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Everyone of you are looking great! I love seeing the before and after pictures!

Good Luck!

ROFLMAO! Now that is funny! I too was expecting a diamond or something!

You are actually eating under 300 calories a day??????

Welcome to bandland! I guess I was lucky, I didn't have the nasty stuff to drink.

Oh Kathy, I am so happy to hear the good news! I know that a ton of bricks has been taken off your back! Now, treat yourself like a queen for the rest of the day and enjoy!

Welcome to LBT! You'll find lots of support here. Please keep us posted on your upcoming surgery.

I totally agree! Thanks for the post, it really does make everyone sit up and think!

Beautiful pictures, thanks for sharing them Penni~

I don't have any bad side effects, only good ones!

That's great! It sounds like your band is working for you!

I can't draw anthing! Nope, nuttin! Paula - Those cabins are on Cypress Lake, up in Scroggins, Tx.

Some of the people that was at the cabins this weekend hadn't seen me since I was banded. They all complimented me alot. My one nephew said he didn't know it was me! They sure knew how to make a gal feel good!

Great pictures Crystal! I second that, you are a good artist!

I do the same thing, that's why I didn't take part in the last challenge on this board. It seems like as soon as I try something like that my brain tells me I can't eat what I want to anymore, and I start craving stuff. It's usually things I normally don't eat either, but all of a sudden, I have to have that frosty from Wendy's or something sweet! I actually do better if I just don't think about it, and eat normally.

That is great Alex! I know you felt so good after you did all of that! :banana :banana You should be very proud of yourself! I was just telling my DH this weekend, I can't remember the last time I could walk, climb stairs and feel comfortable like I did while we were at the lake. I even jumped off the boat out in the middle of the lake and had no problem getting back on. It is amazing how much better we feel and how much more we can do after such a short time with this band. I love my band!

My doctor said 6 weeks, so I waited. I swim every day and do all my workouts in the pool with no problems.

Great job! That's what we all love to hear!

One of the gals there, Teresa, cooked us a Mexican dinner with all the trimmings including the drinks/desserts. It was sooooooo good! She taught me how to make some peppers she made that was really good! We were the first people to stay in these cottages, it was a brand new place. We went around looking at cottages too, dreaming of retiring in one of those beautiful places with all the glass fronts.

This is a picture I took from the boat, trying to show some of the lake!

This is one of my nephews and his wife, getting us going on his boat!

This is some of the crew sitting around, it also shows the cabins in the background. We had decks on the side to sit on.

These are the (now get this) MEN COOKING BREAKFAST! They cooked every morning! :banana :banana

Well, we are back! We had a great time, lots of R & R! I ate way too much food, (and all the wrong stuff too) and drank way too many cocktails, but had a lot of fun. We went out on the boats and went swimming most of the time, and ate most of the rest of the time. We went out on the lake last night wand watched the fireworks above our heads, it was so pretty. We already reserved the same cabins for next year. I didn't get a whole lot of pictures, I kept forgetting my camera, but some of the others got some and are supposed to send them to me. If they do, I will post them later. They had a restraunt there that had a band and the guy that sang sounded exactly like Willie Nelson! It was awsome! OK, this first picture is of my DH when we first got there. He has to wear a hat that covers his ears up because they burn and blister on him!