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Haydee did you send my package yet? I was dying of hunger (yes, dying, starving, felt myself wilting away with every passing moment) and I know our Fed-ex truck runs around 11.. I was going please oh please oh please have some cracklins for me!! WAAAH.. but no, they didn't. So just curious when I can expect them. :smile2:

He's right, check it out - Big Beautiful Woman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I never considered myself BBW, and I don't know why but I always associated that term with black women. And he's right again, I've never been attracted to a man that had more then 40lbs of extra weight. To each his own. :smile2: Kind of like saying, I have blue eyes, and you guys who prefer brown eyes.. are being unfair to me, I have blue eyes and you should like me for who I am. People like what they like, and that's.. the facts of life!

That's kind of how I feel with the band. 50 years from now (or hell, 10 even), they may say that the band causes.. stomach cancer (just a random example). I am not opposed to diet pills. I took Metabolife with Ephedra when I did Atkins.. the only time I successfully was able to diet. It kept me from being hungry, so when I did eat- I could stick to low-carb. Eventually my head overcame me and I fell off the low-carb wagon, which goes back to what WasaBubble said. My brain never was 'fixed', but the pills helped. I did gain it all back + some, so there's something to be said about fixing the root of the problem. Now with the band, before I had a fill my doctor gave me ONE Rx to Phen--The not deemed dangerous one--.. and it didn't do crap for me. Since Ephedra isn't banned anymore, but was, I can only get it online, so I normally don't have it.. but I ended up ordering it, and even though I didn't have good restriction for 6 months-after revision surgery on the port, I still lost weight till that time. I still forget to order it, so I pick up Stacker 2 at the gas station.. which is no longer sold with Ephedra in stores like I said, so now it's just a HUGE dose of caffein. I don't necessarily take it for weight loss at this point, it just gives me my get-up-and-go. I'm not a coffee drinker, so I get my caffein via a pill. I like it, and I don't see the harm. If I found out my BP was bad or something was happening now to affect me, I'd be more concerned. Just like the smoker who doesn't stop till they get lung cancer, we're invisible..right? :smile2:

Song is kind of catchy if you like that kind of music, lyrics made me laugh... but the video is really weird.

You guys are cracking me up. Desperate Housewives definitely has the most drama-far-fetched-scenerios. Every single week UNBELIEVABLE things happen to everyone there.

You could be having a hormonal imbalance, that was corrected when you were taking BC, and now it's stopped. That's not necessarily a side effect, just a result of not taking the hormones anymore. Depending on your bleeding, or just flukey timing, maybe you're becoming anemic. I was a little anemic last year when I went off of b/c to do surgery. I took iron pills from CVS (when I remembered) and it eventually went away. Best advice though is to check with your doc, they may want to do a blood workup to see if anything is going on.

Just found out my brother plans to marry his gf in August. Kind of ironic, last night at the bar me & sister were talking about how much we don't like her and wish he'd leave her. She is so friggin annoying, I always avoid walking into a room with her. She is also a druggie, which might be the annoying factor. She talks 90 to nothing about stupid things. She also bums cigarettes every time she sees me, which is such a pet peeve of mine. Smokes are EXPENSIVE and I don't like the people (I have a few in my life) that bum one everytime they pass by. My mom said she wants my parents to come with her family to their boat house so she can tell them they're getting married. They all plan to drink & have good times.. BUT NO SMOKING. Apparently her mom hates smokers, so bro's gf expects my parents not to smoke all that day.... outside or anything. She is always fighting with my bro too. I guess it doesn't matter why I don't like her! She pawned her engagement ring he gave her years ago for drugs.. and she has cheated on him on several occasion to get drugs from her dealers. Sounds like a real catch doesn't she? So, that's exciting.

Jane, on laptops if you are accidentally hitting your mouse pad (which you likely are!), it will hit the 'back' or 'refresh'. It's a pain in the butt!! Type your post in a word document then paste it over here )

My sister pointed out I should have had a clock around my neck. DOH! I could have grabbed one off the wall and that'd be so funny. So instead I half-ass photoshopped one in.

Hey V's.. Sorry you're going thru that Michelle, this is one of those turn the other cheek instances I think. No need to sink to her level with the drama! Judy, sorry about your cat. I know just how you feel! Last night I did a stupid. I drank 5 LARGE dirty martinis in an hour. Boy I got drunk quick too, after just one I was buzzing.. and by the 5th, and in the 5th I swear all it was, was a glass of vodka... I was a sloppy drunk!! But I was having SO MUCH FUN. I went to see my friend's band play, and 5 martinis were only $18 bucks.. wow. I started talking to everyone in the place hah.. and my sister went with me (the bull dyke!) and another bull dyke walks in, and my sister puffs up like a rooster. I died laughing.. then sister went outside to take a phone call, and the girl asked if she could have my sister's chair. I was sloppy drunk, I said SURE! Then I texted my sister that she took it, my sister came in PISSED OFF and ready for a fight. It was too funny.. and my sister wasn't drinking or anything. So she drove me home, and I took a bath to ease my nausea.. then threw up all over the place.. yum. All I had to eat since that morning was some olives from the martini, which were now red from me drinking anti-nausea meds (didn't work this time!!). I hate drinking too much, RIGHT TRACY?! So this morning, woke up nauseated still and feeling like crap. Trying to get myself to drink water but it's making me feel worse.

