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Ahhh, found this thread and its an interesting thread at that. I love the Biggest Loser! I've been watching it since it very first came on, the first season. I agree, the dad needs to go. It is a game, along with weightloss, and he's not contributing with the game and barely weightloss. I'm trying to remember, but didn't he have gastric bypass? I'm hoping some plastic surgeon will see him on BL and offer to give him some surgery to reduce the hanging skin. Hey, it could happen....It happend to Kate Goselin on John and Kate plus 8, she showed her belly and then got a free tummy tuck. Wonder if that would work for me if I show my belly? lol. Tara - she's the bomb! Love her. Bob - grow a pair of balls, and Jillian, chill a little but work their butts off! Those are my thoughts.....Can't wait for tonights show!

I went to my WW meeting last night and didn't lose anything. The good news, I didn't gain anything either. I went over my points for the week and I did bad for three days in a row. So I was pleasantly surprised that I didn't gain anything, and so happy about it too. This week is going to be better! I'm already down a bit according to my scales. This week, I'm focussing on exercise! Oh - its on this week! I'm going to kick some butt in the exercise department! Oh yes, next week, I can't wait to step on the scales because I'm going to see a 2 lb loss. Thats right, 2 lbs! Me and the scale, we are going head to head and I'm going to win! Its on baby! Wt - my scales, naked in the am 164.9 WW scales - fully clothed in the afternoon - 167.6

I went to my WW meeting last night and didn't lose anything. The good news, I didn't gain anything either. I went over my points for the week and I did bad for three days in a row. So I was pleasantly surprised that I didn't gain anything, and so happy about it too. This week is going to be better! I'm already down a bit according to my scales. This week, I'm focussing on exercise! Oh - its on this week! I'm going to kick some butt in the exercise department! Oh yes, next week, I can't wait to step on the scales because I'm going to see a 2 lb loss. Thats right, 2 lbs! Me and the scale, we are going head to head and I'm going to win! Its on baby! Wt - my scales, naked in the am 164.9 WW scales - fully clothed in the afternoon - 167.6

Okay, Weight Watchers meeting last night, DIDN'T LOSE 1 ounce! Am I mad? NO. I went out to eat Friday night with another couple, then we went to a club to socialize a bit. I haven't drank in awhile, my DH doesn't drink at all, so he was our driver. I ended up drinking 2 drinks and then we got crazy and had a shot of tequila. ouch. I paid for it the next day! I was so lathargic the next day and then ate all the bad stuff AGAIN. So then Sunday rolls around, I have a big Turkey dinner for a group of friends at my house, lots of dressing, mashed potatoes, and who could forget dessert. Pumpkin cheesecake, double chocolate chip cookies, need I say more? Well, its not like I ate a lot, however, I did try it all. So, I was not surprised I didn't lose weight this week. However, I was pleasantly surprises I didnt gain weight. I was happy to stay exactly the same. Next week will be better! I weighed this morning and already dropped another pound. My scales showed 164. I really like the accountability of gong to the WW meetings and weighing in each week. It keeps me honest. I also have a friend that joined and she goes to the Monday night meetings with me, so it also motivates me to have a buddy. Well, I better get to work. I will check in later. Hope everyone is doing great!

So glad the unfill is making you feel better! Getting on track with eating is the hard part. I tell you, joining Weight Watchers has really helped me do that. You can eat anything, however, you just eat in moderation. Thats the one thing I enjoy about the WW program. Its taught me to eat like a bandster should. Or I guess I should say, its teaching me. I am not there yet, but learning. After 2 years, still trying to learn to eat like a bandster, can you believe it? I have no regrets either about the band, although the sleeve sounds better now that I've heard about it. I am still happy I did something about my weight. The band might not be as fast as I wanted it to go, but I am moving downward and I am not moving upward like I have done so many times in the past. I don't worry about going back to the 240's ever again! I feel like I need another fill, however, I know it will make me have bad reflux and with my barrets esophagus, I just cant afford that. So, I'm going to make this fill I have work. I'm just trying to eat the WW way, which is small protions. Its the way I need to eat anyway. I just have to stay away from the chocolate!!!!!!

