Daisalana

And though I didn't wake up at 3something AM to work out (good god tracy), I've been running all over the plant today, I had to have at least walked/jogged/skipped 2 miles so far! I had to force myself to get up at 8am on a Monday.. I can't remember the last time I was awake at 3something AM. :faint:

I had a kudos snicker bar for b'fast (100 calories of yum yum), cup of plain coffee... lunch was some beef jerkey (i can't figure out how to measure it, the package says 1oz is 1 serving, and 'servings inside vary'.. boo) I'm not sure what 1oz is, but I had a piece big enough to last a good 30 minutes. I'll say it was 120 calories worth. My tummy is growling from hunger.. so drinking bottles and bottles of water to shut it up.. so far, not working! But on top of the new account I landed today, I am working another new account that guarantees a certain amount of business.. which is more than any of my other customers ever have done in the past.. so I'm anxious.. if I get this job too.. woweeeeeeee. I love my job on days like this!!

My 'normal' fears include spiders.. I hate hate hate them. I will scream like a little girl (oh wait, I am one) if I see it in the same room. I can't go near it, I think it'll jump on me.. and in my defense I HAVE SEEN SPIDERS JUMP AT ME! My DH gives me hell about that all the time. He has to drop whatever he is doing that very moment and remove said spider.. Otherwise it might crawl and hide and come back out at a later time And a general fear of any bugs. I don't like bugs. I never thought it was neat to collect them in jars or anything like that. Bugs belong squished in tissues in the garbage. Squished by someone else, though.

Hm.. My hair was so thick growing up, I could barely get a pony-tail holder around it once. Then I did Atkins and lost a LOT LOT LOT of hair.. it never did grow back Now my hair is about the size of a quarter when pulled into a pony-tail. A few weeks ago I noticed my hair falling out again, and I'm just trying to tough it out. I'm convinced it will grow back this time.. I don't have genetics for thin hair, and my siblings still have their crazy thick hair.. I don't know why I lost it during Atkins.

Congrats!! the DOCTORS of FL require it??? Here, most doctors don't care if you're self pay or insurance doesn't require it.. but it's insurance that makes you jump through hoops. Cross the border to Alabama I only had the following tests.. chest x-ray, bloodwork, psychological evaluation, ultra-sound, and pee in a cup!

I ate a lot of baby food on my mushees stage. I know a lot of people don't like it, but *some* of it, I found quite good. I didn't get any meal type stuff (like spaghetti or anything). But I ate baby food green beans, butternut squash, sweet potatos (mmm), and bananas. I liked them all quite a bit.

I use myplate ... Since every brand has different info, I look up on what I ate or estimate based off of what each individual ingredient has per serving, etc.. then find something similar in the directory.

I tried the Special K Lemon protein water.. Blech..

When does it grow back Wasa? I got little hair bunnies living in my bathroom.. I'm too sad to get rid of them!

I PB frequently since my re-op.. But, I am trying to relearn how to eat, I had adjusted to post-band eating, and now it's post-band post-tightness eating.. trial and error. I PB at least once a day.. none of mine last for hours, the sliming can be horrendous sliming, and I get the golfball pain, but once I am done sliming I have no pains anywhere else.. I stop eating whatever I was eating after this happens, but I was not advised to go on liquids, and if I went on liquids, I'd not be eating food for a week now, and I would not be learning how to correct it! I guess every doc is different? I don't feel like anything is irritated when I have an episode, I just get this feeling of "Damn I wish I hadn't swallowed/chewed/eaten like this".

I love CJ too, I did drink it regularly.. I'm glad to know there is another one! Diet must have been what I tried, because it was poopy. There was no way around the weird after taste. I'm going to have to look for the Light now! How exciting

Well for us.. our dog especially are our 'kids'. We don't spoil them like I've seen some places in like LA that have bakeries for your dog, and we don't take her out everywhere.. But she is an indoor dog (boxer), she knows what we're saying when we tell her to do things, and she is sooo loving. My sister's puppy recently was put to sleep for acute renal failure, and they think it was contageous, so we just spent quite a bit of money with our dog in the vet last week (with no symptoms) just to make sure she's protected even though exposed. And I kept thinking of what I would do if something happened to her, and it's just a horrible thought. If my dog died due to the dog food, I would be suing for more than the $300 I paid for her. I've spent much more in vet bills through the years, and emotionally I would be wrecked. My cats are also like my 'kids', but I wouldn't be as devastated if something happened to them. They are all ragdolls and indoor cats, and I do love them very much.. but Cassy (our dog) really is like our kid!! (See the pic of her.. my avatar.. she's a pumpkin! hehe)

