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[TracyK 3]

Kat-by the way...GEE thanks ALOT for sending MACY the caramel eggs!! Remind me to choke you when I see you in May!! (Just when I had all of the chocolate out of here:scared2:)

Pamela-Ohhhh, that is right. I am sorry. I was having a Chantix moment:unsure: By the way, how many lives does James have anyway? Natalie should have listened to Ryan and back doored him. I think she will try to team up with him for sure now.

Laura-OMG! Look at you! You have done so well!!:frown:

Angela-stay and post with us! We are definitely a one of a kind group!

Tracy-mexican food? bad bad bad! (like I have room to talk, right?)

Jenn-I have been having stomach pains right in the middle too. I am gonna go chew up some gas-x. If that doesn't work, at least I will know that is not the problem!

Suzie-what did we drink?:w00t:

Is Survivor coming on Thursday or is it basketball crap again?

I have so many things to say and I can never remember what it is until I shut down the computer... So then I will tell myself...next time I will post it and when 'next time' gets here I have forgotten again. Oh well.:huh2:

Oh, I like these smilies and never use them...:ciappa: and :thumbup: and last but not least....:seeya::seeya: SEE YA!!

Have a great night...and in the famous words of Jerry Springer, "Take care of yourselves, and each other":biggrin:

[TracyK 3]

Laura....ummmm has anyone ever told you that you & your dh look alike?

[Daisalana 33]

OMG TRACY!!! No we do not!! rofl.

I know couples like that, where I could swear they are bro & sis and I can't believe you just said that!! It's just the glasses :thumbup:

I am a swede, blonde hair blue eyes, I'm tall and ROBUST hehe.. He's average & muscular, black hair, brown eyes. Pff. Just glasses.

[Jennifur 0]

Wow Laura

Sorry you are having the pains too Tracy but I'm glad I'm not alone on this one

well i'm going to relax with mom, she just back from Michigan City

Oh... I want to make rice and black beans.. I know at least a couple of you can tell me how they will turn out great! MUAH

[TerriDoodle 6]

Holy Crapola...

The surgeons office just called my work. I am having my surgery next Friday. I didn't think it would happen that fast. I need to take off Thursday and Friday and get labs, etc for the surgery. I am all of a sudden nervous.

I'm nervous, too. I hope you're OK. But you know we'll all be praying for you and I'll get my MIL to pray for you too...she's got a direct connection!! I swear she prayed my Mom right out of ICU!!

....."it looks like you're doing good at getting your Protein in". AH HUH! And I don't even use shakes. Preen.

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WOW!! I just had to move 60lb box of white tiger beanie babies from my office to accounting. I thought I was going to die, and I dropped it a couple times.

And that's just 60lbs.. I lost 100lbs. Holy crapola.

What's "preen"? Damn, I'm old.

Doesn't it just blow your mind when you have to move a heavy box like that and realize how much weight you used to carry around??? DANG, no wonder you were in pain, Laura! That's just a distant memory now, ain't it? :biggrin2: That's so great.

Just got home from going out to lunch with hubby and I think I'm dunk.....No, I think I'm drun....no, runk... Oh Hell, I think I'm wasted.

Did you have a nooner too??? What the heck did you drink??

.....just got a call ... ding! my kittens are done! LOL They are ready to be picked up. I'm so very excited! So... going to work on things, so that Thursday we can pick them up!

How many kittens are you getting?? I love kitties.

...And this pic is NOT going in her digital picture frame lol.

I think you ought to splice it with one of your current pics and put THAT in the digital frame. You don't even look like the same person. O.M.G.

Nothin' going on in my world. Same ol' same ol'. That's not always a bad thing! Oh! My boss is gone for the next TWO WEEKS!! So I'll be hanging out witchu guys! Lucky you!

Where is Denise (Adorable)???????

[GR8 1]

Laura - that is a tremendous before picture - you have done WONDERFUL!

Pamela - I will be keeping you in my prayers - wishing you a quick reecovery!

Sorry I have been MIA -- I traveled 3 weeks straight - crashing my laptop - so waited for a new one and getting it set back up.

Then home Improvement -- I don't know how much more my marriage can take of home improvements. We have 4 outside doors replaced - the old ones were rusting - so we replaced with fiberglass. We have a soft spot in the kitchen - so fixed the floor - tearing up the pergo that was there, that the previous owners placed over vinyl to hide Water damage and rotten floor. We replaced with Bolvarian Rosewood Hardwood floors -- also the entry way we tore up the tile floor that was humpty bump - replacing with same hardwood as well. Talk about dust everywhere.

They are coming back tomorrow to lay hardwood in the foyer - and then replacing the front door and sidelights - then comes staining it.

Well you get the picture -- sorry I rambled --

I have a fill appt Thursday - my last under warranty - even though I don't need one. I am frustrated some times I can eat 3 fresh baked butter rolls - other times can't get a carnation instant Breakfast down. candy and Ice cream never a problem - or Cookies.< /p>

Have a good night -

[Suziecat 379]

Hubby and I went and checked out the new Bass Pro. It just opened about 5 weeks ago. We were waiting the crowds to die down before going anywhere near it. Wow, it's huge and awesome. We had a great time walking around seeing everything. As we were getting ready to leave I made the coment about how thirsty I was and hubby said that there was a bar in the restaurant. I made a bee line for it thinking I was going to get me an iced tea. So we sit downa nd the waitress comes over and hands us the menus. I'm looking on there and they have these five drinks listed. I don't remember the name of the drink but it had mango juice, pineapple juice, coconut and Rum. That's all it took for me. Ended up ordering one. We ordered an appetizer to share and than ordered another drink. Ended up bringing the appetizers home for dinner. Two drinks are my limit and boy were they good. Almost forgot how good rum is.

