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carrie, I have really thick coarse natural curls. My favorite is Matrix Biolage Hydratherapie. The shampoo makes my hair super soft and the conditioner is a thick balm and smoothes it out great. You can find it in your Salon or Salon type store. Matrix - Hair Products - Biolage - hydrathérapie One thing I do recommend is that every so often you change up your shampoo and conditioner too. Your hair almost builds up an immunity to it and over time it wont work as well as before. Then once you go back it works great again. It may be at Wal-Mart, I'm not really sure. They do sell some salon quality S&C's so you might find it there. I DO NOT recommend Pantene. It's junk for people with hair like ours. Anyway, I doubt they will stop selling Biolage Hydrotherapie, it has been around for a very long time. I do agree too that we should not wash our hair everyday. I never do that. I usually wash no more than every other day, preferably every third day. Side note: If you like to style your hair straight from time to time, I recommend the InStyler rotating hair curler. It's expensive and you can't find it in stores but it is WELL worth the price. Something that used to take me 2 hours to do now only takes me 20 minutes, no joke! instyler rotating hot Iron - Google Search Best wishes!

danny! Great job! I think you are right on target. :thumbdown:

I've made a decision that when the surgeon's office calls to set up my surgery date in the next few days or weeks, I am going to push for February. Preferrably the 11th, because where I work that would give me two Holidays off, plus one of my Friday's off. I have the 9/8/80 schedule if anyone out there knows what that is, or has it. I plan to take full two weeks off. Why not? I have plenty of time on my books, and I want to be sure I stick to my liquid diet 100%! That can be hard to do if you're stuck at work and end up not bringing enough to keep you satisfied during the day. So, anyone else out there with a date that month or trying to push for it? I'd love to hear from you and see how it's going. Here is my journey, I hope your up to a long read... I began looking into the lap-band surgery about three years ago when I first heard about the surgery. Not very intently at first of course, and I always said I'd never even consider bypass. Not long after hearing about it my PCP told me I had chronic hypertension. Well, I was only 30 years old at that time! I was blown away. I was a chubby child (not bad), but at about 12/13 I lost the weight and was able to keep it off until about 19. It was about 2 years later I met my husband and we married shortly afterward, and it was at that time I made the most of my weight gain. It was like I was sleeping all though it and I never realized it happened. My eyes were really opened that day my doctor informed me of my disease. Well, needless to say I hadn't even stepped on the scale in many, many years. I was wearing a size 28 at the time of my diagnosis. I made a conscious effort to lose some weight on my own, still not fully supporting the idea of surgery. I did pretty good. I did it through good old better eating and exercise. I lost about a pant size before making that ultimate step onto the scale. It said 315!!! OMG! :faint: You know, I knew I was pretty bad off, but still - even then - I didn't imagine it to be that bad. Keep in mind I'd already lost some weight. I've come to terms with it now, and can easily say I was probably at my max upwards into the 330's. Well, I continued to lose a little more weight in the same way - but somewhere betwee 270 and 280 I'd stopped. I've been yo-yo'ing the last ten pounds ever since. I've been this weight for probably the better of two years now. It was at the beginning of this year I realized I needed more help. I figured I needed a little something to keep my portions in control, as I noticed by journaling my intake I tend to "overeat" especially during dinner hour. Breakfast and lunch are perfect, as always. I do great when my mind is busy at work. It took a lot of courage to ask my PCP about bariatrics. It was almost as if I was admitting to myself especially that yes, I'm fat, and yes - I can't lose it alone. My travels from there have been long and arduous. But one moment of it, I do not regret. I am so thankful for the six month dietician appointments, as it prepared me a great deal and in so many ways. I don't think I will be as successful had I not done them. I am so close now, I can see the Bandland gates from here! So, anyone still going through the toughest part, HANG IN THERE!! It is, and it will be SO worth it. I simply can hardly wait!

Tap! Good for you with sticking to the posting. I havent because I've been a really bad girl. TOM! I hope you do get an unfill and your feeling better soon. I know I hated being super tight. :thumbdown: SFSG for today, but then again its not even 9 am! haha! So I had my Protein shake and a banana. I have my healthy box lunch ready to go too. I even brought a low fat yogurt for a snack before leaving. I can do this!

Hey ladies! Thanks so much Rhap & Tap... LOL!! That means so much to know I have people behind me. :thumbdown: I do love to swim and I know the Y has one, so I may look into that. SHM, hope all is well with you!

Sorry I did have to remove it because I couldn't fit the whole thing in and it doesn't mean the same without it -- but it sure is one I will remember!

Wow, great! I haven't needed to say much in this thread but I do enjoy reading it. I know what the problem is because I suffer from it myself (to a lesser degree IMO) and I know what needs to be done to get results. I just wanted to say that was a great line, well done! I think I'm going to put that in my signature line... LOL

CONGRATS TO YOU!! You have done really well and maybe I'll get there by my second Bandiversary. I'd love to !!

No worries, and no excuses... I'll just have to work those calories in ways I may not be accostomed to - but I still have to do it. I'm a bit bummed though because I really did love to run/walk or whatever. It's really the surgeries I'm not looking forward to, but the good thing about them (2) is that I can hold of on them for a few years probably.

Good idea, you never know... I didn't. I wish you the best and I hope all is okay!

Hi Exercisers! Well I seen my Orthopedist on Friday... Bad news is I have the beginning stages of arthritis in my knees. My running/speed & distance walking days are over forever. He gave me a shot of Cortisone in my Left knee for now. It's helping with the pain (however the needle site is sore and bruised!), but he said it will only be given a few times before he writes that surgery is pretty imminent - in both knees in fact... Good news is he has given the me the green light to resume my stationery bike and other exercises, as long as it doesn't require too much of my knees. I start again today, but I'll start light. Wow, you never think of these things when you're young.

You look great! Thanks for sharing and Congrats.

Donna, I'm glad to hear there doesn't appear to be any major damage at this time. Any way you can post the pic?? LOL

Good Show! Joelle needs help, mentally. Also, if she were to take that $25K she would have at least gotten something out of it. But, would it not have been fair to give half to Carla? I think it would have, but something tells me that didn't even dawn on her. Crazy selfish people in this world, I tell you. GO BLUE!

I'm not doing anything. :bananalama: Other than that I guess when life gives you Lemons, you should trade them in for a fruit basket.

Yes, he is one of the people I mentioned gets to choose his fate rather than just accept it. Yes, the Legislators don't get the pinch, in fact I'm sure they will be rewarded like the FatAss Bankers on a job well done. It sucks but it sure beats not being unemployed. Yes, we are. In the mean time Cali pays no bills. To anyone. For any reason. Not even sure I will get a paycheck this month. LOL

Yep that's us here CA State Workers. We have to take 2 furlough days per month (most of us will do First and Third Friday of the month, but since I work at Cal-Fire we might eventually get to choose our two days as some of us already are allowed this). That is a 10% pay cut for all of us. However the Governator gave us a choice... Furloughs or watch all your friends get fed to Unemployment line (20% by Seniority). That wouldn't have been me, but I'd rather take a little piece of the pie than see some of us without jobs all together. It just sucks all the way around. Donna and Susan, best wishes with your medical issues!

ROFL! Being married to a Man Whore is all it's cracked up to be too.

SHM, please do not pass it off and have it looked at. That's what I did and I really regret it. tap, no my doctor didn't approve me to exercise. Thanks for that, I didn't do anything. That's the reason I'm in the situation I am in now. Ugh! I wanna workout!! Who'd have ever thought I would say that in a million years??

LOL thanks... it's okay - I've been called much worse. Also, hope those toes heal up quick! I know what you're going through... Sorry to hear about your insurance and daughter, hope she gets well soon. As plain mentioned we have COBRA here too, again I'm not sure if its a State mandate or not. I would definitely look into this. Um, never that! Pumpkin pie is THE best! Well, I love pumpkin anything really... pumkin ice-cream, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin filling. Okay, not good for you but good tasting.

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Wow. In 3 sentences you pretty much nailed it on what it took hundreds of replies to get to. Great job and I completely agree!!