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[Kat817 19]

Yeah, Jenn, I was mad, and I am just frustrated. Frustrated with the site screwing up---I seriously did NOTHING to cause my post to vanish---so I figure they must be screwing with things still. But what frustrates me the most is the fact that we do not warrant any updates. Even as a moderator, and I do not see myself above a member, but they want us to help them, but they refuse to help us help others......Grrrrrrrrrrrrr

I DO have another thought on the matter, there is another lap band site. it is not as busy as this one by far. It is done by former LBT-ers. But it also changes much less, and is smaller overall, but has much the same overall format etc. If things don't change here, we could move our group to the other site, you can go check it out if you like. It is www.band2gether.net see what you think. Would still allow us to have others join as they do here----and we would still be on a band site.

I feel many things over this. I know alex is going through some things, I get that----but come on. He has told people with problems to contact him, and then he ignores it---so they dog me! He does not keep anyone except maybe Susan in the loop. Just tired tonight maybe----but seriously considering giving up on LBT. I will keep up with everyone through FB. With no email notifications and all, it is an irritant to get here, not the excited looking forward to seeing what my friends are doing that it used to be.

This is not all due to the upgrade. For weeks, maybe months, when a complaint comes in, there are 2 of us who respond. Period. I know for a fact he is getting as sick of it as I am, he has PM'd me over it. I am just ready to let them have it all.

Rick and I are doing the Black Friday shopping in the morning!! WooHooo!!! Not really anything serious we need to get---plan to do Kinsey's shopping at Target if I luck out----I want the keyboard they have on sale----as well as an Easy Bake oven!!! Then I want to go to Home Depot and buy a new washer and dryer! Seriously---so much $$$$ but the sale makes me wanna pull it from savings and do it now. My washer is on its last leg, it does not agitate well.....which agitates me a lot!!!! We are going to go look anyway!

Anyway, we have a few things to get, will get as much of our shopping done as we can---and then go have Breakfast, then come home and go back to bed for awhile!!! It is tradition with us! This year it is going to be COLD below zero cold! So no standing in line for us! but we will show up at opening time and hope for the best! He is so good about doing things like this with me! He stays in a good mood through it all!

We had a nice dinner today, I ate WAY too much. Enjoyed it all! Sent everyone home with lots of food, took plates to my inlaws who were sick---but they wouldn't have come anyway---part of her martyr thing, if Rick's sister and us will not all get together, then she will not go to either one of their houses. They stay home and do without Thanksgiving and it is all our faults.....waaahhhh. I do not have room for their entire family here in my house. period, end of story. Ask Suzie, my house is little! His sister does not invite us over there.....so. She can do without! LOL No, I sent food. But refuse to be "martyr bullied"!!! LOL

Rick even told her "Go to Brenda's, it will not hurt my feelings, GO" but nope.....if the family is not getting together, then she has no reason to go. Ok fine! LOL

Was a nice gathering with my family!

Well better get some sleep so I can be jolly come morning! Happy Thanksgiving my friends!!!

[crzytchr 3]

Kat, I hope your shopping turned out well and that you stayed bundled up!!! I used to do all of the doorbuster stuff, but people get too crazy sometimes and I just don't want to deal with it any more. I plan on getting a manicure today, since most people will be shopping and maybe shop later when the frenzy dies down.

[Suziecat 379]

Years ago, my mom and I used to get up real early and go to the frenzy thing. We would go get what was on sale and then come home and go ack to bed. I really miss those times. We had fun and always ran into people we knew. I guess I'm just too old to put up with standing in line when it 15 degrees out. Matbe if I had a shopping partner it would be different. Hope all of you who went had a good time and got what you needed.

Kat, I've been to that other web-site. I started there when I first got my band. I have no problems with switching if it would be helpful for everone else. Keep me posted if you guys move. It sure is a darn shame that Alex seems to have turned his back. Seems like maybe he needs to hire a PR person to handle all of the complaints instead of ignoring them.

My sister came home with buckets full of food. A banana cream pie and a pecan pie. Looks like we will be having a feast tonight. I'm glad, I'm looking forward to some turkey.

[Suziecat 379]

I just went over to band2gether.net to check to see if I was still registered there. I'm still on there as Suziecat. So that will make it easier for me. Just let me know if you guys want to move over there.

[Jennifur 0]

Good morning all

well, as sad as it would be to leave lbt, I just went to the other site and after checking it out, I registered... under the same name.. jennifur

I have to say, what caught me first was I fould someone from Schenectady and quite a few people from New England area. I have never found anyone close to me.

I am going to go back to visit Tracy, but I get so sad to see you all get together, although in the next year or 2 I will be living down there with ya'll...

But a few other discussins i read, every single one of them was positive and supportive, something I can't seem to find here anymore. I can deal with site changes but after checking that out, I am going to be there too, either way.

[Suziecat 379]

Jenn, let me know where you are going on that site. That way I can stalk you, lol. We are in this together and I want to stay with you. I will also stay here if someone doesn't want to try the new site.

[TN_girl21 1]

I have a confession....lately, I have been emotionally eating...bad!! Well, I got on the scale this morning. Yes, I gained. I got my reality check. I did bring Thanksgiving left overs for lunch at work. So, I will be back to eating how I am supposed to! I feel like such crap for letting myself gain again!! Oh well, it's over and done with now. All I can do is move on and fix it!

I went over to the other site. I didn't register yet. I will be sad to see some of yall go away!

I didn't get up in the frenzy this morning. I did go to Tractor Supply and buy DH a big battery charger that he told me would be a good Christmas present. It was $100 off today! DH had to get new tires on his dually. Ugh...I hate spending that much money on 6 tires! lol Especially right here at Christmas!! Oh well, they were completely bald. He needed them. DH's work is slow. They are in between materials, so he won't be working this week. He is trying to get back on where he was a sprinkler fitter. Pray he gets on!! He made great money there! We have 4 presents left to buy! DH said he would get my tree out today so we can decorate it! All of my other decorations are up except the tree!

Well, I need to get back to work. I'm getting my inventory ready to enter into my new computer whenever it gets here!

[heartfire 4]

Morning!

Sick AGAIN!!!!!!! I am so flippin' tired of being sick! Completely impacted sinuses. UGH!!!

Anyway, Kat, what a pain in the pattoot! If Alex is going to abandon you, I don't blame you for leaving. I'll go check out the other site. How did your shopping go? We stay home. I'm NOT a morning person and HATE crowds. Could you see me out there in all of that? LOL!! Maybe on the NEWS when I went nutso and killed someone! LOL!!!!! AND we have an hour drive each way to get to the city so why even go to bed at that point?! Nope, I stay home, in my warm bed, sleeping! Hope you two had a blast!!!

Jenn, DH wants to get a bunch of decorating done this week when he gets home. Only thing is that we need to get ready for our trip since we're leaving as soon as he gets home and gets the truck loaded. We'll see how far we get!

Tracy, I'm glad you had such a wonderful day w/the ILs. I know you were nervous.

Suzie, have a great feast today!

Ashley, have fun w/the new computer. I know it's a work computer but I love new toys! Please don't beat yourself up. You said you know what you need to do. Forgive yourself and move on. I know how hard it is. I beat myself up better than anyone else ever could. Hugs!

Cindy, hon, if you need to set an alarm on your phone to remind you to eat, please do. I know it's hard w/your mom right now and all but you aren't going to be any good to her or your dad, if you don't eat. Even if it's just a little cheese or Peanut Butter every couple of hours. Make sure you get something in your stomach. Hugs.

I did pretty good w/my eating yesterday. Didn't stuff myself, tho ate a plateful of food. Woke up this AM to a loss of a couple of pounds. Interesting.

Don't know what we're doing today. Depending on how I feel I may or may not go to my cousin's house tonight. We'll see.

Talk atcha soon!

[TN_girl21 1]

Michelle...Thanks for the encouragement!! I'm excited about the new computer. But it has XP on it because my Cash Register will work on Windows 7, but my Quickbooks won't. And I HATE Vista. lol But I have everything ready to enter into the computer. Now it's time for the computer to get here!!! I had a woman come in earlier wanting to use an American Express. But I couldn't take it. She had no cash or checks. I was going to hold them for her, but her daughter paid cash for them. That situation bugs me! Now days, most people only use a credit or debit card.

Has anyone else noticed the Harrah's in Tunica advertisement? I mean, really??? A casino advertising on LBT????? Anybody else find that random and odd?

[Jennifur 0]

Jenn, let me know where you are going on that site. That way I can stalk you, lol. We are in this together and I want to stay with you. I will also stay here if someone doesn't want to try the new site.

You got it! I am waiting to be able to post there but I'm fishing around, I'll do both too, don't want to lose anyone either - but it is so nice

I have a confession....lately, I have been emotionally eating...bad!! Well, I got on the scale this morning. Yes, I gained. I got my reality check. I did bring Thanksgiving left overs for lunch at work. So, I will be back to eating how I am supposed to! I feel like such crap for letting myself gain again!! Oh well, it's over and done with now. All I can do is move on and fix it! I am right there with you! That is why I got a fill the week before Thanksgiving. I was in complete denial, I gained 15lbs - I'm happy to say -10 since my fill and back in the 170's. Now that I'm focused I'm going to lose my last 20

I went over to the other site. I didn't register yet. I will be sad to see some of yall go away! Check out some of their support groups, they were positive and helpful. I've been surfing here again looking to get back to the band way, and some are great, but there is so much bad stuff. What is the point of being on liquids if you are not going to change how you prepare what you make. I was looking for ideas of mushie food, and it made me sad to see... and then people complain the band is not working... PLEASE KNOW I AM NOT REFERRING TO THE ENTIRE SITE OR EVERYONE... JUST SOME OF THE STUFF I WAS READING

I didn't get up in the frenzy this morning. I did go to Tractor Supply and buy DH a big battery charger that he told me would be a good Christmas present. It was $100 off today! DH had to get new tires on his dually. Ugh...I hate spending that much money on 6 tires! lol Especially right here at Christmas!! Oh well, they were completely bald. He needed them. DH's work is slow. They are in between materials, so he won't be working this week. He is trying to get back on where he was a sprinkler fitter. Pray he gets on!! He made great money there! We have 4 presents left to buy! DH said he would get my tree out today so we can decorate it! All of my other decorations are up except the tree!

