LisaMG

Ok ppl...I have another NSV! Just this morning I slipped on a pair of my hubbys Levis! Wowie, what a thrill! It felt so D**n good to walk around the house in those pants for a few. I wanted to see what his reaction would be to me wearing his jeans and I did want him to notice me so I sashayed myself into the living room where he was. He noticed me right away...made me feel good cause he could'nt keep his hands off me then. Being toppless might of had something to do with his reaction... LOL..LOL.. Oh geoood life is so fun now...being banded is the best!

Hey, great pics Leo...wow, you are an inspiration. Why don't you shao us a pic of your upper body like your before pic. That way we can really see your progress. I always find it encouraging to see these kind of pics. Your doing great and hope i do as well as you...

Awww Golly Geee...*blush*....yall stop it! Shucks....TY for the compliments girls..I love it! This band is awesome! Those numbers are correct...I started at a size 32W and am down to 22-24W...I'm still a plus size gurl. Looking forward to the day I can't shop @ Lane Bryant orCathrines cause i'm too small. I've been MIA for awhile...it's that time of year again...be glad when life settled down again and the New Year begins..I have a list of things i'm looking forward to working toward this coming up year but thats a whole new thread in itself. Would love to meet all you Northerners in MI...We'll see if that dream will come to pass. Hope it does. Darcy, I love your spunk and want to meet you gurl...

Wowie Three Men organizing sumthin....this will be intresting to see....

This all sound fun...My birthday is July 29th so a trip up North would be a nice birthday treat...HEY! I just remambered sumthin! July 23rd is my bandiversary! What a nice coinkidink! I could really treat myself then double celebration for me! Cool...

Michigan?....Hmmm....might be too far for this Southern Girl. Maybe if I had someone to travel with I would. Yall make sure to post lots of pics like they did for the Vegas Bash, that was too fun!

Wowie you look great Lisa nd your hubbys not bad looking either! Yall make a really cut couple, I'm happy for you, you deserve to be happy!

Big, healthy, beautiful family...(check) Husband that loves me...(check) Good friends to call on...(check) Beautiful house to dwell in...(check) Reliable transportation...(check) Hmmm....transportation may be reliable but not sporty! Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is a Ford Sports Trac! Thank You for the band as a birthday gift, I love it! Now I need the wheels to match the new Me!

Awwww Betty, your hubby sounds like a real sweet guy. I love to hear stories of spouces being proud and bragging on each other. Keep up the good work on your exercising. Your doing great!

AWwww Leatha! Great pics. TY for sharing them with us. You did a great job with the borders. Our Thanks Giving was great but uneventful. No PBs Thanks Giving Day so that alone makes it a good day. We ended up having my bro-in-law over this turkey day. He's single now Leatha! And it's not the one I talked to you about before. This one is a true sweet heart. I wish you could meet him. If I was'nt already married and if he was'nt in his 50's I'de marry this cute fellow in a heart beat. Well, TTFN ladies....gotta go to church

Carmen, Your post really spoke to me. TY for sharing with us. I'm already going through some of the things you mentioned in your post and I'm only 4 montha into my journey! Life is fun and exciting now and look forward to what the future holds! I've lost a couple of friends already but I guess they were never true friends to begin with. I too am learning how to stand up for myself in a room of people. I have a voice! I feel like I'm growing flight feathers and will soon be flying in no time! And pleasing people is no longer my utmost priority because I deserve to be treated with respect too! You say you'de do it again in a heart beat? Well, I feel the same way. This is one of the best things I've done for myself. This was the best thing I could have done for myself. I was shopping for a new automobile the other day and found out that this surgery cost less than 1/2 of a new vehicle! I felt like I got a tremendous bargain! A new lease on life is more like it!

Are you on a schedule with your fills? If your at a plateau for more than a few weeks call your Doc. and ask for a fill. You'll have restiction sooner or later. I think patience is one of the hardest things for us on this journey. We have to remember how long it took for us to get this Big!

OMmm Greg said a cuss word! Where's Darcy when I need her? Darcy...go get Mom Quick! Mom you need to come woop these boys they're getting out of hand here!

What an awesome story to tell years down the road for this family!

Yes He would Lauri! You pegged him good! He obviosly loves hanging around all of us girls. Him and Ryan are like two cocks in a hen house. Cockadoodledoo!

For some reason I've done the same thing with the air and pain after my second fill. It did pass for me. The air hung around for a while and was a pain to deal with. I still burp at the most inconvienient times.

Yes Marie, We want pics! We want pics! We want pics!

LMAO @ Greg!

Yep three week plateau is a good thing to wait for. But when you do plateau for that long it's easy to go on "cruise control". You get to a point to where you have to Just Do It! I know I did. I did'nt want to be more restricted at first. I had to make myself Just Do It!

That is neat! TY for letting us in on this! You'll be a computer freak before you know it!

I love to cook new recipes! This holiday season will be my first as a bandster. I'm looking forward to it but I need some ideas for the menu. I don't do well with breads like stuffing. Deserts are great but I need to eat those few and far between. Who knows of some band friendly recipes that we can cook this Thanksgiving and Christmas? The pumpkin Pie I cooked today is calling my name. My 7 year old son loves Pumpkin pie and it was his birthday a couple of days ago. He requested that I cook him a pie instead of a cake for his birthday. I love it!

Teresa that is too funny! I'll have to remember this story years down the road when i'm still cooking pupkin pie instead of bithday cake for my son. I'll make sure to ask each year instead of assuming thats what he wants. That pumpkin pie lasted a day and a half! I think my husband got a piece of it everytime he waliked through the kitchen. My poor son only got 2 pieces of his own Pumpkin Pie! Oh well, Thanksgiving is just around the corner and Pumpkin Pie is on the menu as well as ButterMilk pie. Yummmm

Cindy I loved reading this post! What an encouragement to me! I read everything here too and am in awe of how this little corner on the net has become a part of my life. All my friends and family joke about you guys. I would'nt trade you guys for anything. We definately want to see your before and after pics!

I guess I'll join. You twisted my arm Greg calling out my name like that. I was trying to find a way out of this but I know I need to do this so count me in!

Hey ladies we wanted to make sure everyone knew about this. Some of us ladies have been discussing it in the Houston Tx. thread. With all the confusion of people missing threads and posts we wanted to come up here in the Lounge and post something about this get togather. The more people the better! We hope lots can come and enjoy each others company! All is welcome to come and visit even if you can't spend the night! It's kinda of a spare of the moment thing. We originally was going to meet for the day in Kema but then a few of us started talking about spending the night so here we are still talking about where we want to spend the night and what we want to do while we're togather! So far I've suggested we be togather for the night in Galveston in a Beach Houses since it's out of season and the rates are discounted. You can view the Beach Homes at www.cottagebythebeach.com I did call today and this is what I found out: We can view the home before reserving if it's empty. They suggest to smoke on the balcony but is not strictly enforced. There is a 2 night minimum rental. Weekend are a bit more expensive than the advertised price at the website mentioned above. The prices on the web site are for weekdays only. The man said Stewart View is available (as many others are too) this one is going to be around $300.00 after tax for 2 days. If 6 people come that means $50.00 per person. The extra day will give us a very late check out option. Just something to think about. Any questions? We're open for suggestions too!!