OH trip report, I'm finally home!
We left Thursday, stayed in Firbaugh and drove the rest of the way on Friday.
Friday night we went to the costume party. We had a great time. We met 2 lurkers to the CA board..OK, time to post now! LOL Karen and Jim from Riverside (Karen was in Dr. Katzen’s booth) and Michelle and Jim from the Bay area. What wonderful people. We talked and talked and struck up new friendships. Thank you for being there! The funny thing was, I knew a lot of folks from here were at the party, but I didn’t recognize them in costume!
MS Shells was the winner in her size 14 cheerleader outfit and OMGosh.Give Me An O, Give Me An H LOL she has the energy of a teenager!
Monica was there as a marathon runner, WTG, Monica. By the time I got to the front, they were gone. I did enjoy watching from the back though! The rest of you, I just plain didn’t recognize you! I wish I had been able to meet you all.
After the party DH and I went to the fitness room and treadmilled a bit...all that sitting during the drive, man I needed to walk!
Saturday morning I met JeanL, Beccy and Little Michelle, right off. Beccy’s just the same in person, sweet as can be. Michelle really is little and very nice too! JeanL How’d you sneak that photo of me? LOL It was great to meet you!
I introduced myself to Yvonne McCarthy! She’s one inspiration, so positive, I can do it attitude that just exudes. Thank you for the great intro and sessions!
Katt came up between sessions and introduced herself. Not much time then but we did get together for breakfast on Sunday and talked for quite a while.
Jess, It was great to meet you between sessions! I recognized you right away.
I also met Nicoley. She’s one of the most positive people, just bubbling with energy. Thanks for telling me about S-Factor! Girls you’ve got to check this out. Pole dancing for exercise! Can you imagine anything so cool and fun? www.sfactor.com/ We all dance to the beat of our own drum.
TraumaRescue. It was so nice to meet you at lunch. I hope you’re reading the board and start chiming in!
DianeC, I saw you, but by the time the session was over you were gone. So sorry I missed meeting you! I hope you’re feeling better.
Our very own Nurse! It was wonderful to talk with you!
Lola, we had a great time gambling and dancing! Thanks for the long chat at dinner.
Dancing OMGosh! What a blast! We danced and danced and danced. I walked in there with my pedometer reading 3200 steps and walked out at 9500 steps. Dance, dance, dance, all night lonnnnng! We tried our hand at black jack. LOL Now I’m no card player, they had to teach me what to do, but it sure was fun.
Ramon, you dance real fine, thanks! You’re an inspiration! I’ve still got my rock, thank you and see you in San Ramon!
DH, you always humor me dancing and laughing through life, thank you for your continued support!
Scott, it was great to meet you!
Sunday:
Breakfast with Katt was great. We talked and talked and talked some more. Lol
I met Jinkers at the booth giving away calcuim fortified almonds and fiber fortified cashews. Who knew?? Also those Celebrate Vitamins I ordered samples of! I got to try them. The calcium is different from the Bariatric Advantage one but I can’t really say better or worse. Ask her about the wine book written by her dad, it’s a great gift idea.
Breila, too bad I didn’t win that ice cream maker, eh? It was great to meet you.
Ms. Palin, you gave us a lot to think about regarding nutritionists, thanks for a differing view!
Jeremey Gentles had a lot of great fitness info to divulge, thank you thank you and see you in San Ramon for my training session!
Janine. What can I say? You look just like your avatar and are just like I imagined. You're just as supportive in person as you are on the board. Thanks so much for showing me your mural, it touched me in ways I can’t adequately explain. We had such a good time with you and Jeff. Weren’t the guys from Florida a hoot? Pizza was great! We’ll get together again soon!
The Zumba girls, thanks for a great dance lession. It was a hoot! Those of you that didn’t make it, you missed a rip roaring good dance time with loads of exercise snuck in!
Thank you to the OH folks who put on this conference and to all the speakers who gave us tons to think about. Thanks, too, to the hotel for WLS friendly food we didn’t have to think about eating. That was a nice change.
If I didn’t meet you it’s because I didn’t recognize you. If I met you and didn’t mention you it’s only because my feeble brain is so filled with excitement, people and things to learn that I’m on information overload! I truely enjoyed everyone I met. I recommend going to an OH event to anyone. I makes me feel more in touch with everyone. Thank you all for going to the event and enriching my life!
OK, back to the reality of being home and sticking with my plan. As Ramon would say “Failure is not an option!”.
Hugs,
---jan---
Friday night we went to the costume party. We had a great time. We met 2 lurkers to the CA board..OK, time to post now! LOL Karen and Jim from Riverside (Karen was in Dr. Katzen’s booth) and Michelle and Jim from the Bay area. What wonderful people. We talked and talked and struck up new friendships. Thank you for being there! The funny thing was, I knew a lot of folks from here were at the party, but I didn’t recognize them in costume!
MS Shells was the winner in her size 14 cheerleader outfit and OMGosh.Give Me An O, Give Me An H LOL she has the energy of a teenager!
Monica was there as a marathon runner, WTG, Monica. By the time I got to the front, they were gone. I did enjoy watching from the back though! The rest of you, I just plain didn’t recognize you! I wish I had been able to meet you all.
After the party DH and I went to the fitness room and treadmilled a bit...all that sitting during the drive, man I needed to walk!
Saturday morning I met JeanL, Beccy and Little Michelle, right off. Beccy’s just the same in person, sweet as can be. Michelle really is little and very nice too! JeanL How’d you sneak that photo of me? LOL It was great to meet you!
I introduced myself to Yvonne McCarthy! She’s one inspiration, so positive, I can do it attitude that just exudes. Thank you for the great intro and sessions!
Katt came up between sessions and introduced herself. Not much time then but we did get together for breakfast on Sunday and talked for quite a while.
Jess, It was great to meet you between sessions! I recognized you right away.
I also met Nicoley. She’s one of the most positive people, just bubbling with energy. Thanks for telling me about S-Factor! Girls you’ve got to check this out. Pole dancing for exercise! Can you imagine anything so cool and fun? www.sfactor.com/ We all dance to the beat of our own drum.
TraumaRescue. It was so nice to meet you at lunch. I hope you’re reading the board and start chiming in!
DianeC, I saw you, but by the time the session was over you were gone. So sorry I missed meeting you! I hope you’re feeling better.
Our very own Nurse! It was wonderful to talk with you!
Lola, we had a great time gambling and dancing! Thanks for the long chat at dinner.
Dancing OMGosh! What a blast! We danced and danced and danced. I walked in there with my pedometer reading 3200 steps and walked out at 9500 steps. Dance, dance, dance, all night lonnnnng! We tried our hand at black jack. LOL Now I’m no card player, they had to teach me what to do, but it sure was fun.
Ramon, you dance real fine, thanks! You’re an inspiration! I’ve still got my rock, thank you and see you in San Ramon!
DH, you always humor me dancing and laughing through life, thank you for your continued support!
Scott, it was great to meet you!
Sunday:
Breakfast with Katt was great. We talked and talked and talked some more. Lol
I met Jinkers at the booth giving away calcuim fortified almonds and fiber fortified cashews. Who knew?? Also those Celebrate Vitamins I ordered samples of! I got to try them. The calcium is different from the Bariatric Advantage one but I can’t really say better or worse. Ask her about the wine book written by her dad, it’s a great gift idea.
Breila, too bad I didn’t win that ice cream maker, eh? It was great to meet you.
Ms. Palin, you gave us a lot to think about regarding nutritionists, thanks for a differing view!
Jeremey Gentles had a lot of great fitness info to divulge, thank you thank you and see you in San Ramon for my training session!
Janine. What can I say? You look just like your avatar and are just like I imagined. You're just as supportive in person as you are on the board. Thanks so much for showing me your mural, it touched me in ways I can’t adequately explain. We had such a good time with you and Jeff. Weren’t the guys from Florida a hoot? Pizza was great! We’ll get together again soon!
The Zumba girls, thanks for a great dance lession. It was a hoot! Those of you that didn’t make it, you missed a rip roaring good dance time with loads of exercise snuck in!
Thank you to the OH folks who put on this conference and to all the speakers who gave us tons to think about. Thanks, too, to the hotel for WLS friendly food we didn’t have to think about eating. That was a nice change.
If I didn’t meet you it’s because I didn’t recognize you. If I met you and didn’t mention you it’s only because my feeble brain is so filled with excitement, people and things to learn that I’m on information overload! I truely enjoyed everyone I met. I recommend going to an OH event to anyone. I makes me feel more in touch with everyone. Thank you all for going to the event and enriching my life!
OK, back to the reality of being home and sticking with my plan. As Ramon would say “Failure is not an option!”.
Hugs,
---jan---
---jan---
(deactivated member)
on 11/5/08 2:41 am - Vacaytown, HI
on 11/5/08 2:41 am - Vacaytown, HI
It was great to meet you as well... and I love the sign!! We will have to spend more time together in the future. DH had me on my toes the whole time lol.
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