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Thanks Tracy and Daddy. The Juli and BG show. Loves it!!!!!

Leave it to Coldstone Creamery to do that for ya. It was very good but so not worth it to have a big piece. I think Dan's piece was about 3 servings. It was just gross.

I friggin heart the whole lot of you. You guys inspire me and push me to do the things that I have done. You all really mean a whole lot to me. Okay now back to our regular witty not so mushy programming....I can not believe I bought my husband a 6600 calorie, 384 grams of fat birthday cake.

Is it BCSB of Michigan? If so you need 6 months diet documentation. This could be as little as 3 times in the six months that your docotor doculented talking about diet and excersie with you. You need to go to some seminars at your local hospital(s) of choice to find out what they require of you. BCBS of Michigan is one of the better insurances to have for bariatric jsut so long as you don't have an exclusion of surgery inyour specific policy. Good luck!

I posted this over in the feb 07 Banster area but I wanted to cross post it here since it is MY day and all lol. I started my journey at 278 pounds which was my highest weight ever. I am not really sure exactly how I got there but it is what it is. I never really thought I was that big, I was just kind of in a huge denial of my actual self. I originally went to a seminar in July of 2006 to learn about the bypass. The nurse coordinator and my mother had worked together way back when so she has know me forever. I was convinced to come to the meeting when I saw how great she had looked and that she had a bypass in 1997. At that meeting I learned about the Lapband which I had never even heard of before. I got my info and thought about it but decided to try dieting one last time. I lost 30 pounds that I promtly regained. In Decmeber of 06 I gathered my doctors documentation and had my consult. I could have had my surgery in January but opted to wait until Feb. I had my UGI and psych eval done and I was ready to go. Day of surgery. I was scared out of my mind. I had never had surgery before and I could not get myself to calm down. I kissed my kids and held them tight. Once I went through preop and was lying on the bed I finally got some meds to calm down. I remember being pushed to the OR room and it felt like I was flying there. They transferred me to the bed and the next thing I remember was being pushed to my room leaving the postop area. I have been told that when I woke up in the OR I felt up and down my body and exclained "Holy shit, I am fucking alive" This whole past year has been the hardest journey of my life but the best thing I have ever done for myself. I have struggled with head hunger, emotional eating, plateaus, and frustrations, but it has taught me that I can survive. I have gained a new confidence about myself. I know I am worth more than I ever thought was possible. I know I can be a good wife and mother. I know that even if bad things happen, I can and will overcome them. With the loss of these 90 pounds I have gained a whole new sense of self. I always said that weight loss would never change me but it has. It has opened up a whole new world that I never really knew existed. It has challenged my thoughts of how my life was and showed me just what it could be. Instead of the facade I put on daily I have now gained the confidence to finally truely be myself. I can't wait to find what my second year of banding has in store for me.

Thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love the Bicyling magazine JC! Thanks Juli! I must say I feel pretty good about it.

Hey JC good to see ya buddy. Hang in there, you are still a rockstar. HP you are gonna do great in your classes. You have a lot on your plate right now, make sure you at least take and hour or two on the weekend and pamper yourself. You deserve it. J did you get factacular working yet? My friend said if that happens again to log out and log back in and the problem should be fixed. So I managed to stuff myself last night with dan's bday celebration but it was not as bad as you might think. In the am I gave in and shared a paczki with 2 other people. We split it into quarters and the thin person got 2 pieces lol. So I got that craving out of the way. We went to Texas Roadhouse and I had a salad and 3/4 baked potato (loaded no bacon so not great but could have been worse) then I had a very small piece of the Ice Cream cake I bought for Dan. Did you know 1/12 of that cake was 550 calories and 32 grams of fat??? Holy shit. I did not eat quite that much but I did go to the gym afterwards miserably full and did 3.5 miles on the treadmill at a 7.0 incline for a calorie burn of 500. So hopefully no damage done.

Have you tried refreshing the pages after you answer? You should not have to do that but I am at a loss for anything else you can do.

Something is wrong then because it should not be doing that.

I jsut challeneged you to a brainoff lol

What's your name on there?

Uhh Fat Tuesday....Jelly/ custard filled donut day before ash wednesday? Factacular should only ask again if you are wrong.

Well I am glad to see you back here =)

Could someone else please come on here and talk with me so I am not looking like a loser talking to myself. Anyone? Anyone?

Happy Fat Tuesday y'all. Decisions, decisions. Do I eat the Paczki or the Coldstone Peanut butter Chocolate Ice cream cake I got for Dan's birthday???? I just can't decide. Polish heritage or Coldstone deliciousness? Both? 10 pound weight gain this week? Maybe I will just have a salad.

So I put in for this postition through the hospital I work at for the Director position at the Teen Health center that is near my house. I have had my degree since 2002 and have been unable to find a job that involves my degree without a Masters. Well I turned in my resume on Monday and I recieved and email today to set up an interview. I know it is jumping the gun to get all worked up but I am jsut so happy that I have an interview. I have not ever even gotten one before for something is the counseling field so that just makes it more exciting. Oh and I want to thank Wheetsin for the resume cover letter she posted a little while back. Apparently it does work.

I don't know which thread it is in but here is the original letter posted by Wheetsin: Dear Sir or Madam,I am writing in reference to the <job title> position that is posted on the <company> website (req #). In addition to my attached resume, I would like to provide a brief overview of my ability to match your specific needs based on the position’s competencies. Your requirements include: · 5+ years of experience in recent Linux versions · Experience with programming in Perl, PHP, SQL[...] I bring: · 10+ years’ experience with Linux (multiple flavors including SuSE, RedHat, Fedora) and other proprietary UNIX versions (SunOS/Solaris, AIX). · 5+ years’ experience in developing in a LAMP environment (both PERL and PHP) to include designing, developing and implementing database back-ends and front-end delivery systems.[...] I would welcome the opportunity to speak with your further, and look forward to hearing from you.Best regards,<name>

Hi Chickie

Happy Bandiversary Travelgirl and ReadytoLose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Juli that trivia site is Factacular : Massive Free Quiz and Trivia Site

Busy busy busy.

Congrats!!!!!!!!!

I had to take vicodin to get to sleep last night. I was an hour late for work.

Haven't you ever heard of a PB?