OKAY! MARY JO.....MARY JO........

HOW are you doing? got to admit havent seen you posting! ALL okay??? I know your out of work right now and just want to make sure your doing well? CHECK in with your OH family please (((((((((HUG)))))))))))))) lisa

(((((((lisa))))))))) i am doing ok! i been reading everyday, just not much to post about. spending a lot of time with my 4 yr old, we go to starbucks every morning and hang out. LOL i haven't really started looking for anything. i can't believe i have been out for a month already. i wish i could just work from home! i been maintaining my weight, right around 115-116. i have been out of my iron pills, still waiting for an answer on if i was approved for medicaid. been feeling pretty tired, i may have to just buy them. eating is becoming a chore! lucky for me (kind of), i still hardly ever feel hungry. and with my financial situation right now, not much stuff to eat in the house anyways. i really have to make a better effort. today i ate 2 slices of provolone cheese and a pb&j sandwich. look at all that protein! LOL anyways, thanks for thinking about me and checking up on us. i was glad to read an update on our pam today, too! NOW...HOW ARE YOU???? hugs~mary jo

*hi jack* Hi Mary Jo! Glad to see you also. Can't you apply for food stamps? I know when I was out of work cuz of the hurricane, they gave me some, ..not much, but some. I hope all works out for you. I know how you feel. Once I was home with my girls, I kinda liked it. Take care of yourself!

hey girly! i did apply for FS, back on april 26th and i still haven't received a notice of decision! that sucks, makes me think they are going to tell me that i don't qualify. i have left the worker 3 messages this week, trying to get an answer on the FS and the medicaid. today i recieved a notcie telling that me and the kids will be on family helath plus eff june 1st. so that's good, but i STILL don't know about FS or if i have medicaid right now until june 1st. i also called the worker's supervisor today and left a message for her. 3 calls to this worker and her voicemail says she returns all calls in 24 hours. ummm, bull-caca!!!

Well I sure hope you get approved. Truly that is what helped us make it thru after the hurricane. I mean I got unemployment, but unemployment isn't much...and they give ou boocoo food stamsp. Good luck!

Hi Mary Jo I hope things get better for you soon! OT, I was wondering how tall you are. I'm still trying to "picture" what size I might want to get down to. Although I'm only 5 feet, 115 seems too light for me. I had a body fat composition test, and I was 118 without the fat. So I'm guessing that even super lean women are 15% fat. So does that mean I would look good at 135? I get so confused with BMI, body fat, and all that other stuff. I would just like to know the "real" number I should shoot for. Or is it possible the 118 was wrong? Sharyn 307/178/148

hi sharyn, thank you! i am 5'2''. i wish i understood all of that, too! i have never had a body fat composition test. i wish i knew what my body fat % is. i wouldn't fixate on the numbers too much. i say wherever YOU feel good! i obsessed a lot about the BMI charts. wanting to get to just obese, then to just overweight and then finally normal. but you hear too much about how those charts are so unrealistic, especially for wls patients. my BMI is right around 21 and i hear a lot from people that i am "too skinny", even though my BMI is still well in the normal range. so who knows! sorry i am not much help! hugsssssssss

Thanks Mary Jo - you are always helpful!! I me wih Dr, Hurwitz yesterday, and he said I have a nice butt and that my thighs and waist will never be small, I'm just not built that way. Oh, happy mother's day! Sharyn

PLEASE keep on your health during this stressful time! I hope you get approved for medicare so you get all the things you need medicially you cant ignore you thru hard times. AS moms we always due that. PLEASE work on eating. I know you mentioned your not working income is near what it was while working so please dont neglect to eat! I am glad your weight is holding. AS for me, i am not really looseing fast maybe 1 pound a week if that. HARD to handle but im accepting it since my doctor feels a weight in the 160's is ideal for me. I am at 169 right now. I got to work harder I would much rather end up in the 150's if at all possible. OTHERWISE the weather here on the island stinks! RAINING and cloudy all week so with TOM and that im pretty blue! Well thanks for replying i got worried! YOU know were a big family here! HANG in there! HUGS! xooxxoxox lisa