Jessiebear

Wow Heather! You've done a great job & you look wonderful!! 100lbs?!!?! I can't wait to join you there! Keep up the good work Gurly!!

My measurements when I started the LBT Boot Camp. starting weight - 300lbs. starting measurements: neck = 17 inches upper arms = 18.5 inches bust = 53 inches waist = 48 inches hips = 57 inches thigh = 32 inches calf = 20 inches My measurements when I finished the LBT Boot Camp. 3/8/06 current weight - 280 lbs. current measurements: neck = 16 inches upper arm = 16 inches bust = 49 inches waist = 44 inches hips = 51.5 inches thigh = 28 inches calf = 16 inches My measurements today. current weight = 270 neck = 15.5 inches upper arm = 16 inches bust = 48 inches waist = 42.5 inches hips = 50 inches thigh = 26.5 inches calf = 15.5 inches I have lost 31.5 inches total from body since 1-5-06 (-6.5 inches in the last 2 months). I have lost 80lbs total since getting my band!

1. I can touch my toes. 2. I have knee caps again (verses rolls of fat). 3. I have ankles again (no edema). 4. I cut my blood pressure medicine in half. 5. I can actually buy clothes in regular stores now (2-3x). 6. I bought scrubs from a scrub catalog who's scrubs have NEVER fit me before! 7. I lost a shoe size (go figure). 8. I can do aerobics now! 9. I enjoy sex again! 10. My husband can't keep his hands off me (well, he never could, but now I like it). 11. People are finally telling me I look good. 12. My back doesn't hurt as bad! 13. I'm running out of clothes that fit me. 14. I can shave my legs without looking like a contortionist. 15. I can drive my car in comfort now (the belt doesn't choke me). 16. 10/10/05 My Step-Mother told me twice yesterday that I really looked good! (this was unheard of & by far my best NSV to date!) I'll keep thinking & add more! I have to get back to my housework! updated NSVs 1/4/06 17. I can wear jeans again - size 25 18. I can wear boots again 19. I'm having to replace my wardrobe 20. I actually takes clothes back because they are too big! 21. I have a neck again 22. When we were in Branson, the weekend before Christmas, I actually walked up all of the stairs after getting off the Branson Belle, without stopping or getting out of breath! When I got to the top I realized I was alone (everyone else had to stop midway). That was a moment of enlightenment (wow! I did it!) 23. I was able to work 16 hour shifts in a nursing home where i was on my feet for at least 14 of the 16 hours. 24. I can bend over & tie my shoes now. 25. My youngest cousin, who is 8, climbed onto my lap Christmas eve & proceeded to turn around with a suprised look & exclaimed, "Jessie you have a lap now! Look everybody, I'm sitting on Jessie's lap!" I think this is my favorite NSV so far! Happy New Year everyone! Hope it's Happy, Healthy (or healthier) & Prosperous for everyone! :Bunny update 1/20/06 26. When I went for my fill on the 18th, I noticed that I actually had room on the gurney! On both sides of me! I didn't have to rest my arms on the side rails! I had to add this one before I forgot! :clap2: update 1/23/06 27.I noticed last night that I am no longer like the hoover dam when I take a bath. Yes, the Water goes all the way around! 28. I have lost 12.25 inches from head to toe since January 5, 2006!! :faint: update 2/24/06 29. I started with a BMI of 60.1 & my current BMI is 48.9. 30. I no longer have the convenient "tummy table" when eating in the living room. 31. I have lost a total of 23.25 inches from all over my body since 1-5-06! 32. My seat in the car is no longer scooted all the way back! 33. All of my "skinny clothes" have officially been sold on ebay cause they were too big for me! update 3/27/06 34. I cleaned out my Grandparent's garage in 1.5 days!!! I have been wanting to do this for 3 years!!! Update 4/25/06 Some more NSVs..... 35. I am officially in a size 9 panty!! I started out in a size 14. Woot!! This is a big thing for me. I can remember a time when I couldn't even find panties to fit me. I had to special order them from someone who made them. 36.I can also officially wear a size 2x. 3xs just look like tents. I still can't get in my size 18s or 20s, but I can get in my 22w-24w & they are getting loose! 37. I have lost 6.5 inches in the last 2 months! 38. I don't have to buy wide shoes anymore! 39. I'm not the biggest person in my family anymore. This is kind of sad though. Now I'm worried about everyone else. 40. I can wear flip flops & sandals. & they look cute!! No fat ankles with swelling!

OH!! I want to see a picture of your new Hairdo! You're doing great Sarah!! Congrats on all the NSVs! I like NSVs best. You can really tell you've made progress when the NSVs start & just keep coming.

Lonnie went out to check on PeeWee, our banty hen who has been setting on two eggs, and he found a chick! It's sooooo.........cute! & tiny. Here's a pic. I'll post another when the other egg hatches.

The other chick hatched yesterday afternoon. Ill get some pictures this evening. It's even smaller than the first. They are so cute!

Well,my G-pa told me to leave golfballs wherever I wanted my hens to lay. They think it's an egg & they sit on it. It works! LOL! She sat on 1 golfball & 2 eggs for 28 days. If the golf ball hatches, we're in trouble!LOL!

I'm Hestia too!

Megan, I wish I could give you one of my broody wenches! LOL! I have to run them off the nest! I have 4 big chickens that are extremely broody. We weren't trying to have chicks from the banty. When we went to Illinois for my Aunt's funeral, my Dad stayed here to take care of the chickens & dogs. I forgot to tell him to check PeeWee for eggs (PeaNut the banty rooster & her are kept seperate from the big chickens). When we got home, she was setting on 2 eggs.Voila! Chicks! I can't get her to get up so I can see if the other egg is hatched this morning. I'm not brave enough to stick my hand under her. She pecked the fire out of Lonnie last night! I'll see if I can sucker him into it again tonight.

UMMMM! They all sound good!

I like vanilla Boost High Protein. I'm not sure how low carb it is though. I don't count carbs. Just about the only thing I count is protein. They are 250 calories a piece with 15g of protein. I tried the strawberry. It's okay. I don't like the chocolate very much at all, but the vanilla is probably the best protein drink I have tried.

OHHHHHHHHH! They are so big! & adorable! I would love to have bunnies, but DH says, "NO!"

Oh no! I haven't been flogged yet! I hope I never am! I can't wait to see what the other chick looks like.

Here's a better pic.

Happy Birthday! Hope you have a great one!!

Have Jessica Your Way! Man! I hope Lonnie doesn't see this! But Lonnie's said......... There's First Love & There's Lonnie Love.... Is someone trying to tell me something?

:usa2: I want in too! I love suprising people! I would also love to be a substitute Sam if needed.

Oh man! What a night! My Mom came & spent the night with me last night. She was started on Ambien CR 2 weeks ago. Despite saying that she was sleeping great, she was still complaining of being tired & also complaining of having a unexplained weight gain. When my Dad dropped her off last night he chuckled & told me that Mom had gotten up yesterday morning & chewed him out for eating her piece of cake (she likes the middle pieces). He proceeded to tell me that he watched her get up at 1am & eat a huge piece of chocolate cake. She is sleep walking & eating in her sleep!!!!! How scarey is that? :der: It doesn't end there. I had about 8 hours sleep in the past 2 previous nights. We went to bed at midnight. At 1:30am she woke me up asking where my chocolate & Cookies were. I said, "MOM. I don't have any chocolate or cookies." She insisted that I had to have something in the house. She ended up making cinnamon toast in the microwave! (I have a oven & a toaster oven). :help: So after she eats she calms down. I went back to bed. 2:15 - She wakes me up & says, "Here's the flashlight." At this point I know what's going on so I just say thanks. I layed it on my night stand & fell back asleep. 2:30 - She wakes me up & asks for the flashlight. :censored: sometime between 2:30 & 2:45 - She climbs into bed with me (Lonnie's out of town). I wake up to her talking to someone. She has the phone. I hear her say, "HI! What are you doing? Are you ready to get up & go to work?" (she thinks she is talking to my Dad). She dialed the wrong number :bored . She hangs up & says, " I don't know who that was! It was some woman!" I explained that she dialed the wrong number. She insists that I dial her number so she can talk to my Dad & find out what's going on! I did. I hand her the phone & hear her say, "May I speak to Reggie!?" Then she says, "Who was that woman!?" I hear the callwaiting beep - the woman she woke up has caller ID & has called me back. I don't know what Dad said, but she handed the phone to me. I explained what was going on & he just dies laughing. He tells me that she called him at 10:00, 2:00 & @ 2:30-2:45. I found out today that she also called him at 4:00 & 6:00.:eek: My Mother also has a unique gift. She can make a clicking noise with her mouth while it is closed. She did this ALL NIGHT LONG!!! She sounded like she had F***ING CRICKETS IN HER MOUTH!! I even asked her if she had crickets in her mouth. She just smiled & proceeded to click. We call her & my Grandma "Clickin' & Lickin' ". Grandma has a annoying habit of licking her lips loudly. CONSTANTLY! We named them this after riding with them in our backseat for 10 hours to & from Illinois. But I digress............ After that she stayed in bed & EVERY TIME I TURNED OVER SHE ASKED ME IF I WAS READY TO GET UP!!!!!! I finally told her that I wasn't getting up until 10:00am. At 8:30am she asked me if I was ready to get up. I asked her what time it was. She replied, "10:00." :puke: I got up. I'm out of cigarettes. I get dressed & tell her where I'm going. She decides she wants doughnuts & coffee. We get home & she eats a half of EACH of the doughnuts in the box. I bought her one of every kind that they had ( I didn't want that arguement if I had gotten the wrong kind - 12 total). She was saving the other half of each for me.:puke: After this she passed out for about 4 hours. She got up & got ready just as happy as can be. I told her what happened last night & she threw the Ambiens down the toilet. Beware of Ambien CR!!!! It's funny now, but I was ready to choke her.

I'm not saying don't take it. Just beware of the fact that it is causing a lot of people to have severe reactions like this. That being said, there are a lot of people that do take Ambien CR & have absolutely no problems. And believe me, I know the value of getting some good sleep. I worked 4 years doing 12 hour shifts at night. It was totally the Ambien. She talked with her doc. My Mom does have some other stuff going on right now (menopause & thyroid problems), but her doc told her that neither one of those things would have caused this. Plus nothing out of the ordinary happened until she began taking the Ambien. She was previously on Lunesta & didn't have anything like this happen. Thanks though! Glad it is working for you!

I don't want to see you go, but I don't want you to stay here & hurt either. Please try the unbanded room before you decide for sure. You mean a lot to me! You kept a fire lit under my butt when I wanted to give up. Love ya girl!!

You look great Kel! Way to go!!

Way to go Vines!

You know I gotta get in on this hug (((((HUG)))))!!! I love you guys too!

Good grief! I just keep hearing more & more stories about this stuff. My Mom was telling someone about what happened & they saw on the news where a man was on a plane & was arrested for things he doesn't remember doing after taking a Ambien CR. Scarey! When I told Lonnie what had happened he was rolling. He said, " It's never a dull moment with your Mom, but that takes the cake!" She is a nut anyway! But we love her!

You're doing great! Get that chin up! It took me about 9 months to get 40lbs off.