TracyK

well, I an unusually full of "nothing new" going on. I guess that could be a good thing. Better to have nothing going on than a bunch of crap & misery going on... Everyone have a great day!

hi violets... just in from work and getting my dd fed her supper. everyone have a great and relaxing evening! haydee....I have found several houses I like...we just decided to wait until spring.

Michelle-(and all violets) I do that. It is a head game!! Bad thing for me is that when I eat less, then eat a little more, the scales go up so it is like a lose lose situation. Haven't quite figured out a "norm" yet! If you (or anyone else) find one, please fill me in on it!!! I guess the key is probably consistency....but sometimes when the scales are not moving it is hard not to want to cut down more than you already are! Oh well, I need to go to work....everyone have great day!

Judy-My dr said at least 60 grams per day...strange how doctors vary.

SecondLife...hmmm, I have enough to deal with with just this first one, so I will deal with the second one when it gets here..LOL So it looks like alot of us are making sure we get our protein in. By noon I had 64 grams. More than I ever had I think. SBD has a turkey club wrap thing for lunch, OMG, I am in love with it! I am not going to mention scales again until it is WORTH mentioning. At this point, I won't waste my breath!! Ho hum.....I guess I will go and try to figure out what to have for supper.... Judy....cute pic! Thanks Janie!! Kat-Glad you are OK, that could have been horrible!

Good morning Violets!! Jennifur, I am like Laura....waiting to hear something good happen from you! We are all pulling for you and praying for you! Pamela-I had too much restriction like that at one point....hope yours gets better!! Everyone have a great day!!

Jennifur-Thank you ma'am! I wish my upper body was getting as small as my lower body, but, I will take it! I will always have to buy bigger shirts since I have broad shoulders (thanks to my dad). Try not to sweat what your sister says...I hope you feel better after you has a good cry. Sometimes that is what I do just to get it all out! Terri-OK, so you win on the weird dream thing. I LOL when I read about your dream. That was kind of "out there". lol By the way, I love strawberries!! I am gonna watch the rest of my Astros last ballgame. Catch you all later....

Lunasa-drug induced or not, at least you are happy :rose: That is what counts the most!! Good to have you back!

Thanks for the nice words on my pics ladies. I did not notice the collar bones until Judy said something then I had to go back & look. LOL This is funny...last night I dreamed that I got a fill. Has anyone dreamed about their band & getting a fill? It seemed so real. In my dream I called and made the appointment, drove to the office and when she stuck the needle in to pull out the fluid that was in there, there was none....it had all disappeared. Then, they said that they weren't going to put any in there because I was losing weight without it, I cried, so they put in 1.5 for me. LOL God do I have issues or what? Kat-sorry about your sore nose, that is a horrible feeling. Even the softest tissues are not soft enough!! Judy-Congrats on losing 5 of the 7, that is outstanding!! Sing pretty today Jennifur-I have a good feeling about this job opportunity for you! I will keep my fingers crossed and say a prayer! Pamela-I think this fill is just what you needed! You are doing great so far and you will do fantastic!! You are right about the after pics where everyone looks much happier!! I am! Michelle-yooohoooo!! Hi there! Thanks for the group hug...those are always so helpful! Makes me feel like we are on a Dr. Phil show :Banane20: TracyKS-how many calories are in the protein "candy bars"...I have found alot of different ones but most have so many calories. I am trying to find a tasty high protein bar with reasonable calories. I like the SBD ones OK, but if there are better ones, I am game! GR8-Sorry about the plateau...they suck. Just keep on keeping on and you will do great! We are all in this together!! You are doing a great job!! Terri-:rose: How is your exercise going?? hmmm? (look whos asking, right?) lol Wow, when I woke up this morning (after my fill dream) it was pouring down rain. A real frog strangler!! It is supposed to slack off some today so that is good. I went to walmart yesterday and got 2 more pairs of my 12/14 jeans and when I gt home I realized that one of them were petite....ugh, I hate to stand in the return line!! I would rather be beat! My mouth is still sore from having my tooth pulled, but it is bearable. I know that we are not supposed to take NSAIDS but, I do not have much restriction and do not have problems with pills so Aleve here I come. I have to get the swelling down. When I posted my pics yesterday, I had taken one with my shirt pulled up to see my belly, but I didn't have a before pic showing my belly so I figured what is the point of showing the after belly with no before? OK everyone, I will be quiet now ... have a great day (if I missed anyone, I am so sorry)

Michelle-you ought to know that you won't be here alone posting. Please...even when I do get to goal I will still be posting here for everyone to help keep my butt in line!! This is a lifetime journey, not a "til I get to goal" thang....at least for me anyway!

Thanks Denise!! I like the hair color too. Good fall color. Don't worry about being bald...there are some gorgeous wigs out these days!! If mine falls out anymore, I will be sporting one too!! LOL

Here is a new pic taken today....and the before of course...

Laura-I absolutely love your pic!! Good morning violets- Well I am one step closer to onederland...my God it seems to be taking forever!! I weighed this morning (I didn't wait a full week, but a full work week) and I am at 201.5. Wow, I have been knocking on the "1" door for a while, but at least I am almost there!! I only lost 5 pounds total in September, but you know what? It is 5 pounds down and I will take it!! This is the time that I have been waiting for...I knew it was coming and here it is....I have to exercise now. No 2 ways about it. I have to put my body into shock mode and tell it that I AM IN CONTROL!!! Ladies, this is where it is going to get really difficult for me to lose. Been there and done that, but this time I have the band to help me and I can't cheat even if I wanted to. Oh yeah, if I really wanted to sabotage myself I could eat gallons of ice cream and candy bar after candy bar, but I won't do that, that would be retarded. Normally this is where I would get frustrated & hang it up. Not this time. It will be slow going, but I am SO up for the challenge!! My original goal a few months ago was onederland by Thanksgiving. (I make real reasonable goals) Looks like I will be able to do it!! Hopefully within the next couple of weeks. (week if I bust my a**). Here is my promise to myself...once I get to 199 I will NOT get on the scale again for about 2 weeks out of fear of seeing the 2 something again. I do not even want it to peek onto that number once I leave it!! Talk about a major downer if that happen. So I will have a scale phobia once I see 199. Oh my God I am rambling, but I am so excited. Here is the great part...I have not had any fluid pills for a while so I know that if I took one today I could probably lose another pound today....not sure if I want to take one. Maybe I will wait until I get to 200 then take one....LOL That would knock it down the half pound... OK, enough of my hopes and dreams.... Everyone have a great day and I will ramble more later :confused: I can't wait for my onederland boobies from Pamela!!!

Nope, eating is not fun for me anymore. It is more of a chore than anything. I seldom think about it and when i do, Its like, oh god, same old crap. But that is OK with me (for now) because I am doing what i have to do. i am retraining myself to "eat to live" not "live to eat". I have found in alot of cases that if I am enjoying what I am eating, then chances are I should not be eating that particular food.... BUT I wouldn't change a thing!! Sorry if it sounds like a downer, but it is what it is. :confused: I am having to teach myself that there are good foods out there that are actually good for me! Unfortunately I haven't foound that many, but I will..... PS...I hate fish Man do I sound like a bah-humbug or what? LOL

Jennifur-no you are not wrong for wanting some wine...but like you tod denise, today is another day!! I hope the antibiotics do the trick for you!! Pamela-sorry for your horrible fill experience. Hope you aren't filled too much!! Judy-I am glad he finally pulled it too. I am so much better now. The little pain I do have is just from the procedure, so I can handle it!! Kat-I hope you feel better soon!! I had an experience like that at a restauraunt too, some places just suck! TracyKS...I do not wanna read about you in the newspaper kicking a nuns ass...so just let it roll off your back (or try to) I hope everyone has a great day. Hard to believe its Friday, I have not been to work alot of this week, but I am still happy

