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Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great one!:confused:

Welcome to LBT! It's only natural to be nervous! Good luck!

That's great! I know you felt good about that!:clap2:

Congrats on your surgery date! Food commercials are everywhere! I know it isn't easy on liquids before the surgery, just try to hang in there! Good luck!

Only you can make up your mind on which surgery to have. I have not regreted my surgery for one minute. If I lost my band today, I will have accomplished so much with it. Just remember one thing when you read a lot of negative posts - This is a support board, and more people with problems seem to post more about the problems they are having. Think about all the people that are happy with their bands and don't come on a support board at all. Please don't just make a decision on what you read on a few boards. Do a lot of research on any surgery you decide on. The band was the only choice I would make, and I am very happy I did. Good luck!

Just remember the reason you joined! If you keep going, it will get easier, you will feel better, and you'll look great! Now, put on a pretty smile, hold your head high and go get it done!:biggrin1:

What a super boss! Good luck!

Just because you can eat those things, don't mean you should! The liquid phase is to let you heal, for your stomach not to churn/work. If you are eating solids so soon, you are taking a chance of hurting/losing your band. Please follow your doctors orders people!

Good Morning Y'all! Dang you Cindy, I know you ordered all this cold weather! I don't mind a little bit, but this is awful! Burrrrrrr! Going to be 25 tonight! Now, be nice and order some warmer weather for me!:biggrin1: Pat you crack me up! We did the same thing at my last office! This one gal striped all the screws putting a chair together, we all laughed and nobody except her would sit in it. Needless to say she had a lot of screws left over too! I hope you get a picture of that Eagle! They are so neat! We have 4 bird feeders in our yard too, I just love feeding the birds. We stick corn on the cobs on a nail on the fence and the squirrels love it. I have to admit though they steel the whole cob once in a while.:biggrin1: We have about 6 hummingbird feeders all over the house and garden. They are absolutely my favorite. I even have one on my bedroom window and I love waking up seeing them feeding in the morning. Yeah, I am glad I don't have to worry about what I say on here to y'all. I really wasn't putting down anyone who weighed that much, I just got very upset when they had to ride the scooter instead of walk, while they had a donut in each hand. Then yesterday I saw a woman who could barely walk that had an arm load of marked down Valentines candy in her arms. It just makes me upset! I don't put down anyone for their weight, but I do when they can't walk and are eating donuts and chocolate candy. I just wish they would realize they are hurting themselves so much by doing this. Eileen - Pass the hasbrowns this way please, and put a little bit of sausage gravy on them please! MMMMMMM I have been working on this contract stuff, so my house needs some serious cleaning too. I mopped my floors on Thursday so I wouldn't have to do it today, then yesterday I dropped a whole glass full of stuff all over the floor! So, yesterday I re-mopped it again! Dianne - Your GM sounds like the perfect GM. I bet she is a real sweety! I'm glad you get to spend some time with her. Glad to hear you are doing better, and Eileen is right, sprains are worse than breaks! Soak it in some hot epsen salts! Sherry - Use the drugs as long as you need them. Everyone responds to surgery differently. Make yourself comfortable! And, if you come on here acting like you are high, we'll all understand! :biggrin1: :biggrin1: :biggrin1: Nothing new on the job front, it is so hard here to find something. I really think a lot of it has to do with all the Katrina folks here and they got a lot of the jobs. The waiting is the worse part, then if they don't even bother to let you know one way or the other, that is bad too! Thanks for asking! Anne - By all means let DH pamper you! Take all you can get!:clap2: :clap2: Beanie - You are not allowed so much time away from LBT! Now, get thee back here on the double! Patty - Hope everything is going great for you today! We got invited to the neighbors house for dinner tonight, so no cooking!:clap2 Well, back to the grind, I have a ton of work to get out the door!

