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Chris if you once loved crab you will love it even more now cause it goooooes down eassssy as pie:D Also im anticipating tight too.. but im gettting very hungry.. i think im gonna be a rule breaker and eat in a lil while..

Hi girls!!! Wow last night i musta been on an energy high lol with no food other then soup lol oh my. Thats why nicole doesnt stay up past 12.. (I blame it all on donna and tina lol) Atkins drinks yucko.. yeah i agree dont tell liz.. oh boy that would be no fun:D Pam, I wouldnt do their soup, cause youd be hungry sooo soon. What you could do is get a kid size meatball sandwhich and just eat the meatballs.. yummy and our servings. I am soo proud of everyone, we are all doing so great. What is everyones wish to be for halloween??? Pam, i believe so far Me, Tina, and you are walkin saturday. Everyone else who can make it let us know:D Its a good way to get in a lil bit of walking and gabbbin:D

OMG, i am chatting with tina she has this avitar pic, that woman has lost soo much weight, she looks beautiful!!!! Tina we need to get you some heels and a nice dress go dancin and let the guys fawn over you so you can say IM A MEEEEE YEAR;)

Yeah tina bring those wheat thns!!!!!!:confused: Heather do you have YiM

Zany what in earth is Zany..?? Ok so whose all on for lunch next thurs or fri?

TINA!!! you just caused me to cough i was laughing so hard!!! I don't WANT to walk on saturday but I will...........LOL !!!! oh my!!!! Jess, crab is one of the easier ones to go down cause it breaks up the easiest.. Mayo.. never tried that one... dont think i should start lol.:confused:

Sounds good what time should we meet up for the walk 10??? Chris: King crab i think is the besssst! But all them are pretty good, dungenous is my least fav now a days.. And all the crab is easy its lobster that the claws are the easiest.. But if you buy it from anywhere you take it home and can boil it to warm it.. and you can dip it in butter but if its good crab it should be sweet enough without..:confused: On the Bariatric Eating site they have a sauce you can make too i haven't tried it yet... Crab is just awesome cause it breaks up way easier then fish lol. And it has a great flavor. Jess, that is good that its going up, less temptation... HMMM now i want CRAB!!!:drool: Got some king crab in the freezer:D

Im a slacker too candra.. maybe this saturday everyone wants to go for a walk before meeting??????? anyone?

Candra what is it that you just wrote??? Tina, i couldn't do YOUR job. You are such a strong woman, i admire you and just hope im a lil like you when i grow up:D Chris i think fish is in my future too.. crab is the easiest fyi. Tina btw any day next week works for me:P

Yeah there is a very small group that makes it and they probably start to feel like they are sayin the same thing over and over and only want people that are serious

Yeah baggs and liz told me the bracelet was optional, thats why i dont wear one...

LOL, dr fisher was not very encouraging. They do try to weed people out though that is FOR SURE!!! Candra tell them till they pay it they dont get to drive it!!!

Tamra oh tamra wake up:D Candra oh candra, where ya goin!

LOL no we had a couple cats, 2 dogs, 3 conures, 3 bunnies, 2 guinea pigs, and a hamster.. which we took all these animals lol to south carolina with us when we were going to move there and the hamster got loose in the car lol!!! Only gizmo has made it thru my adoption process lol, we got him first and still have him..

I WANNA GO!!! lol do you think liz would let us alllll go to your class???? And i have a cat.. i love animals.. got my degree withthem, but since having audrey i dont have the time:( We once had 15 pets.. at once.. lol.. in a 2/1 apartment. I was young and dumb!!!:confused:

Ok statistics are just that stats.. SOme people dont work their band.. that is for sure. I personally had orientation november 4 2008 surgery the 3/31/09 and i am down 85 lbs already... It does take a lot of Drive and dedication but it can be done. I have lost already more then 75% of my excess, and expect to loose the rest. It just ALLL depends on you:D So yes tehre is hope!

Oh and speaking of..:confused: I just added 17 pictures.. im getting brave.. my pics are on facebook and REALLY on myspace.. so i posted some on here, of before and now.. Whats funny is i never realized how chubby my darling baby once was. I am soo appreciating her now for being in the 85% isle:D Versus her old 110% isle:D

CANDRA:) I am so not the queen of long posts lol.. that is you my dear friend:D lolol:D I am the queen of speedy brain that posts 100 posts.. because i forget something in the original post.

Oh yeah, chris yea we are tight, but i believe in a 10cc we can get up to 14ccs if i remember right. But im pretty sure we are close to our sweet spots......

Holy cow i just realized just how much i posted! Sorry!!!! Candra i can relate about making it easier.. me and chris and tina were all banded within 3 weeks of each other it was really nice. What sucked is i had to go first..... And Tina, girl i love you, in my opinion honesty is the best policy and ive learned, that lately my mouth can talk an awful lot.. and right now with whats goin on i will say anythng.. i even told baggs i was scared he was gonna think i was crazy and take all my fluid lol..

OK! Well after catching up with 5 pages lol... I FINALLY made it home. Had to pee so bad lol. Ok well this am we left at 11 or maybe 10:55 and got there at 12:10 i asked mike how that one happened.... thats what i get for not lookin at his speed..... So, Tamra, water hmm i didnt hold off on drinking till the day of surgery. You kinda are forced into the liquids only and i think that reallyhelped.. I couldnt do it before either. Yeah occasionally ill take a sip now, but its normally when my tounge is on such fire that i need it.. Tattoos.. funny yall mention that.. One of the things me and baggs talked about were scars.. he said to use ANY lotion doesnt matter the kind but PUSH and rub at the same time.. and he rubbed mine to give me an idea.. and, he said you wanna feel it. Because you are tryin to get deeper in the tissue.. so.. remember push and rub:D AND< i said cause im close to goal so im gonna wanna wear somethin cute, and not sport scars lol, he said... GET A TATTOO.. okkkk.. thats when i said, IM SCARED OF NEEDLES.. he said (laughed) "you just asked me for blood work" lol yeah im a nut. But everyone knows i need blood work to see whats going on in my body... So he encourages tattoos!!! I dont, im runnin the other way..:confused: So my fill was wonderful like always, nice to know my new scale is exactly the same as theres.. and for people wanting to know what they will weigh with clothes chris and i talked about this.. when ur nakie about to shower weigh first, then put outfit number one in ur arms, weigh and so on.. that way you dont have to get dressed four times:D And i told him how i got sick of wearing the same outfit.. hes all yeah the dresses dont do much cause it all weighs close to the same anyways lol. He didnt know we wear dresses though cause they are light lol. So i told him about my energy spells so he ordered FIVE vials of blood, checkin all my sugars and vits.. i also had one for my ob to check my testosterone so i threw that one in today also.. Lotsa blood. I laid down for that one too:D Then i told him I need counceling like last week, and he said it is very common, we get surgery to get healthy and it changes everything. I said oh yeah mikes hating my confidence and everything. I was soo close to tears, and he just looks at us with such sympathy.. ( i bet he hears it all:D ) He said well i am smart to ask for help now cause this is when people leave hubbies etc. I said id rather not but he is constantly sabbotaging me, fighting with me etc. AND, i am liking my new bod, and my new confidence.. Ive never been this size.. so i wanna strut it and mike is like nooooooooo. LOL fun life i know. So, hes gonna help me get counceling but told me to look online for how we get it. Then he asked if i was vomitting, i said "I wouldnt call it vomiting dr baggs" Lol he just laughed.. i said no i do not vomit i PB... and i havent in a while.. i said the first two weeks i had some issues so bad i debated on this.. and (then i mentioned tina.. and how i learned from her yadda yadda) and he asked ok whens the last time i said 2 weeks ago.. so then he said ok you can have .5cc i said OKAY:) then i drank my water... sat up and was good.. drank more water :drool: Then i told him about tina again.. i think hes got the point that tina needs a fill.. ( I TRIED HARD GIRL) i saw the next fill needle and thought of tina lol. Told him she was gonna come today, and she couldnt make it.. he thought it was funny... Next fill is in october, they will be calling, if not we have to call them, oh joy. He did make it sound like T will be in our fills again, cause i said oh man she wont, he said why not, and then i sat there and did the math.. and realized SHE WILL:D lol. Then we talked about my weight loss and thats when i went off about my new found confidence and everything and i said im a whole new person. We should make a before and after picture card for him. Because i dont think he remembers us heavy. Imagine what he would think seeing the chubby us to the skinny us..... idea right???? Ok, so now candi and chris you know why i was there for so long lol... I finally got up and told him i better let him get to the next patient cause with everything going on i could talk all day long and he just laughed:D I love dr baggs, icouldnt ask for a better surgeon.. yeah he gets embarrased easily, but he is very caring, and genuinley cares about us i think... Ok so im up to 8.3 and i feel the water. I am full right now, ON WATER. Yeah i did stop for a chai, i was diein after getting my blood drawn, needed some milk. But it sure filled me. Now i feel water.. i cant drink like i used to... kinda worries me... we will see.. I think its bad to get fills in pinole im loose there, always am.. lol then i come to the hills lol. I hope next time i go i am 165.... that is doable I THINK.. the problem i find as i get closer to goal, THIS GETS HARDER!!!! More of a fight.. every day fight. 1 lb isnt what it used to be anymore its pretty huge. Like when i was 250.. 2.5 lbs was 1% of my body weight.. now 2.5 lbs would be 4.45% Way different. WOW, thanks tina for help with math.. Wow that just made me realize im in for a journey.. Ok im gonna stop typing... ttyl:D

Lol candra, I love your sense of humor! If i told anyone that they would think nicole has lost it... So I weighed and somehow im still 179.. then i get dressed and i become 181.. what is up with that one. Wish i could go braless.. Oh well doesnt matter. Dont want baggs to think i dont need a fill. SA_Zoo.. where do you live.. we are all northern cali kaiser. I heard that southern is a year wait because of some nutrtion class 6 month program you are required to do... I do recommend kaiser, because its a lot less money out of your pocket. I had orientation nov 4 and surgery 3/31 (could have been a month sooner if i wasnt goin to VEGAS:) ) I am now down 85. The secret to good weight loss is A GROUP OF WOMEN.. seriously, if it wasnt for these women on this board, and all the support groups etc.. i would have for sure failed by now. But i think ive proved im not a stress eater:D lol... Good luck with your surgeon let us know what he says!!!

Good Morning ladies! How was everyones nite. I am excited for the fill. Ive already had 32 oz of water, so i know the scalewill not like miss nicole:D

Actually no im not sore. But its ok:) Ill keep doing it. And Monday i start a class in sac. i only go once a month, but its an exercise class, im guessing they give us a personalized training thing. Who knows ill know then:D

Im excited about tomorrow, i love going to these appts.. but i could care less about my weight and this is a first.... Ivehad 64 oz of water in the last hr and i want more and more and more.. i bought 32 more bottles for my allliquids tomorrow....:biggrin: