momcof3

I'll come with you. I'll see if I can get a fill on Sept 3 too then I will be in Richmond when you and Tina are. You can come in with me to see the fill if you are done with your class.

They are much better about actually answering the phone in the Richmond Bariatric office now - so if it past the time they should have advanced you and you haven't heard from anyone - call them and ask. When I was going through this no one EVER answered the phone - you had to leave a message and they never returned it. I blew it and had cake and ice cream for dinner - just a small piece and about a cup of vanilla ice cream - I bought the ice cream for my son's birthday and my mind can't stay off of it. I'm going to call Richmond tomorrow to see if I can get in to get a small fill - my restriction seems to be gone - or my band is being lazy. Now Tina and I are friends on Facebook.

Candra - didn't mean to cause you to worry about the port. Mine only sticks out sometimes. I don't have a scar in between my boobs - it is to the left and I can hardly see it. I'm gonna dvr Oprah tonight so I can see - thanks for the heads up. I e-mailed Dr. Im and asked him if I needed to call to make an appointment for a small fill and he said to call the office and get an appointment. I guess I thought when he said he'd see me in 2 mths that they would be making the appointment for me. My kids are bugging me about making dinner and I have no clue what I am making - I have to make a quick trip to the store tonight - still need to get a few school supplies that the schools requested today. Can't they all send the requests home at the same time so I don't have to keep making trips to the store - I was already at Wal Mart at lunch - couldn't find a graph paper composition book. I am now friends with Candra, Heather, Nicole, and Donna on Facebook - is anyone else on Facebook?

Wow, my chatty girls - you wake up when I go to bed. Does hummus have a lot of protein? I can go to lunch Saturday after the meeting. I just e-mailed Dr. Im to see when I can go in - I think I need a small fill - since losing the last 3 lbs this weekend I am not feeling much restriction and I need more as the work I am doing is pretty tedious and is giving me head hunger. Candra - the alternative to having five small scars could be worse down the road. The poking out port is more what I am not thrilled with. Boy I am drowsy this morning - guess it is time to eat my breakfast - I have my laughing cow cheese wedge and about 10 wheat thins. Already drank 16 oz of water.

ok, I figured it out - I accepted your invite and was able to see the pictures - what cute kids. I think I will always have my thighs too, but now they will be like jello.

oh yeah - my facebook address is momcof3@frontiernet.net - if any of you have facebook ask me to be your friend and I will accept - I don't know how to ask people to be my friend.

Candra - am I doing this right? I clicked on your avatar picture to go to your profile page - I don't see the pictures and I am not listed as your friend (and I know I am). I am a little technology challenged lately.

Candra - where are the pictures you were just talking about? I can't find them. Are any of you on Face Book? I finally am, but I can't figure out how to invite someone to be my friend. Great picture Heather - you look so cute. Gotta run a quick errand at lunch.

Who's going to be at the Point West support meeting this Saturday? I am going to be there - need to see my girls. I too am seeing a therapist - went every two weeks for four visits and now I am waiting a month to see how I do on my own - see her again on August 28. I need to e-mail Dr. Im to see when my next appt is - he told me 2 mths when I saw him on Jun 25, but I don't see any appts scheduled for me on-line. I have lost 11 lbs since I saw him on June 25 - not sure if I want a small fill or not - definitely not feeling any restriction today at all - I was even able to eat half a piece of meat pizza for dinner.

I DVR Ruby so it taped at 3 am today so I already saw the new one. I am watching Big Medicine now and this lady has some serious hanging skin and is going to have surgery to remove it.

I need new bras too - the girls are heading south - I think I lost my first weight in my boobs. I am not feeling much restriction today - I had my Laughing Cow cheese and 8 wheat thins for breakfast - half a energy bar at Sam's (a tasty) and an ice cream cup - and I was able to just eat a whole small banana with no problem. What the heck? I am going to make up some chicken salad to eat for lunch this week - it keeps me full really well. After all my excitement this weekend, I think I need a nap. I am watching "Ruby" on DVR right now. They are talking about dating.

Congrat Riley on the 100 lbs! Wow Heather almost didn't recognize you - wish I could be a fly on the wall when you go to Richmond to see their face. I didn't notice your hair loss much in the pictures Tina. You are looking great. Nicole - my friend who lost a lot of hair on top got a hairpiece and I couldn't even tell it wasn't her hair - I was wondering how her hair grew back so fast. The pictures from yesterday were great - wish I could have been there. I will be there this Sat at Kaiser. I had a wonderful time with my college friends and my friend from Austria - and the bbq with my other college friend and her family went good too. I've decided to let my ill feelings for her go - life is too short. Somehow this weekend with all my cleaning and business I managed to lose 3 lbs- wow - too busy to think of snacking - gosh I can't wait to lose 9 more to get to 199. Keep up your good work my lap band friends. I couldn't keep going without you all.

Glad to hear you are feeling better Tina, but know you didn't want that much taken out, but if you didn't do something you would have become dehydrated. I had an awkward experience this afternoon. I stopped at Costco on the way home from work to pick up a few items and tasted some tri tip. Then I got a frozen yogurt there and headed to Sam's Club (didn't find what I wanted at Costco). I wasn't quite to Sam's Club and felt like I was going to get sick. I ended up pulling over and pbing out the door - apparently the fro yo couldn't go down with the tri tip in my pouch. So while I am in Sam's Club I feel like I'm gonna pb again- I quickly looked around to see if there was a trash can that wasn't near a tasty table - no such luck. So I had to grab a plastic bag people put there bagel packs in and hide around a corner to pb, not once, but twice. Jeez I felt pathetic. Guess no more tasties for me.

Don't worry, I won't be having any pasta, salad, or bread - will just have some meat sauce. I was bummed that Reggie's event fell on the same weekend as I would definitely have gone. Have fun and take pictures.

Nicole - I would definitely check with your doctor regarding your hair loss - have you had your thyroid checked lately? I still loose some hair each day, but I have baby hairs that are growing back in - some of them are a few inches long. I am having three guy friends from college and my girl friend from Austria and her 10 yr old daughter over to my house tomorrow until Sunday - I have been cleaning and doing stuff like a crazy woman. I am making spaghetti, salad, and bread for dinner tomorrow night. One of the guys knows I had surgery and I am going to ask him to keep it to himself - I haven't seen the other three for at least 10 years and won't see them for a long time so no need to go there. I doubt anyone will notice I am not eating much anyway. Gosh I wish I could leave work now - I still have so much to do and would really like a nap.

Donna - I didn't go on any rides at Six Flags - I am afraid of heights so that leaves most of them out. I start work every day at 6:30 am so I can pick my kids up at 3 pm when they are in school - plus the traffic is better earlier. I went over to AAA on my lunch break to get my insurance changed over to my "newer" car. I improved the coverage some and increased the deductible a little and it ended up being $100 less per year than my mini van. I had checked with Geico, but they wouldn't insure my house because I have a trampoline. So I stayed with AAA. I drank a protein drink for lunch and just had 1/2 bag of corn nuts 110 cal , 2 g protein. Boy am I full. At least I figured out I was full before I ate too many. Amazing what happens when we actually listen to our bodies/pouches. Gotta get back to my spreadsheet I am working on.

I was going to DVR the show, but forgot. I can't watch it every week, something about it annoys me. I spent two hours yesterday afternoon comparing car insurance rates of different companies and ended up just staying with my company - the other rates were either higher, close to the same or only a few dollar less - not worth changing companies. I never worried about dying when I had my surgery - I had a hysterectomy 5 mths before my lapband and that was much worse. I have a laughing cow cheese and 8 wheat thins for breakfast and a protein drink for lunch. I'll check back later when everyone else wakes up.- I am at work.

Boy, it took me a long time to catch up after not reading for 4 days. Camping in Petaluma was fun - didn't have as many pb incidents this time - probably because I was afraid to eat solid meat or anything that might cause a problem. I have officially stopped eating cherries - after the last pb I am done with them. We stopped at Discovery Kingdom for 3 1/2 hours yesterday on the way home - way too hot. I'll check in later - have to go to a meeting. Keep up the good work ladies.

I'm not doing well with my resistence muscle today either Riley. I did well earlier today - a laughing cow cheese and 7 wheat thins for breakfast, a protein drink and 3 cherries for lunch - then I went to the grocery store at 4 and had a snickers bar on the way home - I was shaking - maybe low blood sugar?, then I had an It's It icecream thing and then we went out to dinner - but I only had 1 fried zuchini stick and one small onion ring. what the heck? I am making potato salad for camping and still need to pack - need to wait for the load of laundry to be done. too much to do, not enough ambition to do it. Can't wait to sleep in tomorrow - furlough is bad for the budget but wonderful for sleeping in.

you can rinse your mouth and spit the water out. I'm getting ready to head home - boy I feel like I need a nap. I am down a lb this week - which still puts me at 74 lbs as I was up almost a pound. Maybe that is a good sign.

Boy my band is not happy tonight - I had 7 wheat thins and a laughing cow wedge for breakfast - no problem, then a protein drink and a small banana for lunch - little bit uncomfortable after eating the banana, tried a small amount of spaghetti noodles with butter and parmesan for dinner - ate half of it and gave it to my daughter, went out and watered flowers, came in a pbd the noodles. I guess that is why they say no pasta. I just ate a slider food - small ice cream sandwich. Need to get back to making my food for a few days ahead of time. Guess why this is a learning process.

How exciting Candra - the next month before surgery will fly by. I left work at 12:30 today to meet my parents and kids at Roseville Toyota - my dad traded in my van and bought my mom a new car and now I have her car. It has half the miles on it that my van did and is in much better condition. First time I have driven a car since before Tristan was born and he will be 15 next week. We stopped by and saw my fertility doctor as we were near there - I just love that man - he is so cute and gives the best bear hugs - I got four of them while we were there. I have known him for 17 years and he was my doctor for me getting pregnant for all three kids. I seriously had a crush on him - even though every time I saw him I was in the stirrups. :ohmy: I am trying to do laundry, boil potatoes, and get ready for camping on Friday.

Wow Riley how can you even get that much down? Sounds like you definitely need a fill. I can't even get 1/2 a hamburger patty down. I had 1/2 a nachos supreme from Taco Bell for dinner and was stuffed, but then I ate a Hershey's bar - jeez is my mind warped or what? I think I was still under 1000 cal today though. My oldest son and I went to our second Teen Skills Class and he wanted Taco Bell afterwards - I can do the nachos as they are crunchy. He was happy I couldn't finish it as he got the rest.

good news - my lunch stayed down. doesn't take much to excite me :biggrin: I'm off to return something to Sam's Club and then home.

I don't count anything that comes back up. I just ate 1/4 c of my lunch and it is talking to me and I don't think it is going to stay down. I told myself to wait and eat it later, but it was calling my name so I ate some of it. big mistake. sometimes I like this restriction, but most of the time it is just a pain. I bought some of the protein drinks from Costco that have 30 gr protein - the ones your husband drinks Candra - I am taking some camping with me this weekend because eating while camping equals problems for me for some reason. gotta go to the restroom