Baylor Mom

Sherri the way I have been eating this weekend I will proabably stay at this weight for a while. You will proabably catch up with me soon. I have gotten my protein in but then I just eat junk food the rest of the day. It just seems to go down better than anything else right now. I know I can't keep up this way. Maybe after Christmas all the good things around here will be gone. If I can maintain for one more week then I will have all the junk food gone and I will try to stick to the good stuff. My cat has been under the bed all day. I need to try and get him out. I hope he is still alive. Oh, what a terrible thought. I batter go check.

You better be behaving yourself younglady!!

Hey guys, we had a scare last night. We thought are older cat (age 14) was going to die. He caught the cold that the little one had and he was really sick. He couldn't breathe through his nose so he had to keep his mouth open and he was drolling. My hubby was out with friends until late and then when he got home we thought we were going to have to take him to the emergency vet. We talked to them on the phone and they told us to give the cat 1/4 of a Benadryl. He seemed to get better so we didn't have to take him. Today he is a little better and we decided to wait until MOnday and take him to our vet. It was real scary and I had to stay up with him most of the night. The litlle one is much better today so there is hope for the big one. Well I don't have much of an appetite lately but I have been drinking my protein drink so at least I am getting that in. I hope you all have a great Sunday and I will be back tomorrow to talk to ya'll. Good night my friends. Hugs PS. Glad to hear that you are better Sherri. I hope I never get kidney stones.

Sherri where is that address. Send it to me via e-mail. PLEASE

Sherri you sound like you need a big hug. HUG I will be happy to send you some pralines. Send me your address. I am serious. Very serious. Please don't let your family upset you. Sometimes our families are the ones we hurt the most. Hang in there girlfriend. You are loved here and you can complain any time you need to. That is what true friends are for. To listen and care. You are in my prayers sweetheart. Don't worry be happy. Remember that you husband is just a man. (no offense Chris) and your daughter is just young (no offense to the young ones here). I care and love you and I know the others do too. Cheer up and send me your address. HUgs

One more thing before I go to bed. I learn alot of things on the Rachael Ray show which is my favorite. I learned that to keep your platis wrap from sticking together and not cooperating when you put it on your thing that you are wrapping you put it in the freezer. Yes that's right the freezer. Keep it in there always and when you need it it comes out perfect and easy to use. I thought that was cool. Just wanted to share it. Good night all. By the way the pralines are yummy. I had to taste one.

Sherri don't feel bad about blaming it on your meds. It is your meds. I had a kidney transplant almost 30 years ago and I have to take prednisone still. Granted I am not taking as much than I did back then but that is exactly how I gained all my weight in the first place. So yes yes yes prednisone causes you to be hungry and therefore eat more. Just hang in there and when you get off the meds you will lose again. Praline Recipe 1 1/2 cups sugar 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 teas. vanilla 3/4 stick butter 1/2 cup milk 1 1/2 cup pecans halved Mix all ingredients together. Bring to a soft boil stage. Take off heat and stir until it becomes thick (about 20 minutes) Drop it on wax paper and let cool. Enjoy. If you have any questions just let me know. I have made them for a long time now and it is very easy to do. The only part I don't like is the stirring and stirring. It seems like a long time but you need to get it cooled down so you can drop them without them running. I don't know any icing recipes except store bought icing and mix a little peppermint extract or vanilla into it to make it better. It really depends on the kind of icing you get. We made them last year with the cookie cutters and everything and we have a good time decorating them. YOu could get white icing and put food coloring in it and make different colors on your cookies. You could put the icing (colored) into baggies and cut a little hole in the corner and pipe it on the cookies. I bet you can figure out something fun to do. In the store they have gingerbread man cookies already made and all you have to do is cook them and then decorate them. That is fun too. Good luck on the cookies. I made 3 different cookies today. One was called monster cookies (because it mad 74 cookies), thumb print cookies with strawberry jam, and candy cane cookies. I have 3 more recipies to go. You can go to the Food Network on line to check out their recipies or you can go to allrecipies.com and find some good cookie recipies. I hope this helps anyone making cookies this year. Well I am off to bed. Hugs

Guess what? I lost 5.5 pounds. I know!! I weighed three times to make sure the scales was right. It was!!! I guess it was the problems that I have been having with not eating so much. I have had my protein and all but not much else. The cookie baking went well today. I only got 3 recipies done today and I have 3 more. I have to make a batch of pralines tonight for my hubby to take to work tomorrow. Then I have to make three more batches of pralines for Chirstmas presents next week plus one for my two family get togethers. What can I say! My pralines are the best. Well I am off to make the pralines (just one batch). I will check back in later on. Hugs

