Daisalana

Almost a month away! DH was making me fill out some online calendar planner he wants to use (I'm his secretary doncha know), and I put in the V trip and it was only a month out!!!

2 of my new favorite meds.. Immodium chewables, they're very mild mints, chew up easily, and they're done. Something about normal immodium tablets (with or without the band) cause me to gag, and get nauseated. The mint chewables give me no problem. And Claritin dissolvable tablets.. they dissolve in about 10 seconds and have no taste. I wish all meds came like this.

Yeah, deductibles means something you have to pay..

I prefer sugar free koolaid or unsweet tea if I'm not in a Water mood (it happens). Cucumber and lemon at the same time? I've never heard of cucumber in water, but I'm intrigued..

The cinnamon streusel are just like cinnamon buns, I LOVE THEM. I got the chocolate drizzle ones, thought they were horrible..kind of like cardboard with unsweetened chocolate. DH didn't like them either.

House- I have had port pain every once in a while. Like if I sleep on the remote on my port.. oh dear goodness. And I have pulled/twisted certain ways that leave it sore for days. Jenn- I can't wrap my head around the idea of wearing a bracelet (jewelry makes me itchy), but my phone has an emergency info thing if someone found it, has my band info.. and I keep a medical alert card in my wallet with my license. It's been so warm, and today it's COLD again. Argh! I just bought all those new cute spring/summer shirts.. and I paired it with my winter coat today. Have to go with DH to turn his car in to get it fixed where the lady side-swiped him a month ago.. and then I've been nagging him for over a week to go get his stupid passport, men are like children, he drivin me nuts. For a while his excuse was, I didn't remind him so he wasn't picture-ready. So for 4 days now I've reminded him in the morning and he says 'not today'. Today I said 'You need to do the passport, be picture ready" and he goes "No" and I said "No??" and he goes "I'm not awake yet". YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS!!! I did not schedule my fill too soon. I figured it out. When I hit 232lbs, my restriction POOFED. So I've been unrestricted and eating bad.. and I swear, the band gave me an inch and I took a mile. I can't stop eating now that I have little restriction. Kind of scary, if I ever lose the band I'll balloon back to the 300lbs. So much for good habits. I keep going in with good intentions, but yesterday was chili day. Normally I have about 1 cup, and struggle with it. I had 2 large bowls full yesterday. Ack.

I got some baby spoons from the dollar store when I got banded. They're just white tipped :scared2: I use those at home and work. I'm getting ready for a baby shower, one of my friends growing up is having a spawn. Wow. It's so weird, 2 years ago all my friends were getting married, now everyone is having kids! CRAP I was printing out directions, and my printer isn't working. DH is asleep. I bet he unplugged it for some reason.. boo. She's in another city, so it's like 12 lines of directions both ways. Guess I better get to writing..

WOOHOO Pam! Isn't marriage legal in Cali for gay couples? I just read some story in my cultural studies class about a lesbian couple getting married (legally) in San..Diego? I was 237lb last night. Emberassed to admit it. ARGH!! Since I was -99lb I stalled, then I finally got to -101.. now I'm bouncing between 234-237lb. SIGH. Glad I scheduled a fill next week!!! Very discouraged right now. I can't stop here, I want to see what I look like in the 100's... haven't been in the 100's since elementary school. Went to Cato's tonight and got some new shirts, then went to JC Penney and got some Barely There slimming tanktops. So tired of looking frumpy!

You're in for a fun day Judy, some people like that stuff ( like the girls who helped me), but it is such a work out!! Although, they told me non-textured walls aren't as bad.. but all mine are textured, I did 2 big rooms and I'm too pooped to do any others for at least a year!!

ARGH!! I decided, DH is asleep, it's a pretty day, going to go take the dog walking around the neighborhood. Pumped myself up, decided I'd do the WHOLE neighborhood (which is huge). So I grabbed my clothes, getting dressed in the kitchen and I hear a noise.. eh? I look outside and out of nowhere it is POURING RAIN. Grr.

I 2nd that. I can't control temptation for the most part, if I see it and have it, I'll eat it! (Cookies, chips, etc.). I can't keep it in the house. If I want a splurge, I have to go out and get it, which makes it a rare occasion. When I feel in a snacking mood, if I go to the cabinets and it's oreos or celery, I'd pick oreos. If it's celery, grapes, or carrots.. I'd pick one of those.

Michelle- Now, we all know I can't give advice on kids, but that sounds pretty harmless. My counting syllables thing has been with me since I can remember, and for the most part it never affected anything. Sometimes I can't make a pattern I want to make (it goes over 5 syllables and I have to use 3 counting hands, and this annoys me!!) and I will repeat it and change words to fix that (I want them to be perfect multiples of 5).. but it never affected my schooling, personal life, etc. Like I said I've only ever told DH (who doesn't get what I'm saying and thought I was making it up) and now you guys.. I like to think everyone has their quirks. If she wouldn't leave the house for an hour because she had to go around playing with light switches I might worry. Jenn :teeth_smile: WE ALL NEED TO BE HEALTHY!!! What did you do? I slept on my tivo remote last night and have a big bruise in my butt! I slept in longest I've slept in, in a long time. DH's snoring always wakes me up at 8am on weekends.. this time I pushed him and made him roll over and I slept till 11!! I went to Publix last night, got my mascarpone and fresh mushrooms.. making that tonight.. drool.

I would have killed my mom if she got me a 'bust minimizing' swimsuit!

I have no advice, but.. a 2 year old with a substance abuse? Good luck with everything!

Sorry about your mother Grace, and congratulations on the new baby. Just keep in mind, food isn't going to help anyone.

I've never heard info about corrosion, and I have read that they thought smoking might cause erosion of the band into the stomach, then read that they don't know that. You should quit, period! I am a smoker, with the band.. Chantix works, I plan to quit when I get to goal. My doctor recommended I quit for banding, simply because it makes the surgery safer. And the lung thing.

I told DH this one, he doesn't believe me. I am OCD with counting syllables. When I'm watching a movie or tv, or sometimes listening to people talk, I am counting the syllables in my head.. And I use my fingers to make patterns with it, and I repeat the patterns to make a logical pattern with it.. derrr. I don't tell many people about this, makes me sounds crazy! Anyone else get nauseated from the band? It happened again tonight, only like the 4th time since banding.. where I actually get struck with nausea and vomit.. not pb. I asked my band nurse about it around December and she said I probably just filled the pouch up and it wanted to get rid of it, but I've 'filled the pouch up' a million times since banding, and only 4 times I got nausea.. just checking if anyone else has had that happen.

I found some "No burp" fish oil pills from walgreens a couple weeks ago. They have a weird coating on them, and they're suppose to dissolve in your intestines instead of your stomach so you don't have burps. Well, we all know how the band works.. for 3 days I was burp free, on day 4 the pill must have hung around a little while longer and I was burping fish.. ick.

LOL Pam.. you won't move until you move yourself :smile: SL was having some issues earlier, I couldn't log in, they had some database problem (very common). It goes down at least once a week. I guess it's back up if you can get in! So glad you're feeling better Kat!!! Cooking dinner and realized how low I am on cooking stuff and all the rotten/expired stuff. Argh, feels like I just went shopping. Texted my mom to see if she wants to go with me.

survivor isn't on this week cause of basketball :smile:

Uhm.. just something funny. What I got you guys for the V trip, I ordered 2 different kinds of something similar. One of them ends up bein a LOT fancier than the other (didn't think it was suppose to be). So I went to their website to figure out what I got and why it was so fancier.. looks like they had an 'oops' on their website, and the item they gave me was suppose to be 6x more expensive (it now is)... I guess it'll make more sense when you guys see what I'm talking about.. I was going to go order everyone else the same thing so everyone's looks the same.. but the new price is outrageous, so.. the thought was there!!

I'm the same way, and I realized this morning.. I have always had issues seeing what I 'really' looked like. I always thought I was WAY smaller than I actually was. So now that I've lost 100lbs, I'm not too impressed.. but today I figured it out. I finally LOOK like how I thought I looked 100lbs ago. So nothing wow's me for myself, when in reality, I was just a lot bigger than I saw myself.

I blog on blogspot.. about whatever.

Woohoo! :smile:)

I was asking about 'threading', and my waxing lady demonstrated on my arm. :smile: But I've also accidentally plucked a hair from my upper lip and my eyes were watering bad. Oy. When I have to do stuff for my upper lip, I'm crossing my fingers on bleaching hehe.