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:biggrin: IRISH VIAGRA An Irish woman of advanced age visited her physician to ask his advice in reviving her husband's libido. "What about trying Viagra?" asked the doctor. "Not a chance", she said. "He won't even take an aspirin." "Not a problem," replied the doctor. "Give him an 'Irish Viagra'. It's when you drop the Viagra tablet into his coffee. He won't even taste it. Give it a try and call me in a week to let me know how things went." It wasn't a week later when she called the doctor, who directly inquired as to her progress. The poor dear exclaimed, "Oh, faith, bejaysus and begorrah! T'was horrid! Just terrible, doctor!" "Really? What happened?" asked the doctor. "Well, I did as you advised and slipped it in his coffee and the effect was almost immediate. He jumped straight up, with a twinkle in his eye and with his pants a-bulging fiercely! With one swoop of his arm, he sent me cups and tablecloth flying, ripped me clothes to tatters and took me then and there passionately on the tabletop! It was a nightmare, I tell you, an absolute nightmare!" "Why so terrible?" asked the doctor, "Do you mean the sex your husband provided wasn't good?" "Twas the best sex I've had in 25 years! But sure as I'm sittin here, I'll never be able to show me face in Starbucks again!"

Hi Doddie and Andreea; Thanks for your comments... I did email Jill re bootcamp, I'll await her news. Didn't do to badly yest. 1500 cals in total and the scale actually MOVED slightly this a.m. 183.6 first time it's budged in a while.. Have a great day

And Lane Bryant, Target, oooh Macy's I am NOT a real shopper, but I think that with the U.S. stores and all the selection, I just might have to make a small exception! Linda, I am a non-smoker are you??? Plus, I do like a 'social drink' or two

Linda: I am not fussy on which hotel we stay at... really, I'll go with what everyone else decides. I am like you ... want my own bed. So we can share right??? By the time we drive there, we'll probably REALLY know one another LOL... and don't worry about the snoring, as I always sleep with earplugs as DH snores too... after 33 yrs we still sleep in the same bed. But if I hadn't found out about good earplugs I would have stabbed him in his sleep long ago!! Janet: I think your FEAR of food(the junky stuff) is healthy caution... WOW I wish I was a little more fearful of it! Have a great Sat night everyone... I'll problably be back later... I am a band widow tonight.!

Have you tried your pasta sauces over Spagetti Squash???? It is awesome, and I don't know about you but its a good way for me to get more veggies in too... Full of beta carotine too!!!

Well I really appreciate your honesty... The binge eating is my downfall too. You are aright about the band , I can't do as much damage as before... but some nights I just scour the house "looking" for the ultimate "nibbly" to have. Last night I remembered that there were 3 stale T.Horton Cookies hidden... well I went and dug those suckers out and ate em. ARGH! My W/L has been slow and stuck... I feel that I too need boot camp... to give myself a boot in the ass. Problem being, It is always on days that I work. Take care

Phyl; Give him another glass of wine and then give him YOUR computer... keep the fast one for yourself!! :banghead: Janet: So you've picked a room -mate already huh?? That's great... I think this road trip will be such a blast.. I've been to Michigan many, many times but never Wisconsin or Minesota... Kira, glad you are back from Florida... are you going to join us at Mall of America??? O.k. did something bizarre but needed today. I went to a Hypnotist, I need to stop eating Chocolate!!! My meals have been very good, small portions but I've been stopping at Tim Hortons and having choc chip cookies (oh yeah, they go down just fine - even when I choke and PB on everything else) I am tired of being stuck at 184 and July is looming.... I want to be skinny like the rest of you when I get to M of Am. Anyway, under Hypnosis she regressed me back to childhood when I was really shamed by someone (won't bore you with the details here) and this was linked to my eating JUNK food... then after I've eaten the junk food I have intense feelings of SHAME... it was kind of enlightening.. anyways I'll let you know how it works for me... Its the "head hunger" stuff that really sabotages me... the surgery makes be eat LESS but still I am not losing,,, and I know its gotta be these 'extras'... Well, that's my true confession for today

Are you stuck in your weight loss/? I have had a slow go of it too. Its taken be 8 mos to find my sweet spot... argh

Hi Janet; I opt for anything OTHER than Days Inn... they don't build them very well and have NO soundproofing in them. they may be cheaper but heck aren't we doubleing up on rooms??? I stayed in one last week and I could hear every footstepp all night long from the room above us.. Then at 5:30 am they were doing the "wild thing" noisy headboard... ya know what I mean? But no screams of passion from her... so I guess HE wasn't that skilled LOL... beleive me the walls are so thin if she'd made a peek I woulda heard it. :party: We complained about the noise and they gave us a discount on the room PLUS, another reason is the WE Luckey 7's will be making LOTS of racket for sure and we don't want to disturb anyone else!!! :huh2: The dates are o.k. with me end of July weekend, how about for Linda, she and I are driving together from MIchigan/Milwakee yea.... just call us Thelma and Louise.... but we are stopping before the CLIFF :cool2:

Ruby; I hope you didn't ruin your computer!!! I am glad you got a chuckle out of it...

Very bright and sunny here this a.m. still cold... -27 celcius but hey its not rain... so that's the main thing LOL -16 farenheit for you U.S. gals....:tongue:

I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.

wow, plastic surg for the excess skin... you are so lucky to be able to afford it. Although I am disappointed we won't get to meet you in person in July... $$$ better spent for you!!! Congrats on getting increased to 1500 cals. You can let us know what it feels like... I am so proud of you and your accomplishments, Rock ON~:blushing:

WOW, 80 lbs - that is awesome - Congratulations

Ruby; I am glad you are looking after yourself. Stephanie; Now that you've got someone to listen to you, you'll do much better I just know it.!! Anti-depressants can be a life-saver, they will take a bit of time to work but they will work and you'll feel like your old self again soon. A wee de-fill is just the trick, you'll re-hydrate and then you can continue your awesome losses... 8 lbs sounds like a fair estimate for weightloss... although I am sorry you had to do it the 'hard' way. Janet: Size 8 jeans!!! :thumbup: I am so jealous!!! Please save them for me, I love hand me downs and you can give them to me in July!!!! LOL You'll be too tiny for them by then~!~~!~ Linda: Your plan for the ferry sounds like the best choice! I'll keep checking out that web page for prices, schedules... You are a dear~ And thanks for the offer to sleep over on your fouton in my travels.... So today, I marked off my Vacation Calander for our JULY trip to Mall of A... yeah, I am so excited to meet you all. :blushing: Driving will be a better option for flying... I'll also get to see some more of Michigan too. And I've never been to Milwakee either. PHYL: Can you make it ??? 3rd weekend in July?

----- BLESSEDCANADA On the sixth day God turned to the Archangel Gabriel and said: "Today I am going to create a land called Canada It will be a land of outstanding natural beauty. It shall have tall majestic mountains full of mountain goats, and eagles, beautiful sparkling lakes bountiful with bass and trout, forests full of elk and moose, high cliffs over-looking sandy beaches with an abundance of sea life, and rivers stocked with salmon." God continued, "I shall make the land rich in resources so as to make the inhabitants prosper, I shall call these inhabitants Canadians, and they shall be known as the most friendly people on the earth." "But Lord," asked Gabriel "don't you think you are being too generous to these Canadians?" "Not really," replied God "just wait and see the winters I am going to give them." AND NOW YOU KNOW.

Get better soon o.k.???? You got us all worried. MEN: Oh my we all do have a lot in common! My DH is loyal, honest, hardworking... but when I read about the Non-spontaneous complait!!! WOW that hit a cord. He is very thoughtful in many ways and can still make my head spin (if you know what I mean) but I don't feel we do enough FUN stuff together... those episodes are few and far between. Boredom, I think is my main Eat-over-it reason... followed by a close second to feeling Lonely at times. DH goes out every FRI Sat night to play guitar in a band... I could go along, but ya know I HEARD the 50-60 songs 1,000,000 times in reheral ya know?? LOL Plus, I LOVE the taste of food... now i do still enjoy my food, actually maybe more now that I actually CHEW it... LOL... i know youare laughing with me here. Cause I used to just shovel the food in and swallow large chunks...how did I even taste it??? Well, gotta get in the shower and get to work by 10 see you later, gators Just Peachy:tt2:

O.k. I did some searching on the web. Minnesota.. uh o.k. Now I know where that is in relation to Ontario. I could DRIVE in 16 hrs from where I live.. a long way all by myself. I could FLY in 2 1/2 hours but it would cost $500 for just the flight - yikes! Does anyone live in Michigan that would like to Share Driving??? I could drive to Michigan no problem, been there many times before and I know Detroit and Pt. Huron quite well... Then we could drive on to Minesota together and share driving and costs... Any takers??? Peaches :smile2:

Sorry you weren't feeling good. FLu??? What made you dehydrated? Did the BAND complicate issues. Glad you home!!!! Now stay in bed.

Kari, are you in MIchigan??? Are you interested in the JULY get-to-gether at MALL OF AMERICA?? I need to find out what city THAT is in so I can GOOGLE IT and find travel arrangements... I could fly out of Toronto or Buffalo.. SO somebody let me know o.k.? Wow LINDA; the weather eh? Oh My God the worst storm of the year and this winter that's saying a lot... its been like STORM of the WEEK in northern Us and Canada... Sheesh, I can't wait for spring. Last night we had some friends for dinner and they almost had to stay over night!!! They live in the same town but looking out my front window you couldn't see across the street for the blizzard... and this kept up from 1 p.m until 3 a.m. ... Snow accumulated to 1 1/2 feet.... 20 cms. for us metric folks (LOL) Anyways, toomuch damn snow... I had to drive my sister to the Airport in Toronto this morning... thank God we have Great Snow Plow systems in place and the roads were very good. Plowed but snow packed, which is way better than ICY~~~~!@@!!!!! She got to the Airport on time and her flight was only delayed 45mins. to Houston, then she has a 3 hr stop over and continues to Mexico... She lives and works in Mexico for 6 mos. a year. But she flew home to see our MOM who has been quite ill (posted a couple weeks ago) Anyways, My MOM is doing much better and sounds stronger everyday. She is blessed for sure! You travel gurus.... are there any Casino's near this Mall of America??? just wondering. WEIGHTLOSS.... still very restricted, I can hardly drink Water, mostly I have to have hot coffee or hot tea... that's the only liquids that go down. I know I am not drinking enough fluids but I'm working on it. food is great, solids go down well although VERY small quantities YEAH!~ but mushies just get stuck.. no matter what I try.. pudding NOPE, cottage cheese NOPE, gets stuck.. oatmeal o.k. chicken o.k., pork o.k., beef o.k. , fish o.k. veggies o.k.... but fruit is iffy... I love nectarines but the membrains get tangled in the band or something.. Its a new learning experience. .. cause just a couple of weeks ago I could (and did ) eat everything... Janet, I am sorry to hear you are in a winter funk... It'll pass.. and I am sure you look awesome in your store-bought-tan... UM I'll have to get one of those before I meet you guys in July, as I am pasty white too... good ol' Irish/Scottish/English skin... green eyes, reddish hair... but you can see that Ha,ha,ha.... I am in a silly mood today. Took my "Twiggy" (Dog) out for a nice long winter walk today after I got home from Toronto. Boy it was fresh, but felt really good to get some excersise... I've been negligent in that dept... now that I have good restriction I am going to focus on excersise more and combine the benefits of both.... I have a lot of w/l to catch up to you guys... Janet you are ahead of me by 10 lbs... and I want to weight the same as you by July... we are about the same height and age, plus we started out at nearly the same weight target. Anyways I babble... Phyl, glad your interent is working better for you.. it really is frustrating when its slow or down. Be well and keep warm/"cool" depending on where you are!!! just Peachy

Third weekend in July is GOOD for me - Candice WHere the heck is MALL OF AMERICA and what else is there to do but shop??? I get bored after a couple of hours, and if I'm traveling to the US then I'd love to do some sight=seeing as well ya know - If you drove to Canada from Buffalo you wouldn't necessarily need a passport its only if you FLY into Canada (? don't know what the rational for that is?) PLUS if you fly into Buffalo from another US destination then flights are probably cheaper. Just a thought. BUt I'm easy, I DO have a passport and travel internationally every year so that's not a problem for me.:smile2:

So nobody wants to come to Canada? Are we meeting in the US then??? Nobody PM'd me

It is normal not to feel restriction until you have had many more fills. Depending on the size of your band... 4 cc??? or 10 cc size??? Personnaly, I have a 10 cc band and currently am filled to 10.75 cc's . It holds up to 13 cc's.. I have been banded since July and am just now reaching restriction. I have had to learn patience!!! I've only lost 15 lbs since banding.... argh!! :tt2: Hang in there! Tilted port is also not too much of a worry, you'll just need a skilled fill nurse. Mineis also tilted a wee bit and has not posed a problem for me or the nurse. :tongue:

Who could ever be sick of YOU!!! Silly O.k. Closest big Airport is TORONTO, Ontario ( 1 1/2 hr drive to the Beach) or you could fly into Buffalo, N.Y. rent a car and drive the rest of the way 3hr drive. Buffalo airport is smaller and simpler, Toronto airport is HUGE 3 terminals in all. I have room for about 6 gals.... PM me if you want more details...

I know sometimes you are afraid to put in religious beliefs in case you offend someone... but for me I beleive in a Universal God, I am not Christian, Jewish or Muslim... I just KNOW there is something out there greater than us WHO KNOWS ALL. I beleive this is what you are speaking of... And yes, it would be so cool to plan to get together as a LUCKY 7's group... My part of Ontario is very beautiful in Summer... why not JULY 08 it would be Bandiversary for most of us... and I have a huge house!!! ( 2 little doggies) :biggrin:A 14 km fresh water beach 1 km away (we can walk it) and lots of tourist sites... It's something to ponder everyone!!!