Glad to see you pop in! You have been away forever! So sorry to hear about your pains and in the hospital. I'm sure thats not easy especially with a new baby too. I've had my gallbladder out about 5 years ago, so I don't have to worry about that. I also had ulcers in my esophagus, but they are better now. I find eating spicey food irritates them. I love my spicey food too! Ouch, kidney stones! I've never had them but people who I know have had them and they say it is horrible pain. I hope you pass them soon! Did they tell you what causes kidney stones?

I wish I would have had the sleeve too. I have a friend who had it done too, its been 1 year. The thing I like about the sleeve is it does everything the band is supposed to do, except you don't have to get fills. I am happy that I had something done, I sill love my band, I'm thinner than I have been in 18 years, off my diabetic medication, and look better than I did in my 30's. But, the sleeve sounds like a perfect tool. But oh well, I have the band and I will just work with what I got.... There are several on here that have moved from the band to the sleeve and are happy with it. I know my insurance doesn't cover the sleeve, and it did cover the band. I think as time goes on, they will start covering the sleeve. My brother is considering the sleeve, but he will be cash pay.

Okay, now I'm foaming out the mouth! Can't wait to go. Thanks for sharring the link. I've been looking at it all day today!

Sula, ouch it is cold where your at! We had 80 degrees on Monday, and Tuesday it started getting colder. This morning it was 29, but with winsheild factor, feels like 19 degrees. I'm freezing at this temp, I would really be cold at below zero!!!!! Regarding your saline being taken out, I don't really think it is a slip, if it was, I've heard severe vomiting all the time. It could be a tiny slip, but usually taking all the fluid out will correct that. The pain might be some irritation of the Esophagus. When I had my band completely close up on me, when I couldn't even swallow saliva and ended up in the hospital, they took some of the saline out, and I remember having pain the next day. It was right in my chest area, seems like it lasted a few days. My doc said it was irritated from all the PBing I did. Try to be calm, and hopefully everything will work out and be just fine.

Because my goal is within reach, staying on plan will get me to goal.

Okay, I knew something must be going on with TracyKS, she was only online a short time to say she was back at work. NOthing since. So someone give us details, is she okay? Worried about her!

No, not at all. I've had the article for about the past 5 years, and I refer to it often. I sometimes forget what a big fat liar the scale is. I get so wrapped up in the numbers on the scales sometimes that I forget to focus on how I'm feeling, my clothes getting loser, etc. Glad you enjoyed it.

Thats cool. We didn't know that. I just told my cousin what you had said and she is totally excited. I am planning on eating lots of fruit and trying to stay away from too much "drinking", but I will allow myself for some down time on the beach with a drink in my hand. :biggrin: They also have a really nice gym, so I plan on exercising every day at least 30 minutes (this will give me an excuse to have a drink. ) Thanks for the info, it was helpful.

Sula - Yep, you have a fickle band. I suspect the esophagus could be irriated and it could take a week or so of liquids to calm it down. Seeing a doc is the best way to find out. They probably will do an upper GI. Or Barium swallow test. If you have a hernia, they will see it on the upper GI. Thats when they found mine. Okay, went to Weight Watchers meeting last night and down another 1.4 lbs since last weigh in. Since joining WW I am down 4 lbs. 4 lbs in 4 weeks. It is going slow, but at least it is moving downward. I told myself if I could lose just 1 lb a week I would be happy. So I'm averaging that, so I'm not going to complain. I'm going to stick with it another 30 days and see what happens. If I quit losing, I will quit WW. The thing I like about WW is it gives me specific guidelines to eat, and I have to weigh in every week, it keeps me accountable. The things I don't like about ww - its so sloooooow. lol. But, I guess its better than what I've been doing because I've lost the same 5 to 10 lbs over the past year. I'm sick of losing hte same 5 or 10 lbs. Exercising has been going good. Morning routine, not so good. But at least i'm exercising, right? This time change is really thrown me for a loop and I just can't get myself out of bed. I set THREE alarms last night and turned everyone of them off this morning and went back to bed. I barely got up in time to get to work this morning. grrrrrr. Talk to everyone later.

