minidriver

Hi Kimmy. I'm from Utah and had to self pay. I went to Dr. Kirshenbaum in Denver. (lapbandrockies.com). He was several thousand dollars cheaper than anyone I could find in Utah and he's awesome. There's a whole thread about him under "doctors and hospitals".

Weight goals thus far, including Julie: Adorkable: 20 Bella: 25 Deboregon: 15 Denvergirl: 12 Jmegirl: 20 Kayleighsmommy: 15 Lotza: 10 Magaines: 10 Mini: 10 PrtyAntOvr: 25 Tally: 13

Of COURSE you can join us. The more the merrier. Just post how much you want to lose and I'll get you added. :cool:

Oh, that would be so wonderful. You can do it!!! I think this fill will get you kickstarted again!!

Yay for restriction!! Maybe you should say that you're eating like a squirrel!

Oh, that's so exciting! Fab for you! I'm getting a fill next Wednesday . . . Dorky one, wouldn't it be wonderful if you don't have a leak after all?

Do you think it may just be swelling from the fill/unfill?

Well, that's a good point. I had basically NO restriction after my first fill (other than some swelling for the first few weeks), and very little after my second, but I guess it would be hard to know that until you've had your fill! I'm kind of glad I found somebody here to do my fills. As much as I love Dr. K., if I had had to go to Denver for every fill it would be way too time consuming and I would have had to do so much planning in advance.

Weight goals thus far: Adorkable: 20:biggrin: Bella: 25:biggrin: Deboregon: 15:biggrin: Denvergirl: 12:biggrin: Jmegirl: 20:biggrin: Lotza: 10:biggrin: Magaines: 10:biggrin: Mini: 10:biggrin: PrtyAntOvr: 25:biggrin: Tally: 13:biggrin: Let me know if I've missed anyone or if you'd still like to sign up!

Well, I got my first fill a little more than 4 weeks after surgery, and my second was 4 weeks after that. Personally,, I would go ahead and book it.

Yeah, you know what they say about great minds!!!

Yep! Even a biracial kid from Hawaii with a funny name. YAY BARACK OBAMA!!!!! I love him love him love him! Love Michelle and the kids! HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN :thumbdown::thumbup::thumbup:

Yep. This is a young woman who is a survivor of sexual abuse, daughter of a teenage mom who grew up dirt poor. And now she's in the number one PhD program in the country (in our field) doing one of the coolest studies I've ever heard of. YAY!!!

It is! I get so excited when it's time to do data analysis. I think a long time ago I told you guys about one of my McNair scholars, a young Latina who was accepted to U of Minn. to study developmental cognitive neuroscience. She is doing neuroimaging studies of Romanian orphans (they are now in their teens) and comparing their brain development based on a particular variant of a gene that some of them carry that may be protective of brain development even in the face of severe deprivation. How freakin' cool is that? AND she and her fellow students are starting a podcast where they will tell parents about all the cool new brain research about kids.

Cool! Sounds good.

Hmmm, I should try that. I've been stuck kinda bad a few times on my first bite. I've only PB'd twice, but it sure is an uncomfortable sensation when things get stuck going down. Yuck.

If you'd like, or I can do it. Either way. Yes, being a stats nerd is really fun. In grad school we had four semesters of statistics. It was incredibly hard but I learned a ton. I was explaining to a student today that I view doing stats as opening a present . . . you spend all that time and effort gathering data and then the statistics are the big surprise at the end where you get to see if you found anything interesting. Lame. I'm so lame.

I have a weird thing though. It's like, the first few bites I feel really really tight, and then it's as if it eases up. Strange. I think I might need another fill though. I've been starting to get pretty hungry again.

Well, I don't mean to brag, but I also have SPSS which is a program that makes Excel look like a $10 calculator. Yes, I know. I'm super cool. What can I say?

YAY FOR YOUR FILL!!!!! You and I will be the 10 lb girls . . . we'll do our best and hope we get there. Now you know why we all fall in love with Dee. Is she the bestest person EVER????

Okay, after failing miserably on the last challenge, I'm gonna' be conservative and go for 10 lbs. And, HELLO!!!! I have an Excel spreadsheet too! Don't leave me out of the club!

Hi Loving! Well, the super shuttle will run you about $50 round trip, so not too bad. Much better than a cab!

Just a reminder that tomorrow is the beginning of the holiday weight loss challenge. Please weigh yourself and then decide how much weight you'd like to lose by the end of the year. Post your weight loss goal, and then we'll start posting our losses starting next Thursday. Hope that all made sense. Let's lose that weight by the end of '08!!!! (sorry, that was the best I could do)

Hmmm, I can't remember. Anybody remember?

Wow, that's really interesting. Good to know.