Jessiebear

Surely the people bidding on this are going to use it for teaching purposes?! I hope!! Just goes to show you, you can buy or sale anything on Ebay!

Welcome back! YOU ARE DOING GREAT!

Yay! I'm glad you got good news! Congrats!

Good one!!

That is a huge NSV!! & a huge SV!! I can't wait! Congrats!

The rest of my pics are pretty run of the mill ordinary old wedding pics. This one is my favorite but the quality is poor since I just took a pic of the original with my dig cam. Lonnie is shooting the garter & I'm throwing my boquet at the same time.

That spot is beautiful!All this wedding talk got me looking at my wedding pics. Check out this baby face! LOL! I was 18. I hated that veil! My pics were done by an amateur & we still paid $200 back in 1992.

Ditto, ditto, ditto......! You rock girlie! You keep it fun & interesting! I'm glad you're here & staying!

Mashed avacados with a touch of lemon juice & a sprinkle of garlic powder! Yummmmm!!!!! That was my favorite mushy! Also, refried beans with enchilada sauce & cheese, Homemade applesauce or some pudding are all great options. These things all got me through the rough times! Good luck & have fun!

You go girl!! Keep up the good work! Fight the demons!

Some docs say no sodas cause the carbonation will stretch your pouch. Some bandsters also have extreme discomfort when drinking anything with carbonation. My doc didn't say not to. & I don't have any problems with it. But, I only do it on rare occasions. I don't want to tempt fate!

I was self pay in Arkansas. I paid $14,000. If you are in the healthcare profession, ask for a professional discount. My surgeon gave me one. Good luck to you!

I don't think it would be wrong. That's what it is there for! If you need it, get it! Congrats!

Sounds like you are doing great! Congrats!

6 weeks. Painless for me.

Thanks ladies! Vines you look great! I didn't even pay attention last night! :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny

Yep! Sounds like you are on a plateau. I have heard exactly what Lianna explained from one of my docs in the past. Your body is shrinking! It is catching up with the weight you have lost. I embrace my plateaus! By the way, Congrats on the weight loss! You are definately a rabbit!!

**Slap** Just kidding! I think what you are doing is normal newbie stuff. The band takes some getting used too. & it takes a while to figure out that the band is your friend. It's a tool to use how you will. Most of the time I respect it & play along like a good bandster, but occasionally I'll slip. I do have to say though, with all of my bandster sisters that have been eroding, I have been treating my band a lot better lately. & in turn, it's doing it's job. I have lost 7lbs. so far this week! Of course I just have 3 more to lose to get me back to where I was before I gained 10 lbs. over the holidays. Any weight loss after that will be harder. Yep, you had weight loss surgery. But you still have to do all the work (well, most of the work). Were here for ya! Hang in there!

After finally getting back in touch with you guys, I have to leave to go to OK this weekend. If anything exciting happens, y'all better PM me about it! A lot can happen in 2 days!

YAY!! Congrats & welcome to Band Land!

I wouldn't think so. You should just about be back to normal by then. But you better call when they're open just to make sure. Have fun! & Congrats on your new band!

Betty, I saw your before & after pics! Wow! Awesome job! You have done so well! I'm proud for you!

My little sister shopped around & she settled on a photographer for $600. He was good. When she was shopping the best photographer in town was around $2000. He gave you all the proofs, a leather album & a picture package of your choice. She also talked to different places that ranged anywhere between the 2 prices I gave. Her main specification was that they were able to airbrush the pics. Good luck! & Congrats! When is the big day? Where are you registered? Hmmmmm........ Gifts maybe?

Jackson is my Schnauzer & Mabel (short for Mabelline) is my mutt. Mabel chose us last summer & showed up when she was about 6 weeks old, outside of my chicken pen screaming! She is so loveable! I'm glad she chose us! They are so bad! I couldn't get them to put the toy down for a group picture!

1/2 hour for me too!