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I'm sick too! Bummer. Well, so far it's just a gnarly sore throat but I know the rest is coming my way. The fella just got over his cold and gave it to me. That's love. Oh, and it's his birthday tomorrow, so we'll see how that goes. I'm hecka sore from my workout yesterday. It just tells me I need to walk way more. And I should stretch more too. I'm wondering if I should rest today or do a light walk. Hmmm. I'll keep you posted, I know you're on the edge of your seats.

Noooo! Tina, you're right, The weekend is half over. booooooooo.

Ashley, You are amazing. I don't have any advice, but you seem to be doing the right stuff, getting that baby a checkup is a good place to start. How are your boys taking to him? It must be tough, but I know that little boy is going to do so much better with an attentive adult in his life. Do you have family close by to help you out? I'm sure once he gets going with your routine you'll have the time/energy to get on the treadmill again.

Howdy! I'm now finished with day 1 of my 8 week challenge. It's been quite a day. I was at the gym at 8am ready to weigh-in and do whatever the group exercise would be. Well, the weigh-in took over an hour. I just sat at one of the tables reading my booklet they gave me while the line went down. Once I finally got in line, I realized they didn't have the scale there anymore. I asked one of the trainers and she told me everyone already finished weighing and there had been two lines, one for weight, the other for body fat. Well, that just got me annoyed. Also annoyed since the group exercise was a 5k and while I was still getting weighed (so I thought) they sent almost everyone out on the 5k. I told the trainer I needed to run to my car to get my sunglasses and sunscreen since the didn't warn us this would be an outdoor thing. She said "ok, we'll wait for you. We don't want to leave anyone behind". I got back from my car and b*tch left me behind. I was so angry I was fighting tears. This felt so disorganized, I still never got the call from my trainer. So I set out on the 5k, I had to ask someone which way they went since they didn't have maps or a marked trail I was lucky to catch up to a few people on their way back. I did the 5k all alone and caught up with the trainer who said she wouldn't leave me. She apparently thought I had left in my car, when I said I was getting sunglasses. She had to head back to the gym so she could take pictures of everyone finishing and wanted me to turn around with the last group of walkers once I reached them. Now you know I didn't do that! I was determined dang it! I went to the very end. I even ran a few times too. My trainer came back to bring me in at the end and he ran with me for a bit, but was late for a meeting so one last trainer walked the rest of the way in with me. I'm really glad I did the whole thing, and ran too. I did it by myself (except that last half-mile or so) and the trainer could see that I ran too. Once I finished, I wasn't livid that I was left behind. In the beginning I kept thinking of what I was going to say in my letter to the management. But I seemed to work it off because it was all better. I also have to complain about their scale, weight limit was about 300 lbs, and their scale was 5 lbs heavier than the one at Kaiser yesterday, and 8 lbs heavier than my scale at home. It's so freaking embarassing to watch that needle go all around the dial and back to zero. Why couldn't they have a digital scale, or one of the old fasioned bar scales? Seriously. Not a great day. So I'm home now, and crazy sore. I had a sensible lunch and now I have a new cool walk route! So perhaps we can get together some time for a walk in the grove!

Howdy ladies! The party at work was too much. I think it was a lesson in saying "No". I was going crazy since I didn't get home until 8:30 the night before and still had food prep, then I get to work and people complained that we were having snack stuff, but no real meal. Well- No one brought anything! Jeez. I wanted to smack a few people... But everyone kept coming up to me and saying "Oh, when's the potluck" I'd tell them 2, cake at 3. And then I'd get a "Oh, then I need to go buy lunch". I'm so done with the party planning committee. DONE! Lucky for me and everyone who works with me, we have a 4 day weekend. It's funny, I was hoping this would be the weekend we could move into our house... Maybe we can be in the house by Easter? Memorial Day? jeez. I'm thinking I should go take a walk around the park and feed some ducks. I have some bread left over from the spinach dip and the ducks could use it more than I could! I'm also trying to decide which class I should take at the gym today- Zumba, Cycle or Cardio Kickboxing. Oh, and the challenge starts tomorrow. I just found out last night that I have to be there from 8-10 Sat morning for weigh-in and the first workout. Glad someone finally told me! I was told 2 1/2 weeks ago (when I signed up) that the trainer would be calling me "in a few days" I still haven't heard from him. I hope that's not a sign of things to come. Anyway- I'm thinking I should pop by Kaiser and get a weight check and get myself walking today! Hope you're all having a wonderful day!

Pat, I can't wait to walk the wetlands! Thanks for inviting us over! Riley- Where are you woman!? We miss you! I'm apparently the party planning committee for my office. My coworker is transfering to another division, we got official word yesterday so I was asked (yesterday) to throw together the party for her (tomorrow-her last day). It was supposed to be a potluck, either give me $5 or tell me what you'll bring. Two people are bringing stuff, everyone else gave money. So that meant I had to do all sorts of shopping to feed people. I left work at 5 and didn't get home until 8:30 and still had food prep to do. Why didn't I just decide to order pizza? Ugh.

I lost 9.5 inches from my bust in about 50 lbs. For a while I felt super saggy and was really unhappy. They just don't seem so droopy anymore, I don't know if it was the skin adjusting or what, but they're better. Of course, 100 more lbs and who knows what they'll look like! Don't get discouraged if you don't love the way things look while your body is changing. Think of it as contents settling during the journey.

