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Yea Candi your back!! GIrl your too tight all the same stuff I had before I got my unfill. I waited to long thought and PB's to much and it swelled my stomach closed. Don't let it get that crazy. But yea it was three bites and sometimes even that would not stay down. I got to where I was doing the liquids to keep food down..............sounds so familiar. I was tired of being sick 24/7 and being afraid to eat...............even drinking water was a chore. Get some out!! Makes life easier...... I think I was good at 5.5 ..............6cc's did me in. I am 5cc's now but could use a bit more. I have just a touch of restriction right now!! Ah Candi so glad your back I missed you!! I haven't gotten the oil yet but it should come this week. I use them all the time..............ah the butter is my favorite!!

morning ladies!! Have a happy holiday!! I am going to work this morning..........gotta save my vacations hours to cash out if I get laid off So I am flexing my time today so I won't have to use my vacation for Denver this weekend!! BUt still the office will be nice and quiet so it won't be like an actual work day!! Taking MIchaela out to eat later for some girls time!! Dreading this coming week!! Layoffs on Thruday and Friday this week!! Wish the weekend could last longer. Band kicked in yesterday. I got stuck once. Gotta remember to chew well........................

Heather you have lost alot. But I do agree with you the more you go down the slower the numbers move. Your lucky if you go down that time of the month. I am up three pounds this morning and it will TOM soon.............as least I won't be up for the next fill since I still have three weeks. But I need to be down to get another big fill............ I am not feeling much restriction. More than before but not enough to notice a huge difference............might tighten up in two weeks :-) When I was at 5 before I totally felt it and PB'd often. But not that same this time..........I am guessing it is the weight loss that is the reason why I am not feeling it as much........ Ok working today!! Trying to flex my time so I won't have to use my vacation on Friday. I want all my vacation in place in case I get laid off. I will need to cash out my vacation..................

OMG Heather!!! YOu are really, really close now..........geez girl I gotta give it to you you are gonna conquer the 80 pounds and OMG your a rockstar. I so impressed!! Only 16 pounds you'll be there by the end of september for sure.......... Yea bad food day for me to. I feel bloated but it that TOM soon............so I know how it goes. The band tighters and I put on 3 pounds or so until it is over than it drops off. I only have three weeks this time to lose before my next fill so I gotta be on top of this....... Riley I am missing you!! Where are you?

Riley down another ten I am just catching up!!! Your must be so close to your goal now!! Wow. I am not feeling much restriction. Strange cause last time 5cc's is where I started to PB occasionally. But really I am fine can still eat bread and brocolli..........I can tell a tiny difference but really nothing like when I was at 5cc's before..........of course I am down 12 pounds since than. Maybe I need to get above 6ccs to feel it again..........last time 5cc's was pretty tight. But no PB's for over a month now :-0 Just having to be careful what I eat again..........I ate three piece of this tostado pizza today. Ah girls gotta try it..............pizza crust but black beans, cheese and they put a salad and tomatoes on top...........takes like a tostado but so good. Except for the crust I think I was ok.... Anyone else so thristy all the time. I have to drink above 120 ounces again........I think that is why I fainted. I got light headed to day but once I drank so water I was fine. No fainting...........64 ounces doesn't work for me I am still to thirsty. I drink like a camel!! 120 or above is my norm.....................

down one pound!!!! So officially 50 pounds down. Half way there. So ah...............maybe by January at my rate to be at goal (not the 180 safe zone, the 150 goal that I really wanna get to!! ) By april for sure I want to be 100 down......or 104 down from orientation weight. Riley: I probably will get to Kaiser Pinole a bit early too but not sure enough time to walk. Ah I think I will be there at............9am? I do know that hill I got lost on it once the first time I went there...........I was looking for a starbucks!! LOL. Took the whole scenic route!! LOL If you change your mind about Pinole let me know case I will do individual. I am coming to hang with my girl!! Told Dr. Baggs that and he laughed. Does he know you by Riley or Jane?? He acted like he didn't know you but I saw that smile.........and he looked at his computer!! So I know he does..........

Great pictures!! Looks like fun!! Oh Tamra well that just gives you more time to get ready for surgery!! You will like him he is really funny and easy going? He might even give you a lower weight. BUt the thing is if your struggling with staying on track now it is better to wait a bit. I have said it before some things are harder after the band..........I had a few days when I wished I had learned some things pre band............cause I got a crash course after. Like protiens. I finally have gotten this protien thing going.......I was eating to much salad. Now I eat my protien first than salad if it fits and I lost better.........but I was stubborn about it until my band got to tight for salad and than I realized why protien, protien, protien..............just take the time you need to really be ready!! I went from orientation to band in 4 months total..........a bit to quick looking back I could have used more time with the diet!! Got it down better :-) So no stress just take your time............and if you change your mind no stress either just be healthy either way!!

Tamra my mom also didn't want me to get surgery but I am really glad I did..................I did six months of research before I decided to ask for the referral. Lots of debating. I couldn't move forward until I was comfortable so do what you have to do.................either way!! YOu see Dr. Baggs this week right? You'll like him!!

NO I didn't tell Dr. Baggs. I forgot...................we were talking about something else. I know I should off I thought if it after I got off the phone. If it happens again I will tell him for sure!!

YEa true Jes by the time vacaville starts I might be at my sweet spot!! LOL. Good point!! LOL. Oh well!! I think once you get to your sweet spot it is every other month. than once every three months................ WOuld love to walk on the 24th. I wonder if Riley can? I know the group fill doesn't get over till around 11:30 thought. I don't think I can do lunch this week. I am off on MOnday and Friday (going to denver) I have huge deadlines this week before I go on vacation. We are trying to shut down shop..........I have all these committees I am on and I am suppose to be helping managment figure out what happens next and how can we keep kids safe with less staff...........ah geez just so much work stuff right now. HOw can I be on all these leadership committees but I still might not be able to stay?? Union for ya..........senority before ability sometimes!! Can we say RETIREMENT!! LOL We need some people who are burned out to RETIRE and I will gladly take their place!!

Hey girls I am 100% fine today. I don't know why that happened. Weird. I hope it never happens again. But with me you never know.......usually when I passed out in the past it was migraine headache related. LIke if I don't lay down when one is coming on I could pass out!! I don't get those kind of headache much anymore though...... I did eat breakfast and lunch..............subway was dinner. Just a fluke thing!! So yea nice day today!! Breezy and nice!! Got my house clean and laundry done we are headed out to the GReek Festival.........OPA!! LOL So glad to be away from work for a few days!!

Tamra I get messed up too if I don't have my food around....LOL. Hey Ladies I just got off the phone with Dr. BAggs . HOw crazy is that he called on a saturday. Was nice cause I got to talk to him a bit about why I did the band and told him my PCP was not to hot on the band.......he laughed and asked what she thought now?? He said she has been making referrals to him lately. I was also telling him my PCP saying they would be doing fills out here in Sacramento as some point and he said he didn' t know anything about that but he was willing to be part of it if it was true. I am gonna find our more. Didn't someone say Folsom was starting bariatrics? I told him that but he said he didn't know anything about it. He said he wants to be involved in anything in the area since he wants to be where his patients are!! He said if I find anything out to let him know because he wants to be involved. I guess he does trainings out here in Roseville area with the PCP's so he knows the area. ANyway nice to chat a bit when he is not in a hurry. Oh here is the reason he called. I told him that we would have people that would write or call Kaiser Vacaville to help push Richmond being allowed to use the facilities for bariatric purposes, including fills. He said they are somewhat reluctant and any help or encouragment from patients about us wanting to come to Vacaville would help. I have the names and am working on getting phone numbers or email addresses to match them. I think we need to flood vacaville with emails or calls. Once I get the contact information I will call you all. I am not sure I should post it online......or I will private message you guys. Who was the one who talked about Folsom?? La Chica. I need to do some research and find out if that is true. Would be nice to have fills here in town. I get the idea that Dr. Baggs would like to be involved in stuff closer to the sacramento area............I told him that even if they do fills in Sacramento I will still come to Richmond or Pinole unless he comes to Sacramento.........cause he knows what he is doing!! He laughed........ I told him that I when I got ready for surgery I was 100% ready did all the research for six months before........LOL. He said I know you were 100% ready........it was obvious!!

Yea do a ticker Jes!! Yea it was HOT in sacramento and I was waiting in a hot car for over an hour for my daughter. I drank that slurpee which should have helped but it was pure sugar I could tell...........than hadn't eaten.........we were at Subway to eat...........I think it was bad timing. Used to happen to me alot when I was pregnant I would go down. Reason I only have one kid the pregnancy was to hard on me!! LOL I gotta walk that bridge sometime. Looked really fun and the view is great!! Yep Donna I noticed your hair too and like it!!

Hey Candra I am on!! Just catching up on reading.......... I am going to a GReek Festival today. I was married to a greek guy and lived in Greece for awhile. So love the food and culture. My daughter is half greek so I try to take her to all the cultural stuff. The food is great but we'll see I get full fast, not stuck but full so that is weird. Strange thing happened yesterday. I was at subway and was fine than I passed out. I felt it coming slowly and I should have gone outside but I was paying for our food. I just went down. Fifeteen minutes later I was driving home and was fine. I have not idea what happened. I think it was to hot in their.........the only other things is I drank a slurpee down really fast a half hour before......I had to wait in the hot sun for my daughter to finish volleyball practice and the only thing within walking distance was slurpees or soda...........figured better go with slurpee.........I drank a huge one down in about 10 minutes cause it was so darn hot.............could the sugar and sun do that...........geez scary!! NOt to mention embarrassing!! But I have been fine since..........I hope that never happens again but I didn't get advanced warning it just happened!! Ok ladies have a great day!!

Yea I say just show up too!! Jes I didn't know about the heart attack. Wow you have come a long way. I think they will work it out just stressful. I think Dr. P has to do this for liability issues. LIke if someone goes wrong it is not totally her fault they will say your doctor approved it...........we all know nothing will go wrong but Dr. Baggs had me sign a million papers before surgery. This is all about liability for Kaiser and for her. Easier to share blame than to be totally at fault.............

Hey all Jes how frustrating!! It has gotta work out!! Really last minute warning though!! So why the PCP and cardiologist? I didn't have to do that............. Donna I wish you had met Dr. Baggs I was late so I didn't have time to come get you......It took me over two hours to get to Richmond cause of traffic. Usuall just an hour 1/2...............I even had to give up my starbucks on the way there!! I stopped by work to drop stuff off and took to long to get out of there............Poor Dr. Baggs I was 15 minutes late

Heather I always got a hard time when I tried to weigh at Kaiser here in Sacramento too................. Ok no bruising and down 2 pounds. Back to 205 this morning...............yea!! A bit of restriction but nothing shocking or really obvious yet.........well see in a few days. Riley where are you it has been to long?? I want to know if your coming on the 24th..............

Oh what did Robin say when you left? I didn't know. Maybe she thought we all went out to visit..........which is sorta true!! I missed the Robin thing I guess!! Ah I was planning to just say hello not come in but the desk staff opened the door and there I was!! LOL. Glad to so we could visit...... Yep I got back to Sac at 3pm. I stopped at Jelly Belly for 15 minutes the rest was driving and traffic. I got bad the later it got. Ok now the waiting game............waiting for the other shoe to drop one way or another. Candra I will send you the resume but gotta figure out how to send it. So what is up with your job? YOu wanna a new job too??

OH Donna logged on!! She wasn't hear an hour ago......Donna?? I wished I could do the bridge. I noticed the walking lane when I came over. Next time. Lunch too. I ended up stopping at jelly belly to get a present for my baby boys........my nephews!! I go to Denver to see them next week.......... Heather how ya doing? Yep I hope some poeple in my office retire!! Is that mean? They have all been around like 20-30 years. They are really close to ready to retire within a couple of years so...........maybe!! Candra youll love the baby spoons. I still use them. I had to buy some more last week since they don't go through the garbage disposal very well. They keep slipping down there....... Ah thanks for the skinny comment. I only lost one pound so I don't know if I deserve it but I liked it!! Made my day!! So much fun to see you guys you both look smaller. ANd I loved that dress candra. To bad you weigh less than me!! LOL Ok for once I want to go to bed early and actually mean it!!!

Have fun tomorrow Pam!! I would go with nachos..........I like them better!! But we all know what happens with nachos..........I eat way to many!! LOL Jes and Candra you guys looked great!! Excited for you'all. Can't wait till your banded!! Nicole missed you and your so nice sending me job postings. Thanks so much I am checking it out.......... Riley confirming the 24th?? group or individual fill. I was told individual.............but I think it is group right?? Anyway I am 10:30 so right after you............I saw you name and told them to put me in with you.............yea!! Well girls I am chilling so I am putting away the computer now!!

Hey Pam. Not so much painful but now I am really sore for all the poking. Nothing to bad though....... I am not suppose to eat salad. I was in traffice coming home. ONly thing I had in the car was salad I didn't want to stop and pull off. It was suppose to be my daughters but oh well...................I am back on liquids tonight. I am a bad girl!! LOL. I am chilling tonight. Feels good!!

