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I just talked to Maria and Heather and I will pick her up tomorrow. Candra - can't you call in sick to your bridezilla and come with us? See you guys tomorrow.

Candra - sounds like you had a frustrating day. I was maid of honor once, but it was pretty low stress - I only remember dress fittings and helping set up the hall before the wedding - none of the drama you are having to go through. Gonna miss you tomorrow. Nicole - what a great picture of you and Auds - I need to make an appt at Penney's to get our pictures taken - we do it every year - I can only hope ours is half as good as yours. Way to go Pat - woo hoo ! I have lost track of all the new friends we have on here - maybe after I meet some it will make sense.

I think you meant congratulations Pat. Sadly I haven't done anything to be congratulated about. My daughter and I rans some errands today and I will have to pick my boys up soon. Here I have been off three days and the only thing I have done around the house is clean my upstairs bathroom and take naps. I am so freaking lazy. I decided to skip going out to Faces with the singles group tomorrow night - there's like 30 people from the group going and it is out of my comfort zone - maybe next time. I had 3 leftover chicken nuggets for breakfast, a crunchy taco for lunch and a peanut butter cookie. I did really well yesterday - had tuna for breakfast, tuna for lunch and baked fish for dinner. I took my car to Costco yesterday to get the tires rotated and ended up having to buy two new tires - had to get my mom to meet me there to pay for them. Anxiety starting again - already freaking about Christmas. Haven't heard from Maria about tomorrow yet. Heather and I will definitely be there.

Liz - I am going to ride with Heather - it will be easier for all as she lives about 10 minutes away from me. Maria - sorry to hear you can't make it. Riley - love your new picture - makes me think I need a new hairdo. Nicole - glad to hear from you - can you make it to the Sacramento support group the Sat after Thanksgiving with Auds? Candra - I was sad to see you can't make it - I have never heard of someone doing so much preparation so far ahead for a wedding. jeez. Can't wait to see you Donna - it has been too long. Heather - I sent you a pm with the directions to my house - or if you want me to come to yours just let me know. I tried eating half a toasted bagel with peanut butter on it for dinner - got a little over half of it down before I realized it was a bad idea. What is it about our brains that causes us to make bad choices even when we know better? I was going to make tuna salad but the thought of more tuna turned my stomach. Gosh I am bored with food. Although I am off tomorrow and Friday - I still have to get up at 6 am to get the boys to school. I am going to try to make it over to Costco tomorrow to get my tires rotated-not feeling it right now but really need to do it.

Tina - Faces isn't an exclusively gay bar anymore - anyone is welcome - I have never been but I know people who have and they say it is fun as it is non judgemental atmosphere. I am just finishing up at work today - got here at 1 pm and we are almost done with testing. Gotta pick my kids up at my parents' on the way home. Who is riding with you Heather? It might be easier for Maria and I to ride with you as we all live in Elk Grove.

Anyone who is meeting in Vallejo have an approximate time we will be heading back to Sacramento? The over 40 Elk Grove singles group I joined is meeting up at Faces downtown Sac that night and I haven't committed yet if I am going. I went to a get together at the organizers house last night and got home at midnight - am tired today. She made vegetable soup and I had a bowl of that, a small piece of garlic bread and a small brownie. Didn't have any alchohol, just my water with Hawaiian punch lemon berry. Did you decide where Maria and I need to meet you guys Liz and Nicole? I have to go into work tomorrow afternoon for a few hours to test some data before our system conversion goes live on Monday a.m. I'm getting comp time that has to be used this week so I will work Monday and half a day Tuesday and I am off Wed, Thurs, and Friday.

I will be picking Maria up and heading up I-5 and then I guess going 80 West - where do you want us to meet you? Somewhere safe to leave my car if possible. :thumbup: Are we meeting in Vallejo at 1 pm?

Yes, I can pick you up. Send me your phone number in a PM and I can call you to get directions to your house etc.

Canolie - great - where do you want me to meet you on the 14th? What time. I'll send you a PM with my cell phone number . I'm excited. I'm eating chicken salad for lunch right now and it doesn't like me - think I ate it too fast.

Any room in your car Liz and Nicolie? I will help with gas. Is your car just going to Vallejo or also to Sonoma? Sorry to hear you have are sick Tina. My boys got both flu shots at the same time and my daughter got the seasonal flu shot and the nasal H1N1 - I got the seasonal shot - none of us had any effects from it. I was worried my daughter might as the nasal one is not completely dead. Maybe you picked something up at the hospital? Yes, Dr. Im is really nice - I think I am the ony one in our group who had him as my surgeon?

Hi all - What is the plan for the 14th for the people coming from the Sacramento area? Are you meeting up with the others in Vallejo after they come back from Santa Rosa? I think I need to see my girls - who is going from this area?

I think after a certain point the band doesn't get looser as we lose weight. The max you can get filled depends on the person. I have 7 cc in my band and that is probably as much as I will ever have according to Dr. Im. So maybe you are too tight Tina. If you can't eat solid protein I would be a little concerned.

Riley - you look great in your costume- what did you use for the litter part of your candy container? Heather - you look great in your costume too - did you do any yodeling? Candra - I thought your relatives moved out of your house to their own? Can you move the treadmill to somewhere else in the house? Maria - it was great to meet you. Sorry I forgot to come out of the classroom at 1 pm. And to think all this time our kids were just 4 classrooms away from each other. Is the guy in your avatar picture your son? How long does he have to be on crutches? I took my kids trick or treating in our neighborhood last night for about 1 1/2 hours - I ended up eating 3 mini candy bars which I justified was okay since I had just walked 1 1/2 hours - back to my old habits. jeez.

Candra - I have all of the Fridays in Nov free - just have a dentist appt on Nov 6 at 2 pm. Don't change your bridge plans on account of me - I could always sit and read while you do the bridge. Not sure if I can make it anyway. I have another migraine today and my ear hurts - darned wind.

Congratulations Beatriz on being banded. Your band journey has now begun. Remember to rest as your body needs to heal and recover from the surgery.

I have all the Fridays off in November Candra - maybe we can meet up in the middle. I will have to bring my daughter with me as she is off track all November. I have a dentist appointment on Nov 6 at 2 pm, but I could do something that day as long as I am back at 2 pm. I took my kids and got them their regular flu shots and their H1N1 shots at Elk Grove Kaiser after school today - I have to wait until later to get the H1N1 after the priority people. Taran got the regular shot and did the mist for the H1N1. Both boys got shots for both.

Are the migraines related to your hormones? Or could you have an allergy to something that is triggering them? I get migraines if the lighting is too bright or from driving at night or if I haven't eaten. Luckily they are not as bad as yours - I get the aura and then sometimes the headache, sometimes I just get the aura. Makes me nauseous. I had 5 shrimp for breakfast and 1/3 cup chicken for lunch, plus a small bag of cornnuts (220 cal) and one mini Snickers. I can't make the bridge walk as I am deathly afraid of heights and couldn't walk out on to the bridge for any amount of money. Thursday doesn't work for me either as payday isn't until Friday and I barely have enough gas to make it to work until then and no money left

Heather - the EG Kaiser support group is Mondays - I think it is at 7 pm but I am not sure. I can't make it tonight as I don't have anyone to watch my kids. I felt better mentally yesterday - took my daughter to a birthday party at Funderland by the zoo. Thanks for missing me Tina - I really should have gone- it would have made me feel better. Riley - it doesn't sound like you have a "man" but instead a "boy" - whining already - doesn't he realize what a great person you are? I think part of my issue is I still have not resolved my deal with my teacher friend. I asked him if we could talk without kids around and he said sure - hoping to have that talk this weekend. My daughter is off track the month of Nov and so is he. My food today is - oatmeal for breakfast, shrimp for lunch, and I have an applesauce.

Sorry I missed the meeting and lunch today. I didn't sleep too well last night and was in a bad/sad mood this morning - couldn't mentally get myself to go anywhere. I don't what is up with me. I had roasted chicken for breakfast, peanut butter and crackers for lunch, a few dark chocolate covered raisins, and shells and cheese for dinner. Went to my daughter's harvest carnival at school yesterday from 5-7:30 - I helped set up and clean up so didn't get home until 8:30 pm - Hopefully I will wake up in a better mood tomorrow.

There is a bariatric support group meeting on Saturday Oct 24 from 11-1 at Point West Kaiser across from Cal Expo. There are a lot of lapband people at the meetings. We break off into bypass and lapband groups part way through the meeting. You can find more Sacramento area lapbanders under the Kaiser Richmond Pre-Op thread too. I live in Elk Grove and was banded in 8/08.

Candra - I say we use our home scales. I don't even know when I will be going back to Richmond - he didn't say he would see me any time soon or later - my band is as full as it can be unless maybe I lose 20 more lbs so unless I have a problem I guess I am on my own. Not sure that is a good thing.

I slept in my recliner for at least 4 nights - was just too painful to lay in bed. The port area will hurt for quite a while - that is where the biggest incision is and the port is stitched into your stomach muscle. I drank as much as I could tolerate - I never measured my liquids.

Candra - sorry to hear you didn't get a fill, but the doctor knows best - don't want to cause damage to your band or your stomach. Yep, it is the head hunger that will kill us all. We are such emotional beings. I am bored at work today and all I can think of is lunch and I am not even hungry yet. I really need to concentrate on sitting up straight - don't know why I am slumping, but it is causing my port to poke me and make it hurt. I bent over to pick something up kind of quickly and got an immediate jabbing pain as my port hit my ribs or something. ugh.

Good Morning all - I thought I could eat a small piece of garlic bread for dinner last night so I ate it and then ate about 5 pieces of cheese tortellini - big mistake. The tortellini came up first and then eventually the garlic bread too. Lesson learned - guess I forgot I had a band. This week I am trying something new - 1/3 c chicken salad for breakfast and a Lean Cuisine for lunch - it has worked so far - I was down a pound this morning - now only need to lose 3 more to get back to where I was. Who else is going to be there on Saturday at Point West?

Happy early Birthday Riley! I will be there on the 24th at Point West. This weird weather has given me a migraine - yuck.