Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

[Donna113 2]

Ok Phyl I read it again, she knew exactly what she was doing and was deliberately being rude. She opened with, "I shouldn't say this, and ended with don't let this keep you out the pool." That nasty heffer knew she was being hateful.

I agree with mango24. Even if she's 80, she's still a B*tch (yes, I meant with a capital :thumbs_up:. People who are happy and content with themselves don't make hurtful comments to others. Those that do, often are only lashing out at others their own inner miseries. I'd say next time be just as inappropriate as her and either just stick out your tongue at her so she realizes how ridiculous she is or you can go down to her level and ask her if she intends to get plastic surgery for all the wrinkles in her face and neck.

[peaches9 3]

Dearr Phyl; I like the suggestion "how do my legs look under water" (and dunk her head in) response the BEST! But Janet's suggestion to Write a letter is the most socially correct way of getting your point across. I would not be able to let it go until I'd had my say with her... o.k. so I've calmed down, I wouldn't PUNCH HER LIGHTS out today.

Janet: I am so glad to hear that you are feeling better mood wise. I am feeling better too, my cold/flu thing seems to be on its way out finally.

Denise: Hun, you are too funny... can you imagine if YOU and I were toegether when that Old Bat insulted Phyl... omw we would have unleashed a couple of dynamo's...:thumbs_up:

Karri: You are stlll pedeling so that's a great exercise. I have yet to get back to the gym since Xmas.... although I did make it to the Dog Park yesterday and got some fresh air and exercise(but not enough to cause a sweat)

Kari; I concur, you need an unfill soonest... there's gotta be someone closer eh?

WEll, just finished my oatmeal, gotta take my Mom to the Doctors this aft and I've yet to get out of my house coat. No work today.

BUT, I just finished sewing the binding onto my quilt, now all I have to do is hand stitch(invisable) the back side of the quilt and its done!!!!

Onto another U.F.O. (unfinished ogject) in my sewing room.

hugs to all,

C:tt2:

[mango24 1]

Candice - Too bad your so far away, and I just found out you sew. I have been cleaning my Mom's house out for years now. YEARS! She was a hoarder, she's lives with me now. Anyway, her major hoard stash was material, patterns, thread, and any notion she could get her hands on. I had a minimum of 20 carpenter bags full of fabric, plus 8 to 10 boxes. It was horrifying. My neice took all of it about 1 month ago. I had no clue what to do with it.

I can't stay awake, I'm going take a nap.

[Donna113 2]

Ladies, I just want to share the following with you:

Seapoint Farms Dry Roasted Edamame (lightly salted) is delicious AND relatively healthy.

1/4 cup serving size contains:

calories: 130

fat: 4 grams; only .5 sat. fat and no trans fats

cholestrol: 0

sodium: 150 mg (not sure if this is high but it says 6% of

daily value)

carb: 10 g; Fiber 8g; sugar 1g

PROTEIN: 14 grams

A relatively low cal/high protein/high fiber snack with healthy fats. It only contains Soybeans and Sea Salt.

It also satisfies that craving for chips or popcorn.< /span>

[IndioGirl55 32]

What's up with the reply section - they took away spell check and yes I did use it sometime and now the smilies are on the side and you can't see all of them :tt2:

Plus little Sheba (my kitty) is now in front of the darn monitor and I can't see - ok now she's gone..

Yep Donna - I have those soy bean thingie - I got mine at Fresh & Easy (like a trader joes) and the sell them at costco too.. The are good when you want something salty and crunchy... Great on the Protein too..

Denise - Are you able to control your Mom's hording now that she's with you - Hows that going??? Didn't you go to school/work today - how can you take a nap at 2 p.m. :cool2:

Candice - All that by hand - heck when to you have time to eat - Plus I noticed 3 lbs gone off your ticker - CONGRATULATIONS - KEEP QUILTING

Phyl - Did you got to the pool today?? How's Earls plane..

Ok - I gotta go find something to nibble on - I am starving and it's only 5:30....

[peaches9 3]

CALORIES/CARBS/FAT/PROTEIN 974/122/26/62

Hi Gals, buzy afternoon. Took my Mom to the Dermatoligist. It was a total Snow Blizzard this afternoon! The Doctor took one look at my Mom's nose and said Basal Cell Carcinoma... I can't remove it, you have to see a ENT specialist... It'll take a couple of months to get into see him.. I was so disappointed for her... I don't think she thought it was that serious...

I am going to have to research it a bit.

