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Gail, you are more than welcome to join us!!! What do you do for exercise???? Traci and I are cyclists....we just love to ride our bikes!!

I totally agree with everything that Traci said...talk to your Local Bike Shop..they will have a variety of seats. We love biking, Traci and I, and you should come join us on the bycyling thread!!!!(It is spelled like that from the person who originally started the thread over a year ago)....we are a friendly bunch who like new comers!!! Good luck with finding a seat and hope to talk to you soon!!!

When is your weigh day HP??? I will weigh Monday mornings I guess since that is today.... I think another good thing to do would to be NOT to weigh everyday but challenge ourselves to weigh only the one time a week!!!! What do you think??? IT will be hard, be we can do it!!

K Traci, I set up a new thread for this challenge between us. I knew you would do it so I didn't wait for a yes!!!!! LOL......This is gonna be soooooooooooooooo much fun and good for us...

First off, read Warning:Disgusting Revenge on the general lap band thread...totally gross and hilarious!!! HP, ok 18 pounds by Oct 6th is ......8 weeks...totally doable...now I am gonna put a little push on you here...I am going to lose 18 pounds by Oct 6th too.....its a challenge!!!! Its you and me girl!!! You up for it???? Lets see...we need to lose 2.25 pounds a week for this to work....totally doable....I am going to set up a seperate thread for this challenge between us so we can keep track of everything...k?

That has got to be the best story ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope he wasn't on a diet and trying to watch HIS carbs!!!!! LOL....

Tiger, we have about the same stats. I started at 305 and surgery day was 295 and goal is 170.....

Good job Traci!!!!!!! I am so happy that you made your goal!!!!!! I really am into this goal thing, I never have been before, but I think it really is inspirational to have goals and then meet them!! You are an inspiration and all I can say about that last photo is.................................wow!!!! You have done so good and come so far....... Oh, hows the little challenge going for you? No night time eating going on here......how about you?

They are long but they sure do give the lung capacity needed for other things. The river was a blast and I am with you....who knew all the fun times I have been missing out on....I am the one trying to talk DH into going to the amusement park now...and now he doesnt' want to go..... Its so awesome to be able to move and move good....I am so proud of all of us....we have done so good!!

oh oh oh oh oh oh oh.......and I floated the river yesterday on a tube made for three people with DD and DH...it was the absolutely best time ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so glad that I could do it and not have to be the one just watching and not participating...that feels soooooooooooooooooo dang good!!!!!!!!!!

TRACI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That picture is just simply amamzing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are simply amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One day, maybe we can take pictures of all of us in one pair of pants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL......... Ok, I jogged 1 mile this morning. I don't know what came over me, but I did it and it was great. I jogged 1/2 mile then walked about five minutes and then jogged the other 1/2 mile. Biking really makes a difference in your lung capacity...especially the big long nine mile hills. I could talk the entire time and never got out of breath....it was simply amazing....I am still smiling......

These parmasean meatballs are to die for, and go down nicely...but not at midnight!!!

Welcome you two!!!! Well first off there is not a whole lot of talking that seems to go on in the Idaho thread...so keep looking around at all the other threads!!!!! Second, congrats on your way to health!!!! You can PM me anytime if you need anything....

Snuffy...well said!!

Note to self........do not eat at midnight!!!! Ever!! Not even a bite or two....just don't do it!!

I slept in a recliner for a week. I bought a big cushy one just for that reason....although I think everyone is different, the majority can not lay down to sleep without discomfort for awhile.

Call and ask your doctor where you should get it.

Bloo, I have to tell you I made the Parm meatballs yesterday and they are tooooooooooooooo die for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The whole dang family loved them, I was hording them and saying...NO NO NO seconds, these are for my lunches next week....DH said to make a double batch next time...thanks for the recipe!!

Hi ladies, just thought I would say hi to some fellow Idaho bandsters. I had Dr. Baird do my band. I was self pay so I went to my first appt with the doc, and two weeks later, I was banded. Good luck to you and if you have any questions or need anything, I would be happy to help you!!!

As long as you are ranting about drivers and you walk to work, heres one closely related. A PERSON ON A BICYCLE DESERVES TO BE ON THE ROAD TOO!!! GIVE THEM SOME ROOM AND DON'T KILL THEM BECAUSE YOU ARE A STUPID IDIOT THAT HAS NO BRAIN!! I feel for you walking to work, if the sidewalk is not safe, then I realize why I am being nearly killed everytime I put my bike on the road....or the bike lane...because apparently, cars are suppose to "take out" anything in there way that does NOT resemble a car...

I have only PB'd once and it was just a month ago, over a year out of surgery. I don't plan on ever doing it again. I usually just slime a lot when I get something stuck if I eat to fast or don't chew good enough. Good luck to you and I hope you never throw up.

You will start feeling better and better!!! I actually like the EAS protein drink, you can get it at Walmart.

Both these ladies are right on. If you do something because you have to and you get no enjoyment out of it, then you won't stick to it. I myself, am an outdoor person. I am not a gym person, at all. I hate it. I walked when first banded, then tried the couch to 5K.....not for me either. I bought a bike and thought it was so great. Sure, it was hard work at first. I could barely do 5 miles at a time. Today, I ride about 130 miles a week. On a road bike. In spandex shorts. I love it. In fact I always think I need to find something to do for exercise. I love riding so much that it is NOT exercise to me, it is just fun. I truly believe this is the ticket to exercise. Try some different things out. I also roller blade, but don't have a really good place to do close by. Good luck to you!!!

Got a 31.59 miles in tonight!! Just sayin....

I didn't have a PB until just last month. I have been banded since April 07!! I have slimed A LOT, but never Pb'd. I was a weird experience and I can not imagine doing it over and over again like some people. The sliming is gross and I hate it, but it does happen when I eat too big a bite and something gets stuck...