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Topic: RE: Getting to know you.
A) Four jobs I have had in my life
1. Personnelman in the United States Navy
2. Administrative Assistant for University of Colorado School of Nursing
3. Human Resources Assistant/Payroll Manager
4. Military Pay Technician
B) Four places I have lived:
1. Rogers City, Michigan
2. Denver, Colorado
3. New Orleans, Louisiana
4. Dayton, Ohio
C) Four TV shows I love to watch
1. Law & Order
2. Deal or No Deal
3. Ugly Betty
4. CSI
D) Four places I have been on vacation
1.) Palma de Majorca, Spain
2.) Las Vegas, Nevada
3.) Hawaii
4.) Michigan
Four of my favorite foods: (These are after WLS)
1.) Steak
2.) Chicken
3.) Cheese crackers
4.) Rice
F) Four places I would like to be right now:
1. Warm weather state
2. In bed sleeping
3. On vacation
4. Watching TV
G) Four things I wanted to do that I couldn't before surgery:
1. Run 5k races
2. Walk across a room without getting winded
3. Be able to buy clothes in a regular store
4. Feel good about myself
Floyd
Topic: RE: Getting to know you.
Four Things About Me
Things you may not have known about me.....
A) Four jobs I have had in my life
1. Video Store Clerk- first job
2. Cheese Factory YUCK-summer job (never again-ever)
3. Preschool teacher
4. Social Worker
B) Four places I have lived
1. Upper Michigan
2. Great Lakes IL
3. Colts Neck NJ
4. Norfolk VA
C) Four TV shows I love to watch
1. One Tree Hill
2. Medium
3. Crossing Jordan
4. ER- American Idol
D) Four places I have been on vacation
1. NO WHERE FUN
2. Camping
3. UP State Fair- 4H
4. More camping
E) Four of my favorite foods: (These are after WLS)
1. Seafood
2. Chicken
3. Hot Cocoa
4. Ice Cream
F) Four places I would like to be right now:
1. England
2. France
3. Germany
4. Camping some place warm
G) Four things I want to do that I couldn't before surgery:
1. Keep up with my kids
2. Run with out wanting to die
3. Really "clean" my house
4. Live life and not back out of something because I am too BIG!
5. CRAWL UP A LADDER!
Topic: RE: All Liquids Today
Well, I stuck with liquids until I got home from work. 19 hours of no food.
All I had to eat was cheese and crackers, then one turkey meatball and a few bits of pasta roni with no butter. My calories for the day spent STARVING myself?????
817!!!!
Grrrrrrr...
Topic: RE: Tues Ethel wants to know
protein shake 160/30
coffee 0/0
1 piece beef jerky 20/7
FF cottage cheese 90/14
3 oz colby jack cheese 335/21
1 oz pretzels 120/3
1 turkey meatball 50/4
1/8 cup pasta roni 42/1
calories:817
protein: 80
I did really well yesterday! (yeah, I broke the liquid fast when I got home from work. But I had to g run and I felt lightheaded)
I still cannot belive I ate 817 calories when I starved all day long.
Topic: RE: Getting to know you.
Four Things About Me
Things you may not have known about me.....
A) Four jobs I have had in my life
1. Nurse's AId
2. Admin assitant at an escort service
3. mcdonalds
4. baker
B) Four places I have lived
1. Carver Mass
2. Woodsville NH
3. Revere MA
4. Rotterdam The Netherlands
C) Four TV shows I love to watch
1. House MD
2. Medium
3. Grey's Anatomy
4. Bones
D) Four places I have been on vacation
1. paris
2. stockholm
3. Australia
4. South lake Tahoe
E) Four of my favorite foods: (These are after WLS)
1. cheese
2. chicken
3. seafood
4. salad
F) Four places I would like to be right now:
1. somewhere east
2. on a beach with a frosty drink in my hand
3. europe
4. mexico
G) Four things I want to do that I couldn't before surgery:
1. do the 3 day.org
2. run a 5k
3. move out of cali
4. get my RN
(yea two of thse don't ave much to do with WLS but thy are easier now that I had it.. not as exhausted)
Topic: RE: Getting to know you.
Four Things About Me
Things you may not have known about me.....
A) Four jobs I have had in my life
1.Leasing Agent
2. Party Planner
3. Legal Assistant
4. Movie theater refreshment server (my first job!)
B) Four places I have lived
1. Atlanta, GA
2. Boston, MA
3. San Francisco, CA
4. Athens, GA
C) Four TV shows I love to watch
1. House MD
2. CSI
3. Grey's Anatomy
4. Gilmore Girls
D) Four places I have been on vacation
1. Alaska
2. Backpacking Europe (Italy, Germany, France, Austria)
3. U.S. Virgin Islands
4. Dominica
E) Four of my favorite foods: (These are after WLS)
1. Cheese - Havarti, colby jack, and jarlsberg
2. Tofu
3. Sushi
4. Bison
F) Four places I would like to be right now:
1. Atlanta with my family
2. On vacation with my husband... in Tahiti!
3. Italy, drinking wine
4. Asleep in my bed
G) Four things I want to do that I couldn't before surgery:
1. Run a 5K
2. Be in pictures instead of taking them
3. go to my high school reunion (I didn't have the nerve when I was 255)
4. Have babies (still don't know if I can do this one.. I'm waiting 2 years to find out)
Topic: RE: PROTEIN DRINK RECIPES - WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE?
I buy the Atkins advantage shakes already just grab & go. They can get a bit pricey, but sams club sells them 12 to a pack for 13.99. I also like whey protein powder from walmart( vanilla Or choc). i switch off every other day powder & skim milk , next day atkins. DeAnn
Topic: RE: Cravings at THAT time of the month
Hi Kathleen, I hate those cravings....they almost take on a life of their own! But it is only a couple of days, and then it gets better. Not that I don't have cravings other times, it's just not as intense then.
Sue
Topic: RE: Cravings at THAT time of the month
It's got to be hormonal, I am almost done with THAT time and my cravings are seriously diminishing. I do hope and pray!
Sue
Topic: RE: Getting to know you.
Like this! im gonna play
Four Things About Me
Things you may not have known about me.....
A) Four jobs I have had in my life
1. Bookkeeper
2. Operations Manager
3. Data Entry
4. Soda jerk (don't know what they call it now, but I worked at a Yogurt place, making drinks).
B) Four places I have lived
1. Birmingham, England
2. Flushing, NY
3. San Jose, Calif.
4. Jackson Heights, NY
C) Four TV shows I love to watch
1. The Ghost Whisperer
2. Survivor
3. The Amazing Race
4. Oprah
D) Four places I have been on vacation
1. San Francisco
2. West Palm Beach, Fl
3. Lima, Peru
4. Bennington, Vt.
E) Four of my favorite foods: (These are after WLS)
1. Cheese
2. peanuts
3. Tuna
4. turkey pepperoni
F) Four places I would like to be right now:
1. home (I'm at work, working verrrry hard)
2. Florida
3. England
4. Peru
G) Four things I want to do that I couldn't before surgery:
1. Travel by plane, and not use an extender (we should be going back to Peru this summer so I am sure this will happen)
2. go swimming
3. do some walkathons (I signed up for one in April and one in May)
4. wear a pair of cowboys boots that go easily over my calves (there is a light at the end of that tunnel!)