Suzzzie.

J - Actually my real name is Suzanne. My whole life ppl have either spelled it Susan (I hate the name Susan now!!) or they will spell it Suzzane, Susanne... Seriously, how hard is it? I HATE when Starbucks or Panera ask me my name so they can put it on my order - they have NEVER once gotten it right. I usually spell it out for people. But lately (past year or so) when I'm at Starbucks or Panera I just tell them to mark me down as Bob. They can spell that right EVERYTIME!!

Hey Stef... on your Road ID, what did you put on your second line? I don't want to put my city/state cause I plan on moving in a year... should I put a phone number or what? I hate making decision!

Missy - don't get too discouraged!! LOOK at your ticker!! It's A-MAZING!! My fill is scheduled for Thursday at 3:15. I was trying to get in tomorrow. The lady laughed at me. Haha. She said "You're calling at 4:30pm on a Thursday for a FRIDAY appt?!" Lol. Fridays are their busiest fill days. I laughed and knew it was hopeless, but that i had to TRY. Who knows, maybe someone had called in and cancelled! Anyway, They could have gotten me in on Tuesday, but I just want to wait until my next weekday day off so that I wouldn't have to leave work early. Everyone at work knows how much I dislike doctors and avoid going for checkups and stuff, so that makes it weird when I say I have to leave early for a doc appt... they all wanna know whya nd whats going on. Nosey nosey nurses!! I see more lurkers. :tongue_smilie: I'm calling you all out!"

Impants! :tongue_smilie: Once I get to goal I'm totally getting the LBL, boob lift and implants!! haha Road ID looks great! I should get one, in case I keel over trying to ride more than a mile. Haha. Been cold/windy/rainy here. I bought a new seat for my bike, designed for women... or so the package says. Once I actually get it ON the bike and give her a ride I'll let you know.

Always happy to make another geek laugh!

Hey kids... what's going on with this site tonight? Every now and then I'm having trouble getting it to load right, says it's forbidden...?? ANYWAY!!!!! I broke down and made another fill appt! Weight STILL isn't coming off, even though I've been off of the ice cream for nearly 2 weeks. I'm annoyed. No, I don't always eat right. Yes I still eat a bit of chocolate everyday to help with the sugar cravings. But dangit! I can totally eat wayyyyy too much in the evenings! It's so weird, cause in the mornings I can't eat more than 2-3 bites of ANYTHING, but by about 6-7pm I can eat A LOT! Still eating less than I did last year, but yeah. I just want to be a bit tighter so that I'm more limited in the quantity I can eat. I totally love when I get 'full' on 1/2 cup or less of food!!! I see BigBaby, Joeygirl, and NVAlicia all lurking... will they post anything? Will they even say HI!?!?!

Lol. this past week I made nearly $120 off of 28 shirts that I'll NEVER need to wear again. Sell those FAT clothes and make room for the new SKINNY wardrobe you'll be needing soon!

Haha. Too funny! I forgot all about that! I can wait. Maybe when I come down for that big ole BBQ this summer you can give it to me. Lol. Do you text msg? I'm a HUGE texting whore and just like to send out random texts now and then (I pay for unlimited texts) Anyway, if you like to text, then by golly, HIT ME UP! That goes for anyone here!!! Just PM me and I'll give you my digits. At the time my subscription ran out I was broke!! I just did the 3 month one for $39.99... it's up in a few weeks, and I'll probably just do another 3 months after that. Not as cost effective, butI have trouble coming up with $99 at once. :tongue_smilie:

Stef, glad you are feeling better! Yay! I was worried all day yesterday cause you hadn't posted anything. I almost called you, but it was like 9pm and I never like calling ppl that late. :thumbup: Insub, you're right! I had forgotten your name... but I've been referring to you as 'insub' for so long now, it's hard to switch!!1

Insub- I'm glad you made it to the doc and got your unfill before any permanant damage occured!!! HUGS!

Big Hugs to my Stef!! I hope you feel better soon.

HP - Great... so I guess I shouldn't have eaten half a bag of hersheys vanilla creame kisses today then, huh? haha. That gives you a head start! Lol!!

Ya know what? You're ahead of me!! I've heard of podcasts... but reallly have NO idea what they are. Hahaa!

Holli - It would be cool if there were a way that they could harvest our leftover skin... someone should work on that. Stef - yeah... 8.0 is NOT good!! I'm really amazed that yours was so high with all the exercise you do! Wow! But!! I know you, and you are a go getter! You'll do your research about this and you'll get it tackled just like you do everything else. :wink:

Read this: Donating excess skin

I have no idea Holli, but thats a great idea. Unless they just don't use skin that has stretch marks... haha. I tease that I have no skin, I'm just one big stretch mark!

Yes, muscle. Not that hard to hit in the arm or thigh. I tend to do most of my patients in their deltoid muscles. Even on really obese ppl you can get to the deltoid pretty easily.

B12 shots vs. pills: I take the subligual pills, because I don't eat meat... B12 is the ONLY vitamin/nutrient that our bodies need that we cannot get from any other food source other than meat. :wub: My Grandma, dad, and Aunt all take the monthly injections, but they all go to the doc for them, none of them do self admin of the injections. I'm not sure why. But anyway... they get them every 30 days due to pernicious anemia. For cases like that, or other cases of low/absent B12 the sublingual pills don't work because the dose and absorption rates are different. And the shots really do give you a boost of energy! If you meet my Grandma, Dad, or Aunt the day after their shots they are wonderful ppl... meet them the day before their shots and they are BEARS!!

JC, I've never given myself a shot of anything, but I give shots to others daily!! With the B12 it's just an IM injectin, so choose your muscle... rotate site... (you don't want to do it in the same spot every time because you'll eventually damage the tissue and the medication will no longer absorb correctly.) Use whatever syringe they give you (duh, but at the hospital I get to choose what size I want to use, based on the patients weight, etc) Just cleanse the area you choose (remember muscle, not fat!!) and then insert the needle to the hub quickly (slow=pain) and inject medication. You don't hav eto do that part really fast, or really slow. Just whatever pace you are comfortable with. You can have your doc or nurse show you if you are still unsure. It is their job to be sure that you are 100% comfortable with the procedure.

I want to change my summer goal, cause it just ain't gonna happen!!! I've been on a 2 month plateau that just now seems to be ever so slightly budging... Suzzzie ........... 297 .... 270 ...... 288 ......................... 18

Stef... First, I want to know what your A1C was?! I think mine was 5.9 when I went (The normal range for people who don't have diabetes is 4.5 to 6.2, according to my hospital.) I was supposed to go back for more labs in FEB because my doc knew I'd had lap band and was hoping that the weightloss would reverse my insulin resistance. It's up to ME to make the appt for labs though, andI just 'haven't gotten around to it.' I'm not too anxious to have that label on me. I check my glucose levels at work a couple times a week, and I'm NEVER over 140's. No matter what I eat, or what time of day I check it... but that is largely the insulin resistance working for me. My pancrease shoots out large amounts of insulin to knock out the sugars in my body, often leaving me drained. haha. Stop. Don't lecture me. I'm a medical professional. I'm supposed to ignore my own health in order to better care for others. It's what we do.

You and me both HP!! Lets race!

Holli you look GREAT!!!!!