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I work Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday out to see Dr. Baggs in the morning...........Friday I am off all day!! Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday work for me. I too am discouraged Nicole about the scale moving so slow. But I am trying to focus on how good I am feeling and how much energy I have now!! Also the clothes fitting better...........I hope after my fill I will get back on losing role. At least I am down from surgery and not the same weight or higher and OMG it is still 37 pounds. People at work are totally making comments about me losing weight now. I am just telling them I am trying to be healthy and losing slowly.........which is all true. Candy my month flew by!!! I was so shocked but really I was glad to come back to work. Which shocked me. I get bored at home when I am feeling good...........LOL. Waiting until June 3, 2009 to see if I get laid off. I hope not!! Also I didn't mush everything. I chewed really well. I can't eat some things if they look at mooshy and soft like that. I never got stuck............not soft foods the same thing. I ate some broccoli yesterday, just the tops, and it went down really slowly and hurt..........ah sad because I love broccoli but I don't think it works for me anymore. I really hurt going down........I wasn't sure for a minute if it was coming back up, but after just walking around I was ok. Oh girls. I tried this crystal light slurpee at 7-eleven. It was so good.......no straw u use the spoon. I am gonna have to stop by this this summer..............feels like dessert but crystal light!!

Nicole I would love to meet up next week but it would depend on the day......................I am going over to Pinole next week for a fill and only work two days next week. Ok so NSV...................my clothes are falling off me but only one pound down. Something is crazy here!! I feel good so I can't complain but.....my shoulders neck and face are almost to goal weight............LOL.................hope the rest catches up with me!! My size on top is now 14/16 three sizes down........bottom is 18/20 one size down............but some 16's are fitting...............

Candy I was tired and dizzy too.........until almost 4 weeks. I just had no energy at all. Christine: I hope after my fill I will have restriction. Right now it is all about willpower and me staying on top of things. Lots of water and only eating two meals a day right now. Brunch and Early dinner!! losing but slowly......... Reggie: This is day two you will be so much better in a couple of days. Walk, walk, walk.................

I totally hear you about this NOT being the easy way out!!! It hurt a bit more than I expected but I am still glad I did it!! I am almost down 40 pounds................but if anyone says anything about this being the easy way I am gonna scream.............NOT THE EASY WAY..............at all. Between all the pre op rules, surgery and post op struggles and rules.............this is so not the easy way out. This has been one of the hardest things I have done............but my health is so much better and I feel so much better..........I would do it again in a minute!!

Reggie: The pain does pass quickly. Gotta agree the gas pain is the worse. Drove me crazy!! But it gets better everyday. The first week is the worse. A week from now you will be so much better!!! Ah girl your a bandster now. Call if you need anything!!

I have Active and love it!! Betterthan the WII fit in my opinion!!

I have guys swim shorts and a tank top for a bathing suit..............even than I rarely swim. Nicole have you guys tried for homeless assistance? They might be able to help with some housing issues and a downpayment or motel once your actually homeless. Just an idea. Reggie: Girl hoping your doing well. YOur a bandster now!!! Donna I like the EA active what about you? Better than we fit. I will be there this weekend!!

Hey Candy haven't had that happen but it does sound like maybe it is food related. Hope by this morning it worked itself out. So almost three weeks out now, time flies. Reggie: Your up thinking about you this morning I know you probably already at Kaiser. Your gonna be so glad you did this!! Wishing you the best of luck. Christine: Loved the youtube videos?? Well off to work ladies. Hope everyone has a great day!!

I got the game and working on it now. I think it is better than the WII Fit but again I have only had the whole system for three days so I am just learning.............My daughter is on it all the time!! She has the workouts down already. What is the Fitness game you have? Christine my stomach has alot of fat still. LOL. I will be doing the sit up thing..........it seems swollen......I guess the but and stomach go last. My shoulders are where I am losing alot. Ok today I ran into the girl at work who has RNY. She is at goal weight now. I last saw her in October (we work at different sites) OMG!!! Her hair is back nice and thick again but she has lots of skin.........like her stomach is still big but only no fat in it......just skin.......her arms are melted but still big if that makes sense........Over all she looks really, really good!!! And happy but I just notice stuff cause I was looking and wondering............. My arms are deflating!! LOL. Like they aren't as chubby but the room for the chubby is still there if that makes sense. Ok gonna play WII and than check on the new youtube blog!! I will be there this saturday and have more clothes to get rid of now. Today I tried on three pairs of pants before I found ones the fit!! :-) Happy but sad I am losing all my favorite outfits....... People at work today kept telling me my hair makes me look better..........ah hello I have lost weight. People can't see that I guess!! They said one we heard you were really sick on medical leave and that is why you look so great now your feeling better..............sometimes I think I am just gonna tell people what I did but something inside of me say no leave it alone for now............maybe later!! Candy I will be intereseted to see how it goes when you go back to work!! Ok nite ladies..........

Riley I have a list of soy/veggie meats that work for protein per Robin..........I eat the morning star sausage patties in the morning........and there are Big Franks that she recommended by Loma Linda I think..... Anyway I have a freeze full of things that work and several things in the cupboard. Haven't tried them so I don't know how they taste but........... If you do go veggie again I can pass my list on to you. I am doing ok with but it is a bit harder............I have had to get strict this last week to start losing again. I am also wondering if I didn't watch the soduim enough which is why I stopped loosing. I know my shoulders, arms, legs and face are shrinking......but as they get smaller my belly gets bigger..........still feels and looks swollen......

Ya Reggie you will be fine. But I so know what your feeling. I was there five weeks ago. The waiting and wondering is way worse than actually going through with it. Now that I know what to expect I would do it again no worries.............Excited for you. Ah Riley I want to run with you guys. But a 10K I wanted to start with five..... Chris I talked to a friend who is a personal trainer yesterday and he said to train for a 5k or just to get in shape you run 3 walk 2.........until your too tired to go on. So you gonna be on a role. Circuit training. I need to follow your example. I am having trouble with exercise right now. Work is crazy busy again. I am really gonna have to just take my lunch everyday and not worry so much about the looks people give when someone actually does take their lunch break...... I am down a pound I think!! NOt sure since I am not weighing until friday and things go up and down so much......but all that water seems to b e paying off my clothes are getting looser again...........Ya!!

I checked out my pictures from surgery and I have more fat around my stomcach than I thought................I never really looked that closely..........now if I was the surgeon I would be tempted to get in there and pull all that out!! LOL Have a great day ladies. Reggie you will do fine and the countdown starts today!!

Reggie your gonna do great!!! Will be thinking about you and checking the forum for updates.........everyone worries I was stressing big time the week before........go back and check my old posts!! LOL. I am so glad I did it, so glad!! Christine I liked the youtube video. Didn't look to bad. Not sure about laying with my feet in the air for to long I am not that strong!! LOL. It was really quick..........WOw I could see that needle going up and up and up............LOL!!

I worried about not waking up but I felt safe once I got there and saw all the medical people. I felt like they had it under control!!

Riley will be interested to know what Robin says to you on Friday. I am afraid she is gonna tell me to start eating meat next week!! LOL. I really, really will gag and throw up if I do though.........talk about slipped band!! LOL. Candra: I don't know why I can't eat carbs only know I can't. So sad to hear you will gain weight if you go back but I agree. I feel it instantly when I eat them. Get that heavy feeling in my stomach. Also with the last few weeks of liquids and mushies I have had more carbs than I can handle I think. That is my theory on why my weight is so stuck. I don't mind being hungry but alot of the mushies are sliders foods and to carb heavy. I have to get back to the 1200 (minus about 400 calories!! LOL) because that worked better for me....... Of course it didn't hurt I was in Africa for almost a month and my body went into shock and shed almost 1o pounds in three weeks........and all I ate when I did eat was CARBS!!! It was just too hot to eat, I was exercising about 6 hours a day I didn't like the food in the least so no temptation.........only liked the cucumbers which I ate for every meal!!! LOL. Maybe I need to go to Africa again.......it has crossed my mind!! Have a great day. I am out in the field the rest of the day so no more forum until I get home tonight........... I have been on phone line all morning but no calls so far!!

My port has almost entirely quit hurting!! Only if I wears jeans does it hurt now.......... Nicole, Christine.............how was your weekend?? Oh Riley I see you only had 1cc at sugery..........hmm.........so I wonder if it is just luck of the draw what your band has in it at surgery? I was told around 3cc's.............but I think that is just a guesstamate. I think it really varies anywhere from 1-5. I did hear that he does 2cc for the first fill. Than 1cc at the next appointment, than .5 at all the other appointments.

Hey Riley I am in the same place right now............ I am still confused why some people are already at 5-6ccs at the first fill and 3-5.8 at surgery? Your only three and you have had two fills already? I am sorta confused about how they do this.......... Riley how much are you getting filled at each appointment and do you know how much your fill was at surgery? I have never really had great restriction but lately I have none..............my guess is I don't have much of a fill from surgery or I have lost alot of fat in the last five weeks.......... I am not getting stuck at all. Not eathing much because everything feels like it sticks to me right now........... I have heard that chicken can be a big issue for bandsters............maybe you will have to just go back to being a vegetarian again??

Ah Reggie did you get the CD? I still have mine. I will be home tonight after 6pm................. I work in Natomas if you want to stop by there tomorrow or later today. Or maybe you can connect with Candy. Just let me know!! Candy your doing great. I hope the heat makes me melt too!! LOL. Maybe I will go outside today and just baste away in the sun...............LOL. I am losing in my shoulders, face and waste.........of course with me the butt is always the last to go...........afraid to weigh because I get upset with all the up and downs.......I am only weighing on Fridays now. But I want to get down another 3-5 before my first fill......don't want to hear Robin talking to me about 11 not being enough again.............will do liquids all week if I have to..............LOL!!

Hey Candy I think your right about the band loosening up and weight loss........haven't weighed this week will do that on Friday but I know I have lost at least 11 pounds and probably more now. Just weird because only the last couple of days the restriction is totally gone.........night and day difference. I went back to all liquids for a couple of days and am working my way back up to soft foods..........Only this time no potatoes soup or carbs. LOL. I figured I needed to jump start things again and decided since the mushies and soft foods were when I started to plateau that I would go backward and than move up slower this time........... also doing the WII fit the last couple of days although I am having to fight my daughter for time!!! We both love it!! I probably will cancel my gym membership after next month when it expires ............I think between this and my DVD's I would do better exercising at home.............well at home I am less self concsious!! A gym is still a gym..............LOL. I got the EA new exercise game coming in tomorrow............ That looks interesting. Just wish two people could play WII fit!!

My problem is the opposite. I have had two periods in five weeks and both lasted three times as long as normal. Granted I was more like every 5-6 weeks the last few years and only a day at a time...........but this stuff is crazy!! I heard that your cycle gets all messed up after surgery and this is normal. Not normal for me, but maybe this is my "new" normal. I think surgery messes up our bodies

Diet Coke here..............been banded five weeks today and no more soda. I lived on Diet Coke for years.............I am surviving and hope wanting a coke will fade out here soon!! Ah and Falafels are to die for!!! I have to wonder if they were baked instead of fried if that would be band friendly??

sing and dance you have lost alot. Is that since orientation? Wow girl you doing great!! If you don't mind me asking what is your orientation weight? Cause you might be getting close to 10%. I only had to lose 12 pounds for get surgery scheduled!! You might already be there.........

Hey all you newbies....... Not sure who asked the question in regards to diet and the 1200 calories........ Here is my take on that. I think it is a great plan but for me I had to reduce the carbs on the plan and add more protiens to lose. That is just how my body works. I can't do any carbs and lose at a fast pace. Also the carbs make me crave sweets and more carbs..............so I just was stricter than the diet required because that is what worked. Believe me I tried alot of tweaking in the beginning and I have to go with no carbs at all at least to be in the fast weight lose mode. Having said that here I am post op and finding out again that I can't eat carbs at all to lose!! Somethings don't change!! LOL. Also lots of water......over 64 ounces and exercise. I have to do all three things to lose. Everyone is different this is just works for me. I am not sure Kaiser or Robin would like my tweaking!! LOL. I can't eat sugar either or sweet stuff cause than I crave it more.........I realize once I get started I am done for the day. So I steer clear of that stuff......one reason why I can never try Diet Coke again. i will so start to crave it with even a little.......well I crave it now but it has been 5 weeks today..........hopefully I will stop craving it here soon. I know I can't ever have it again!! Best of luck.

Oh girls I have no restriction at all anymore. I did the first couple of weeks............ I just realized today that I can eat just about anything now without a problem. Also noticed the water is going straight down now.........I don't feel that funnel feeling anymore. I feel it go down quckly. Tonight I went to the parent/daughter 8th grade dinner. Everything was catered. I was picky but I ate more than 1/2 cup.............I am pretty sure. Alot of it was salad............I know, I know...........but better than all the pasta..........and nothing. Not even a full feeling really. No water and I drank alot of water before I went. But ya know there is no restriction anymore.....Now a couple of hours later I can't even till I ate!! I barely ate all day know I was going. But this is what I was hoping avoid with the band at this having to white knuckle it. Urghh.................... Seems like the last few days suddenly the tight, restricted feeling is totally gone!! It has been a big difference in how if feels eating with it tight and now..... I think it has been getting less and less for about a week now. But suddenly today I realized it is gone I don't get full like I did before. I am so ready for a fill!! I need a fill. I am doing this on my own right now. Doing the willpower and getting sorta tired of it all........................I just keep telling myself 10 more days than some restriction! I miss the restriction and tight feeling I had the first couple of weeks. I sorta like the really full feeling after just a little food..................

Hey all. Donna your right I think. About using clothes for insulation!! LOL. I have a friend who had gastric a year ago and I used to always wonder why her clothes where so huge on her................I could never figure out why her clothes where three times to big and why she didn't show off the weight lose and clothes that fit her. Now I sorta get it except my clothes are baggy, not three sizes to baggy. But still I give in last week and admitted my capris in size 20 had to go.............safety pins and all!! I have done the tank top thing even with all my fat. I just get to hot. The one thing I didn't do much of was being social. I have been doing alot more of that the last month. I am feeling better last year at this time I was always sick or had migraines due to my blood pressure and just wanted to stay home except for work............now I feel better and just better about myself so I notice I am out and about more!! So nice to not have headaches and health issues all the time. Donna you go girl!!! HOpe everyone had a great weekend!!! 10 days until my fill........ Reggie here you go girl!!!