitations: Absolutely NO WHITE CHICKEN MEAT No corn No rice No bread No snacks Under 1000 calories per serving No greasy foods *also I need some good low cal recipes for my mom to use, so if you guys have any please submit, or if you know a good recipe site or book that has good stuff with calories listed please let me know, I really need to get on the right track pllllleaaaaaaaaassssssseeeeeeeee......................???????

I work at a clothing store, and a lot of our misses clothing are numbered odd, and a lot of our juniors are numbered evens. But what is correct is that MOST NOT ALL (lol trust me) Juniors clothing has a straighter fit that Misses. Also Misses clothing is much more mature, this is the section where you will find pant suits and more adult like dressy attire. Its also where most of the button-up shirts are located and the more dressy-casual clothes are.

hmmm Ive had lots of embarrassing moments like..... a.) Got nominated for duchess (homecoming) just so that if I got it everyone would laff. b.) ppl would ask my ex why he would want a fat nasty girl like me c.) when ppl say to my best friend, "why are you friends with that fat b***" d.) In 2nd grade a little boy (younger than I) told me in the hallway, "I aint never seen nobody as big as you is!" (first time I realized I was different) e.) Nurse told me I had no willpower and thats why I am fat.... f.) When someone was talking about their overweight sister in front of me, and told me her weight and she only weighs like 20lbs more than me! (all of this makes me cry so I try to forget all the super hurtful stuff)

I went and had an unfill today, it was a little torturous since I have been sick to my tummy so I was woosy. The poor nurse that took it out didnt know I had a low-profile port (I didnt myself) so the more she tried to hit it the sicker I felt and she and I both thought I was gonna throw-up on her so I did good not to do so. I got some bad news today, I found out my ex-bf had been dating another girl (a skinny one no doubt) I CANT WAIT TILL THIS WHOLE WEIGHTLOSS THING IS DOWN WHERE I WANT IT! But Im doing good with that since I myself have been out there looking for a new man, so its not that big of a deal, just a little dampening, Im more concerned about feeling better than his sorry life its just a feeling ya know? Anyways, I hope I never have an unfill again because it just felt plain weird. Thanks yall for all your help and support, its good to talk to others who have went through the same stuff.........

HEY! I LOVE LOVE LOVE my low-rise jeans! THEY ARE SO HOT! AND show off my flattening tummy, you can actually see that I have a belly button now lol! I LOVE TO WEAR THONGS TOO! I feel sexy in them, the only problem..........................If it shows then I look like one of those really trashy big women on Jerry Springer to everyone, then Im "grooooooossssssssss" lol SO I usually opt for a LOW_RISE BOYCUT Panty which are SOOOOOOO HOTTTTTTTTT AND SEXY RIGHT NOW! LOVE em! And I feel sexy without feeling trampy, and trust me if you can see these panties over the jeans you better get to pulling those babies up because the worse of your worries should be your panties showing lol!

I called Dr. Spiegels office twice 2day and all they told me is come in tomorrow morning. I asked when they said whenever in the morning. It kinda aggrivates me after Ive bragged on how great they have been to me yah know? Makes me look like an idiot. She treated me like duh! I called them with this same prob like a few weeks ago and they were like oh u need to eat more, okay tried that didnt work, now they are being kinda rude, so I HOPE that the person that answered that phone was having a bad day in general and just didnt feel like dealing with stuff for 1 day, because I dont like it when people are rude to me for no apparent reason lol! Oh btw, the nurse isnt in the BEST health herself, she probably needs to lose about 40lbs to be a skinny minny, I know why is she raggin on me, What? Diet pills didnt work for you either witch? I just hope I dont GAIN weight when they take some of this saline out. :eek: I HAVE to look GREAT by prom!

