Gone4Now

:thumbup: Thank you! Good luck to you, too! I just sent the link to my friends asking them to do it, too. Hell, I can't be the only crazy one, right?! I'm actually excited about it. I've been moping about, trying to get motivated and I think I should just jump in. I've never been much of a runner, but it's the easiest thing to do since we have a treadmill in the living room. I'm hoping this will get my enthusiasm back up.

[bIG BREATH] Okay...I know I'm late, but please count me in, too. YIKES. I hate exercise and am very scared I won't commit to it. I think having to answer to LBT will make me do it. :thumbup:

90 - gone forever! Congratulations!!!!

Brief history: My father has had spells of psychosis over the years. For a long time it went un-diagnosed and we just thought he was an asshole...tried to get mom to leave him, she wouldn't...We continued to think they're both nuts. I moved across country a couple years back and my mom and step-dad moved with me a few months later. When they got here, he was in full psychosis mode. She left him and stayed with me for a while and while he was on his own, caused enough drama to be admitted to a mental institution by the police. At the time there were 2 choices and the police took him to Choice #1 - a state run facility. They diagnosed him as low thyroid and manic depression. They put him on thyroid meds and psychiatric drugs...he was home in 2 weeks. He didn't remember a thing of the drama he caused and was WONDERFUL. It was like a switch had gone off and he was the nicest man I've ever met. Fast forward to a month ago. Mom/step-dad bought a house and moved from the apt they'd been renting and that event sparked another psychosis episode (He'd been off the meds for about 1.5 years since "leveling off" with no troubles since). Mom took him to the doctor and they admitted him to another hospital, where social workers admitted him to Choice #2 Private Medical Center. This place has had him for almost a month, and they kept trying different solutions, wouldn't listen to my mother about his previous diagnosis and he has not gotten any better. He has called my mother several times a day w/crazy stories - he's a spy, they're going to kill him, she's the devil, a frog is Jesus Christ, etc. - until yesterday. He called yesterday and he's FINE she said. FINE. He's talking normal again, regrets going "psycho" and was okay with being in there until the docs okay'd his leaving. So, this morning the nurses called mom and told her to come get him, that today is the last day he was allowed to stay according to insurance. I'M SO MAD AT THAT. They just milked the insurance. They tried different things on him that didn't work...charged the insurance all they could, then when time was running out, they gave him meds they knew would work and now he can leave. ARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It just makes me sooo mad. I hate medical stuff and insurance and this just clinches it. My poor stepfather had to pay the price for greedy bastard doctors. F'ers!!!!

It's better this am...he's now an outpatient and he's doing better. But, it's really bad to do that. I feel worse for my step-dad. He doesn't deserve to be a guinea pig. I just wish my mother would do something about it...But, if wishes were wings, right? Thanks for letting me vent.

My rant: To the cleaning lady who left a sticky by my Soup saying: "This how roaches get here." No.1 - I had a family emergency and HAD TO LEAVE URGENTLY. No.2 - This was the FIRST TIME I've done this. Check the dude down the hall w/the mini-fridge, microwave and baker's rack in his office. Or one of the other 5,000 people who work in this facility. Because REALLY? I am the reason roaches are here? Me and my small bowl of leftover soup? No.3 - You work here, same as me. If roaches come, do your job and spray them, kill them, but DON'T EVER LEAVE ME A NOTE LIKE THAT AGAIN. I'm a mite pissed at seeing that first thing after having to leave suddenly yesterday because of a medical issue w/my step-father. Bastard do-gooders who can't leave people the hell alone....grrrrr. [/rant.]

Is there a post missing? I clicked a link from my email and couldn't find it... Anyhoo - Don't read if you don't like it, and don't cause trouble for people who are actually getting information. Freedom to read or not read has nothing to do with posting to an individual that they are sick. That's not a LBT right, afaik, so stop posting crap like that and get out of this thread if you're offended.

There does seem to be something going around *cough* I could be getting it. *Sniff* After all, I've been *sneeze* out of the office, and germs are *AACHOO* all over here. oooh...I just peed a little with that last sneeze.

I wanna gooooooo.

Actually...it's a question I was wondering, too, the first time around. I have a friend who had bypass and was able to ask her. If not for her, though - she's very open about her sex life - I'd have no one to ask. That's not something I'd ask my doctor. Sorry...but, no. BF would go w/out for a little bit before I ask my doc that.

Monday morning and I'm back at work after having a week off. I hate this. Why can't I win the lottery...? Something about having to play it to win it? Why? Why can't it be like jury duty? Although, I've never been called for that, either so chances of me winning the lottery are still as slim. Damn.

I voted yes...I think if something happens to my band, I'd like to still be a part of the LBT group. I don't think those groups should have a main focus, but I personally don't mind a group being on LBT for non-banders. Then I read Georgia Girl's response and that made a lot sense. So, now I'm on the fence. Perhaps if there was a way to stop that before it begins, though I'm not sure how w/out seeming superior. (But face it...the band is superior..ha ha...ha....Okay, moving on.) But, maybe have it so that if any conflicts like that arise, the non-banding forums will be removed. ???

Most of my family is fat. I have a few very skinny family members (too skinny, not "normal") and the rest are fat. Very few are a healthy size.

I understand moderation...to some degree. But, it's hard to be polite society here and then look at R&R where everything goes. Here at least, we can get good (?) advice from other women. I love reading the powder room...and I love being graphic. I can't discuss this kind of stuff with anyone because I get too red in the face. Online, it's easy. I've tried the exercise ball...maybe I'm not doing it right...? I also *almost* bought some plain yogurt to "apply directly to source" but thought about it way too much. I ended up putting it back without buying it. But I stood in the grocery store for a good 2 minutes thinking about the things I've read in this thread. LBT is great because you can read about your issues with the band and other "real-life" things. For me, gaining weight wasn't all about food. There is a lot of emotion behind it and the Powder Room makes me feel that I have girlfriends to talk to. IRL I don't have that many. I have work friends and family members, but not many friends my age, in the same boat as me. From what I read here, a lot of women have the same questions and concerns that I do. And, the potty mouth that I do! Which, is a relief to me. Anyway...that's my 2 cents. Someone PM me and tell me which threads were closed...???? I've been out on vacation and had limited internet access....I've been jones'n man for my LBT - BIG TIME.

Damn. Tighty whiteys in a bunch, huh? Who ejaculated into your cheerios?

Help! I have stopped exercising and am a blob. I'm not gaining, but I'm not losing either and I know it's because of lack of exercise. My hours changed and I haven't adjusted to it yet and I come home in BLAH mood - I just want to sleep! How can I break the cycle? It's like the devil and the angel on my shoulders. One is yelling at me "get off your fat butt" and the other is saying "Sonic is open...it's quick, easy...you know you want it." How do you stay motivated, and what do you tell yourself to get up off your rear? And does that work long-term?

I'm posting to say my vacation is almost over and I don't wanna go back to work.

Okay, read the couch to 5k...not sure I'm up to that just yet. I do think I could get a nice bike and ride that. I'm trying to keep indoors during the hot part of the summer, but summer almost over. :tongue_smilie: I have no more excuses left, right?

:tt2: he he...right now I love sleeping! Gee, what exercise can I do in bed that I love...lemme think.... lol Okay - getting my mind out of the gutter and cruising on over to couch to 5k...

RSG - You look great!!!! You're right...40 is 40 is 40 when it comes the knees and heart! You're doing great! :tt2:

How does she do that??? I can't eat a burrito from Chipotle anymore at all. One bite and I'm sliming. I can handle the salads, though - but not a whole one. I take more than 1/2 to go. ...then it gets slimy at home in the refrigerator and I end up tossing it. It's a waste really, which is why I don't go very often.

I think I've asked this before when similar threads popup...but: What's the nice way to tell someone what they're doing is not right? I don't candy coat things for my 11 year old, and I don't candy-coat things for adults. You wanted input? Well, you posted to a online board and got INPUT. I'm not "going after" you, but you said initially you’re doing things your way. Yeah, well, I did them my way for 30+ years and got FAT. I think I’ll try the docs way this time. But, hey – if your way works, go for it. But, your way doesn’t work, does it? Your way got you here, and now you’re scared. I’m scared too! I don’t want to stay fat. I don’t want to have had surgery for nothing – or worse end up with complications. Follow your doctor’s after care information. If your doctor sucks and you didn’t receive good care instructions then research it yourself. You obviously have access to internet…look at reputable sites and get the information yourself. But don’t ask for experiences from experienced bandsters and then gripe about the input you get back. That’s a huge turnoff for people who are trying to help. And, one reason people are helping is because this is important to us. We’re all here together, going through the same journey. It’s like parents who see their kids doing the same destructive behaviors. We’ve seen what it can do and we want to stop it before it does damage. Keep in mind, if no one cared then there wouldn’t be so many pages of postings. If everyone cheated on their post-op diet, would you? And WHY?

Okay...I came in this morning to find my tape dispenser gone. I know I'm just ADMIN, but c'mon. I can order you one. I can go out and buy you one. THIS IS MY DESK. LEAVE IT ALONE. It's my personal tape dispenser...it's pretty...it has my name on it. It's not YOURS. Don't take it. Same goes to the guy (and we all know who you are) who eats other people's food from the fridge...DID YOU BRING IT IN??? NO? THEN LEAVE IT ALONE!!!! I make 1/2 what the "professionals" make...why are they taking MY stuff????

My cat has feathers.

I lost a friend over a wedding…and I’m still not sure how! My best friend was getting married in NJ…we were in VA. Another friend of mine kept putting off visiting the bride to be…and putting off going…and putting off going until finally the bride was complaining to me that if bridesmaid didn’t come for fittings/activities she’d be out. So, I told the other friend – hey, you’d better get up there to see Bride…she’s feeling hurt that you’re not part of the activities. She brushed me off….then got kicked out – THEN BLAMED ME. She said I should have told her she’d be kicked out of the wedding party, and it was all my fault. Wonder…I don’t really miss that “friend” so much.