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Gone for Good Club -- September 2006

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PhotoNut    7

PhotoNut
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Elmer Fu_ _?

I know an Elmer. He stutters.

But he's the nicest guy you'd ever wanna know.

Now we have an Elmer's pancake House, but Dawg and I haven't been there since he first arrived in Boise, back in April of 99. :)

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nolagirl2    0

nolagirl2
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CBMI (according to NIH website) 39.1

i.e. I wouldn't qualify for surgery anymore! (not like I did anyway with insurance...)

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Dianechef    3

Dianechef
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I'm in for September!!! After my Colon Blow, I have a feeling this weight is coming off. My current weight is 197. I want to get to 187 this month. I CAN DO THIS!!

La Madam - I have always admired you & looked up to you from the very day I joined this group. You are a true inspiration. Glad you joined!!

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FunnyDuddies    6

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I am not doing the challenge this month, but if the challenge goes on i still have my pretty piece from Mexico to give to the winner.

This month I want to take off 20 pounds. LOL Its my goal...lets see if i can do it!!!

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Tess L    0

Tess L
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OK August wasn't the best.. but Sept will be my month.. I hope!. Gained 4 last two weeks in August.. need to focus ..C184

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HeatherGurl    0

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I didn't know about all of your kids La_Madam. My hear goes out to you. Cancer runs strong in my DH's family. He was diagnosed at 20.

You are definitely a strong woman.

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Telly    4

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Well Herrroooo September thread! Ok, I posted in the August thread about the tattoo but I wanted to share it here too.

Yesterday I decided I wanted a tattoo to kind of cover my diaphram scar. It's color has been bothering me. My skin, pale around my belly and my scar was very dark.

I wanted something significant and relevant to why the scar was there. The scar meant "change". The Scar represents the Changes I wanted in me. I wanted to lose the weight, become more active, live longer, look better. It's the Scar of Change and thats what the Chinese Symbols mean.

Forgive me if this picture offends anyone. Please send me a PM if it does. I'll take it down.

tattoo4.jpg

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503-250    1

503-250
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The tattoo looks excellent, might have something to do with the canvas too tho. You look super skinny.

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Telly    4

Telly
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Hey thank you Heathergurl, Tricia and 503. I feel skinny these days.

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Tricia K.    0

Tricia K.
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You "feel" skinny? Girlfriend, you ARE skinny. Make no bones about it - - you look FANTASTIC!

Oh, and you're welcome. :biggrin1:

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HeatherGurl    0

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Yes Telly... I didn't mention it in my post, but after looking at your pic again, you have an awesome tummy woman!

Hey, I wanna lose 5 pounds before Sept. 30th. I am done with all the drama in my life and back on track. No slackin now! Not that I have been, but I am concentrating extra hard now.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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