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Morning girls! SUZIE! Thank you so much for my valentine! When I opened up my box and saw that little silver envelope I knew it was something to bring a smile to my face. And it did!! Thank you again, you are so sweet! TracyKS - I'm the same, I loooovveee to tan. I like being nice and brown. But now that I'm being careful of the sun and trying to take care of my skin better I'm getting so pale and splotchy. Ugh. My legs are like a yellow-green color. I'm going to start putting on that tanning cream that gradually tans your skin so that I don't scare anyone in San Antonio. Both tracys need to take pics of their hair please... We wanna see... Off to get my breaksfast. I'm having two turkey slices with whole wheat crackers. But first my coffee or else nothing will go down!!

Yay Jenn!! I was praying so much for you!! Yipee!! Yeah Kat, I'm surprised you didn't plop down on the couch at your son's house. I'm sure Ali would have looovveed that. He he he... I'll eat melted cheese product!! I'm not that weird! I'll even put a slice of cheese on my burger. I just don't like cold cheese and strong flavored cheese. We've actually done alot to the house. It's not that old, it was built in 2004. It's got a great layout and great bones but the builder put in the cheapest fixtures and carpet that was humanly possible. And the family that purchased it brand new never got around to upgrading anything either. So, so far we've put in tile floors in the entry way, family room and kitchen. Wood floors in the formal dining room. We enlarged the concrete patio and layed down decorative stone. Upgraded all the faucets, fixtures, ceiling fans. Put in a garage door opener. Upgraded all the doors. Umm, what else... New paint and new baseboards. That's about it. We got new furniture for the living room, breakfast room and formal dining room. So we're pretty broke for now. I'd like to eventually put in stainless steel appliances but that won't be anytime soon... I brought my gym stuff with me so I'm hitting the gym on my way home. The sun's out so hopefully the storms have passed... It's 5 pm ladies! BYE!!

I think Michelle said it was three or four days... She might be coming back tonight... The garage sale was a success! I made over $200 bucks and my aunt who also brought all her stuff made about $200 too. I made just enough to cover my Violets trip, so sorry Kat, catch me next week when I get paid!! What's everyones plans for Thursday? Do most of ya'll go out on the day or wait until the weekend? We're staying home this year and I'm gonna cook a nice fancy dinner... Our new house is needing all sorts of upgrades so we've been spending most of our money on that. We've bought each other practical Valentine's days gifts. Juan bought me a nice walnut side board table for my dining room and I bought him a patio umbrella for our patio table. We're so romantic, huh? :mad: Oh, does everyone know that the Frigo Light String cheese is high in protein? I didn't know! It's a good snack and it's not cheesy. I usuallly don't like cheese especially cold cheese but this just tastes like skim milk. I have this huge knot on my forehead. Last night I got up around 2am to get a glass of water and I ran into the corner of my wall. BAM right on my forehead. Dummy me didn't turn on any lights and I was rushing to get back into bed because my tile floor was cold. It used to be that my belly stuck out further than anything else on my body but now it's not there to protect my face! So... what an NSV, huh? I ran into a wall with my face, yippee! I'm a dork... I'll be back later...

Thanks Suzie, I need to go get my water right now. I read your story about your neighbor. Very interesting. I consider my boyfriend to be very handsome and he's always been thin and athletic so you would think that he would be confident enough about himself to not be jealous of other men looking at me. But he is jealous! He tells me all the time that I'm not eating enough or he tries to temp me with sweets, which are my downfall. I've always wondered why but I guess he feels that if I get thin enough that I'll leave him. Men... So shallow sometimes. Well I did really good this weekend girls. I revamped my giving up sugar for lent because I quickly figured out EVERYTHING has sugar in it. So now my plan is no cookies, ice cream, candy, pies, ect... Cuz I gotta have my fruit and my yogurt. Can't live without that. But anyways, I did good all weekend and usually those are my hardest. Terry - I'm so glad the scale is moving for you again!! Isn't that feeling wonderful! Man, I get excited even if the scale shows an ounce down. How's your restriction doing? Well one pound down in two weeks. Going slllllooooowwwww. But at least now I've lost more than what I need to lose. That's a plus!!! Busy busy day today. I'll check back in later tonight girls. Bye!

Michelle - I'm so excited for you!!! I wish I could be there to see your kids faces!! My parents did that to us one year when we were little. We had just spent a week at my grandmother's house and my parents came and picked us up. Well I noticed that we weren't driving home our usual route and I asked where we were going. My dad said he had a surprise for us and that we were headed towards San Antonio for a few days. We were sooo surprised and excited! Granted it wasn't Disney but when we were little we weren't that well off and a vacation anywhere was such a treat! One of the best memories I will ever have... me and my two sisters screaming and jumping up and down in our minivan! Well February is here and I managed not to lose a single pound in January. Grrr... I try so hard to be a good bandster but I always manage to cheat. All day long I'll be good but then right between 9pm and 11pm, after dinner, is when I do the most damage. Only have myself to blame.... Well, I'm all geared up for my garage sale tomorrow. It's supposed to be a beautiful day here in Houston. 72 and not a cloud in the sky. I've got soooo much stuff in my garage, I hope I sell a big chunk of it. Gotta get started on my water, Judy's already down one liter and I haven't taken a single sip! Talk to ya'll later!

