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*foaming at mouth*....ya the heat is intense but better today!!! Did you get that WICKED storm last night?? HOLLLLLLY CRAP!!! Our power went off at 7:30 pm and came back on around 4:30 am this morning. LOTS of trees and branches down etc...... Leila: don't worry about not reaching the goal in this heat; to be expected!!!! Keep up the good fight!

wow...yeah, that sucks for you Barb. You certainly can't ignore it, either. At least, I don't think so....you will prob have to discuss it with your employee. Good luck....tough one!

First off: Eficka!!!!!!! You are HOT!!!! LOL.....really though.....you are truly very beautiful....hairdresser or no hairdresser!!! That being said... *waves* hey all April Banditos!!!! I'm still chuggin' along...hoping my fill (25 Aug) will give me more restriction and help me along a bit. I am eating less but not sure if it is due to a physical restriction or a mental block telling me "must stop now!". But it is tough wo the right restriction. I am exercising a LOT (not a new thing for me). I eat healthy "most" of the time.....the odd chip/cheezie still finds its way to me (my challenge is not eat them in Aug). Hope all is well with all the other April Banditos!!!!

LMAO....okay okay.....I had a REALLLY tough day at work guys!!! LOL....yes, I meant "cysts on ovaries" not "ovaries on cysts"..... too funny...... ...he, at least I know you guys aren't merely skimming my posts!!! LOL

Okay, okay, yes, I WISH I was melting away pound wise.... ....but, alas, I am merely refering to this freakin' heat wave we are having. It is just STUPID HOT. I can actually handle STUPID hot...what I can't handle is STUPID hot mixed with STUPID humid..... Just north of Toronto right now it is + 38 degrees.....withOUT the humidty...WITH the humidty it is +46 and climbing. EEEEGADS. Last night at 9:00 pm, it was still +36 For you non-Canucks out there....+46 celsius is approx 122 F.

Yeah...and folks leave kids, pets and grandparents in those hot cars......IDIOTS!

I have PCOS and also have several cysts on my ovaries. However, it is important to remember (despite the name) that even though you may have ovaries on your cysts....it does NOT mean you necessarily have PCOS. Lots of women have ovarian cysts but do not actually have PCOS (lucky for them).

Hey Jodie...yeah, you gotta take control of your life. I gotta say that I'm incensed at the fact your own mother threw out your medication because she thought you didn't need them....WTF???? Sorry, that truly bothers me. I don't know what it is like in the US...but don't you have some Centres that you can go to and get some assistance/help (medical or otherwise?).... Anyways....on a more positive note...you said that you were coming up to your one year anniversary and you were upset about "only" losing 30 lbs. I want to share this with you: my post op care person...she was one of the first to be banded in Canada....and has been banded now for 5 yrs. During her first year, she only lost 25 lbs. BUT, in her second year of banding she lost just over 100. She got to her goal weight and has been successfully maintaining now for over 3 yrs. So....don't lose hope....the game ain't over!!!! Be strong....you WILL get there and meet your goals (I don't just mean weight goals). Take care.....

I lost 17 lbs in 2 weeks.....but then again, all I ate was yougurt!!!! I was also allowed to have cottage cheese but I can't stand the stuff....so yougurt and more yougurt it was. Sure it worked...how could it not? Was it hard? You betcha! Worth it? Yup. Could I stick to it for life instead of having the surgery? NO WAY!!! LOL.....

OMG!!! Good luck Molly!!!! Maaaaaan, that was recommended to me a while back (about one week after surgery) and I took some (first time ever) and I just about scratched Mr. Yoda's eyes out for making me take it! That stuff is sooooooooooooooo beyond disgusting I can't even think of a word for it. NEVER NEVER NEVER again. I now take my benefibre every day without fail...but even if I get bunged up, I ain't gonna take the dreaded MOM>...I'll go another route. oh....ummmmmm....I see I digressed...sorry Molly......I forgot for a moment that it wasn't all about meeeee!! LOL Um.....yayyyy MOLLY......good luck......the MOM isn't that bad....(choke);.....you can do it!!!! *crosses fingers behind back* :rolleyes

HEY Buffie....glad to hear about the success of the defill. Yes, be sure to be careful what you eat (soft foods only) until your throat is better! Mandi...keep us posted on your fill situation.....will they/won't they!

oh...and though I LOOOOOOVE dogs (the bigger, the better) I don't actually have one. I do, however, have serveral dust bunnies.

ROTFLMAO.... HEYYYYYYY how did you get a photo of my husband???!!!!!! OMG...that is soooo hilarious. I showed Mr. Yoda and he is sad for the dog and said "poor creature"........ heheheh....Thanks...I needed a chuckle, Mandi....it was a tough day at work.

Thanks for sharing your "shame" Mandi....but don't feel ashamed. I laughed at your post....I wasn't laughing AT you...I was just shaking my head and laughing at the stuff we do. I've done that with chip dip...(not since being banded though). God, I hope my hubby doesn't read all my posts!! LOL Chin up....be strong....it's a learning curve and we'll all get through it sooner or later. There are bound to be some slip ups along the way or this wouldn't be so damn hard!

Hey Cloe....I think I understand where you are coming from....though of course not everyone has the same issues. But I do understand the concept of sabotage. First of all....kudos to you for being "happy" with yourself and who you are in life...it does sound like you have lots to be happy about. I truly don't have any wise words for you or anything except to say that you aren't alone in your emotions (as is obvious from these responses) and so I hope that is some comfort. On a good note....I know easier said than done...but since you feel you have an addictive personality...maybe you can turn the addiction around and after time you may become addicted (in a healthy way) to exercise and eating well etc.....it's a thought?! Meanwhile, I do think it is good that you recognize these feelings that you have and that you dialogue about them.....it all helps. Okay, so maybe you feel like you sabotaged yourself (for whatever reasons....which may or may not be deep seated....sometimes we read too much into this stuff) but that isn't the end....just pick yourself up, and go at it another day...another day is a new day. Remember my personal challenge to not eat chips during the month of Aug? Guess what? Today (ummmm and it IS August) I had a small handful of chips at work. Yeah, I feel like CRAP.....but by god, I'm gonna do this thing and I will try again tomorrow to NOT have dem dere chips. You're not alone, though sometimes it may feel like you are.

I know this is a silly thing to get excited about but I can't WAIT!!! DH and I are going to Buffalo for the wknd to shop. We are hitting a TARGET!!!! (for any non-Canucks reading this, there are no Targets in Canada)....whooo hoooooo......I'm gonna get me some much needed (smaller) bras and underwear!!! Of course we'll hit the big Walden Galleria Mall which is next to the Target as well!!! The in-laws live in Niagara Falls (Canuck side) so we'll stop and visit them, of course, on the way back!! We normally go away every year for a trip (ie. Mexico last year) but it doesn't look like it will happen this year....so this is my mini-trip!! LOL. Hey, I'll take what I can get!!!!!!

....and on that note, I'm now off to brave the trek thru the sweltering gararge to the car... WISH ME LUCK!!! LOL

Oh ya maaaaan, definitely have AC.....southern Ontario is the freakin' humidity capital of the world....if ya don't have AC.....you're flippin' insane!!!! hehe Here's my routine...get up in A/C'd house.....move quickly thru sweltering gararge into A/C'd car. Drive in A/C'd car to work. Move even more quickly from intensely sweltering parking lot to A/C'd building. At end of day, repeat routine backwards. Course, give it a few months and I'll be complaining about it being -35 with the windchill!!! hehe aaaaaah....never happy weather wise here in Canada!

Well....it could be a fun date for your hubby, Buffie!! He can wait till you fall asleep and then draw on your face with a permanent marker....now THAT would be fun!!! ehheheeheheh....... don't ask me how I know this! :) :)

I don't know the Innisfil area well at all Kim....so no comment!

hey buffie....yeah, get like .5 out and like Mandi said....stick around and be sure you can drink a whole bottle of water with no trouble before you leave!!

be careful though on that day Kim....after being on the preop diet for so long, your body won't like all that food you plan on putting in it (even though your mouth and senses will). You do NOT want to get sick right before surgery. If you HAVE to have some of the stuff...just have a teeeeny bit....PLEASE don't have a whole lot.....you don't want to have a negative reaction to it PLUS you don't want to ruin what you will already have worked so hard to do. Don't forget...post band...there will be PLENTY of "special" days that you will still always have to be careful of.

You can do it Mandi!!! You & I both have an 8 lb goal for Aug!!!!

Loriely....remember the probs I had with my previous fills? That is why the fluro. You swallow barium (I think) and then they look at the port via x-ray so that thay can see exactly what the "up" is with it.....it will also help them see how the Fluid flows thru the band. Anyways, because of the probs with my past fills, Dr. Y wants to actually "see" in there.

I have a teeny fridge in my office, so I stocked it with yogurt, pudding and milk...the milk was for oatmeal...I would bring packs of oatmeal to work as well (I still do this for lunch sometimes). On the mushie stage, I would also bring refried beans or regular beans mushed up....and then nuke them and mix 'em with salsa/sour cream.