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Hi gang, we are arraanging the FIRST Coffee/Support Group meeting in BARRIE, On. WEDNESDAY, Jan 13th STARBUCKS... during the daytime... SO PRIVATE MESSAGE me to confirm and get location and time.... I've already heard from Corine (Barrie) but all others are welcome.. Candice

Hi, I've been banded since July 07 and the first year I lost 60 lbs.... then a whole year of messing around... weight stayed the same. THis year, as motivation I am planning a TT as my reward to getting to goal weight... Now since Xmas I have lost 7 lbs... so I am back on track.. I just had to give myself a good SHAKE and remind myself that I didn't spend $16k to get half-way healthy...I wanna be ALL the way healthy and at a good weight for my height...5"5" 150 lbs will be a nice finish.

more sewing today... still snowing here... which is a problelm cause I was gonna drive into Barrie, see my MOM and meet a new Lapbander friend who lives there, gonna try and get a minimeeting of Lbanders going...wish me luck!

Kari, that fabric is from the collection by NORTHCOTT, Mark Lipinski's HOME #3001 Now I am sure that you can google NORTHCOTT fabrics and find out from them if there is more and they'd probably ship too.

Unless it was BROWN rice, I think what you had is called BASMATI rice... its divine!!! Very aromatic and has kinda a nutty taste to it... It is all I buy... enjoy!

Yeah, so glad to hear that :thumbup:

Be careful what you wish for HA<HA<HA<HA:tt2:

No worries Mate, the more info you have the better decision that you will make.:smile2:

Candice I had taken a break - I would let a lot slide - but remember we all are back on the band wagon.. Ya I think I would have gotten a little pissy at you go and leave me alone - I would have maybe said fine and booked a plane to Cali - I got a room(so your only cost would be airfare) and our weather is great - No snow:tongue: Isn't that green quilt the one that was on my bed this summer :thumbup: Oh the quilt that was on YOUR bed in July was Teal, Pink w/ Black, a double size: the one in the picture here is a Lap quilt and I think it was on Kari's single bed in the basement. Thank you for the invite to Indio! I am giving him until Feb 15th and then if he's got his feet planted FIRM then I WILL take a vacation on my own. VERY, VERY tempting!!! :smile2:

What were those hamburger we had?? Was that Moose?? Who killed the moose?? Peter doesn't seem like a hunter to me lol :0) Can't see him being a killer - I know he was in the service had had to shoot a gun - but - just don't seem him out there hunting bambi :0) Yup, thats right Janet - they were MOOSE burgers we had in July. Remember how much you all liked them. This roast is of the same animal... its beeen in the freezer eh? The poor little Moose was road-kill. He/she was hit by an 18 wheeler on Hwy 11 up north where my Sister and BIL live. My BIL is on the CALL list for the O.P.P. (police) and when your number comes up and they have a dead moose on the road you get to butcher it and keep the meat. So this moose was not shot, it was killed by HEAD Trama... "waste not want not" I have the roast in the Slow Cooker, been on all day and it is smelling goooooood. I only hope its not tough as we invited friends for dinner! :smile2:

Breakfast: Milk, nonfat, 1 cup86 Chocolate Whey Protein Shake, 1 serving110Breakfast TOTALS:196 Lunch: Pepperette, Pillars Turkey (28g), 28 gram(s)50McDonald's HM Grill Chicken Snack Wrap, 0.5 serving120McDonald's Coffee, Large, 1 serving0000Milk, 2%, 0.25 cup31Lunch TOTALS:201 Dinner: Moose Meat, 2 oz76Mashed Potatoes, 0.5 cup81Beef Gravy, 0.25 cup31Peas, canned, 0.25 cup29Crescent Roll, Pillsbury Reduced Fat, 1 serving90Pumpkin Custard, 1 serving (view recipe)115Dinner TOTALS:422 Snack: NoneSnack TOTALS:0000 AM Snack: NoneAM Snack TOTALS:0000 Afternoon Snack: NoneAfternoon Snack TOTALS:0000 Click To Add/Edit Extra Meals CALORIES/CARBS/FAT/PROTEIN/818/88/20/76

Ya, got to the gym today!!! YEAH and I also had some success on the scale this a.m..... things are working! Peter and I went to the gym together, but I didn't let him rush me... I said to him, do anothe 15 on the eliptical and I'll have my WEIGHTS done by then...then I wnt and talked to a trainer to get my FREE weights into the Fitliynxx computer so they'll count towards my goals.. Its a silly thing, but I am competive by nature so I like to see the numbers changeing as I lift more weight. My Rt knee has settled down, so my lft one had to chime in today. not really bad just a weird Twinge??? Then we drove to Collingwood, to do some errands and DH and I went to McD's for lunch. I had a Snack wrap ranch chicken, could only eat 1/2, so gave the rest to DH and he had a chicken sand, coffe & muffin... what happend to his plans for SOUTH BEACH I don't know, but it's not my problem... I have my OWN plan ... and I'm sticking to it... Having Moose roast tonight for dinner, mashed potatoes, veggies and crustless Pumpkin Pie cups for dessert.. I wont' be able to eat all that so I'll save my Pumpkin dessert for my even. snack. CBL ladies, have a great day!

Ahw Karri: all the good advise has been given, so I am just gonna send you some cyber ((((HUGS)))) I wish I lived closer too to all you guys.. But, we're only a CLICK away, so rant on... its o.k. FOrget about the cals rightnow, your BODY needs to heal and its just one more stress you don't need. I just know your Job MOVE will happen so relax about that now if you can. GET SOME SLEEPING PILLS, I take XXXXXXXX but its called Ambian in the U.s. it works awesome.. You'll feel so much better if you're getting proper sleep.