Oh Dr. Baggs is trying to start a vacaville fill. He is working on it. He said to email vacaville because they think there is not a big interest. HE said if we all email them that might help it get done faster...........he is trying to make it more convient for us Sacramento people!! I will email him to get the email we need to send it to..............I would LOVE a vacaville fill site. I did like going to Richmond. I got to see LIz and Robin. I also saw Bev she was saying an office visit might be ok if I lose my insurance but labs are not...........she is also not sure if the actual fill is covered.............hmm. Oh ladies I went to get my eyes checked they have been giving me a hard time. I thought I had pink eye twice..........well it turns out that my eyes suddenly improved alot..........my contacts were way to strong for me and didn't fit well. It wasn't pink eye it was contacts not fitting right. The eye doc said he could not figure it out. So I am trying new contacts for two weeks to see if it is better. I can tell you after two days it is way better.........I can see clearly................no more headaches now I hope.......I asked Dr. Baggs if this was due to losing weight...........he said well if you have a brain tumor that would be a good diagnosis!! LOL. He is funny............ So ladies email the SAcramento County Board of supervisors if you can and tell them not to cut social workers in CPS or not so many anyway..........I am hoping for even 5-6 more workers not laid off!! Would make a big difference for me!! Everyone is sending emails in this week. Not sure it will help but who knows.................. Interview went fine. BUt the position will not be open until October 1, 2009. I got interviewed early cause they know my mom. The position is funded for October not September..........8 spots so ..............well see....... Ok ladies gotta clean this place up......... The good thing is by October I will know what is going on with the county so easier to make a decision than. My stomach is really sore.......that fill is sorta catching up with me. I feel like I did 500 sit ups. The needle kept hitting the sides of my port and pushed it this way and that........uncomfortable but not painful..........now it is sore............LOL

Wow no one on tonight? Donna I hope you make here in one piece. I got caught in traffic from vacaville on!! I made it home in time but good thing no lunch for me. So nice to see you guys even for a short time!! It is getting really close now........... So I got 1cc fill. So up to 5cc's again. I don't feel a difference yet. But didn't eat much today...........Skinny Vanilla Latte right now. Ok I had a really small salad on the way home. No problem at all....... Well see how it goes. I go back on the 24th for another fill in three weeks. Riley Jane I saw your name on the list so I picked it!!! :-) I was gonna do an individual one since I like that better today. Got more time to talk to Dr. Baggs cause he wasn't so rushed. So 1 pound down in three weeks. Whew that water thing worked Riley cause I was down three this morning. I got rid of that pesky two plus one more. I didn't want to be higher than last time...........well I didn't want to only lose one either but that was with jeans on. I decided I wanted to be comfortable. So nice to be away from work today.............enjoy it!! Dr. Baggs was funny again today!! LOL. He couldn't find my port. I mean he really couldn't find my port so it hurt a bit.........He said your gonna have a nice bruise this time........I told him I am ok if you bruise me but I better get a good fill out it.............I was still bleeding when I left and my trusty band aid fell off so I ruined my shirt.......oh well. I also told him that my hair is falling out..........in clumps, seriously in clumps now..............he said well you have lost alot of weight lately............I said one pound in a mongh.........I told him if I am gonna to lose all my hair I better get a good ten pound lose out of it......he laughed and said some people don't have any hair!! LOL. That made me laugh......

Hey ladies headed out to drop my daughter off than stopping back work to turn in my reports...........than off to Richmond. Crossing my fingers the traffic won't be to crazy today. Donna you must already be there by now............Candra and Jes exciting day today. I know the room your all in I will try to say hello...........afraid to stay for lunch so I will leave that to you ladies.............I have traffic on my mind today and I NEED to get to SAcramento as soon as I can........I am feeling like I am cutting this close but tomorrow I can rest!! :-) Nervous about the interview today....... Heather yep I am so hoping that some people retire or get other jobs. We have alot of people in my office that could re-tire.....but we'll see how it goes. Some people are interviewing for other stuff.........but mostly what I am hearing is people say is they are waiting to see what happens before they decide. Or maybe we will get a few positions given back and that would save my job......... Just glad I have a few days off right .............. Nicole did you go to Richmond?? Hmm I guess I will find out in a bit............ Good luck to all today......

I have to weigh tomorrow too and I am up.......drinking my water tonight. No CL!! My pre op I dumped all my vitamins on the floor. Liz said your in a hospital you can put them back in the jar.........LOL. Germs everywhere so I lost a whole thing of vitamins. Oh you get your spirometer tomorrow. I still have mine but I sure do hate it.............I failed the whole breathing test and guess what............breathing after surgery was hard too..............I tried it again tonight and I still can't do it...........i have scarring on my lungs from a bad case of pneumonia!!