tamra.

omg cheese..mmm been my biggest craving! Okay I am going to ask something dumb and forgive me but I am looking at the binder for meal ideas, and most of you know I dont do eggs...soooo for breakfast I have to be creative. It says 1/4-1/3 cup protien, yet I see chicken under dinner for 3 oz.....does 3 oz measure 1/3 cup? LOL....sigh... I heard the sleeve gives same results as gastric.

Welcome Lady1z yeah Candra I will try and catch the next one for sure! Remind me when it is...LoL.... Did 2 miles of walking, and ate some pureed beef stew for dinner, feeling good. Ready for stage 4 tomorrow!! lean burgers for breakfast its all I have, lol so not prepared!!

Nicollie: I did Applesauce, Pudding, Cream of Chicken, Cream of Broccoli.... I finally got a hold of Robin at 4:55 tonight. Turns out they had my old job's phone number as my contact numbers?? oh well. She is having me start stage 4 tomorrow. Any meal ideas besides baked chicken? She said I can attempt the bread/crackers, but expect the scale to slow down for sure if I do. So I am not going to attempt them.

Okay so its almost 5 pm and Robin never called me for my sched appt today....

You should be fine. I lost my job Oct 2009 and I had my surgery Jan 2010, all under Cobra. It was my exact coverage I had when working and my copay was still the $10. Cobra has been extended to where you have it for 15 months. I plan on keeping it until I either find a job, or it runs out. It's expensive for some, but mine is affordable and it's a good idea since you may have to be seen for fills, checkups, etc. Good Luck!

yay John!! Congrads!! Lee hope your doing well! Look forward to hearing from you. Today the scale was finally down, 235.1....whoo hoo!! Today is the day Robin calls me and advances me to stage 4. Guess that could be a good thing. I am worried about the scale stopping. Making some home made beef stew to puree for lunch. I found poweraide zero @ Safeway for $.88 cents. It was pretty good, and it was 32 oz, so now just 1 more of these filled with water and I am good! Won't be at the Richmond meeting tonight after all, going to walk 2 miles with my girl instead. Happy Hump Day everyone!!

I will be sending you good vibes and thoughts tomorrow Lee and John! I did great with food today: Breakfast: 1/2 cup split pea ham soup Lunch: 1/2 cup mashed potatoes / gravy Dinner: 1/2 cup of greens/chicken/gravy pureed my mom had cooked. meeting my friend in Walnut Creek for a walk @ 6:30

Good luck John & Lee!!!

Happy Tues everyone!

Candra - I loveee ricotta cheese I never thought to eat it now. I am on the right stage to yeah? I do sorta wish I did RNY but its jst cause I'm so damn inpatient dude! I went shopping today and found I'm an awkward shoe size now of 10 1/2 wtf lol. And I fit a 1x shirt? That was a new one!! Because I have done not so well, I was thinking until Robin advances me on the 17th could I do stage two until then?? Or can you not go backwards......

Okay finally posting my meals: Breakfast: 1/2 split pea soup Lunch: 2 orders pinto/cheese from tacobell Dinner: 1/2 cup pureed turkey meatloaf w/ gravy Banded people: I found some benefiber you put in a bottle water so I have been drinking them. Tonight I drank one and all of a sudden I had this horrible pain in my stomach, it felt like it was burning!!! I almost was in tears, I assume I should hold off??

Hi all, Okay I will start wearing them everywhere! I did go today, and when I talk to Robin on the 17th I am gonna be honest and let her know I am not full off 1/2 cup food at all. Breakfast: 1/2 cup split pea soup Lunch: 2 orders pintos/cheese from Taco Bell. I had to eat 2 to get full....I assume I ate about 1 cup. Dinner: ???? John my black bean soup from Trader is in a box. Says flavored with chipotle.

Morning everyone! Pat ~ yeah I can deff say I hit the jackpot this year LOL. I was super excited. We did dinner too @ our chinese place in Pinole. Amazing food. Ali ~ Just walk into any Kaiser you want, go to Adult medicine and tell the receptionist you need to do a bariatric weight check. They will weigh you and record info. Sometimes they offer blood pressure check too. Doing good today so far. meeting my friend to do some shopping in Brentwood / Concord. Thinking I should wear my shape ups everywhere, Candra do you? Breakfast: 1/2 cup pureed ham & split pea soup. Tons of protien, 6 grms for half a cup!

Yeah Pat I didn't like the chicken I didn't do it with the new gravy I got from trader joes so I will try tomorrow. Got spoiled for vday. Flowers, new undies, small kitchen tools and a pair of sketcher shape ups!

LOL @ Pat ~ Thanks for sharing, that made me smile!! I have cans of chunky soup, and also black bean soup, I will go back to those this week, and go to Trader Joes and get more meats. I think I only have really thick steaks left in the freezer, and I dont see Rib eyes pureing unless someone has a secret for me....

12 online, chat people! LOL

I am still taking the flintstones, and two chewy viactiv ones...

Ohhh oops I read to fast and heard staples...well heck that's still scary...how do they check and make sure I am healed okay??

Omg....okay forgive my lameness but I didn't realize there's staples in there??? That just kinda scared me back into reality real fast......

Jess I am there

Yeah I know all, I really am restarting tomorrow am (I am not hungry tonight so wont be eating, just downing water and flushing myself out). I cant do that anymore, I feel really quilty as it is. Feb 17th is my next appt with Robin, where I assume I start stage 4....been looking at the binder, 3 oz chicken and 2 tablespoons broccoli?? how the hell u measure broccoli like that LOL.

It wont hurt, I have enough cellulite and padding..LMAO JK! I know I know, bad on my part...I told Nicollie I swear my band isnt working. I am NEVER FULL, I never feel bad, etc. Its like I am just here, same ol tamra...I dont like it....I want this so called restriction you all talk of...

Happy Valentines Day everyone! OMG! All I can say is today is a new day. My band doesn't stop much, so chinese food for dinner (I only ate salt/pepper chicken aand the inside of 2 potstickers and avoided everything else on the table), with carrot cake as my dessert...then a few fries later when in the city buming around Castro. whoopsie! It was super yummy tho, and I even drank water during...ack! So today, 3 meals a day, drinking 1 hr after, and 1 hr on the treadmill. Have a good day everyone!!

yay my new couch is here. So comfy!! Anyways, happy valentines day everyone!! I am dropping the baby off with my mom and going out w. the bf tonight to celebrate a day early. avoid the crowds and all this way :smile: talk to ya all tomorrow!

yep bf is currently doing the 1200 cal diet now. He has gained alotta weight since loosing his job. I am having him check his weight this monday, and hopefully the first week has been nice to him! yeah my daughter is a fry/chicken nugget kid. Otherwise she wont eat meat period. Sometimes a few bites of a chicken breast but otherwise she's darn near a vegitarian LOL! (spelling). She does love fruit tho, so I have that on my side thank god! yep I am having small slip ups here and there, but overall given my life of eating habits before, I think I am doing pretty damn good :smile: There was a time I could do fast food for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert! times I would eat when I was full just because it was there, etc.