WHATS HAPPENING MONDAY
Well this starts off a busy week, today we have four people joining us on the losers bench. Welcome girls. Hope everything goes well and that you are such losers that it is wild how much you lose. It is going to be a great and exciting time for all of you.
Then on Tuesday we have two more going up for surgery., Becky goes for her cardio testing on Wednesday Renee goes to do in Columbia to see what else she has to do to get a surgery date. And by the way Renee we are all very proud of you for quiting smoking ,
Thursday I go talk to the sleep study doctor to see what they say …
So it is going to busy around here , people coming and going all this week.
You know I am really really proud of all of you that have been out of surgery less time than me and you all have either met your goal weight or just a few pounds away ,less that 10 pounds to me would seem like I had met it. Thursday will be my two years since I had surgery and I still haven’t come close to my goal weight. I still need to lose about 20 pounds and it sure doesn’t look like it is going to happen. Maybe I need to get the walking up to more a day, I have increased my eating to be between 1000 and 1200 calories a day now , I am feeling better not so weak or foggy feeling but im still not losing weight.
Like I said I really am happy for all of you but cant help but feel jealous too. I am very conscientious with my water and protein and am now so with food too. And am walking which I have to do yet today but help I need some ideas everyone . I know all of you say im small enough but that doesn’t change the idea that I would love to lose some more anyway. I want to get into single digit clothes and see what it feels like, if I don’t like how I look then I can gain some back you know. Lol
Maybe I just need to do more exercise, and need to up my walking will see what I can do about that. But my left knee is still not fixed so don’t know that will work or not. Sometimes it fights back. Lol
Was a rainy cool day Sunday …loved it was able to turn off the A,/c will keep it off till cant stand it again.
Joe has to go to Bass Pro today and pickup his boat motor. They said it was just the carburetor clogged up..since it was still under warrantee didn’t at least cost us anything.
That was a surprise.
Pulled a lot of weeds today out of the big back yard flowers. Still more but there are certain flowers that really itch when they are so big and you are getting down in around them pulling weeds.
I wish I had stock in some cedar mulch company lol . I need about 2 ton of it I think.
SUGAR::::::hey yeah my new birthday is this Thursday the 14th. Cant believe it has been two years since I had the surgery. That is amazing. Just wish I could finish getting off the excess weight. Don’t know what I need to do .
It does seem to me that my elect bill has gone up a lot in the past few years tho. More than double in fact. When we lived in Shell Knob my elect bill was never more than 60 or 70 dollars a month and was a lot bigger house. So don’t really understand , except a different elect company I guess.
That is a shame about Mike and his kids. Hopefully they can come to some resolve in their minds about him so they wont be getting hurt by him so much.
SHEILa:::::::::woops I gave you a little a on your nameLOL .
Your message was fine , maybe sometimes I need to be a little shook up lol
Oh if you ever want to delete your message you put on line, right underneath your message there is a delete button that only you have on your message , when you click on it all it shows then is that Sheila deleted this message .
You know the roaring could very well be stress related, if it is relieved by that medication it would seem so.
Just don’t get hooked on xanax they are one of the worse drugs to try to get rid of.
I can understand you being leery of a stranger …but sometimes we have to be open and accepting, just don’t do it when you are by yourself. Make sure there is some one with you when you meet him to talk. You could trade him some of your good home canned foods ?
Hey if I send you an email with some pictures of some of my flowers you can figure out what you have. And I will save you more seeds of anything you want.
I really don’t know about the squash don’t know what to tell you sweetie, im not that great on veggies .
OH my gosh a size 6 , good grief, I can only imagine.
No the protein powder I use (ON) the one I use is the Vanilla ice cream flavor. They don’t have the unflavored one at food 4 less that I have seen.
Is Elkland futher away from
The trailer park does sound really wild sometimes.
BEV:::::I Will be praying for you about your new job. I hope you just love it and you will get used to the monthly pay checks, so wont be bad once they start coming in.
Hey watch eating many of those potatoes, you know they are full of starch, not a good thing to eat .
You are doing great on your weight loss tho. And not going to be long that you hit 199 I remember when I did , I scared Joe to death with my yelling. Lol
Sounds like you had a busy day yesterday./
Well did you get to rest any yesterday? I hope you did you deserve it.
RENEE:::::: another day without a cig. great going girl.
Did you see Kala yesterday? I bet Peanuts has a fit when she comes home doesn’t she?
I use to love going to the drive inn. Are the mosquitoes bad out there?
NUTTI::::: so very sorry that husband cant draw unemployment …what is the place called Aegis? Never heard of it I don’t think.
Sounds like you all found a lot of things after everyone left the camping areas. Wow.
Sure hope you get to come to the support meeting this month.
Maybe one of those dance games would be what I need, I love dancing but hate exercise so maybe I could do it that way and never know I was exercising lol
Is there family of yours or your husbands in
LOVE AND HUGS TO EVERYONE
GOD BLESS
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GOD BLESS YOU TODAY
JAN COOK
Can't believe I am the 2nd poster this am!
Got up at my usual time & took my meds, had my shower and then got the phone call not to come into work but am on call. Oh well at least I have a vacation day to use so I won't lose any hours.
The baby is on his way! Megan's water broke last night and they were on their way to the hospital. Can't wait to say Welcome to the world Joseph Brian Martorana! He is my 2nd great-nephew - WHOO HOO!
Has everyone scooted over on the losers bench? We got to make room for 4 more. Prayers and hugs coming your way today!
Made a blackberry cobbler yesterday using splenda and it was the best pie I had ever made. I had a slice last night at 9pm - WRONG THING TO DO! At 10pm I thought I was dying, had to take another prilosec as the stomach pain from my ulcer was so bad. It lasted about an hour and I won't do that again. Does anyone want the recipe?
You all have a great day!
Shannon
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Hope everyone had a great week-end. Very quiet here, granddaughter went home from her last 2 weeks for the summer. Had alot of chores that was put on hold while she was here to get caught up on. Now I need to start canning my Ripe Tomato Relish for the winter. The hubby loves it.
Shannon, I would like the recipe for the Blackberry cobbler. Hubby was just telling me the blackberries were really big this year. Guess I will be picking them this week.
Congrats to all who are having surgery this week! Always room for one more or many as in this week. LOL
Jan, so glad you are feeling better.
Better get started, busy day!
Lap RNY ~ 4/22/2003
5'0" ~253 starting wt. 130 lb loss!
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Extended Tummy Tuck with KU Residency Program
01/08/2010 ....Lost another 7 lbs with TT.
i have been doubled over in pain in my top part of stomache BAD since about 7 last night, its happened a few times be4 but not this bad....any ideas? ulcer? hernia? gall stones?
yesterday we spent the day canning tomatoes, made 4 batches of zuchinna bread 2 with sugar for rach and 2 for me with splenda, made grape jelly 3 batches, 3 batches strawberry jam, 3 batches of peach jam and 2 batches of orange jelly.....so had a long day in the kitchen...made all mine with splenda so will see how they turn out
i know that about the xanax thats why im usually just having a roaring head cos i dont wanna get addicted to em so only use em as a last resort....
good luck to all the new surgeries i will pray 4 all of you..
i can only wear 1 pr of 6s and mainly in 7, 8, 9, 10
im gonna email margie this am about pain but i may need some body to call for me and see if i can get in tmrw
I haven't really written to you before. I was reading your post today and I have to say that you are the sweetest thing next to white cake with choclate frosting! You just make me smile
The way you write everyone and make them feel good. I want you to know that I am saying a prayer for you today and may God bless you. Penni
Good morning! Well, I took a Tylenol pm last night and at least I slept until almost 6 this morning...I dont know what is waking me so early, Ive been getting up around 4-4:30 every morning. UGH! Hate that.
Janice Kay, YOU DO NOT need to lose another 20 pounds. I tell you what would happen, you would look like a sharpei pup. You complain now about the wrinkles on your face, well it would be even worse then. Okay, there you go, Ive yelled at you about this, so there! I love ya and just dont want you to get down that thin...I dont think you would be healthy. More walking or exercise of any kind is always a good idea tho. You may need to do something cardio...get your heart rate up for at least 20 minutes straight. Dancing would be good. Put on some old tunes and dance away. Make Joe dance with you and it will be good for him too!
You are on rural electric now? Werent you on rural then too? Mo. rural companies would all be the same. They are taking a 30% increase over the next 5 years...not all at once. First rate increase in years. So something is different. Could be the type of heat/air exchange you have. Other appliances could be different too!
Mike came up this weekend and spent time with the boys again, so we will see how it went. He did come to thier closing ceremonies at the church Saturday (from camp) and brought them to church yesterday...she said her boys were lifting their hands and praising God, something she didnt think they would do with thier dad there (especially Christian) but they did....she said they are growing so much in their worship of the Lord and she is so happy about that. ME TOO! lol!
Well today I am going to look at some furniture first, a bedroom set (craigslist) ...then to the jewelers, then to meet with a lady about some used living room furniture. I hope it is a good color green. She lives in Strafford so shes coming to Sprfld. and bringing a cushion to let me see the color. If I like the color and the looks of the fabric I will go look at the stuff. It is something else I located on Craigslist. If I dont like the bedroom stuff or the living room stuff I will go look at the stores for new stuff. I really need to do the bedroom stuff first tho, so Chelle can get my stuff now. The furniture I have now I actually bought for her in the first place and someone gave her a better and bigger set about the same time...then Mike took it when he left...leaving her with nothing. But by then I used this and I gave her my old white set...I think she is going to use it for one of the boys (paint it of course) So they will have plenty of drawers then.
