Hey lady, I actually get to be the first response, imagine that!!!!!!!!!!1 1. Golly, I love all the holiday shows, but if I had to choose one...golly, this is hard, It's A Wonderful Life or Miracle on... 2. Goals of 2007: First of all I'd like to reach 150 lbs, 20 less than doctors goal, but one I'd like to get to. (That means I'm going to have to exercise more.) Next, I'd like to get my home in order as I have totally neglected it for the last year...actually, I've suffered depression since my mom's death in 2002 and really haven't taken interest in my home at all. Need to change that. That leads to my next goal...make my attitude/ outlook on life match my outward self...lose the negative, grab onto and celebrate the positive. 3. Norb helps around the house but not as much as I'd like him to. He is from an old farm family where if the house is picked up and clean, it's fine. He doesn't mind the clutter and mess. He is great about going downstairs and doing the laundry as he knows the stairs are a bugger on my arthritic knees and hips. 4. I try not to "treat" myself, but what I'm finding is that if I really, really want something then I take a bite of it and make it last. Today it was a Krispie Kream donut. I took a small bite and let it sit in my mouth. It took me longer to eat my one bite than it used to take me to eat the hole donut pre-op. 5. I am having trouble with MANY foods...I don't dump, but I get sick and it feels like a puppy is in my tummy trying to get out. Unfortunately, sugar and carbs are two foods that don't make me sick...go figure. I only take a bite, but still, others get sick when they eat sugar. OH WELL! 6. As a morbidly obese woman with arthritis in both knees, a hip, ankles, and fingers, exercise was very, very difficult. Now it is still difficult, but I am able to walk, climb stairs, dance with my first graders, play with my grandchildren and just be active. I am still not exercising like I need to - or want to. 7. My WOW moment happened just this morning. MY five year old granddaughter sat in my classroom watching me work as she was waiting for the breakfast bell at the school I teach at and she attends. Pretty soon I noticed she was studying me intently. finally I asked her what was wrong. She said, "Grandma you really have lost a lot of weight. Your legs are skinny." Then she proceeded to tell me that I was a "really hot grandma now". Gotta love those kids. HAPPY WEDNESDAY EVERYONE

Hi Melinda, Sorry to hear you are feeling unwell. I don't have much I can suggest. I haven't seen too many posts on our June board about lapband or fills. I think most of the regular posters here have had gastric bypass--any words of wisdom from the other lurkers out there? Have you tried posting your question on the lapband board? I would definitely agree if your intuition tells you to contact your doctor. All the best, Lori

Ok, I am not going to take it personally that last week there was a poor showing on the Roll Call, I am going to blame it on the holiday. I know that all of you would love to share a little bit more about yourselves, lurkers too, especially since we didn't get to hear too much from you last week. 1) What is your favorite holiday show? 2) What are your goals for the new year? 3) Does your significant other help out around the house and if so what do you prefer them to do? (if you could choose) 4) What is the one food you feel "not guilty" treating yourself to since surgery? 5) What is your food weakness and does it make you sick now? 6) Do you exercise less now than just post surgery? 7) What was/is your one wow moment that you will never forget? My answers: 1) It would either be White Christmas, Meet Me in St. Louis or The Year Without a Santa Claus. I could watch these over and over and over. 2) Goals, wow, what was I thinking when I wrote this one? Well, let's see. Weight wise, I would love to get to my goal of 150, I am going to have to really step it up to get there. Career, well, it is really two-fold. I would like my home business to take off so that I don't have to go back to looking for work outside the home, but then again, I miss going to work, mostly the socialization. It is a little safer than working for myself, but isn't as rewarding. I also want to continue to work on my confidence. I am reading a book about it right now and it has helped me so much with everything in my life. 3) Yes and no. I do most of it now especially since I am home all day. He helps when I need him to. He is great to come in and organize things in a hurry where I will take a little longer. He is the bathroom guy though. I will maintain the bathroom, but he is the one to do the deep cleaning of it. 4) It used to be sf popsicles, but now it is lite cool whip with either sf jello or pudding. 5) CHOCOLATE!!!!! Yes and no, depends on how much I "treat" myself to. 6) No way, I exercise more and much more intensely, I am loving it!! 7) They are just recently actually. Today I went to the doctor, I have this nasty cold that is going around, anyway, they took my vitals and my blood pressure was 103/63. I was shocked, it is usually 120/80. I didn't think that I had anything to worry about, but the nurse said that it was so great. They kept having the nurses and doctors come in to see me. This is my PCP so I haven't seen them since a couple months before surgery. The other WOW moment was on Saturday. My sister and I went shopping and I thought that I would try on a shirt that was a 14/16. I wanted to see how far I needed to go until I fit in it. I tried it on and IT WAS BIG!!!! I couldn't believe it. I was so shocked. My sister was so funny, she said, "Well, duh, what did you think??" I tried to tell her that my mind hasn't caught up with my body yet. Ok, come one, come all, I would love to have my inbox overflowing with responses this week. We are all thankful for each other and what a great way to show it then to come out and share a little about you on the Roll Call each week. I love you all!!!!!!! Jeanna

After my last fill, Monday Nov 20, I have barely been able to keep anything down, even protein shakes bother me, and last night I tried a couple of bites of a pickle, it stayed down but I think it might have gotten stuck (is this possible) as I was up all night sick, am still sick, and can't even keep water down. Has this happened to anyone, and will it pass or do I need to see my doc?

B: 2cups coffiee with creamer,egg with cheese 1slice of t bacon L: tuna salad 2oz S: 4oz apple sauce D:CHICKEN and caggage stew.mmmmmmm S:1oz cheese, Water: did a little better Supplements: need to do better Exercise: lol...still chasing the kidddos Alcohol: None june15th,06 start wt 369 =nov29th,06 . wt 249 yahoooooooooooooo