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The video is wonderful! Everyone looks FANTASTIC!!! Wowzer!

Hi darlin' Shelbi! How are you?

I'm good -- all filled and rarin' to go! How are you these days??

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I'm good -- all filled and rarin' to go! How are you these days??

Oh yay! Glad you got your fill. I get my first one Tuesday. I feel like I'm not really losing as fast as other people do their first month, but it's still more than I've ever lost in a single month in my life.

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I was just gonna ask the same thing about the video. What was it of? Mini...

Hi Denise -- It was a video of still shots from the BBQ. You looked GREAT, my dear!

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I am so excited!! I have an interview for a job at an elementary school to be the music teacher!! I am still in school, but all this district was requiring is a high school diploma and the ability to teach a basic music class. My interview is in less than 2 hours!! YAY!!!! I just had to let some excited energy out!!! Thanks for letting me babble!!!

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Shelbi, Thanks...I actually had my 16 year old daughter's capris on that day. I was so thrilled.

Lots, Best of luck to you on your interview, I'll keep my fingers, toes and anything else that will cross crossed for you. :smile:

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Mini, Are you flying in for your fill? Aren't you just so excited? I go on Thurs. to see abt a fill, not sure if I need one or not. Still doing okay with food, eating and such, but my weight loss hasslowed down. So I'll talk to Tom and we'll see.:smile:

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I am so excited!! I have an interview for a job at an elementary school to be the music teacher!! I am still in school, but all this district was requiring is a high school diploma and the ability to teach a basic music class. My interview is in less than 2 hours!! YAY!!!! I just had to let some excited energy out!!! Thanks for letting me babble!!!

Lotza, that is soooo exciting!! Post as soon as you get back and let us know!

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Mini, Are you flying in for your fill? Aren't you just so excited? I go on Thurs. to see abt a fill, not sure if I need one or not. Still doing okay with food, eating and such, but my weight loss hasslowed down. So I'll talk to Tom and we'll see.:smile:

Yep, you looked amazing in the video.

Yes, I"m flying in tomorrow, then back out tomorrow night. Whirlwind trip, I know. I'm really excited. I hope my weight loss will speed up a bit with a fill . . .although I'm pretty happy with it so far.

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Anybody else having trouble when trying to write a message? Have to log in every time instead of just hitting reply? Plus what is with all these ads placed in between posts??Sheesh...

Wish I could have seen bbq pix to put faces with names. Glad everyone had a good time.

Too bad we didn't start challenge last week as I bought a new scale, tried it out, looked at the number, and got depressed again. But then when I weighed this morning for challenge, I was down 5.1 pounds! Oh, well.....doesn't matter when it goes, just so it goes.

Off this morning for Ashland and Shakespeare, so I won't post again until Friday evening. It will probably take me most of the night to read the week's entries since y'all are a talkative group! Bye, guys, have a good week.

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Anybody else having trouble when trying to write a message? Have to log in every time instead of just hitting reply? Plus what is with all these ads placed in between posts??Sheesh...

Wish I could have seen bbq pix to put faces with names. Glad everyone had a good time.

Too bad we didn't start challenge last week as I bought a new scale, tried it out, looked at the number, and got depressed again. But then when I weighed this morning for challenge, I was down 5.1 pounds! Oh, well.....doesn't matter when it goes, just so it goes.

Off this morning for Ashland and Shakespeare, so I won't post again until Friday evening. It will probably take me most of the night to read the week's entries since y'all are a talkative group! Bye, guys, have a good week.

Have a marvelous trip!

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Okay, I have a question for all of you (well, not the newbies). I am getting my first fill tomorrow, and am hoping that my rate of loss will start to increase a bit.

So, for those of you who keep track of such things (and I know you do!) did your weight loss speed up after your first fill? Or was your biggest loss in the first month after surgery? I am worried that I will be stuck at 1 lb a week. I lost 8 lbs in 2 weeks while doing liquids/full liquids, then less than 1 lb in the third week and 1.5 lbs in the 4th. I know 1 lb a week is considered perfectly acceptable weight loss, but I really would like to lose closer to 2. I'm going to kick up my exercise now though.

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AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!:smile::w00t::wub::w00t::w00t:

I am still very excited!!! The interview went VERY well, and they said they will let me know TODAY!!! I think that means I got it!! The school year starts on the 25th so i will still have plenty of time to get my first fill from Dr. K. YAY!!!

BTW, I am having some weird stuff going on. Some days I can eat almost anything in sight, and some days I can barely get in my Protein, let alone my calories. Sometimes I have a scoop of Protein Powder in ice cream so that I can get both in without making my stomach hurt:crying:. I just don't feel like eating, which is a good thing. But I am worried about getting into bad habits with eating bad foods just to get in my calories. Any suggestions?

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AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!:smile::w00t::wub::w00t::w00t:

I am still very excited!!! The interview went VERY well, and they said they will let me know TODAY!!! I think that means I got it!! The school year starts on the 25th so i will still have plenty of time to get my first fill from Dr. K. YAY!!!

BTW, I am having some weird stuff going on. Some days I can eat almost anything in sight, and some days I can barely get in my Protein, let alone my calories. Sometimes I have a scoop of protein powder in ice cream so that I can get both in without making my stomach hurt:crying:. I just don't feel like eating, which is a good thing. But I am worried about getting into bad habits with eating bad foods just to get in my calories. Any suggestions?

Woot woot!!! That's fantastic!!! YAY FOR YOU!!!!

I know what you mean about the weird hunger/no hunger thing. Give it a few more weeks and, trust me, you'll be plenty hungry. How many calories are you getting in?

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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