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  1. salsa1877

    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Ruby I would have taken the 1 pound this week. Instead I was down 0.5 pounds. This is the same problem I had when I was totally unfilled. Because I can eat so much more, I can eat more carbs, so I don't lose as much. Not going to complain, at least it went down. 1 week before my fill so it will be fine. Plus this week was tough with all my emotions and while I didn't eat bad foods, I did eat too much. Now remind me that I wanted this fill when I am on soups for the next 3 weeks after the fill!!!! So I have to set up my March exercise goal for my AUgust board buddies and I have got to start incorporating more weight lifting. This months focus is reducing the flab! Well we are off to dinner and then to the bookstore (yep I'm a nerd!) and a big hug to all of you who knew what stoichiometry was. I am doing the quick reply right now so no access to the smileys, but when I post next time I will give you a big smiley hug. If I don't talk to you until tomorrow, have a good evening.
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Okay to add a little about teaching. Our school is really trying to make the steps to getting kids to know how to learn. Nothing I teach these kids is going to help them in the future. No one cares how many protons there are in a Cesium atom and no one will ever use stoichiometry (big hug for anyone that knows what that is!) but what they will need to know is to "learn how to learn" I actually gave my kids a dot-to-dot picture this morning and told them that my job was to give them the dots. It is the basic information that they need to get a general picture, but it was there job to draw the lines to create the whole picture. It got to some of them and others will always think they should be coddled. As for student behaviors I taught in Las Vegas for the 1st year and I have seen it all. Riots (encouraged by teachers!), drug deals in my classroom (told not to say anything cause it could get me killed), had a student arrested for quadruple homicide in my classroom, kids peeing in sinks (secretary didn't get a sub to cover my class for 1 period!). I have seen it all. So behavior wise I am at a dream school, motivation wise...Different story. Well I may not be around tomorrow. Didn't want my mommy to worry! Get to spend the day with BF...but no partying. He drinks occasionally but nope I didn't get the partying gene!!! Off to bowling!!!
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    As for my hair, I am going to my BF's sister during spring break and see what miracles she can work. She is really good, but I don't know if she is as good as I am going to need. I just took my shower and handfuls of hair later I do realize that I am going to have to cut it off to get a handle on the falling out. Before surgery I had to keep in on the longer side because my face was as round as a bowling ball, but now it is much more oval. Amazing how the shape of your face changes when you finally evict the double chin:biggrin: Steph- I think that it is the variety of the exercise that we need. I too went for a walk with a friend and even though we didn't jog as much as I do at the gym, I felt it in different areas. Variety I believe is what is going to keep us going, and what is going to keep our bodies guessing. Just like we can get in a routine with our food and have to shock our bodies out of it sometimes, I think that same thing with exercise. Shhhhhh...don't tell my body this, but it is in for one hell of a workout on Sunday. We are talking cardio, weights, cardio and a plain ol' good beating. Like a biggest loser workout. I just think I need to shock myself. I will probably be crying by the end, but as long as I can keep it a secret until Sunday, this body won't know what hit it.:rolleyes2: Night all...bed is calling my name very loudly!
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    February Exercise Challenge

    I don't do leg exercises either. Need to get back to the weight training...no good reason for not doing it. Just have been concentrating on cardio. I am supposed to get together with another teacher (the PE teacher) so she can show me some core and arm workouts that are not pointless. However our schedules just have not matched lately. We are thinking the beginning of next trimester! Today I skipped the gym and went for a walk/jog with one of the other teachers. We walked, talked, jogged for 2 hours. I will do something tomorrow for at least an hour. 21 hours isn't bad for the month. I figure 20 hours is a reasonable goal that I can shoot for and exceed sometimes. 30 hours as I think about it now is crazy. I know that I am NOT going to the gym every day for an hour or 4-5 times for an hour and a half and stick with it. ANd that is the key! Congrats to everyone for all there hard work and for all you Biggest loser fans...Tomorrow is the last chance workout for the month!
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    I went walking/jogging with a friend after school and she was amazed at how fit I am. That was better than hearing that I am skinny. Which, by the way, still creeps me out when I hear that. My students told me that I was getting really skinny the other day and I laughed at them. But then later that day, another teacher said the same thing. I said thank you, but skinny???? are you kidding me. SKINNIER YES! So Janet I found the 100 calorie popcorn bags and it is going to be a lifesaver for the next week. Well family, I just went and had my eyes checked and got contacts. I had them before, but I hated them because I couldn't see in the distance. I need them to correct my up close vision. But before when I put them in I couldn't see past 5 or 6 feet. Well needless to say my students would LOVE that. However this doc was good and seems to have gotten the prescription right. I can see up close and far away. On a good note it is my BF's Friday so I will get to see him tomorrow after school. Decided that I am not doing the gym on Fridays and Saturdays but will now switch to Sun-Thur so that I can spend time with him. Janet- didn't you say you were getting your hair done today? Hope everything turned out fantastic. I need to do something with mine. Right now I am just keeping my fingers crossed that it doesn't ALL fall out. My hair was thin and shedding before surgery...now I wake up to strands on my pillow and have to clean the shower out everyday. I had my BF's sister said me some biotin/hair restoration Vitamins to take in hopes that they will help. Going to try Rogain again. Never stuck with it long enough before because it makes my scalp peel, but she sent me some moisturizer to put on with it in hopes that will help. Well I am off to try my new hair concoction and then probably to bed. Only a half day of kids tomorrow...then a planning meeting for the other half. For the first time ever I am looking forward to the meeting. Kids have been unruly this week. And Steph...AMEN to your post. AMEN, AMEN, AMEN!!!!
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    YEAH!!!! We are the overweight mom and daughter duo!!! I know how great it felt when I got there. I would do a flip for you, but that just isn't going to happen! Congrats!
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    Before and In Progress Pics?

    Wow what a difference. You could hardly tell it was the same person. Congrats on all the hard work!
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    I don't think that any of us LIKE to exercise. I have been fighting the demons for the last couple of days somthing fierce. But I have made it each night. Once I get there I figure I might as well just do an hour since I am already here. As for testing...YES that is what we are preparing them for. And why? So they can take the damn test and not care about it. In Oregon there are no consequences for students not passing the tests as there are in places like New York, Nevada, and other states, where the passing of the tests are linked to graduation requirements. That makes it good and bad. Good because I don't think that graduation should be based on a single test, but rather a complitation of work which shows that you know how to learn. Bad because the kids don't give a rip about whether or not they pass. We do test in science here but it doesn't really mean much to us teachers either. I teach in the "testing year" but most of the material on the test is based on information that the should have learned in the previous two years, so basically what I teach doesn't effect them much on the test. In my classroom I try to focus more on how to learn rather than on facs and regurgitating information. That is why I get so stressed out because these kids really don't know how to learn. They know how to spit back the same info that I have already given to them but they don't know how to analyze it and put it together. That is the new system that is being implemented at my school so we are in the process of changing culture. So back on the food topic..Things are better today. I have taken up gum chewing to break the need to be chewing on something. I am hoping this will pass soon. I know that I really need a fill because I am feeling now just like I did when I was completely unfilled. I can make it and do it on my own, but right now I just need my little tool to be adjusted so that I can use it a bit more. I don't feel one bit guilty about needing to rely on it more than normal. That is why we have it after all. Well I need to get my next unit planned so I am off.
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    February Exercise Challenge

    Becky - You are looking fabulous!!!
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    February Exercise Challenge