I thought Slimfast was a protein drink? I dunno? So confused, I went to senior breakfast, but there wasnt anything I could eat there....besides the point Im so sick right now I cant eat anything, so I had water for breakfast. Its not that I am ONLY eating ketchup on hamburger patties, its like ANYTHING that contains ketchup, like cocktail or BBQ sauce or anything like that. I dunno how many shrimp had to come back up for me to figure that one out. And BTW I havent even taken a bite of any kind of bread since I had my surgery from sheer FEAR that it will kill me or something lol! Im just feeling like nothing right now, I am SO tired I just wanna sleep constantly, I slept ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL day yesterday, and Sunday and it looks like Ill do the same today. I think I might have a little bug too, but I seriously think I have an overfill in a major way. I kinda understand why it isnt helping me lose weight now. BTW when I feel better Im going to talk to our principal about the new nurse because she was ABSOLUTELY RUDE with a big huge R! I walked in and said, "Mam, my name is Jodie, I had Laproscopic Banding Surgery in August and Im very sick right now, I think I have a bug, but because of the restriction on my stomach Im very sick, and need to go home before I have to goto the hospital." And this PROFESSIONAL told me "if you have problems with it then why dont you have it taken out?" I explained to her the meaning of $15,000 (all while trying not to puke on her, or pass out). THEN this woman tells me, "If it gave me this much problems, I would have it taken out and just control myself. Can you not control yourself? Can you not help eating too much?" I WANTED to cry, but! I didnt get her that satisfaction! I told her that its not the band giving me probs, its a bug thats aggrivating my stomach which has a plastic band around it. This woman had the nerve to ask me, "have you tried diet pills?" I said, "Mam, diet pills could cause a person to have heart-attacks, and other problems which could eat away ur stomach lining and kill you!" And she smirked at me. I said, "Mam, look I used to take phentermine, in case you dont know it, its an amphetimene and its also known as a street name called SPEED!" She just looked at me like I was crazy! I said, "I had this surgery because of my knees, not just to look pretty." All she did was look at me like I was stupid and said that my doctor should know what hes doing. I told her he has thousands of patients he could not possibly keep up with EVERY single ones personal problems, by that I meant that he couldnt know that how much he put in me would be too much when he can put the same amount in Jane Doe and it be just fine. Its trial and error, he doesnt know EVERYTHING! This woman upset me SOOOOOOOOOOO bad! I cried ALLLLL the way home. This was the first time a medical professional, who is supposed to be able to handle young adults easily, has ever spoken to me like that. Like I was some animal who had no sense of control over my own life! I cried like aLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL day because of her. It made my tummy feel worse and all she would do is offer me crackers (which I cant eat, bread duh?) Anyways just thought I would tell you guys that.............................

Okay, so I had to come home from school today because I am SOOOOOOOOO SICK! Im really nausiated and dizzy. I havent really been able to eat very much in about a month, but Ive had this fill for like 2 months? It wasnt a problem until about January. Im barely eating anything, BUT IM NOT LOSING WEIGHT! The most Ive eaten allllllllllllllllllllll month is like the meat and cheese out of 2 quesadillas from Chilis! I dont mind it, it just gets "stuck" and I get really sick and my chest hurts soooooooooooo bad, then I burp and Im better, but I cant hardly breath. One night I threw up my chinese food, then I went back to the same restaurant, didnt eat any of the same stuff that I ate the time b4 that and threw up again (it felt like I was having a heart attack or something because my body went all numb and achy.) Then I ate something friday night, fish I think, with ketchup and threw it back up. Ive narrowed down the problem tho! I THINK ITS THE KETCHUP! Cuz if I eat anything that has ketchup I get SICK! Like BBQ sauce, ketchup itself, burger patty with it, or whatever else goes with ketchup, it come back up! Right now I NEED to eat but feel so sick to my stomach that I dunno if I can. Im eating all the protein I can, but my hair is still falling out in clumps, and the worse part of all of this AGAIN is IM NOT LOSING ANY WEIGHT! I drink a slimfast for breakfast, have a little something for lunch (like 3-5 bites of beef mandarin or some kind of beef) and then for supper I take like 6 bites MAYBE and Im done, Im not full, its stuck! HURTS SO BAD I dont want anything else. Im sleepy ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLl the time, and just overall feel weird, I wanted a little tighter fill B4 prom, but I guess it doesnt matter if Im not losing any weight does it? Besides that I would like to have hair for prom! I dunno, Im making an appointment to see the Doctor either for this week or next week, whenever I can get in, but right now I dont feel well AT ALL!

MY QUOTE IS NOT IN SPANISH! ITS A SLANG TERM THAT I THOUGHT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PHRASE! I SPEAK SPANSIH FLUENTLY, I THINK I WOULD KNOW IT WASNT SPANISH IT HAS BEEN MY MOTTO FOR THE PAST LIKE 8 YEARS, SINCE I SAW IT IN A MAGAZINE. THANK YOU ALL FOR ANALYZING MY LIFE MOTTO AND ASSUMING (btw you know what they say about assuming, if you dont just email me) THAT I PUT THAT SAYING ON THERE AS SPANISH! I HAVE STUDIED SEVERAL LANGUAGES FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS! I LIVE CLOSER TO MEXICO THAN MOST PEOPLE AND WE CONSIDER IT A NEIGHBOR AND NOT EVEN REALLY ANOTHER COUNTRY! I swear! People can turn stuff around SOOOOOOO quick! I wrote that post hoping no one would think it badly, its a personal OPINION! That means I can think it, say it, write it, whatever as much as I wish as long as it does not cause harm to anyone else! I study law in college and know a little something about diving into international lawsuits and affairs and it is extremely hard to fight a case like that anywhere. Besides that, why spend the money to fly to Mexico, plan somewhere to stay, pay for food, and the surgery and any other expenses, is it that cheap? Seriously, cheap does not always equal better. I know MANY surgeons there a VERY WELL qualified! I understand that! Just like here in the US, we have good ones and bad ones. MOST of them are qualified very well and have many good recommendations, Im just saying that its not always good business to dive into international affairs when your dealing with health and well being. AND IN SPANISH ITS..........................La Vida de me es bella (bonita, hermosa...) OR Vida es bella (bonita, hermosa........) I cant believe you turned this ENTIRE thread around to discuss MY grammar in Spansih

Honestly!...............I wouldnt have had my surgery done outside the US for legal reasons and health reasons. First off, I couldnt fly to Mexico every so many months to get a fill from the SAME doctor that performed the procedure, I would like to keep it all uniform just incase something does happen I could possibly have a suit against them if something bad happened to me (not that Im looking for something bad.......just saying). It is hard to deal with international affairs, especially when talking about health. Besides that I speak Spanish and have spoken to some ppl from GOOD parts of Mexico who would not have had the procedure done there, but would have it done in the States.

When you cough up blood from Bronchitis, its your Bronchial Pores from inside your lungs that are busting, nothing from your tummy, I promise, I have recurring bronchitis ( like 3-5 times a year or more) and was coughing up blood just 2 weeks ago. It will be ok, just get some rest, drink LOTS of fluids and get on an antibiotic STAT! OKAY! Itll be alright tho!

I THINK ITS THE RIGHT PAIR OF SHOES! I love shoes SOOOOOO much and if I wear the right ones Im CUTE and COMFY! IF I chose the wrong ones IM CUTE and MISERABLE LOL!

:help: I KNOW! Ya'll are probably tired of reading my downer posts.....but I feel so weird lately. I feel like something is missing, and it hurts inside. I guess I miss my ex-boyfriend since its almost Prom season, Idunno......... I know its silly teenager stuff, but Ive been so emotional lately, like actually caring and its hurting me so deep inside because its like finding the right puzzle pieces in a million piece puzzle to complete me, and I just cant find it. I dont mind being single really, maybe I just mind being alone a lot. Not having a guy to call, maybe its knowing that I see the whore that he ran with almost every day and it makes me want to throw up when I look at her ugly face. Maybe its seeing his pic splattered on MySpace with another girl who is MUCH thinner than me, maybe its reading the horrible comments the whore put all over the web.................I dont know, it hurts so bad, I should lose 10lbs of Water weight the way Ive been crying. I DONT WANT HIM BACK! But just thinking of the memories weve had breaks my heart again and to recap the lies he told me makes me want to tear him to shreds! I CANT WAIT TILL IM SKINNY! Im going to flaunt around his job in a freaking mini-skirt and tube top and maybe a new guy with me, but until then I avoid him like the plague, like some rare deadly disease! I dont want him to move on! I WANT HIM TO FEEL PAIN LIKE I GO THROUGH! I WANT TO SEE HIM SUFFER BUT CANT STAND TO LOOK AT HIM! I Guess my emptiness is my own distrust in people now, maybe its my hormones (most likely), maybe Im just crazy, but I want to be happy, truly happy. I dont know what TRUE HAPPINESS is because I thought I was happy for so many years with him! AND now its all over, I havent spoken or seen him in like 2 months! I wish I could, I wish it could be cool, but it cant, hell throw his relationships with other girls in my face just like he always had done.............I FEEL CONFUSED AND EMPTY! I feel alone. Its hard to be single after six years. All the lies keep floating above my head, I need to do something but I dont know what! I want to go write on his car! I want to egg his house! BUT! That is immature, and Im trying to remain cooooooooool and calm throughout every aspect of this. I have conducted myself well around him and the whore (I call her that because of her extensive sexual history with guys, she hasnt slept with my ex!) I dont get what Im feeling! I want it to go away! I want to wake up tomorrow and be a size 5!! I want to look like a Goddess in a bikini and I want to have a FINE MAN! I want my life to be so perfect (although I know its unachievable) and I want him working at McDonalds trying to feed his addiction to drugs and alcohol (I just want him to suffer)! I want him to have to pay child support to like 4 kids and never have a dime to spend expensively! I want him to be FAT! YES YES! THAT IS THE ULTIMATE PUNISHMENT! I WANT HIM TO BE FAT SO HE CAN FEEL MY PAIN! Im sorry the thread is so long,,,,,,,I just have a lot on my mind...................................Thanks for listening...................

