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Speaking of watermelon... Have any of you ever been to the farm in Fairfield? I went there and got so much fruit & veggies (all for $30-so inexpensive) anyway, I got a HUGE seedless watermelon for 5 bucks and it is the best watermelon I've had in a very long time

Oh, see Tamra! The amount of weight you are suppose to lose, in my opinion, is strictly up to the surgeon! Look at poor Heater - WHO LOOKS AMAZING! - was told to lose 80lbs - that was almost 30%!! Also, Nicole, I did the C25K week 3 day 2 this morning and I have to tell you that I REALLY struggle with the last 3 minute interval (run). Not really sure if I will be able to progress to week 4 in time - i just may be stuck on week 3 for a while. My brother is the golden child in my family just as my dad was the golden child in his. My dads side of the famioy is VERY catholic and when we'd show up at a family function (my dad has 5 brothers & sisters) they would take one look at my dad & brother and say either - god and Jeasus Christ have finally arrived - or - her comes the good lord and his son. I was ALWAYS the invisible outcast. My Nonna (grandma) would call me clear out of the blue - we're talking 1 phone call in 3 years and say "Candra, I haven't been able to reach your brother since yesterday - is he alright?" So, Nicole & Tina you are definately not alone! LMAO

Morning all!! Congratulations Jes!! Goal wooo hoooo! Hi Donna, yes, I'm ok, kind of! Having major food issues so I've been trying to stay active and not sit on my ass in front of my computer. I went and hung out with one of my old friends and wouldn't you know it, we wound up at dennys at 11:30 pm - I had an egg white veggie omelet -no has browns, no toast but I ate the whole thing - my brother bbq'd last night and made mac & cheese for his kids - I ate some mac & cheese! grrr! I think the whole ecoli thing messed me up because i was so cranky and lazy I just ate whatever. Now I'm having a hard time getting back on track. Heather, I felt the same way! I thought if I could just do well on the pre op diet and get down to the 175 my Dr. said would be a good weight for my body structure I would forgo the WLS but, as it turns out, not doing well on it. not to mention, that i have lost weight before but ALWAYS gain it back. You are doing excellent on the pre op diet! I can't wait to see your new pics! Riley jane - I would so love to do the camping trip! Just so you know, the hiking things scares me a little because I'm so afraid i will slow everybody down. but I'm ok with being left behind to finish on my own as long as it doesnt bother anybody else!! Poor nicole! things can only get better from here LOL Tani (emily or emilie... help?) Dr. fisher made it perfectly clear that he is pro RNY at orientation so, when I walked in his office and he asked me which way I was leaning I said "I know you prefer RNY but after careful consideration, I want the band!" He asked why and I said because I don't have any real health risks that require that I get the weight off fast - I don't need fast weight loss - I need the life long accountability that I will have with the band! Just said ok and told me to get to 205 and email him when I'm there. Do what is best for you! I also want the band because it allows me to still be "normal" so to speak - I know I won't have any dumping with sugar - I know I can't eat alot of it but I want an occasional glass of wine on special occasions & a small slice of cake on my b-day and a piece of valentines candy... things like that. BUT THESE ARE JUST MY FEELINGS - please don't think I'm trying to sway you in my direction. Sheena, what was the deciding factor for you to get RNY over the band? Hey Tamra - there was something I wanted to say to you but it has slipped my mind - I know as soon as I hit submit, it will come to me hahaha Hi Tina. Remember I told you bout my friend that is now a 'size 11' - well, now I see how she does it. I have 3 pairs of apple bottom jeans that are a very stretchy 13/14 and they fit me now - like a size 16/18 - So since she gave me all her clothes, we went to macy's so she could get some new pants - oh, boy, was it fun watching her SQUEEZE into the American Rag size 11 with the 4% lycra in them. I should mention that she is one of the body types that carries most of her weight in the middle so she's has nice legs. She's very cute but now she's going to be really uncomfortable. I didn't say anything to her about it and i wonder if i should have....? Am I not being a good friend if i told her that she should go for the 13/14 sizes? Reggie, How are you miss lady? can you give me your sisters website?

I'm down to kick it after the group on the 25th - I promise to wear matching earrings! Donna? what do you say??? Ladies???? Yes???

Is it just my computer or is this site being really slow tonight? It's taking forever to post! By the time the screen switches back to the forum there are 3 new posts up - I feel like I can't catch up :scared2:

Good night, Tina Wow Riley, your poor baby! Now, about your 17 year old... Is he single? LOL Just kidding! I think all teenagers go thru that ass stage! Well, I never did simply because my daddy whouldda whooped my butt - he belived the only thing teenagers understand is pain. hahaha - as messed up as it sounds - it worked! I wanna go campling :wink2: We always use to camp at lake mendocino as when we were young. Big family thing! My husband says "black men don't camp" I'm not buying that! He's just afraid :scared2: Hey, Riley - have you ever thought about finding out about your biological parents? being that I've never had to deal with this issue I would've never thought about the ramifications of not knowing anything about your families medical history background. Like I know that cancer it prevelent on both sides of my family - both my parents died from brain tumors, and their parents passed from various types of cancer... so i am very aware of every bump, lump or discoloration if find. My moms sister is going thru chemo & radiation right now - lung & throat cancer! Now that I think about it, I might be a little happier in life NOT knowing all of this!

Time to get off my soap box and follow along: Jewell - you're a super star! 187 is damn near goal weight for some of us.Seriously, just go weigh in with your PCP - at lease you'll know exactly what the weight difference is between your scale and theirs - weight with the same clothes on. I bet you'll be at goal on their scale too. Wear that cute little sun dress you had on at the last group in Sac - it probably didn't weigh an oz - Shoot, go commando if you need to! Just had a thought, maybe I need to be walking thru the pain like you're suppose to do after surgery - both my kidneys are swollen - grrrr! I've been so bad with food lately that I'm having coffee for dinner - I really notice the difference in my hunger level when I eat crappy. I'm more hungry!!! Pray for me, Riley Jane, that I get lucky like you and will have dropped a pound or two by eating more and exercising less - hahaha - not likely since I don't work out avidly as you do. a girl can dream, can't she?

Trying to catch up ladies but first I gotta say this: OMG, Sheena! You lost 116lbs on your own - before you got RNY? How did you do it???? I can't seem to lose 4 flippin lbs! Impressive - I need to check out your blog & pics - or maybe not got I have jealousy issues LOL Pam you weren't wtih us the time I was wearing two different earrings - you were too busy at Marine World to join us :scared2: Next time! I have just taken my LAST anti biotic and still feel like crud. I don't think they're working. There are some antibiotics that don't work for me anymore and this may be one of them. I have taken them so much when I was really young - I don't want to mention any names but somebody use to smoke and drink when they were pregnant with me and now, this may be just speculation, but I'm thinking that is the cause of my asthma and weakened immune system - I came up with this theory because my brother has none of the issues I have and as a first born HIS mother did everything correct - no smoking, no drinking blah blah blah - All that went out the window the second time around - I had chronic ear infections, I had/have the bad asthma, I had/have the chronic migraines. Yep, she was definately HIS mother which is why I was always told that I am my fathers daughter. Apparently, I'm still cranky

hahaha - now I have TRY to figure out how to do that. I don't have it with me right now but I will get on it ASAP.

I'm curious about the sleeve... comitted to lap band! but just curious There's a chick on there that had the band but switched to the sleeve - I don't want to ask her any questions because in ALL of her posts she, well, let's just say not a very nice person! She said that the band is more dangerous than the sleeve and that the sleeve has better success and that the pouch can NEVER be stretched out because they remove the "elastic tisue" or something crazy like that. I will try to find it again but really, it doesn't sound right - that it can never be stretched out.

Awww.. We'll miss you too Nicole - bring back some mew creatures!

I just opened an advertisement from Coldwell Banker that was in the mail - an obvious marketing scheme... Anyway - in bold, turquoise lettering across the top is a quote from James Beard: "Food is our common ground, a universal experience" Really, is this what it all boils down to - even the banks trying to shove food in my face? Sorry, guys, I am rambling about absolutely nothing that has to do with anything but I'm HUNGRY and I'm trying not to focus on food then I open this junk!

I bet Tina would have told me I look like a hot mess if she was there - wouldn't you have Tina??

Tamra, I think Kim lied to you LOL when you walk into the Orientation room there are two scales right up front! Or did they weigh you in at your class you took? Either weigh (get it; weigh instead of way) congratulations on a new beginning to the rest of your life! Hey Tani - did you just weigh in at your orientation? Am I the only one not progressing here! (see, I'm cranky) Donna, did I miss something...? Were you out getting your grove on girlfriend? Did Tina just say you were doing the electric slide?? I will need to go back thru some of these pages!! I will be there on the 25th too! Are we hangin out afterwords?? Oh, ok ladies - see Nicole this will prove my scatteredness & lack of memory - I have been meaning to tell you girls about yourselves! Did none of you realize that I had on two different earrings at Mimi's! Or did you just let me sit there thinkin I was cute and didn't bother to tell me?? Regina! You let me shop like that!! That is just sad! The two hoops I had on were not the same size or shape! When I see girls on the street lookin all jacked up my first thought is that she's lonely - that she doesn't have any friends because friends don't let you look like that! LMAO

