DeLarla

I'm so proud of us. Everyone post daily what day they are on. I changed my Avatar line, but I think Penni is editing her post daily. Keep this updated. Don't give in. We all had surgery to lose weight. Forget about soda, forget about Cheetos. I'm only on Day 4 and my pants are wobbly on me. Keep it up everyone.

NO TEN DAY chips. NO, NO, NO. This isn't Over Eater's Anonymous (I just stole their idea.) This is DeLarla's Boot Camp designed to get some of us off our asses and back from Hell (weight gain) to Reality (Svelt Land.) Have you not seen my ANGRY posts lately? Penni is pretty pissed, too. Nobody is getting off easy around here. Go play in the sandbox if you want a 10 day baby chip. NO TEN DAY CHIPS. Not in my thread. Don't make me eat your head, I'm damn hungry! On a lighter note, Renebean, you did a fabulous job on those chips, and now I really, really want one! I hate ticker tockers, but I want some of Rene's chips! Good luck everyone. GAME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By the way, I am "loosely considering" Mexico for plastic surgery. It's on my list of potential's, but I'm talking about a major hospital far from TJ with a highly qualified surgeon. I'm not anti-Mexico, I'm just anti-Mexican-surgical-centers that don't have proper equipment - like an ICU unit, for example.

I based my opinion of the Swedish doctor on the fact that he's the first one that started this whole Band thing with the Swedish Band. Sorry, but I haven't researched any Australian doctors. As far as re-use of tools in a vet clinic, that makes me furious. My pets are my children. Thanks for adding that, because I will be sure to insist on all new equipment and supplies if my babies ever need surgery again. I'll pay the extra money. And my overall opinion of my Band has never changed - my band rocks! If I had to do it all again, I would get a list of doctors, then I'd get a list of the facilities they practice in. I would pay twice as much for the insurance of a sterile environment. Trust me, a port infection can really ruin a girl's day, week, month, year, decade!

Furthermore, it is my opinion, based on impressive testimony, that Inamed has been made aware on countless occasions that their product is being installed in facilities that fall way below standards. Awe, who cares when they are making a buttload of money?

Kathy, can you please AMEND? Hahah, but use English for us dummies! "I hope they have an autoclave here...but can rubber tubing be put into an autoclave? A bucket of bleach Water?" What the heck did you say? I also went to Kuri for my port removal. Lovely man, very thorough, and his work and his assistant's stitches were immaculate. However... The table I was on was NOT in a sterile enviroment since there were no doors. People were walking in and out, around and about. Many American nurses fall below par, so I don't believe all the nurses in TJ are careful enough. I was in three different facilites in Mexico, and each one scared me in one way or another. A real Mexican hospital would never allow re-used stockings, let alone re-used tools. It's not always about the surgeon. Choose your facility wisely.

"I paid for a band AND the DOCTOR so I am going to use my band and when it doesn't work right I am going to use my doctor." SAY IT AGAIN, AND SAY IT LOUD!

I'M YELLING AGAIN, BUT IN A GOOD WAY! THANK YOU ALL FOR KEEPING THIS GOING. I'M ON DAY 4. No food in bed, and a no goodies! I couldn't sleep last night due to hunger, so I got up and ate some cheese, which filled my band and put me to sleep like a baby. Not a wad of it, just about 1/2 ounce.

For anyone afraid of surgery, go see my "Are you Scared of Weight Loss Surgery" thread.

Lapband's own Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. I just can't get over that picture. I wish I kept my largest pants.

Wow, I just came up with a new game. I'll hand out a piece of paper and give all the girls 2 minutes to write down words for girl parts. Prize to the winner! Thanks for the list, ladies! Here it is so far: Giblets Nooner Punani Coochie Hoo-Hoo Cooter Ting Tang Susie Pootie Chachee NooNoo Kitty Poofie Ax Wound Pinky Doorbell Po-Po Gina Felix

I'm not much into the whole Hollywood thing, but I gotta chime in here because you can't help being in their business since they are on the front of every news paper, every magazine, every commercial. I can't get away from them. So here's my 29 cents. IT IS WEIRD. I just get creepy vibes from the whole thing, and I fell so sorry for sweet Katie. I don't even know the girl, but DeLarla's Intuition is screaming, "RUN, FOREST. RUN!" He's creepy. I'm with Penni.

P.S. Vines, while you're on the line, exactly WHEN will you be here to start painting my house? It's dying for color, just like my hair.

What's the opposite of a butt kisser? I don't kiss up to anybody! Except Marty McSorley. I'd kiss up to him. Or Bruce Springstein. Or Bob Segar. Well, I guess there's a few.

I was doing a demo at one of my Slumber Parties last weekend. When I showed the X-Scream, one woman yelled out, "Oh my gosh, I LOVE X-Scream!" Then another girl crossed her legs tightly together and responded with, "FIRE IN THE HOLE!" Good thing I'm using my Ben Wa Balls because 2 months ago I would have peed my pants right in front of all those women. The entire room laughed for 20 minutes. It was a great example though, of how different we all are.

It's not brown. It's pink. Just look at it through DeLarla colored glasses!

We could do a "Mommy n' Me" thing. Of course I'd have to paint my nails pink to match hers.

Wait... I kinda really like the idea of matching Sachi. Do you dare me?

I love the blazing red idea! I'm bringing all these suggestions to Marianne tonight, you'd all love my Loooohng Island New York hair girl! Let's see what she comes up with. Honestly, if I didn't have to be a paralegal tomorrow, I'd lean towards Vines suggestion of nothing natural, kinda like this picture, only the colors would be white on one side and caramel on the other to match Sachi.

No, no, no, Pinky. We aren't going to rewrite the rules. There's no such thing as a 10 Day Chip. Oh, you'll get lots of encouragement and support, but the object is to let go of our addictions so we'll benefit by losing weight. Just do it one day at a time. Look at me, I'm on DAY THREE of no soda! All I gotta do is get through today. Ten days isn't enough to see actual weight loss on a scale.

It depends. Are you talking about 1/2 can soda? A can of soda holds 14 FL OZ (12 fluid ounces.) That's the same as 355 mL. Divide that in half.

If you can prove that you have the same qualifications, I would sue for discrimation. I know it sounds like a huge process, but I've been waiting for the day someone wouldn't hire me based on weight. This disgusts me. The first few years here I got small raises. Last year I lost 70 pounds and suddenly got a HUGE raise. But I can't say anything because they told me it was based on having more experience after being here several years, which they could prove. I'm making more money now.

As far as dealing with Erin, it's my fault. I complained about the assistant before her, and the girl isn't here any more. The other girl was super nice but never worked. She was a student that did nothing but homework. I complained, then Erin came. If Erin leaves, I might get stuck with another Shelli, Jean or Elisa (past co-workers that called in sick every day, wouldn't work, etc.) Erin does her job. Does that make sense? On the outside I smile at her. On the inside I'm growling. It's all business.

Uh, no thanks to the foot up my butt so I'm drinking watered down ice tea with oh so delicious Splenda (gag, but trying to get used to it.) Only now everything I drink is Lysol Flavored with a splash of pizza aroma. We need to change the rock, paper, scissors game to Pizza, Lysol, Paper. Trust me, Pizza beats Lysol, and I already sprayed twice. By the way, VICTORY! Sort of. Last night was Night 2 of not eating in bed. And I didn't eat cookies! The only sugar I had yesterday was by accident in the Propel (I didn't know it was sugar till too late.) Last night I was starving, so I had a few tablespoons of hubby's mac n' cheese and 2 thin slices of Havarti before bed. Tonight I'm going for NO Snacks. I've made huge progress from this thread. You guys all know that I have't had a good day in months, so if this thread saves even one of us, then it's working. No soda, no foot up my butt. That's the deal. Game on.

Kare, I edited that comment. She's not my "friend" but rather a friendly co-worker. As far as calling her obesity-related names, maybe that is really mean, and I felt guilty for laughing, but at least when I'm laughing I can't be drinking soda! Like Donali said, I'm looking for tools to cope, which is why I started this thread. If I could control Erin, I could control the world. So if LAUGHTER is the best tool for me, then everyone needs to look at the situation I'm faced with and realize that all this kidding around is what works for me. It all falls back to the "addict." Nobody would take pity on Erin or defend her if she were bringing mirrors with lines of cocaine in my office. Everyone would be slamming her for being a damn junkie trying to bring me down. There's no difference. I'm dealing with a rotten situation, and I have to make choices. I can either throw a huge stink and get her fired for harrassing me, or I can file a law suit against my firm for allowing it to continue. OR I CAN MENTALY THROW APPLES AT HER FAT HEAD.I love my job. I can honestly say that NOBODY has a better job than me. I'm not about to sue the company that treats me like a queen. I adore my office manager and have enormous respect for my extremely generous attorneys. They don't need this. AND my worst fear is that Erin would leave only to be replaced by something even more offensive. Careful what you wish for. Day three of no soda and my FAT JEANS are baggy already, so the apples are working! TEN POINTS! No more soda-shaking though, that was a one-time therapy exercise that got me through yesterday. Today it's a mental fruit toss. And Penni, you used to support me againt Erin. You knew even more than eveyone here (and you know how bad she really is for me.) What changed?