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I am sooooooooooooo glad the hog feed that the Fourth of July is, is over!!!!! I has a blast up until the time to eat then it all hits me!!!! Then everyone acts like it is their last supper and start shoving food in their mouths until they have a look of pain on their faces!!!! Going back in the line two, three sometimes four times!!!!!!!! GOD, it gets old watching this!!!!! My family and extended family went to the resevoir and pulled kids around on the tubes all day!!! I didn't drink enough and just wanted to drink my dinner, but knew I had better eat something, so I had a small amount and didn't even eat that!!! Makes me sick to watch the amount of food people mindlessly shove in their mouths and the QUALITY of that food.

oh no Juli, that sucks!!! Does it feel different throwing up than before banding? I wonder about this a lot!!! My fill RN told me that if I ever get sick, stomach virus, and I have a fill to call and get in to get an unfill. I am not sure if she was talking about forever or just the first few months!!! And I noticed your ticker...you are doing awesome...isn't that another 3 pounds????? Hey, I wanted to ask you about resting your muscles. Is it wise to have a day off here and there from the biking? I didn't know if biking was the same as weight training. I guess I will look it up, thought you might know. BG, yah, we don't really have too many "dates" so to speak of....we are really too busy getting our bike riding in. DH loves it as much as I do. A good date night to me now is just laying on couch cuddling...its funny I was just talking to DH about this last night. I was mentioning that it seems like we are getting old because a few years ago, we were always going out and now we would rather stay home and snuggle...oh well, at least we still have it after 14 years!!! Oh my, gotta grocery shop today...NOT looking forward to it...I hate to shop now that I am banded....didn't really mind it before but now I feel like it is a waste of my time...lol..imagine that....food a waste of time...love this band!

She got my vote too!!!

Where is everyone tonight? Out on hot dates???? I will be married 14 years on Sunday..we don't have hot dates anymore....We have freakin hot bike rides now!!!!!

Of course, I would love to do this...if I wanted to kill myself!!

Good job BG....bike riding will definitely get you moving on the scale...it is hard work!!!

July 13, 2007 a.m. 10 mile bike ride a.m. 1 hour bowflex strength training p.m. 10 mile bike ride.. Thinking of taking tomorrow off for a rest....then do 20+ on Sunday :cry

Dian CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!! You go girl....you are awesome and NOW don'tcha feel like you are an awesome person???? I remember getting my first two mile walk in...boy I thought I was the shit!!!! It sure does make a person feel good to accomplish something like that!!! And rightly so!!

Hey, I think the spa stuff looks like FUN!!!!!

oh man, this is gonna be sooooo much fun.......Viva las Vegas!!!!! Thanks Juli, I never really thought of it that way. I guess I should start paying more attention to my body and they way it reacts to hills!!!!

LMAO JC....that would be great huh, handgliding!!!! BG....we have absolutely NOTHING like that around here....how nice for you!!!LOVE it....it looks so peaceful and nice... Juli, we are gonna have a freakin blast in Vegas...I can't wait!!!!!! OH NSV here....before when we would ride our bikes, DD (12) would always pass me or be up a hill before me and be happy afterwards, talking and such. ME???? Couldn't talk for hours afterwards...and not happy either....well, last nite she went with us and she couldn't keep up with me going up some of the hills!!!!! Talk about an ego boost!!!! I of course am recovering MUCH quicker after going up the hills now too!!!!

Jachut, Basketball is fun. Very hard work!!! Good job!!!

Welcom Loch BG.....2 lbs...TOM!! WOW....you're my hero....

You all are so amazing and supportive...THANKS I needed someone to tell me that. I was pretty down today and felt bad most of the day!!! DH telling me it is going to be okay is quite different than having a fellow bandster telling me it is going to be okay, ya know???Thanks ladies....your all great!! Welcome to the new joiners of the July- Labor Day challenge...let's see how much weight we can get off!!!

Terri.........I am sooooo jealous....is it SOOOO much fun or what???? I want to play raquetball sooo bad...DH has bad knees so not thinking we can do this one....

Ok, that is way cool BG!!!! That would truly be so awesome, cuz by then I would have my road bike!!! What a beautiful state you live in also!!!! Wow....3 million on that bike trail...in my town half there are a few trails, mostly for mountian biking and none longer that a mile or two...what a pity...have to ride on the country roads and try not to get hit. Wow, JC....You are rockin it!!!! Way to go on the 4 miles...... WHAT??? Blood out the nipple???? What is the cause of this????wow, I would of been freakin too!!!! I am so ready to go to Vegas if DH can get the time off. We would be driving. We are in Idaho so it would be about an 8 hour drive, but I am soooooo totally into it!!!! DH is too!!! He is so glad that I have all of you guys who are going through the same thing to discuss things with!! JC, it the catrike your mountain bike?? Juli, good job on the 22 miles...you are my hero girl and I hope you Zoe is feeling better tonight!!!

Thursday July 12 10 miles on bike this a.m. 10 miles on bike this p.m. with DH and DD

This is the very first time since banding that I have only lost 1 pound...I have been averaging 3-5 pounds a week the whole time, so it was a little disappointing for me, BUT, I am wearing pants that I couldn't last week, so it might be my bodies time to catch up with all the loss and lose some inches. I will have to measure my inches!! Good Job to everyone who lost this week, and let's keep our game faces on.....this is a life style not a diet, so we are not going to lose it and then gain it back this time....yeeeeee hawwwwww!!!

OHyeah.....I am sooooo there if I can manage it with school!!!!!! Will it be on the weekend????

NICE..that is a good work out!!!!

annie....1000 miles wouldn't be THAT hard to do.....if you had several YEARS!!!!!!! LOL....

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JC.....is the above post your daily diet? And by diet, I mean what you eat and drink for a day..... and maybe we could start calling you the Incredible Shrinking Ass......whatcha think???? Oh and I saw a recumbent bike up close last night....pretty cool....does is feel like you are going to tip over????

jm.......Way to go!!!!!! Gotta love ya for doing that machine. The one time that I got on it at the gym, which of course was a while ago, I couldn't even figure out how to run it...LOL.....how many calories does that burn, do you know????

Ohhhh...sorry about DD...that is the worst thing....not a dang think you can do for them but love em....I know the 1000 miles would be good for you though. Just think, by the time you got here, you would be at goal weight...LOL.....Maybe I should come see you, then I could get to goal weight!!!!! Maybe we could just start picking up lap banders along the way and make it the biggest lap band cycle fest ever!!!! I got ten miles in this morning....looking for another ten this evening......