IF you are close to your Sweet Spot, your fill nurse can give you fractions of a cc. I have gone in and gotten .15 of a cc in a 10.0 cc band, bringing me to 7.15 cc all in.... that did the trick for me.

O.K. THIS IS THE DECEMBER 09 BLOCK... FULL VIEW.. THE FIRST PIC WAS A CLOSEUP SO YOU COULD SEE THE QUILTED DESIGN. what can I say... I ate a piece of pie!

OK I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT ONE:rolleyes:

hey you TUrkey BIRD... no more disappearing o.k you are in it with US for the LONG haul.. So you got sidetracked, big deal... we ALL relapsed during December, so you are not alone...Trick is to not make RELAPSE your way of life... get back into recovery with us... JOurnal your food everyday and post it here... it helps me a lot... ! hour of pedaling is just not going to do it...you need to change up your program and TRICKyour body...Its gotten used to the same old, same old workout. Mid February for FLORIDA eh??? Where do you guys hang out there? DH and I had a tif yesterday about making some sort of vacation decision... In the aft. he says oh why don't you go witha GIRLFRIEND and leave me alone... Ticked me right off, Yes I have lots of GF but I wanna go someplace WITH my man while I've still GOT him... we are burring too many friends husbands lateley... SO I got pissed. He went out last night to band prac. and when he came home he said we could go to FLA the last part of FEB... so we'll drive, take the pups, stay one WEEEK in FLA and drive home (3 days ea way) so it works out to 2 weeks... so that's the deal... Now I have to find a rental, but I got time.. So let me know wher you guys land in Fla, perhaps I can find a place near there too. HUGS, Candice p.s. the quilt pics got deleted cause I had an UGLY pic of myself in the szame post...had to get ride of it... oh sh!t that's the wrong pic ... the real one is on the downstairs compuete.., ill find it later

Todays totals.... so far... I am having a snack later with T.V.....CALORIES/CARBS/FAT/PROTEIN950/110/25/73 food Cop, you are too funny... you never left... WE always KNEW you were watching:rolleyes2:

1) do you ever suffer from irratability, more than most folks? 2) how is your sleeping patterns, do you spend a lot of night where you just can't seem to shut off your brain from racing thoughts? 3) How is your Sex drive? has it increased lately? 4) can you stick to a financial budget, or do you spend recklessly and put your family finances in jeapardy? Depending how you answer the above questions it may give you some more insight into your diagnosis.

G'day ladies... still digging out from the SNOW, but its been a great QUILTING Day!! Went at 9 to get my acrylic nails filled... she musta double booked cause I didnt get out of there until 11:30!!! Came home and made homemade Chicken noodle soup...YUM Tonight is Chicken Supreme..OMG it is so easy and so delicious.. Did I post the recipe already???? dah I was so pleasantly surprised yesterday when I got 2 Christmas cards, 1 from PHYL and Earl and 1 from Denise... oh it was so nice.. I sat there reading them and feeling LONELY for all you guys... snif, snif,snif Stephanie, just looked at the picutures of You and Jeff... wholy, he is more than a foot taller than you!! But he's a cutie!! I'd opt for Dr. Ortiz in Mexico, I've read many good comments about him.

Little Bridget is getting on my nerves tonight.. I just went upstairs to check on my chicken soup bones a=boiling and found a TURD on the hardwood. Then came back downstairs and found 4 pee spots on the carpet... I am so pissed (no pun intended) Peter just went out for the evening so I guess it was her protest.... cause she's been ringing the windchimes with her paws when she wants out??? I jsut don't get it today:mad2: But alas, those big brown eyes keep me from KILLING HER!!! Hey Karla, this Canuk says spend the $45 on yourself!!! Its extra revenue right, and you worked hard for it. What about a Pedicure/Manicure???

o.k. starting from scratch... Stephanie; You had a fab time with Michael, SO happy for you all... Iknow how much you have been worrying these months.. Now Jeff wants to go to Mexico for SLEEVE... whoo-hoo you must be over the moon! Sorry about all the Crap snow you got... we are severely dumped on too. Karla, you're doing o.k. with the food...you can do it!! Keep those pennies in your hand and a needle in the other! PHyl; I wish you'd take it easy, you still have the flu girl.. rest!!! I did have to laugh about Earl up in a tree with a fishing pole... oh my! Glad you called your sons boss, that must have been some relief for your worries. Janet; You'll be proud! I DID GO TO THE GYM TODAY... Peter dug us out.. then said "how long do you usually stay?" I usually do 1 1/2 hours, cause I do my cardio then all my weights... so it takes 90 mins.. plus what's to rush for??? I got all the time in the world.. I always run into a few GIRLS that I know there, so its social time too. I had done 2 weight machines and he strolls over, " you almost done?" NO, Ijust got started... then he gives me this face:bored: I said "go and have a shower, and play-w-yourself while you are in there, that'll take a couple minutes".. :tt2: off he goes. WHen I get done, he's downstairs all in his coat, touque, mitts, boots WAITING to go...:thumbup: zzz ...tomorrow , I am going alone! I don't want him spoiling my GYM experience!!!

Oh my I just finished reading the directions above... they are cute projects, but just too finicky for me!!! You go girl!!!

Hey Denise, sorry you were sick:sad: , but CONGRATS :rolleyes2: on you Anniversary... 26 yrs is quite an accomplishment these days!!