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Okay I just spoke to Richmond they called me and my appt. was canceled and changed to JUNE 8TH!!! AHHHHH!!!

GOOD LUCK RILEY!! OMG I know what everything is you said! Reg Dental Assistant, Certified Dental Assistant (RDAEF). I learned something in school !!! LOL!! I want to also shoot for CDA, and hopefully will land in an Orthodontist practice or even an Endodontist. Pam I didn't know nuts were okay, I thought they were a slider? yummy!! I don't eat eggs, so the egg salad idea is out, but I LOVE tuna, and have some here at home. Thanks for the recipe Alli I ran to safeway and got everything I needed for it!

Any advice on soft proteins? Tuna, cheese?

Morning all, Wish I go to support tonight but my class is 6:30-9:30. As soon as I go to days June 1 I will be able to come! whoo hoo! Can't wait to see you Lee. Tina - School has actually made me stress eat. I didn't think Dental was going to be this HARD. I didn't think easy either, but WOW. Who knew I had to know THIS MUCH just to hold some tools for a Dentist LOL. There's exam after exam, lectures all day, tons of homework, and volcab words you have to memorize and take a test on. It has deff. been a factor of "I need a bag of chips". We have a taco truck that comes around 7:30 pm, and of course its nothing but snacks, fries, burritos, tacos, etc. I have yet to buy anything but just knowing it comes and people bring the food back to the class sucks. BUT on a good note? Down another 3 lbs at 227.0!! yay! Almost lost another 4 lbs! but with the pouch test today is soft proteins. I don't even want to eat because if the scale goes back up tomorrow I will be sad! I love seeing it move!!

Tina your still down an amazing amount!! mannnn! gimme some of what you got!! oh wait, that would be a fill LOL!! I am totally setting myself up for no fill next week, how horrible am I! Cant wait to see what I am down tomorrow, the broth from the roast upset my tummy and lets say I was in the potty for a bit...LOL...no need for details :w00t:

Hello everyone!! CONGRADS ANALYNN!!! U have worked so hard, I am excited for you!! Tina ~ I believe last time Robin and I talked she said 10 lbs...I would be happy if its 5-10 because at the rate I am loosing I will be down 5 by next week!! My appt. is one week from today. Started the pouch test yesterday and this morning I am down 4 lbs. whoo hoo! I am doing okay today but my mom decided to make my FAV....boneless chuck roast, potatoes, and artichokes. I didnt touch it. I drank like 7 spoons of the broth from the pan LOL hey its liquid right? :thumbup:

Pam - I try not the negative talk myself but when I hear OTHERS talking about me it sucks. I heard my mom on her phone yesterday telling someone she doesnt know why I even did the band because I have stopped eating well. She said "Tamra was looking so beautiful, her skin, hair everything, and now...I dunno what she did" It was a slap in the face....I cant help but to beat myself up?

Thats awesome Pam, I am excited that you found something to help you! yay! I will check it out as my last resort if the band DOESNT WORK. I know it wants too, I just have to work WITH HIM!!

Wow I didn't know that about Sharon Osborn, why in the world would you wanna PB? I have yet to do it, but from the stories I hear from you guys it doesn't sound very fun lol

Thanks for the good luck wishes! I talked to Robin once when I was REALLY struggling about a month ago. She asked me what changed in my life...I said school and I moved into a new city with my mom (who can eat ANYTHING and keeps baking cakes, etc. I finally got her to stop). She told me just to avoid carbs, and try my hardest because no loss meant no fill. LOL duh! I have a phone appt. this Friday with her since I see him next week. I will try and hint and see what I can do. I don't think I have ever had restriction!! After my very first fill in March, I could still eat normally. I have never been tight after 2-3 bites except back when I moved to PUREE FOODS!! That can't be good. I really am going to check out fill centers usa, but I am scared if I do it, Kaiser will not let me back in.... I just did my 20 min Turbo Jam workout, and today I have a break between classes from 4:30-6:30. I told my friend I am coming over and we are doing our quick 2 mile walk we use to do all the time. Shooting for protein shakes today.

Okay question: as a banded patient what is the IDEAL calories we are to consume a day??

Oh nevermind Pam I went back and read about it! Was it a one time payment, or monthly?

Chrissy - You didn't say anything bad silly, I was telling you why I got the band because you said you didnt understand the point of us having something in there. Pam - Congrads on the weight loss thats AWESOME!! I didnt know the opti diet was allowed through Kaiser after we have been banded?? Did you have to go thru a special program first, etc? tell me more. Tina - Congrads on loving your band again lol. Wish I did. Mine is a MINI ME who lets me eat and never stops. He pisses me off (yes mine is a man, suborn). I really really think I need a fill to see something happen here. I am up 5 lbs from last week, sitting at 234 this am. I am going to go ahead and pouch test/liquid diet these next 2 days and slowly enter food back into my life, stop weighing myself, and just see what happens next week with Baggs. I seriously have sat on the couch practicing what I am going to tell him and how I am wording that I want one more CC in my band. I have 5 now, and I am thinking 6 seems normal for others?

Christine CONGRADS!! You beat me, my daughter was 9 lbs 4 oz..LOL! Thanks for the info/saying Tina. I really am going to try and get one on the 25th. I went and had pizza for dinner followed by cold stone, after I did SO WELL THIS WEEK!! I dont know what I am doing anymore. It stresses me out. I am still going to to try till then!!

Chrissy you were getting the band at one point. For me and I dont know who agrees, I did the band because I didn't want my stomach altered. I kept my body natural, and while I knew I would loose slower and harder, it was the choice for me.

Tina ~ agree. We are alike LOL. I didnt know they only give .50 at a time thats a good thing to know, because at this point I am just sure I need at least 1! 5 is nothing to me! Its funny last time I saw Baggs in March he told me he would need to give me a few fills before I felt the restriction and got to my good spot to loose...well then hell give me one! If I don't loose enough (being I just ate like 6 handfulls of honey roasted peanuts) I for sure will try and bargain for a fill to help me. I did so awesome in the beginning, its almost like I lost intrest in eating this way. It must all be in my mind.

Ive been toggling the same lbs. The lowest I got was 224 2 days after my fill in March, and since then I have been stuck around 229-234. I already told Robin I was having a hard time with foods. Its like if something is in front of me, I eat. I am at my old apartment right now (my ex kept our condo) and he had some cookies. Did I walk past them? No I grabbed one on my way to the couch. I have no will power, which is part of my issue.

I feel like I am spending all this money for Kaiser and not using it (lol typical unemployed thinking). I kept it for the surgery but at this rate when I see Baggs in 10 days I am still the 229 he saw me in March! I wont get a fill! I look around this site and I see all these people getting fills all the time, how they have restriction, etc. its kinda....discouraging? I want to have the tightness and not be hungry. I can seriously get a whole burger down (bunless), and fries? I am not eating that of course, but I am using it as an example. I thought about keeping the cobra and borrowing the money for a fill....I feel like that might be doing to much

Congrads on the next lb Tina. I actually have thought about contacting fill centers of usa but the $365 seems like ALOT. I pay $147 a month for Kaiser right now, and I would have to stop them and save the money for a few months to afford the fills. Is it worth it in your mind, really? Because if so, I might have to do it. I have only lost 18 lbs since surgery and it seems I am done. I am hungry all the time, never restricted, and have never been sick from eating to much. I just dont know anymore?

Chrissy I dealt with the pizza, tacobell, everything you can think of in the next room. It gets easier trust me.

CONGRADS LEE ON YOUR ONE-DERLAND!!!!! That is so awesome and I am super happy for you, I knew you would be one of the most successful with your surgery. Thought about you yesterday when I went thru Oakland along the lake My 2 band sisters Pat and Nicollie, miss you guys!

Wow ali that's nuts I could get fries down with no problem a few weeks in :x

Happy mothers day ali! Agree that its great to share ups and downs of kaiser, long as they aren't always negative everyday! Enjoy your weekend and week everyone!!

Hi all my friends- wishing all the moms a happy mothers day :confused:

Morning everyone! Day one of shakes - I was back up to 231 this morning. Trying to be 219 by May 25th (that would be exactly 10 lb loss since last appt.) - Now have 18 days to do so. Come on 12 lbs GO AWAY!!!