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Hey Chris missed you!! I know it is summer and everyone is getting busy.........can't wait to see everyone the 25th!! Great idea with the weights. I am starting to get loose skin and hate it. Weights seems very logical. I think you rock on cardio I still get breathless after a mile walking around the neighborhood!! Any new blogs? I check you blog off and on for updates. Nicole you have any new updates???

Ok here is the Special K loaf: It is a veggie meatloaf but sadly I think the cereal and walnuts do it in for low calorie: I am still looking for the lentil loaf. I just throw it together but there is a recipe and I am trying to find it so I don't lead you astride with my instructions....... :-P I LOVE this stuff, but sadly it has been months since I had it. I really don't know the calories but good with potatoes and veggies or salad............ah I am hungry now but waiting until morning. Special K Loaf Written by Jennifer Lawson Sunday, 18 February 2007 5 c. Special K cereal 5 eggs, beaten 1 c. chopped walnuts 1 lg. carton cottage cheese 2 tbsp. McKay chicken seasoning or onion soup mix 1 lg. onion, chopped Chopped celery, if desired Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Saute onions with 1/4 stick of margarine. Mix all ingredients together and put into greased pan. Bake for 45 minutes. Freezes well. Reheat for 20 minutes when frozen.

no guilt once you have the band that won't come so easy......enjoy it now, just not to much!! :-) I had my last diet coke the night before surgery so you know I was enjoying my freedom right up to the end!! 20 down your doing great!!

LOL Riley I write court reports for a living and have learned how to "pursuad" people to my way of thinking!! It is a skill or a gift I don't know which.......... and you and I both know I did so much research on him before I decided. I really, really think he is on top of his game............I think excellence needs to be pointed out and noted. To much negetive in the world everyone needs to hear the positive!! :-) Ok I am gonna try to fix my bandster profile. I got kicked out before I was done.........who knows why

Purees were for the dogs I agree..........I chewed my food really, really well and was fine with that!!

Candy I was there. A fill makes a world of difference!! Hang on.....................girl you still lost more than me:-P I seriously think I had the worst post op weight loss of all of us.................I was discouraged. But this week things are better. YOur fill is very, very soon....... Glad work went well. I wondered where you were!!

Ok I rated Dr. Baggs...........tricky to figure it all out!! I noticed that his reviews already havd 37 views interesting............. I think our forum here has alot of lurkers..............I wish people who join in too!! WHere is everyone this week? Nicole, Reggie, Candy, Chris, Heather, Donna.................where did everyone go?

I think I will be ready for a fill because I expect to learn when to say when here soon..........

Oh Riley if I get the hiccups than I know I have gone to far and ate to much already..............everytime hiccups than PB'ing........... But if I wait 10 minutes than I can go back and finish my food.........I just realized that today. I am full most of the time though.........not eating 6 meals but I am less than a week out from my last fill. That might come......... Ok so I can say I know what restriction is not exactly what I expected but I don't eat much and I am not hungry...........head hunger I have because why else do I take that last bite or feel bad when I see that yummy food sitting all lonely on my plate after I am full.............

Hey Riley I will ask my mom for the lentil loaf recipe. I have lots and lots of vegetarian recipes like Special K loaf.....which sounds awful but is so good. I grew up vegetarian so I actaully like all the soy products and veggie loafs.........crazy I know!! My problem is the same as yours I was reaised with to much carbs and not enough protien so it is hard to learn how to do this now. I am really still learning and Robin does help me out alot...........she had me try tempah which is not bad but looks terrible, tofu (which I am trying to like) and cottage cheese (;-P)..........I don't like eggs either but I can now eat them every morning...if it comes to a chicken or an egg I gotta go with the egg......LOL Riley we are in the same place. I have been eating three meals and snack but I get hungry too. I definetely CANNOT eat anything past 1/4 without extreme pain and PB'ing. I did it again today darn it. It is that one last bite and yep it was already chewed up when I realized it was not gonna fit in my pouch.......in a resterant can't spit it out. I swallow and than sit there in pain for 10 minutes...........I mean berating myself for not learning from the day before!!! OMG this is crazy stuff but I am losing a bit so I am happy with the band just not my measuring abilities. But yep it is almost stuck full, not a full full!! I so get what your say, I totally get it!! Sorta nice to have someone else there with me.............sorry your hurting but at least I know my band didn't slip or something!! I am gonna see how it goes in a few weeks. I might not need a fill............but I will trust Dr. Baggs with that one. As long as I can have my crystal light........

Oh I love lentils had them last week....good to know the portion size since my 1/4 cup dry make way, way to many!! I put them with cottage cheese but sausage sounds good. I eat alot of the morning star sausages so I have them around....... Lentils are my favorite. I could live on them!! Just that I want more than a 1/4 cup of them. Seriously I can't eat more than that without PB'ing big time still. But that is a food I feel sad I can't have seconds..... I make a lentil loaf thing with cottage cheese, eggs, and breadcrumbs that is yummy and makes good sandwiches but I can't figure out what to replace the breadcrumbs with post op to make it work...... But OMG I love lentils. I just so can't eat much of anything right now...........a blessing in disguise!! But I had to throw a pot of lentils away yesterday they taste awful the second day!!

I just got my first fill. I was 3cc's at surgery and got 2cc's last week..........Although my doctor was not sure if I would have restriction ...........I definetely do. I have to be really careful not to eat to much or else I PB. I think I am at about 1/4 a cup of food without getting stuck.............. Weird stuff but it sure does help me not eat to much........it hurts to bad!! LOL

How you noticed we have lost alot of people from the forum who started out with us.........wonder what happened and if they went through with surgery?

Riley wow we have all come along way in just less than six months.............this support system has been my lifeline all the way through............. In some ways it has been a crazy long journey and in many other ways it has flown by......... I had no idea I would be banded by now. I was aiming for June or July at the earliest..... A year ago I was just thinking about banding. I was staring my last attempt at WW to see if I could get out of the weight trap on my own...........OMG what a difference a year makes!!

I have had two heavy periods in a three week period now.........I was told it was the estrogen and shock of surgery. Never been so regular in my life thought!! Not sure I am liking it...........LOL.

I like starbucks non fat hot chocolate. Keeps me full awhile.... Also I do the taco bell beans and cheese when I HAVE to do the fast food thing.........but of course you can have tostado shells and those are only 270 calories and the healthiest thing on the menu. I don't eat the shells anymore now with the band.............before the band I would east tostados when I was without my own stuff.........of course I am veggie too........... Good luck Candra you'll be fine.

Hey Pam how are you? Nice to see you back. I think different doctors do things different. Dr. Baggs has me for an appointment at 6 weeks, than I go back in a month and I assume I go back once a month for awhile now.........he gave me 2ccs on this visits, said 1cc at the next visit and than .5ccs at all the other visits. He told me he likes to "sneak up on the sweet spot" and that is why he does it that way. The group fills are for Kaiser convience. Robin was saying she could see 8 lap banders in one day or all 12 of us in 2-3 hours..........and with a group we can all answer each others questions or all hear her answers at once.......She said it was a new thing they were trying and that patients were saying they liked it better. I like it better since it is fun to visit with people and nice to get ideas about what is working for everyone........or not. I think the clothing is a good thing. Riley I could so use the 14/16s and I have a few 20's to give away........hmm with Robin I have no idea. Her and Dr. Baggs seem to have a system. She runs the group him and his nurse do the fills. He comes in and out of the nutrition class doing his thing and calling people out...... It all really does go pretty quick............and I was next to last and I say that!! :-)

Anyone with a fill wake up with it feeling/seeming tighter in the morning? Mornings are harder to eat but it seems to get easier in the afternoon.............my nature snacking time which doesn't help. Is it just me? Hope everyone has a great week!!

I am gonna try some new recipes from my new weight loss surgery book..........I will post anything that is good. Lots of really high protien, low fat stuff...........some of it looks good but some of it is just plain weird.

Cauliflower pizza crust..........hmmmmmmmmm can you tell it is cauliflower or does it really taste like crust??

STill have restiction..............:-) I really had to watch portions sizes. But I am strarting to know BEFOREHAND now when to say when..........I really can't eat much if I want to keep from PB'ing..............this band is so weird one week I can eat to much the next just barely on the edge of what I think is enough.............but never mind I should not ever be the judge of what is enough given where I am coming from!! Nite ladies........

Nicole I bruise all the time too. I have them on my arms and legs...............don't know where I get them all. I thought the heparin but it has been a long time..... Nicole I might bring my daughter to the appointment on the 25th but I would still love to carpool.............

Hey Nicole you are gorgeous and I hope you have a great time down there!! Girl you must be almost to goal now!! Another 10 pounds and I will be HALFWAY there!! :-P You won't slow me down Candra. I went to the gym yesterday and I am out of breath after 10 minutes. I really need cardio work!! Chris happy early birthday!! I emailed Dr. Baggs yesterday and let him know about the surgeon section and that his stats are empty.....also let him know he MIGHT have some positive comments posted on his surgeon section. He emailed me back today and said he had seen it and likes it and our groups enthusiasm.........again he likes that we all hang out!! Not sure why he is working on a Sunday!! We'll see if his stats get updated....... Off to the gym ladies.............I really hate going still. I am ok once I get there.........Candra I have biggest loser workout music on my IPOD......part 1, 2 and my fav 80's hits..........I got it on Itunes........Riley I am not addicted to exercise yet when does it kick in??

I was banded on April 13, 2009. I lost 25 pounds in the four months pre op on Kaisers diet. AFter surgery I went down 12 pounds the first two weeks. Than went up and down 3-4 pounds the last four weeks until my first fill. Very frustrating for sure. I got my first fill on 5/28/09 and I have lost three pounds already. I am not hungry and I can only eat 1/4 a cup........I know this now because I have had several episodes with PBin in the last few day!! :-) Now I know I am back to 1/4 cup...............and losing again. I also got discourage with the RNY group and the fast lost. I wanted that too without al lthe side effects!! LOL. But hold on it gets better

Best thing I have done for myself so far!! Not totally pain or hassle free but so worth it. I am only 6 weeks out and only 40 pounds down out of 110 I needed to lose but if this is the best it gets and nothing more than it was already worth it. Anything extra is a huge bonus. I have my life back in just the four months I have been working with the bariatric program.............