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Welcome home Donna!!! u were missed. Now that the den mother is back we have to behave...hehe

Monique, girl do you even have your binder? I think you may have been a little early on that shower LOL. and 16 oz of broth? good lawd!! where did you put it? Candra I like the idea of not eating the salad i.e. chicken, egg... that make so much sense to me. I'm gonna try and get some lunch meat this weekend for next weeks lunch. I don't know about regular salads... I think the lettuce doesn't agree with me. And i think I'm feeling my band but only in the late afternoon/evening. It feels tight like between my chest and throat. I don't know if it's the lettuce. It's a weird feeling. Did/do any of you vets feel that? Riley, girl that person is a jerk if he holds onto the job for $12 f'ing $$. If you don't use Candra's people I know a few too LOL. Well, I hope you have a wonderful b-day party don't get too wasted...it's a marathon not a race (what I tell my kids)

ok I'm jonesin for something sweet....like cake or a cookie. I thought it was going to pass but it's not.

yea Tina, that what a lot of companies are doing getting rid of the "over qualified" to hire under qualified....it's terrible. I think public service is too much of an unsure thing Private is the way to go if possible. I'd try to hang on but keep your eye out for something else. It will probably take months for something to turn up. Wow I can't believe how tired I am. I'm trying to watch my criminal minds but I may be going to bed here soon. I promised I come in at 7am tomorrow, meaning I need to leave home by 6. ugh!!

Monique, step away from the chicken wings, I'm a wing girl myself and I didn't have one of those until 2 weeks out. :thumbup: which was too soon so you have a ways to go. Don't make me have to drive out to Pittsburgh cuz I know where it its LOL Only broth, jello (SUGAR FREE), and popsicles (SUGAR FREE). You will have plenty of time for the other stuff. We are just setting the ground work now. Friday you can have cream soups. Take it slow. Oh and go ahead and just keep sipping your water. That may be why you are hungry. I know when I think about food I sip, so try that. You should be up to 40 oz now. Candra, use the home scale, deal with Kaisers only when necessary :crying: In fact I'm changing my ticker too. My scale says I've lost 3 more lbs this week woo hoo!

gosh I'm tiered. My class was soo overwhelming I guess I forgot I have a new job...I was so lost. N E way, I lost 2 lbs in 2 days I think because I'm back eating salads and protein only. Today is the 1st day in a while I haven't had any sweets. Hopefully I can get them out of my system by the weekend. Candra I can't wait to hear how your appt goes. I go next week. When I talked to Robin I asked her what I needed to do before the fill and she said nothing. I asked about eating and she said not to worry about it the first time. So I think you are good. You may need to have something since you will probably be on liquids after. Pat I don't think I can make the group tomorrow. I'll see what time I leave work. Congrats Monique! yes eat you gas x strips I lived on those like clockwork. Also, try the jello, I think it helped to keep the hunger away for me. Hang in there everybody...I know times are tough but one we have each other for support and things are bound to get better.

Monique you can take one toenail off...I went ahead and did them all just to give them a break. Then in a few days you can go get a nice pedicure to relax. 6:30 means yo will be first. I'll be checking for your updates. Don't forget to walk walk walk when you get home :cursing:

Tamra, oh I'm sorry to hear that. Is there any way you can get an appt sooner? Maybe you can call back and talk to someone else that may have mercy on you. Good luck. Monique, how ya doing? You all ready to go? Don't worry everything will be fine. Work was work. tomorrow I'm in class all day so I'm not going into the office. I've been sooo hungry trying not to overeat. I can't wait I hope I get a fill. I finally lost 1 lb it's been lost for 2 days so maybe it's true. I'm not moving my ticker though.

tomorrow is back to work day for me. ugh!! We went up to cache creek this morning to see if I could take a few more months off but no luck LOL I've already packed up my lunch, chicken salad in little containers so I should be on program. Monique listen to Candra, no MOM on the day of surgery, take it by 10am tomorrow Monday and nothing after 6pm. Don't forget otherwise they can reschedule you and I'm sure you don't want that. Thang Longs is the perfect last meal. I went ghetto and had beer and pizza. LOL Oh and I know I did not feel like going anywhere the day after much less put underwear on so you will be doing big things if you go to that support group on wednesday. Riley, hopefully you got your excercise in some other way :confused: No worries about the carbs you probably need your energy. I'm going to follow you this week NO CARBS!!! Seriously I'm glad you were enjoying yourself. Candra I'm also going to try the 4 meals. I sure hope you get a fill because I sure need one.... So who is having aunt flow more than once a month? Is this normal post band???? (sorry John)

