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i love the nectar calipso cooler its very pinacolada delicious. i have had the ice tea... dont think it was gritty... i think it was just Ok but i shoul dhave had it colder i think it sat to long on my desk.

dont know how new they are - but they are new to me - Apple Crisps or Apple Chips, hmm now i dont remember what they are called but they are basically dried apples and crunch like a chip but have less fat. mmmm

i think i had to get there early and i know i got there VERY early... i remember chatting with the nurses and the anestesiologust (how ever you spell that word!) and he was very funny! He asked what my favorite cocktail was - a chocolate martini - so when he was giving me my drugs he was all bartender-man serving up my "chocolate martini". I did see Dr Meyers before - think he asked about the preop and how i was feeling. And everyone asked about a zillion times what my name was and why was there...

good morning Belles I had mine done at D1H too. i did ok with the preop - about 4 days in i had a 1/2 bagel and sucked the cheese off a few doritos. by the second week it was easier. i thought the surgery went fine but i hurt alot. the nurse person Chris who kept checking on me was super wonderful. i think my surgery was at 10 or so and we left by 4 i think. i really wanted to skip the whole thing and run into Bloomies to try on hats - good thing my mom was with me and didn;t let me! I hope you both can join us for our next lunch!

Hi There! Yes its the same dr Myers from Rush. Just this monday? How are you feeling? are you up to meeting up with us on Saturday? some folks do highest weight first others just do starting weight/curent weight/goal weight... Are we meeting at 1? we rearranged the car troupes for Satursdays walk so i should be ontime! =)

Morning everyone! I know it can feel a little awkward going to meet new people when you're not sure what they look like - so here we have our new Chicago LBT plant. I think it needs a name... Mandy I have to head into the city after a trader joes run and hop on 55 there in romeoville. Do u have time later this morning to maybe meet? Or if u want to pm me I could leave it in a bag at your door. See you all Saturday!

While trying to figure out how to take the airstopperthingy out of my core secrets ball to add more air to it - i clicked upon an informercial for Fluidity. I must be an advertisers dream come true! I swear it took seconds to suck me into this infomerical and here i am with another screen up about to buy it! I think i'm getting out of the pamered chef biz and i want to transform my loft into a functional space to work out in. I have an elliptical that i finally use and now i'm thinking of adding this bar-thing. eventually i want to go back to karate and get one of the kick bags. my Dh is going to kill me!! =)

Hi everyone. The walk starts at 10. Mom's walking with me and i think she's kinda pokey so I doubt we'll be done with our miles til about 11:30. Maybe 12 by the time we actually head out of downtown. I have to bring mom back to the southside then head back on the highway. I'd figure i'd be there by at least 1:30. Mandy I can always bring you the LBT plant in case Im late. I've got some strange side ache today - don't know if i did something funky to the band or not. Kinda don't want to drive all the way down town to find out I just need a good toooot =) but then I fly to DC this Saturday so i don't want to hop on a plane if I broke something. goodness!

Hi everyone! Its been a pretty queit week. I am off to DC Saturday morning til tuesday. I am sooo excited about having the week off of work! I've got some funky soreness around what i figure would be band area - but i haven't eatten much today. Don't want to travel all the way downtown to find out its gas or something and i just need a good toooot and i'll be fine! But then i don't want to hop on a plane and find out i broke something... hmmm.

i love the isofruit delight in cantaloupe and green apple. just likejucie and no thickness. 100 calories for 21 grams of protein. i got samples first from bariatriceating.com The last time i looked to get a nother tub they were out. I have heard that the vitamin shoppe carries the nectar brands to. i have had he fuzzy navel - kinda gritty - and the cherry which was ok but VERY red! lke child drinking hawaaiian punch at work red!

hi everyone. i ended up canceling the fluidity order before it came.. too much buyers remorse... figure i should use this elliptical i have... i bought the total gym maybe 10 years ago and loved it! i sold it to my mom forever and a 1/2 ago... i think its ina brothers basement... i should check it out....

thanks mandy!

