Bimbabe

Not pitiful-you are just excited.

SNT-you are such a rebel!! LOL, I do the same thing.:biggrin:

Happy thoughts are with all of you September Samurais! Keep us up to date!:biggrin:

Whoooo! HOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Come over to the October Oddesy thread and join the rest of us SMASHING PUMPKINS!!! :cool2:

Hi Janet! I am having surgery on 10/14 as well! Have you seen the October Odessy post? It is a fun group on this forum...check it out!

Anne- This list is great. Thanks for doing it!:thumbup:

I have never heard of that, where to you get it?

Anne- Yes this will be a difficult time to make a carreer change, but you can to it! OMG! If I had a scale that weighed me to the 1/10 of a pound, I would be on it hourly! Something weird happens to me when I diet, I feel like the scale is calling me! I could weigh myself say at 8am and if I am home, I am back on it every 2 hours or so. I know that sounds crazy!!!

I did not feel like posting yesterday. No reason, just got lazy. I was on the forum, just reading, I really enjoy that. Yesterday was Sunday, so my husband wanted us to start going to church. I best describe myself as a Christian, but I don't neccessarily think one needs to go to church every Sunday. However, I do enjoy it. Yesterday the guest preacher talked about us being perfect, because we were created by God. I do believe that, but since God gave us free will and after all, we are only human, I don't necssarily see anything wrong with one wanting to improve himself. He mainly was talking about people in the magazines who are desperately skinny and the ones who have multiple plastic surgeries. There is a difference between what I am doing and someone who wants larger breasts and less facial wrinkles. Breasts and wrinkles do not result in serious health issues, like diabetes, heart dz, stroke, etc. But I do get it there is going to have to be a point were I am satisfied with who I am and what I look like. I never wanted to be so thin, my ribs show! Yuck. When I was a student nurse in college, we worked on a psych-medical unit. A lot of the patients were anorexics. I mean, these were young girls my age at the time (18), who weighed no more than 80 or so pounds. I just thought how sad and what is going on with them that they don't want to eat! Well, that is what I was learning about. But none the less, I did not aspire to look like that or even close, ever! I just want to be healthy, eat well, and live an active lifestlye. Not too much to ask but I do need to set a goal for myself before I actually go in for the surgery. I am thinking 165lbs would be good for me. That would be 100lbs less than I am now. We shall see..:thumbup:

I did not feel like posting yesterday. No reason, just got lazy. I was on the forum, just reading, I really enjoy that. Yesterday was Sunday, so my husband wanted us to start going to church. I best describe myself as a Christian, but I don't neccessarily think one needs to go to church every Sunday. However, I do enjoy it. Yesterday the guest preacher talked about us being perfect, because we were created by God. I do believe that, but since God gave us free will and after all, we are only human, I don't necssarily see anything wrong with one wanting to improve himself. He mainly was talking about people in the magazines who are desperately skinny and the ones who have multiple plastic surgeries. There is a difference between what I am doing and someone who wants larger breasts and less facial wrinkles. Breasts and wrinkles do not result in serious health issues, like diabetes, heart dz, stroke, etc. But I do get it there is going to have to be a point were I am satisfied with who I am and what I look like. I never wanted to be so thin, my ribs show! Yuck. When I was a student nurse in college, we worked on a psych-medical unit. A lot of the patients were anorexics. I mean, these were young girls my age at the time (18), who weighed no more than 80 or so pounds. I just thought how sad and what is going on with them that they don't want to eat! Well, that is what I was learning about. But none the less, I did not aspire to look like that or even close, ever! I just want to be healthy, eat well, and live an active lifestlye. Not too much to ask but I do need to set a goal for myself before I actually go in for the surgery. I am thinking 165lbs would be good for me. That would be 100lbs less than I am now. We shall see..

Hey! We are getting closer! I have 15 days and you have 17!!

Okay SNT! How about this?? OCTOBER ROCKS LIBRAS RULE!!! LOL:thumbup:

Here I am on day 6! So far, I have lost about 9lbs, that is not unusual for me. I retain water so that is what most of it is. BUT!! I will take it!:thumbup: Today has not been too bad. We did some running around and right now I am taking a break from my Saturday chores. I had a pretty big bfast. Eggs and a sausage. I just had some grapes, yogurt and chicken for lunch. Gotta go! I am going to surf the web for a minute and then start cleaning again.

october rocks! libras rule!!!!!!

There is a support group at Dekalb Medical Center on the 3rd Wed. of each month. Here is the link to the group on yahoo. Hope to see you there. Appel-Steinberg_OWLS : Appel-Steinberg_OWLS

Here I am on day 6! So far, I have lost about 9lbs, that is not unusual for me. I retain water so that is what most of it is. BUT!! I will take it! Today has not been too bad. We did some running around and right now I am taking a break from my Saturday chores. I had a pretty big bfast. Eggs and a sausage. I just had some grapes, yogurt and chicken for lunch. Gotta go! I am going to surf the web for a minute and then start cleaning again.

TIME FOR PUMPKIN SMASHIN'!!!!!!!!!!!:bolt: