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Hey, there!! It's been a long time, sorry about not keeping in touch, but first I had computer problems, then phone line prob. ( I'm still on dial up ), then Thankgiving and Christmas, after that head problems, but right now things are going good! Fora while anyway! But I have to tell you, YOU LOOK AMAZING!! How much have you lost now? You don't even look like the same person!!

Good Morning! Thanks for asking about me, it means alot to know that ppl care! I have been gone for a long time!! Computer, phone line (we moved into our new addition)problems and just being lazy.I had a good Christmas, ate way too much, haven't exercised enough, and have only lost 54 pds. I am on getting back on track TODAY!! How have u been doing? I'll read your blog to catch up with u!! Again thanks for cking on me!! Sharon

Hey there! Hope you had a good Christmas ! I know I did ! We had ours yesterday so that the kids could have theirs with the in-laws, so I'm having a very quite and restful day tody !!!! I know exactly how you feel about exercising enough, I've been so busy with Christmas, I haven't been exercising near enough and eating WAY to much!!! But I'm going to get serious again today an get back on the treadmill !! I haven't dared wiegh myself, don't want to have a heart attack, lol, so lets help each other and promise to walk at least 30 min. a day!! o.k. !! I listen to my faverite music on my mp3 and that really helps!!! Hang in there and lets get moving!!!!!

Good Morning! Thanks for cking in on me! It means so much to know someone out there is thinking of me! We built an addition on to our house and when we tried to move the phone lines our self, to save some $, we really messed them up and then we had to wait on the phone co. to fix it. Then my computer got a virus and it took forever to get that fixed, but I'm back now and doing o.k. So far I've lost 54 pds, it's still coming off slow but that's the way my Dr. wants it. He will only put in 4 cc's in my 10 cc band, right now I have 2.6 cc in. I got a treadmill for Christmas, yes, I've already opened it up, lol, and useing it!! So I'm hopeing this will help me get the weight off faster!! Enough about me, I have got to tell you that from your pic, you are doing and looking awesome!!!! How much have you lost so far? What are you eating and how much are you exercising? Well, I need to go for now, again Thanks so much for asking about me, it means so much!! TTYL

Hey there, Mona!! Good to hear from you!! I'm doing really good, lost 52 pds. and that's good any day!! Getting lots of compliments and that helps me keep going! I'm hoping to be at my goal at my 1 yr. anniversary. I have some restriction and I'm losing 1/2 a wk. A little slow but I'm o.k. with slow!! TTYL

Hey, 1chinriley, got your message ! I think that would be a good idea to start a thread about what we have lost on this journey! There things that I have lost, some of them I'm o.k. with and some of them not ! Wow !! You've lost 96 pds. ? When did you have your surgery? That is AWESOME !!!! One of these days I will be able to say that I've lost 96 pds. but not today and probably not tommorrow !!!

Please do email me when you need to!!! I am a very good listener and right now I do have broad shoulders. Hopefully, not in a few months!! lol But even when we get all slim and trim, I will still be a good listener!! Talk to ya later !! Sharon

Hey there, LL ! I am so happy to hear from you ! I just wish you had some better news for me! I am so sorry for all that you have been going thru, wish I could give you a hug right now! My My, you and thetig, both, have had a really bad experience ! She had to have her band replaced also and is on the mend again. Yes, that was a really lousy way to treat you after 24 yrs ! The way I think of ppl like that is that one day they will get theirs ! I am so sorry for the insensitive way that they treated you !! People just don't care any more. YOU ARE A STRONG PERSON and you will get thru this !!! If you need to vent or just someone to talk to, my email is s.tate83@yahoo, contact me anytime. I try to ck my email every other day. Please take care of yourself and when you have time , send me a message. HUGS to you! Sharon

Good Morning, B, how are you doing ? Fine , I hpoe ! Just wanted to drop you a line to let you know I'm thinking of you and wishing you the best ! Take care, Sharon

Good Morning ! How are you ? It's been a while since I've heard from you. I'm always careful about contactng people, don't want to bother anyone. I know how it is with a job, family and just life ! But I am always so happy to hear from friends !! I am doing really good !! I had a small fill ,.6cc, 2wks. ago and I think that I may be in the green zone. I'm eating smaller portions and staying satisfied longer. So far I have lost 45 pds, and feel great !! No problems at all and just enjoying life !! I am sooo glad I had this done !! Well, gotta run, take care and talk to ya later !!

Hey Bstone, just wanted to let you know I will be thinking of you tomorrow!! I don't know about you but at this time on my journey I was so nervous !!! But every thing turned out o.k. for me and I know it will for you too !!! Take care of yourself after, do what your Dr. says and take it easy !!! I will talk to you later !!

Thanks so much the help! I started to PM you cause I knew you would know! I thought that the D meant dear but wasn't sure. The wedding was beautiful! It had stormed the day before but when we got up Sat. the sky was so blue, it was just awesome!! A little hot but we made it!! Also I did make good food choices, just ate some turkey and some fruit! So at the end of the day , everything was perfect!!!

