Charlene K

Kimaly, I hope you have a great Birthday!

Not, rude........just being REAL. We have to protect our journey......no one else will do it for us. Why do you think we got in this shape?

Lori, I guess I said it wrong. She thinks Tx30 is a lot colder than CO 30 because we have so much humidity on the Gulf Coast. I started reading Beck Diet. I want to finish the first few chapters so I can actually start it tomorrow. I think it is going to be helpful.

Melissa, have a safe trip! Again congrats on your new promotion!

My body hears ya! The dampness in Tx makes up for the super cold. My DH wants to check into moving to Belize. I will go there for the winter, but I am NOT leaving my grandkids!

Congrats! You are moving at a nice clip. That Pro Joe is sold by Bariatric Advantage. I am not going to buy it because i don't like cold coffee. I wish I could find a protein drink that doesn't have that vitamin after taste. I can doctor up the shakes I make, but the pre packaged just are kind of yuck to me. Got any ideas? Happy Birthday Kimaly tomorrow!:cursing::thumbup::scared2::thumbup:

Okay, Apples, take that back about a quick front. I got outside and it is still blowing in. I am hurting all over, but still , not as bad as before medication. I am grateful for drugs that help. Apples, I have decided that when we retire I am coming to MN for a summer. I want some of your home cooking! Lori, I bet it is cold there. We have a young couple from the church planning to move to Denver. They went up there last week and said it was 30degrees, but not as cold as they thought it would be. Janet , I took QVC off of my toolbar so I wouldn't be checking the "today specials". I just have to check it out today. Can't help it.....I am a QVC junkie. I better get to reading the Beck Diet, maybe it will help me with QVC too! Phyl.....awesome pics! Okay, gang, gotta get my chores done for the day. Oh Eva, take that fill slow and easy. To all on the thread.......Have a great week!

I know you haven't be online - but Charlene - Me & Eva are reading the Beck Solution - It's cognitive therapy for our issues with food - Maybe you should tell her that you got the book for you and you are getting her one as you find it helpful.. Janet, are you talking about my friend? Anyway, I am starting it today. If there is anyone who has issues with food it is me. I haven't transfered them yet. Last night, I ate a filet Mignon, carrots, and a few grilled potato quarters........no getting stuck. I was still hungry. I need a tweak! So, until the 18th I will Journal, and tried to stay with protein. I think this off and on tightening has something to do with my adhesions. Laura, sorry about your throat. I had my tonsils out when I was two and my kids had theirs out when they were three. We had serious strep problems. I hope you are better real soon. I loved the pic of you and Nels with your dad. Still praying for your dad. Julie, and all of you northerners.......stay in and off the roads! Apples I think that front will move through fast so you will be able to leave. It came through here last night in about an hour. Off to church. We have a lot of baptisms this morning and I am the towel girl. lol.......somebody has to do it.

Janet, I know how you feel. If I was twenty years younger I would adopt one of the Haitian orphans. We just need to pray that young families will be called by God to fill the need. I have donated for years to World Vision. I think I may be on the third child I am sponsoring. It just gives me peace to know I am helping somewhere in this world. We need to not forget what happened in Haiti. They will need us for years to come. Maybe this time we can help them start over and become a thriving country.

I got my Beck Diet Solution and Beck Diet for Life in this morning. I haven't read anything, but the red book takes you day by day through the plan. The green one has the plan and positive tips. Okay, I am doing this. I also start back on Monday night with my weight loss bible study. We are studying Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer. So, if I don't get something out of these studies.....I may have to eat the books.lol I am sure they would give me that full feeling.

Julie, it is awesome that you are able to help your DD with Mimi. Had one of my kids been in a situation like your DD I am sure I would have stepped up and kept my grand child daily. It has been 16 years, but I did keep my oldest GD when her mother worked part time in the evenings and my DH helped me too. Right now, he has to help me because I can't pick up over twenty lbs or I will be down. I was just saying I don't think it is selfish not to keep my grandkids while their parents work. I have nine of them, and my kids take note of who's kid I keep the most. Now the person who requires most of my attention is my mother. I want to be there for her whenever she needs me.

As much as I love my grandkids......I do not babysit them daily. I have picked them up from school and kept them for a couple of hours or keep them maybe so the kids can go out to eat, but I am not their babysitter........I am their Meme. Now, my DD will be having a c-section so I will be helping out with DGD, but we are looking at mommy's day out twice a week. I told her to get her in now. My DD needs to rest now. She was sick for five months last time and now she is getting yucky. So, Janet.......I am with you and I don't think I am selfish.

lol......that is what I was thinking last night. I thought maybe all of you where in a chat room and I didn't get the memo....lol Well, the weather is changing because my stomach is doing flip flops. I haven't done very well on my plan today. I have been grazing today. Not on bad stuff.....just too much stuff. I am going to the dr on the 18th. It is a checkup so I have to have blood work. Some days I think I need a fill...some days not. It must have something to do with this new acquired syndrome. I guess I will stay of for Conan tonight. I don't really like him, but the stuff going on between him and NBC is entertaining. This is his last night.

