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Nan, I sent you a private message yesterday.

Here I am....I was playing hide and seek. I now see the whole thing behind people leaving this place....not that I don't love it here...but at one time I had thought that I could never live without being on here every single minute. Hope you are all having a very Merry New Year!!!!!!!!!

Hi everyone....I am busy getting ready for daughters New Years Eve party tonight. Oh boy, am I dense for telling her she could have one....LOL....Anyways, DH and DD go back to their normal lives in a few days and then I will be back on to talk to ya all....Deanna

Hi all....Happy New Years!!!!!!

Um, actually, I remember a fall or something from you too J!!!! In your front yard......I do, I do, I do......I am just too lazy to go back and look it up..... I got a great candle and candle base...and two pair of biking socks.....GREAT STUFF!!!!! THANKS MIKE!!!!!......I will post a picture...

Travelgrl...wow, just wow.....forgiving yourself is the hardest thing to do.

Its ok...and you don't suck....and the goal I have set is for 170....so I do definitely have further to go than that....that just seemed the most reasonable when I was 305...... I do think that I would like to get down to 150...but we will see...if I feel good about myself at 170, I may stay there....who knows......DONE WITH SCHOOL.... B, sucks that you are still pounding away at the papers through Christmas.... HP, I am soooooo glad to see you have emerged from the shell of OT to say hi...

Well, since no one noticed, I will tell you. I lost 7 pounds this month. My ticker is under 220!!!!!!! I am so totally happy!!!:whoo:

I got my SS today!!!!!! I am so excited!!!!!!! Thanks, Big SC

One more final for me........yipppeeeeee and then not another word about school until Jan. 14th.....UGH...that is going to come fast.

Just a note to those who are saying you are OCD.....checking the doors and alarms twice is not OCD. I have OCD. Diagnosed OCD. It is not fun or just something to do. It cripples every aspect of your life. It is not about, "oh, I better check the door before bed!"....it is all night, checking and rechecking and rechecking....ALL NIGHT....so finally as exhaustion hits you as the sun is coming up, it is time to get up and ready for the next day. I am not trying to be obnoxious, but it hits home when I see someone say, I am ocd....when in reality, they have not idea what OCD does to a person. Medication did the trick for me and I have tried many times to go off of it, but I am one of the luck people in the world to not only be fat, but have to take Luvox for the rest of my lift. It works, and I have led a normal life when on it.

BG, I am going to break your fingers. STAY OUT OF THE CHOCOLATE IF YOU WANT THAT SCALE TO MOVE!!!!!!!!

I am honestly coming to believe that way too many people getting the band have no intention of ever exercising. They think that this miracle band is going to make them thin and it is going to be easy sailing all the way. Well, sounds like you know you have to exercise, so that is a plus for you!!! I was very jung ho about exercise for the first 4 months after banding. I lost a large amount of weight in that time too. It has since then slowed down with the likes of college and the cold, but I still do it. I strength train also. The motivation comes and goes for me. Sometimes, I really can't get enough exercise and then sometimes, I don't want to do any. BUT, I am now learning to look at it for my heart and body, not to lose weight. I want to have a healthy body and heart, as well, as a fine looking waist. HTH.

I can see Texas as very doable. My aunt lives there, in Burleson....so, I can totally see that..but, who knows. Have to see what gas is going to do I guess by next summer. J, I bet your happy about school. I have to do three finals next week and then I will be doing the happy dance too!!!

Oh man, I needed that laugh tonight. I had one of those days at school, and I am almost done too, J!!!!!!!!!! I am sooooooo excited about that. I am not sure when I go back, but I know that next week ends my torture for this year...... Boy, those burnt chickens made me laugh...and thinking about babygirl flying over her handlebars in front of construction workers ( I think), that was a priceless memory too!!!!!!! Welcome Lisa and Neveragain.....jump in and talk, we are quite friendly and nice around here.... HP and JC better say hi soon. The post office here told me I had better get my package out like right now if I expected it to get there......so I did.....hehehehehe.....I know we will know who it is from the address but it is still fun....

December 10th, Monday Strength training on bowflex 30 crunches on exercise ball

TX, the cold????? It is -14 here this morning with the wind chill....just a mere -1 with the wind chill not factored in.....I am not sure you know what cold is......

Call me skinny but don't say I am unhealthy and sick looking. I am the most healthy looking that I have been in years. I like that song J, I guess I need to just let it go flying over my head. I guess if the in laws say to me that I am looking good, I will say, thats not what I hear you are saying....LOL...that would make for a great day. When is everyone sending the SS out?

Dec 06. Thursday 2 hours roller blading

LOL. B, you have a double whammy coming from granny when she finds out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello everyone....we did get snow last night. It is pretty, but too cold for me...hate the cold now that I am getting fit. I used to LOVE the cold, when I could just stay at home all the time and not move from the couch. Not happening now though, so it sucks. I just hope we have snow for Christmas. Have a happy weekend everyone.... Oh, crap, almost forgot to tell you all this. I am NOT happy about this. My son, who is 19, went to my parent in laws last week and they got to talking about me. My son says "My mom is looking really good" and the in laws say " Well, she is gonna get sick if she doesn't stop losing weight. She is looking unhealthy." WTF?????????????????????????????? Are you kidding me? I am so upset that they think of me that way. No one showed any concern for my unhealthiness when I couldn't walk three feet without being in pain....or I had to take all the medications for my health problems or use the CPAP for my breathing.....NO ONE was willing to say anything to me then, but now that I am getting healthy, they say that I am unhealthy??????? I am so up in arms over this, I am considereing not going to the family Christmas party. I NEVER thought of all people to be jealous of me it would be my mother in law. Well, I feel a little better now telling you guys about it. I look healthy, I eat healthy, I have healthy habits....I am healthy. I am NOT SICK OR UNHEALTHY. Maybe I should put that on my Christmas card to them this year.

I know huh? I can't wait until the weather changes back to warm, and the weather hasn't even begun to be as cold as it will get. Such a bummer!!! I do have to get studying though, I have check offs tomorrow and I have to know this stuff....soooooo will check in later BG to see what you did with the rest of your day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hey, at least you didn't have to have a root canal....now there is something to be happy about, huh???

work out some more...and think of how lucky you are not to have the hags around today....FOR HELL SAKES....ENJOY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, my gas pains were there well into a month out of surgery. NOT as bad as the first week out, but I still had them. I walked A LOT at night too. Try getting on all fours and sticking your butt up in the air....putting your head down, support your stomach with something. This helped me and still does if I have gas.

So awesome B!!!!!! I love that feeling of getting a new bike..I should know...I bought three this last year....and DH wants one more still...a mountain bike... J, I just love ya!!!! You really are an awesome woman...you know just what to say when someone needs it and how to kick ass when someone needs it. BG, you are also awesome with your 13 minute mile....you are rocking it girl. I wish I could run that long. The longest I have ran is 8 minutes and I thought I was gonna die after I walked for 5 and then started running another 8 after that .....you go girl!!! ZZ, I really crave chocolate sometimes. I really want to go buy a candy bar. I really really really want to sometimes. BUT, most of the time, I don't even think about it, and I never keep it in my house. Don't get me wrong, on Halloween, you would of thought I was 10 the way I was hording around my DD's candy, and I did eat some. But, for some reason, I don't want it all the time like I did before banding. Before banding, I would send DH across the street to store every night to buy two bags of candy or two packages of Oreo's. I ALWAYS go my own package or bag too. DD and DH had to share one. I laugh about it now, but boy, talk about killing yourself slowly... TX, that is so effing awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are now an official NON- SMOKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I used to smoke also, and soooooooooooooooooooooo glad that I don't do that anymore either.....I am rather boring person now...I can't eat and I don't smoke or drink anymore....LOL...