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Well I went to that Zumba class, what a blast & did I feel different muscles. Whole body workout, but fun, I will go again. Sorry to hear about the next stair victim, falling up or down seems to be the curse. Girls have fun on your shopping expedition, GO GET EM! My daughter made it home from college last night, eight hour drive & she thinks nothing of it. She's home for just over a week. They get the whole week as average commute for the students is eight hours. She is probably closer to Apples than she is to home, way up there in the U.P. Have a great day all......... Laura K

Hi All, Ok, I made the decesion on T-day. Talked to my sister and we decided what each was to make/bring. I can do this now and feel alot better. She is contributing more and I am doing a bit less. Doing chinese chic salad, pickles/olives and such and a crustless pumpkin pie that is sugar free. I can do this without feeling like I'm deprived and they won't say "can you eat this" or "you don't eat enough". I won't feel like I'm doing it all and she's not. Talked it over with mom so she knows what we are all doing. Everyone seems to be doing better today also, from reading the posts, must have been funk time. Take care and have a great day. Laura K

Janet, I understand about the smoking. I started again after quitting for 4 yrs. Got pissed off at boyfriend & had the first one because I was going to teach him a thing or two, he hated my smoking. Bribed me to quit by agreeing to pay for Lasix surgery on my eyes if I quit for 6 months first. Well got rid of him and still smoking. Laura K

Oops hit a wrong key. Well to finish that sentence, I had squash earlier as I knew we were not eating til late with them. I just don't know how I'm going to handle the cooking and what I am going to take. In the past Aunt Laura made alot of the food but I'm not sure how to go about it this year. Mom makes the basics, my sister, who can't cook, brings a relish tray or dessert and I made the rest. Don't feel it should be me this year because I won't be partaking in it all. Family dynamics will come into play with the holidays but I don't want to hurt my moms feelings either. Well better think this thru a bit. Glad you brought up the topic on dealing with the holidays. Laura K

Apples, thanks, the back is doing ok today. Upper arm hurts more as that is where I ended up landing. Didn't know that at the time. Hot shower did wonders. Also, thank you for your last post about the holidays. I think I was getting myself into a snit about them coming and how I was going to handle it. Most of my family knows about my LB. They think I don't eat enough. My nephew even said that to me last Friday when we had dinner together. Told him I was fine had squash

Apples, Thanks for finding that thread. It was very informative and scary. She had a lot of good things to say. I got into a cleaning mood tonight thanks to all of you talking about organizing. Got rid of a tv that wasn't working right, moved to others around. Cleaned my bathroom fixture, ceiling, sink and toliet. Washed dishes, a load of laundry and took out the trash. Was tired after work & boy am I tired now. Tripped up the stairs after taking out the trash retched my back, dang that will teach me to turn on the lights and pay attention. Off to take a hot shower to see if that helps a bit. Have a good night and day tomorrow. Laura K

Went to a Zumba class tonight, but it got cancelled. Dang I was looking forward to it. I need to up my exercise.

Julie, hang in there we are all here for you. You are a strong person and you are going thru a lot. Laura K

Tinya, Glad you are joining this group. They are all very helpful and supportive. Even if I don't post a lot I read this site almost every day. I am thankful for my family and friends, my freedom and now my health. Life is only getting better and better. Some times I just have to step back from life and take a look to see I have it all. I am a part-time empty nester as my son comes home from college on the weekends but as most kids do I don't see him much. Sleep and friends.. So momma doesn't wait around for him either. Daughter will be home for a week at Thanksgiving then gone til Christmas but they do call me every few days. Have a great day everyone and Happy Vets day to all. Laura K

Laura, thoughts and prayers to you and your family as your Dad continues this journey and as you and Nelson travel. Laura K

Janet, I'll take that challange too. Like Octillo I'm going for the 10 lbs. That will fit into my goal I set myself. I wanted to lose 75 lbs by Christmas and I'm at 65 now, by my scale. Which I have to get a new battery since the dumb thing swings by about 6lbs each time I step on it. Laura K

Happy Home, Congrats on your surgery. Starting a new life. Julie, so glad you are pain free, that's got to be a great feeling after all you've been thru. Laura K