Good Morning Y'all! Talk about a difference in temps! I am freezing today! I had to run an errand, and get some gas and I thought my ears would fall off! Dang it is cold! I think I will stay in the house the rest of the weekend! We're supposed to get some cold weather! Pat - Now yesterday would have been the day for me to go Harley riding, but instead I went running errands and did a little shopping. I honestly thought about going though, and even DH told me I should go but I didn't. I did put the top on the car down though and it was pure heaven. I'm glad I got a little in yesterday, because I sure can't today!:cry Aren't eagles neat? They just had an article in our paper saying they aren't so extinct anymore. Patty - How sweet of the principal to do that! Something like that makes your day go nice all day. Eileen - Glad you got a chance to meet another banster. I love meeting the people I chat with on the board. Anne - I had a niece that had to have that done and she was surprised it was so easy. So, don't worry too much about it, let us know how it goes. I hope you have as easy a time as she did. Yes, I saved all my flowers, but we are getting more freezes this weekend with the possibility of freezing rain, and I just know it will get them. But, I have decided not to go out and cover up everything again. It took me hours to do it last time, and then we got 85 degrees and it all had to be taken off. Now here it comes again, so I am just going to hold my breath and hope for the best. Cindy - I hope you are feeling better today! Just remember you Mom is an angel that is with you all the time now!:biggrin1: Beanie - I miss you here, I hope you get back to posting more! Tell them you just can't work that hard all the time!:biggrin1: Zan - Hope your trip is going good! Sherry - How are you feeling now? What kind of liquids are you on? Dianne - How is the foot doing? I have to get back to work! I have a big orde to get out, and since it is so cold I can work more!

Welcome to LBT! Great job with that band!:biggrin1:

Congrats Josephine - that is fantastic!

Good News Penni! I am happy she is doing better!

I was told take it easy for two weeks, but I didn't feel like I could do any heavy lifting for about 6 weeks, then it was fine.

Good luck! Post and let us know how you're doing when you can.

Welcome to LBT! Gald to have you aboard!:biggrin1:

I's so sorry Vera, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Welcome to LBT and bandland!:biggrin1: You'll find all kinds of information here just by reading some of the posts. Good luck with your first fill!

Jonathon I am so sorry this is happening to you. I do believe everything happens for a reason, so please don't give up. Good luck to you and please keep us posted.

Hi Y'all! I have been out running around, walking around some too, just getting out of this house for a while. It is so beautiful here today, in the 80's people are in shorts, but tomorrow we will be in sweats because it is dropping into the low 40's! Yucky PooPoo! Cindy - Please don't ever feel like you are a burden or anything else. I lost my Mom and Dad 10 days apart from each other, and it was the hardest thing I have ever went through in my life. Not a day goes by that I don't think about them, and yes, I still get tears in my eyes. I was so close to my parents, and I would give anything to have one more day with them. Heck, I talk to the all the time! Eileen is right, you will always have an empty hole in your heart that can't be filled up. Things will get easier, it took me about 3-4 years for things to get a little easier for me, but like I said, it never really goes away. People if your parents are alive today, please spend some valuable time with them, you won't regret it one bit! Gosh you even have the school testing to be on your mind too, honey get yourself a massage or a long hot bubble bath, you need to have some me time. Hugs to you sweet one! Dianne - Sure hope you aren't too sore! Gosh you need to be well for that surgery and being able to walk! Anne - I am so happy all your tests came back good. That is a scary thing to go through, and usually it does come back negative, but we always think the worst. Beanie - You are such a sweetie! So, what ya eating and how it is going? Pat - Where are you girl? Are you still going in to the office as much? I have been meaning to ask you if you still have the ladies club going? Patty - Glad to hear the boss took over for you, now sit back and relax. Good thing they got that boy, I bet he was so scared! Eileen - Glad you have a relaxing day! I haven't seen anyone look good in those pants either unless they are about a size 10 or less. I just looked at those women and saw the big butts, and then the roll of fat hanging over the band and put them right back on the shelf! Sherry - Hey girl, how is the liquids going? Hope you are feeling better today. Hang in there! I was so upset today, I went up to Walmart's and saw these two people both on the riding carts. They were married, about in their late 50-60's and both of them weighed at least 500 pounds. When I first saw them, I said how sad, they have to ride instead of walking. But when I got closer to them, they were both sitting on the carts eating donuts! YES, DOUNUTS! Then I got upset, I just couldn't feel too sorry for them then. Everyone was looking at them and shaking their heads. How very sad! Anyway, hope you are all having a good day!

What a great weight loss! Yes, I would try a little fill, you know you don't have to go clear up to 1.5, go 1.3 or 1.4 and see how that does. Good luck, and let us know how you do.

Glad to hear you are better, take it easy now!

Welcome to LBT! Glad to have you here!

I put a little olive oil in a pan, cut up and add some fresh garlic, add the spinach, and cook until wilted well, add a little nutmeg and when finished I add some raspberry balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper.

Welcome to LBT! Glad to have you here!