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Doh.. I saw the title and came bounding over here for a recipe! You need to stop by here Laurend next time you're down south!

I think it ultimately depends on what's inside, but it's the outside attraction that gets your attention.. And as a whole I have never been attracted to overweight guys. There is one exception, he was a friend first, and after knowing him a while I became attracted to him.. ironically, he didn't want to date a fat girl! Hah! And I saw a guy on intervention last night (he was the brother of an addict), and he was a big guy, but he was SO CUTE I couldn't help myself. The most beautiful big brown puppy dog eyes (one thing my DH has that attracted me off the bat). I think that's the first overweight guy I actually thought looked attractive on first glance. It's hypocritical, but I can't help what I like? DH was washboard when I met him.. he's now squishy, but I don't consider him overweight (yet), but if he ended up becoming 'fat', I wouldn't care.

Hehe.. FYI.. theonion is a spoof news thing.. so don't take anything they say for real value

Waaaah my work computer is blocking it Someone explain it to me in detail

I always used Wal-Mart but hated the experience.. then I discovered stores that don't suck like Wal-Mart, so now I 100% HATE Wal-Mart and get a sense of dread when I have to go with someone. But this article is really sad. I know our insurance policies go up a large amount every year due to what the insurance pays out, so I get why Wal-Mart did it. If they reimburse insurance, insurance won't raise the rates, which most (maybe all) employers pass on to the employees to pay. But I would think for such a large company like Wal-Mart, 470k isn't that much in the scheme of things for their insurance companies. And what the hell is insurance for, if they are going to make you pay them back? I would definitely fight it. As the individual, she is paying for the insurance.. the clause that they can sue for it, doesn't seem right.

Don't give up Some days are better than others. This must be that whatever hump everyone hits in their dieting days. Woe is us.. 6 months from now I'm confident we'll all be in a happier place!

Hellooo Michelle! You sound like I've been feeling. STUPID BAND right? Don't eat crap, DO IT FOR ME nyah nyah We will get through this. I'm still bouncing on my days, woah my restriction is like 100% gone. This must have been where all my resentment and anger came from.. I knew the band was about to be invisible. It is not keeping me from eating large quantities.. only my brain does, and that doesn't work most the time (otherwise I'd not be banded). My fill is Wed. It can't come too soon. Nothing gets 'stuck', I don't get hiccups anymore.. It's like I'm not banded. My sister just brought me some hot apple cider.. MMM. Scale was 273lb last night. Red Lobster made me gain 5lbs? Guess all that painting and making my body feel like rubber did nothing. I got my DH an alien that looks like it's coming out of the wall (wall decor for in the computer room)..a telescope.. and a $200 gift card to best buy. I like Kat's idea better though. Might bring that up for xmas next year. Ok everyone think happy thoughts, lets get through this day!

Tracy you look awesome!!!

Ohh maybe that's why he's so uppity!! The spot where the x-mas tree is, is where I normally have a big cat house. It's one of those 5-tiers that go to the ceiling and covered in carpet. I moved it near the front door so I could put the tree up. So, maybe that's why he keeps diving into the tree lol! We have an automatic cat litter box (Cat Genie), and it dissintigrates the poo and puts it in the toilet, and we've been noticing some tree pieces in there.. so they're definitely eating it too! I use to have a 'slow' cat, only cat I ever knew that couldn't land on his feet. He was a doll, but he was an indoor/outdoor and was hit by car. All 3 of our cats are indoor cats, I can't even remember what it's like to be 'ok' with an outdoor cat. If any of mine got out, I would just die.

Mornin Violets! Yesterday.. whew. My co-worker friend came over at 9am.. she kept sayin she'd help me paint my house (she does this as a side job) for free! I still feel weird about it being free, but.. I don't know anything about this stuff, so we decided to do the kitchen/dining room (they're combined in a big open area). Well neither of us realized what an undertaking that would be.. So we went to home depot, I decided on 'Half Moon Bay'. It's a very pretty blue grey color. The pictures don't do it justice hah hah. Anyway, the walls are textured, so we had to like 'scrub' with the rollers to get all the texture filled in. My hands feel broken today. We were painting non-stop until 6pm yesterday. Here's the end result.. I love it!!! She is talking about doing the living room next weekend.. oh man..I don't know how she does this stuff regularly. Pardon the mess, since we painted I decided to re-decorate and I'm still up in the air about it.. Then, I got my FIRST EVER 'real size' Christmas tree. It was only 30 bucks at wal-mart, pre-lit. You can see my little old Xmas tree in the corner in the dining room picture. I was so giddy about it, I got shatter proof ornaments (but this did NOT deter Apollo as you can see). He's already knocked off all the bottom balls. So I sprayed my Cat-Off spray (they don't like the smell).. 2 of my cats smelled it, and ran off. Apollo? Nope. He just jumps head first into the tree. Hope everyone is havin a great weekend. I went to Red Lobster with my parents last night NUM NUM NUM. I love that place, use to go all the time, till I got with DH.. he's allergic to seafood so now it's a rare treat when I go with my family and DH is busy doing something else.

Michelle what size are you now?

Go to UserCP at the top leftish of this screen.. then on the left sidebar select 'avatar'.. then upload your picture from your computer.. I think it has to be 100x100 pixels.. I did it in photoshop (new document, 100x100 pixels, put picture there, shrink to fit, save). But some places auto-adjust your picture if it's too big, so I'd try that first

Well.. I am fat, but just like I don't tell people how tall I am.. I guess I figure they can see it, so I don't 'call' myself fat.. but I am what I am! :paranoid

I can eat shrimp.. I have gotten stuck on it (for eating a big bite of a jumbo and not chewing well). You just need to make sure to chew chew chew it. I have a hard time chewing shrimp 'really good' because it kind of disgusts me to chew it a lot.

Michelle- I love the dress you posted. I actually looked at that as a bridesmaid dress sometime last year! I think it was advertised as a replica of the Titanic Rose dress. And I see our different tastes coming through haha (I forget who mentioned the velvet one?). The velvet one 2 clicks away made me furrow up my face. Ick. When I was originally looking for dresses for my wedding, I realized for every 100 sleeveless ballgowns there are, there's only 1 sleeved one. Since we were aiming for an outdoor winter wedding, it was a pain. One place I was looking (and planned to have custom bolero's made for my ladies) was Sydney's closet. prom dresses, plus size prom dress, plus size dresses From Sydney's closet Get something that shows off the ladies, I have to agree with Pam on that. When a chance to wear a ballgown comes along, I think we should make the most of it!

Couldn't resist some lyrics.. Ok, I'll start. Good idea Terry :confused: Name your 3 all-time favorite movies- Beaches, Evening Star, Chicago If you could pick a new career right now, what would it be? I really want to work with animals. I want to be a vet, but I couldn't handle all the schooling. And then there's my dream-fantasy job, I could never aquire.. to be on broadway!! How old were you when you fell in love for the 1st time? 13 If you could pick your “last meal” what would it be? My granny's southern cooking.. corn pudding, mac & cheese, fried turkey. What’s the greatest thing about the town you live in? Probably that it has the NASA Space & Rocket Center.. but to ME, the fact that my family is here. Where were you born? Huntsville, AL Have you ever read a book (or attended a lecture, took a class, etc.) that changed your life in some way? What was it? Biology college class freshman year, where the teacher was anti-smokers and anti-fat people, and lectured about it. Opened my eyes about the 'real world'. What is your favorite charity? Why? If I am in a donating mood, I give it to Red Cross.. because it's helping our country.. yay? Name your 3 all-time favorite books: A Wrinkle In Time.. The 5 People You Meet in Heaven(even my husband who is Agnostic loved this book)... Tuesdays with Morrie What do you do when you are bored? Start a craft or project I'll never finish. I have a whole closet of these lol. Do you have any vices? Obviously, I'm here aren't I? I also smoke. Name one thing you’d like to do before you die. Learn to dance. Like, really dance in a choreographed thing. Is the glass half-empty or half-full? Both!! What is your bedtime? 10pm What is your idea of the perfect vacation? I love going to Vegas with my family. Ever have a dream that you were “with” a movie star? Who was it? No, but I WANT to be with Johnny Depp :kiss2: If you knew your advice would be taken, what would you say to a high school graduate? Don't worry about what's going on now, do your best, and when you get out of high school the rules all change!!

During clear liquid, I got tired of bouillion broth.. I started buying chicken noodle soup (campbell's), and any other random flavors that had that come in clear broth (I wasn't much of a campbell's soup conissour, so I just bought a lot of different ones).. Then I'd strain them, and heat up the broth. Was a nice variety, and when I had my first bowl of chicken noodle soup broth I was in heaven

My port was completely flipped around (the first month I had the band). They didn't catch it till 5 months out though. My port was just above my belly button.. due to the flip, my doctor moved it to the hard spot between my breasts, and 'extra' stitched it. He said from now on, all of his patients he will be putting the port between the breasts on the hard spot. He said there's no way to know what caused it, but he thought where it was, was too soft and moved a lot, etc. So now it doesn't move. I can feel it perfectly too, the top,sides, etc. It's right under the skin.

Go Tracy Go! :whoo:

For me, the spanking was always about humility.. I was spanked a lot (I was a rebellious kid). It was never something I consider child abuse. But a swat on the behind (especially in public), was enough to emberass us or make us feel bad for upsetting them, and we stopped whatever it was. I plan to spank my kids. I don't plan to beat them with a belt or a wire hanger (my granny did that.. now THAT I thought was child abuse). She made us pick out our own switches off a bush in her backyard. I've met kids whose parents didn't believe in spanking (an instance at the landromat sticks out).. and I think it's a terrible disservice to the children, who will be spoiled and not learn discipline.

Morning gals! Welcome to the group (I forgot the name now, woops.. it was 2 pages back )! At Cracker Barrell I got some b'fast instead of the chicken (they were out of their chicken thing for the day). Small portion of ham, eggs, biscuits and hashbrown casserole. I ate the egg first, then a couple bites of ham and I started to get the stuck pain feeling.. then hiccups. So I stopped eating, and enjoyed the conversation. Later last night I had a 100 calorie ice cream. Had a yogurt for b'fast today. Happy to say, last night the scale say 268lb. So I'm back in the right direction.

I think the problem is that, it's a scary number statistic of people that lose weight, will gain it back. Something in the 90%. I personally have lost a good amount of weight (still not a normal size though), and I gained it all back + more. I think we all do that. It's not just losing weight, we can all do a diet fad for just long enough.. it's maintaining. We have food issues..

No way, I always ask how much is in, how much bounced back, blah blah. If we know anything about our band, I think it's normally to ask. Gives us a visual of what's going on in there! My doc doesn't seem real happy about me asking just because it seems as though they take bad notes. I had 3 different people at his office filling me during the times they couldn't get it to go in (but thought they were). At one point, he said "You have 3.5cc in there" and just from the calculations of what everyone was telling me they put, I should have had 2cc. But before I could correct him, I went under for the port revision. I don't know what his charts say now, but I know I was 1.5cc during port revision, he took .5cc out, and Dec. 5th I am asking for the .5cc back in!

Peek-A-Boo.. Sorry to butt into you guys' monthly thread, but I wanted to say, I think it is very possible, for as much weight as you have to lose. I find myself to be a slow loser. I have had a month of 0lb loss, a month of +1lb. But, in 7 months my 'average' is 8lbs despite everything. 8x12=96lb. So for a slow loser, 96lbs is a reasonable goal for me in 1 year with 150lbs total to lose. You're about where I started, so that's my 2 cents on the issue. Now if you needed to lose 60lbs, and 100lbs would just be a 'stretch' goal, I think you'd have to be a diligent worker to get the 100lbs off. That being said, anyone who works hard enough can get it off. I don't work as hard as I can, hence the slow losing. Good luck

Oh and BOUNCING it. I'm always bouncing it when I'm sittin around, and I find myself watching my knees. It fascinates me haha.