Thursday Roll Call,,,,,,,

Good rainy morning to everyone,

I am sooo sick of this rain!  The grass looks great, but the gloomy weather makes it hard to want to go out and get things done.  Like now, I should be running errands, instead of playing on the computer.  LOL!

I am doing well health wise, sticking to the plan, and the only thing I have issues with lately is water intake.  I get so busy, I forget to drin****il I am so thirsty and then it is usually time to eat,  So that is my goal, to make sure I get the water in!

I got my hair cut and permed last night for our trip to Disney in 12 DAYS!!  It got it cut short for the first time in a long time!  I love it!  I will post a pic when I can.  It will be so much easier for our trip and the summer.

Today is lots of errands and parenting class tonite, and if the weather cooperates we have a busy baseball weekend.  I sure hope they dont cancel this weekends baseball, as it takes away from Noah's ability to get all the energy out!  I am praying for the rain to stop!

I have cleaned out my closets and drawers and have 8 bags of clothes to bring to the clothing exchange at the OH conference, I am so excited to go to the conference and to see everyone that is coming!  I hope alot of you will see us there!

I hope everyone has a great day!  Time to get motivated!!

Just hello for today. I have gained seven pounds since the 23rd so I guess next week I will go on  Slim-fast for the day again.

Hi everyone! I am sort of new around here :) I have been mostly lurking as I have not wanted to get too excited until I got my insurance approval which I got on Friday and now have my surgery date for MAY 12th!!! I am sooo excited. I had my preop dr apt today and on tuesday I have all my preop testing :) I have my upper GI and blood work. Then its surgery for me one week later I cant wait!!! I have to be on a 10 day liquid diet and I am nervous about that but I really want this so I am going to do this even though it will be hard. I cant wait to be on the losers bench! Quick question what protein shake did you take? At my nutrition classes and support group most of the people talked about Carnation Instant Breakfast Sugar Free which I have tasted and is good. But today when I was at the dr's office they "highly" recommended their protein drink which is Bariatrx Essentials. I have tasted this also and it was not good at all. The dietician today gave us some tips on helping with the taste but this drink is also very expensive compared to CIB. But she showed data that their drink had sooo much more protein and minerals and that you could lose lean muscle and your hair if you used CIB so I am so confused. Thanks and its great to meet you all :) 

Oh and Christine I grew up in Itasca IL I went to grammar school there and was married there. My parents still live there and its my favorite town ever :)

Congrats on your approval!  I just wanted to tell you that there are LOTS of different protein drinks out there, and you just need to find one that tastes good to you.  Your "nut" cannot change the way you feel about a certain protein drink.  I would suggest you consider going to vitalady.com and ordering samples of the many different protein drinks so you can find one that you like.  They say the Champion Pure Whey stack chocolate is one of the best...I personally cannot say because I have not tried it.  Good Luck!!!