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Vines, I am so sorry to hear that you are continuing to struggle with health issues. I only wish you the best, and hope and pray that you will have the strength to get through this difficult time in your life. I agree that just spending the day with her, loving her, crying with her, sharing with her, and I love the blowing bubbles idea, is the best way to spend mother's day. I would be envious, but I know I get to do that with my kids this mother's day myself. Its all I would want, and I am sure it is all your mom wants of you too. Take care, and try to smile. There is good that comes out of every bad situation.

I can't stop laughing at kathy's!! LOL My kids think I am wierd now! "I kicked my brother because I am NOT a homosexual" I don't have a brother, but if I did, i would kick him assuming that he is a homosexual and I am not. But i don't, so I didn't. I don't think I made it any clearer. I want Kathy's!! HA!!

kathy - what is your Water intake each day? it may be that you are dehydrated. try upping your Protein and water some, without changing anything else. see if that makes a difference. Tricia - I love your intake. sounds perfect. And you are getting some good variety in there. you don't have your water on there. How is your water intake as well? Esp if you are upping your step workout you should be drinking more to help the muscles grow strong and healthy. Kristen - I have heard of others getting tight after a PB and TOM. It might just be irritation, and increased hormones. Hang in there beauty! Diane - you son of a gun! Congratz on 199. I am just to happy for you!! I can't wait to feel that too! All of you who have lost...AWESOME JOB!!! Way to go people! When we are all skinny minis we will have to all do a cruise together. That was DH's idea, but personally I think he just wants to see a bunch of newly confident women in bathing suits LOL As for the bet on how much my apron weighs...I will bring back something cool from Mexico for who ever gueses correctly (or is closest) Pnut is so good at making tables and lists. LOL Plus it was her idea, so I nominate her to make a little list to update with people's guesses on there. I will see if the surgeon will weigh the actuall skin and fat taken off to see how much it is. then we will have an exact total. And whoever is closest will get a little something from Mexico. I will get a couple of things in case of a tie. When I was told yesterday that we would be there from 7-9 days, DH got all excited! LOL "Cool! What do you want to do while we are there? Wanna go see some sites? We could take one of those tours into the mountain!" I was like um....HELLO!! I will be in bed with a pillow pressed against me trying not to vomit from the pain killers!! I doubt I am gonna wanna ride some jeep up a bumpy mountain road! LOL you know i love him to death but sometimes...

if you contact the people at ready4achange.com they can give you a price quote for the plastic surgeon I am going to. He is a really nice guy, works closely with the band doctor I am also going to, and the prices are phenominal! Email Judy at ready4achange and ask her for some quotes. Hope that helps!!

here is the encouragement: We can do this! You and I! And all of us. It really sucks when our scales don't move, or move the wrong way. I know I cried this morning. But little by little we will be big losers. I may have gained, but I know that my pants are fitting differently, and I probably gained some muscle mass along with a little Water retention due to TOM. So this is all temporary. I talked to Pnut on the phone yesterday and we were talking about reinventing ourselves. Every morning when we wake up we have the ability to choose who we are going to be that day. Every day we can be someone new! This morning I woke up and decided I am going to be the workout queen I need to be. I am going to drink my water. I am going to do my hour and half. I am going to not eat any sugar or flour. I will eat lean Protein. And you can do that too. Wake up everyday and decide who you are going to be. If I need a break...I wake up and decide to be a lazy butt and eat bad and not excersize. Hopefully in the future those days are few and far between. Now the critique: I think you should go for less dairy protein and more lean meat protein. Maybe an egg white omlette for Breakfast instead of cottage cheese. I love cottage cheese personally, but only love the large curd. Fat free small curd makes my head swim. The lunch salad with the chicken or tuna sounds perfect! What sort of dressing is it that you are putting in the tuna? Does it have and carbs in it? Try to cut out just the sugar and flour. Its hard, but it seems to really boost your energy naturally. The cashews are high in sodium, and this can sometimes stall you. Try almonds instead. Higher protein, lower fat, and no sodium. What kind of veggies are you eating with your dinner? Try to stay away from corn and potatoes, and focus more on peppers, peas, squash, broccoli, and tomatoes. These are nutrient rich veggies with very few cals, and really low in nutrual sugars. Also, do not eat more fruit servings than veggy servings in a day. that will help to balance out the natural sugars you take in. And now on to the coffee. We all know we should not be drinking it. It is hard to give up. I tried to go with no coffee all week last week and found myself dragging butt so badly i had to take naps during the day. I can tell you that you should not drink it. Caffiene increases energy burn, which burns cals, but it also dehydrates you and makes you retain water. but we all still drink it. some of us need it to function. I know I do. And this morning I went back to coffee. oh well.

ARRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH I had a perfect week! I did everything right!! and I am back up to 356!! WTF?!?! Gotta be freakin kidding me!! C(356)

I am an owl as well, although there were a few questions there I prolly should have answered differently. LOL

I have met her once, and heard great things about her!! I am one to plan on using her for my fills after my surgery in Mexico.

I am happy to answer all the questions!! My surgeon is ALEJANDRO CARDENAS who is a platic surgeon in Monterrey MX. I got his name and information from ready4achange.com who also coordinates for my Lap band doctor, Dr. Sanchez. The total cost is $4200. This includes everyhting but hotel and airfare. I may be able to stay at the guest house that Dr. Sanchez uses for his patients if there is room, but if not they will be setting me up in a hotel nearby. I will be in the hospital for one night after the surgery, then must stay in a hotel for about 5 or 6 days after. I might stay longer. Depends on ticket prices, and how I am feeling. I will be going back down to Monterrey for my lapband surgery about 3 months later with Dr. Sanchez. Woohoo! I don't think i am going to sleep tonight. HA!

it does not mess with the stomach muscles. It is just the fat removal. But it is a tough recovery. Not as hard as a TT, but I will be there in Mexico for 7-9 days, then off my feet here at the house for another week or two. I heal pretty quickly, so I am hoping this will not be too bad.

i'm getting the pics i sent to my surgeon together so you guys can see. be forewarned. its ugly. LOL but we are all fat here...or at lease some of us. others have reached onederland, and others are on their way. be glad you don't look like me. HA! *sigh* what ever happened to that 100 pound cheerleader that turned into this bod. So here is the deal. These are the pics I sent to the surgeon. I will be taking pics the night before surgery and posting them. Then I will take after pics as well as a weigh in before and approx a week after (to get rid of surgical fluid). The bet is how much weight do you think is going to be removed from having this surgery? Keep in mind these pics are basically to show what is being removed, and the pics before surgery will (hopefully) be different.

oh you are talking to a girl who has little modesty. LOL i have taste, but no modesty. i say yucky just cause it is yucky. but i don't mind showin. thanks for looking out for me though chickie. i am with a good group.

Thanks Tricia!! You have no idea how excited I am!! I called Pnut when I got the news, and she said we should start a betting pool on how much i will lose just from the surgery LOL I guess that means I have to post pics of my yucky belly. LOL

some of these on the site are tummy tucks though, and should not be confused with the same thing. you might also find that insurance is more willing to pay for it if it is noted to not be a tummy tuck, but purely a skin removal and fat removal surgery. if you go for a full tummy tuck they will more than likely deny it.

just give us your information! What is your story? How much weight do you want to lose? Then copy and paste a scorecard from the first page of this thread. then everyday come back to the post you pasted it into and click on the little blue edit button in the lower corner. This will allow you to edit and put in your numbers for that day. That is the challenge part. You are late getting in, but honestly it helps me just to stay on track!! If you need any other help feel free to ask!!

i know...if it taste strong, and most people hate them it must be good for you LOL

oh sweety i hope it is just some mild irratation and nothing serious. you are in my family's thoughts and prayers. hand in there girl!!

oh girl step on as many toes as you want. that is the way to learn! LOL Welcome to LBT!! We are glad to have you!! Why not join the challenge! or at least join the Gone for Good club. We are all a sister and brotherhood here and take of each other. Its a great place to be!!

Ok people...big news here! I just scheduled my apron removal surgery!!! Omg i am so nervous and excited! I know I can do all of this without this surgery, but I also know that having this surgery now will make my lapband weight loss so much more successful and enjoyable! I am going to have the apron removal now (which is not a tummy tuck just a removal of loose skin and fat) and then do more plastic surgery when I am at goal. My date is scheduled for July 7th, then I need a healing period before I go in for the lapband surgery. During that time I can workout without getting the icky rashes or skin infections us fatties tend to deal with. Oh I feel faint i am so excited and scared and nervous and giddy LOL Can I get a big ole 'Hell Yeah!' LOL Gonna leave my sig in this post because it has my new doc's name in it. He works a lot with my band doc.

I just got my apron surgery date for Mexico!! I am going in July 7th! OMG! I am so excited. I do have to delay my lapband (again) but I know that this will make losing so much easier and quicker!! And the boost to my self esteem will help get my fat butt into the gym! YAY!

WOOHOOO!!!!! Way to go girlie!! That is awesome!!!!!!! Can't wait to see the pictures! That is fabulous!!

i'm hungry for one too. LOL Strawarts i love tomatoe salads. I usually go for mozzarella rather than feta cause i am not a huge fan of feta, but it is great with the onions. DH made chili the other night and doubled the amount of onions per my request. He loved it though! And has changed the recipe card to reflect it.

i don't like the ice cream, but holy heck!! The chocolate dipped waffle cones with nuts. omg. can i just have one of those? LOL

I got a bag of them just the other day and they were HUGE! I also like a "salsa" salad which is square chopped tomatoes, onions, peppers, cukes, carrots, and chicken. All tossed with some dark balsalmic vig and olive oil. yum.

you would laugh at how excited i am that i can continue to eat onions after banding. lol i am sure DH will be thrilled to pieces with this news. HA!:speechles