TracyinKS

I saw it on your first post, but not on the other one

Welcome JO and everyone else!!!! I just took my before pics, since I am set to start my pre-op tomorrow OMG they are bad....... I am shaped so funny now, but I plan to take a set every month. I challenge everyone to take their measurements and take a set of pics. (I set my self timer on the camera, set it on the chest drawers and then cropped it down) I plan to take my pics in the same outfit, so that I can really gage the differences. I think the main thing to get is all your SF liquids, Liquid adult strenght tylenol, heating pad, and stretchy clothes I have also joined the April 06'rs exercise challenge for April and today I will be taking my first 30 minute walk. Have a great day, and I'll check in later.

MaizeMommy: you'll be ok.. just don't go bonkers because of your slip! Drink your water and flust those crunchies out of your system....

I'm going for a walk tomorrow! MY first official session!

YEAH BECKY!!! another band twin for me! and Terri.. you are so right. This place is my sanctuary.... my venting place, my escape, my information sharing link. I have learned so much from these boards, and it is my hope that over the next year we will all keep up with this thread and keep encouraging others in our efforts to lose. Which ones of us will be the ones that lose like rabbits, which ones will be turtles, which ones will end up loving EXERCISE and who will still hate it with a passion......... time will tell. We all have a journey to take, and here is our meeting place to talk about them together.

I'm IN!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will shoot for the Bronze this month!

I have to do 4 lc protein shakes a day, water, coffee, sf jello, sf yogurt, and clears (broth, protein water) it will be about 3 weeks.

I can not believe it is finally here! LETS GET THIS PARTY STARTED!! OH YEAH BABY! :gluck: AmwLady - 04/02 Maizemommy - 04/02 SFeliz001 - 04/02 CJulzGO - 04/02 Sara Mos - 04/02 Adumont75 - 04/02 Darla - 04/02 (mother to Panda) Panda - 04/02 (daughter to Darla)

Panda: I LOVE those pics!!!!!!!! you two are so cute!!! Kathy WELCOME!!!!!!! I will get you added to the list My preop starts monday and I have to admit that I did something tonight that I haven't done in a bout 10 years... I fried taco shells and had too many.. I did however buy some sf jello and sf yogurt at the store too. MONDAY is D day!

Congrats!!!!!!!!

I just sent both Jennifur and Teach an invite. I am getting ready to leave the office for the day.. so I most likely won't be on line til later tonight and maybe not til tomorrow at home. This is my last weekend of solids........... LORD HELP ME (truly though I'm ready)

You need to pm me your real email address and I will then invite you to be a collaborater.

Well.... I decided on my own, but I am not officially married to dbf, I have my own insurance and I made the decision to go through the hoops, and put my out of pocket max in a Flex Spending Account.. all from my own check. He did go to the seminar with me, and he kind of understands, but he was NOT happy when he found out I had to start a pre-op..... his view is that I will be hard to live with if I'm not eating solid food... so to him.. its all about him and how this will affect HIM. He is taking off the two days I'm going to be in the hospital... (overnight stay) My dad is watching my son for that same weekend, so that I really have a rest......... I think the situation would be different if we were already married and it was HIS insurance I was dealing with......... It is going to be an adventure for all of us!

Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!! another band twin for me! I'll go add you and all the rest to the main list.

Hey there, you need to creat a CUSTOM avatar, and then make sure it is small enough to show up. Usually it will tell you if it is too big.

coming out of lurk mode to see what happened tonight with seth!

thinking of you this day after surgery! Hope you are doing ok.

I have a very active 3.5 who climbs all over me.. he is rough and tumble but a mamas boy... him not sitting on me is going to be hard on both of us.

Hello everyone!!!!! Roxy that is great news about getting approved OK>.. for those that want to update the spread sheet, you need to send me your email address and I will invite you. Also Angie and Terri should be in.. they can do it too...... I am not a spreadsheet queen, I just get by with basic stuff.. so if any of you have some cool tricks or updates you want to make.. just do it and save it.......... this is for US.. to use as a tracking tool.. its all web based. My pre-op starts MONDAY! AWWWWWWWWWWWW!

I just sent you an invite to collaborate on the sheet... hopefully that is what it takes. (I used your email posted below)

I dunno....... its all an experiment.. let me see if I can change a setting.

I will glady add stats.... as long as it doesn't get to crazy in here!!! LOL LET THE LOSING BEGIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Angie: I'm not sure! sometimes it does funky things to mine too. and as for the lady at work...... BEWARE she will only GET WORSE the smaller you become!!!!!! She will be the one with the warm doughnuts trying to get you to fail!

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pTcnDKYCoK_FoG5su-EbAdQ

I was kinda hoping that everyone could update their own.... at the bottom it asks if you want to edit