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i missed it, i was scrubbing my neighbors toilet. i thought that would be more fun that watching idol-minus-chris...sniff sniff...:-(

anyone else need their toilet scrubbed?

Is anyone bothering to watch? I refuse. Idol makes me sick, love the singers, but the show makes me sick. Instead of Ryan saying the he had 52 million viewers...he will at least have to lower that number to 51,999,999. I think I would rather scrub my neighbor's toilet...:angry Long Sing Chris Daughtry!!:clap2:

Maybe I will go scrub the Walmart bathrooms tomorrow when the results show is on...

This has been a pretty common complaint lately. I suspect you will get a lot of responses on this one. Keep searching the old threads about UHC and houston doctors. I will look to, and if i find it, i will bump for you. i was selfpay, and know NOTHING at all about insurance coverages. good luck, and i hope it works out for you!

JACK was talking to me...did ya'll hear that? he was talking to me...ME!! Of all the bandsters here...HE CHOSE MEEEEEEEEEEEE!! LOL

Ya'll HAVE to stop planting all of these evil seeds in my mind. COLD TURKEY...is how i have to go... (and i should probably EAT more cold turkey too...lol)

hey girl, i did the same thing(only I didn't get down to 191, i was down to 196). we talked about that, i think. well, my doc told me the same thing about the first fill/two week thing. I went back in and almost half of my fill had disappeared. So, the refilled me and then added more. I am now at 1.8. I have restriction, as I can tell that I have to chew better, and eat slower, but I can still feel the food move past the band almost immediately after i swallow. I have noticed a marked change in my appetite, and the scales are SLOWLY starting to move(my time of themonth, so it is hard to say how much Water i am holding onto.) Monday next week, we should be able to tell. So hang in there. We are lower bmi bandsters, and the loss is usually going to be a bit slower for us. Let's just take it one day at a time, and not lose faith in our bands. It is not like we can take it out and return it to the doc, we might as well learn to live with it and rest assured that as long as we don't try to trick it, then in the long run we will win this battle!!!

i like only the thin layer of chocolate on the top and bottom of the cup. I do not like the thick rim of chocolate on the outer rim of the cup. oh, gosh, i am demented. wheres is vinesqueen's tough love when we need it?

CONGRATS!! take care of yourself!

jack jack bo back banana fana fo fack fee-fi mo mack JACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1-2-3 WE LOVE YOU JACK!!

welcome and good luck!! you have come to the right place to find information, and testimonials...

wow lianna, thanks for sharing that. i have never noticed them, but i will look for them from now on. how many calories/fat/carbs etc?

hmmmmmmmm, wonder who that might be???

hmmmmmmmmmm...i am going to look for this in my area...

nerd, Jachut's message should clear up the reason for stopping meals at 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, your pouch has had time to work some of the food through the band, so you have room to replace it. If you sit long enough, you will end up eating too derned much and defeat the purpose of the band. good luck and by the way. i had my second fill on wednesday, and i am really feeling the difference. each day is more significant.

Someone should start a Chris Daughtry thread!!

Hey, I wonder if I got the last absent element CD. I ordered around 4 or so yesterday, and i havent gotten any notice that it was not in stock. i can't wait til my CD gets here!!! I cant wait for Chris's new CD to be made!!

i tried the miniatures, but they come in these great big bags with about a thousand of 'em. i can't stop until they are gone. the easter egg ones are my most dramatic addiction. i think they have more Peanut Butter and less chocolate. That is just how i like em. The Texas sized "Big Cups are more like the eggs. Only one in a pack, and i peel off the layer of chocolate on the outer top edges, and they are perfect. Damn the following people who allowed their chocolate to mix with someone elses peanut butter: the cavemen who were fighting the flight attendants who else people? I know there are more people who allowed their chocolate to mix with their peanut butter. I just can't remember. ((in my best mocking voice...you got your chocolate in my peanut butter, you got your peanut butter on my chocolate!!))

grocery shopping online?? I bet you drive one of those HOVERCrafts to work too?? I thought Mrs. Jetson was the only one who could GROCERY shop online!! How does this work? Do they deliver, or do they gather, and you pick up? Is there a service charge? OH MY, the poor bag boys are going to be obsolete. Some of them were so darned cute.

WHAT!!??? A diet reece's peanutbutter cup??!! Is it a true reece's?? Or is it a knock off? Oh, what am i saying, diet only means that i will eat twice as much, feel half as guilty, and lose NO fat. ((sigh)):tired

thanks for the good info...

hmmm, excellent ideology...any suggestions for implementation? This could be tricky...i mean those damned grocers put them RIGHT in my FACE and then make me stand in line at the checkout for 45 minutes. That is too long to fight for me...

BROADWAY for katherine!!?? That is a great idea, i never really considered it, but you are right. She would do great there. You know, i have read of several former idol contestants finding their niche on broadway. I overlook elliott's teeth. He WOULD look better with a repaired grill, but why risk changing the sound of his voice. Consider Jewel, her grill is pretty whack too, but i read that she feared changing the sound of her voice as it sounded now. and Elliott IS much more pleasing to look at than clay was, not that clay was a total dog or anything. Hey Dody, i just bought one of chris's band's CD's. Kelly posted the website earlier in the thread, maybe on 36-37. i want to say it was www.absentelement.com but i may be wrong. i listened to a sample of the music, and it is Chris, just like I want to hear him. I think he could boost Absent Element to real success if he hangs with them. He has a huge enough fanbase with AI to lay a firm foundation to build on. Kellymoos i read that too about the contestant voices on the phone numbers. i think we are ALL trying to find some kind of flaw to blame this on, we are still all shellshocked. I think that once we all see that Chris is not over as a result of being booted off the show, that we will begin the "healing" process and move on. And Sunta, thanks for answering back. I really worried that i had opened one of those cans of worms that explodes all over ya. PHEW! Group HUG!

To say that if celebs can't handle having negative things said about them, then they should not reach for the limelight is, well, imo, a cop out, especially when we are talking about idol contestants. Now, if you were to say that if celebs cant handle having negative things said about them, then they should not do stupid things...I could have agreed. These contestants, for the most part are NOT celebrities, and do not seem to fit the mold for the people who would typically reach superstardom on their own. Consider Kelly Clarkson. She refuses to shed her southern draw in her conversations. She stills says things like, "heck" and "ya'll." You don't hear Beyonce doing that...and Beyonce is a Texas girl too. They are both superstars, but are distinctly differenct celeb types. blah blah blah, i did not want to start a debate.... We can agree that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. My opinion-if we are going to criticize, then we should make it resemble something other than a personal attack. To say that any of these folks cant sing is not a very valid statement to make, as they have beat out how many 100's of thousands to get there. Maybe they arent superstar material, but neither are most of the former idol winners. And when I said respect yourself, it was not a personal attack on anyone, it was advice for any and everyone. it is a phrase that I use when talking to my children, my family, my co-workers, those who have worked for me, and even my bosses. If we ALWAYS respect ourselves, then there is no reason to believe that we will ever disrespect anyone else. I guess the whole idea for me, in this instance, is if we were the friends of these idol contestants, how would we deliver our criticisms to them? GOSH, THIS IS A FUN THREAD, AND I WAS ONLY TRYING TO SLOW DOWN THE NEGATIVITY. i still love you guys...and Sunta, I am sorry if you took offense.