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Candra the Kings play basketball inside at Arco Arena so it won't be cold watching the game - just have to get from the car - my mom has a handicapped placard so we won't have to park as far away as we usually do. I used to not like going to the games as I had to squeeze into the seat and it was uncomfortable - now I fit fine and have extra room. yeah.

Had a great time with my ladies today as usual. Boy we look good in our picture today. My daughter ate my left over teriyaki chicken. Good for you Heather - if he tells you no, you should ask for a different surgeon. You have worked so hard and have done so well that you deserve to move on in the process. I am planning on being at the Elk Grove meeting on Monday - what about you Maria? The shirt I got at the clothing exchange today is way too big for me so I will bring it back to the January meeting. I don't think I will make it to a 12 - even at 170 lbs I wear a 14 - I can thank my dad for my bone structure - he's 6'5" and big boned. I'm gonna be busy tomorrow - laundry and getting the Christmas tree and decorations out and up before leaving for the Kings game tomorrow at 5 pm.

I just caught up on all the posts. I didn't do too bad food wise yesterday - I had a little bit of turkey with gravy, one bite of stuffing and about 1/3 c sweet potatoes. I did however have a piece of chocolate pie and a small piece of pumpkin pie with lite cool whip. I had Thanksgiving at my house for the first time - my parents and my uncle joined us. It was nice not feeling drowsy after dinner - I popped right up and started the dishes after my pie. Last year I was banded too, but ate too fast and ended up pbing and being miserable. I have learned alot since then. I took my kids to the Exploratorium in SF today - left the house at 9 am and got back home at 4 pm. Looking forward to seeing some of you tomorrow at the support meeting and lunch. You go Riley - maybe I can live vicariously through you. I have no social confidence whatsoever.

Maria - only my daughter is off track - she goes back Monday - middle and high school are on traditional schedules so my boys are off today thru Friday. I am at work today - my mom is with them. When they are off in summer together my mom watches them and because there are three of them it is easier as they can play together.

Maria - we will be home by 4 pm - you don't have to buy my lunch I am going there anyway. I will call you on Friday to set it up. I think I still have your address. You can always get mashed potatoes and ask for extra gravy and make them thin like a soup. Candra - wear your magic girdle thing on Saturday so I can see it and the results - I need a full body girdle. :thumbup: I just don't like tight clothes. Work is slow today. I am eating a Lean Cuisine beef pot roast meal right now for lunch - 210 calories - it will take me a long time to eat it as I already feel full and I only ate 3 bites of meat - need to slow down I guess. Happy Thanksgiving to all - I remember last Thanksgiving well - I tried to eat a bite of stuffing and sweet potatoes besides my tiny bit of turkey and gravy and ended pbing multiple times and being miserable for a few hours. NOT going there this year.

Maria - do you need a ride on Saturday - you can ride with me. I go to lunch afterwards with the girls. I didn't drive for about 1 1/2 weeks afterwards - I was still taking pain meds and I didn't want to have to make any sudden moves while driving. I just broke down and bought some corn nuts at our little snack shack - darn it - I am getting a migraine and thought they might help. luckily I can only eat a little bit of them as they fill my pouch up quickly. Boredom made me want them, but I made the choice to get them. old habits die hard.

Maria - sounds like you are having reflux. Are you laying flat in bed? Maybe try an incline. Pudding should go right through the band if you eat it slowly. Remember you are still swollen all over. If it happens again, I would call Richmond and see if it could be band related. I'm eating a Lean Cuisine meatloaf and mashed potatoes meal - 21 g protein, 250 cal. yummy. I am not sure if I will be able to eat it all, but I will try. Yep, they want to see that you are following the guidelines and have lost some weight before they give you a fill - they have the power. :ohmy: Really quiet at work - a lot of people took the three days off to make it a whole week. Tomorrow will probably be a ghost town - but I will be here. Saving my vacation for when I actually have something to do - not just sit at home. Candra - are you going to be there Saturday? I haven't seen you in a long time - who else is going to be there?

Maria - I was freaking hungry at that stage too - just got used to my stomach growling and drank Water and more water to take my mind off of it. It will get better - I promise. Candra - when I called Kaiser to get in to see someone they gave me a quicktrack appointment which is where a bunch of people go in at the same time, fill out questionnaires and paperwork, and then you go in for a one on one 1/2 hour appointment where they decide what is best for you and either sign you up for classes or refer you to talk to someone or both. Ashley - is Motrin a NSAID? You can't have it with LapBand either. They put it on my medical record under the medicine allergy section. I had my lapband surgery 8/26/08, they didn't offer the sleeve then, but I wouldn't have chosen it or RNY either - didn't want part of me permanently removed - plus I wasn't interested in losing my weight that fast. It is a process to me - the mental part has to go along with the weight loss part - I am somewhat of a slow loser - if it takes me another year to lose the rest of my weight that is okay with me. My kids and I went to Arden Fair today - they saw Santa and had their picture taken and then we had our annual portraits taken at Sears. Boy did I look old in the family one - wrinkled and my hair looked orange to me - hopefully it really won't when the pictures come back. I got my hair cut short like Riley's yesterday. After I dye it, I will have my son take a new pic of me for my avatar. I know what you are talking about in regards to the muffin top Riley - makes me ill looking at mine. I did get my new bras when I went to Curves yesterday so the girls are up where they belong - they are a little confused. I went to Curves 3 times this week which is an improvement for me - I had been slacking off. My food today - b a banana, l a cookie from Carls Jr at the mall, d 1/3 seafood salad (no noodles), 5 crackers, sn bowl of frosted flakes (that was more an emotional food choice). Hi to all.

How in the world did you smuggle that much food in Candra? Must have had a big bag. :thumbup: I had frosted flakes and milk for dinner but I am still within my allowed calories for the day. Boy I am bored this evening. I am getting my hair cut tomorrow and my brows done - my younger son is getting his hair cut short again. I am also going to get my hair cut shorter - need to talk them to see what is best to make my hair look thicker in back - I am still losing hair - it needs to stop before I am bald in back. Also need to make it to Curves tomorrow morning. We are going to Penneys at Arden Fair on Sunday to have pictures taken and then the kids will see Santa - I know it isn't even Dec but it will save us a trip later when it is more crowded. Otherwise nothing planned for the weekend.

no don't sleep on that side - it will be painful. Just lay on your left side for a bit on the couch and tuck your legs up a little and toot away if you can. :thumbup: Rocking in a chair or a recliner also helps release gas. I learned this when I was pregnant. The gas is what is causing some of the shoulder pain. Are you using your spirometer - hope so as it helps prevent pneumonia.

Maria - tooting won't hurt anything - but it will help you feel better as far as the gas goes - try laying on your left side (put a pillow under your tummy as your port is on that side) it should help you toot. Sorry if tmi. I barely got the ping pong table into the garage before the rain hit - it was sprinkling already - could be because I went back to sleep after I dropped my boys at school at 7:30 and didn't get dressed until 11 - but hey it's my day off. I had 1/3 c baked beans for breakfast, 6 cold shrimp for lunch and about 1/2 c fresh sweet potato. The Point West Kaiser is across the street from Cal Expo - I don't know the exact address.

Maria - make sure you don't overdo the bending and twisting. Also no lifting over a couple of pounds. The port area will hurt the longest. Keep taking the pain meds. Remember the port was stitched into your stomach muscle and that needs to heal as well as the sutures. They did alot of poking and prodding inside you. I am so proud of you in going through with the surgery- you won't regret it. I called Allergen and gave them my info over the phone and they are mailing me out the lap band card - much easier over the phone.

My food for the day - br 1/3 c bush's baked beans,snack 2 wasa crackers, lunch 1/2 c chicken teriyaki, dinner 1/2 c cold shrimp with cocktail sauce, snack 1 all fruit popsicle. I need to drink one more bottle of water before bed to make my 64 oz. I weighed 217.2 this am which makes me down 3.6 lbs since Monday morning. I have been to Curves twice this week and will go again tomorrow. I took Yasmin for about 3 yrs and didn't have any problems. I took it straight through so I didn't have any periods. I stopped when I had the hysterectomy last March. Now I just take 1 mg estradiol a day. I feel much better. Tomorrow is a furlough Friday - only thing I have planned is to get the car washed and get the ping pong table into the garage for the winter - boy I live an exciting life. :)No money do to anything.

I going to the meeting on the 28th at Point West too. Glad to hear you are doing okay Maria. Today is my Friday and I'm getting ready to head home. My boss took me and two other people out to lunch today - I had an ala carte order of chicken teriyaki - was just perfect amount and was meat only. Yummy. Now I am sleepy. I am going to try to call and get my Lapband card.

Yay Maria - it's your Band Day! Glad to hear it went well and that you are home resting. You might try sleeping in a recliner tonight if you have one and take the pain meds to help you sleep. I'm so excited for you.

The lady who talked to us about the Body Magic suit had had gastric bypass herself and she said to wait until you lost the weight and it had settled before buying one of the suits. Won't it get too big Jess and Candra when you lose all your weight? It looked way too uncomfortable to me. Yes Maria is on her way to the operating room right about now. I am fine with only having this one thread. The single moms web thing I used to be on had different threads - ie trying to get pregnant, moms of toddlers, etc - the problem with that is if no moms are on the trying to get pregnant thread - who is there to help them? If only pre-op people participate in the pre op thread who can give them advice? It seems like the post op people dwindle off after a while and don't post much. Does that make any sense? I got on the scale today and was 218.2 - down from 220.7 on Monday morning - I guess it works when you follow the program. :redface: Still need to lose 3 more to match my ticker line so I don't have to change it. I am on a roll.

Hey I went to the Lap Band website to request one of those fancy id cards like yours Riley. I registered, but when I tried to request the id card it asked me for my temporary id card number - I never received a packet - so I called the phone number and the message said I need to know the model # of my band. Does anyone know which model they gave us - they gave an example of AP1? This is almost too much work.

I'll be thinking of you Maria. I had the 8 am surgery too - at least there's not traffic on the drive over. You should be on your way home by 1 pm. You'll do just fine. It will be over before you know it. I have this Friday off so let me know if you need anything.

I wonder if the body suit Candra mentioned for $170 is the same "expensive girdle" the lady was trying to sell us last night - didn't it cost $170?

Candra - I don't have texting anymore - had to cancel it with the third furlough day. Just glad to hear you are okay - I was worried about you. I am having a stressful day at work - nothing going right. I ate my 1/3 cup tuna salad at 11 am and I think I will take a little walk to get some fresh air to see if that helps.

Good Morning all- Are you feeling better yet Maria? Maybe your stomach pain is anxiety related? Deep breathes - you will be okay and the surgery will go fine. Call me if you need to. We ended up having our own little support group meeting at Elk Grove Kaiser last night from 7-9:15 pm. When we got there we found out the regular support group was having a speaker from San Jose - a bariatric psychologist who was selling her books too - and everyone going in to listen to her had to pay $20 so we said no thank you and sat at a table outside the room they were in. It was me, Heather, Liz, Nicolie, Maria, Maria's friend (can't remember her name) who is having bypass tomorrow in Richmond, and Amanda who had bypass and lost 130 lbs so far (she got kicked out of the other meeting when they realized she hadn't paid- rude). Maybe we should just create our own Elk Grove group? I'll try another of their regular meetings to see how it goes first. Has anyone heard from Candra? I called her last night while we were meeting and left her a message and now I am seriously getting worried.

Maria - when is your surgery? Your signature line says 11/23, but didn't you say 11/18? You will do just fine. Take deep breaths and call me if you need to. I will pm you my phone numbers. Candra - where are you - I hope you are okay. Eating my tuna and Wasa cracker right now - need to slow down and pay attention as my band is talking to me.

Good Morning all - The pictures are great - are you going to put them in our group photo album on line? I must have been talking with my hands in the one picture. It is funny how we still see ourselves in our brains - at first I thought who is that? then I was happy to see it was me - I am still really fat in my head. Is the Mindful Eating class at Kaiser the same as the Emotional Eating class? I took the Mindful Eating class at South Sac Kaiser years ago - maybe I should try it again. The time commitment is what makes it hard to take the classes that last six weeks. What is the actual name of the book you are reading Tina? author? I had 1/3 c baked beans for breakfast and have 1/3 c tuna salad and 1 Wasa cracker for lunch. My stomach is growling but that is okay - I have decided I am done messing around and I need to get serious - I got on the scale this am and I was up 3 lbs - and I can't use any excuse for it beside messing around and eating too many sliders. Time for be to be held accountable.

Dr. Im told me that 7 cc appears to be my limit and I already have 7 cc. He didn't say anything about me coming back to see him again - he said it's all up to me now - and that scares me. I know I have been eating too many sliders. I don't mind losing slowly - as long as I get to where I want to be. I had two bites of hotdog tonight and one small bite of breadstick at Target at dinner time and by the time we got home 10 min later I knew it was not going to stay down and sure enough up it came. I ended up having a bowl of cereal for dinner and have a headache now too. I made up tuna salad yesterday and I am going to thaw some shrimp tomorrow so I can make up my little 1/3 c bowls of food for the week. Guess I need to get on the scale in the morning too. Definitely need to make an appt to see my therapist too.

Yes, I will go to the 7 pm meeting tomorrow night at Elk Grove Kaiser. It is in one of the rooms across the hall from the Pharmacy downstairs. Not sure if I can stay until 9 but I will try. I had so much fun with you gals on Saturday walking and having lunch. I will be at the Point West meeting on the 28th. Ugh back to work tomorrow after being off 5 1/2 days. I did laundry all day today and the kids and I walked to the frozen yogurt place - about 1 mile round trip but I guess that is better than nothing. And yes I had non-fat frozen yogurt for lunch. I am getting back on program in a strict way tomorrow - I have found I can't waver a little bit - makes me give myself permission to waver even further. Need to head to bed. Great pictures from Saturday.