LOL! You can get a SecondLife account for free, and it's a free download.. But for the store, I worked for about 3 years to get my company name 'out there'. I have to rent stalls in malls, do promotional ads, even have a blog for the store so frequent customers get the latest new styles released. And I pay $25 a month for my own land in the game (you don't have to do this), so I have 2 static shops set up. Andddd you have to be able to do graphic design. I use photoshop, and the game provides photoshop templates. It's not as easy as pie, but if you have a good grasp of computers, it is easy to learn! And if you have time for promotion- even better. Since I established our clothing line, I don't do much promotion anymore (I don't like to 'play' secondlife). My RL Best friend, she always wanted to do graphic design, but never went to college. In January I brought her to SL, and I explained how it works.. she opened up a store in game, she now makes about $300 a month.. she doesn't own land anymore, she just rents. The SL currency is actually worth more than some countries' money. 1000 SL Lindens(game currency)= approx $3 real dollars, and they let you deposit into the ATM's in game which convert and directly go to your paypal account. Anywho.. if you want to join SL and try a go at making a shop, let me know. I'll be more than happy to log in and show you how it works!

I also have a clothing store in SecondLife, it's my supplemental income

Tracy- Taste isn't good on the bulletins.. its not as bad as the cream shake crap, but the trick is I don't 'drink' them like it's a drink. I shoot half at a time (21g of protein) and chase it with Water. It's barely on my tongue for a second, and the water washes the taste away very well. Well, hospital finally got on the phone with me, they are 'reviewing' my refund right now, and they never said they'd pay the anesthesiologist with the money (must have been a clever way to keep from giving us our money while we were actually there). So when they finish 'reviewing' my refund, they'll cut me a check. I know they don't care at the hospital, but I said I'm not paying my anesthesiologist until they send me my refund. Stupid stupid people. I got a new account today, looks like potentially big customer. Yaaaayeeeee!! Love the busy season, get enough commission built up to have a fancy christmas lol. I also do christmas fund, where they take out some money every paycheck (pre-tax!) and we get it at the end of the year to pay for x-mas. Mine's up to 2k. I don't spend that much on x-mas, so it's just going to be some money for a rainy day. ALSO.. I do an online business, in a game/thing I play "SecondLife".. I have a clothing store. I can show you one of my online shops (website) if you guys want to see, PM me.. I don't want to post it publicly and get linked to it. No one there knows anything about my real identity, and I'm keeping it that way. Anyway, I make about $1k a month doing that.. and I really don't 'do' anything. Sometimes I make new clothes, but my store has 100's of items and self-sustains itself. Just some extra income. Instead of cashing it into the bank, I've been letting it build up in my paypal. Another rainy day thing. I've got money just hidden all over the place LOL!

It could be water weight. I'm not as good as explaining as some people on this board are as to why these things happen, but don't be disappointed! It's not that unusual. I would think you're retaining water with breast feeding too..

Well just to clarify... the Protein bullets *I* take, are not the ones Denise listed.. mine are IDS New whey.. they don't have energy blasts or anything else it's just 100% pure protein, and if it's making you tingly someone slipped something into it LOL!! I just want to re-itterate I HATE THE HOSPITAL my band doc makes me go to. They are such IDIOTS. I'm on hold right now.. I overpaid by $596 when they realized I didn't need the port. Before we left, my mom was trying to get my refund.. but the accounting said "We will apply it to the anesthesia and then refund you". So I get a bill from anesthesia Friday. $500. Nothing applied. I called them, they said We don't know what you're talking about. ARGHGHGHGHGHG. So they said, call the hospital billing. I'm on hold with hospital billing now. They are so incompetent down there, I hate them. I really do. I wish my doc would come to my local hospitals where people have brains. During my first surgery they kept sending me bills for stuff I already paid for, and I had to fight to say I PRE-PAID ALL OF THIS and they still won with more anesthesia bills. Grr.

Thanks for all the info! I'm just as conflicted as when I started LOL! We don't have popcorn ceilings-- but I didn't *plan* to paint the ceilings. The walls are drywall with some.. spray on textured paint. It makes the walls have a.. texture, I don't know how to explain it. I asked someone at work about it, she just told me make sure I use a thick roller that will get into the holes and stuff. We've been living in the house since July, so it's not too dirty BUT we are both smokers, 3 cats and a dog, and I know I've seen cobwebs already.. so I'll likely need to wash the walls. And the walls are a pale beige color (ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ) I wanted to start in the master bathroom to test my hand at it.. if I mess up, only me and DH will ever see it.. Was wanting a pale green on top of pale beige. We only have trim along the floor, and it's white painted wood.. and single molding.

Jennifer I keep hoping to hear some good news on your end!! You're in my thoughts ((hugs)) If anyone wants a fun picture like my siggy pic, send me a good head shot of you and I'll turn it into this. Was something I had to learn for my digital art class lol.

Take out the nasty whey powders and that sounds pretty damn good!

Wasa you're such an inspiration and a great poster.. it's good to see you're human too!! ha ha No really, NO ALFREDO SAUCE!!! 3lbs gone is right around the corner!!!!! I had a bad eating day, didn't have any real meals so I did a lot of snacking/grazing. Go suck on a piece of ice and hold your nose and pretend its cold alfredo running down your throat.. Had to laugh myself.. Be strong!! GO TO BED!! Sleep cures all my cravings

We definitely let managers know when we have great service. DH does anyway, it always looks like a tense moment... we have great service, and he'll sternly say 'Can I see your manager?'.. and then he gushes about how wonderful the person was. It's surprising how a lot of managers (even not busy ones!) don't seem interested in the good service.

Mine's recent.. my DH has a joke that I have GAD (General Anxiety Disorder, funny commercial we heard on the radio). I am terrified I'm going to die some flukey way. I really am so happy in life right now.. just bought our first house, 2 cars, married, dog, 3 cats, talking about kids in the next couple of years, great careers, now I'm banded and getting skinny.. my life just is 'picture perfect'--to me anyway. And I feel like I could lose it by something stupid. I watch too much Fox News I think. We live near a railroad track and an airport. Everytime I hear planes going over, or the trains going by.. my heart pounds, I keep thinking something is going to crash into our house. It's an irrational fear, and I know it, and I scold myself everytime I freak out.. but can't help it. And they go by all day every day. I'm afraid when we drive now, we're going to get into a wreck. I'm afraid someone is going to break in and mug us, shoot us in our sleep.. even though we live in an upper class neighborhood, and I've never been in this situation and it's silly for me to even worry about these things. When I did my pre-op crazy exam, I talked to him about these irrational fears. They're very religious oriented at my surgeon's office, and he told me if I'm a Christian I shouldn't fear dying. I know what he means, but that doesn't really ease my fears.. I'm not READY. But I digress.. I'm terrified of the dark, I won't go outside at night by myself. And lastly, I can't go to a store by myself. I do have bad anxiety attacks when I go to say Wal-Mart alone. So.. that's me, I'm fighting my demons with fears lately!!

OHJuli- Me too! In the past couple of years, I've gotten really frustrated with companies. And I'm a force to be reckoned with if I'm a customer :rolleyes I think it stems from (Do NOT EVER use "World Moving Services" aka National Relocation Services.. 100% SCAM company) a couple years ago when we moved back to Alabama, we were robbed of nearly $3,000 on this bogus company. We wanted to sue, but it says if you want to take them to court, you have to do it in their county (Somewhere in south Florida), and costs to do so wouldn't be worth it. But I try to let as many people as I know, know about it. Ever since then, I am extremely skeptical and bitter. I write a lot of letters to companies to let them know of bad service, or lazy service, etc. And if I get any inkling they are trying to pull one over on me, I will cuss and yell. Long story but we won't ever have satellite again either! I actually get anxiety attacks when we get flyers for it in the mail! Anyway.. if it's a big corporation place, where the upper management would care to know how the employee was treating you, I'd definitely let them know. And let them know you splattered your aids on the fabric instead of the bathroom. :whoo:

Here it is, hopefully the link works-- Light 'n Healthy - Light 'n Healthy with Pulp Same OJ taste, not sure how they do it (actually I am, it says sucralose/splenda hehe). But I endorse it, and I am very picky with these things