kimalicious

Wow, the non-norm seems to be the answers I am getting here. I too am madly in love with my husband of 2 years, together for 5. We do everything together and want no drama in our lives and love being together and hanign out together and communicate like no other couple I know. He is the last person on earth I would ever expect to cheat on me or even think about it and vice versa! That being said, how do ya'll know FOR SURE you haven't been cheated on???

To me cheating is anything you are doing that you are having to hide from your spouse that involves another person of interest. The insane may answer only if their input is sane! HA!

I got my band when I was 26, had already had my gall bladder out. I had heartburn bad prior to the gall bladder being out and again prior to my band surgery. I didn't have a lick of it until about 2 months ago which is a year and a half in. The heartburn feels different now though. Instead of actual burn it is just tightness and pain in my chest, which scared me the first time and it usually happens at night. I need to have my band checked and plan on going in soon but an hoping I haven't slipped in the mean time!

Victoriana, I thought I was the only nerd in the world that loves that Funniest Home Video show!!! I'm glad to know there are others and I did see the talking cat!! I was rollin on the floor. My favorite thing is sitting on the front part of my dad's boat while he flies through the lake on a hot summer day and the water splashes my feet and the radio blares oldies music, then there is sittin on the beach in South Texas, laid back in a chair with an umbrella partly blocking the sun, the smell of the salt water and the sand wet on my toes from just coming out of the waves reading a people magazine. My all time favorite moment was sitting on Waikiki Beach at the bar at the bottom of my hotel and ordering frozen pina coladas over and over and over and watching the turtles in the water below my chair in the hot sun without a care in the world! God I need a vacation!

I am constantly making up words and terms, my husband likes to play along in baby voices and we use slang, ghetto speak and county talk real bad like. HA! For realz! Just depends on our mood, we always blame flatulence on the dog or the "barking spiders" in the house. When we are hungry we are "Hungarian". When I am tired I am "sweepy peepy". When he goes to play video games he is going to blow off steam by "shootin people". When we dance we are "breakin it down". Anytime we both eat too much, "my port hurts" and he isn't banded, but it's what he says. When our throat hurts, like the old commercial, "I gotta porcupine in my froat". We quote a lot of old commercials or shows bad too. We don't have kids either but when our dog is involved I am mom and he is dad...I love it though!

I feel so bad for your mom and SO rry she is going through this as well as you. I know this doesn't exactly compare but when I went on birth control it changed my hormones and mood immensely, hormones are something you don't mess around with and it very well could be the big "M" in her life that is causing these changes, if not it could also be just a change in hormones completely from some new supplement or pill she is taking. Check to see if she has started any new regimens of what she is putting in her body and help her to get a physical asap. After the changes I went through just with birth control, I can't imagine the changes I will have with menopause!! You are a wonderful daughter to noitce these changes and with you by her side she should be on her way to "normal" soon!

I have had my band a year and a half and I got the worst band pain on Saturday. The pain came all at once and it was in the general band area. It felt like when I used to have gall bladder attacks, back when I had a gall bladder. It started in my band area and then a horrible headache came. It lasted for about 30 minutes and then stopped and then I had a small stabbing pain that night when I went to bed in the same area. I have been eating horribly and drinking cokes (please no shoe throwing) and wonder if it was just some horrible heartburn incident. I haven't had heartburn since my surgery, BUT, I can tell it is still down there because when I eat it is like the valve opens while the food slips thru and that burning feeling comes up. I can only feel it when I eat, but this incident happened like 5 hours after breakfast. I know I should go to the doc and have an endo, but I am lazy and cheap. ( I know,I will go!) Has anyone ever experienced something like this??

Congrats on your band, I hope you are feeling better today. It got a little better each day with me, but I had to sleep in the recliner for a week because the pain after waking up in the morning sucked from getting so stiff over night. The third day was the killer for me when I wondered what the heck had I dont to myself and then day 4 was so much better and the throwing up after surgery probably made your pain so much worse! I hope you get to feeling better and don't worry you will be back to your old self in no time!!

I am so sorry about this, but so happy there was no more injury, your husband was very lucky. I would get an atty, especially if the truck that hit you was a company truck. My aunt did this and got over 90K in damages because she started having problems after the fact with vertigo and had to have inner ear surgery. Please at least talk to an atty to see what they think and make sure your husband pays attention to any differences in his health.

OK, I am way over a year out and irritable as hell today, what's my problem!? HA!

Sittin right there with ya! I have the fat in all the same places too and feel huger now than I did almost 70 pounds to go. When I realize I have to lose as much as I have already lost all over again it really makes me want to quit. Then I think well, I only have 75 more pounds to lose and that is much easier than the original 150 I started at. We just need to get refocused because the last half is going to be so much harder than the first half!! We are going to have to work more with our band! I need some motivation also!!! Le me know what you get!

Mamma always said and I quote, "if you spend extra money on nothing else make sure it is your underthings". I have on my Lane Bryant cream colored bra with the little air pads in them to keep the cup bubbling over and my undies are the high cut chonies with the strings on the hips. Nothin fancy but everything is where is it supposed to be gravity wise!! Lisa I missed these!!

I go through phases of the things I can't live without. Currently it is a Justaburger with cheese from Whataburger. It takes me like an hour to eat that thing, but I have to have it. My last phase was Popcorn with actual melted butter poured over, I would eat this every night for dinner. Who knows what my next phase will be, I'm hoping for lettuce or cucumbers plain...I some how doubt that one though!

I read it in 97 on the beach one summer and I can still remember it vividly at how she lost weight imaginig her food was growing nasty things on it....crazy how a book can move you!

Wonderful transformation!!! I love it!!

Good one!!!

I love these stories, I even go to Ghost walks in little Texas towns. I have never seen nor felt anything myself personally but had a roommate that "saw people" plain as day and when we would just be standing around talking I could see her head turn in a certain direction and turn back and I knew she had just seen someone. It would scare the crap outta me! Since we moved from that apartment she hasn't really seen much since. Creeps me out and I love that feeling!!!

holy crappers you worried me, CONGRATULATIONS!!

Subject: Fw: Here are the answers you have been looking for! I Love THIS Doctor !!!! HEALTH QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is this true? A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap. Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables? A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products. Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake? A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit.Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the Water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up! Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio? A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc. Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program? A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good! Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you? A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!!... Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you? Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle? A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach. Q: Is chocolate bad for me? A: Are you crazy? HELLO Cocoa beans! Another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around! Q: Is swimming good for your figure? A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me. Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle? A: Hey! 'Round' is a shape! Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets. And remember: "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride"

Sometimes It feels like my band is staying in place when I run and feels the same way as what you described, but since we are on the subject, I haven't had regular heartburn since I have had my bandito, but sometimes when I eat is like I open up the hatch and the burn comes up while the food is going down and then gone after the food is done going down...have you or anyone else ever experinced that?? Maybe if you just started running you are pulling on muscles that you have not moved in a while and that is the weird feeling for and with the band, as for the coughing it could just be from running you also worked some stuff out of your lungs with the heavy breathing that had settled. I would say if you're not in pain then I wouldn't worry. Let us know what you hear though!!

mmm, bunny! Ok, I just had to! Buy the next one hollow to lessen the calories! Consider the one you ate your 1 Easter treat and no more!!! Good luck working it off tonight!!! :uwelcome:

Fried mushrooms are a double veggie whammie, it says so on the list! HA!

Don't you worry, you will feel restricted in no time. Just think of how you are so worried about eating too much and you used the slim fast bar and diet frozen dinner. Can you remember what a binge would have been like pre-band!!!? Look to that as progress. Even though you don't feel in control now, you probably have so much more control that you did pre-band. I am in the same boat and can't tell myself no. But instead of eating a WHOLE pizza it's eating a WHOLE child's burger from the local fast food place. Today is a new day and you can start over! Thank god for new days!!

Okay, I went from 209.8 to 209.4, hA!! I will count it! I have to get serious there are only 18 days until the end of the month...I can do this. How hard is it to lose 10 pounds?? I could drop that in a week back when I was being serious. I need to start working out again to get this weight off!

Can you imagine the babies you and Curious George could make? I also wanted to be a hairdresser and used to do everyone's hair and make up that would let me. Then my mom told me I would even have to cut clients hair that was dirty and nasty and I opted against that profession.