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Hey everyone !! It is sooo good to be back ! I have to tell you guys that I have missed this place so much and that you guys are truely my support system!!! I think the last time I was here was back in Oct. and I've only lost 2 pds. but that's o.k. I had some phone and computer problems after we moved into our new addition, but hopefully that is all behind me now and I can focus again on my weightloss!! My DH got me a new treadmill for Christmas and so now even when it is cold and wet outside, I can still do my walking!!! So I am so excited about getting back to buisness!! I'll catch you guys later!!!

HEY YOU GUYS !!!!! I'm back and sooo happy to be here!!! I've had some computer and phone problems, but everything is back to as close to normal as I can get ! LOL I haven't lost all that much but as I like to say, a small loss is better than no loss!! All you guys have been doing so good !! Now I'm going to have to play catch up with you, but that's o.k, I love a good challenge!! Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving, I know I did!!

Welcome, Heidi !!!! You will be o.k.!!! I don't know of one single person who was not nervous before surgery!!! Think of this as being the first step on a new journey and we are all here to help you along the way!! You have found a great place to come to for support, all the ladies here are so very helpful and can answer any question that you may have! We will all hold your hand as you go and just know that you are not alone!! Come back as often as you can, you'll feel better and let us know how you are doing!! TTYL Sharon :thumbup:

OMG!!!! I gained 2 pds. this wk!!! Been going thru some stress and turning to food for relief!! I know, bad choice! But I WILL DO BETTER starting TODAY!!! I'm not going to change my ticker b/c I'm going to get it back off!! Angie~~ I hear you on your emotions!! Been there and still dealing with it!!! I'll be keeping you in my thoughts!! Here's to a new day and a new wk!! Have a good one , you guys!!! Sharon

Good Morning, girls! I've been reading your posts this morning, I was too tired to read last night, so I got up early so I could post b/f we get busy today. Everyone sounds like they've had a good wk! I bombed!!!! I guess I'm still stressed and did not make good choices this wk and the scale SCREAMED at me this morning!! I gained 2 pds, I think it the first gain in a long, long time so I'm trying not to beat myself up too bad!! I'm not going to change my ticker b/c I AM GOING TO GET THEM BACK OFF!!! My DD has found a job but it means that she will not be able to see Eli very much b/c of the hours, it's a convenience store. She did have an interview with this one place, a youth ranch, and they asked her if she would consider being a mentor for some of the kids there. The director has never been on drugs or drank and the kids are telling him that he has no idea what they go thru so he is looking for someone that has been there and done that. He read DD's testimony in the paper and is interested in her but he doesn't know when he will call her and she needs a job now. I told her to take the first job and if the ranch calls her then just explain to the store that she needs this other job b/c that's what she will be going to school for. So we'll see what happens. My job is still stressing me out but it is getting better. I don't handle changes very well! Janet~~ I'm really glad you found a way to go! Sounds like a fast trip and you'll be tired when you get home. Dee~~ Congrats on your losses!!! You're doing sooo good! It looks like your going to make your Turkey Day goal by Halloween!!! That's awesome!! Laura~~ We have the couch and love seat that have the recliners in them and just love them!! I'm going to get new ones some time next year, for my new living room, and I'll give these to my DD when she moves out. That was cute what Nels said about calling and cking up on his fav chair!! Hope the knee is doing better! Great~~ Good for you on the suite!! I haven't been in the hospital all that much but my Dh has and it was always stressful when he had a room mate! He always rested better when he had a room by himself! I'm like you, I would rather do it and get it over with!! I hate to wait and worry!! Well, I know I've missed some of you, I'll try to get some more in later!! By for now, Sharon

Thanks for the recipies!!! Gonna have to try them!! I have been really bad this wkend and now I'm going to have to watch what I put in my mouth this wk!!!!! :smile2: STRESS!!! :frown2: I hate it!!!!! But that was yesterday, today is new day!! :smile2: Sharon

Good Morning girls!!! Great~~~ Glad to hear your ribs are doing better!! I guess it just takes time for those things to heal. I totally understand the layers of protection!! LOL When do you have your knee surgery? Meredith~~~ WAHOOOOO 50 pds!!!!!! You are doing soooo good!!! Hope your sick folks are doing better. Congrats on the house! We own or we're paying for a house. It was a wreck when we bought it but my DH was a carpenter, before he was disabled, and we have remodeled everything ourselves. Saved us a ton of $$$ and we are doing it the way we like, not someone else's tastes. OMG you are sooo lucky to get all those shoes! I love love shoes, especially boots!! And the Christmas tree!! I have had the same sad little tree for the last 10 yrs and I promised myself when I got a new living room, I would get a new tree, so I'm getting a new tree this yr!! I may not have anything under it but it'll be new!!! LOL Octo~~~ Your babies are so cute!! I like the pic of the 3 on top of each other!! How big will they get? I'm with Janet on the way you put that you have the love of your siblings and Dh!! Nicely said!! Laura~~~ you poor thing!!! When is your race? Maybe your knee will be better by then! Loved the pics of Nels!! He is going to be heart breaker one of these days!! When my son was little, someone told him he was "foxxy" and he said " No I'm not, I'm not a animal"!! LOL And they were right!! I think he is foxxy!! LOL Can't relate to your sleep problems!! Sorry!! I am blessed in that I have never had trouble going to sleep!! But My DH does!!!! He "catnaps"!!:frown2: When my DD was gone, I slept in her b/r and Eli slept with his PawPaw, OMG!! Did I ever sleep GOOD!!!But that's all over with, those were the good ole days!! LOL But I do have a spare b/r that is looking mighty good!!!:smile2: 1day~~ it is good to see your back!!! I know the feeling about catching up on this thread!! It takes a while!! Janet~~ good to hear your feeling better! Where in Texas are you going? Most of my family is from there, in fact I was born there. Both of my Grandparents are buried there. I would love to go see their grave site. They were my heroes growing up and I still miss them, its been 24 yrs since my Grandmother left and 14 yrs for my Grandfather!! But I know that one day I will see them again and that helps!! Hope you can go!! We'll be thinking of you and sending you hugs!!:crying: Well, I had a bad bad wkend, so I'm going to have to really watch it this wk!! Too much stress, we had to buy DD a car this wk and with her driving record, her insurance was going to be $3000.00:ohmy: for 6 months,full coverage on the car we bought, and it's not a new one, 05 Hyundai. So she got my Grandam, with liability, for $650.00, every 6 months. But she is going to make the payments on the new car, when she gets a job!! The things we do for our kids!!! So anyway, I've been really bad this wkend. I've got to quit turning to food for the answers!!!! All food ever gave me was more weight and more worries!! Some one shake me,:smile2: right now, back to reality!!! TODAY IS A NEW DAY!!! GET OVER THE PAST!!! O.k. I'm better now!!! Thanks!! Gotta go, TTYL Sharon

Great~~~ I am sooo sorry if you thought that I was implying that you hurt your self by rolling over in bed!! I would never do that!! I was just saying that all she did was wrap her ribs up b/c that's what she had been told to do. Again I am sorry for any misunderstanding. Sharon

Just one word!!! BEAUTIFUL!!! I love the fall colors.

Finally, after 9 days of rain, the SUN, makes her appearance!!! I just love it!!! Thanks for the pics, they were AWESOME!!!!

