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Congratulations La Chica. Hope you are doing well. I really miss our group! Hi Pam!

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Hi everyone I'm still around too. We should really plan a get together.

Congratulations La Chica. Hope you are doing well. I really miss our group! Hi Pam!

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do you still meet in Sacramento? If so when is the next meeting?

The BAND-ONLY support group in Sacramento meets next Saturday, Feb. 19th, 2011!

ALL LapBanders are welcome! Even if you are pre-surgery!!!

Sacramento Valley Bandsters Support Group

third Saturday of every month from 10:30-12:30.

Sutter Cancer Center

Classroom 1, First Floor

2800 L Street, Sacramento

Easy parking is available one short block away in covered lot on 29th Street, between K and L streets. This costs $1 per hour. There is also street parking on the blocks surrounding the area that use a meter to park. I think its approx. 25-cents per 15 min. increment of time.

This group was purposely set up so as NOT to conflict with the other support groups in the area.

Any and ALL band patients; from ANY doctor or hospital are welcome to attend.

Please join us!

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every third Saturday, which is day after tomorrow! hope to see you there!

do you still meet in Sacramento? If so when is the next meeting?

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Analynn, congratulations on your surgery!

Hello everyone. The Kaiser Richmond meetings have been good. They're still on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday nights. We're having a speaker these days on the 3rd Wed. Last month was Dr. Baggs and this week we had Dr. Shnurr the psychologist most of us saw pre-op. She did a presentation on body image that was quite good. I hope some of you will start coming again. They say that going to a support group ups the chance of a good recovery/maintenance so I try to never miss it.

I'm hoping to go to the Santa Rosa support group in April. Do any of you go there?

Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary meeting of the East Bay Bariatric group that meets in San Leandro. It should be a nice meeting.

Riley, how's it going with WW? I'm still attending the weekly meetings but don't use the points so much because I eat low carb so I track calories/protein/carbs, but when I log my points I'm generally between 15 and 20. Eating the fruit just doesn't work for me and I gain weight in a flash.

Take care everyone!!

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Hi Everyone!!! I'm still here. I'm doing well and would love to meet-up with you all soon.

Lee-I will be coming to the Richmond Meeting real soon. I need to start coming....Extra motivation.....needed....

Hopw all are well.....

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Hi Candice, long time! I'm glad that there are still a few more here we really need to get together. Hey Lee and Mo, how have you been? Omg where is Jes, Candra, Donna,Tina, John Nicole both, Chris and the rest of the fam?

Let's get back in touch y'all!

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Hi Reggie, it's good to see you posting here. How have you been?

Little Mo, get yourself back to that meeting! There's a woman from the Sleeve site that came on Wednesday, she lives in Antioch. Maybe you could get a carpool going. What about MamaAsh, get her coming with you. The group is really growing with lots of new people. They keep saying that people that attend support groups have a better shot at long term success. I NEED/WANT that for myself so I go. I also want to pay it forward as people were in that room for me while I was pre-op and it meant a lot to me.

I'm going to the San Leandro meeting this afternoon to Celebrate the great woman that started that support group 10 years ago. That's quite an accomplishment.

I heard from John on our 1 year surgiversary. He's doing well. Figuring out how to eat in his new body. He's under 200 pounds and feeling great.

I'm still making my way towards goal. One pound at a time but I'm definitely not giving in until I get there. I see Dr. Baggs on the 30th and will have him access my progress with me. I'm feeling better at 60 than I've felt since I was in my 20's. My life is now filled with yoga, pilates and all sorts of other fun, now that movement is fun again!

Have a fun weekend!!

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Hi everyone! I am still alive and kicking! Mo!!!! I miss you text me soon and we will go out :)

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Lt's do it....I still talk to Christine!!!! So I can reach her :) How's the weightloss going? So I have been stuck at 164 for a year...my own doing...I need to get back on track!! :) Kind of got comfortable, you know

Hi Candice, long time! I'm glad that there are still a few more here we really need to get together. Hey Lee and Mo, how have you been? Omg where is Jes, Candra, Donna,Tina, John Nicole both, Chris and the rest of the fam?

Let's get back in touch y'all!

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Hey there everyone, just checking in too. everything is everything with me. Still struggling, a year and a half later the only thing my band is doing is keeping me from gaining any weight. I loose like a pound every few months if that. Hopefully once spring hits I'll be able to get out and walk more to give myself a jump start.

Lee you are right I'm going to try and make down to the April meeting in richmond, I think it's the 20th so I'm marking my calendar.

Also, everybody look for my doodle meeting maker I'm going to set up a get together in the coming months.

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Hey there everyone, just checking in too. everything is everything with me. Still struggling, a year and a half later the only thing my band is doing is keeping me from gaining any weight. I loose like a pound every few months if that. Hopefully once spring hits I'll be able to get out and walk more to give myself a jump start.

Lee you are right I'm going to try and make down to the April meeting in richmond, I think it's the 20th so I'm marking my calendar.

Also, everybody look for my doodle meeting maker I'm going to set up a get together in the coming months.

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I couldn't make it to the meeting in Sacramento today :( when is the next Sacramento meeting..i really need to get there..hopefully it will help get me going.. I am struggling bigtime with my eating.

every third Saturday, which is day after tomorrow! hope to see you there!

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