So where is everyone else? Where is Becky and Deb and Janet????? I sure hope all is well with you all!
Ok about to be loosers!!! Here we go! What a ride you are about to undertake. We are all on your side and rooting for you! Woot Woot! And as Janet would say, doing the baby circle dance! Cant wait for you to join us in the loosers circle! Just remember to ask anything, even if it seems stupid. Weve all had questions afterward that we thought were dumb until we asked and had 10 responses saying they expereinced that too! Praying for great and easy surgery recovery but most of all praying to guide the Dr's hands. May the good Lord give you rest and great nurses...Remember to get up and walk as soon as you are allowed. Dont lay around!
Sheila, You made that much food and canning in one day? WOW! So have you tasted the jelly and bread yet? Did it turn out good? Im sure it did. I want to be able to do all that...used to some but havent in years. Have you ever made freezer jam? I think I will try that with the splenda and see how it goes. I love the peach freezer jam. I dont have a clue about your squash either, unless one might be a butternut? Is it dark green and round?
Renee, so glad about your freedom from the terrible addiction of smoking. Sounds like you about have it beat...I really think GOD is your best advocate in this matter. I know me and Jan sure depended on HIM when we were quitting. Actually it isnt a process of quitting if you think about it. It is a one time thing...YOU QUIT! If you think of it as quitting that means there is a point where you may start again so you can continue to quit! LOL!
So look at it like this....your done with them for ever! Praise the LORD! In a few years the Dr can say to you, it is as if you never smoked....You pass that point of it being an issue ever again! YEAH! It really is something to be so very proud of! SO.....YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!
Okay, today is about to start. It is 7:20 and Ive got a busy day ahead of me! Hope all the surgeries go great and we will be hearing great news soon! I will check in when I get home to see how everyone is doing. May God richly bless each and everyone on OH today (as well as your families) ~ LOVE YOU ALL!~
GOD is my ROCK! SUGAR 
6 cups Blackberries
1 cup Splenda
3/4 cup flour
Mix together and place in your pie shell in a 350 degree oven. Approximate time was 45 minutes as it was not done in the 25 minutes that the recipe called for.
I used a frozen deep dish pie crust and the store brand you unroll type for the top with several slits cut in it. I also cover the edges with foil and remove the foil and baste the top with milk to give it a nice color the last 10 to 15 minutes of baking time.
I use the ready to use pie crusts as I have to heavy of a hand making them from scratch. I have tried to many times to mention and every recipe known to man/woman to make them from scratch and its just better for me to do them this way.
Enjoy!
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Seems like I have a 1001 things to do today! Jake starts school tomorrow and Luke on Wednesday. Jake has an apt with the orthodonitist today, then haircuts then an apt with the doctor at 4. His left eye started hurting him Saturday night. Was really red all day yesterday and still this morning. I've been having him use eye wash as well as eye drops. So that's why we're going to the doc today to have him check out his eye. I'm hoping it clears up by tomorrow so he can wear his contacts. He will hate it if he has to wear his old eye glasses the FIRST day of school! Well, at least it's only a couple hours.
So we have 4 new losers to welcome to the loser's bench today. I know there's Lori, Brandy and Liz, but whose the fourth? I guess I've lost track. Will be praying for all those having surgery today!
Janice Kay huh? My name is Deborah Kaye! lol! Anways, Jan, I agree with Sug on this one, you do not need to lose anymore weight! You look great the way you are! I really think you're like me and the little apron we have bugs us...no one else really notices just us!
Sug - you run around as much as your sister does! I swear must be something in the genes. You all make me tired just reading your posts! lol! I understand about Craigslist. I'm thinking about posting some things, however, will have to meet them somewhere to show them the stuff. I really don't want complete strangers coming to my house. However, how else are you going to see any type of furniture!? My stuff would be Jack Terry pictures, clothes, etc. Stuff I could put in my truck.
Sheila - bless your heart. I hope and pray the roaring in your head goes away soon. The pain in your stomach sounds horrible too. I think you need to call your doctor asap about that one...could be a number of things. Will continue to pray for you.
Nutti - I'm sorry to hear your hubby hasn't found a job yet. Will also pray for him. It's a hard world now a days. I think your plans of moving to Florida sound wonderful! My hubby wants to move to TX when we retire. We will see!
Bev - your new job sounds great! I'm sure you will enjoy helping with the kids. I do know that if you're going to be a para for special needs kids that you will be very busy! I subbed for that class one day last year. It was rewarding but very challenging. The para's were great and they really helped me out! Remember, the next time your in KC we need to get together! I'll bet I hardly recognize you...you size 16 thing you! lol!
The rest of the MO Peeps - have a Great Monday!
Debbie D.
