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Riley, yes it was on may 22nd, but i just got it moved to... MAY 7TH!!! TEN DAYS!!! Woot woot. That will be 5 weeks 3 days post op. I AM SOOO relieved. Now i just got to stay in onederland till then:) I ate my first 1/2 c bfast this am.. and i am feeling that full feeling again. So I think im gonna stick with 1/2 a c. Now if i get snacky again im gonna go back. But hopefully 1/2 a c will do the trick. Last night i got sooo snacky after the chinese i had a cheese stick.. but that kept me full. I get moved to softs tomorrow.. soo happy! I can't wait till thurs to see all my skinny buddies:D I say on Thurs we try to get a group photo, so then we can do one at every lunch date till we are all at goal, that would be cool. Riley I would love to meet up with u! Maybe we can all set a weekend date to go up and see riley? Anyone else wanna join in? You know what is soo sureal, being down 64 lbs since the end of November when i started my diet. I say on Thurs we try to get a group photo, so then we can do one at every lunch date till we are all at goal, that would be cool. Well I better get going i have to go to sacramento today, Audrey has her PREOP..:tt2: PLEASE Everyone pray for my hubby, he has an interview on Friday.. I REALLY want him to get this job, it would be located in Nevada City (where we grew up) So then we wouldnt have to move far away once he did get a job. PLUS, i need out of my moms house. Ive been here for 7 weeks, and i feel like its been forever. We dont even talk anymore. SOmehow im still loosing weight though. :thumbup:

singand_dance WElcome!! Welcome to the group. Most of us have been banded already, but a couplehavent:) ALL of us would love to talk u thru this. 1. Wear heavy clothing to orientation. 2. Liz will seem VERY tough.. all the way till u are done having surgery. Then she will try to become more of a friend, and helpful. 3. Call them daily for appts after ur orientation, candy can tell u it took her2 months from orientation to surgery. It took me 4, woulda been 3 but i had a trip:) 4. LOOSE as MUCH weight as poss AFTER orientation.:laugh: Come to our lunch. And there is a support group for at kaiser in sac the 4th sat every month:D Tina.. i bought tens, im about 1 inch from being able to button the darn things lol. But its my next step:D Yeah my fam told me i dont need to loose anything else, dude.. ive only lost 20 since band.. i have a ways to go!!! Everyone else.. ur doin great:D

Tina you are doing great:D i just had my 1/2 c of my left overs from lunch. That is one n ice thing about eating less we have WAY more left overs lol. What does everyone think of 12noon for lunch on Thurs???

Hi Everyone! Sorry i been MIA.. been kinda Irritated with kaiser, and have been busy. My fill is still scheduled for the 22nd. Which is basically 7 weeks and 4 days from my surgery day. I am not having any luck with the ladies.. so I emailed baggs.. I will be calling those women daily though!! And i get progressed on Tues so im gonna complain to robin. I am starting to find myself snacking again. For instance i had FOUR meals on Fri.. (yeah i got pissed:) ) Well something about it helped me loose an lb lol. So i am now off my plateu!! Thank the heavens! But then yesterday at the bday party i planned onjust having two deviled eggs, and i had 3.. plus a lil bit of my daughters sausage. Not enough to be 1/2 c.. but.. i didnt eat it in one setting, more like 2 or 3... not good. Today i have done well, i skipped bfast so i can have a late meal (snacking happens) We had PF changs.. OMG delish.. I had about 1/2 c.. yes i brought my measuring cup. I also had rice... well if u knowtheir lunch thats how they make the bowls.. on top of rice.. oh well, didnt get stuck. I am still on mushies, yes about 70% of it doesnt go thru my processor.. instead i chew for a half hour it feels like, but i chew till there is nothing left.. (it does happen) but I also try to eat more mushie stuff, like tuna, egg salad (tina tooo die for!!) i did try some mashed taters.., i made this like chicken dish and put it in the processor that tastes yummy, i add a lil cheese and sour cream and im in heaven, i eat a LOT of quiche.. I hope i donthave to give that up!!! I have had soup once when we went to Applebees, they had a chedder potato soup, and i got that cause its really hard to order out and about, and i knew that was a safe bet. These last two weeks have flown. Tina, I do NOT feel my band. I did once when i ate too much.. i kinda took a bite of hubbys and before i knew it his was gone......:laugh: it was just a beef patty but oh my soo yummy i learned lol. To me it felt like i had swallowed a golf ball, kinda painful. Oh i turned into a crab to lol. But ever since, i try to stay at 1/3 c but im officially gonna start doing 1/2 more since i am getting hungry more and more.. I am excited to be to softs, cause then i wont feel like im cheating when i puree things in my mouth:D THURSDAY!!! YAY i cant wait!!! Tina what is ur style i DO have some stuff.. not much cause i kinda went from 22 to 20 very fast then 18 and 16. Now im in 12/14. OOH today i bought some tens!!! If i lay down the button is only 1 inch away LOL. looove it! What time thurs??? Tina.. you are getting hungry very soon.. I hope when they transfer u to mushies it helps. I did get hungry at ur point also, what i did was pureed soups.. I also did pureed chilli.. well blended. A blender will liquify just about anything:lol: oh yeah dont worry about excersize right now.. shoot to atleast walk a lil bit.. but as christine will tell u this is our time to relax..:thumbup: Everyone else:) You are all doing Awesome! Cant wait to see u all on Thursday. :thumbup:

Oh yeah! Tina, i have a bday party on Sat.. the whole almost fam will be there.. Easter was easy everyone at Easter knew about my surgery.. NOW with this.. only 3 people know! Not even my dad! This shall be interesting. I am making deviled eggs tobring i think ill just eat a couple of the insides:D

OK your all gonna kill me! Can we PLEASE move our date to thursday the 30th??? My husband got an INTERVIEW!!! WOOOT WOOOT! On the first.. Let me know if thats ok:) I will have to do my inches tomororw.. never thought of that. BUT, get this i was a 22 in nov.. i am now a comfy 12/14... So since we have 2 mushie ladies, u two pick the restaurant.. :rolleyes2:

I love checking this site its soo uplifting! I am on a darn plateu.. who thought that could happen, when ur not eating:( Not i... I just wanna be under 200:( thats all:( Okso what is everyones vote, where should we go May1? Lookin for ideas:D

Glad to hear u are doing better!:smile: I wouldnt take the benefiber yet.. Robin said not to take it until 2 weeks post op. Let us know if it gets worse or changes:) Have a good nite Tina

Yes we will! I cant wait!!

Tina i am getting worried about u!!! Reggie u are doing AWESOME!!! Candy, you are soo close! How exciting! You girls are awesome. when is the next banding date? Anyone wanna do the 1st of May?

I know id probably be under 200 if my body knew how to do stuff properly!!! Tina, sticking up needing ironing sounds familiar. Puss doesnt. So im glad ur getting that checked:D I think a lot of things ar enormal.. u know bleeding a ton.. to having puss.. :crying: Mine are finally healed up yes:) Thank goodness, and i have no bump where the port is. I do still have glue on.. You are doing great! And u will love mushies:D I know i do lol. Talk to u soon girle!

HI MY BEAUTIFUL BANDSTER AND TO BE BANDED BUDDIES!!! Ok so i know ive been gone.. sorry:( Got addicted to a computer game, and then, went on vacation. Thanks Tina And riley for your compliments:) Love hearing people say they see the difference a lot i still dont, im sure everyone can relate:) Tina! Girl im soo worried about u! Red, Puss, oh no! Fever??? Bandage why is there a bandage??? so confused. I hope its nothing.. You are doing great! Riley! You are melting again! Dang i wish my fill was still in 3 weeks:( You are doin great girl! Christine, well we talk on IM, but ill say it here too, you go girl;) Ok update on me.. We went to SF for the weekend, well San Rafael to be more exact, I LOVE THE PLACE!!! Had seafood, did really good at not eating much lol. I am not as lucky as u ladies to feel it.. Infact i was questioning if i had one lol.. well i could feel it when i was satisfied after very tiny bit of food! And able to stop!!!! When i was a normal belly i could eat and eat and eat and eat and eat.................... Now i eat my tiny amnt, and here is the awesome part.. food tastes as good when u finish as when u started!!! Seriously i told my hubby hes all, oh it doesnt get that bla taste? I said NOPE:) dont eat enough to get to that lol Had my share of seafood this weekend, did get some very rude actions and comments from a waitress cause i didnt eat much or order much (bill still totaled 50) but i wrote her a tip saying dont judge i can only have up to 1/3 c of food at meal times.. what else, well tmi but im soo backed up that my tummy is harder then it was after surgery:( I was fine after surgery now im about 2 weeks without.. Yeah i took a ton of benefiber today.. lets see if that works otherwise i get to do something i dont even want to mention...:biggrin::crying::eek::biggrin::biggrin: I will not be making it sat:( i have to do my nieces bday party.. bla i know:( We need to plan our get together!!!

