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Yeah on the hair cut! I've been thinking of getting some fun color to mine. I've had the same style for forever since i felt my face was too round for short. not sure what to eat today for lunch since i have my first fill tomorrow. i don't know why that would matter but its all i can think about. maybe some tuna from jimmy johns w/o the bread... have a great day!

i bought a Jr Frosty last week and a few coworkers thought the l"ap-band size frosty" was the cutest thing. normal-eaters can be so weird. teehee

yeah i thought the pin thing was wacky and i was sure i had not chosen anything when i initially made my ticker. so i just entered a 4 digit # when i tried to update it and it took it. hmmm should have probably written that number down....

Jodi - have a speedy recovery! challenge check in - down .5

Happy Friday! threebeauties, i think we're in need of an HR assistant if your near romeoville, il. i need to go back onto liquids. i had control then! Now i don't know what the hell i am doing!! the girls wanted to take me out so we went for pizza. i had one slice and felt all happy. then for some reason i orderd some ice cream. figurd Oh Just a Few Bites! sure like a cup later i want to be sick. i feel so stuffed and nasty. I don't know what my issue is!! I go in for my first fill next thursday. i hope that brings me back to reality!!

Hi everyone. Happy Thursday. So i don't know what my co-workers were thinking. On one hand i feel very loved but on the other hand i think they're a bunch of quacks. Ok today is my birthday and my surgery was NO secret. everynes been super supportive. nadia comes by with a baby xmas tree and a little red velvet cake. then beth comes in with a big cake and cookies. then denise comes in with a giant cookie and veronica with doughnuts. mark comes by and he had little apple danishes. Are they trying to kill me?!?!?!?!! I swear they want me to gain all my weight back today! I had a small barely a quatrer of a doughnut, a little apple danish and a sliver of the red velvet cake. nnoooowwww all the sweet smell is soooo much!! crazy crazy crazy! i know we're all grazers here and everyones been eating the food but still!! i'm taking the larger cake to my familys house this weekend. we went to noodles and company since i had such a taste for them! i was worried since some folks have problems with pasta and bread. but i ordered a small pasta fresca with chicken. ate most fo the chicken and only a few of the noodles. mmmmm. well i guess i could go back to work now... Have a great day!

thank you for your feedback!

today i swear i just kept eating! i know its stress from my last week of classes (ever in my lifetime!!) but still its just an excuse and now i feel awful. i was supposed to get my first fill on thrusday but didnt want to see the doc on my birthday. now i am kicking myself that i scheduled it for next week. i need to get my arse excersing!!!

happy sunday everyone! I lost the 1.5 I gained last week plus 2! WOOHOO! now i'm just trying to work on my final paper. ick. maybe i'll hop on the elliptical to try and clear my head since by brain is all squishy w/ having spent the day doing a take home exam. have a good day!!

i have gone out a couple of times since starting foods. I typically have been ordering salmon. A friend ordered some brownie dessert thing and I had a couple of small spoons. it was delicious! i think in the past i would have had the entire thing myself but i told myself - just a few bites and then i put the fork very very far away from me.

Hi everyone! We had to take a visiting employee out to lunch so I was very nervous about eating with the work crew. They all know and have been very supportive. I got the salmon, YUM and asked for veggies instead of rice. I LOOOVVEE rice but didnt want to chance it since i read its an issue with most folks. I'm getting pretty used to cooking fish! And i bought a bag of Healthy Eating (or something like that from Domincks by the Tysons) italian flavored chicken breasts. They are nice and small and cook in lke 15 minutes in the oven! yum. well better get back to work! Have a good one!

Happy Tuesday everyone! I don't know whats going on with me today. I tried to have some applesauce earlier and didn't finish it because it felt like it was sitting at the back of my throat. YUCK. Now its lunch time and i was eating my fav melted cheese and ragu dish and got just threw some of it and then the same feeling. Maybe a few laps around the parking lot will help. hope everyones having a good day!

Thats fantastic! Way to Go! Buying some boots is one of my band-goals!

i think i will have the Fr Abraham song stuck in my head for the rest of the week!

