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Tina: glad you are taking this whole change well. YOu are doing great... and im sure you will have the best short cut all mapped out! Pam: Sorry its gonna be 2 weeks, can another surgeon give you a fill? Call for cancellations.. About your son that breaks my heart, what are they doing to our kids! You know i never see geometry in my life.. why is it so dang imp that they get it shoved down their throats to the point of bringing teenage boys to tears. It is in my opinion RIDICULOUS! Gosh ive taken algebra and college algebra 2x each now, and if i had to retake math i bet id be right back in algebra. That stuff is hard, and never sticks! Heather the reason you are different is because you are amazing! Look at your results! Riley good job on your walking:) SOrry about your joints! You are going to do great this weekend! Oh girls i walked today lol, we walked about almost 4 miles.. but what we did was walked to coldstone, got some, ate it and walked home.. Ok ok i know i have an issue:) Guess its time for a detox. Bla. Its just so yummyyyyyyyyy:)

Oh no i also had a small salad before dinner, probably 1/2 a cup worth of lettuce about 10 min before dinner.. and then with dinner i also had spinach.. Yes i do find it easy to get back on the bandwagon, but i also notice i dont gain when i fall off. I used to gain it all back, now since we cant have as much of anything and we wanna eat things that will satisfy us you tend to eat those and then you just dont have space for as much of the bad things.. Hope that helps:D

Monique: well at my first surgeon appt, he just asked which surgery i wanted and gave me a goal weight, well i was already 30 down so he said don't gain any of it back.. and said i was free to see the CM SO if you've lost weight you could end up getting a CM appt... But he might touch ur tummy, as you questions, its pretty easy and fast:D Bring your binder:D

If you have an addiction to sugars you could have a huge problem with rny...

Hi Pat! Welcome to the group. I love my decision with my band. You know the nutrient thing scared the crud out of me. Because, a lot of people die and get sick over that stuff, its pretty serious. We have to take 1 vitamin and calcium (and im guilty at forgetting it..) they have to take like 4 or 5. Thats too much to me. We also loose at basically the same rate. As long as you arent eating sweets all the time (guilty) I know this whole group, is keeping up with RNYers very well.. and we absorb EVERYTHING:) One good thing about the band, is it is changeable.. ie lets say you go to black angus with your husband, and you see the menu OH MY PRICEY ok well you guys can order 1 meal, and get an extra side of oh i dont know spinach.. lol:) ok so you got the lobster and prime rib, he has the prime rib minus a inch piece and you get most of the lobster tail. Guess what your full. Ok but because your husband is nuts he says lets do a desert.. ok whatever you do it.. ok if u had rny sorry that is out forever.. Rny cant do sugars.. we can. I love my band. Even when i get off track i still loose an average of 1.5 lbs a week. I get full off a little bit, but i also could eat more if i really wanted.. Ive never pbed over eating too much, pooey lol. Now the downside of the band.. fills, they dont hurt though.. Its actually really nice to be held accountable via dr visits like that.. plus you develop a nice relationship with your surgeon. Im sure you know we all love ours:D Pbing.. this all depends on if you are too tight.. its not to bad all you do is open your mouth and food comes out. kinda easy super annoying. For example i was too tight after my fill and was havin issues for a while, when i pb i dont loose weight, not sure how that one works... but now that ive lost since my fill im able to eat again. Here isa good thing though ive had one meal and some snacks (the lobster/steak meal) and im still full... OK tina! Im so proud of you! You did a lot in a little time.. i miss chattin with you hope your around now.. Donna how was your day? Heather, its ok to take time off just be sure to keep weighing:) Jess good job on the wieght loss girl Candra, it could be you arent injesting enough.. our bodies are kinda mean.. I miss you all:) I did a lot of exercise today left at noon, walked to the mall and to black angus you all saw our meal.. then we walked to the bank hair salon then the mall walked it for 2 hrs then watched Up.. then left walked to target, then michaels, then the halloween store.. HEY CANDRA, wanna go to a halloween party? Im looking for something i know you are hip like that lol:) Anyone else?? I really wanna dress up this year and have fun.. it would be my first year ever.. Then we left there and walked home, so all in all we probably walked between 6-7 miles.. pretty good id think.

Water is a very good drug of choice:D So last night i didnt take a sleeping aid.. and of course i was up till about 3:30 idont get this. Why cant i sleep! I think i just never really noticed it before.. because now since i took the sleeping aids i actually fall asleep lol. Oh well it sucked i woke up with a migraine and not wanting to get outa bed. Then my banbino came in with bannana and wanted to jump on my bed lol. So i just sent our team info to all my friends and family to try and get some financial support so please noone put that we are BANDSTERS on there:D Im sure we all know why:) Im hoping to get some donations.. Ok off to sunrise..

Heather i agree with april you are a huge inspiration you are doing amazing!