Keep that positive attitude Sherri. Things are going to be fine. Well I am almost through with my shopping. I am excited this year because my daughter is spending Christmas with us this year. Last year we had her at Thanksgiving. My little kitten still has a cold. I am giving him medicine but he isn't feeling much better yet. He sleeps alot. I hope he gets better before Christmas. Well I will weigh in the morning so I will let you guys know if I lost anything. I am not counting on it but I might be surprized. Tomorrow I am also going to make some cookies. My hubby and I started a tradition last year to make cookies for all our neighbors who live in our cul-de-sac. Plus I always make some for the mailman and my hairdresser plus some for two family get togethers. I have about 5 or 6 recipies that I got on the food network. So I will be busy the rest of the week. Next week I am going to make whoopie pies for my mom and aunt. Those are chocolate cream pies kind of. You can only get them up north and it was going to be very expensive to order them so I decided to make them instead. I hope they like them. Yes I will be tempted and I will probably give in a little but then I won't eat them at the family get togethers. Well I am off to bed. Talk to you all tomorrow. Hugs

Sherri I do the same thing. We just have to remember that it is not always us that we read about on the net. If the doctor says that you just have the stones than you JUST have the stones. I think that you would have known by now if it was something else. Try to have a positive outlook on this and not a negative one. Just concentrate on getting the stones passed and try not to worry about anything else. If it means stop reading the net about it then do that too. You are definitely in my prayers. Keep thinking positve and trust God to keep you healthy. Love ya friend!! Hugs

Hey guys I went to the doctor today and he said that I was doing good protein wise but I really needed to satch what I eat. I think I am not making the right choices. No, I know I am not making the right choices. I am going to go to the store tomorrow and try to get some of the things she said to try. The doc said that I had the right amount of resistence so that is good. I can't eat chili con queso anymore though. That doesn't count as protein. My hubby keeps bringing home candy and I keep eating it. I did ask him to put it up so maybe I won't eat it. I am so glad to hear about all of your victories. Keep it up. I hope to get some more weight off before Christmas. I got to get to bed. Talk to ya'll later. Hugs

Sherri - Why would someone want to execute this doctor? Do they know why he was the target?

I am sorry to hear about Dr. Sanchez as well. I will keep his family in my prayers. Did my pictures come out?

What happened to Dr. Sanchez?

Hey guys I had a good day today. We ended up not going to exercise but to run errands and do some Christmas shopping. It was fun. I love to shop. Most of my shopping this year has been on line but I do get to go and buy things too. I got a big container of Isopure today and I didnt' mike it with enough water so it was bad but I am hoping to make it right next time. They told me that if I didn't like it I could bring it back but I hate to do that. I will just stick it out. I am going to my doctor on Thursday and I know he will be glad that I am getting protein in now. I don't think I have lost any in a long time. I am trying to eat better though. I don't need another fill though because I am still having problems with this last one every once in awhile. I am glad to hear that you guys are doing good. Welcome back all that have been away. I can't wait to see the cruise pictures. Chris you are looking good man. Too bad I am married and 3 times your age and live in Texas or I would say watch out. Hubby is gone for the evening so I am going to clean house, take a bath and relax with my cats. I will try to post a picture of my baby. It might not work but here it goes.

Hey guys. I forgot how lively kittens can be. Simon (that is his name) has already typed his first word on the computer. It was mostly a and q's and very long but there was a capital A in there and I don't know how that happened. He is fun though. He hasn't completely gotten used to my other cat but they are making progress. Sherri I am sorry that you had to go and get an unfil. I am going to the doctor this week and I hope he doesn't suggest that for me. I am doing better about keeping things down and getting my protein in but I am not losing any weight anymore. What gives? Well I hope you get to where you can eat good again and lose again. Well guys I have had a restfull day. I woke up with a headache but it finally went away. I haven't done anything today but recoop from my trip and play with the cats. Oh about my kitten. He is all black except for about 7 white hairs under his chin. He is 3 months old and very playfull and really cute. I have always wanted a black cat and he was just perfect. My other cat is 14 and orange. He looks like Morris. I hope they get along soon and become best buds. Simon is sitting next to me right now watching me type. Well I guess I better go on to bed and get some sleep. Tomorrow I go to exercise. Yipee! NOT But I will go and be a good girl. See you all tomorrow. Good night all. Hugs

Hey guys. Well we had a great time at my daughter's house. We also got a kitten at the Humane Society on Sat. He is so cute. I will try to download a picture of him sometime. I didn't have any tummy problems while we were there except this morning I couldn't eat much breakfast because they fixed pancakes for us and that really didn't want to go down to good. Other than that we had a great time. She and her hubby are coming for Christmas this year so I am excited about that. I am extremely tired so I will have to tell you guys more tomorrow. Hugs

