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MOVE !!!!!!!! Cloe's ticker!!!

Thanks guys Moncton was ok. I searched and searched for some size 20 pants at Old Navy, to try on, and coudn't even find any! SOooooo... I grabbed a sweater and 2 shirts for underneath, and they fit *ok*, but I'm not quite ready to wear them in public yet. Besides, I need some nice® pants to wear it with. Not my gross (now) baggy assed jeans. I DID, however, go looking for some 'workout' pants today, since I'm getting closer to my decision to join the gym. I couldn't justify spending $40 on sweatpants, especially when hopefully they wont last me long.... so I left empty handed. I tried on some jeans before I left though... size 20. And they fit. I'm not about to start buying more jeans yet. I bought a couple 22's a couple months ago. One of them are constantly falling off of me, and the other is just ok. I also bought some 'gym shoes'! From Walmart. They're Dr. Scholl's. Not the nicest things, but whatever. I'm not gonna be there to impress anyone! Went to see "Little Miss Sunshine" last night. I highly recommend it! It was sooooo good! Anyways... have a good rest of the weekend guys. Mandi

Me too, I'm tryin' the baba ghanoush! I'll check next time I'm at the store. Would it be ok with some kind of crackers, perhaps? BTW, I went to Costco when I was in Moncton and got my antipasto!! WOOO! I just need some Breton crackers to eat it with.

LOL, yes I do!

I've come to the realization that food is becoming less and less important to me. I was thinking today about going home for Christmas, and how we've been doing a cheese fondue the last few years, on Christmas Eve... and how we should do that again. Then I though "Ehhh... what a waste (of food, and time)". I'd normally be able to polish of 99% of what we 'assembled' for the fondue... but now, I'd have a few pieces of bread, of mushroom, or whatever, and I'd be done. You guys would not believe how long I've had a container of Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia in my freezer. At LEAST a week! I don't fantasize about going out for a big fat steak, caesar salad, baked potato and those yummy buns from the Keg. It's gonna be one of those things, and I'll be lucky if I ever eat ALL of whatever I do get. When I order something, I look for what might be the smallest thing on the menu. .. or what will reheat ok the next day. Things don't taste as good anymore. I don't remember the last thing I ate that I REALLY enjoyed. Maybe that's good. I guess I shouldn't associate food with making me happy, or feel good, right? I eat it cause I'm hungry. It's almost more of a hassle eating and chewing than it's worth! Don't get me wrong, there's stuff I like... but it's not my main focus all the time, like it used to be. These are probably the craziest words I've ever 'spoken'. I'm an eater... or I used to be. I could eat, and eat, and eat. I could eat more than my dad, more than my boyfriend. And today, I barely ate 1/2 of my 6" sub. ME!? It's still baffling me. There would be deals on 3 foot long subs, so I'd get one for my mom for lunch, and one for me... then eat half of the 3rd one, and save the rest for later. Anyways, just saying this for myself, so I can look back someday and remember how long it took me to figure this out.... or how quickly I figured it out. But, I'm by no means "saved".

Yeehaw! How long are you staying in TO for?

Wow Gypsygirl! You've been MIA for a while! Come visit us more often and share your secrets :puke: And yeah, Cloe, I know what you're sayin'. Way back when I joined, there was NO action here in the Canadian area, but now, we're CLEANIN' up! LOL Everytime I come on, there's something from one of you guys in the "Latest Post' thingy at the top! It's awesome.

Have a good weekend Wheezy!

Interesting. and yes... Yoda, it goes well with my kinky Little Bo' Peep costume. :omg: Booyah!

My name's Mandi, and I'm addicted to my scale.

I'm counting on it. Ohhhh.... to get down to say a size nine would be fabOO!

must be a crazy Newfie. LOL Cause I've never heard that! Those random Canadian's making up words give us all a bad wrap!

I agree, with the Payless thing. So, I actually looked at my ID today. It's from 2002 or 03, and UGGGG! I will do a side by side once I get my computer back!

Sure, ask anything you want. Send me a PM with your email add. if you like. I'm not on MSN very often, but I'm pretty good at getting back to emails!

how do you eat baba ghanoush? I mean, what do you eat it with?

Me? I'm working on it. All my old pictures are on my PC, and that is in the shop! I should get it back very soon, hopefully tomorrow, and I plan on posting some pictures soon! Have you gone to the before and after pictures on this website yet?

Well, at least you'll have lots of time to learn and research, if you haven't already!

I did the same thing, Lila! I went to bed as early as possible, and slept as late as possible (which I could, cause I wasn't working)... to stop myself from wanting to eat!

What is a bonnet? LOL Is it something that we only have in Canada? Cause I'm sure I've heard the word elsewhere. That is if we're talking about the 'hat'.

coffee never gives me heartburn.... odd. And yeah, the headaches likely are from your caffiene withdrawl. That's weird... maybe it just didn't send for some reason! I'll PM you again later!

Oh... so you aren't getting the lapband til next year, either way?

Interesting... I didn't think that if you were paying yourself you'd still have to wait. You'll be looking at a long wait, I'm sure. Now that people are finding out that the lapband is covered in Alberta, LOTS of people are getting in on it. You may be in for a lot of hassle just to find out that your province or territory won't cover any of it. You should call Yukon Health, or whatever you call it, and talk to someone personally, just inquiring about whether they cover some or all of it. I did that when I was in SK, and was given a definite NO!

Nah... that lady won't be able to do them until after November. At that time Dr. C is actually going to be there for it, so.. IF I still think I need a little out, or maybe a TINY bit more put in, I could possibly do it then. At least it's good to know that if I need to, I can always go to her. And Leila, congrats on staying the same weight at least, that's always nice. :hug:

Hrrrrrmmmm.... I don't have anything intelligent to say. I get headaches all the time though, and I don't know why or can't blame eating for it. I'll stay tuned to see what everyone says though. btw... hi :girl_hug:

Thanks Wheezy :girl_hug: I would say, yes... if I lived closer, and it would be easy for me to get into the clinic, I WOULD have had them take out just a little bit. Maybe just 0.1 or 0.2 cc's. I still would, even today, if I could. I'd like to be able to eat a little more that I am now. I'm still hoping to work myself into a comfortable eating spot sometime soon that I can sit at for a while.