Daisalana

And just so I can point this out.. NSV.. I could never wear women's bracelets or watches, the entire part of my life that I would ever want to. It was Dec. that I realized I could, so for the first time in my life I wanted somethin snazzy on my wrist!! It's 7", and it's SNUG, but it does close and it's not cutting of circulation lol. I think 1/8" more would be better, but I'm confident I'll lose just a little bit more wrist in the next 60lbs, so it'll fit perfectly soon. I made DUCK tonight for dinner. Finally found some at the Publix down the road. I was nervous, didn't smell so hot when cooking. But me and DH both really liked it, I'll be making duck again!!

Gina you look fantastic!!!! Judy- Funny you said that, my mom actually has STRICT orders that if she's ever in the hospital from a coma or something, we have to pluck some chin hairs of hers.. she said my dad's never seen them and it would kill her lol. And under-eye concealer. Kat- Thank you for the card!! It was so beautiful, and what's interesting is that fairy artist is actually one I collect! I have several art books of hers, posters, and I even collect her greeting cards.. and I've never seen the one you gave me, so that's awesome!!!! You girls are so sweet DH is getting sick, I knew it would happen. I decided I have the flu, and you can't avoid the flu!! He feels like poo tonight, I said.. wait till tomorrow. I thought I felt bad Wed. when I went home from work early, by Thurs I thought I was gonna die!! But look what he got me for my b'day :wink2: It's a sapphire & diamond bracelet. I love it! And my attention whore (I use this literally) cat thought my hand pose was an invitation for loving.

I think there is something weird about that. Both my dead g'father figures.. first one had strokes, was in the hospital, everyone was there for days.. then everyone left for just a little while and he had another stroke and died. Then the other one, he had a heart attack, in the hospital he was in a coma, so everyone was there hoping he'd pull through. When everyone left for dinner, he died. And I think maybe Jennifer is busy with gma?

I like sooo much food, I don't know how to pick a favorite. German Restaurant near work.. Started with a fancy cheese plate w/fruit... then Veal Schnitzle (sp) with Hunter's Gravy and pan fried potatoes.. and german chocolate cake.. NUM NUM NUM :eek: Red Lobster.. Any of the "Feasts", and sometimes a side of crab legs DH is taking me out to a fancy dinner tomorrow night for my b'day and we were talkin about where to go. He picked somewhere SUPER fancy and SUPER expensive, and frankly the one time we went before, we said we wouldn't go back... it's like 3oz of food for $80. I tried to talk him out of it, I still don't understand why he insists.. but now the 3oz will fill me up :biggrin:

I was addicted to Mt. Dew, and even with diets in the past, I would figure out a way to incorporate it. When I made up my mind for surgery, it moved very fast (self-pay). I decided at one of my consults, I would give up Mt. Dew THAT DAY and see if I have what it takes to be banded. If I couldn't give it up, no need to waste my money.. not only the stretchin of the pouch, but the calories. If I am to eat less than 1k calories in a day, I would easily spend it all on Mt. Dew. And diet doesn't cut it for me. So I gave it up cold turkey, I did get headaches. And I don't miss it. I do occasionally have carbonated drinks now, normally a shirley temple or some ginger ale. I have sipped on a Mt. Dew once (in a desperate situation, I was hoping not to have to taste it so I don't 'relapse' heh).. and it wasn't good. I prefer ginger ale for my special treat now. Anyway, it's best to give it up now. Make it a treat.

My doc didn't set my goal.. I picked 180 just because I haven't weighed less than 200lb since I was a pre-teen.. so I would imagine on my 6'0 frame, 180lb would look about right. BMI would be 25. I have no idea if I'll stick to that. 200lb might just make me happy (doubtful).. or 160 might. I have no idea! But saying 180lb gives me something to focus on, and my speculation is that when I reach 180, I'd be pretty damn happy.

My weakness is food in general. I eat food out of boredom, out of hunger (rarely I think), to Celebrate, to grieve, to release stress.. I like the sweet, the salty, the good, the bad.. Oh I guess I can resist italian food, it does nothing for my taste buds Since banding, with proper restriction, I have had to use will power.. but it fails once in a while and when I've 'tried' to have a binge moment due to whatever.. the band won't let it happen. I still can't eat more than 1/4-1/2c of food. And even then, I have to concentrate so much on not getting stuck, that the mindlessness of eating is gone. So it's not that euphoria. You do have to make choices, and ironically it's much like the OP.. it's harder to eat 'good foods' and easier to eat 'bad foods'. But as a whole, I can't get down nearly what I use to. Thus, keep the bad foods out of sight out of mind :biggrin:

Haydee- Under lap band lounge talk there is a thread about the hooha waxing right now YAY PAM!!! DONUTS are the devil, I've decided. Terry, I too am terrified of a colonoscopy, I would have a hard time doing one if I ever needed too. Your mom said she wouldn't want a valium? It would be a minimum requirement for me. Hope things smooth over with her!!!! Lucky me, I don't have to do anything about my facial hair except my eyebrows. All my hair is fine and blonde. Oh and a mole on my chin grows a wild crazy hair that I pluck every week. I am afraid to ever cross into the territory of havin to do stuff to my lips :biggrin: :eek: :Banane22:

What makes a doctor in or out of a network? Like you said Dr. Curry was in the network, but isn't as of January. Why?

LOL. I had DH check my jean label this morning. I remember I always loved stretch jeans, and my mom use to say she didn't like them, they would fall off. Well when I was bigger, it kept them on, now they fall off!! My fav jeans that I had in size 25 (3 pairs), as I've lost sizes, I keep buying the same pair in smaller sizes. I have a size 19 on right now, and they will NOT stay up. So I had DH check the size, they feel like my 23's, I shouldn't be wearing them they are so big. So I guess I don't like stretch jeans anymore!!

I only got the first 30m of House, because of Superbowl. DARN TIVO! And some reason, even though I have season passes to shows on HBO & Showtime, it never records them, I have to manually add them.. and I forget, so I missed L word Last night. GRR! So I am recording it tonight. But through piddling around, I found out you can buy/rent movies shows/seasons on Amazon. com and have it directly download to your TiVo. WOOT! So I just rented the Simpson movie for 3.99, and the episode of House from last night for $1.99. Gives me something to watch tonight. I like that. I'm never goin to a rental store again. They have all the new releases & popular stuff (Netflix lacked this). I am still sick, but I FEEL a ton better. I am still coughing my lungs out and sound stuffed up, but I don't feel like crap at all. Across the Universe comes out tomorrow, I am so excited. I didn't get to see it in theatres for some reason, and I've been dying for it to come out so I can see it. I love the soundtrack (duh) and mom & sister told me the movie was great. I ordered it from Amazon, but they said I won't get it till Feb 23, so I am going to rent it from them tomorrow so I can finally watch it.. on my bday! DH and I were planning a dinner & movie.. I think I'd rather do dinner, and come home and snuggle on the couch in jammies and watch Across The Universe. Teehee.

I am NOT a football person, but I pick someone (randomly, since I have no idea about football) to win every year. I picked mine this morning, our news channel had a camel eating a graham cracker from a hand and it picked Giants. So that was my pick. I played squares, which I have played for years, and even with good numbers I NEVER EVER WIN. I don't get it. So lost all that, but with almost 3 minutes left and Giants down I said "They're going to have a miracle come back, you'll see", everyone in the room was rooting for Patriots. And low and behold. I was like SEE SEE! So I won 18 bucks on my 5 dollar bet on Giants hah. They didn't have a lot of snacks for the game, surprisingly. Chips & Dip, Veggie tray, pigs in a blanket, and chicken wrapped in bacon with brown sugar. I ate califlower and chips & french onion dip. I'm eating a yogurt now. I'm hungry, no protein today :eek:

So it looks like I depart an hour later, and arrive a minute later.

Ok I just got an e-mail my flight has changed. It didn't tell me what changed, so posting this and your post so I can compare, and so you all know too. I guess they can do that? I hate flying Fri, May 16, 2008 Flight: Continental Airlines Flight 2392 (on Embraer RJ135/145) Depart: 06:00 AM, Huntsville/Decatur, AL (HSV) Arrive: 07:54 AM, Houston, TX (IAH) Class of service: Economy Requested Seats: 1A Total Travel Time: 1 hr 54 mins ______________________________________________________ Mon, May 19, 2008 Houston George Bush Intercontinental Ap, (IAH) to Huntsville International Airport, (HSV) Flight: Continental Airlines Flight 2938 (on Embraer RJ135/145) Depart: 07:55 PM, Houston, TX (IAH) Arrive: 09:48 PM, Huntsville/Decatur, AL (HSV) Class of service: Economy Requested Seats: 1A Total Travel Time: 1 hr 53 mins

Tracy- WOOT on only 10lbs, how exciting and you're still losing weight so quickly at near goal. I hope I am that lucky!! That's so scary about DH, I would have panicked!! I'm so glad it was only dehydration!

