ColoradoChick

Hi Everybody! Just popping in to say hello and see how everyone is doing. I am doing fairly well. I am considering getting a little unfill at my appointment tomorrow. My band has been very tight for two months. I find that I am eating mostly soup, fish and other soft foods. I was tracking my calories for a few days and found that without my protein shake I am only eating around 500 calories. I make it up to around 1000 cal with my protein shakes (adding peanut butter).The weird thing is that although I am exercising fairly regularly I am not losing very well.

Yes, I will call you. I would like to play as although I got rid of that Starlet I am still carrying her 47 pound chihuahua around and I have got to get rid of that beeoch too! hahaha

Sure! I have my exercise class from 5 till 6 but will be home after. :smile2:

Hi Fabulous Forties! I have not posted for awhile! I thought I would say hello and see how everyone is doing. I am doing great! I am down 93 pounds and have started taking horseback riding lessons again! I am so flippin happy I have my band!

PJTP: I just updated my ticker and I have lost 93 pounds or the equivalent to one Hollywood starlet!

Hi Everyone! I wanted to post to give you all a pep talk! In January I thought I was never going to make it to Onderland! I was stalled around 205 for weeks! Now in May I am down to around 185! Keep moving!! You guys can do it!!

I just bought the GoWear Fit which is very similar to the BB. I received it on the 6th and so far I really like it. The only problem is I have a blister on my arm under where it was sitting yesterday. I moved the band down and hope I am not going to have skin issues from wearing it so much. My skin is pretty sensitive. :smile2:

Hiya Everybody! I hope you are all doing well. I am doing ok. I got a 20% paycut yesterday and will not have Fridays off. I am thinking about what to do with myself at my new "Girl Friday" office ~ my kitchen table. hahaha I am trying to remain positive although the stress yesterday sent me looking for a chocolate milkshake. I am waging my finger at myself now...

Baby Shane Update: Shane is doing much better. He is off the IV, feeding tube and lights. They have found a formula that he can tolerate so things are looking up! They told my sister today that they think he was born much earlier than 37 weeks - more like between 32 and 35. They say he may get to come home on Friday if he continues to progress as he has yesterday and today. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers!

Little baby Shane Update - He is still in NICU. He has been put back on the feeding tube and the IV restarted. He has gone from 8 lbs 4 oz to 7 lbs 14 oz. They have determined that although he is large because of my sisters gestational diabetes he is actually a premature baby. He does not have a suck reflect yet. If you rub his cheek he does not turn his head looking to suckle. His bilirubin is down which is great news. It was so high they checked him to brain damage. Thank you all again for keeping him in your thoguhts and prayers. He will not be going home until he is feeding and showing weight gain.

OK, so Easter dinner Crab cakes mashed potatoes booze.......perfect!

I don't care - we can do either at anytime! hahaha I am so flexible! Thanks LuLu! I wonder if Beth would mind if we have Pear Martinis and mashed potatoes for Easter dinner??? I am loving having Gladys come over and clean! This will be her second visit. I work full time and go to school in the evenings so that is a great excuse not to do housework!

Good night BJean and Beth! It was fun chatting but I have to get up in about 5 hours to work! toodles!

Pear Martini??? Sounds yummy! Please share the recipe!

I want him to succeed while keeping our current form of government. I do not mind careful regulation so this short of mortgage shenanigans does not happen again. But our government is the author of the current mortgage laws that got us into this mess in the first place. I am against long term nationalization of private business - that is the socialist slippery slope. Obama has stated publicly that he wishes to keep banking private - so until he proves otherwise I will keep him to his word.

