bahotmomma

I keep reading that some of you are only on your 3rd fill. I have had about 6, for a while there I was having one every month. I know I am a little tight, but I like it that way. I guess we are all just so different that it takes a while to get it where we like it, right? I am finally in a place that is just right, I can eat about a half cup of food than I am done. I don't have as many stuck episodes as I used to. The last two months I have just gone in to weight and talk to Tom, than we have decided not to do a fill or an unfill, but just leave me where I am at. My next fill is set for the 7th of August. Thanks for letting me go on an don about this... I love you gals.

Sunshine-- Yes please take it easy, have hubby clean the house. You need to relax and let your body heal. I too felt like I could do it all after abt 2 wks, but I would tell the family that I needed to rest and make them do it all. Ador-- Your new doggie is as adorable as you, she fits right in with the family that is 4 sure. Mini -- Have fun this weekend. We are going to the lake since the trailer is already ready from our last trip (+ I have so much food left over). Dee -- I missed seeing you last week at RR and the picture is so great of everyone. I can really see the changes from month to month. 2 more weeks and we get to see each other at the BBQ, yeah.

So today I went to Sweet Tomatoes with my little one (Sammi). I used to be able to eat a few plates (1 salad, 1 soup, 1 muffin & pasta), now I can't even finish one plate let alone the extras. I had paying that much and not be able to enjoy it. I feel like I am just throwing money away. Dee -- I am down another 2 pounds. Brandy -- Where are you?

Marcy -- You go girl, that is so cool that you are so self seficiant (Sp?). I loved seeing the pics and I love hearing about "your life in the wild". I don't think any of us could do what you do. Mini -- The new furry friend is adorable. She looks like a "peppa" to me. Just my 2 cents. Lotz, Gbear & Bella -- How are you doing today? Hope you are all feeling better. Dee -- I haven't had a chance to weigh in yet. I will tomorrow and let you know. Renee' -- How is everything going with you? Can you do luch on Friday?

Hey Everyone, I'm back from vacation. Just trying to get caught up after being gone for 6 days... A lot has been happening here. Adork -- you look AWESOME!!!!! There is big changes happening with you...keep up the great work. Lotz, Bella & other newbies -- Congrats on becoming a bandito!!! Well, i'm off to get caught up. I'll probably have to post as I go, sorry.

Hey All -- Just wanted to drop a line before we head out of town, we are leaving in about 2 hours (alot of last minute stuff to do). Have fun at RR without me tonight, I will miss you all. Bella -- Love the new name it fits a whole lot better. Good luck with your surgery I'll be thinking of you. Lap -- Amazing art work, I wish someone would have done that on by belly. Hopefully when I get back there will be baby news. Life -- As always I'm thinking of you. Dee & Mini -- Have a great week and weekend, talk to you next week.

Lap -- Wonderful art work, you are amazing. Mini -- Love the tent pics, the view is awesome.

Rene' -- I wish I could do more than just send you big hugs and good thoughts. I feel for you, but you made a great attack plan. I will be saying a few prayers for you and hopefully things will work themselves out. Remember there is a plan and it always doesn't make since to us at the time but in the long run it will. I am available for lunch tomorrow if you would like to meet, I have a bunch of errands to run, but would make time to meet with you if you would like. Let me know, call me if you just want to talk. As for the ex we can go shopping and get one hot outfit to make him droll (sp), I hope I at least got a laugh outta that one... Call me in the morning about lunch.

Brandy -- Happy belated BIRTHDAY!!! So glad that your FIL is home and feeling better. Mini -- Congrats on the weight loss that is awesome. Have you started mushies yet? Dee -- I am so happy for you, "the guy" sounds wonderful and you so deserve it. I will miss seeing your glowing face at RR, have fun and take lots of pictures. Maybe you can photoshop me in. We are leaving on vacation on Wed so I will take some pics as well and post when we get home. Lap -- Any baby news? I am not on anti-depressant but at times I should be. I know that when I work out I do feel better, probably why my treadmill gets so much use. I had to take them for a while after both my mom and dad passed away just to get me over that hump...it worked. I took my measurements again today and have lost another 10 inches...2 from breasts, 2 from waist, 3 from hips, 3 from thigh. That makes a total of 27 inches lost since 1/2/08. I need to go clothes shopping again as most of my clothes don't fit. I am in a 10, can still wear a 12 but all my 14's just fit the floor. I have to go get a few pairs of shorts for my trip. Will I better go help hubby pack the trailer.

Marcy -- You look fabulous. That is awesome and you are so right 50 pounds that you'll never see again. Brandy -- Sorry I missed you yesterday, if I had known maybe we could have done lunch or something. I was thinking of you when I was on my way there wondering if maybe you were visiting you fil. I go again in 4 weeks, what about you? I hope your fil gets his heartbeat under control, keep us updated. Munchkin -- Glad you made up your mind, I know that was a hard decision to make. Mini -- Have fun this weekend. Dee -- I am down another 1 pound. Also, hubby moved up the date for our vacation and we are now leaving on Wed, so I won't make it to RR and I am so bummed. Have fun without me. :redface: Hope everyone has a great weekend, we are going to pick our little one up from camp tomorrow. Than going shopping, need some new shorts and my mil is in town so she is buying.:thumbup:

Hey Everyone, I haven't posted in a while its been a busy week. Went to get a fill today but ended up just talking to Tom for abt 1/2 hr. We decided I didn't need a fill that I am at a good place. Still losing and not getting hungry. So I will wait another month to see where I am at then. Went and saw Journey, Cheap Trick & Heart last night. What a blast. It was so much fun, and I have to tell you not being the fat one in the group is AWESOME!!! I even had a few men cking me out, or so my sister says. Brandy -- Big hugs and lots of prayers I am sending your way. Munchkin -- That is a hard decision, I guess you have to weigh if it would hurt you financially if you lost that $400 a month. I'll be praying you make the right choice that is best for you and your family.

Dee -- Early weigh in for me too, as we are going to a bbque today and I am going to drink all my calories + some. Very depressed today and not sure why, maybe because I was cleaning my office and came across a letter that my dad had given to my stepmonster to give to me. I have read it a millon times, but it hit really hard today. I forgot I had it til I found it too. Oh, back to the weigh in I am down another 2 lbs. So i'm off now to cook and make dip to take to the party. Have a great & safe 4th of July. Hubby is on firework patrol, so that means we will have great fireworks in Idaho on vacation. (He gets to confiscate the illegal ones).

Lap -- That was amazing, you have such a way with words. I can see all your dreams coming true, except when you go to NYC with your daughter you'll have your grandbaby in tow. That is great abt the PS and you can definatly lose 50 lbs by Christmas. Mini -- So glad you are feeling well. I never had the gas pains, so I hope yours go away soon. My girls watched "PS I love you" tonight and sd that I can't watch it, that it would make me cry and remind me of my mom (so I didn't watch it, I talked on the phone to my best friend the whole time). Rachael really had a time and was crying so hard afterwards abt how much she missed her Grandma. I hate seeing her that way and it makes me so sad, as I miss her so much too. Well I'm off to bed...

Okay I am officially losing it, I need to go have a drink. I realized I did say hi to Nicole in the post before my last post. So I am off to start drinking since it now looks like already have had a few....

Nicole -- Sorry I was so rude and forgot to welcome you. I do hope that you will forgive me. Best of luck on your life changing journey.

Lap -- How was your PS appt. I hope you got soem good news to share. Mini -- Yeah, you did it, glad you are feeling well. Remember walk, walk and walk some more (I know you have heard it from everybody just had to add my 2 cents). Keep us updated. Nicole -- Welcome, and cngrats on making the big decision to change your life. Adork -- Glad you are feeling better, I would push the Dr to do that other test now, why wait til you are in pain again. Mal & Dee -- When you go to get your tat's can I tag along? I want one a tramp stamp, but am too chicken so I will probably start by getting a little one on my foot 2 hearts linked together with my parents intials in each heart. Munchkin -- Keep up the work girl and you will be back in The Limited before you know it. On a side note, we call my oldest daughter munchkin. she is a mini of my hubby and has been that way since she was born so the name just fit and now that she is 6ft it makes us all laugh. Hope everyone has a great 4th of July!!!!:thumbup:

Funny thing happened today, I went to by a few pairs of shorts, mostly because all of my are falling off and I look funny rolling them. I went to The Limited, and started trying on 12's they are to big!!!!! Yeah!!! OMG!!!!! I was dancing in the fitting room and the sales lady was cheering me on. I saw this same girl abt 2 wks ago when the 12's were snug. She remembered me and sd that I look really good and to keep up the good work. I can fit in a 10 they are a little snug, not enough to by the bigger size though, and they have some strech tin them so they will loosen up as I wear them. I haven't worn a size 10 in I can't remember how long. I just had to share this with you all.

