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Good Morning, girls!!! Sorry I've been MIA. I read everyones posts last night but was too tired to post anything! You guys are sooo hard to keep up with! I'm going to post now and try to catch you guys later! My DD came home for good this wk and here is how I'm feeling about it! Scared, happy, worried, excited,looking forward to her and Eli's future, scared about their future, and soooo ready to be a Grandma instead of a Mother!!! Eli is really happy to have her home also, we let him stay home from school the day she came home. I keep telling her that they will have an adjustment time and that she needs to just take it easy for a while untill they get used to each other agein. Oh, yea, they seen his Dad and you guys guessed it, he hasn't bought him any shoes or clothes. She stayed all night with the girl that graduated 3 wks ago and she has 2 kids so I hope that they can stay friends and help each other when they need it! She is having a small graduation party at her church tonight and I just know that it is going to be a tear jerker!! Julie~~~ I was soo happy to hear MiMi is doing better!!! When our little ones are sick, the entire world stops!! Nothing is more important than getting them better! Hope she continues to feel better. Laura~~~ Happy Happy Happy for you!! WTG on the trainer and the 2 pd loss!!! Meredith~~~~ Where are you in The Shack? I don't know when you find time to read!! Your way too busy!! I'm with you on the food issues!! I don't know what I'm going to have to do to get my mind back on track!! Someone needs to give me a big old kick in the backside!! I started my new job this wk and I think that's why my head is messed up, stressed out!!! Janet~~~ I love to scrapbook in my spare time and my pics are sooo important to me!! I don't put too many on the computer b/c I'm scared that I will mess them up!! So I have shoe boxes full of pics and I just label the boxes of the year and and try to put events. Well, guys, I've got to run for now. I'll try to reply to the rest of you later!!! Sharon

Signed up and on board!!!!

Hey there!! Would love to join in the challenge!! My name is doodle and I'm from the bunny bandsters. So count me in!! And good luck to everyone!!

Happy Friday!!!! TGIF!!! I stayed the same this wk, had a bad work wk and just too stressed!!! Maybe tomorrow will be better!! WAY TO GO, riley!!!! Wish I had "some " of your motivation!!!

Well, I guess I'm showing my age also!!! I couldn't figure it out either!!! I was thinking, Boy,this kid has got it all together, going to school, working, and she has rent houses!! LOL If~~~ NSV is nonscale victory or but I like your idea also, no small victory!!! This going to be short. Meeting my DD, we're taking Eli fishing this a.m. I'll check back later!! Have a good day!! Sharon

Bunny's name -----------Target loss ------ Start weight ----- Current weight --- Target Weight Sept. 7 Band_Groupie ------------ 15lbs -------------- 203 --------------- 193.5 ------ 188 soon2befit ---------------- 25lbs -------------- 261.5 ------------ 250--------- 236.5 hopeful41411 ------------ 20lbs -------------- 253.8 ------------- 253.8 ------ 233.8 smilan--------------------- 20lbs -------------- 218 ---------------209---------198 trobison------------------- 15lbs -------------- 221 --------------- 203 ----------206 myturn2bhappy ---------- 15lbs -------------- 282 --------------- 282 ----------267 WannaBe1/2TheWoman - 20lbs ------------- 230.6 ------------- 212.8 ------- 210.6 Butterfly64 ---------------- 15lbs -------------- 231 --------------- 230 ---------216 MrsMitch ------------------ 20lbs -------------- 232 ---------------- 225 ---------212 doodlebug11-------------- 15lbs -------------- 192.5 --------------186.5 ------- 177.5 size6----------------------- 11lbs ---------------11lbs --------------5.6lbs -----11lbs TerriLynne----------------- 15lbs -------------- 282.2 ------------- 276.8 ------267.2 txdj ------------------------ 18lbs -------------- 183 -------------- 178 ----------165 1want2bthin -------------- 15lbs -------------- 202 --------------- 187-----------187 ALuv82 -------------------- 30lbs -------------- 265 --------------- 260 ---------235 tbryant1216--------------- 15lbs -------------- 260 --------------- 260 --------- 245 Well, I for sure did not make this goal, I only it missed by, lets see, hummmm 9 pds.!!!!!! But as I like to say, a small loss is better than no loss!!! Note to self, got to get serious, got to get serious!!

