Let's answer ROLL CALL!!! Come and play the weather is cool.

Hello ALL of the kids are sleeping .. can you say quiet at Jen's house ... so I thought I would post a roll call. The board is SSSSLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOWWWWW. 1~What are your plans for the weekend? 2~Where did you meet your best friend? 3~What is your greatest accoplishement in life? 4~What was the last compliment you received and who gave it to you? 5~Who is the most important human in your life? 6~Were your grandparents alive and around when you were growing up? 7~Have you lost any friends since having WLS? 8~What is your goal weight and how far are you from it or HAVE YOU REACHED IT???? 9~How was your goal weight set? 10~What is your favorite: ~drink ~snack food ~meal ~appetizer ~protein powder ~color of lipstick ~color of nail polish ~hair accessory ~article of clothing ~spa treatment God Bless! Jen

Here are my answers 1~What are your plans for the weekend? Plans with a friend tonight, girls slumber party. Saturday I am going to go look at patterns for Halloween costumes and maybe get sewing. Sunday church. 2~Where did you meet your best friend? At work. 3~What is your greatest accoplishement in life? Being a mommy. 4~What was the last compliment you received and who gave it to you? The kids and I went to WalMart this AM and two different ladies told me how well behaved my kids are - 4 kids behaving like angels in WalMart - oh yeah - it was a good morning. 5~Who is the most important human in your life? My hubby, without him I would be lost. 6~Were your grandparents alive and around when you were growing up? Yes, I was so blessed. I had both set of grand parents, two great grandma and a great-great grandma. 7~Have you lost any friends since having WLS? Not a one. I guess I have true friends. You just never know though! 8~What is your goal weight and how far are you from it or HAVE YOU REACHED IT???? 180 - 13 pounds to go. 9~How was your goal weight set? Using the typical percentage that is lost with the type of surgery I had. 10~What is your favorite: ~drink - Lipton Mandarin Mango Tea ~snack food - SF pops - I have been eating way too many lately! ~meal - A really good homemade Chicken Parmesan ~appetizer - cheese sticks ~protein powder - right now a Banana Protein delight ~color of lipstick - taupe ~color of nail polish - for the toes something bright and cheery in the summer and taupe in the fall and winter ~hair accessory - the fat head bands ~article of clothing - any pair of capris ~spa treatment - massage God Bless! Jen

I'll play Jen, Nice compliments about your kids. You've obviously done a great job raising them! 1~What are your plans for the weekend? Getting ready to go on vacation early Monday morning with my hubby. He is from Indianapolis so we are spending a week there visiting his friends. Should be fun but it will be the first time I ever have left my son, who is 18, alone. He should be okay as he's a pretty good kid. Also, my son is getting baptised this Sunday. 2~Where did you meet your best friend? In our congegation. 3~What is your greatest accoplishment in life? Raising a sweet son! 4~What was the last compliment you received and who gave it to you? That the jeans I put on today looked good! Ha. Actually I decided to try them on since they haven't fit until now and they slid on my body. Very nice feeling. 5~Who is the most important human in your life? Husband and son! 6~Were your grandparents alive and around when you were growing up? No. 7~Have you lost any friends since having WLS? No which is so nice. 8~What is your goal weight and how far are you from it or HAVE YOU REACHED IT???? I am at 159 and since I am petite and short, my goal weight is around 115-120 so I have plenty more to lose. 9~How was your goal weight set? Using the typical percentage that is lost with the type of surgery I had. I'm actually just going by my frame. 10~What is your favorite: ~drink - AchieveOne Coffee drinks ~snack food - peanuts ~meal - Chicken Parmesan ~appetizer - chips and salsa (my bad) ~protein powder - Choc. Coconut Protein Delight ~color of lipstick - Ripe raisin buy L'Oreal ~color of nail polish - Nothing on the fingenails, Toes usually something dark in the berry tones ~hair accessory - Sun visor when I jog, trying a headband for sweat today when I go out to jog. ~article of clothing - New bras I purchased from Nordstroms ~spa treatment - foot massages

Great questions, Jen! And I am envious of your Wal-Mart trip! I have one little son and, trust me, people 20 aisles over know when he is in the store! 1~What are your plans for the weekend? Hmm...just hanging out with my son and my niece. My husband just left for Malaysia again so my wonderful 13-year-old niece comes over to help out. Maybe we will go apple picking! 2~Where did you meet your best friend? Sadly, I do not have a best friend. Well, that is not true...I do have one and I met her in-utero because she is my Mother. 3~What is your greatest accoplishement in life? My beautiful son. 4~What was the last compliment you received and who gave it to you? My co-worker who told me that, "I am looking so amazingly hot!" Innappropriate? Yes. Do I mind? Nah! 5~Who is the most important human in your life? My son. 6~Were your grandparents alive and around when you were growing up? No, not really. 7~Have you lost any friends since having WLS? Nope. 8~What is your goal weight and how far are you from it or HAVE YOU REACHED IT???? I am 5'10" and my goal weight is 160. I am 27 lbs. from that goal. Unreal! 9~How was your goal weight set? I took the goal my 18-month planner said was my "ideal" weight. 10~What is your favorite: ~drink (Diet Pepsi from a soda fountain...bad, bad, I know) ~snack food (Cheddar cheese or pretzels) ~meal (Sushi) ~appetizer (Salad) ~protein powder (NONE!) ~color of lipstick (Wine) ~color of nail polish (Either beige or red...weird, right?) ~hair accessory (my clip on ponytail since my hair is so fricken' thin now!) ~article of clothing (my Old Navy denim skirt since it is my first size 12!) ~spa treatment (never had one...) Have a great day, everyone!

1~What are your plans for the weekend? Nothing now... probably wait for a phone call from my wanna be boyfriend...?? 2~Where did you meet your best friend? At a Warrant concert in Ft. Lauderdale circ.1991 3~What is your greatest accomplishment in life? Being a single mom... and surviving. 4~What was the last compliment you received and who gave it to you? "You, there... looking all sexy in those jeans..." from my wanna be boyfriend 5~Who is the most important human in your life? Me... then my son 6~Were your grandparents alive and around when you were growing up? Yes... all of them... I still have both grandmas... just lost my maternal grandpa in June 7~Have you lost any friends since having WLS? I would if they found out I had the surgery, and didn't tell them. I haven't told a lot of people... personal decision. 8~What is your goal weight and how far are you from it or HAVE YOU REACHED IT???? Real goal = 145... Realistic goal = 160....I have 50# until 160... Surgeon's goal between 180 and 200... I'm at 210... almost there. 9~How was your goal weight set? My goal? dreaming... researching what looks good on similar shaped/height people. 10~What is your favorite: ~drink ------ WATER ~snack food ------ String Cheese and Tomato & Basil Wheat Thins ~meal ??? ------ Haven't found a new favorite. It was roast turkey w/all the trimmings... ~appetizer -------- ??? ~protein powder -------- Nectar ~color of lipstick -------- Browns ~color of nail polish -------- Lately it's a Bright Red metalic... I love it! ~hair accessory -------- ? rubberband? ~article of clothing --------- My size 14 jeans, then fitted turtleneck sweaters ~spa treatment I don't know???

You so better spill about this wanna be boyfriend!

Hey Jen Thanks for doing Roll Call today! I love your questions. 1~What are your plans for the weekend? ~ Tonight we are going to the movies. Sat. & Sun., we are just going with the flow. 2~Where did you meet your best friend? ~ We use to work together. 3~What is your greatest accoplishement in life? ~ getting vr to pay for wls. 4~What was the last compliment you received and who gave it to you? ~ I sent a pic to a friend yesterday and she kept telling me how healthy my skin is looking. 5~Who is the most important human in your life? ~ My daughter 6~Were your grandparents alive and around when you were growing up? Alive yes but not around. I was a navy brat and we traveled a lot. 7~Have you lost any friends since having WLS? ~ No but my best friend is not so "friendly" anymore. 8~What is your goal weight and how far are you from it or HAVE YOU REACHED IT???? ~ My goal weight is 175. I have 67 more lbs. til goal! 9~How was your goal weight set? ~ My surgeon and I set it 10~What is your favorite: ~drink .. SF grape kool aid ~snack food .. RF cheese cubes or jerky ~meal .. steamed crablegs ~appetizer .. hotwings ~protein powder.. Nectar capacciuno ~color of lipstick .. light glossy browns ~color of nail polish .. wine/burgendy ~hair accessory .. none ~article of clothing ... black jeans ~spa treatment.. getting a pedicure

Great hearing from you Jen!!!! 1~What are your plans for the weekend? * I am house sitting and working at Jack. Hopefully I'll have some fun... 2~Where did you meet your best friend? * Online about 3 months ago 3~What is your greatest accoplishement in life? * learning to love myself 4~What was the last compliment you received and who gave it to you? * "You're beautiful" Tommy gave it to me 5~Who is the most important human in your life? * ME! 6~Were your grandparents alive and around when you were growing up? * my mother's parents were... my father's moved to Pennsylvania 7~Have you lost any friends since having WLS? * Nope 8~What is your goal weight and how far are you from it or HAVE YOU REACHED IT???? * 175 is the goal for now, I have 35 pounds to go! 9~How was your goal weight set? * Doc's PA said 175 should be good lol... I don't know if I agree or disagree.... 10~What is your favorite: ~drink- Tea ~snack food- cookies ~meal- I dunno.... it all tastes the same lol ~appetizer- nachos ~protein powder- ick ~color of lipstick- Cherry chapstick for me! ~color of nail polish- pinks ~hair accessory- bobbi pins ~article of clothing- anything cute! ~spa treatment- pedicure

Hi all go**** has been so long since I posted here,so here goes nothing. 1.I plan on cleaning my room and doing some house work and maybe going to the beach if it is nice out . 2.My best friend I gave birth to my daughter has been my best friend for the last 17 yrs. 3.My greatest accomplishments would have to be raising my kids into some great awsome kids. 4.I actually got a compliment from a x co worker today on well I looked and how good my weight loss was coming along. 5.My kids are the most important people in my life. 6.My grandparents passed away way befor I was born but I had plenty of stand in grandparents. 7.I have not lost any friends but have made a ton. 8.My personal goal is 185lbs my doctors goal is 219lbs I am at 234lbs so I have 15lbs till Dr's goal and 50lbs till mine. 9.I wanted to be under 200lbs and thinner then my x-husband who is 190 just to rub it in his face.(i know that is wrong) 10.Favorites~ Drink- Lipton Diet Green TEA Snack Food- Yogurt&trail mix Meal- Lasagna no noodels appetizer-Soup or salad Protein Powder- 100% Whey Powder from Walmart(I mix it will fruit and yougurt to make smoothies) Nail Polish-Any color sky is the limit Lipstick- any thing in warm shades Hair Accesories- a hair clip or a scrunchie Article of Clothing-Jeans and a tshirt Spa treatment- foot spa then again any spa sounds great. Joy

1~What are your plans for the weekend? Clean house Saturday and make a 6' x 8' school spirit flag for the football games for someone to run up and down the field with it. Sunday, SS and church 2~Where did you meet your best friend? at work 3~What is your greatest accoplishement in life? My son 4~What was the last compliment you received and who gave it to you? a counselor at our school called me in and said...I kept looking in the other office to see when that lady she was talking to was leaving...and it was YOU, Karla. 5~Who is the most important human in your life? My husband and son are both important 6~Were your grandparents alive and around when you were growing up? Yes, but grandpas both died when I was 5 or 6, so mostly both grandmothers. ONe died about 14 years ago, the other about 7 years ago. Both of them died in October, one on my sister's birthday and the other one the day after. Kind of weird. 7~Have you lost any friends since having WLS? No. 8~What is your goal weight and how far are you from it or HAVE YOU REACHED IT???? My goal weight is 150, so I have 52 more lbs. to lose. My surgeons is 172, so I would only have 30 lbs. as of today to lose for that! 9~How was your goal weight set? I just set mine by a previous weight years ago and my surgeon used the BMI chart 10~What is your favorite: ~drink...right now, SF hot chocolate for part of my water in the mornings ~snack food...Soy chips or nut/raisin trail mix ~meal ...steak ~appetizer...not sure now ~protein powder...ZeroCarb Isopure Creamy Vanilla ~color of lipstick use lip colored pink lip gloss ~color of nail polish toenails - reddish pink...fingernails...neutral ~hair accessory...hairpieces every once in a while when I'm in a hurry ~article of clothing...a turquoise/black skirt I have that I always get a lot of compliments when I wear it Karla 337/202/150