Daisalana

OMG L Word started back up? FINALLY!!! I missed it waaaaaah. Hopefully it still comes on every night of the week, I missed that show. Me and DH's falling out came to a head last night. Was an arguing match, and I said as much hurtful stuff as I could because I wanted it to hurt him. I regret that now, but then I was up till 4am crying in the living room. Now my eyes are all puffy, I guess it's lucky I'm sick, everyone thinks it has to do with how I'm sick. I apologized to DH this morning and he apologized that he makes me so unhappy. I think the biggest problem is, there's no answer. I don't know what to do. Back to burrying it all and going about our life.

I'm going to book my airline flight when I get my refund processed from returning that $250 coat! That way one part of this is out of the way financially. Woot.

Mornin V's.. that's right I just woke up LOL. Good luck on the job Tracy! I'm getting dressed to go to TN to resize the ring, but I just had to tell ya'll about this... I had a crazy Nyquil dream last night and JUDY WAS THERE! In her bathing suit in those B&A Pics no less. hah. DH was going to something, at a hotel.. like a convention. I wasn't going, but I was bored so I said hey I'm coming. So we get there, and the first person I see is JUDY IN HER SWIMSUIT! I ran up and hugged her and she looked at me like 'uhh who are you'. hah. I think more of you were there, I know I knew a lot of people and was surprised I knew anyone since it was a DH thing.. but I remember Judy vividly.

haha, it's ok, I have fairyfacade or something fairy for everything under the sun since I got a computer.. I was lauraj23 as I said, just cause I was signing up so I could post a question.. didn't plan to stick around I'll add you and hopefully we can play sometime!

actually with other banders, we can split meals lol

I think I can pull it off with $700 max between flight, food, and cabin. Maybe I should start a new ticker

kat what's your pogo name? i play at work when it's slow.. i'm gamingfairy711 I normally play jungle gin since I can go afk while playin the computer hehe.

Sounds like me Tracy, I paint my nails once a year.. and the next year when I go to paint them, I still have some on the ends hah hah. I was gonna make a recipe I found on the net.. with some ground beef (its new at our store..) it's called "Laura's Lean Ground Beef".. it's from the butcher area, but its only 4% fat! Didn't know they could go that low.. anyway, the recipe was cook 1lb beef and 1 onion chopped up in a skillet, then add 1 can of cream of celery, layer it in a baking dish, top with mashed potatoes and cheddar cheese. I was making the beef and realized I'm out of cream of celery.. argh.. all I had was cream of potato which would be too potatoey.. and cream of chicken which.. I didn't want to mix with beef.. so.. I just made my pretend shepherd's pie.. put it in a dish with corn on top, and mashed taters on top of that. I didn't like the beef, I didn't crumble it up enough, so it was big chunks which discourage me from eating.. so I ate the tater top and the corn.. and I made some fresh yellow squash. Something was giving me trouble.. I figured it was the bite I had of beef.. but I just reheated some of the squash for a snack, and it hurts.. weird, it's all mushy. That's all I've had today.. but I'll likely have some Funyuns when I go to bed. Finally made me that martini, and going to enjoy it now.

Congrats Judy! Well despite finding out 100c is how much ONE DOSE of Nyquil is, I've been taking it all day for days.. and i figured since I'm takin Nyquil and screwin everything up, I'm eatin whatever I want!! I've been eating lots of chocolate whip cream (15c ofr 2 tbsp.. unlike 100c for nyquil HRMPH).. and uhm... funyuns.. I bought a bag and have been working on it for days. Low and behold, still 251lb tonight.. with clothes on (when I initially found 251, I was nekkie). So I'm happy about that.. me and DH are at odds right now, I won't go into it. But I've lost some respect for him, which is a bummer in a relationship (I've come to find out). So dealing with that.. wishin I had a happy pill right now.. think I'm going to go make a martini.

CONGRATS TRACY!! So proud and SO envious :eek: Treat yourself to something nice!

I'm with Juli, I know we gotta work the band and all.. but I feel like the band does at least 80% of it. I don't keep bad things that go down easy and fattily, so that's all me hehe.. But when I eat, I don't eat diety, and if I COULD, I'd be eating a lot of it.. but the band doesn't let me. Hoorah band.

Hey Janie, I'll do a day We were *suppose* to go get my rings sized, but I feel more sick than yesterday. It's hard to breathe, all the gunk in my lungs. I think we'll do it tomorrow.. if I feel better :eek:

I'm sick and have been taking a lot of meds.. Nyquil, Dayquil, Robitussin, Sudafed, etc. Boredom I suppose.. I looked up Nyquil (liquid) on Myplate. 93 calories for 2 tbsp! OMG! So I had hundreds of calories the past few days from this stuff? :) Are there decent alternatives? Anyone know if the gel tabs are lower calorie? I'm pretty bummed. I could have had some stocking candy for the calories I've had in these meds. :think

The one I mentioned that still makes my heart flip-flop.. funny story, I was planning to lose my big V to him on my 16th b'day.. I went over in a trenchcoat (and nothing else.. had my license woohoo, so I could drive to his apartment.. he was 18). Anywho, I get there and I kid you not, he is banging my best friend. They ended up moving in together, and duh it didn't work out.. I coulda told them that, but whatever! So you'd think I hate his guts now, but through our relationship- before that happened -he was the most romantic guy ever. He always knew what to say or do to make me just swoon. DH never does that kind of stuff hah hah. And I guess the tea/coffee thing all depends on where you look for info. I still count it as my water cause I make it myself.. and I KNOW I USED 8oz OF WATER FOR EVERY GLASS.. hah. Mine is 0 calorie, and I love it.

I don't know how it affects weight loss necessarily, But tea & coffee are on the 'anti-water' list, not the 'water intake' list. My sheet of paper says don't drink it period. I've heard others say for every 1 glass of tea/coffee, you have to drink 2 glasses of water. So it counteracts. Just a thought Suzy, like I said.. I don't know if that actually affects what we're drinking water for.. I would guess it does just since my doc says NO to it. And kettle, pot.. I drink tea all the time. Just something to think about if you're trying to kick it in gear!

I know, an estimate, hehe. Just trying to run how much I would need to sell from my 'game' to make the $$ for the trip. I should be able to do it in a month if I don't have to put it in the bank for bills!

I have had some of those temporary clips before, even had some to match my hair color.. but (and this may be user error), they always look like crap on me.

$300 total on the top end, or $300 per night?

That's a bold move! I thought about doing that in general just to wear wigs, so I could have all kinds of different hair on a whim. But knowing my track record, I'd be too lazy to maintain the wigs, then I wouldn't have anything to wear, and I'd panic (I look HORRIBLE in hats, I do NOT have the face to pull off shaved head). Kudos to you! I have been wanting to get weaves from my hair lady, she does them European style, whatever that means.. they're not burned in or glued or braided in, not sure how she does it..but the pics I saw, looks normal and wonderful thick hair.. but it's $900.. woosh. She said they last a year, so if I get the guts to spend $900 on my hair, I'm gonna do that.

DH went back to the eye place (hose R Us) to get his contact Rx. I told him, under NO circumstances, is he to buy his contacts there. Get the Rx, and I will price shop. He was adament, saying he'll just buy 1 month and then get the Rx. I said NO! So, the price they had for his brand/blah blah was $80 per 3 months. I found them at 1800contacts for $160 for the year, plus free shipping, a $40 mail in rebate, and -$10 discount code. $110 for 12 months. I swear every year I'm not going back to our eye place, I know they rip us off, but I don't know where to go for the kind of glasses I like. DH won't go to Wal-Mart's eye center for some reason. He suggested Sears Optical, but last time I walked by, it's such a small hole in the wall, I doubt they have any kind of selection for glasses. At least we have another year to figure it out.

What did we decide on as for lodging? What is the total cost per person?

Overall I don't like LB, but I only get my bras & panties there. They will fit you if you ask.. (I hate doing this personally, I'm so tall and they're normally in the girl's face and.. bah). But like I said, since losing weight, first time in my life underwire is not uncomfortable. And making sure you get the right size is important! Maybe it's enell? Someone mentioned on the exercise thread a good sports bra, I went ahead and ordered one and I have to say it IS the best sports bra I ever had. I wouldn't wear it normally (it makes my boobs disappear), but for exercising it is a life saver, and when I have it on my back instantly feels like I don't have boobs pulling me down. I do have some non-underwire bras, and they're now as comfortable as my normal bras.. but they've never been able to make me perky, no matter what size I get or how tight I make them.

I honestly didn't have exact guidelines for the post-op consumption. Later in the banding life I was told like 4oz of meat, 2oz of this, blah blah.. but for the liquids, I was just told to sip slowly. And I ate till I was full, which really didn't take much. I was so swollen, I probably didn't have more than 3oz of anything over an hour's time.

Egg drop soup.. great one! I forgot about that, lots of Protein, and its yummy and.. should count in the liquids, depending on which phase you're in. If you're in clear liquids, strain out the egg bits. I would get a pint from my favorite Chinese place and it reheated well. And my favorite clear liquid (and I drank during the normal liquid phase), was Campbell's chicken noodle soup.. strained.. I bought the to-go things that are like in a cup, heat it, then sip it through the other hole (not the one you're suppose to drink it through), it was a tiny hole and made it where I only got the liquid. Or you could strain it in a normal strainer. Then you can add non-flavored Protein powder, but make sure you add it BEFORE you heat it up, otherwise it's clumpy and disgusting.

This one was from Terry in the Shrinkin' Violets.. How Bad Do You Want It? (this is used to motivate us to get off our butt exercise!)