503-250

WTG! Jump on the table and shake it like yer gonna break it. All these victories are huge bursts of energy for your growing confidence and abilities, the more you have the better you will feel.

Hey NYers...how you doin? I'm a Lawn Guylander and was punctured and roped by Dr Geiss.

I know the drama has gotten to alot of people here, but don't leave the positive side of this forum because of a small negative. The girls in the Kansas SMMC Chicas and the wonderful people in this thread keep me going every day. Teresita started a great thread on daily goals. These are the reasons we all came here. Ignore the drama, join the encouraging threads and we will all be fine. WTG! I am three lbs away from my 50 lb first goal level and I CAN'T WAIT! Go outside on the lawn and do the snoopy dance in celebration. Take pics for all of us of course.

WTG Twinkle Toes, dance until your feet hurt, thats fantastic! BTW...normally your social interaction levels go hand and hand with your confidence levels. In real life I am a very outgoing person and have never had the confidence issues I see in many of the people in this forum (well...my confidence doesn't suffer, but I have a million OCD issues...LOL). I can tell you without a doubt you will notice more HOT GUYS checking you out when you start feeling better about yourself. Take it from a banded hot guy. Well...not so much hot as wonderful and fabulous...and sorta ugly in a manly way. Alright, I'm a very tall troll...but the ladies seem to like that. Picture Hagar the Horrible but with manners.

Oh yeah...I added a ticker in my sig for your wonderful ladies to keep track of how much you are helping me out. Is it just me or is that rope REALLY long.

OK, it's Saturday and I started my first day of mushies since my last fill. I'm now 8.5cc into a 10cc VG band. Breakfast: one slim fast milk chocolate peanut bar (I eat one of these every day because I am not a Breakfast person. I really am usually not hungry until lunch, but waiting that long I'd be starving, this puts legitimate food into the stomach and keeps it from rumbling until long past noon..) I also sampled one of my wife's super delicious meatballs. We're going to a BBQ at her mom's house (in the torrential rain) and this is her dish for the day. She makes her meatballs from ground lean pork because I can't eat turkey (gout) and she can't eat red meat (weird digestive issue) and then she pours her sauce and the meatballs into the crock pot and lets them simmer for hours....it's like heaven, only better. Anyone have an idea on how to add one lean pork meatball to my fitday foods...LOL So far 3 bottles of Water and it's almost noon, slow drinking day for me, but the bar and meatball made me feel really full....I hope that sensation means the fill is finally in the "sweet spot".

I finished the day somewhere around 12 bottles of water, or 6 liters, or almost 200oz. I hope this new fill gives me a nice restriction. I will try some mushies tomorrow and let you guys know.

FunnyDuddies, this forum is hemorrhaging and if you leave, it's basically going to continue. People here need a final end to this whole thing. I have made every attempt not to be involved in this in any way, but I am jumping in with both feet here. We have lost enough people to this BS, and now...we are losing people who weren't involved. I think the best move now is for everyone to just relax....take a few minutes out to breathe...and then you will see when the smoke clears that things are back to normal. This is a fairly common occurrence on the interweb, don't be a victim of this silliness. Besides, I just found out you are a Ron White fan, we are few and far between and need to stick together.

We could do a birthday exchange instead of waiting until Halloween. As a matter of fact....Mine is coming up soon. It would give everyone just enough time to shop and send me something. Just a hint, I really need a car, a house and cash.

I goto the Dr Geiss third tuesday meeting....you?

Because I love my wife (no matter how much I hate the show) I bought her the whole 9 box set of Little House, she has watched ALL of them.

We left out Catch That Pigeon.... My wife and I realized we were meant for each other (we hated each other when we first meet) after having a 4 hr long conversation about cartoons. Specifically the Pink Panther side series, like Ant and aardvark, Mr Jaws and Catfish, and the ones no one ever remembers...The Tijuana Toads (later changed to Texas Toads) and the crazy legged crane, and Hoot Kloot.

Water water water pudding water water water pudding water water water .... I had about 1/4lb chicken salad (more like chicken paste, they must have made it with a boat motor) and two puddings today, the rest was water...trying to let this band settle into place with its new fill. 8 waters so far 2 puddings 1/4 lb chicken paste

Be sure to put your burn cream on your tattoo....it keeps it nice and sharp and clean so you don't scab or get an infection.

ok...here's the Tater Salad video [ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=GmOR3oQo6aE]YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.[/ame]

Just for you FuddyDuddies: "This guy next to me is LOSIN' HIS MIND. Apparently, he had a lot to live for. He asks me,'Hey man, uh, uh, hey man...If one engine fails, how far do you think we can make it on the other engine?'... All the way to the scene of the crash. Which is pretty handy, because that's where we're headed. I bet we beat the paramedics there by a half an hour. We're haulin ass!"

The Ron White line is amazing, he starts off by telling a story about being an adult and getting thrown out of a bar and arrested, then he goes back in time and tells a story about being arrested in the small town where he grew up and being questioned by the police officer who he grew up with and based on the small population "they had meet". The cop asks him if he uses any names and as a joke he says, "Some people call me Tater Salad". He then jumps back to the current day and says, "so I get thrown out of the bar and arrested and the cop turns to me and says, "Are you Ron "Tater Salad" White?", and he answers, "you found me, you got the tater". Ron White is hysterically funny and needs to do a lot more shows so I can see him again.

Motion...the scale won't move if you don't move. Also, I highly recommend going to Dr Geiss' 3rd tuesday of the month meetings. Tons of valuable information from the nutritionist and therapist who run the meeting, and even more info from the banders who show up every week. I was just in Dr Geiss' office on Thursday morning, any chance we meet there? I was the bearded fat guy...hard to miss LOL.

The tattoo looks excellent, might have something to do with the canvas too tho. You look super skinny.

I could go without food for days as long as I am having sex, my poor wife runs for cover whenever I go for a fill, or she hears my stomach grumble. She will run and get me a 100 calorie snack pack drop it and run.

Dody, can you pm me some locks so I can make a little money...i'm broke and I want to do something special for my wife. A quick 10k would be fantastic...LOL

Can someone explain the big scarey scorecard to the newb?

where did you get that picture of me?

My real name is Chico...j/k My name is Ralph, im from New York and I was banded on 12/06/05 (I keep typing 06 but that day hasn't come yet) Stats are my board name....503 starting weight, 250 goal, current weight 456 as of today.

No worries or blame, just posting my info to get me in the pool.