I lost the first year great. Then I quit trying, ate what I wanted etc. I didn't lose any weight for about a year. But, here is the thing, I DIDN'T GAIN! All my life, if I wasn't dieting, I GAINED. So for the first time in my life I wasn't gaining weight. So for that, I am so grateful. I know that I will NEVER weigh 248 lbs again. Now, I'm watching what I eat again and exercising and i'm losing. Slowly, but I am losing. The band is a tool and is there when your ready to use it. Make sure you have the propper restriction, make sure you are eating lean Proteins first. I do think medical problems will slow you down. But thats with ANY WLS. My cousin chose Gastric Bypass surgery over the lap band - she had her surgery in 11/06, I followed just a few months behind her with the band in 1/07. Well, sad to say, she lost about 50 - 60 lbs and quit losing. She still weighs 196 lbs and is 5'1. She is very disappointed with her Gastric Bypass surgery, she now says she wished she would've gotten the lap band. So I just wanted to share her story with you who think that the Gastric Bypass is quick too. It didn't work for her either and she has a thyroid problem. Best wishes to you.

I agree, just make sure your Snacks are healthy. I usually have 2 snacks a day, one in the morning, and one in the afternoon(usually fruit, or protein). I also like to keep my matabolism going and feel snacking helps it to keep burning. I exercise a lot, so I'm hungry more often. Your doing great on your weightloss!

I agree with all the posters. Everyone is totally different. For me, the first year was a piece of cake, lost quickly. The 2nd year life threw me some curve balls and had lots of hurdles to jump so it was hard. Now I'm headed toward the right way again and 20 lbs from my ultimate goal, 10 lbs from a healthy weight for my height. I can see light at the end of the tunnel. For me, I have to exercise. If I don't - I just can't keep the scale moving. I can eat anything, I have only PB'd 4 times over a two year period. I just can't eat much of anything. I can't eat an entire box of cookies like I did prior, or an entire pizza pre band. So with the band, I am able to control my portions. I love that. I know that I will NEVER weigh 248 lbs again! Also, I don't have to take small bites of food, I don't have to chew, chew chew like they say. I eat regularly and am full with a small amount of food. I have had to have 14 fills, and finally gave up on trying to get to that perfect restriction. I'm at 3.9 cc's in a 4 cc band. When he puts me to a 4, I close up. So with the band, it gets frusterating trying to get to the perfect fill level, you have to be patient. You have to be willing to make some changes, and the band will be a tool to use to help you get to a healthy weight. But again, its a partner, the band will not do it all alone. You have to be willing to give some too. Hope this helps. But read everything you can before going into it. Best wishes.

Okay, its Tuesday and a lot better day today! Went to WW meeting last night and lost 1.4 lbs since last week. Making it a total loss since joing WW of 4 lbs. I told myself that if I could lose just 1 lbs a week, I would be happy. So losing a total of 4 lbs averages out to 1 lb a week. Its been 4 weeks since joining. I made a great low point/low cal pizza last night and I will be having it for lunch. Whole wheat with Flax Flat-out bread - 100 cal - 1 pt 3 oz of baked chicken breast (diced up) - 3 pts Rago, no added sugar pasta sauce - 50 cal - 0 pts 2 tbs of olives - 27 cal - 1 pt handfull of mushrooms - 0 pts diced onion - 0 pts 1/3 cup of WW Mexican Cheese - 2 pts Total point value 7 pts Lay out the flat bread, spread 1/2 cup of the pasta sauce over it. Place the chicken, olives,mushrooms, onions on the pizza then cover with the cheese. Bake in preheated oven at 425 (I bake it on my stone pan from pampered chef) for 5 to 7 min or until cheese is melted. It was very very filling and healthy. I had a craving for pizza so I just made my own. :wink_smile: Todays menu Breakfast fiber bar - 2 pts coffee with cream - 1 pt snack orange - 1 pt Lunch Pizza - 7 pts snack yogurt - 1 pt Grapes - 1 pt Dinner meatloaf (made with 1/2 turkey breast and lean beef)- 4 pts green beans - 0 pts Snack (while watching the Biggest Loser) WW dessert - 4 pts Wt - naked first thing in am 165.1 WW weigh in weight (evening time fully clothed) - 167.6

Okay, its Tuesday and a lot better day today! Went to WW meeting last night and lost 1.4 lbs since last week. Making it a total loss since joing WW of 4 lbs. I told myself that if I could lose just 1 lbs a week, I would be happy. So losing a total of 4 lbs averages out to 1 lb a week. Its been 4 weeks since joining. I made a great low point/low cal pizza last night and I will be having it for lunch. Whole wheat with Flax Flat-out bread - 100 cal - 1 pt 3 oz of baked chicken breast (diced up) - 3 pts Rago, no added sugar pasta sauce - 50 cal - 0 pts 2 tbs of olives - 27 cal - 1 pt handfull of mushrooms - 0 pts diced onion - 0 pts 1/3 cup of WW Mexican Cheese - 2 pts Total point value 7 pts Lay out the flat bread, spread 1/2 cup of the pasta sauce over it. Place the chicken, olives,mushrooms, onions on the pizza then cover with the cheese. Bake in preheated oven at 425 (I bake it on my stone pan from pampered chef) for 5 to 7 min or until cheese is melted. It was very very filling and healthy. I had a craving for pizza so I just made my own. :confused: Todays menu Breakfast fiber bar - 2 pts coffee with cream - 1 pt snack orange - 1 pt Lunch Pizza - 7 pts snack yogurt - 1 pt Grapes - 1 pt Dinner meatloaf (made with 1/2 turkey breast and lean beef)- 4 pts green beans - 0 pts Snack (while watching the Biggest Loser) WW dessert - 4 pts Wt - naked first thing in am 165.1 WW weigh in weight (evening time fully clothed) - 167.6

