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D~ Did the dr look at the ultrasound pics? or were they sending them off to a radiologist? Sorry you didn't find any answers to your pain today. If you do have to go to the ER you should call your surgeon on your way there so he has a heads up and let him know what hospital you are headed too. Make sure you put his number in your cell phone if its not already there. I hope you feel better :thumbup: HP~ how long did you wait before you had a soda? Do you let it get flat before you drink it? They told me to avoid sodas and the nurse the day of my surgery who also was banded said she was 4 years out and can drink a flat one now...what's the point of that, I like them fresh! Im going to pray for everyone....we have all come too far to fall apart now. I am going to Sam's club and buying us the jumbo pack of super glue.

You have a beautiful positive attitude about this! You are truly a rock star! :thumbup:

All this whining is stemming from the fact my scale is still in my bathroom floor. omg...can you imagine what I am going to be like next week when my hubby hides it. All I can say now is....I'm sorry....I'm sooooo sorrrrrrrry. Nobody every said detox was easy... I have such a love/hate relationship with that little square thing on the floor of the bathroom....I'm going to punch BOB now to get myself under control.... sorry again...lol I need a sponsor.... oooh I had coffee tooo...sorry about that too....My family says I have diarrhea of the mouth when I drink that...but I have a lot of cleaning to do tonight... some how my house was nominated for a spur of the moment girls night tomorrow..

Gail..you are doing wonderful! I cant believe how much weight you have lost since Dec! Good job on your 2 lbs down this week! Hopefully when I weigh in officially on monday my scale will be nice. It hasn't been nice to me this week. Would everyone please give me a sample of what you all eat in a day...I am just getting frustrated with my scale..I know I have to be patient...but grrrrr. I have been eating healthy and exercising and I just dont get it. :thumbup: okay..i will stop whining now...lol

HP~ You are so strong girl. I would have been all over the place. I will continue to pray for you. I hope you have a safe trip down to my neck of the woods tomorrow! Today was a little cloudy but nice temp wise. The trip will help you take your mind off of everything...just relax...sit in the hotels hot tub and enjoy your child free self!

((Packing light bulbs in bubble wrap for Traci)) Have you heard anything yet??? I am squirming in my seat..I am going to have to go punch BOB to get some of my anxiety out. ~~~ I know you posted somewhere your screen name for yahoo...but I can't find it now....will you send it to me again pleaseeeeee 2B~ I think a lot of women who love a man... whether it be husbands, fathers, sons, cousins, grandfathers....would be glad to help you doop these guys on giving them "free tools". You would be surprised how many sour puss faced men come through our facility and when you ask them whats wrong...." my wife is making me do this" comes out of their mouths... I simply respond... "you are a very lucky man to have someone that loves you this much" Okay...I know I am on my detox process from my scale...and I have only weighed in once today...which is awesome for me! But I am getting a little discouraged....the darn thing has not moved...it still says the same weight as it said on monday.. I am going to dr this monday...i am going to tell him I need another fill no matter what he says..lol if he doesn't agree I will kick him. (must be getting ready for time of month...I just want to kick people) But I always have Water weight the week before ...my system is a mess......

Woooohoooo it's finally friday!!! This waking up at 0430 is for the birds....oh wait they are still sleeping when I am rolling out of bed! Juli~ Welcome back! Glad you had fun, Congrats on graduation...my sympathies on going back to school....I will be there with you on the 25th..blah. And congrats on your bragging rights!! A petite.. wooohooo D~ Did you go to the dr today about your gallbladder?? You need to kick them...trust me it helps with the pain...I kick dr's all day long...especially when they are acting like 7 year olds...

