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Who's got the picture of Janie standing there with her jaw dropped listening to Pamela and Laura at the Gruene Hall?? That's a priceless photo too.......

I was gonna lay odds that some postal worker hijacked it!! LOL Oh, Jane.... this will be the BEST gift ANYONE could ever give you!!! That, and the shower head your uncle installed .... :smile: I still laugh at that!! Your uncle!!.... WAY too funny. ....and GET BATTERIES!!! Can't wait to read Janie's post in the morning!!! :thumbup::w00t::tt2:

With salad i seem to do OK with 'spring mix' lettuce...but iceburg or romaine?...forget it! It's good though 'cause spring mix is more nutritious anyway. Ha! yeah, you'll get your fill back then wish you hadn't !! Been there!! Ah, the elusive sweet spot!

You're one week out from your fill? My suggestion is to stay with soups and mushies for another week...then proceed slowly with foods you've heard might be trouble. I can't eat eggs in any form whatsoever, for example. Eat a couple of bites then WAIT. If it goes down ok, then take another and WAIT again. Every time you get a fill it's a whole new ball game.

Well, some foods DO just taste better when you have a mouthful...like salad for instance. It's just not as satisfying to me to take little nibbles! And, of course, when you're really hungry you want to EAT and it seems to take forever for that food to hit your stomach! It's a constant learning process it seems.

What about a gastric sleeve? Are you a candidate for that?

So are Manda and her ex like "together together"?? Hmmmmm!!!

Lunasa - yep it sure sounds like you need an unfill! PBing liquids is a sure sign! Glad to see you posting! Luluc - Why don't you go back to a post-op mushy diet just until your unfill?? Refried beads w/ cheese & salsa, cottage cheese, soups? One thing I do when I'm really feeling the need for some proteiin is to pound some chick breast really thin, cook it, then DICE it real tiny....I add it to soups, mostly. If DH is ordering chiinese I get a cup of hot & sour soup and add that chicken and some carrots, peas and Water chestnuts (all chopped fine) to my soup. It usually does the trick quite nicely.

Kat -what did you weigh when you went into surgery?

Actually, "Did ya'll" is pronounced more like "dijall"....just for the record.

Careful! It's habit-forming!! You'll know when it's stuck for good when you hear yourself say "Ya'll's"....as in, "Did ya'll get ya'll's batteries yet?" :thumbup:

Pammy - I LOVE bouginvalia (sp?) and it should do great in Palm Springs! They say the more you ignore it the better it blooms...they like it hot and dry! I had to pull mine up finally...it was in a bed that is watered regularly by our sprinkler system and it just did NOT like all that water. The thorns did grow nicely though!:thumbup: BTW, the reason your pics come out so big isi because you need to adjust your camera to a "small format" when you take pics. you may want to take a look at your manual to figure out how to do that...you're basically taking pics that would normally be printed to 8x10 or 11x14...or larger! It's a common mistake. Michelle-- cool story!! Wonder why he picked you?? Just 'cause he wuvs you?? :tt2: Haydee - I love cracklins,too!! ...but not nearly so much as DH! He wolfed down a bag before I could blink! He said that the brand you got he's been eating since he was a kid. Said they're the best! I like the REAL crunch ones...the kind you can break a tooth on LOL.... ever had those? (((Thank you for the package!!))) Kat -- how's your grandbaby today??:eek: Prolly feeling pretty crummy. And how's your daughters RA?? Is she still living with her ex? How's that going? TracyinKS - did you ever make pork rind pancakes when you were a low carber?? LOL...I did! They were pretty freakin' disgusting, too!! I was a bad bandster today, too....2 brownies AND a sm chocolate shake! Fortunately didn't have much else today...lowfat crab salad, oatmeal and sushi. Damn chocolate. I'm a slave. Laura - did you send Jane her package yet???? Dang, I miss you girls. I wish we could get together next month!! Jenn's got a 3 year plan for moving down here...what about the rest of you??!?!

When you get tightly restricted (if that's what you choose) it can be like a delicate ballet keeping the band and stoma happy & healthy! If I want to stay tight, I have to eat soooooo very slowly. I'm not kidding when I say it takes me 45 minutes to eat. And I chew the dickens out of every bite when I'm eating 'solid' food. Hmmmmm. Eat Slowly. Chew chew chew. Where have I heard that before???

I think this is it, Tracy.......... Purple Heart (Purple Queen, Tradescantia pallida aka Setcreasea pallida or purpurea). http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1160/ http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/171/

I've got folks working on it Tracy! Lemme tell you though, here in Texas that stuff spreads and grows like weeds...and can be hard to control.

((((Kat))))) I'm just so happy for you!!! Sounds like you're finally getting to feeling a bit normal again. Amazing recovery! Well done!

Ain't no way on God's green earth I'd be able to eat a whole tuna on a bagel. I can only eat 1/2 scoop of tuna salad and about 6 crackers. Yep, sounds like you need another fill....but(!) be prepared for some modification to your eating behavior!! You're getting close!

Congratulations, Michelle!!! You've done such an amazing job and you are one beautifully curvy babe!! If you never lost another pound, you'd be perfect just the way you are! You have so much to be proud of!! Kat! Oy! I can't imagine sneezing with a fresh TT!! i remember that feeling when I had the band surgery. Wise words (once again!) for Tracy! I hope she's listening!!! Pamela - did I miss it? What happened at the docs office yesterday? Scale went down a bit again today!? I have no idea why really....but I'll take it. Love u all! mmmmmmmmmuah!

Yes!! I see very clearly now why that didn't work for ya! Not very sexy!...unless you're a farmer.

You lived on a street called Glitterkiss???

Laura: Try these links: Gruene Market Days general info Gruene Market Days Application (at lease has contact info for coordinator that might be able to help)

You're an eagle eye, Tracy!! Dang! Sharp as a tack! Yeah, funny how when you run out of ice cream and don't replace it, the scale starts moving again!? Who'da thunk it? I'm trying so hard not to eat around my band and play by the rules. I also have been weaning myself off of Lexapro to see if I can be human without it AND to see if they have something to do with my ZERO sex drive and weight stall. Interesting results so far! Yes, Alex was trolling for new moderators (lost a couple) and I told him that I thought you might be interested. He made a couple of leaps ahead and just gave you mod status without actually asking you! I think that was the day of your surgery, so i didn't think there was any point in me telling you..........you wouldn't have remembered!! LOL So, now you're a mod! If you have issues with it, or whatever, just PM Alex. Otherwise, go get 'em girl! I actually resigned last week sometime. Too much aggravation, not enough pay!

Yeah, and god forbid that employee morale and productivity should actually go UP!?!! Tell them they should make it a benefit for anyone with 10+ years at the company! (how many do you have??)

Yeah, Laura -- don't they have to sign a contract stating that they understand that these are RJK colors (or whatever they're called)? I suppose the gap between the know and know-nots is getting wider...but YOU shouldn't be the ones to pay the price!!

Reflux symptoms are so subtle sometimes, aren't they?