Well, I need to get back to work. I'm getting my inventory ready to enter into my new computer whenever it gets here!

Morning!

Sick AGAIN!!!!!!! I am so flippin' tired of being sick! Completely impacted sinuses. UGH!!! Yuck, there is bad stuff out there... hope you feel better soon

Anyway, Kat, what a pain in the pattoot! If Alex is going to abandon you, I don't blame you for leaving. I'll go check out the other site. How did your shopping go? We stay home. I'm NOT a morning person and HATE crowds. Could you see me out there in all of that? LOL!! Maybe on the NEWS when I went nutso and killed someone! LOL!!!!! AND we have an hour drive each way to get to the city so why even go to bed at that point?! Nope, I stay home, in my warm bed, sleeping! Hope you two had a blast!!! I stayed home today too, so nice... nice clean house, made low fat cream of chicken Soup, and going to study in a few

Jenn, DH wants to get a bunch of decorating done this week when he gets home. Only thing is that we need to get ready for our trip since we're leaving as soon as he gets home and gets the truck loaded. We'll see how far we get! Good luck with that, i just brought my tree down and outside is done. I'll decorate that tomorrow Have fun on your trip

Tracy, I'm glad you had such a wonderful day w/the ILs. I know you were nervous.

Suzie, have a great feast today!

Ashley, have fun w/the new computer. I know it's a work computer but I love new toys! Please don't beat yourself up. You said you know what you need to do. Forgive yourself and move on. I know how hard it is. I beat myself up better than anyone else ever could. Hugs!

Cindy, hon, if you need to set an alarm on your phone to remind you to eat, please do. I know it's hard w/your mom right now and all but you aren't going to be any good to her or your dad, if you don't eat. Even if it's just a little cheese or Peanut Butter every couple of hours. Make sure you get something in your stomach. Hugs. I second that... I said it to Tracy too. You can't help others if you don't take care of you first

I did pretty good w/my eating yesterday. Didn't stuff myself, tho ate a plateful of food. Woke up this AM to a loss of a couple of pounds. Interesting. I lost 2 this am too... yipee

Don't know what we're doing today. Depending on how I feel I may or may not go to my cousin's house tonight. We'll see.

Talk atcha soon!

Tracy... Oh Tracy... where are you??? Hope you are having a good day.

Well once again I'm totally procrastinating, so off I go to study for a bit, then might have a drink tonight. Only 4 of us in town and available to do calls last night so i was good... see this fd thing is great for me.. it stops me from drinking

[crzytchr 3]

Michelle and Jenn, thanks. I am eating now that she isn't in the hospital. The problem was that I couldn't leave the room at all or she would try to get out of bed and the moment I got home, I would shower then go to sleep. As soon as I got up, I would drink coffee, get dressed and leave to go back. As I just posted on fb, I just got home to my husband's fabulous meatloaf and homemade mashed potatoes. Can you believe I get rewarded for spending money? How lucky am I? I love y'all and will check out the other site as well. I will let you know if I get the same screen name.

**Update** I am now registered with the same screen name. In fact, I replaced Jenn as the newest member!

[TracyK 3]

I am now on the other one too with the same name. I have to wait until i am approved, then I will Or one of you all can, start a thread over there for us. Homie Thread

[crzytchr 3]

I am now on the other one too with the same name. I have to wait until i am approved, then I will Or one of you all can, start a thread over there for us. Homie Thread

I am waiting for approval, as well. I wonder what they will think about the sudden influx of new members?

[Suziecat 379]

Well, I did it. I ate a piece of Pecan Pie. And it was wonderful. In the last week since my surgery I managed to lose 4 pounds, I hope I haven't put to much of a dent into that. But it was so good.

Hubby's home town high school went to the State Finals for football this evening. They played in the Dome in St. Louis and with 16 seconds left in the game they scored a TD and won the game. We got to watch it on TV. It was a lot of fun to watch though. I kept looking at the crowd to see if I saw any of his cousins there.

Cindy, glad to hear you are home and your mother also. I will still keep her in my prayers. That was so nice of your husband to fix a meal for you, how sweet.

Tracy, I would start the thread but I don't know how to do it. Homie thread is fine with me.

[Jennifur 0]

Good Morning all

Suzanne - good for you -4

I'm just quick checking in - dd is now sick - poor thing. I have to shower and get myself together - have to be to the fd at 8:30 we have live fire training today. I'm kind of anxious-excited all at the same time. I couldn't do the last one because I didn't have my physical clearance. Here is my workout of the week