Im having more tests run next week once Im re-hydrated....Im so confused, I got on lexapro today...the doctor thought I was taking Welbutrin, she forgot I couldnt take it.......So she freaked when she heard I went cold off the Anti-Depressant, so now Im on a crushable form......Liquid pain meds are quite strong, and Im allergic to a lot of them.........Ive tried all the docs in my area for anything and everything! Im gonna go back to school tomorrow and get some work, I have to start college next week, hope Im up to it......its just not good right now AT ALL. Im running high fevers and the fever reducers arent doing ANYTHING for it, so Im keeping a headache and chills. Mom doesnt care, she thinks its a fakeout I guess, I dunno....she needs her tonsils out so she thinks shes sicker than me.......its not a competition! ITS serious! I need some help and NO doctors will help me, except say LOSE WEIGHT! UGH! If one more doctor tells me that Im going to through something at their head! I HAVE A MIRROR I CAN SEE THAT! I HAD SURGERY! Anyways thats my gripe of the day

have arthritis, I have a Kidney Infection. I dont have any kind of actual disease other than CFS and Depression. I had tests run this time last year and they all came back Neg. Thanks for the input, btw I just found out the hard way that Im allergic to Keflex since it was going the opposite direction this morning after my dosage and now Im itchy, the doctor is giving a different kind of anti-biotic.

My doc told me not to take any kind of pill ever again....and being an AP Chem student I kinda understand why lol! I feel like crap....Im going to see if there are any and I MEAN ANY other tests that they can run on me for just about any disease imaginable........I went into freak out mode last night once I realized I may not be able to use my hands to write in a few years! If there's nothing wrong with me, then why do I feel pain? I dont know when my time of the month comes, its inconsistant because I used to be on BC, but my body rejected the hormones and screwed me up so.........I dont feel like Im retaining water at all except in my joints, they are swollen like crazy, then go down, then swell back up.................who knows..................

Ive seen every kind of doctor imaginable.

I just dont get it, ever since August 26, 2005 (my band date) I have been doing great, my knees havent hurt, and my wrists and shoulders and TMJ havent been bothering me as much. During Christmas I had gotten down to 209, my knees and wrists starting hurting again yesterday....now I have missed 2 days of school since last Tuesday! I just dont get it, AND!!! Ive gained like 4 or 5 lbs without any changes to my eating (Im not eating any more than I was, in fact Im eating less). Im soooooo discouraged right now, I thought I was fixed (well kinda) I knew that a fall or extreme activity could push me over the edge, but I havent done anything but start school after 2 weeks (and I worked the entire 2 weeks at Factory Connection!) When I started school I have to take this class called Foundations of Personal Fitness, it's upstairs and it requires hand-writing assignments....Ive only done a partial assignment and have been sitting out from the gym because of my knees and my surgery was less than 6 months ago.......I dont get it.......the class isnt even upstairs anymore..............Im confused.............I dunno, been crying all day from the pain, I cant take anything because its all in pill form..............SO CONFUSED...............I think the weight gain may be from the swelling in my joints.

Billy Blanks kicks mine too!!! For Breakfast I have a slimfast optima, for lunch usually sauteed chinese food or a queso enchilada, and for supper whatever Mom cooks (mostly veggies for me, and maybe like a ham, dark turkey or chicken, fish, or venison.)