Butterfly~~~~ Here's a big ole hug for you!!! And you will get better because of your perseverence!!! Hang in there!!! DB

Good Morning Girls!!! I am sooo tired this a.m.!!! We got in really late, 12:30 this morning, couldn't go to sleep so we just sat around to unwind!! But we had a WONDERFUL time!!! And it didn't hurt my feelings that we WON!!!! 48 to 10!!! We played Missouri and we made a touchdown in the first 6 seconds!!! When we got up yesterday, it was raining but by the afternoon, the sun came out and the kids were able to play. It was sooo much fun. Oh I forgot to tell you guys, I had a NSV yesterday!!! Our seats were in the nose bleed section, last yr and this yr, last yr, I couldn't walk all the way up without stopping, couldn't breath and this yr, I made it all the way up without stopping!!! ONLY you guys can understand my small victory!!!:thumbup: Mereideth~~~ It was me that was talking about The Shack. I'll have to say, it is the best book I've read in a long time! I liked it because it made me think outside the box and also it will mean different things to different ppl. My 16yr old DGD is reading it right now, and she and I talk about how it can mean one thing to her and something else to me. But anyway, it is a good book. I also was able to watch a interview with the author on t.v. and that made it even better! Laura~~~ sorry to hear about your sister!! Maybe she is depressed because she is living with your parents. I know I would be, I have friend that lost almost 100 pds, on her own, and she had to move back in with her parents, and gained it all back plus some!! Oh and that's not good that they compare you two!! That just makes it worse!! I'm like you, maybe she can move out and get her life back on track!! If~~~ dittos on the DGC!!! I had a t-shirt one time that said "if I had known Grandkids were so much fun, I would have had them first!! Good for you on the slide!!! Don't you just love these little victories!!!!:thumbup: Well, I need to go get ready for church. I'm taking Eli to his Moms church this a.m. and it's so big they have 2 services!! I get really nervous around a lot of ppl that I don't know but it'll be o.k.! I'm just going in there and find me a seat and set down, just hope I don't take someones spot that they've sat in for 50 yrs.!!!! You know how ppl can get!! lol TTYL Sharon

Good Morning!!!! As the great and all knowing Spongebob Squarepants would say" I'm ready I'm ready!!! Made 3 batches of Cookies made, I made some that I really don't care for sooo maybe I won't be tempted, got my rain gear ready, supposed to rain, and got all my Razorback red things ready!! I don't know a thing about football, well I lied, I do know that when the refs throw up their arms and the ppl in red go crazy, that's a good thing! But it should be fun!! If~~~ don't say your not smart, you are!! Look at what you do for all those kids!!! I couldn't have done it by myself, I had to ask for help!! BTW good job on being in onderland!! Keep up the good work!! And I SOOO understand about the remodeling, some times it feels like your never going to get your house back in order!!! Linda~~~ The pic were taken about 6 wks after surgery, by then I think I had lost 30 pds from my pre-op diet. I had bought the dress before surgery so it was too big but I wore it anyways because of the colors and I' m too cheap to go buy another!! But thanks for the compliment! I start a new job when I go back to work, Tuesday, with reg. hours. Sort of nervous about it but also excited to be able to stay up past 7:00 at night!! Ery~~~ hang in there, girl!! Ppl can be soo mean!! I choose not to tell anyone at work but 2 of my best friends, because ppl where I work are sooo negative anyways and I just did not want to deal with them!! So choose carefully who you tell and keep coming back here!! These ladies are soo very nice and will walk with you on this new journey that you're about to make!!! Good luck!! Laura~~ so sorry to hear your not feeling good and the guys also! Eli had a runny nose for a couple of days but he's better now! Hope you feel better soon! Janet~~ Here's a big ole HUG for you!! I hate days when all I want to do is cry and when I have them, that's just what I do!!! CRY!!! We all have to do it sometime. You deserve it with all you do!! When did your Bro. pass? Sorry to hear about your bosses not doing the right thing!! I don't know why ppl are like that!! My oldest DD started a new job about 3 months ago and when she went to work yesterday, they laid her off!! She was soo upset, she's a single Mom of 2 teenage girls, a house payment, just bought a new car and boy did she give them an ear full when she left!!! She is an office manager and had a steady job that she left to go to work for this new place. I'm trying to talk her into going back to school and go into something that she won't have to worry about having about being laid off! Great~~ sorry to hear about your dead battery bug!! I had it also and it is sooo not fun!! Mine went dead st the Sonic drive in!! The carhops had to walk around the back of my car because I pulled too far!! I was SOO embarrassed!!! Well I need to get off here and get thing ready. Everyone have a good wkend and a safe one!!! Sharon WHOOOOOO PIG SOUIEEEEE GO HOGS GO !!!!!!

