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LOL heather you are so cute! So glad you had fun! Did you catch the bouquet??

What was wrong with the brown dress???

Ok.. where is everyone. lol??? Ive reloaded 6 times thinking this is not possible!

Pat welcome to the group:) Jump in anytime:)

Tina, Maria, Donna, Riley missed you ladies today!!!

Candra and jess you both are looking great. Candra just dont compare yourself to jess, you both are doing awesome. And the weight is gonna come off:D Maybe it just takes longer for your body to go oh yeah im full:)

Canolie and Elizabeth it was nice meeting you today. I sent you canolie an add on yahoo im. I am so excited to do this journey with both you ladies.

LaChica it was also nice to meet you:) You shoulda joined the loud trouble makers though, we are more fun:) But glad you went to lunch!

Goodness everyone was there lol, pam you look great woman! Someone upload our hot ladie pic!

Ok i cant think now:D Tough afternoon got in trouble for goin to lunch...

Hey girls. Im gonna try and come might be late. Also are we still on for lunch after.

I told mike im coming and he started a fight over it. But i wanna see you all:) Riley if you dont want fills i was thinking we can just go with the girls and sit for the meeting.. im gonna ask dr baggs. Then it would also not cost us a copay..

BTW monique welcome we are a wonderful group of ladies.

Oh and tina i dont know when my next fill is i have to call on monday?

im really not ready to go back i feel fine. I dont want any more Fluid i feel if i get more ill be sick all the time.. but i love the group. LOL i know why robin missed me, i am a bubbly chatty person:D - most the time:D

LOL monique i love the here goes I am.....

Tina: you are in my prayers, and donna. I feel so bad for both you girls.

Sorry i been gone ladies my life is a lil upside down. I told mike im moving out and getting a job. So now the pain is coming with all that and im not handling it to hotly. i dont know if ill make it tomorrow, if i do it will be a very last min decision, as id love to take some sleepin pills and sleep till monday.

He is breaking my heart, begging me to stay, playing our song, then at the same time harrassing me, following me wherever i go , using auds. saying i wont get her, and to say good bye to her (same thing he tried saying to ditch surgery..) hes just so rotten then hes so depressing. I dont get it. The problem is my heart isnt in it anymore. But am i stupid.. lol im giving up soo much. To what try things on my own gosh im dumb. Go from money to nothing. Hmm this shall be interesting.

Ok so i might see you all tomorrow i hope i do.. we will see. HUGS. I will post on here if i can make it:D

Sharon WELCOME and congrats!!!:thumbdown:

John your post made me smile.. just remember we are all teh coolest women you will ever meet:D Oh yeah and if we ever male trash talk sorry bout that in advance:D

Reggie nice seein you!

Chris.. i think your computer is a ghost.. its always on the forumsm, like just about nightly but never says howdy.

Ok my sleeping pills hittin im getting gooffy nite girls.

Riley: Oh girl you are gonna pass me before you know it. My life is in the pits right now.. i think i know why so many divorces occur after this surgery. Because when a lot of people got married, they had low self esteem maybe even didnt love themselves, and as we loose the weight and pain, we grow inside and want MORE for ourselves....AND YES it gets soo hard huh!!! But you are doing AMAAAAZING! If i could just workout like u id be doin awesome:D

Heather im like u, i was a 14 when i was 14 i was a 10 when i was 10 yrs old.. I always somehow wore my age in pants.. Not ANYMORE!:thumbdown:

Girls i know everyone posted and sorry my brain just went blank! Im so excited to see everyone, i realllly need to see you all:)

You know whats nuts.. is i lived in marysville never any plans i move to sac lol ok every day i gots something going on.. and i think im gonna get a job hahaha funny one.

Hi my beautiful banded babes and John,

So to answer some questions im the same as Chris it took a while for the glue to come off don't peel it you need it:D The itching is soo fun isn't it? Try a shower. I found that help soothe it. It will get better, its just healing skin.

Candra you are in the begining of bandster hell.. i am so sorry you are so hungry. But glad the grits kept you full:)

Ok so yeah pam i agree i think thats whats going on. I contacted my friend to see where we are on the low income apts and still at the bottom so i think with counceling and everything the right time will come perfectly.. because i know im not ready for anything right now.

So hows everyone doing?

Liking the scales? I like mine lately:D

Hope to hear how everyone is doing!!

