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Well, really, I just wanted to add a cool exercise ticker to my sig line. LOL!

So, what exactly has changed in the past two weeks in your diet? Is that when you started drinking more water? Have you added anything with artificial sweetener? More fiber? Less fiber? Anything you can think of that you're drinking or eating, or not drinking or eating just in the past two weeks that's different from before?

Woo-hoo!!! I think it's so funny that you got on the scale over and over to see the number. I think we just don't believe our eyes, so we want to keep seeing it and keep seeing it, to convince ourselves that the scale REALLY is going down, and that it's not just (an April Fool's) a joke. Way to go!!!!!!!!!

This might seem weird, but I'm still going to go for the level 3 ADVANCED, but instead of going for number of workouts, I'm going for a total number of minutes, since I often break down my workouts into 15 or 30 minute increments. SO, I'm going for a grand total of 1380 MINUTES. My LORD that sounds like a LOT.

I know many surgeons don't want us drinking with straws. Mine doesn't care. I find that I drink WAY more water if I'm using a straw than without. I don't know what it is. If your doc doesn't take a hard line against using a straw, maybe try it?

Oh, Zaaaaaannnniiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! I pm'd you a BOOK. LOL! Sorry, I just can't help myself. I'll talk to you in a couple of days when you're done reading it...

Just try not to fire her if she does! EEK!!!

YAY, Tamala! Tell her Kim from Kansas says HI! She used to lurk here once in a while, and she even posted a few times.

Well, I am having creamy spinach chicken salad on wasa crackers for lunch, and I gotta say, it's NUMMY!

Well, just know that we love ya, Alex, and thanks so much for the site.

Where did this come from? Alex created this site and provides it to us for FREE. That's pretty cool in my book. So he tried an enhancement that hasn't been well received, that's no reason to insult him. I'm still not sure if I like it or not. Some things are helpful for newbies, like P B being converted to Productive Burp, so they don't have to ask what it stands for, but some things just get lost in the translation.

That is too funny! :puke:

I've tried it, but only after de-ribbing it. Then it does fine. Otherwise, I have to cut it up in VERY small pieces or I'm afraid it will cause problems.

I'm SO glad you're feeling better. Lap band isn't right for everyone. I wish you the very best of luck in your weight loss journey. I pray that you heal quickly so that you can begin taking the next steps, whatever they are, to getting healthier.

Oh, don't get me started on THAT again. I am still trying to figure out why she's here AT ALL if she's no longer banded, for some time now, and has had revision surgery. Unless she's only here to discourage people from being banded, or to dog those of us who have been. I don't buy that she's here because there's a place for her here in the "life after removal" forum, because while I can see reading/posting there for a while after removal, I can't understand hanging around after a revision. Anyone else understand that motivation?

The PB2 website has a few recipes for satay, too, if I'm not mistaken.

Krispy Kremes are only good RIGHT out of the hot oil.... They lose their charm after they cool.

I thought it had just the right mix..... How about me? I thought I was too bitchy, but she really pissed me off beyond my ability to keep my mouth shut (or my fingers still)!

I myself am finishing off 1/2 of a Lean Cuisine panini (YUM) and on my last bite, I'm getting that stuck as hell feeling, and I'm wondering if I'm going to have to go spit out the last bite....and I've been working out 30-45 minutes a day for awhile now. Not that it's doing me any good, which is why I'm happy for a new challenge to try to push myself.

I shouldn't have let her get to me over there, but DAMN.

It is a lot. However, I've showed it to a couple of friends of mine, and even mixed up a bit and let them try it, and I've sold 2 of my jars already. Do a side-by-side comparison with the nutrition labels with a couple of friends, let them sample, and I bet they'll take a jar off your hands... I really just about wet myself when I did the side by side comparison with regular Peanut Butter. And that's saying NOTHING about all the trans fat in regular peanut butter, which is AWFUL for our cholesterol.

I'm also sick of hearing from a morbidly obese friend who can't afford the surgery and would have to be self pay that she couldn't handle having all the problems I have. What problems??? Some days I'm tight, so I eat mushies. SO WHAT? That's not what I consider to be a problem. Hell, I LOVE eating refried Beans for supper, it means I don't have to cook! DH makes burritos out of what I have left... One time I was really bruised after a fill, and I accidentally bumped it with my purse, and she made another comment like that about it. Which really kills me because I think if her insurance would pay for it, she'd be all over it. She is just trying to convince herself that she doesn't want or need the surgery, and I get that. What I don't get is why she has to say that stuff TO ME. I have had relatively few problems, and she's constantly acting like I'm always having issues.

GS, you can step off with all the comments about how we're all still dying from MO. I may still be MO, but my journey isn't finished yet. And since I was diagnosed with diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol during my pre-op testing, my doc wanted to wait and see what happened after my surgery before he started me on any meds. Turns out, I haven't needed the meds because since the surgery, I eat a lot healthier. Health is NOT only measured by weight, and whether someone is obese or morbidly obese. You can take your blanket statements about that and shove them up your darkside.

I think he did some FORD commercials right after he won, but I haven't heard anything else from him.

Actually, that'd be great, having a normo with us on our challenge. I dare say she'd probably be able to keep up with me, but I don't think ANY of us will be able to keep up with BG! So it's a :thumbup: for me! As long as she can deal with a fair amount of bitching... LOL! I don't mean to leave you in the lurch, but I'm at work, "supposedly" working... I'm such a bad girl.. I'm afraid that if I started in on THAT, I'd lose track of myself. And in the interest of not making our challenge thread all about the bodybugg, I'll prolly just PM you with it.:tt1: