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Thanks, Janet. I should've figured that out. I'm already subscribed to that thread!! Duh!! Glad your fill went fairly well today. Can't wait for mine!

Hi, Can you post the link for the over 60 thread? I've tried doing a search, but can't find it. I never can find anything with that search tool!!

Hi, All, Kathy.... yes, three days IS a BIG DEAL!! I had a frustrating development today. :update: Late this afternoon I discovered a message on my phone telling me to call my dr's office. When I did, I was told NOT to come in for my fill appt tomorrow!! Seems they've been having some "problems" with fills and have decided on a new policy... all fills done under fluoroscopy! AND... they are no longer doing them on Thursdays and Fridays but ONLY on Mondays. AND... the "girls" that do the scheduling for fills were gone for the day by the time I called in so I'm supposed to wait for a phone call regarding a new appointment! I cried!!:think :hurt I am hoping its not too late to get in on Monday. On Friday it will be seven weeks since my surgery and I am more than READY for this fill!! A friend directed me to another lapband site and I found some GREAT recipes to try. Here is the URL: http://lapbandtransformation.com/threstaurant.htm Now.... who was it that posted that question for the day?? Chim?? Eating Triggers: boredom, for sure. How about just plain food addiction? If I know something is available.... say, chocolate, it will "talk" to me until I go get some. Also, when I need some comforting. Like when all that happened this afternoon about my fill, my DH didn't understand why I was crying. Like, no big deal, they can probably get you in Monday. What's THREE MORE DAYS?? Yeah, three days in the WRONG direction... not like Kathy's THREE MORE DAYS!! So, I got on my Blue Bomb... my handicap scooter, and took off for the shopping center across the street where I got myself a latte... sugar free, fat free milk, probably 100 cal, but I "needed" a treat! (And I could scoff at the HOT IRON MONGOLIAN GRILL as I went by!!) Oh, that reminds me... I asked the young gal making my latte if she had eaten at the new restaurant yet... the afore mentioned GRILL!! She said she had and it wasn't that great. So I told her I was pissed off at them and of course she wanted to know why. So I told her my sordid story, that they refused (by email) to allow me to order a child's portion AND told me I couldn't have a take home box. SO this gal says, "I can't believe that! I took my leftovers home when I ate there!!" How about that!!?? So now here's my plan: we're going to go eat lunch there one day :hungry: and we're going to take our own plastic container (which I can hide nicely in my scooter basket). Then when I've eaten what I can, I will ask for a take out box. If they don't have any, I'll use the container I brought with me... when no one is looking, and put it back in the bottom of my basket!! Sound like a plan?? :biggrin1::biggrin1::biggrin1::biggrin1::biggrin1::biggrin1: Well, I guess that's enough of my rambling for now!! I enjoy each and every post and thank you all for your willingness to share!!

Ha Ha!! That's what my DH said, too!! Bring our own container!! I might try that. What can they do?? Arrest me?? Tell me I can't come back?? Boo Hoo!!

My first fill is Thursday. I'm very anxious. I'm ready!

Janet, I am SOOO ready for my fill, also!! Mine is this week, Thursday & I can't wait!! I have very little restriction (other than my DH!! HA! He's relaxed quite a bit on that! ) I'm getting pretty hungry between "feedings"!! Some days are worse than others. And I am fighting "head hunger" a lot!! I did pretty good so far today. We had to get up very early to pick up our daughter & SIL from the airport (returned from Hawaii on a "red eye"), so we went out to breakfast on the way home. I ordered a Sr. Citizen (2 egg) omelet with hash browns & english muffin. I could only eat half. I ate the other half about three hours later. Then I lasted 4 hrs and had a shrimp cocktail. I do okay with lettuce, and no problem with shrimp. I LOVE my seafood!! I found a local support group last week. It was nice to have a face to face with other lap band folks. They told me about this "flat iron steak" that the Fred Meyer stores here sell. We bought one the other day and it was nice and tender. My brain is bouncing all over the place... things popping in and out... So here's another issue... There is a Mongolian Grill that opened up across the street from us. Their policy as stated online says "no sharing, no doggie bags". So I emailed them asking them to explain their no doggie bag policy and asking if I could order a child's portion. I've had two emails today from the manager and she refuses to give an inch. They have NO senior citizen's price and won't let me order a child's portion. She's adamant about the no doggie bag rule because they are an all-you-can-eat buffet. So now I understand that, but I explained the lap band surgery to her and she refuses to make any concession. Says she can't grant special privileges to certain customers. So I guess we just won't go eat there! We have eaten out quite a bit since my surgery and I have had no problem ordereing off the children's menu anywhere else! Janet, my DH is happy about the PS area gas price you quoted!! It's very close to what we are paying here in the Seattle area. Two more months and we'll be heading south! I can't wait!!

CONGRATS, Band Buddy!!! :clap2::whoo::clap2::whoo::clap2::whoo::clap2::whoo::clap2::whoo::clap2::whoo::clap2:

Oh, Boy, CC!! I can so much relate to what you are saying!! Same frustrations. My first fill is this Thursday and I'm hoping things will turn around!

Yes, been there several times. Visited them twice, I think, while they were living in Coquille and once or twice since they moved to Myrtle Point. May stop again in Nov for a few days on our way south.

Thanks, Chim! I guess I KNOW that in my head, but still scares me that I can't seem to lose anything right now. I've been stalled pretty much this whole month!!