Hey everyone I'm trying to get back on the wagon starting today. My eating has really been off track. I'm eating more than 1/4 or 1/2 cup. I decided I need to go back to my salads. When did everyone else start on salads? I love them and it keeps me in check. Tina, sorry you got the flu, make sure you try and get the liquids in. I know all too well about furloughs. We started ours in September, and I can see the difference on my paycheck. But like you said at least I have a job. It's hard out there I know quite a few people who have been laid off recently. Yea, Pat passed her psych eval no padded cell for you LOL Candra, I can't believe your weight loss. just all of a sudden. I heard it happens like that so I'm hopping something will happen for me soon. I still weight the same as I did 2 1/2 weeks ago. So frustrating. Have fun at fright fest Pam, it's the perfect day for that. I'm off to a concert a little later with babysista hopefully we behave. :confused:

things that saved me the 1st couple days was....SF popsicles, & jello, didn't do much broth

congratulations MOnique, very exciting. They give lortab to go home, I used it for 2 days and then not anymore. I guess it's up to you I just didn't like that "drugged" feeling so I stopped it. The most pain I had was gas. I hear Doc fisher is good at getting the gas out so you may be ok but I would have some gas x strips on hand just incase. I learned that the key to the pain was the walking right after like the same day. I took the whole 4 weeks off but I was pretty much back to normal within the week. So if I had to I could have gone back then. oh, yo are supposed to drink the MOM by 10am the day before so you may want to pick it up this weekend. Good luck to you, and be sure to keep in touch to let us know how you are doing. :thumbdown:

Tina, glad you're feeling better about things. Mellow is cool, low stress. Not like you can do anything about it anyway. And the best part you are loosing weight. Hey where is miss Riley Jane? you hoo....I miss you too.

yea Candra my port still hurts. Not anything major just annoying pain. I guess it's where it's sewn onto my muscle. And I still hurt when I wear a underwire bra which is all I have besides sports-bras. I was hoping all this would be gone before I went back to work. Beatriz you will be fine with Doc Fisher. Like Candra said he knows how to get the gas out I think that was the worst part for me because I think Dr Park added more just for the hell of it on me. LOL, I was miserable. Hey did we meet at the group meeting the other night? I have a baby shower on the 24th so I won't be able to make the Sac trip. Like I said let's plan to get together some other time in. ok bad bad girl, I was a bad girl. Well I was doing ok until I got a sweet tooth that I gave into. I had one of those mini cheese cakes. I know its sounds worse than it was, I promise it was a tiny one. My excuse is all of a sudden it's my TOM 15 days after the last one and I really crave chocolate. Anyway what's that about can someone tell me I know I've read this from others. Wow Candra, a PB? I sure hope they give fills after 10 lbs because I've only lost 11. My eating habits have gone from bad to worse. I have to get a hold of them.

ok here's my meals for today....went to brunch this morning and got 2 tamales and beans, I've been eating all day. Only ate the meat out of the tamales and the beans. Probably more than what I was supposed to have over the course of a day. Oh almost forgot. I went crazy at the restaurant chips and salsa. I ate those things like I didn't even have a band. Candra when I talked to Robin she told me to go ahead and do my elliptical, just no crunches, bending or lifting. Like you said you haven't missed anything. I don't think I needed to talk to her. Analynn don't stress too much you are doing fine. Are you getting your water in? It helps Pam sounds like you are back on track with your meatballs LOL. btw: your kids are darling. John I don't think I'll be able to make the next few meetings either. Hopefully we can get a play date that can work for the group so we can at least see each other. No worries Pat I'm sure the psych appt will go fine.

Hi Beatriz, welcome to our group. Congratulations! You are feeling what everyone has felt. All these feeling will go away once you are banded. You should go back through some of the earlier posts and see what others went through. Speaking for myself I think it;s the best thing that I've ever done. Actually it's probably one of the first things I've ever done, well stuck to. Feel free to ask anything on your mind. This is a great group of gals who have already been where you are and there are quite a few trying to get where you are.

I talked to Robin today, I told her that I had already started just chewing my food and not doing the mushies. I think it just went over her head. Here's what I had today B=1 egg, 1 bacon & cheese omelet L=light yogurt D=small pc of skirt steak s=popsicle not too bad, I even did my elliptical this morning. I had a good workout, sweating and all. So Riley you're right a good shorter workout is better than and a long leisure one.

oh Chris that is adorable. I can see her or him just fine. This is so exciting for all of us, thanks for sharing. Gosh I can't believe you've only gained a couple pounds. That shows that you are still working your band. :thumbup:

I had to finally update my ticker not going in the right direction. I just can't seem to get rid of this extra pound. :thumbup: How the heck am I going to loose 2 lbs by next week? So I don't think I will make my back to work goal.

for once the weather man was right :thumbup: I guess I can't go do the hill. hmmm maybe I'll try my elliptical. Be safe everyone.

Heather work that Heidi outfit! Be a sassy Heidi I wonder if I can get my Pannus cut off if it is impairing me from shaving LMAO!

Hey Candra how are your scars? have you been putting anything on them? MIne are still ugly. The port is longer than an inch and then I have little knots on the others. Anybody else have that?

try UC Davis their facility is in Sac.

Tina that was a smart idea. We did some surface winterizing this evening but the patio set is still out there. My garden is probably shot. I wonder about this storm; seems like when ever they build us up like this it turns out to be a dud. Rikey I'm thinking more like a birthday toast but we can walk too, I guess :confused:

We'll that's a blessing, I know you are happy about that! Ok, give NIcole my love. I'll have to catch up with you all next time.