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Hey Riley I didn't PB at all yesterday either and now I can miraculously eat 1/2 cup again.........WHAT? I had total restriction now none. So I am gonna still be careful. I think your right it could come back at unexpected time. I just woke up and didn't feel the restriction like usual and though hm something is up. When out to lunch and I could eat again without feeling restricion. But I sorta think it is the foods too. Like bread of any kind is no good.........that seems to be when I get PB'ing the worst. And broccoli go figure....... I think it might be about the type of food for me not the amount....... Who knows figuring it all out still!! :-)

I think Dr. Baggs is a GREAT doctor but I would NOT want to have surgery again!! Just not really into having more than one surgery in any given year!! LOL!! I have to maintain my standards of avoiding medical offices and procedures to some degree ya know!! I have really blown my anti medical cover the last four months with all my appointments and surgery!! But you ladies go ahead with that second surgery and tell Dr. Baggs I highly recommended him!! And I will remind you to walk, walk, walk and sip, sip, sip!! :-) LOL!!

Hungry but refusing to eat until tomorrow...............better go to sleep fast before the head hunger does a number on me................ My daughter suggested I name my head hunger the "little white bitch" and that would help me not give in........OMG I am laughing at that even though I don't want her using the word. My daughter had anxiety a few years ago and went to counseling. They told her to name the voice in her head that told her to worry all the time............guess what she named it. But once it was named she could fight it off!! It was no longer the unknown. So ladies I might just be finding an appropriate name for Mr. Head Hunger. and I am afraid it won't be a nice, kind or gentle sounding name.........LOL. LOL. LOL. But in truth it did work for her she hsan't had to go back in years!!! Hmm.........is it really that simple I sorta want to make things harder than that!! ****feeling slight irratated at my band for not helping me out here******

Ok here is my HONEST opinion. YOu all know me I gotta tell the truth..........LOL. CANDRA: I saw your pictures and your gorgeous. I don't know what this is about round face!! Seriously I thought your were beautiful the day I met you at the Kaiser support group!! So I just don't buy most of your comments about yourself!! :-) I am jealous of your italian heritage!! YOur a beauty and you certainly don't look 40 that shocks me.........Oh and your boyfriend is a big guy and if I need him to "slightly intimadate" a certain someone I will tell ya!! Oh and Candra I did post my FAT, FAT, FAT pictures so I think it would be ok for you to post some.........cause the one you posted I am not seeing alot of fat!! Come on join me in my embarrassment..............:-) NICOLE: Girl loved all you new pictures. Your looking great!! Your beautiful too and looking thinner all the time. Girl your shrinking away...........Loved the pictures you look great. Glad you had fun. Hope Mike got his act together and you had a good anniversary............. Loving all the pictures folk

Oh that sounds fun!! I should have gotten season passes but I work alot in the summer and take my vacation at Christmas and to AFrica. I figured I couldn't get away much this summer......

I want to go to Marine World on my way home...........hmmm I wonder how late it stays open. It is very close and I have the next day off!! Chris have fun let me know how it goes and if you could what time it closes at night. I will have Michaela with me that day more than likely. She is gonna eat up the nutrition stuff which will make Robin fell good!! LOL.

I just went and left about 11:50am..............if you get called first it could easily be an hour or last 2-3 hours. At my appointment all the brand new fills went last...........the older your band was the faster you went I noticed!! Doctor Baggs told me to come back on the 25th and I said for the party.........he laughed and said well there are ALOT of people scheduled for that day so plan to stay awhile. The nurse told me and Dr. Baggs........full, full? She was like "you are way over full that day"................so guess what ladies I think it will be a wait just depends on who goes first. That might make it hard to carpool if someone goes first and another person has to wait the whole time. They give you the option to go back to group until the end or go home when your fill is over. I went home but there was only one person behind me. I enjoyed it but it does take all day. I went to the Fairfield mall and only last 15 minutes of walking...........didn't get home until 4:30 with all the traffic. really long day!!

Hey Christine fun video!! You have a glow about you and your looking great!! Well I just ate dinner and I really don't feel any restriction now. I think maybe the last few days was all the swelling I was able to ate 1/2 cup tonight which is more than yesterday..........I had hoped it would last longer. BUt oh well another fill in waht 22 days now........ My daughter is also graduation from 8th grade tomorrow. Have fun onm the ride. You will fit!! Last time I went I did the same thing and sat out the rides cause I didn't fit..........I have been there when I was in size 18 and fit in the rides.......ah like over 8 years ago!! Have FUN!!

Nicole so sorry...............all you can do is try!! Hang in there!!

Chris great new picture!! Loving it!! And I watch your daughters video. Way to cute...........where did she learn to dance Funny thing was I KNEW it was Lane Bryant in about two seconds!! Love that store.............I will mourn (I think) when I no longer fit in their sizes....... I am also in an 18 bottom 16/18 top. Loving that..

HEy Christine looking forward to the video and Happy Birthday!! Pam you go girl!! You'll be happy you did it. I am gonna do the same thing as a safety net for myself!! I have never regretted any time I spent in counseling or support groups!! :-) Ah working a double today.......................crazy busy. No PB'in today!! Yea. But I sorta think my restriction is fading out a bit now.............ah I sorta like it makes me scared to eat to much!! Just waying hello!!

Ok I got up this morning and feel much lighter. Than I noticed my PJs are way to big on the waist this morning..........never mind they are mens PJ's!! I gotta go find my scale..........I am liking this fill thing.....working for me!! I hope I can move my ticker again soon!! off to work gonna be a long day working till 8pm...........

