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Riley I work in the addictions field and darn it I can't outsmart myself either. WHen I saw my food log I saw the obvious right away. Patterns, it is all about finding the negetive patterns and figuring them out.............darn it I knew in two seconds what I was doing wrong.........to bad I didn't run that food analysis before yesterday. Darn it I would love to run away from the truth once in awhile. Problem with me is I can pinpoint exactly where the addcitive/negetive pattern starts and what it is but I can't do anything to make the hard work of fixing it easier!! LOL. OH the bliss of living in denial but it won't work for me since I know way to much about human behavior and negetive patterns.............darn it, darn it, darn it. If Robin loves patterns I will blow her away tomorrow cause I color coded my own issues and have it all circle and underlined so I could see where the patterns are.........what I do with my clients. Oh dear I probably did myself in..............you can't tell I have control issues huh!! LOL Robin won't particularly like my log but it is honest. Salad 2 times in a week.

Best of luck Sheena!! 3:30 is late though............I bet she just got out since RNY takes awhile............... Thanks ladies I figured it was time to update my pictures that was almost 40 pounds ago and a different hair color!! LOL. I thought the other way looked like me though :-) I am stressing about Robin...........OMG I M 220 today I have no idea about tomorrow.......I was 118 this morning........so it is crazy.........only drinking water today almost a gallon now.............LOL. I really hope this fill give me some restriction. I also need Dr. Baggs to look at my port area. It is still really swollen and the whole area stills out. I can fell two hard areas that could be the port but why two?? It still gets achy when I eat alot............weird I know the port hurts when I eat............I just want to make sure the swelling is not leaking fluid or something. It is hard at a rock...........anyone else??? I hope the fill doesn't hurt since my port is still swollen and hurt a bit if I push on it............ Ah well answers tomorrow.

I really hope they DIDN'T talk to you about cellulite or your arm.................seriously I would have said something back!! Arrghh.........................rude and agressive sales tactics!! Hope Mike gets a job or one of the jobs!! LOL Ok going to Pinole tomorrow. I printed out the picture os us all a Mimi's and if I remember I will give it to Dr. Baggs and see what he says.................. Well I analysed all my food today. I did good most day but some days to much carbs..........even when I am on the healthiest of foods. I am averaging about 900-1000 but I did have a few 600 days too............... Riley my highest days are when I am with other people I noticed that today.....................I think I try to eat what they eat or a version of what they eat and get in trouble................ Well I hope I get a fill :-)

Oh your probably right Candra the LAST saturday of the month Maria.......sorry. I was thinking Rosetta Stone I did that once and learned alot but stopped doing it halfway through. I need Spanish for work. I understand alot but forget talking back .........AND it would keep my busy at night. I think Nicole once wanted to start a midnight snacking group!! LOL. That is why staying home a month after surgery got hard at the end. I got bored the last 4 days and needed to get out of the house!! :-)

Oh your probably right Candra the LAST saturday of the month Maria.......sorry. I was thinking Rosetta Stone I did that once and learned alot but stopped doing it halfway through. I need Spanish for work. I understand alot but forget talking back .........AND it would keep my busy at night. I think Nicole once wanted to start a midnight snacking group!! LOL. That is why staying home a month after surgery got hard at the end. I got bored the last 4 days and needed to get out of the house!! :-)

Candra we are indeed twins.........LOL. I hate breakfast. Didn't use to eat most days until 2 or 3 and I snack at night out of boredom!!! Things change after surgery whether you like it or not. I eat breakfast but still struggle with munchies at night when I am bored. Gonna take a spanish class in the fall to keep my busy at night. Maybe go to the gym this summer. Need to be busy until I get sleepy to defeat my bad habits!!

Ah you'll love Dr. Baggs marquint and still around this board we have a great support group here. We had all been throught it and have two new people Candra and Heather in the beginning stages right now........ Next meeting is the third saturday in June right ladies!! So who spoke at your orientation???

It is not enought I agree......I think I was doing better last week. This week I am just not hungry much. I am a picky eater. I would rather not eat than to eat something I don't like and makes me gag. I am trying new things with all the post op stuff.................but some of it I don't like. My MO was was not eating and drinking diet coke all day instead. If I did eat it was fast food or snacks. I would starve all day than eat a huge dinner and snack at night. But mostly I lived on Diet Coke............... Ok looking at last week I have a couple of 1100 calorie days but it is so all over. The stuff I am eating is healthy (except for nachos 4-5 chips with beans and cheese and sour cream-all low fat but ya know the chips will get me).......just not consistent everyday. On the weekends we really only eat two meals. Brunch and a early dinner. So that sorta messed up my count. During the week the same thing but I am eating breakfast before I got to work now and something small for lunch. Just 500 good grief I just need to eat three meals and I could solve that!! I like two meals a day but bigger and I think that is out now......... Oh well Robin will have her work cut out for me. I don't want her to prevent a fill cause I sure do need one...........I am also still feeling sick today bad headache so maybe that is the reason behind not being hunger the last few days. I think I should aim for 1000 like Christine said............sometimes that seems like alot and than some days it doesn't seem like enough!! LOL.

I get my fill tomorrow too and see the dietation with my food log............I think after tomorrow the progress will be better!!

I think our labs are 3, 6 and 12. I sorta want to get some run this time due to my nails peeling.......which they still are today but not as bad as few days ago. Also I am seeing some hair in the shower everytime I wash my hair that bothers me...............more than before!!! But so far not noticable. Ok ladies going in tomorrow. I will print this menu out today and take it to RObin I like this site and I see my protien is 60 carbs 35 fat 17..........I think I am ok with that but more carbs than I though.......... Also only averaging about 500 calories a day. What? I was sure it was more. Last night I ate more cheese on purpose to get it to 800 and push the protein up............This is a really great tool. I had no idea how little I was eating.....I got an A for the three days I used it.................I gotta move my food log last week on this site. Only problem is that the vegetarian meats are not on here as much. I have to take products that are simliar in calories and protien to balance it out. But there was stuff that was almost identical so it worked....... Does Calorie King have more food options? I just didn't want to pay.......

I was banded April 13, 2009 and lost 12 pounds the first week............but once I stared mushies and soft foods I gained about 3-4 pounds back........depending on the time and day.........for the last month I have been up and down the same three pounds.................I am also not eating much and I have mixed it up with more some days and less others........over 100 ounces of Water a day........but still at 220. Only 8 pounds down in six weeks.................... I am in bandster hell but so glad to hear it is not just me!! I have friends banded the same time that re down 18 to 20 pounds already........... I get my first fill on the 28th

Ok here is the thing Candra if you are at goal weight by your surgeons appointment you could be in surgey in less than two months................I could have done it in three easy but I went on vacation to AFrica for a month in March instead ;-P Dr. Baggs said go have fun you can have surgery anytime...............so did Liz. They both said have fun than come back and have surgery so I did. Let them know because you might be in surgery sooner than you think...........

Oh that would be a great job. I will keep you in my prayers..........of course not happy about you living int he Bay area though :-)

NIcole how fun!! Enjoy it every minute!! Riley used the calorie counter and it is so great!! I wish I had been doing it before. Can you print it out for Robin? I am trying to figure that out. I only ate 583 calories today. SO I ate three pieces of weight watchers cheese to get it up a bit to 883. I think going to low is a problem. I really thought I ate more than that though......this makes me realize I am not eating enough..........probably most days. I am drinking alot of water and crystal light though and that added about 70 calores. Hard sometimes to figure out how much 1/4 cup is calorie wise or how many calories equals 1/4 cup when I am eating somewhere else............

Nicole where you going? Ah I am getting a cold. Was afraid of that but haven't been hungry all day and for some reason my band feels tight today...........weird stuff. I am getting sore throat but hell or high water I am going to Pinole this week.........

I also have to be close to a bathroom when I have my jug with me............LOL. Doing starting measurements tonight. Should have started before surgery but oh well...........now is better than never. Also I think this log will make it easer for me to show Robin what is going on........well and me to actually!! LOL

Water, water, water.............I drink 120 or more a day!!! Just got this really cool food log today, a notebook with a calorie counter in front. It has a place for measurements ever Sunday in addition to weight lost. Also has carb count. I think I am gonna do this for awhile until I start to lose again....... I wonder what kind of a fill I will get?? Hopefull 2cc which is what I think is the usual. Don't know what they will decide. Hey do you think Robin has any say in how much your getting Riley?? I wonder about that I am gonna ask her!!

Gonna try that too Riley that is great............. Nicole 6 pounds is great since your fill. Oh I can't wait to get mine............. Riley I will mention the salad but I am only on soft foods....I also have had some sunflower seeds yesterday. Not many but my daughter bought some and they are so good!! I like them on salad!!

Waiting for my fill .........I can't wait until I get full again and have some restriction. I am having a really hard time eating this morning. Everything is making me nasaeous this morning. I woke up with a bad headache and really dark bags under my eyes My lymph nodes are swollen.........but I don't really feel sick, sick........just don't want to eat much either......... I don't know what is going on.......................going to bed early tonight!! I can't miss my fill so I really CAN'T be sick!! LOL!! And maybe not being hungry band or not is not such a bad thing!! LOL. Oh I have my gallon of water out!! I always try to drink a gallon of water no crystal light the last couple of days before an appointment.............I don't know but it seems to make my weight level out no up and downs..........maybe it is all in my mind but it makes me feel proactive and in control to drink all this water!! Sometimes I think the Crystal light needs to be given a break!! :-) But I will be drinking it the minute I get out............maybe I should suggest Dr. Baggs provide crystal light at fills as his beverage of choice instead of water!! I will ask him if he got the bendy straws Christine. He is so gonna know I watched the youtube videos!! I have to get my food log together tonight. Robin won't like everything on it...............but for the most part I am ok!! Salad...........oh to tell or not to tell that is the question!! Depends on how much I was to be disciplined!! LOL!! have a great day ladies.........

Reggie your really losing girl.............WOW!!!

Sheena that was a crazy weekend. I read through your blog....Glad you still going through with the surgery though. Next summer is a long time to wait. If you can just make it through the next six weeks............ You son looks alot like you. I don't know if I will go to the 25th session or not but I guess I am. I will have to take the whole day off. I am taking the whole day off on Thursday but my appointment is at 9:15 so if I get home early I will go back to work. I guess it all depends on if I have to wait seven weeks or not!! I might get the July group fill. But seriously I have to get out of jury duty that week just to make sure it doesn't overlap. I may see you ladies this afternoon but I won't be able to stay. Too bad your not coming to Jonny's but seriously ladies there is nothing to eat for bandsters over there. I am gonna just pick at a salad and try to look like I am eating.......LOL. Candy when I moved stages my weight loss stopped and I have been going up and down on the same three pounds for weeks...........I sorta think it is called bandster hell and happens to alot of people!! I have no idea why I barely eat nowdays........

Yea if there is something required on the 25th I need to ask for time off in advance.............hoping to get a straigh answer this week.

Riley I sure hope Dr. Baggs doesn't disclose to me he watched the youtube video cause that will so get my starting on shiny things like penny's, mirrors and ...........OMG!! LMAO!! Bald heads!! But if he is smart his head will be dull this time around!! I think you taught his a lesson!! I am gonna get the giggles if I start to think about you and shiny bald heads when I get in there...........than I will have to let the cat out of the bag and report your indiscretions to him!!! LOL.

Oh Nicole go to Greece you would LOVE it!! Different there people are very accepting and non judgemental. Family is HUGE in Greece...........and a bit of partying goes on over there. Well ok maybe alot of partying and night clubbing..... Yep I am going back someday. My daughters family all lives over there and her dad. So we are going back. Just to expensive right now!!! Nicole I agree with Mike Greece is a great place and very romantic if you go island hopping. Athens can be a pain sometimes which is where I lived. But OMG I LOVE GREECE. Greek men..........well ok like Italian men but here I go spilling all the secrets tonight. I already foolishly disclosed what I know about Italians..............and there I go dishing on the greeks..........will it never end!!