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DUDE! If I can wear 12's, ANYone can! (and at 175!?) I think you'll be surprised when you reach the size 12's and beyond! How tall are you?

Oh man, that's an awesome picture(s)! You look great, Yoda! Especially the face... and your neck is so much longer and thin!

oooh, been so long since we had the monthly goals! I've been so discouraged the last couple months anyways, it woulda been a downer for me anyways. But now, I'm BACK, filled, and ready to lose! - I wanna see the 160's!!!

You know, I think I did get that for the first little while. It's probably just you not getting in enough calories. See if it gets better with you starting full fluids. I *would* ask your clinic though, just to be sure.

Good luck Janice!!

Mr. Yoda musta been delusional! Wait, this was before surgery, so, what's the excuse??! Agreed, it does something weird to my screen so that I can't see things (like emoticons) on the far right, and I can't even scroll over to get to them. This is on my laptop though, on my normal computer, I can see everything. I think the ads need to be on the right.

So, got the fill. Heh, not as pain-free as last time, but quick, so that I'm grateful for! I did get the 1.5cc. I am feelin' it. But I'm not even going to allow myself to FEEL it for a few days. Only liquids here.... I want things to go smoooothly. Got some capri (now if I can get the nerve to wear 'em) pants, and some dress pants! Both size 12 :faint: I really didn't even see any jeans I liked to buy NOW, nevermind my dream size pants! I've been very stressed for the last week or so. It was mentioned to that they were looking for someone to do the same job my friend Lauren does, but for a different upcoming show we're doing... and that they had me pegged for it. I had a meeting with one of the producers, he asked if I was interested, I wanted details and to know how much $$ :Banane43: He said he'd get back to me, and never did. Then on friday, there was a meeting arranged for all of us to discuss me and this job. By then though, I'd done enough thinking and realizing, that if I took this job, it would automatically add at least another year (from now) to my contract, when my current one is set to end in Sept. I don't know that I want to be here after Sept., and either does Dan. He's been applying to other places, and if he were to get another job, as if I did, we'd both be going there. So, we both have to end our contracts at the same time. At this meeting on Friday, they asked me again, and I more or less said that I don't know what I want to do, but I do NOT want to do that job. I told him that I went to school for something specific, and I really should get back into that, and I want to take the next 4 months until my contract is up, to figure out what I WANT to do. They were very cool with that, and glad that I'm deciding what I want, and hope that I can find it at this company. I did manage to get a 'so... how much would this thing have paid?" before I left. $6,000 more a year. :phanvan They said they understood that that could make a difference, so if I wanted to take that little tidbit and think about, I could get back to them at the end of the day (the job starts Mon!). I said that it actually didn't make a difference, and thanked them anyways. I'm quite proud of myself. I'd rather make what I am making now, have evenings and weekends off, know what my job is gonna be like everyday, and work relatively stress free. (unlike my friend) This new job seems like it might be a nightmare for whoever takes it, and I don't think it would be worth it. (plus, I really don't want to be doing the crap jobs at the studio anymore) yay me!

awesome, Yoda! I'm glad you did it! And yeah, Becca, I'd give it a couple days, but keep at those liquids for sure.

Hey look, 109lbs total so far.... sheesh, that's freakin' trippy!

So, I'm finally going for a little bit of a fill tomorrow. I'm at 1.2 (used to be at 1.5) and I think I would like 1.4 total. MAAAAYBE I'll be daring and go for the full 1.5cc... but I don't know. I was actually down a lb this morning, but... if it's anything like it's been going, I'll be up 2lbs in no time.... then down one, and so on and so on. Wish me luck... fills are scary when you gotta go so far for 'em! This lady gave me the easiest, most pain-free fill ever when I saw her last, so I hope this time will be just as simple! I'm gonna maybe stop in Moncton on the way home and do a LITTLE shopping. I'm thinking about buying some ULTIMATE goal jeans. Thinkin' of you Mr. Yoda, and all y'all recent banders

