kyethra

Well this year I decided to host thanksgiving. I did it because otherwise I was worried no projects or organization would ever get completed around the house. And I wanted to make it easy on me family wise. Instead of who goes where, etc, I figured I'd make them all come to me and get along. It worked nicely. I made lasagna, mini sweet potato pies, pumpkin pie with ginger whip cream, apple pie with crumble topping, creamed corn, creamed spinach, green beans with bacon, garlic and butter, garlic mashed potatoes with cheese and butter, and then my MIL brought Italian Sausages, bread, and salad, my SIL brought shrimp, and my mother brought an antipasto tray. Tons of food... Of course I couldn't eat much at the meal, but we are still eating left overs. That apple pie was heavenly... And the mini sweet potatoe pies turned out really well too, never did those before. I am firmly at a plateu. Its not a mystery to me why. I haven't been eating that well, and its been about three weeks since I've been to the gym. In my defence, the three days I had between midterm project choas and final project prep went to getting the house ready for thanksgiving. In just a couple of weeks I'll be done with my first semester of the master's program! It went by so fast! I have an interview tomorrow about a summer practicum-- wish me luck. I have no idea what to wear! If I can find my old suit, then I know it will work because it should actually fit. DH is almost done with the laundry room-- I have him putting up shelving for me and then he needs to do the door and the trim and it will all be done , more or less. Nice and organized. We also recently got a dresser and chest of drawers for our master bedroom, and it has a walkin closet (not huge, but still a walk in). We ordered a nice four poster for a bed (I insisted) and we also got the matching nightstands for the dresser and once the bed comes-- soon I think, we will move upstairs. Its painted and so forth. New pergo type laminent floor in a pale birch (laminent is better for us given the dog, the clumsiness of us me, etc-- and we don't even have kids yet!). I've been eyeing some rocker recliners and floor lamps to do a little reading area, and at some point I also want to put a little vanity table in the bedroom. Once we get it all furnished with the bed and everything then we can find an area rug we like and some decor. I like candles, so I want lots of those up there, like doing something with lanters on the wall... He also painted the downstairs bathroom when he painted our laundry room. Someday we might even get out masterbath done. I've been thinking about how I haven't been eating so well. Since we got a lot of organizing done, I think that will help. I noticed my diet got worse when the house got more chaotic. Like not being able to easily find the cups I want or wash them out quickly to get myself a protein shake. Being able to grab my protein bars and healthy food as easily as junk food is good. I need to work on my habits now and keep my goals in mind... I think that helps me out as well.

I'm in the doldrums too... waited too long before this last fill (partly scheduling actually).... regained ten, now I'm working on getting back down to what my ticker says. And then I stop and think but I haven't lost weight in months! Since my recent fill I expected the ten pounds to fly off or something, and it is starting to come off, but jeez, did this thing get me used to fast weight loss. I need to get unused to that. I takes time. where I love there is nice apple orchard that sells the best apple dougnuts. DH and I went recently, got our pumpkins, some cider, some doughnut. So far I have had half of one doughnut. That left me full and satisfied. But wow! Last year those dozen doughnuts would have been long gone by now. So I think of things like that now-- of how I was able to choose healthier foods lately as well (even if I do eat some goodies). It might take a little longer now to see the scale move, but thats ok. It all feels like it is possible.. And I have been getting stronger. I'm healthier than I have been in years! Now I'll readily say that its not all weight loss-- a large component of my recent health is treatment of my narcolepsy. But I do notice that the weight loss certainly helps! Easier to move and fit in stuff. Lower BP, etc. But I want to lose another 60 pounds. So I need to get in gear! And I have hair again! Very short, but it looks cute. My dream size for myself is a size 12. I think thats not unreasonable given my mother wears a 8-10 and she is three inches shorter than me. Of course it is also sort of funny when I consider that as a teen I thought I should be about 120 pounds. Hah! I think anything under 140 for me would be too thin. And thats thinking skinny! So now I'm trying to visualise when I will be at goal and how I will then have to learn about clothes and buy some nice stuff and so forth. I think about where I will be in my life then, my career/education, etc. I think that helps.

I think it depends. Reactions to weight loss and anesthia and so forth. I lost a bunch of hair. I shaved my head-- the lovely buzz cut didn't make me look lovely but it made the hair loss easier for me to deal with. Then it stopped falling out. Then it started growing back. Now it is growing at its normal rate-- for me this is between 3/4 inch to 1inch a month. At the moment my hair likes to stand straight up. It doesn't do flat. So I got some gel and blue hair mascara and its been fun! But of course I had two surgiers in six weeks.

Wow. I realised I have not checked in a long time. Grad school has been keeping me busy! I started the semester out by taking too many classes, getting over involved in student organizations and drinking too many lattes. So I dropped a class, and now I'm drinking less lattes. I also recently got a fill as my stomach has been telling me to feed it too often. I regained about ten pounds! I hate it when I regain! But I am losing again, and I am also working out. I was in physical therapy for a while. I have an older hip injury that acts up from time to time (my SI joint) and it was bothering me. So I got a cortizone shot as well. Now that is doing much better and I am trying to excercise 2-5 times a week. Currently it is closer to 2, but I have to start somewhere. I am already getting stronger though and I do love that part. I also really love grad school and I'm learning a lot. Plus I am now healthier than I have been in years. The one downside to being busy is not having time to work on cleaning and organizing more. I tell my husband if he isn't careful I'm going to use henna to put a temporary tatoo of slob on his forehead while he sleeps. Currently my biggest issue weight wise is my diet. I want to eat more junk food than is wise-- ice cream or coffee drinks, etc. So I need to work on those Protein shakes for Breakfast (I find that really helps me out) and just working on delayed gratification.

So yeah, I do. Its pretty much true. Not something I like to admit, but I do admit it. Mostly I worry about getting rid of it. I have to say that while I have always been messy, my DH is worse and I think his issues surrounding the mess are complicating the mess... If that makes sense. But now I'm starting to get issues about it all too. I guess a large part of it is because I had my surgery so recently so I cant do anything at right now around the house. I just don't feel up to any of it. And it wil probably be about a week I guess- at least a few days before I can do anything. And even before the surgery I could only do so much. I do have fibromyalgia and I have the narcolepsy (which isn't controlled that well) and those make doing stuff hard. So I work from home part time (my office is the one neat room in the house-- he has been warned) and I go to grad school part time. So I'm not a house wife as I'm always reminding DH even if I do work from home. I know its messy. But he has to work on it as much as I do. And right now working on the mess and squalor is our top priority I feel or it should be as opposed to his figuring out what size of pex he will need for the bathroom renovation. We have been doing that for months and it will be more months. He can take a break from that and work on the mess that in swallowing us. I think that would be obvious but it isn't to him... At all. DH has problems with depression and anxiety. He is on meds and those help a lot but the meds are as good as they are going to get. And I think that the depression and anxiety is leading to his problems dealing with the house properly. I keep urging him to consider couseling but now I might have to insist. For example, if left to his own devices he will jsut sleep all day or fiddle around with stuff and then he will complain about not being productive nad it becomes this cycle. Also he will complain to me about the mess. SO I tell him that we can work on it together and ask him what time is good for him. He never gets back to me. Or I tell him I need him to move something that is blocking the closet so I can put the laundry away and all of a sudden there is a huge problem with the whole laundry system because he just can't be bothered to move it so the laundry piles up and up and up... Or he whines to me about the dishes and when I say I am busy and tell him he should do them he never does. All talk when it comes to the mess but no action at all. And its just getting worse with me being unable to do anything. I was the one who did any and all cleaning that was done and organization. Another issue is I think he thinks it will be easier once it is all neat but it won't be because keeping things neat is changing habits and so forth. And I tell him this and he gets impatient- he does have ADD. I'm thinking of hiring a cleaning service to come and clean the house and organize it and then DH and I can work on just keeping it clean. That would be difficult enough at this point. And I could get him into counseling to work on some of those issues... Of course I've brought it up to him and he never likes the idea. SO I think I might do it without telling him until after. Don't ask me how to keep him away all day though-- he tends to try and work from home more nad more these days. Another symptom. Any ideas? I'm worried about our house but also about him.

No. There is watching what I eat aspects. No matter what a person weighs or wants to weigh, one should always practice healthy eating-- fruits and veggies and Protein, trying not to eat too much junk food, aiming for whole grains, that sort of thing. That is watching what I eat. Most people watch what they eat. If they do not, they likely should. Then there is a diet-- Oh I need to eat x,y, and z to lose weight. Those things are about numbers and following certain rules to see certain results, in my mind. For me this isn't that. I try to eat healthy because I want to be healthy. And its a lot easier for me to do that now. Before the band my hunger made it hard to follow commen sense--now I can be more sensical. Now I like trying to be good to my body and give it veggies different ways. For dinner I had kabobs. They were great! It was a good way to combine protein and veggies. Its not a diet or a plan even. Its just this wonderful new way-- its freedom from that old hunger. Ok yeah so I get stuff stuck on occasion and if I eat too fast I throw up or if I am greedy with food, etc. Well I can deal with that. Small price to pay. Its just a truly different mindset and physical experience than diets.

I lost a lot of hair. I would say about 50%. It recently, finally stopped shedding. Since I had gorgous wavy, red hair that was extra thick and down to my midback, the sort of hair strangers would stop me in the mall to compliment me on, I took this pretty hard. There were some areas on my head where I lost hair more than other areas. I had a solution. I shaved my head. My hair was less than 1/4 long. No more big wads of hair comming out when I tried to wash it! I have some theories. I think it hit me so hard because I had not one surgery, but two. I had the lapband, then I lost tons of weight right away, and then my gall bladder failed rather splendidly and I had to have that taken out six weeks after my band was put in. I was fortunate enough to pick up a couple of infections while in the hospital, one of which was mono or something like it, so I'm sure that helped. I was a sick puppy for a while. And then, just in case my body wasn't confused enough, I started a new neurological medication a couple of weeks after that surgery. While that medication has had wonderful, life changing results, that was a lot for my body to go through. As for the different spots/areas of heavy loss. I have a rythmic head movement disorder where when I am asleep I move my head from one side to the center and repeat this rythmically for hours (I also throw in some moaning says the husband). Now that fun sleep disorder has always had side effects like the way I could move my neck less and less each month and the permenanet knots in it and it was horrid on my hair. I would get terrible knots in my hair and so forth. Now the meds I am on now make it so I don't do that anymore, but I think years of doing it probably affected my hair/scalp and I did lose a ton of hair from that affected area. So I've been hairless for a few weeks. I let the hair continue to shed. I took all my Vitamins and Calcium and made sure my Protein was adequate and my doc also ran some bloodtests. I started using some organic products for my hair-- Morroccan method, as well as coconut and jojoba oil. Also silicone free. The shedding stopped. I haven't had any hair growth yet. Maybe a few baby hairs. My doc said it might be a few months before it grows again. So now I'm stuck with short hair thats ginger (my natural shade, which is mousy, when its a bit longer I'll get some henna or something and make it prettier). I got a wig. Its a synthetic wig and it was little less than $150 and it looks natural. I also have a bunch of hats and scarves and the hats look adorable on me, esp with a pair of big sunglasses. I'm a bit nervous about colour and texture myself. Growing up my hair would change around on its own. I guess time will tell. I figure this way I can grow it out nice and healthy and even. In a few years it will be down to my waist and beautiful.

I was told protein first, then veggies, then carbs. Basically I was told to eat 1400 calories or less a day and my dietician even gave me a food pyramid that I should follow. I immediately lost it. But I meant to follow it. I try to get all the basic food groups it-- dairy and protein aren't a problem for me and carbs I can manage. And then fruit and veggies I can get in as snacks. I don't know what you mean by diet food. I eat soy crisps. Thats because they are healthy and not too filling and I don't really like potatoe chips, etc. Some consider those diet foods. I also eat bronwies and ice cream. Some think those are anti diet foods. I like milk, oatmeal. I just eat. I try to eat well. Not too well, because I don't like that. Healthy isn't necessarily "diet" and even if something is a tradition diet food that doesn't mean you are in diet mode if you eat it. For example, I like 100 calorie pack foods usually (except their granola bars taste horrid In my opinion). Does that mean its diet food? What if I just like them and think its a cool way to help me keep track of what I eat, etc?

