Daisalana

I'm like Lauren, bread is the only thing I can't handle. Pasta & rice I have no problem with. But every once in a while, even though my head and band say NO, I try to eat small pieces of bread.. and it gets stuck and I PB every time. Toasted, untoasted, buttered, decorated, or squished.. nada.

Pardon my ignorance, what is diet cocoa? I have unsweetened cocoa for cooking which is 0 calories. Same stuff, but with artificial sweetener?

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I'm no stranger to the PB or sliming. The only time it makes me panic is if I'm in public and no empty bathroom in sight. I hate doing it if someone is in the bathroom, or if it hits me instantly (from getting hiccups after eating), and I have to cover my mouth and run to a bathroom. But as far as the actual PB or slime, it's not fun, but it's not as bad as it seems.

I work for a printing & media packaging company (for things like CD's and DVD's).. we've created a new package to replace digipaks that is 100% recycled, 64% post-consumer, NO PLASTIC. Woot. We're doing a whole campaign of going green, and I personally found us the 100% recycled paper, which is oddly enough-hard to find. (PREEN)

And I meant to say WOOWOO TracyK. 14lbs to goal, fantastic! You'll hit it before your bandiversary!

I just assume when they place the band, they cut the tube to fit your body how it should.

Pam- Eww.. If a DOC was hitting on me, I'd freak out. They're not suppose to look at us as people to hit on. I am gettin very sick, very fast. I dunno what's goin on. DH is going to the clinic to get Chantix today and I'm debating going with him to get something for my throat. I have really heavy deep coughs, lots of crap in my lungs and my throat is incredibly raw. My whole head hurts, I think I have a fever too. I went to bed early, was too sick to cook so had DH go get me chinese. I just ate about 4 crab rangoons.. which never fails, I always spit up wads of slimey cream cheese. But it made me happy, they were yummy while it lasted. Then I had some chicken n a biscuit since I'm suppose to take Chantix with food. Day 3 of interesting dreams.. at least this time, it wasn't scary. I dreamed my dad hit a 100million $ progressive jackpot on a QUARTER slot.. haha. And he gave me 2.5m dollars. I actually had a 2m dollar bill, which I'm pretty sure doesn't exist. Gonna be a long day, bowling is tonight. We're still in 1st place, so I can't take off tonight.

I have shaved down yonder for years. I guess when I realized (unlike Jachut!) it feels a lot better for ME when I do it. I learned quickly to shave WITH the hair, NEVER against.. otherwise it does create itches and bumps. I hate goin to the gyno for the same reason, so I may never be brave enough to get it waxed. And I wouldn't go to the gyno if she couldn't cut me off of the b/c. I remember the convo with my mom once- when I lived across the country. On the phone somehow it came up, and she thought it was nasty because pedophelia, etc. I dunno, I don't see it that way. So I told her to try it! A week later, she calls me back miserable. She didn't shave with the hair, was itchy and bumpy and said it was too bad to even try to enjoy it lol.

I guess I am lucky, I've never liked girl scout cookies-- even when I sold them! So when they come around sellin' em, it's a simple "No thanks!". DH on the other hand, stocks up on a year's worth of Thin Mints. Thin my ass! Hey, maybe that's why they don't harass me.. they think I make DH buy my cookies!!! :rolleyes2:

Oh the good news.. I am getting $5,900 back in taxes! It was going to be $1,500 until they put in my medical expenses this year. Kind of a bummer, means next year we won't get back all that much. We put about 10k in taxes this year, it's unreal how much they keep. BOO!

I was told no drinking because of 1. carbonation 2. empty calories. That and then the research that shows your body has to burn off alcohol before it gets to fat. I can't drink when I eat (normal drinks, make me feel stuck) and alcohol before a meal, irritates my stoma and it burns really bad, then I feel too tight to eat. Nothin like vodka sittin in your esophagus for a minute. Ick. If I drink, has to be no when I'm no where near eating and I do small sips.

I refuse to change my ticker when I bounce up 1-3lbs. Somehow I always bounce back down to ticker weight in 1-2 days. I refuse to get discouraged hah!

I don't even see the point of your post, except to be a troll? :rolleyes2:

LOL! Sorry, I really don't know who that is or what Fantasy Island is. I was thinking it was Temptation Island (A more recent reality show, which I also didn't watch). :rolleyes2:

Just cause I'm in a poopy mood. Blah blah edit :rolleyes2:

Not familiar with this person.. this a midget or a kid? I'm confused :rolleyes2: I didn't laugh, but am a bit disturbed. AND HAPPY TO FIND OUT WORK UNBLOCKED ME FROM YOUTUBE! YES!!!