Apples, I hear Ya! I wouldn't mind a little part time mindless job too, but there are some days I don't want to leave the house. Anyway, with my DD being pregnant again........I think I have future employment without pay......just lots of blessings!

Lori, I would love to go to Florida and bring my mother, but she is legally blind. She doesn't go places she hasn't been before because it makes her too nervous. I just get excited reading all of your posts. It will be a blast! I wondered how it would be to live in Utah. It looks like beautiful country. I would think that a big city would be more accepting of other religions. I hope you will find a new church home with lots of friends. Apples, I am so happy you are going to see your son. I am going to keep you in my prayers as you travel to Florida. You are such a fabulous cook. I think you ought to start an online business selling one of your low cal desserts. I saw a lady on tv yesterday that had lost her job. She was known for her low calorie bagels. She invested money in an online bagel business and now she is making millions. Gotta go walk again. Later!

Janet, try to find it in paperback....a lot less. Another beautiful day!.......got my walking in and then went to the park with my GD. Rain predicted tomorrow. Probably coming from your neck of the woods. Oh well, it was good. I still have time for one more walk today. I haven't weighed. My goal is 1lb a week.

Am trying to line up a time share for the wedding - have RCI doing a continuous search -- honestly, it's ridiculous -- you almost have to book 2 years out to get the size and area you want -- of course, it's tough cause I have a specific week and I cannot be flexible. Hopefully something will open up during the next 6 months. Is so nice to have a 2 bedroom condo so I can have DS and DDIL and may my DB and his wife stay with us and save on hotel bills. Plus it's a nice week's vacation for all of us. If we don't get something by mid March I'll probably have to check out some other condo rentals like we had before. It's just easier to do an exchange (and cheaper) all we pay for is the exchange fee. Linda, I guess I missed it.....who is getting married and where? Eva, have a safe trip! and yes, we usually get some of your weather. It is going to rain all day tomorrow. Janet, did you order Beck Diet? Amazon just shipped mine.

So sorry you are so down on yourself. You are on the right track......getting support is key. Journaling your food and exercising is also a must. You can do this! If we had it all together we wouldn't need a band to help us. Hang in there! Jump on in and post. HUGS! to you!

You just confirmed what I was thinking. This did not start till I started on that medicine for FM. I will probably have that .1 taken out next month. I am so hungry, but I think it is because I can't eat enough protein.

Oh what a beautiful day! 80 and sunny.....I walked twice today......this is a pain free day! woohoo! Okay, I am trying not to turn green over all of you going to Florida. Just make it a warm place next year too.

Awesome! I love Oil of Olay anything. My cousin has used oil of olay all her life and she is nearly 70.....her face is so smooth.....looks like a baby's. I started using it a few years ago....love it! I will try the eye thing because my friends have had their bags removed and it is painful. Give me Oil of Olay any day!

Did I tell y'all I went to a nutrition class at Dr. Garths new office? It was a support group. I was the only one banded there. All of them were bypass. They don't pb like us , but their food restriction is the same. Anyway, when the nutritionist showed us what we should be eating I couldn't believe it.....too much food for me. The thing is with me..... I am hungry after I eat. I think I need a fill, but when I do eat protein.....I slime on the first couple of bites. This has been going on since I started having Fibromyalgia. I think it is water retention. I am going on the 18th so I will find out. Also, my doctor said the best diet book out there is THE BECK DIET. It is on behavior modification. I ordered it from Amazon. Doctor's don't recommend diets so I thought I ought to pass this along. Please excuse me if I already told you.

Consider yourself kicked........now, welcome back.....we need all kind of support. We have hung in here because we can't do it alone. I did not know you could have more fill than the band holds.......where has it gone? I only have 5.3 in my band and sometimes it is too tight. I guess we all wear our bands differently. Anyway, got any good tips.....please share....wow, 115lb loss. AWESOME!

Janet, I just bought all three because my dr said he was going to offer the course. I guess I should have just bought one.......oh well, I am notorious for buying more than I need to......can you tell my food issues spill into other parts of my life?

I hope DD gets things settled before the wedding. You know the saying....."what you see is what you get". My DD has issues with her man too and they are in counseling. I think it is really helping. She hasn't called complaining or crying. They were going to get married in March, but I think it has been postponed. Well, I have found that when I eat those first bites fast and get stuck....I have to throw up till I can burp.....then I am fine. I have acid issues. Yep, I am tight when I lift. It could be related to all the adhesions in my gut. Janet, a lady at the support meeting had read the book. She said she had postit notes all over the house. She said it was helpful. I bought the book, workbook, and some other book today on Amazon. I think one book was THE BECK DIET SOLUTION.