Thanks for your input! I think I am going to shoot for in 2007 - the mothers day 5K in may the iron girl 10 k in december andn shoot for running a marathon in 2008. I want to get it right and not hurt myself!

Hi everyone! I was thinking about my goals for next year as I was going thru the Y-Me website. (looking for job openings) Anyway I noticed they have a team Pink Streak for the chicago Marathon next October. I wonder if giving myself 10 months to lose LOTS more weight and start training and learning to run if this is something i could realistically do. I figure i will start with a few 5 and 10ks and see where that takes me... hmmm... we'll see we'll see....

Hello everyone. My husband wants to move to Oregon or Washington in the next couple of years. We're currently in IL and know noone or nothing about that region. Are there any good sites that talk about the area? He's thinking portland or eugene. Thanks! Sonia

I haven't been drinking with meals but everything has mostly been soft or soupy. Now i'm onto soft foods and i want to drink with foods. its such a learning process! i think i am still eating to fast. I go in for my first fil on 12/14. so after being all mad at myself this morning for my 1.5 gain, i hop back on the scale before getting into the shower. all of a sudden i was down a pound. Stupid Scale!! figure i will stick with the higher weight and no more double weighing!

UGH my first gain! 1.5 pounds!! I know i've been munching lots of salty snacks and haven't done any exercise. Grr. Better get myself back on track! have a good sunday!

Hello friends I am ready to crawl under my desk and nap. And no one would notice!! WHY is my silly company open? Who cares if your debit/atm/ or Gift card didn't go out in the mail today! i had one client call at 830. i could have gotten SSOOOOO much done! but nopers. not inspired. I did print out some articles for the class i'm taking, updated my resume, and sent out fundraising emails for the Chicago Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. Maybe I'll work on my christmas shopping list. I could file or send some emails to clients but.... maybe i'll read more posts...

Hi My name is Sonia and i am gadget junkie. I LOVE the magazine Women's Health. I haven't had any time to read the issue I just bought but in quick flipping I saw an ad for the Power Plate. I just loooked at the site quickly and closed it before I got sucked into anything else - but then I was curoius. has anyone here heard of it?

we drove up to WI and had lunch at a resteraunt with the inlaws so i was really good at eating just a little. then i came home and baked cookies for work. I did cheat and have a couple. i figure i just wont have any tomorrow at work. =)

Hi everyone! i went to dinner tonight w/ a friend and i waas SSOOO nervous about it! She couldnt believe i had decided to get the band and i was worried she'd be well.. kinda weird about it. I also didn't know how eating out would be. So we went to Fridays. She said i HAD to at least tried the deep fried mac and cheese. ick. i took one - cut in small peices and took a bite and chewed it to death! then i moved my small plate away. I ordered the salmon even tho I did dip alittle into the JD sauce. YUM. I would take a bite, put my fork down, take a bite, fork down. So by the time i was done w/ 1/2 of the salmon and a few bites of brocoli - she was done. it actually worked out perfectly. she ordered dessert and i had 2 small bites then moved my spoon to the end of the table. that was plenty. I felt SOO good walking out of the resteraunt. NOW to see if I can do that again tomorrow at a resteraunt for thanksgiving lunch with the inlaws! Is it too soon for a glass of wine? Chrispy - i have to tell you - i never noticed the happy face guy in your signature. well i'm typing and i keep seeing something black near the top of the screen out of the corner of my eye. I almost freaked out thinking it was a bug until i stopped typing long enough to actually LOOK at the screen. =) think time for sleep. Have a great thanksgiving everyone!

Hi everyone. i think i caught something since my ears all clogged and i feel like garbage. I've read some posts about medicines that are bad with the band but couldn't find anything when I searched. Is there ingredients that I should wathc out for? Sonia

i keep thinking in terms of small victories... When i lose 10% i'm getting a pedicure... 20% a massage.... eventually buy a serious distance bike... learn to run... particpate in an Iron Girl event maybe the 5K in Tempe next December of the bike/run in MN the year after.... We can do ANYTHING we set our minds too!