[peaches9 3]

Denise::::oh yeah, that would have been QUITE the stash... perhaps you'll get a 'surprise' from the benefactor????

[IndioGirl55 32]

CALORIES/CARBS/FAT/PROTEIN 974/122/26/62

Hi Gals, buzy afternoon. Took my Mom to the Dermatoligist. It was a total Snow Blizzard this afternoon! The Doctor took one look at my Mom's nose and said Basal Cell Carcinoma... I can't remove it, you have to see a ENT specialist... It'll take a couple of months to get into see him.. I was so disappointed for her... I don't think she thought it was that serious...

I am going to have to research it a bit.

Great on your calories

Why a couple of months - is this what pple here talk about when complaining about your socialized medicine?? I thought that if it was something serious that it got taken care of right away... Basal cell isn't the bad bad kind of cancer - but it's still cancer and should be looked at sooner than a couple of months...

[phyllser 3]

What's up with the reply section - they took away spell check and yes I did use it sometime :cool2: and now the smilies are on the side and you can't see all of them :tt2:

Phyl - Did you got to the pool today?? How's Earls plane..

Spell check... if you have misspelled a word, it's underlined with little red dots. If you right click on the word, it will give you the correct spelling. I use it ALL the time!

Pool.... OF COURSE, I went to the pool today!! You didn't really thing that old biddy would stop me, did you!?? These people have all seen my ugly legs, most of them for several years now, and rarely are any comments made. And Earl tells me these ladies tell him all the time how impressed they are with my weight loss/exercise efforts. And he tells me how proud he is, and gives me hugs when I need them because someone has been rude! Interestingly enough, the old biddy wasn't there today and she rarely misses. Maybe she was having a guilt attack for her rude comments!

The plane, the plane.... today we went to the hobby shop again and got all the parts to fix the BIG plane and bought a small plane for him to practice with! (Well, when I say "we", I was next door browsing through Trader Joe's and buying some more white balsamic vinegar because the big bottle I bought a couple of weeks ago is just about GONE!!) When we got home, he fixed the big plane, put the little one together and we went back out to the road behind the RV park and flew the little one. He crashed it over and over without doing damage and finally figured out he needed to extend the antenna because the plane would get just so far away and it would lose power and crash! DUH!! ANTENNA... radio controlled airplane???? After that he was much more successful in controlling the plane. He flew it ad nauseum and crashed it quite a few more times before he finally was getting close to what I would call a "landing"!! This one crashes without damage because it's so much smaller, flexible prop, goes slower & is much lighter. I kept whining that it was getting dark and I had to pee and he finally quit! I really did have to pee, but I also wanted to go back to the RV because it was getting late and I missed my afternoon glass of wine!!

:biggrin:

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I agree with mango24. Even if she's 80, she's still a B*tch (yes, I meant with a capital :biggrin:. People who are happy and content with themselves don't make hurtful comments to others. Those that do, often are only lashing out at others their own inner miseries. I'd say next time be just as inappropriate as her and either just stick out your tongue at her so she realizes how ridiculous she is or you can go down to her level and ask her if she intends to get plastic surgery for all the wrinkles in her face and neck.

I like that.... PS for the wrinkles!

[mango24 1]

Hi Everybody,

Janet - My Mom is not allowed to hoard in my house. Last year my neice brought her an Avon catalog. She bought stuff, the first time I let it go. I was p.o. ed. The second catalog, she does it again. She spent 150.00 that time, Curves sandels, watch, jewelry, lotions, makeup. She doesn't go anywhere. Doesn't walk except to the bathroom. I threw a fit. You will not fill my house with garbage. I made her call my neice and tell her she could not buy Avon. They know my Mother, they did it on purpose. They knew she'd buy like a fiend. My sister was the one selling the Avon. The sister that my Mother raised her kids and she does not talk to my mother and she lives in the free house that my parents gave her. Anyhoo, I got a Young n the Restless family. You can't imagine.

I have been cleaning her house for at least 30 years. I clean, she freaks, "yeah a clean spot to fill with junk."

You should see the Christmas dollar store crap I'm gonna have to get rid of. She has a minimum of 20 nativity scenes. I have a whole container of Rosaries,over 50. Mentally, she's getting pretty bad. Askes me what day it is every time she sees me. I mark it on the calender right wear she sits. I have to fix her food for the day every morning before I go to work. I put a lock on the pantry, because she will eat sugar, carbs all day. She ate herself into Diabetes. My family is really not happy with the situation. It is very, very hard to say the least.

