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Hey guys, just thought if you wanted to see some of my pictures, I uploaded a few... the better ones! http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandim/ (easier/faster than putting them on here) Wheezy, I had to copy her picture, and do that with a program on my computer... do you have any kind of photo editing software on your computer?

LOL, not yet! Tomorrow! ... going to bed now, though. Have another one for me, Lila!

Thanks guys, I'll catch up with you all on Monday! And yes, Lila, that's a good point... I think I *would* share my little secret with the right person... but this lady, I'd really like to look like her when I'm in my 50's. She's got a FEW pounds to lose, but I'm not suggesting the lapband! I almost want to tell people, because I don't think alot of people know that they can get the lapband HERE in NB, and it's covered. (with the exception of a few thousand) There's some hoops to jump though, but if I'd lived somewhere that had that opportunity, and I saw WLS in my future I'd be doing things (like the required Dr. supervised diets) that would help me get funding down the road. anyways, off to bed.... a saturday, and I have to get up earlier that I do during the week! But how cool is that, 4 hours later, I'll be in Halifax! I can't wait. I have NO idea what it's like, but I hear good things! Goodnight Mandi

(just wanna say, I quit smoking 4 days ago.... it's hell. I'd like to eat... I'd moreso like to smoke. I don't know WHAT to do. AHH! Maybe I'll knit or crotchet....)

Oh boy... be careful!!! A friend of mine at work was just saying today that he wasn't allowed to have poppies until he was like 18, because his mom had heard of a kid falling on his, and it puncturing his heart! I don't know... maybe a little kid is softer? LOL

I mentioned it to Dan, and he says he knows where it is, so we'll do our best to get there, and if we do, pictures!! Just a few minutes ago, I went into the lunch room to make a phone call. Our receptionist ran in after me, and whispered "What are you doing to lose so much weight!?" I was surprised, so I said "WHY?!" She said she's noticed, and that I look great, and wanted to what I'm doing, cause she wants to lose some weight. I said I was going to the gym, eating less, and better. :omg: I feel bad, like I'm lying... but I guess I'm just not telling the WHOLE truth. Anyways, it makes my day. Cause if this lady of all people has noticed, other people MUST have too. There was that gal the other day... but she always seems kinda insincere... almost like its something she says for the sake of saying something. And of course the big girl would loooove to hear that it looks like she's lost weight. This lady, I believe. Yay! for NSV's!

Just for the sake of blabbing... I'm going to tell you of my plans for the long weekend. Saturday morning, Dan, our friend Lauren, and I are heading to Nova Scotia... Halifax, to be exact. Lauren's cousin has a house there, and her tenants are going to be away for the weekend, and I guess it's ok for us to stay there. We're gonna try to do a little shopping, see some stuff.... let Mandi try some of this rumoured AMAZING sushi (I'm scared... I don't wanna pb!)... maybe go to Peggy's Cove, cause I've heard so much about it, and I think I have to. We'll probably come back monday morning, I think. It should be fun. So... if I don't talk to you guys too much tomorrow, hope you all have a good weekend, and I shall talk to you next week! :hug: Mandi p.s. I'll try to get some supa-cool pictures!

Mandulins sound pretty. LOL (just kiddin')

Sorry... I meant to reply to this earlier! I have never, no! UGGGG!!!! I have never even seen them anywhere, except on tv, talking about them selling them at the Calgary Stampede. I just asked Dan, he's from Calgary... said he's never tried them or knows anyone who has! (he's lucky, cause he would not get any kisses, me knowing what he's had in HIS mouth! BLEH!!!!)

yes, yes... of course! LOL My boss, actually, calls me Mandilicious.... but never heard MandUlicious before!

Good luck Doriana!

intro, intro!

Thank you, thank you.... Ahh... smoking... or not smoking, I mean, is hard... I'd forgotten. I didn't think it was possible for me to be more of a bitch. Ha! Before surgery, I quit a few times, for maybe a week or so at a time... I recall getting to the 3rd day was the worst... and after that, not quite as bad. I should get the patch, maybe, in addition. That would have been smart... maybe tomorrow, I will. Today, a girl/lady at work said "Mandu*! Are you losing weight? You look like you've lost weight... what have you been doing?" I said "Oh, really? You think so? Well... I did join the gym!" That's kinda nice to FINALLY get, especially since this girl has seen me since I got here, which was about 45lbs ago. *In our apartment, at the front door, they have a list of names of the tenants and what apartment they're in... somehow when whoever typed it up, they decided my last name was Mandu. All it says is "____ & Mandu"... people at work found out, and some call me Mandu, now. Could be worse. A guy at school used to call me, "Manuel" and "Manhole". :omg:

That's a good idea. Do you know, then, if YOU hit someone in a parking lot, can you just drive away, without reporting anything!? (sounds like what happened, I just can't imagine that being LEGAL!)

Bleh!!! pictures, Yoda, pictures!!!!

haha, it's not much (in the head!)... I probably just didn't put the tape in the same place! But you know... your face gets thinner... I'm sure if I'd measured around my cheeks, for example, I would have lost even more!

I'm honestly not that hungry in the morning, and if I am, I have some mini wheats (like, 7 of 'em!)(oh yeah, and that attempt and toast and PB... ended up licking the peanut butter off). Usually if I try eating first thing in the AM, I'll get stuck, so it's more trouble than it's worth... ya know?

Kid's football, Yoda, kid's football!! LOL

(all we wanna see is some sexy bods anyways!!!)

How about blurring your face out, if you don't want to show? Or just cut your head off in the picture?! Wheezy.... you're not shy, c'mon!!!!!

Thank you guys I should try something like that hot tamale thing... hmmm.... maybe I'll go down to the corner store by work tomorrow and see what I can find. My routine is that I wake up, go outside, have a smoke, come in, have a shower, get ready, go to work, get coffee, have smoke, go into work. Then at about 10:30, I go for another. Then again at lunch.. maybe a couple. Then again, mid afternoon, about 3:30, then when we get home after work, then a couple times in the evening. It's alot... not as much as I USED to smoke though... before the last time I quit. Then I smoked a pack a day. At least now, a pack was lasting me a few days. I should be smart, and actually take $20 a week and put it away (along with the $2 a day for coffee!) Wheezy! Guess what else! We went and ordered our glasses this morning... Dan's getting new ones too. Remember I had those cheap frames from Walmart? Well, my insurance covers up to $150 towards glasses, so I'm using all of that towards my lenses... and that's how much they'll come to. I'll have the anti-scratch and anti-reflective as well. (I had my optometrist app't last week) Apparently my glasses I'm wearing right now are TOO strong. My one eye is + (or -?) 0.25, and the glasses I'm wearing are (+ or - ) 1.00 ! So in a few days I'll have new glasses too!! Woo! I was looking through my calendar.. and realized it's been a really long time since I last measured myself (not since May). I finally found my tape measure the other day, so I just went into the bathroom and measured away. I blew my mind, yet again! I almost think I MUST have measured wrong somehow the first time, cause there's no way this can be. Just ran to our office to show Dan how much space there is inbetween me and the measuring tape, where I used to be! HEAD - WAS: 23" - NOW: 22.75" NECK - WAS: 16" - NOW: 14.25" CHEST - WAS: 55" - NOW: 45.5" WAIST - WAS: 48" - NOW: 38" HIPS - WAS: 54" - NOW: 45" THIGHS (around both) - WAS: 43.5" - NOW: 40.25" CALVES (around both) - WAS: 30" - NOW: 25.5" LEFT ARM (wrapped loosely around biggest part, waddle and all) - WAS: 18" - NOW: 16" RIGHT ARM - WAS: 18.5 - NOW: 17" Yes, I measured my head! LOL I shoulda measured my ankles too! grand total : 40.75" Gone! To anyone who hasn't already, or is going to be having surgery, I would highly recommend doing some before measurements. I started off doing it every month after surgery, but I find it a pain in the butt! Every few months is good for me!

Yeah, maybe! But really... even if it doesn't, don't go thinking your eating too much! How much could you have eaten BEFORE this fill?

Haha, crazings? Was that a typo, or perhaps a Freudian slip? Nope, no plan.... but one thing I AM going to do, is make my own coffee in the morning, as opposed to going to Tim's every morning, which leads to me stopping for a smoke before going into work. (plus I'll save money!) Other than that, I'll wing it. I'll be ok.

Well... it's best to get your Protein from the meats (or other protein rich things) you should be eating. And if you do like you're supposed to, eating the meat portion of your dinner before veggies and/or carbs, you probably won't have a problem getting all your protein in. I wouldn't worry about it too much. Oh, what restricted diet are you talking about ?

Because it would be overtaken by Yoda! No... I don't know. Why don't we?