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Kyla, I have thought about doing the 5k, but probably not this year. After Zumba Monday, my knee hurt me so bad, I dont know whats going on with it. I constantly hear this awful ripping sound in it.. Oh well, once I get this weight off, hopefully it will get better. Maybe I will try it next year. I did the 2 mile fun run a couple years ago and I think I did it in 30 mins, I dont remember, I was a young teen back then. lol

I know several people who have had the ablation. They liked it. Some people though, still have bleeding and end up having a hysterectomy a couple years down the road. It probably just depends on what all the problems are. They actually talked about doing an ablation on me. But I said if I have to have ALL my chances of having a baby( I mean, I have a very low chance, but there is still that chance) then I would want a hysterectomy and get rid of everything. Right now I am talking double birth control pills continuously. Let me tell you, if I have already had kids and stuff, I would definetly go for the ablation. Its a way to keep your ovaries(hormones) and not have major surgery to decreas or get rid of your periods all together. For those of you who have BCBS If you have met your Yearly Out of pocket maxium, does that mean I dont have to pay anything anymore until next fiscle(spelling) year? This surgery and all the appointments leading up to it has brought me to my out of pocket maxium, so I was just wondering what that meant.

Well, I just talked to my mom and she weighed in this morning. She is down 12 1/2 pounds in the 2 week preop diet. Surgery is tomorrow at 9am! For those of you who pray, please keep her in your prayers.

Wow, they changed the layout of the site... Mom weighs in today and if she has lost 10 pounds, she will be getting her band tomorrow.

As far as I know I will be at Zumba tomorrow. I need to get exercising. Hi Pat!! You found us! I bet you are just so thrilled to be going back to work. .. YEAAA I have a walking buddy! Im so excited. Dad told me that he would walk with me if we just stay in the neiborhood. Yeah, just the circle is .8mile but it is nothing but HILLS. I guess that is why they call it South Hills. I will probably talk to you Thursday. Mom is having her surgery Thursday Morning so I will be there. Hey, at least your scales say you have lost, mine tells me I have gained. It is different everytime we get on it. Drives me nuts. I quit going by that and just stop by the office maybe once a week and weigh myself.

So Jeannie said she can tell who is cheating due to no waitloss?? I wonder if she thinks Im cheating? Im not but Im not loosing again for some reason. I think it is fluid. Last weigh in, I lost 8 pounds. According to my scales, I have gained a pound or 2. I just dont get it. Im doing everything.... Well, I need to be doing more exercise. I mean, since my last fill Im not eating nearly as much as I used to and Im actually having trouble with meats. You would think I would be loosing... NOOOO Im gaining. It doesnt make any since! I get soo tempted to start taking diet pills again. The only thing I am struggling with is the carbs. I mean Im not eating bread at all, I cant. But there are carbs in EVERYTHING. The only thing I can handle in the morning is cereal, I know that is carbs, but I have tried eggs and stuff like that and they just wont go down. I told my friend I wanted a walknig buddy and she told me that she will walk at her pace and not mine. So whats the point? She would be way ahead of me so it would just be like walking by myself. Anyway.. guess I needed to let off a little steam lol

yep, gotta do it. I tried a $50 container of it from GNC. I actually got it on sale. The guy told me it was top of the line stuff. Mom is regretting the fact that she threw it away about 2 months ago because no one was using it. I used about half the container. I think they are going by Jeannies scales since she goes back to Jeannies office Wed(the day before surgery) to get weighed in. I surprised DrKaplan doesnt get a new, upto date scale since he is now, and the group will all be doing the bands. You would think they would get a bigger scale. Oh well.. Have you tried Slim Fast for your protein? Mom and several other people have done/are doing the slim fast low carb drinks. With that, you dont have to add protein to it. Oh Im so glad I am past the liquid protein supplements. lol

gotta love the protein... What did you try? I did the Carnation instant breakfast(slimfast made me sick) with a scoop of protein. I was SO SICK of protein by week 2 after my surgery. Be sure to get it in though, you WILL loose your hair if you dont, trust me. My hair was coming out by the handfuls. Kaplans scales weigh heavy, so just a little warning. Last time I was there, they were about 4 pounds heavy. Good for you giving everything up early. I gave pop in n June, I dont even crave it anymore. The ONE pop I crave is Sprite but that is not very often but it isnt worth it trying it.

Try not to worry too much about it just keep on track. Excerise(yeah I know easier said then done) and try your hardest not to cheat and you should be fine. Dont try to get your "last meals" in now, that will not help in losing weight. Can you start on losing the 5 from now until then or does it have to be in that time frame?

That makes since.. kind of sucks but makes since. I only lost 10 pounds in my 6 month pre op. Have no clue if I lost anything in that 2 weeks or not. That is a way to make sure people dont cheat though. Ill admit, I cheated once or twice on that 2 week diet. It sucks when everyone around you is eating really good smelling stuff and you cant have it.. I guess that is where will power comes in pplace. Froggy, do you care if I ask how old you are?? Im 26. Im thinking for some reason you are around my age. I could be wrong though. Wont be the first time lol

btw ZUMBA MONDAY!!!!!

I wont tell mom that someone only has to loose 5 pounds lol... I wonder why they started doind that and how they decide how much a person has to loose. Mom weighs about the same as me and I didnt have to loose any. Which then again, my surgery lasted over 2 hours due to my liver being large(well that is what my friend who works in surgery told me) so maybe thats why. Who knows.. All I know is mom is in the "starvation diet" right now and I find myself saying "Welcome to my world" lol

I dunno how they are doing it.. All I know is mom said they told her 5 pounds EACH week. They didnt tell her that until her actual preop appointments though. She had already been on her preop diet for a week before they told her that.

I dont know if I lost any during the preop or not. Mom was told 10 pounds must be lost. She even has to go weigh in again Wed, which is the day before her surgery and if she is not down 10, surgery will be postponed. This must be a new thing, I didnt have a weight loss requirement which I had mine done in July. You're going to have a fun thanksgiving lol.. Liquids for you. Mom should be on mushies or softs by then. Good luck. Keep us posted

Froggy, what is the latest on your process??? When do you go to Kaplan? Do you have a date yet?? Moms surgery is Thursday. I guess they have a new rule that if you dont lose 10 pounds in the 2 week preop, your surgery is postponed. I didnt have to do that. Did anyone else?? Mom was frustrated, a week into your diet according to Jeannies scales she had only lost 3 pounds. She said if you compare Kaplans scales to Jeannies, she lost more like 7. She is REALLY trying to get the weight off so she doesnt get postponed.

I was banded July 14. I have had 4 fills so far and have 7.5cc in a 14cc band. This is the first time I have REALLY felt restriction. After this last fill I have noticed that after just taking a couple bites, I get this THICK film in the back of my throat making me cough and stuff like that. Anyone else experience this? What is it? Does it mean anything? BTW I have never vomited, pb'd or slimed with the band, I have come very close to vomiting though.

Ok, so mom is now on her proop diet and I feel so bad for her. Here, Dad and I can eat stuff that she cant but wants to and I know how I felt when I was on it so I know how she feels. The closer her surgery gets, the more scared I get. Im ready to have someone else in the house on the same diet, but I am so scared for her during surgery. She has flatlined(heartstopped) twice during 2 different surgeries before and that scares me half to death. Her surgery is on the 6th. For those of you who pray, PLEASE pray for her.

This is definitly a major learning process. Since my last fill, I get pain also after just eating 1 bite.. I think I probably am just still eating too fast or too big of bites. Then of course I get the crud. It is soo tempting to just stick my finger down my throat at that time, but I know that is bad to do. lol.. I fight the urge to vomit the way it is so I know I would never be able to stick my finger down my throat anyway. Just gotta learn the signs and signals from my body and I guess that stuff wont happen. The holidays are coming and that kind of scares me. I keep thinking "will the turkey get stuck" how about ham... I guess I will just learn.

Thanks for the reply.. So that is my sign for no more food. I know what you mean by saying "just one more" I keep telling myself, Ill let this feeling go away and try to eat again. It is so tempting to take a drink to wash the crud down, but that hurts so bad to take a drink. That is a hard habit to break.

I will be at the meeting. I think Jeanie told me that she was unable to get that setup and was going to do the meeting on something else. I dunno, guess we will see tonight. :thumbup: I dont think I will make it to Zumba, my asthma is still acting up a lot here lately.

never heard of it. What is it?

I know when I was sick post op I wanted saltines SOOO bad. I was told by my nurse and a couple other people who have had the band that saltines that soon is an ABSOLUTE NO NO!. They told me that it would cause severe pain and vomiting. So I just got over it myself. I wanted Saltines AND sprite, couldnt have either one. Call your doctor to get some meds to help.

I know when I was sick post op I wanted saltines SOOO bad. I was told by my nurse and a couple other people who have had the band that saltines that soon is an ABSOLUTE NO NO!. They told me that it would cause severe pain and vomiting. So I just got over it myself. I wanted Saltines AND sprite, couldnt have either one. Call your doctor to get some meds to help.

I want to live past 35 years old. I started this when I was 25. I have severe asthma, high blood pressure, high heart rate, bad knees and a bad back. I dont see myself living 10 more years if I dont do anything.. Well, that is when I started the 6 month diet. I am now 3 months post op and proud to say I am already off my blood pressure pills.

Well Jennifer, I have an Aunt Jeannie Schade, was lewis. And to comment on the pointing and laughing at Zumba, I laugh too much at myself to be laughing at other people. lol