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Yea I have had to get new bras.......just not sure I know how to pick!!

3 pounds to 50 down ladies!!! I am hoping this week sometime!!

Special K Loaf: (you can also google on internet as there are different ways to make it-I even noticed one with salmon in it for the non veggie people) 5 cups special K cereal (High protien Special is what I get) 5 whipped eggs 2 cups cottage cheese 1 cup ground nuts (I use walnuts) 1/4 cup onions 1/4 celery 2 table spoons McCays Chicken seasoning or 1 package onion soup mix parmesean cheese can be added if you want to mix. Saute the celery and onions together than add to dry mix with the eggs. Bake for 45 minutes. This is the lowest fat and highest protien recipe I have found. Walnuts is the best choice health wise but you can use any ground nuts for this..........also the high protien special K makes it dryer I found out. The regular makes it softer but not as healthy............ This is our thanksgiving turkey every year!! LOL!!

Making lentils and have all my 1/4 cup bowls out and ready to fill up. I do better if the bowls are all made up and in the fridge less snacking and debating what to eat when I get home that way............... I just did my calorie count for the last week and Sunday through Thursday was all less that 500 calories.......but do ya think I lost much........1 pound!! Probably due to not drinking the 64 ounces of water a day....... I am pretty sure I can eat a cup easy right now though. Well see when the lentils are done.........

Hungry this morning girls!! First time in awhile I have actually woke up and been hungry................. Veggie Sausages and eggs this morning no problems. Getting hungry before 3-4 hours but I am gonna try to up the protien so I can stay full longer............. Weird how 2cc's is so small but it feels like a world of difference with the band.................. RObin was telling me with the new AP band that a tiny amount of fluid can put ALOT of pressure on the pouch. She said is has to do with the round design......it gives more even pressure so a tiny amount can make a huge difference!! ah yep......and taking some out can also than make a huge difference too!! :-) Ok gotta find the pedometer today!! I don't know where I lost it but I want it back so I can make sure I get the 10,000 in..............

What is this about bra size?? DId you guys measure!! Ah I missed out!! LOL. WHo is the resident expert??

Oh what book is that?? I am back on track .........well strictly back on track since last Thursday!! THe whole unfill thing sorta got me thinking I need to really be serious about all this agin and I know I need to lose some more to get another fill. I gotta get totally off the sliders they aren't necessary anymore but now I sorta like them so my goal is absolutely no sliders this week.......very little carbs. I did really good the last two days. 20 days until I see Robin!! :-P

Jes check out those fit flops!! :-) Riley you still on your 100 pound high?? YOu gotta party tomorrow.............do something WILD!!

Candra how did you get as tall as Reggie?? LOL!! Nice picture but I do see my pants are to big!! I didn't notice that before!! LOL. Next time maybe we can have it at my house..........

I agree I have been in a great mood all day!! I like my support system..........

Gonna miss everyone at the group fill this week. Who all is going to be at this one....................

Really fun day girls!! Reggie your home is beautiful and I enjoyed hearing your husbands view on things!! Brave man to take on all these women!! Thanks so much for your hospitality!! Just getting in from my daughters party, without my daughter...............it was still fun hanging out with all the other parents and I didn't eat anything there........waited to come home and get my protiens. They were teasing me cause I would ate their carbs.......the whole meal was carbs except for the salad and peas...........funny I would notice that!! WEll I guess your all driving home now!! No one online Nicole you on yahoo?? I will check!

Hey Lola........ I was banded on the 13th of April 13, 2009 too!! Get an unfill. I did and it is better. Being to tight you won't lose weight either.............if you wait to long they might have to take all the fluid out due to swelling.

I am gonna grab some clothes ladies and throw them in the car. I can't bring them all they won't fit in my car..........but lest me see what I can pull together!!

same here!! If I disappear for too long feel free to check up on me too!! LOL......................... Trying to decide if I can come or not. I am having some guilt about leaving my girl here sick...........but I really want to come and see my other girls!! Especially my Bay area girls who I don't get to see much.......... Wanna see my 100 gone Riley!! And almost to goal Nicole and heather at -57 and Reggie I haven't seen you since before surgery............you have dropped alot of weight. weighing the options.............it is about 40 minutes from my place so I could always run back home if I need to..........ah decisions, decisions.........not my strong point!!

yea we won't let Nicole leave!! LOL. She is one of my favorite people what would we do without NIcole!! I agree Nicole we are all friends what is all this about just weight lose support buddies?? Never. If you really use the group and really buy into the group process and an accountablity system than you allow the group to become more than just "weight loss buddies" to you. It is only normal that we all become close and be good friends...........that is how a support group works. If you are real and use the group to support you people do become close and develop friendships. So yea we are friends first and weight loss support buddies second!! :-) That is emotionally healthy......... Don't you think that some of us ended up heavy cause he isolate and don't trust others enough to open up and be real? I know for me that was a problem. Now that I am letting the group work for me I am finding I have made long life friends in the process........... So Iam all for group support and sticking close and being real............only way to succeed in my opinion. WHen you get to confident you have it all under control without accepting help or support from others is when you can usually expect to fall into old patterns.......... So Nicole your not going anywhere I will be checking up on ya girl!!! LOL

LOL!! Nicole I get debating about a fill/unfill. I was too until it hit me upside the head that I had to get an unfill.........like today!!! I am very indecisive about fills too!!! Dr. Baggs was saying maybe I could have called in a couple of days earlier when the solids won't go down. LOL. I told him I am stubborn and was thinking I could survive a few more days on soups and water!! He was like I guess you could but why?? (cause I am to stubborn to ask for help until I am desparate.....one of my negetive traits) I told him that and he just looked at me like ok do what you have to do................. I think for me it is cause some days are good band days and some aren't. Hard to figure out which way to go when the band is not always the same restriction from day to day........ Yep I am journaling to again and back to careful food log. I quit the food journal two weeks ago cause I was only getting in 500 or less a day if even that. I figured what's the use I know I am under............ Seeing Robin in 20 days!! LOL. Need a log and some weight loss so journal here I come................. I think I am coming today. MIchaela seems like she will survive a couple of hours here alone.........i just hope I don't eat to much!!

NICOLE!!!!! YOur 18 freaking pounds away from GOAL!!! Girl your almost at the end of the road!!! OMG I can't wait for that!!

Heather 23 pounds to go............OMG you will haver surgery before the Holidays..........I wish I was there to see Dr. Fishchers face when you come in 80 pounds lighter!!! LOL

NIcole interesting that is why I didn't buy the horse shampoo cause it said shiny and I have that stuff at home already. My hair has gotten really wavey thought. Anyone else. I have more wave than ever. I am seeing some of mine coming back but it itches where is it growing back!! LOL. Well getting ready to test my restriction with solids since my liquids are almost up. I know with liquids I have no restriction what soever. Solids we will see......... Nicole if your losing so fast maybe you don't need a fill. Maybe your at your sweet spot!! Hard to know though. I don't get if you lose well you don't need a fill but than again if you lose alot than it loosens the band............I always wonder how Dr. Baggs figures it out..........like is there a formula or just person by person..........??

Oh it drives me crazy to hear all the skinnys talking diet.......my aunt who is skinny and had a tummy tuck......out of vanity in my opinion cause not much there...........talks constantly at family gathers about her weight........... Drives me crazy cause is she is fat what does that say about me. But having said that she is also the one who told me she supported me doing lap band.........my uncle the doctor was very negetive about it!! Family!!!

HEather are you coming??

Oh Riley I have some of that Chicken but haven't tried it yet...........I have BBQ sauce for it. At 6cc's I only took 2-3 bites of protien and if I took another bite I was in trouble. But I could feel it going down and it was sorta uncomfortable. BUt I wan't hungry either. I was not even tempted becuase I knew it won't go down easy. I think I was just a .25 to .5 to high. Close to sweet spot but just needed to play around with the numbers a bit more!! So Riley if your still like this will you cancel the group fill or go anyway??

I think...........well I am sure I could have done WITHOUT the last fill!! LOL. Riley you are at 5cc's and feeling good restriction that give me hope!! LOL!! I thought 6cc's were the magic number............ Ok gotta see what my daughter is up to. I hear her in the bathroom.............arrgghhh.......... I would be dead at 7+ like Chris and Nicole...............LOL. YOu girls rock the high numbers!!

Yea when I was there Riley he said that they need to add more dates or something like that but that they haven't got the times all worked out yet............. He said Kelly would call me in a couple of weeks to set something up. He said if I didn't get a call to call her in two weeks and make sure I am on the list........ Now for me since I am on an individual schedule right now.......thanks in part to me, myself and I.................I think I will have to remind them to add me to the group for September!! I want to get back on group schedule..........but I don't know I might just stay in individual since I am outta sync right now with the group..........LOL. I am thinking it will only take 2-3 more fills till I get to my sweet spot again and than I am gonna try to go 2-3 months between fills if Dr. Baggs agrees with that.........