Hi Ladies, GO RILEY, IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY, GO RILEY... or however that shit goes... LOL. 90lbs - you just lost a little person LOL. Eat more, exercise less, lose weight - gotta love that! No Nicole, I haven't started week 3 yet - I've been sick the last few days - some how I got "e Coli". On anti-biotics but my lower back sides (kidneys) hurt like hell! That's why I've been mostly lurking and not posting - when I feel like crap I'm not usually very nice and you know the saying - if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. BUT... Since I'm here and opened my big fat mouth - I have a few RNY friends - all over 5 years out and all have gained ALOT of their weight back. They all say the same thing... RNY loses the weight for but doesn't keep it off for you! No restriction, no nothing! One of my girls described it as this... It's like when she was younger and never appreciated all the crap her parents bought for her - she never took great care of it but now, as she's an adult and has to pay for it all herself - she takes care of it. If she had to work at losing the weight - she would have taken care of it - appreciated it more. You take pride in the things you work hard to accomplish - Sorry Sheena! I don't mean to imply that you will have the same problems - I wish you nothing but great success! Personally, for me, I NEED the companionship of the band - I can not be trusted on my own after the malabsorbtion with the RNY is gone. I'm afraid to weigh in next Tuesday at the endocrinologist! It's a 1:30 in the afternoon and Kaiser scales already jack up the weight - grrr... Since I've been feeling like crap and don't want to put the effort into making food I haven't been eating as well as I should be. I had soup the other night - my brother made it (he really should have been a chef!) anyway, very very high in carbs - lots a carrots & noodles. I had a bunch of it over the last few days!! Why can't you do a "virtual" weigh in at home, naked, in your own bathroom - can't we find a way to hook up our personal scales to the computer??? Sorry, ladies, about the crappy job situations! Since I'm on the cranky roll... I have a girl - Ah, Nicole, who is giving me a dress to salsa in - anyway, she said she has a bunch of pants for me - sizes 14 & 16 because she's now in a size 11 - hmmmm! I know what an 11 looks like - It looks alot like Nicole & Riley... She's nowhere close to that - I mean like, she should not be giving away those pants just yet. So, why do you think she's doing this? Should I just take the pants and shut up about it because I really, really had a hard time biting my tongue.... Any thoughts on this? Could it be that she's telling the truth and I'm just a jealous, bitter bitch who can't see past my own issues?

So, Tamra - are you switching to Richmond?

Please don't give up!! There is another girl I know in my group who was in the mid 300 range and our surgeon told her she had to lose 80lbs first! None of us can figure out why but since May 12th, she's lost 42lbs! You CAN do this! did they give you a pre op diet to follow? I can give you a copy of ours - it's a 1200 calorie diet - It doesn't work well for me due to the high carb count but it you've never gone low carb before it should work well for you - Do you have access to a swimming pool? if not, try to get a something from your PCP stating it is required for your health - then join a gym and keep all receipts as a tax write off! They also have chair arobics videos you can check out - it doesn't matter what you're doing as long as your heart rate is up! What can I do to keep you from throwing in the towel???

I got lucky - I belong to Kaiser, Richmond Ca. Their bariatrics department is number 4 in the nation! We all were given a 1200 calorie diet to follow - most of the girls have lost 20 to 30 pounds on it pre op! some of us have a hard time with it due to the high carb count. Once we lose the 10% required body fat, they schedule the surgery. If you are interested in a copy of it, let me know and i'll get it to you. Good luck!

Good morning ladies

On and Crackin, Jes - Hmmmmmmmm - say no more, i get it LOL. I just got some little 6 in pots - so I can plant some BASIL (my favorite) Rosemary & Mint. I love to wrap fresh basil around a little fresh mozzarella and just eat it like that - We'll see how green my thumb gets. Your dinner sounds so much better than mine!! Honey I shrunk Heather - coming to theaters near you! Heather, I am very envious of your success but I'll try not to hold it against you - hahaha Riley, you had to bring up the popcorn - that is my weakness! I use to have healthy pop kettle corn EVERY NIGHT - ww 1pt - :sad: But Movie popcorn (no butter - it makes me sick to my tummy) is on hit! Anybody want a cat - she is driving me up the wall - whining all night, Hey Nicole, my feline guru - my brothers cat has been here now for close to two years - why does my cat still insist on beating on her - I did the whole get use to each others smell thing - apparently, it doesn't work to well. poor Bella is tired of gettin her ass whooped - so I have to ask - Mike hear anything yet?

Understood, Jane! You're just so much fun to be around - so the following Saturday the Petaluma walk? I'm with you on the food issue - ever since I had Pizza i've been non stop wanting to eat. so, tonight Ihad Faux Nachos! 1c shredded lettuce 1/4 c whole black beans 1/4 c ground turkey some shredded cheddar Pico de gallo - rojos natural from costco - LOVE IT! jalapenos so so full - I finished it all even though I could've/should've stopped 1/2 way thru - my old eating habits showing up! Grrr.

I'm down, Riley.. Why don't you come with us on the 25th. I have an SUV so you, Jes & Tamra can all meet up at my house in the V and I'll drive to sac - you can't turn that down, can ya?

Thanks, tina - but you can be a little fiesty too LOL Riley - you ALWAYS have the best ideas. Go Jes you itty bitty thing. Let me tell you that I have a perfect body underneath all my fat rolls! Im sitting here watching "how to look good naked" - I wanna get Gok'd!