JulieM.

Shalee, I know its hot there. I like it because when I'm there I'm seeing my sister and her family. I was actually born in a small town outside Bakersfield called Wasco. When my family from Bakersfield comes out here to visit they always talk about all our trees and how green everything is. Yeah well with that green and trees comes lots of bugs and humidity . I love it though. I just hate being away from the people I love. Bloom where your planted right!!

Hey friend! I've got family in Bakersfield. I live in Texarkana Arkansas and when I saw you lived in BF I smiled.

Hello Homeys, Can I hang with you? My name is Julie. I have been looking for a new home. I hope I have found it. I was banded in June and have lost a total of 28 lbs. I'm in a rut. I have had two fills and craving sweets. I know I could be doing better. I'm very active at work and home and try to work out two to four days a week. I was doing pretty good before I went on vacation and then it all went down hill. It seems once I get out of my routein it is impossible to get back in it. I'm due for a fill Monday. Will see what happens then.

I talked to my doctor about that very thing today. I found out that I have the 14cc band. He said that is the standard band now. They used to have two smaller ones but since they have updated the bands they no longer use those. The old ones are the ones they use in Mexico when you get banded there. So the standard size is 14cc allergen band and then they have a large ( not sure the cc on it).

Good Luck. Looking forward to the rest of the story.

Wow, just read the whole post today. Great story. When you get married and I know you will......can we all come??!! Congratulation on your journey.

I put my choc. protein mix with a little creamer and splenda in my coffee and it makes a nice mocha coffee in the morning for me. I'm having it right now. Yum! Get the warm liquid and protein all at once.

Congrats Tiffany. Pre op diet is hard. Day three is when I hit the wall. food addiction is tough. Its so worth it. Keep your hopes up and your loved ones close. Take one day at a time. I'm 43 days post op and still learning how this all works. It gets hard and then it gets better, I promise. I have lots of family in California. My neices and nephew in law live in Bakersfield and my sister and brother in law live in Taft. Small world. ~julie~

Hey Ya'll! Shoes? Whats that? In Arkansas we don't have things like that. In fact we are all barefoot and pregnant. Gotta go out and get me some of those new fangled things.

Hey any of ya'll taking mobic for arthritis pain? My GP perscribed it to me a year of so ago and I stopped taking it. I wonder how it effects the band? To late today to call the doctor. Wondering if any of you are on it.

My best advice is don't eat chicken chili two days before a colonoscopy. I should have just eaten razor blades. You have an amazing spirit man. We are all on pins and needles reading your story. With your attitude you can't help but have success.

Hey Ya'll! I had my first fill two days ago. Come to find out the doc. put in 2.4cc of fluid in my 14cc band at the time of surgery. At my fill they put in another 2cc. I had no idea there was anything in the band until I asked. All is well and I have had no problems eating or drinking since the fill. Good luck everyone.

I'm so happy you are doing this when you are 30 and not wait until you are 40 or even older. I wish I had taken control of my life sooner. You're gonna get down, you're gonna get mad, sad, frustrated....Stay the course. Your gonna hurt and going to the gym is gonna be the last thing in the world you are gonna want to do...go anyway. The pride and self love you will have for yourself will be a great healing tool for all the times in the past when you let yourself down. You deserve this man. Your wife deserves a healthy happy husband to share her life with. Congratulations.

Went there on the 4th when my family was in from California. I had eggs and bacon. I was very happy. Everyone else had pancakes . Its okay, I've had about 40 lbs of pancakes in my life and look where its gotten me.

Hey Chris, pretty soon were gonna be callin you Slim Jim in stead of BigChris!! Way to go man.