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What is a Relationship Addict?? Are there ever people that are addicted to change?? Like they buy something use it a week then are bored and buy something else, then get obsessed on something, then after they achieve it get obsessed on something else??? Where they get an animal or something 3 months later they are bored with it, so find it a new home?? One day they want to move the next they want to stay put. Lol.. this is my life. You know what ive realized after watching this true life show.. Kimberly didnt have flabby legs!!! ONE of my fears!!! So just maybe we wont:) Ok BL time, so im going to close up here.. OHHH btw i asked my pcp for regular counceling, i don't want to do psychiatry.. and she told me they dont do that in kaiser!! Did anyone know that?

Christine, did she tell you how much it is out of pocket???

Candra, Yes you will be required to give up coke. Even Diet. It can give you ulcers or something. I luckily didn't drink it before, but christine and Tina both had to ditch it hte last day:) My Bmi was 40 i went to my appt at goal though so i dont know what they would have required, i was already down 20 lol.. The first month andhalf is VERY easy to loose quickstyle! Your sleep Apnea is pretty scary. The reason we are tired is we are only eating about 500 cals right now... and we CAN'T drink caffeine to wake up, so you might find it a lil worse, since there is no fix. The psychologist you saw was it for the bariatric program or for your Dr??? They are there to make sure you basically yea are sane, but also no food problems... You see her before you see your surgeon, she is a very nice lady. But im not sure if you saw her already, if you did you wont agian:) All depends. You do not want to fly thru this... candy did it in 2 months a lot of us did it in 3. You don't want any sooner, there is SOOOOOO much to learn. Plus the more you loose preop the closer you are to goal. Ticker, click one of ours should take you to the website to get your own. Then you put it in your siggy. The siggy is by the customize profile.. or something like that. You should be able to click your name where you sign in and find it there. Kinda complicated, let me know if you dont and ill get more defined directions:D

CANDY!!! How are you feeling beautiful???

So glad she is doing well!! The only thing i have is i am always cold.. ALWAYS it is ridiculous! I still stay up all night so no im not always tired. Tina i hope you get this bp thing taken care of! Ibet thats why your tired!

Tina.. I am 5 weeks now and I dont feel my port at all. Infact it all went away during week 3 or 4. Can't remember exactly. I do know when i do too much i do feel it. I have more of a pain in my right side then left..

Candy I cant wait to hear how you are doing. Enjoy the sleep, i loved it, i got to stay in bed while mike got auds after surgery lol. Wow ladies!does anyone LOVE scallops like me if so make this recipe: Legal Seafood Style Baked Scallops Recipe : Recipezaar So to die for. I only got .5 and just played with the numbers. Hubby loved them soo much along with the steamer bag broccoli that he had 2 servings.. lol, poor thing didnt have lunch so i guess he is ok. So how was everyones day?

Hi My beautiful Ladies, I was gone all weekend at my dads (he is moving to montana:( ) Well.. i was soo worried, because they don't know I had surgery.. and i wanna keep it that way! So for dinner they had Steak, Corn Asparagus, and bread.. i had some bread asparagus and corn (the steak was way underdone in mho..... Then bfast she made bacon, eggs and this potato thing. I had a lil piece of the potato thing a 3/4 slice of bacon and one egg.. very yummy:) No lunch dinner was a terryaki bowl, which might have been the only meal i gave away hints at cause it was a LOT of food and i ate a tiny tiny amnt.. oh well they didnt ask:) Good news is i got on the scale im 198 right now!!! I cant wait to see the morning!!! We will know if mike got hired sometime this week..... fingers crossed.. Donna how did ur hubbys work thing goo???? Candy ITS TOMORROW omgosh im sooo excited for you. Please check in asap, I will be thinking of you all day:) Thursday is my Fill!! Yay.. Ok time to crash and go to bed. luv ya girls, nite

Hi Ladies:D Candy you can read my surgery story on my blog, i had no nausea, I didnt get the pill u guys got.. ops from the nurse.. but they gave me IV nausea meds.. and they worked. Didn't feel it till i tried taking a shower.... I also could bend:) So dont worry. Oh my i am so glad you didnt let them keep yacking. Also in the or i would remind dr baggs this is a band procedure, lol make him laugh:D Congrats on the new pants isnt it wonderful!!!