Here is a story for you....try to invision this: At 7:30 this morning I called Southern Dental and got an appointment for 7;30 so I rush around & get dressed and my dh brings me in. I sit there (in the room by myself with no clock) waiting. They do x-rays...try to talk me into a root canal, and then 1 hour later they deaden my mouth and inform me that I am not going to be able to have nitrous oxide! I sit ther with my dead mouth and waited, and waited....then the girl comes in and says my dh had asked how I was and I thought to myself so its not just me, I must ave been in here a while....I cried and cried and then thought WTF am I doing here? I got up, dead mouth and all, and walked straight out of there biotching the whole way out...I call my dr that I have the appt with next Thurs and told them the whole story and to make a long story short, was able to get it pulled by him today. He put me under with IV sedation and the rest is history....God I love IV meds :car: Plus it ended up being cheaper...So, other than being numb, I am pain free!! Thank you al for listening to me whine and cry through this ordeal. It sure has kept my mind off the scales though!!! Love ya'll.... Excuse any typos....

OMG-so much for waiting until next week for my tooth yanking...I am making it my mission in life today to find a dr with a heart that will do it today....wish me luck!! I am hurting SO bad! I can not let the sun set today with this tooth still in my mouth!!

<p>Since everyone is in the "giving out of the cell phone number mood", here is mine (Cingular, the new AT & T) </p> <p> </p> <p>Just remember I am central time...LOL</p>

Pamela-I would do the show too, bt I would not be able to stand being away from my dd that long!! If I were still single, I would be all over it!! Good morning everyone!! Just enough time to wish everyone a great day!!

Judy...I didn't mean to call you a "nut" LOL but if the shoe fits.... :peep:

Laura-congrats on the -50. That is so awesome!! Terri-I think you are right about eating with the antibiotics. I need to make sure that I do that. Great idea about asking for a referral. I will get on the phone first thing in the morning and start calling around. The only thing I hate worse than dentists are new dentist and bad dentists!! LOL I feel alot better right now thanks to darvocet... Kat-I wish you could go to the dentist for me since you have so much experience in that area!! Jennifur-how close are you to onederland....wanna race?:heh: Just joking. I am gonna have a tough time breaking this plateau. But you know what? My new size 12/14 a** is ready for the challenge!! Pamela-I miss BB already...:think TracyKS, Michelle, Denise,Haydee, last nut not least... Judy- :peep: BOO!! (I just wanted to use this character...too cute)

Thanks for all of the concern ladies. I just found out that the dentist I like can't see me until the 4th of October....are you kidding me? I feel like I have smashed in the jaw with a sledge hammer....to top it off I feel like I m gonna throw my guts up. Graphic I know, but that is how I feel. I gotta go....

Terri-you are right about the 50,000 mile maintenance. Yes another staph. I am on antibiotics for 20 days. I have my well woman check up tomorrow, but since I am not "well" I will probably make it for next month when I am off the anitbiotics. Root canal....well the first and ony one I had was a total nightmare, the are very expensive AND I ended up having to get the one with the root canal pulled anyway. Just looking furtherdown the road and trying to spare myself some pain and money....not to mention I am a big baby and the thought of doing anything at the dentist makes me physically ill. I am falling apart. Pamela-I promise to call you a "skinny biotch!". What is your goal to be in the "skiiny biotch" catagory? Good morning everyone...I am gonna drag my ailing a** to work now. I will check in all of you later. Take care!! Laura-restriction rocks, right?

Terri-I love the pic...I think like Laura you don't need surgery. But, I also believe someone needs to do whatever they feel like they need to do...so go for it!! Pamela-I knew I loved you for a reason!! Me.."skinny biotch" I love it. Thank you!! I wonder how Judy and her DH fills went.... I am thinking about a slight fill, and I do mean slight. I was so sick when I was too full. So maybe .2 cc I will have to give it more thought. Well, I have another staph infection. Maybe that explains my headaches? I am just praying it is anything but my tooth so I am grasping at straws. Everyone have a great evening!!