Oh crazy i never knew about that place heather!!!! How much do they give you for your gowns? I have a gown i need to rehome also.

LOL thanks jess:) I showed mike my pic i think hes tired of me taking pics... lol. He said what happened u hate cameras.. i said idk its fun to take pics now..:tongue2:

SO.. girls guessss what! I felt my band stop me! for the first time i listened.. I made scalops and shrimp for dinner.. just that:) And did 1/2 a cup in my lil container.. and was eating chew chew chew.. and i was 1/2 way done.. and heard that gurgle noise.. all us banded already know what im talking about.. you know you can open your mouth and everyone can hear it lol. so i said i think im full lol. I didnt "think" i was full but the band did.. So i stopped and im full. I think ive stopped listening to my body.. Stupid brain:)

OH and auds had icecream for desert not me:D I proud!

SKiing j i will be there:) We walk before hand also.. atleast i wanna:D

Ok girls i love you all.. and you are soo awesome:) And boy im in a good mood:D Im going out tonight:) Lookin forward to it. Mike aint happy bou tit but whatever:D

I took another pic today for anyone that loves my pics lol

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Lol i had wet hair. I like the camera all of a sudden.. isn't that crazy how we go soo long hiding from it and now its like ive changed! lol:)

True but i dont think theyve changed.. i think theyve gotten bigger:D

Aww candra and jess you both look so good! Candra.. your boobs.. they are gonna be bigger and bigger as you loose weight. Sorry lol you know me with a big mouth... Your lucky ill take some cleavage:D lol ive lost mine.. Im like mrs riley, i could put a pedometer in my bra.. lol

Pam yes i can walk Saturday anyone else????

I was a bad girl today lol lunch was mac n cheese. I haven't had that in forever.

dinner is seafood so i figure i have plenty of calorie allowance.

Riley you are amazing have fun doing your 10k!!!

Tina: glad you are taking this whole change well. YOu are doing great... and im sure you will have the best short cut all mapped out!

Pam: Sorry its gonna be 2 weeks, can another surgeon give you a fill? Call for cancellations.. About your son that breaks my heart, what are they doing to our kids! You know i never see geometry in my life.. why is it so dang imp that they get it shoved down their throats to the point of bringing teenage boys to tears. It is in my opinion RIDICULOUS! Gosh ive taken algebra and college algebra 2x each now, and if i had to retake math i bet id be right back in algebra. That stuff is hard, and never sticks!

Heather the reason you are different is because you are amazing! Look at your results!

Riley good job on your walking:) SOrry about your joints! You are going to do great this weekend!

Oh girls i walked today lol, we walked about almost 4 miles.. but what we did was walked to coldstone, got some, ate it and walked home.. Ok ok i know i have an issue:) Guess its time for a detox. Bla. Its just so yummyyyyyyyyy:)

Oh no i also had a small salad before dinner, probably 1/2 a cup worth of lettuce about 10 min before dinner.. and then with dinner i also had spinach.. Yes i do find it easy to get back on the bandwagon, but i also notice i dont gain when i fall off. I used to gain it all back, now since we cant have as much of anything and we wanna eat things that will satisfy us you tend to eat those and then you just dont have space for as much of the bad things..

Hope that helps:D

Nicole

Thanks for sharing your point of view. What is pbing? Also like your story at Black Angus. Could you eat anything else besides the fish/meat - did you eat veggies? potatoes? or was the fish/meat and dessert all you could eat? If you fall off the wagon and eat things that you know you shouldn't do you find it hard to get back on track. I really wanted this to be a tool to help keep me on track. I've lost this weight so many times over the year, but can't keep it off (and I gain back more after each diet). I am trying to be realistic about what to expect and not set up false hopes. I am really afraid if I start eating simple carbs/sugar after the band that I will keep craving them (like I do now) and will have a hard time stopping.

Also - (sorry for all the questions), do you have a sense of how much weight the surgeon is going to expect me to drop (I meet with her in another week.) Some people say 10% and some it seems like it is much less.

Thanks for your help.

Pat

Orientation 9/08/09 - 256

Surgeon Appt. 9/30/09

Monique: well at my first surgeon appt, he just asked which surgery i wanted and gave me a goal weight, well i was already 30 down so he said don't gain any of it back.. and said i was free to see the CM SO if you've lost weight you could end up getting a CM appt... But he might touch ur tummy, as you questions, its pretty easy and fast:D Bring your binder:D

If you have an addiction to sugars you could have a huge problem with rny...

Heather,

Hang in there - don't let the carbs get you! I know what you mean about getting sick of the same food, but I find the carbs are really dangerous for me. I just think I can't eat them - I really think I am a sugar/carb addict. Anyway hang in there and get back on the horse soon.

Pat

Orientation 9/8/09 – starting weight 256

Surgeon Appt. 9/30/09

Hi Pat!

Welcome to the group.

I love my decision with my band. You know the nutrient thing scared the crud out of me. Because, a lot of people die and get sick over that stuff, its pretty serious. We have to take 1 Vitamin and Calcium (and im guilty at forgetting it..) they have to take like 4 or 5. Thats too much to me. We also loose at basically the same rate. As long as you arent eating sweets all the time (guilty) I know this whole group, is keeping up with RNYers very well.. and we absorb EVERYTHING:) One good thing about the band, is it is changeable.. ie lets say you go to black angus with your husband, and you see the menu OH MY PRICEY ok well you guys can order 1 meal, and get an extra side of oh i dont know spinach.. lol:) ok so you got the lobster and prime rib, he has the prime rib minus a inch piece and you get most of the lobster tail. Guess what your full. Ok but because your husband is nuts he says lets do a desert.. ok whatever you do it.. ok if u had rny sorry that is out forever.. Rny cant do sugars.. we can. I love my band. Even when i get off track i still loose an average of 1.5 lbs a week. I get full off a little bit, but i also could eat more if i really wanted.. Ive never pbed over eating too much, pooey lol.

Now the downside of the band.. fills, they dont hurt though.. Its actually really nice to be held accountable via dr visits like that.. plus you develop a nice relationship with your surgeon. Im sure you know we all love ours:D Pbing.. this all depends on if you are too tight.. its not to bad all you do is open your mouth and food comes out. kinda easy super annoying. For example i was too tight after my fill and was havin issues for a while, when i pb i dont loose weight, not sure how that one works... but now that ive lost since my fill im able to eat again. Here isa good thing though ive had one meal and some Snacks (the lobster/steak meal) and im still full...

OK tina! Im so proud of you! You did a lot in a little time.. i miss chattin with you hope your around now..

Donna how was your day?

Heather, its ok to take time off just be sure to keep weighing:)

Jess good job on the wieght loss girl

Candra, it could be you arent injesting enough.. our bodies are kinda mean..

I miss you all:)

I did a lot of exercise today left at noon, walked to the mall and to black angus you all saw our meal.. then we walked to the bank hair salon then the mall walked it for 2 hrs then watched Up.. then left walked to target, then michaels, then the halloween store.. HEY CANDRA, wanna go to a halloween party? Im looking for something i know you are hip like that lol:) Anyone else?? I really wanna dress up this year and have fun.. it would be my first year ever.. Then we left there and walked home, so all in all we probably walked between 6-7 miles.. pretty good id think.

Water is a very good drug of choice:D

So last night i didnt take a sleeping aid.. and of course i was up till about 3:30 idont get this. Why cant i sleep! I think i just never really noticed it before.. because now since i took the sleeping aids i actually fall asleep lol. Oh well it sucked i woke up with a Migraine and not wanting to get outa bed. Then my banbino came in with bannana and wanted to jump on my bed lol.

So i just sent our team info to all my friends and family to try and get some financial support so please noone put that we are BANDSTERS on there:D Im sure we all know why:) Im hoping to get some donations..

Ok off to sunrise..

Heather i agree with april you are a huge inspiration you are doing amazing!

Tina: We are up to .... nothin. We are watching james and the giant peach right now. Will prob walk to sunrise in a while. I unpacked another box.. probably will list the remainder of audreys stuff up on ebay.. tryin to get rid of it:D OUAC only gave me 26.00 for a handful of it.. So i seperated it into two piles 0-9 and 9-24 and then i got the 4 seasons photos of winnie the pooh:)

Hello Ebony how are you?

Tina i am glad you got some sleep:D

ok good nite girls!

Very quiet i agree.. donna and i are on conference everyone log on YAHOO INSTANT MESSENGER!! Before simply sleep says helllllo:D