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Ok Mandi, You started this!

We could use this thread for September's goals.

I would like to lose at least 8 lbs.

I will exercise at least 3 times a week.

I will be careful not to eat junk food. I better hurry and eat the cheese Crunches I bought today. I have 2 days to get rid of them. :hungry:

Good Luck to everyone in September!!

That is awesome Wheezy!!! That kinda attitude is half the battle!!! Every day is always a new day!

Glad you had a great vacation and max relaxed!

At least the weather is going to be better on Vancouver Island than it is here in Ontario!!! I leave Wed.

Wow Vancouver, what ya doing there gurl???? It is a secret???

nah, this isn't a business trip Wheezy....so I can tell ya! LOL.

Off to visit the folks who live on V. Island.....!

Enjoy the trip Yoda. Hope the weather is better....it has to be. We expecting another 15 cm of snow tonight. What the f....?

I know Wheezy....ridiculous, eh? I guess that is the price we are paying for the Green Xmas!?? This time last year, I was in shorts and we had to take the cover off our A/C !!! However...the forecast for the Island is very good next week (+16 ish!).

Some photos I said I would be posting. No not the before after pics...just my vacation.

Beautiful place Wheezy. Where did you go?

Beautiful place Wheezy. Where did you go?

I was in Myrtle Beach. It took only 3 days back at work to feel like I needed another vacation.

I am going for a fill next Monday. I'm having it done in Ottawa. I'm a little ambiguous about the fill because some days it's hard to get anything down but I haven't had any weight loss in a while. I did not have this surgery so that my weight can stay the same so I am going ahead with the fill.

I just bought this book titled Living and Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery. Haven't read it yet (just picked it up today) but what I have read so far (the cover), there are over 100 recipes and most are high protein, low fat.

I am a little confused about the info out there about how to eat. I was told by Dr. M. to eat 3 meals a day and to try to follow the Canadian food guide. Well..... that's almost impossible to do so I thought I would check out the book. I also read a lot hear is to eat your protein first.

Will let ya all know if there are any great revelations.

Yeah, let us know if you find anything good in there!

Definitely protein first.... when I do that, I rarely eat anything other than it.

I hear ya on the fill... it's scary. Especially when you're having to travel a good distance, AND pay for it. I'd looove to get tiny tiny fills, but it's just such a pain. I'd rather tough it out... for now. I really wish they would work something out with these 'satellite' fill providers, making it a bit cheaper.

How much of a fill are you getting, and what are you at now? Maybe the cottage cheese/yogurt thing WOULD be good for you to do while getting used to the new fill...

I really wish they would work something out with these 'satellite' fill providers, making it a bit cheaper

I know what you are saying. Really the "free" fills for life only applies to those around TO. It would have been nice to get a break on the surgery because I am pretty sure I will never be going back to TO for a fill.

I guess I should be thankful though because it sounds like some people are having difficulty getting fills in their area.

Andrew

Actually, I'm kinda lucky because I can go to Ottawa for my fills. It's a 1 hour drive. My first 2 fills where in Mississauga, that was a 6 hour drive one way!!!! Then I found out about the guy in Ottawa. The cost of the fill is $75. I'd rather pay $75 than to be on the road 12 hrs for a fill.

I have 1.8 ccs in a 4 cc band. I don't know how much fill I will get but I presume it will say to add 0.5 ccs.

Went for my 4th fill today. I now have 2.1ccs in a 4cc band. Doc had trouble getting the port so he said that next time I go for a fill, he wants me to go to the hospital and do it with the help of ultrasound. I think my next fill might be in Mississauga. Anyhoooooo hope this is the one.

That sounds like a drag. Has anyone else had trouble finding the port. God mine almost sticks out. He placed it right where my bra lands in a sit down position. Big melons here. It is rather uncomfortable.

Hey Wheezy, it was you who got that 'weight loss surgery cookbook" wasn't it? How it it? and if it's any good, what's it called? Putting in an order to Amazon tonight!

Hey Wheezy, it was you who got that 'weight loss surgery cookbook" wasn't it? How it it? and if it's any good, what's it called? Putting in an order to Amazon tonight!

It's called Living and Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery. It has 100 recipes. It's geared mostly for after gastric bypass surgery. The recipes are high protein, low fat and low carbs. Carbs. are not tolerated well after gastric bypass so anything that is sweet is sweetened with artificial sweeteners. Not sure that this is the book for us.