moon goddess

Oh! Mine was veggestyle! Cool! Now I know...so thanks veggestyle!

Mine arrived the day before Christmas! Thanks to my secret pal from Illinois, I am not sure which name you go by here. Anyway...I LOVED the candles! I lit the pretty red one yesterday on Christmas Day and I REALLY love the one with the pretty holly and the dish! The frog ornament was also adorable! Thanks SO much!

Thanks DrewsLou! Still nothing here yet....:phanvan

Turner24~ I am so glad that you got it and that you like it! I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas! Michelle (Moon Goddess) Austin, Texas Banded 10/19 30 lbs. lost! Yay!

Still nothing here.....

I am still waiting for mine too....and wondering if the package I sent to Ohio made it there yet...hmmm....

Okay! I went shopping Saturday and bought the gift, and sent it on it's merry way to the "Buckeye" state! It should be there by the end of the week, I sent it priority mail.

I'm with the band! Banded 10/19 Austin, Texas

FYI~~~ This morning there was a segment about WLS on CBS. Pretty interesting...it seems that the expert...surgeon....highly educated wls professional, was really positive about lap band surgery, and gave me the impression that he was leaning toward that as a choice for those seeking advice about which surgery would be the safest and a successful choice. He made it very easy for all the "simple" people, as Miss Geezer so lovingly referred to some, to understand. Check it out~~~ http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/30/earlyshow/main2217859.shtml

That is too cute! Happy Anniversary Carlene! happyanniversary.bmp

Okay.... I love~~~ 1. Pretty candles that smell good. I love the *christmas* scents like apples, cranberries, pumpkin, etc....I also like pretty candle holder things too. 2. I like bath and body stuff, especially the lotions. I am more of a vanilla-ish type than musky or sweet. 3. Anything moon themed is great! 4. My colors in my house are all earth tones 5. I am kind of hippy-ish so I love earrings that have pretty stones and are dangly, but not too gawdy or overdone. Okay....that should be enough! And, I am thankful for whatever I get too...I do appreciate your thoughtfulness secret santa!

Love it!

I love this thread! Whenever I am thinking to myself, "Why am I able to eat this much? Am I normal? Should I be losing more?"...I see that many are going through the same stuff! I am getting a fill tomorrow, and after my last experience I am nervous, but I just really think she did my fill wayyy too early. So...I want to ask for .5cc, and hopefully that will do the trick. We will see! I am actually wanting to go back to soups again for awhile, I want to lost that 10 pounds by Christmas...but I REALLY have to get off my ass and exercise. Much love to all of you out there and good luck with your fills! Austin, Texas Banded 10/19 1st fill 1cc Unfill 1cc the next day I can't get my ticker thing to make sense so~~~ 26 pounds lost 119 to go!

No regrets for me so far...nope! I feel better already, I don't have to take prilosec anymore, no more IBS, I am more aware of what feels good in my body and I care about myself more. I am far less depressed than I used to be and I quit smoking. So...I am thankful for so much that has happened as a result of my band, besides the 26 pounds that I have lost!

Oh, and I have a fill on Wednesday, I am sooo ready for it!!!

Checking in here.... Okay, so I was totally sad and frustrated because I had not lost much lately, and I know I need a fill because I have been eating more, still not as much as I used to by any means, but just more than I should be eating...and the hoildays have been kicking my ass psychologically with temptation. So...I reluctantly get on the scale, and to my surprise I have lost another 3 pounds! I feel motivated now, so it's time to start my challenge! My hats is off to those of you who have been doing so well on the Christmas challenge! Good job band sisters!!!!

I'm in again! Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Fabulous! I would LOVE to lose another 10 and possibly go down another size...I have a lot of clothes at size 20 that are just waiting for me to get back into again! mzsmartypantz~ Your ticker tempts me! Now I want some pumpkin pie! *LOL*

I have been a little discouraged lately too....what do y'all think about some sort of challenge or a plan we can all do to support each other to step it up a bit? I know that me coming up with this basically a week before Thanksgiving is ridiculous, but maybe we could start after that Thursday, and go until Christmas with the goal of losing 10 more pounds or something? What does everyone think?

Hey everyone! I haven't weighed myself lately, I hope I am still losing! I too have had the cravings and yes...I ate some ice cream one day, and also ate some mashed potatoes and gravy one day...so I have cheated too! I wanted to know something...can we go in hot tubs when we are banded or is that a no no? I have missed everyone...you all are awesome! Michelle Austin Banded 10/19 lost around 23 pounds as of a week ago

Fitzgerald~ I love Tex Mex food SOOOO much! I have been satisfying my craving my eating tortilla soup. It is a better option than the usual greasy enchiladas I so adored! Austin, Texas Banded 10/19 23 pounds gone forever!

Good luck AngelaT!!!!! You will do great!!!! Michelle Banded 10/19 Austin, Texas 20 lbs lost

Let's get the ball rolling! I am ready to start our Christmas exchange!

Chrispygal~ Well...you know what my thoughts are from my previous post about what happened to me this week when I got a fill...it was just too much too soon! I feel SO much better now that they took it out and it's just me and the band again. I am still eating SO much less than I was. Let me tell you, I was absolutely miserable that night after the fill...I am not kidding, I threw up SEVEN times, one of the times being in my hand while I was sleeping! I know that it a little TMI, but I want to share it with everyone so that you can all know that slow and steady is a good thing. The weight will come off! Think about it, we are all eating SO much healthier and being so much more conscientious than we were less than 2 months ago! We can do this! I will be going in to try a fill again after Thanksgiving on the 29th. I am going to tell her to give me half of the 1cc I got this week and try that. Hopefully that should work well for me. Good luck everyone and keep it up!

I am a little over 2 weeks out (Oct.19th), (threebeauties is one of my bandsisters) and I had won ton soup last night. I still can't seem to eat solid foods, so I have been trying things that aren't that hard to get down. I need to start exercising too, I think I am going to go on a hiking trail near my house today. I feel great though! Austin, Texas Banded 10/19 Lost 20 lbs.