Liz is the case manager. She is really tough at first but then she warms up. AFTER surgery:) We post our lil groups meetups on here.. the sac one is the 4th sat in kaiser by arden. And then we do impromptu lunch dates... its good cause we can talk about how the program is working and we remotivate each toher..:thumbup: Feel free to ask us anything and keep us updated:D We are here for everyone!!

Desperate.. it is an EASY AS PIE diet preop. it doesnt feel that way, but other people are forced to do liquids only for 3 weeks, personally i like that we get food till the end:) Post op here is what i ate yesterday and today B 1/3 c scrambled egg beaters with bacon and pepper in them, 1/4 slice toast with butter, and 4 tangerine slices. L 1/3 c fish 2 tbls potaters and a small piece of bread. D 1/3c bombay chicken, 5 brussle sprouts(yeah i went back for 3 more, was gonna just be 2) and 1/4 slice toast. S cheese slice Today: B 1/3 c egg, 1 inch bannana 1/4 toast S hot cocoa L will probably be tuna and some crackers.:thumbup: Their program is easy and if u follow it you will be in surgery in 3 or less months:D Dont let liz scare you off, that is her job. Come to our support meetings etc. We are all in this together!!! UPDATE: Mike had his interview and they liked him, and loved that hes willing to move back. They will know by next week. I just helped him send off his thank you for the interview letter. So good thoughts needed all weekend!!:ohmy:

SOOO, mikes interview i guess went really well. He said he feels good about it. And they liked that he is willing to move back to the area. I guess they have more interviews, so hopefully everyone else says they arent willing to lol. He says he owned the interview. Ihope he gets it!!!

Ok, i am young, so insurance for me is HARD to come by a lot of the times. So I had no record of weight just my prego weight which was kinda low. What i did have is photos of a couple years ago.. (always been overweight like the majority) so they too my highschool grad photo and wedding photo and believed me:) Dont stress..:thumbup:

Wow iam suprised LBT hasnt recognized our lil group!!! We have over 1k replies and over 10k views! INSANE!!! I wish the other richmond preop people and post op join in.. I dont want anyone to think they aren't welcome:) Ok so onto life.. Candy i have a blog.. it has the ONLy heavy me pics i own.. and then, my current ones. The dumb thing i did.. lol was not take pics.. I only did head shots. I can tell though in audreys birthday photo though.. so u are right, pictures help A TON!!! Do you ladies know what i want to do i want to find weight sacs like they have on bl, and do a work out with them one day. I wonder how miserable i would be.. Ack sorry if im rambling.. lol im kinda nervous.. MIKE my hubby is at an interview. IF he gets it, two things will happen. 1. We get to MOVE OUT and have our own home again, and walk around in my skimpies if i wanna damn it! 2. This will be the next step for mikes career. He has done IT for the military, he has been a web designer, QA officer, Tech support, Engineer support, etc. Now he would get the title of Engineer. Which means HUGEEEE stuff. And after a while HUGEEEE money. SOOOOOOOOOOOO I PRAY he gets it!!! Goodness... im so nervous for him:( Ok everyone cross fingrs talk to u all soon!!

We missed you too!!!! We will do this again next month:) Well i have heart burn tonight and need some rest. Donna i will be praying for ur hubby and mine tonight!!!

I know its soo nice to see others having the same issues:) So i went into thelbt chat, that place is a disaster! I cant keep up with them, and im pretty fast myself. what was for dinner tonight?

Tell her she did her job and u looked very "phat" but most of it was ur doing;) I dont know where they chat, i know donna, christine and i are on YIM.. but i dont know where else.. maybe ill venture into the lbt room:)

Oh my i loved today!!! So glad the clothes fit u ladies:) If you ever have a job interview or whatnot i still have some nice dresses, two for each size lol. Hard to part with those:( I really Like mimis, the lady was very nice to us!!! Christine it wasnt taken on my cam, i believe it was yours and donnas, but get this mine was in the car!!! Im so proud of me today, i actually measured EVERYTHING! It was my first solid day of softs.. (yesterday kinda missed a meal:) We had Bombay Chicken, brussle sprouts, and piece of roll for dinner. I must admit i went back for 2 more brussle sprouts.. WHICH i must add, I ALWAAAAYS hated them as a kid. Now they were actually good... I stoped at the store tonight, got some crackers, Tuna, btw there is a tuna lunch thing, that is smaller then the ball sized one, which is only 50 cals, for the tuna and crackers. I am very excited to try it!!! I also got some lunch meat. And higher quality bread. I figure i am gonna splurdge on what i buy since i will be eating soo little. Rather have a corner of a goooood piece of bread rather then a cheap. I love our meet ups they make me feel so reenergized. I love seeing us all change! Thank you candy, what is crazy (which i know u all know what i mean, or atleast did know what i mean) is i dont see it. Like i see the new sizes on my clothes s..etc.. but i still see the exact same body. Im excited for when my body changes... know what i mean?? Ok im going on and on lol so im going to get off here:) Talk to you all soon!!! EVERYONE looks spectacular!!!

Yeah i think my body is in shock.. i havent been my weight since i was 12. I was always 230 and above for the last 10 yrs. Crazy i know:( I just am looking forward to loosing again:) I am always on a crazy sleep schedule, ask christine she knows:D lol.. Tonight i would be in bed sooner considering our lunch date, but i got stuck on "How to loose a guy in 10 days" freakin HILLARIOUS!

Tina I agree, preop was much easier, 1200 cal diet and exercise we melted. Now its like 600 cals and exercise and we sit at the same weight for a week. I cant wait to be out of the whole new bander thing and get fills, and getto use my band:D Thankfully i keep leveling out and not gaining.. thats what matters i think.. Tina ur going tomorrow righ?

Hello Beautiful ladies!!! So, yeah not feeling restriction is tough, because dieting the way they want us to on softs is NOT like dieting preop. BUT you have the preop appetite.. Its more about measuring.. I had my post op pcp appt, it sucked. Think im ready to get a new pcp, closer to here, thinking roseville. WELL get this, iget there she says "noone has ever done this before" "what do i do" im like i dont know. I told her i never go number 2 and she said i dont know what to say, ask dr baggs. Then i asked for counceling since i want to be set up.. she said kaiser doesnt do that.. all around shittay appt. Audrey (my baby) had her surgery today. All is well. She is recovering MUCH MUCH better then me. But woke up in hysteria lol. I cant wait to see everyone tomorrow. I am bringing 2 bags of clothes if u guys want them take what u want the rest Im gonna bring to the sac meeting:D

Candy! I am soo excited for you, BUT i sooooo remember the anxiety! I was nervous all the way up to the point of driving to san rafael the night before (i was actually thinking of saying turn around) then that night. I went to bed woke up and wasnt nervous more excited. Then got it done, and BOY i was not too happy lol. I was lucky mike got to join me in post op.. but i was the second case, and i was there for MUCH longer then they anticipate. Icy was my nurse also, but they are all good! You are going to do great. Id have to say i NEVER regreted, or second guessed my choice after i got it done. Now that i am like 4 weeks out and feel i could eat whatevermy eyes see, its kinda disapointing.. I feel i dont even have a band so then i push on my tummy to feel the port lol.. then im like hmmm wonder if it slipped.. I am excited for my fill so then maybe i can feel the thing around my tummy again:) see everyone thurs:)

Hi ladies, So tina she said the gym was ok? Shetold me to keep taking it an easy cause i told her i was stressed about that too. I think ill keep doing what i am doing. I atleast get in a mile and half. Tina what is ur menu like right now?? I heard from the lady u schedule with that its our bodys retaining water...

Tina, you were the call right after me:D Hehe:) How funny is that!!! She called me between 2:45 and 2:58 :drool: I am now on Softies:D Yay me. Tina me and the scale are not getting along right now either lol. Thats why i cant wait to be 195 cause then those 5lbs will stay under the 200 mark. I will be there Thurs!

Reggie!!! OMGOSH that is soo close, how EXCITING!!! When are ur classes and other appts?? HOW EXCITING!! GOOD thing we are doing our lunch this thurs, perfect time to CELEBRATE for u!!!:drool: Today is my phone appt with Robin.. gonna be interesting, im always SOOO nervous!!! How cool all of us are going tobe banded here soon!!