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jeez the economy is supposed to be looking up not getting worse!!! Tina i understand i was just telling reggie how my band has came undone and is floating in me.. its nuts

Good Morning:D Oh yes i know the cracker one.. It is horrible, but i do have crackers every day for lunch since mom took the toaster, but now i bought myself a new toaster lol. But, one cracker i CAN NOT have in the house is CHEEZE ITS! Oh my goodness!!!! I can eat those things RIGHT up! I also do not buy any sweets. My hubby is lucky thouhg i do still buy Pepsi, but hes lucky cause I never was a soda drinker so it doesn't effect me. Audrey i dont think likes this no food in the house life though.. so for snacks i buy her watermelon..(thats my "snack" item too.... and i buy her the 60 cal string cheese.) I did buy some flip sides but i try the will power thing but still they are only 14 c a cracker.. OK So Thursday it is!!!:thumbup: Should we do 12 or 1? What other restaurants are in the area??? Tina good job on the 2 lbs:D

Ok it sounds like Thursday the majority can go, so where do you guys wanna go and what time. Tina i know ur on a schedule, so you let us know what works:D I would say next week Chris, BUT then wed have 2 weeks of activities i cant do that. Cause in 2 weeks ladies most of us get a filler up! How is everyones old fill workin out? Feel full for 4-6 hrs?? Eating 1/4? Loosing 1-2 lbs a week? Mine is doing well i can eat the 1/4 protein and the serving sizes and survive about 4 hrs.. if i eat 1/3 i survive a hecka lot longer. I have been doing bfast really early and only a small lunch then dinner. I am still loosing 1-2 lbs despite i had chinese 3 times last week...... yea i was still a good girl, my biggest thing i do is the small plates it helps. And then take one piece of chicken from what you want instead of a scoop... I finally never feel STUFFED..:grouphug: But if i want i can eat more, so im looking forward to that being stopped. Hope all is well see most of you thurs, candra how old is the nephew we are all used to youngins..

Im planning on emailing dr baggs the mondya of and asking how long it will take and tell him i have somewhere in sac to be by 2. We will see. I hope he works with me cause if mike doesnt find a job in sac ill prob loose my insurance, right now they dont know i live outside of insured lines..

Tina how often are you PBing??? Doesnt sound good. I can eat anything and when i say that i mean it.. I dont get stuck and i can eat up to about 3/4 cup total food at a sitting. I still get full on 1/4 protein but i do have vegies and my grain. I am worried about you getting pbing often, i still havent pbed, just gotten stuck after my wonderful fill last time..

Well hopefully both of you dont get laid off or anything, it is so sad how many people are without jobs. AND did you know on unemployment you can not get food stamps!!! Its ridiculous. So this weekend was absolutely crazy for me.. fought with the moms boyfriend so issues there now, but oh well. Lots of stress and a yard sale. SOOO excited about the fill apt on the 25 hopefully we aren't there all day mike has a job fair in folsom to go to but he cant bring the kid, so hes coming with me and we are hoping to make it back:D we shall see. SOOOO Lunch date, are we on for Thurs or Fri, lets do a majority vote. I am open, and im pretty sure donna is open. Id like to try to get the most people there.. so please everyone post:D Thanks! Love ya girls.

Holy Crapamoli!!! Heather you poor thing. Take it as a grain as salt. 20 lbs in a couple of weeks is FANTABULOUS!!!! IIIIIIII AM very proud of you!!!! I have never ever heard of such a huge loss needing to be achieved. Would they allow you to maybe talk to another surgeon? I have seen people as young as 17 on these boards with bands. I am 24.. but i do have a daughter. But its not like they dont add a ton of pressure by pumping us with gas. WOW.. where do you live? If you want I will do a balls to the walls diet with you. Where we can log what we eat, excersize etc, and do weekly weigh ins, and maybe that will help keep you motivated to get to goal super fast??? I am sure more of us on this board would be willing also... Also i wonder if your dr would rx you phentermine to help get the weight off? Ok thats enough of my brain storming..:biggrin: Jess, wow girl you are sooo close to goal you will be there in a flash!!! Well ladies i broke down and bought the Active.. Got it for 45 on Ebay.. yeah im a deal seaker.. Im excited to try it, i read that people with knee injuries can do it. But im so bored with the gym.. i prefer my walks...

What i am motivated by is the weigh ins.. might be a good reason to join weight watchers, cause i live weigh in to weigh in... Plus, the fills.. i know that yeah right now i could probably eat and eat and eat and eat and eat since all restriction just disapeared during vacation lol.. but then i know in 3 weeks i get a fill.. and that could be the "sweet spot" so im excited...

Candra you will be at goal soo soon! Also a heads up, the Case Manager : Liz is who schedules your surgery, not the surgeon. I think it was Christine who went thru the same situation.. When is your psych appt?? So ladies, anyone ready for a get together? Hows next Friday looking for anyone?

Hi ladies! Christine so glad that you got on all the rides:D What did u do with your daughter? I cant believe its already Thurs, this week went pretty fast:D Mike didnt get the SJ job.. but he had another interview today in Natomas.. Hope all is well today!

I am also a Kaiser patient but for up here in Northern. The facilities up here LUCKILY do not require the 6 month class. BUT, it would be a good requirement. It took me 4 months to get my surgery completed, and yeah i lost a ton of weight before hand, because they have you diet before hand the 1200 cal diet. And you have to loose 10% to even meet with the Case Manager. So in a way they do have a diet. I have however heard that even if you dont loose on the 6 month diet you keep progressing for surgery. However have you talked to other southern patients? A year and half is a LONG time estimate. They always quote us 3-6 months. Plus during ur 6 month diet you should be doing the preop stuff... appts and what not. At your orientation as just how long it is going to take. And honestly it does all fly. I am 2 m onths post op and it feels like i went to orientation yesterday. Another option is self pay....

Tina maybe we can all go? Mike and i got season passes this year....

BTW i like Fart Head... Way better then some of the names i was calling him lol..

How fun i love amusements, and yes you should fit in all them no prob! I took a picture of my seat belt on the plane on the way to malibu mike thought i was nuts..... So i totally understand what this means to u:D Yes he has been home watching and smelling me cook all day. And yeah i woulda BBQ but mom wont let me pull our bbq over, so he bitched that it was a pot roast. My feelings are big time hurt over dinner. But so glad i got him to cancel pf changs i dont need the additional food. Never thought today would end this way. And like i told him, if u spent 1500 on a 4 day trip to malibu wouldnt u just say that was ur aniversary gift to each other?? I dont see why he feels the need to do more. As for food, hmm, before vacation i could fill up on 1/4 c canned chicken easy.. now im wanting more. I hope it goes back soon, (such a sign that i ate too much) I did do 1/4 cup of meat tonight but then i also did 1/4 c lentils. But i cant have carbs till i have a toaster back. And the beans were my "vegie" i forgoed the salad.. I am excited for our fill though! But now im worried who was it that just went? Tina?? It took 3 hrs? Did i read that right? Everyone told Chirstine it takes 1.5 hrs and they told me 2-3 hrs. So i hope it takes 1.5.. the lower end is always bettttter. Ok you guys im gonna go for a walk need to go talk to myself.. oh dudieda.

Today is pure hell for me. Mike and i are fighting worse today then we have prob all year. He wanted to go to PF Changs AFTER i cooked dinner and ATE! And he never ever said i have reservations.. So hes all pissy at me about it. I was so feeling good about myself for making my family dinner all day to have this thenhappen... Then, he tells me I RUINED OUR ANNIVERSARY.. Yeah im not a very happy wife right now. Im ready to throw in the towel. No wonder people become alcoholics! If there was booze near me id drink it.. since we cant eat! :wub: :crying:

Lentils.. how do u guys make these?? I bought them and they are sitting on the counter.... not sure what i do with them. I saw something about them...

Happy Early Birthday Christine! I bet yo uwill wake up at goal:D

Hi ladies SO i updated my blog, with info from the trip and a couple pics, i put about 100 pics on myspace but i know u guys arent there so i but them on my blog:D Today is my anniversary, we are stayin home though i am making steak, and since i have found salad again a salad with it most likely. I cant have bread anymore though, so im gonna have crackers instead.. my mom packed her toaster and moved with it, and ownt let us unpack our storage till she is totally gone(yes im not happy)... but thats fine i guess. We are going to go to the bay this weekend thinking six flags sounds like fun... Mike had another interview today it was a stage two so i hope he gets stage three. Hes had a lot of interviews lately so somethings gotta hit. I am excited about the 25th, i would have to say i was doing better before i went on vacation. I skipped bfast so i can have desert (pudding) for lunch i had 4 water crackers (60 cals) a laughing cow cheese 30 cals and some 1/4 c chicken salad not sure how many cals lol. that was my lunch... for dinner is steak and then prob a pudding for desert. I havent been on my water though today so as i say that im gonna end this and go get me 20 oz and get this stuff drank:D

Wow, how do I follow up Ms Tina!!! Can I have surgery again lol???? Ok! So I had surgery 3/31... and I am a Dr. Baggs Fan also!!! He is absolutely awesome, and straight forward. He is very patient, understanding and respects our privacy very well! He is also verrrry educated in what he does, and does not use that to persuade you into a decision, if he does I would listen 100000% percent!!! I remember I got on the wonderfully cushion table (yes it is pretty comfy) and told dr baggs to have fun with the video game... SERIOUSLY it looks like a video game, he just laughed. I think he finds amusement in us patients lol. Well if you are debating which facility to go to, which surgeon to fight for or to sign up with kaiser for surgery do it! AND if you aren't assigned Baggs call over and over (christine does this well) and get a sooner appt with Dr Baggs. You will not regret it! Also, Kaiser has a lil forum you can join, we stand by each other, meet up once or more a month when needed, and keep each other motivated. You are more then welcome to join us:D We love new faces. ~Nicole Larios~

HELLO MY BEAUTIFUL LADIES!!!! Ok so i am back, but too tired to read it all.. anything imp??? So i got on the scale it says 1lb more lol, oh well not bad for drinking wine and eating more calories then i have in 6 weeks....... oh well:) Back to the way of life! My dr appt got canceled for my knee she had a baby! Go figure!!! So im gonna call and switch PCPs to someone closer to me, all recommendations im ready to hear:D I need to get in, im starting to hurt thru the brace, and NO i havent been doin anything! Ok nite yall

OMG you ladies are soo chatty. I guess im normally in the mix so its not so bad lol. But sorry i couldnt read it all just scanned. Well i am sitting on a couch in a living room i look to my right and i see... THE GORGEOUS MALIBU OCEAN. OMG, ive seen dolphins, seals, fishermen lol a crab etc all out from my porch. I am sooo sad to have to leave!!! I am glad we got our reservation moved on us i love it!!! And ive taken a bath in a giant tub every night. So scale, um havent seen it, do i want to PROBABLY NOOOOOOOTTTTT... lol... soo bad. I had a cookie.. i know i know, whatever im on vacation. I have finally had salad. What is nice though is im not eating much, and even if i feel hungry i wont do it. So ive been good there. Drank all my water every day. JUst eating a lot of Lobster, Steak (yes goin down fine) and salads. Have stayed away from bread (lol cause of cookie) and no alcohol, yet. I have had soo much attn, people that saw me the end of Nov right before i started my diet the bride said omg you look like a diff person, ur gorgeous, and the groom couldnt stop noticing either lol. I have never had soo many "your gorgeous" compliments in my life. It was very nice:rolleyes: AND this guy totally flirted with me and we were talking about how i did it (you know eat nothing and work out ... lol)... I find even women act differently. The are more friendly i think. I had to buy a new dress yesterday cause mikes tux is lol get this PURPLE, lolololol oh my lol it is the funniest thing ever, his pants were capris, and size 40 (hes a 36) his vest couldnt button lol and the shirt chokes him... lolololol omg this is gonna be funny. But ok i went to pennys, and of course as you all know i was looking at L and XL and 16 and 18.. WELL Mike grabbed a dres that was 12/14 i was like "uh thats my pant size not dress size " hes all whatever try it on... so i did.. IT FIT, and looks AMAZING. Minus my bruised legs.. Anyone else dealing with bruises all over?? its getting old! I am ready for my fill, i used to think eh im fine, im ready for some restriction again. I cant eat more then a cup at a time total food, but i want a lil tighter. I havent pbed or vomited since being banded, just got stuck on that egg right afer my fill, so im thinking i have space... Hey tina i can carpool to the 25th....:cool: Sheena the 25th is our Fill appt, they do it as a group now. Ok ladies gotta go finish getting ready for the weddin... ill be home tomorrow and ill catch up again then:) Love ya all!!!!

ok maybe god wanted me to relax???? This is the vacation rental add for it: Beautiful elegant contemporary beach house, open floor plan. Taken down to the studs, quality workmanship and materials, exquisite master and bath, 2 ocean front decks, tastefully furnished, contemporary kitchen, top of the line all the way, bosh appliances. Available January 15, 2008. Available for sale at $2,050,000. Available weekly as well for $3,995. $9,000 for Single month. Hmm, 324 total paid for 4 days 3 nites.. LOOK HOW MUCH IT RENTS FOR HOLY MOLY...

Lol sounds good heather:) I was banded by Baggs but we do have friends that werent.. SOOOO now im stressed girls look at the email i just got: Nichole, that's great!! I'm glad you got the 150, we'll get the rest back to you asap... We are having a septic tank issue at the Inn and would like to move your reservation over to our private beach house. It's Ocean front in Malibu... very beautiful sunsets, walks on the beach etc. The address is 20454 Pacific Coast Hwy in Malibu 90265. Reservations were light for this weekend so it will work out perfectly. Let me know if you have any questions or need any help with anything... thanks, annie First they take out 256 more then supposed and now septic issues talk about stress me out.......

Wow another period! Oh my gosh, did dr baggs want u to have another baby or something!!! Jeez:D Havent you had 3 of those now? In a couple of weeks? And yes i feel the pain on shaving im about to give up! lol.. nite girl