    Well the 6:30 bedtime unfortunately did not happen. A friend called just as a crawled in bed and I idn't get to sleep for another couple of hours after that. I am hell bent on getting to bed early tonight though. I need some sleep. I have a meeting after school today so I am hoping to get to the gym tonight. The last time we had one of these meetings I did not get out of the building until after 6:30 PM. Since I get here at 5:30AM that makes for a 13 day and makes me not want to go to the gym. They told us that it would not go on that long this time, so I am holding them to it!!! I will be glad when this month is over. This has not been a good month for working out. Next month will be new and different, with a more realistic goal.
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    I am not responding to each of you individually because so many of the things are intertwined so I will just post one big one. I know I can make it to my goal, but things are really tough right now. My job is really stressful as you can tell from my earlier post, but despite the fact that I said I was going to leave my job next year, financially I just can't. So I am staying. I know things will be better next year because the students are used to the system that we are using and so that will be one less battle that I face everyday. Plus I will have one year of curriculum under my belt and for the first time in my career, I will be teaching the exact same thing 2 years in a row. Thank goodness! As for the food issue, I really am not missing the food. When I have food cravings it is for healthy things. Right now I am eating out of stress from work and home. The fact that I essentially have ZERO restriction right now is not helping. Fill is schedule for March 10...AMEN I, like my mom so delicately put it, am OBSESSED with the calories. No matter how hard I try to not count calories, I spend the entire day calculating how many I have eaten. Just tonight while working out at the gym I calculated and recalculated in my head what I had eaten 10-15 times and I only worked out for an hour! I have an issue with control. I do like the idea of 5 pounds per month though. That would have me finished just after the end of the school year, which is what I am hoping for. For those of you who don't know this school year has been a drastic change in my life: we moved across the state, I started at a new school, I got the band, I have lost ~80 pounds (which is good but still adds stress), and now for the first time in over 2 years I only get to see my BF 2x/week. We are talking MAJOR life changes. So it is no wonder that I am a little high strung. I am not trying to make excuses and I certainly am not hitting the food like I would have in the past, but its been rough. I wish it was that time of the month, because then I would have a reason that I could blame for the tears. Another thing about the 150 is that I will still be considered overweight at that point. 145 is the highest I can be to be "healthy", but my doc suggested the 150. His thought was that I am fairly muscular so 145 might not be optimal for me. Well I do feel so much better and reenergized to continue on. I really am so thankful for all of you. No one here seems to understand the struggle that I am facing but all of you do, because you are all right there with me. So to end on a good note, I did go to the gym tonight and despite a not so stellar day on the eating front, I did end up with net calories (calories burned during exericise- calories eaten) about 700, so that is a good thing. My normal net calories is around 400, but I ate a bit more than normal today and didn't do as strenuous of a workout! But it was a success nonetheless. Thanks again for all the words of encouragement, but alas, I am late for bedtime again.
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    February Exercise Challenge

    I got my hour in yesterday and another hour in today. I am exhausted and heading to bed! And yes it is only 6:30!
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Amen...I really am your daughter!!! I am happy with where I am at right now, but feel for some reason that I should get down to that 150. For what reason...because that was the arbitrary goal that I set. I know me and I know that a part of me won't be satisfied if I dont' get there. A part of me will overlook the almost 80 pounds that I have lost and instead focus on the 21 that I have left to lose. I am tired of the full out war that I fight everyday and just want to be okay when I look down at that scale. I want to feel that if I eat just over 1000 calories and don't go to the gym that I am not going to wake up and be right back to the 250 pound mark. I have considered getting this next fill and then giving it a month. What ever weight I am at then is where I am going to maintain for a while. Then if I still feel the need to lose the weight, I will do so. I will tell you this much. I am not going through the weight loss part of this journey after this school year. Maintenance is soooooo where I want to be. My fear is not that I will gain the weight back, because I really have changed my mindset and my habits. It will always be a concern in the back of my mind, but my REAL fear is that I am not going to be happy when I decide I am done...but for the wrong reasons. Really weepy today. Damn kids have me in a mood. Did talk to another teacher that helped me a little.
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    HOLY CRAP I am so frustrated today. :biggrin: I feel like I am on the brink of ripping a kid's head off. They are so aggrivating today. No one can listen today and no one can do anything. I am pretty damn certain that by the end of the day some little creep is going to ask me for directions to wipe their butt. HELPLESS. :thumbup: I fear for this generation. I am going to go home and cry...that is how frustrated I am:cry_smile:. Not to mention that I think I am going to be over my calories today. Stress eating. I made my lunch too big and justified it by saying that I would just throw away what I wasn't hungry for. Hello have I not learned by now that I will not throw it away but instead leave it on my desk and just pick at it for ever. :biggrin: Guess not. So it is only 1:30 and I have already eaten 765 calories for the day. So now that I actually see that number it doesn't seem as bad as I thought it would be. My protein bar is 190 and I could have a sandwich for 150 which would take me to 1135. Only 135 calories over my goal.:thumbup: I guess that is okay:confused_smile:. Yes I used a lot of smilies in order to make myself feel better. I swear in the time that it has taken me to write this post (10 minutes) I have answered the same question 15 times. Now that would be fine if this was a complicated task, but we are LITERALLY COUNTING BEANS! Plus I gave them all of the information that they needed including all of the calculations before the class. Then we did one together. And they still don't get it. No wait...they won't even try to get it. Nothing frustrates me more than people not attempting anything. They come up to me and I ask them what they have done to attempt to do the problem and they say nothing. It looked to hard so I didn't want to try. CRYING, SCREAMING AND THROWING A FIT RIGHT NOW. :cursing:Okay I feel a little bit better after venting. All you teachers now what I am talking about. I just know it. For everyone else, think about this: Everytime you have a question or come across something you are not 110% sure of do you run to someone to ask them to give you the answer or do you try to think it through yourself and ask after you have given it your best shot?? Worst example, I didn't put a name line ( a place for you to write your name) on this assignment and I have had 5 kids ask me where (or if) they should write their name on the paper. Okay I have gone on too long about this subject and it is going my head blow off if I don't focus on something else. Thanks for listening and now ends the Trials and Tribulations of a HIGH SCHOOl teacher!
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    I really can't even think about PS. My BF keeps trying to convince me that my belly issues are really just skin issues but I am not buying it. I really do think that it is just fat that I can lose through proper eating and exercise. I can't afford PS at all and won't be able to for a long time and my insurance won't cover it at all. Besides I just met a lady last week that had a TT and she said it was so painful. So I may have to be happy with my flab. Size medium shirts and 10 pants are good. Though 8's would be better!! Fortunately my legs are good. No droopiness there but the arms are a disaster. Never will be able to wear tank tops. Guess that is alright as long as I can still wear shorts. And the boobs...lets not even go there. Well I MUST get some work done before I eat lunch. Wish me luck!
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    You are certainly not a bad mom. :thumbup: Between my real mom, my stepmom (ugh can't believe I actually wrote that word) and my band mom... you get first place! I just must have read your posts wrong. My damn students lack of reading skills are rubbing off on me! The directions on how to cook it came on a sticker right on the squash along with some serving suggestions. I have become so accustomed to not eating pasta that I really just stay away from it, but I wanted something healthy to go along with some pasta sauce that I made to go with my pizza tonight. Now before anyone starts wagging their fingers at me let me explain. It is a crustless pizza made with ground chicken instead. Then it is topped with pasta sauce, onions, green peppers, mushrooms, turkey pepperoni and low fat cheese. Total of 360 calories and I ate 1/2 of it. So it is a very healthy meal. I made it before when I was on Atkins but it was made with hamburger and