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Hey I hope you gals have a great time.. walking can be so much fun drink lots of water!!!!!!!!! I am in training for a 13.1 mile half marathon I will do it on mothers day!! I am very excited. keep up the walking. I will let you all know how I do on the half.. thanks Diane

My Dr. told me to take my wieght and if it's 200 devide that by two and thats how many onces of water a day I need to drink.. so you will need 100 if your 200 LBS.. I did it for a while but you have to have a water bottle with you all of the time. I bought one of those PUR water filters that hooks to the sink and you can flip it to make it filter or not. they last me about 9 months so worth the cost, and you can get them at sams club. I felt much better after I started but have a hard time getting it all in with the rules of the band and drinking..

I took only a half day off of work on a fri, I told them I needed it for a precdure. Okay, fine, great!! I get to work monday morning and I look Bad I should have taken more time off but did not and there is no one ot replace me. So I get up early because I was walking so slow and hurting. I could not take anything for pain beacuse I have to drive. Go to work and I am a estate Manager for two Dr's who would never understand me doing this!! They take one look at me and ask if I had am abortion!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am there chilerens Nanny also!!!!!!!!! I told then no and then lied that I had a Gall Bladder problem. :mad: I did not now what else to say, but I am glad I did nto tell them. I ahve lost 40 LBS so far and they have not said one word.. But I feel better I already live in a house on the Estate and I really need to have a life of my own. my hole family know and BF But it's hard on them somtimes they think it was the easy way out and my sister is very scared I wil weigh less then her someday! if it's just one LBS for one day I would be happy, not to hurt her just to know what it's like....

HI to all I am doing Ok, I had a busy week and am doing good. I went in late on last fri, and recoverd for a few days then went to work on monday. I think it was a little soon but did not have much of a choice. I wish I would have taken a few days off but I lived. I am recovering well, and got my stapels out on thurs. I am down about 18 LBS after two weeks of protien shakes and now I am on to mushies. I dont feel very hungry and am having a hard time getting enough to drink but really like not haveing hunger.. I hope you all are doing well thanks for all of the thoughts. anyway I will check in soon thanks Diane

Hi to all I had a great time thanks agian!! I just wanted to let you know that I will be getting my band on fri the 11th at 12:00 so I am getting very hungry and very excited.. I hope your all doing well and keep up all of your great work your all very woderful people. Thanks Diane Renee

Hey I have taking the shakes for a little while pre op.. they are pretty good but nothing better then soup. hot warm broth for me... Hope you like it too Renee

Hi, I just read your message about your Dr. being in Deer River I was Born there. And lived in the Bemidji area for the first 23 years of my life. I am in Dallas TX now and just getting banded on this 11th so wont be home for thanksgiving but will be for christmas. I am a self pay due to a very bad insurance company and a low BMIjust 35 so I saved my money for a year adn am getting it done. I just had to get the cardio screne done and then I was good to go. I hope you pass all of those tests. Hope to hear from you soon and good Luck is Dr. Goodall still in town he deliverd me. thanks Renee

Hi getting done by Dr. Barker in Dallas TX that morning... Start friday on my diet for pre op.. I am about to go and have my last meal and I am so excited cant wait to get done.... Renee

Hi, I am going t be one liquids at this time will that be oaky for me to meet with... I am on pre op diet from the 4th onwards.. I am going in with Dr. Barker on the 11th and i really need to talk to people and get a handle on what I have in store for me.. I would really love to come. Renee

thanks for the reply I was hopeing ot get this done ASAP but humm should wait till I can get the days of mabey the 23rd is better that gives me five days.. I hope your insurance goes through.... It must be so hard.. I hope to get witha group I have been reading this site now for a weeka dn finally got brave enough to chat a little.. thanks renee

Hi my name is Renee, I am trying to get my lap band done here in Dallas with DR. Barker. Having a hard time with getting a date for it. I was wondering if there is anyone how knows about meetings or support groups here in Dallas. I really feel like I need to talk to people. I am not from here and I only know about two people so it's very hard. Sorry is I sound like a whiner.. I am a self pay so I it's taken me one year of my life to save this mucha nd i want to do it right. Any help woudl be great.. I am thinking of getting it done on the 23rd of nov.. then bad to work on that next monday.. If I had to do it on a friday would I be well enough to work on a monday?? thanks soo much any help would be great.. Renee

Hi, I have really done all of these things and more.. I cut the tags, hidden food, sneak food. I also have this constant addiction for pulling the front of my shirt, like people will not see my big tummyif I do that. I am also sorry to say when I was young I would bing and purge. I really had to gauge if a chair could hold me or not, and if they were low I could not get out of them very scary. thanks for sharing.....