SherryW

You mean this picture? Man I still hate having my picture taken...I'll work on that after I get some pants that fit better. I'm hoping Santa (with the help of Chrispy) brings them to me

Made a post...tried to edit it and bleck Sorry I haven't been able to post much...hopefully I'll get back in here tonight to catch up but, I just had to share with my friends who have helped me along the way..... I'm in ONDERLAND!!! Thanks to my new combo Lap-Band, corrected fill and Bodybugg the scale is moving! I still can't believe it. Had to take a picture of the scale so I'll remember it lol. Gotta keep moving, things are so hard with the holidays and all that comfort food. Thinking the picture will keep me on track. Need to print the dang thing and post it on every cabinet hahaha Thank you for letting me share and thank you all for the support you have given me. I'll get in here soon to catch up with personals. Love ya!

Thanks to my new combo of Lap-Band and Bodybugg.......I'M IN ONDERLAND!!!!! Sorry couldn't hold it in anymore

Hey Tamala, Nice that you're Lurking. Sherry from Taunton,MA here...hubby is on bodybugg too. I've lost 15 since I started with the bugg and Hubby is now at 25 Thanks for your help! Loving my bugg...it keeps me in line

Please send the names and addresses to me too...pretty please! It snowed here last night...very pretty but, made for a terrible commute to work. Weekend was a busy one, man it flew by so fast that I didn't even get my Christmas tree up. (Those of you around last time this year...remember how long it took me grrrrr, I don't want that again this year). I did manage to convince DH to drag the tree out of the attic though so it's in the living room. I could just decorate the box and save the trouble hee hee. Nah...I have to get it up for my party this weekend. I invited a bunch of friends over for a holiday get together...ya'll invited too if you'r around NE on Saturday come on over!!! So I'll be busy all week getting food ready, cleaning house etc. On top of all that we already have to do...I taught Reiki Level II this Saturday from 9-2 then DH and I rushed out at 3 to go to Boston to pick up the BIL and SIL and nephew at the airport. Traffic was UNREAL! Sooo I now have visitors that I didn't know I was having until Friday afternoon. It's great seeing my nephew again but, there is a LONNNNG story behind this who thing. I'm just leaving it with it's great to see my nephew and my SIL. Lets just say I'm really having to practice my Reiki ways with all that's happened They go back to Colorado for good on Thursday sooooo I'm guessing we're being expected to bring them to the airport as well. yeap that's family Or as my in-laws say...YEAP that's BIL. Well I need to get back to work so I'll have to catch up with everyone later Have a great day!

Cripe it's December already? hee hee

Mine bothered my arm too when I first started to wear it. It's been about 5 weeks now and I don't get that unless I get really hot.

Good luck with your appointment Pat

Cindy - We replaced our little lights with all LED lights this year. We hit a good deal at the Christmas Tree Shop up here. If you have them where you are it's a great place to buy them. If not you might want to try to get them after Christmas when you can hit the 50% off sales. I do know Sears is also having great sales on the Christmas decorations How about BJ's Wholesale Club.....do you have those? Good luck with your decorations.

I've never through all my research and experience for myself and my friend, heard of no post-op diet. That's just nuts!

Ok so the rest of the Christmas lights are up outside. We added to the decorations this year with LED lighted snowflakes on the pine tree, lighted garland around the front door and two spiral trees in front of the house. Geesh I think we're lighting up the neighborhood. DH wanted to get one of those electronic boxes that plays music and makes all the trees flash with the music. I had to put my foot down with that one and toned it down to just the spiral lights and snowflakes lol. I tried to tell him the music is cute but, not sure the neighbors would appreciate hearing it all night until we went to bed. I didn't get the tree up like I wanted to because DH was too busy playing with the outside stuff. Hopefully he'll take the stuff down from the attic so I can start in on it tomorrow. I took Monday and Tuesday off of work so I could try to finish up the Christmas Shopping so I could relax and enjoy the season. Gotta take DS to school and back though because he can't drive with his neckbrace on. I'm pooped today and didn't even get all my 10K steps in. We did alot of walking around the stores to pick up the stuff and some new walking sneakers. Good deals this time a year with the coupons plus I get the Bob's points so had a $10 voucher to use too. Working on the laundry too so I have to get going so I can move the laundry around. Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and burned all the turkey and trimmings off Hugs

It's Cindy's birthday? HAPPY BIRTHDAY CINDY!

I've been reading these posts and the others mentioned for a while but, staying on the sidelines. I have to say that if a doc doesn't have band rules and guidelines for after your surgery....is he/she really caring about what happens to you or his/her work? Cripe...I can't even imagine eating something so solid like steak a few days out of surgery. My surgeon's information also said it takes 8 weeks for everything to heal correctly so a week on Clear liquids, 2-3 on full liquids, 2 on mushies and then move on to more solid food but, softer solids. It made sense to me so I followed it. Cripe....I went through heck to get the surgery between all the requirements, tests, pre-op, info meetings etc....not to mention the mind games you have to work through for yourself, the guilt of not being able to do it on your own etc. Why? Why would someone want to ruin all that hard work for a piece of steak or junk that you're not going to remember you even had...never mind whether or not you even remember enjoying it. I can attest that I enjoyed seeing that damn scale move more than I ever did a piece of cake or cookie or whatever the fix was in the past. It's worth following your docs food plan while healing. Doesn't it scare anyone reading about the slips or erostions? I know it scared the bageebers out of me. Now I'm far from a saint, I have had some foods that are higher in cals and fat that I probably shouldn't have but, I definately didn't do that until I was in the clear healing wise. Potato chips still occassionally call me (PMS time) but, I take a handful and that's it...I'm done and I work it off. I can understand how hard it is to give up EVERY fattening food, pleasing treat etc but, we have the band to help not eat so much of it and to help make better choices. I don't have a problem with people indulging once in a while but, I really don't agree with doing it prior to healing etc. I have valued the insite of those who have reached their goals and/or who have been here a while. Especially those who helped me understand what a PB was because that wasn't within my paperwork or information from my doc. They called it something else so it was helpful to know the shortcut versions here. Thank you "seasoned" LBTers for your help and your continued support and for posting your knowledge here for all to learn from. ok enough ramblin from me.....Thanks so much for all your help!

Eileen you're always good for a nice great laugh. Thank you for that hahaha

Yawwwwn...just getting up. Pooped from being up at the crack of dawn...heck it wasn't even dawn when I got up yesterday! Shopped all day but, didn't buy anything the last 4 stores I went to.Just peeked around with my mom. DH stayed home for the last 3 and put up our outside lights. Got new LED lights this year for outside to replace the other small ones we had. Better on energy and they're brighter . We try to do what we can to conserve and recycle. My mom took the other lights home to do her house. Not sure if anyone is interested in the BodyBugg but, it's on sale again for $249 and then they give another $20 off at checkout because you spent over $100. Welcome to 24 Hour Fitness MyStore! thats the link for the store. It saved my butt yesterday in keeping me from eating too much. It's getting really hard right now to NOT eat chocolate or salty foods because TOM is around the corner. Man do I crave that crap when TOM is coming to town. I have to say knowing how much I have to workout to burn the crap I eat, keeps me from eating it or at least from eating a full regular serving that I've done in the past. Right now sugar free Jello chocolate pudding is about what I'm willing to eat and workoff. Hell those Hershey's with almonds were calling me but, DANGGGGG the cals in those little suckers. signgirl - I was at the mall when everyone was coming out of Penney's with bags and bags. I didn't get any flyers so I didn't know what kind of sale they were having. Looked like a good one they way the bags were coming out of there. I would of ended up buying myself too many things so I stayed out lol. Bad enough DH and I bought a new George Foreman grill the other day! Glad you found your tv. I didn't even know Staples sold them. Mandy - Cripe, I didn't think any store would match the Black Friday prices of anyone else. That's something to know for sure. Nor did I think they'd adjust prices for things on sale that special time slot because otherwise why wouldn't someone buy the thing the week before then come back in. You'd be guaranteed you got it. I'm really suprised at that! Good for you for knowing that. I didn't buy much at Walmart sale wise except I did get that 2 quart crockpot for $3.98. I got one last year and use it all the time so went for a 2nd one and one for my single friend. Those little suckers come in handy to make Soups, smaller dishes and great to keep your mashed potatos hot for a crowd. I also make hobo Beans in mine..just the right size Pat - Sounds like your DH really did try to make your day special but, you put the icing on that cake hee hee. Way to go! I think it's great and so special! Good for you can congratulations on our anniversary :rant: 39 years...that's wonderful and not seen as much these days! I got to 15 with my first one.....this one...it's til death do us part. Congrats on your appointment with your doc. You can do it girlfriend and we want pictures of those beauties when it's all done :eek: Oh yea baby....nice an perky. I know I'm going to need work when the remainder of this weight comes off. They be pretty low as it is right now lol Wet Corvette huh? Nice of those people to "watch" who was coming..people are unreal sometimes. Me I would of felt bad for the person who did it. Betty - Are you doing anything special for you Anniversary? I hope you can take it easy and enjoy the day. It's 14 degrees here today! Geesh just a few days ago it got up to 58! That's New England though...I love it hahaha Hope you had a wonderful Holiday, I can bet they all loved all that cookin you did Eileen - That turkey salad sounds so yummy! We had open face turkey sandwiches yesterday. Yummy but the guys didn't know I reduced the cals and they didn't seem to mind lol. I used Fat Free Heinz turkey gravy and Pepperidge Farm Light wheat bread...save alot of cals that way! All that cleaning....man I probably should of done that. I'll be working on that this weekend though. You'd be amazed at how many calories cleaning your house burns! lol Congrats to your DS on her karate stripe too! I used to love watching my son at his karate lessons. He got up to a brown belt with 3 stripes ...ready for his Jr. Black belt when he decided he didn't want to do it anymore. UGH. He learned the bowstaph routine but, when it came to all the workouts and extra pushing for the black belt it wasn't for him. I tried making him go but, that was useless.....when the kid decides he's done....he's done, end of story. I drove quite a ways to bring him and I wasn't putting myself through rushing around anymore if he wasn't enjoying it. He got alot out of it though....that was over 6 years ago and he still knows alot of the moves instinctively. Great tool! Kat - Sounds like you got some needed rest Tday and that's a good thing for your body. I'm so glad it all went well for you. Did you catch your deals BlackFriday? Cindy - Congrats on the new job...sounds like great deal all around Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Patty - Sorry to hear you're still going through some crud. Sounds like you need your computer totally cleaned then you'll be able to use it regularly. That spyware is terrible. I have two programs on my computer to clean mine out here and there. Amazing how much crap you pick up when surfing the web. Jetti - Hope you were able to enjoy some mashed potatos and squash on turkey day Are you on mushies now? GR8 - I think you're going to love your Bodybugg when you get it. It's quite an eye opener! You've done fantastic with your band......way to go! Well folks....time to move my butt by this time yesterday I had well over 3000 steps in hahaha. Gonna be hard to get this ARS moving today. Today is Christmas Tree decorating day. Gotta get DH to move the tree from the attic to downstairs along with the decorations. DS can't help because of his neck...he's really upset he's missing so much work too although the insurance said they'd pay him 75% of his loss wages still....work has been tough enough for him without this hassle too. He is feeling better though..still sore but, he can move around more. Back to the chiro on Monday for him. ok ......gotta gooooooooo yeap..slowly trying to get up lol HUGS:girl_hug:

I just got back from Black Friday shopping and I'll probably go out there again. My alarm went off at 4:30 am also Mandy. I went to hit Best Buy for the Tom Tom there but, the lines just to get in were rediculous and it was freezin out. Since Best Buy is at our local mall DH and I walked inside and passed Radio Shack. They weren't suppose to open until 6am but, they decided to open the doors at 5am too and they had the same Tom Tom on sale $15 more than Best Buy but, it was worth that to me instead of waiting outside in the cold for over an hour or so just to be let into the store. Who knows if they would of had them by the time I got in at least I know I have it now. I told Radio Shack they were smart to do that because they got my sale instead of Best Buy...and that was their point for opening. The poor guy was helping me and this other women kept butting in asking him questions about what I was buying...you could tell he was getting annoyed...me...well ya I thought that was rude but, I didn't get upset because I go out there on Black Friday KNOWING this is how people are. Man they get all tense don't they? I think its funny and I enjoy it. I actually got DH to get up and go with me. He'd never done that before and even he liked it. Then again we weren't in a mad hunt for anything special...if we got it great, if not no big deal is my attitude. Picked up my mom after that trip and hit the local Christmas Tree Shop. They were giving out 20% off coupons for your entire purchase...not bad since they're already pretty cheap. I purchased new LED lights for outside to replace my other lights. Saves energy and they are brighter Got some cute things for the house and some gifts too saved $35 on my purchases. Oh the Tom Tom here was $119 and it's usuall $239 or so so great deal on that too. Did I tell you folks my son was in another car accident...this time he was a passenger? He's got whiplash because they were hit from behind but my son, not thinking, watched the car as it hit them. Trip to the chiro and a neck brace...his friends insurance is going to pay for the medical bills. UGH. What a pain in the neck, literrally for my son anyway. He's still really sore but, lucky...once again. No wonder he's scared stiff to be in a car now! Cripe! Ummmm oh Went to a new Bass Pro shop they opened up here last week. We were in that dang store for over 3 hours...beautifully decorated but, man looking at all that hunting, fishing, whatever gear booooooring! DH is good in going to stores I like so I didn't complain but, man once you seen one lure you've seen em all hahaha. Hmmm might take another trip out there today. Doing damage on my credit card for sure UGH Hate that part! The shock of the bill is going to be worse though *sigh*. We've cut back on some things but, then ended up having more to buy for this year...certainly makes it tough. Sometimes I wish Christmas was like Thanksgiving...get together, enjoy each others company, eat then go home lol. Pat...sounds like your Tday was a great one. One thing I missed the year we did something similar, was the leftovers. Love openface turkey sandwiches the day after That's on the dinner menu tonight at this house. Simple, quick and easy. Mandy, I didn't know stores would do price adjustments on previous things bought. That's smart actually...didn't think of that but will next year. How about things that are on the special flyers....do they give you that special Black Friday price? Well....better go see how DH is doing with the new lights. Hugs!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Yeap I'll be out there with ya Dez...not sure which store I'm hitting first as I think I'm going to be a passenger. I generally don't end up buying anything but, I push the cart for my friend while I sing Christmas carols and tick everyone off hahaha. Just cracks me up that people get so mad out there that early when THEY KNOW it's going to be busy. For cripe sake YES you're going to have to wait in line...and yeap they're gonna hear me singing I'LL BE HOMMMMME FOR CHRRRRRISTMASSSSSSS while we wait for an hour in line hahaha. I just love that part. My friend turns all red...poor girl. I have to make a list because I don't have one right now and I'm finding I'm buying stuff I probably shouldn't. DH and I went to Kohl's last night just to get our walking steps in and ended up spending $450 YIPES! Did get some gifts, nice sales there...but I ended up with a leather jacket to wear on the motorcycle in the cold. Nice deal though..$69 bucks for heavy leather oh yea Ok people I need some input doesn't look like many are up to getting together until after the holidays I'm guessing. Those that want to come on the 8th please PM me so I can figure out how many or if we're better off waiting until after the holidays. Thanks!

Gobble, gobble...bonk....(quiet)...sizzle....sniff, sniff...mmmmmm Yeap turkey is in the oven hee hee Happy Thanksgiving! Already did my 2.5 laps around the neighborhood.....amazing how beautiful it is temperature wise here...it's 57 degrees in New England...geesh! Usually Thanksgiving day people are freezin their butts off watching the local highschool football game...not this year, they're in t-shirts! Have a great day everyone!

Hello Everyone....Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. May your turkey's be cooked to perfection and may the only thing stuffed be your bird hee hee Remember: There is always, always, always something to be thankful for Love you all and thank you for your support over this past year. Love my NJ chicks!

discount price is gone again. Trying to watch it for friends of mine. I'm loving my bugg. Let me tell ya..THIS is when you really notice that SODIUM really makes a difference! I went up 2 pounds like nothing because of the soup I ate over the weekend. Finally dropped that water weight and weigh in is tomorrow Highly doubt I'll lose 2 pounds by tomorrow! Frustrating but, at least I was able to catch that part and see why it happened. Didn't go over my cals, kept my caloric deficit but, looks like I may be staying the same this week. We'll see how it goes Wed morning. The bugg is keeping me on track. I'm soooo glad I have it for the holidays too, too many foods that are not the best for you around and knowing I have to track it is keeping me from eating it.

travelgirl - the session is all about you....wear your bodybugg some before the session and they'll show you how to upload the information if you don't know already. Mine walked me through the website, journalling the food etc and made an appointment for a followup after my first week on the bugg.

Glad you're home Kat.....take it easy, rest up and get well. Hugs

Besides the fact that your trainer is going to call you to help you set it up soooo you'll have to have it out in order to go through the website with her There's ya answer hahaha

Isn't this the best thing? I'm so glad there is something that helps me stay motivated to move my ARS.

I'm willing just looking for people to start throwing out some dates. Anyone interested on Saturdy December 8th or Sunday the 9th?