FW -- So sorry abt your dd's friend, that is horrible and I can't imagine how I would be ablt to go on if I lost one of my girls. Yes we are meeting at RR on the 16th, please do join us we would love to meet you and your daughter. I'm not sure abt leaving with your dd on day of surgery, ask Dr. K or Natalie.

Mini -- Best of luck tomorrow. I'll be thinking of you and sending warm wishes and big hugs your way. You so deserve this and it will be a great ride.:thumbup::smile2::lol: (sorry I just had to add those funny faces, never hit the more button before)...

Dee -- I think not telling Men is okay as well. That is personal info and you can tell him when the time is right. I don't tell anyone that I have a band, it's my beeswax and theirs. I am so craving popcorn so I am gonna drink some Water and do the treadmill til the feeling passes...

Mal -- Thanks for the kind words, you are always so sweet. Shelbi -- I love firemen, that's why I married one. They are so sexy!!!!!!! I am so glad that your Dad's b-day went so well. 91 I can only imagine, I lost my dad almost 7 yrs ago and my mom last summer. I miss them so bad that it hurts, I hope you cherish him. Maybe your family is finally starting to see you for the beautiful woman you are, and in the end they will have to eat all the bad things they ever said abt you. And if they don't I will go beat them all up. Dee -- Take a chance, jump in head first. He sounds wonderful...you deserve only the best and someone is out there for you, hopefully he is the one. Like Mimi sd if you don't take a chance we will never know (and you know that we are all nosey and routing for you). It could turn out to be love like Dynamo, right? You just have to promise that if it is you would abandon us, we would never be the same if you weren't here. P.S. on a side note I love the way you write, you have such a way with words. Mini -- 2 more days, that is so cool. Are you packed yet? If something changes maybe I'll try to crash your party, I just can't promise anything. We buy are garage doors from SLC (We own a garage door installation company). Just thought I would throw that out there. Good luck chickie I'll be thinkin of ya... Adork -- I hate when Dr.'s do that to you. Hang in there and keep us updated.

I was banded on 1/2/08 and I am down 57 pounds, I only have abt 20 to 25 more to go. Like Brandy I was a lower BMI. Best of luck to you on your life changing journey.

Mini, Dee & Brandy -- Oh how I wish I could meet with you, but hubby is on 4 day and I already have plans for July 2. If I didn't Iwould show up and crash your party. Have fun without me and eat something good for me. Brandy -- We are going to the sand dunes in Idaho, we are taking our 4 wheelers and I can't wait. With over 50lbs gone I should be faster on my bike, right? Hopefully, that way I can beat my hubby up the hill for bragging rights. So mu hubby came home yesterday from work and said that the guys were talking about my weight loss. Saying how good I looked and that they can't believe how fast I have lost it. He had to remind them all that 1 - I am his wife and 2 - that I have been working hard on this for over 6 months. It is just funny how guys talk, especially firemen. He sd again how proud he is of me and we sat around yesterdayafternoon laughing that I only have about 20 to 25 more pounds to lose. I can't believe it sometimes, I still look in the mirror and see myself as fat. Something that I am working hard on to change. Hope everyone has a great week.:wink_smile:

Can we do the 16th? I leave for vacation on the 17th and really don't want to miss seeing you all.

Lap -- Awesome pictures you look FABULOUS!!!! Keep up the great work. Ador -- WTG on you NSV that is awesome, to bad you aren't closer and couldn't get in on the clothing swap. Are you still feeling okay? Dee & Mini -- You ladies are too much, you had me in tears from laughing so hard at you. If my DH was home I would go upstairs and spank him just for you. I guess I'll do it when he gets home tomorrow. Dee -- I am down 4 pounds for the last 2 weeks. Sorry I didn't weight in last week but we were outta town and I have been busy all week. Went to a friends house for dinner tonight, it was fun. Didn't get stuck so that is always good. It's funny though how she kept trying to get me to eat more and drink more. She even made the comment "You used to be my fat friend" it really hurt that she couldn't be happy for me, I know she is just jealous because I am losing weight and finally feeling better about myself. It probalby doesn't help that her son and husband kept telling me I looked good. I had to buy a few new pairs of shorts because everything I have is about 2 sizes to big and falling off me. It seems like nothing in my closet is fitting right now, its all so big on me. Well, I hope everyone had a great weekend I am off to bed.:thumbup: