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yea Riley scary times. Not good news at all for us either. We were warned if the State did this that things were gonna get really bad...........more layoffs in September and probably December.............I think the county is getting ready to start the layoffs ASAP though.......................I am stressing but trying to get plan B together. Heather I also have the 9/80 schedule and love it. But 4/10's would be great since I work alot of 10's anyway. We hear that they are gonna take the 9/80's away though with all the layoffs we are getting to short staffed to have people out on Fridays and Mondays. see everyone tomorrow since I am no longer contagious I passed my 48 hours. But I think I will probably head home early tomorrow after my fill and not wait around............I need to catch up from missing work on Tuesday. I did work from home today and ended up putting in way more than my 9 hours........how does that work?? Quiet at home and time flies. GOt more done than at the office though........

The first week was hard but give it some time you will be loving your band..............The first week is a killer for many reasons but it gets better and better and better~~ No regrets

I was banded on 4/13/09 and I had alot of questions too. At 12 weeks out I can tell you works out......I have had to PB (not the same at throw up) once at a resterant due to eating bread but it was no big deal.......I just got up and was back in five minutes. I eat slow which I did before the band anyway so no one thought anything of it...........seriously I didn't tell anyone at work and they have no idea and I go out to eat with them all the time...........you figure out it. BUt yea knowing where the bathroom is at a resterant is a good idea............only had it happen once though. You learn when to stop and what NOT to eat............ Congrats on your surgery best decision I have made...........

yep this weekend and Donna is in charge right?

welcome back Riley. Wish you were coming tomorrow. So sounds like the state has a budget but they are borrowing from the counties which means more layoffs in Sacramento in September. Arrghhh..................working from home today and I still mange to get the bad new!! LOL. Ok so back on Water today all day. Haven't been to hungry the last few days so that has been nice. Figuring out what my lightest clothes are for tomorrow!! I like my jean capris but not for tomorrow.............and ladies I am getting coffee on the way over there!! LOL. My tradition...........no food after about 6pm tonight but coffee in the morning for sure............LOL

Candra you have gone down alot. I am looking at your total weight lose...........OMG you have lost alot already. Ok so you weight less than me by 5 pounds aleady!! No fair cause at 10 pounds down I will be 200.....ok so I need to lose 11 actually that is my next goal!! than 199 yea!! The smallest I have been was in grad school in 2002 at 179!! I remember because I got stuck at 179 .............I was so stressed out with grad school and working full time I couldn't eat. Once I graduate and got a job I gained it all back and another 50 in about 2 1/2 years time.................arrghh.......... I think I need to exercise more cause my eating is good right now..............

Candra the thing with the band is that it does give you a jump start and it does give you restriction so it helps. I only lost like 10 pounds after surgery but it was enough to make me feel good, go down a size and also get to my lowest weight in 12 years!! Not I am down another 8 and while is it slow I have gone down three sizes so that give me motivation to keep going.........this last fill has been a good one. Not quite my sweet spot but I definetely get full sooner than before and 5 down in four weeks is good for me........... The band is worth it. I wish I was in vacaville tonight!! I would love to go out with y'all!! LOL. I still need to stay inside until tomorrow to make sure my eye infection is clearned up otherwise I would drive over tonight so I don't have to get up so early tomorrow........... Who is coming tomorrow??

first fill being surgery!! LOL. 3cc's

Hey Nicole have fun at Six Flags!! Nicole your close to goal so 4 is really good. I think they will be happy with that. I only lost 5-6 depending on what the scale says in the morning........LOL. I think that is about right for use slow losers!! I lost 8 the first fill, only two the second fill, and now 5-6 this fill. I hope with a bit more of a fill I can be under 200 for the next fill........your good!! Ok ladies tomorrow morning than..........

Makes sense Candra but the weight/exercise things is very interesting!! So that might be why Riley can't lose when she get "crazy" with her exercise!! She slowed it way down and than lost.............. YEa age does slow the metabolism down is what my doc said........but I agree that some of us start slow. Nicole I also didn't lose well in high school. I gained even with PE everyday and sports. In college if I fastes for a few days I would go down fast. But now I could do the same thing and wouldn't lose a thing........than I went to greece for a year and hated their food!! and lost like 40 pounds in about five weeks. That would never happen now. But I was also told all these ups and downs and not eating like I did messed my metabolism up. Dr. Baggs was saying that when you spend years dieting that you get the insulin resistence thing..................and than it really is hard to lose. He explained it more complicated than that by it is some chemical thing that goes with being fat!! I am sure I have/had all the insulin mess when I started.................hopefully it gets less and less as I lose. Ok I am working from home today but I do think I will be fine coming to Pinole tomorrow. I wil just probably leave once I am done so I can get back to work tomorrow........

