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Postby j0j0ruca » February 7th, 2007, 11:51 am

I figured I would go ahead and introduce myself since I have been lurking here for a bit.

In a nutshell I am a 29 year old middle school teacher from Southern CA.

I've always been heavy and about 3-4 years ago I did go from 250 to 200 with a plan similiar to medifast's maintance. Needless to say I have slowly gained all but the last 10 pounds back. My clothes were starting to fit too tight and I decided I needed to do something again - this time realizing what I needed to do and stick to. Alex (alpha) pointed me to this board one day.

I started MF on Friday (wanted to see how my tummy would handle the products) but Monday was my official start date - good thing since being in the ER Saturday night and Sunday night with the boyfriend didn't allow me to keep on my MF plan. He is ok - he just was diagnosed with Bell's.

I've been MFing for the past 3 days and everything is going great. I'm not feeling hungry at all or snacking in class like I use to. I know my biggest obsticale to overcome will be getting my water in. As a teacher ( most of my day is in 2 100 minute blocks) I find it hard to get to the bathroom - even more so since the teacher's restroom is downstairs while I am upstairs.

I'm excited to be here! :lol:
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Postby bikipatra » February 7th, 2007, 12:03 pm

Welcome to the board! You are past what is generally the roughest part. I look forward to getting to know you!
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Postby blondeangel7782 » February 7th, 2007, 12:04 pm

Well let me be the first to Welcome you aboard there is no dumb question except the unasked one... I really love the forum and even thought I have re-started like 1 million trillion times I'm never treated like an outcast or reject the love is always growing here so Welcome and if you ever have any questions feel free to PM me....

BTW what is Bells?
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Postby DogMa » February 7th, 2007, 12:12 pm

I assume she means Bell's palsy. I hope he recovers quickly; the one person I knew who had it was back to normal a few months later. It must have been scary, though, before you found out what it was.

And welcome. Any friend of Alex's is a friend of ours. I look forward to hearing about your progress. (And I guess you can try to squeeze in most of the water before and after work, and drink less during. Or chug it a little while before you know you're going to have a break. ... Or there's always Depends. Ha.)
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Postby Mike » February 7th, 2007, 12:15 pm

Welcome. My wife and I are both middle school teachers in the Bay Area.
Good luck.
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Postby Guest » February 7th, 2007, 12:31 pm

Yes - Bell's Palsy. It wasn't that bad - according to the ENT. You really couldn't tell he was "drooping". He is getting feeling back in his face. He caught it early I guess - only 2 days went by before seeking help.

lol@depends made me think of that recent astronaut diaper thing in the news.


Thanks for the warm welcome!
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Postby DogMa » February 7th, 2007, 1:06 pm

Is that story bizarre or what???? I loved our hed on it, though. From rocket to docket. Heh.
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Postby Amber » February 7th, 2007, 7:45 pm

:wave: Hi, j0j0ruca, welcome!
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Postby Sojourner » February 7th, 2007, 9:37 pm

DogMa wrote:Any friend of Alex's is a friend of ours.

Seriously.
Welcome Jojo!
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Postby DonicaB » February 8th, 2007, 2:22 pm

Welcome JoJo~ I am a middle school teacher in Missouri and I completely understand about the inability to use the restroom when you need to. I still try to drink as much water as I can throughout the day. The teachers around me are great at covering my class........ should the sudden need arise :mrgreen: . So far it has worked out fine. I think I am training my bladder to only need to go between the 75 minute classes that we have. I guess I may be giving too much information here. ;)

Anyway, welcome to the forum.

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Postby Lizabette » February 9th, 2007, 4:41 pm

JOJO,
You will always be welcome here no matter what!
All we want is for you to succeed and we'll do what we can to help you!
Glad you're here...
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Postby alpha femme » February 9th, 2007, 5:45 pm

Lizabette wrote:JOJO,
You will always be welcome here no matter what!


she means, even though you hang out with the likes of me.
how rude!
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Postby Sojourner » February 9th, 2007, 6:08 pm

alpha femme wrote:
Lizabette wrote:JOJO,
You will always be welcome here no matter what!


she means, even though you hang out with the likes of me.
how rude!

:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

I was thinking the same thing, Alex...
except that it was the Silver Fox and she would NEVER be so rude.
But, it still made me snort laugh!!
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Postby Lizabette » February 13th, 2007, 5:22 pm

Funny how a simple remark can be misinterpreted. :roll:
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