terri0826

Hey everyone! omgosh what a mess here. And just WHERE does time go....... I've kinda scanned thru the last couple of pages to see y'all had a good Thanksgiving weekend (3am Kat, really????? craziness lol). I didn't get any notification of a PM so I'm just now seeing about the new home for us, so I'll go over tonight and register. Don't want to loose you all cause like Kat this is my support group, even if I am lame and go WEEKS without being here! Some bad troubles and news, I tried to log on the weekend the updates were taking place and couldn't get on at all. And I really really needed to look around to try and figure out what was wrong with me! But I'm all better now and will post over on the new site Hopefully tonight. Terri

Hey everyone! Just want to pop in real quick to say hi! I haven't logged in here for over a week, not good...... Hopefully this weekend I'll have a little time to catch up on back posts and see what everyone has been up to. This morning I'm heading out to Phoenix to help DD move and take her dogs to her. yay!!! But of course we woke up to snow just when I need to travel. But it will be wonderful in Phoenix low to mid 70s ahhhhhhhh. Weight loss is kinda stalled AGAIN. I go for my 4th fill the week after Thanksgiving. I don't eat nearly as much as I used to but I'm guess I still eat to much. Combine that with no excercise and well it's not good. I've got to get it together and start exercising. All I do allllll day is sit at a desk and lately that's been from 7:30 am until 6 or 7 pm. Oh well at least I should be able to get some retail exercise this weekend walking around Ikea and the malls there lol. Hope everyone is well, I'll try to catch up tomorrow while I'm waiting for the movers.

yay! so glad to see that you are doing better! Debbie peanut M&Ms are my downfall. I LOVE them. I used to eat several (3 or 4) HUGE handfuls every night. I still eat them every night now, only now I get 10 out (yes I count them lol) and I eat them ONE at a time instead of two (yes 2 of the SAME color each and every time lol) at a time. Don't beat yourself up, just come up with a different plan. My plan of 10 is working for now :hi: Kat so glad today is your last day. I bet it's nuts out there! And I'll be SOOO glad not to have to watch anymore political commercials and answer anymore phone calls. I had FIVE last night. We've both already voted for crying out loud! Call me for lunch! No trick or treaters at my house. Kinda nice living out :sad: So I didn't buy any candy that will be talking to me! Sometimes the only way to shut it up is to eat it!! This 3rd fill seems to be doing well. I've had to slow down just a tad more, but still seem to be able to eat the same amount. My next fill is the week after Thanksgiving, she wanted to schedule the day before...... hello???? all day driving to and from Albuquerque when I have a TON to do at home? don't think so lol. Plus who wants mushies for Thanksgiving???? Work is driving me crazy. Our employees are all early-mid 20s and it's like running a freakn daycare around here sometimes. there is one that you have to CONSTANTLY watch. And of course he's the one that thinks he is perfect. Go figure..... Hopefully DH will be back this afternoon, they don't screw around when he is here. I guess I need to learn to be meaner huh? Hopefully I'll go to Phoenix this weekend to help DD move and take her dogs to her. woo hooo!!! 2 less dogs at my house can't wait.

7/20 here and yes some days I feel crazy about this! But I keep telling myself slower is better, for my skin and my brain. I've lost 36 lbs and that's good. If it weren't for the band I probably would have gained 10 lbs the past 3 months. Hang in there we'll get to restriction soon!

Yay tracy!!!!!

Kat got your numbers, but not until early this morning before I left and I knew you guys were already gone. My appt wasn't until 11:15, I got there at 10:40 and was done by 11:08! Can't beat that! Thanks for the numbers, makes me feel a little safer :laugh: Just reading about every 15 min makes me cry and upsets me. Kids just don't realize how precious life is, I hope these programs get thru to them. I know what you are saying about the posts. I was a co-moderator on a hysterectomy support board years and years ago and know this. I let my worrysome ways take over and forget what I know lol. Thank you for the reminder! If you are doing well life just takes over, and that is a good thing! Like you tho I feel the support here is invaluable. Angela years ago I tried a spaghetti squash and didn't know that you should cut it in half....... darn thing exploded in my oven!!! haven't tried another since lol. Jenn that is one HUGE building! and gorgeous too. OSHA??? blech! lol You're my hero if you understand any of the regs! (((Suzanne))) you poor things! I hope you are feeling better by now. Ashley, yay!! no more little critters. Now they will have to find someone else's house to warm up in lol. Got my 3rd fill today. The NP did it and damn it hurt. When the surgeon did the 1st 2 I never knew he had stuck the needle in, but her???? She needs practice! And she had to stick me twice! the second one bled like crazy. She put a full cc in and I swallowed and it appeared ok. She took the needle out, but then then barium (they do all fills under flouro) started backing up. So another stick and she took out .1cc . It was a very odd feeling, I would swallow and swallow and it was still there lol. Glad it happened while I was still there. Freezing again tonight and now it is so windy. I want summer lol. Have a good evening everyone!

lol Kat I had no idea we had a dog park either! Where is it? I hope I never have to work anywhere that I have to deal with the public. Most of them aren't nice! Tracy mmmm homemade cookies. Love them! Nice!! I love meatloaf and I love it even more when someone else cooks it!! Tracy, prayers and hugs to you As Kat said it is COLD here! But she could have left out the part about Christmas....... :thumbup: I go to Albuquerque early in the morning for my 3rd fill. I'm getting close I hope! Seems to be alot of negative posts on LBT lately and it's kinda got me worried a little. Oh who am I kidding, I'd be worried with or without the posts lol. No little kids anymore for Halloween, they are all grown up. And where we live now we get no trick or treaters. That is a major good thing because now I don't buy any candy. whew another dodged bullet lol. Hope everyone has a good evening, I'm going to go home and load up the pellet stove and get it going. Gonna be another cold one. Then back to 70 by Saturday. Crazy spring weather lol!!

Kat thank goodness he was ok. And it's good to know the powers took this seriously and sent out S&R! I'm glad you got to learn that with him being ok in the end. I can't imagine how awful last night must have been. I've spent the last 30+ years worrying about DH driving to and from locations after working such long hours and now I have to worry about our son as well. Today is some laundry and some sewing. Well it will be some sewing if I will get off this computer! I'm doing some quilt blocks that are kicking my behind. They are hard lol. Oh and watching some Nascar racing! Tomorrow night will be the Cowboys!

Praise God Kat! He will still be in my prayers to make it home safely. **edited to add...... Damn dispatcher!

Will do! Would love to get together for lunch again. Yep, I'm a good citizen and voted :sleep: It was good to see you, sorry I didn't say good-bye, but you were getting busy and I had to run to I'd have time to stop by Quilt it YaYa and still make it to the next place on time lol. ewww we've had this happen before, DH will leave the door open when he is bbqing and it's worse in early fall when it just starts to cool off. We take the vaccum to them also! sooooo disgusting! But not nearly as bad as the moths Kat talked about. ughhhhhh GREAT idea! Tracy if you haven't tried Greek yogurt yet you should! Lots and lots of protein. My fav is Brown Cow brand from Sams, some of them are way to tart for me. Haven't seen the one with the honey to mix in but that sounds good! Trey I'm so sorry about your dogs. We have 3 and they are like kids..... spoiled rotten. 3 Jack Russells. Craziness most of the time but wouldn't know what to do without them. Suzanne, YAY! a 5K, that's great!!! I've got to start excercising. I never will get all of this weight off if I don't. Ashley, Christmas shopping???? ughhh I don't even want to think about that yet lol. Tracy I think you did good at DQ. Don't beat yourself up. You're doing great! Kat I just got to your last post. OMG I hope you've heard something by now. I hate how far they have to drive on top of working a full (and then some) work day. Lots of prayers for you. Welcome to the new guys! I'm Terri and was banded 7/20/10. I live in Farmington NM, just a few miles from Kat. Have 2 kids, well 3 now if you count DIL and 3 rotten dogs. We own our own business and I work there. Yep work there all day then come home with him...... lol hard sometimes. I've done so much better the last few days. Really paying better attention to my eating and I can tell. Now to start the exercise part of this program. blech..... I have an appointment Wednesday for my 3rd fill. I'm as worried about this one as I was about the 1st one. Only now I'm afraid I'll be to tight. Yes I am a major worry-wart! Hope everyone's having a great weekend!

whew, I have spent most of the morning (off and on since I'm supposed to be working shhh lol) catching up on posts. My prayers to those of you that are dealing with parent issues. My Dad has Parkinsons and is not doing very well and I'm so worried about my Mom taking care of him by herself. I live 9 hours from them and it just kills me sometimes. Kat, loved your story about Kinsey's political endorsement lol. So cute! And congrats on the new dog. We are dog people and have 3 of the little critters and DDs 2 for another month. Can you say dog hair??? EVERYWHERE! oh well, good thing they are so cute. Tracy you are doing fantastic! I know you may not feel like it at times, but you are such an inspiration! We only fail when we stop trying. We can do this!! :cursing: I've been bouncing around the same 3-4 pounds for several weeks now. It's my own fault tho, I'm falling back into the picking habit. I just pick at easy to eat foods throughout the day instead of sitting down to eat a real meal. Falling back into bad habits is so easy! I've got to start spending more time here because without the support this will never work. ok back to work now, something has gone wrong out on location and DH is about to blow...... ughh Hope everyone has a great afternoon!

Suzanne, I bought the pumpkin kisses this weekend because I love pumpkin and thought they would have chocolate also. But they were odd. No chocolate taste at all. Not sure what I was expecting but it wasn't this. Ate 4 of them then left the bag at my friends house for her DH. I know if I would have taken them with me I would have picked at them until the bag was empty! Maybe I will get the hang of eating better........... :cursing:

Happy weekend everyone! Well except for the cleaning and laundry part lol. I've tried catching up on posts and see there are a couple new people. Hiya new guys! I'm still kinda new here too but you'd never know by how they've welcomed me. ughh Suzanne your bbq sounds soooo good. It's very chilly here today and windy so that sounds like nice warm comfort food. I hope it freezes soon so my allergies will get better. I can't hardly go to sleep at night because of the ringing in my ears. It's driving me crazy, anybody have any tips for lessening it? I've got to tell you guys what happened on Thursday. I got to work and was hungry (I haven't been eating breakfast since LB, well really before either!) and I had an Atkins protein shake in my little fridge (NP told me NO cold anything first thing in the morning ever) so I poured it in a cup and drank it. Filled me up. About 30 min later my back started hurting BAD and then it moved to include the middle of my gut just below my breast bone. It was hurting so bad y'all I started getting queasy and felt lightheaded. I was afraid of 2 things, somehow I did something bad to my band or those dang kidney stones were starting to move (I've got 4mmish ones on both sides ugh). So I left work and made it home and laid down for about 20 min. Got just a tad better but still hurt bad. I was getting really scared by now. Trying to figure out what doc to try to see, the one that was open to LB has had to leave her practice as she has cancer and the other 2 PAs I've seen there don't seem very open to it. And our ER is awful. But it's a 3 hour drive to see the NP at the surgeon's office. ugggghhhh panic time. Then it kinda started feeling like a really bad muscle cramp in the middle of my belly. So for some reason I thought I would drink some really really warm (read: HOT duh) water. It actually felt good. And made it hurt a little less. So I got the heating pad out and put it on my belly. After about 15 min better still. Got up to go into the kitchen and just as I got in there I let out the biggest longest burp you've heard! O.M.G. it was the worst one yet lol. But......... the pain went totally away!! ROFL I was starting to think I was going to die right there and all I needed to do was BURP! So I've learned 2 things...... NO cold drinks at 8am and SLOW DOWN. I love how the band gets your attention. over. and. over. again. Been quite awhile since I've felt that goofy!

Hey everyone! Just a quick drive-by post finally lol. For some reason I can't log onto here from work most of the time. Use the same login/password as from home but still no go. Finally today it let me in! I just don't seem to have time when I get home to sit down at the computer anymore. Last week it finally hit me WHY..... I feel so much better and I'm doing to so much more! Plus I don't have to sit and rest inbetween now! Amazing what 34 pounds will do! So Suzanne I did see you made it home safely, it was SO great to meet you! And glad to see you made it thru Roswell in one piece hehe. Kat it was great seeing you again too. I need to come see you again so I can vote and have that done! I'll be over there Monday at a class maybe I'll have time to run by. Hope everyone is well, I'll try to start catching up this morning while it is quiet around here. DH and our new Op Mgr are at a meeting so I've got a few alone. Even tho I SHOULD be writting a chapter for our safety manual on sandblasting..... ughhhh I HATE trying to write that stuff. I'm not a very good writer as it is, then throw in OSHA language and I'm lost lol. Will try to check in again this weekend, but DD is coming home for Fall break and she usually kidnaps my computer while she is here lol.

Has anyone tried any of the unflavored ones in hot chocolate? Now that it's cooling off I usually have a cup of hot choc in the mornings when I get to work. Seems a waste to not have extra protein in it :biggrin: I'm just afraid they will get all...... snotty, if you will, when put into something hot.

Hey y'all! Almost Friday! whew it's been a long week here. And getting sooo cool in the mornings. Fall is surely around the corner. Michelle hope you have a nice relaxing weekend! Kat I love TB too. of course right now my go to is the Pintos and cheese Loved them even before LB! I wish more people had your attitude about the children of divorce, most don't put the good of the child foremost. Not sure where to suggest to take Suzanne and her hubs to dinner, Rubios is always good :thumbup: Then there is Olive Garden, but it is soooo noisy in there it's hard to visit. Have you eaten at St Claires? I have a couple of times and liked it, but I've heard of several people that didn't. They have the absolute BEST customer service hands down. Not something you get much of around here! Tracy I've heard also that it's not good to Aleve on a regular basis because of the ulcer issue. I've taken it a couple of times since surgery and had no problems. I'm sorry finding a new home for the cat was upsetting for Macy, but I don't blame you. Pets are alot of work and responsiblity. You did the right thing. Suzanne looks like you guys are moving right along! Have fun and be safe! Not much going on here this weekend (I hope!). I was going to go to Phoenix to see DD but her apartment manager wouldn't ok for me to bring her dogs for the weekend so we decided to wait. She'll be home in a few weeks anyway for a wedding, then a few after that for Thanksgiving. Can you BELIEVE it's almost Thanksgiving????? I don't even want to think about it...... Hope I get some sewing in this weekend. DS and DIL will go the the Harley rally I'm sure and DH will play some golf and hopefully talk DS and DIL into going fishing a day or two. Hope you all have a safe and fun weekend!

Yay Tracy! You are doing great! mmm Icees are so good, but my doc told me I could never ever have them again.... they are carbonated BUT lots of people have a little soda/carbonation after a while so I'm not gonna let it worry me lol :wink3: as of this morning I'm down 29 lbs!! I can't remember when I last saw the 230s! It's all a little surreal right now. I'm hungry most of the day, but it seems to be a different hungry. This one I can handle. It's not the cold sweat, shakes, roaring in my ears hungry gonna pass out hungry. Now I want an Icee.................

(((Michelle))) you will definitely be in my thoughts and prayers. I know it's easier said than done, but try not to stress to much until you see your doctor. Stress isn't good. Glad your DH will be home for a while, that's bound to help you. Kat what a great idea of freezing the chili flat! I would have never thought of that. ahh the place next to Golden Dragon is where is was thinking of going, I drive pass it almost everyday as our shop is on SJ Blvd. My friends bag theirs like your neighbor does. Then clean when they use them. I guess that would be ok for the meaty whole ones but I really like your idea for the chopped. I just don't know if I would use an entire bag, I'm terrible about cooking and we eat out WAY to much. Suzanne be sure to leave room for you and DH in there!! Well I'm going to go try to get some quilting done, I'm way behind on a block of the month program I joined. Terri

Hi everyone! To long between posts again, I guess I'm not ever gonna get it together to keep up lol. I logged in 5 different times yesterday to try and catch up but had to keep walking away. Finally now I've caught up! Kat where did you get your chilis? I've only bought them once and from what you say they did a terrible job roasting them. I thought if they were that hard to clean I didn't need them! You're making me want to try one more time :biggrin: I love everyone's talk about pets. We have 3 Jack Russells, my DDs 2 poodle/chihuahua mixes and her cat right now. ugh can you say ZOO? Hopefully her 2 dogs can go live with her soon, she's trying to find a bigger apartment in Phoenix on the ground floor. She's on the 2nd now and it would be so hard with them. Her cat is here to stay as he LOVES living in the country (or semi-country where we are lol) He is a siamese and such a good cat. We've had cats off and on over the years and they've been alot like Suzanne's! Tear everything up! But this one love to be petted and doesn't bite when you do, he plays fetch with hair elastics lol. They only bad thing is the shedding during the winter when he is in alot. Our JRTs are spoiled beyond belief, worse than our kids ever were. But dangit what do you do when they are so cute????? Had my first fill on Wednesday. I've been starving since! Had liquids the rest of Wed, protein shakes and applesauce on Thur. Then today I had pintos & cheese from taco bell for lunch and mexican for supper, an enchilada and more beans. I LOVE refried beans lol and luckily they like me. All did very well going down, whew. But I'm still hungry. He put 1cc in under fluro. Go back 9/18 for 2nd fill. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Hey y'all! Cindy - what a gorgeous school! But dang that's alot of kids crammed into the old one. And an extra 2 mins??? geee. Tracy - 2 jobs that's great! I'll say a little prayer for ya! Suzanne - ughh I need to start walking. I was supposed to be walking 30 min 5 days a week before my first fill. Not gonna happen as I go next Wednesday! When will you be thru here? I can't wait to meet you! Still busy here, luckily this weekend was less so. So I layed around all weekend and caught up on rest. Eating is going fair. I'm in "hell" lol. I've gained a couple of pounds back but I still eat way less than what I did before surgery. I go for my first fill next Wed, 8/25, and I'm scared. I don't want to PB or get stuck! But I suppose I'll dig out my big girl panties and go for it:tongue_smilie:! I already feel better just from the weight I've lost so far. Gonna go scan the rest of the board. Have a good night!

Hey y'all! Well I've done it again, gotten behind! ughhh 4+ pages to catch up on lol. In-laws and DD are here for a little over a week. DD leaves Sunday and in laws leave sometime next week. So I probably won't check back in until then. I'm eating pretty good, had an enchilada and beans the other night and did really really well. I start aching when I go to fast or take to big of a bite and then just sit for a bit to let it pass. So far no truly "stuck", whew. And I've lost 25 pounds! woo hoo I'm just tired of burping lol. Go for my first fill on 8/25. The only thing I'm finding extremely hard right now is not having my ice tea while I eat. That is one hard habit to break....... ok gonna go try and catch up a little with y'all, but wanted to say hi first in case I have to go. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Terri

Hey everyone! I wasn't going to go this long without posting again, but time just flies to fast!! I'm doing good. Finally slept for several hours at a stretch last night and the went in to the shop today. Got home at 4. I actually think opening all that mail and filing helped the gas, I belched and belched and belched! ick lol. I'm not feeling hungry and really I'm not eating much at all. I'm also not getting enough water in, after a few sips it kinda makes me feel nauseous. Gotta work on that because I go back for followup at the Urologist next week. He wasn't thrilled about the LB as is, if I go in with undiluted urine he really won't be a happy camper. I've read thru everyone's posts but now can't remember lol. I think 2 rounds of anesthesia a week apart just did my poor old brain in. Or at least that's my story............ I go back to Albuquerque Wednesday (blech) for my postop follow up. Driving seems to hurt more than anything so I'm not looking forward to it. But I've lost 6 pounds since surgery. Man I'm going to miss that once I heal and get hungry lol. But I'll be ok with 1-2 a week, that's what WW always was and I was always thrilled. Just getting tired of cottage cheese and yogurt. Can't do my protein shakes, they were so good when I could load them up with ice in the blender, like a milkshake. But now I can't do that cold just yet and it takes 20 min to get 1/2 of one down. By that time it's almost like a snot consistency. Should be able to go to mushies after Wed I hope. Kat when is your birthday? I'll be 50 exactly 1 month from today. I've hoped for years that I wouldn't be this fat by the times I'm 50 and looks like my prayers are gonna be answered. I may be bigger than I'd like at 50 but now I see a light at the end of the tunnel. Cindy (I think...sorry) I'm so sorry about your mother. My Dad had Parkinson's and I'm afraid it's starting to really weigh on my Mom. She couldn't find his 22 rifle 2 weeks ago and it really shook her up. My brother was able to go up (lives 90 miles away) and help her. He found it in the desk hutch/cabinet door loaded with spent shells. I talked to her some this weekend about seeing if their Senior Citizens Center has something he could go do, dominos or cards or checkers. She said she would check to see if they have a program for people who aren't always "there". It's so sad. Hope you all have a great evening, I'm hoping we get some more rain tonight. Last night's thunder and lightening show was great lol. Terri

I love those! Well except for the bruised forearms and the HUGE lumps on my forearms! What a great memory! DS and DIL had a blast there. He got a stupid tatoo on the inside of his first finger so when you hold it under your nose it looks like a little mustache! kids........... :biggrin:

Hey y'all I'm home! Got home around 3ish yesterday. Was doing great until that 3 hour ride home. Surgery scheduled for 11am didn't go in until 2pm! It was a zoo there. But all went well, really like Dr Smith. Slept very well at the hotel, go figure! Then last night in my own bed was awful. Couldn't get comfortable at all. This morning was lots and lots of gas pain but had a restful nap around noon. I just mixed a protein shake so hopefully that will get rid of some of the light-headness. They said to wait 48 hours and I waited until the minute :biggrin: Going to go read what you all have been up to now just wanted to post an update first in case I nod off!! Thanks for all the good thoughts!

Good morning everyone! Just popping in real quick to catch up and say hi. Trying to stay calm, hope I sleep tonight lol. Going to try and come back to work on Friday, it's just desk work and since I'm the boss (well DH "thinks" he is lol) I can leave anytime. I'll try to pop in Tuesday evening!