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I am trying to be there tomorrow. I have a family thing tomorrow but I am trying to fit both in.................I might come for lunch if I don't make it to the actual meeting :-) Thanks Candra. I hope I stay a member of wonderland for more than one day!! LOL!!

I am under 200!!! Finally!!! I am now 199.9. I still need to get down a couple more to be safely under 200 but I can't believe it. 202 this morning and 199.9 this afternoon. I don't know why but won't complain. I guess my liquid diet is helping. Nothing solid staying down and I can only have HOT liquids or I PB. But seriously lots of soup and water and I am doing fine............ Woohoo!! I am in onederland!!!

I will have clothes for the exchange this weekend. Funny what 8 pounds down can do..........I went through 4 pairs of pants this morning trying to find something that fit. Everything got to big the last month...........I guess I am now out of Lane Bryant and need to find a new favorite store...........my 14/16's still fit and I can last with them hopefully for another month. But really I am doing better with XL's right now. I do have a stack of size 12 clothing my mom gave me a couple of months ago........not quite there........but at least I know I have some clothes waiting. I can't afford to keep buying clothes.........I need to clean out my closet again today after work. Ah ladies my house is a mess. I really, really need to clean it up this weekend!! I find it hard to be organized and on top on things with food and work when my house is messy..........all this leaving early and coming home late is taking its toll. Well going to bed early hasn't helped keep my house clean either...........:-P. I have to try to reschedule my life this weekend and get back organized and get the house clean.............having a messy teen doesn't help either...........so ideas on how to get organized and keep organized??? :-)

Morning All, Headed out to work this morning. Busy day!! Sent my daughter back to school today so I have to make up from being home yesterday. Glad I have a job......sad that many of my coworkers are getting pink slips today. Gonna be a long day in some ways I am afraid. I am down another pound this morning. One more pound and I will be under 200. My band is really tight I am having problems eating but the fluids are going down fine and I have protien shots so I think nutrition wise I am doing ok. I don't want an unfill and I know if I just lose a bit more that it will loosen up on it's own. I also like losing ...........and right now I am on a roll :-) So far 8 pounds since my fill three weeks ago. This is more like it......Maybe over the weekend I will get below 200. Than the next goal is 180 after that :-) Have a great day!! Riley thinking about you today. I hope that guy retires over the holidays. I am hearing alot of people here will retire over the holidays in our county.......I hope!!

Took a few days for me to go to the bathroom..........TMI but you asked. The port will hurt for awhile. Mine was still swollen at 6 weeks. But eventually it goes down and the pain fades out. I can still feel the port but it doesn't bug me unless I move wrong than it sorta hurts until I move again.....but even though I thought it would never stop hurting ......one day I just realized it doesn't bother me anymore..............

So sorry Riley I know, I know..............and I could use the emotional eating class :-) I will have to look into that!!

Yep sticking it out until I find something or get a pink slip. I need the unemployment to survive and I can't get that without a pink slip. So they will have to give me one to get rid of me. They are also hoping that some people will retire....... I am watching several job sites and will jump if I find anything. I check them daily.....but also looking for something outside my normal job description..........I think the medical field might be a good choice. I am headed to bed so tired.........ZZZZZZZZZ :-)

Hey Girls............not sure if I am getting the short end of the stick since I won't be on the layoff list this time. But still hard to settle into a job when I know I could get moved again. If not now than in January............was told today they might start hiring Americorp volunteers with only a high school education for CPS..........that is the new thing the board is discussing. Not requiring a degree to work at CPS to save on costs............ Yep two pounds away and really excited about that. Not sure I want a fill but I think I will keep the appointment and see what Dr. Baggs thinks. I have tons of sick time I might want to use!! If I find another job I will lose it so.................sure why not take a trip to the Bay area it will be a nice break!! :-)

Oh they announced the layoffs at work this morning.....42 more CPS workers will be laid off the end of this week. So that is 250 something CPS workers gone in less than a month............. I think I am ok this round to but another new position and moving to another office is likely............ Just waiting to see how it goes. I will likely be laid off in January or February though........sending out resumes and keep checking the hospital for jobs............ Goverment work is a bit unstable right now?? NO??

Candra don't be to jealous my head hunger is playing mind games with me. I really need to stick to liquids nothing is staying down.............I tried again today to eat and it came back up. I need to go several days without a PB.........at this rate with my head hunger I am not winning the battle. I want to eat something not drink something. MOnica the port will hurt for awhile but it gets better. I also slept in a recliner for about 2 weeks........I was mostly just really tired and sore for almost a month. Now I feel fine.........Of course I am six months out now. But by 6-8 weeks I was totally back to normal.......not just getting fills and losing slowly. I really, don't think a fill is a good idea. I am thinking 5.5ccs is it for me...............I think I am done. I am 202 this morning so two more pounds and I am under 200....... I keep telling myself that at 198 they band will loosen up so that is my goal...........hopefully the liquids don't mess with my metabolism!! So far it is helping though...... Me and this crazy band........

Hurts to much to eat right now...........letting things settle. I had the flu this weekend and all the throwing up made my stomach swell. So my band is really tight. I don't want an unfill so I am trying to chill and let the swelling go down............if it doesn't in a few days I might need to get some taken out..............I think it will go down. The flu and the band don't mix well though.........

Hello All Just working and trying to stay on course. My band is to tight the last few days. So weird it suddenly tightened up..........it has been three weeks. But doing the liquid thing. I have lost 5 pounds but I need to lose more so I can loosen this thing up a bit.... They announced more layoffs today. 45 in CPS. But no forloughs. I think I will survive this cut too. But barely and I probably will get another transfer..........this is riduculous all this moving from job to job. Well headed for a bubble bath and bed soon :-) Hang in there Tamra I totally hear ya girl!! Try to call Kaiser and see what they say..............

Have fun Pam!!

Hello Wantshealth. You and I started out at the same weight!! Same BMI too. YOu must be about 5'5 or 5'6 right?? Exciting your on your way. Yep you said it. Work is uneasy. Perfect word. Fits exactly. More layoffs will be announced on Tuesday this week I think. Forloughs or layoffs on the talble. I don't know what they decide but I think forloughs might be better. But like Jes said I have no control over what happens..... Well I am home with the flu today. I was thinking the band was being picky but after two days of nothing settling right I have decided I have the flu...........Hoping it gets better I don't went to slip my band. Just nothing staying down so I am giving up and going back to fluids for a couple of day........yuck, yuck yuck!! But at least it is the weekend so I can rest and sleep it off!! Have a great weekend all!!

popsicles and jello here too!! Other than that I didn't want anything to eat.......................mostly slept all day the first few days and ate a bite or two when I got up. Truthfully I was to sore to wanna get to the frig so that deterred my eating too..........getting up and down was a pain so I tried to stay put as much as possible...

LOL!! Candra I am down to a 36 from a 42 but cup is still the same too!! LOL. Sadly everything doesn't shrink!! I am so tight today I can't eat anything. Protien shakes I guess. TOM so not a suprize. Nothing staying down at all today. I just don't think a fill is a good idea for me....if I was any tighter Water would be a problems. Nicole hang in there girl!!

Heather I don't know but I won't re elect them!! LOL. I am just sorta watching the mail for my layoff notice. I am already ready for the forloughs but I am actively looking for other jobs too........... I am sorta just sitting on it and seeing how it goes. I am pretty mellow right now. Just sorta chilling and seeing what happens I think there will be lots of changes for me in the next year..........I am losing weight again!! Happy about that. This celexa has me totally mellowed out.............:-) Feeling pretty good about life at this point. Just know changes are a-coming for me........... Off to the hospital tomorrow to see two pos tox babies. Both for marijuana so not gonna take the kids but gotta try to get the mother's into some kinda of treatment......wish me luck!! :-)

Oh I got asked to be back on the leadership commitee at my new office.............I guess my reputation as an advocate preceeds me!! Not sure yet if I want to get that involved............

Well I don't know what is going on with the county right now. They are going to start forloughs in two weeks. I am suppose to get a lay off notice by the 23rd...........I have to accept a part time position or quit. Not sure how it will all turn out............they are layin the whole county off and hiring them back part time only.......... So I am considering my options. ............I will probably stay until something better comes up but I am sorta tired of not knowing from day to day if I wil have a job. That and CPS really is messed up right now without 222 workers................things are falling apart. I think the political games are just as stressful as the actual job. I am sorta getting to old to get involved in all the drama.................I think the county lives the drama. They keep sending us more layoff emails and telling us to tell our unions to back down immediately.......again like I said stupid games!!

Yea even with Baggs I sorta felt a pull to go RNY.......but he didn't really push me either way. Just the statistics made me think I should go that way. But Dr. Baggs did say being a vegetarian that RNY could be a problem for me..............but even when I asked him to pick he said no.........you pick!! I wanted Dr. Fisher for the reasons Candra said. HE started bariatrics at Richmond and that impressed me......but I am glad I got Baggs his personality fits mine better..........

I loved Baggs!! But orginally I wanted Park or Fisher.......I took Baggs because he was the first appointment and I lucked out!! TOM for me too and I am cramping like crazy too!! Hoping my weight drops after. No wonder I was craving sweet the last couple of days. Where is everyone!! Or course I am on finally and now no one else is here............****feeling sorry for myself****

Job hunting right now............checking out Kaiser. I don't know I am sorta liking my new job too. But I am not sure about the long hours..............to be honest things have been slow lately at work. I was bored yesterday. No pos tox babies born so I sat and waited all day!! From what I hear when things speed up you get 2-3 babies born in one day!! Feast or famine I guess. I asked for more work yesterday cause I was bored and my boss said we have no new cases yet today so I waited until 5pm and still nothing...............but I am waiting for that feast day where I have to much to do and to many babies to deal with..........

I bet you get a fill Candra.....I lost 12, gained back 4 .....So lost total of 8 and still got a 2cc fill the first time..........so up to 5cc's pretty quick...........I am 5.5cc's right now and at my sweet spot......I will see what happens in a a couple weeks ................but right now I can't handle another fill. I am down 5 right now.......another 5 in two weeks?? I don't know but if I keep losing I will want a fill .................. Missing everyone. I am home with a sick kid so I am catching up on everything..........yea!! I so needed to catch up and get my place clean............ I agree this band is a good thing for me!! So glad I did it!!

I have to eat slow and pause between each bite..........that is the only way I stop in time. IF I get to talking to much or eat to fast............I PB every time. What is really hard is eating out. Like last week I ate to many chips and salsa before my food came. I only took two bites and was done............my friends were like you don't like it........I did but I boxed it to take it home. Akward to sit there and not eat with food in front of you and people worry your not eating..............I try to remember to pace myself so we all get done the same time. Geez I didn't think the chips would fill me up..........wrong!! Really awkward moment.............since they don't know about my band!! Anyone else have that............I couldn't even take tiny bites to try to fit in...........I was to close to a PB to chance it........... learning new stuff all the time..........

Yea broccoli gives me trouble even when I didn't have a great fill........... Yea Candra. I have to pause between each bite and sorta "feel" if I can eat more.............there is this "feeling" like one more bite and your gonna PB........don't know how to explain it but I certainly do know when to stop..........sometimes I push it and pay for it though. I get the hiccups but after it is to late. LOL. I wish I got them before like you Pam. Candra I am six months out now and I think the last 6 weeks or so I just started to realize when to stop. I mean I just sorta have got the hang of it...........takes some practice I think and learning the signs and just knowing your body.........and I found the post op diet hard too.........I started salads way to soon I know that for sure...........I didn't do to well on mushies and softs......once you get a fill you will be good!! LOL. You just can't eat much even if you want to...... I was mad a few days ago cause I bought subway and only got 4 bites before the full hit.............I felt I wasted my money..............and I wanted more than that...........but I truly was full............head hunger. I ended up eating a few more bites for dinner and.........took me all day to eat a 6 inch...........maybe I should have given up............but I did eat it in a day.....before I could eat a foot long in 15 minutes....... So the band does work even when it pisses me off it does...........LOL!! :-) No more subway for me though. Waste of money I don't really have...........