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Congrats China. I seem to go down some and back up the same. I am starting to get some excercise in too. I have a Dr. appt. on tues. I think I will get another fill and I should be heading in the right direction. This is such hard work. Hope Rose is doing well. When do you leave for vacation China? Everyone have a great day. Laurel

No problem China, I totally understand. Well the good thing about this school years schedule, I have no time to get bored and snack. The bad thing, I am having a hard time finding time to excercise. Yesterday, I did manage a 30 minute walk. I hope all is well with everyone. Laurel

Wow Rose, you look Great. I am so sorry to hear about your Mom and Mother-IL. China I hope you have a great time on your trip. I am walking on Saturday for The "Walk from Obesity". I feel like obesity has effected my whole life. I am trying to raise some money for this. If anyone is interested in donating(tax deductable) to this, I will send you the link to my site for donations. I haven't really excercised since I got back from Vegas, I started back to work on tuesday with all half days. Seemed like I didn't get any breaks during the day. I hope everyone is doing well. Laurel

Hello everyone. I got home around 2am this morning. I had a great trip. Rode on a harley, saw the hoover damn, and went to a place called red rock cayon. The time just flew by. I am glad to be home though. How everyone is doing well. Laurel

2 more days until Vegas. I am getting so excited. I know Rose will be in Vegas too, but we haven't heard from her. Keep strong too China. With this heat, I have eased up on my excercise. Have a great day. Laurel

Well, I went and had another 1cc put into my band and I am down 10 lbs since last visit which was 7/30. I worked very had for every one of those 10 lbs. I have another appoint for 9/22. I am finally heading in the right direction again. I am still up around 10 lbs since my slip. I am getting very excited about vacation. The only bad part is I go back to work once I get back. I get spoiled with my time off, lol. Whoever thinks this is easy, is dead wrong. I am going to make it work!! Where is Rose? You stay strong too China. Laurel

I think I finally got the scale moving in the right direction. Seems I have to have a day of eating some bad things and boom, I drop some. Go figure. I am going to continue to eat right, but on one day of the weekend, treat myself in a small portion of something yummy, lol. Only 6 more days to Vegas. Hope everyone had a great weekend. Laurel

I have enjoyed my last 2 days off. Yesterday, I went walking around my neighborhood for about an hour. Today I went to gym for my water aerobics. The weight is still not coming off but I am sticking to it. I go back to doctor's on tues. I will bring all info to them to see what is up. I am also starting to bruise easily. I hope everyone is doing well too. Laurel

Hope we all had a good weekend. I had a busy one. Wednesday will be my last day for my summer run. School reopens on 9/2 so i will have almost 3 weeks off. I still haven't lost any weight but I am still working out atleast 4 days a week for 2 hours. It has to come off. I am going for a fill on the 18th. Then I will leave for vegas on the 22nd. Hope everyone is doing well. Laurel

Rose, I will also be in vegas but I will be there from the 22nd to the 29th. Maybe we could meet up at one point in time there? You deserve a nice break. China, you don't have long to wait either for vacation. I have never been to the bahamas, you will have to let me know how it is. I hope we all are doing well. I have been eating more protein but the weight doesn't seem to want to come off. I am going to keep at it. I do feel so much better on the whole and I can feel muscles I never knew I had, lol. Have a great day everyone. Laurel

TGIF, I got to the gym 5X this week. I got a fill on wednesday. I only got 1 more cc. I am going back on the 18th for another one. I was very upset when I went to get filled and saw I gained 6 lbs this month with all the working out I did. The PA said, don't worry about it. Increase protein and keep it up. It will all come off. So, I need to go back to tracking. It is easy when we are on liquids as I do mostly protein shakes. I am going to have to make sure I bring one with me at all times and especially when I work out. So, hopefully I am back on track. I am now up about 16 lbs since my slip. Hope everyone has a great weekend. Laurel

I am so glad you can use it. I loved that red outfit. I really didn't wear it very much though. The flower one, I never wore. It was always too big but for some reason I couldn't get rid of it. Have a great weekend. Laurel

I hope you got your package China, no my last name isn't staples. I went to staples to mail out some packages. I found out yesterday what school run I will be doing in sept. I am actually pretty happy with the run I got. I will have a new bus also. I have been doing real good about going to the gym. I can feel the tightening up of my muscles again. The scale is moving slow, but atleast I am heading back down. I hope all is well with Rose. Have a great day everyone, Laurel

I know I can eat way too much. I am going for a fill on the 29th. Basically at water aerobics, you do jumping jacks, running, marching, kicking..and all other types of moving to music. Their is also weights to try to build arms. We check our heart rates to make sure they are up to burn fat. I have arthritus in my right knee. It feels so good to be really able to move in the pool. I am glad you are staying strong Rose. My thoughts are prayers are with you and your mom's. Have a great day. Laurel

I will be going to las vagas the end of august. I am looking forward to R & R. My summer run is going ok. They cut my hours down but i am ok with that. It gives me more gym time. I do 1 hr of water aerobics and then also the treedmill and the bike. I can't wait until I get my next fill and totally get back on track. I hope Rose is doing ok. China, I did send the package out today. I hope there are clothes you can use in there. Laurel

wtg China. I have been hitting the gym for 2 hrs of workouts during my break in the am. The weight is starting to come off. yeah. I am going for a fill on the 29th also. I hope all is well with Rose. I have a few things listed on e-bay which ends sunday. I will have to go to the post office next week, so I will mail out your box China then. Have a great day. I am so glad it is friday. Laurel

I have had a busy week. I did get a fill last week. The practice I had my surgery had 3 doctors and pa. I got my fill through the one doctor left. I now have 4cc's in my band now. I go back on the 29th for another fill with the pa. Yesterday was my b-day and hubby took me out to eat. I ate way to much. I can't wait until my next fill. I am having a hard time getting into a schedule of excercise and drinking. I am going to start on monday by going to the gym atleast 3 times during my break in the am. I am glad everyone else is doing well. I never heard from my younger son yesterday, so that hurts. I did alot for him for his b-day. I have to stop letting the little things hurt me. Have a great day. Laurel

Yes I did get my fill on Tues. The Dr. that did my surgery is no longer with the practice. I have no idea why. I gained back about 14 lbs since last visit. The Dr. put in 4 cc back into my band. Sometimes I feel some restriction while other times I feel none. I had a great time at the park and enjoyed spending time with all my children. My younger son is still on the cold side to me. My b-day is thursday. It will be interesting to see if he calls me. He did thank me for a nice day and the money I gave him. Rose, I think and pray for you everyday. Happy 4th of July to all of us. Laurel

I had a super busy weekend. I took my 4 kids to an amusement park on Sat. and Sun. I helped my sister-in-law with a picnic. Tomorrow I go for my first fill again. lol. I am looking forward to have some restriction again but am a little afraid of slipping. Hope we are all doing well. I still need to tape and address box for you China. It is all in the box, just need to finish. Laurel

My thoughts and prayers will be with you Rose. You need to stay strong for yourself. We are here for you Rose whenever you need some encouragement. I hope all is well with you China. It is never too late to try a little harder ibtrouble. I am back at nothing in my band. I know I have to try harder to follow the rules as I never want to have a slipped band again. Have a great day. Laurel

I hope all of you are doing well. I enjoyed by first day off by barely doing anything. I need to get a lot more done tomorrow including getting to the gym. How is your fill going China? Also, when you get a chance send me your address so I can send you the clothes. I am trying to getting some extra cleaning done before I go back to work next week. Rose, I hope you are doing ok. I am thinking about you. Have a nice day. Laurel

Glad you are taking some steps in the right direction. I totally understand the overeaters group. I also go to counsiling to help me understand some things about myself. I need to make another appt. as I was supposed to go the day I had my surgery to fix the band. I hope all went well for you Rose. I am finally getting back into excercising. I have dropped about 3 lbs. So 7 more to go to get back to where I was. Tomorrow is my last day of work. Then off for 2 weeks. I am so looking forward to not getting up at 5am. I won't have to be to work during the summer until about 8am. The summer program I am doing is only 30 days long. I will have about 2 1/2 weeks off before I go back in Sept. Now if we can only get the sun to shine here. We have had so much rain. Although, the end of last school year it was 100 in buses with no air conditioning. So I should be gratefull. Have a great day. Laurel

I have gained about 10 lbs since I have been home from the hospital. I feel like I have gained almost all my weight back. I know I haven't as my clothes still fit. I bought the new wii active today. It has you work out about 20 mins each day. I sweated alot today. I plan to get this 10 lbs off and keep going. I really want a fill but I know she wants me to wait and make sure I am healed. I know, I never want to go through that again. China, stay strong for your son. It is amazing how trying they can be. I hope you are doing well Rose too. Hope we all have a great weekend. Love, Laurel

I am here and doing ok. Just having a hard time getting back to excercising. I know I still have to take it easy too. The end of school year is coming up and my schedule gets a little crazier. I am going to work this summer but will only be an aide on a handicap run. That is ok, I like the break from driving. I am just hoping to be able to get on a good schedule to get my excercising in. I will go for my first fill again on the 30th. We all need to keep up our strength. Love to all. Laurel

I do know exactly how you feel Rose. I lost my mother-in-law last may right after mother's day. She didn't have cancer but her spine colapsed. We made the choice to let her stay home which meant she would develop pnuemonia and pass. She only made it 4 days once she was bed riden. My first mother-in-law was a different type of person. So have a mother-in-law who loved me was a great treasure in my life. I will keep you in my prays. It is so hard to deal with food when we have so much stress in our lives. Not having any fluid in my band is hard also. Hope you are doing well too china. Have a great weekend. Laurel