Dr. Gerald Kirshenbaum - Considering Dr. Kirshenbaum

[minidriver 0]

Wait Mini, are you getting married?? I thought you already had a hubby... :tongue2:

Oh my! Yes, I've been married for about a gazillion years to the nicest guy on earth. This is my 29 year old daughter who is getting married. As mother-of-the-bride I have LOTS of stuff to do.

[jmegirl 2]

Oh my! Yes, I've been married for about a gazillion years to the nicest guy on earth. This is my 29 year old daughter who is getting married. As mother-of-the-bride I have LOTS of stuff to do.

Aww, congrats on being married for a gazillion years! I plan to be married that long myself, as long as my husband gets his offended gas under control. Even since I've been banded, my gas is still no match for his! :tongue2:

Enjoy your MOB duties, I know my mom had a blast! Good luck! :thumbup:

[minidriver 0]

Aww, congrats on being married for a gazillion years! I plan to be married that long myself, as long as my husband gets his offended gas under control. Even since I've been banded, my gas is still no match for his! :tongue2:

Enjoy your MOB duties, I know my mom had a blast! Good luck! :thumbup:

Thanks!! It should be fun . . . and crazy making.

[PrtyAntOvrYt 6]

Oh my! Yes, I've been married for about a gazillion years to the nicest guy on earth. This is my 29 year old daughter who is getting married. As mother-of-the-bride I have LOTS of stuff to do.

I have to say - I also think your hubby is one of the nicest guys on earth! I found him very sweet and he just adores you!!! You both are very fortunate to have one another!!

[jmegirl 2]

Good luck on your Plateau Diet today Dee!!! :confused_smile:

[Mal 0]

Hi gals!

Mini~Yes, I need a fill. I hope I can get in for one soon. I am down 2 pounds since trying to get back on track with my workouts. I figured I would just go to the gym everyday. It is kicking my butt, I love it though! The working out has been the easy part for me, it's making the wrong food choices and overeating at night that has me fighting the scale...

Dee~Sorry to hear about your job. I hope things work out. We spend so much time at our jobs, you deserve to love your job. I can't believe your one year is coming up! WOW!

Stay warm today! brrrr, it's freeezing out there!

Good day all Bandsters!

[minidriver 0]

I have to say - I also think your hubby is one of the nicest guys on earth! I found him very sweet and he just adores you!!! You both are very fortunate to have one another!!

Ahhh, thanks Dee! I don't know how I got so lucky . . .

[minidriver 0]

Hi gals!

Mini~Yes, I need a fill. I hope I can get in for one soon. I am down 2 pounds since trying to get back on track with my workouts. I figured I would just go to the gym everyday. It is kicking my butt, I love it though! The working out has been the easy part for me, it's making the wrong food choices and overeating at night that has me fighting the scale...

Dee~Sorry to hear about your job. I hope things work out. We spend so much time at our jobs, you deserve to love your job. I can't believe your one year is coming up! WOW!

Stay warm today! brrrr, it's freeezing out there!

Good day all Bandsters!

I admire your drive to go the gym. I am the WORST about exercising. bleh.

[jmegirl 2]

I gotta admit ladies, I know why I'm at a stand-still as far as weight loss goes. I'm not working out. I've not done a damn thing since surgery. No treadmill, no elliptical...nothing. I've been as lazy as ever. And that's all my fault. :confused_smile:

I need to get motivated, and I need to do it quick. As my dad put it to me last night, "You did this to yourself, now you need to do what you need to do in order to make it work. It won't work by itself!!!"

I'm posting this to keep me accountable. I have a treadmill in my living room that points directly at the TV so I have NO EXCUSE not to get on it and walk for at least 30mins a day. NO MORE EXCUSES!!!

[minidriver 0]

I gotta admit ladies, I know why I'm at a stand-still as far as weight loss goes. I'm not working out. I've not done a damn thing since surgery. No treadmill, no elliptical...nothing. I've been as lazy as ever. And that's all my fault. :confused_smile:

I need to get motivated, and I need to do it quick. As my dad put it to me last night, "You did this to yourself, now you need to do what you need to do in order to make it work. It won't work by itself!!!"

I'm posting this to keep me accountable. I have a treadmill in my living room that points directly at the TV so I have NO EXCUSE not to get on it and walk for at least 30mins a day. NO MORE EXCUSES!!!

Now, don't start getting down on yourself about this. Exercising is a tough habit for some of us to develop. As for your lack of weight loss . . . .ummmm, you just had your first fill AND you did lose last week, ya know.

[Mal 0]

There ya' go Jamie! Just do it! I have to tell myself to just get to the gym. Wether my workout is a weak one or a full out sweat and panting, I am "moving" my body and "nothing happens if nothing happens" You can do it!

[jmegirl 2]

Now, don't start getting down on yourself about this. Exercising is a tough habit for some of us to develop. As for your lack of weight loss . . . .ummmm, you just had your first fill AND you did lose last week, ya know.

Well, I appreciate the kind words, but I really should have started walking weeks ago - if not on a daily basis, at the very least 4 days a week. And yes, I did lose this week, but I gained last week - so it evens out. In 4 weeks I've pretty much stayed around the same spot. I'm convinced that if I'd been walking all this time, I'd at least have dropped a few more pounds. My first fill worked for a few days, but now I don't feel much restriction. I mean, I feel restriction at meal time, but I get hungry again faster than I'd like. That is to be expected with my first fill though, so I'm not that bummed. It just means I need a lot more will power. I'm worried once I do start walking every day that I'll use that as an excuse to eat more - in which case, I still won't be losing any weight, LOL. Oh, this vicious cycle. I feel like a hamster on a wheel! I should get one of those for my signature instead of the smiley walking on the treadmill.

Though my dad did tell me last night that my face looks thinner, so that's Step 1!!! :thumbup:

OH, and thanks Mal!!!! :confused_smile:

Edited December 15, 2008 by jmegirl

[deboregon 0]

I look forward to meeting you too!

About the weight loss challenge. For awhile, I think since the Reunion Picnic, we have challenged ourselves to lose a specific amount of weight for a specific amount of time. This challenge will end the last day of the year. We weigh every Thursday and report here if we lost, gained, or remained the same. It kind of gives us some motivation!

I'm supposed to weigh today. I asked for special dispensation from Minidriver (she's the challenge's moderator) to be able to weigh on Sunday instead of Thursday due to my dependent edema issues!

You're welcome to join us!

I know how you're feeling about work! I started a new job 2 weeks ago, besides the fact that I absolutely hate my new job and that stresses me out, (it was totally mispresented to me in the interview), I also am working every day, which is new. I've not been working out, no time to swim my laps and I hate getting out of the habit! I am so angry at myself for accepting this stupid stupid job! And anger is one emotion which makes me want to eat! I don't do anger well! I was taught as a child that "nice girls don't get angry!"

Dee, sorry to hear about the job. Is there any recourse for it being misrepresented to you? Is there a min. time til you can apply for another position? Life is too hard to have a job you hate.

I have had dark beer a couple of times since surgery. I think my rationale was it appears to be less carbonated. Don't know, tho.

Well, winter moved into Oregon yesterday. Snow! Rare to get that in Portland, but truly rare in Dec. Temps are in teens this week. I know that is nothin' to you midwesterners, but for the temperate NW it is cold!!

[lifesaver 0]

So ladies, all you professional Bandsters out there - what do you do when you have a bad cold/flu and need medication? When you go to the doctor, they are inevitably going to give you pills for your ailment. How do you approach that? Is there a liquid-form to what they'll give you for a flu? I've had this flu for 3 weeks this Thursday, and this morning my throat is on fire. I can't remember in all my 26 years my throat ever hurting this much. Add to that the stuffy head, sinus headache, and constant sneezing - I'm miserable. I can hardly talk - my throat is that bad.

I've told myself I'll finally go to a doctor tomorrow if my throat still feels this bad, but I'm worried I'll pay all that money to see the doctor (my insurance isn't that great) only to find that there's nothing he can prescribe me that isn't in pill form. Any opinions ladies?

Maybe this has already been addressed, but why cant you take any pills? I take advil, excederine, when ever I need it without any issues. I also take a thyroid med every day. I don't crush or anything like that. The pills seem to dissolve pretty quickly and i havent ever had a problem with something getting stuck. Just my 2 cents.

[jmegirl 2]

Maybe this has already been addressed, but why cant you take any pills? I take advil, excederine, when ever I need it without any issues. I also take a thyroid med every day. I don't crush or anything like that. The pills seem to dissolve pretty quickly and i havent ever had a problem with something getting stuck. Just my 2 cents.

Dr. K said pills were a No-No because you never want them to get stuck, and there's no telling just how small that opening is in your pouch. He said even my birth control should probably be crushed, just to be on the safe side. Did he not tell that to everyone else?