Saturday Roll Call

Hello everyone

I don't know why I am up so early seeing that I didn't get home till 1am.  We had so much fun.  We ended up staying for the second show because they offered it to us for free...and we were like OK!!!  It was the naughty show...which, just means they can curse and say anything they want.  It was hilarious.  I then stopped off at Walmart.

Today I have a full day.  Again these things just seem to happen out of thin air now.  I had no plans for the weekend now my Saturday is jammed.  I have to workout.  Then I have a couple of errands to do quickly.  I am meeting a friend for a light lunch.  Then later tonight I am going to a friend's house for a game night.  We are just going to play board games and cards all night.  Some good old fashion fun!!!  Now mind you nine of this was even going to happen and all of the sudden yesterday all of these plans materialized.  Just like the comedy club thing.

Now tomorrow (for now anyway) I have no plans. 

It will be a beautiful day so get out there and enjoy it!!!  see ya later gators!!!  Bye   

Happy Saturday,

The sun is out! Not warm yet, but hoping. Hubert and I will be going for ome flowers and things when he gets home this afternoon. Chicken tonight for him, maybe grilled. I am on my last day of week 1. I will not be sorry to leave this behind.

Crystal, it sounds like you are going to have a fun filled weekend! Enjoy it.

Sharon, It is to bad that you thought you had to work yesterday. It sounds like you had an enjoyable day anyway.

Dawn, did you decide what your plans are going to be this weekend? Dade County Farmers Market is opened, I think.

Nancy, anything planned for the weekend?

Have a great day,

Hugs,

LISA

Hi folks!

Off to knitting and then a birthday party later at Social. Sounds like a fun day. Hope to get a nap inbetween.

Yard is really green and all kinds of flowers are up. It looks so festive!

Hope you all enjoy your weekend!

Dawn, are you going to Madison next Saturday for the workshop with Dr. Richie? We are going and then to Brasserie V for lunch!

Connie

I would LOVE to, but it is Olivia's 17th birthday and also her Prom.  I will be busy taking her and her friends to get gussied up.  I my also get a haircut while we are there.

Afternoon Everyone!

I have been up and running errands this morning.  Now I am heading out to my car to clean it on the inside after a long winter.  Somehow it always seems to get yucked up and the windows get that grime on the inside.  It is a nice day so I am going to take advantage of it.  Smoke got to go outside on a lead this morning.  He is in love with Oreo the outdoor feral cat.  He thinks she is the best so we went out to meet Oreo.  She was not interested in Smokey at all.    He was crestfallen.  Earlier the two were standing up on their hind legs talking to each other through the door.  I guess the security of a screen makes all the difference in the world.  Poor Smokey!  

Other than grocery shopping no other plans for the weekend.  I am just enjoying the wonderful weather!

Hope everyone else get to enjoy some outdoor time as well!

Have a great day! 

Hello all!  I am 30 miles east of Champaign/Urbana.  I'll be having the gastric sleeve surgery this summer.  I have so many questions!  I need some help, anybody?????

Thanks!  Dr. Rowitz at Carle in Champaign will be doing the surgery.

Hi Jonna,

Welcome!

I had the gastric sleeve a year ago and it has been life-changing in a good way.

I'm here if you have any questions.......

Sharon

Thank you for responding!!!  I'll get back to you later today, don't have time to write the book right now lol.

Hi Sharon.  I have so many questions, I don't know where to start.  

So you got your gastric sleeve surgery a year ago - and I know it's life changing.  Have you ever regretted getting it?  I was approved for this surgery last summer, but I changed my mind.  It is a permanent change to the way you live, I thought I'd give myself one more shot at losing this fat on my own.  I lost 50 lbs on my own when I was 29, many years ago.  I used lots of exercise and high protein diet.  I did keep it off for quite a while.  I'm 57 now, I don't have the drive like I did then.  I did start a weight loss program last fall, and lost 20 lbs, but I've put all of that back on.

I'm 5'2-1/2", and weigh 238 pounds.  That puts my BMI around 42, I think.  I am so miserable carrying this extra 100 pounds.  I feel immobile.  I have lower back problems, my knees ache, and I get the painful "catches" in my ankles and feet.  Best way to describe it I can come up with.  I'll just be walking, get a sharp stabbing pain that will sometimes last for 20 minutes or so with every step I take.  Have you ever had anything like that?  I swear it's my weight, but don't know for sure.

When did you have your surgery done, how long were you in the hospital?  And, now  a year later, what is your diet like?  I've read that at first you can only consume about 1 oz of food at a time.  And I think I read that eventually you can eat about 4 oz at a time.  Do you have any appetite, or do you have to make yourself drink those protein shakes and eat the 3 meals a day?

I think the majority of my hesitancy is that I have to change so much.  I have to quit smoking, stop drinking my 2 diet cokes in the morning, watch everything that I put in my mouth.  And then I realize, if I want to lose weight, I have to do all those things anyway!  So, then a part of me says, "Just be fat."  But I'm miserable.

I know I've rambled, but like I said, I don't really know where to start.  Thank you, and I do hope you can fill me in on many things.

Oh - and I did read where you can plan on losing about half the weight you want to with the surgery, the rest will be exercise.  How on earth can you NOT lose weight with such restricted food amounts and choices?

Jonna