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And woohoo Jenn on the sexy jeans! We need to see pics!!

Morning everyone! Still sick, I opted not to go to work. I hate the dizzy lightheadedness of sick. DH is off at work, I went to kitchen to get a drink.. and my cat knocked pizza all over the floor and a lasagna dish. ARGH. I'm too tired to pick it up. Denise- Intervention hits home for me too, my bro was a meth addict and now addicted to lesser drugs, but when I see the people go crazy on meth it reminds me. I dunno why I like intervention, I always wait for the end, hoping for the happy ending. The update interventions, never sounds like it lasts. My sister is upcoming duplicate of my brother And lastly about it.. I have my best guy friend from HS.. we went on foreign exchange together, went on all our family trips together, we were straight A students, in band and key club, etc.. mom wanted me to marry him lol.. but I always saw him as the brother I wanted. After HS he came out of the closet.. and became a party fiend. He went off to go to college and works for Disney World, and last I heard he's moved his way up in their corporate world. But anyway, he came to visit a few months ago, and he's scary skinny, and balding, and looked horrible. And I asked if my smoking would bother him (my cigs.. I don't remember if I ever smoked around him before) and he said something that reminds me of slang for I guess crack or heroin (I'm not real versed in terminology). It threw me off guard, he was asking if I had some hard drugs. My sister was there too, and he was being a jackass to her, after 30m I finally had to find an excuse as to why he had to leave (like I had to go to bed), because it was so uncomfortable just being around him. Anyway, after seeing that Intervention on the guy who they found out had HIV, he reminded me of him. And my mom after friend had visited said it sounds like he may have gotten AIDS from what I explained to her.. don't know where I'm going with this, just something I've been thinking about since yesterday. I'm sick, leave me alone lol! Tracy you went from the mommy look to the minx look!! And Michelle that dress looked fantastic on you! I wish i had the girly curves to fill that dress out, I wanted to buy it a few years ago for prom.

Just to see what they would cover in the future (plastic surgery, emergency removal), etc.. I decided to actually read my BCBS of AL policy. I called them pre-banding and they said no obesity treatment, but I never read my policy, I took it for what they said. So anyway, I am hoping for no more complications, but.. I wanted to see if I decide to get PS for my thighs (my gyno recommended it even) for the problems I have with them.. I am hoping anyone that knows anything would consider PS a requirement based on what my policy says. It lists this first-- "Health Benefit Exclusions" 4. Services or expenses for costmetic surgery. Cosmetic surgery is any surgery done primarily to improve or change the way one appears. Reconstructive surgery is any surgery done primarily to restore or improve the way the body works. Reconstructive surgery is covered;cosmetic surgery is not. Complications or later surgery related in any way to cosmetic surgery is not covered, even if medically necessary. a. (nothing important) b. Some surgery is always cosmetic such as ear piercing, neck tucks, face lifts, buttock and thigh lifts, implants to small but normal breasts. (How can that always be cosmetic? Due to the fat/skin on my thighs, no matter what treatments I've tried from doc recommendations, I have disfigured and painful sores on my thighs..that get infected, etc.) So then.. Exclusion #55. Services or condition including, but not limited to, obesity, diabetes, or heart disease, which is based upon weight reduction or diet control. This exclusion includes Bariatric Surgery & Gastric Restrictive procedues and any complications arising from Bariatric surgery & gastric restrictive procedurs. So with this information, do you think they would cover having a pannus (sp) removed?? And I don't know if what I need for my thighs is called a thigh-lift?

I must have missed something. 8-10 veggie servings a day? There's no way I'd be able to do that. I barely get 900c a day unless I am drinking liquid calories. I do drink v-8, that's only 1 serving isn't it? Well, I'm sooo sick. I haven't been sick since pre-band so I forgot how miserable it is. Just wanted to say Happy New Year to ya'll before I go back to bed. And realized being sick if a food trigger for me. I want all kinds of crap. I had DH go to the store and get me funyuns, munchems, and 3 different gatorades. In 3 hours, I had 2 funyuns, a few munchems and 2 sips of gatorade. I want to eat so bad, I want all kinds of bad stuff, but the band says NO. I'll thank her later, but for now it just makes me feel worse. Waaah. No meds I'm taking seem to be doing crap for me. I'm watching "Intervention" marathon in bed. So yeah, got up to check e-mail and say Happy New Years to you guys! Make sure you eat a bite of Hoppin Johns for good luck in '08!

I do realize it may be bias, but it seemed like this week all my furrbabies were exceptionally photogenic. Hopefully it makes you go 'awww' too Cassy, being.. Cassy. She thinks she's so pathetic! Even though Pandora is half the size of Apollo, he still cuddles up to her like he's a little baby! Gracie sleeping in her hammock...

Hah hah thank you Derick. actually, I am going to tell him so I can say "See, there are men out there that care about this stuff!"

I thought hiccups were my 'soft stop' but in the past month or so, I realized hiccups means I just ate 1 bite too many.. And boy, when they last like wombat said, all the food comes up. I try to pay really good attention to my stopping signals, I HATE getting hiccups now. Turns into hiccup-puke-hiccup-puke. And makes the loud noise. I burp a lot, and I forget it's not lady like now.. I don't cover my mouth. I remember last time we went to the casino I was playing a slot that was crowded around me.. and I was drinking coffee, had a huge belch and let it all out.. and everyone turned to look at me. hah hah oops.

Oh yeah, Kat I do have weird tastes! I didn't say I hated all foods mwhaha.. I just don't like what I don't like I guess things most people like.. italian, pastas, pizza.. yuck yuck IMO. And burgers, I can take or leave them. I've never gone out of my way for one. But I love fancy gourmet-ish foods. When we go to the fancy steak houses at casinos.. num num.. lobster bisque, crab legs, filet mignon with bernaise sauce.. grilled asparagus, fried crab claws, and on and on.. Oh I could eat everything in those places (except the fish). I've been craving Red Lobster.. DH got me that gift certificate, but I gotta find someone to go with me. I have some friends coming over tonight like I said, she called and said she's bringing diet coke for the rum.. and some champagne.. Right now it looks like I'll be doing Nyquil shots

That's how I am. Without GOOD restriction my good intentions don't mean much. I know I can binge and will. With good restriction even when I want to be naughty the band is there to make it impossible.

Soup, and eat it slow.

I have an addictive personality as well. I know if I had access to pain meds, I would use them everyday (lortabs, hydrocodine, etc.). Kind of like the bad tempting foods, my solution is to not have them where I can get them. I could get pain meds for my back, but I know what I'd do with them. I never was a fan of alcohol fortunately, even though alcoholism is rampant in both sides of my family. I do smoke though, almost 2 packs a day now since banding (1 pack a day before). I am going to try Chantix soon. It's too expensive to be a smoker and since you can't smoke in public anymore, it's no fun.

I think I could have a shopping 'issue'. I've always bought junk I don't need (but do want at the moment).. but since banding, with the clothes sizing just a shrinking away, I buy a lot more, just because I'm thrilled to fit into them. Point in case, I just bought a $250 leather jacket.. most expensive clothing item I've ever bought.. but it was so cute, and actually on sale at that price. The next day I saw Victoria's secret having a sale.. and they had sweater-jackets on sale for $19!! I don't need more sweater-jackets since I just bought this coat.. but the novelty of the fact according to their size chart I *CAN* wear XL at VS, I was just beside myself. I had to get them. And I did.. wee. I am buying a lot more just because I can.. but I'm not correcting it, I'm enjoying it. heh.

Oh and my uncle isn't losing weight, he's steadily gaining. But he's also an alcoholic, and we all know about the calories in alcohol, so I don't blame the system for it necessarily.

I thought about trying it, the commercials look nice and I looked at the menu and it looks like I'd find things I like. But my uncle has been doing nutrisystem (luckily for me), so I got to see what it's really like. On top of the expensive food system (which I justified since that's what I'd spend a month in food anyway) you DO have to buy other foods! Like salads, fruits, etc. So then it would be too expensive for me. And since my uncle is doing it, I've looked through what they sent him. Portions are right for bandsters, but.. the food looked horrible. Powdered eggs..and he has a lot of italian that look like chef-boyardee which is nasty IMO. So.. I decided to pass on it personally.

Not everyone does gain weight post-op, but it's not uncommon. Meaning, if you do, don't worry about it. Your band isn't really working until you get filled to proper restriction. Just focus on healing right now.

Aww yeah, they were such a weird couple, I liked watching them. When he was yelling at her to pull over the car I died laughing! Our newspaper said Vyxen's family lives in our city, so I was trying to figure out if that meant she lives here or what.. It's the football games throwing off the recording times, so I've set TiVo to manually record the show for 3 hours, so I won't miss it anymore!

I wanted to get RNY years ago. My family was so against it, I didn't do it. But the end of '06, I decided(finally) I am doing it with or without them. I needed to do it, I could barely walk at 22, I was miserable. When I decided to go for it, I found lap-band, and it all worked out. But if you listen to your family now, you will break eventually. At some point YOU will be fed up with it, and YOU will decide to do it without their approval.. and then you'll wish you had done it early!

My biggest fear about dying on the table was the aftermath. I'm young, and my parents helped pay for it. If I died on the table, I know they'd never forgive themselves. I kept telling them as I was going in there, if something happens, this is what I wanted and don't think it was your fault.. was kind of an akward moment. Thank goodness it all worked out!

There was no reason to try to attack Wayne for saying what got them through the surgery. I re-read their post and there is nothing in there that implies that if you don't believe like they did, you're going to hell. I have to say I think it's uncalled for when people who are non-religious feel the need to try to start hatred about religion. If you don't believe like they do, then you don't relate to what they're saying, and you both have that right. No need to start flaming about it. Move along.

Pam- No! Who went home??? And about the FF, I said last week no way I'd have done that.. that's a stupid tattoo for LIFE.. then my dad pointed out, you can just have it laser-removed.. and if you win 1m, who cares. So in retrospect I would have. Dad wanted me to try out with him, the only problem is i am deathly afraid of heights. I could do all the weird things, running around, eating crazy stuff, sleepign in the streets.. but when they had to do that zip line 2 weeks ago.. I'd have been out.. and they HAD to do it.. so.. DH said he'd love to do all that, and he is going to try out with my dad instead lol.

Purses actually are prejudice to me! There's a lot of styles (the shoulder one particularly) that don't look good on my body. Once I get it up to my shoulder 1. it won't stay there for the life of me 2. it's too small to be there in the first place so I look like a goofy giant with a tiny purse. I love the messenger bags. Most of my HS life that's what I had, and I had some cute funky ones (I still have a bright blue fabric one with butterflies all over it I use as a gym bag). They're not very adult-ish.. and the adult-ish ones I've seen.. like leather, are very boring and could pass as a male purse (NO THANKS!). So I miss messenger bags.. the ones that are 'suppose' to go across your body never fit me either, and I hate having to hold my purse all the time. If I didn't have to worry about looking professional I'd go back to my butterfly bag hah.

I like Honey Nut Cheerios.

Mmmmm Bread Pudding. I use to get that from Applebee's, man that was so good. it was part of my 'binge'. I got soup, a big entree (sometimes 2 eek) and a bread pudding to-go and I'd sit in front of the television.. meeemories. 2 weeks in a row TiVo records Amazing Race all funky. I only get the last 20 minutes!!!! 60 Minutes is the rest of it, are they all out of whack now? I'm so mad, I have wanted to show DH the show (my dad wants DH and him to go on it hah hah). For the first time since pre-band, I am SICK! I woke up all throughout the night with a lump in my throat. Now I am achey and tired, and my throat hurts.. it's the first step of getting sick, tomorrow I bet I can't get out of bed. Luckily, we have tomorrow off. I may call it early today depending on how busy we are.. most people again, are closed today..so if I feel like crap I don't need to be here, most people took off. I want to see your dress Tracy!! Post pics!!

I made my made-up hoppin johns recipe.. it's SO good with italian sausage, but didn't have enough so I made it with kielbasa tonight. Was good, and I added cayenne pepper so it was spicy.. but still not as good as the sausage. I ate a pickled egg for b'fast.. eggs pickled in beet juice MMMM. 255lb today. Whew, got rid of that stocking candy hah hah.

I'll post them here for you Janie :eek: It's under General Discussion thread though. Last night I was bein too lazy to post it here too, but for those of you who don't look around.. These pants were FITTED size 23. I couldn't even wear them until 2 months post-op. Now, they're so big just running to get in front of the camera they were literally falling off.. This is my size XL shirt & size 19 jeans.. Smallest sizes I've ever worn.. and the jeans are already too big! And here's some new B&A