Judy that looks cute! Let me know if you feel any burn on it...

okay what i've eaten so far: B: 2 slices of turkey lunch meat 5 whole wheat crackers 1 wedge of laughing cow light cheese L: 1 3oz pouch of tuna 5 whole wheat crackers 1 tsp of light mayo 1 TBSP dill relish D: planning on cooking whole wheat spagetti with turkey meatballs So far 475 calories, 51g protein, 22 carbs and 2 Liters of water... I'm am trying to stay away from that darn apple struedel cake that's in the breakroom. Everytime I go to fill up my water cup it just stares at me. I'm fixing to chunk it if people don't hurry up and eat it. Augh...

Morning girls! So glad it's Wednesday. I need to start getting my house together tonight. I'm having a garage sale this Saturday so I've got stuff and boxes everywhere! I want my house back!! So I'm giving up sugar for lent. I am so seriously addicted to sugar. I can't control myself with it and I know that that is what is stalling my weight loss. So this is a perfect time for me to do this. Just had breakfast... two slices of turkey lunchmeat with six whole wheat crackers and one package of the laughing cow cheese. The light version. I'm full and hope to stay full until at least 3pm. Gotta go, just checked the time, mass starts at 12:10... i'm gonna be late......

Yep Suzie, I think it's time to change my avatar... I'll do it when I get home because it does take me forever to figure out how to get it up... I'm so picture manipulating illiterate...

Thank you to both Judy and Tracy for getting my pic up here! You see what I mean? I look normal now next to them! Woo hoo!!! Ya'll make me blush. Thank you for your compliments ladies. Those are definetly needed every once in awhile!

Terry - my boss did the same thing. He's been so sick. Yesterday he did stay home but today he dragged his ass in here, wheezing and coughing. We finally harassed him enough to make him go home! Whew, I'm so glad. I DO NOT need to be sick with the flu. I'm deathly afraid of vomiting with my band now.

Can't post the pic... I'm gonna send it to Tracy to see if she can resize and post for me??

Good morning violets! Wow everyone be careful who is in that ugly weather. So glad your son in law is ok Judy. I'm sure that was so scary for him! Happy Birthday Laura!! The bracelet is beautiful!! Pam - so lucky that you get to go to Disney. I love that place. We haven't been in about 6 years. We all said the next time we go it's with our kids so that'll be a looonnnggg time from now, LOL! Haven't started on my water or anything this morning. I pledge to be a perfect bandster today. Cottage cheese for breakfast, turkey roll ups for lunch and I've got some chicken breasts defrosting for dinner. No snacking! Oh and major NSV... I wanted to share this pic with ya'll... All the girls in my family are teeny tiny and i've always felt like a huge cow around them. Just recently I've been feeling "normal" around them. Well someone took this picture on sunday and i look normal next to my freakishly little aunts!! it's finally starting to sink in that i can pass for normal...

Hi girls! Just got back from a doctor's appointment. Blood pressure is PERFECT. WOW, can you just believe it!! I'm so happy about that... I also did bloodwork and that should come back in a few days and I hope my cholesterol is also good. Tracy - For years I always waxed my upper lip but then one day I just started having a bad reaction to the hot wax. I would get this scab that would last for a few days. I stopped doing that. Now I pluck. One by one. Takes me forever but my skin has become so sensitive that not even dipilaroty creams work for me. And I'm Mexican so I'm super hairy! Try the cream first, that might work for you. HEY, has anyone ever gone to to get waxed in your bikini area?? TMI, but my gut always prevented me from seeing my hoo haa but now that I can see it I am seriously considering getting it waxed. How much does it hurt?

Good morning girls! Just a quick hi and bye. Off to church and afterwards to deliver some couches and then to superbowl party. GO GIANTS!

I think that most people that have been banded will tell you that they still enjoy and eat everything that they used to eat but in much smaller quantities. The only thing that really changes is your attitude towards food. If you know that you can only have a small quantity of food the choices that you make are usually much better.

You brought up a good point Judy. Let's all think for a minute about where we were on last Feb 2nd. How we were feeling.... I was in so much pain that I didn't know at the time was my gallbladder. A week later I had my gallbladder taken out. Because I was so overweight I had huge gallstones. My liver was oversize, my blood pressure was high. Today I have none of those ailments. Not one. For that I am grateful.

Jenn - I'm so sorry about your grandma. I know it must be so hard for you to pray to God that he takes her. I was in that same situation with my grandma. She was suffering so much and I just wanted peace for her. I'll be praying for her and for your family. Terry - Hope your mom gets better! And yes, don't we all wish Denise would come and take care of our loved ones personally? Hope you have a "Denise" somewhere in the bunch where your mom is at... Well today we are going to be moving furniture. We sold our couch set but the lady we sold it to does not have a way to pick it up or even get it up to her apartment. So we said we wouldn't mind bringing it to her and hauling it upstairs. Good excercise! And yes I'll join Terry in a no junk Saturday. I have to be good today because tomorrow I'm making all sorts of goodies that I know I'll be tasting! Off to clip 12 sets of toenails and trim six little ears of hair! I'm grooming my three dogs today! Everyone have a great Saturday!

Terry we still meeting Monday? I never did figure out where to go. I'm not really familiar with the 290 area. I do remember seeing a La Madelaine on 290 and... hmmm... Hwy 6? Is that close to you? Where do you and your hubby go to eat out?

56 min till I'm freeeeeeee

Did ya'll know ya'll have to wait 20 seconds in between posts? Did not know that...

What is AMC?

Yes Judy, please bring sign up forms and instruction manuals with you in May....:biggrin:

oh my... i just snorted water out of my nose... ya'll are definetly making the day go by faster...