So much for my good intentions. I am most definitely getting sick AGAIN. Boo!! :rolleyes2: :cool2: :wink2: My throat hurt this morning and I had a cough.. now it's a painful cough and I keep wheezing and my throat is RAW. DH wanted Taco Bell for lunch, but I convinced him to go to Steak & Shake. I got a small bowl of chili, and a turtle milkshake. I ate about 2 sips of chili, but the irritation is bothering my band.. so I felt stuck on 2 sips of liquid!! So I moved onto my shake, and I'm nursing it. It makes my throat feel better for about a minute. Smokes are tasting ooky and it's makin me unhappy. Especially when I'm sick, I like the menthol. I can't believe only 2 days make them taste bad. I was expecting a whole week of enjoying my smoking :smile:

Ok I'm a little panicked. I just had a smoke break and the cigarette tasted ooky. Nooo :rolleyes2: It's not suppose to happen this early is it?

Jennifer I got a question for you. It ends up we have customers booked all day everyday while we're there :rolleyes2: We actually had to cut one customer due to lack of time. Anyway, we're asking them suggestions for restaurants in NYC. He asked if I'd ever been there and I said yeah but I went to Jekyl & Hyde as a touristy dinner, I don't know about the restaurants there. He wants us to pick a place, but he said Little Italy is good. I know one of the other customers picked out a restaurant there, I forget which tho.. anyway, he sent me to the Little Italy website (I looked stupid, I go "That's an area, not a restaurant, right?" lol.. he laughed). He mentioned Pellegrino's. Is that a nice restaurant? We want to go somewhere nice, but not somewhere we have to dress up. He also mentioned Uncle Jack's. They want to get drunk (seems to be a trend in this industry), but I do want it to be a nice place. If not Pellegrino's or Uncle Jacks', what is a nice restaurant in Little Italy?

Mine's right!

ROFL Haydee. I know what ya mean. Russell does this stupid thing, where he has his headphones on while playin video games. I gotta yell to ask a question, so I ask "Did you xxx?" (or whatever) and he responds "Yes (or no), WHY?". That why drives me crazy. Because, HE is asking a question, but he can't hear me!! So I respond and he goes 'WHAT?' and I go "OMG SHUT UP!!" .. 'WHAT?" rofl. His 'why' isn't needed, I just needed to know my answer, I was listening for his response, no need for him to try to instigate a conversation when he can't pay attention. Anyway, we're not fighting a lot anymore, I guess a month or so ago when I was complainin a lot it was just a bad spot. A lot of people at work are on Chantix. My mom took it for 3 weeks so she could stop for 1 day in the hospital for her hysterectomy last year. She didn't want to quit tho, so she was smoke free and fine in the hospital, when we left the hospital she lit up just cause she could and smokes now. She's kept it for whenever she decides to quit. A guy in the back, he makes me the most nervous. He quit, but he ended up converting nicotine to chocolate. He carries candy bars everywhere. Initially he gained a lot of weight (once skinny man) and had a HUGE beer lookin belly. He has since lost a lot of it, but he is still eating chocolate bars 24/7. My uncle did Chantix off and on, and he would smoke but not finish it and said he didn't really want it.. he keeps sayin he is going to refill it, but whatever. DH's dad is what really pushed me to do it. He's 60 this year (I still can't get over that), smoked since he was 10.. he smokes 2-3 packs a day. Over Xmas when we visited, he had been on it a few weeks, and he still smokes, but he would light it up and just let it burn. Didn't even puff on it. And he said he doesn't like the taste anymore. So he 'smokes' 1/2 pack a day now. I am a chain smoker since banding, I need to cut back if nothing else. It's a start. If I'm able to overcome smoking alltogether it'll just be a nice bonus! I have been smokin even more (if that's possible) since I know I'm quitting soon. It's likely mental, but I don't like it as much. And it also could be since I smoke so much.. for those of you who smoke, ya know how when you smoke too much at once it becomes unpleasant? Just some funky tastes goin on in my mouth right now. Ok done rambling. Been having headaches for weeks, and decided yesterday it's either the weight of my NOW THICK hair being pulled up, or caffein withdrawals. So today I took a caffein pill, drinkin my frapp, and hair is down. So caffein makin me chatty :rolleyes2:

I love the bag though, it's a purple faux suede with tan faux leather trim. Very good for travel kit.

I ate about 10 more biscuits last night & a sugar-free pudding cup, I have never put anything on them, I love their flavor.. but now I will have to try it with the cream cheese.. num num.

You truly do have to re-learn how to eat. Since I couldn't get filled for 6 months, I thought the little restriction I had-was it. I was trying to make myself eat smaller than I wanted to. Then when I finally did get restriction, I first thought I had too much fill. Liquids went down fine (no gulping though), but no solids would go down. Slowly but surely, solids are going down, but I really really have to make sure I chew chew and take small bites. I didn't have to worry too much about that the first 6 months, so it's just a learning process.