I hear ya, Baby!! I'm there, too. One more week until my 1st fill. I' hungry 1 1/2 - 2 hrs after eating. Gained back a couple of pounds and can't get rid of them!! :faint: :help: :faint: :help: :faint: :help: :faint:

Hi, My brother-in-law is Coquille hospital administrator. He & my sister live in the next town over... Myrtle Point... or Myrtle Creek... I get them mixed up!!

Chim, I use Crstal Lite, too, to try and get all my water in. I'm making progress but still not drinking as much as I should be. Albertson's has their own brand of "Crystal Lite" that comes in an almost identical can and it tastes just as good to me and is a lot cheaper!

I'm 63 also, 64 in Nov, and had my surgery 5 1/2 wks ago, July 20. I lost 20 lb pre-op and another 10+ since. My first fill is next week. It's never too late for a new start. I've been waging this battle since about age 8!! Best wishes to you!! You can do it!! :whoo::whoo::whoo::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

Hi, all! We're having a busy weekend. We've sort of "moved in" to our oldest daughter's house to "babysit" our 17 yr old granddaughter... I know, like trying to nail jello to a tree!! Anyway, I hope we are offering some degree of supervision while our daughter & son-in-law spend 10 days in Hawaii celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary. One of the perks was we got to use their Seahawks season passes to go to the pre-season game with Minnesota last night. What a trip~! I love going to those games! Today we're babysitting at the other end of the spectrum... our three youngest grandchildren, while Mom & Dad enjoy a movie to celebrate Dad's birthday tomorrow. Don't know which is the biggest challenge... the 17 yr old or three 5yrs & under! Grandpa just plunked them in front of the TV for their "night time TV" before bed so its finally quiet for a minute or two! Anyway, soon we'll be heading back north to see what the other kid is up to! Think she's at the fair with her boyfriend. We went out to lunch after church and on our way here and I don't think I made a very good choice as my tummy has felt unsettled since. I picked Shrimp egg Foo Yung and think it was a little too greasy. Thought I made a good choice at the football game last night, but it made me a little uncomfortable too... crab cake topped with a little shrimp louie. I'm afraid I may have done some damage to my progress this weekend! Tomorrow will be better. Hope you all have had an enjoyable weekend. I'm jealous of Dini off to Italy! Hope she has a great vacation! I'm away from my home computer and my fast connection, so I'll get on here whenever I can and try to catch up. Truly miss you all when I'm unable to do that!

CC: Part of the problem is I am a great procrastinator. I found a pool less than 10 miles away where I could go do water aerobics, inside, for about a dollar a session. But because of summer swimming lessons you either have to go before 8:30 a.m. (I am NOT a morning person) or after lunch.. like 1:30, I think. And I don't like to wear a swim suit in front of kids and/or teenagers! So I've been thinking, after school starts, THEN I"ll go. But I know I won't because that'll be after Labor Day and we're going to go to NY to see my Mom & sisters for a week or so. Maybe after that I'll go!! But once we get to Southern CA... about 1 Dec, then we do water aerbics EVERY weekday morning all winter. And I don't get away with "oh, I don't feel like it today" because my DH won't let me. I did buy a 3# barbell type thing to exercise my arms, but mostly it sits on the floor next to my chair! I need someone with a whip to make me do SOMETHING!! I am making myelf walk more rather than depend on my scooter everywhere (outside, church, etc). Thanks for your interest. The scale did move today.... 2#, or 1# depending on which time you believed the scale... My scale is a good one, but not consistent! So I get weighed a whole bunch of times each morning & use the weight that pops up the most! :banana:Banane30::Banane43::Banane21::huggie::Banane21::Banane21::Banane43:

Yeah, me, too. Banded 5 wks ago and 1st fill Sept 6... 2 more weeks! I'm eating my 1/2 cup meals 5-6X a day, but I'm hungry in between abd weight loss is stalled. Not exercising, bad knees. Getting a little discouraged. Seems I don't lose unless I keep my calories down to about 500-600. Eating very few carbs, no sweets, no bread, eggbeaters for breakfast, lots of seafood, but calories averaging a little over 800.

AMEN!!! :amen: :cheer2: :cheer2:

You're right!! Another SENIOR MOMENT!! I got you and NMSunny mixed up!! Sorry, Gals! I remember now... you're going to CO and she's going to MX.

I have a lot more to lose than you, but also 5 ft tall with BD in Nov, but I'll be 64 this birthday. You are the full-timer, right? Are you taking the RV to MX when you have your surgery? You are in SF area now? Our son is in the Navy, currently living at Moffett Field in Mountain View. We usually spend a week or so there on our way south (and back north.) We recently relocated from OK to WA. Its been a cold, rainy summer here and I am SO ready to be back in Indiogirl's "neighborhood"!!

Sunny, I'm so sorry about Daisy! It's awful to lose a pet. And, so sorry about the bad experience with your first fill. Hope it goes better tomorrow. I got my appt today for my first. It will be Sept. 6th. If Dini doesn't come back soon I'm going to quit being Auntie Phyl!!!

GOOD GRIEF!! I can't believe all this!! For heaven's sake, laugh it off!! He's 3 yrs old and he's supposed to be able to write his name!! No way!! By these standards, our three pre-school grandchildren are all retarded!! Or at least significantly motor-challenged!! WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?? He's a normal kid!! Give me a break!! Give HUNTER a break!! Does anyone else besides me think this is ridiculous>>???? Lynette, quit worrying!! :faint:

Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point) Mexico Online : RV Parks Couldn't remember the Mexican name.

:mad: Indiogirl says not to worry!! I want to go to Rocky Point!!

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