Hello all! August is going by fast! So far my fill is holding up great, I just keep pushing on back my apointment further and further. Why mess with a good thing? Though the other day I thought it would be ok if I had a couple bites of a roll before dinner. Not ok. Those things don't go through. No more bread before dinner for me. Today is my first wedding anniversary! How exciting is that? I'm surprised its already been a whole year for one thing. We went to the resturant where we had our reception. Soon we will be seeing how their cheesecake defrosts. I haven't been weighing myself so much lately. Partly because I forget. And partly because I am focusing on NSVs right now. I think my body shape is changing more than my weight is. I know I am getting some loose skin! My wing span has gotten bigger! These arms will be weapons soon enough if I learn how to utilize their momentum. Also the belly and boobs are finding gravity more and more irrestible every day. Gravity used to be my favourite force. I just might have to rethink that (I started out as an engineering physics major back in the day-- of course I have a favourite force. Did everyone hear about how they are reversing that force that geckos use to actually levitate small things? Far out. I need to talk to the real physicistics I know about that.). I might be investing in some spanx soon. I'm going shopping in a posh mall up in the suburbs in a couple of days. The Lane Bryant by me closed unexpectedly. I need a new bra, I think I now might wear a 38DD, but I have no idea where to shop. The Catherines where I am at has really big sizes typically and really ugly stuff, and fashion bug doesn't have much in the way of undies. Also I tried on some old jeans I had, not expecting them to go around my hips all the way let alone fasten. But fasten they did. I could even breath, though there was serious muffin top and some camel toe invovled. The jeans were even a size 16T. That means no W after them, meaning no Women's, no plus sizes, just extended sizes, like in misses. I could tell that once they do fit they will fit me better than my current plus size garments. I remember that back in the day I couldn't wear plus size because of how those were cut. The waists on those were always way too big and the butts on plus sizes always were too large for me as well. Strange as it may sound, my butt isn't that big. I have pretty big hips, and proportion wise I'm a perfect hourglass, but the rear itself isn't as large as the cut allowed for and things would just hang wierd. I found trying to defeat the stairmaster by stepping on it was good, however, in that department. So I have no idea where to shop. Where on earth does one buy misses size clothes and Bras that aren't DDD? ITs been too long. I'd ask my friends, but they are too small to know. They are size 4. Yes, both of my good friends are tiny. One actually has a bit of a six pack-- she has a higher belt in tae kwon doe and wins marathons and stuff like that. She's a chemical engineer. The other is a natural blond who just got a promotion at work, speaks japanese, and always has at least one or two guys wanting to ask her out. But its ok. They can't help these things. And they used to be jealous that had proportionate curves (before gravity and weightloss caused the flab monster to take over), thick hair (its starting to grow back...), and a wonderful husband. Life can be ironic. So now I need to find stores to shop in. Stores that would have sizes like 16-20. Are there stores like that, do department stores have those sizes? One of my dreams is to go on What Not to Wear, as I am completely clueless about clothes and have Stacy and Clinton tell we what to wear and make it all better, but not until I'm done losing weight and so forth. I really find this all strange. Makeup and hair aren't so difficult. Those don't change so much as clothes, it seems to be that all the basics stay more or less the same, and the stuff is cheaper at least. Where as clothes, really good stuff at least, can be so expensive. And then every season a person is supposed to have this new wardrobe or something. Its all a bit much for me to comprehend. Sometimes I buy a magazine and look at it helplessly.

Well I am now off of my BP meds completely. Partly because it went down to normal levels even after I had forgotten to take it for two weeks... And also partly because it is going down and I am continuing to lose weight and so forth, and it has some side effects I do not like.

Cheddars in Champaign, at noon, right? I didn't know that about Dr. Tull either. I wonder if another surgeon is comming in, or not? Maybe there isn't a need for another one? Who knows, we'll see. I'm scheduled to have a fill on the 13, but I might push it back again. I need another week to tell, I think. i might be just fine, I suspect I am. But I might be close to needing a small one. Only I don't want to get one prematurely. I'm working on getting in my Vitamins and Protein. I'm also nourishing my new 1/4 inch hair with organic hair cair stuff and all that. One thing I have noticed is that since losing weight and getting my gallbladder out, is that my alchohol tolerance has definitely gone down. I still don't get hangovers, thank goodness, but drinks do hit me harder. Not that I'm a heavy drinker, generally speaking, but there is the occasional weekend here and there when I like to play the lush.

