Suzzzie.

Ya'll are crazy. BGs bike crash story made my morning. :0) I'm sure once I get my bike in the Spring I will have a story or two for you. Oy. I haven't been on a bike since I was about 12... so damn near 19 years now!! (Have I mentioned that I have getting older? I hate telling stories about where something happened 10-20 years ago. Ugh) OK. I needto shower and start baking. I'll stalk ya'll later!

MM I just left a comment on the before/after thread for you. Lol. You look marvolous!

Hey Tamala! It's Suzanne from Kansas City. (Like you remember everyone? Lol!) So funny that several of us have the same coach... and that you found us here. I think we started a BodyBugg Revolution here! I'm doing well... or I was. ha! I've lost an additional 24-ish pounds since I got my Bugg, but I've stalled the last 2 weeks. Christmas is getting to me. I let Chocolate creep into my diet with a vengence... I need to remember how to say 'No.' I also miss the nice warm weather!! I can't walk outside anymore! Boo hoo!! I'm so bored with the gym. I just try to make sure to get lots of extra walking in at work to burn my calories... and taking 8 flights of stairs up and down about 2x a day helps too!.

BG - Its not 'number' it's "more numb" Lol. B - That is AMAZING!! Rock on! TX - We are in the middle of a 3 day ice storm. It's insanity here. Luckily the roads are still good, but they expect them to be iced over tonight. Thank goodness I'm off tomorrow. The iced over trees are really pretty, I'll tryto get a good pic tomorrow and share with ya'll. I had another chocolate day. Damnit. I know it's my own weakness. I fall back to it cause its comforting and easy to get down... I need to get a grip. I had a protien shake for my dinner. And since I'm off tomorrow I have a nice clear liquid day planned. ... which will be interesting since I plan on spending all day baking cookies for our work Christmas Party, and I have to bake a my special coconut cake for a co-worker to take to her Church Christmas Party. Fun stuff. I love the holidays!! If the roads aren't too bad tomorrow evening I plan on going up to the Hospital to decorate our ward. I bought some shiney silver wrapping paper to wrap our breakroom door, and other random decorations. The best decorated ward wins a pizza party. ...not that I can eat pizza, mind you. Lol. OK. Carry on!!

beckie! Congrats on the insurence approval! That is the hardest part I think. Hopefully they can get you in quick and get that port revised!! I think I'm going to go for a fill in the next couple of weeks... Holiday goodies are getting to me and I'm up 3 pounds. Ugh!!!!

OK... all this damn RUNNING ya'll do... Have you heard of John Bingham? (John "The Penguin" Bingham) Very interesting. Im going to get a couple of his books and see what kind of running courage I can muster up! My dad was telling me that he wants to start running 1/2 marathons this Spring. I'd love to run with him. (My dad has lost 100 pounds this year by pure will and calorie counting. He still probably weighs about 400 pounds and is 52 years old.) ANyway... Keep talking about running yo! You get me all excited!

Keep the exercise mojo coming. I need to get off of my ass... I'm up 2 pounds... UGH!!!!

Lucy - YOu look great! And I LOVE your shorts!!

Beckie!!! I HATE this for you! I think it makes me worry more when something goes wrong with you cause we had the same surgeon on the same day... I keep thinking 'that could be me..' You definitly got a raw deal with the infections and now the flipped port. I'll pray that you get approved quickly and that everything goes well... this time WITHOUT infection!!!

WOW Insub!! YOU can totally see a MAJOR difference!! And you are gorgeous!! MM - You look so great too.. What a lovely family you have!! I'll post my pics on or near the 15th.

Lol. No prob guys. (DId ya notice that they are penguin cards? I always send out penguins. Haha! I'm obsessed.) I sent out like over 50 cards this year... Stamps are expensive!!

Thinking I need a fill... When I eat the proper things I do have a good restriction... as far as I have to be sure to chew chew chew and take only small bites. But I feel like I can eat too much in one sitting... just ate 1 1/2 cups pasta & chicken in a light alfredo sauce. Oh, and this is day 2 of no chocolate... but I did eat a bag of yogurt pretzels (which was 6 servings at 200 calories per serving.) Granted, that is all I ate until I just had the pasta... Ugh. I need to re-focus myself!

