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I love the rolls, I don't know the name.. has the nori seaweed wrapped around rice and xx. I like the california rolls. Since banding, there was a month when too tight I couldn't get it down. Other then that, as long as I bite it (which is a task) instead of eating it whole, it goes down fine. Rice never gives me a problem, but the seaweed can if I don't chew it up as much as possible (it doesn't break it up, but makes it a little clump).

I tried tofu chunk and cut it up to substitute for meat in sweet & sour dish. Was my first experience with tofu, and I wasn't pleased. Taste wasn't terrible, but didn't make me smack my lips.. the texture really threw me off though, didn't like that. It's like a sponge to me too. Are the noodles spongey?? I'm willing to try tofu again, in fact I still have some.. just haven't been brave enough yet.

I have had carbonated drinks since banding. I don't like diet drinks regardless, I was addicted to the 'hard stuff' Since banding I had champagne at my wedding.. and I have a shirley temple everytime I go to Tunica (casino trip..about 4 x's since banding). It doesn't hurt me.. but I wouldn't do it everyday for fear of stretching out the pouch...the logic makes sense, the bubbles expand the pouch.

From what I heard about PB2, it's fine mixed in something (re:Smoothies), but just as peanut butter it's not that great.

Yeah, all the Emo kids I know (sister included) just need to be told NO more often, learn what 'hard times' really means, and likely needed to be spanked more often as a child.

Jennifer- Don't apologize, that's why I didn't want that to come out wrong. I APPRECIATE the thought of it, I really do. It's just that that e-mail is my NO SPAM e-mail. If you or anyone else want to send me newsletter kind of e-mails that subscribe me to a list, PM me and I will send you the e-mail addy I use for this. It's not that I mind them, just not on that e-mail addy The one you guys have is the one I use just for personal communications.

YAY Glad to hear everything went well for Kat!! Janie that's awesome, you're a star You look great and nice bracelet indeed!

It's only October, but you know how these months fly by! I'm organizing the Shrinkin' Violets first annual Secret Santa Gift Exchange! If you'd like to participate, send me a PM with the following information: Board Name: Real Name: Address: (Optional) Telephone: (Optional) E-mail: And sometime after Halloween but before Thanksgiving send me the following information (PM or e-mail) to pass on to whoever your secret santa is: 1. Do you have specific allergies (foods, scents, dyes etc.)? 2. Favorite color? 3. Least favorite color? 4. Hobbies of any sort? 5. Do you collect anything? 6. Any additional comments HoHoHo!

Have you been on the meds before bandster? My band doctor will call things in for me if I need him to. PCP won't call things in. Gyno will (if I tell her I've taken them before, or if she's prescribed them herself to me in the past). It might be they don't know how you'll react to it, and for example what if the anti-nausea meds cause your blood pressure to rise. If you came to see them, they'd know your blood pressure was high (just an example), and would know not to give you that med, but maybe an alternative, and so on. So it's hard for them to just prescribe on the phone. Though I try as often as I can, my insurance doesn't pay for me to show up at some of my doctors just for fun

I'm not a big coffee person, but I do enjoy a starbucks vanilla frappuccino (the bottled kind at gas stations) for b'fast every once in a while. It's 180 calories for the whole bottle, and I normally drink 3/4. Me likey.

And as for your doctor, I kind of see their point. I hate when I get strep throat, I can't just call my PCP and ask for them to call me in antibiotics and save me a day of sitting in the waiting room (I have tried though). I see why though, if I misdiagnose then they are giving me antibiotics which can be harmful by lowering the immunity to them blah blah. As for anti-nausea medicine.. I didn't even know they made Rx of it, since I always use over the counter.. but I can't see the harm of giving it out.. but that's true, they don't just call in Rx as preventatives based off of your speculations.

Emetral, yup. They have it at ALL the drug stores (even wal-mart). That's the only thing I ever use for anti-nausea. It works immediately. It's not homeopathic though, it's an actual medicine.

I think I likely could, but PB is one thing I haven't had since banding. I LOVE LOVE it. But, it is so high in calories for just 2tbsp (mine is also 190c for 2tbsp), I have yet to be able to eat it. If I'm gonna have 190c, I want a bowl of ice cream lol. I look at it in the pantry every once in a while and debate just getting a spoonful, but so far I haven't.

Jennifer- I think it was you that sent it, and hopefully you take this the right way.. Please please please, don't ever sign me up for newsletters or anything I got an e-mail for the travel thing saying you invited me to join the newsletter. The e-mail I gave you guys is my SPAM FREE JUNK FREE e-mail address.. you add my name one time to something like that and all of a sudden a million places are going to send me a bunch of SPAM :girl_hug:

Oh, I planned a night out with an old HS best friend tonight (she looked me up on myspace a couple weeks ago, and we've been getting together ever since.. kinda nice!) We're doing dinner & a movie tonight. Now I'm torn.. we're going to O'Charleys.. I love their Black & Bleu Salad (NUM NUM).. but I can't go to the movies without my small bag of popcorn with tons of butter.. I'm not willing to give that up since I only go to the movies maybe 4x a year. What to do, what to do. I said we should do a movie, she said we should do dinner & a movie. Such an overwhelming combo for someone who can't eat a lot. I think I'll just get the salad to go (it's 40 some degrees out with sun today).. it'll just chill in the car during the movie. Can eat it for lunch tomorrow. No good movies out, I got DH to agree to dinner & movie with her and her room mate, but he sent me an e-mail 'What movie?'. I'm afraid to tell him it's the Bee Movie LOL! I want to see it since it's seinfeld.. but.. it's a kid's movie, and DH won't see 1. kids movies 2. scary movies. Ho hum..

You're not allowed to leave! :cool:

There's a bug going around the office, throw-up bug! I'm tryin so hard not to get it. I'm still paranoid about throwing up with the band.. it is NOT pleasant from the honeymoon experience I had. I ate bad things yesterday, I'll spare you because I think it's FOOD PORN! Got my commission check for this month.. WOWEEE. Biggest yet. TGIF!!! Have a great day everyone and don't eat anything you'd be emberassed to admit later :cool:

BUT.. I do have port pain from missionary sex now, if my legs are up. It pulls badly. I've learned some maneuvers to lessen the pain thanks to Wheet!

The inches men 'gain', is the fat/skin recessing away from the penis, so they're not 'growing' they're just allowing more to be out of their body. I think it's true, but won't say why for love of my dear husband who is gaining weight Sex has always been good, but I'm up for it more. I feel sexier, and it's not so taxing. More positions I can balance, and it's easier to be bendy.

YES!! When you send the item, include your name!!

No idea.. ask them what it means? I wanna know how to watch my personals!

I heard about the lung disease thing on the radio a week or so ago. They said the fumes from popping popcorn in the microwave may cause lung disease. How many foods have we gone back and forth with these things? Remember egg beaters was bad, then good, then bad, then good. Sweet-n-low was bad, then good, then bad, then good. Etc.

And.. just so you guys can see the perspective-- I'm not being snobbish or rude to customers. But here is the behind the scenes.. the time it takes to get these jobs through and deal with them, we are making SO LITTLE profit on it, and we could have handled over 50 jobs with our music/movie industry clients. So they waste a lot of our time, and it's not worth the $$ they bring in.

Yeah, don't beat yourself up Terri, with all that's going on a 'bad day' isn't worth getting upset about. And like she said, you probably didn't eat all that much of anything! Today has been a super day for me. Our company is advertising a "Go Green" project out in Hollywood and it's a big hit.. we haven't even published anything yet, just from rumors I'm getting a lot of big call ins. One potential lead would be HUGE for me, I'm trying not to get too excited till I land it, but our pricing blows our major competition (who they are with) out of the water. Please let me get this client.. I have had a low-fat choco milk (170c) and a fruit leather (45c) today. Not low-carb, but low-calorie. I'm not hungry, I'm so excited right now from the people I talked to today in LA. Been drinking lots of black coffee & water too. Oh, on the boo side.. these local commercial jobs, remember the nightmare I had the past few weeks, it's finally in production and I just have to hear "How's it coming?" everyday, instead of changes/complaints/etc. I decided I'm no longer doing these local commercial books where no one knows what they're doing. So when they call in asking, I say we don't do that and refer them to a partner company. BUT.. I'm being haunted. I quoted a book job back in July, and it's coming to fruition now. SIGH. Same stupid crap.. they don't know anything about graphic design, we DON'T do that for them, so it's a lot of back and forth on what they have to do for us to print it, then they keep changing the paper, then of all things they want us to cut extra paper for them.. and think we should throw it in free because they're such a prominent figure in the city. That doesn't mean a hill of beans since our clients are not these kind of jobs.. We do these as a favor to the city. We get these requests all the time from local people.. our church blah blah can you do it free, etc. So ends up, since the books are so expensive, CEO said we can throw in these pieces of paper for free. Now I'm a hero. They have strict deadlines, and want me to go to THEIR meeting coming up. I resent that they can't just bring their graphic artist HERE so we can meet. They are not going to make their deadline with their current schedule, and no matter how many times I say it, they want us to speed up our end of the timeline.. which isn't possible. Local people are just too much of a headache, never again will I quote books for these people.

I read somewhere.. this body processes this way 1st. Alcohol 2nd. Carbs 3rd. Fat 4th. Protein So I think, if you consume alcohol and carbs, you're that much farther away from your fat. And it makes sense to me, when I look at my uncle. He use to be a professional trainer, and fit and proud. He's now an alcoholic. He's got a huge gut, and weighs about 280lb now. He works out EVERY SINGLE DAY twice a day. He is doing nutrisystem, to a T. But his major downfall.. he drinks like a fish. He has beer with him IN THE GYM. He always drinks alcohol with meals. So you'd think with as much as he works out and as little as he eats, he at least wouldn't be able to maintain such a huge belly.. and yet, he does. All because of Alcohol.