Going to go get the hair cut tomorrow. I was looking in the mirror while drying it this morning and came to the realization that if I was a man I would be bald. The kind of bald were they have the little ring of hair around the bottom of the hair line. I would be bald on top. I had actually noticed this several years ago but just remembered it today. My hair is real thin on top and thick around the sides and back. This isn't from the Protein thing and surgery. It's all back in now. Just something weird I've noticed about me. OK, now you guys know my deep dark secret.

[Suziecat 379]

Happy Bandiversary to all my April Friends.

Wow, a whole year for you guys. How does it feel?

Good Luck and hope the following year brings you to your goals.

:thumbup: :frown: :ciappa: :seeya:

[Daisalana 33]

Preening is like when you are proud of yourself..imagine a little kid all proud of doing something, hard to explain.--To take pride or satisfaction in (oneself); gloat.

Where are you Denise?!?!

[TerriDoodle 6]

****QUESTION****

How long do you guys take to eat a meal?

I mean, do you keep eating until you feel full...no matter how long it takes?

Or..

Do you quit eating when you're pre-measured food is gone?

Or..

Do you quit after 20 minutes?

Or what?

I am finding that I often will eat and eat until I feel satisfied...that may take an hour!! For instance, last night I was hungry for some MEAT! since my last fill I just know I'm not getting enough Protein. So I went to a BBQ place and got a chopped beef over a smallish baked potato. It tasted so good and I was determined to get that meat in!! So I sat there and read a book while I was eating (alone) and chewing the heck out of that meat before I swallowed! When I finally did check the time almost an hour and fifteen minutes had passed!!! I had finished about 2/3 of the meal in front of me...maybe 3 oz of beef and 1/2 c of potato.

Am I just eating too much???

[GR8 1]

****QUESTION****

How long do you guys take to eat a meal? typically 10-15 minutes

I mean, do you keep eating until you feel full...no matter how long it takes? till I get uncomfortable

Or..

Do you quit eating when you're pre-measured food is gone? I wish I would go back to measuring -- okay I will starting ...NOW. (I need to do liquids tomorrow ans Thursday (Fill day-Doctor weigh-in day)

Or..

Do you quit after 20 minutes? By 20 minutes - I have sholved more than enough food to get vapor locked!

Or what?

I am finding that I often will eat and eat until I feel satisfied...that may take an hour!! For instance, last night I was hungry for some MEAT! since my last fill I just know I'm not getting enough Protein. So I went to a BBQ place and got a chopped beef over a smallish baked potato. It tasted so good and I was determined to get that meat in!! So I sat there and read a book while I was eating (alone) and chewing the heck out of that meat before I swallowed! When I finally did check the time almost an hour and fifteen minutes had passed!!! I had finished about 2/3 of the meal in front of me...maybe 3 oz of beef and 1/2 c of potato.

Am I just eating too much???

I am finding myself GRAZING -- eating meal then handful peanuts 30 minutes later - candy - whatever! Cold coffee with lots of international Creamer is very high in calories - but goes down so good. And carnation instand breakfast with extra choc Syrup and Peanut Butter --mmmm good.

OKAY -- I AM A PIG.

[mdrai 3]

Oops? I should be pre-measuring my food?

Actually, I guess I do, sometimes... always at lunch I weigh my 3 oz of Protein, whatever it is... but I don't measure veggies... and if we eat out, I eat pretty much whatever will go down in the time it takes everyone to eat... last week I brought home about 1/2 of my steak + mushrooms...

I definitely don't stop @ 20 mins... I'll go longer to get it in...

I'm still a fatty in my head... so yeah, I keep on eating 'til I get what's rightfully mine!

[Daisalana 33]

Uhm.. sounds like you're eating fine Terri, was that dinner? Or snack? Hehe. For dinner, that sounds right to me!! Bit of a big snack though if it was a snack.

But hour and fifteen minutes.. if I was eating that long, I'd have eaten QUITE A BIT more.. so I guess it doesn't matter. I normally take 20 minutes to eat my meal, and I eat about 2-4oz total--I don't measure, I wait till the band tells me to stop, which is always after a small portion. Don't ask me about lately, I'm in dire need of fill.

The 'rule of thumb' from the literature they gave me is 4oz of meat (size of a deck of cards) and.. honestly I forgot the rest, the deck of cards just stood out to me since I like poker!!

[Jennifur 0]

Terry

honestly i'm out of control myself (or so I think). If it is there I will eat it. I will eat until it is gone, 20mins, or an hour.

It really depends on my mood, most of the time i can eat 1/2 sub and every once in a while i could eat the entire thing but i'm eating forever.

I do need to say... I make subs, there is only 1 kind of roll I can eat and i only put 3 oz meat on the entire thing, NO TOMATOES.... they kill me and there has to be ita dressing on it... so it is not like a huge sub

[Jennifur 0]

PS...

I am getting 2 kittens. since my fluffy died at xmas we have just been so lost, and mom knows a nurse who had long hair kittens. Mom looks like a smaller fluffy. We are taking the runt (I keep thinking of Charletts Web (sp) ) he is all black and then the other one my ds picked out is bigger, we think male too but we were not 100% sure because they were only 1 week old when we picked them and he/she was a fuz ball - that one is black with a white belly and white paws. I promise I'll post pics, they are so stinking cute.

No one cat will ever come close to my fluffy unless these are him. He was the best ever - never used a litter box, snuggled only when he wanted but always wanted to be in the room with us and hung out with all the neighborhood dogs, everyone welcomed him into their house. I miss him so

anyway, I would have taken all 5 but i'm not that insane!

night all