Hello to all my friends!

First of all, I want to say that I am sorry for being SO slack and not posting on here. I can speak for several of the upstater's in saying that when we found out people at our dr's office were "snooping" on us on here it kind of put a damper on things. Kind of makes you second guess everything you say or do on here, which shouldn't be how it is! This should be our place to place our frustrations, our outings, our accomplishments and our struggles without feeling like we're being watched. But besides that, I do miss everyone on here very badly and ALL of my upstate people!!! I haven't seen anyone in forever and feel like we lost a GREAT thing in having our meetings and get togethers! I know first hand how HECTIC life is.. Life for me is a whirlwind and so busy I barely have time to stop and breathe it feels like sometimes! I know alot of the upstaters have alot of things going on in life right now and that is reason enough to be so busy.. I think we should all get together for a big summer bash though sometime soon! I miss seeing everyone from the LCBB post on here as well! Dang we used to go on vacations together now we never speak! Life flies by.. my "baby" just turned 3, and my oldest is turning 6 this year! Hard to believe my youngest wasn't even 1 when I had surgery and 2 years has flown by so fast. i hate the struggle of being a fat girl at heart. I have gone back to my bad eating habits and not ordering the healthy stuff and i can tell it in my clothes. I am avoiding the scales again.. I think alot of us have had some struggles with 10 lbs or so and it drives me nuts really. I had a bad scare with my labs, my ferritin was less than 1, and my B12 was 140.. so now I'm on extra vitamins bc i was SO slack AGAIN with my vitamins. Please if nothing yall, take the vitamins. I'm facing neurological damage and even worse from being negligent. If the numbers don't improve I will be faced with iron infusions etc.. So take from my mistakes, once again.. I'm a moron! :)  And Mary!!! We aren't leaving you out of anything sweetie!!! :D No one has gotten together in ages it seems! I miss you all so much and want to see everyone. Maybe in a couple of weeks when my life might slow down a hair, We can all get together.. I hope maybe this post will bring some of the Old regulars back out if nothing else for an update!!! I'm sure everyone would love to see your pretty faces again! Just because I don't reply much I am still reading often to see how everyone is!!! I am in a "Funk" of sorts and just honestly don't feel very social.. I hope to get out of that soon! I miss you all!
jen

Hi Jen.  Good to see your post.  We LCBBers have kinda gotten lost too.  We stopped meeting weekly because everyone just got so busy but now we are trying to meet once a month.

Yes, I think all of us are struggling with the 10 lbs....makes me crazy.  I have gotten into drinking a little wine at night and I think that has a lot to do with it.

Take care...we've missed you upstaters!!!

IT'S SO GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU GIRL, I WAS BEGINING TO WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO EVERYONE LATELY. I KNOW I HAVEN'T BEEN POSTING MUCH EITHER, EVEN THOUGH I DO GET ON HERE EVERYDAY AND READ THE POST. I'M SORRY TO HEAR YOUR HAVING PROBLEMS, BUT YOUR NOT ALONE, LOL. DR. BOUR HAS ME ON PRESCRIPTION IRON PILLS BECAUSE MY HEMOGLOBIN WAS LOW ON MY LAST LABS, AND HE HAD TO INCREASE MY THYROID MEDS ALSO. I WENT OFF OF MY HORMONES AND SORT OF REGRET IT BECAUSE NOW I AM HAVING HORRIBLE POWER SURGES AND MY APPETITE HAS INCREASED HORRIBLY. I THINK IT'S JUST EMOTIONAL EATING BECAUSE I AM NOT REALLY HUNGRY. I KEEP GOING UP AND DOWN ON THE SCALE AND WANT SO BAD TO GET ANOTHER 10 POUNDS OFF SOON. I HAVEN'T BEEN TO A MEETTING SINCE THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU THERE, SO IT'S TIME I GET BACK TO THAT SOON. THE "FUNK" MUST BE GOING AROUND, USUALLY SUMMER IS THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR FOR ME, BUT LATELY I FEEL LIKE IT SUCKS. IT WOULD BE SO FUN TO GET EVERYONE TOGETHER AGAIN, I WORRY ABOUT EVERYONE AND HOPE THINGS ARE GOING WELL FOR THEM. KATHY, DAWN,MELANIE,RACHAEL, MELISSA, AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT I LEFT OFF DUE TO LOW MEMORY, I HOPE YOU ARE ALL WELL, DON'T BE STRANGERS, WE ALL NEED TO GET BACK TOGETHER FOR SUPPORT IF NOTHING ELSE, I DO MISS EVERYONE.
OOPS! I'M RUNNING LATE FOR WORK, GOTTA RUN.
BE GOOD AND TAKE CARE SWEETIE!
LOVE YA!
MARY

Hi Jen!  It was so good to read your post.  I know exactly how you feel, those 10 lbs are killing me too.  I have been in hibernation mode the past few days.   I had to say good-bye to my 14 yo dog, Lexus on Monday and I am hoping to make it through today without crying.  The days are better than the night.  She was my "first born", the first dog that was soley mine.

It is very sad how much we have lost touch with each other, lets not make that a habit.

Julie

Hey Jen... since you crawled out and the others are crawling out I guess I will to. 

Like you said life has been so busy this summer... I thought the school year was busy... was I mistaken! I can't wait for school to start back!! 

I miss everyone so much and would love to get together and see everyone and fellowship a little.
I know I will not recognize everyone when I do see them it has been so long!

I am struggling now with eating sweets and I just started back drinking diet pepsi. I hate being
at this stage where nothing really bothers me and I can eat about anything I want. NOT GOOD!!!

Ok... now we all have to get together real soon.  I miss my peeps really bad!!!

Love you all and miss you all so much!!!

Pam

First off, Julie I am sending you so much Love right now.  I remember that pain too well of loosing my first born, my 16 year old lab named Dixie, the kids still talk about her.

Hey Jen, it is good to hear from you.  Yea, we all have got so busy with life.  I hardly even get on the board anymore.  I hardly stop and check my email.

I am a married old woman now.  I got married June the 14th.    Life has been so good.  We bought a new house.  Over twice the size of my baby house.  Now I spend my time cleaning. 

I hope we can all get together soon.  Maybe we shoud put together another Myrtle Beach bash.  Maybe the end of summer when the peak prices go down.

Deb