In a few years I'm getting my boobs done. I know that sounds far away, but after I finish grad school I'm probably going to have a kid and then after that, I can get work done. Congrats on the grandbaby! Congrats on the weightloss everyone! And the workouts! Yesterday I went up to Evanston for a sleep study at ENH. I hadn't had this sort before- a Maintenance of Wakefullness Test, so that was interesting. Of course, it was my fourth sleep study overall this year, so I'm getting good at washing the EEG goo out of hair. It especially helps now that I don't have hair anymore. Hooked up to the EEG wires, with wire Harness aroun my neck and so forth between trials (the test is a test to see how well I can stay awake in soporiphic conditions. For 40 mins ever 120 minds, the patient sits in a semi reclined positionon on the bed, in a mostly darkened room, looking straight ahead. The patient isn't allowed to do anything-- no looking all around the whole room, no radio, no tv, no talking to oneself, no excessive wiggling or movement, no pinching or slapping oneself, etc. In other words, super boring) when I was allowed up and able to walk about and go down to the caffeteria, I thought I looked like a cyborg. Then I noticed that my boobs looked rather saggy. The shirt I was wearing was the sort of blouse where there is a top and bottom to it, if this makes any sense, and it looks odd if all of the breasts aren't in the top part. But, due to a combo of factors, including some of the stuff I had on me, I wasn't all in the top part. So that got me to wondering if cyborgs would have saggy boobs, etc. Thats ok. Thinking about cyborg boobs got me through the next trial. I decided that no they would not have saggy boobs. After all, thats already one of the most popular fake body parts. I think a good cyborg would have perfectly fake yet wonderful and perfect boobs that have been programed to have just the right amount of sensory sensors as well as look good and not cause backs to hurt. Today some of my exciting plans include arranging some clothes in bins in my closet and cleaning my living room. I thought about joining the gym today and getting an allergy shot, but I have a bit of a cold, so I'm going to reschedule both for tomorrow. Instead I can do some paperwork (typing work? if it is on the net?) today. And dream of a day when I can fit into smaller clothing and not jiggle.

Personally, I think they look great, esp. the pic with the arms done. Them not being totally perfect makes them perfect, if that makes sense. I think that slight asymetry is cute and it does give it a little naturalness and they are perky enough and big enough to rock. But if they were my boobs and I wanted them perfect, damn't, and matching, I had gone to this guy who was supposed to make them that way I would be ticked off. And I wouldn't want to wait and see what happens because to me that translates to "wait and see if you forget about it or lose heart". I'd demand something! Either they fix it or give you some money back, or at least apologize! If you were given the impression that you would get perfect, and thats not what you were given, then they should make it better in some way. To me, the risks of the surgery, etc., wouldn't be worth going under the knife again when they look so good. But I would want something. And I would understand if you did need that. Clear as mud, huh?

Hello all! My month of August goal was to try and get to my second mini goal, 220 by the time glasses start. They start on August 22nd, so before then. Well this morning I only had a couple of pounds to go, so I think I can do it! I also noticed, looking at my ticker, that I am half way there! Thats pretty exciting for me. Sometimes I sit and try to think about when I'll be in onderland or when I'll be at goal, etc, but thats so pointless, really. So I'm just enjoying the process. For about a week I was eating more junkfood and stuff but I wasn't gaining. And I was wondering why I was hungry and what was going on. So I stopped and thought about it. I didn't think I needed a fill. Then I realised it was protein. I had run out of unjury and I didn't want to drink any of my slimfast because thats a little high in sodium and I'm on a dosage of a high sodium medication that provides a lot of my daily recommended so I like to watch that most of the time. I had ordered more unjury but it took a few days to arrive and then we had to get milk, etc. So in the meanwhile, I was eating easy to go down junkfood. Now that I know what is up its easier to watch myself. But I'm still commming off of my junkfood love affair, so to speak. My weight loss is nice and slow and steady. I like that. I am feeling pretty good. I want to join the gym and go see the chiro. But I keep forgetting or putting it off. I also am supposed to see the doc about some blood tests since its been a few months after the gall bladder is gone and I'll ask them to check for other things toowith the hair loss but I'm sure they will find nothing. I also keep putting that off. I want to join the gym. But since I don't drive once I do join I'll have to figure out the bus schedule and then there will be walking in high humidity to and from the bus stops and getting rides from the husband, etc. That part can be a pain. I'm also working on home organization and cleaning stuff right now before classes start because I know how busy those will keep me! Full time grad school! Im very excited but also nervous. My husband is avoiding me while I'm organizing because he knows I'll recruit him My hair is going to be adorable is two months. Right now its alittle too short, but it looks sophisticated if I dress nice and wear makeup. If I wear a t shirt, I look punk. I've been being cheap about clothes, but I suspect I shall have to actually buy another pair of jeans. Now that my 18s fit the best I'll get some on ebay if I can get a good fit I suppose (I need a 32 or longer inseam cause lane bryant for example has that as tall, and otherwise I just get annoyed when I try to wear shorter ones because they are a little short. I know,duh!). My shirts will hang on me for a while yet and while I do have a belt, the 22s just don't fit right as bottoms. Thats all that is new here!