Oh no Mo! (What's RSV?) How's baby doing tonight?

Pre-op diets have a few purposes. 1- Prove to your doc that you're prepared to lose weight and stick with the program 2-Shrink the liver so the blind pass is manageable during surgery... you don't want them poking your heart or something. 3- Less abdominal fat means more room for tools to move too.

The Bariatric Advantage calcium is nasty! The lemon one starts out good (kinda like a starburst) but then it gets chalky, which you wouldn't expect from a chew. Yuck.

Tamra, What's with the fries!? I didn't see that on stage 3 lol. I don't mean to nag you I just want you to succeed! If they're hard to stay away from dont get them for your daughter, she doesn't need them either!

Oh, and sending Coco the best surgery wishes!

Dang Jes! You're an animal! You rock!

Maria- When you're bummed and depressed you need to come hang out! I swear, Saturday was just what the doctor ordered. Don't make Pam or me kidnap you to get you to the next meeting.... You know we'll do it!

Go Coco, get your band on!! I'm so excited for you!

No Mo, my goal weight hasn't been reduced. I feel like I need to at least get back down to my 1st goal he set for me for the psych appt (which I met) and maybe 5-10 below that before I can even ask to have my goal reduced. I have to get my act together before I can ask for leniency. I know I can't show him I've been working the program when I haven't and the scale shows it. I'm stepping up my efforts and I hope my challenge at the gym will get me to goal. 40 lbs in 8 weeks? I would so win that thing... I really enjoyed seeing everyone. It was so good to talk with people who have struggled with The Doc and know how to deal with him. I'm looking forward to these next few months. I hope to be banded before May 12th, that would be my anniversary of my orientation. Oh, and I finally but the Wii balance board on the floor! lol. I did 20 minutes of Wii Fit, and I started the Jillian Michaels game too. I really hate that the Wii Fit makes little sad noises when I step on, like "oh my.. that's heavy" and I hate that it does the bmi and then says "that's obese" I know that! And... (one more) I hate hate hate that my little Mii is normal looking, then it weighs me and my Mii get's all plumped out-and seems to waddle when she tries to run. Wii Fit is Rude! Anyway, I was glad to finally whip out the Wii, and I did 50 minutes on the elliptical.

Tamra Tamra Tamra! Don't make tomorrow be your fresh start. Start over RIGHT NOW. Make good decisions for the rest of the day, do an extra workout to overcome your guac habit. Don't wait for tomorrow! *Now if only I'd take my own advice! lol.

Reggie, tonight was just what I needed! My fella loved his dinner too, he commented on it about 3 times. (That's mad props) It was so nice to see everyone. It was great to get so many non-Sac people too! We sure did miss Nicole, Tina, Maria and everyone else!

I've always had large calves. I do have a pair of knee-high boots from Torrid, if only they made ski boots! Seriously Laurel, that's horrible! You always feel like the salespeople think that, but to have one say it! Yikes! I wasn't the only one with boot trouble, there was an average size woman who had to return her boots because they were too small, it just sucks! I woke up this morning with red, swollen shins. Worst ski trip ever! Even worse than the time my brother and cousin both broke their ankles and had to be dragged down the hill in a tobbagen by ski patrol. lol.

I just finished reading. Whew... stupid emergency maintainance! Candra- Lmao about the hoochie dress & ski boots! I just asked the guy if I could "duct tape the sh*t out of them". He didn't think it would work well. Today was just a bad day. It reminds me that I'm not where I want to be and that I really need to work at this. (Even though I ate chips, a handfull of broken cookie pieces & some cookie dough) I even wrote down the "Exercise is NOT NEGOTIABLE" quote. I haven't been to the gym in over a week. I need to live that quote. And I need to remember that every bite counts. I'm still trying to figure out my hoochie goal outfit. I like the backless shirt idea, they were way popular when I was in high school. It's time for me to go to bed. Maybe I'm not sleeping enough and that's why my scale is brutal.

I haven't read any posts yet, but I needed to update. Skiing was terrible. I couldn't find any boots that fit around my calf. I tried on a boot 2 sizes larger, made for larger calves and it still took two guys to get them buckled. We missed the morning lesson so we were going to do the 1:30. First we decided to do a run on the bunny hill. My poor boyfriend fell a bunch, and had my dad coaching him while my mom and I did the first run. By the time I got to the bottom I had numb toes (from painful boots, not cold). That was it for me. He didn't last either, we should have had him take the lesson first. We were able to get a refund since my boots were so tight I got bruised shins after one run. I'm so disappointed and embarassed. I tried so hard not to cry in the ski shop. I thought for the first time that I wasn't too fat to do something fun. My mom pointed out that there were a number of other people having the same problem (my dad, some other lady there) but it felt like I was the only one. It's like the amusement park ride all over again. I'm bummed. Anyone know exercises to slim calves?

Good morning everyone! Last week I did 75 min on the elliptical and had a bum hip for two days. I didn't go to the gym since. I don't know why it's been a week since I went to the gym. I like the gym. Ugh. Anyway, the fella and I are going skiing with my parents tomorrow and heading up their way after work, we might stay the night in Tahoe tonight. I'm excited to ski for the first time in about 12 years. I'll post pics when I have them!

And hey to Coco... I see you down there. I'm off to work!

Lee- You've got surgery the same day as John! Yay for twins!

Tina, you know there can't be a wls group in produce, it's gotta be at the deli counter! lol.