Do we have a time yet for the 5th? I still need to work on a plant thing so we can be recognized. when I am done with it - i'll post a picture. That morning a few of us will be doing the walk for the whisper downtown so looks like i'll be a little stinky on the 5th too!

today i broke the drink with food rule! I had SSUUUCCCHHH a taste for warm milk and Cookies. so a half glass of milk and some reduced fat nilla wafers... yuuummm.

Ah Christine I hope you feel better soon! looking at your ticker you're half way to where you want to be! Bet that feels wonderful! Congrats!! I'm hoping to be there next week!

theres got to be a panera in Europe! i say we go there too!!

hi friends! Hope everyone had a good week! Shirley sorry to hear about your dog! Mary my thoughts are with you on your surgery! Christine - how much does a tonsl weigh? having them out has to be at least a pound or two right? raynie - holy schmoley! I must be drinking the wrong kinda protein! i keep thinking oh well when the girls finally go away with weightloss Ill just stick to the old childhood ryme- What god has forgotten, stuff with cotton! This week has been a crazy blur! I had my third annual chocoalte martini and dessert fundraiser last night. i bakd for ddays straight and had quite the crazy dessert spread! Amazingly i only had a peice of rice krispie treat and this new smore dessert. I wanted to stick to the bandster rle of no drinking with my food and having several chocoalte martini's was more my way to go!! But having been on my feet doing all of this baking frenzy has killed my ankle. its always been tempermental and today its the size of a tennis ball and every steps makes me wimper. At least I stil have about 6 weeks to getit stronger for my walk. i'm in a quandry tho becuz 2 of my teammates aren't raising enuf money. I am almost to goal and sent in a donation on Wednesday that will put me at my walk minimm. I didn;t raise enuf yesterday to put both of the teammates to goal. We can split it between them nd then figure out how to raise about 600 bucks for them. Or we can put it towards one of te gals and she wil be able to walk. If we split it and cant raise the rest then neither of them can walk. the didn't seem to believe me when i said raising the money takes alot of work. Now i feel like i am the one doing all of the work. Guess i'mm just being whiny becuz my ankle hurts so dang bad, OK enuf of my rambling - but 1 question on the memorial day challenge. Does this week mark our starting weight or do we go off what our easter weight was?

The morning of my surgery I tried to convince my mom who came with me to just skip the whole thing and spend the day at Bloomingdales trying on expensive clothes. Glad she said no get your scared tuckuss on the elevator!

ah she's beautiful! congratulations!

i'm 5-ish months post-op and have no issues with popcorn. I think it was on my "sme folks have issues with these foods" list I got from my doc. I don't have a lot of it but do enjoy it time to time. I think i love most going to the movies and getting the kid size popcorn. mmmm

Morning everyone! well i didnt make the easter challenge but i was down 4 which is more than i thought i would be. I am so happy to be under 210 finally! I think I have a bridesmaid dress from 3 years ago and i was about 207-210. i kinda want to see if it fits. feb 06 i had to get my MOH dress for my best friends wedding enlarged becuz i went up and not down and ordered a smaller size on purpose. i think I;m going to put them both on and see what they look like. :biggrin1: So when do we start our memorial day challenge? 10 pounds? I met up yesterday with a couple of the chicago bandster gals and it was wonderful. We gabbed at panera from 2-7! At least since i didnt get anything done yesterday I can call mom and say nopers not makingthe trip out to grannies. I'm so bad. Have a wonderful day friends!

both of those Saturdays work for me. i have a very long training walk scheduled on the 19th so i may be a little stinky! !

thats fantastic! Way to go!

Sorry you didn't see us! I am so working on a LBT - Chicago plant thing that we can put on the table when we meet so folks know who we are. It was great to sit and gab! Oh mandy those detour bars you were talking about are on sale at CVS for 10/10. I got 2 to test them out.

there was a post but I can't find it about a book to help get over your head hunger - i know i'm terribly vague but if i could remember more then maybe i could find the thread =) i have been listening to my first book on CD - The Secret.