You have done Wonderful Darlene!! Good Job!

Welcome home sweetiepie! We missed you! I've had a rough week. I just got unstuck after 13 hours of being miserable and yesterday I ate sugar for the first time. I'm sleeping in tomorrow and canceling work/school type activities. Sorry it was miserable. We still love ya! Hugs, ~Lara

We're back home, slightly earlier than expected, but glad to be home. The five of us + three inlaws + one RV camper = disaster, always. I am worn out and in a terrible mood. It didn't help that I didn't want to go in the first place. The kids had a better time than I, so it wasn't a complete wash. (I'm a sour sport, I loathe rides, crowds, wasting money and incompetent service people ..and who knew ya can't get a decent cup of ICED COFFEE in Disneyfrigginworld?!) I basically maintained myself on protein bars, eating several a day most days, and found myself searching for fresh fruit on the days we were in the parks, but I never really found anything decent in any of the parks. What rubbish they serve! The only place I found a decent choice was in Animal Kingdom - they had a fruit cart - and I found a fruit cup. Everywhere else it's popcorn, ice cream, churros, McD's fries, CRAP.... even harder was finding a drin****pt bringing the Crystal Light in with me and buying water when I ran out of my own ... but what I would have given for a fresh ICE cold iced tea or coffee! Anyway - I think I lost a coupla pounds, but I won't know till tommorrow. I can't recall what I weighed when we left... I got a letter from my doctors' office waiting for me here, my labwork was not great, so I have to start taking iron & Vitamin D supplements... Ok gang. Back on the dead horse tommorrow! Missed you all! Beth 'How puzzling all these changes are,' said Alice. 'I'm never sure what I am going to be from one minute to another. However, I've got back to my right size: the next thing is to get into that beautiful garden.' HW- 313 SW- 298 CW- 144 GW- 130 http://meltingmama.blogspot.com/

I AM 1 YEAR 11 DAYS OUT AND I FEEL GREAT. THANKS TO GOD AND DR. JAWAD

Hey up there Jo Ann ... as another "shortie" (5'0" even), I'be been wondering about goal weights, too. I started at 267, which was a tight 22/24 for me. At about 170, I'm a 10/12 (12s for the "girls" who went south but didn't leave altogether). Originally, I thought I might want to be a size 10 as my goal, but now that I'm there, I've gotten greedy, and want about a 5/7. At first, I thought that would be about 140 lbs., but now, I'm thinking that may be more like 155-160 pounds for me. So, that would mean that at 135-145, I'd probably be in a 2/4?!?!?! WHAT?!?!?! I can't even FATHOM that ... even sounds too too tiny! LOL How did you choose your goal weight? My doctor won't give me one (for whatever reason), and I don't know what to set the goal at, because I've never been this small as an adult. BUT ... do you REALLY think we need to be as small as 125? (ESPECIALLY as "sistas"?). I'm thinking that that would be WAAAYYYY to small for me. I know it's a personal decision based on age/genetics/etc., but how should we vertically challenged (and "ethnic") people like Jo Ann and I should set goal weights, as compared to say, someone who is 5'7"? Just curious. Staci LapBand 267/171/135-145???