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Candy do you think the spasm was from maybe drinking too much?? Did anybody else experience that? Ok, Can you all tell that I'm starting to get nervous?? :-) Chris you know you will be getting a "Dear Abby" call soon LOL. Sheena girl you are rocking! Rock On Sister!! I am so excited for all of us. So when is the next get together?

YAY Candy!!! Congratulations!! It seemed like you experienced a bit of pain. No pain no gain!!! LOL . It's good to hear from you , I was getting a bit worried, of course I may be in the same position and not post right away. Who was your surgeon?

Tina You are hillarious!!!!

Pam, I hope you feel better. You guys are so funny we are back to this LB vs.RNY. There are many people who have had great success with RNY likewise LB, the problem is common sense eating and sometimes emotional and mental issues that some people neglect to adress. Have we asked ourselves why the heck we eat so doggon much???? Even after we all get banded and RNY we have to adress these issues and this is wher I see the next level of our conversation maybe. There's more to food issues than food. I hope this is a dailogue that we can begin once we are all comfortable with where we arein our weightloss lives. Candra we're thinking of you!!!! Cheers!

Yes Tina I can't wait. I'm having a tough time sticking to the diet however I'm making sure that I stay under surg. goal weight. I don't have any room for any last minute meals :-(( Oh well c'est la vie! I hope you get your energy back soon!

Candra, thanks for the confirmation on names. You will be there soon. When is your surgery?? I don't see any siggy for you. I hope all is well with Candy.

Christine, thanks for the update on Candy this morning! I hope you are feeling fine Candy, I' waiting to hear all about your experience considering I will be there in two weeks!!

Hey, Chris we love you too! This group is marvelous! I can't say enough about our generosity with each other. Ok am I lost or do we have Candra and Candy??? LOL. Me and my weight is Candy and Desperate is Candra? please help lol.

Hi Desperate, welcome to our group. We rock here! We have a great team of supporters and we are here to help anyway we can. You will be fne. I went in knowing that the LB is what I wanted , however over time during the preparation process I battled with my choice. After all my beautiful LB sisters on here got teir bands, I was SURE that LB was for me. I need to know that I have options... The thought of my body part being disconnectected and reconnected scares the hell out of me LOL. Seriously just believe in what you want, starting the 1200 cal diet can be a challenge, but once you see the scale changing for the better it good all the way. The LB is a tool to help us get to a healthier bodies, so we still have to work at losing the weight we can't depend solely on the band to do the trick.:-)). Liz is cool by the when she finds out that you are committed to the program. I enjoyed my visit with her. Keep visiting with us and I guarantee that you will do well so long as you committ yourself. I wish you well. Candy-- WOW what an ordeal, I'm glad that you got this figured out and are on your way YIPPEEE!! Nicole, we'll keep hubby in our prayers! Hi Riley, Chris, Sheena, momcof and Tina !!

Oh My, I am so jealous that I wasn't there today, clearly you all had a ball.Yes we must do it next month by that tme we will change our name to Kaiser Richmond post-op lol. I believe i'm the last person to get banded right? or is there one more person. Candy, I will be praying for you on monday. Girl, go and get your skinny on!!!

Ok Ladies how was lunch, I'm mad that i had to stay back for this crazy conference call. I hope you all had fun !

Thanks Candy! We will be praying for you. I'm sure the anxiety will set in for e sooner than later, however I'm confident that I will be fine and so will you. Nicole is the less feeling of being full that bad? I wonder why they wait so long to give the fill, when they know that it may affect some people and their progress? That sucks!! lol. Well I suggest you do "see food" look with your eyes and walk the other way because remember why you got the band in the first place LOL. Best wishes.

Thanks for the advice Rosey. Yes I will work on the fluids, I can only imagine that I may not be able to take in 64oz of water daily for a while scares me. I currently drink more than 100oz. I'm sooo ready for this.

Chris this is part of the process I suppose, however don't let it get to you down. It is only temporary and you'll be back to your own self again. your body is going through a metamorphic phase and to know that in a few months you will look back when you are skinny and feeling good and healthy again that this was all worth is a good feeling. Hang in there girl and kick those blues!

Yes Chris I know what you mean about starving. I don;t know what I'm going to do for the two days that I will be going there for the classes and meeting with Dr.Park and Thomas. I guess I will be eating a horse afterwards LOL. Riley you asked if I was nervous, no I'm not yet, I think seeing you all go through has given me tremendous strength and the transparency that we have on this site is impeccable.I really appreciate you all for it!

Thanks Tina! Yes this pretty fast. I was surprised when she said 5/19, i just knew she was going to give me a June appointment, well I am totally thrilled that I only have 3 weeks. I think the fact that you may not be moving around has something to do with the fluctuation, I trust it will start coming off soon.

Thanks Riley and Nicole. Yes Liz is cool. My preop class is on 5/13 and 5/14. I will definitely try and make it on Thursday. The scale is loving all of you right now!!! Riley I hate TOM!! You have done great with losing all that weight. Keep it up the good work Y'all!!!

Christine you are so funny and sweet. Thanks for your concern and thoughts. The meeting went well, Liz was cool as heck! she was so proud of me she actually gave me a surgery date for 5/19. I am super excited. Yesterday after I left the appointment men I was starving so I did the most foolish thing and got in/out Burger, boy it was so nasty to me, afterall i haven't had it for a long time, needless to say it was not worth it!!!LOL. I only have three weeks so I can't really fool around but I plan on eating Chinese food for the last time next week. I hope everyone is doing great! How are the numbers on the scale??? Keep me posted.

Thanks Me and My for the Vitamin advice. Men, ou ladies are putting the scale to shame losing like there's no tomorrow. Good job you all keep it up.

LOL Chris I will pick some up as well. Thanks Tina! I plan on providing her with the model diet that I followed Lol. I will take all your advice and suggestions. Good night all

She left it the same 10 a.m. I guess that's ok! Cool I will pick up some Flinstones, Feel like a kid lol

Thanks Nicole. Yes Chris I concur, I think I will have surgery in May. Liz called today to give me an appointment not knowing that Dr.Park already set one up. She wants me to bring my vitamins. What vitamins do you guys recommend? I can't wait till Monday, I have to be super good over this weekend.

LOL @ scale going down like magic. That is great!!! I plan on staying away from carbs for a while untile hopefully surgery date. I hope it will be in May..

Thanks Chris.How are you dong? I am currently 303 and hope to be under 300 before I get there next week. Do I have to have the food ournal, because I haven't kept up with it.

Hey ladies, it's good to see that everyone is doing well. Tina I'm sorry to hear that you have pus comming fro the port. I'm sure it will be tken care of. So I felt discouraged today when I found out that Sarah, Lz's scheduler was out until next week again. So I took it upo myself to email Dr Park and told her that I have reached goal and looking forward to the next phase. She responded with an appointment for me to see Liz on monday 4/27. So I need all you expertise and what I should be prepared for. I'm reallyexcited about this. Any advice will be welcome.