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Finally home.............ah great to be back home. Going up to the store to buy eggs and salsa tried that on vacation and it was so good. Ah a bit of cheese to and than you add some black beans. A mexican breakfast and so, so good!!!! :-) The tortilla are an out since even with my tiny fill they get stuck but for those of you that can do tortilla's you are suppose to wrap it all up in a tortilla!! :-)

I won't be at the meeting I am driving back today and probably won't be back in town until this afternoon. Next month for sure.................have a great time everyone thinking of you all today!!

8 pounds here. I need a fill too and Dr. Baggs would probably give me a small one but I have to get approval from Robin first now.........I hope it doesn't stay like this forever. I prefer having Dr. Baggs make the decision and he knows alot more about what is going on with me because I talk to him more than her. But oh well....... I am up two pounds so now I have seven to lose in 7 days. Hmmm..........well see but I bet I don't get another fill until January. I think I am on track with the rest of you now that have the conservative doctors.

I wasn't perfect today either but not to bad. The lemon pie was my downfall.........but I knew going in I was gonna give myself a break today. Nothing out of control but not the norm either. I felt my band but it didn't stop me. I feel everything slow down and pause but it still goes past the band after a few minutes.......but still like feeling my band!! LOL. Well seriously off to bed now....

Heather I will look at the Zumba schedule when I get back in town and see if we can com up with something.......I am gonna try to start going during my lunch hour if I can find something close to work.....where do you work??

Riley I need to go to Disneyland more often. Great motivation to walk......I walked from 6am to 12am two days in a row with my shape ups. Sore today. But I would love to keep this up I am feeling great!!! How to fit ten miles in when I am working .................. Riley I did the internet dating thing and meet and dated an alcoholic for 2 years!! I am afraid of the internet dating scene now!! Took him about six months for the truth to come out and another year and half for me to kick him out the door..............everything he said online turned out to be a lie. So be careful girlfriend!! Don't be letting them pirates get to close to your jewels!! LOL. YOur tough though I doubt they could out pirate you!! Just be careful. I am headed back home tomorrow. NOt sure is I will be around by Sat but I hope to be. I miss everyone!! Well off to bed!!

20,000 a day for three days.......Riley will that work??? LOL. Yea I am feeling my band a bit to. Not much but I do get full quicker than usual! Very different than last year!!! how does that convert to miles?? Anyone know

Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone!! Took me awhile to catch up on all the reading!! Wow you guys post alot!! THinking about everyone today and hoping everyone is doing well. I walked 20,000 steps the last four days and all in my workout shoes. I am so sore but on a roll now....gotta keep it up when I get back. Donna I might have a ticket for WOF since my daughter is debating going now. Did you get more??? I am so excited to hang out with you!! Riley missing you!! Your right about the exercise for sure. I think I will be there Saturday. Candra I want a body suit!!! LOL!!! Ok gotta run more later, miss ya all!!! Geez a year ago I started this journey how time flies!!!

Bandster Hell Maria. That first six weeks is sorta crazy. Once you start getting fills it gets better.......not that I would know what a good fill is since I have been filled and unfilled!! Drink something warm that worked the best for me to keep me full. Maria I wonder why Dr. Baggs didnt' take your gall bladder out at surgery?? Hmm I thought they did if they found a problem. Ok well I have got to get some sleep............later friends!! :-)

Ah I saw New Moon at midnight on Friday night!! Loving Jacob but I have always been team Jacob since I read the books.................I think he is the better choice and the physique doesn't hurt!! :-) Great movie!!

Hey everyone. Wos it took me an hour to catch up on here. Taking off in the morning to go to LA. Been doing ok with the protiens this weekend. Hopefully I will find something to eat down south. Weird I already have started to plan ahead.......lap band life for ya!! So much information......... Riley I like the dress. My friend had the eye surgery at work and she was back at work the next day. Maria: Hot soups and Hot Drinks filled me up. Ash: I don't know about the complication rate but I probably have had the most problems with the band and I still am glad I did it. I am the emergency unfill person!! :-) I am at 2.5cc's now from the last unfill but strangely I have some restriction anyway. I worry about slipping the band but ya know that is why I get the unfills so quick when I need to.......I am not willing to take a risk and wait to long. Heather: Feel Better!! I would love to Zumba with ya sometime. Analyn: that hip hop class is fun I have done that one a few times. Who else?? I miss Nicole, Christine and Candy. Been to long.