Hey Chris missed you!! I know it is summer and everyone is getting busy.........can't wait to see everyone the 25th!! Great idea with the weights. I am starting to get loose skin and hate it. Weights seems very logical. I think you rock on cardio I still get breathless after a mile walking around the neighborhood!! Any new blogs? I check you blog off and on for updates. Nicole you have any new updates???

Ok here is the Special K loaf: It is a veggie meatloaf but sadly I think the cereal and walnuts do it in for low calorie: I am still looking for the lentil loaf. I just throw it together but there is a recipe and I am trying to find it so I don't lead you astride with my instructions....... :-P I LOVE this stuff, but sadly it has been months since I had it. I really don't know the calories but good with potatoes and veggies or salad............ah I am hungry now but waiting until morning. Special K Loaf Written by Jennifer Lawson Sunday, 18 February 2007 5 c. Special K cereal 5 eggs, beaten 1 c. chopped walnuts 1 lg. carton cottage cheese 2 tbsp. McKay chicken seasoning or onion soup mix 1 lg. onion, chopped Chopped celery, if desired Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Saute onions with 1/4 stick of margarine. Mix all ingredients together and put into greased pan. Bake for 45 minutes. Freezes well. Reheat for 20 minutes when frozen.

no guilt once you have the band that won't come so easy......enjoy it now, just not to much!! :-) I had my last diet coke the night before surgery so you know I was enjoying my freedom right up to the end!! 20 down your doing great!!

LOL Riley I write court reports for a living and have learned how to "pursuad" people to my way of thinking!! It is a skill or a gift I don't know which.......... and you and I both know I did so much research on him before I decided. I really, really think he is on top of his game............I think excellence needs to be pointed out and noted. To much negetive in the world everyone needs to hear the positive!! :-) Ok I am gonna try to fix my bandster profile. I got kicked out before I was done.........who knows why

Purees were for the dogs I agree..........I chewed my food really, really well and was fine with that!!

Candy I was there. A fill makes a world of difference!! Hang on.....................girl you still lost more than me:-P I seriously think I had the worst post op weight loss of all of us.................I was discouraged. But this week things are better. YOur fill is very, very soon....... Glad work went well. I wondered where you were!!

Ok I rated Dr. Baggs...........tricky to figure it all out!! I noticed that his reviews already havd 37 views interesting............. I think our forum here has alot of lurkers..............I wish people who join in too!! WHere is everyone this week? Nicole, Reggie, Candy, Chris, Heather, Donna.................where did everyone go?

I think I will be ready for a fill because I expect to learn when to say when here soon..........

Oh Riley if I get the hiccups than I know I have gone to far and ate to much already..............everytime hiccups than PB'ing........... But if I wait 10 minutes than I can go back and finish my food.........I just realized that today. I am full most of the time though.........not eating 6 meals but I am less than a week out from my last fill. That might come......... Ok so I can say I know what restriction is not exactly what I expected but I don't eat much and I am not hungry...........head hunger I have because why else do I take that last bite or feel bad when I see that yummy food sitting all lonely on my plate after I am full.............

Hey Riley I will ask my mom for the lentil loaf recipe. I have lots and lots of vegetarian recipes like Special K loaf.....which sounds awful but is so good. I grew up vegetarian so I actaully like all the soy products and veggie loafs.........crazy I know!! My problem is the same as yours I was reaised with to much carbs and not enough protien so it is hard to learn how to do this now. I am really still learning and Robin does help me out alot...........she had me try tempah which is not bad but looks terrible, tofu (which I am trying to like) and cottage cheese (;-P)..........I don't like eggs either but I can now eat them every morning...if it comes to a chicken or an egg I gotta go with the egg......LOL Riley we are in the same place. I have been eating three meals and snack but I get hungry too. I definetely CANNOT eat anything past 1/4 without extreme pain and PB'ing. I did it again today darn it. It is that one last bite and yep it was already chewed up when I realized it was not gonna fit in my pouch.......in a resterant can't spit it out. I swallow and than sit there in pain for 10 minutes...........I mean berating myself for not learning from the day before!!! OMG this is crazy stuff but I am losing a bit so I am happy with the band just not my measuring abilities. But yep it is almost stuck full, not a full full!! I so get what your say, I totally get it!! Sorta nice to have someone else there with me.............sorry your hurting but at least I know my band didn't slip or something!! I am gonna see how it goes in a few weeks. I might not need a fill............but I will trust Dr. Baggs with that one. As long as I can have my crystal light........

Oh I love lentils had them last week....good to know the portion size since my 1/4 cup dry make way, way to many!! I put them with cottage cheese but sausage sounds good. I eat alot of the morning star sausages so I have them around....... Lentils are my favorite. I could live on them!! Just that I want more than a 1/4 cup of them. Seriously I can't eat more than that without PB'ing big time still. But that is a food I feel sad I can't have seconds..... I make a lentil loaf thing with cottage cheese, eggs, and breadcrumbs that is yummy and makes good sandwiches but I can't figure out what to replace the breadcrumbs with post op to make it work...... But OMG I love lentils. I just so can't eat much of anything right now...........a blessing in disguise!! But I had to throw a pot of lentils away yesterday they taste awful the second day!!

I just got my first fill. I was 3cc's at surgery and got 2cc's last week..........Although my doctor was not sure if I would have restriction ...........I definetely do. I have to be really careful not to eat to much or else I PB. I think I am at about 1/4 a cup of food without getting stuck.............. Weird stuff but it sure does help me not eat to much........it hurts to bad!! LOL

How you noticed we have lost alot of people from the forum who started out with us.........wonder what happened and if they went through with surgery?