maryb

Life sure does get in the way of our plans sometimes. Welcome back even if your just passing through. Spending time with your family in their time of need is priceless. I willing gave up 4 months of my life when my mother-in-law broke her hip, had to have hip replacement, went to the nursing home for rehab, and then died from blood clots. I was so blessed to spend that time with her.

Here is my Skinny Dream Dresses. Sizes 9/10 The Pink one I wore on my Honeymoon Cruise. The White one is my Wedding Dress. I would love to be able to fit into them on October 22, 2006. Our next Cruise.

Friday Breakfast - Atkins Shake, Oatmeal, Benefiber Lunch - Yogurt, Lean Cuisine Swedish Meatballs Dinner - Baked Cod, Hollandaise Sauce, Broccoli calories 1,019 Saturday Breakfast - Atkins Shake, Oatmeal, Benefiber Lunch - Chicken Enchilada, Fat Free Re-fried Beans Dinner - Chicken Breast, Mashed Potatoes Snack - Yogurt calories 1,071 Sunday Breakfast - Atkins Shake, Oatmeal, Benefiber Lunch - Pinto Beans with Ham Dinner - Green Beans, Blueberries, Yogurt calories 1,000 Monday Breakfast - Atkins Shake, Oatmeal, Benefiber Lunch - Mushroom Omelette, Vegetarian Baked Beans Snack - Yogurt Dinner - Roast Beef - PBed the Beast....ate mashed potatoes when I stopped PBing. Calories 920

My sister-in-law is not very bright. She married my brother.:becky:

Thank you everyone! I wore the cute sexy dress to the Wedding Saturday. My husband couldn't keep his eyes off of me. Everyone told me I looked great. Unfortunately my husband forgot to bring his camera. My mom took a picture, but she still uses the 35mm camera. It will take awhile to get my copy. My sister-in-law noticed my new eating habits and asked me today if I had what her friend had or my stomach stapled. I said "what does your friend have". She pointed at her throat and said "a band thing." I said "you mean a lapband." She said "yes." I said "I had the lapband and it is not in the throat it is in the stomach." She said "I knew you had to have done something because you look great."

Sorry about the eye problems, but congrats on the BP NSV!

BigPaul always makes me feel really good about myself. He's funny and silly but really smart right when you need him to be. TellyMelly keeps me motivated on days I think I want to slack and theres always a smile on my face when I'm talking to her, she just keeps me laughing. She brightens my day! Cutiern reminds me of my daughter. I love how she is young, independent, and willing to make financial sacrifices to change her life.

Wonderful list!

I had a very hard time drinking water for the first 4 weeks of band life. I hurt and burped like crazy. 7 weeks and no problems with water now.

Welcome back and congrats on your weight loss! I am glad you are feeling better and you are ready to be on the losing team!

I too had headaches a lot before being banded. Alway had them if I didn't eat for several hours. I have not had a headache since being banded. I realized two days ago when my husband said he had a headache that I haven't had a headache or taken Tylenol in over 7 weeks. I think I can count this as a medication reduction on my score card.

My daughter is having hers May 16th at the Surgicenter in Houston.

Please take someone with you! You never know what kind of condition you will be in after the surgery. Anesthia makes me crazy for a couple of weeks. You want to be sure and make it back home.

Houston Surgicenter Dr. Richard Collier $15,000.00 includes fills for a year. Paid with Credit Card to get the points. Surgicenter now has Capital On Cosmetic Credit Loan for $16,000.00 includes fills for a year.

So you aren't shocked like I was, a size 16 US is a size 18 UK. Plus sizes are very hard to find. The only plus size store I found was called Evans. My favorite clothing store is called Monsoon. Beautiful very feminine clothing. Go in if only to look around.

Having 31 years of diet failures, I would be crazy if I weren't afraid of not succeeding! What I have now that I haven't had in a long time is HOPE of success. I am not afraid of being thin, but I am afraid of being too thin and not realizing it. When I was a senior in high school I was 104 pounds and thought I was fat.

Audra, no more diabetes meds is GREAT NEWS! Getting off some meds is a dream of mine.

I have a family wedding to go to this Saturday. I found a dress in the back of my closet that I thought would be fine to wear. Today I had lunch with a friend I have not seen in a while. She was telling me that she went to Dress Barn and got some nice outfits for her son's graduation. I have never been to Dress Barn, so on the way home I decided to stop and see if they had something inexpensive I could wear to the wedding instead of my old boring dress. I walked in and noticed the store was split in half. The left side was Women's and the right was Misses. I was confused as to what direction to go. I thought I would start with size 16 and if that didn't fit go up to 18. I asked the saleslady what side had size 16. She said the right side goes up to 16. I walked in and looked around pulling out some dresses to try on. I thought what am I doing over here. I can't wear these small cute dresses. These have waists to them! OH, why not I thought and carried my 3 dresses and 1 slack set in case a dress is out of the question to the dressing room. The first dress I tried on was the display dress. It was black and white and had a white tie belt. Cute and the latest style. I zipped it most the way up but couldn't get that last bit at the top... I didn't know if it was because it was too tight or I just couldn't reach it. I stepped out to find the saleslady. She finished zipping it up. We both looked in the full length mirror...and to my amazement it fit perfectly! I was so pumped I tried on the next one which was a sexy form fitting cutie. Back out to the saleslady, I said this is too much for a wedding. She said no it fit me perfect and looked even better then the first one. Back in I go for #3 dress. This one felt like a nightgown on. Fit but not as nice as the other two. Saleslady agreed with me. Next I tried on the pant suit. Well, I will be darned if that didn't look great too! I bought Dress #1 for church, Dress #2 for the Wedding, and pant suit because I will need something to wear for the trip. I bought the lot for $120...what a bargain! On the way out, I walked through the Women's size side and said my fairwell to waistless tent dresses. I love my lapband!

Gourmet? You must be talking about the Talipia with Red Bell Pepper Sauce! The Talipia I bought frozen from Sam's Club, and I got the jar of Red Bell Pepper Sauce from Tastefully Simple.

Wednesday Breakfast - Atkins Shake, Benefiber w/Calcium Lunch - Tuna Salad Snack - Oatmeal, Yogurt Dinner - Chicken, Zucchini, Black Beans, Salsa Calories - 1097 Thursday Breakfast - Atkins Shake, Benefiber w/Calcium Lunch - Minestone Soup Snack - Oatmeal, Yogurt Dinner - Tilapia with Red Bell Pepper Sauce, Broccoli, Potatoes Calories 1012

I hate it when the ladies public toilet stalls are so small you have to straddle the toilet to shut the door... obviously a man designed the plans!

I hate it when I have ticker problems in my signature like today!

C181 (-38 lbs total, -1 this week)

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Drinking your Water? Eating a lot of salt? Constipated? Are you exercising? Muscle weighs more then fat. Women's weight naturally fluctuates... that is why we should step on the scale only once a week, same day, same time, same clothes or better no clothes. I consider my true weight to be naked first thing in the morning when I get up after using the bathroom.