When your losing fast the thrift store is great for jeans. I have gone to get jeans a couple of time...........5 bucks. And yea they only last 2-3 weeks but better than 40 bucks..........than I bring them to the support groups to the clothing exchange. I have a bag of 12's waiting for me. I am in a 14 now sometimes a 16......another 1o-15 and I can get out my 12 bag!! :-)

Ah Tamra don't be shy.........if I can go to hip hop fitness with my daughter than you can go to zumba!! You could try it at home first. I know they have zumba VHS's and possibly DVD's by now. Check the thrift stored for cheap VHS's and DVDS!! I got some good oldies there........... Try it at home first and see if you like it or get your groove down and than go to a class. I wish we all lived closer. I would go to the gym more if I had someone to go with me :-)

Revole Tour: Nicole Britt, Stellar Kart, Group One Crew (my favorite), Natalie Grant, Nicole Mullen I think.......should be fun I can't wait!! Ah yea over 10, 000 teen girls so yep lots of noise and jumping around!! :-) Donna you should come to Women of Faith weekend for adults on December 4 and 5?? I am going to that!! You interested?? I might have an extra ticket for Friday since my daughter will be in school. I have to see Dr. Baggs at 10am than back Arco arena for the day 10-3pm is WOF on that day? Let me know. ANyone else?? I might be bacak next Saturday and if I am I will be at West Point!! :-) Riley, Riley, Riley your killing me girl.....................15 incline!! LOL. I would fall right off the treadmill at that incline!! LOL. I like the little TV's onthe treadmills. Donna I will do Zumba with you. Do you have a gym memebership? If not I think I could get you a free pass so we could Zumba together sometime!!

Yea my port hurt of 6-8 weeks, about week 3 I felt like if I stood up straight I was gonna rip the thing outta of me..........I still feel my port but doesn't hurt anymore. When I lay on my stomach I can fell it for sure. I am typing on my lap top now and it is resting on my port. I would feel weird now if I didn't have a port. I am so used to it. I like knowing it is there. So far mine is not sticking out yet. Ok anyone else have their stomach be be last place they lost?? My stomach still has one big roll. Down from three........LOL. But I fill like as I lost the other rolls this one just got bigger!! I hope it goes away soon!!

Tamra I hear ya on the Skinny lattes. I have had one today and one yesterday.........love them. I got my own coffee maker and now I am making my decaf here and adding in two TBSP of fat free hazenut stuff and one capful of sugar free hazelnut syrup.........just as good as starbucks and cheaper!! I also tried the sugar free vanillla syrup and fat free vanilla cream..........ahh heaven!! Well I sure am craving sugar tonight. I am arguing with myself cause I have candy in the garage............I need to go to bed early tonight!! :-)

Yea Riley I know, I know............exercise. Cause I am doing pretty well on the diet thing. Well now it is not so much like a diet and more like a lifestyle. I have noticed some snacking since I have been journaling so I need to nip that. But serious I think I have lost as much as I can with diet alone. I went back to the gym last weekl Walking about 3 miles every couple days or so. I really need to get there everyday. I am trying to work my work schedule out so I can go everyday not just when things get slow. I agree exercise is has gotten be what is missing cause I am really doing pretty well. NOt writing down how I feel though........I will add that in. Tomorrow I have time to go to the gym!! I should have a slow day tomorrow.......than vacation!!! Disneyland is ALOT of walking so that is good :-) My family are huge exercise freaks so it will be lots of walking morning and night there. Tomorrow I am going to the REVOLVE TOUR at Arco arena!! It is the teen WOmen of Faith weekend. I went last year and it was so, so much fun..........even though I am nowhere near to being a teen!! I am taking my daughter and her friends. Than going to seen New Moon on Sunday and off to LA on Monday............. Gotta try that pizza thing Riley. I like alot of their stuff. There chic n nuggets are my new thing. They are so good and only 190 for 4 and protien is good. I also ate this thing...........yea thing.........tonight that is veggie chicken. It has 19gr of protien for 5 ounces and 160 calories. It was edible but maybe not delicious!! I am so full from it.......oh well I added in lentils too. But my stomach is huge so I might have overdone it. 270 for lentil. So almost 400 for one meal. I am serious very full.........I will eat another thing tomorrow!! :-)

Hey all.........I agree Dr. Baggs is funny!! I always joke around when I go in for a visit. He makes me laugh!! I don't know about weight loss surgery though. He is so, so thin. I do know he rides his bike to work sometimes and that he loves heavy metal music!! I guess I will have to look better........ You just never know what he is gonna say and I end up laughing about something everytime I see him. He always teases me because I usually leave without my paperwork from the appointment and he has to chase me down to give it to me. I guess I don't care to much.....but that is the routine I forget and he has to chase me down!! But yea he is a great doctor. I like that he give aggressive fills although I don't know if I will still get that cause Robin is on my back right now and holding back my fills...............arrrgghh..........sorta irratated about it right now!! I have barely anyfill and can eat way more than 1 cup. How the heck am I suppose to lose 5-10 pounds in two weeks when I can eat so much............. I am holding steady at 198-199 and Thanksgiving is next week. I might not get a fill until after Christmas at this rate. I only have 2.5cc's right now. I was 3.3cc's at surgery. So I am back in bandster hell again. I told Robin I have no restriction and she said if I eat protien I will have restriction. I can still eat a cup or more and I am getting hungry on the 1/4 cup!! Frustrated today!!

