argon

I just ate a 6" sub from a sandwich place. :think

Have fun Yoda!!

uggg... excercise... I'm planning on walking to and from work, as soon as I start. Is that good? How about I WALK to Tim Horton's for my coffee and donut in the morning?? LOL Just kidding, I'm not doing that anymore! How about we set our own things to challenge ourselves with, and report on how we've done, whenever we're supposed to... ex: CLOE wants to run 6 miles a day and eat 70 grams of Protein a day. argon wants to lose 20 pounds and drink all her water! Yoda want to sexercise 4 times a day. kimmason wants to stop fantasizing about Brad Pitt. etc, etc We could start a new thread, list everyones goals in the first post, and everyone has to post how they're doing once a week (or even everyday, if they want).

LOL Kim! The move couldn't have come at a worse time. I've got my period, and I'm not up to havin' drrrty (LOL) sex, so... we've got a little bit of a wait before we can christen the new place! We actually bought this weird table (picture to follow soon) last night, and were putting it together for like 3 hours, when a couple friends of ours from upstairs knocked on the door... I was running around whisper/yelling "Someone's at the door!!!" to Dan while I looked for some clothes (it was so hot, I was doing my assembling in underwear and a tanktop!) Anyways, Dan finally answered the door, and then I followed behind him. We were both all sweaty, and these guys sheepishly say "What werrrre you doing?" We say we were putting together a table, and they can't come in to see it until we're done.. I don't think they bought it! haha

(oh yeah! I just realized why I cared so much to get to a 40lb loss!! It means I can now say I only have 100lbs more to lose. WOO! That is, assuming that 140 is "ok" on me. I might be happy at 170... who knows. Not me! Cause I ain't been 170 since... hmm... some age when I should NOT have weighed 170!)

LOL, Buffie! Nope, I'm doin' my damnest not to! So guys, I'm BACK! After I posted that we'd get to start moving stuff in, I spent that day moving all our crap by myself, and then that night, we decided to just stay here at the apartment, a day earlier than planned. So, no internet TIL NOW! Ohh... the boredom! I weighed myself this morning, and: ******DRUMROLL****** 243.4 !! WOOO!! I had a 0.6 gain last week, so this is good, AND, it now puts me at 40.6 pounds lost (total). I can honestly say I've never lost this much at one time.. or in one 'try', I guess. My only big loss was about 32 lbs a few years ago with Atkins. It's been 17 weeks since surgery, and I've lost 25.6 lbs since then. It's an average of 1.5 lbs a week, so when I look at that, THAT's pretty good, considering we're supposed to lose 1-2lbs a week. So, I shouldn't complain. It'd be even better without all the little gains here and there, and the complete stall for a few weeks. Now that I've got the 'net again, and a phone # of my own, I'm getting on that Dr's ass about giving me a fill. Cause I WANT one!! I neeeeeed one. So anyways.... WHOOP!!! WHOOP!!! (imagine me making that sound!) I shall be replying to all the new posts and stuff soon... but first I gotta get my stinky self into the shower. I also wanna say that I just love you guys. I really do think of you as friends, especially now that I'm somewhere where I don't really have any one to talk to and tell these stupid little things, I like to be able to tell you guys and have you a least fake ( :bowl: ) excitement with me! Thank you. :tea:

*gasp* not DIETING, are you!? :faint: LOL Seriously... now I wanna know. What are you doing?!

Good news! We weren't supposed to be moving in until tomorrow, but we wanted to call this morning, and make sure things were all ready for us TO move in tomorrow... and anyways, they are ready, and we CAN move in today (in a couple hours). Since I have nothing better to do, I'll spend today moving in what I can. (meaning I'll leave the heavy stuff until Dan (the BF) is home from work. I love having a big strong significant other! lol) Thank goodness that it's on the main floor... cause if I had to lug boxes up stairs... I just wouldn't! Oh... btw, we spent Sat. morning hunting for garage sales, and after about 20, all we had was a small bookcase ($3), some glass beer mugs (.25$ each) and a garbage can! I laugh when I say we bought a garbage can... a USED garbage can, cause it's funny to me. But it's a damn nice garbage can. A Rubbermaid, and looks brand new. For only $1 ! Gotta have saved at least $14 there! And you guys should see the awesome dishes I bought at Canadian Tire last week. A bunch of Debbie Travis stuff was on clearance. I had planned on just buying some super cheap picnic-type plastic plates, that wouldn't be a big deal to throw away when I move again... but I couldn't find any for less than $2 each. Then I stumbled across these ones at CdnTire. Everything was regular $3-5 each, and I got them from $0.93-$1.43 each! I HAD to get 6 of each. So... 18 pieces, for a little over $20. I'm pretty happy! This, is actually the first time we've lived together, JUST US. When we first started dating, I lived in my own place, he lived with a roommate... but was at my place most of the time. Then I moved out of my apartment, and in with him and his roommate. Then him and I moved into my parents basement suite (yikes!)... and now, we're sharing a bedroom in a house with a kabillion other people. So this will be the first time we truly won't have anyone to potentially disturb us. Well... we do have friends in the building who could show up at anytime, but at least our door will be locked. So yeah, just had to share my excitement with someone else! EEEEEEeeeeee!!!