That gave me a round about on the amount of time I would need to leave before it gets dark...it is way to hot to ride early afternoon, we usually wait until about 7pm and that leaves us just about an hour and half before it is dark. So...I know you all will get a kick out of that...and I can handle being laughed at...but..here it is... I have a gear problem. There I said it....my secret is out... It all started when I was about 15 years old. My mom's friend attempted to teach me how to ride a motorcycle...well...I couldn't get the hang of changing gears... Then when I turned 16 my mom attempted to teach me to drive a stick shift car...yeah right.... Then when I graduated high school I went to buy a new car...trying to save money I wanted to get a stick....the sales lady was bound and determined to teach me how to drive a stick...my mom nearly pee'd her pants in the back seat while this lady was working with a lost cause....teaching me to drive a stick... Then, a few of my friends attempted... and even a few weeks ago...17 years later... my husband attempted to teach me to drive the truck...thank God he has the patience of a saint. But it didn't work either.... Then last night, my friend attempted to teach me how to change gears on my bike...but I am clueless... so... if you would like to try to give me the break down on what gear to use when and how to do it... I will attempt it on Sat when I go for a ride again..lmao May the force be with you my friend!

True that! Now the bigger challenge is getting our husbands to go to the doctor. Mine is a PIA when it comes to that. I told him I have to go through uncomfortable exams yearly to make sure that I am healthy so I don't get sick and die on him, and he has to do it too...what is a little blood work and a finger up the butt for a minute.....try having the cold device we get the pleasure of the doc using on us. uuuuuuuuhhhhggggggg men.....what babies lol

If your sister had ovarian cancer make sure that you are tested for it as well. It is a very silent, asymptomatic form of cancer that is often found way to late. Just make sure that you are an advocate in your health. As a nurse, I see so many people who are uneducated and have no idea what questions to ask their doctor....they rely and put so much faith in there doctors to do everything for them. Doctors are human too...and they overlook things and make mistakes.. You have already decreased your chances of cancer by getting the extra weight off, and you have done an awesome job with that! Just stay on top of your yearly exams so you can take care of things early if something does show up. Keep your chin up!

HP~ I can't believe they would let you go all the way down there for the results if they knew they didn't have them.. they should have called you and told you they didn't have them so you didn't have to waste a trip and miss work. I sure hope you find out tomorrow before you leave for Florida on Sat. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers..I know it can be nerve racking to play the hurry up and wait game. Did you find a lump? or did you just have them do a random biopsy since you have a family history? (((keeping fingers crossed for all clear))) Sending you long distance big hugs!

Okay...so I am slowly breaking away from my scale...its tough... I think I may need another fill...I think I can eat more than I should before I get full. I go back for another follow up on Monday.. hopefully he will agree with me and give me my second fill! I have been good with the eating healthy..that part hasn't been a problem and I have done really well with exercise this week..between biking, doing a little extra cardio and doing some light weight lifting, I am pretty proud of how much I have done this week! ((pats herself on the back)) I use to find every excuse in the book to avoid exercising and now I am working out between 1-2 hours a day! When you all go on these 20-30 mile long rides, how long does it usually take you to cover that ground? A lot of the girls at work are really supportive of my exercise efforts and have told me they would ride with me on the trail down the street from my house, my husband rides with me every time so it is nice to have more people be so supportive! D~ are you having your gallbladder check out tomorrow?? I hope it goes well, I have see a lot of people who have lost a lot of weight and then theirs goes bad.. HP~ What results are you waiting for?? I hope you get good news!

D~ I think you need a 12 step program for you posting like I need one to stop standing on the scale! Long2~Awesome job on hitting the 50 lb mark!! I am so excited for you! I'm glad you are feeling better and recovering!!! HP~ I hope you have blast in Orlando this next week!!! I have been biking everyday since Sat and doing a little workout with weights when I get home too. I decided that today and tomorrow would be my off days....and I will pick it back up on Sat again! I may take a dip in the pool and do some laps!

OMG.. I just read the post you listed here...that so nasty and so funny....gotta watch the karma bug...it will get you.:Banane37:

You are cracking me up....I am going to have to make a home made scale. Ok....since it has been a rainy day today....I did 3.2 miles on the stationary bike, 50 crunches on my upper, lower and both oblique abs, 10 minutes on the gazelle, 2 sets of 20 on all arm muscles and then 10 minutes of hitting the heavy bag....man I was sweating something sick...lol Of course when you are doing all of this in a garage that in the garage which felt like 100 degrees that sweat can be expected. I know its late and I am trying not to eat past 7:15pm but I got out of work 2 hours late so I am off schedule today. Sorry you had a sucky day HP, tomorrow will be better! sleep well!

