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ha ha Allie, I'm not scared. Just got back from parent teacher conference. That makes for a long day and long night. But the light at the end of the tunnel is Spring Break. Hey, I'm really doing good with my pampered chef. That is really keeping me busy. I wish I could quite my real job and sell pampered chef full time. I will be able to set up my own website before long and anyone anywhere can order from it. I'll let you know when that is available. Today was my weigh in day. I'm down to 191.5 plus my monthly vistor came today, so who knows what it would have been with out that lovely visit. I wore my size 16's to school today. I was so proud and looked pretty darn good. I really need to put up some picutres for all of you. Allie that is amazing that you are so close to getting cosmetic surgery! I know I am going to want a tummy tuck and breast lift when all is said and done. I carry my weight in my tummy. Okay, love my kids more than anything and they can be painfully honest. I have lost about 50 pounds and feeling pretty good. And my 4 year old was watching me change clothes and she proceeded to ask me why my belly was so fat. I told her I was just fat, or course she asked why, and I told her that I ate to much in the past. Oh well, at least I'm doing somethin about it now. I do plan to be a hot mommy within the next year, no doubt about it. I hope you all have a good night.

Allie, wow! I hope he get's the job, that sounds awesome.

OMG!!! Long!! Thank God he is okay. That would be so scarry. How is your DH doing. I'm sure he is pretty shook up. Wow! I do believe that things happen for a reason. Thank the Lord that he had angels with him that night. Hey, great job on the weight loss that is awesome. Goodness...I'll be praying for peace in your families life. lucy

Thanks Allie, yes my evening got better. I had a pampered chef party and it went great. Then on the way home I talked to my 2 year old and she sang happy birthday on the phone and was excited because she helped daddy make me a cake. My four year old was with me. When I walked in she came running and hugging me and saying Happy Birthday and led me toward the cake. Oh girls....she was so proud of herself and just beaming!!! That made my night. Of course she wanted to eat cake so I had a couple of bites with her. It was so nice and special. Oh, and her and my dh made me a card and she scribbled her name on it. She is my sweetie, and my 4 year old is my serious one. Isn't funny how siblings can be so different. Hope everyone else is doing well and having a good day. Love, lucy

Hey girls thanks for the birthday wishes. Well, I just totally feel apart at school today. It actually started last night when I went to bed. The tears started flowing and has not stopped. One of the other teachers actually came and took my class for me and that gave me time to pull it together. It is turning out to be such a hard day. But, really thank you for the kind words. On a good note...I lost 2 pounds this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Down to 192!!! lucy

Oh long...sorry to hear about the knee. My mom had to have both of her's redone compeletly. She was so much better after the surgery. But, to be honest the recovery can be pretty hard. But by having lost the weight and going into it as a fitter person, your recovery should be eaiser than what her's was. Hey....Good job on the lost inches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's awesome. Hey Strike...I can't remember what all you said, but way to go on the 7 pound loss! Allie, you did the right thing by laying it down for God. He know what is best for us and what we need. I'm sorry for your stress, I will keep you in my prayers. And yes, tell your DD congrats!!!! Hey Addy, where are you? Apples, I too have and apple shape and my tummy has always been my largest area. I will be so glad when it's gone. Well girls tommorow is my birthday, I'll be 37. Birthday's are still hard without my mom. She always had me a cake, and something nice. So it is really hard. Tommorow is also my weigh in day, wish me luck. lucy

I have a new goal. I want to lose 10 pounds, that would put me at 184 and I am going to reward myself with a new pair of shoes. But hey...these shoes cost $110.00 so yes....my kind of reward. I have decided to go it at 10 pound incriments and give myself a real nice reward when I reach it. In case you're wandering: Sofft Black Women's Mariel Shoe wish me luck! I am kicking my exercise back in gear. I have the alarm set for 5:30 a.m. grrrrr!! lucy

Hey teach, wishing you the best. I will say a prayer for you. And don't put up with any RUDE doctors!! lucy

Oh wow Allie, I can just hear the happiness oozing from your post. That is wonderful and you should be so proud. I am happy for you!! Armywife, sounds like you may have a fickle band on your hands. Mine is like that sometimes. When we went out for our anniversary last weekend, I could not eat ANYTHING!! I really wanted to enyoy my meal, nice resaurant, no kids and yes, pb'd twice. I mean I could not eat a single bite. I don't know what was going on. Then the other night I ate a small piece of pizza, WTH? I hope it can work out for you to for your comfort level. Most days my band is really tight, but I'm going to tuff it out. I did not lose any weight this week, but I know it is because I have not been drinking enough water. I MUST get my WATER in!!

Yes, it is possible. I know of someone who made it to goal and did not have one single fill. It is kind of hard to belive. But it is true and can be done! Good luck to you and if you do find yourself at the point were you need a fill, by all means....get it and continue to use your band as your tool. lucy

Hey everyone, I'm just checking in. Been super busy cleaning house and getting ready for my pampered chef party. I also have 5 more parties planned for March and possibly another one. I am so tired, I've been cooking and cleaning and redecorating, moving furniture. We got our new entertainment center in...it looks so good!! Anyway, moved around the girls room, then moved the entertainment center, my back was hurting. Got up this morning to leave for work and had a flat!!! It took me an hour to change it with my 2 year old and 4 year old trying to help. Late for work, stessful day at work!!! Cooking supper tonight and cleaning up and people from the church stop by for a visit. But hey, that is where I got my 6th party from, so not all bad. I am so tired and just rambling.....I'M GOING TO BED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lucy

Hey Allie, hope you are having a wonderful birthday. I can just about bet on it that you are!! Apples, hope you don't get washed away or blow away, you know you don't have much to anchor you down anymore. Long, we have a restuarant something like that here. I think it is called gouchos, or something like that. My dh has talked about it before and all the meat that you get. Our 12 year anniversary is this weekend and I told him he could pick out where we go, since I can only eat a few bites at a time VZ glad the scale moved for you, 3 pounds is great. I know you felt great seeing that number. Happy belated birthday Cathy! Drumroll please.............194!!! Yes, my scale read 194 this morning. I'm so happy. It is now at the point, that people are really starting to notice when I lose weight. I had to tell my friend/coworker across the hall about the swirly thing I do with my finger and we had a good long laugh! Hope everyone is well.

Hey Apples, that was funny and sweet also :thumbup: Allie, your post about your life changing from one birthday to the next was touching and insightful. I am so happy for you and want to say God Bless you and I wish you the best birthday ever. Put on something that makes you feel beautiful and a little sexy and go out and celebrate...you deserve it. I'm not sure about the pampered chef order, but I'll ask my director. Thank you for thinking of me :tt2: Well, I have had two people in the last two days comment on how good I was looking and of course wanted to know what I was doing. I told them I had lap-band surgery. I don't try to keep it a secret. But I have this weird thing I do, and I don't know why I do it. When I tell someone I had lap-band surgery I take my finger and do a swirly motion infront of my tummy. I know, weird. It's like when I say "lap-band" I have to make the hand motion to give them a visual. I really need to stop that!!!! Well, my weigh in day is Thursday, so I'm going to bed now, so I can get up and weigh. I'm giving myself good thoughts right now. I'll let you all know!!!!!!!! Good night, lucy

Okay, not the end of the world. Yes it was the salt, now stay off of the scale and drink water, water, water to flush it out. But hey, great job on the crunches!!

Oh thanks armywife, and I know what you mean my kids are 2 and 4 and growing up way to fast. My 4 year old wants to get married and have a baby, and I do mean right now!!!!! She asked me one time when she was going to be 18 and I told her that it will be along time for her but only a short time for mommy :smile: Hey...good job with the exercise!!!!!!!!!! Apples, oh no....I'm just getting started with pampered chef. The meeting was with my director and others on her team at her house in Conway, which is only about 25 miles from my house. So I just drove, lol. Sorry about the corn episode, glad everything is okay. Long, I hope you did not get back on the scale today and find disappointment. You know how much we can fluctuate day to day. That is why I only weigh in once a week. Sometimes it is hard not to step on but I try to resist as much as possible. When I hit 199.5, I did not get back on for a week because I did not what to be upset if I had a fluctualtion. Hope everyone had a good day and is doing well.

Oh wow Long Congrat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is wonderful, you are so close and have came so far. You should be very proud, I know you are :w00t: I don't have much to report. Just got back from my Pampered Chef team meeting. I know I have to be losing, because my band is still sooooo tight. We'll see this coming Thursday...my weigh in day.

Well Addy, congrats on the clothes, I know that feels awesome. Sounds like you are doing really good, keep up the good work. I bet you are looking hot!! lucy

Well, I am doing really good, feeling good and been told that I'm looking good also:tongue2:. Yes, I did beat my husband in the weight loss challenge!!! I got below 200 before he did, although he really did not try. I know if he would have tried he could have beat me, but he loves his junk food too much. Plus, I think he wanted me to win, thank you dear. I now weigh 196 and feel soooo good. I feel good physcially and mentally. I did try the pills from my MIL for about one week and I hated the way they made me feel. They made me feel...well, NOTHING! And I did not like that feeling. I love to play and loving on my kids and feeling alive. I have been going through my closet and cleaning out alot of my fat clothes. I can now wear an XL, how exciting is that. I used to wear a 2XL, so yeah it feels good. My principal told me the other day that I was looking good and I said "I know!" So, things are going really good and I'm very happy.

Hey Allie, have fun tonight and tell her congrats on the scholarship. Apples, on Valentines day I made popcorn for all of my classes. But I did it on the stove top, shaking the pan back and forth. You would be surprised at how many of them had never seen that done and did not even know you could that. I teach them a lot of cooking from scratch because they need to know that. Next year, I plan to teach them canning ;0) Have a good weekend everyone

Well, I am doing really good, feeling good and been told that I'm looking good also:tongue2:. Yes, I did beat my husband in the weight loss challenge!!! I got below 200 before he did, although he really did not try. I know if he would have tried he could have beat me, but he loves his junk food too much. Plus, I think he wanted me to win, thank you dear. I now weigh 196 and feel soooo good. I feel good physcially and mentally. I did try the pills from my MIL for about one week and I hated the way they made me feel. They made me feel...well, NOTHING! And I did not like that feeling. I love to play and loving on my kids and feeling alive. I have been going through my closet and cleaning out alot of my fat clothes. I can now wear an XL, how exciting is that. I used to wear a 2XL, so yeah it feels good. My principal told me the other day that I was looking good and I said "I know!" So, things are going really good and I'm very happy.

Hey there, glad you are doing so well. Sounds like you have your energy back, that's great isn't it? Keep up the good work :tt2:

Hey Apples, I'm like you...I like to clean and organize. I need to do a good sweep through my house now. I teach Family and Consumer Science (Home Ec) and have a very large classroom with 3 kitchens, and sewing area. I make my students clean and organize all the time. When I get going, you should see the look on their poor little faces. But hey, it's good for them!!!!

Well, it sounds like everyone is having a good day, how wonderful. Apples have fun.....you lucky thing you. VZ, congrats on the call backs, that sure does lift your spirit :tt2: Long, you probably already have those smoking hot legs, you just can't see it yet. I think we all seem to have on some sort of "fat" glasses that are hard to lose. OMG!! I ordered 3 new tops, from QVC of course. And the 1X is way to big and the XL fit perfect. I had to pinch myself. Am I really in and XL and size 18 pants? Really????? I was wearing a size 22 and 2XL tops. It feels really good.

Well, today was my weigh in day and I can say that I am firm in the onehundreds. I weighed 197. Last week was 199.5 so I lost 2.5 pounds this past week!!!!!! So now my focus is on the seven pounds and to hit 190!!