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Welcome Temp Tubby and LaChica Stick on this site this is a great support group here!! I had orientation on December 12, 2008 and surgery on April 13, 2009. I had to lose 12 pounds which I lost in a little over a month but I put my surgery out cause I went to AFrica for almost a month. My surgeon and Liz strongly encouraged me to go own my trip but told me not to gain weight. or my surgery would get cancelled. I mostly stayed on the diet but had to eat rice just case that was what they served mostly in AFrica where I was. But I lost about 10 pounds over there so I was down 25 by the time I had surgery. I also had to walk everywhere in Africa so that helped me lose weight fast over there!! :-) Good timing. Best decision I have made. I have lost 44 pounds I think need to check my ticker again!! I changed it this morning!! LOL. LaChica: LOL about your dead weight I did that too!! Smoking good thing you quit cause no surgery until you quite and they do a nicotine test before surgery. No caffiene or carbonation although I drank diet coke until the day before surgery but nothing since!! Also how do you know your goal weight already. They usually tell you that at your surgeons appointment? A word to the wise DON"T lose weight before orientation that is your starting weight!! Wait until the 14th to start. Stick with this group you'll do fine we can walk you through this!! I recommend Dr. Baggs!! Just my preference

Reggie girl I can hook you up with clothes. I have three trash bags full on new and almost new 18/20's. Business and casual. I would to ahve you take them off my hands!! :-)

Oh going offline until later today..........

Morning ladies!! Off to work really busy day today. I am down another pound this morning and I had that darn ice cream yesterday. Fat free ice vanilla milk or something like tht but still ya know I should not have done it. I was just so done with trying to eat another meal yesterday after lunch. Gonna do better today but I bet I got the higher calories yesterday helped out!! I always do better a little higher. For me when I PB I usually get that pain that nicole is talking about and I try to wait for it to go down so I get thee calories in. But at some point you know it won't stay down and you give up. IF I get the hiccups I know it is over. It doesn't hurt and it just sorta comes back up.............but it makes me gag when I do that cause it is a gross thing to do and that usually makes everything come up. I was reading yesterday about a soft stop. Old time bandsters were telling me that you need to figure out your soft stop like, brain freeze, hiccups, headache, nose running.........they gives you the stop quick signal. Thinking about that today and gonna try to figure out if I have a soft stop!! But 6 pounds down now in two weeks. I hope this keeps up. THe more I lose the more the band loosens on its own and than I won't need an unfill. Have a great day ladies........

My nose runs after I PB how weird is that ?? I finally ate the insides of manicotti tonight and it was yummy and fine. I need to buy some ricotta and tomato sauce and make that again. I did that post op it was so good. I gotta find options that work. I didn't get lunch today cause I couldn't make it stop sticking............... ANd here I am up at 12:15am. LOL. I didn't drink enought water today and woke up thristy. I agree with Heather I need to move the water up more. Since my last fill 64 is all I can get down but today I only got 40 and I am feeling it..................loving my water.

LOL!! I thought it was funny until I realized how much it calmed me down!! Yep they do say some funny things and i was like..............OMG are your serious!! That sounds awful..............but I don't know puts you right to sleep!!

Yea I laughed about it alot the first few times I listend to it..........ya know......" the wonderful, caring surgeon who is very skilled and helpful".......will now slice you open!!! LOL. Kaiser propoghanda I called it!! Of course I added the last part!! But after a couple of times listening to it..............I was so sold on it. Totally calmed my nerves cause that last week pre op is anxiety haven. I went back and for............I want it, I don't.........but that CD ah.............totally chilled me out. Seriously put me right to sleep too. I had it playing during surgery on my ipod and I still listen to it when I can't sleep some night...........I do the affirmations now which works for anything......... Reggie next weekend I have my 14 year old daughter. I could come but not sure about her.............I could try to find a friend for her ...........will there be other kids there?

C25K!! I am to fat for that too!! I did hurt my knee!! So glad Liz veto'd that. I will again in another 30 pounds. WHich with my current eating habits could happen anytime soon..............barely ate today. Protien shakes are my back up when nothing stays down!! Protien shake 1/2 Wheat thins: Yep 16 down the hatch no problem at lunch L: tried salad. no go Baked potatoe. no go D: Ice cream 1/4 cup and it went down just fine. I was tired of trying to keep food down today and calories are NOT problem today. But I am eating slider out of frustration so I need to talk to Dr. Baggs this is not right. I need to keep 1/4 cup down at least right??

When is the petaluma walk?? I don't think I even know that!! Not sure I can get all the way over there but maybe. Ah Candra I am excited for you!! That will fly by. Yep I did the pregnancy test too. I thought it was funny cause I was so NOT pregnant. I talked to much and laughed at the lab tech when he asked if I was pregnant!! LOL. If you need anything................let me know. When is your pre op? Start listening to your pre op CD when you get it. It helps with nerves alot!! I even had it playing in surgery which I think Dr. Baggs thought was funny..........he kept asking if he was talking to loud!! I was out before I answered him............... Well off to the store. My daughter needs more toilet paper!! LOL. She is driving me crazy......we are down to two rolls and it apparently is a panic situation!! Ah Nicole Auds is almost 2 this is normal!!! Terrible twos!!

YOu will like Dr. Baggs he is great!! He has suddenly gotten very popular!! I agree he is nothing but positive and honest. And he gets right back to you when you email him. Very on top of stuff. I am gonna try to get in next week. I want .25 of this fill out. I barely ate today and I don't think this is right. I can't eat a 1/4 cup anymore. I only 2-3 bites of anything and half the time that doesn't stay down. I decided driving home today after three attempts at lunch that I am to tight. I will ask him what he thinks. I don't want the whole fill out but just a tiny bit so I can get in 1/4 a cup!! LOL. I am having a hard time deciding but I want to see what he think. If is only 14 days till the next fill appointment and I bet I could wait. But some days I think I can't wait that long....... Budget...........the whole meeting was about how they can't say anything until the 20th because they don't want to create panic. They know..............I told them just throw it out there that is only fair to those of us on the list but they were firm.............they won't tell us anything but there will be layoffs the end of September and it will be bad. Geez they know they need to tell......why bother with a meeting. Candra!!!! Post something!! Want to know the details!!

Yep closer than ever!! I just hope it goes faster than usual to drop the weight............ I always have a few days of up and down before I get firmly to any weight........... Well going to a budget meeting in 1o minutes I don't think I will be happy when I am done.......

Yea I am not wanting a fill right now!! I am on my morning routine of slowly drinking this morning.......... I am down 5 pounds since my last fill. And eating two meals a day right now and doing ok with that. Breakfast is just a no go right now............. Yea I wan't PB'ing two much the end of the last fill. I was doing better. So I think that is why I got the fill. THings were starting to go down easy again. But there is a HUGE difference in my fill from last month. Huge difference. IT was like I got slammed into my sweet spot!! LOL. Not minding it to much though. Just my food intake went down dramatically and I didn't know I have to mess up some to realize I couldn't eat as much anymore. I am wondering if I need to go to the next group fill but I am waiting until right before to decide. I don't need a fill right now but if I go down a few more pounds I might loosen up and that is what I am waiting to find out. 4 more pounds and I hit 50 down 8 more and and I am in onederland!!

yea why do you want to switch doctors? ANd who do you want? I sorta went through that. I wanted Dr. Fisher but Dr. Baggs could see me the same day due to a cancellation so I went with him. I was sorta unsure but I like him so I am glad I stuck with. I wanted Parks first cause she is a woman but I am totally cool with Dr. Baggs now!!

working late here........... Donna I can't do lunch this week. I am on vacation next week and am working alot trying to get everything done so I can go..............thus the last nites. Now next week.......LOL!! I am worn out tired. My band is bossying me around today!! No, no, no it says all day long.............disagreeable thing!! Nothing is sitting right but soup which I had for lunch. I got a salad down today but went slow............yummy. This morning.........hmm.............i guess I didn't eat until about 12 cause working on the water going down and that was slow........... Coffee for dinner and tried pizza (pull off the veggies and cheese) but did not get much down. Not a great choice. Didn't help I laid on the couch to watch the news and fell asleep................laying down and the band.........well don't lay down until your sure you done eating for the day. LOL> Never mind I fell asleep at 5pm!! LOL. I know I need to eat something more. But I fell like calling it a day and letting the band have it way this time!! It has to show up on the scale here soon huh?? I was done a pound today to 209. Ah for the above menu the last few days my band owes me about 5 pounds don't you think.. Not hungry though. Today I was for lunch but in general the band is to onery for me to want to argue and fight with it!! Ok just let it have its own way. Sorta disciplines me although it is not entirely pleasant to not give in to head hunger!! Why can't I have a wheat thin.................cause the band says No, no, no you don't have the stomach for it!!! LOL. :-)

MOrning ladies. Heading into work. Heather I agree thet sub prime mortgages messed things up and I know a couple of people who got trapped in all of that mess. So glad I didn't try to buy inthe middle of all that. I thought about it. I think that the problem with the whole country is greed. I think people at the top CEO's and even our own Board of Supervisors and are taking these huge bonus's and letting the companys and counties go down. ANd yep even the mortgage lenders............they are long gone withthe money!! Crazy stuff. I am not sure it matters if the money goes to CPS or the Sheriffs ya know? I think either way there are huge problems. Sheriffs will probably have to start removing kids with us either way. I do know that CPS is really trying hard not to remove kids right now. They are trying to leave them inthe home to reduce the foster care budget. This is how it always goes when the budget is tight. Kids will die and than we will be all over the papers again. They will blame workers and supervisors and will forget to focus on how much money was cut and how many workers were laid off. Just the way it went last summer. And I don't get why Sac Sheriff didn't get funds. THat would have helped us all out. I don't get it.

Hello Ladies...... Ok today...... B:yogurt L: salad (only got a little down) Piece of cheese D: Gonna try a piece of papa murphys bethin pizza. It worked last night it is really thin crust with veggies. Drank my Water but just barely finished. Just really weird with the band today. Someone told me that if you don't drink all your water the band will tighten so I made sure to drink it and it does help. ALso heard hot Soups and peppermint tea help to loosen up the band so gonna try tea in the morning when it is tightest. GOing ok to today I guess but geez sad about my salad I had to throw it away. I tried three times to get it down and it was not gonna happen!! Worried about the band slipping while I figure out what does and doesn't work!! Emailed Dr. Baggs and I will see how it is when I get closer. I might not go to the fill on the 20th if I am still this tight.............unless I decide to get some taken out!! I really don't want an unfill unless it gets bad so trying to work the band.............it can be a taskmaster for sure!! LOL!!

I hear ya Pam. I both like and hate the restriction. There is a HUGE difference between now and post op..........even the last fill. This is the real thing ladies.............can't mess with this restrictrion or snack!! Good for me but pisses me off when my head hunger kicked in and I can't do anything to satisfy it! LOL. ANd yea I totally get the protien thing first. There is rarely room for anything else!!! Ah does the band work.........YEP, YEP IT DOES!!! No more bandster hell that is that ??? LOL Trying to eat salad but not going well. five bites and my pouch is full...........hope it will last for later tonight.

oh a piece of string cheese

yea I have no idea why I felt the need to eat ice cream and two scoops at that!! I don't even really like it but it was hot yesterday and I ate a piece of veggie pizza too............but it was thin crust so..............I know it was the ice cream. Just darn it I had to get up and work today (jury duty) so I couldn't have call in sick after going to bed at 3am. Feeling fine today. Took 20 minutes to eat my yogurt this morning but I like knowing my band is there. So far 2 wheat thins and a yogurt...............afternoons it loosens up so I can eat a bit more as the day goes on............... I am thinking in an hour or so I will be able to have some salad. Pam so strange cause even with it this tight I still can eat salad. Thank God for that cause I really need my salads!! Having a good day so far.

Last I heard on Friday is that there will be layoffs on September 10, 2009. That is when the BOS goes back to discuss the budget. 200 CPS workers is the estimate but it could be worse I don' know yet...................funny thing is the grand jury report said we needed to hire 110 more CPS workers to keep kids safe. With the economy and all the child abuse reports are going through the roof right now.......instead of hiring more we are cutting CPS in half. Kids are gonna die because of all of this and we all know it............I know alot of workers were might leave on their own because they don't want the liability................. What we heard is that the sheriffs office is taking another 11 million and that comes out of CPS budget so my guess is that they will have to start doing some of the social work in the Sacramento area or else things are gonna get bad really quick.....................we are already carrying caseloads that are 4x over the federal limitations. That will quickly become 6-8X and with no overtime or CTO allowed.............well even if we worked 24/7 it would never be enough help for all the kids out there that need it...... Having said that I have no idea what is going on with layoffs. I do know that there are about 320 people under me if you count underfills...........but if you count only my classification that i am 121 and will be laid off. No one will talk right now. They county is being very hush, hush about the plans. They are afraid people will start using up their sick time if they announce layoffs right now...........they want to get their money's worth for work before they lay people off........... Crazy world!!

Where is Candi?? She has also been very quiet.

I haven't been eating alot so I haven't been posting but I need to. I think I need to get more food in and quite tiptoeing around my band. Donna what is the news today?? I am in jury duty just waiting.......what have your heard?

OH I am fine today. Just can't do the sugar thing I guess. But hey if sugars is addicting anyway than it is all good!! LOL. I just realized last night I don't eat the same way as before surgery and my stomach is not used to it anymore. I bet diet coke would do me in too.................. My bad for eating the ice cream!! Today I am fine again. Back to the yogurt and made lentils for later...........thinking about salad too!!! I think your right Nicole it sits in the pouch for awhile and all the sugar does something to your system................... I saw someone with RNY get dumping and it was really, really bad........................

my stomach was not holding anything last night. Even water was going in and right out.............the ice cream went right through me...............ah can we say so glad I didn't have RNY cause I can't imagine feeling any worse than that.........and I know that was mild compared to the RNY dumping!!

Mine starts high school in two weeks. She went to get her locker today.............summer has flown by and I can't believe it has been so long since my surgery!! It has flown by. Wheat thins are my thing I have to hide Chris. But since the last fill they don't stay down to well................but I still have one or two a day...............sometimes I regret it so I guess I should hide the box.