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Sweet Lady, are you exercising? b/c if you are, you could be gaining muscle. A size 18 / 1X is AWSOME!!!! WTG Corinne

Congratulations Mandy !! I'm glad to hear everything is going okay. Just think, before you know it you'll be doing the mashed bananna dance

So I'll start... ROCK MUSIC for sure (but I do love some old country) Ocean View or Lake Side

I thought this would be fun. I'll type two things and you pick the one you like. Then you type two things for the next person, so on and so on. Rock Music or Country Music

Good to see you all. Rene, I bet your anxious but your right, 2 weeks is nothing to a busy doc. But keep pestering them and don't let it fall through the cracks. Bubbame, I've never been to Colorado, actually I've been up and down the east coast but never out west. My mom has been to Colorado and loves it. Dry heat???? no snow yet LOL (I know, hush up lol). Fee, welcome !!! did you already have the surgery or are you in the process? Seppi, from browsing and reading peoples posts, I see that the doctors you used are highly recommended. Congtats on being banded. How did it go for you?

Ivan, did ol Doc Ballantyne make you have an upper GI ? Shoot, all I have to do is open my big mouth, I'm sure he can see clear right down to my toes.

Cindy, are you trying to tell me your easy LOLOLOL:D

Sounds exactly like my Volumetrics book (which I love).

Ooooooh is she cute !!!

Thanks Carrie & DeLarla, and believe me, I have told her to shut her yap. Like I said its useless, like talking to the wall. My sister is always yelling at her to shut up and one of my other sisters just swallows her pride and walks away. I love her, I really do. There's nothing she won't do for any of us except keep her comments to herself LOL !!!! Breath in, and out !! Smile because life is to short HUGS !!!

YIKES !!! Does everyone have to have the upper GI done ? do all doctors require this ? Thanks Tina

Maybe peroxide? Regular soap in the shower, can you shower them yet? WOWEEEE you just got banded!!! congrats. How are you feeling?

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!! TO FUNNY !!!! Ya know, they did look really good. cheese burgers even. thanks for the laugh.... I LOVE TO LAUGH !!!!

What kind of medical testing did you have to go through before your surgery? Thanks !!

I'm dragging my DH to the seminar. I mean if I have to go thru this so does he HAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm glad he doesn't read these ROFLMFAO !!!!

Hi Everyone, Thanks, I just had to get that off my chest. Kelli & Kitten, everything you have mentioned, we have tried. Its like talking to a wall, (beating a dead horse) thats why most of the time I just bite my tongue and walk away, its useless. She will never change. I know its not "me" per say, but ya just get sick and tired of it and some days it gets to you more than others. No matter how rude or kind I am back to her, it just doesn't matter. She's had a really bad life and we all understand, so thats why I (most of the time just turn the other cheek) try to ignore it. Laura, thanks for the kind words your a doll. There are some really good qualities in my mom that I want to pass on to my DD, but I can promise you this, I will never, ever tell my DD the things my Mom tells me. The cycle has ended with me and my Mom. If anything I will always praise my daughter and make her feel worthy. THANK YOU ALL !!!!

Good Luck Today Pam !!!!!!!!!! Hugs And Kisses

Haaaaaahehehehe ooh yes you will roflmfao Debbie, 10 days and counting... I don't blame you for being nervous. I'm nervous and I havent even gone to the seminar yet LOL... I'm such a nit. Hiya Pam, nice to meet you

WTG! WOWEEEE 2 oz of yogurt and your full. Who'da thunk? I'm VERY VERY happy for you. I see you are in ONEDERLAND !!! Thats teriffic, bet you feel like a million, especially being back to the gym. I can not wait to hit the onsies. Keep us posted on your success please.

Congrats on the WL and the size 14's Ditto's on the gaining weight. When my sister passed away in 1998, I since gained almost 100 lbs

What inspiration, keep it up PLEASE

When will people learn? I'm really PO'd so I hope this makes sense...... I have very low (if any) self-esteem and it stems from my upbringing. I love my family dearly, my Mom is the best but she is really screwed up in the head when it comes to certain things. She never has anything nice to say to any of her kids and me being no exception (I'm the youngest of 7). My entire life I've been fat and from the time I can remember I was always put down for it, this coming from every member of my family at one time or another. I see my Mom every day b/c my sister who lives with her babysits my DD. Almost every stinkin day, my Mom STILL!!! says something negative to me. If its not my hair, its my clothes, I look tired, or I cooked something wrong, I mean its always something. She would say things like.... "gee, does your husband REALLY like your hair like that?" "does he every say anything to you about your weight" or "are you going to wear THAT to work today?, would you like to borrow something from me (yeah, like I'm gonna fit into a size 10 for crying out loud)" and here I thought I looked nice. She'd say "clothes should hang on you, don't show your rolls" (everything I wear IS a freakin tent as it is). When I was younger, we've gotten into some pretty nasty fights so I've learned to just give her a look and walk away (I have jumped down her throat many time, so many times that you say to yourself, whats the sense). The other day after work I went to pick up my daughter and she was napping in the bedroom. I decided to let her sleep a bit so I went in the living room so I wouldn't bother her. There I am sitting there on the couch and my Mom comes up to me, looks at my stomach and says, your fat, you need to go on a diet. So I said to her "NO SH*T SHIRLOCK" and I just shook my head. I told my (heavy) sister the next day what she had said and my mom who was standing right there said to me, "well its better that it comes from your mother than a stranger" (WHAT THE???) I said "whats wrong with you, your my mother. I get treated better from strangers then my own family." THEN GET THIS !!!! she was cooking dinner and I was on my way out the door with my DD when she came running towards me with not one but TWO cheeseburgers on a plate. My head was about to explode... I said "no thanks Mom, I'm fat enuf REMEMBER!!!" Then she said "ohhhhh go ahead, eat it." I felt like saying a few other nasty things to her but I walked out. She does this to my sister as well, she'll call us fat and then give us a greasy plate of food, like she wants us to fail. Why do people thrive on hurting others? Thanks for letting me get this off my chest. Hugs

Lisa I go to the seminar on August 9th and it is also free.

Can't wait to hear from you !!!