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happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day my friends! So i hopped on the scale this morning to see how close/far I was from teh Valentine's challenge. I almost fainted when i saw the 210.0!! 1 pound away!! BUT HOW is it possible to lose 5 pounds overnight?? I got on and off the scale probably 7 times. Maybe I shouldn't call the furnace folks! Maybe this shivering to fall asleep is really the next best exercise crazy. Wonder how i can make a DVD out of that .... Have a wonderful day! I better get to working...

Hi friends! Way to go Jimboss! It was a decent day - got to work from home - reminded me how much i need a new job. The furnace repair man was early! left and I had heat! Now that its 18 but feels like -1 the heats gone again. i didnt believe my DH when he told me so i snapped on him. GGRR I'm so annoyed!! But i did spend all day baking like a crazy person for our bake sale tomorrow and only had 1 cookie and a bite of a cupcake. Hey Jimboss I may be in your neck of the woods soon. My california client wants to see his first run of cards being produced and we do them in Sioux Falls. I'm trying to talk him into letting me go to CA with photocopies instead! well i better go cacccooon myself under lots of covers and see what tomorrow brings.... more snow it looks like but maybe we'll raise a lot of $$ for my girls... Nyte all!

Hi There White06! Thanks for posting the pics! you guys look wonderful! So last yesterday the furnace decided that blowing hot air in feb in chicago was completley unneccessary. AAAHHH. Of course the warranty on our new furnace contraption expired when we've been here a year - 3 months ago. grrr. so i have been baking all evening - i'm putting together a bake sale for our Avon Walk team at work. This is the first time i haven't eaten half of what i've made! but then i haven't started on the choco-chip cookies yet either. i've brushed my teeth so i wouldn't tempted... hmmm will that work? :omg: guess i should make some cocoa cones and see how many i can done before i'm too tired to realize i'm cold. Nyte my friends!

easter works for me! I have a cute black dress with daisies that i am goaling to fit into! goaling? is that even a word?

happy Sunday friends! So whats the next challenge? How many weeks til St Pat's? Can we do 10 pounds in that amount of time? Do u guys weigh your food? i've been thinking of getting a little scale but i dont know if i need it or if its just the gadget junkie in me.

Hi There! When I woke up and started looking around the room and felt the crazy pain - I was CONVINCED that they actually removed my stomach and kicked it around the operatng room for a while before reinserting it as punishment. The weird thoughts (kinda) go away. =) just give it time.

i still take my "shot" of tylenol liquid no problem

i pay 250 for my fills

i don't remember it growling very much post-op but after my fill on Thursday, my bands talks to me ALOT! i thought an alien baby was going to erupt yesterday.

good morning friends! Happy Saturday! I really think this fill is just right. still kinda weird and i feel i can't even drink liquids very quickly anymore but i'm digging it! EXCEPT for the new weird noises my stomach is making. my stomach started gurgling all weird and LOUD. I was sure an alien baby was going to erupt from my stomach yesterday! The only good thing that woulld have come from that is that I would have gotten to leave early. =) I'm beginning to think weight loss screws with your head. When ever I hop on the scale - plus or minus - I didn't seem to grasp that yup the weight is coming off. Today I get on the scale and there was something about the 215 that made me jump up and down! Like NOW i believe the weight is coming off. Shirley - welcome back! Jimboss you crack me up! AIR would give me the munchies! Kilopitre - i dont know why we shouldn't gulp. I used to be a fast drinker - now i can't seem to. makes me worried that i wont get all my water in - but i'll take it one day at a time.

i loved the 2 animals in the pet store with the poor mouse trying to get online.

Good Morning My first fill in December was 1.5 and i didn't really feel any restriction. I just got filled yesterday to 2.5 and i definitely feel a difference. I have to be on liquids for a day so it will be hard to tell til I eat foods - buit I notice a big difference just with liquids. I was trying to have a slimfast shake for breakfast and i have been sipping it for an hour. I probably have a half can left but its no longer cold so I'll just wait til i get some broth at lunch....

Happy Friday Friends! MMM A margarita sounds SOOOOO good right now!! sure its only 9:20 but... I went in for my fill yesterday. Man o Man what a difference! I'm trying to drink my slimfastshake and i can only take a few sips at a time then wait then take another sip. It feels like its just sitting. very very weird... Its been like an hour and i have had barely 1/2 of this can and its no longer cold. but if its too much i can go in within the 2 weeks and not get charged. My doc is also an attending at Rush and I asked him if he knew anyone on the Women's Board sicne I had just sent them my resume. He seemed kinda chuckled that i was trying to use him as my in. Hey - Whatever it takes!! Welcome Turner! I'm not a good judge of what slow or fast when it comes to weight loss - but you're almost at 10 pounds a month so thats still pretty awesome. Good Job!

Hi Guys! Oh Mary so been there with you! I think the only thing that has helped the last couple of weeks is logging what i'm eating. I think it was Jessica who recommended sparkpeople.com and i love it. I have my fill at 4 and can have no food or drinks for 4 hours... so what do I do? Not being terribuly hungry I start the inner panic around 11:50 - what to do? To eat something or drink??? So i had some of my water, a marshmallow and some cheez-its and then a little more water. Sounded sooo much better than the cottage cheeese and fruit I had packed for lunch. Now i put the top back on the water and had to put the bottle under my desk so I don't get toooo tempted to drink! Works been so ridiculous and everyone's so crabby. off to try and get some stuff done before i leave for my fill. Have a great day!

Hello! Raynie - i just keep looking at my cat and thinking of your story! But instead of the 'ew feeling I keep thinking - MAN Raynie's somewhere warm enuf to BBQ??!!! It's freezing here!! i go in for my 2nd fill tomorrow. my port area has been feeling funky so i hope its nothing. off for a very very long hot bath! Have a great night friends.

i waited AWHILE - ended up Freaking the DH out! Well i kept reading the posts about folks being banded and then poof geting preggers that I didn't want to take any chances! I'm kinda baby-pobic. =)

Aahh 3B, don't feel so bad... boys are dumb... (Jimboss except you!). They **disclaimer not always all, women can be the same... disclaimer** just don't get it. Sometimes I think men have been so hung up on the - damned if i do damned if i don't - philosophy that they figure its safest if i just don't. At least thats the way it is sometimes w my DH. we just think differently. I think a new course should be taught in grammer schools - ya know when they take the girls in one room to talk about stuff.... and the boys in another.... they should discuss Observation 101. =)

We'll be thinking of you Shirley!

Good Morning friends! I'm a little over 3 months post-op and for the last week or so my port area has been really sore. I keep feeling to make sure the discomfort is around my port and not the band itself. I've been fairly good at not eating over a half cup at a time so i don't think i could have expanded my pouch. but i have been much more comfortable at night sleeping on my left side/stomach area. i wonder if I should still not be sleeping too much on the port. Can you stretch out your pouch with over drinking? I have noticed that I still gulp lots of water. I think my brain is going wild with thoughts that I broke something. I know I should call the surgical center and ask but I still owe them a balance and don't want to be transfered to billing!! =)

Morning Friends! Well i still have 8.5 pounds to lose to meet the valentines day challenge. we'll see... i didn't work out at all last week and only lost 1 pound, but hey its still not a gain! Off to get my tennies on and put in a few miles. my brother asked me to bake some cookies for the sperbowl.. I'm thinking of putting some tape over my mouth so i dont eat the dough while i bake! have a great day!

Cngratulations!!! Keep on dancing! You deserve it! I can't wait to go Boot Shopping!! I don't care if it doesn't happen til August and its a hundred degrees out!!

Happy Friday all! I was trying to make a logo/design/thing in Photoshop the other night and let me just say - I SUCK AT IT! I wanted to try and put together a Pink Ribbon and our walk team name - Hope for Miles and maybe AWBC Chicago - then add feet or shoes or something. Yeah just could not figure the dang thing out. Cafepress.com lets you open an online store where you upload your logo and pickout what you sell - I wanted to open a store to raise money for our walk team for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. Anyone out there in LBT-land think they can help me?! Or help unlock the secrets of that silly photoshop program!

Happy Friday!! Hope you guys are well today. I've got some funky discomfort today. I don't know if its cuz I've been sleeping on my port or maybe all the pringles I've been eating has stretched out the pouch. The office is having a superbowl party so i think i will sneak out to panera and just get some soup and avoid all of the goodies. I'm going in for my fill next Thursday and am sure i'll get a stern talkings too for having lost maybe 6 pounds since my fill in Dec. Oh well. Gee everyones being herded into the kitchen for a group bears picture. kill me.

works for me!