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Thanks Mal! The neat part is, I do know that you guys are here for me! We have family flying in today and I need to pick them up at the airport today. So far just at the local Springs airport, but I wouldn't be surprised if I need to go to DIA today too...I haven't received any calls this morning, so again, I'm assuming he's still here. Maybe he's waiting for my husband's mom to get here. I worked with hospice units so long that I do know people hang in there for the right moment. I kinda pigged out last night. I'm not sure I'll ever get rid of that food trigger during intense stress. I didn't pig out on what I really wanted, but I still did sorta. And I only mean that in a way that I ate without true hunger triggers. Rats. Have a great day, All! I'll probably be on here between driving, instead of doing laundry and all the other stuff that needs to be done! Hee hee!

Marcy~Thanks about the weightloss. I would think you could reach those goals if you work at it. The crappy part thus far is, it's just like a diet because I don't have good restriction yet. I've always done okay with diets, just can't keep it off. (and I hate to exercise!)(surprised?) I'm hoping the 10th puts me in a better place and it won't just seem like a diet. Also, I am blessed that we got to see grandpa yesterday, and he was aware and knew the kids were there. Yesterday, I wouldn't have said that it would be tonight. But I guess last night brought a turn for the worse. Still haven't heard from gramma, so I assume he is still with us. Wish I had a Ding Dong....:think

Yaaaaaaa Mal! Saved by the broken down car! (EXERCISE SUCKS!) Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

VABandster~have a good conference in Vegas! I hope that you get some time to enjoy it. I can't imagine companies having conferences there. Would any of the employees really be thinking "wow, lets concentrate on the new prospectus" or "That key speaker really motivated me" when there are all those machines and shows out there? :scalesno::biggrin1::scales::biggrin1::biggrin1::biggrin1::biggrin1:

Mal! Your back! Did you have a great time? Was it hot? Where all did you go? Dynamo and Mal~ thanks for the well wishes. Grandpa wanted to see his great grandbabies yesterday, so I took the kids up to the hospital. I think he was very happy to see them. I ate a salad when I got home from that instead of pigging out on something I really wanted and made it past the "food triggers". Maybe the scale will say something good today...:scalesno: Mal~ I get another fill on the 10th, I forgot what day you said your fill is. Is it the 11th? Do you think your ready? Is your scale still moving? How did you do in Vegas? Everything there is soooo yummy, from Starbucks drinks to cocktails to dessert buffets....mmmmmmmm. If I had been in front of one of those dessert cart thingies the other day (sunday) I probably would have blown my stomach apart!:hungry: Well, can't wait for the 12th. Looking forward to it again. I'm going to try and get another 6 lbs off by then....hee hee! We'll see...the 4th of July....which is another reason to eat! HA!

Yeah! That is absolutely amazing! You are absolutely amazing! Congratulations! :clap2:

Hi, Marcy! I managed to get in for a fill on the 10th...ha! Bet your surgery is in the morning...my fill, my third one, will be at 2:15. Lordy, I'm gonna let him fill that band until nothing goes down! Hee hee! Not really. I bet that I need .5 cc more. I hope that does it. It will be here before you know it!

8675309~ To answer your question...I didn't have a phone consult as I am local, but my consultation was March 23 and my surgery was April 13th. It went pretty quick. The Doc has a couple of weeks to make up though since he is out playing in Africa! Can't you just see him in a safari hat sneaking up on a lion to take his pic? He better be careful trying to get "The Picture" as we need him! Drewslou~ The Railbenders have a website and I went and listened to some of it. They sound pretty country to me. Or the way country used to sound before it turned into "pop". They seem to be pretty talented. Dynamomini~ How was your weekend? I've been considering joining a gym again. (eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew!) You've been an inspiration to me so I guess I need to get my butt (yes, all of it!) into a gym again. They just opened a new one around the corner from me, but its coed. I just don't see myself working out with men too. (No way!) MarcyinAK~ are you still excited? Time seems to be flying! Angie38~ are you still out there?

Good Monday! Well, I guess you could say that I had a couple of really crappy food days. :think I tried to make better choices as I ate all day, and for the most part I did, but I gave in to the potato chip monster. And it's completely stress eating, I'm having huge coping issues. I didn't realize I was as bad as I am for comfort eating. You see, my husband's grandpa is passing away. And seeing as how Chris and I have been together for 17 years, and everyone elder in my family is passed (bad heart disease in my family) except for my mom, he may as well be my grandpa too. He's quite old, 91, but he's always been in such great shape. We've been told to expect a call at any time, so now I am on pins and needles. And this really brings back when I lost my brother which has been almost 10 years now. I've never really recovered from when he died and that is when my true weight gain really got out of control and I started needing meds for depression and anxiety. So...I guess you could say I have a coping mechanism that revolves around food. I mourn with food. I know this. But how do I work around it? I wish admitting this would make it go away. Perhaps just admitting it in this post will help. I've never seen it on paper (screen) before. Sorry to be such a downer on this beautiful day. I'm not really as sad as this sounds. Just more dissapointed that I want to cram a bunch of junk food in my face! Why does it make me feel better, even if temporarily? I used to smoke (years ago) and any amount of stress caused me to run for a smoke and feel better. Now I just cram food in. I get the same effect as I did from the smoke. Have any of you come up with new things to do other than eat? Nothing seems to give me that quick blast of "feel better" than food. Thanks for listening. I needed to get it off my chest somehow. Like I said, I'm not as sad as this appears. I know he's an old man who's had a great life. I'll miss him, but I'm okay with it. Have a great day all! And again, thanks.

Okay, I give. What is "alternative country" music? And is there an example of it that I have heard of? (never heard of Railbenders)

There is also IDS liquid protein vials that are 42 gms of protein per 3.1 oz. They come in grape, fruit punch and orange. If you dilute half a vial in about 10 oz of water and ice, its not too bad. Or, I mix 1/2 a vial in diet cranberry juice and it really isn't bad at all. (Diet cranberry juice has 5 cal per 8 oz) I'm not a big fan of protein supplements...yucky! They seem to be more affordable than isopure. They run me about $2.65 a vial compared to more than $3.00 per isopure. Doing 1/2 vial between bfast & lunch, and lunch & dinner (1 full vial/day) supplements my day pretty well. Good luck with finding the protein supplement that works for you!

Good morning! Mal~ Good luck in Vegas! Oh ya, and happy anniversary! I hope you come back with the jackpot! If you get to playing a penny slot with a growing jackpot, think of me! I love those things. It may say penny slots, but by the time I get done paying for all the different lines you can win on, it's more like 15 cents a pull. OOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I can hear all those machines now.....{shivers!} My hand feels cold now from a nice blue slushy drink! Wow, gotta shake it off!:faint: Anyways, hope you have a great time and I'll be thinking of you!

Good day, All! Today finds me a little better. After writing down my foods for several days my weight seems to be going back the other way. Not as far as it was, yet, but perhaps this is what I need to do for a while. I guess that I do more grazing than I am aware of. Mal~ hope banster hell isn't being too rough on you. You sound very positive right now so use the power against the food! Hee hee Dynamo~ I know how you feel. I think that I feel a little sad and lonely without my "friend" food too. Maybe that's why I get so grumpy when I do without it and the scale still doesn't move the right way. It seems to be easier to miss eating when at least the scale cooperates. I have also learned to munch while on the computer.....oh no! Going to have to cut that out! Have a great day, all!

Good morning, All! Sorry it's been so long since I posted. My computer is having a hard time loading this web site. Through AOL or MSN, it just won't load all the way. And when it does, this thread won't load, or it bumps me offline completely. Even now I can't get the whole post page on one screen. I have to scroll back and forth. Grrrrrrrr! :angry Lap Dancer~ Great pictures! What a perfect view you have. How has your fill been going? I'm sure this was gone over the other night, but what size band do you have? You had a big fill. Thinking that I may need more also... Mal~ Thank you for the lovely compliments. How is your hunger doing? A few more weeks and you can get filled and begin to feel restriction too! Dynamo~ How has this fill been working for you? How are you doing with tracking your foods through calorie king? I've started writing things down too. For some reason my scale has decided to go up.... #%@**!!! Who knows why. And I've tried to be more active lately. We went to the zoo for a couple of hours for Cub Scout Day, I've kept the lawn mowed. Things like that. I'm a bit aggravated. I think that I have been averaging 1200 Kcal a day. You would think that would promote weight loss. I haven't been feeling much for restriction lately either. I can chug Water with no problem. Hummm. Drewslou~ I know your appointment for the knee doc is coming up, but how does it feel? I hope you are feeling and getting around better. Angie~ Are you home yet? Where are you? How are you doing? I think that the 12th is just fine with me. Maybe I can get in for another fill before that time. Maybe I just don't know what I am supposed to feel for restriction. I don't seem to have any problems with any foods. Can't figure out if that is good or bad. I'm either tolerating the band really well, or I'm not filled enough. I haven't tried bread, mostly because I just don't do a lot of bread. Maybe I should scarf a big piece and see if there is even a band in there! :nervous food does seem to be keeping me full longer, which is ultimately the goal. But it seems like I still eat more than I should. Or maybe I just can't figure out my brain signal of being full...cuz I really do like food and like to eat. (Sorry to be so whiny!) Well, have a great day all! I'm going to enjoy this overcast, much cooler day. The warmies are going to be here this weekend!

Yes, thanks for picking up the bill, Patty! Glad your fill went well and now you are feeling the power of the band! (ha) Looks like the weather calmed down for your flight out, hope it's a good one. Thanks for a wonderful time and looking forward to doing it again someday!

Hi, Marcy! I went to his support group last month. Not sure I really got anything out of it. It really mostly deals with psych issues. "Are you ashamed that you needed a lap band? How does that make you feel?" "Do you avoid other's compliments about your weight loss?" Stuff like that. I can't say it was informative in the way of telling you how it is going to be. It was everyone's feelings about different things and problems with weight. I dunno. I'm not sure I will go back unless I was trying to meet someone from this post. And the group is a little too large for the time frame they use. I think it's about an hour and a half and with 15 or so people there, how much is really going to be "brought out". But I don't know you. And I don't know where you stand mentally with your weight issues. You may enjoy it.

Hey, Dynamo~ how was your fill today? Are you feeling okay? Did it go easier than your first fill? Are you feeling any more restriction? Did you see Patty there? How was her fill? I hope she was okay and it went well.

Holy Cow, I think I did it! So, here are a couple more! Picture 1: Michelle and Patty Picture 2: Me (Anita) and Mal Picture 3 Mal and Michelle

Okay, Mal. I'm going to give it one more try in attaching pictures. If it comes out huge, sorry. If it comes out okay, then I'll post more! Ha!

Yes, thanks, Michelle! I had a great time! I can't wait to do it again. I think this was just the neatest thing. Three cheers for SunnySea! Thank you very much. What a surprise! Wish you were here with us enjoying a drink! Good night Mal, Patty, and Michelle! We really did miss you, Drewslou! Maybe next time? :)

Thanks everyone! Looking forward to tomorrow!

Hi! Just had to post again. I just went to buy some new pants as these are looking pretty shabby, and they were two sizes smaller. :clap2: I thought that I was going to start crying right there in the mall. I can't remember the last time I needed a smaller size. I had to share it with you as it has surprisingly left me a bit emotional. I'm such a baby.

Howdy, All! Well, I'm back from my second fill. He gave me another 1cc so now I'm filled to 2.9 cc. This time was really different. The needle went strait in, no poking or prodding, he was where he wanted to be in about 5 seconds. No sonogram needed or anything. This time was virtually painless. I sat up differently this time, and I think (I hope!) that it felt a little different. Who knows. It's a little hard to tell when you don't really know what your trying to feel. This time he pulled the needle out while I was sitting up, so it didn't feel so weird coming out. That creeped me out last time. We'll see how this fill goes. Michelle~ Congrats on your loss and getting another fill date. Yeah! It's funny how you were down here today, and I was up there! I drove by Arapahoe exit off I25. I think that I can get there easily. It's actually closer than the Dr. office. See you at 7!

Thanks, Mal. You have to wait until July 2? Wholly cow you will be in Bandster Hell a long time. I guess that if you were banded the 18th, the 18th of June he'll be in Africa...so I guess they did get you in quickly after he gets back. That still seems like a long time to be hungry! :welldoneclap:

I have my second fill this afternoon, and I think that I am getting nervous, again. Who knows why? I hope that I don't get too much. I'm still losing some weight so I hope that I don't get too tight and unable to eat the healthier foods. I guess that if I do, I'll just get some taken out later. I've seen so many posts that say they can't eat chicken or salad or certain fruits and veggies. I wonder why those people don't have a small unfill done? My family is really starting to do well with these healthier foods and I just don't want to have to do shakes and soft foods. I can do most foods now without problems. Bread, pretzels, fries, tater tots, pasta, they seem to give me a bit of an issue, which is okay because they are not exactly good for you. My little guys are making better choices too. If I ask them if they want chips, fruit or yogurt with their sandwich, they usually choose fruit and never choose chips. (lordy I wish I felt that way!) Anywho, thanks for listening, and I'm probably worrying for no reason. It's getting cloudy. Hope that I don't have to drive in the rain all the way to Denver!:nervous