Coffee always works for me at the movies. Vanilla Skinny Latte/decaf.......90 calories..........my favorite right now!

Yep I had all the test in November and they could not find anything except BP and cholesetoral.................I won't waste my time...... Yep i am a slow burner for sure!! Is that age related I sorta think so. The fastest losers seem to be the youngest........... I am finally losing just really, really slowly......ready for a fill again.

Oh candra you are there!!! Wow!!! Yea!! You and Jes will get your surgery around the same time!!!

Oh I am home from work today but working on paperwork from here. I have an eye infection from my contacts I think.....going to kaiser later today to find out what is going on. I thought it was pink eye but now they think my contact has a small tear and that it is what caused the problem. i didn't see or feel it until my eye was already red...........I had to throw out my contacts and get new one today. I just have to get rid of this red eye so I can go back to work and get to Pinole on Thursday.........I am taking an antibiotic soo hopefully by tomorrow I will be good as new...............but today it is redder than yesterday . Maybe a little worse before better?? I hope. I am still working from home but not getting credit for it!! LOL. I just don't want to get behind and I have my lap top from work here so I am typing court reports today.............. Just can't go out because I look crazy with one red eye and one normal one........

Heather change your ticker!! This forum has been very quiet the last couple of day!!

yea Jes things will fly now............I remember how fast it went once I got to this point!!

No not band related. Pink eye of all things............got it from one of my clients that I was holding last weekend. I had to get antibiotics. Hopefully by Thursday I will be doing better. Band is fine? Just no restriction today!!

Well I was suppose to get 1cc for the second fill but he went with .5 instead............I was hoping to get the 1cc back that I missed. I am only at 5.5 right now...............hoping. Well if I don't lose the 2 pounds again my weight lose won't be so awesome!! LOL. I think I will be down 2 more by thursday............... I had to come home sick again though today. Supervisor sent me home.........so I gotta be better for Thursday or I won't fill like making the drive over there!!

I am having my period too and up 2 pounds Chris. I am also hoping by Thursday I will be back to my original weight. I think I want 1cc this time. I am down 5-6 pounds and I feel like I am able to eat anything the last couple of days.............

Morning ladies. HEaded in to work............it is gonna be a really HOT week!!! Ahh........I hate the head. We are all headed over for a fill this week so I have a short work week which I like!!

No I don't remember any fasting for pre op laps........you will probably be getting a EKG too........the line for that was long............in sacramento

ARghh...........Nicole. That sounds crazy painful!! Having babies is hard enough...............I am SO GLAD you and Auds are both ok...........really scary and you still went under again!!

Nicole is young and strong!! LOL. I am 38 and have had health issues............you can't totally judge by one person everyone handles it different..........I just got unlucky..........but still would do it again!!

Jes I had scarring on my lungs from a really bad case of pneumonia. I also couldn't do the spirometer thing very well so I sorta knew it was coming...............I panicked when I couldn't breathe and you know that makes it worse. I was the only one in the recovery room that had the problem so I think it is hit and miss..................I felt like an elephant was sitting on me...........well that was the band in me felt like an elephant I guess........but it got better pretty quick...........It hurt to breathe in deep and I was a wimp and didn't want to do it................my nurse was great she kept talking to me telling me to relax and slow down............I would still do it again becuase it was a short term thing it didn't last forever..........just the worst part for me......

I had a really hard time breathing after surgery too. Really, really hard time..............scared me. It took me about an hour to finally get to where I could breathe without thinking about it and forcing myself to breathe.......in and out.........in and out..........that was the worst part of surgery for me.......once I could breathe it wasn't to bad.............I think after surgery I just didn't want to breathe on my own it hurt to bad? But I was sorta prepared becuase I read all the surgery stories on lap band talk before hand. Some people get the breathing thing and I was one of them...........