soniacan

i love getting the 22 ounce mixing it with half the cyrstal light apple and half cherry. mmmmm. if i walk for 30 minutes over lunch then i get my slurpee. mmm.

raynie - congratulations!!!!!!!!! i'm with you jess on the sugar - i have great restriction now that they fixed my overflledness. but chicken doesnt go down so easy anymore. and yet popcorn and ice cream go down like nothing!!!

sounds good to me!

Hi everyone. I LOVE my new job! not sure if its mainlybecause its so not the old job! the people are nice - its a small small office so i still feel kind of awkward and like an outsider, especially sicne i'm not in my 20s and a thin blonde but.... i spent most of the week rganizing the event information and working on the list of companies to call. Friday i was working on my "script" for when i called the companies. i was getting frustrated w/ myself and just kinda swearing to myself. we used to swear ALOT at the old job. I realized i havent even heard someone say $hit so i figured i better find other ways to vent! at least til i hear other folks swear! Mandy how long will you have to be in the hospital and recovering? i think i am free on the 21st and the 28th for lunch. have a great week everyone!

Hi friends! I've been drinking a cup of nectar Protein mix in the mornings - but i was wondering if anyone mixes up a pitcher of it and keeps it in the fridge or do you just mix it one glass at a time? I wasn't sure if I made it ahead of time if it would lose any of its proteiness... Any thoughts?

should we stat planning on getting together for july? hope everyone is doing great!

my list: knee high boots a swimsuit with out a skirt! a knock out dress

mmm! cant wait to try that! i'm always looking for something different to throw in my magic bullet since it doesnt seem to like the ice my fridge makes.

Hey Lisann - you are doing great! I went in on thrusday for a fill. TTOOOOO Tight! i haven't been able to keep liquids down... a little hot tea here and there and for some reason the pear juice today is staying (thank god!) I go in monday morning for a slight unfill. i wanted some help getting over my plateu but this was sooo not what i had in mind! Have a great week!

i will definitely try that next time! i think i ended getting tem 7 different times yesterday!

I am not having a good Friday! I have the fill from hell and now i have the fricken hiccups! :faint:

i have = altho lately i just pick the chicken off and eat some of the extra. not big on lettuce. but havent had troubles when i have eaten it.

Hi everyone! I went in for another fill today. my last fill was in February and he added 1 cc which i assume would have brought me to 2.5 since my first was 1.5 in Dec. Today i went in and he added 1.5 - so basic math tells me that i'm maxed out? Do fills evaporate? I took myself to a movie - you wouldnt believe how fast a person can run past the consession stand holding her breath to not smell the popcorn! Anyway I stopped at panera for some chicken noodle soup & brought it home. I just had maybe 3 spoons of the broth and i feel like I have a chicken leg in my chest!! I hope this passes and that i'm not really this tight, I can go in and get fixed within 2 weeks of my fill and not pay more - but the hour trip into the city, 18 for parking for a few minutes. I start a new job downtown on 7/2 so i could go in that thursday but ... guess i'll ride out the weekend but man oh man!! :omg:

I'm so stupid. Why didnt i call the doc right away??? I called at 2 after I spit up my 1/4 cup of broth lunch. they asked if i could get there by 3. Not into the city from romeoville! i drive fast but not that fast!! i'm scheduled at 10:15monday morning. i'm freaking out since i seem to spit out every sip i take!! this so cant be good. I know i wanted to get over my 48# plateu but this is NOT the way i wanted to do it! ugh. i may have to see if liquid tylenol pm stays down and just sleep thru the weekend! ugh.

thanks! I think I need to be more patient. I took too big of a gulp of water on my way to work this morning and felt horrible! I was sliming on water! Didn't think it was posible. which made the commute to work gross. I've been trying to sip my protein drink for the last 2 hours. I feel hungry but i will sllooow down.

Hi guys! Did you guys meet up yesterday? I've been kinda out of it and spent the day w/ my folks. Mandy - How's Abi feeling? Hope she's better! So I'm taking a big risk in my personal life. You guys have heard me complain about my job since the beginning - I'm an account manager for a company that personalizes your debit atm, prepaid health and transit cards... its fine but stupid at the same time and everyones negative and wants out. I was offered a contract position with Y-Me Illinois and i said heck yeah. I get to go in tomorrow and give my 2 weeks. I've been floating! But theres the part of me thats freaking out about what happens when my contracts up. I really want to get in this week for another fill just to make sure all is ok in there too b4 i lose my insurance. My responsibility will be to find sponsorship and silent auction items for their big Gala in october - which means by my 1 year bandaversary I have to get my tuckuss into a fabulous dress. So re-commitment here I come!!

Should we open up a new thread for July since this one is a gazillion pages long now?

Hi Friends! You guys are all doing so great! I'm jealous!! I needed a Band Kick in the Buttt!! I've been such a slacker! I've been stuck at 206 for a month (or more) and i know its becuz I've been eating crap. Sure about a half a cup or so of food - but its still crap. I've also been worried about pouch stretching but not like i've taken a few days of liquids to get back on track... So i am getting off my duff! I'm going to start going to the support groups too. I'm taking a big risk in my personal life. You guys have heard me complain about my job since the beginning - I'm an account manager for a company that personalizes your debit atm, prepaid health and transit cards... its fine but stupid at the same time and everyones negative and wants out. So i was offered a contract position with Y-Me Illinois and i said heck yeah. I get to go in tomorrow and give my 2 weeks. I've been floating! My responsibiltes will be to find sponsorship and silent auction items for their big Gala in october - which means by my 1 year bandaversary I have to get my tuckuss into a fabulous dress. So re-commitment here I come!! Have a wonderful Sunday! Sonia

Hi everyone! i need to get back into the swing of loggin in and checking in. I thnk I'm in a funk. I loved doing the avon walk again and signed up for the 2008 walk. but even with walking 20 miles i didnt lose a dang ounce!! aso the walk reinforced how i need to get out of my stupid job and transition into the nonprofit sector, esp development and fundraising wich is no easy feet. goodness. Also its Saturday evening and I am twidling my thumbs. hubby is on his pc. my aunt i sthrowing a get together for a cousin but i really dn't want to make the trek into the city. I just keep asking myself, have we always been this boring?? oh well. done with my whining! you guys are doing so fantastically!! keep up the good job! love, sonia

I'm up for resceduling. i'm pretty boring and my calendars open. =) Well we walked this weekend!! 20-22 miles!!! When we got on the bus at the 13.5 mile marker to take us to the wellness village i cried becuz i never made it this far before! Sunday was amazing and we finished the 13.5 there too. we had to get swept for a stop both days becuz we were kinda pokey but i don't care - we finished!! And I;ve already signed up for the 08 walk. Now i just want to sleep for a month!!!

Thanks Jessica! I am so ready for the walk! except for the nagging fear that we'll get caught in lots of rain, my teammates will wimp out or i'll be exhausted by mile 4. i had a 3 pound gain this week to. thought i would throw the stupid scale away!

hey everyone! hope everyones doing well! seems like its been forever sicne i got to write. works been actually decent. my walk is next weekend and i am sooo excited. kinda worried my teammates are lightweights who arent gonna be prepared but oh well what can you do! gotta get 2 more miles in tonight even tho a bubble bath sounds like such a better idea. i started the july 4th challenge at 203.5. i have been stuck for awhile but i am optimistic that june will bring a new job and more control. i will get better at checking in - you guys keep me focused! sonia

Hi everyone! amelia if theres anything u need just hollar! mandy i hope abi's ok! do u have anytime for a quick lunch meet next week so i can get those socks? panera has a new tomato mozerella salad thats like eating brushetta mmmmmmm =) I've been walking everynight and kind of annoyed my weights not going anywhere. But thats ok. I'm probably about 30 pounds less than last years walk so i will take it! tonights its kinda windy so i think i will just throw in the walk away pounds vidoes and pretend i'm outside. public service announcements: 1. Wilton is having their tent sale from 6/2-6/19 on 75th street off of 355. For anyone who has never gone - this is my Mecca!!! bakeware, candy supplies, wedding supplies, kitchen gagets frm as far as the eye can see, and lots of other stuff too. this is where i like to stock up on picture frames and those big collage picture frames for gifts becuz they are dirt cheap. Sure i still have a tub of stuff at moms from years past but..... 2. registeration is open for the oct 21st Making Strides Against Breast Cancer wlak at the Aurora outlet mall. No minimum to raise - noncompetitive 5K. if anyones interested in walking I've started a team and would love to have you walk with us! off to find something that could resemble dinner. Have a great day everyone!! sonia

i bought the nectar "crysta; sky" - blue genera fruit punch. its ok. a coworker bought the nectar calipso cooler from the vitamin shoppe. YYYUUUMMMM and with a little malibu rum... mmmmm ok sure the rum probly cancels out some of the goodness of drinkng protein in the first place but... so i jst have to wait for my vitamin shop to replensih their calipso cooler

Hi Gina Welcome! I live in Aurora too. Any suggestions for our next gathering date?