Okay, I stepped on the scale this morning, and up again. What the hell? Anyhow, I felt smaller, not sure why the scales are up AGAIN. But......I have these jeans I bought about a month ago and they were too tight. I decided to try them on today just for the heck of it. I didn't think they would fit, I just wanted to see if they were any looser, well, hot filley dough, color me happy, they fit!:w00t: I'm wearing them today! Jr's size 10! Love 'em. So, whenever the scales say your fat, just try on a pair of skinny jeans and you'll feel better! It just made me realize that the scale is a big fat liar! I mean, he really is. He says I'm gaining weight, but my jeans and my body are telling me, Hey girl, your looking good and getting smaller and can fit into a Jr.'s size 10 jeans. So I am excited, no matter what that freak of a scale says! It all gets down to, are you eating right? Are you exercising? Are you getting smaller? Yes, yes and yes! So the scale is playing with my head these days and trying to convince me that I'm gaining weight, but he failed! I know that I'm not! Okay, its Friday, its payday, and I'm wearing my skinny jeans today, and its suposed to be in the 80's today. Its absolutely a beautiful day today, so I'm a happy camper. Very good mood. Plus I get off work at 11:00 am today (only working 4 hours) yay! Life is good. Below is an article I've kept for quite some time, I read it from time to time when I'm feeling down about the scales, so I thought I would post it again. Even though it is talking about deiting with Low carb, which I try to do. Or I eat the healthy carbs (like fruit) I think the article applies to all types of eating. Wt - naked first thing in am (168.9) Here we go again... How the hell does your body hold onto weight and still manage to get smaller while you are on your chosen low carb diet?!? You know the scenario: You are on Induction for two weeks, and you haven't cheated even once. You notice that your clothes fit better, that you are stepping a little livelier, and as far as you're concerned, all's right with the world. But then you step on that evil construction of the Devil himself, the bathroom scale, and you instantly feel betrayed. The stupid thing insists that you have done nothing! Sometimes, it even states you have done less than nothing; it accuses you of cheating because it tells that you haven't lost any weight! Well, there area couple of simple explanations to help you get through this trying time. First of all, if it is at all possible for you to do so, throw that insipid Monster Scale in the trash. Or at least put it up somewhere that it is really, REALLY inconvenient to get to so that you won't be tempted to ask it's opinion every single day of your life. Face it. If you are feeling better and your clothes are looser, do you really need the scale to tell you that you're on the right track? No! You don't! Why do you think you do it, then? I'll tell you why. The low fat diet demons have a tenacious hold on your brain. That's right, you've been brainwashed. All your life they have told you through doctors, dietitians, newspaper and magazine articles, surgeon generals and the like, that you give up X calories per day and you will lose a pound of fat. They even go on to tell you how much fat you should lose each week. In the process, they've made you dependent on the Monster Scale to gauge your progress! What a big lie! Even on the diets that "they" advocate, the Monster Scale does not often cooperate. You go back to the Diet Demons and demand to know why the scale does not reflect the torture you have put yourself through for a month. They immediately start backpedaling on the "give up X calories and lose a pound of fat" story, and start talking to you about water retention and muscle buildup. Sometimes, they even blame it on you with questions like, "Are you sure you counted the calories in everything you ate?" (This is delivered with a knowing little smile that makes you want to rip their knowing little face off.) Being the type that is given to blaming things on yourself, anyway, you cooperate with an answer like, "Well….." They pounce on this with "Ahhhh, well.." Then, they launch into one of their scoldings/lash/encouragement speeches. So, get off their bandwagon, already! Then, there's the competitive spirit. You hear about what other people have done on your chosen diet. Yes, Brian went on Atkins a year ago and lost over a hundred pounds. Yes, a hundred pounds in a year is over eight pounds a month, or 2 pounds a week, or .0119 pounds per hour….but, "Hello? You ain't Brian!" And, did Brian ever say that he lost .0119 pounds per hour? No! He said a hundred pounds in a year. This only proves he got on the scale twice; a year ago, and yesterday. Take a hint from Brian. Stay off the scale! The second solution is to understand what is going on in your body in light of the current state of human affairs. Today, all a person has to have to eat every day is money and transportation to a grocery store or, better yet, a nice restaurant. However, your body's survival instincts have not matured in a million years. Your body still thinks you are a hunter-gatherer. Yes, in spite of a million years of evolution, your body still thinks you are going to have to go out and kill a mammoth to eat. The survival instincts with which you are going to have to come to terms are read-only memory. You can't overwrite them. Deal with it. That said, let me tell you what happens when you lose a pound of fat. Your body has been saving this fat for that long hunting expedition you're going to have to go on to track, kill, dress and retrieve that huge animal. It keeps the fat in little pillows distributed throughout your body. When you start losing fat, it doesn't trust you to continue whatever insane path you have chosen that is causing the fat to dissipate. So, when the fat comes out of the pillow, it injects water as a "place holder." Sometimes that water actually replaces the weight of the fat it lost. Sometimes it replaces the volume. Water weighs more than fat just like lead sinkers weigh more than feathers. If you stuff a pillow with a pound of feathers, you'll have a nice big pillow. If you stuff a pillow with a pound of lead sinkers, you'll have a nice (but rather hard and uncomfortable), small pillow. Now, let's say your body removes a pound of fat and replaces the weight with a pound of water. Your weight will stay the same, but you will be smaller. But, if your body decides to replace the lost fat by volume, that is a quite different story. Remember the great big feather pillow as compared to the tiny lead sinker pillow? Well, now think of a gallon of feathers and a gallon of lead sinkers. Try to pick up the gallon of feathers. Piece of (you'll pardon the expression) cake. Now, try to pick up the gallon of lead sinkers. Sucker's heavy, ain't it? So, you will be smaller, but you will have gained weight. Eventually, your body makes the executive decision that you are not going to replace the fat you lost, and it lets go of the water. In the words of Danny Skaist: "When your body accepts the fact that they are no longer needed, the water will be expelled and the cells closed. This is known as the "whoosh." What makes your body decide to replace by weight or replace by volume? I dunno. But I do know that it does not seem consistent to the casual observer. What makes your body decide that you are seriously not going to replace the fat you lost? I dunno. But now you know why it's so important to drink your water, huh? Loss of fat is inextricably related to water intake. It's more than a little foolish to go on a diet that facilitates the removal of fat and then refuse to give your body the tools it needs to do so. Bottom Line: Stop getting on the scale and drink your water. If you stick to your plan and wait for the "whoosh," it will come.

Well my cousin works for a company that every year, the top sales person and a guest gets a trip to some exotic place. So, my cousin wins the trip this year, she asked her mother to go, but her mother doesn't want to. Crazy, but she just doesn't like to travel. My cousin then asked her DH, but he just had shoulder surgery and really doesn't think he will be up to it, plus he HATES the sun. Crazy man! So, I was her third choice, lol. I really don't care that I was her third choice, I'll take it. We're staying the Cancun Palace, which is a 5 star all-inclusive resort. I'm totally thrilled. Hopefully I'll get my passport in time. My DH is very nervous about me going because the US has issued a travel alert to Mexico. I'll be careful, I'll just lay on the beach and sip my drink.

Okay, Mondays.......I just hate them. I always feel so disorganized on Mondays. I'm always tired (partied too hard on the weekend - not beer drinking partying, just a lot of running and errands kind of partying), I am always lacking my sleep on Mondays, and it seems everything goes wrong. Can we start a petition to outlaw Mondays? My DH wakes me up this morning at 7:30 "honey, what time do you have to be at work today". uhhhh "the same time I've worked for the past 10 years dear". He said "it's 7:30", I fly out of the bed without even touching the floor "Oh, crap, I have to be at work in 30 min". NOw mind you, my driving time is 30 minutes alone. I throw on something that doesn't need to be ironed, brush my teeth, and head out the door. Oh crap, back into the house I go, I grab my lunch, and head back out the door. Okay, I glance at the clock, I'll only be about 10 minutes late I think. I'm cruising down the highway at a nice 65 mph, and all of a sudden, screech, uuuurk, I slam on my brakes. I am sitting at a complete stop for 15 minutes. Finally on the radio they announce a 5 car pile up on the highway I'm on. Oh, I tell you, I knew from that moment, it was going to be a bad day! I get to work, FINALLY, 1 hour later, looking thru my purse 5 times and still I could not find my badge. I have to go thru a long check in process with Security. So after getting in thru the security (which acts like we are the freaken white house and wants to check all your credentials, along with almost taking your fingerprints and everything else you might have) I get to my desk, to realize I had a conference call at 8:30 this moring that I missed. I go pour me a cup of coffee, I need the caffiene this morning! So I'm sipping my coffee, and oops, there goes the coffee, all over my pants, all over my floor and splashes on my new purse which I paid big bucks for, So I run to get a paper towel, and we are out of paper towels in the kitchen. I finally get some out of the bathroom. I get the coffee cleaned up and then go unlock my desk, and I can't find my desk keys. I'm looking thru my pruse, but and they are no where. But as I'm looking thru my purse, I find my badge. grrrr, I couldve saved myself the long Security check in after all! I have a big call this afternoon and I need my keys! So now I have to drive home (25 miles) at lunch and get my keys! Now, this is the kind of stuff that happens to me EVERY MONDAY, so with that being said, lets all ban together and OUTLAW MONDAYS! Okay, I need to start thinking positive or I will be a complet Beotch the entire day. I missed my workout this moring - overslept - so I have a backup plan, going tonight after my weight watchers meeting. I have done pretty good this week on WW plan. Had a slip here and there, but I think I did pretty good. I weighed this morning and my scale shows not a big loss, maybe not even a loss. I will find out tonight when I go the meeting and they weigh me. Well, since I am so far behind today, getting to work late and all, I better sign off and get back to work.

Hey guys, was wondering if anyone on here is doing Weight Watchers plan with the band? If so, let me know, I have a few questions. TracyinKS - how was your trip? Details please....... I'm headed for Cancun next month. And its a totally free trip! Yay. Can't wait. I'm only getting to stay 4 days, but hey, I'll take it.

the 6 mos will be up before you know it. I totally understand how you must feel. I was lucky and my insurance (at the time) did not require it. I'm hearing from a few in my office who are trying to do WLS that they require a 6 mos plan now. Hang in there, we can't wait to see you on the other side!

Okay, Mondays.......I just hate them. I always feel so disorganized on Mondays. I'm always tired (partied too hard on the weekend - not beer drinking partying, just a lot of running and errands kind of partying), I am always lacking my sleep on Mondays, and it seems everything goes wrong. Can we start a petition to outlaw Mondays? My DH wakes me up this morning at 7:30 "honey, what time do you have to be at work today". uhhhh "the same time I've worked for the past 10 years dear". He said "it's 7:30", I fly out of the bed without even touching the floor "Oh, crap, I have to be at work in 30 min". NOw mind you, my driving time is 30 minutes alone. I throw on something that doesn't need to be ironed, brush my teeth, and head out the door. Oh crap, back into the house I go, I grab my lunch, and head back out the door. Okay, I glance at the clock, I'll only be about 10 minutes late I think. I'm cruising down the highway at a nice 65 mph, and all of a sudden, screech, uuuurk, I slam on my brakes. I am sitting at a complete stop for 15 minutes. Finally on the radio they announce a 5 car pile up on the highway I'm on. Oh, I tell you, I knew from that moment, it was going to be a bad day! I get to work, FINALLY, 1 hour later, looking thru my purse 5 times and still I could not find my badge. I have to go thru a long check in process with Security. So after getting in thru the security (which acts like we are the freaken white house and wants to check all your credentials, along with almost taking your fingerprints and everything else you might have) I get to my desk, to realize I had a conference call at 8:30 this moring that I missed. I go pour me a cup of coffee, I need the caffiene this morning! So I'm sipping my coffee, and oops, there goes the coffee, all over my pants, all over my floor and splashes on my new purse which I paid big bucks for, So I run to get a paper towel, and we are out of paper towels in the kitchen. I finally get some out of the bathroom. I get the coffee cleaned up and then go unlock my desk, and I can't find my desk keys. I'm looking thru my pruse, but and they are no where. But as I'm looking thru my purse, I find my badge. grrrr, I couldve saved myself the long Security check in after all! I have a big call this afternoon and I need my keys! So now I have to drive home (25 miles) at lunch and get my keys! Now, this is the kind of stuff that happens to me EVERY MONDAY, so with that being said, lets all ban together and OUTLAW MONDAYS! Okay, I need to start thinking positive or I will be a complet Beotch the entire day. I missed my workout this moring - overslept - so I have a backup plan, going tonight after my weight watchers meeting. I have done pretty good this week on WW plan. Had a slip here and there, but I think I did pretty good. I weighed this morning and my scale shows not a big loss, maybe not even a loss. I will find out tonight when I go the meeting and they weigh me. Well, since I am so far behind today, getting to work late and all, I better sign off and get back to work.