Tamra he doesn't answer if it is something someone else deals with. It is up to Liz to schedule a surgery date and she knows now Dr. Baggs how far out. He just does the surgerys but he doesn't schedule them. Sometimes he answers and sometimes he doesn't. He doesn't like to get into personal stuff with his patients or TOM stuff!! LOL!! But he is the best doctor I have had as far as getting a response quick.

4 days now under 1200 calories. Still holding at 199.........I have 4 more to go to get a fill and 5 more to go to get back where I was last week!! Head Hunger is a killer cause I am not hungry but want something sweet..............gotta survive cause I want another fill :-) Thanksgiving and Disneyland next week. That will be a struggle but again I want a fill. Thinking ahead about protein at Disneyland..............trying to get it planned ahead. Eggs in the morning, if I can find beans and vegetables.........sorta think it might be a challenge to get my protiens. I might bring my protien shots for back up!!

Gotta agree with the recline advise!! I slept like a baby in mine for the first two weeks :-) Aren't you glad it is over now and you don't have to worry anymore?? THe worrying is the worst part.............the surgery is a breeze!! So did ya tell Dr. Baggs hello from his fan club??

Maria your up tomorrow...........you'll be fine. Post when you can. Tell Dr. Baggs his fan club said hello!! That will make him blush!! Some of us were thinking to start a post op thread over on the post op section. That way we can have a thread about post op issues and than keep this one open for new people coming in and starting out. So we can mentor them through. I just think the post op (especially at 7 months out) stuff can get kinda boring and involved for the new people.........so maybe starting another post op thread would be good. Anyone know how to do it. Might be less overwhelming for some of us if we have a forum for post op issues and than one for pre op issues. We can go back and forth or we can chose which one to stay in. Not trying to split up the group but one theory os groups is that when they get to large they lose their intimacy and it is harder to connect. This would be a way to make the groups smaller so we keep our contact and support without people feeling out of touch. Just my idea...........I know other people have voice the same thing and I think we do need to split the group into smaller subgroups so we all feel supported and don't lose people or people don't feel lost becuase the numbers are getting so large....... Comments??? Pipe up people!! Tell me what you think. I like the big group for some things. But for day to day support I think the smaller sub groups would be helpful to some of us.

Hey Reggie I miss you too. I have not been able to come many meeting lately either and I am not online as much as before. I can tell it has affected me..........so same as you I am trying to get back into the groove of things. I didn't gain weight but I have to lose between 5-10 to get a fill. This is a new thing for me. They said I was losing to slow and need to speed things up to get a fill. So I also nicely got read the riot act. I didn't like it but I totally understand why and I agree with Robin that I need to change things up a bit. Just sorta hard to hear it. I also joined the gym last week. California Family Fitness which is close to work (rancho) and than home too (roseville). Also there is one down the street from my daughters tutor in Rocklin so I figure I can hang out there on Sundays while I wait for her. I need to up the exercise. Ok food log today........I ate under 900. NOt hungry. A tiny bit of restriction. But sadly I was 70% carbs.........I really thought........I mean.........well I am shocked. I thought I ate alot of protien. Darn salad for lunch :-) I gotta eat a protien lunch tomorrow. Some of my veggie meats have alot of carbs I see..........SO A FOOD LOG IS A GOOD THING!! Oh dear Robin won't wanna see todays. B-Skinny Vanilla latte L-Salad with beans and cucumbers D-Lentil Sandwhich and 1/2 of cinnamon roll (I know my daughter made them......so good) a few wheat thins which could be classified a snack I guess. I gotta do better tomorrow. TOM is over so back below 200 again. barely. I was down to 194 but after I was able to drink again I went back up to 198. I lost that 4 pounds in two days so maybe I was just dehydrated. As soon as I went back to the 64 ounces of water the next morning I was back up. I guess I will have to change the ticker if I don't get back there by the end of the week. Now that I am getting back on track a bit my motivation is starting to kick in again.........I think I needed a wake up call so it is all good. Food log, 5 pounds and all!! Oh and everyone should read the Press Pause book!! It is right on what we all need. PAM get the book you will LOVE it. It is so right on and what we all need!! To bad I let it sit for 4 months before I finally pulled it out. I am getting serious again so I got all my books back out!! :-)

I also think NIcole (AUDSMOM) is at goal too!! Last time I saw her there was nowhere else for her to lose from!!

ah the pictures are so great!! Everyone looks good!! Everyone is shrinking down since I last saw you all!! Riley you have lost since I last saw you. I know you still have a bit to lose but I don't know from where?? Girl I think you are at goal. I wish we had a head hunger thing here in sacramento. This stress class is right at 5pm and trying to get there from work is stressing me out!!! I wish it was more like six. I am not sure if I will survive all 12 weeks. I might have to look for another class that is not at the same time I get off work!! I think I would do better with the head hunger class............