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OMGosh Alatina...148?! Is that current?! Wowza! It's so good to hear from you. How's the hunting club lodge coming along? Are you still doing food for the homeless? Update please!!! I'm so glad to see you here. HI!!!

I would LOVE to have Breakfast with you, Teresa! I'll give you my sausage if you'll come! LOL Come on down!!!!

Kelly, don't feel disgusted, you are beautiful and brave. I'm so glad you posted! Egads! I have to giggle because you look like you have been hit by a truck! LOL Go back to bed! You will be sooo happy when the healing is done. Hang in there. Your boobies look so perty! And your tummy will un-swell nicely, you wait! Rest and heal, and give us more pics. I love them!!!! I can't quit looking, I keep going back to check on you! Wow!

Leenerbups, have you taken a turn for the better?

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=15933&highlight=Nascar here's the thread with all the Nascar fans...just in case.

YES! Check out www.room42.com they have a program where you type in your height/weight/etc. and they will tell you how many calories/carbs/fats/protiens etc you should be eating to lose however much per week. I haven't been there in a while but it's interesting and helpful to see. A TBS of peaunut butter is not a snack. A TBS of peaunut butter and a half a banana IS a snack. 3 TBS of peanut butter, a whole banana, a bowl of cereal with milk, and some cottage cheese was a snack on a diet pre-band. I find I need to get REAL about food and it's place in my life. Perspective helps. And LBT is pretty cool, too.

hehe. That made me laugh, because that's what I'd suggest. It would work in my family! LOL

Dale Crushardt I'm at a loss...there's a Nascar fans thread floating around here somewhere. I'll bet they'd be really handy!

DAA, you are gonna have a blast, you will enjoy everything you eat, your "going overboard" will not even be able to compare to what you would have done pre-band, you will have lost some weight before you go so you will be more active and less out of breath. You will relax, not worry, and have a great vacation! No worries, Mon! Everything is Irie! I spent a week at Jack Tar Village in MoBay after graduation form college. We had a ball. You have given me the bug to go back...years later with a hubby and two kids. My how life changes!

Interesting. I don't know if this is really me...??? She sounds cool though!

Good for you. Enjoy your friends. Don't go overboard, and start fresh. You can do this! Life happens, learning to live it and still not hurt our weight loss is universal. Go girl!!!!

Coffee?! Who's going?! Cream and Sugar please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TRASHY!!!!! LOL

- Tortillas (white, wheat, corn?) usually avoid, I have enough trouble, fat carb and calorie-wise with other foods that I just don't bother. Wheat over white, though. - salad (what kind of lettuce can you eat?) All salads fine - Hard breads (pretzels, crackers, melba, etc.) Oh yeah. Crspy crunchy is all good. Use care, but good stuff. Tortilla chips are a staple, as are Wheat Thins. - "Fluffy" breads (pancakes, waffles, muffins) Yep. - Ground meants (turkey, chuck, sirloin...) Ground is great, no problems with small bites - Shellfish/crustaceans (scallops, shrimp, crab, lobster, mussels...) I haven't tried scallops or mussels, but I like Oysters (steamed) and choose to put that on my "no" list. Not worth attempting. I was surprised I could do shrimp, I just chew well. - Hard cereal (grape nuts, oat bran, etc.) Fine, small bites, well-chewed - Hard cheeses I have this mantra "All cheese is wasted intake, nothing but fat and calories and I can live without it" so it helps me to avoid extra cheese for no good reason. I can eat mozz stick cheese as a snack, any melted cheese, heck, I can eat cheese, but I try to keep it at bay just for diet reasons, not so much band reasons.

I'm going now to look at my Benny and Joon video tape...Aiden Quinn!

My hubby once said he felt my port. We had a good giggle because I thought he was saying he felt it from the inside...and it's waaay up at my waist. You can see how the conversation went from there. But he felt it as he pressed on it with his body. This was a long time ago, and he hasn't felt it since. My belly area is definately smaller. Sex is definately more comfortable with weight loss. Something to look forward to! Nothing but good to be gained from the weight loss, and no problems from the band in the Sex arena. It's all good!!!! Have fun!

Oh Megan, you are such a kind soul. I'm sorry about LuLu and your Grandma. Thanks for updating us. You are such a Hero!

Well, now, aren't you handy! I knew it was something like that...I'm mathematically challenged, yes, but in a quiet moment, can think through it far enough to come up with...ah, hell, just glug the bottle of bleach till it seems right. LOL Yeah baby, Sam from Benny and Joon. One of my favorite movies.

188/C185.6/-2.4 that's -4.4 this week!!!!! whew.

I did it alot post-surgery. I don't do it now, come to think of it, but heck yeah, when I was adjsuting to the eating and all that jazz...once I picked up a piece of smoked beef susage kielbasi stuff that hubby grilled for him and the kids...I sucked that juicy fat right outta the end of it. Boy was that good.

Time for IV fluids. It's been a week. Don't suffer any more. (((hugs)))

That girl is NOT a baby! LOL She's a beautiful young lady, but always your baby at heart. I'll be praying. Let us know how it goes!

Uhh, I think it's a cup of bleach per gallon of water? That sounds too strong, still though! A tub full of water and 3 cups of bleach. Or do't even measure, just glug it in there and let 'er rip! Give us the update. I'll try and keep you people and your black goopy tub jet gunk outta my bed tonight. :biggrin1:

I read this thread earlier and thought of it as I was munching my dinner earlier while preparing the rest of the family's food. Alone in the kitchen, no talking, take a bite, chew, walk around, do my thing, chew, find those little pieces of "not quite chewed enough" bits and chew them, just as comfortable and easy as you please. It was thoughtless and effortless. I just chew alot now. Don't get me wrong, I PB'd just last night taking too big of a bite and swallowing too quickly so I could say something, which is why it's hard to eat dinner at a table with young children! LOL There is ALWAYS a need to speak! Dangerous, I say! anyhow, the forever chewing is kind of like my forever shoveling was pre-band. That chewing is a very big part, for me, of what satisfies. Good question!

Option A. I'm there! Shucks, we are missing Karen and Angie now. Who else is coming?! Yooohooooo!!!!