LCBBuddies UPDATE

FIRST OFF, WE GIVE A GREAT BIG HUG TO MS CHERYL WHO WAS MOST GRACIOUS IN ALLOWING US TO INVADE HER PLACE OF BUSINESS (JC's ON ASHLEY PHOSPHATE) WITH ALL THE CHIT CHAT & GOINGS ON OF THE 15 PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP TONIGHT. SHE HAD A $10.00 STEAK NIGHT (SALAD, BAKED POTATO & GRILLED STEAK) WHICH EVERYONE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED. DELICIOUS, MS CHERYL ... THANKS SO MUCH! MS SUSANN HAD SOME BUSINESS TO DISCUSS ... SEEMS NOT MANY LCBBers RESPONDED TO HER "FAVORITE NIGHT" SURVEY, BUT FOR THOSE WHO DID ... MONDAY & TUESDAY WERE THE MOST CHOSEN NIGHTS. SO SHE MADE THE DECISION (AFTER ASKING THOSE PRESENT) THAT OUR WEEKLY LCBBuddies' MEETING WILL BE MOVED TO MONDAY NIGHTS ... MOST SAID THAT WAS THEIR BEST NIGHT TO ATTEND BETWEEN THE 2 NIGHTS MENTIONED, & WE'LL NO LONGER HAVE ANY CONFLICT WITH THE MUSC MEETINGS WHICH ARE ON THE 3rd THRUSDAY OF EACH MONTH ... ... SO, THIS COMING MONDAY, WE WILL MEET BACK AT NORTH TOWNE RESTUARANT NEAR NORTHWOODS MALL OFF RIVERS & DISCUSS OTHER RESTUARANTS WE MAY WANT TO MEET AT IN THE FUTURE ... STICKY FINGERS & LA HACIENDA ON RIVERS WERE MENTIONED. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS, LET MS SUSANN KNOW. I'M GETTING A LCBBuddies' DIRECTORY STARTED FOR THE MEMBERSHIP, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T FILLED OUT ONE OF THE "MEMORY BOOK" INFO SHEETS, LET ME KNOW & I'LL ATTACH IT TO AN E-MAIL FOR YOU TO PRINT OUT & BRING NEXT MONDAY. ALL CONTACT INFO OF OUR MEMBERS WILL ONLY BE GIVEN TO THE MEMBERSHIP ... &, NONE OF THE INFORMATION WILL EVER BE PUBLISHED ONLINE OR IN ANY OTHER PUBLIC MEDIUM. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE IT EASY FOR ALL OF US TO STAY IN CONTACT, MAKING STRONG FRIENDSHIPS ALONG THE WAY. EVERYONE WANTED ME TO POST HOW SKINNY & SEXY WE ARE ALL BECOMING ... SO, YOU JUST WOULDN'T BELIEVE HOW SKINNY & SEXY EVERYONE IS! ACTUALLY, EVERYONE REALLY ISSSSSSSSSSSSSSS LOOKING WONDERFUL. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE A SURVEY AS TO HOW MANY POUNDS OUR ENTIRE LCBBuddies' MEMBERSHIP HAS LOST IN TOTAL ... HUNDREDS & HUNDREDS OF POUNDS, NO DOUBT. I THINK I'LL START A THREAD & KEEP TRACK FOR NEXT MONDAY'S MEETING. WE HAD A WONDERFUL SURPRISE IN THAT 3 NEW LADIES JOINED US THIS EVENING ... AS WELL AS 2 OF THEIR HUSBANDS (WE JUST LOVE SUPPORTIVE HUSBANDS/SPOUSES ... KUDOs TO EACH OF YOU!) MS LISA IS THE FURTHEST OUT OF THE 3, BEING 6 MONTHS POST-OP (MUSC WITH OUR DEAR DR BYRNE) & HAS ALREADY LOST A WHOPPING 85#s. SHE ONLY HAS 45 #s TILL SHE HITS HER GOAL! WE WERE ALL PLEASED WHEN HER HUSBAND, STEVE, WAS ABLE TO GET OFF WORK (US AF) EARLY & JOIN US. WE DID FIND OUT THAT MS LISA DOES A MEAN STRIP TEASE ... NOW, PONDER ON THAT A WHILE!!!! &, WE FOUND THAT OUT THE FIRST TIME THEY ATTENDED; CAN YOU JUST IMAGINE WHAT OTHER LITTLE TALENTS WE'LL BE PRIVY TO IN THE FUTURE! IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HAVE MS DONA JOIN US FOR THE 1st TIME AS WELL. FUNNY HOW YOU "KNOW" SOMEONE ONLINE, THEN YOU MEET IN PERSON & DAH-UHHHH ... I DIDN'T "RECOGNIZE" HER UNTIL SHE GAVE ME HER E-MAIL ADDRESS, THEN I KNEWWWWWWWW WHO SHE WAS FROM THE BOARD HERE. SHE HAD WLS ON 10/4/2005 & HAS LOST 58 #s FOREVER!!!! HER WONDERFUL HUSBAND, REX , BROUGHT MS DONA ... BUT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO "GIVE HIM THE FLOOR" ... POOR MAN COULDN'T GET A WORD IN EDGEWISE WITH ALL US LADIES YAKIN' & CHIT CHATTIN'. NOW, MS BECKY ... OUR 3rd NEWBIE IS WAITING FOR A SURGERY DATE SO WE'RE ALL ON PINS & NEEDLES FOR HER. SHE'S HAVING IT DONE IN BEAUFORT, SC (WITH A "T", MR TED A LITTLE INSIDE JOKE THERE); WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET HER TO CHANGE TO MUSC SO WE CAN ALL VISIT HER!!!! MS MERLON & MR SOLAR ARE HITTIN' THE GYM & THE WEIGHT HAS STARTED TO ROLL OFF ... 62#s IN 5 MONTHS FOR MS MERLON & 53 #s IN 5 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS FOR MR SOLAR. SHE'S POSTED THEIR PICS ON THE YAHOO SITE THAT MS REBECCA SET UP FOR OUR CLUB ... SO, WE CONVINCED HER TO POST SOME OF THOSE PICTURES HERE ON THEIR PROFILE TO BE AN INSPIRATION TO US ALLLLLLL. SHE BROUGHT THE NEWEST PHOTOS OF OUR GROUP (THEY'RE OUR OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS) & MR TED WAS KIND ENOUGH TO TAKE A COUPLE GROUP PICS FOR US. AS SOON AS WE GET THE MEMORY BOOK STARTED, I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET WITH THEM TO PICK OUT SOME PICTURES TO INCLUDE ... OH, OK ... WE'LL JUST INCLUDE THEM ALL! MS BRITTY WAS LOOKING ABSOLUTELY RADIANT ... IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW BETTER, YOU WOULDN'T THINK THAT SHE HAD BEEN OBESE & HAD WLS. MR TED WAS QUITE PROUD & INFORMED OUR GROUP THAT MS BRITTIAN WAS NOW ABLE TO WEAR NICE, TIGHT LEVI JEANS FROM THE "NORMAL" SIZED CLOTHES DEPARTMENT. WOWOWOWOWOW! MR TED DUBBED THE SUPPORTIVE SPOUSES AS THE "LCBBuddies' SGS CHAPTER" THAT WOULD BE THE "LCBB' SUPPORT GROUP SUPPORTERS". HE & NICK HAD THEIR HEADS TOGETHER PLANNING OUT EVERY SPORTS EVENT THERE IS ... AS TO US MEETING AT MS CHERYL'S PLACE TO WATCH THEM ON THE BIG-SCREENED TV & CHOW DOWN ON GREAT FOOD. MR SOLAR WAS INTERESTED IN COMING TO THE SUPER BOWL PARTY AS WELL ... WHAT MAN COULD PASS UP AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMBINE SPORTS/BIG SCREENS/FOOD? MS CHERYL IS INTO A "NORMAL" SIZED 16 "REGULAR"!!!!!!!! & LOVES SHOPPING ON "THIS" SIDE OF THE CLOTHES DEPARTMENT vs "THAT" SIDE ... WE ALLLLLLLLL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT EXPERIENCE. SPLENDA HAS A BROWN SUGAR PRODUCT, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT PART OF IT IS SPLENDA & PART SUGAR. WELL, MS CHERYL FOUND A COMPLETELY SUGAR-FREE PRODUCT CALLED "NATURE SWEET" AT ... bariatriceating.com MS BARBARA CAME BUT WAS A TAD BIT UNDER THE WEATHER ... SO, WE SEND OUR BEST WISHES & PRAYERS THAT SHE RECOVERS QUICKLY. SHE'S 14 MONTHS POST-OP & STILL DOWN 105 #s . NOW, THAT'S A NUMBER THAT WILL MAKE YOUR HEAD SPIN! SHE'S LOST THE SAME 5 #s OVER & OVER FOR THE LAST 4 MONTHS, WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE SINCE SHE IS SO VERY CLOSE TO HER GOAL WEIGHT. SO, ANY OF YOU COMPLAINING ABOUT A LITTLE OL' STALL ... JUST THINK, MS B IS ON ONE GIANT PLATEAU & CAN'T GET OFFFFFFFFFFFF IT! THE GROUP WAS HAVIN' A BIT OF FUN WITH ME REGARDING MY "DARLIN' " POST ... I WAS STILL BEAMING & NICK WAS EXTRA ATTENTIVE! ON A SAD NOTE ... TONIGHT WAS MS SOCORRO'S LAST NIGHT WITH US AS SHE'S MOVING TO SAVANNAH, GA & THEN ONTO JACKSONVILLE, FL WHEN HER HUSBAND, EUGENE, FINISHES SCHOOL & IS TRANSFERED THERE. ALTHOUGH WE WILL MISS HER HERE, WE HOPE THAT THIS WILL BE A WONDERFUL MOVE FOR HER & HER FAMILY!!!!!!!! BUT, SHE PROMISED TO QUIT LURKING & POST HERE MORE OFTEN. SHE HAS TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH DR BYRNE IN MARCH SO SHE'S GONNA TRY TO GET ONE THAT COINSIDES WITH OUR LCBBuddies' MEETING. SHE OUGHT TO BE A TEENY, LITTLE THING BY THEN AS SHE LOOKS WONDERFUL NOW, FOR SURE! &, THAT'S IT FOR ANOTHER WEEK ... GOD BLESS UNTIL NEXT WEEK ... YOUR "TOWN CRIERS" DAWN & NICK PS: OUR PRAYERS GO OUT TO MS MARY WHO IS NOT FEELIN' HER BEST ... WE HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER REAL SOON & CAN, AGAIN, JOIN US!

I was so sorry I couldn't go. I think my sinuses are buggin me. This crazy weather...one minute 70* the next its 29*. I am up for Monday Nites... I will see you guys this Monday with hubby in tow...finally, he is in town. Thanks for all the info. How do you get on the Yahoo site? I couldn't figure it out before. See ya later!! Deb

WE MISSED YOU, MS DEB ... BUT, CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND. SINUS PROBLEMS CAN MAKE YOU MISERABLE. HOPE YOU'RE TIP TOP ASAP! YOU GOT ME. EVERYONE WAS HEE-HAWING AT ME TONIGHT BECAUSE I SAID THAT I HAD REGISTERED BUT DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET INTO THE YAHOO SITE. MR TED SAID SOMETHING ABOUT GOING TO ... GROUP.YAHOO.COM IF I'M WRONG, MS BRITTY ... CORRECT ME ON THIS. GOD BLESS DAWN & NICK

Hi, Dawn I'm glad to hear you're moving the meetings to Monday, hopefully I'll be able to get there sometime soon. I have two jobs and a husband (3rd job) so time is rare for me! Let me know where y'all will be Monday adn I'll try to make it. I feel like I know all of you but have met only Susann and Britt in person. I'm sure glad you're feeling better. I'm still fighting with my insurance carrier. I spoke with Joyce today and she's sending my package off again. Wish me luck!

I am so upset that I missed this meeting...I was hoping to make it my first. I found out that I had to work and was SO mad. I hope I can make it on Monday night though...I will try my best. I am almost 21mo p/o now and doing wonderful. Wow how time flies when you are having fun. Hope to meet everyone on Monday... Julie S. 265/139/135 22/24-6

COME ANY TIME YOU'RE ABLE, MS JULIE ... THE MORE THE MERRIER! WE'RE STARTING AN LCBBuddies DIRECTORY SO BRING YOUR PEN TO FILL OUT A CONTACT SHEET! YUP, IT'S MONDAYS NOW. I AM SO AMAZED AT THE TRANSFORMATION IN YOU. CAN YOU EVEN REMEMBER BACK WHEN YOU WERE "THAT OTHER PERSON"? WOWOWOW! GOD BLESS DAWN & NICK