Good Morning and Happy Friday!!!! I don't know why I'm so excited it's Friday, I've been on vacation all wk!! I think, tho, I'm ready to go back to work! I'm not much at a stay at home person, it's o.k. for a while but then I get bored!! I'm down another 1/2 pd this a.m., I guess I'm o.k. with that, but starting today, I'm going to start keeping a food diary. I have some bad habits that I need to concentrate on and I think a diary will help me. We have a football game to go to tomorrow, and my DS put me in charge of desserts!!!!! Now I'm thinking "WHY"? I could do the side dishes, maybe a veggie tray, maybe some baked beans, but NOOOO I have to do desserts!!!! So I'm making cookies. But all jokes aside, I am really looking forward to this, most of my kids and g.kids will be there and that by itself will be fun!!! Julie~~~ so very sorry to hear about your DH's son!!! Family trouble are THE worst!!! My heart hurts for you!! But as long as you try to be the best, then there is nothing you can do to make things better, and I know you have been the best!! Last year my oldest DD got upset at me and she didn't speak to me for 6 months, it was sooo hard!! We even go to the same small church, everyone at church knew about it. OMG it was so hard!!! But, she did come around, I apologized for what ever it was that I did, still don't know, but I just let it drop. It's not worth it to try to find out!! But just know that you have family out here that love you!! Well, I hope everyone has a really good wkend, I have to get off here and go make COOKIES!!!!! lol Be safe out there and have a fun wkend!!!! Sharon

Good Morning All!!!! Pokey, here, and I'm down another .5 pd. I have been thinking about this slooow wieght loss, when I do make it to goal, and I WILL, maybe it won't be as easy to put back on as it has in the past!!!! Hey, I'm trying to think postive here!!! A small loss is better than no loss!!! Everyone have a good and safe wkend!!!!

YOU GO GIRL !!!!! Knock yourself out !!!!! You deserve all the peace and quiet you can get, all that stuff will be there when you "want" to do it!!! Sharon

WOOOOOOWWWW!!!! I did it, I really did it!!!!!! Suddenly I feel sooooo smart!!! lol

Phyl~~~~ soo good to hear from you!! It sure sounds like you have a rough time of it but you are coming out on the other side!! I had a friend that had the same thing done and she gets around sooo much better!! Just be sure and take of your self!! Great~~~ make sure you don't over do it with the wedding plans!! I know with my DS getting married this past June, it is sooo easy to over whelm yourself. I was sooo stressed by the wedding, I was drained, emotionally and physically!! Octo~~~ That must be interesting work!! I would love to have a job that I could be outside but only when I want to!! lol Maybe from Oct. to March!!! I am also having problems with my eating habits. So I decided, today I am going to start writing down everything I eat!! I used to do that when I was on WW and Tops, so I know it works!! Just to lazy to start it, I guess!! But I do need to get serious about this new life I've started, I find myself being satisfied with weight that I've lost. But this is what I do, I lose for awhile and then I slow down, I have got to break this cycle!!!!!! Well, I asked a fellow bandster how to post pics on here and she pm'ed me and told me how soooo I'm going to try this one more time! Hope it works!!! This is my future Razorback, my Dh and myself at my DS's wedding. This was taken about 6 wks after my banding and if I remember right, I've lost around 30 pds since my highest weight.