Okay....so I have only looked at the scale 10 times today...only stood on it 2 times...and thats all for today...I promise. I have to find some kid who will draw me a scale that say looking good..lol too bad we cant make it have different phrases so it was a different thing every time i step on it!

Has anyone ever tried a recumbent bike? What is your opinion on them? I am just trying to find a bike that my tailbone doesn't hurt with...whaaaah. We are having major storms coming in this afternoon and looks like it will be raining all night, so I guess it is my stationary recumbent bike tonight...all of the beautiful scenery of my garage!!

OKay...so I did my hour of Zumba...3 miles of biking and some 5 lb weights.... how many grams of protein does 3 bugs of various sizes contain....gulp...you would think I would learn to keep my mouth closed but I don't have that down yet..lol

It is still hard to remember small slow sips and chew chew chew...this was 32 years of a bad habit I am trying to break...so sometimes it hits me and then I am like....ouch...oh yeah...slow down...chew....ouch. I am really excited for you that you are finally banded!! I have been riding my bike with my husband and tonight we did a aerobic workout which ooooh so reminded me that I have no rhythm at all...it was great for an hour of laughing though!

My name is April...and I am a daily weigher. Sometimes I weigh more than 1 time a day....somedays I weigh up to 3 times a day...What are the 12 steps I need to follow? My husband is all for taking the scale away...he is ready to hide it and bring it out sunday night while I am sleeping so I can weigh monday morning. Isn't he just soooo supportive. Okay....so I ordered Zumba aerobic workout thing which is like a dance class...the nice thing about this workout is that the first week you do just the beginners dvd which breaks down each dance step. So I just spent the last hour with my supportive hubby attempting to do this...wow..all those nights when I use to go dancing my rhythm must have been alcohol induced because it is worse than what I thought. But we made it through it. We are going to eat dinner and go for a bike ride! I go back to the dr on Monday...Hopefully he will give me another fill, it has been 8 weeks since my first one and I think I am eating more than I should be able to. I am trying not to eat past 7:15 pm.

Okay...I am here... I can't believe the scale has to go up except for on Mondays....Can I at least have a week of detox? lol My scale was up a few lbs this am...but it is that time of the month for it to be up..blah. So my starting weight is 266..I am not changing my ticker bc that will make me cry... We can do this!!! p.s. thanks for letting me crash your challenge!

LT~ I hope you feel better soon...I haven't even had anymore surgeries this summer but sometimes I get phantom pounds too....they stay to visit for a few days...then they go away... I think it is my body in denial that they will be gone forever soon so they just bring them back to say goodbye..lol HP~ You look awesome and sooooo much happier and healthier this year! You go girl! Ok..I will stop hitting the quote button and posting now! Going to do my Zumba training (because this girl has no rhythm, so they gave me a week of learning the steps!) Then off to my bike ride once the sun starts to set!

Ummmm.... I was wondering if I could be a 3rd wheel in this challenge..I leave for my trip to Jamaica on October 7th and had a mini goal of losing 50 lbs by the time we went. I am 10 lbs away from that goal, but I wouldn't mind going over that goal by 8 lbs either! So.........I would like to try to get a total of 18 more lbs off by the time we go! :)

Deanna~ You are a huge inspiration to me!!! HP is another! I am just amazed at both of your transformations! I set my goal to 185 because I am 6ft tall. It has been many years since I have been in onderland so I am not sure where I need to stop and look healthy. I have a "large" bone structure so some people think that I may look "to thin" at 185. So it is a wait and see situation, in the meantime I just took the highest number from the American Medical Associations guidelines.

Hey D~ I hate when that happens. My doctor says not to drink while eating. They also told me that if I do have an experience like you had to do clear liquids for the rest of the day then advance to soft the next day and then back to regular food. I have been having to catch myself about how fast I am eating also. I work in the medical field so I am use to scarfing it down....it is a very hard habit to break, however my band reminds me if I go to fast. I hope you feel better soon! ~April