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OH! Donna & everybody, I see than Run for Mercy has a full marathon in Sacramento on December 6th, too! I'm going to need something to train for ladies!!! Nicole you in with me??? Band of Buddies, Banded Buddies, depends on how "out there" we want to be! You pick the team name, Cap'n Donna!

So I went out "Nicoling" today, shopping for clothes & trying them on (no pics tho), and you know our girl is really onto something! I am TOTALLY motivated now! I was like looking at these little holiday dresses & trying on the 12s, of course they all fit and I was thrilled but then I thought, wait a minute . . . I won't be a 12 at Christmas! So I stared trying on some 10s, and you know some of them almost fit! So I said to myself, self, your mini-goal is going to be to get into a 10 by your birthday, which is toward the end of October. Do-able! And THEN I started thinking, well if I can get down to a 10 by my birthday, where might I be at Christmas 2 months later?? Pray tell, could I be in an . . . . 8???? Isn't that was comes after 10? An 8?? :thumbdown: BUT THATS TINY!! WOW this is WEIRD. So I actually bought a "birthday" outfit (both pieces on clearance at Penney's for 4.99) that's a 10 pants and M sweater, the sweater kinda fits now but will look better when I'm down another 10 lbs. The slacks are a true-to-size 10, I need to lose another 1.5 inches or so off my hips to fit into them (I have 12s in the same brand/style that fit me great now but didn't exactly fasten 6 weeks ago!) So my clothes-goals may be unrealistic, but I now have faith that I WILL get there! Thanks Nicole for the motivation!!

Donna that sounds like a blast! Hey if I can travel to Lake Tahoe to do a 10K, I sure should oughta be able to travel to Lincoln for a 5K, right? Maybe I can l hook up with my NEWLY BANDED buds Candra & Jes on the way & carpool like we did for Reggie's! They will be SO ready by then - can't wait!! Candra glad you are calm . . it was all just surreal for me once they got me in - which was within like 2 minutes of arrival - I just kept sitting there in the "spa" with warm towels and fluids and SMILING! I was SO excited :-)

Holey cow Tamra, you are rockin' it!!!!!!!!!! woo-hoo!!!!

Candra, here we go girl! I hope you are using your "successful surgery" CD it helped me relax SO much. Jes you are on deck!!! Heather you're going to be soon - sorry you feel funky-blah, I think it's all the negative ions in the air! It's been raining here for hours, we totally need it so YAY :tongue2:

Good morning Jess! We had thunder & lightening starting about 2 am, just rain now. We so need it! But the big annual picnic bbq of the sonoma county weight loss surgery support group is at 11, outside . . . we shall see how that goes! They will have a tent but its windy here too . . . . Well I'm going to suit up & walk to starbucks. You all remeber our motto from last year, about excercising in the rain? "I'D RATHER BE WET THAN FAT!" TTFN!

:laugh::party::cursing::party::biggrin::party:!!!!!!

You're a good mommy Nicole, and I've seen you be firm with her. You're not going to spoil her . . unless you make the same mistake that I made and not insist that they have chores . . . . . .

Your friend is an ignoramous! She's at an age when attachment issues are totally normal . . . .

YAY, 6:30 am on Monday was my time and day too! WOO-HOO that's a good sign Candra babe! Sorry I can't fit in one single more thing this weekend, I am go-go-go!!

Nicole hunny glad you are feeling better! How is that sweet Auds? Pretty darned hot there for that baby I'm sure . . . . La Chica, we TOTALLY support you making the right decision, and will totally support you all through the process! I am sure that Dr. Park went over why RNY is best for you, and I believe you've said you have diabetes . . . . well, RNY cures diabetes, so if it's 50/50 that's probably the best choice for your particular prese It's an endocrine surgery, while lap-band is not. So for you it makes sense! We're here for you either way. And as Liz says, it's only different for the first year . . . . we need support for the rest of our lives!

hahahahaha hee hee hee ROF right now Jes!!!!!!!!!!!!:laugh:

Hello my friends, happy Friday! Tina I am SO going to miss you! I will see you at our fill on the 24th tho - remember we are going to walk upo the hill across the street so get there early!!! Can you believe it, I am actually down a lb. today . . . . I love my Mirena for keeping MOST of my TOMs away!! I have been working really hard tho, I have the Lake Tahoe Marathon on the 25th-26th so have to stay in shape - doing 8 to 10 miles a day now

180.2! Yipee! I lost all of the water 2 lbs a day for the last 5 days - weird! Blood pressure was fine the whole way through . . but here's a clue, yesterday I started my TOM which has not happened for a coupla years so - hey! Hormones, plus salt I guess. WHEW I am glad that's over! Thanks everyone for you support. Have a great Friday!!

I had exactly the same experience with my first surgeon appt. - and I could not remember my questions either!

Hi ladies! Down another 2 overnight, so finally within 2 lbs. of where I was last week! Ay caramba . . . still pee-ing like a racehorse, can't stop and I have a VERY contentious public hearing in an hour that I am going to have to stay in the room for what will probably be 3 hours . . oh boy. Well I was getting back to my house noticing the pretty color of the leaves and the flowers and all this morning, and I thought to myself, gee this is how I used to feel right before I started with the TOM, got into the house and guess what?? Yes TOM! I have not done that since Mirena a couple of years ago. Never been so happy to get it, I have really been freaked about WHY I gained so much Water weight so fast! This explains at least part of it! OK gopt to go eat my Quorn "chicken" so I can do my meeting all afternoon - hi to the newbies, hugs to you oldies - Candra I was 1st thing Monday monring for my band too, I think it's the best time! As long as they were not on call all weekend of course, LOL

Sending up prayers and good wishes for ya Tina . . . . hang in there, they replaced 6 positions in our department so you may make that cut . . . . OMG girls I have NEVER peed this much in my LIFE!!! I can't even get a report typed out it's ridiccy! Like, I left a 1.5 hour meeting 3 times to pee this morning, seriously this is CRAZY

G'morning ladies ~ OK I was down 2 more overnight, I drank a TON of Water and diet cranberry juice and unsweetened herbal iced tea yesterday and was up all night again, LOL . . . . 4 more and I will be back down where I was. I was "good" with carbs yesterday, and fat, and calories (800), logged everything but when I did my analysis it said 90 grams of carbs! Did you know split peas have 40 carbs per cup???? Yikes! I also has strawberries AND cantalope yesterday, so I was way up on my carbs - and that is NOT going to help shrink my liver. So today I am going super-low carb, super-high water and not worrying about the calories too much. OK time to work . . . . see y'alls later!!

YAY La Chica, I am so glad! Now it's stime to start losing, I hope you had your heaviest clothes on this morning, LOL! You will LOVE Dr. Park, most of my friends up here had her for RNY and she is a DOLL. Jess has her, Reggie has her, let me see I know there are others - she's wonderful! Who was your surgeon speaker at orientation, and what is your next appt. for?

Monique, Candra and Heather have Doc Fisher, and Christine just had him for an unfill :-) The rest of us have Dr. Baggs or Dr. Park, and Pam has Dr. Im. And John we don't know! Jes - grrrrr!!! Go get em girl!!!!!!!!!!!:mad:

Our little band baby! Oh Chris THANK YOU for sharing!

Thanks Groupie! Isn't it weird?? My doc just wants me to come in and have my blood pressure checked today and tomorrow, and to drink a LOT of water - all my blood work was fine. And he says to avoid sweets and sodium, duh. I have no edema - pitting or otherwise - which just really seems weird if I am retaining water! Oh and he also suggested that I weigh in his office because it might be my scale, LOL - I can pretty much guarantee that his will be heavier than mine!! I have swollen before from eating an allergen - shellfish or iodine - but have had no exposure that I can think of. I will see what tomorrow brings . . . .

I was 281.8 on Friday, then inexplicably gained a HUGE amount - over 10 lbs!!!! - by yesterday. 192!! WTH??? It can only be water because I have not eaten over 1,200 - 1,500 calories a day, and it would take me like 3 solid weeks of 6,000 cals a day to gain back THAT much weight. WHY?? I have an email in to my family doc because this is scary! Has anyone else ever gained 10 lbs in 4 days?!!? Last time it happened was 26 years ago and I was preggers with toxemia . . . . Very frustrating that I don't know what it could be. I do not feel swollen or bloated, my clothes still fit, I DO feel kind of weepy so . . . maybe it's hormonal . . . . just depressing!

There was a freakin' second surgery team in the operating room for my surgery, they were from UCSF or SSF or somewhere SF . . . Dr. Baggs had asked beforehand if they could come in and observe and of course I said yes. I still think that I had no gas pain after surgery (well, besides the "recovery room elephant") because he was showing off to those guys and he squeezed it all outta me! SCREW THE CAKES, Candra. Learn to say "ME FIRST!" What a beotch. OK I lost almost 2 overnight, but am still about 9 from 5 days ago! I am also WEEPY as heck, something hormonal perhaps . . . .I have been feeling depressed . . . . I have not done that for a long time but maybe that's what's up. But still, 10 lbs! Who ever heard of THAT??? The last time I gained 10 lbs it was over a 2-week period, and I was at an all-inclusive resort in Mexico eating and drinking all freaking day long every single day for 2 weeks! I man, this is crazy.

Tina I will pee, hopefully going to bed will do it, LOL! Also I did not excercise until today (8.5 miles), I wonder if that has something to do with my gaining so much??