Thursday Morning roll call!!!

Hi guys I have never done roll call before and thought I would get my feet wet.... I hope everyone is having a good summer! Three questions for you all! 1. Have you spent alot of money on new clothes and where is your favorite place to shop now? 2. Do you have people who are not supportive of your decision for surgery and how do you handle it? 3. What is your favorite recipe since surgery? Care to share? ~~hugs and well wishes~~ Chris

1. Have you spent alot of money on new clothes and where is your favorite place to shop now? I have bought about 10 tops and spent $5 on each and probably 3 pants $12 each and yesterday a skirt for $15...I plan on spending a LOT more when I get to goal... 2. Do you have people who are not supportive of your decision for surgery and how do you handle it? Yes...my sister she is 3 years younger and is a heavy girl herself. I try not to preach as this surgery isn't for everyone but I know in my heart she will try and have it sooner or later. 3. What is your favorite recipe since surgery? Care to share? I got this recipe off the main messageboard and all my guests loved it.... Low fat or fat free...cream cheese.. 1 can crushed pineapples in their juice...Mix with blender and then add in 1 can of drained pineapple chunks. Mix in 8 oz sugar free cool whip and then add just the powder of one box of sugar free vanilla pudding (I used sugar free white chocolate pudding) and refridgerate until chilled. Yummy... ~~hugs and well wishes~~ Chris

Good morning Chris. 1. Have you spent alot of money on new clothes and where is your favorite place to shop now? Yes... Never kept up w/ amount. At first I needed a lot of in-betweens - I have a lot of clothes I have had that I can still "lose" my way into. I have bought a good bit, but try to get on sale or really good deals. 2. Do you have people who are not supportive of your decision for surgery and how do you handle it? No, haven't run across that yet. 3. What is your favorite recipe since surgery? Care to share? I don't have a favorite at this point. Yours sounds really good. Karla 337/239/150

Good morning Chris.............. 1. Have you spent alot of money on new clothes and where is your favorite place to shop now? Up until recently I hadnt spent alot of money on clothes. But in the last few weeks I find that Im dying to buy them. So much so that hubby took credit cards away. 2. Do you have people who are not supportive of your decision for surgery and how do you handle it? Well, at first my family was all for it. Now that Ive lost the weight things are starting to change. My husband is now a jealous person. He freaks out if a man looks at me. My grandmother told my mom that I need to stop lossing weight and that shes affraid I "will outgrow them". I guess not wanna be with them. And my mom makes rude comments all the time now. Its just so frustrating. 3. What is your favorite recipe since surgery? Care to share? Sorry, I dont cook. kristi

Kristi, that really sucks about your family! I hope once they see you *haven't* really changed (and if you did it's for the better), that things will calm down and they will start acting normal again. Beth

Good Morning, I'm having a great summer! You did a great job this morning. 1. Have you spent alot of money on new clothes and where is your favorite place to shop now? ~In the beginnin I spent too much money but learned my lesson fast. Everything I bought, I was only wearing a few weeks before it got too big. Now I only shop thrift and clearance racks. I love to shop at cato, AJ Wright and walmart. 2. Do you have people who are not supportive of your decision for surgery and how do you handle it? ~No, everyone is supportive of my decision. 3. What is your favorite recipe since surgery? Care to share? ~Scrambled eggs with cheese First you scramble the egg, put it in the pan and cook. Sprinkle it with cheese! Last, enjoy! Have a nice day!!! Kay

My summer is going ok... I don't love my job, so that part stinks... but the time away from work has been VERY fun. I still have 2 more weekend trips planned before summers over (one to NYC in a few weeks and another to some Cabins in West Virgina). Anyway, here are my responses: 1.) YES! I have spent too much money. I got a new job and have to dress up now, so I not only had to buy all that stuff, I keep shrinking out of it all. Though, I pride myself on being a bargin hunter. Most things I buy are from Macys, JCPenney or TJMaxx, but I haven't bought anything for full price yet. 2.) I have ran into a few, mostly they say they are, but then they will make comments and try to bring me down. I handle it by remembering where I was and where I am now and where I am going with my new HEALTHY life. 3.) I don't cook much, but I like to "make" a few chicken things. One I take precooked italian seasoned chicken strips and put sundried tomato pesto and parm cheese on it and nuke it. Soooo good. Another thing I "make" is wraps. I use a low carb tortilla and fill it with either turkey, cheese, and bacon bits or fajita chicken strips and ff cream cheese.

Good afternoon Chris, great questions! 1. Have you spent alot of money on new clothes and where is your favorite place to shop now? I have spent more than I would have liked to, but i am not changing sizes so quickly now, so it is slowing down a bit. I have raided clearance racks at fashion Bug, Target and Walmart. 2. Do you have people who are not supportive of your decision for surgery and how do you handle it? I am very fortunate, I have not had anyone be unsupportive at all. 3. What is your favorite recipe since surgery? Care to share? I actually don't have any and am getting rather bored with the things I do eat, I can't wait to see others answer to this one! Karyn

1. Have you spent alot of money on new clothes and where is your favorite place to shop now? Yes, I have spent too much money on clothes, but I have to considering where I work. I had a total WOW moment the other day when I bought a pair of 14 jeans at Macy's...a REGULAR store!! HAha...I also really like the clothes in New York & Co. now. 2. Do you have people who are not supportive of your decision for surgery and how do you handle it? I am so lucky in this respect...I have absolute support from everybody I know. 3. What is your favorite recipe since surgery? Care to share? I don't really cook so much because I don't really eat that much. I was totally in love with buffalo wings though, so to get my fix the other day I baked some chicken tenders and coated them with the buffalo wing sauce and ate a few as a snack.

Hey Chris!!!!!! Good job with Roll Call! 1. Have you spent alot of money on new clothes and where is your favorite place to shop now? *** Um, don't get me started lol. I think I've spent more now then all of pre-op! I gotta love me some LB lol! 2. Do you have people who are not supportive of your decision for surgery and how do you handle it? *** I think a little jealous of the fact... but I don't let the bug me. It did at the beginning, now.... I'm totally like whatever biatch lol! 3. What is your favorite recipe since surgery? Care to share? *** Right now, I'm just trying to eat lol. But I have been loving one sausage patty chopped up with scrambled egg and cheese lol!