Tina: We are up to .... nothin. We are watching james and the giant peach right now. Will prob walk to sunrise in a while. I unpacked another box.. probably will list the remainder of audreys stuff up on ebay.. tryin to get rid of it:D OUAC only gave me 26.00 for a handful of it.. So i seperated it into two piles 0-9 and 9-24 and then i got the 4 seasons photos of winnie the pooh:) Hello Ebony how are you?

Tina i am glad you got some sleep:D

ok good nite girls!

Very quiet i agree.. donna and i are on conference everyone log on YAHOO INSTANT MESSENGER!! Before simply sleep says helllllo:D

Tina! I am very excited about your new job. How exciting new area new clients no office. Yeah kinda sad exactly the clients you will be working with, but i love to say it, if i wanted anyone dealing with these poor Innocent babies coming into the world, you are the PERFECT person! You are compassionate and caring, and also FIRM at the same time, you can handle it. AND you will be saving kids from a very very sad lifestyle:D GO TINA!!! Canolie in the meeting when you walk in the door we all sit over on the right side as if you are lookin at the tables. You will know us.. we all talk like we just got done talin an hour ago:D Hey btw are we walkin before meeting again girls?!!?!

Hello ladies... So i worked out:D Youd all be so proud:D I am. lol. Cookies really can encourage:D lol So i did the tready for 30 set it at the variation so i was walking at 3.0 running at 5.6 then when that was done if i wasn't sweaty enough i inclined to 15 and put it at 2.5 then up to 3.5 yeah that didnt last long lol back to 2.5.. did that for 5 min then weights. April congrats on the weight loss! That is great:D Canolie, i dont think the point west is orientation.. They have started a new step.. a like information seminar.. after that they go onto the orientation in richmond... and then the rest. I dont know if id schedule with the Nut and psych your dr refered you too cause they have to be the bariatric team.. I think tamra? and someone else had to go thru the new steps.. For me i had surgery 4 months after orientation but i was at goal weight within 4 weeks. Could have had surgery 3 months, but i had a vegas vacation planned:D A lot of us were all under 4 months for surgery:) It is fast..

BTW I CAN EAT WAY TO DAMN MUCH! Ok thats it for now.

Canolie welcome to the group! Stick with us! Those who do make it far:) Candra doll you are normal. I didnt wanna eat post op, but i did, because it was exciting to see just how little i needed. ALSO, i got nauseos.. but i also didnt ever do protein shakes.. your gonna hate me for sayin this, but if you added the cals and carbs from that and the cals and carbs from what jess is eating i bet shes eatin less... Even with just a 1/2 shake.. But good job for not tasting what you baked.. thats a goooood job:) But yes your normal, at this stage its more of a Fun to see 1/4 stuffs you turkey stuff:) Jess good job:) Im so happy for the both of u!!! Donna: lol you are such a mother figure gotta love it! Tamra always take your binder. They send people home if they forget it. Chris went to my appt with liz, and liz said where is your binder, she said this is nicoles appt, liz said i dont care bring it to every appt... so thats good to know:D Ok im gonna go to the gym you all just motivated me oh and the 2 cookies i had at dinner:D

Exercise?? whats that? Oh my ive gotten lazy again lol.. hmm.. thats not good huh. Hey hey i have an idea.. i did laundry! I chased a 2 yr old to the bathroom.. uhm i did dishes! oh wait i didnt i did the kitchen around the dishes:) hmm i vacumed.. thats about it. I will attempt to go running tonight.. i just have no energy lately at all. Very proud of you mrs donna! Yeah im no riley lol.. she does enough exercise for every one of us on this board!!!:biggrin:

Heather: the hair loss sucks i know:( Im so sorry, you are looking beautiful:) Jess: Have fun at the mall:) Candra.... the cakes... you are being very brave.. Remember to try and take breaks:) Id have to say though you are a good friend. Riley: Good morning:) Hope everyones havin a great morning.

Isnt the meals right now just amazing!?!?! :biggrin:

So where is everyone:) How exciting for both of you, i cant wait to start watching ur tickers:D

LOL you will be fine!

manokini! What the heck is that lol

I never knew that! Is it something you are born with or can get as you live life.. remember girle im 50% italian..:biggrin: And i have become a bruise magnet. No matter the day i atleast have two bruises on me most are bigger then a silver dollar, its really lame. Even my knees were bruised the other day.. yes my actual knees!!! And no there was no reason for them to be besides unpacking..

Hey candra good thing he lied to you, if he ever bitches about scars you can say "they looked cool remember!!!!"

Maybe he put them all in the center so as she looses they arent in the "extra" skin... because mine are all in the center.. but they cant be any lower.. my bottome one is like 2 fingers above my belly button and within 5 inches is the one below the boobs.. and the other is in the middle. No wonder you were scared about scars candra! i didnt know he did six.. they will all heal just fine:D

Candra, you look like you were beaten up on the surgery table! Seriously! Oh my goodness. You poor thing. No pain meds seriously!?!?! You poor thing i feel so bad, you are pretty bruised. do you bruise easily?