LisaMG

Penni, don't hate me for posting those pics.....Lisa made me do it! This is you with the famous Boa.

O.K. now this is an avatar for LuLu and Delarla!

What about this one Dalarla? Hows this for an avatar? I know i'm being BAD. I told you that you girls are a bad influence on me (gotta blame it on someone, right?)

Babs, you did'nt ask either but this was such a good one it was hard to pass up.

O.K. Carol heres your pretty face! This is the first one for you. If yall need help posting these avatars let me know.

Penni heres the first one for you. You guys were in the restaraunt in this pic. If you have another pic you want sized let me know O.K. Also I could have left your husband in this pic if thats what you want.

Heres another good pic for you Delarla. Ya'll are not gonna hurt my feelings if you dont use these I thought they were great pics of you guys and thats why I'm creating these avatars also might help Donali out a little.

Vera, I know you did'nt ask but here it is just in case you were thinking it. You looked so good in this one of you I could'nt stop myself!

Love the new avatars girls! Donali yours is the bomb! You might should have kept that boa with the B/F moving in with you. But then again you should buy you another one for new memories. I have a red one that matches Lisas red gloves also some little red slippers with a poof of feathers on top with tiny heels! Talk about memories.....I'll spare ya'll the details:D Bought them at Galveston Island one time when I was feeling naughty. Congrats Carol! I can't wait till I get there. I can only imagine that I won't be as quiet as you are. I'll be shouting it from the mountaim tops! Celebrating and who knows what else;)

I want to chat.....I love to chat.....Yall PM me when you want to chat or better yet email me when you want to chat. If I'm home my little chubbycon will let me know I have an email and I usually stop what ever I'm doing to see who is emailing me. My computer stays on all day since I have cable modem now. TTFN!

hmmm good idea. Why did'nt I think of that one? Even though with this second fill I don't know if I want to even try. I'm reduced to mushy foods for right now.

I thought I had problems!LOL:D Thats something I need to do....let him know I love him and NEED him. When I met Tom I needed him badly. He seemed to be a knight in shining armor riding on a white horse rescuing me. He offered stability, unconditional acceptance, and support (emotional and financial). We both married each other for other reasons than "love" or infatuation is what I call it. As a matter of fact we did'nt even tell each other we loved each other until AFTER he proposed and I accepted. He was'nt some buff sexy studd and I was a was'nt some sexy beauty queen straight off the cover of penthouse. As a matter of fact I was 8 mo. pregnant when we met! (people still gasp when they find that out about us) they think Tom is the natural father to all of our children. He is in some ways. He was there when she was born and he has legally adopted her so she would carry his last name. (sweet) I had a list of things I was looking for in a man and he happened to meet all of them! My guess is thats the way it happened with him also. We do talk about these things often. We usually talk about EVERYTHING! Thats why this is such a curve ball. I do plan on talking to him about getting counceling since these things are surfacing. Hopefully he will be open to this one day soon. I've gotta start now on preparing him. It usually takes a few times of me suggestingsomething before he catches on. It took 1 year for him to agree to me getting any sort of WLS. Thank you ladies for all your support this is great to be able to open up and not get condemned for having marital problems. TTFN

Penni, You have a heart of gold and that Chloe knew it! Thats why she fell in love with you like she did. She is a little artist, she'll remeber this weekend forever!

O.K. DaLarla you and LaMadam need to make yourselves new avatars using these cute cute pics of you in these posts. DaLarla that one with you in that tiara is the one I'm talking about! And La Madem the one with that little girl that shows off your great complection, white teeth, and brilliant blue eyes! Donali, I finally found someone with the same figue as me! We've got the curves, right? You were all better looking in these pics than I could have imagined! Who was that one girl that was by her self at the table? Shes wearind a white V neck T-shirt. DaLarla you posted that one. Oh, by the was Lisa you have a BEAUTIFUL house and if it comes between those two Harleys and your set up you've got goin on...it better be the that gorgeous house! TTFN

Rica, Your so sweet I'de love to be your friend too! I think your right on with the things you shared about men and how they don't seek council of thier own and die young from it. We have sought council before with a mature couple from our church beore over anger issues. It helped alot. I see changes to this day from that session. He has even taken anger management classes at our church, that seemed to help a little on how he handles his anger. These simptoms seem to die down for awhile then they blow like a volcano. When that happens I get scared and think I'de rather live alone than live with a man with anger problems. I know we both need to seek help with all the changes and anger issues. I get unhappy and find it miserable to live with these anger issues. This past episode has put me behind 4 days now. I get to feeling bad and become depressed when anger like a dark cloud hangs over my house. I hate it.:cry I'm still recouping, I could'nt seem to find the will power to drag myself to church today. Yes, he has appologized but I know what lies beneath the surface. Thats whats scary. Anger controls it dominates it's misery to live with. Well, I've said enough for now. gotta go cook.....I'm trying some of the recipes on that recipe thread we have! Yum, Yum, maybe I'll be able to eat today! TTFN Thank for listening to me ramble my worries away:)

Thank you Dalarla for all of these great pics! Ya'll look like shiny Happy People! This is great, you realize your making history with this being the first LBT Bash:D DeLarla, are you giving piggy back rides on your new Barbie Bike:cool:

BETTY, Your being banded the 18th? Wow, that just crept right up on me! Congrats girl, get ready to do some strength training to hold that Harley up W/O using your weight to your advantage. LOVE ME, You were banded on the 5th, OMG! That snuck up on me. live2, your right you just wait for your fill! You'll start dropping the weight, My second fill has made a huge difference! I'm having to relearn what all I can eat. Mrs. Queen Michelle, You let me know when you're going to any sort of bash because I want to go. You can be my seragant mama if you don't mind since I don't have one. I think all of us newbies ought to get togather for a bash of our own! What do ya think?

Keli, So sorry to haer of your B/F doing that to you. Men can be animals at times. Look at it this way, be glad you did'nt marry him first then find out later his heart was elsewhere. You don't have any girl friends? I'll be your girl friend! Pick me, choose me, Right hear!LOL! You live in Florida right? Ihave a friend that lives there. She lost her job due to the hurricanes but her house was not touched. She came down to Tx. for a week when that last hurricane came through. So, now she has to find another job. And she suppose to go to Scottland soon for a whole month. I don't know how thats gonna work out now. Whats your story on your band? How are you doing? How much of a fill do you have? I forgot to read your signature all this info. might be posted there. I just got a 2nd fill and it's difficult! I eat 2 bites and i'm full! I always thought that would be bliss but it literally gives me a headache until the food passes. I've never been one to get head aches so this is misserable for me. I might need to get a little taken out but i'm loosing real good now. I'll see if I can live with it for a couple of weeks and go from there. Oh yeah, this forum does have a chat room look at your top bar and click on chat (after you invite someone to chat with you of course) I'm outa here. It's late and i'm finally tired. TTFN

Thats it I'm going next year! Is it too late to come this year? I'm singing "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" in my head right now.LOL Great pics, can't wait for more.........

O.K thats a first to be called a "Hottie". I'm flattered. Thank You ALL for being so supportive. All my life I've heard, "Lisa your so beautiful IF ONLY you'de loose weight." By the time they reach the IF ONLY part the compliment they are paying me is gone. Why not stop BEFORE the IF ONLY? Tom does tell me all the time that I'm beautiful. And he never attaches a IF ONLY to it. Thats why it shocked me to hear him say the things he did. We did talk and I feel alot better. He apologized for being an animal. He said he did'nt mean to hurt me. I can believe that BUT theres obviosly something bothering him for him to attack me like that. I think he has to come to terms with me loosing weight and knowing I'm not gonna leave him. In the meantime the character assasination has to stop! I can hope that he will behave himself but something tells me his anger issues are gonna get in the way of us growing closer. Breaks my heart to say that. I'm attaching a photo so yall can see us as a couple. I'll work on getting a new pic of us and share it with you then. This pic was taken at our church during a fund raiser dinner a couple years ago. Tom and I was working the floor that night (play hostess and waitress and waiter) so we were both wore out. That was a long day. I also had decorated for the event also so needless to say I was dog tired.

You girls are great. I should come crying to you everytime! No, we hav'nt talked about things yet but, we will tonight when we all get home. I was off taking care of my grandparent today. Bless thier hearts they rely on me for everything now days. The one day I felt like sitting at home and not getting out they call. I'de hate to be in thier shoes....completely reliant on others to go places and get things done. My grandpa gave up driving about 6 years ago due to emphazema and I've been thier wheels every since. Grandma never drove to begin with. What kind of woman dos'nt learn to drive? I guess thats the way it was back then. Gotta go for now hes home.....

I was thinking the same thing Betty, maybe hes terrified I'm gonna get skinny and leave him. I did tell him he was being ugly, and that he was a negative person. Thats probly why he went to bed angry. But, i'm not gonne passively allow a man to belittle me. He needs to lighten up. I am doing better than ever on what and how much I eat. He seen me eat a cinnamon roll for Breakfast yesterday thats what started this whole thing. I have lost 25 lbs. in less than three months. I think I need to quit telling him my thoughts and worries about my weight if he's gonna take it upon himself to try to"fix" the problem. I realize it's the man in him that wants to fix things I complain about. He needs to be supportive not bring me down. I get enough of that BS from others. He would have a fit if I tried to do the same thing to him. Yuck I'm rambling again. I feel guilty talking about my husband but a woman needs to talk.

Thank you Penny, I don't understand where all of his frustrations are coming from because we've talked about how this band is a tool and not a magic solution. It's 3 A.M. and I'm still up. I don't want to go lay beside him in that bed. Yes, he went to bed still mad at me and me at him. I know what he wants, he wants me to tell him that hes right. Admitt that I have a problem. Then cuddle up to him and reward him for being an A$$. NOT happening. I am not a fat pig that eats all day long. I do like to snack when I should'nt. I also eat too many sugars. This argument would'nt be so bad if he did'nt live off of fast food. This critisism is coming from a man that orders from James Coney Island :2 james coneys hot dogs with chili and cheese, french fries, a large chili w/cheese, and a supersize Dr. Pepper. He literally eats like that everyday of his life and is as obese as I am from it. We've always weighed around the same amount. Now that I have this band in me everytime he sees me eating bad foods like sugar he gets all upset. I'm just wondering if anyone else has had simular problems since getting the band. One of the reasons I married Tom was for not judging me for being overweight. He says he's fed up with listening to me be unhappy about my weight and thats why he's not putting up with things anymore. He actually justified his actions of tearing me down. Am I wrong, should I welcome his attempts to set me straight?

I eat Salad all the time as long as it's smothered in Ranch Dressing. It kinda kills the nutritional value but tis good to the tummy and band!

I'm trying to remember......Mayo, onions, pickle relish, or anything else I wanted as long as it was chopped real fine. I think I even ate a little bit of crackers (maybe one) on the side with the tuna. I remember buying lots of creme soups on that stage. Also instant mashed potatoes.