My hair was comming out big time. I reacted in a bad way-- my head now has no hair (well ok just a tiny bit). I figure by the time I have hair again, the hair will have stopped falling out and now be growing instead.

I'm doing so well, I just pushed my next fill apointment back again! I'll be good for a while here at 1cc! Bergners at Marketplace is having a sale on scarves and hats if anyone else is having hairloss issues!

I also suspect some loss might be related to hormonal changes that take place as a result of weight changes. When my giant cyst exploded a few years ago, lots of hair loss then. And hair changes when I've had hormonal issues in the past. And the weight loss is affecting my period, etc...

try extra brushing/scalp massage. That can help stimulate regrowth. And some people like essential oils and natural stuff-- morrocco method (spelling?) caters to that. Or if you are crazy like me you can shave your head and no more worries about clumps of hair comming out in the shower (not recommended), but then you have this bowling ball you need to figure out.

I hear morrocco method works well for hair loss too, but its expensive! I blame having the two surgeries in two months with the gall bladder failing on me for my hair loss being so bad. Oh well, I've always spent too much on my hair.

I decided to grow my hair out too. It was already long, bra strap length, but I always wanted to have it waist length and at the rate it grows I would have been there in a year or too. And it was really thick. Then it started falling out. At first I was annoyed. I have very thick hair though so I figured it would stop soon. And my gorgous hair would be ok. But then it hadn't stopped falling out. And I take care of my hair too. No heat styling or blow drying. Lots of conditioner, sometimes only conditioner (no shampoo), oil the ends, protein treatments, hot oil treatments, wooden brush, etc. So the other day I sort of snapped. I was in the shower. I washed my hair and was putting in conditioner and this huge chunk of hair came out. And right before getting in the shower a ton came out brushing it. So I got out of the shower, grabbed the scissors and started chopping it off. I was going to shave my head, but my husband noticed my sobbing and chopping so I didn't quite that far. But almost. Hair stylist evened it out. I mean I'm practically bald. Just a tiny bit of hair. But now I'm going to focus on growing out my hair the healthy way and so forth. I got some scarves and hats and ordered a cute wig. But don't be like me! Put the scissors down! Work on scalp massage. That helps stimulate the hair growth. I realised I haven't been on here for a couple of weeks. Guess I've been busy or lazy or a combo of both. But I am feeling stronger physically and stuff. And slow weightloss, like I like. So things are going well here. Harry Potter comes to my house tomorrow! No parties for me tonight, as I lack transport and have a black eye from a fall so with no hair I feel self conscious right now. Once the bruising fades I'll feel much more confident. Though I look sort of dangerous! LOL. No one would mess with me.

I'm not normally a casserole person, but tuna helper can be pretty yummy if its cheesy. Latley I've been noticeing that my ability to eat much is much decreased and I'm having trouble thinking of balanced meals sometimes that are tasty. So what about a casserole that follows that bandster proportions (heaviest on protien, and then on veggies, and then some carbs. And throw in some cheese for me. I like cheese.) ? Any ideas?

I hope to be able to join y'all sometime. THis monday I am going up to the Chicago area to see my sleep Dr.

I've always prefered flat soda. I'm just not a fan of carbination. I always thought it was some necessary part of the soda production process. I mean why would people want that, I figured. In college I met a couple of other vegetarian who agreed with me-- those little bubbles were unpleasant (I was a vegetarian for nine years but am one no longer). Now I find that apparently people like carbonation! Thats one of the reasons they drink the soda, not necessarily for the flavor! So is it just me? Are there any other bandsters here who find that flat soda is oh so much more joyful for them? I'm curious. I ordered some diet rootbeer syrup online today. I'm going to try mixing it on my own. I'm sick of waiting for sodas I do like to go flat. Wouldn't it be nice to have them that way from the start...

Of course that is diet tonic water... I really like the flavor of it for some reason. Must be the quinine. Not enough in tonic water to prevent malaria though a friend of mine doing her PhD in that says. Bummer.

I drink alchohol. I don't drink much. I never have. Tequila is my alchohol of choice actually. Margarittas are yum (and I have a good sugar free mix) of a lot of times I will just have some nice tequilla (so far my fav is corazon agave) with some flattened tonic water and a bit of lime juice.