Hey girl!! How are you? Good I hope, I know your probably busy. I had my 1st fill last wk, 2cc's and they said I wouldn't feel any resriction this time so I hope when I go back in July, I will get more cc's. I have no problems eating and every thing is going down o.k. Still walking, up to 2 miles a day, up and down hills so it is a GOOD WORKOUT!! So far I've lost 34 pds. and thats o.k. with me . How is the new job going? Good, I hope! Just think, this year you have gotten a new truck, a new job and a new YOU !! That is AWESOME !! Talk to ya later !!

Good Morning!! It was so good to hear from you!! I was just thinking about you a couple of days ago! My fill went really good, no pain at all but they only put in 2 cc's and the told me that I probably wouldn't feel any restriction and they were right, NO restriction at all !! But I'm not going to complain, I've lost a total of 34 pds. and that's not bad!! I also have a wedding coming up, June 13, my son, and I know there is going to be food to eat and I do want to enjoy this and not worry about getting sick if I do over do it!! I go for my next fill July 2 and maybe then I will feel some restriction!! How many fills have you had and when did you feel some restriction and how much have they filled you with? Well, I need to run, talk to a later!! Have a good long wkend!!! Sharon

Hey There,LL Good to hear from you!! Wow, you are doing so good on your weight loss!! Right now I'm stuck on 30 pds. but I'm certainly not complaining! I can already tell a big difference in my knees and some in my feet! I am also getting serious about my walking, a friend and I are walking together and we started out at 1 1/2 miles a day so next wk. we are going up to 2 miles per day. Or that is if we can dodge the rain! We have gotten rain just about every day and they are calling for more all this wk. But any way, I go for my fill on the 19th, and I sure hope I don't have the same problem you did! I think I'm going to draw a big bulls eye where my port is so he can't miss it!! Talk to ya next wkend!! Take care of yourself!!

Mona, it was good to hear from you! I'm doing good! Still not losing that much but my cloths are filling looser, so something is happening. So far I've lost 30 pds. so I guess I should be happy about that! I go for my 1st fill on May 19, so maybe I'll start losing then! Take care and I'll talk to ya later!

Hi There!! Good to hear from you! So you go for your 1st fill Wednesday? Be sure and let me know how it goes, I go for mine on the 19th and I 'm sort of nervous. I don't like needles! I don't care how small they are! But I really do need a fill, I'm hungry all the time! . I'm not loseing as fast as I was but I expected that going on reg. foods. Well I need to go, I'll catch you later! Let me know how it goes Wed.!!

Got your message this time!! I don't know what happened , maybe it is the weather. Boy!! You sure are doing good in your weight loss! And you did that without a fill!! That is awesome! I sort of dread my fill, I DON'T like needles! Of any size, but if it helps me lose some more weight, I'll try not to be a big baby about it! Well I need to go, I'll catch up with you next wkend!!

Hey there!! Was so glad to hear from you! I know what you mean about being out in the middle of the desert! I lived in Gila Bend for about 2 years when I was a kid. Do you know where that is? It's pretty close to Yuma. I am doing good, went back to work this wk. and that was rough. So if you don't hear from me now, I probably won't have much time to get on-line until the wkend. I go on reg. foods tomorrow, so the weight is coming off more slower now but that's o.k. I knew it would happen. That is just awesome that you are doing so good!! And congrats on your gift to yourself!! You deserve it!! Well I gotta go for now, you have a good wk.

Hey girl, it was so good to hear from you! I am doing really good now. I went back to work this wk. and it was hard. I have to stand on my feet and I have to be at work at 4:00 a.m. and on the first day back, they went around asking if anyone wanted to go home at 9:00, and you guess it, I went home!! Everyone at work laughed at me but I don't care!! But the rest of the wk got a little easier. I go on reg. foods Monday and That will help get my strength back. But as far as pain, I don't have any and the wt. is slowing down now, but I knew that would happen. As long as I lose something every wk., I will be happy! But enough of me , how are you doing? How much have you lost so far? Well, I need to go for now, write when you have time!!

It was so good to hear from you! I'm really glad your doing o.k.! It has been a long road, hasn't it! I have this really good friend at work, if fact she is 1 of the 2 that I told, and she once told me that she would be so glad when "we" had this baby! When I did get approved , I told her that we were having a baby on April 6 and that I was naming her "Bunny"! But any way I'm doing good, just a little soreness around the port area, and I'm also getting hungry! I'm even watching the food network! And I still have 4 more days on liquids! I can't wait until I can go to soft foods! Well I need to run. Take care of your self!!

So glad to hear from you!! Yes, I agree with you on getting enough rest! I'm really surprised at how long it is taking me to feel back to my old self!! This is my 1st surgery and I wasn't counting on being so weak for so many days but I'm now 8 days out and feeling so much better! I had the staples took out yesterday so I'm doing a lot better now!! Thanks so much for your sweet message, it really helps to know there are people out there that cares!

Hey There!! So glad your home! Hope you had a good weekend! This place is just not the same without you! I am doing so good! I go tomorrow to get staples out and that will for sure make me feel so much better! well gotta run, can't wait to read about your weekend!!:thumbup:

Hey there, B_G, Hurry up and come home, I miss your lively and ever soooo wise inputs!!! Hope you are having a good time at home! I ck every day to see if you have blogged, but nothing yet, maybe tomorrow! Take Care!!