I was just reading a little about her... couldn't find anything recent, so I don't know if she's lost weight, but here's what she said (apparently she does a Ask Jann column in Elle Canada) in response to a girl who said "I know you're struggling with your weight... don't you ever feel like... blah blah": To tell you the truth, I've never had problems with my weight. It's the press who seem to have the problem. I'm always happy just to be alive. I look after myself. I'm active and I'm always trying to be better than what I was the day before. Don't worry about losing weight. You need to get walking, but do it for your mind and your soul. Life isn't about how much you weigh, but how good you feel about yourself. Don't beat yourself up and don't compare yourself with anyone else. Be gentle with your soul and gentle with your heart. Remember, a healthy body is a perfect body. I've always liked her too.

Wooooo ! Cloe! I was thinking maybe you had got a feel of your collar bone or something, like I was so excited about before... and realized "Hey, my skeleton IS still in there!!" LOL Good for you that you weren't able to eat more than the burger. I find myself ordering more than I can eat too, and get a little sad when I can't eat as much as I want to! :pout:

Wow... that was low. Sorry, Leila, I shouldn't have even brought this thread back around.

That's great! I hope you're chronicling it all with pictures!

HunnyBun, http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=20796 I asked about it here, and Telly telled all (plus where she got it)

Hi Rosa, what do you mean we might be neighbors? I'll admit, I did cheat a bit during my Optifast. The optifast isn't to torture you, he (if you are having Dr Cobourn too) wants you to lose a little weight before surgery, so that your liver shrinks a little, and is easier to work around. Do your best... I'm sure you'll lose some weight. Surgery on Tuesday? How much have you lost so far? Did you cheat for FULL days, or did you just eat something you shouldn't have once, a couple different days? Either way, don't worry about it. Just remember, you're doing this for yourself, and After surgery, it won't be nearly as hard. Anyways, if you're from Canada, which I guess you must be... come say hi to us in the Canada area of the board! Click here: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=76 Mandi

I don't remember if I was told that by my doctor, or if it was on here that I heard that. But I was leary of it too, til I tried it, and I'm fine with it.

Noo! Was it a commercial for a specific doctor? Or just the 'LapBand'?

Nope, I'm cool. :hug:

No, no, I don't. I really was just curious. I've seen you post elsewhere, but never heard you say that you had decided the band wasn't for you. I should have looked at your first posts when you were researching, before I asked. :doh: And really... would it matter if I had an issue with it? Anyways, congrats on your loss so far!

MoOrLess... But the difference, from what I gather of you, is that you WANT the band, and are technically 'pre-band'. You're here researching, like most of us did, before banding. He doesn't want the band... so I wonder, why would you want to be part of a support group for 'Bandsters". Sorry to hijack the thread, but he brought up a 3 month old thread anyways.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=17593&highlight=how+to+attach+photos There you go!

BPM, just curious, what brings you here to a LapBand support group, then?

Oh no no... not wrong. I just thought if it was my 'has ever one ever tried a colon cleanse?" thread that got you wondering that, and if it was, you coulda just asked there, and you would have also got to see all the responses from the other people who responded to my question. No worries! It's cool. :hug:

Did you start this thread because of mine asking if anyone's ever gotten a colon cleanse? You shoulda just asked there !

You know what's really bad? When I can't finish what's on my plate, so I give it to him! Not good when he's wanting to lose weight too. :|

haha, yeah, it's in a few places, I think! I was a little baffled too!