ROLL CALL

Happy Friday all. Let's hear how everyone is doing and what you are all up to. This weekend is going to be a blurr for me...very busy. I'm hoping to get some time to swim in my pool. Things have slowed down again, weight loss wise, and I am eating some wrong choice foods, gotta get back on track again. I hope to swim and do some walking too before it gets too hot. I want to fit in cleaning my guest room, cuz my best buddy is coming in from California for 3 weeks on July 11th. She'll also be here to celebrate my one year anniversary. I cannot believe it has been a year...time really does just fly by. Enjoy the great summer weather, and let's hear from all of you. C'mon "old timers" come back to the boards!!! xoxoxox JA -77lbs gone forever!!! Thank you Dr. Bell for this wonderful tool!

Hi JA, Good to hear from you! I plan on having a fairly quiet weekend. I went to the Beach today for the first time in about six years! I bought a bathing suit at Kohls last night and it actually looked pretty darn good on me. There was even a comment by a woman in back of me telling her husband that I had a nice bathing suit! This is what is so nice about the weight loss. I can go out and buy something I like, instead of something that fits! I will probably go to a few tag sales tomorrow and then Sunday I have a Birthday party for my friends 1 yr old baby. My son is on a ten day trip to Italy and Greece with his school and I really miss him so I will try to continue to be a little busy. Have a great weekend everyone! Sandy

JA: Have a great time with your friend. That is so great she can come visit. Can you believe that we are almost a year out?!? You are doing great. Let's see....this weekend. Tomorrow my DH, son & I are going to West Farms mall to walk around and do lunch at the Rainforest Cafe to celebrate his pre-K graduation. Should be fun. Then sunday I hope to spend the day in the pool. I have officially hit my goal weight. What a great feeling!!! I never really dreamed this day would come. I got my date for surgery. I have to have my left lobe of my liver removed. I go in for surgery on Aug 26th. The poopy thing is I will have to spend my 35th birthday in Yale. I am hoping that all the abdominal pain will go away after this surgery. I am not really ready for an additional surgery but I gotta do what I gotta do. Anyway... I want to thank everyone for the support and friendship I have gotten from this board. You are all super people. Keep up the great work. Chryssie

Hi JA I am going to spend my times in the pool with our friends and family today and tomrorow. I am about to get ready to meet my trainer soon after this. I bought alot of gym clothes top and short pant for cheaper price than plus size clothes. It felt good Have fun with your friend here CONGRATS on your 1 year anniversary soon!!!!!! This surgery saved our lives and made us to have feel FREEDOM!!!! Hope to see you and your friend at the Summer Gathering Party with your dogs!!! Have a nice weekend!!! Hugs Kathy K

Hey everyone: Sorry I am late checking in. Yesterday was so unbelievably nuts at work. We went to a wake last night my husband's boss' father passed away. Then we took Erin out to Margaritas in Branford and then went to see Batman, what a great movie. The guy who is playing him is so great and adorable too. Well today we had a busy day as always too. I got up around 7am. I went to have my nails filled and a pedicure at 9am. Then we all went grocery shopping and then buying supplies for Erin for camp she starts at my work in Orange on Monday. She needed goggles, a bathing suit and bathing caps for the pool. Its going to be great having her a my work for camp and coming in and going home with me too. Then I got very sick today. I ate some Fridays Spinach/Artichoke Dip for lunch, I had the frozen one to heat up. The rest of today and tonight I have had diarrea so bad, with alot of gas pains too. I will never eat that again. Ugh!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so sick tonight its awful. I have had it before and it did not bother me, I don't know why it is now. Well thats how I learn I guess. No more of that. I am going to do chicken broth tomorrow to keep my tummy somewhat empty until it feels better. Yuk!!!!!!!! Boy do I need to veg out all day tomorrow Well hope everyone is having a great weekend. I hope to see alot of you on July 16th at the picnic. I can't wait to meet alot of my OH buddies. Hugs KimC