Hey guys. I have not had any problems all week with throwing up. Yeah. I eat until I am satisfied instead of eating to be full. I think not eating as much helps. I also have been drinking the Isopure drinks which I think have helped. I am going to weight tomorrow and see if this week has been good to me. I am going tomorrow to visit my daughter in Waco (about 79 miles from me) and I am excited. We don't get to go much because I don't like to travel at all but we are going. We might get a kitten while we are there. I am looking forward to meeting her new kitty and maybe getting me one too. We decorated our house today for Christmas and it looks nice. I even got a new shower curtain and bathroom stuff with snowmen on it. I am hosting my hubby's family this year for Christmas so everything gets to be new. Well I need to get to bed so I can go see my baby. I will be back on SUnday and will try to write and let you know how things went. Talk to you guys later. HUGS

Please let me know how it goes. I know what you mean about getting an unfill. I have insurance but I really didn't want to go backwards at this point. All I want is to lose weight and it hasn't been happening in awhile. I hope with this extra protein that I can lose some weight again.

Sherri I have 3cc in my 4cc band and I got that fill on Oct. 4th and I am still tight. I still can't keep stuff down. I have found a protein drink that I like and I drink it during the day. It has 40 grams of protein. The rest of the day I try to get some more protein in. If you can only eat chips, melt cheese on them and then you have some protein. I eat that often.YOu could try to put some ground beef in the cheese and then dip your chips in it. I eat cereal with a little milk to help it go down. I think the reason that you are not losing is because you are not eating enough protein. At least that is what my doctor told me. He didn't want to unfill me but wanted me to get more protein. I am trying that with the drink and will weigh tomorrow to see if it helps. I will let you know. I have been tight for over a month so if you can't get any food down I would suggest getting a slight unfill so at least you won't starve. Try more protein first. Even if you have to have more liquids at times at least you getting something in your stomach. I hope this helps. If you want to talk more you can PM me or email me. Good luck and keep me posted. HUgs

I know just how you feel Sherri. I am the same way. Some days and some kinds of food goes down great and then some days and some food just don't want to stay down. I am going back to the doctor in two weeks and I might have to have an unfill if this keeps up. I haven't lost any weight at all which is weird because I am not eating very much. I plan on using the Isopure drinks as much as I can to help me get my protein. Yes that describes them. Liquid jello kind of. It is not a strong flavor just a subtle flavor. They are drinkable for me. I have never found anything else that I liked to drink so I hope this will work. I am glad that I am not alone on this issue.

Hey guys I found a new protein drink that I kindof like. It is a fruit drink called Isopure. It comes in all kinds of flavors. I have only tried the grape flavor (which was good). It has 40 grams of protein, 0 grams of carbs, sugar, fat per serving and it only has 160 calories. I am going to try the orange,banana,pinapple flavor tomorrow. I hope it is good too. It comes in a bottle but once you find your favorite you can buy it in bulk and save. I haven't decided which flavor I like yet. I got it at GNC. I haven't had a very good few days. Nothing seems to stay down very good. I did get some eggs tonight to stay down so I might have that again tomorrow. I hope you all are doing good and I hope you all have a great week next week. We are watching our 6th foolball game this weekend and I am about to scream. I like football but 6 games come on. Oh well I am going to get ready for bed and read my book. It is not about football. I will talk to you all tomorrow. Hugs

I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I sure did. I couldn't eat much turkey but the other stuff was sure good. I didn't overdo it on the food but the desserts got me. Oh well it was just one day. My hubby went to Wal-mart at 5am yesterday and bought a bunch of neat stuff. He bought me a desk top computer for which I am on right now and I love it. He bought 2 flat screen TV's. One for me and one for him. He bought a microwave which I don't know why and a vacuum cleaner that really works good. I am going to put up my christmas tree and decorations this weekend. Next weekend we are going to my daughter's house in Waco. We are looking for a kitten to adopt. We are going to look in Waco when we go. Well I need to start putting up the tree and stuff so I will talk to you guys later. Hope you weekends are great. Hugs

Hey guys. Happy Thanksgiving!!! I am having problems with getting enough protein in my diet. I keep losing it if you know what I mean. I did get some in today and it stayed in. Yeah! Step I have a pairs of size24 jeans that I am about to outgrow and I would love to send them to you. I haven't worn them much because I don't wear jeans in the summer and it hadn't been that cold here to wear them. I think that we should put together a clothes swap thing. SOmeone needs to organize one for our group. What a great idea? Well right now I am working on some Christmas decorations so I must go but I will be back. Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Hey guys. Today has been a pretty bad for us. We had to put our little 12 year old dog to sleep. It was a very hard decison but he was hurting and ready to go. I can't write anymore for now but I will be around tomorrow. I got to try to get some sleep. Hugs