Good luck Mr. Yoda!!!!! Keep us posted!

yeah, i don't like these colours.... who's that skinny chick at the top!? and what the hell's she laughing at!? :fish:

(Oh man... I don't know why its showing up like that! I'm sorry. It did that after I tried to edit it. I'll try to fix it later! Good luck decoding it for now!)

thanks, you guys! grrraaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh! remember that guy I talked about before, was was bragging to me about how he's lost 90 some lbs, and asked me how much I'D lost... and also was trying to get Dan to feel his muscles? Well, this morning, he gets RIGHT in my face, and says "Guess what, Guess what, Guess what!?" (but about 10x more) and that he was now at 199 (but repeated THAT also 10x!) . I said congrats... then tried to get out of there. Man he pisses me off. I understand it's exciting, but the way he does this stuff just comes off as bragging/obnoxious. I want to tell him that the way he's going about it DOES that, but... you know... I'm ball-less. A couple days ago, a lady from work asked me if they could nominate me for a mango award. (it's this thing they do here in town (maybe the province?), awarding people for losing weight, or getting healthy) I said no, no, that was quite alright. They said "aww... c'mon, you need some recognition for your hard work!", I said that was ok, and I'll leave all that for ___ (the guy). They laughed and said he'd like that too much! (he already got an award when he lost 50lbs) Anyways, the moral is: nobody likes a bragger.... right?! I think a good rule is, tell people about your loss (if you want to), ONLY if they ask you how you're doing. (the exception of course, the people closest to you, who know won't resent anything, and really will be happy for you!)

yay! Thank you!

So probably any 'healthy' eatin' recipe would be good for us... just a matter of not eating as much as the normal person would eat. Oh well!

Does no one know what I'm talking about?

Thank you guys :) I felt pretty good.

Hey Wheezy, it was you who got that 'weight loss surgery cookbook" wasn't it? How it it? and if it's any good, what's it called? Putting in an order to Amazon tonight!

Here's one I got from the picture sharing going on at work today: DFS Products.pdf

Just gonna post here. There's too many posts to catch up on... I don't think I can even try. I lost 3 lbs in 4 days of the CC&Y diet! Too bad I let myself slip back into normal-ness after the party on Friday night. Perhaps I'll give it another try next week, or maybe I'll just do my own thing, and see what happens. Diets SUCK. Got all gussied up for the party... wore that dress. Apparently blew everyone away. I'll post pictures soon!

Can someone give me the details of your pre-op diet? I'm in! I'm going to give it a try, as a way to switch up my eating, and hopefully give myself a little kickstart to continue on losing. (I'm also going to go to the gym EVERY day next week, not just 2 or 3) I know it's cottage cheese and yogurt, but... what kind or %1 of cottage cheese? fat free or just sugar free yogurt? can you suggest some brands? I'm sure this is all somewhere around already, but I'm sure we're all guilty of being too lazy or busy to go rooting through old posts, so if someone would be so kind as to help me out, I'd be eternally grateful! :confused: (I know you'll think I'm nuts for doing it... but I need to switch it up, and I think this will be as good as anything.)

wow, this is tough. It would be easier if I was doing it outta fear for my life like last time! (and if my work didn't have such a nicely stocked vending machine, and I didn't walk downwind from Tim Hortons each day) Now I think "Geesh... just a couple of days ago, I could eat what I wanted!" It seems so long ago. I'm looking forward to the hot sauce doused chicken breast.... soooo much. I'm lucky I'm not a big fan of yogurt as it is, cause, I can see yogurt (and CC) turning into the new Optifast! I have seen scale movement though, so that's always motivation to keep it up!

It definitely made me sad for quite some time (6 months-ish). Sometimes still, it happens.

Yes, I know that that is the purpose of the pre-op diet, but a nice 'side effect' is that these people also lose a good chunk of weight. I know I'm not eating too much. Not the best choices, yes. That's what I'm trying to nip doing this diet... hopefully a loss will motivate me to keep working at it. I have switched my exercise routine recently, so that's not it.