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Like I said a little while ago. I'm not just recording my Wed. weight anymore. If it's good, I'm taking it and keeping it until I weigh in again LESS than it, and today, IT was 148! :faint: :faint: :faint:

I just took a trip down memory lane and read some old posts from last Christmas... I was down 90lbs at Xmas, not 100! Sooo... 43lbs in the last 10 months? whooosh... sloooow. I guess that's about a 1lb a week!

Hey Maria, thank you! Don't you worry, you've got enough to worry about without your weight being another thing. Are you still losing, even if it is slowly? Keep us updated when you do get the green light! I sure hope I can be at goal by Xmas. I was kinda hoping for it to be by my birthday (end of this month), but I dunno about that! If I can at least get there by Xmas I'll be happy. I remember last Christmas, being so close to 100lbs lost, and really just wanting to be here already so I could stop feeling so pressured to get to 100lbs lost!

gurlygirl, no, you can't order them from 24hourfitness.com to Canada... I emailed them already and got a "No, we don't ship to Canada". I'll be stuck ordering directly from apex, also. Luckily now that the CDN $ is more than the US $, it's a better time to do it!

check out this website... I've been looking into it also. http://www.plasticsurgeryjourneys.com/ I'm pretty sure you have to sign up to see pictures and read posts, but there's lots of good info. (I recall having to wait to get 'approved' to sign up, so be patient!) The forums are divided by surgery country, also. Good luck!

I honestly want to get as low as I possibly could before having a TT... my goal is 142, but I'd aim for getting into the low 130's and staying there a while before getting a TT. I just have this idea in my head that it would be better to gain a little weight back and 'fill out' rather than possibly lose more weight afterwards and risk possibly being deflated. (but then again, you look at Chickie, got to and surpassed her goal by ALOT and her tummy still looks good) Like I said, this is just my rationale. That being said, if someone offered it to me tomorrow for free, I'd do it, and love it!

Hi Sherrylynn, I agree with what these guys said. Don't 'worry so much about these things right now. 20lbs in 6 weeks is AWESOME... way better than I did! I don't think you're going to gain anything back, don't worry. Even if you are eating more than you think you should be, it's not more than you used to eat! Your first fill will help. I was almost eating normal again (felt like it, but I'm sure it wasn't really 'normal' amounts) before my first fill, and it definitely decreased after that fill. Just be patient, and do all the things you hear you're supposed to, and what your Dr. says, AS BEST as you can, and you'll do great too. I'm far from the model bandster, but it's worked for me so far. Mandi

Congrats Lizzie, sounds like you're doing awesome, and I'm sure you'll continue to! Keep it up!

I'm definitely ALWAYS cold now.... everyone always comments on what a difference they notice in me, in THAT sense especially. I always used to be hot, summer AND winter. I was a sweaty mess, all year round! Now... I'm always freezing! I'm considering long johns for the first time!

9.2 to go! what a weird feeling, to be in the single digits to go....

does it feel kind of like a cramp?

It's just because someone came across it and voted in the poll... then the post will show up at the top making you think there's a new message... but nope. How about me? I've gotten past my BBQ rib fetish, but now it's rotiserrie chicken and garlic shrimp. I've got a horrible addiction to Haagen Daaz 'coffee' ice cream. (it used to be the choc-covered almond kind) I swear I'd probably been at goal a year ago if I wasn't such a bad-ass! I did something I swore I wouldn't do, and bought a small bag of discounted halloween candy today. Ugg... at least I don't complain about the speed of my weight loss, or the lack of it... I bring it on all myself! 90lbs Loriely! Getting close to that 100 mark! Keep it up!!!

a baby giraffe and a rack of ribs, yummy!

congrats andree!

I think I'm at about 92%, so far way to go, Chickie!!

Susan, welcome back... and stay this time! I can't say any more or better than everyone else, so listen to them! Don't beat yourself up. EXACTLY, there's no time limit. And I'm sure you're not stretched. I think we do our selves more harm than good by reading the 'complications'... I swear I think WAY more often than I should that my band has slipped. Get heartburn? I must have slipped. Weird cramp? Slipped! It drives me nuts. I really need to schedule fluroscopes or Xrays just to set my mind at ease! Just do your best to get back on track. I do it almost every day!

Oh, I got my refund months ago... I did my taxes online the 1st day I was able to eFile them! They just RECENTLY wanted to 'review' my claim. But yes... I got a pretty good refund. $3000-ish. Unfortunetly I'll never know if it was because of my medical expenses, or the tuition I've paid. I should/would have got that same amount back if I'd not even claimed my surgery. I tried not to claim my tuition, and save it for another year, but they 'adjusted' it for me and claimed my tuition, which didn't change the amount I got, but lowered the amount of tuition credit I'm allowed to claim in coming years! Damnit! I need to take picture soon... it's been a year and 7 months! I missed 18 months.. oh well.

Hey ! I got my stuff back from Revenue Canada! It seems keeping every single receipt paid off! I claimed surgery (including Optifast), the trip there, including rental car, gas, food (for me and companion), 1 car trip to Calgary from SK which was mostly gas and food, and one plane trip from Moncton to TO, which was the only the cost of the plane ticket. Some of my receipts were so faded they were barely legible. I'm so proud of myself!

Thank you ladies... you have reinforced my rambling fetish. So, today I was offered a different position at work. Much better job... not so stressful (I hope), and the same pay. I don't plan to be here too long, but this will make the remainder of my stay much more enjoyable. (AND it will benefit me in getting the job I'm looking at in Vancouver) Funny... I spent the last few days composing and sitting on my 'please lay me off" email. Probably good that I didn't send it. I want a Body BUGGGGGG!!!! I check the exchange rate every few days to see how much lower the price is in US $$ !!! Do we think the CDN dollar is going to get higher and higher? Am I safe to wait it out even longer and get it even cheaper? Gotta make up for that inevitable duty charge!

Thanks loriely And yes, it really would be nice to be able to cut that number down, and save it for some PS!

I did something very disturbing last night: I opened my internet banking website, and added up all the obvious grocery expenses (ie: the ones labelled Sobey's and Superstore), then all the restaurant ones, and also the nearby convenience store for the last 30 days... in both Dan and my bank accounts. The total was approx. $900 !!!! :faint: Isn't that insane?! Quite a wake up call. (yeah, some of that is personal products, cleaning products, toilet paper, etc.... but, the majority is food!) I'm very close to asking to be laid off from my job, so I was trying to figure out if we could afford it. If I can cut these food expenses down, it shouldn't be a problem. I'm going to go through all the food we have in the house right now, and figure out what it was bought for (ie: the beef broth is for stroganoff), and what I would need to make that meal... and try to get rid of all the food we have, by buying the least amount of additional groceries. I'm not reeeally telling you guys this cause you should care... just wanting to get it said "out loud", for my own sake. This is my thread, and I'll say whatever stupid things I want

I'm sure they'll be understanding... just call them early on Monday and explain, and assure them the cheque will be there on Wed.

oh man... I am definitely into piercings and such, but that would worry me. Just like Laurend said... I'd get it caught on something. Nipple rings + seatbelts = bad! There's also a chance that it could reject, and you could end up with a yucky scar.

Congrats on the fill Paulax! News from me? I hit 130lbs lost! Woo!

Thanks ladies And green... wowsers! I definitely want to see some before and after pictures! Guess what I did! I got my FIRST massage on Friday! I was going to have it done fully shirted, but the girl 'recommended' that because it was for a full half hour, it would be most beneficial on bare skin. I figured "what the hell". Now, there's no way in hell I'd let someone see my back a year ago, and I barely did it this time, but I tucked all my skin in as best as I could when I lied on the table, and then when she pulled it all loose again with all that pushing and pulling, I didn't care! It was fabulous. Next stop: leg waxing! Then maybe if I can pull that off... bikini, then brazillian!