O.k. I think I've got it figured out. I'm going to try to do one of myself and DH later, I've got to make sure this future razorback is in bed. We got home late from church. TTYL O.k., maybe I don't have this figured out!!! lol Maybe someone could help me out, I created an album and then copied this pic to the message box on the bottom of the page. How do I put these pics on this post? When I clicked on his pic, it took me to my album instead of enlargeing it. I've got to run now so I'll have to try again in the a.m. I need a book on posting pics for dummies!! lol

Hey there Gang!!! Rose~~ I haven't been on this thread very long, but I am glad to meet you, I just wish it was under happier circumstances!! I am so very sorry to hear about your DM and MIL. Times like these are so very hard on a person!! Please know that we are all keeping you and your family in our prayers!! Oh, btw, your pic is truly awesome!!! If~~~ WTG!!!!! Hurray for you on getting to ONDERLAND!!!! Keep up the good work!!! Apples~~~ have a good wkend!! All but one of my kids, and my DH and I are going to the first football game, complete with a tailgate party!!! And it's going to rain so it's going to be interesting!! But it should be fun anyways!! Sorry to hear about your pbing, haven't done that yet and for sure don't want to!! Julie~~~ I'm so glad that you are getting a good nights sleep!! I have to have my 7 or 8 hrs a night or I just can't function!! Maybe this is the start to a good thing!! Great~~~ Sorry to hear about your knee surgery!! I have a friend at work that had one done and when she came back to work, she could walk sooo much better!! So there is a light at the end of the tunnel, you just have to take it easy for a while, but it will get better! Well, I'm going try to post some pics of Eli and one of my DH and myself at my DS outside wedding. I had lost , I think, around 30 pds when it was taken.

Oh, I forgot, I did have to giggle when I read about your little trip to the bathroom and back to the motel!! Sorry but it was funny!!

BG, You poor poor thing !!! You have had a bad pbing, slimming !!! Maybe now that you're home, you can relax and things will calm down for you! I have been to Gatlinburg about 3 times I think, and it is sooo pretty!!! Did you go to little town outside of Gatlinburg, I can't think of the name right now but it's maybe 10 or 15 miles going toward Knoxville? It also has several shops and also a really good factory outlet. Take care of your self, and I'll talk to ya later. Sharon

Linda~~~~ OMW it is true !!! you don't look like the same person!!! One of these days, I am going to get there!! One of these days!! Your little one is just BEAUTIFUL!!!! I just love her smile!!!! Who are the other 2 little girls? They look like twins, are they? Apples~~ so sorry to hear about your DH!!! I am really surprised that mine hasn't been hurt with all the remodeling that he's doing!! If I had hurt myself like that, I would still moaning and groaning!! Looking for bed to fall asleep and not wake up 3 wks later!! I don't do PAIN!!! 1day~~~ sorry to hear your not feeling well. I think that stuff must be going around. Eli woke up yesterday with a runny nose, sneezing, and coughing, but no fever. The nights here have been so nice, 58, and days are just gorgeous!!! 85--88 Hope you get to feeling better soon! Janet and Linda~~ we all have something in common!! Besides being banded and getting healthier!! My Eli is mixed, his dad is black and my DD is white!! I also have a 16 yr old DGS that is half Mexican. I have 10 DGC, these 2 are the only ones that are mixed and I love them ALL but Eli and Jonathon hold a very special place in my heart!! I think part of it because I live in the middle of Ark. and ppl around here are still stuck in the 50's as far as mixed couples are concerned and we have had remarks made to us about the blacks and Mexicans! So I feel like I have to protect my babies from ugly, narrow minded jerks!! It wasn't too many years ago that we had a black family move to our town and someone burnt them out!!! And we have a chapter of the kkk here also, when we found out that my DD was going to have a black baby, my DH sent a message to the idiot who is the main man for the kkk in our town, that if he put one foot on our place, that he would come out with his shotgun!! Eli is now 4 yrs old and has been going to our small school for the last 2 yrs and EVERYONE knows him, how could you not know him, he's the ONLY black kid in school!! And EVERYONE loves him because he is soo out going and friendly!! But I do have to say this, our little town has been coming around, there are more Mexicans, Indian, and other nationalities moving in and ppl here are more welcoming than they used to be! So it is getting better here! I think while Im on vacation this wk, I'm going to try to figure out how to post pics and I'll post one of Eli ! Good for you on helping the young Mother!! I can't imagine how hard it would be to start out on my own with no help at all!! I think that we should help others that need it if they are trying to help themselves!! Maybe your bosses will hurry up and do the right thing! Well,I think I'm going to go to bed, I'm a little tired. TTYL Sharon

[/url] B_G is BACCCCKKKKK!!!!!!! YIPEEEEE Welcome home, BG !!!! We have all missed you!!!

