Great idea! I'm going to try protein drinks for 2 meals and one meal eating what the family does... It sounds so funny that someone wants to fatten us up!! What a diference 2 year makes! Have a great weekend... Denise

Denise, To help you get over the uphill battle with your visit, allow yourself either one cheat meal a day or one cheat item (make it small) per meal. This will allow you to enjoy your mother's cooking and not beat up on yourself. It works for me in keeping me in check, while I visiting famliy and friends. Especially, since my mother wants to fatten me up! Mary

Yes, those pre-existing conditions can sometimes bite you in the butt! To make matters worse, insurance companies don't like to provide you ANYTHING in writing. Next month, I am going to a fertility doctor. According to the booklet my husband got from work, ALL fertility treatments are covered (except for in vitro and IUI). To me, ALL treatments includes drug therapy, especially considering there are no exclusions to that effect. But the insurance people say "Nope." BUT, when I asked for a copy of our policy, they REFUSED. SOOO....It is my belief that insurance companies like to make up their own little rules as they go along and keep the customers in the dark. They pretty much have a "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which REALLY means "don't file a claim, don't pay a claim." It's one big conspiracy...no wonder healthcare is going down the toilet! I hope that everything works out for you! Pamela

Ok, so I got that new job, with insurance. Yeah!! Not so... I have been paying out 300.00 + a month for insurance, bcbs ppo. Guess what??? They have a pre-existing condition clause, which means that if I have complications due to my surgery, its NOT covered for 18 months, on any of the plans my job offers. I searched my plan and it doesn't say a word about pre-existing conditions, you must actually ask if they have any exceptions to find out. I found this out when I ordered my allergy serum for my allergy shots and then the next month I had to visit my family doctor for a cold. The doctor put my cold in as being allergy related and now I am paying 470.00 for those two, while I still have the monthly premiums. The way they get around this? They say its HIPPA regulations and that if your previous coverage had a lapse of 62 days before picking up the new insurance, they don't have to cover your pre-existing conditions. Well, I fall under that catagory, because my husband lost his job and we also lost our coverage for a year, then I picked up my new insurance from my new job. I find all this rather strange, who in the world knows to ask this type of question?? Also, if my place of employment doesn't even know, how can I possibly know?? The moral of my story.... if you have had this life saving surgery, please check your new or current insurance plan to make sure they haven't screwed you over too. I am still happy and thankful that I had this surgery, but I am so upset to think that if I should need to have an emergency surgery due to a complication, it will be out of pocket. I will not risk my health/life so I will pay for it somehow, but I will not pay insurance for nothing. I just wanted everyone to be aware of this, just in case. Take care! Tami 275/163/145

Oh Teah!! I'm drooling... I'm headed home to my parent's this weekend and I know I'll have the same temptations!!! We fall down, but we get up!!! Have a great day!! Denise