Daisalana

Well that's true, if it interferes with the health of their dad, they may not understand now, but as they get older they will understand and likely have forgotten about the Christmas they didn't get everything they wanted.

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Well that's why I think it depends on what the OP was talking about. Burger to me= On a bun Ground Beef= Not on a bun I like ground beef with fixings on it

Hah, mine's been acting up weird lately too. It never did this before, so imagine my ellation when I saw it say 256lbs the other day. 256lbs?! EGADS! And then boom, it bounces up to 268.

And.. if you decide you do need a high graphic computer, my dell.. we just bought upgrades for the hardware.. better RAM, and a nice graphic card.. and mine runs on par with his Alienware (and again, my didn't poop out all the time like his!!). Even though XP won't have updates after this year, VISTA is not for someone who uses their computer. It bogs down the system, and takes a crap load of memory. Vista still has a lot of bugs to work out. So if you're going to buy a new computer, do yourself a favor and get XP for performance FWIW, I HATE Mac's.

I have been on the pill of some sort since I was 14 due to hormone problems. When I was about 18 I asked to be put on the 'patch'.. doc told me, since I was overweight, it would not be as effective because of how much my body needs. So, I am still on the pills. 21 days to make a habit.. Keep it next to your bed at night (thats what I do) with your Vitamins and Calcium. I take them all right before sleepy time. IUD looked scary to me, maybe it's not as bad as it looks but the diagram does leave one to wonder. Never heard of this ring though, ask your gyno I did have to go off of my b/c pills for about 2 months (1 before and 1 after surgery).

Welcome Suzie, and what a great story WOOOHOOO PAM!!! I'm the same way, I don't claim it till I see it 2 days in a row, and I saw 268lb for the 2nd time today YAYSA! (I put it up yesterday though I am just too excited to be in the 60's. Once I hit the 50's I'll officially have lost more weight than I ever have.. ever.. I was 250's in middle school).

When it's all fixed, you will feel better and forget the anxiety of right now.

I'm not Wheetsin, but my DH is the king of this kind of crap. He bought an Alienware that was about $12k. I have.. a 1k dell. We both use it for gaming (Secondlife, FFXI, Evercrack, etc). Alienware is geared toward high graphics. If you play high graphic games, it's something to look into. However, if you use computers for work or normal mundane tasks (pogo is not a high graphic game).. stick with the dell. On top of dh paying an unforgivably ridiculous amount for a computer, he has had to send it in to be fixed (we pay shipping, and that bad boy is NOT small) over 3 times in the FIRST year. Over the course of about 3 years now, he has had to send it in several more times. My dell? Well, it pooped out on me earlier this year, but we had a long run.. I had it for 5 years and never had a problem I had to call support about or have fixed.

There's a lot of really good frozen veggies in 'cheese "sauce"', and butter sauce that are low cal and yummy yummy.

I have to say, I like the booby in the first pic better! And I wish my booby was as perky as either of those.

DH plays a LOT of video games. Did I rant about this before? hah hah. We actually had the millionth fight over it this week and we made some compromises. he can't stay up past 10 to play, he can't play both weekend nights, and he has to eat dinner with me. Sounds like a kid, doesn't it? I told him so too! But he argues when we have kids, he won't be able to play anymore, so he's getting his fill in now. Blah blah blah. He's 25... going on 13 most the time.

Yeah I could add, my parents set a dollar limit, and we all got the same amount. We could pick 1 big thing, or a bunch of little things, to total the amount. We typically made lists of like 50 items, and they would pick out what they would get us. Seems every year I always opted for a bunch of little things, and my sister and brother opted for expensive 1 things. They got a video game box of some sort every year.

Depends on how old the 'kids' are. I was thinking in terms of under 14. Under 14, I don't think money is a good gift. NOW, however is another story. I love getting money as gifts, I get to pay off my bills and breathe easy.

Yeah, I assume I won't stay DD! I would be happy with a C.. but of course, that means the rest of me better get in line too!! Since losing weight, my tummy bothers me more. It's so flabby and gooey when I'm walking, if I pass my reflection I can see it jiggling through my clothes. yuck.

Hah! I've been having dreams about babies too, and I feel a little sad when I wake up. The last one was weird, I went to my band doctor for a gyno exam to see if I was pregnant. He couldn't figure it out. Then me and DH had to buy like 10 different pregnancy tests at the store. Was weird. I wanna baby to snuggle with.

Being a spoiled rotten brat who had NO SENSE of the dollar until I moved out of the house and went to college.. Well, 2 things. 1st, it is important to teach them the value of the dollar. That was a HARD lesson to learn on my own. Even to this day, I have shopaholic tendencies that get me and DH in squabbles.. but I've become so much better with my own money. I was a mess when I was 17! But as for Christmas, maybe this sounds bad, but I remember we always got everythin we I wanted and Christmas was special and it was like a tv kum-bay-ya moment. We don't get a whole lot for Christmas anymore since we're all adults, but we still have wonderful happy warm cozy Christmases. We had so many fond memories, and what not, I love Christmas. It's magical.. and now it's not because of gifts, but the association I had with them as a kid. My 2 cents, don't have kids either.. but plan to spoil them on Christmas. Even if my parents gave me $1,000 dollars on Christmas I would have felt disappointed (even if they normally spent $500 for example). Something about the thought in the gift, and knowing they got THIS for ME.. and not handing me cash. Again, what do I know.. no kids!

I gotta confess this to someone, so bare with me violets! Once a month (I guess has to do with my 'cycles') I get a maternal feeling. I want kids.. and it lasts like 1-3 days. And I can always remind myself why I DON'T want kids right now, and I get over it. Well for almost 2 weeks now I've been feeling it. I keep getting this "aww I want a kid" and then you guys post those kid pics, and I'm so.. bleh. I have been telling myself why I DON'T want them..and it's not working!!!! I want one :( Make it go away.

Major NSV.. a vendor came in and brought a big pink box in to my office, said they opened some bakery and brought fresh goodies to us (oh man). I took a peek in his box and said MMMM.. but I can't. There were all kinds of yummy stuff in there. And he goes "Oh take one!" and I said "I'm dieting!" and he sat the box on my desk and said in case I change my mind. Bah.. I took the box quickly to someone else's office. Yay me.

So far I've had CL, water, vitamins.. and my Steak Out just got here. Small sirloin steak tips & side salad with bleu cheese dressing. Num num.

I had crippling lower back pain around 20 when I was hitting over 300lbs. I had a hard time finding any doctors that would give me pain meds, so I was in a horrible funk. I couldn't even go to the grocery store!! Walking from the parking lot to the store would cause me to fall to the ground crying. That's the 'dark times' in my life heh. Then I started getting the back shots, and they would work for a few months at a time. I started researching weight loss surgery Dec. 06, and had my next back shots scheduled March 07. Around Jan 07, I was having the crippling pains coming back.. March came, got my shots.. and they didn't help this time (they were starting to work less and less). Around the same time I found my surgeon and scheduled my surgery for April 16 (I was self-pay, so it moved very quickly). Only 1 month post-op, the pains were 90% gone. I could walk for long periods of time. I believe it was reaching 290's that I got rid of the pain (I was 333lb at surgery). So it was about 30lbs for me. Who knew, for 3 years I could have been walking fine if I would have just lost 30lb!! Not that it's that easy, but still. I still have pains once in a while, if I'm standing straight for long periods of time (and not walking or moving).. like in line for something.. and when I sleep at night, it acts up. But as for walking, I can go-go-go for long periods of time and not a single tinge!

This past weekend I had to improvise. I'm doing low-carb right now and didn't have a whole lot of that in the house, so I scrounged through me and DH's foods to find something to make. Salami (sliced) about 2oz and cooked in the microwave for about 15 seconds...chop it up.. then I scattered bleu cheese crumbles on it and put about 1tsp of bleu cheese dressing on it and stirred. Was a nice lazy lunch!

Glad you said that Jachut, sometimes I feel guilty I don't hit under 1,200. When I first started my goal was under 2,000. Then it was under 1,600. Now my goal is under 1,300. And some days I get as little as 700 calories, and some days I do 1,600. Depends on the day and what I'm eating.. but I found it hard personally to stay under 1,200 calories. I don't do the shakes though, that may help I guess. But I'd rather not do shakes, I prefer the satisfaction of food. Drinking shakes for my meals make my stomach growl and ache. And I'm 6'0.. if that matters?<!-- google_ad_section_end --><!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

I can eat red meat fine (steak, chopped burger meat), but I can't eat a lot, thick portions, over cooked (has to be a little bloody), and no way no how on a bun. I don't have any desire for the standard cheeseburger anymore.. hoorah! I do still like a small ground beef patty with swiss and mushrooms on top.

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