Yasmina

Bandiva How cool is that ! You are doing so well ! Mookie , how did the job interview go ?

Hugi congrats on the date ! OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH a hamburger, I tkink I will have a nice jucy bowl of Yogurt !!!!! Cloe, do fills hurt !, do they take long ?

Hear's to breaking your plateau

After my surgery on Friday, I will be back in Toronto on March 15 when I return from Egypt. Would that be too soon to have a fill ? It would be 6 weeks since the surgery. If I could it would be great since I will not be in toronto again until April 18th

Good Luck with the job interview Sending good vibes !

Mookie, 20lbs is still 20lbs ! And that is great !:clap2:

Feeling the stress & excitement all at the same time !

Mookie, did you do it ? did you move that scale? I noticed that you are about 20 days post op. How are feeling now, I know that you had a rough go of it ! How long did it take you before you could move around with out pain ? or at least minimal pain. I have my surgery on Friday and would like to have an idea when things will start to feel better. How long do you have to wait to exercise ? :confused:

I am very excited for Egypt, but now that my surgery is THIS FRIDAY, I am only thinking of that ! How long after surgery can you have a shower ? I am packing for toronto, and there is no sense draging things I will not be using. Anything else I might need ? I got the liquid codine ( A very large bottle 250ml ) chewable cherry Gravol Gas X strips Water Has anyone tried th Special K Protein water ? just saw the advertisement

I love to Belly Dance ,the music the movements the was you learn to isolate muscles, it is great. We have a troupe and we dance 5 nights a week. Every three months we travel to Toronto to perfect our technique . That is one of the main reasons while we are going to Egypt. For the dance ? costumes. Yes mandi , I cook for my dog. I don't have children so she is like my child who I have turned into a spoiled princeness. I live in Thunder Bay, amd it gets pretty cold, well she will not go pee outside without sweater, jacket and boots. I do thie because I do not want pee inside ! LOL At 6 a.m. it really sucks ! :notagree

Thanks guys for the support, This is pretty much the only place I get it. Carmen thinks if he aviods talking about it , my surgery date will come and go and I will not have it done. I have brought it up at least 5 times in the past week since the date was set, " he can't talk about it because it stresses him out" Well havingmore then one ass stress me out ! Thank you about the name, My first name is actually Vian, only a few people call me that. I am Ukrannian, kind of a Arabic want a be. I have been studying the language and dance ( Belly dance for several years. That is when I decided to go by my middle name. Love the culture, and of course the dark men LOL. I love your daughter's name Aneesa, very pretty ! :confused:

Oh I hope that I will be one who can eat salad, I love them !

Now tonight is the Italian dinner at Carmen's parents house. They eat at 6p.m. so we have a belly dance practice from 6 - 8 p.m. The house will be full so I will have to move around and try not to eat enything because you know that dam flu ! Breana , the dog will be eating with everyone at 6p.m. lol

I want to get in on this too ! My surgery is in 5 days , one day after Tres Chic at the same clinic ! My February goal is 10lbs a little ambicious, but I will try ! Finally I am in the game !

Well they are good friends, but I have decided to only tell my two friends that I dance with, and by manfriend, Carman. ( I hate the word boyfriend ) My one friend Donna will be traveling with me to Toronto and she and I just started going to weight watchers. I figured that organized weighs in would be better them doing it every day. It is funny they talk about stopping eating when you are staifisted, not when you are full or stuffed. I have no Idea where that is at. I hope that the band will help with that !

Oh Mandi that will be the fun part , buying clothes and seeing the size transformation. You will be turning heads with your fitted clothes.

Are you kidding ! that dog does not share ! I survived the restaurant thing with salad, dressing on the side and grilled chicken with out the sauce. They all ate desert and drank coffee, hate then all ! lol

That would be soooo much better. They did say I could have a small chicken breast if I really needed. I NEED IT !! Breana, my dog is having Pasta & meatballs for dinner ( yes I know, she is a dog ) and I have to make it for her, then go out for a walk while she eats. I am feeling testy today. I will stick to the Flu story, but it is going to be hard. Thanks for all the advice oh the dog has tomato sauce all over her face AAAAAHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

China ! How cool is that ! How long will you be gone for ? Oh my god, you are goung to have such a great time !:clap2:

Thanks guys for all the encourging words. A week from today, I will be wineing that I am in pain, but I will be starting my journey. I am feeling a little nervious now. I can still turn back , but I know I will never be able to do this with out the band. So the count down begins. I have a problem, It is my friends 's husband's birthday today and we are going out for dinner. She does not know about and will not know. She is larger then me but disaprovies of even going to weight watchers. What Can I eat , because I know there will not be yogurt and jello on the menu ? I thought maybe I would eat yogurt at home and have a saladwith dressing on the side ( weight watcher style ) I am trying to stick to the low carb theme. I have a little bit of a cold so I thought I would play that up to cover for the lack of eating ! If she was not I good friend I would stay home ! Any advice

Thanks for all the great advice. I was planning go do a little gold shopping , so I will definately go to Gouzlan and say hello to Momdua for you. I would really like to get a nice thick ring of some sort Are there lots of places to by fabric / veils, sparkley stuff ? We were told that we did not need a veil to wear, but it was not a bad Idea to have one. We use them in dancing ,so I figured I would buy them we get there. I find the toilet paper thing funny ! I will bring some ! LOL The not touching the animals will kill me as I am a big animal lover. Wow were you able to bring the kittens back. I probably should not know this , because I get a little crazy when I see poor homeless dogs Thanks so much for all the advice Shokran jazilan

OHHHHHHHHH wings with bluecheese deessing, and a ice cold Keith's As I eat my crapy yogurt !

What is off the beaten path that I should do ? How is the food?

Hello, Hello, We will be arriving in Cairo and doing the the tourist things, Cairo museum, Pryamids,Sphinx, Memphis, Sakkara, old Cairo, Mohannesn Ali Street to see real dancers, as well as the hotels to see the top Delly dancers. We have several workshops booked with these dancers ( Dina, Lucy,& Raqia Hassen) Whilein Cairo we will be staying at the Mena House.We will also be able to do a Bedouin Night. ( riding camles into the desert for an evening of food & dance ) We will be traveling to Luxor & Aswanand of cource Madame Abla's Salon for Belly Dancing costumes. I am very much looking forward to going to the Khan El Khalili, I have read so much about it. The last week of our trip we will be heading to Sharm El Sheik on the Red Sea for a Belly Dance Camp. 5 days of dancing for 4 hours a day with the best teachers. I am sure to improve my technique with all that dancing ! I have been learning some Arabic words. Any advice on what to do / not do ? :clap2:

is'nt it amazing ! I just can't seem to think that I can lose my 100lbs, But I an soooo ready to try ! One week from today !