Oregondaisy

I was on Senior Peoplemeet. I paid for 6 months but I recently hid my profile. I live in the middle of nowhere, so I can't believe I found this gem of a man in this little hick town. Definitely fingers crossed for both of us!

Can someone direct me to the host forum? I would like to have a thread moved. the thead is Life at or Near Goal. It needs to be moved to the vets forum. I'll have to go figure out which forum it's in, but it would be better in the vets forum.

I hope now that Little Miss Diva is back from her break that she will jump in on this thread too. She is the one that originally posted this, and I don't know where it went on the board. I kept seeing people wanting to do the pouch test, so I found it. I am sure Diva has done this more than I have and can offer suggestions on how well it works.

Update! I met someone on POF awhile ago and we have been friends for awhile now but we are definitely more than friends now. I am so happy. There ARE good guys out there online!

I just recently told a friend that I had feelings for him and things are going very well between us. Losing weight has sooooo many benefits. I hope things continue to go well for you too!

Me too, I actually have no desire to eat most of the time. I was 2 lbs below goal this morning. That was a great feeling! I LOVE 5:2

5:2 really seems to have taken away my appetite. I was such a night time snacker, it's no wonder I gained weight. 5:2 completely cured me of snacking after dinner.

I'm really glad you told us about this My daughter is nursing my baby grand daughter who is one month old. DD had gastric bypass a year before I had my band surgery and she is really picky about protein drinks. She needs the protein while she is nursing, and she really likes Muscle Milk.

Sarah, I really feel for you. My best friend in Chiciago just died. She was on a lot of drugs after I moved away from Chicago. I've always felt horrible that she never could seem to stay clean. Her kids are a mess. She supposedly died of pneumonia, but I don't have a lot of information . Your friend needs to go to NA meetings. I've had other friends tell me how that program saved thier lives. Sheryl, I am glad you're taking care of yourself and not pushing yourself so hard. I am going to be in Portland around 2-7 through 2-11 if there is any way you can meet up, I know it's really a long drive though. Kim that was really an interesting article. Carbs are so evil. It's much easier for me to stay on track without them. They cause such bad head hunger, I don't want anything to do with them anymore. Yeah, this whole situation with Bill is a mess. I've been waiting a long time to find a guy like him. I just hope things work out and I am not the one who gets hurt. That's what I said from the beginning, that I was scared to let him know how I feel. Now that he knows, there's no going back. He tells me she is emotionally unstable and he definitely does not love her.

I rarely get hungry. Occasionally, I will get hungry but it's only if I haven't eaten in a long time. I am more hungry in the morning. I do eat low carb and that is supposed to take hunger away, according to Dr. Atkins. It seems to work for me.

I don't know why it's saying Feed said what I said. Anyway, I am going crazy knowing she was at his house all evening. I really want to talk to him soon. Food and weight is good. I haven't had much of an appetite, really. I love my sleeve so much for making it possible for me to weight 135! And I love 5:2 for curing me of night time snacking.

Yeah, it's kind of like Sheryls husband living in his car. She told him if she could not stay with him, she would just go stay in her car in the parking lot in the hospital where she works 3 days a week rather than drive 3 hours home.

Cathy I am excited for you. The 160's will be here soon. Brown I hope you enjoy curves. I didn't like it. I didn't like that you couldn't change the weight of the machines, and I didn't like that they picked the music. I do much better at a gym where I can choose machines and music. But I really hope that you like it! Sheryl I am glad you're in touch wtih your PS if you feel like you still have a lot of swelling. I think you have really pushed yourself so no wonder you're tired. I know you feel badly that your ex wants to live in his car, but you can't save him. He's going to take you down with him if you let him. I have a friend that is really into that Wheat belly book. she is skinny as a tooth pick and was sleeved 2 years ago. I can't seem to give up wheat. It's in everything.

I really do not like foot ball at all. Of course everyone here is going crazy with Seattle in the superbowl. Seattle may as well be Oregon as far as people here think. Well, I got an email from Bill right before he got here, telling me his ex was going to be staying at his house the 3 nights a week that she works closer to his house than her house. I told him immediately that we had to talk. I told him how I felt and that I thought we were getting closer and asked him what happened. He said he didn't think I was interested cause the other night (when I wanted him to kiss me) he thought I didn't want him to. So I leaned over and kissed him. I told him I couldn't be friends anymore because he told me he was done with her so now I opened up my heart. He was rather shocked actually. He had no idea I felt that way. We kissed a bunch and then went for a motorcycle ride. When he left he said he wanted to go earlier tomorrow. He said he was done with her but he promised her he would give her a place to stay. I have been a nervous wreck all evening. He emailed and said how much he enjoyed the day and could not wait for more, but SHE WAS THERE! So, I guess we will be doing more talking tomorrow. I know she is not going to give up. But now neither am I . I know he's not happy with her. I have heard all his complaints and things she has said that no self respecting woman would say to a guy. He feels sorry for her, and that not what you base a relationship on. This is going to be an ongoing mess.

sheryl I didn't mean I wantd to have that talk right away. Things are moving in the right direction,. He already called this morning to ask me if I wanted to go for a drive. It's a gorgeous day. I was talking about if this continues and he thinks we are just friends, I will have to tell him I have feelings for him.I can't be just friends anymore. But maybe today will turn a corner . Maybe he will kiss me today! Chimera I think you will like OH. It's nice to be with people who understand. Sheryl that seminar sounds so fantastic. I wish we had things like that available here.

I am sure she's talking about the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. I would love to go to some sort of seminar on that! Chimera, that was my biggest pet peave when my bf lived here. He brought ice cream , cookies, donuts, etc home all the time and it really Pis$ed me off. I told him he had to eat them in his car. Bill is coming home tomorrow. I am really glad because this being in limbo is driving me insane. I want everyone to throw their 2 cents in here. Do you think I need to tell him I want to see if we can try to make a relationship work ( not in those words) in other words, I don't want him dating anyone else. I am not talking about tomorow. I am talking about if things start looking like we ARE going to be more friends. It's the "exclusive" talk. I probably will have to. The thought of him dating someone else too makes me crazy. And I would have to tell him I can't be friends anymore because I have feelings for him.

They are made by Emerald and I get them at Walmart. I've never seen them anywhere else in 100 calorie packs. I have seen them by Emerald in little can/jar type things at other stores. It would be hard for me to portion them out in the can. They are really good. I've seen other brands, but these are 100 calories and 4 carbs.

I'll be 5 years out this april. I maintained easily the first 3 years. When I wanted to stop losing, I ate nuts and avocados. I regained 15 lbs between 3 and 4 years but I did take it off with 5:2. I'm 61 5'2" and I weigh 135. I have been bouncing down to 133 but it never lasts long after a weekend.

That is basically what I did to lose my regain. I did do 5:2 and the 500 calories for awhile but I lost my 15 lbs fairly quickly when I couldn't do it in a year that I had tried. The no snacking at night was the key I am sure. That was the bad habit I had trouble breaking. Now I have my 100 calorie pack of cocoa dusted almonds or a sf fudge bar at 9 or 10 and fast until around 11 am when I head to the gym. I still try to do lower calories on mon and thurs. . It's good, cause I might have a slight gain from the weekend.

I am very big on Harvarti cheese. I am sure it's pretty fattening, but I have at least one slice a day , and my other go to snack is 100 calorie packs of cocoa dusted almonds. I love those.

It's fantastic! WTG Sarah!

Thanks Georgia . One of these days I will learn how to make links. I am pretty sure I know how to do it but I knew somone who actually knew how to do it would chime in.

I've been around wls boards for the past 7 years. I've seen marriages break up over this. Some husbands don't like the attention their wives got. Somebody just posted about this. Some women got attention from other men and wanted out of their marriages. Some women don't want to have sex because they hate their hanging skin. There are all sorts of marital problems that can come up with WLS. I've also seen it go the other way of course, The husbands are thrilled with their wives new bodies and the fact that they love to have sex now because they feel better about themselves.

I had a face lift. I could not stand the way my face and neck looked after I lost weight. i went to Mexico. He's supposed to be a very good surgeon. However, my face is still numb after over 2 years. I've heard of others that have numbness that never goes away, but I really don't know how common it is. I hate the way it feels, but I love the way it looks.