Ok. WEIRDEST thing... Halfway through the day today my display thingy said it wasn;t 'in sync' with the BB. So I pressed the buttons like I always do, and then it said that the armband wasn't registered? I was so confused! And of course I was at work, so I couldn't go to the BB website to check it out. When I did get home I uploaded all my stuff like usual without any problems, even though the display still said it wasn't registered. After I uploaded my activity for the day the display suddenly worked, but is off on the calories by about 100o and says I've only taken 67 steps today?? I think I'll wait through tomorrow to see how it works. If its still all jacked up I guess I'll call the BB people? What do ya'll think?

this was a double post... ignore...

Stef. I hate you that you can eat salad. Lol. Ok, you know I love you... but still. You can eat salad? As in lettuce? I'm so sad!! I MISS salad... Why can I PB on chocolate and have salad slip right on down? HAha. Man, I'd cut off my left pinkie finger for a big ole chicken ceasar salad right about now!! :hungry: What is that protein bar?? I need it! OK, didn't binge on chocolate.... but did have a bit of a run in with Blazin buffalo Doritos today. Damnit! :help: OK. Good news is that I stomped the hell out of the remaining doritos. (I don't eat crumbs). I've already packed my lunch and Snacks for tomorrow, so all is good there. High protein, low fat and low cal. OK, and totally UNrelated... My top front 6 teeth hare small and spaced apart. I've always hated my gap-toothed smile. Went to a cosmetic dentist today to discuss veneers. We did photographs and discussedwhitening and stuff. Got to see a computerized pic of myself with pretty touchiing teeth. OMG. But... at $9000 can I afford it?? Heck no! I'm so sad... but I just can't see financing new teeth when I can barely pay all my current bills. Lol. I dunno... I bought a lottery ticket tonight, so lets keep our fingers crossed! If I win the $20 million jackpot I'll fly all of you out to Vegas this Spring! Lol!:whoo:

Thanks everyone. I am feeling better. I am down another pound today, inspite of the chocolatey diet I've had this week. Damn Snickers and their satisfyness... So I wrote down a goal today... No chocolate for 7 days. One day down... 6 to go. Its got me all excited for next Tuesday. Lol. I'm a huge chocolate freak. Anyway... I also have been inside the gym in about 2 weeks. Initially Thanksgiving threw me off, and its too cold to walk outside right now (cause I'm a huge baby and hate the cold.) So Tomorrow night I will start back at the gym. I also need to start taking my vitamins again... Heaven forbid I had a medical condition that required me to take a pill daily, I think I'd die. I want to schedule a fill, based on my calorie intake, but when I eat the right things I have great restriction. It's all about choices. You all are doing so great.

Will someone please kick my ass? I've been eating around my band this week... ice cream, chocolate. Those things taste so good and go down so easily. Went to Panera last night with a friend and I used to always get a salad, but I can't eat lettuce anymore, so I just got a Latte, then later went back for this big ole brownie thing. Why the hell can I eat THAT but not a salad? And the saddest part is that I wasn't even hungry, cause I'd already eaten a ton of M&Ms at work earlier... yell at me please. I need a reality check...

Wow Stef... we should all have such problems. Lol!

Wow J! 100 pounds!!! THats amazing!

You look so great!!! COngrats on the win... throw that candy away! Lol.

I found the strap irritating for a couple days... but I've worn it pretty much nonstop for 6 weeks now and barely notice I have it on. I even still sleep with it on and it doesn't bother me at all. I feel weird if I don't have it on!

GOOOOOOOOD LUCK Rhonda!!

Thats soooo awesoemm Holliwags!!! Congrats! I hope to be joining you sooooooooooooooon!

Wow. Ya'll were awful quiet today!

Lol. She was my coach too! Too funny! I didn't mention my lapband or this site though.