ReneBean

I like songs from Footloose! Footloose, I need a Hero, Heaven helps the man... All good.

Non Scale Victory

For liquids I did Six Star Protein powder with juice or milk and extract type flavorings. I really liked one that I made with coffee & Cinnamon. For mushies - refried Beans thinned with enchilada sauce Tuna whizzed in the food processor with mayo & onions Mashed potato with gravy Good luck!! Soon, you will be on to soft and real food. Hugs!

Yay, Dani!!!!! God knows we don't want to look like beets giving birth!! LOL! :] Congrats! and keep up the great work!

Hi Carole! In the LapBand world, Self Pay talks... I am sure the process will be speedy and efficient for you! ;] Congrats and good luck on your surgery.

Ooooo - look at the pretty butterflies... Lovely, just like you, Eileenie!

Geez - I finally feel better, and everybody else is sick?!? Cindy - hope you feel better SOON. I surely don't want to miss you on Monday. :] Jules - I guess an eliptical machine COULD just fall out of the sky... but I figure I am going to have to shop for one. :] Kat - Hope you got all that red sauce... I have done stuff JUST like that on several occassions. ICK. That "not wanting to go out" thing is why I am thinking of getting an eliptical machine. I tend to Hermit out on the weekends - but I need to exercise more than 3-4 days I manage during the week. I am still thinking, though. I have had equipement before - and it just SAT - usually draped in my clothes or something.... *sigh* Claudia - Hi! I would say that you could probably ride the rides at Disneyland after a few weeks - maybe four. I don't know if I would advise it before that. Pull up a keyboard and tell us about you. :] Chris - glad to hear you are getting out of there. I really get a bad feeling about Psycho Boy. I figure you can't get out of there soon enough. Hugs! Hope you feel better, soon. Enjoy the soup!! Sherry - LOL!! Glad I could inspire you!! I have to admit that I don't even know if there IS a local Freecycle group... I guess I will have to google it and find out. It certainly would be nice if I could get an eliptical free... or at least cheap. Uh - getting out of bed at 4:30?!?!? Not for me, thanks! I will NEVER be that dedicated. :biggrin1: Betty - Darlin' I so share your joy over the Friday!!! I suspect that my company will keep us to the bitter end - but hey, at least it's only another 4-5 hours....TGIF indeed. I hear you on the machinery... I have been there and done that - but that was pre-band.... I am still thinking about it. I have to know in my soul that I will REALLY use the machine if I get it. Even with my company subsidizing over half the cost - it is still an expensive little machine... :] Well - Just in case I don't get to my computer this weekend, I want to wish everyone a very Happy New Year!!! Can you believe it has been over a year for our little Jersey Invasion? It seems like only yesterday I was battling the insurance company - and you guys had to talk me down off the ceiling on a daily basis. Thank you all for that. I am pretty sure I would have lost my mind waiting if I hadn't had y'all to talk to. I cannot tell you all how much it means to me to have your love and prayers and well wishes in my life. Even when I don't mention it, I really do appreciate each and every one of our little group. I wish you all the very best New Year with all the love in my heart. Hugs and Love to All!! Irene

ROCK ON, LIBERTY!!! You RULE! :]

Well - bending over took a while. That stitching of the port causes the most pain - and it does last for a while. Hope it starts to feel better soon - just keep taking your pain meds. Hugs!!!

Being an "old" bander - over 40 - I can tell you that I WISH there had been this option when I was a girl. My life would have been quite different, I think. It certainly would have been more active! I wish you the best of luck in getting your band, Jason. Keep researching and hang out here with us. We will help as much as we can. Hugs!!

I felt a little weird for a couple of weeks - then I stopped thinking about it - or it started to be "normal" to feel weird. :]

I drank canned Protein Shakes and ate Soup from the building cafe. It will be fine. Congrats on getting your surgery date!

coffee & liqueurs work - no bubbly. And Yummy! Happy New Years!!

Anybody else for coffee on New Year's? We'd love to meet some other North DFW folks.... :]

Cardio test is easy. They tape those little sensors on you and have you walk the treadmill for a couple of minutes. I figure if you don't fall over from an easy walk on the treadmill, you can probably make it through the band surgery. :]

Congrats on getting your surgery date!! Good luck with that brain off thing... I still can't quite manage it. :]

WELL I think my scale said something ridiculous - like NINE pounds - but I know some of that is puffiness from Water retention. Hopefully ALL - but I would doubt that... Darn those lemon bars....

Soon, it will be easier, anyway. Already, the leftover dips and cakes and pies are disappearing... Soon, all that fabulous holiday food will be just a memory until next November... and we won't even have to think about chocolate until Valentine's Day. :] Just think - you are like every other person in America... you gained a little weight over the holidays. The good news is - you will lose it again quickly once you get your fill. Hugs!

I think that's just the LONG name for an endoscopy, right? Everybody is supposed to have one about a year after surgery - or sooner depending on your doc. They stick a little camera down your throught and check out your esophogas and your stomach... I haven't had one - but lots of folks on this site have...

Wow!! I haven't been able to wear a 10 since I WAS 10. Way to Go!!!

Congrats and Good Luck!~ We will be thinking good thoughts for an easy surgery and a speedy recovery. Stop in and tell us how it went when you feel up to it. Hugs!

I had to trim the edges of mine to keep them from coming off before everything was healed. The adhesive caused a bit of an alergic reaction - so I kept trimming anything that peeled up and I covered the whole thing with 3M bandaides while the incisions healed.

Alas - I have not had the very best restriction - and I have always been able to eat pizza and burgers... You will notice that my loss has been VERY slow - so that is the price you pay when you can (and DO) eat those kinds of foods. If you want the best success - PRAY that you get so much restriction that you CAN'T eat such things. :]

Aw Lana I ate everything that wasn't nailed down before my first fill. It was a kind of "last supper syndrome" You are WAY ahead of where I was - so you ROCK. Don't panic. You will continue to do GREAT. 1 slice of pizza??? I would be sure to indulge in a slice of pizza at least once a month - for as long as your band will allow it. Don't panic if you don't have perfect restriction after the first fill, either. It usually takes more than one. Hugs!!

OK... it's Thursday. That is good. I can deal with that... cause that means tomorrow is Friday... and I can't wait for THAT. Wishing my life away, again... *sigh* Eileenie - I so need to get my haircut, too. I don't know why I keep putting it off. I'll bet the two of you look pretty cute!! Both you and G have great hair. I am jealous! Kat - How strange about Becky's dad and G. Ford. Very sad for her. Hugs to both of you. Oh - and I don't recommend looking at the scale until you are ready to re-commit. It is very depressing. I did notice that I am all puffed up right now - massively retaining water - but some of it has to be the spinach dip... 9 lbs. YUCK. And here I thought this was going to be the first year I didn't gain ten pounds at Christmas... HA! I guess your DN needs a little lesson in the Spirit of Christmas... :heh: Scorpio - HI.... I think leaks are generally found when the docs keep putting in fills that just disappear. You would probably be better off to search for Port Leaks or something. We are just your basis boring group, here.... and we like it that way. Please, pull up a keyboard and tell us about you. :biggrin1: Betty - Chocolate? I just can't deal with that yummy smell ON me. It's hard enough to resist the sight of the stuff - but the smell? No stinkin' way. I would be at the vending machines all day long. Of course, if you WANT your DH to nibble on you, then I expect chocolate is good inspiration. :hungry: Jules - I am with you. Pictures are a GREAT gift. I intend to get some of us on New Years! Well, let's see. Not a darned thing has happened between yesterday and today. Just more of the same, if you know what I mean. I am sort of pondering the mystery of maybe purchasing an eliptical machine - for those days when I just want to do 15 minutes before I shower - or for those days when I just don't want to get dressed and go to the gym... I just don't want to spend a bunch of money on another item to throw clothes over.... you know what I mean? So I am thinking about how much I would actually USE the machine. It helps that my work gives us "Ovation Points" which would finance most or all of the purchase of the machine... I just have to think about where to put it that I would be inspired to use it. Hmmm. Well - that's all that's going on around these parts. I hope everybody is doing well. I am missing some of our gals. I can't wait for them to get back from wherever they are and let us know how the Holidays went. Howdy to Everybody who has posted, and those that have not. Hugs and Love. Irene