sausage and NOTHING was healthy about it. However the new version wasn't as good as I had hoped so I won't give you the exact recipe yet. It was on the right track, but it needs some tweaking. The bottom meat "crust" was really bland and dry. Ground chicken is pretty difficult to cook with, but I have not given up on it. Good thing because I have 8 half pound packages in my freezer:scared2:. Sooooooo, going to the gym tonight turned out to be quite the war. Forget World War III, I had the wars to end all wars with myself tonight. HOLY CRAP! It took so much power to get off the couch, into the car, and onto the eliptical. I seriously was trying to talk myself out of going all the way to the gym. Sitting in the parking lot I was still having the war with myself. I finally comprimised with myself and said that I would go in as long as I didn't have to run tonight. I guess that motivated me to go in and get my hour done. I did a half hour on the eliptical and another half on the bike. Talk about stubborness. Holy cow I can be stubborn. But the good side won out. I have been doing 1.5 hours and that is kind of daunting to think about doing everyday so I am going to just shoot for 1 hour and I think that is more reasonable and doable. I am not going to make my goal for the month and now that I think about it 30 hours a month is actually a lot. That means never taking a day off and doing an hour a day. I think that is setting me up to fail. I am going to revise my March goal to 20 hour. That is 1 hour 5x/week. That sounds reasonable. Well it is 35 mintues past my bedtime so I had best scoot. Will check in with you about 12 million times tomorrow while my kids are working on projects and I am preventing myself from drooling :frown: from boredom. Nighty Night
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Janet-I have a mom question! I know that you said that you have eat spaghetti squash. I just bought some but I was wondering what the reheat value is. If I make it tonight will it be good for dinner for the next few night? Should have asked before I bought it but you weren't at the store when it was staring me in the face.
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Yes I am going to go to the gym, but I have to go home first. It is going to be lonely there because my BF started his new schedule today. I didn't get enough water in to go to the gym right now. If I am even slightly dehydrated I get really nauseous when running. So I figured I would go in about an hour after I eat dinner. Since I eat early I should be there around 6ish. Trying on clothes should count as exercise because it can be very tiresome. Plus all the walking around the stores looking at the racks and racks and racks of clothing. That should count too. Shopping is not my favorite thing to do. Now it is because there are so many choices and I can't decide what I like. I think I posted this is the post that dissappeared this morning, but my closet needs some help. Everything is a solid color. I don't have a single shirt that has any pattern to it. I was always so self concious to wear patterns because I figured I looked like an overstuffed 1970s couch when I was in plus sizes. But now I have a hard time with the patterns cause I don't know what looks good and what is hideous. As for the TMI situation everything seems to have calmed down. Thank goodness because it was really painful. Oh on another note, I was talking to my BF that I don't seem to have any of the medical NSVs that a lot of people talk about because I was fairly healthy before the surgery, but I did find one this weekend. I used to have TERRIBLE heal pain. So bad in fact that we thought I was going to have to have surgery to remove the heal spurs but I just realized a couple days ago that I haven't had heal pain this entire school year. And I can wear heals all day long without being in agonizing pain. Yahoooooo! Another NSV for me. Well my student that I said I would stay after school for never showed so I am going to head on home and drink some water. Hopefully that is what Jackie is doing to recover from her hangover. I have never been drunk in my life so I have no idea what that would feel like. Believe it or not I made it through 6 years of college without drinking and only had my first drink 3 weeks into teaching! Yep my job truly did drive me to drink. I don't drink at all now (did VERY little before) so it wasn't hard for me just to give up. I get a terrible headache about 3 sips in and I don't like the taste. Don't drink coffee either, but honestly I wish I did so that I could have something to drink besides water that wasn't sweet. Okay really am going this time. Check in with you all later.
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Hey...where is everybody. This is the only place that keeps me sane during the day and no one posted today. HELP ME I AM BORED!
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    OMW - I typed a post this morning at 5:00AM and it didn't post. oh well I didn't have anything grand to say, I was just complaining about being at work at 4:15AM. I am really focusing on good food choices this week, because I am really hungry and am eating more. But I figure as long as I stay within the alotted calories then I am fine. So I bought some low calorie bread, lunch meat and fat free cheese last night, some salad, beans and salsa, and ground my own chicken to make the crust of my lowcarb pizza. I figured that even after eating everything I will be just under 1000 calories. It really is amazing if you choose the right foods how much you can eat (for us bandsters!). Well I should probably stop neglecting my class... Okay I really don't neglect them they are just working on building atoms using paper plates and candy. That is right we still do art projects in high school and it is a heck of a lot better than giving them a worksheet! More of them actually do it!! Yummy... lunch in t minus 5 minutes an counting!
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    February Exercise Challenge

