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HELLO LADIES! HOLY MOLLY you girls are chatty!

Well we left at 8 am and got to san jose by 10:20 yes i kick buttay... A three hour drive in 2 and 20 min quite proud lol. NO TICKET! Mike had his interview was a test which he feels good about and then interview. The prob is they are interviewing about 60 people she said! Holy molly! We will know the 15th if he gets to do the second interview.

Then on the way home he got a phone interview for the hospital in Berkely... and gets a second interview with them on Tuesday. LOL gosh hes just booked with interviews!!!! Gotta get bit here eventually..

WELCOME MARIA!!! You will be so glad you found this group, yea most of us are post op now, but Candra and Heather are in the same situation as you, and if you start on page one you can read us all yoyo back and forth most specially me lol. Meaning yes i want it no i dont yes i want it no i dont lol...

Yeah i went to the psychologist apt and was at goal when i got there not sure the date it was in dec.. so 7 weeks after my orientation and was down the 25 or so, so the next monday i saw dr baggs.. then the fun part was Liz.. she was booked and on vacation so it took like 3 weeks to get in with her... then my surgery could be 4 weeks later BUT i was going to vegas 3 weeks later so we waitedtill i got back from vegas so surgery was 7 weeks after i met with liz. Total time 3 months 3 weeks lol.

Tina holy cow you look smokin!!!!

Yes maam that was me i still want the midnight snackin group!! And i need a group now to skip bfast, i find when i dont eat it im not needing to eat longer...

Boy oh boy i went to the mall today while mike was interviewing i was actually depressed there those sales people are evil!!! ABSOLUTELY evil. Make me feel like crap for not spending 129 on a face scrub! Like dude! AND she mentioned my celulite and arm issues!

well i better go switch the laundry over gotta get packed for the next 5 days wow.. we are gonna be gone a while.. Thurs-Mon.. weired.. exciting:) NOOOO BABY..

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Nicole you are so funny, and wound up like a top! I totally relate . . but then I have ADD, lol! I am SO glad to hear that Mike's got so many interviews, something wonderful is gonna happen I can just FEEL it!!

Reggie I don't THINK there would be a problem with lemon or lime in your Water . . I use some powdered stuff called "real lime" and "real lemon," it just gives it a touch of flavor without any sweetener or carbs . . . I could not use it at first because it made it to acidy-y, but I used it after a coupla weeks . . . I never even asked about it, if I could use it or not, I am such a bad patient!! I just figured that as long as it didn't make my water have more than 5-10 cals a serving, I was OK!

Tina I hope you are feeling better, get some rest you skinny little thing . . . .

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I really hope they DIDN'T talk to you about cellulite or your arm.................seriously I would have said something back!! Arrghh.........................rude and agressive sales tactics!!

Hope Mike gets a job or one of the jobs!! LOL

Ok going to Pinole tomorrow. I printed out the picture os us all a Mimi's and if I remember I will give it to Dr. Baggs and see what he says..................

Well I analysed all my food today. I did good most day but some days to much carbs..........even when I am on the healthiest of foods. I am averaging about 900-1000 but I did have a few 600 days too...............

Riley my highest days are when I am with other people I noticed that today.....................I think I try to eat what they eat or a version of what they eat and get in trouble................

Well I hope I get a fill :-)

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LOL Riley im not spun up, just twisted in a stress ball lol.

I feel it too i hope it happens, and i hope it happens perfectly!lol..

Oh and... SHEENA, went into surgery around 3:30.. I havent heard since I am guessing she is in Recovery. I am excited to hear how she is doing since she is our RNY girl....

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brilliant, Tina! I'll bet my highest days are eating/socializing with other people, too . . especially if there is like a NASCAR race on, LOL . . I need to take a look at that! Robin will be impressed that you are analyzing like this :-)

Alas, I missed that last group pic, but hopefully you will get scheduled for the 25th too and we can do another pic then! GOOD LUCK TOMORROW!!!

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Tina you look so cute and thin in your new pic. I'm sorry you are having a hard time with the food issues. I really truly believe you will be fine and yes you will get a fill.

Nicole did you talk to Sheena today? I thought I read something in her post saying that she has postponed her surgery because her son broke his thigh bone. Well I hope she is n surgery and dong well.....Please keep us posted.

Riley, thanks, I will put a little in my Water.< /p>

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Best of luck Sheena!! 3:30 is late though............I bet she just got out since RNY takes awhile...............

Thanks ladies I figured it was time to update my pictures that was almost 40 pounds ago and a different hair color!! LOL. I thought the other way looked like me though :-)

I am stressing about Robin...........OMG I M 220 today I have no idea about tomorrow.......I was 118 this morning........so it is crazy.........only drinking Water today almost a gallon now.............LOL. I really hope this fill give me some restriction.

I also need Dr. Baggs to look at my port area. It is still really swollen and the whole area stills out. I can fell two hard areas that could be the port but why two?? It still gets achy when I eat alot............weird I know the port hurts when I eat............I just want to make sure the swelling is not leaking Fluid or something. It is hard at a rock...........anyone else??? I hope the fill doesn't hurt since my port is still swollen and hurt a bit if I push on it............

Ah well answers tomorrow.

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Tina the fill won't hurt, I had to have my port re-examined (lots of prodding & pushing) by Dr. Baggs 4 days post op when I got the infection - talk about SORE! - but he was pretty gentle about it, it wasn't bad at all. I felt like I had more than 1 hard bump, too! But he knows exactly where the port is, he goes right to it with that big fat needle each time lol . . . look at it this way, the farter it sticks out the easier it is for him to get to!

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Riley I work in the addictions field and darn it I can't outsmart myself either. WHen I saw my food log I saw the obvious right away. Patterns, it is all about finding the negetive patterns and figuring them out.............darn it I knew in two seconds what I was doing wrong.........to bad I didn't run that food analysis before yesterday. Darn it I would love to run away from the truth once in awhile. Problem with me is I can pinpoint exactly where the addcitive/negetive pattern starts and what it is but I can't do anything to make the hard work of fixing it easier!! LOL.

OH the bliss of living in denial but it won't work for me since I know way to much about human behavior and negetive patterns.............darn it, darn it, darn it.

If Robin loves patterns I will blow her away tomorrow cause I color coded my own issues and have it all circle and underlined so I could see where the patterns are.........what I do with my clients. Oh dear I probably did myself in..............you can't tell I have control issues huh!! LOL

Robin won't particularly like my log but it is honest. salad 2 times in a week.

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Ok ladies a question. I drink about 100-120 ounces of crystal light a day. Ok now I am wondering if maybe I should only be drinking water.............Riley and Reggie what is this about not putting lemon in the water.............I think the crystal light is about 20 calories a bottle times 6 or 120 calories...............hmm I wondr if it matters or not...........only doing weater today anyway..........

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Riley you have me laughing about your cow. I never noticed. Reminds me of when I was pregnant my mom made me this dress with fat cows on it............I was flabbergasted I mean serious what does a dress like that really say about someone???

We do need to change your avator!! :-)

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I updated my photo album and took bikini pictures but those I have no intention of posting.............those are to compare measurements in a month or so!! But the decent one I post in my photo album...............I still have some chub on me.............I think I thought I was thinner than I was at my highest weight. No wonder I got rid of almost all my pictures at that weight!! OMG someone help that girl!! ++++++embarrassed but needed to post my starting point*********

I also took all my measurements today and have my food log by the front door. Measuring tape as a belt is a distinct possibility............

Hope Sheena is ok!!

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Hey girls! Sheena just texted me a little while ago and said she's awake and in pain. I'm sure she'll update tomorrow when she's feeling a little better.

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Ah Sheena hope you feel better soon!! Even though it doesn't seem like a week from now your feel so much better!! Right ladies we have all been there!! :-)

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Hey Ladies!

I just created a social group for us here on lapbandtalk. Just click on Social Groups, it's called Kaiser Richmond because I'm super original! Anyway... I figured it might be cool.:crying:

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