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My name is Lisa. Yeah i am a regular at the federal way meeting. this is the best site i have found for information. There arent to many good books out there. so this site is good for research and finding other folks in your area who have the band.

i remember now. you were a few seats down from me.

hi reeni...what group health meeting were u at? i had my surgery at ghc and was at the federal way meeting last week. congrats on getting the paper work submitted.

It is a pretty town. It sure has grown in the years. I travel past it usually at least once a year to visit family out in Forks area. Welcome to band life.

yeah liquid diet sucks. i felt really weak on liquids. I felt a little better on mushies. Up side is while you are on liquids you will probably drop a good chunck of weight. My doc only does 1 week liquids/1 week mushies then on to real food.

I had mine done w/dr bock at group health.

congrats on making the 100lb mark!!! i cant wait until i do. Im hoping it will be just a couple more months. On the upside i have gone from a size 28 pants down to a size 18 now. another 20 pounds and i will have to start buying some pants. I havent been under a size 18 probably since i was in middle school. I wish the weather would warm up. it has been to cold for me to take my morning walks with my dog this past month and i still haent been able to get myself to walk into the gym. i do use the elipitcal for a bit at work.

ok everyone has been so quiet past couple months. Myself included. how is everyone doing? I just got another .5cc fill, am up to 5.5 now in my band and can for the first time only eat like 3-4 oz of food at a time. It is a strange feeling. also have to eat slow and really make sure i chew everything now. Shall see if it boost my weight loss in the next month or so, or if i stay with my steady 4-5 pounds a month.

hello. I live in Puyallup.

Yeah it feels good to be lighter. Im counting down my days until meeting with julie. I am hoping for a fill. Past couple weeks I have been eating more than when i got my last fill in october.

cindy your doing great on the weight loss. I have been loosing slow as well. hoping when i go to see julie in cpl weeks she will give me another small fill. My body seems stuck on only giving up 4-5 pounds a month. that and im still eating to many calories a day.

hiya taffie. i grew up in west seattle. lived there until a few years ago. so miss the city sometimes. I am up there every once in awhile to visit my parents and friends.

i have had a few fills. holidays havent been good for me eating to many sweets . havent put on any weight but havent lost any. I need to get back on track. snow hasn't helped neing that i couldn't do my daily walks. I had my surgery done with group health, dr bock. he used to do 2 weeks liquids 2 week mushies then on to reg food, but determined that ony 1 week of each was needed. the good side for u is that you should be dropping alot of weight right now. i have been loosing about 4-6 pounds a month. it could be more but i am still getting in to many calories a day. i have a hard time keeping them 600-800, im around 900-1100 i think and sometime prob a little more depends on liquid intake or if a cave to the sweet craving.

hello autumndannie... i down in puyallup as well. Your diet restrictions are strick. I was 1 week full liquids, 1 week mushie, then onto regular foods.

glad to here that everything went good. Walking is the key. Make sure that you get up often and walk around.

good luck on the surgery. lets us know how it goes.

sue for a hot drink i would get some sugar free apple cider and mix in the champion vanilla in with that . it is a good hot drink. I have been battle'g with my sweets this month. had to much cake this month...I still lost 5 pounds but i know it was a pound or two more before the cake. what does everyone else do to battle the sweet craving. i have some sugar free candy i suck on sometimes.

I like the champion brand powder. mixes really well.

sue sorry to hear about the leak. it is going to be an easy thing for them to fix? how is everyone else doing here. its always so quiet in the forum

My goal will be to loose 12 pounds. start 237 goal 225

I've had 3 fills and am round 5cc in 10cc band. I am def eating less than I was before the last fill, but still am around 6oz of meat and a cheese stick. I get hungry 3hrs later. The first week after this last fill I was only able to eat about 3oz, but by end of week 2 after I was back up to eating 6oz plus. I don't know if it is because I lost 4 pounds that first week, or if it was hormones.

my doc said he thinks it is because we are eating so few calories could be why.

well after a week i am back to being able to eat 6-8oz of meat. I do still have a little restriction because I am not eating 2 cups of veggie along with the 6oz of meat. I am down to 6oz of meat and a cheese stick.

You guys are funny. Mine seems to be opposite. had my fill 1 week before TOM and I was really tight could only eat like 3-4oz of meat. Then the following week my TOM started and am back to being able to eat 6-8oz of meat. so weird.

chicken in crockpot with soup sounds interesting. will have to give that a try.