Salmon Chowder ok ladies THIS IS TO DIE FOR! Since i halfed the recipe.. and let the broth, milk, and creme cook to long it got a lil thick.. perfect for my mush stage.. but, he used itontop of toast lol said DELISH.. lol:)

Riley so glad u are feeling the fill!!! Darn it i just realized another nail is messed up grrr... i got a fill and came home and cooked, dumb me... Ok so, i am down 19lbs since surgery. And i feel satisfied butnot 100% i could keep eating after my 1/4c. I thinkim going to move up to a 1/3c... we will see... oh im 2 weeks 2 days from surger.. i better freakin be at 199 tomorrow!!! love ya girls!

Riley if you were to measure in a cup the amnts ur eating it sounds like its between 1cup to 1 and 1/4 which sounds fine.. :rolleyes2: 1000 cals also is NOTHING!!!:crying: I am doing good, the appt went very well, i bought me a new processor.. will see how it works... my first fill appt got canceled due to some new rule or whatever with appts, and now its not till the 22nd, which is 1 week and 2 days further then my original.. and im already starting to fell hungry between some meals, depending on what i eat. Oh well ill call robin if i start to go off the diet... I hope everyone is doing well.. sorry ive been busy lately, i found a new addiction lol.. christine tells me to lay off farm town:D

Hey ladies how is everyone today? Riley im sending u a message..

If it is pureed how can that affect us?? So weired. I am very glad ur scale is on the move again:) That is wonderful!

Oh my gosh tina i wonder what happened! You will have to email him and ask. I am so glad you are ok!!! You have soo many of us to talk to thru this:) Lucky you!!! I am 2 weeks post op tomorrow and 99% normal:) Candy you and reggie are to go! YAY! Then we move to post op threads:D How exciting!

Hi Riley! Do you have YIM??? Stuck on a strawberry wow! Well till the swelling goes down why dont you go back to mushies for a day or two?? I wouldn't do the shake, don't want to start a new habbit:)

So Riley have you told robbin you are back to eating salads??? Is she ok with it??? I think you were lucky, i am two weeks out tomorrow, and I am soo not full all the time. I have added pureed chilli to my diet.. and last night had that inside of the enchilada.. those have kept me full. But even then I am having to learn my new full... Tina i am thinking about you! I bet you are in surgery right this moment...:smile: Candy, dont worry about it.. i am learning these holidays are gonna be hard for a while. I think it will be easier once we have a sweet spot.. Love ya girls!!!

Yup bleeding is doing good, only spotted a very tiny bit so im a happpppppppppppppy camper:D Tina only 9 hrs till surgery time!! how exciting. You are going to do great! You are in my prayers!!

Hi! Yup im 203 even right now:) I love it!!:blushing: Well mom made my fav... chicken enchiladas and tacos.. the chicken enchilada is a very creamy sauce with chicken and stuff.. So i fed the insides thru the food processor and had a 1/4 c of that plus a lil bit of cheese.. but i couldnt finish it:) OMG, sooooooooooooo delicious. Before i ate i was looking at it like i wish i could have a full one and a taco! And i had my 1/4 c of the insides! OMG soo worth it! My 16 mo old ate more then me.. poor kiddo!:thumbdown: well we are going on our walk now...:confused: AND NO BLEEDING when i changed the bandage!! yay! Tina you are going to do fantastic! I am so excited for you! Yes the surgery is fast! mine was scheduled for 10.. i was on the table, looked at the light at 9:45 and then woke at 10:30.. so VERY VERY FAST!!!

Tina, the recovery period will fly, i say that and i was in recovery from 10:30 till 4. And it went pretty fast. The only time that lagged was preop:) How exciting!! I cant wait to hear how it goes. Ifyou are worried about the nausea tell dr baggs and the anesthesia guy. They gave me iv nausea med during surgery so i never felt nauseous. When you get there you also get a nausea pill. So, the head hunger i admit is pretty bad, but im gonna hold out. MY GOODNESS! My mom just went to the store to get some tortillas and brought back 3 more bags of chips. :thumbdown: Well happy easter everyone!

Tina im not telling anyone either.. well i have a handful who know.. i just dont want to deal with the insults, or downgrading of my weightloss. Im working my ass off here, and i dont need their negativity. So.. i was totally full but decided to eat anyways, because dinners at 4. WELL they pull out the food. My god head hunger is killing me. This is the first time ive been faced with this. Wish me luck:(

Just so you do know Tina, bring ur ipod you have about 1.5 hrs you sit in preop.. some of it alone.. enough to think.. Just keep with it when they walk you in look at that comfy table:) You are going to do GREAT!