Good! I do understand that it is my hard earned money and that is one of the reasons it REALLY pisses me off! I would like to kick the bunch of them in their collective balls. hahahaha

Either way our economy will rebound. It always does. I just do not want to have to use my hard earned money to bail out private business. The situation sucks no matter how you look at it. We can disagree on the process of getting out of this mess but I think we agree that we need to get out of it. Many people are hurting and that is a shame. I hope Obama can do it, I really do. I want our country to succeed. I am worried that it may be throwing our hard earned money away as the bailouts do not seem to be working but hopefully soon the credit markets will thaw. We are all in the same boat!!

Maybe they didn't want the bailout because they have sound business practices and did not need the money because they did not recklessly lend. Banks were regulated before the bailouts.

BJean - I like companies that take good care of their employees and are socially responsible. I certainly was not trying to offend you by pointing out the purpose of a corporation. I was just trying to point out that corporations do not have to do anything that is not specifically prescribed by the law. There primary objective above everything else is to make money for stockholders.

BJean - My degree is in Business with an emphasis in accounting. I am currently working on my Masters in Accountancy. I am by no means an expert in bankruptsy. There are different avenues of bankruptcy. If it is liquidation then assets are sold and proceeds are distributed among creditors. If it is a restructuring which is what I think is the best course of action - then a judge trained in this process guides the company in things such as renegotating contracts such as loans - labor union agreements etc. This restructuring has the sole purpose of joining all interested parties together - work together with a clear end date to reimmurge from the process. Loans may be restructed, employee benfits modified, assets sold - any number of avenues are open to achive a stronger company in the end. A bankruptsy judge has the power to force lenders, unions etc to help the company with lower rates etc. When you get the tax payer involved it is a sticky process. Taxes were not designed to bail out privatly owned firms. Our government is not expert in running private firms. That of course is my opinion. This type of government action has never happened before in our history. I strongly disagreed with Pres. Bush on his bailout and continue my disagreement with the current administration. I think it is treading on very dangerous grounds. I am opossed to nationalizing private firms. They are either strong enough to survive, go into bankruptsy or go out of business. This is a short answer to a complicated question. Hopefully it helps!

I totally agree that the companies should have turned down the bailout money. They sold their souls the moment they took the cash and I think the vast majority are regretting the decision. Hopefully they can get the money back to the Treasury soon and cut the chains the government hung around their necks when they cashed the check. I agree that socially responsible corps can be profitable. It does lower the amount that they can return to stockholders as there is a cost to be socially responsible. I am all for corps deciding how they want to be seen in the world. Some corps will use social responsibility as a marketing strategy to further their market share. Which will hopefully return higher profits to shareholders. Its all about returning profit though - that is why they exist. It feels good to buy from a company that shares your views what ever they may be - such as a company that says they recycle etc.

I don't have that HUGE college debt for business school for nothing! hahaha

Knowing was good - very good special effects. I was hiding my eyes more than Beth. She is apparently fearless with the scary parts. She told me she likes the Saw movies! No way would I watch that stuff!!

There seems to be some confusion as to what a corporation is designed to accomplish. It is not in business to protect the rights of employees. A corporation can choose to be "socially responsible" but it does not have a legal obligation other than to follow the law that have are currently in place. A corporation is an immortal capital acquisition vehicle designed to capture and grow capital and insulate it from estate taxes and dissolution through death. It has all the attributes of a living person and few of the drawbacks. It survives and grows through its management and production/service activities, but it's main purpose is the acquisition of capital, or growth, just like any other living creature. What it does, who does it, and how it's done are factors in achieving that purpose. The bailouts do not seem to be working so far as the credit markets remain firmly frozen. Time will tell weather Obama is correct. I personally think that these businesses should be allowed to enter bankruptcy. We have a huge legal system currently in place to handle large bankruptsy matters. This problem began because of government - government has not historically proven to be good at running well...anything. I have no confidence that govenment is the answer to a problem that they created with the mortgage mess - which caused the credit freeze which trickled to the automobile industry and on and on and on. That is just my opionion - not worth much - just an opinion.

Have you only had one fill?? I get a fill nearly every month! You may need to schedule fills more frequently! Good Luck!