Phyl, Congrats on onederland. You Rock:thumbup: Laura K

Apples, I'm with you dogs are human. lol My mini daschound, Isaac, doesn't know that he's not a people nor does he know that he is mini. Loves the veggies, I can't even go to the counter that he isn't right there waiting for fall out. Loves onions, lettuce any veggie but black olives. Crazy dog thinks he is bigger than the neighbors pit bull. Which is the calmest dog I have ever seen contrary (sp) to being that breed. One Day, have you tried the yoga on WII, it isn't alot but it would give you some idea on yoga. Occt, slowly learning that lesson on chew, chew, chew, and taking smaller bites. This is only my second fill and after the first one I didn't feel it. Now I do so it seems like I am starting at the begining of class. Janet, I was going to respond "what is that ice cream doing in the house, get rid of the junk" but you did it first. Good pep talk, way to go on the gym. Laura, seems like we both learned a lesson on slowing down this week. Sorry for your troubles. Laura K

Hi all, Boy am I learning lessons this week. Had my fill last thurs, more than doubled amount. Well yesterday ate to fast and to big of bites, it was a mcd chic salad. Not sure it was what was called stuck or a spasm, but it hurt for about 20 mins, quit eating and walked around. Tonight I was working in the yard so I ate late. Same thing again, fish this time. I don't think I could stand that pain for 2 hours like I've heard. Hopefully I'll learn soon. I got the journaling down pat, been exercising so I guess now it's time for next lesson. Have a great day.. Laura K

Phyl, Great post love the message. Julie, good way to do your baking, just break it up to what you can handle. Keep on dancing. Laura K

I was out shopping this weekend and came across this saying, bought a tile for my friend, but just loved it. I think it fits us all with the daily trials, life events that we are all dealing with. It goes like this: Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain. I'm going to try to live with this in mind when things get to me. I hope it helps everyone else. Laura K

I had my gall bladder removed years ago and I'd say that was worse than the lapband placement. Port site is irratating the most. Laura K

Apples, I am so sorry for your loss. It's amazing the connection we can have with our other "Mom" It doesn't take birth to love someone like that. Take care of your self and I'll be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. Ifso, I think it has something to do with your ADD that gives you the reverse effect from the Vicodin. My son always gets wired on drugs that make everyone else sleep. Give him caffine and it calmed him down. Laura K

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Hi all, had my 2nd fill today. He put in 2.75 I only had 2 the 1st time. So we will see how this goes. Hope to feel restriction because I didn't feel any different before. I think the only thing working was determination. I'm on liquids for 2 days then mushies, and soft thru sunday. Darn dr scale was 2 lbs heavier than home, so my ticker is wrong. I'm going to leave it because it will be right after fill. lol Great, just keep that snow out west, I hate snow. Think Janet must be teched to think it is beautiful. lol We are to have possible thunder storm tomorrow. Dang wanted to go to the football game, I'll wait and see. Julie, a massage sounds great. Hope you do better this week. Hi Lori, glad you are joining us. I've only been here since July. Eva, your tortis (sp) sound cool. It must be a challenge to keep up with them all. Take care all Laura K

Apples, I have a chicken dumpling soup receipe that uses cut up tortilla shells as the noodles. You can use the fat free ones and they taste like home made noodles, they cook up thick. It's a receipe I got from the weight support/loss group I used to go to before my band.

Meridith, Sorry about the house and the man issues. Good news on 1st time buyer credit, I heard they are extending it thru Dec or longer. Hope it all works out for you. Apples, I get ya on the rainy crappy days. Next week the happy light comes out for the winter time. Welcome Coconut Latte and good luck to you. I've been cleaning closets and drawers, giving away clothes to my Mom and taking the rest to resale shops that benefit underground railroad. Figured they could use the $$ Worked in yard again today, got almost 2/3 of leaves out of the yard. Yesterday did the front almost can't tell. Oh well it keeps me busy and active. Have a great day all. Laura K

Hi All, Had a great girls weekend. What a ball to be silly, laughing, dancing and just having a great time. Made the best food choices I could with going out to eat most of the time. I limited my drinks by volunteering to be the DD. Found a new addiction, pumpkin spiced caps. I've never been a coffee drinker but ohhhh I love that flavor. Did some shopping in Petosky at the resale shops found a few things, a great leather black purse. Laura glad you are back with the boys, your parents are lovely. Apples I worked outside today to until it started raining again. Ifso, you are doing so good. Mrs Bubba, don't worry about what anyone thinks, you need to vent about your pain. Have a great day all Laura K

Janet, I'm admin asst/internal bookkeeper for a non profit, we manage/staff assisted living homes for mental health agencies around the state of MI. I work 6 to 4 now going back to 8 to 4. Not much traffic in corp office just phones all day long. Apples, you look so happy & beautiful in your before pics.