Hey, BG !!! It is soooo good to know you're back!! We have all missed you!! I think I would talk to the Dr. before I got another fill!! You probably don't need one! The last time, in Aug., the Dr' and I both agreed that I was doing o.k., losing 1/2 to 1 pd a wk, no PBing or slimming, so he told me that he didn't want to give me one because he doesn't want me to start having problems. We have to remember that the band is only a tool and we have to make the right decisions on our food choices!! I have to agree with your DH ( as bad as I hate to take his side over you!! lol) but I know when I first got banded, I was drawing alot more attention to what I was doing rather than what I was not doing! So now when I go out with ppl that don't know, I try to eat smaller portions, chew longer, take smaller bites, and I don't know if you've thought of this, but my Dr. suggested playing with your food on your plate while everyone else is talking. That way no one really notices that you're not eating that much and you can finish when they do! But any way, I'm sooo glad your back and everything will be o.k.!!!! Can not wait to hear "the rest of the story"!! Sharon

Good Morning!! I had to get up early this a.m. because I went to bed early!! Going back to work is sure going to be tough, especially on a new time schedule!!! But I'll get it worked out! Octo~~ what kind of work do you do that you have to be in the field? I know how the heat can be in Arizona! I lived in Phoenix and in Gila Bend when I was a teenager!! It is just gorgeous there, especially at night with all the stars! Sometimes I miss it and would love for my DK's to see it but I don't think that they would enjoy the scenery like I would!! Janet~~ sorry to hear the concert was a bomb!! I love music of any kind and some of MJ's I really liked! We used to go dancing and when the band was having a bad night, it was such a let down!!! You and Apples both have got more energy than any one I know!!! If~~~ sorry to hear about your job and the kids not noticing your weight loss!! You know how kids are, it's all about them!! lol The entire world revolves around them and their needs and wants!! lol I understand the worry about your job, that's the main reason I took another job!! I want to be able to retire when I'm 62 and working 4 days a wk wasn't going to get me there!! I don't want to have a house payment, my poor DGF, had one until the day he died and I promised myself yrs ago that was not going to be me!!! ( OMW!! I sound like a kid ,don't I? It's all about me!!! LOL LOL) But I will keep you in my prayers about your job and you do know what ever happens, God will take care of you!! Who knows, He may have a better job down the road for you!! Julie~~~ OMW!!! Your little Mimi is sooo cute!! I just love her smile!! How can anyone not want to be around her? I just don't understand ppl!! To me babies are a gift from Heaven, how could you just not want that gift??? I can tell by the way you talk about her that she is the joy in your life!! Yea, it doesn't take very much to get me started on Eli's Dad, either!! It's funny but he called last night so I let him to talk to Eli and the first thing Eli said to him was " do you want to talk to Paw Paw?" lol lol I'm sure that didn't go well with him!! Oh well, that's life!! He didn't stay on the phone but maybe 1 or 2 mins. and when he hung up, my DH asked Eli "was you thru talking and Eli said yea, Daddy can't talk very long cause he's in jail!! But I did tell the jerk what size clothes and shoes Eli wears and not to buy summer clothes!! I'm going to get everything I can while he's out cause I'm hoping that he won't be free long!!! Is that bad of me? NAWWWW Laura~~ loved the pic's of your Mom and Dad!!! It's so cute about the Nascar muffin papers!! It doesn't take very much to make our little ones happy,does it? Eli got to take a "all about me" bag to school yesterday, and he packed it on Friday when he got home from school!! He packed 2 small trucks, a football, 1 book, and 3 other balls. As you can see, he LOVES any kind of ball!! The "me" bag is the same thing as my show and tell, you put your favorite toys,book, or anything you like and you write things about yourself and you show it to everyone in class! It was so cute, the teacher told me when I picked him up, that Eli took his nap with his football!! Glad to hear you are feeling better!! BTW, how are your folks doing? Well, I need to go for now, TTYL Sharon

Jerseygirl, I don't understand ppl either! They don't notice when you lose 40pds. but OMW if you GAIN 10!!! But it's like someone told me, your friends and family have seen you go up and down in your weight and they're probably thinking it won't last long. So just keep up the good work and it won't be long everyone will be noticeing!! So far I've lost 49 pds and ppl are still walking up to me and asking have I been trying to lose some weight? So sorry to hear about your friend!! Lots of hugs sent your way!! Sharon

APPLES~~~~ OMG!! How do you do it!!!! I just got supper over with and all we had was DGS's fav's, fish sticks, fries, and mac & cheese!!! I had some left over taco soup, it gets better every time you warm it up. No, really, do you make a menu for the entire wk or do you just go with what you have in the pantry? Sorry to hear about your MIL trying to start trouble. I have to say, I had a very good MIL. Every now and then she got on my nerves but not very often. So very sorry to hear about your good friend!! Hope all goes well wth her!!! TTYL Sharon

Good Morning All ! Got a little time before I get DGS up for school so I'm trying to get some LBT in early! This was his first wkend off and he is soo ready to get back to playing with his buds!! He absolutely loves school, no problem getting him up, he just jumps out of that bed, he sure didn't get that from his Mom!! lol If~~~~ I had to laugh when I read you just caught on to IYSOY!!! That was sooo funny! lol lol My DH is not up to the computer age and when I laugh out loud at some of these posts, he just looks at me weird! Good job on the eating! I'm not sure that I could have passed up on all that good food! I love to try out new things to eat, in fact, when my 2 DS's and I were traveling together, that was one of the things that I wanted to do, to try new foods from different parts of the country! I did try sushi, wasn't too crazy about it, oh, and fried calamari, had way to legs. But anyway good job!! Mrs Bubba~~~ I am sooo envious of ppl that get their shopping done before Christmas Eve!!! Evey year I say I'm going to get done early but every year, you can find me out there with the rest of the crazies!! We're not going to have a big Christmas this year, I told my DD yesterday, that this year I'm going to make a really good meal and we're just going to enjoy each others company! Last year. I put Christmas on a Wal-Mart credit card and paid on it all year and I'm just not going to do that this year! All my kids and most of the DGK are grown and they'll just have to understand and I know they will, so it'll be o.k. Linda~~~ glad to hear everything went well! I would have been sooo nervous getting up there in front of all those ppl! I just know you did a good job! When I go that's what I want, a celebration! I would have loved to see all the red hats! Yea, I agree that jerk had some nerve to call us up and ask us to bring Eli to him!! But that's the way he is!! I have to take Eli to his Moms church Sunday so I'm going to call the jerk and tell him if he wants to see Eli, then to meet us at church and also he needs some new shoes and socks for school! lol lol He really doesn't need them but I'm tired of him not doing anything to take care of his responsibilities!!! Meredith~~ I totally agree on staycations, sometime their the best! Most of the time we don't do anything but just stay home and unwind! We just have to relax so we can face whatever! I've never been to Mich., another place I would like to visit! I have an Uncle that lives in Benton Harbor, not sure if I spelled that right. But it sounds so pretty up there! Larry~~~ These ladies are soo right about it being a life style change!! And like Linda said, take baby steps at first and before you know it, you will be on your way to a healthier life! Some of the changes I've made I look back on and wonder what took me so long and how easy it is now! My problem always was looking at the big picture, getting over whelmed and just giving up on myself! But with this band I feel like I can do this and I AM going to do it!! But the main thing that has helped me is, to keep coming back here for support!! These ppl are so great about everything!! Don't be to proud to ask them anything because all of them are soo good about listening and they give out really good advice! So come back as often as you can! Laura~~~~ One of the good things about getting older is not having TOM anymore!!! I DO NOT MISS him at all!!! I had a DNC about 5 yrs ago and after that, he was gone! I still have some hot flashed but nothing I can't handle. I just love a lazy Sunday, we had one yesterday,also. We got home from church, fixed lunch, and the guys took a nap. I'm not a nap person so I just enjoyed the peace. Well, I need to go get him up and ready for his day, I'll catch you guys later!! Sharon