Good Morning All!!!! I tried to read all the posts last night but feel asleep reading so I got up at 6:00 this a.m. and just now got thru reading, can't respond to everyone but just want you guys to know that I do read your posts and I am keeping up with you!!! Janet~~~ So very sorry to hear about your Auntie!! It's always sooo sad when we lose the last of our loved ones like that!! I lost my MIL, she was like my Mother, in 95 and lost my Mom in 99. It was so sweet but at my Moms funeral, there was a little old lady, I didn't even know who she was, but she said " Honey, I'll be your Momma now"!! It was so cute! You might try "last minute" flying, sometimes you can get a good deal there. I hear ya on the dealing with kids!!! Sometimes I get so upset I could just SCREAM!!!! But I really think I "helped" my DD too much and it was when I just got fed up with her that she FINALLY figured out I was serious this time!! She is still doing good, going to a Celebrate Recovery meeting today. She's going to be a leader on drug recovery. She still hasn't found a job yet, she wants one that will let her off for her meeting and Sunday for church. She has been getting alot of flack from some of her old drug buddies b/c of her testimony, it was in the local paper. Someone walked up to her last night and told her she needed to apologize to her old bf for the things she wrote about him. His feelings are hurt!!!!!????? What was she going to apologize for, sorry you didn't pull the trigger???? Any way she just told the person to get out of her face and she wasn't going to say I'm sorry to anyone!! Oh, btw, still no shoes and clothes from him for Eli. No surprise!!! Oh, I forgot, enjoy the massage!! It's what the Drs' here at "We're here to help" has ordered!!!! I am getting to watch t.v. now that I'm on reg. hours at work, so I am watching Dancing with Stars. I didn't know Sharon O had the LB, either! When did that happen? Why did she have it removed? I did notice how much weight she has put on but I thought it was maybe from her cancer. Wasn't Kelly just beautiful!!! And was I ever shocked at how well she done!!! Great~~~ sorry to hear about your accident! Hope your feeling better. My MIL used to break her ribs rolling over in bed, she was a large woman, and she just wrapped them up and tried to take it easy until she felt better. We also found out later that she had low bone density. Take it easy!! Laura~~~ My DH's sis fell last Sunday and she has been staying with us, going back and forth to the Dr. She can't drive and her 2 kids work all the time and my DH doesn't work so she asked him to help her go to the Drs'. She has a broke nose, broke arm, and stitches on her forehead, so right now she is high maintenance also but we love her and don't mind at all taking care of her!! She took my MIL's place in our hearts. But I'm like you, I have to get motivated to do things like clean house and hang pics!! Hope your Dad is doing better! Julie~~~ Hope your feeling better and will be able to get the help you sooo need!!! Well, I know I've missed most of you but ,please know, I'm thinking of you guys and wishing you the best!! We're having potluck at church tonight, and I need to figure out what to take! I'll catch you guys later!! Sharon

TGIF!!!!!!!! I'm down .5 AGAIN!!! Here I go again!!! But it's o.k., I'll take it and be happy about it. Everyone is doing sooo good, lets keep it up!! Have a good wkend!! Catch you guys later!!

Good Morning Friends!!! My My MY!!! We went to the celibration last night and it was sooo AWESOME!! There were 3 speakers from different denomenations there, the P&W was out of this world, and the food wasn't too bad either!! It was all about Celibrate Recovery and getting the ppl in our community to come together and welcome ppl with additions to our churches! The mens group was there, the ladies group and the group from celibrate recovery, plus about 400 ppl to show them support! I was sooo touched by the testimonies!! And my DD didn't do too bad either! She just looked soo beautiful up on that stage!! She always did like to have the spot light on her! lol She is really staying busy with the doings of the church and celibrate recovery and I really tihnk that's what she needs!! Julie~~~ My DH goes to a pain clinic now and I believe that's why he is able to walk today! He had his lower back fused a few yrs ago and was still having pain so he started going this pain dr. He tried the shots and they worked for awhile and then they did surgery and put a nerve stimulater in his lower back. Now when he is in alot of pain, he turns this thing on with a remote that he has and it relaxes the nerves in his back. He says it fells like waves going down his back and leg. I know I didn't say that well but it has helped him alot! Maybe Laura knows what I'm talking about and she can describe it better. One time when Eli was around 3 yrs old, he found his PawPaw's remote, brought it to him and as he was walking toward my DH, he was also turning it on full blast, my DH jumped up, holloring, "hey, boy, give that to me", well Eli thought that he was playing with him and started running away from him!! Well to make a long story short, Eli had it turned up so much, it brought my DH to his knees. lol It wasn't funny then but it is now! I think I am going to try to get Eli some professional help, it better to do it now than wait too long. He is just too little to sort out his feelings and reacts the only way he knows how! If~~~ I am going to look into that program. I've never heard of it so it may not be in our area. My DD is still living with us and I think maybe she will for awhile. That's the one thing I wish that they would have done, was parenting classes. She had to go thru one when she was first put in the DHS system, but she went to it just to say she did. And she was high when she went so I know that was a wast of time! Laura~~~ Nels is sooo lucky to have parents like you and your DH !! I can tell in your posts that you have sooo much love in yout heart for him! There are soo many kids out there that don't have that in their lives!! Yesterday, my DD had to leave early to help get things set up so she told Eli that he was going to have to ride with us, well he started crying, and this was like 10:00 in the morning!! She wasn't leaveing till 3:00!! We told him we were going to take him to his Mom later but that we would call her and let him talk to her on the phone, strange as it sounds, it helped!! He was o.k. with her leaveing!! But we are going to look into getting him some help! Well, I need to run for now, I'll catch you guys later!! Sharon

WTG, Vcat!!! I'm losing my weight really slow also but that's o.k.! When we do make it to goal maybe it will slow if we do gain and then we can get control of it in a hurry! Plus it will give our skin a chance to shrink! The only thing my hubby has said is, he walked up to me one and picked me up and in his caveman voice he said "I wonder if I can pick you up now"! This is a man with a bad back!! So I guess that's maybe a complement? lol Sorry to hear about your bad fall! Hope it's feeling better really soon!! The breakfast sounds yummy! Gonna have to try that! Keep up the good work!!!

Good Morning Gang!!! There is NO way I can comment on everyone of you guys so I'm going to just try to guess at each one of you!! Laura~~~ Sooo sorry to hear about your Dad!! Your poor Mom must be so upset!! I get you on not being able to be with her at this time but I'm sure she understands!! What a cute pic of Nels!! My DS took tycqu( oh forget trying to spell that !! lol) what Nels is taking, when he was about 12 or 13, and a couple of times it came in handy!! I'm sorry to say!! But one time he was taking up for his sis!! But I like the fact it teaches them self control and respect, as well as defense!! Janet~~ Band_Groupie has bra fitting on her blog. Thanks for the info, I need to buy me some new ones!! I'm starting to sag in places also but I like what you said a/b ppl not seeing me naked!! Naw~~ Congrats on your new life!!! My stomach was swollen also and it stayed swollen for awhile. It will go down in time!!! If~~~ hope your feeling better by now!! I HATE having days like that!! But hang in there, it will get better!! What is it that someone said? Alot of the things that we worry about almost never come to pass? Julie~~~ praying that your DD gets the right job!! You are soo good for helping her like you do!! Phyll~~~ OMG that was sooo funny!!! Apples~~~ your such a good friend to help your gf at a time when she needs you!! I know I've missed some of you and I 'm sorry, I'll try to get some more in later! Thought I would update you guys on my DD. She is doing really good, Eli is still adjusting!! Even his teacher told my DD that he has changed since she has come home!! When she picks him up at school, he just runs wild!! I'm thinking of maybe he needs some kind of counseling to help him with his new life with Mom. She is running out of patience with him and when she starts that, then he picks up on that feeling and I don't think he knows how to act but to whine, pout, and act like he's crying! It's soo frustrating to see him act like he does b/c he doesn't act like that with us! So I think it's b/c she's home and he's maybe afraid that she's leaving again. I don't know but I do know that's there's something going on! She is going to the local college here in town to speak today, and a church wants her to come speak to them when she has the time, so she is busy and that's a good thing! She is checking into school, in Jan., maybe drug counseling. She went to EMT classes but that's not what she wants to do. She is going to all her meetings at her church so right now, she's doing good! One day at a time!! OBTW I have made my goal of 50 pds.!!!! 51.5 to be exact, but who's counting!!! lol I LOVE MY BAND!!! Well I need to run for now. CBL Sharon

Good Morning All !!! Well, I'm off to a good start, lost 2 pds this wk. !!! Haven't lost that much in one wk in a long time !! Maybe I'll do better on this challege than the last 2!! (fingers crossed!!) You guys have a good wk. Sharon

O.K., BG, give em up!!! I gave my tight 24's, 22's and some of my 18's to a woman's shelter, they were soo appreciative!!! You look soooo good!!! I'm sooo happy for you!!!

Hey You Guys!!! I have finally broke thru!!!! I'm down 2 pds and that puts me at a grand total of 51.5 pds lost!!!!! JT~~ Just 24 pds and your at goal!!! WTG!! you are doing sooo good! Angie~~~ Don't you just love the "new" numbers on the scales!!! Keep up the good work and you'll soon be seeing a completely different set of numbers!! BG~~~ 188!!! WOW!!!! Good for you!!! You are an inspiration to me and all the rest of us!!!! Jersey~~~ keep up the good work, you're doing great!!! Compt~~~ Get your work clothes on cause your fixen to go to work cleaning out that closet!!!! Look out next wk for that big loss!!! Riley~~ I have been losing .5 pd a wk for the last several wks and I like to think it's my body adjusting to my new life style!! Don't get discouraged, it'll be o.k.!! Celtic~~~ Look out 199!!! Here she comes!! I don't think I'm at my sweet spot but I'm going to wait on a fill, glad you're at yours!!!! 1want~~~ You and I were banded on the same day and you're doing sooo much better than I am!! I am sooo happy for you!! Keep it up!!! Everyone is doing so good, keep it up!!! See you guys next wk and have a good one!! Sharon

HEEELLOOOO !!!! Got some spare time so I'm getting a head start on this wks posts!!! Still raining and still loving it!! I just got home from work, already took my bath and have my jammies on!! DD is still doing good, Eli, on the other hand, is not doing so good. He is trying her patience soo much!! But I told her that's to be expected! She starts counseling tomorrow so that should help. If~~ Love your 10-10-10 idea!! That could work on any thing in life!! Meredith~~ You are going to be one lean mean machine!! I envy you!!! Janet~~~ Thanks for the advice on the " quick" snack! Sometimes I don't eat very much lunch, and when I go to the store, I get sooo hungry! Also taking pills on an empty stomach. I've often wondered about that! 1DAY~~~ Bless your heart on the stuck pills!! Julie~~~ One of these days I will be able to breathe easier!! ( I hope!!) Good job on the family reunion and making good food choices!! It always helps me to have a partner, makes me accountable!! Laura~~~ I did a March of Dimes walk one year and enjoyed it soo much! At the rate your going, you're going to be running not walking!! YOU GO GIRL!!! Octo~~~ We're only working 4 days a wk, for the last 2 yrs, so I get a mini vacation every wk., the only problem is, just don't have any money to do anything!! lol Have fun on yours!!! Well, I 'm going to warm up some Soup for supper and do a load of laundry. FUN FUN FUN!!! TTYL Sharon

I work in a assembly line job and so I couldn't leave my job area until after every thing had happened. All the news I could get was 2nd hand so when I went to lunch, I went to my car to listen to the news and just cried!!! At the end of the day, I wanted to buy a flag to hang on my car and my house and I know your not going to believe this but there was NOT a flag to be bought all over town!! All I wanted to do was get all my family together and make sure they were alright!! Even tho we live hundreds of miles away, I wanted to be with them!! I still cry when I think of all the ppl that were lost and their families!! I kept the t.v. on and will NEVER forget the sound of the firefighters signals, the awful dust cloud, and the scream and cries of everyone that witnessed the towers falling! A couple of days after, we had a plant manager that had the entire plant stop for 2 min. of silence and pray or just to remember those that where lost, and sadly, he was replaced not too long after! I'll always believe that he was fired b/c of the 2 min. production that was lost! Before 9/11/01, I was just "ho-hum" about the U.S.A. but now I am sooo proud to be from this great country!!! God has truly blessed us!!!

What do you mean "get yourself together"? Look at what you've done since your banding!!!! OMG You've lost 68 pds!!!! That is AWESOME!!!! Don't be so hard on yourself, you didn't put it on overnight and it's not going off overnight. I think your doing great myself, keep up the good work!!

Good Morning!!! It's raining this morning and I love to get up early and listen to it!!! It's also getting cooler so the leaves should start turning colors soon. The hills are so pretty with all the golds, reds, burgundies!! I'm sure it looks like a big bouquet from the sky!!! Laura K~~~ you brought up the pork rinds and when I go to a store and just have to have a snack, that's what I grab, only a small bag. So my ??? is, what would be a good choice? Laura~~~~ What is a car line? I'm thinking maybe lining up to drop the kiddos off for school?

Sorry, RobinAnn, for the color!! I tried to undo it but couldn't so if you know how, would you, please do that for me? :wub:

Good Morning Friends!!! WE MADE IT!!!!! The graduation was sooo special!!! She had a really large group of ppl show up to give her support, there were several that got up to say a few words and it touched my heart soo much b/c things that they were saying, I felt like God had already said to me as her Mother! The leader of the house where she stayed said that when my DD first came there to live , she had a heart of stone,and she did, but now God has replaced it with a heart of love, and He has!!! Now I just have to let Him continue to take care of her and try not to take over! But I want to THANK YOU,girls soooo much for all the kind words, hugs, and prayers that you have sent my way!!! You will never know how much they mean to me!! You guys not only help with my band but you take the time to listen to my heart issues and that touches me sooo much!! Thank you!! Thank you!! I love you all for what you do!! And so I'm going to do this part of my life like I do the band, one day at a time!! I had a good day yesterday, with the food and my DD, and today is a new day and it's going to be a good day today!! ( She's still in bed!! So far so good!!! lol) But here's hugs to everyone!!!! Laurak~~~ you could NOT have picked a better place to join up with!! As you can tell in my post, these ladies are so special!! WTG on your weight loss, you are doing sooo good!!! naw~~~ Bless your heart on all that you went thru!! I agree with who ever said, hope it was pics and possessions that you lost and nothing more!! It still makes me sad when I hear stories like yours!! I wish there was a button on here that we could push and send out a hug!!! Is there one on here, Janet, that I don't know about? Phiy~~~ Go Grammy!! Go Grammy!! WTG on your marathon!!! You are doing AWESOME!!!! Laura~~~ cute cute pics !!! Nels is too cute!!! You know I was talking to my DD last night about some old friends that she ran into, old drug buddies, they were making fun of her for going to church, not doing the things they used to do, they were calling her goodie 2 shoes, holier than thou, and I told her that they were just trying to pull her down to their level to make THEMSELVES feel better about what they do! The same thing goes for your friend, she didn't want you to have WLS and lose weight b/c it would make her better about her weight problem! But good for you for being the better person and letting the boys get together and have fun! If~~~ I get you on the clothes!! I needed a blouse to wear last night so I called my oldest DD to see if she had one, she said "what are you trying to tell me I'm over weight?" ( Right now she's not that much smaller than I am!) I went to her house to try one on and of course, it was too small and I told her "you did that on purpose!!" We had a good laugh and she did have a blouse I could wear and I told everyone it was hers!! It was soo funny! Julie~~~ WAHOO on you loss!!!! I just a kick start!! Jenno~~ Welcome!! At my church, we use little unsalted crackers and they don't give me any problems. I love the little saying you have in your post!! I use things like that in my scrap booking!! I'm going to write that one down for future use! Well, guys, I didn't mean to take soo much of your time but I just wanted to tell you how very special you are to me and I love you guys for what you do, everyone of you!!!