Jen & Suzie I got the cards, thank you so much, I almost cried! I can't believe ya'll did that (((HUGS))) I went to Publix tonight (sick and all) with my mom.. she needs to lose 25lbs, and she keeps sayin she has to do it, so she said she is officially startin the cabbage Soup diet monday. Me and DH did that a couple years ago, and the first 3 days we were eatin fruits & eatin the soup.. and one night, I had runs that were like Water with orange pieces in it.. and DH actually pooped his pants from it.. and so we got to talkin about the dieting. I told her, diets suck!! She said "I've never had to diet before, I gained this weight when I quit smoking" she since started smoking again, but hasn't been able to get it off. I was like yeah, I've dieted a long time, you just gotta find something you can stick to. So I rehashed Atkins with her. Atkins worked awesome for me, it's the will power.. you CAN'T cheat on Atkins.. 6 months I did good, then donuts got to me. But for 25lbs, anyone needin to lose some weight quickly, I always recommend Atkins. So she decided to try it instead of the cabbage soup diet. So we're pickin out stuff, I'm teachin her how to read carb content.. She's upset that squash has 2 carb, and she's not really understanding how that's ok. Blah blah, we'll see how she does. While we were browsing, I saw from frozen stuff I wanted, but everytime I went to look at something for me, she'd panic about the carbs, so I stopped lookin at me food. They had zuccini pancakes, and the stuffed chicken I saw someone else mention in the food thread.. asparagus & cheese stuffed chicken.. omg.. it looked divine. So I'll have to send DH back to pick some up later I got some bagged salads, and more herbs. The new Publix they opened just down the road had a great produce selection. Done rambling, waitin for Nyquil to kick in. Night ladies!

Not doing any better today but about mid-day yesterday when I realized I can't taste anything, I've stopped eating. Funny how that works, I'm not hungry either. I've been drinking a lot of water & gatorade. My taste buds aren't coming back today, so I have another day (at least) to decide how important that ice cream is. I'm finally coughing stuff up. No more horrible painful coughs that are unproductive. So now I'm choking as I cough. YUM! I tried the kids musinex crystal things this morning. I swear, nothing I am taking is doing ANYTHING!!

Spinach seems to get stuck for me when I've tried it (cooked spinach, not raw). It's kind of like seaweed, and I don't always chew it up well, and even if I do it likes to 'cling', is how I imagine it. Maybe it's just the spinach?

Terri you're so close to goal that you're at the point (from what I've read on the boards, not experience of course) where every pound is hard because you really have to find the calorie in/out equilibrium. Are you mixing up your exercise routines? It must be all this crazy coughing (long, loud, painful, pulling fits) burns calories. Despite my pint yesterday I am still 241 today, so I am claimin it. I can't throw the other one away, I'm not a good girl. Since I haven't had it in so long and I saved it till I could taste again, I've been dreamin about it. If I don't have some of it when I can taste again, I'll go nutso and eat a bunch of random junk I don't even want just to make up for it. BUT I promise after I eat some of it, I won't buy it again till I am sick or some other desperate situation Crap, still gotta do that homework. I keep hoping it'll do itself.

Not similar to your situation but I have BCBS of AL and was denied because my policy wouldn't cover it :/

Get it going guys :biggrin: I'm not a leader type person. I actually live in Madison, work in Huntsville.. so either would be fine! Madison is closer to Decatur :eek:

Without the band mushies, I have always eaten banana baby food as a snack, it is YUMMY. So for mushies, I got that.. and I also tried a few others.. Butternut squash was good with salt. Green beans were good with salt. Apple & Cinnamon was NOT good. Anything with meat was NOT good. Sweet potatoes were very good.

And yes I saw Lost, even more confusing, so frustrating!! I just wanted to confess my sins to the V's, show you how messed up in the head I am. I went and bought 2 pints of ice cream from this wonderful creamery less than a mile from my house. Since banding, I've had to say NO to it, cause I can't help myself if I buy it. So anyway, I'm sick, Ice cream could help.. I got mint choc chip, and birthday cake (my faaav). I can't taste anything right now, so it was such a waste. Yet somehow I ate the ENTIRE PINT of mint choc chip. Every bite, couldn't taste, but told myself.. maybe this next bite the mint will clear my sinuses. Never did, and I never stopped. Now, I'm having excellent will power waiting till HOPEFULLY tomorrow when I can taste again to eat my scrumptious birthday cake ice cream. But damn, I keep thinking about it, and even tho I can't taste it, I'm wanting to eat it. Is that messed up or what?!?!?!? I'm off to bed!

GR8- Yes! Let me know when, I am going to NY on the 11th, and the 5th is my b'day, and it can't be during work lol.. but let me know when you'll be there and I'll see if I can get away :biggrin:

Oh and my scale said 241lb today, so that is the upside to being sick. But I am not updating my ticker, cause as soon as I can taste food again I'm going to gorge :smile: