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did you check out the TEETER hang UPS??

Yup for sure crazy.... you have so much to do!! I watched the Cdn news last night. 5 canadians killed at that resort, many , many more injured... Gosh that is aweful... but kinda like lightning, never strikes TWICE Karla, you are industrious... thinking of things to do while you are off on sick leave, hopefully you`ll get to do some ofyour quilting, I know how much you love it... I need to get back at mine, or Xmas gifts will NOT be done in time... Scale finally moved this a.m.!! I think I`ve been having too much salt... its funny how when yu cut sugar, you tend to go for more salty things.... or.... they put more salt into low sugar things... to make it taste better... either way I am Frigged!!! But, I`ll take that 1/4 lb gladly!! Its all a step in the right direction. Those berntein ads are talking to me though... how sick am I? Had music rehearsal with John & Pete this a.m.... thankfully it went well. Joohn`s been a real Pain in the but lately... If I make a suggestion on how to do a song, or substitute one HE FREEKS, have finally determined that you have to make changes with him via the backdoor, let him THINK that it is HIS idea !!!! Ooh, men... can`t live with em, can`t live without em, and you Arn`t allowed to SHOOT them!!! Janet; hugs on the knees... I get that too... don`t know quite what to suggest... I come home from gym, and ICE them twice in that day... takes down the inflamation, and then hence the pain... I`ve also resorted to taking Celebrex too when it gets really bad... damn knees - you need them for everything involving MOTION. Another GEORGIOUS day out there today... don`t know how many more of THOSE I`ll have... so best get out there and WALK while I can still do it in the fresh air. CBL love you ALL!!!:thumbup:

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Whats your recipe for Chicken enchelada casserole... it sounds yummy?

Good afternoon ladies; Just finished reading the speakers Book. "DYING TO CHANGE" ( my really heavy life story) by Katie Joy Its her life as an overweight person who contemplates and then gets her WLS and how it impacted her life. Great book, she is a much better writer than she is in person, I couldn't put the book down! Read it cover to cover, last night and this morning. www.thekatiejay.com Tried to eat a soft boiled egg on WW toast this a.m., ah, not so good.. only got about 1/2 in... rest to the dog. Then I ate an Oatmeal to go bar... Went for a hour long walk (drag) with Bridget... that felt really good except for all the pulling... I am working on her though! Came in and folded laundry, put some out on the line to dry. Tried eating Lunch... my Nappa Cabbage salad, well, its not going down to well either.. so I may have a shake. What's up with this tight tummy???? I wanted the salad so badly!!!!

I am very worried about my Sis going back to Mex this year... I just have a bad feeling... she laughs at me:angry: Her Mexican friends said " Oh Krista, don't bring any jewellry with you this year... don't look rich"... I am watching some TV , a good documentary on G. W. BUsh's years in office... on commercials I'be been reading the WLS gals book that we got today... Its a good read... she is a better writter than she was a " Presenter" ... I thought her delivery was a bit flat!

I stopped at the grocery store on the way home from T.O. picked up some Celery, Napa cabbage, onions, and some 100 cal snacks. I made the Nappa cabbage salad for supper, ate about 1/4 cup of it... was getting stuck... damn that makes me mad about raw vegetables, I have such a hard time with them. BUT the last time I ate this salad it went down just fine and I had a CUP and a half of it then... So I heated up my White kidney bean soup, and a little leftover linguine... it was good but couldn't eat too much of it either. (YEAH!) Food at the symposium was kinda weird... platters of sandwiches, Yeah DAH we are bandsters!!!! I took all the meat out of my sand. and just cuti it up and ate it dry. about 2 oz. then there was a greek salad( knew I couldn't get that down) so I had some Quinoa Salad, it had diced veggies in it... and I had NO dessert!!! No sugar free options for dessert, a couple pcs of fruit... but then there was this huge tray of French Pastries!!! WTF!!! So food was o.k. today!! But i was realy surprised about the choices that they offered... I am sending them a letter of protest about it, plus the room was FREEZING!!! Good stuff at the symposium though, content wise.. the gal that gave the talk was Katie Jay, from North Carolina... she's lost 100 +++ lbs. and has kept it off and now is a motivational speaker. SHe gave us all her book... so I plan on digging into that tonight. Otherwise, pretty quiet around here... Bridget was a good girl and no messes in the house when I got home Petie is away over night doing a GIG up North...

I'm here, I;m here.... food is as follows.... CALORIES/CARBS/FAT/PROTEIN982/129/1971 Had another couseling session today, and tommorow i am going into the CITY to a Bandsters Symposium.. so should get some GOOD vibes while there, and hopefully hook up with a local-ish support group.. I ordered a book from Amazon but it hans't arrived yet... it was recommended reading from my Lapband clinic... so I figured - what the heck!!! Janet, I am so curious about your Shake-n-bake tan!... its the spray on type right??? How much does that cost, what ingredients are in it?? that make yu darker... is it something I might be allergic to??? Although, I'd love to go on my cruise WITH a tan already... way cool... so tell me MORE:thumbup: Phyl, I am so sorry to hear that your pain is that bad... My BIL gets those shots in HIS back every 6 mos. if not, he could not function at all... it is a life saver for him... as he does so much PHYSICAL work, maintaining the 6 cottages at the camp up north. Ummmm, Vegas with Earl, that soumds like fun... take him up on it girl!!! Karla, wow you are doing so well in your quilt room , organizing etc// I need to get my ass down there and do some work too. Well, quiet Friday night here in the Great White North... just me and Princess Bridget!!! I made a really good White Kidney bean soup tonight for supper... it was yummy... Also made my Aunt Flo beans for tomorrow or Sunday's dinner... I was a Kitchen-fool today!!! Took Princess for a walk after supper, gosh trying to re-teach her to walk on a leash!!! Peter spoils her rotten and dosn't make her heal!!!! So now she is ruined, unless I take things into my OWN hands lol... i HATE walking the dog when I get DRAGGED down the road... its uncomfortabe, and its also hummiliating!!! now I've already had a snack, (incl above) but I WANT another!!!! I had the chocolate PB2 tonight with 4 crackers... it was kinda dissapointing, glad I only got 1 of those jars, the other 3 were Peanut Butter which is o.k. in shakes, and on crackers....havn't tried it on celery yet, cause my Celery is BROWN!!!!

Thanks Janet, ya i`ll be praying for them too. Food today, Peter took me out for dinner for our Anniversary ALORIES«CARBS«FAT«PROTEIN1,194«111«42«76 and that`s including a glass of Merlot!!! hic! Felt badly for leaving Bridget alone so much today so I bought her some smoked Pig`s knuckles... she loves those and the last for weeks around the house!!!

Good luck with the Spine doctor... hopefully he`ll have a suggestion for your pain

Peter and I went to our Remembrance Day parade and ceremony today.. It was great to see such a large turnout (weather was cooperating, sunny and warm) There were still many Vets (80-90`s) Marching it was wonderful.. Federal Employees get the whole day off but not everyone... We all wore our POPPIES and then had lunch with my Mom at her Sr`s residance.. My SIS bought lunch for us all... nice visit , but sad too... as they are now off to Mexico for the winter.. Rio Verde is the name of their town, 3 hour drive from San Luis Potosi.. «central Mexico. So hopefully away from the banditos!!! but I worry just the same. Thanks to all the men & women of the armed services and protect all of North America !!!

Well yesterday's cals were not what they should have been... but here they are non the less... CALORIESCARBSFATPROTEIN1,555/159/5689 Blaming it on eating out for lunch. Scallops, even though fried (no FF) still added up to 600 cals. OMGosh... won't do that again!!! So today, I am keeping it around 1000. Going to see my Mom, SIS and BIL .. before Sis and BIL leave for Mexico for 6mos... I hate it when they are gone so long, I miss her... Even thought after 2-3 days of visiting with her... I wanna kill her too. Janet; I think when it comes to family you just ahave to apply the FISH rule.. After 2 days, FISH and FAMILY both STINK!! LOL Karla, oh those furries I'd hate getting up that early... hugs! Phyl; what are you planning today? Linda?

Hey, that's great news about your Vacation Time being approved!! WQHoo-hoo!!!! I received my PB2 today by fedex.... I tried it already in Choc Pudding... made the reg recipe but added 2 tbspns of PB2.... yummy only added 30 cals per pudding... so with cool whip 100 cals...!!! Havn't tried the chocolate PB style yet... Going to be a bit high on cals. today...no junk food, but had Fried Scallops at lunch 600 cals... yikes!! Didn't eat the French Fries though so that was good.

NO JANET, I am flying into and out of PALM SPRINGS... cause that is the closest. I didn`t want you to have to drive all the way into and out of LA.... too much freeking trouble for you :thumbup:

Brrrrr, cold here too!!! It's my 36th anniversary today. Peter wanted to take me out for dinner....but I had a leftover chicken in the fridge and it needed to be eaten TODAY... so I made my supreme casserole and it was good. Plus, I found a bottle of FRENCH wine from Narbonne-PLage... where we stayed in France... so it was good, not great... but it was wine WHOA_HO!!!! THen for dessert we had my crustless, SF low Fat Cheesecake, with Cool whip in top... yummy!!! N0w I am pissed and trying to stary warm!! Karla; yup kids will be home for Xmas... don't know for how long... probably 2 days... they have cats at home that need looking after. Thats all the news for today ( HIC)

food from Sunday: CALORIES/CARBS/FAT/PROTEIN1,175/515/47/119 Today, 900 so far, but I a having a snack later on for sure... Excersise today; 20 mins on the recumbent bike, 2 miles 20 mins on the treadmill, 2 % incline at 3.4 speed over a mile but not as much as 2 miles for sure... Knee sore as hell, put ICE on it twice today... but no pain meds... Had a 3 hour talk with a GF of mine, hadn't talked to her in 2 years... I kept emailing her, but no reply.. I wondered what was wrong?.... Her MOM was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer, has been very , very sick... 2 rounds of Chemo, radiation, had an operation to take out the Pancrea, + some stomach, + gall bladder, + deodeim.... I gather just about everything that could've been touching the cancer... well, now this fall... the cancer is back - in her stomach... so More chemo... Don't think there is any hope she'll have recovery, I think its just buying her some time... Horrible story... I hate to hear of anyone suffering like that. I am counting my lucky stars tonight... and glad that my Mom is stable!!!

Oh Linda, I don't like the sound of your throught at all.... glad you are getting it checked out. I've been reading a lot about Gastric Sleeve Plication... it sounds like a great alternative to BAND... ck it out

O.k. my real post now... caught up on the reading Karla; Glad your visit went well in Idaho... oh those puppies!!! Man they get into trouble when you are away... What's with that Elyse??? Can't she just spend some time with the dogs like she promised??? sheesh!!! Toronto was fun. WICKED was very good, but not worth the money I got scalped for the tickets... but the good news is the KIDS loved it!! We did a lot of walking, and I took them for a fancy French Restaurant dinner.... oh fabulous... I split an order of Mussels with Bryan and Megs ordered Snails... then we had TWO bottles of wine!!! and Megs and I split an order of Cassaoulette... it was really tasty, but not as good s the stuff we had in FRANCE or what I made by myself.. so I gotta get out my recipe this week and make some more of it!!! OH YUM.. I didnt' order dessert either (YEAH ME) but Megs made me a Polish-type martinni when we got home... WOke up this a.m. and she made me a skim milk latte adn I had fiber one cereal, 900 cals so far for TODAY... Don't know what yesterdasy was, but I didnt' eat anything BAD or SUGARY... so it was a sucess. We went to a big shopping mall today, I bought new walking shoes for Europe and a couple of tops on sale at Banana Republic... no purses :'( but I don't really need one anyways... Bought Hubby some Xmas gifts, and a Xmas gift for Bry. so now he's done!!! I'll get something small for Meg and then she'll be done too. This weekend cost me a fortune!!! But that's o.k. they are worth it.. I love spending time with my "kids". Janet and Phyl, have fun tomorrow with YOUR retail therapy Session!!!! ENJOY:thumbup:

Awh, how nice... loved the pictures... he must have been one heck of a nice guy!!! Ya, you've had an emotional week, plus I think you are onto something with the stopping of that drug... estrogen right.... sounds about right... YOu are just PMS'ing Hon, that's all... you are ENTITLED:wub:

oooh, that sounds nice.. Tracy and Jim will love it!!! May I ask what does rent on something like that run???? (If I'm being rude, just say so) TODAY'S FOOD: CALORIES/CARBS/FAT/PROTEIN1,483/166/42/101

back from the gym... did a good workout, 30 mins on treadmill and then 1 hour doing weight... oh I hurt my left knee though... as soon as I got to the car my meniscus started to hurt. So i took a liquid Advil....not sure if that is band friendly or not, but it hurt!! then I called my GF on her cell, asked her if she was busy and would she like me to bring her a coffee? Sure she says, so I drive to Collingwood to where she works... and she is not there... so I call on her cell phone again.... I ask her WHERE QRE YOU... she says oh Im sorry I dont`work in Collingwood on Fridays... ``I am in the Beach`... do you still want your coffee? I say... ``Sure, common over weith it..`` so back I go to Wasaga Beach, get to her house... ring doorbel.... no answer... WTF??? so I call on her cell again! Oh I am at Dr. Cams office working today.... agh!! so that was my day:rolleyes:

Good morning girls; Janet I am curious about tne Yogurt/Cr Cheese combo what is that? some kinda dessert? I need the recipe girl! Eating my Choc/Banana shake right now then I am going to the gym... doing well on the Food, now need to get back to regular GYM stuff too.... one day at a time! Karla: Have a great weekend with your DD I am seing mine torommow :- ) PHyl, enjoy your nice weather and think of me in rainy/snow slush!!! Yuk

Ya where are the pictures!!!:frown:

The Royal Canadian Legion Here is a picture of Me and my Mom today at the Celebration to Launch the book HONOR which commemorates those men and women who served in the 1st and 2nd world wars. THe picture of the wall with medals, my Mom's is in the centre with the Blue Air Force tarten... her picture was of her in 1945 In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. LtCol John McCrae