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I would love to do a get together in Fairfield! I'm so bummed I had to miss the meeting on Sat. But my teacher scheduled a "field trip" to go to his house in Sutter Creek and he took us to an old mine and then we bbq'd at his place. We were supposed to talk about our papers, but that never happened. Oh well. I'd love to have another Sac-area meeting. I heard a rumor there was a Monday night meeting in Elk Grove, but I'll have to look into it. It would help to see eachother more often, and have an option when your teacher messes with your meeting! I can't meet up this week. My 9/80 is the opposite week (on Thursdays). I have 2 more weeks of school, then I have 1 week off and the next semester starts. I will still be going only 1 night a week (Tuesdays). I've been on a little plateau apparently. I thought I lost those pounds but they missed me and came back. It's funny, I've been losing so much so fast that I almost feel like a total failure when I stall or lose really slowly. I had 1 week where I didn't lose anything (I was sick too) and I was bummed! Now I've been playing with this 5-6 pounds and I'm anxious to get them off! I think it's because they're milestone pounds. I'm so close to 50 lbs lost I can just taste it. I want it, dang it! Goodnight ladies. I should not be up this late! 5:30's coming even faster now Pam!

Or wash the dog when everyone else is ready to go.... (my dad did that one, we still give him a hard time)

Nicole! Sunsplash sounds fun. I've grounded myself. I have got to get my homework done. And clean my house. I'm so grounded. Like I said on my FB, I should put "Waste time" on my to-do list today so I could actually cross something off! At least I got a little research done yesterday. Friday night was pretty cool, my coworkers all got together with our S.O.s for a softball game and a bbq. I was the only person to not hit the ball at all. I used to play softball as a kid, so I assumed I'd be awesome or something! Well, at least I ran to catch the ball when it came my direction. And, I ran in and out when we changed innings. So that was nice. Of course, I tried to be good at the bbq, but I had a few handfuls of chips, a salsa/salad/dip thing with corn, tomatoes, avocados etc., And I had a burger with a real bun. It was pretty tasty, but I'm back on track today. And, in the 2 bbqs this weekend (I had one yesteday at my teachers house) I didn't have a single soda (Quit cold-turkey on the day of orientation). So here's to changing! Other activity ideas: State Fair is coming... Sun Splash in Roseville has night slide... Batting Cages... Swimming at a public pool... um, I should really do this dang work and not make a list of things I'd rather be doing!

Christine, You've been having the summer we all want to have! You've been off enjoying life. That's inspiring too. When will we have another Youtube update?

I'm a criminal justice major at a satellite school. It's tiny, and the campus is in an office building. Classes are from 6-10:30 pm. 2 nights each week is considered full time. We have 5 9-week sessions per year. I have a hard time finding the right things to eat in class. Everyone brings dinner, but their "dinner" comes from the vending machines. I also start to feel guilty because I can't exercise on nights I have class. I work full time (days) and live with my fella. No kids though. How do people work fill time, school full time, raise a family, cook healthy meals and still sleep? I haven't been banded yet, still need to lose about 30 more lbs before surgery.

If anyone is interested in another 5k.... Sac Co. Sheriff K9 assoc. is having a 5k to raise money for Kaleo, the K9 who had to be retired after only 5 years. Poor pup got cancer. Since the dog is retired, the dept doesn't pay for medical anymore. It's a 5k along the American River Parkway, so it should be nice. August 23, 8am. $25. Starts at the Sheriff's training facility on Riverwalk in Carmichael.

Thanks Riley! I think I still have a ton of bad habits from high school and my previous schools. I never had to change them, now I really do. But hey, I'm changing myself for the better in any way I can... I'm being the best me I can be so I may as well tackle this too!

Hello Ladies! I'm missing the meeting today. And I'm bummed to be missing it. I know Donna's doing a great job, I can feel it! I have 2 weeks left of school and have so much to do. I have a 2 page paper to write, a 10 page research paper to research, write and do a little oral presentation on ot (either today or Tuesday night... I going for Tues!) and we get our final today, due in about 10 days. I don't know how some people can do this, and work full time and have the kiddos! I'm slightly overwhelmed by just working and going to school. As the boyfriend pointed out, I'm also doing my whole "Lap-band thing". And he made me realize that it's also stressful. It's good stress, but I'm doing all these new things at the same time. (Starting a new school with a super accelerated pace and trying to lose all this dang weight). Some days I just don't know which is best, spend my time working on school or going to the gym. I need to do both but I can't decide. I wish I could do it all. Why can't I be some kind of superwoman? Imagine... working full time, school full time, exercies an hour each night, cook healthy meals each night and keep a clean house... Okay, maybe that last bit was too much to ask. I'm finally losing those few pounds I found this last week. It was because I told you guys I saw my 50lb loss. Well, it was gone with the blink of an eye. I gained 5 back, probably from my head getting so big, lol! Now, I'm back on track and I hope to have my 50lb loss in the bag this week. Yay! Congrats to Candra! You're under goal! Go you!

That's right! Meeting at Kaiser Point West this Saturday! I have to leave early because my class was changed to a bbq at my teacher's house on Saturday. I have to present my paper. Better get started on that. So glad I have tomorrow off! Of course, I've already scheduled my day... totally over scheduled. Dentist appt, Water aerobics (1st time), stop by parents house, stop by aunt's house, costco, Laundry, Meet with Financial Aid lady at school. I'll fit the homework in there somewhere! I wish I worked 4 10s instead of the 9/80. I'm thankful I have at least a 9/80, but only 1 day every 2 weeks- it just doesn't come around enough!

I can't change my ticker just yet. Boo. I'm back up a few pounds. I think it's just my cycle messing with me. I lost throughout the aunt's visit, and now am back up a few. When I'm solidly at 50 lbs lost, you better believe I'm changing that ticker. But, I saw the 50lbs lost on the scale, so I know I'll be there soon.

Jes, I so know what you mean about eating around friends. Dr. Fisher said that would be a problem for young people. You know... peer pressure and all. Ok ladies. I've procrastinated with a paper for school for way too long. I don't even have a topic yet. Can anyone think of a good topic for 6-10 pages on white collar crime or something crime related? Jeez, I've procrastinated so long you'd think I was a legislator or something!

I'm still in a variety of sizes! We should find some time to meet up this week Tina! I hear you on the carbs too. I walked down the bread isle this morning at the store and caught myself doing a "sigh, I miss bread". Seriously! But I guess I don't miss it that much, because I've got results to replace my bread!

Oh, and the dress is an 18/20! What?! I wore my size 26 shorts to the store, and left with an 18/20 dress. I love it!

Thanks ladies! I'm really excited. I was feeling kinda bummed since I got another email ad from igigi.com. If you haven't shopped there, they have beautiful clothes. I haven't really had any occasion to shop there and their clothes are really expensive (to me at least!) I feel like I can't spend $100 on a dress that won't fit in a few months and I have no reason to wear now. So, I went to Wally world today. I don't shop there often, the one near me is kinda gross. I decided to peek at the clothes. (BTW why must they constantly move their plus size section?! I just want to go directly to my size, not wander around looking for it!) Anyway, I saw this dress on a random rack. It looked so lonely all by itself. Well, it was a 2x and it fit! I haven't been a 2x in probably 5-6 years now. I'm so excited. I added a pic to my album.

I just got off the scale 50 lbs lighter than I was 9 1/2 weeks ago. Holy cow.

That's so funny, Dr. Fisher didn't even suggest I get RNY (And I have a bunch more to lose than youse guys!). For your new ladies, I have to lose 84 lbs pre-op. It's wierd. I'm now feeling that I'm not going to be ready for surgery in a few months. Like, I'm losing so fast maybe I just keep doing the pre-op diet and see how it goes. Anyone else feel like that? Tina- we got the seniority list emailed dept-wide. Oh, and I'm never the same weight all day long. It's like I can never trust my scale, I have to take a few measurements throughout the day. My mom is the same way, I can vary 4 lbs in any given day so I just count my morning weight as my true weight.

Well, I fully expect a few more rounds of layoffs. That's why I'm not house shopping like I was a few months ago. :scared2: However, we still haven't had our layoffs yet. People should find out officially tomorrow. The term date is Aug 1. They did send out the seniority list and I'm sitting pretty high. Well not high but not low! The board did decide to restore some more money, equals about 70 deputies (out of over 200). Something wierd today, I've been the same weight all day. (288.2) The same weight first thing in the morning, after work and evening. Not normal for me. Goodnight ladies!

Well ladies, the Kaiser scales are at it again. I had another weight check today and their scale had me 8 lbs heavier than I was this morning! So Dr. Fisher can see 37 lbs lost, not my 45 lbs. But I'd say it's still significant. It's funny, I was thinking about my surgeon consult at UC Davis, and the surgeon told me flat out, "You won't lose 100lbs with a lap band". I had told Dr. Fisher about how UCD was just a bad fit and he was defending them. "It's a good program, we've worked with them"... etc. Ugh. It makes me mad because I feel like there are so many programs out there who push RNY on people who aren't 100% sure. I was told they would only do RNY, so I walked. Dr. Fisher said definately lapband, no way RNY. I hate that there are so many people out there who want the lap band and could be successful, but they're stuck with a crappy program. I feel so fortunate.

The Fremont vs Richmond thing is wierd! My coworker got a referral about the same time as me and she was referred to Fremont (and I got Richmond, obviously). The Fremont orientation is apparently over the weekend, I think she said it was on a Sunday. But she was really disappointed after it. She basically gave up on the lap band idea since they were so pro RNY and anti Lap. I feel so fortunate that I got Richmond and that I now have Kaiser insurance. Having researched 2 other programs (both local in Sac) I'm really impressed with Richmond's approach. I feel like I'm successful because of Richmond's pre-op diet, and because I found Lap Band Talk and found you ladies. I wonder if I would have ever lost this much with another program?

Oh, and I'm happy to report my job is safe. Woohoo! Well, I can totally imagine the board of sups messing with our budget in the future toom, so I'm not rushing out to buy a house quite yet. But I still have a job. Yay! I'm having a good day.

I'm so frickin excited I have to share. I took my measurements when I got home from orientation 9 weeks ago. I just took them again. I lost 6 3/4" from my bust, 4 1/2" from my waist, and 4 1/2" from my hips. Holy cow! I'm shrinking!

Change things up! If your only doing one type of exercise, try something else. If you're having too few calories, have a few more etc. I haven't been banded yet but I know my body tries to cheat, I have to change up the exercise routine to be successful. Are you snacking at all? This could be where your trouble lies. Have you been journaling everything? But I agree with the other ladies, you should check with your doc and schedule a fill.

Jane, I love the idea of a group hike! We should plan a Saturday trip. I'm having a fine weekend so far. I still haven't finished my midterm. Even now, at 25 I am still can't do my homework early. I can't even understand how people can finish projects weeks early. I went to the gym today. 1 hour on the elliptical and finally used the weight machines. I did legs tonight and I am going to be sore for days! I've been doing a lot of arm stuff, but my Wii Active makes me do things that make my knees make funny noises, so I skip those exercises. I've determined that I definately was a delusional size 26 squeezing myself into a 24. I think all that lycra helped. On Friday I wore pants I hadn't worn in perhaps a year or more, they had dust at the top of the hanger! They had absolutely no lycra, and I even buttoned the inner button, I didn't cheat with just the metal tabs! Last week I went for a ride with my dad in his retirement toy aka his tiny little convertable. It was easier to get in and out (NSV!) I was holding my hair back and just happened to look in the side mirror to see my arm flapping in the wind. Needless to say, I'm focusing a bit more on toning now!

Ok, so I never knew I had comments! Thanks ladies! Maria, I feel like I'm just way too young for RNY. I want to have a normal life and I don't want to permanently alter my organs! I don't know why UCD was so against lap band, I think it was something like "You won't lose as much weight with lap band, lap band patients aren't as successful". To that I say, Of course! If you're negative about the procedure your patients won't succeed! Ugh. So frusterating. I'm really glad I have Kaiser now because Kaiser Richmond rocks. I'm rockin' the pre-op diet and have lost 40 lbs since orientation.

I'm starting my journey to a smaller, healthier me. I have my orientation at Kaiser Richmond tomorrow morning. I know what to expect there, I've been to the orientation with Dr. Machado of Mercy San Juan and the one for UC Davis. Now I have Kaiser and from what I can tell, it's going to be a really good fit. Just reading all the posts from the other ladies who went through Kaiser Richmond makes me feel a lot better. When I did the UC Davis orientation, the surgeons were very much against the lap band. I felt like I had to defend myself and convince the surgeon and he basically told me. "I will not do a lap band, but you can have gastric bypass". As frusterating as that was to hear, I'm ready to re-dedicate myself to the cause! I'm not telling anyone, just my boyfriend and my mom & dad. It's not that I'm ashamed, but I kinda am. I'm ashamed that I've let my weight get so out of control. I'm ashamed that I can't do this on my own. But I'm ready to work hard and I feel like it's the best time to do it. People at work are all trying to be healthier, my family is trying to be healther and so are my friends. It's like all the pieces have to fall into place. The journey begins tommorrow.