TexasFire

No problem! Here's wishing you a fantastic procedure and speedy recovery! I can't wait to see that ticker going DOWN! :smile2:

HP - C made an excellent point about having your LBS adjust your pedals while you are on the trainer. I was at a training ride yesterday for the MS150 and watched a very seasoned rider fall TWICE, while not even rolling yet...just trying to get in and out of his Shimanos because he had just adjusted them. It was really kind of scary watching that and feeling helpless! I hope you can get the LBS to fix you up before you start with them on the road.

Hey, is anyone here on MySpace? Friend Requests were going on on another thread here, so I thought I would post this message to my main threads. Add me if you are on MySpace! Here's my link: MySpace.com - Robbie & Stef - 40 - Female - FORT WORTH, TEXAS - www.myspace.com/stefanie_stanphill (UGH! I really need to add new pics! Almost all are pre-surgery and I am so big!)

Hey, is anyone here on MySpace? Friend Requests were going on on another thread here, so I thought I would post this message to my main threads. Add me if you are on MySpace! Here's my link: MySpace.com - Robbie & Stef - 40 - Female - FORT WORTH, TEXAS - www.myspace.com/stefanie_stanphill (UGH! I really need to add new pics! Almost all are pre-surgery and I am so big!)

Yes, my doc tells all about the band being put in while empty and tha first fills occur 4 to 6 weeks after surgery. He explained all that in the seminar. It worked out great for me.

Thanks, Jess! I have been feeling SO guilty about not having that "bleeping" spreadsheet figured out and updated. I am waving the white flag, though. I'd much rather be posting here, too. :tongue: Well today is back day. Our favorite lat pulldown cable will get hit hard today! And more good news on tomorrows ride...the weather report has raised the projected temperatures over ten degrees for tomorrow! And if it is HALF as gorgeous as today, I'll love it! I can't belive that 24 hours ago it was snowing heavier than I've ever seen here in Texas! It didn't have a chance of sticking, though...the ground was too warm. Anyhow, the training ride and kickoff party should be fantastic tomorrow and turnout should be very good! WOO-HOO!

I know a lot of folks like the gel covers...but I'm not one of them. I had a cover and despised it...didn't stay in place very well. I would get a new seat. And I agree that the smaller the seat, the more comfortable. Weird, I know. Mine is very similar to J's.

I hear ya! Good luck with your surgery! It truly was a piece of cake for me and the center is just great. Can't wait to welcome you to the LOSING side!

C - I'm sorry you didn't get the "warm fuzzies" from your doc today. My sis had RNY, and did fantastic. Even after her success, I knew it wasn't for me. I wasn't a candidate, either. Glad to hear that you are determined, though! I know you will do well.

KAREY! So good to hear from you! I'm glad the surgery went well and that you are home recuperating. Baby yourself through this phase and I'm sure you will be feeling better before you know it. In the meantime, I hope you have good drugs! LOL Bless you, girl! I'm wishing and praying you a quick recovery!

ZZ - Congrats on your new bike! I'm sure you will love it...especially after you get her all shined up with new tires and such. I'm so happy for you! (And red is my favorite color!)

You're welcome, J! FUBAR = Effed Up Beyond All Recognition! C - I'm SURE that is not the case with your doc! You will do great if you obey your band. Have faith and great optimism! It goes a long way!

I had Dr. Marsden in the Hurst surgery center. He did a fantastic job for me and I love his staff!

Welcome, all you fellow Texans! (I'm in DFW, too!) Good luck with your bands...it is a wonderful tool! Come here often and get involved...you will learn so much and have a real "ear" for when you have questions, and there will be many!

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OMG, J! That's kind of creepy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You?!?!? Bitchy?!?!? NAW! :thumbup: Me, either.

