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Don't worry, Dee. Those vials don't need to be refridgerated. You can do anything with them. The only horrid suppository I had to use for nausea was when I had one of those. It was like only 3 days after surgery. Maybe they take more to digest than you would think. Who knows? Where do you get yours? Do you order through that discount internet company that Lap found? Or do you get yours in Denver?

Good Day, Girls! Well, things with my TOM appear to be clearing up some, and the scale has shed those extra pounds I had on. Don't know if its Water weight, the fact I got a fill and feel so much better with restriction, or the combination of both. But Dee, you can put me down at my original weight when this challenge started. So no loss, no gain. But I'm okay with it. I think things will start moving for me again soon. I've given up ranch dressing for a while. I use far too much of it. Man that stuff is fattening! Trying a balsalmic vinigerette. Not my creamy fat filled ranch...but has a third of the calories. It's growing on me. Thanks for sharing the pictures of Mini's pre-surgery get together! I see someone shared a Protien Vial with her. Mini~ wait a week or so before doing those. They made me nausiated too. Sorry about your ride home. Man, that would be rough and painful. Also...those vials are good when half of it is mixed with about 8-10oz of Fluid. Water, diet cran juice, or something like that. And ice cold...(like a delicious Coors long neck...:scared2:oh oh! Sorry!) If they get warm they seem to smell/taste kinda skunky. (protein supplements suck!) Dee~ did you see yourself in that picture??!!! OMG! What progress! You look fabulous! Mal~ you too! I haven't seen you in forever and you look maaaahvelous! And Brandy! What can I say? I think you look perfect! Mini~ you looked excited! Its a crazy ride, but so worth it! Welcome to the adventure! Tenn~ Welcome to the board! Come share your trip with us! The complications with the board yesterday was site wide...not just our thread. I saw lots of people posting about it. It's working better for me today. How about you all? Okay...enough blah blah blah from me today. Have a great day!!!:tt2:

Hey, guys! Long time, no post. Sorry. I've been exceptionally bitchy lately and decided to finally make a gyno appointment. I've told a few of you about my TOM being so messed up. Well, it is now messed up to unbelievable proportions. Eeek! Like, only a few days of not having my tom this June. And I've had pms for about 6 weeks, awful crappy cravings...chocolate, too much food...you name it. Even mustard. (I'm not a mustard fan, but was eating tablespoons of it!) Cramps, short temper, depression...sheeez! The Gyno has now put me on the pill to hopefully fix the imbalance. The pill sucks and I haven't been on it since I was 25! (the reason I got the tubal with my second son) But this is his first step before a hysto. So, I'm up to try it. So, sorry I was MIA...I was out yelling at my kids and kicking puppies. (JUST KIDDING!:thumbup:) I went and had a fill yesterday. I've been able to eat too much and haven't really lost that much weight lately. (asside from the water weight and all the stooopid cravings!) I was in and out fast. Thought I was going to meet Tom (is that his name?) but had our wonderful Dr. K instead. It was good to see him and touch base with everything. He was pleased with my progress (his scales showed another 15lb loss since I had the unfill) and the only lecture I got was the "You need to start exercising". WA? Who me???:eek: He said I needed to go to the BBQ. He was pretty cute about it, so I'm sure I'll be there. Talked to Natalie too. It was good to see her also. Who all is going to make it to the BBQ? Did you all get a note in the mail about it? I won't make my weight loss goal for the event, but with all this female stuff going on, I guess I'm just glad I haven't packed on the pounds. Congrats on the band, Mini! Also congrats to all the newbies....its so neat to see more and more people winning the battle with their bodies! Dee~ I've had huge issues with this site too! Leaves to that silly new page they made, instead of the forums. EEk! Happy 4th of July, All!:biggrin2:

Hi, All! Wow, missed just a couple of days...and now I can't keep up! So, I know how to accept someone as a friend, but I don't know how to invite someone to be a friend. What do I do to invite someone to be my friend? Mini~ I'm smiling from ear to ear to hear about your dad. Lost my Dad 5 years ago after he was not well for about 10. I really miss him. All I can tell people is to try to love every minute, no matter how odd the relationship may be. Dynamo~ I knew you were still out there! Congrats on your love. Love makes the world go 'round! Have fun in NYC. I'd love to meet up with you when your in town and have a spare minute...I'm so glad your doing well.:smile: Mal~ I saw the drive by post...but how is the Buster? Dee~ Hey, Honey! I have to say...put me down for a 1 lb gain. Whatever. Thought I'd been doing so well this week too. :mad: Did you get a chance to go through the bags? Mare!!!!!! Holy Moly! It is sooo good to hear from you! Sorry about the reflux stuff but glad its better. Also, very sorry to hear about your dog. I hope your new puppy can bring you happiness too. I hope you can touch base with us more now... even come to RR? Do you need a special gathering? I'd be happy to accomidate! Give me a PM if you need...you are thought of, Girly! Well, don't want to run on forever, even though I could! Have a great Saturday nite! Thinking of you, All! :frown:

Mal~ we missed you!!! How is that Buster?? We need an update, please! Dynamomini~ Oh where, oh where has our Dynamo gone? Oh where or where can she be? (she's in the Bahamas gettin hitched????! Ha!:teeth_smile:)

Ooops! I'm really slow! I guess I need to post a little faster. So there, Minni! We all told you! hahahaha! Brandy, do you still need me to send you that pic? If you would like one with more pixels to print at home, pm me your email and I'll send you the "takes 3 minutes to load" version! It really is a very lovely picture of you!

Oh, sorry Minni! Picture 1 is Patricia AKA Bookholder. Picture 2 is all of us! Back left to right...Brandy (brandymom1234), Denise(Bahotmamma), Patricia (bookholder), Front left to right Dee(Tied2bfit), and me, Anita(Woofay) Picture 3 is Dee and me, Anita Picture 4 is Brandy Picture 5 is the Miller Lite Girls!!!!!! OMG what a great picture of them! left to right...Brandy, Patricia and Denise! And yes! We are the prettiest girls on the internet!:biggrin2:

I'm going to upload all 5 pics...and I guess you just click into them now? Here they are!

okay, guys. What am I doing wrong? I haven't posted pics since they "new and improved" our lap band talk site. EEEK! Help.

Okay. Going to see if I can get these pics uploaded correctly. I sure had a good time!!!

Morning, Dee! I was thinking about that too. Maybe its just because when I'm with company, like my Gals (as my son puts it), I slow down a lot because I'm too busy talking? And slowing down makes me eat less? Slowing down = feeling full and eating less. Hummm.. Wonder where I've heard that??:confused2: :teeth_smile::biggrin:

Good morning! Okay, this is to clarify a little table talk trivia from last night. I did look up elevations. :teeth_smile: Denver, Colorado: Elevation 5280 ft Colorado Springs: Elevation 6035 ft Black Forest : Elevation ranges 6500-7800 ft Monument: Elevation 6961 ft Castle Rock: Elevation 6218 ft So...Denver is the lowest of the areas that I frequent. And since I am closer to Black Forest, really, I'm probably much closer to 6500 ft at my house. Poor, Denver...you're only a "Mile High". All I know is that baking sucks really bad, and I used to be fairly good at it. Maybe that's a good thing considering how poorly they go through a band? (well, not cookies!:biggrin:) Okay...pictures to follow!

Okay, All! I finally made it home...whew! There was construction from the begining of Castle Rock to Lone Star. One lane, crawl speeds. Man! Took up about a half hour, but I'm home. Thanks for a great night. I'll get the pics posted in the morning...gonna hit the hay! You all are awsome! :thumbs_up:

HEY! I'M DOING IT!!!!! I HAVE PACKED UP SOME OF MY CLOTHES!!!! I haven't gotten a chance to do all of the closet, but a good portion of it. Now, I really do have no clothes. None. And definately no summer clothes. Only really big tshirts. Don't know if I should cry from happiness or sadness! Now I sorta feel ashamed too because I'll be so shaby when I see you all tonight. And I still haven't made it over to get new pants... You'll have to love me in all my shabbiness. Plus, today...I sold some "forever" furniture on craigs list. (Definition of "forever" furniture~~that laminent, really heavy, particle board furniture you bought a long long time ago, or inherited from someone in the family, that no matter what, still looks almost as good as the day you bought it and you never seem to get rid of it-ever, even though it clearly looks very dated.) I watched it go away from this house and actually felt very good about it. No tears! Just thought I would share some milestones with you. Can't wait to see you tonight! OH, and Minni~ no I STILL don't feel deep in my heart like this weight loss is forever. Don't know if I ever will. But I took a step in the right direction today! Pictures to follow later! :biggrin2::cool2::w00t:

HI!! Well, I'm pretty sure I'll make it tomorrow! Woo hoo! Its supposed to be stormy (whats up with that?) but I think I'll give rain a chance...although I've probably jinxed the evening!:behindsofa: And...my inlaws are sending me a Wii Fit for our anniversary present! Yay! Its supposed to come home with Grandma on Thursday! Exercise, here I come! (mixed feelings here :grouphug:) Mal~Sorry about Buster. He'll be okay. I don't think I've ever gotten a pet from the Humane Society or the Pound that didnt have kc. Is Tofu doing okay? Did you know cats get it too? I know there's no pet that could ever be better cared for than yours! Is he starting to perk up any? Well, you'll never believe what I am going to do. I had to pull an amoire (sp?) out of my closet to sell as a set with the guest room furniture. And my Hubby looked over and asked me if anything in the closet even fit me anymore. I had to say no. He wanted to know why I still had it all. And, to be honest, I'm not sure. I guess I feel like I'll need them again someday. :thumbup: (its that super cheap and paranoid side of me!) So...I'm going to clean out all my oversized clothes. I really am this time. And I'm not even going to put them in storage. A lot of it is quite old and very worn, but some of it isn't. Maybe I'll get it together to bring tomorrow night? (hopefully) I think that most of it is a Size 3X. Can anyone who is coming use them? Just a thought. If not, I guess I'll hold on to them until they have another clothing exchange at the office. Sorry so long~ feeling a little weird about things...I guess since things have slowed up so much over the last couple of months. (I'm sure its because of me making bad choices, not the band) Talk to you soon! :biggrin2:

Wow, Guys! Catching up on the thread here...about 6 pages worth! You all made me cry with your stories, sad and happy tears! lifesaver~ Your story really made me smile/cry cuz my brother made soo much fun of my first car also, and he is gone now too. Wish he was still here to make fun of me! Mal~yay for your skating and your loss! Brandy!!!! OMG! Soooooo yay for you! Dee~~okay...I know...its Saturday (used to like this day! ha!) Put me down for losing 4lbs...but that just puts me at 0 again. Rats!!!! TOM water gone...but nothing more. I've been doing okay...just really busy! Trying to get my boy's rooms redone this summer. And this means that I have to go through all their toys and try to reduce them and organize them and such. Its so hard for me. I'm a toy nut. Just love them...remember every one I ever had. Stuff like that. All they have to do is give me those beautiful eyes and ask me "Can I pleeeeeeez keep this, Mom?" And I sucker under. Oh well! About the Wii Fit~ man! I still haven't found one here in the Springs, but! My in-laws emailed me and asked if I had one yet and I let them know that I couldn't find one. And, they are coming up from Phoenix on the 20th....so I'm hoping that they bring us one! I need to do something to start that scale moving again. My hubby and I are having our Anniversary tomorrow~~~17 years! Hard to believe its been that long. Sure has been great. As far as I know, I'm on for the 11th! Woo hoo! It has been sooooo long since I have touched base with my Banditos(in person)! Can't wait! Have a great day, All! :thumbup: Make good food choices! (Say that like your mom would! hahahaha!)

Mal~ ooo! What book did I miss out on? And that website that I order books through is: WWW.Biblio.com I've even ordered sheet music through them without any problems!

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Soooo, what do you think Dr. K's office would say about our "Cyber Fooding"?

I had read the owner was involved in some tax fraud, or not paying their taxes or something. So poof! It was gone. And all us poor people of Colorado Springs must suffer.

Our Cold Stone went out of business a couple of months ago...

Peanut butter cup mix-ins for me please...in sweet cream!

Mostly dark chocolate....all cream filled. The kind that have the diagram on the lid so you don't hafta eat that really gross coconut one....or squish the bottoms! :biggrin2:

OOOOOOOO! A box of chocolates......

Okay, Dee. I'm reporting in with my weight. :thumbup::crying::cool2: I can't believe I'm typing this....:wink2: I'm up too. I'm up 4 lbs!!!!! It's my TOM...so I'm really hoping that this is contributing to this. It's more like twice a month lately...but my weight does seem to shift with this. BLAH BLAH! RATS! #@!***#*&%#!! And, in my best Forest Gump..."Thats all I got to say about that."