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WOW.. what a group of interesting diverse questions.. had to c&p them cause I couldn't read the 1st one when I got down to the response screen ~How are you all doing on your goals? Depends on which goal. Weight could be a little better however I feel good--I'm halfway there. Still waiting for my diabetes to go away but at least it's in the normal range now (which is great!!). ~ What is your next goal to reach? I'm going to Oregon in June.. It'd be great to go 20 lbs lighter and drug free ~ What keeps you motivated?? How I feel -- off my bp meds and riding the motorcycle with my bf ~ Do you work out? yes.. treadmill and started at curves last month ~ Do you chart your weight loss progress? yes.. on the garage wall (ha..ha) ~ Do you chart your measurements? No.. my clothes do that for me ~ Do you keep track of goals or milestones? yes ~ Have you bought a new bra? Was it easy or challenging? yes..and it's challenging cause now I'm down to an A cup but still 42-44 around ~ Do you have more then 100lbs to lose or less? Less than 100 now (yes!) ~ So you like posting on the message board better or emailing better? email.. not a big poster ~ How often do you take pictures? And what are they ususally of? I really don't do pictures.. ~ Do you prepare your your vitamins/pills in advance or are you a out of the bottles kind of person? Out of the bottle..I take some at work and then at night for snacks ~ Do you drink coffee and if yes is it leaded or unleaded? Nope.. I'm into tea ~ Are you a person with a green thumb or a brown thumb? brown ~ When is your birthday? And in lue of cake this year what do you plan to do to celebrate it? August..probably sugarfree cheesecake.. we're thinking of doing a union ceremony and that's what we're serving there (decorated with flowers) ~ Do you have a house phone? No ~ Do you have a cell phone? If yes what company do you use? yes..cingular ~ Do you get hungry? Or find it hard to remember to eat? I get hungry (dang it) ~ Have you ever traveled out of the USA? Or if you are already out of the USA have you ever been to the USA? yes.. I used to do tours for Americans in Europe when I was younger ~ Do you garden? nope ~ Do you have house plants? nope ~ If you could do one thing better today then you did yesterday what would it be? handle the disagreement I had with my bf (who can be challenging but hey I choose how I react..ok sometimes I don't--just put that mouth in gear before the brain connects the dots) peace.. Pat

~ How are you all doing on your goals? I have surpassed all of my goals...I need to set new ones. ~ What is your next goal to reach? I bought a pair of size 8 jeans because they were $5 at WalMart. I suppose that will have to do. ~ How far are you from reaching it? I'm in a size 10 now. ~ What keeps you motivated?? Fear of gaining the weight back. ~ 6 months is around the corner.. Will you make your goal 6 month goal by your 6 month appointment? I already have ~ Do you work out? Not often enough. I try to walk everyday. ~ Do you chart your weight loss progress? Yes, but it's just scribbles on a post-it. ~ Do you chart your measurements? Only every three months. Getting ready to do that again soon. ~ Do you keep track of goals or milestones? I do the monthly pictures. ~ Do you have something that you keep track of your progress in that you can later look back on such a journal or blog? Not really. ~ Do you have a blog outside OH? If yes is it for wls or just general? No ~ Have you bought a new bra? Was it easy or challenging? Yes and definately a challenge. ~ Do you have more then 100lbs to lose or less? I started with 100-110 to lose. I've lost 90 so far. ~ So you like posting on the message board better or emailing better? Posting. ~ Have you contacted OH on when we are changing to the new message board format ? And if no do it today! Maybe if we all email they will hurry up!! Haven't done that...yet. ~ Are you a computer nerd or are you computer "I dont know" ? No, just a nerd. ~ How often do you take pictures? And what are they ususally of? All summer...I like to take pictures of flowers. ~ What types of camera (s) do you own? Do you like them or hate them? Love my Nikon 35 mm, use but don't really care for my digital. The digital is more utilitarian, the 35 is for art. ~ Do you prepare your your vitamins/pills in advance or are you a out of the bottles kind of person? I keep my meds in a bead sorting box. Neatly labeled. But much easier to use than the separate pill bottles and takes up less space and fits in the top drawer of the vanity. ~ Do you drink coffee and if yes is it leaded or unleaded? I never drank coffee before surgery, now I have one every morning. Leaded!!! ~ Are you a person with a green thumb or a brown thumb? Given enough time, I can kill anything. But it doesn't stop me from trying every year. ~Do you use Yahoo/MSN/AIM or any other instant messenger? Nope. ~ When is your birthday? And in lue of cake this year what do you plan to do to celebrate it? March 11th, I had a small sliver of angel food cake with two strawberries and cool whip lite. ~ Do you have a house phone? Yes, but only because the security system requires it. ~ Do you have a cell phone? If yes what company do you use? Yes, Cingular. ~ Do you get hungry? Or find it hard to remember to eat? I am starting to feel hunger again. But I call it anticipation. ~ Have you ever traveled out of the USA? Or if you are already out of the USA have you ever been to the USA? I used to live in Germany and we go to Canada every summer. ~ Do you garden? Just a few flowers... ~ Do you have house plants? I keep being given planters from assorted funerals...how depressing is that..."this one is from my FIL's funeral, this one is from my aunt's funeral, those two are from my BIL's funeral, etc..." ~ If you could do one thing better today then you did yesterday what would it be? Love on my friends and family... Annette

~ How are you all doing on your goals? Getting there slowly, grrr.... ~ What is your next goal to reach? My short term goal is always the next 10 pound increment. My long term goals are getting below 200 and my goal weiht. ~ How far are you from reaching it? I just hit my goal of getting into the 270's yesterday. I have no idea how long it will take me to reach m next goals, lol. ~ What keeps you motivated?? Looking at my thighs, *sigh* ~ 6 months is around the corner.. Will you make your goal 6 month goal by your 6 month appointment? I already made it! (lose 100 pounds) ~ Do you work out? Not like I should, but I think about it every day. Does that count? ~ Do you chart your weight loss progress? Yes ~ Do you chart your measurements? Yes, although I lost my pre-op measurements. ~ Do you keep track of goals or milestones? Yes ~ Do you have something that you keep track of your progress in that you can later look back on such a journal or blog? I have an OH site (obviously) that I update several times a week. ~ Do you have a blog outside OH? If yes is it for wls or just general? Yes, I have a general blog that is updated daily but only sometimes put weightloss stuff on. ~ Have you bought a new bra? Was it easy or challenging? It was challenging before I figured out how to measure. (I'll post the directions that seemed to work for me). ~ Do you have more then 100lbs to lose or less? As of this morning, I only need to lose 99 pounds to get to goal!! ~ So you like posting on the message board better or emailing better? Emailing ~ Have you contacted OH on when we are changing to the new message board format ? And if no do it today! Maybe if we all email they will hurry up!! Will do! ~ Are you a computer nerd or are you computer "I dont know" ? Between the two. ~ How often do you take pictures? And what are they ususally of? almost daily of everything I see, including me! ~ What types of camera (s) do you own? Do you like them or hate them? Video and a new Sony Cybershot. I love the cybershot but need to get a new video camera. ~ Do you prepare your your vitamins/pills in advance or are you a out of the bottles kind of person? I used to try to prepare them but lately I've been taking them out of the bottle. ~ Do you drink coffee and if yes is it leaded or unleaded? No coffee ~ Are you a person with a green thumb or a brown thumb? Very green! ~Do you use Yahoo/MSN/AIM or any other instant messenger? Yahoo and Gmail ~ When is your birthday? And in lue of cake this year what do you plan to do to celebrate it? December. My husband will make me a wonderful sugar free dessert like he did for this past one. ~ Do you have a house phone? yes ~ Do you have a cell phone? If yes what company do you use? Yes, Verizon ~ Do you get hungry? Or find it hard to remember to eat? I don't get hungry but I do get a weird feeling when I don't eat. I have to remind myself to eatall the time. ~ Have you ever traveled out of the USA? Or if you are already out of the USA have you ever been to the USA? I've been to Aruba, France, Switzerland, Italy and Canada. ~ Do you garden? I love to garden!!! ~ Do you have house plants? A have a jungle in my house. ~ If you could do one thing better today then you did yesterday what would it be? Drink more water, lol