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Hi Riley, I'm glad you are doing better. Wow what a close call. I'm sure you wouldn't have lost your band :-). Did they give any reason why it became infected? Like Nicole said that is one of my biggest fears. But I won't trade LB for GB lol. Feel better and hope all is well.

Hi All, I'm sorry I missed the lunch , however glad that you all met. Christine congratulations! I know you will be banded hopefully sooner than the rx date. Serenity welcome to the board we are a good support system for each other here and you are more than welcome to join in. Look forward to seeing you online. RILEY!!! We are all pulling for you and keep you in our thoughts and prayers, I hope you have a speedy recovery!! Imagine 30 days from now how u will loook, yeah buddy!! :-))

Hi Jeff, Congratulations!!!!!! Thanks for kind words. It's good to have you on board our site. How do you feel and how much weight have you lost post op? Christine love you rock!!! I'm glad your appointment is on 2/23. I get to get the more details from you. I'm sure you will be banded by the first couple of weeks in April. YIPEEE!!!!

Hi all. It's good to see you guys posting all the positive messages. I am truly blessed to have you all. everytime I think I'm back pedaling, I come bak and get a "pick me upper" from here. Nicole you are doing great ignore the negative families those are the "haters". People don't realize that weightloss is not about will power alone. It goes beyond that and sometimes we need something as drastic as this to help us lose and maintain. We are indeed going to look hot!!! Sheena it's good to see that you are almost there! You go girl! I am happy for all of us! Let's keep up the good work.

Cheers christine to good health, big weight loss hot new bodies and lifetime friendship!!!!!!!!!! And to all of us

Nicole, I totally agree with you when you talk about Christine! We all need her workout enthusiasm:-). I'm actually going to go to the gym today after work.

Congratulations Christine!!!! I wish I could meet with you all on thursday, unfortunately I have meetings all day and have to catch up from being sick the past two days. Keep me posted on how things go! Have fun on me!!!:-)

Thanks Tina! I got Dr.Park, I like her she was very informative.

LOL Christine, You have this down packed.Thanks!

Hi All I attended my psych appointment on Friday, luckily I was able to see the surgeon a couple of hours after. I was very excited. I have to lose 20 more lbs before surgery. I am really going to have to get on top of the ecercise routine. I want to achieve this goal as soon as possible. Well I wanted to update the group. Thank you all for your well wishes.

Christine, wow! you have done great. I hope to lose fast too. My goal is to have surgery by April.

Thanks Ladies!

Hi Tina, thanks for your advice. My BMI currently is 43.6 which is high. I would like to be under 40 before surgery. I also hope I can have a my surgeon appointment on Friday as well. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Nicole congratulations on your weight loss. You are doing great. We need to get together again soon. Christine seems to be doing well also that's great. I'm motivated once again to move forward. I'll let you all know how it goes.

Hi all, I just got an appointment for my psych eval. Please provide me with any thouhgts of wisdom and what I should be prepared for. My appointment is Fiday2/6 at 11:30 am. I am super excited. At least I have lost 15lbs and hope to hold on to that for Friday:eek:

Thanks Tina. Christine I think I'll take you up on the accountability team. We checked on FB and lets keep doing that. I have dusted myself off and I'm getting back on track. LOL. I hate the time of the month. I called Kelly but she was out for the week, so I left a message for her. Hopefully she'll call me on Monday as I am so done waiting :-).

christine, You go girl! It is exciting to see everyone rocking! I'm struggling right now to get back on track. I haven't lost much because I have been off plan. Does anybody struggle days before the time of the month?? I have been eating like a pig and can't seem to stop. Help yall!! :-).

Best wishes Riley! Let us know how it goes

Thanks Tina. I will call them this week. I was born in Ghana, West Africa, that's what prompted me to ask which part of Africa you were going. I hope you have a lot of fun.....

SWKRTP, Which part of Africa are you going to? That's exciting. Congratulations on getting your appointments. BTW what is your first name if I may ask?

Congrats SWRKTP. Let us know how your appointment goes. Susie, welcome to Richmond KP. It seems like you are almost there. Keep up your diet. We are a pretty cool group here! :-)

LOL Riley I hear you! It only makes sense to adapt to high protein since it appears to be the success to losing when banded.

Congratulations Swrktp on losing 8lbs. Riley, I have omitted some of the carbohydrates from the meals, i.e. breakfast I have eggwhite omlettes with bell peepers and mushrooms and low carb yougurt. I don't always eat the carn at lunch eitherm however I do eat the fruit in the afternoon. Also I found these dried applecrisps(35 calories) and no suger added at Costco, they taste great. I think most of us can all agree that carbs are our nemesis :-).

Congratulations Tera!! How much weight have you lost now and in what time span? The 1200 calorie is good but you have to tweak it a bit. I hope you get there soon :-).

Congratulations Laurel :-)!!

LOL! Yes you did and yes they were stuck on stupid with the cigarette, alcohol, caffeine and gum. And yes fried foods. :tongue2: