Any one in NW WA

[singandsew 0]

Sue! So sorry to hear about your dog. We went through the same thing last January. It hurts. Hope you have a nice vacation, though. How long will you be gone?

Merrillee

[sue11 0]

We're heading to Sunriver, OR for a week. We (my parents, brother & his kids, 10 in all) have gone there for 14 years. Lots of opportunity to walk & bike ride, lots to do, or just sit by the pool. Just checked weather...low 80's...that works.

[singandsew 0]

Hi all!

We did it! Walked the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge from one end to the other and back! Not too bad. Even though it was quite warm and muggy, there was a breeze most of the time. I've posted pics on Myspace

myspace.com/merrilleesings

Woo hoo!!!!!

Merrillee

[Darragha 0]

Hi

I'm in Bellingham. I don't have the date set yet, but I believe I will be banded end of August or beginning of September.

I'm going to try and meet the other Bellinghamsters at Bellis Fair Mall on 7/16/

Darragha

[dawneb 0]

Hello all,

I haven't written for a while but I read the posts every day. I went to the meeting last night at St. Joes', very interesting. Lots of good information. It was nice to talk to people who have been through the same things we have too.

I was definitely needing support too. Since I've gone to pureed foods my weight loss has just stopped. I actually went up a pound. YIKES!!! Terry from Dr. Srikanth's office said that can happen because the body is not used to food so it holds on to all that you're giving it. Glad to say that as of this morning I lost the extra pound and a couple more ounces. YEAH!!!

It's very discouraging when you see that weight go up instead of down. Especially when I feel like I'm starving all the time. Luckily I get my first fill next week. YEAH. I'm hoping that will help.

Hope everyone's doing well.

[singandsew 0]

Hey Dawndeb,

I need to get myself to one of those support groups. I could use the encouragement and friendship. The up and down thing is a fact of life. We don't lose weight in a straight line, unfortunately. As long as you're in a downward trend overall that's a BIG yippee! I go through the same thing all the time. Down, up, down, up, down down......frustrating at times, but still going down overall.

Merrillee

[Cherrybomb 0]

Logging your weight at physicsdiet.com helps because it shows you the overall trend of your weight loss. For me, it takes my focus off the daily number and puts it on the overall loss. It is free and has some nice reports available.

[sue11 0]

dawneb...I'm so diappointed I missed meeting you at the St Joe's support meeting. I've been to every Monday support meeting since the week b4-banding in May. We're on vacation this week so I missed. Wendy goes too (also vacationing).

Maybe I'll see you there in 2 weeks, I'd love to meet you. Did Laura lead the group? She a nutritionist with a Phd in exercise physiology, a great wealth of information. She's the one who helped me figure out my weight loss had stalled b/c I wasn't eating enough.

Glad to hear you enjoyed the group. We've talked about possibly meeting b4 group to walk down on Ruston, but it's tought for alot of people to get away at that time of day.

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Mer...

Sound like fun, I really wanted to do the bridge walk.

We're down here in Oregon waiting to see what the weather's going to do. We're scheduled to river raft today, but there's thunder storms coming. Oh well, we'll just re-schedule. We're hoping the storms some in tonight, they are fabulous at night!!!

[dawneb 0]

Sue,

It would be great to meet all of you too. It was a very small group so I was able to tell that there wasn't anybody from here at the meeting. yes, Laura lead the group. She's great. She also did my pre-op nutrition class at St. Francis. She's just a wealth of information.

Hopefully we'll meet up in a couple of weeks at the next meeting. I work till 5 in Maple Valley so I wouldn't be able to meet before hand. I'm stretching it to get there by 6:30.

Have a great vacation.

[sue11 0]

dawneb...

Looking forward to meeting you!!!

Been a busy couple of days, even though weather hasn't been great. We were lucky yesterday and scheduled our white Water rafting trip for the one slot of time in the day that actually had sunshine, we had a great time. I skipped the rafting last time, feeling more comfortable with my body now. We went on a couple bike rides today, the longest was 7 miles around the airport on the river trail...beautiful!!! It's so great to want to be active, not so worried about if I can keep up. My attitude is changing, a real NSV for me.

One little chuckle on the biking...I had to remind myself that it was a good thing that my upper arms were "flapping in the wind". Has anyone else noticed things getting soft and droopy. I told myself in the beginning that loosing the weight would be good enough, I didn't need to get plastic surgery. I'm seeing my attitude changing on that one, I'm seeing into the future and it seems to be full of flaps, jiggles and droops!!!

[ljuht115 0]

Hi everyone...

I haven't checked in since before my first fill. I will try and make this short...

I got my first fill a few hours before I left on vacation on the 29th. It worked really well the first week and a half or so. Dr. Srikanth put 1.8 cc in my 4cc band (seems like Dr Oh does the same thing). I felt good restriction, got full quickly and it would last for hours. (no PBing or Sliming).

Later last week I started to get really REALLY HUNGRY!! Worse than before I started with my pre-op... Well - my follow up appt wasn't until July 30th. I called on this last Monday and pulled it in to today (We can't get another filled for 3-4 weeks after each fill) so I made mine exactly 3 weeks and 1 day..

I saw Terry this morning for my fill. The Dr actually puts in a tintsy bit of liquid at surgery (to test the band for leaks) as Terry pulled out almost 2 cc's of saline before putting it back and also adding another .4 cc, so now I am up to 2.4 cc's in my band and back to liquids and Soups for 48 hours.

I plateaued as well and have only lost 1.8 lbs in 3 weeks. It is hard not to have the things you want when you are so hungry and I have to see how this fill affects me. I made another appt for 4 weeks out as a follow up, but hope this get's rid of the hunger...

I sure would love to hook up with some of you sometime. I live in north renton and work in Bellevue so making the meetings for me at st francis are a longshot. Maybe we could do some sort of gathering once a month.

Still love m band but can't wait till I hit my sweet spot!

Sue11 - SO Sorry to hear about your pup. I am a dog person as well and went through this last year.

Take Care!!! :rain:

[sue11 0]

I had a "this is soooooo cool moment yesterday.

We're vacationing and I took my daughters horsebackriding. On the pre-ride forms they ask the question "Do you weigh more than 240#" I got to check the "NO" box!!!!!!!! I was smiling so big, practically giggling...but no one knew why. I know you all will understand!!!! SO COOL!!!

[dawneb 0]

Sue,

that's awesome. Hope you're having a great time on your vacation.

I went to my 20th class reunion last night. It was pretty fun. Interesting to see how some people have changed and others look exactly the same.

I'm two pounds away from "onederland" and I'm so excited. I haven't been there in many years. It hardly seems possible.:clap2:

[RiahG 0]

Dawneb,

I am so proud of you! You are truly my inspiration for trying to go through all of this. I am hanging in there with all the appts required by the insurance and have started the exercise program. Wednesday is my first appt with the dietician and then I meet with Dr.S on Thursday.

I can't wait to see you! We haven't worked together since that Saturday a few weeks after the surgery. Sounds like you are doing great.

Keep up the good work *hugs*