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I am scottish american by blood and greek american by marriage or divorce whatever suits you!! I lived in Greece for awhile and was married to greek guy so I adopted that culture and country. My daughter is greek to the core so I am greek by default!! LOL AH I can cook some mean greek food but it is all high fat being I am vegetarian...............maybe I will try to revise that to low fat sometime!! The accent is all me. Funny you say that because everyone does but I was born and raised in California except for living in Greece for awhile.

Ok I will make a belt of braided measuring tapes and stylishly tie them around my waist!! Thing is I am crazy enough to do it just as a practical joke.............. Actually I am gonna talk to Dr. Baggs about the inches thing. I know they get it...................see what he says. He is a very funny guy and that just eggs me on sometimes!! I don't think I would try or say some on the things I do with Dr. Fisher!! LOL. I hear Italians make better lovers!!! :-) But shhhh........you didn't hear it from me!!

swrktp@yahoo.com Italians make the best cooks and I have heard other things but I have zipped my lips since I myself am not Italian!! LOL

Maybe I will go in with a measuring tape around my neck and suddenly blurt out............I wonder what this is for!! LOL.

LMAO!!! My new idea. I could wear my underwear two sizes to big to my doctors appointment ...........and when I get on the scale to weigh before they have time to comment about 12 pounds I could saw "oh great my underwear is just way to big nowdays and keeps falling down!!" Or I could wear my size 22's and safety pin them together and see if anyone comments on them!! Thinking, thinking.................subtle but effective!! LOL Oh the stress is getting to me now!! I am not loopy on mophine this time so I won't be able to pull off some the crazy stuff I did pre and post op without looking like a totally loony!! I would like to subtlely make my point that I have lost inches not pounds!!

Gonna try that "bread recipe" Candra you need to write a cookbook girl!! It is true I ate an hour ago and I am already hungry. Going to the see the doctor, the doctor, the doctor..........on Thrusday!!!!!!!!! ( sang in an operatic voice)

Oh lets not forget Christines ricotta cheese with tomato sauce and parmasean melted on top!! Oh that was a great recipe in the mushie stage........... Hey there is this cook book for bandsters/gastric I ready about that has recipes for liquids through mushies, purees and than to regular WLS food.........great reviews I want to get to barnes and noble to see it.........anyone have something like that. I will get the name and post it............

What I made was like a baked ziti thing too......tomatoes, soy meat, a few olives (please don't tell Robin;-) ) and than two spoon fulls of low fat ricotta. Than backed it for 20 minutes. Ok anymore great Italian low fat ideas cause girl that recipe really rocks!! Guess what is gonna be on the menu alot now!! Nicole a just don't won't a brace slowing me down. I wonder if I could get a fitted one at Walgreens. My ankle on that same leg is bad too..........if I walk or exercise alot the knee and ankle both get termpermental. But hey I want to do a 5K so what to do, what to do..........LOL!!

Well self help doesn't work well for me either but I still like to read about it and hope!! LOL. I have a lap band for life book by Dr. Ortiz that is really great I could trade you for!! I accidently ordered two copies!! LOL. I got over excited about the band back in November. LOL. Has anyone got the new lap banc success book out in April. I sorta want to get it!! Hmmm..............

Never seen spaghetti squash before weird stuff and also very cool..........when I cut it open I had no idea that after cooked it would turn into spaghetti. Cool, very cool!! Nicole I just cooked it took it out and than added spaghetti sauce (soy for protien) and the ricotta cheese and than a little low fat parmasean cheese on top..........But I only use wheat Pasta or did before the bad so I am sorta used to the heavier, thicker taste.....that is what the squash tasted like wheat pasta.......... My daughter is so crazy she is getting crazy with all this diet and exercise stuff. Taking all my Vitamin, ah expensive...........and we went to ice cream with friends on Saturday night. I couldn't have any but I did take a spoon and taste hers. Now she is telling everyone I cheated...........arghhh.........teenagers. She is become my lap band spy and she is a bit to good at her job!! LOL

If that books cures people and fixes the head hunger than I gotta get to a book store..................................... Tell me some more about it. I might want to ready it too. I also get bad migraines. NOt as bad as six months ago but OMG when they hit I am in bed for two day.............. My knee is still bad today. It is getting worse everyday. I will mention it to Dr. Baggs but I am gonna have to go see my PCP and get an xray I guess............I am sorta tired of being a medical experiment I wanted to avoid this complication!! LOL. I don't want to wear a brace though. Oh girls the only reason I noticed this woman at Walmart was because she was yelling about how she had to stock up on foods for her by pass and I thought "oh cool we have something in common." but than I was such a nosy girl and I looked into the cart and I was like "ok we have really different doctors cause I couldn't have all that!!

Ah I just had spaghetti squash and salad............Ah Candra that stuff rocks!! I gotta tell you I was not so sure as I scrapped it out of the shell. But my mom made this spaghetti sauce with soy meat in and mushrooms.........so I got lucky and took her sauce than the low fat ricotta.........OMG it is so good. I had to admit it but I wa afraid of the first bite but was pleasantly surprized!!! making this again for sure............. I planned to have it all week since the squash was huge but my daughter (who no longer eats carbs she told me today!!) had four helpings so it didn't leave much........... Ok my next things to try is the cauliflower mashed potatoes............... Nicole I agree they should measure. Actually I think I should measure too since I haven't done that............I have lost who knows how many inches I can tell but the scale is basically still the same. But I am still happy because my clothes are fitting better and I am a feeling such much better than four months ago............

a 4cc band doesn't give you enough room to play around........... Oh I was just at Walmart shopping..........this large gal was there just putting her business out there at the top of her lungs............"and I am getting a by pass on June 15, 2009"..........but her basket was full of big "no, nos" I don't know but it sorta struck me and my daughter said I stopped my cart and stared at her...................I was floored because you knmow how Kaiser is about all that stuff..........I guess it was her last supper.......LOL

Afternoon all........... Ok I went and got the spaghetti squash and baking it now. I hope it turns out!! Nicole sometimes stress makes you lose too!! For me it does anyway. So what point do you hate?? I was confused...............I am very anxious for my fill but I don't expect miracles either. But a bit tighter will be nice. Even if for two weeks. I doubt I will make it tomorrow. If I do it will be to stop in for awhile and say hello. I have that retirement party across the street for my coworker. She actually took my caseload while I was out medical leave and kept up on things for me. So I really need to go to that.......... Nicole if you have to wait for 7 week I bet I do to so that would be march??

Nicole someone once told me to be as gentle as a dove but at the same time as wise as a fox................also trust has to be earned and I agree don't put your business out there to someone who has proved they are not trust worthy. Sorta sad though cause they are missing out on the real you .......................but I think if they truly do change than over time you will know it and than you can slowly open up if it is appropriate. I think it is good for Audrey have her grandparents around if possible and if they don't hurt her by being around. Would MIkes parents ever help with housing issues................... Girl you have your plate full right now don't you?? So much going on in your family on both sides!! Lots of chaos with everyone moving and family stress.............

how can we see who is viewing us...............I want to know who the lurkers are!! LOL

Hey Nicole I have been having a cup or a bit more sometimes......**hanging my head in shame"........... Salad goes right down for me. I will say I ate an egg sandwhich last night at a resterant and It almost didn't go down.................it got stuck in my throat and I had to use water to push it down..........It is the weird band stuck feeling...........never felt a pain like that before the band...........but I think I was close to PB'ing had I not used the water to push it down.........now eggs don't bother me much but I think I didn't chew it enough. And I really don't have restriction right now.........so I guess just a reminder from someone that I do have a band..............

Yep vitamins, calcuim and B12. Think I am gonna have a protein shake today just to up the protein...........I have protein powder and I think I am gonna start adding it to everything I can at least for awhile............... Ah Candra I am laughing so hard right now. I actually thought that squash pasta came packaged and was just squash made into pasta............LOL. i had no idea it was a real veggie!! I guess you can see I am not real cook.........thanks for the laughs!!

Oh and Reggie try that yoga position the upward dog that works too to get rid of post op gas..........but the only thing is that my incisions were still sore so getting back up took me another 15 minutes!! LOL> But that helped too...........

Ah Heather thanks but what your saying worries me. I agree with you it is a nutrition thing................I am gonna talk to Robin but I have got to change my diet I am pretty sure about that!! I don't want this to be a long term thing.........Robin to the rescue I guess I just don't look forward to telling her since I don't know where it will lead!! But hey I wonder if I should get some bloodwork done while I am out there to see........... HEy girls I didn't get an invite to the 25th group thing yet!!! LOL What is it? Should I ask to come or maybe they will tell me this week about it..........I have jury duty that day but hey...........health before jury duty so know I have a reason to opt out of it!! Seriously I already tried to claim health issues but not sure it will fly. I hve been out of work for two months almost I need to stick around to catch back up!!

Girl you are not whiny you just had major surgery!! I will tell you I had it right under my left rips and I felt like I was a ballon about to pop for almost two weeks. It hurt so bad I was almost in tears at times............gasx and vicodan only dulled the pain but it hurt 24/7 for awhile. I think your shoulders must be gas too............. I hated to walk because it hurt so bad but when I walked I would belch and fart away (TMI I KNOW, I KNOW) and it would be instant relief!! But I seriosly paced my backyard for about 15 minutes at a time than had to sit down because it hurt so bad!! It took alot of walking to work it all out.....another think I did was pull my knees to my chest and just hold it like that for awhile to push the air out that worked too but so glad no one else was home at the time........LOL. All of a sudden I woke up one day and it was totally gone. I know for the first two weeks every time I eat the gas got worse.........and seriously though it was gonna push up through my chest it hurt so badly..............somehow I survived it one day, one hour at time. But OMG it hurt........... Walk and Gasx my friend!! And contort your body into strange positions to push it out!! I won't tell!! LOL

Lap band is a slower lose and you have to put effort into it.......I am six weeks post op and have to stay on top of it. diet, exercise and lots of Water. No sleeve at Kaiser that I know about anyway. Kaiser does tend to push RNY a bit more than lap band so you have to be firme that is what you want. Hey we have a thread called Kaiser Richmond pre op and everyone is over there. Post and pre op we have a huge group and get together once or twice a month for support. Do a search and find the thread you wil have 5X more people over there that went through Kaiser or are going through Kaiser that can answer your questions.

I seriously can't believe I have had no diet coke in six weeks.............I am in shock!! I feel like it was only yesterday. Funny thing is my mind is telling me I still love it and that it is still my favorite drink. When does that stop??? If I had a sip I know I will have to drink the whole six pack so my addiction is sadly not cured!! I think I am probably just still in the detox stage!! I am still an addict on a dry spell.............LOL. Hope that craving stops soon!!

sorta runny/water Reggie at your stage. I found I didn't like it as much runny but you go girl!! :-P

Candy constipation at your stage..........yep I had it. I use benefiber everyday now but I think you have to wait a few weeks for that. I think it is the food change. The first month I was constipated. Never any diarrhea though Reggie. Changing stages was a huge temptation for me as well. I got tired of pureeing and the same foods over and over. Again I liked the soup stage I found purees harder to do. I have also probably experimented to much with food. Well salad is my perfect example. I have had it three times this week. I am thinking how I could replace it. But my stubborn mind says it healthy and why, why, why can't I??? It makes me full but I grew up with salads and no meat so maybe what I think is full is not the same as full for everyone else.................... Reggie I found after surgery I only like warm liquids. Not cold so I hear ya girl!! Weird because I drank diet coke alot with ice and loved it................. NSV- My underwear is falling off me again!! (TMI I know) second time in six week I have to make another trip to Lane Bryant, maybe next time I will be able to go to victoria secret!! The elastic just doesn't hug me anymore........Maybe I should ask Dr. Baggs to measure me instead of weigh me.........how embarrassing would that be!! Yep I see Robin this week and Dr. Baggs. I think I am working on 1/4 cup this week and not so much counting calories. I have been counting calories and estimating the size but realize I have it all backwards..............cup than calories. I feel like I am starting to make the band work!! LOL. But I have had some mess ups for sure with all this protien and vegetarian stuff.............again maybe four months was to fast for me to learn it all but I am finally getting it down!!