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Congrats Holly on onedurland!. I was thrilled when I hit that mark also. Now I am 181.2 and trying to get into the 170's. I take it 5 at a time now. I will loose more once I start in the garden, swimming, etc. Janet, I saw Traceeeeeeee last year at the state fair. It was a great show. I don't know whos coming this year but we usually have pretty good entertainment. I love country music but then again I love all music. My son is coming over to measure for the granite tonight. That is what he does for a living so got a good deal on that. Not that good of a deal but a much better deal than most, since I am the Mom. Anyway, I have started ordering stuff for the bathroom. I am trying to get him to get this done also before major fishing season and major overtime season comes in to effect. Fishing tournaments have already started. I got the cabinets ordered and the tub and sink and toilet. Am trying to figure out if I am going to tile or not. I want that old style look with the white hexagon floor and tiles walls three quarter way up but dont know yet. I can't afford the colors in that kind of tile since it is a handmade tile. I want that old style wavy look. I have found it in white and cream but I am kind of afraid of white or cream tile in the everyday bathroom with the grout. What do you guys think. Do you think I would have too much trouble with light grout on a heavily used bathroom. I am probably going to do it anyway but still thinking. My house has needed remodeling in the worst way so I am feeling better already just with the kitchen work. It is turning out beautiful. Yea I used to work for the Illinois Bell and then I retired and have been a caregiver off and on for a long, long time. I get attached to those old people. They are like little children. They depend on your every move. I retired from the phone company early since I had a dd and then twins 14 months later. My dh still works there and is in his 30th year now. I am very very greatful that he has had that good job ya know!!!. I'm out for now. Beckyo:thumbup:

Hey ladies, Sorry to hear about your problems Julie. I hope and pray you will feel better soon. I too was once in the hospital for 30 days with a ruptured appendix. Not fun at all but got through it. That was before we had computers tee hee! Well the lady I was caring for has passed away. She was a real sweetie and I enjoyed every minute with her. I made her laugh alot so that was a good thing. She had a rough couple of months there. Anyway, now I am at home again waiting on kitchen to get done. Electricity was all hooked up today in there and the stove. Don't have a countertop yet so my dd is going to have Easter dinner and I will help where I can. Man, I wish I could go on a trip. I need one. I have so much spring garden work to do that it isn't even funny. All my perennials are coming up fast now. Well, the scale didn't move much for about a month. Finally I dropped 1 1/2 lbs. I am tracking again and boy does that tell a story. Plus I am going to use your recipes also, Apples. The bean one sounds good to me. Lately with the weather being warm, then cold, then warm, then cold my bones are hurting somewhat. Janet, your gs is a cutie. Looks like you have alot of fun with him. My grandkids are 14, 2 and 2. The 14 year old is autistic so he doesn't have a wide interest span but he loves movies and the WII. I will get him movie tickets for EAster. The little ones will get baskets. Hey I bought a brand new Schwinn ladies cruiser bike right out of the newspaper. It has a horn, light, rims, and a nice seat. It is two shades of green. I love it and boy did I get a deal on that. Can't wait to start riding it. I will talk with you all later.:thumbup: Cheerio for now, Beckyo Beckyo

Well hey gang, I went AWOL for awhile. Took care of my little lady for quite a while. Then still working on the kitchen. Girls, I need help!!! I have fallen off the wagon. I got my last fill in Feb and from then until now I have lost 6 lbs. I have stayed the same weight all month going up and down a lb. Now I haven't gained any weight but I am very messed up with my eating habits and exercise. Being away from home and not having a kitchen is very distracting to me and my weight loss efforts. I have lost 65 lbs total but I need to loose 40 more to be at a reasonable goal. I am at 3.2 in a 4 cc band. Should I try to get another fill or wait to get on track first and see how I do. This is the time when I start back sliding (when I am not loosing). This is the first time since last June that I have not consistently lost weight and I am upset. I know I can eat more than a cup most of the time but usually I dont. I will write more tomorrow as I have alot more to say. It is good to hear that you all had fun on vacations, etc, new babies, braving the weather, falling ceilings, etc. Janet, you look like you are having soo much fun right now. Thats great!!!. Glad to hear everyone is okay while I was gone. Beckyo:wub:

Hey all, tonight is Tuesday. Sounds like everyone is doing good. Janet, I don't know about taking eq over tornado. I so far, have been afraid to come out to Calif due to the earthquakes, tee hee. Oh and Joanne, I definitely want to see your quilts as I also love them I have them on all of my beds at all times. Wouldn't have anything else:thumbup:. I don't know how to make them but I sure know how to buy them. Last night my sister brought over homeade chicken and noodles, fresh cooked carrots, homeade bisquits, mashed potatoes and fresh cherry pie. It sounds like nothing I could have but I did. I had a half cup of noodles, half cup of carrots and a few mashed potatoes. I was finally able to eat a complete meal and I was not even remotely hungry for the whole evening. Today I was down in my weight :thumbup:. Now I am at 66 1/2 lbs. It seems to be coming off slower now but at least it is still going downward. Janet, I like those tshirts. I bought some stuff in chicos also. I bought that straw bag with beads on it (really pretty) and a linen blouse and some earrings. It is storming outside, I just heard thunder. I guess I am going to try a cruise soon. Does anyone have trouble with sea sickness? Today I took leftover pork roast and made barbque pulled pork sandwiches, salad. I had a little pork and a salad so I did good. See you girls later. Beckyo:tt1:

Oh Yes Apples it will be worth it as it needed it pretty bad. I forgot to tell you all that this morning (Sunday) we had a tornado rip through Springfield. It jumped all over the place and there is wide spread damage but luckily no one got hurt. It came and went so fast that you barely had time to go to the basement but the wind was ferocious. Anyway just wanted to tell you all about that. Beckyo

Gosh Apples, I sure wish I had your amount of energy. You do soo much. Well today is (Sunday even) and I cleaned and organized all day. DH got the new kitchen window in today and so now things will move along a little faster hopefully. I made a pork roast in the crock pot since I have no kitchen. Made a salad, threw a few potatoes in the roast and thats what we had for dinner. I ate about 4 oz of pork roast and was completely full much to my surprise. The Protein really does make a difference. I am missing my hot vegetables and I don't like the way they cook in microwave. When I go out I get vegetables. Nothing else new to report. Hope everyone is having a good day today. Beckyo:thumbup:

Hey gang (Saturday Night). I went and walked 3 mile today and then went to Sams and picked up a few things. I bought a rotissere chicken in there and man it was delicious. I went real slow and got some down. Now I am full. Hey Janet, you were looking for tops with longer sleeves. Chicos has a new t shirt in that is V neck and has longer short sleeves. I tried one on today and they are great. Anyway I can now wear a size 2 in Chicos tops. I also bought a cream straw purse in there today with beads on it. It will be so pretty for summer. Am glad i got walk in. Ill talk with you girls later. Beckyo:thumbup:

Hey janet I sure wish I was cruising with ya. Well tonight went out to dinner and had eggplant parmesean and a small helping of spaghetti. Now I know that is slider stuff but I was full the whole evening. I try various meats but right now my kitchen is torn up so have no way to cook food. Have eaten some healthy choice meals. chicken has been hard for me where it wasn't before. Roast- forget it- to stringy for me. Pork chops are great if I take pencil size bites. I think I am leaning toward sliders since my kitchen has been down and thats why I am not loosing as fast. Its either that or because I layed off of exercise for a while. Back at that though. Hope all you other girls are doing great. Beckyo:thumbup:

You girls need to quit talking about all that good food. It sounds sooo good. Well as far as the lady goes, am glad she is now in the hospital. I am not much getting my weight to move very fast. Yesterday I walked 3 miles so that was good. I got a question. I had a fill around 3 weeks ago or so. I can eat with not much problem but I am still having trouble with meat. Grant it, I haven't been hungry on sliders and things like cottage cheese, eggs, sausage, cheese etc, but when I go to eat a piece of chicken or real meat, I can not get it down after about 3 bites. Now I do drink and eat plenty, but I do not stay full. Am I too tight? talk to you all tonight. Beckyo

Hey Gang, I am at home tonight (Wed). Started the 24 hr job of caring for an elderly woman (87) who broke her hip in late Dec. Weellll, she has a pretty nice home, nice family and all but after 3rd day, I had to convince family that she is feeling worse instead of better. Her nephew came over yesterday and carried her to my van, I took her to Drs office. It was cold and she had fever taboot so that didn't help her any. Dr did xrays, etc. and called an ambulance from the office to take her to the hospital. I met her at Emergency room and stayed all day. I thought maybe she had pneumonia since she started coughing alot. Guess what! She had a blood clot in her lungs and is critical. I just about had a heart attack. I was up all day and all night with her for the whole time I was there. Poor thing. I am so glad she is in the hospital now. Anyway I came back home and was glad to get in my soft sheets and get a good nights rest. I am like Janet, the more tired I am the worse I concentrate. I took all of my special foods over there for me and tried to stay good but was kind of getting off track on the last day. Anyway, starting fresh again with a clean slate. Getting on daily plate again. I did take my lap top but could not get the wireless to work over there. While I was there I was very busy with her though. This little lady is very religious and much to my surprise she, too, cussed in the hospital yesterday. She looked straight at me and said "I'm F$$@#@%ed arent I. I had to leave her room. I couldn't even believe that a woman that age would even know that word but it was funny the way it came out. Glad to here that everyone is doing okay. Apples, yur still cookin arent' ya. I would love to come over there also. Maybe me and Janet will show up there one day and then we could go snow mobiling huh. Long good goin on your onederland. I have kind of been stuck at about 64 or 63 lbs up and down. I gotta pump up the exercise. Love ya girls, Beckyo:thumbup:

Hey gang! Sounds like everyone is doing well today (Thurs). Yesterday I went to Dr and got a Z pack and some other things for this cold. I am feeling better today so far. Today I helped dh tear up my kitchen (I said bye bye to that old stove) tee hee!!! There is nothing in my kitchen right now so we will see how eating goes. I start care giving on Sunday for a lady that is getting out of Hospital. I will be staying over there for two weeks to begin with for day and night straight. I will have two hours a day to go do what I need to day soooo One hour will be to go home and shower, etc and one hour will be to go walk. I will have to haul A$$$. My dh will be working on the kitchen. I hate to miss all of that but can't pass up the money. I get alot of calls for this kind of work but can't take them all. I am going to take my own groceries over there so I can have my food that I need. My scales are going up the same pound and down for a few days or week now. I don't think I am eating enough. Today I had unjury and skim milk for b, coffee and fruit. lunch was cottage cheese and brussel sprouts and supper was 1/4 c spaghetti. Today I was stuffed on all of that. *I love those quaker rice cakes in the ranch so if I need a salty item thats what I eat. That is really the only thing I crave is something crunchy. It rained all day today so I didn't get to walk outside today. See you all tomorrow. Beckyo

Hey there all (Wed morning). I got up this morning and feel like crap. Called and got a Dr appt for today. I think I have a sinus infection. Ive had this for two week now and thats long enough for me. Nothing to report here. My life is pretty much boring at this point. Apples, where is your picture? I am anxious to see you:thumbup:. To the new ones, It is hard to get going on this program for some of you but just do a little each day until you build up to it all. Heck, I still feed deprived about food sometimes. I would love to have a big ol hamburger or a blt. Can't eat the bread. My number one trigger food would have to be popcorn also Long. Havent had much of it since being banded but one night I did have some at the movies and man I was sick all day the next day. My sis put a little butter on it and I havent had butter since being banded. Girls, talk to you all tonight. Oh and Phyl, I would love to work with the babies at the hospital. Beckyo:thumbup:

Hey Gang, Remember girls we are all in this together. I don't know what I would do without all of you. You guys are my main vein. Janet, today I had oatmeal for b, L was brussel sprouts and applesauce, Supper was baked chicken a little rice and thats it. I had a Protein Bar at lunch time also. Oh Long, I have unjury Protein mix with l cup of skim milk, if I get anything down in the morning. It comes in vanilla, Choc, strawberry and unflavored. I keep it on hand for extra protein if I need it. I think this fill I had two weeks ago is kind of tight. I had to go slow per Drs. new orders so last Sat was first day for hard solids. I had trouble Sat eating meat. Did okay on Sun but didn't get alot down. Today I finally got a piece of chicken down and got full very fast. Now I can truly only eat about half to cup of food at one time. I chewed the chicken real well tonight and I went very very slow. At the end I had to quit but at least I got it down. Also, I went and walked today. I still feel sick with this cold though. Plus all the kitchen remodel has been a dirty project so maybe that has bothered my sinuses. Keep up the good work everyone. Beckyo

Hey tonight (Sunday). Phyl, I had that cold and sinus and not over it yet so I know how you feel. Plus I had a fill two weeks ago also so I am a little tight. Janet, The day I tried the chicken was the first day I could eat regular foods so I blamed it on that but yes, I will watch my eating habits and see how it goes. Today I had unjury w skim milk for b, lunch was couple slices of cheese, supper went to DD for gs birthday. She ordered pizza. I ate a couple of pieces of sausage off of a slice and I did have a piece of bday cake. did not agree with me at all. Long, Congratulations on Onederland:thumbup:. You have done sooo well with your program. I have lost about 64 lbs so far. Not going as fast as you are but at least I am going downward ya know. I;m out of here to go watch the Oscars. Talk with you all tomorrow. Beckyo:wink2: