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Chimera, I am still in awe that you're just giviing that machine to us! We are so excited! I just can't thank you enough. Sarah, you really do have your hands full with your inlaws. I remember very well how difficult it was when my parents aged. It was one thing after another with my mother and she was in and out of the hospital all the time. It was so stressful. Sending you cyber hugs! Sheryl, it's so wondeful that you have the horses. I don't know if I ever mentioned I had 2 of them for a long while. After my husband died, all I wanted to do was ride. I bought them after he died and they were my lifesaver. Bill and I are having his female obese friend over for dinner at his house on Fri. She's very depressed over some guy she met online and thought they had a relatioinehip. They were texting talking and emailing but they had never met. She had won 2 nights at the casino and gave htem to him and when they met, he was very insulting about her weight. Bill wants to cheer her up. I want to get to know her because she is from Chicago, like I am. Bill definitely needs some male friends for sure though. I haven't weighed myself yet. Kind of scared. with DD birhtday yesterday, I am afaid to get on ithe scale. I was 132 the day before and i was happy.

My bf was an English professor. I have him correct my grammar even though I thought I had perfect grammar. It's amazing how many things I had wrong. Such as"if and wish." In the case of if or wish, It's I wish I were at Disneyland, rather than I wish I was at Disneyland. I always thought it's a case of singular and plural. I was, We were. Not the case with "if or "wish"

Lisa pmed me and asked if she could stay in. I deleted her before she pmed me. She has never posted, so that is why I deleted her. She says her husband has cancer and she is very stressed out. That's very sad, but I feel that it's too late to join in the discussions here.

Florinda I do that all the time and it takes a couple of days to take it back off. You'll have to try to do protein only and exercise. It's only when we have several of those bad days in a row that it gets really hard to break the cycle. I know you can do this!

I was the same way. I worried too, because I could drink so much and so much more quickly than everyone else. It's a different story when you get to dense Protein. I'll be 5 years out soon and I still have very good restriction.

Sheryl that is so awful! How devestating! There have been so many mudslides out west here since there were so many fires. The trees hold the ground down. It's been raining buckets here all weekend and no end in sight I think what you are experiencing is normal. Some sort of mid life crisis. People evaluate their lives at some point and things are never as rosy as we want. Where is Wanda? I just can't get over Kelly's generousity. This is going to make a huge difference for us. Hers Cpap is new and Bill's is quite a few years old. I am so excited! Georgia I am so glad your shingles are gone! Coops that sounds like so much fun getting together with your friends. I love it when all my friends are together. I am sorry if I've missed anyone. I do so much better when I open up another window but I have to make dinner. I've been working on the other house. Everyone, please cross your fingers that someone buys that house.

Happy Mothers Day Cathy!! I hope you have a great day. Not much going on with me. I am at Bills and it's been raining really hard all weeekend so we have been watching videos among other things (Wink) I deleted every single person who I have not recognized as posting in here. I think Susan deleted herself because I didn't see her name on the list. Everyone left on the list are active participants other than Cheri and LV. I hope they come back.

When you feel comfortable with how you look in clothes, definitely start dating. I met my bf online and I met my last bf online who I was with for almost 3 years. There is no way I would have met either of these guys if I were still fat. You'll probably start freaking out over loose skin if you have a lot to lose, but if you find someone worth taking off your clothes for, he's not going to care about it. It takes awhile to date someone and feel comfortable enough with them to even tell them about your surgery. i don't have recreational sex, so by the time we got to that stage, they loved seeing me naked.

Some people do the cottage cheese test. Eat as much cottage cheese as you possibly can in 5 min. Then measure the amount of the cottage cheese. At 5 years, I can eat 4 oz. There is a huge difference in the amount of solid Protein I can eat, such as steak, or sliders such as yogurt. I think if you can eat 2 slices of pizza, your surgeon made your sleeve a little bigger. Everyone does not have the same size sleeve. Try eating only protein if you want to kick start things. .Look up the Boot Camp Diet posted on this board. There is a search bar in the right hand corner.

The problem was Bill had not put the Cpap mask on and fell asleep. I tried to wake him up when he started snoring and told him to put it on. I don't think he was really awake but he got really angry so I just got dressed and left. He was a mess the next day. He thought for sure I was going to break up with him. H agreed that he needs to put it on as soon as he kisses me good night. We had several long talks after this about other stuff too that was very helpful so things are going great again. Sheryl I posted in the NSV thread how happy I am that you had fun skiing. I knew you would once you had some lessons. Lessons are definitely the key. I wish I could go with you! I haven't skiied in years, but I rememeber how free I felt going down and how beautiful everything looks from so high up. I was actually amazed that I was able to pick it up after awhile and then it just became so much fun. Don't worry about people reading in here. I am going to delete anyone who hasn't posted in awhile. I will pm them if they have posted but not in a long time, and just delete anyone who has not posted. I deleted Butter a long time ago. Alex told me nobody can read anything in here.

Sorry I am so computer illiterate that I can't make a link. If you go on the top where it says forums, it takes you to the main board where all the forums are.Just keep scrolling down. The food one is way at the bottom. It says food and nutrition and under that, is a sub forum for Protein drinks. The thread says Places to get Samples

Jane that is so cool about skiing. I would love to ski with my kids. I am glad to hear you're enjoying it more. It's so much fun, and just gorgeous out there in the mountains. I had a new NSV. I haven't had one in awhile . I was at the gym and I noticed this guy staring at me. He was about my age and I've seen him at the gym a lot over the years. I was doing lunges and squats and I asked him if I was doing something wrong. He replied "No, not at all. I was just admiring you"

I don't think that is the reason people gain. I think that it's because it's so easy to pick up little bites of this and that during the day, or eating in front of the tv, etc. Maintenance is still 3 meals and a snack. Life is so much more fun with socializing etc, when we are thin, it's so easy to lose track of extra calories.

Go to the section of the board where it says protein drinks under the food forum. There is a list of places to get samples there.

Florinda, Usually you need an attorney to do this. You can aggravate the condition and get it reopened. I would think there would be a form you would need to fill out and get turned in. I am not sure who is paying your claim. I worked for a workers'comp attorney. Anyway, you could probably find this information online. Did you get my PM? Sheryl, I am glad you're enjoying skiing, I wish I could do it again. It was so much fun once I got the hang of it. How is everything going with you Coops? I am going to change the name of our group and redo our main page. Alex told me I could and then we will stop getting requests to join. If you go to where it says groups, read what I wrote and someone please proof it over, and if it needs to be rewritten so it flows better, let me know and I will change it.

Alex answered me and so I am going to put something on our main page that our group is closed. he said we are invisable so he doesn't know why I keep getting more requests to join. Florinda, I resent my message. I hope you got it. I'm excited about your new low. Usually, when that happens to me, a few more new lbs fall off too. Bill and I got into a fight last night over his Cpap machine. I ended up leaving his house in a huff. He texted this morning "are you through with me" I am not, but I don't feel like talking to him. I really shut down when I am mad. Dorrie , I am so glad you were able to catch up with us all. I know the version of some boards is competely different on phones and I pads. We miss your good wisdom so I hope you'll be able to access the board from a lap top or desk top sometimes. You are so wise! Cathy, I hope the move is going well. My house is for sale. I took the drapes down when I had the entire house painted. I am going to leave the drapery rods and drapes in the attic. I have a huge attic in that house. Swizz I hope you're hanging in here with us. If you feel down over the scale, this is the best place to be. Wanda I am really impressed that you're writing a play. I hope I can get to a point where I feel like I can talk to Bill but I have a feeling it won't be until tomorrow. When I get mad, I'd rather think about what I want to say.

I totally get what you're saying Sheryl. I could have pmed you but since we have so many in our group who could be facing these issues, I thought it would be good to share. I love my bioidentical hormones.That dryness got to be way too much for me .It was painful. I don't know any of my friends in my age group who are still having sex. They didn't want to go on hormones, sex became painful, and their husbands have ED. It's a shame to see marriages end up like that. I hope I can stay on them without issues but it's scary. My mom had breast cancer. I know I would not fool around with progesterone without estrogen. I'm glad my doctor hooked me up with a compounding pharmacy. I don't get around the rest of the board much at all.Someone was just discussing this in the powder room though.

Sheryl you went through meno at a very young age? Are you on any kind of hormones? I can't believe you aren't at least having dryness issues. I was a mess when I wasn't on hormones. My skin thinned out so much in my vaginal area , I was contantly getting UTIs. If I tried to have sex, I bled. I don't get around the board much. I drop in the Powder room and the vets room occationally. if someone could mention on a 5:2 thread that another group needs to get started, that would be great. I messaged Susan and I am about to message Alex. We do show up on the list of with all the groups that exist here.

I've had insomnia all of my life. sleep has always been a big problem in my life. I was on Serzone which is an anti depression medication which they took off the market. During the 10 years I took Serzone, I slept better. It causes liver failure. I have problems with my liver because of it. Anyway, of course after spending so many years fat and alone, it's been hard for me to adjust to the sleeping part of having a bf. I really do not like sleeping with another person. I am trying to adjust. The littlest sound will keep me from fallling asleep. I've tried ear plugs. They don't even work. The only thing that works are sleeping pills. I keep telling him I don' t want to have to drug myself heavily just to make it through the night asleep in the same bed with another person. Does anyone else have this problem? Can anyone relate?

Believe it or not, I don't have any before and after pictures of my face. I've always hated having my picture taken. I had to take some close ups and send them to my surgeon before, but after I emailed them to his office, I deleted them from my camera. I was able to retire early because of my husband's horrible accident in 1987. Workers' Comp has to pay me untll I remarry. Plus widows can get SS at 60 so that helped a great deal. Sheryl, if you start going through menopause, you'll have way less desire for sex drive. The only reason I am still able to have sex is because I am on hormones. I got another pm from someone asking to join our group. I am going to pm Susan who is in our group anyway, and ask her how to get on the main page of the group to say the group is closed. I can't figure out how to rewrite what LV wrote which says ask to be invited in. Nothing new here today. I am still at 135 trying not to eat junk and being successful about half the time. I have plans to go to the gym tomorrow so lets see if I can make those plans actually stick. Florinda, I sent you a pm which in my messenger says is unread. I hope your Skype interview goes well!! It would be really wonderful to have something lined up when you can get back to the States. Fingers and toes crossed for you. Cathy, glad you're almost ready to move into your new house. I just pray someone buys my house I moved out of. I hope all is well with Wanda and everyone else we haven't heard from lately.

It's still really hard for me. My bf really thinks we need to sleep in the same bed every night. I wish he would just settle for dating and not staying over. I guess that's the price to pay to have a man in my life. I had some samples of Sarquel and it worked really well but they're all gone and I can't get more. Trazadone doesn't work unless I take so much, I can't get up in the morning. I hate this so much.

Because of the numbness, I would not recommend him. His name is Dr. Juan Luque and I had it done in Mexicali. Everyone says that they have never seen anyone before whose face lift looked more natural but the numbness is a big issue for me.

I didn't think mine had a smell cause I can't smell it but according to my daughter, they reek. I've had other people say something wondering who smelled up the entire room, and I wanted to run and hide.

Go Globe! I hope you get past you low of 164 and hit a new low. Sarah, i hope your FIL is okay. Sheryl, I hope you can figure out a way to retire early. Bill and I are trying to figure out how we can vacation more since we are both retired. I am glad you have Stephen to enjoy, but you're right, he's too old for you. I hope you can find someone closer to your age. These guys past 50 seem to have a lot of Ed problems and I got so tired of that when I was dating. Swiz, I have problems with UTIs and I hated it when I got a yeast infection from the antibiotics. I hope you get well soon and can join us more here. We are here for you whether you're doing 5:2 or not. Not much new with me other than I am trying to sell the house I moved out of 2 years ago and it didn't sell then. Renting to my daughter proved to be a bad idea and it's been hard to get it ready to put back on the market but I did it.Bill was a big help but I just didn't have the money to do much fixing up other than painting the every room in the entire house. Please keep your fingers crossed that is sells this time.

I get horrible gas, especially if I eat anything with sugar. Carbs like rice are not as bad but if eat candy or a cookie , I better go and hide for awhile. It's a big problem for me. I hate it. Some days, I have no idea what's causing it.