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[AudsMom 2]

Riley im so glad it worked! Im also glad to know he works with us.:wub: I want to know what he considers a success... Cause i know most of us that are now banded have lost almost or more then 50% of our excess BF.. So is that when he considers us a success or when we are in the normal range.. Cause i remember him saying a long time ago he will be happy if i loose 50% of my excess bf. Who knows...

Went shopping for camping OK camping healthy wise is VERY EXSPENSIVE! We used to do like hot dogs and burgers. This time i got steak and stuff for the shish kabobs, so vegies and meat my bill in the end for 4 days is drum roll please...... 135!!!! holy moly! I hate when i dont know what i buy:( I was a bad naughty naughty girl and got a 6 pack, but i did because i know my family will be having margaritas and shots and all these more fattening beverages, and I used to partake, this time i can say nope i got my own... Watch none of them will be drank.. lol but how im tellin myself is if i dont drink them i cant drink anything. I just dont want to get into the shot rounds and margarita rounds with everyone, you know how easy it is to put away booze then..........

[riley4183 0]

I am camping too Nicole! I leave on Saturday & get back on Tuesday!

And I know about the 'rita pain! That is why I bring www.bajabob.com 's sugar-free margarita mix! You can make them as weak as you like, hide the fact that you have only a thinblefill of tequila, and still "party!"

[AudsMom 2]

Oh cute Riley! Wish i woulda known about those.. but oh well i am outa time lol. No more shoppin for me:)

BTW who else is campin this weekend, i know im Thur- Sun and Christine is Fri-sun and now riley is Sat-Tues lol anyone else??

Walmart sure feels it.. boy all their stuff is like sold out!

[swrktp 1]

I don't like frogs. Especially the big jumping, thick kind!! I would be so scare he would jump.................ah on me!!

NOthing exciting this weekend. I have some people coming over to hang out.

Oh Nicole maybe we can get the oil on the 23rd or 25 if it comes in.

[riley4183 0]

You can get them at BevMo if you have more shopping to do before you leave - lots of stores listed in Sacramento that carry it.

ANYWAYS! I so am not good today! And only 5 miles, and I am going to Harry Potter tonight inztead of working out!! Now I want candy LOL

[reggie71 0]

OMG, Nicole and Riley Jane , you guys just gave me an epiphany, I have lost 50%+ of my excess body weight WOW! I guess we are doing something right lol.

[reggie71 0]

I am camping too Nicole! I leave on Saturday & get back on Tuesday!

And I know about the 'rita pain! That is why I bring www.bajabob.com 's sugar-free margarita mix! You can make them as weak as you like, hide the fact that you have only a thinblefill of tequila, and still "party!"

Riley Jane Thanks for this sight I have been living on Water forever it seems this will be nice to have when we have parties so I don't feel like the odd woman out :-).

[AudsMom 2]

Now you know why I brought it up! Baggs told me when i started most bandsters only loose 50% of their excess... well we have all either passed it or are GOING TO! We are definitely the rock stars!!!:wub:

So bin number 1 and 2 are packed.. the wash bin and the dry stuff bin;)

[riley4183 0]

OH yes, we are totally the rock stars! When I met Baggs I told him I WAS going to be a successful lap-band patient, he laughed and said he believed me! We never even talked about any olther kind of surgery - I was VERY sure, and he is very positive and encouraging. I said I would exceed that 60% average, and BOY HAVE I - I had 130 to lose and I am at almost 90 lost, so I have lost almost 70%! We are KICKING SOME BUTT LADIES!!!

[tanifaire 0]

Honestly, I like her alot, I love her calm approach and she is very smart, she knows her stuff. She also specialized in LB and RNY, I believe she has the same level of expertise as the other surgeons if not more. As I said before go meet with her and give it a try.

thank you Reggie... You really put my mind at ease... I appreciate that so much... So reggie you have lost sixty somthing pounds since your surgery?

[AudsMom 2]

I had 105 to loose ive lost 78 so ive lost 75%. Wow thats nuts. Im so proud of us! I don't think any of us will have to worry about not hitting goal.....

[riley4183 0]

Tani I have met with Dr. park too, and she is fab! Plus she is chief of surgery! or she was when I met her last year. I really, really liked her. Very patient, careful, accurate - all good things in a surgeon! I just felt like I "meshed" better with Dr. Baggs, seeing that I am sorta wacko (Candra is kind, she says "fun") and I like to laugh! He came highly recommended, and all I wanted was lap-pband - didn't even want to discuss RNY! She did not get that when I met with her - but she was very supportive of me making my own decision. Dr. Baggs was just like, "Great! lap band it is!"

[AudsMom 2]

Riley, baggs is now Chief of Surgery... i think they all share the title. He was atleast when i had surgery... if you look at your surgery questionnaire when u are already banded.. the one that asks how great they were... it says his name...

But i bet she is just as good, they really do have a great team! I say go to the thing if she says to loose more then 10% ask for baggs:) But it should be fine:D

[riley4183 0]

You're right, Nicole! I KNEW I saw that somewhere! Maybe they switch off . . . . I know that I made the right choice, for me, for lap band, but I would be hard-pressed to choose between Parks and Baggs if I wanted to have RNY. I really liked her, she answered ALL of my questions when I was not even her patient, she was great! But for lap-band you have to keep going to your surgeon for a year or more afterwards. I think I have already seen Dr. Baggs more in the last 6 months than I have seen my PCP in the last 5 years! So you want someone you really feel like you can work with :-) IMHO of course.

[reggie71 0]

Riley, baggs is now Chief of Surgery... i think they all share the title. He was atleast when i had surgery... if you look at your surgery questionnaire when u are already banded.. the one that asks how great they were... it says his name...

But i bet she is just as good, they really do have a great team! I say go to the thing if she says to loose more then 10% ask for baggs:) But it should be fine:D

Actually she had me lose less than ten percent of my body weight. I just happen to lose more. Tani, just go and meet her, now that you have info on her. If I had to do it all over again she would truly be my choice. She did my next door neighbor's surgery and she had RNY 2 years ago and she loves her.