I was typing after 4. I went to sleep at around 5. I woke up close to 8. IT WAS GREAT. I am now typing and it's 8:38. I hope to be back in bed before 11. That rarely happens. Night owl, work at 6:45 is a major problem.

Candice - The fabric went to another niece of the same parent. My Mom raised her. Benefiting from her would be as likely as monkeys flying out of my a..... She told my mother she would bring her kids on the Monday after Christmas. The presents my Mom insisted I go get on Christmas eve because they were coming are still sitting under the tree. I went shopping at Wal-Greens on Christmas Eve, I have never done that in my life. People were walking around buying for their mothers, it was sad.

Donna- My DD got my DH hooked on that. He gets his at Wal-Mart. I don't know what brand. He loves em. I eat a few.

I think ya'll can see between my nightmare job and taking care of an aging mother ALONE when she has 5 children is not easy. If I didn't have a wonderful family, I would lose it. Do ya'll remember that country song, "I get to come home to you."? That is how I survive.

AND TALKING TO YOU GUYS TRULY HELPS TOO! I LOVE YOU GUYS! AHHHH SHIT now I'm crying again. Phyl had me crying yesterday. I definitely think I'm PMSing. My teeth were hurting yesterday, that's my number one sign that Aunties in the car on the way over. Actually I'm hoping it's PMS because I fear losing it.

[Twilight 2]

Hi ladies. Crappy day. I did manage to get some exercise in...if you could call it that. I finally unboxed my Jillian wii game. What a waste of freaking money!!! It was HORRIBLE!. If I was Jillian I'd be horrified that my name was on it. I ate a bunch of crap. I don't know. Just a bad day.

I did decide that Monday I will begin the 5 day pouch test. I'm to go get a fill that day. I don't know. I'm feeling like a failure right now. I've gained 15 pounds in 2 months. I feel like a fraud. acting like I knew what I was doing and I have absolutely no self control. I'm almost too tembarassed to go through with the fill. I know I'm beating myself up. I know it isn't all that bad...but I'm kicking myself while I'm down. I guess I have the winter blues too.

I'm going to do better. I'm working out again. I'm drinking my fluids....I just feel like crap! Like a failure.

GRRRRRR.

[mango24 1]

Steph the two weeks before Christmas I was doing so good. I was finally losing weight again. I gained it all back for Christmas. Sweets! I ain't gonna lie, I was sugar crazy, plus I partied and drank several times.

I did liquids Tues and Wed. Today I had a can of tuna for lunch and PBed. Liquids really tightened me up. I was eating a lot before the two days of liquids. I felt I really needed a fill. Then I do liquids and I feel tight. The tightest level has really been hard for me. Sometimes I feel I need a fill. Then I feel tight. Then I need a fill. Then.......

This is really hard for me. I did liquids and I was starving. The only time I lose weight is if I stay under 1000 cal. and it's really hard. I'm hungry, no matter how tight I am. I think I could use a fill, but I'm afraid if I'm too tight something will go wrong. This weight loss thing is really hard. Without the LapBand it was an impossibility. With it, it's possible but it's still a lot of work and will be for the rest of our lives. High calorie foods will always taste the best, be the easiest to get, and the easiest to get down. I wish I wouldn't have told anyone about the Lapband. They really think this was some easy fix. Anyone who thinks eating under 1000 cals. a day and exercising is any easy fix needs to easily get my foot outta dey a....

[peaches9 3]

Great on your calories

Why a couple of months :confused:- is this what pple here talk about when complaining about your socialized medicine?? I thought that if it was something serious that it got taken care of right away... Basal cell isn't the bad bad kind of cancer - but it's still cancer and should be looked at sooner than a couple of months...

Its not the 'socialized' system that is the problem, it the supply of Specialist Doctors. or rather Doctors in general. There are just not enough of them -as when they graduate and practise for a couple of years they flee to the U.S. where they can charge whatever they like and make a ton more money.

By the way you do have socialized healthcare in the U.s. Already... Your Military and dependants all get free healthcare right?

[peaches9 3]

Hi Everybody,

Janet - My Mom is not allowed to hoard in my house. Last year my neice brought her an Avon catalog. She bought stuff, the first time I let it go. I was p.o. ed. The second catalog, she does it again. She spent 150.00 that time, Curves sandels, watch, jewelry, lotions, makeup. She doesn't go anywhere. Doesn't walk except to the bathroom. I threw a fit. You will not fill my house with garbage. I made her call my neice and tell her she could not buy Avon. They know my Mother, they did it on purpose. They knew she'd buy like a fiend. My sister was the one selling the Avon. The sister that my Mother raised her kids and she does not talk to my mother and she lives in the free house that my parents gave her. Anyhoo, I got a Young n the Restless family. You can't imagine.

I have been cleaning her house for at least 30 years. I clean, she freaks, "yeah a clean spot to fill with junk."

You should see the Christmas dollar store crap I'm gonna have to get rid of. She has a minimum of 20 nativity scenes. I have a whole container of Rosaries,over 50. Mentally, she's getting pretty bad. Askes me what day it is every time she sees me. I mark it on the calender right wear she sits. I have to fix her food for the day every morning before I go to work. I put a lock on the pantry, because she will eat sugar, carbs all day. She ate herself into Diabetes. My family is really not happy with the situation. It is very, very hard to say the least.

I was typing after 4. I went to sleep at around 5. I woke up close to 8. IT WAS GREAT. I am now typing and it's 8:38. I hope to be back in bed before 11. That rarely happens. Night owl, work at 6:45 is a major problem.

Candice - The fabric went to another niece of the same parent. My Mom raised her. Benefiting from her would be as likely as monkeys flying out of my a..... She told my mother she would bring her kids on the Monday after Christmas. The presents my Mom insisted I go get on Christmas eve because they were coming are still sitting under the tree. I went shopping at Wal-Greens on Christmas Eve, I have never done that in my life. People were walking around buying for their mothers, it was sad.

Donna- My DD got my DH hooked on that. He gets his at Wal-Mart. I don't know what brand. He loves em. I eat a few.

I think ya'll can see between my nightmare job and taking care of an aging mother ALONE when she has 5 children is not easy. If I didn't have a wonderful family, I would lose it. Do ya'll remember that country song, "I get to come home to you."? That is how I survive.

AND TALKING TO YOU GUYS TRULY HELPS TOO! I LOVE YOU GUYS! AHHHH SHIT now I'm crying again. Phyl had me crying yesterday. I definitely think I'm PMSing. My teeth were hurting yesterday, that's my number one sign that Aunties in the car on the way over. Actually I'm hoping it's PMS because I fear losing it.

Awh Denise, HUGS to you girl.!!! You can always unload here... that's the best part about haveing been banded.

[peaches9 3]

Hi ladies. Crappy day. I did manage to get some exercise in...if you could call it that. I finally unboxed my Jillian wii game. What a waste of freaking money!!! It was HORRIBLE!. If I was Jillian I'd be horrified that my name was on it. I ate a bunch of crap. I don't know. Just a bad day.

I did decide that Monday I will begin the 5 day pouch test. I'm to go get a fill that day. I don't know. I'm feeling like a failure right now. I've gained 15 pounds in 2 months. I feel like a fraud. acting like I knew what I was doing and I have absolutely no self control. I'm almost too tembarassed to go through with the fill. I know I'm beating myself up. I know it isn't all that bad...but I'm kicking myself while I'm down. I guess I have the winter blues too.

I'm going to do better. I'm working out again. I'm drinking my fluids....I just feel like crap! Like a failure.

GRRRRRR.

Hey YOU! Now stop that! 76 lbs gone is NO failure. You have done awesome! Beleive me I know how to beat myself up too when I am not eating healthy like I should. But, you can only change TODAY, not what you did yesterday and not what you might do tomorrow...

So just this DAY be accountable, the crummy feelings will pass. You might not even need to do the pouch test. Would that be your way of punishing yourself some more??? Just a thought.

Being BLUE makes it hard to stay on a possitive course but I know you can do it. Challenge the Negative statements in your Head.

You know, "I'm a faillure at this Banding thing" (-)

"o.k. I've had some challenges with my food plan, but I can do better, I've done it before and I can do it again" (+)

(-) "I hate the way I look fat"

(+) "This puffy outer layer does not reflect the Beautiful person I am within. I will fight to let the INNER me out and shine"!

(-) "My skin hangs, I hate to undress in front of a mirror"

(+) "o.k. I have some loose skin, it reminds me of WHERE I've been and not going again, I will fight to let the INNER me out and shine"!

(-) "I hate that I cannot eat like other people"

(+) "I take responsibility for the nourishment that goes into my body. I now eat to live, not live to eat. It is none of my business what other people eat."

these are just a few samples of CRAP that I say to myself, I am sure we can all add a few more examples.

HUGS Stephanie:angel_smile::confused: