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Great NSV's and glad that esophagus has settled down!! Congrats on the first 20...a GREAT start! -BG

LoseIt- Hi girl (hope you're still doing well). Could you do me a favor and let me know what happens when you try? I checked and confirmed I've set it up for anyone to be able to leave comments (even without a Google account). When you're done and click 'leave comment', it will say 'error' then when you click it again (not just mine...it does this when I leave comments on others blogger blogs, annoying) it should then have a 'word verifiction' you have to enter to leave the comment (they suggest that so you don't get spam), then after you enter the word it should post the comment. I'm wondering if this is what you're getting? Thanks so much! -BG

'toss your scales' Blasphemy!!! LOL I'm a Scale Whore and proud of it (I'm a once a day gal). It's like looking at your smile everyday after you brush your teeth...it's good to keep an eye on things before your gums start bleeding. Next meeting of SWA is 2/22...join us.

Laura CONGRATULATIONS!!! You look TINY!!! Give yourself a huge pat on the back and a big hug...you worked hard for this and got to goal quickly!!! Enjoy it! -BG

CONGRATULATIONS!! There's nothing like an approval!! -BG

CONGRATULATIONS Bander! Sounds like everything went pretty smoothly! You'll be amazed how good you'll feel by Monday...rest up! -BG

- Finding Common Ground - Groundhog Day - All The World's A Stage - Ticker Updates & Note To Followers Come take a peek. http://bandgroupiethesweetspot.blogspot.com/ Happy Weekend All! -BG

- Finding Common Ground - Groundhog Day - All The World's A Stage - Ticker Updates & Note To Followers Come take a peek. http://bandgroupiethesweetspot.blogspot.com/ Happy Weekend All! -BG

Up a pound...164 (I knew last week was too good to be true!). Happy Weekend all!!!

WELCOME to LBT! Check out the 'state' group for your state on the home page. I have BCBS, but it is different state to state and here it's different even in different parts of the state. Best wishes! -BG

Good luck today Peggy! -BG

Hooray for 2 weeks between!! You'll get there fast! -BG

Glad you're doing better!! -BG

***I used Lena's recipes (especially loved the soup ones just post-op when canned broth tastes like blech) and they've all been great!!! Check it out!

75# is awesome! Happy Bandiversary! -BG

I-O! (at the OSU/PSU tailgate before the game). OK, Don't hate me because my kid went to PSU (yes that's a paw print in facepaint on my Freshman's face...he camped at Paternoville all week too)...Remember OSU won this game and I had 4 family members cheering us on there in Scarlett and Gray. My youngest plays the tuba (and guitar) and can't wait to dot the 'I'.

My sis sent me this and being a Columbus native, I really enjoyed it (grew up in Worthington, DH and I graduated from OSU, and we lived in Highland Lakes up north before moving to Pittsburgh). Enjoy... You know you're from Columbus (Ohio) when: The fact that the German Village Oktoberfest is in September (and not in German Village...) seems perfectly normal. You beam with pride that we're the hometown of Wendy's, White Castle, Rax Roast Beef, Bob Evans and & Donato's. But you wonder why we're the 8th fattest city in America. You remember very vividly City Center & Northland. You know how to pronounce Scioto and Olentangy. You go to The Memorial Tournament at Muirfield just to see and be seen, and you've been rained on there at least once. You see nothing unusual about a street being called East North Broadway. You live in the suburbs but your backyard was actually a cornfield last year. That complex on the corner with the CVS, Blockbuster and Kroger? That was a cornfield last year, too! As you lament the loss of all those cornfields, you see the infinite wisdom of Dublin City Council, who spent over $60,000 on a field of 10' concrete corn ears. You know all of the 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter and Construction. You drive 3 hours to see Red White & Boom for 15 minutes...and 4 hours back. But you live 12 minutes away. You know what a real buckeye is and have a recipe for the candy ones. You take it for granted that screaming "O-H"...anytime, anywhere...will get a reply from a stranger saying "I-O"! You don't consider it terribly strange that The Dispatch covers national and international news in a page or two...but requires 6 pages for sports (and 3 of those just for the Buckeyes). You consider going to the Zoo in winter VERY normal...and we're talking real winter...ice and snow and stuff...not just the month of December. And you stopped noticing Jack Hanna's lisp years ago. You have a Buckeye necklace. You think 45 degree weather is justification enough to go through the car wash! You call it pop. Soda is for weirdos. You get chills when you hear Carmen Ohio. You know that Wyandot Lake is NOT a body of Water, and Mad River Mountain is not really a mountain. You say Kroger's...although proper english would be Kroger. You can see a building downtown...but you can't get there due to 500 million one-way streets! You consider this weather pretty much normal: Monday: 30 degrees Tuesday: 70 degrees Wednesday: 45 degrees and humid Thursday: -10 wind chill Friday: 80 degrees and sunny You take it as a matter of fact that if you don't like the weather today...stick around, it'll change! Though there's not a snowball's chance...the guys like to pretend that all those Victoria's Secret models actually live here, just because the company's based here. One out of every 5 cars has something Buckeye on it. You remember Flippo and Luci's Toy Shop Your big Christmas event as a kid was seeing the window decorations and visiting Santa at Downtown Lazarus You were surprised that there is ANOTHER Hoover Dam in the country You know full well that people drive 10 mph with the first dusting of snow and 65 mph with 2 feet of snow You've never even stopped to question the fact that a bunch of businesses close down on every OSU football game day. You know what The Hospital Curve is You think the standard protocol for a tornado warning is...to grab lawn chairs and head for the front porch. You drive down 670 with your windows open to smell the fresh bread from the Wonder Bread factory and the cinnamon rolls from the Kroger bakery You think there's nothing strange about the city of Westerville being Northeast of Columbus You're fully confident that the word Columbus should always be followed by Ohio

Just adding my goal range since I'm getting close to the first one... Name***********Starting****Current******Goal******ToGo Adjua.....................347...............337...........240......... ....97 Astrasmom.............254...............254...........170............. .84 Babe......................265...............265...........199.... .........66 Band_Groupie........172.5.............163..........158-148..........5-15 BetsyB..................226.6.............221.6.........109...... ......112.6 BobbieND..............224...............218.0..........150..... ........68 Brigette.................198...............198.............150.... ........48 crzytchr.................217...............217..............180.... ... ....37 DANA36.................233...............233..............160...... .....73 daqui26.................274...............274..............200...... .....74 destined4thinness...215.5.............215.5..........150............65 .5 ericanda1973..........198.5............198.5...........130......... ...68.5 HummingBird..........204...............195..............150........ ....45 jenibeni.................224...............221.5............165....... .....57.5 Jennih...................232................232..............130.... .......102 KDEE....................240................240...............150...... ......90 Lisa65...................174.5............168...............145..... ......23 Liz........................193.4............193.4............155...... ......39.4 lotzasunshine.........247...............246...............175........ ...71 newdicarlo.............187...............180................135...... . ...45 ol55andahalf..........184...............184................144...... ......40 RandaPanda...........194...............187................150........ ....37 scoutmama............270................270...............180........ ....90 skinny31................261................258................185..... .......73 SNDYCNRD.............207...............204................140......... ...64 TARASGIRL.............305...............298.5...............225....... . ....73.5 TeriLu....................215...............212................150.. .... ......62 TIGGER71G............224...............224................130....... ......94 Tabithan...............244...............234................190....... ......44 unshackled............277...............277................180....... ......97 Valerie.................190................190..................150... . .......40

JG- take a peek at my WL spreadsheet from yesterday's blog ('Let's talk numbers'-link below). Remember I started at a lower BMI and had much less to lose than most...I've lost slow and steady...an average of 1.6 lbs. per week and that's adding in the 5 pounds of clothing they weighed me in at the hospital on band day, so I've lost even less. We'll all get there in our own time...every pound is one we won't have to carry again...ever!!! JT...did you CALL yet? I'm worried! MT- Woot on the 4 pound week! Awesome!! Thanks about the new pic..DH took it this past weekend when I became 'normal' LOL!

Hope all goes smoothly and you're back on the bandwagon soon! -BG

That d*mn Vicky...doesn't she have a fat older sister who needs pretty underwear?

YAY for smaller sizes! I lost the weight in the opposite order of the places I gained it...my boobs and stomach disappeared first as I gained there last. -BG

Congrats bander! Keep on walking and sip, sip, sipping! Feel better soon (heating pad help the gas pain). -BG

Sounds like you're doing great, congrats! Keep ahead with the pain meds and a heating pad helps with gas pains...keep walking! -BG

That's great that you can go back as early as 2 weeks! Here' hoping you get a difference with hunger when you're back on solids! =BG