I know...I am such a wuss when it comes to cold! LOL But I am going! I'll wear my tights, Under Armor shirts and hoodie, balaclava, gloves, toesties...and hopefully won't freeze! LOL I betcha turnout is not-so-good because of the temperature, though. I hope I'm wrong on that, but I don't think so.

Good job, guys! Everyone is doing very well! And ANGELNURSE! Wow! You are really back at it now! I'm surprised you can do so much this soon...you rock! Today is shoulder day for me at the gym...I love working shoulders, so I'm looking forward to that. I forgot to post my riding on here earlier: Sunday, Monday and Wednesday I got on the trainer and rode for about an hour each time. Saturday is a training ride and kick-off party for the MS150, so I hope to get in a good ride that day. The weather may be too cold, though...we'll see. I'm going regardless. I really miss getting outside on my bike as much as I would like here lately! This last fill is REALLY a kicker! Still so very tight. But I'm losing like crazy, so no complaints here.

There is a training ride and kick-off party this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway for the MS150, and we are supposed to have a high in the upper 40's and low in the lower 30's that day! UGH! That is cold for us Texans in March! I'm still going, though. I'll dress warm and see what I can tolerate and then just hang out and socialize. Are you going, B? Good luck...I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you get that call!

Ellisa, so glad to hear you are still at the exercise! I went this morning for a consultation and tour of the school I am considering. I really like it, so I may enroll and begin next month. I'm going to "sleep on it" for a couple days and make sure this is the right one for me. I think I would really enjoy being a personal trainer! Isuza - Wow, in all the hubbub, I missed the fact that you are going to be banded! I thought you were simply offering insight as a professional-in-training! That's awesome! I wish you the absolute best of luck! I know it is the best thing I have ever done for myself and my family.

Here's how my week has gone so far: Monday was chest day....ooo, me loves chest day! Two full hours in the gym, always six sets of twelve reps: chest press @ 140#, chest flys @ 35# dumbbell (love these), barbell lifts @ 35#, 45 degree bench barbell chest press @ 70#, cable chest squeezes @ 40#, lat pull-down squeezes @ 60 (front and back) Tuesday was biceps/triceps day...goood workout....hour and a half, always six sets of twelve reps...concentration curls @ 30#, hammer curls @ 30#, cable curls @ 40 Today was leg day...leg press I went five plates and low reps. So I pressed 450 pounds of weight plates plus the 60 of the machine....510#...pretty friggin awesome! Did them real slow to make sure I REALLY felt them. Did 8 reps for six sets this time. Then we went to the cable machine and did leg kickbacks...man you sure do feel those suckers working on your bootie and back of your thighs! OUCH! Then we did the induction and adduction machine TOO MUCH! I will be SORE in the morning, ladies and gents! Tomorrow is shoulder day, and Friday is back day...really looking forward to putting the HURT on those weights! Oh! And this Saturday is a training ride and KickOff party and BBQ for the MS150 that is coming up in May. It's being held at Texas Motor Speedway, and it sounds like it will be a blast as long as the weather cooperates. I am so looking forward to that 150 mile bike ride over two days in May! It is going to be so much fun!

AAARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!!!! I'm SICK, SICK, SICK of trying to fix that gall-durned spreadsheet! Would y'all be heartbroken if I set it on fire and pretended I never started it? LOL I would love to be able to get back on here full time and keep up with everyone's postings! I think the spreadsheet is EVIL! LOL

Ah...that makes more sense than what you initially wrote! Thank you! Isn't it amazing how changing just ONE letter in that word made all the difference!

C - Oh, yes, ma'am! I could definitely hear the squeal in your voice! LOL You are getting a chance at a whole new life...of COURSE you will squeal! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Okay, folks...we've done this exercise before, but I would love for y'all to show me the cutest or most ridiculous or PC questionable bike jerseys we can find! I'm going to buy three of them for a couple of organized rides I have comming up. Dig out those old links, folks! Please?

C - HOW EXCITING! It's so cool to "hear" all the excitement in your words. You are going to do great!