WHATS HAPPENING WEDNESDAY.

LOL YOU should have seem the mess I made this morning. Think blender, milk, frozen strawberries, and protein powder….I had everything in there and it appeared that it was leaking. Grabed a big bowl and poured it into the bowl, unscrewed the container and redid it all. pu****er in there to see if it was sealed , yep it was. Ok start blending again, it started coming out at the bottom,. Then all of a sudden the spout on the front popped off and everything went everywhere . all over me all over the counters, all over the floor and cabinets. Reminded me of a I love Lucy show. It was slick and I almost fell down twice before I could get it turned off. I said the only thing that would have made it even worse is if my 2 year old great grandson was standing there watching me make it , he does that sometimes since he loves my protein shakes too.

Well needless to say the blender is in the trash, will have to go buy another one. Going to go get one of the good big ones this time, stainless steel blender and jar. It is like I wanted to get in the first place but didn’t cause I didn’t want to spend that kind of money , now I will.  I had to wash off all the cabinets , floors threw the throw rugs into the washing machine. My clothes too. Joe said he wished he had had a video camera to film it , we might have won on funniest videos. Lol He was trying not to laugh cause he knew I was pissed  to say the least for awhile till I saw the funny side too. Lol

 

Joe went up and helped a neighbor again this morning with some concrete work. When he got back he was hurting and tired he lay down and that is where he stayed till about 4:30

I got 2 loads of clothes washed while he was sleeping but couldn’t get the rest of my housework done as I didn’t want to wake him up , well that is what I say anyway, any excuse not to do housework. I got to thinking today about how much more I can do now than a year ago. Wow not even like the same person.

A year ago I couldn’t sweep or mop as it about killed me. Now I can sweep the whole house and can then turn around and mop right after. That is amazing.

 

Well Wednesday again and I get to work again today. Then off Thursday and work Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Then will work 3 more days this month ..

Will have a nice check on the 10^th of next month. We get paid on the 10^th and the 25rh makes it sort of confusing but only if you think about it too much lol

 

Well are any of you watching The Biggest Loser this year? Pretty neat having 3 teams like that. Sure wish I could go to their exercise place and work out like that lol. Lord what am I thinking they would kill me.  I don’t know how those people being as big as they are can exercise like that. Looks like they would have heart attacks.

 

 

BOBBY JO: oh boy only 2 more days. It really hasn’t been as bad as you thought it would be now was it? It was pretty easy on me girl, I hardly noticed it at all. 

Glad  you got to see Jen, Im glad she came thru with flying colors, just think that will be you Saturday. Up walking the halls.

Sure hope I get to meet you one day soon.

 

 

CHELLE: sorry about the fuzzy head, I have written you about upping your protein and water. You could be dehydrated and it could be that you aren’t getting enough protein, When I don’t get enough protein in just one day, I get weak, confused and really tired. I can go fix me a big protein drink and feel so much better. So try it and stay on it for a few days and see.

 

Are you getting any exercise at all in? just a long hard fast walk to your classes or around campus. Anything.

 

 

CONNIE: are you doing a liquid diet or is yours just anxiety about the surgery and such.

50 is way to young to be losing it , so to speak. Lol. I am sharper now than I have been in a long long time. And im a lot older than you are.

Will see you next Monday night.

 

 

SHANNON :  I just know that if I added all of those carbs to my diet I would probably gain . lol. I don’t care that much about pasta anyway so can give that up and don’t need it .

If I am going to have carbs I want them to be in veggies and fruits.

Sure is funny how these doctors all have a different food plan isnt it? Looks like there would be one plan for gastric bypass patients. Most of the time it isnt the doctors but their dieticians. Seems they all think different don’t they.

 

 

MEL: I hope you got a lot done today toward your garage sale. Where was Janet today. I missed her on the board. Hope she wasn’t sick or hurting too bad.

Are you all having your garage sale this week end?

Am looking forward to seeing you on Monday night Is Nutti coming with you too?

LOL loved your WHY post.

 

 

BEV: I can sympathize with you about that time of month. I use to feel that way too each month. that was the start of my winding up having to have a hysterectormy. Just went from bad to worse. That was back when I was in my late 30s. Gosh that has been forever ago. I cant imagine that it has been that long lol.

Im anxious for you to have your first meeting with Dr. Hornbostel. That will be so cool.. Wont be too long now.

 

What about taking your dad with you to the support meeting? He might enjoy it an he could learn about what will be happening.

 

 

TAMMY V: WOOHOO  that is great, you will  have to tell us all about it when you get back home ok?

Hope you get your internet soon. I don’t think I could do without that for very long.

Hope you like your new house. All the extra you save on rent, maybe you can save that and go out to see the grandbabies often. 

 

 

LANA: I know what you mean , im ready for cooler weather for sure.

Yeah Mums sometimes dry out like that , don’t know why they just will. But like you said a good drink usually solves the problem.

 

I haven’t checked into those pressure cookers yet. You said they are elect and on Q V C? will check it out.

Yeah that is me , the rice, bread , pasta, all of that is what got me fat in the first place don’t want to go there again.

 

LOL had to laugh at you about not wanting John to know about the tire scrape. What did they do to fix that? Shine it up or something?

 

Well shoot that would have been a nice trip to wouldn’t it ? Never been on that side of . Just the eastern side.

 

Yeah I thought of you on Sat. when it was so rainy, glad you didn’t go and get cold and wet and then get sick. No need of that is there.

 

 

REBECCA: glad to see you posting again. Sounds like you all got a lot of outside work done this week end. We are always doing something like that too. We planted a 5 gal bucket full of Iris yesterday. In a flower bed up front.

We will all be waiting for your post on Friday about Bobby Jo. Take care and will talk to you later.

 

 

Love and Blessings

Jan

 

 

 

 

Just got home from working with DH tonight....had to clean the hood system in a Mcdonalds ....getting ready to get a shower and wanted to stop in and say hello I will be sleeping most the day today lol....anyway Friday wow long time coming!!!!!!!  Everyne thank you for your support and prayers.... also guys there is a lady at the hospital her name is Carrie she had her surgery yesterday when Jen did and she is having alot of trouble,,,, noone there for her really,,,, and not walking she is laying in bed you guys try to think of her in this time and maybe she will get inspired y Jen  well I am off to get a shower see you all later  Bobbie Jo

Bobbie,   CONGRATULATION 2 more days YEAH!!! maybe u can polish the spot beisde you for me next month? lol the hoods? oh man i can remember when i used to have to clean them at a restaurant i worked at and that was the last time i ate there too YUCK lol good luck fri and we will be praying for you

Jan,     You never did say.  Do you work for an HSI facility?  Health Systems?  Colette

LOL i can see that happening to you cos about a month ago the same thing happened to me but with choc and peanut butter, oh it was a MESS and Rachael just stood there laughing and of course i was mad at the time and the madder i got the harder she laughed.lol and yes AFTERWARDS it was funny but not at the time, never knew that could make such a BIG mess but it does. does any one know about Dr H slimfast diet for 2 weeks? i was figuring i'd buy the powder cos it be cheaper but then Mona said he showed us the cans so now im thinking does that mean cans only? i hope not cos powder is cheaper and 14 days is gonna cost a lot to drink slimfast lol...........any 1 know? Tammy...........wow  now that is a GOOD WOW and soon u be going to look at even smaller sizes...Keep up the good work...u may have to send me some of ur clothes so i dont have to go butt naked LOL got to go back to the Dr this am and get back checked again its killing me again and it really messes with ur every day life so hope ALL have a great day hugs

Good Morning Jan and Missouri Peeps! Jan, I had to laugh out loud while reading your post this morning!  I can imagine the mess the blender was making while you were trying to turn it off!!  I'm with Joe on this one, wish you did have it on video!  Thanks for sharing it with us! I didn't feel well most of the day yesterday.  I think I had whatever my 2 year old grandson had this weekend.  Isn't it wonderful the way they share EVERYTHING with us! lol  Anyways, I'm better today.  I'm going to go to water aerobics.  Had a great workout Monday and I really need to go today.  Just am soooooo tired.  My B12 shot is due Friday, I wonder if it would hurt me if I took it a couple days early? Pressure Cookers are WONDERFUL!  I bought a 8 quart non-stick one from QVC last year.  I had a really old one that I had replaced the seal a couple of times.  Decided to upgrade and am I glad I did.  The safety features are so much better now a days on them than they were years ago.  Now that fall is about here (still in the 80's and 90's where I'm at) I'm going to get it out and start using it more.  Not only is the meat really tender but it cooks it in a fracation of the time it would take you to bake it.   Well, I'd better scoot.  It's 7:30.  I'm going to take the girls out then get ready.  I'm hoping Bev can make it this morning.  She is such a sweet lady and I really enjoy visiting with her.  Can't wait until you all can meet her too! Have a great Wednesday! Debbie D.

Howdy Folks... Thought I might sleep in this morning,but a lil Princess had other ideas lmbo.... Before I go on I would like to say something about some messages I got.....I got several messages about people feeling left out on the board or less important....I am really sorry about it.....I don't think anyone ever means to leave anyone out....I think some people know each other better than others and I think sometimes with all the new people hitting the board, it's not always easy to keep up with everyone.....and sometimes some people don't have as much time to post as they do at other times.....Lately I have not been on as much to post as I have in the past....And alot of the time I don't leave messages on each post, I just post on what's happening and post my messages to each person on there..... Anyways...I just wanted to tell anyone that is feeling left out to keep posting...I promise you are just as important as anyone else on the board....And we love hearing from everyone! If you are a lurker....Don't lurk...come on in and say howdy and let us know how things are going!  I have enjoyed this board since I very first found out about it...And I have met some really great people on here and made some friends I hope to keep for a long long time....And there has always seem to be someone out there to answer a question I might have or jump in with some support when Im feeling down or aggervated.. Jan....Thank you sooooo much for the laugh first thing this morning....I had it all pictured in my head, you sliding around in your kitchen and being all P'ed off  ....lmbo!!   I had something like that happen to me about 3 months ago....my bottom to my blender that screws on to hold the blade in...It had a crack in it but was working fine...then one day when I made a shake it decided to finish breaking about the time I lifted it out of the base...And I too had one heck of a mess!!! Joe super glued it and its been doing fine but I know it's only going to hold for so long....I too need to get a new blender or I will have a second episode lol lol.... Cindy...It was good hearing from you and Im looking forward to your phone call so we can chat....I hope we get to meet sometime soon and hope you will even think about making a trip to Springfield for a COF support meeting with Brenda and I...Then you can meet even more of the people on the board.... Brenda and I have talked about doing something to start a meeting closer to the Bluff area but I don't know if we would have enough attend to even bother.....But we may still talk about it more and see if we can come up with something..... Amber P....Remember I am your Angel...You can call me anytime you like....If Im not around at the time leave a message and I will get back to you as soon as I can.... I try to check in on the board at least once a day even if I don't get time to post, so you can even leave me a message here if you like and I will get back to you....  Sheila..Congrats on the date!!! Bobbie....Hang in there....Soon it's only going to be hours away till you are joining all the other loosers! Fisherqueen......Hang in there it wont be long for you either.....Looks like you will be slidding in on the loosers bench behind Bobby.... And a BIG OLE WELCOME to Melissa V. Africa and Armywife....Hope we see more of you gals on the board! Jane..Congrats on getting your date!!!!!  Janet....Where u is Sis.....Miss ya and worry when we don't see ya on...Hope all is well your way..... Mel....Girl, Don't over due yourself....I know it's better to keep going so things don't get ya down but your body's been thru alot these past few months....Worry about ya... Hope all goes well with the sale! Susan....Hope all is well your way.....Bet your getten lonely with your honey gone? How many weeks did you say he was gone for?  There was a post where someone mentioned about needing an angel...Now and then I post to see who needs one and who might want to be one....Sometimes not alot of people offer to help out.....So if you wanted one and have not heard from anyone please let me know so I can see what I can do....I will also add a post after Im done here..... Well I know there is probably some I get added....Guess I am going to have to start taking notes as I read posts lol....Once I get on and start posting I forget half of what I was going to say lol lol..... Hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday.... Luv & Hugs...Tammy~ammy P.S. I am going to be helping a friend out for awhile that just opened a new BBQ place....I have not worked in at least 10 years so yall please pray for me! I know me and my ole back is going to need all the help we can get! But I am looking so forward to doing it.... It is going to be great to have a reason to get up some mornings and have a reason to get dressed and get out of the house... and really GREAT to get to be out and around people more!!!!!Thanks...

Good Morning MO Peep's         Well it looks like it is going to be another busy day here. Yesterday I went thro all the stuff in the garage (that was hanging up). Got all my stuff marked and boxed up. Then Terry brings out the 4 bags of stuff that I got from my bedroom the other day. I didnt even touch it cause I had to get ready for my doc appt.       Went over to Joplin for our eye exam. Got all that taken care of just waiting for everything to come in when its done. Terry is getting bifocials (sp) that will be fun to watch him get use to them. lol Had to go over and deal with problems on the rental home in Joplin. Terry is P-ed to say the least and is drawing up Evicition notice to get to them today. I am staying out of this one I know that look in his eyes. Right now he is out showing his father house in the country. Hopefully it will get rented soon. Not that Dad cares he is back to sleeping ALL the time. I have 4 peices of mail that are bills and I get no responce from him on them. So Terry went ahead and took care of them.       Well I need to get off of here and get a few phones made and get ready for another busy day. I pray you all have a blessed day!!! God Bless Mel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A REDNECK CHURCH IF.... 1.   You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ...  the finance committee refuses to provide funds for the purchase of a chandelier because none of the members knows how to play one. 2.   You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ...  people ask, when they learn that Jesus fed the 5000, whether the two fish were bass or catfish, and what bait was used to catch 'em. 3.   You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ...  when the pastor says, "I'd like to ask Bubba to help take up the offering," five guys and two women stand up. 4.   You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ...  opening day of deer season is recognized as an official church holiday. 5.   You Know You're in a Redneck Church if...  a member of the church requests to be buried in his 4-wheel-drive truck because "It ain't never been in a hole it couldn't get out of" (Love it!) 6.  You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ...  the choir is known as the "OK Chorale". 7.  You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ...  in a congregation of 500 members, there are only seven last names in the church directory. 8.  You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ...  people think "rapture" is what you get when you lift something too heavy. 9.  You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ...  the baptismal pool is a #2 galvanized " Wheeling " washtub. 10. You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ... robes were donated by (and embroidered with the logo from) Billy Bob's Barbecue. 11.  You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ...  the collection plates are really hubcaps from a'56 Chevy 12.  You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ...  instead of a bell you are called to service by a duck call. 13.  You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ..  the minister and his wife drive matching pickup trucks 14.  You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ...  the communion wine is Boone's Farm "Tickled Pink". 15.  You Know You're in a Redneck Church if...  "Thou shall not covet" applies to huntin' dogs, too. 16.  You know You're in a Redneck Church if ...  the final words of the benediction are, "Y'all come back now, Ya hear"

Dear Jan and OH Peeps~ Good Wednesday morning to all of you.  Not sure what happened yesterday, but I just could not get in here and post. Tried for several hours and then just called Mel and asked her to post about Brenda. Didnt touch the computer again until this morning. Seems to be working ok right now (knocking on wood). Have been crazeeee busy here. Too busy. Part of me hates it, and the other part of me REJOICES that I CAN DO IT NOW! I could not have accomplished this last year at this time. What I have done since Saturday would have taken AT LEAST 6 months or more!! So-Im happy to be able to do it. Dont think I have sat for more than 1/2 hour each day-and thats just to see if I can get something on my stomach. I have lost 6 more #s this week so far. Most of my weight loss the last couple of months comes in a week or so's time-and the rest of the time its only a pound or something. Weird huh? I was thinking yesterday that last month-it was the week of group that I lost all the weight-but that would be right, because last month, group would have been this week....LOL...confusing I know-but it was a week earlier than normal, because of Labor Day, right? I hope I can lose another 8# this month-because then I will hit the 200# GONE FOREVER!! Im pretty excited. I have only 21# to go to hit the goal that my nutritionist and PCP made for me pre-op. I only have 45# to go before I hit what Dr. Fearing thinks I can do-which I hope she is right!! So YAY for that. It keeps me going a lot these days. I have been trying to get my daily walks in-because there is no more inground pool this year. After the sale and the complete and total cleaning of the house-I am moving ALL the excercise equipment into one of our rooms that Mike has for his cars. I have to finish organizing the garage and told him that he has to get everything into ONE room in the house and the rest in his garage. I WILL have a room for the treadmill and gazelle. I am also going to shampoo ALL the carpets in this house and then I am re-arranging our bedroom, which is big enough to be 2-3 big rooms anyway-but I am going to set up a corner of the room for my sewing machine and desk. I am going to work on that quilt and my book at least twice a week, no matter what. So, in the next couple of weeks, I have a lot to get done-but I am happy to do it. We have been here almost 4 yrs now-and I have never felt settled-there has always been things I couldnt/havent done-well, now I am doing them and it feels good-I love that settled, everything where its suppose to be feeling and I dont even care about the back-its gonna hurt no matter what, so I just push through it and at the end of the day, after the kids have gone to bed and I have showered, I lay on the heating pad and ice.  I would like to ask for prayer. I have some pretty big things going on right now. I am not ready to talk about it on the board, or in person, either. I have been trying not to talk about a lot of things lately-guess I thought if I dont talk about it, wont have to face it, but it sure isnt getting any easier. I know that when I have come on here and asked for prayer-like I did for the situation with Stephanie-that it turned around in record time, so I am asking for prayer, and praying the same thing happens with the situation Im dealing with now. Thank you so much. **Jan-I got a mental image instantly of the exploding blender. I thought of I Love Lucy episode too!! How funny. Im glad I wasnt there-or we would have been cleaning up the floor from when I wet my pants-LOL....I could just see the little g-grandson standing there with little strawberries hanging off his little head-LOL....maybe that would have scarred the poor little guy, could just see him ducking whenever he heard a blender...LOL....Im sorry that happened, but it sure made us all smile- Did you get the pictures copied? I hope so. If I dont make it, I will send my money with Mel, if you will let me know how much they were. Just email me. I will TRY to email you-but cant gaurantee the computer will stay working. I had to laugh about Shannon and her carbs. Its funny because Dr. H says you guys can have soda (cant remember if its just diet or regular tho) and our doc says NO SODA (not even diet)....I do bread and sandwiches-I just try to make sure that its whole wheat or good type bread. I have potatoes, not often-but I have had them. I cant eat much still-so I think I get like 2 bites when I do have them...I know it wasnt just bread, rice and potatoes that made me fat. I know it was a combination of everything. I feel very liberated now-to be able to walk away from food and even buy it for my hubby and kids-and have it sitting there looking at me everyday-and I wont eat it. I have tried different things-and know what? Like the other day-my favorite treat used to be cinnamon rolls from Walmart with cream cheese icing-and Ho Hos-I bought both, for Mike and the kids-they have been here-and I dont even miss them. I did take a bite from the roll-when Steph heated one in the microwave-and it didnt taste good to me, in fact, I spit it out. I ALWAYS ask myself-would that be worth me going back to what I used to be? Is that worth the jeans I can wear now? Or playing with my kids-Nope. I dont want to always have to live without a little bread on a sandwich though or a potatoe now and again. Not everyday. I can count on one hand how many times I have had either thing since surgery, but-I know what you mean. I have a g-friend in New York-that is totally different than everyone here. Its amazing all the differences in the programs, but yet-we are all getting wonderful results, so I say to each their own. Somethings that may work for Dr. Scotts patients may not work for Dr. H's and vice versa. **Tammy Ammy-congrats on your WOW moment. Glad to hear it. Im so happy for you. Its nice that I know how you feel-since I know it had to have been how I felt. I stood in the dressing room and cried-and Mel is the one who told me to go for it. Sometimes fear still gets the best of us, doesnt it? We have all gone through it for so long-and for those of us who were/are that big-(not saying anything against those who didnt get our size-please dont take that wrong) for a long time-it seems like mentally, we cant comprehend it. Like, for instance-even at the large womens shops-like Lane Bryant, Catherines-they still didnt have clothes in there half of the time that would fit. I was that ig. So, for me to be able to go into the JUNIORS department at Walmart and pick an outfit-I dont know that I will EVER get used to it!! When we went and rode the go-karts-I remember standing there, stressing over the belts in there fitting. I mean, I almost got out of the line because I would have died if they would have told me I couldnt ride. I turned to Mel and said something about it-and was surprised that she was having the same thoughts, since she is smaller than me!! So-we have to always work on that mental part of it and it is a lot of work, to say the least-the mental part, to me, seems soooo much harder than the actual surgery and recovery did.  Any way, good job-I am thrilled for you. Love you. **Bobbie Jo-praying for you. Your in our thoughts and prayers. As well as Jen. Please tell her hi from us and that we are praying for a very speedy and uneventful surgery. I will be praying for Carrie as well. Maybe you guys could ask her if she wants to walk the halls with ya? Please tell her about our website-it sounds like she doesnt have much support and we would love to have her here. **Bev-hope your feeling better. Sorry about the issues your having. Your in my prayers. Good luck and let us know what happens. **TO ALL THE NEWBIES-welcome!! I dont get into each post you guys put out there because my computer is soooo slow-it takes forever just to do this one-but I welcome you all-I care about you and IF you need anything-please feel free to say something. Good thoughts being sent your way-hang on, cause your in for the ride of your life-and all of us passengers will be there for you!! **Chelle-girl-your not going crazy. Please cut yourself some slack. On the weight gain, honey-there is a million reasons some gain a bit back-but it WILL COME BACK OFF-I PROMISE....its normal to platuea-and even for as long as you have. Stress CAN be a factor. It can-so ease up on you a bit. You deserve to cut yourself some slack. Please dont drop out of school. I feel you will regret that decision for the rest of your life. YOU CAN DO IT and YOU CAN GET THROUGH THIS....I cant promise anything, because of my computer, but I am gonna try to email you later, if the computer cooperates. Know I am thinking about you, I love you and I am here for you, should you need someone to talk to! **Sheila-How did the wedding go? CONGRATS...Will you and hubby be at the group on Monday? Would like to meet the hubby. Im very happy for you. I hope your back feels better soon. I know thats such a drag. Talk to you soon.

To everyone else-Love you guys. My mind has gone blank-but know I think of you often and wish you the best.  As always, your in my thoughts and prayers. Have to get off here and get my day going. Have done most of my daily stuff, but have some more stuff to get cleaned for the sale this Friday and Saturday. Janet

Hey OH Board,     Today, I go for testing at the rehab place and I'm looking forward to getting started on something.I think that will help with my boredom. Everything is going good here at home and we're making plans for this weekend to go for the end of the summer boating and knee boarding (not me the 14 yr. old)LOL. I love driving the boat and watching the kids on the knee board and giant tube.     JAN: How I wish too that  Joe would have had a video camera!! Just picturing that makes me laugh!! No, I'm not anxious about the surgery cause I've had  6 surgeries in my life and all went real well,and I'm being patient about when it's gonna be (hopefully around the first week in Dec.)And I'm not on a liquid diet,so it's not that. I'm starting the  big M ,so I'm thinking that's what it might be!!It's getting pretty scary though....I will see you Monday night.    JANET: I'll say a big prayer for you on your problems. As my mother says "He only gives us what we can handle" and of course you know we'll help you handle it here on the board.You take care...    JEN: Don't know if you'll be seeing this ,but congrats on your surgery and the great recovery.We hope to be hearing from you soon.    LANA: I hear you won't be at the gathering Monday. You'll be missed.Have fun doing what you're doing.    Everyone else have a great and safe day. God Bless you all.                                                                                      Connie