I went from too tight, to eatin things I couldn't eat before. I don't know what gives. I'm such a hypochondriac with my band, I'm afraid I stretched out my pouch right now. Where I hit the rocks on the 2nd rapids, it's STILL hurting, my lower back has been killing me. Especially at night. My sister gave me her muscle relaxers, which use to help in the past. Not doing anything now, I don't know what's going on!! Taking kids to the zoo sounds so cute! I love zoos myself, good exercise and I like reading info about the animals. Our family cookout is today, heading over there soon..Russell had to go to work to swap over our systems for tomorrow. Tomorrow is going to be a headache for him with everyone starting new software. Yesterday we went and got yard stuff so I could kill all the friggin bugs, and start 2 gardens against the back of the house. I sprayed some of the bug stuff, and spiders the size of my thumb were running all over the walls. UGH I HATE SPIDERS. So it creeped me out enough I asked DH to finish (he didn't) and I am scared to go garden. Meanwhile I bought cucumber, zuccini, squash, watermelon, and tomato plants. Going to make an edible garden! I'm pretty excited about it, but now I gotta face the damn spiders. I got a big floppy sun hat for the Belmont. I AM SO FRICKEN EXCITED. I read Big Brown cracked his hoof, but they aren't worried about it. I want to see a triple crown so bad, it only happens once every 30 or so years. Rambling on. I need some caffein.. anyone want to come over and help me garden? Protect me from the evil spiders!!!

Aww Denise he is precious!! Terry if you haven't left yet, get MALIBU RUM.. it's a not-see-through white bottle with a tropical little tree on it.. of coconut rum, they make the best.

Kat post your pics!! Anyone watch Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School? Judy? Pam? I recorded last year's marathon and finally watching, man these girls are ghetto. And one girl selling her dead mother's ring for a competition.. need to smack a girl. Uhm.. BIL is here for the weekend, so the BOYS are hooked on the video game, while I clean, dye my hair, etc. Making a red wine onion pot roast, smells so good I can't wait till it's done.. meanwhile I am doing the Dove chocolate diet (teehee) till it's ready.

Nip/Tuck is also a favorite of mine. And House. I did cry a few times during the season finale of Grey's Anatomy.. then I threw a carrot at the tv at the end.. stupid derek & meredith.

Ok, going home for the 3 day weekend I NEED SO MUCH. I didn't get to sleep in on the trip and this week I have been dragging and just dying to sleep in the mornings. But real quick, Jane.. You need to make sure you get 2 Double A batteries and 2 C batteries if you don't have them at home. Next time you're out, make sure you pick these up. :cool2:) Rep Power is gone again?

Russell didn't like I cut it, he's not too upset because it's not super short. But I did say "Hey I know how you feel" (meaning how he cut off his long sexy hair) and he goes "I have not cut my hair in 6 months! I'm growing it back out!" WOOT! I thought he's just been too lazy to get it cut. It's in the mid-length ugly stage, but one of these days it'll be long and schmexy. Ok here's my new hair..

Woohoo :crying:) Remember moments like this when you have 'down time'.

My husband is boring, even when I try to play games with him about this, he isn't phased. I took my ring off and went to a bar with the girls from work once, and came home and told him about the guys that hit on me.. Nothing!

Yes, there's no telling what the chest pain could be. It could be serious or it could be a pulled muscle or the band hit a nerve, etc. But if it is serious, you need to know.

Sheesh you guys are so quiet today. About 20 minutes ago, I decided I wanted to cut my hair off! So I just did that. It's just to my shoulders now.. I'll take a pic when I get home :crying:)

I dunno about water, I drink a lot of water and I only poo once a week now. That one time makes me think of child birth, lots of grunting, tensing up, etc. etc. Fun stuff! I tried upping fiber and it didn't help, so now I just kind of go with it. I ended up with really bad stomach contractions a month or so ago and I took Magnesium Citrate to stir things up, it didn't do much. I think this is one of the biggest 'side effects' the band has caused for me. I did plan to try a softener one of these days (when I remembered) but maybe I'll pass since you guys said it didn't work :crying:

Just 2 cents on the 1,230 calories. With 100lbs to lose, 1,230 calories is not too high. If it actually was 1,230 since everywhere would calculate it differently. As you lose weight, you'd eventually have to change it to a lower number but not yet. Anyway, just saying. Good luck Mavis :crying:)

Go see your doctor, and if he's not interested in figuring it out, go to the ER and get another opinion.

How long have you been banded, how many fills have you had, and have you ever needed an emergency unfill? That's what I would think about. For me, I have needed to be unfilled, but by no means emergency. I have yet to have an emergency unfill situation.. If you're really worried about it, wherever you are travelling, call and find a local hospital or doctor who could help you should the occasion arise.

I thought she was just an actress. If she was one of us, I'm sure she would have spoken up about it.