    Dave, Welcome back. We missed you!!!!!
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    February Exercise Challenge

    I did 2 1 hour sessions today. 1 at the gym and then we went for another walk. This time not car malfunction induced! My BF starts his new schedule tomorrow so we won't see each other MON-Thurs. It sucks but as I said earlier it will allow me to spend as much time at the gym as I want without feeling bad about not being at home.
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    February Exercise Challenge

    Oh and Becky the only exercise that I was getting last February was bicep curls. Yep a lot of reps of fast food from my lap to the mouth! Didn't seem to work as well as the new workout!
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    February Exercise Challenge

    Got in 2 workout sessions today. First I went to the gym as normal and did my 1.5 hours and then we walked from one end of town to the other (my car wouldn't start so this was not a planned workout!). It was about a 3 mile walk. While it wasn't as fast as I normally would do I a claiming my full 3 hours of workout today! On a good note it was weigh in day and I was down another 1.5 pounds!!!!
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Weigh in day.... Down 1.5 pounds. ALMOST to the 160's!!!!!!!!! My hope is to be to 168 by the time I go for my fill on 3/10. Steph - You are very welcome for the invite. These fabulous folks here welcomed me with open arms when I jumped this way. I still post regularly on the August board, but usually only on the exercise thread. There is a good group there too, but they feel like acquaintences there, this feels like family here!:laugh: I think I am going to have to do some work this weekend too, so we can send good vibes towards each other. Ruby- I have very flat and flabby DDs. I would not want an H at all. More power too ya. I am glad that it sounds like you should be all fixed up shortly. Keepin my fingers crossed for you. As for the rash, I am fortunate that I don't get that anymore. When I was at my biggest I got rashes all the time, but I haven't had one since losing the weight. I guess my youth is helpful after all in the fact that my skin is keeping my fat still north of the border. Peaches - An egg McMuffin:scared2: with bacon:scared2: while drinking coffee:scared2:. I think one of the reasons that you might not have felt restriction is because you are drinking with your meals. My doc, and everyone else's that I have heard about, says no drinking with the meals. It is going to cause everything to turn into a slushie in your tummy and go through just like Soup. I think the reason that you feel the restriction with the pork chop is because that is the type of foods that we are supposed to be eating because they are stopped by the band. Being the food cop sidekick that I am, my suggestion if you are going to McDonalds is to have the platter with eggs and a side of sausage. Not perfect, but better. I actually don't even know what they have at McD's anymore. Okay so we spent all day shopping and boy did we splurge. Most of the dishes, silverware, and bedding that we have is OLD, OLD, and CHEAP. So we found this great sale going on and got all new stuff for just over 100$. We seriously saved like 215$ bucks! Afterwards we went to a Japanese restaurant that cooks your food right at the table like Bennihannas. I had the veggies and some of the chicken and my BF had our rice and chicken. It is great. We didn't go there before because it was so spendy 35-45$ bucks for both of us. Now it was 20$! I ate half of my part at dinner and then finished it later tonight. I didn't eat very much before dinner (2 eggs!) so I unfortunately I ate later in the day. Janet - I hope you had a good breakfast with your friend. Was she amazed???? Well I am going to finish watching Throwdown with Bobby Flay and Paula Deen. I will absorb my calories via tv!!!

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