Hey everyone going through Kaiser Richmond!!

Where are you in the process?

Just dropping in to say good morning to everyone!! Good luck on the interview Nicole!!

OH Nicole I thought you went from 194 to 188 pretty fast there. But maybe it was just you didn't change your ticker!! LOL.

Did that liqiud diet help you lose some more?

I think they talked to me about bread because I only lost two pounds!! YOu lost 13 so even if your eating bread it works. Did you tell Dr. Baggs you can eat anything?? I told him it really depends on the day for me but lately I could eat alot more. But than again I PB'd two days ago so I have a very moody band.

Riley I am really determined not to snack. I don't think I do but.................I think I eat four small meals cause I get hungry after dinner .........every four hours comes quick if you stay up late.

Donna I read an old post by you about getting enough sleep and weight loss. I know I don't get enough sleep. I stay up till midnight and get up at 6am...........I used to use caffiene to fight that but not anymore.........and if I go to bed early.......than no need for the last supper or my fourth meal......

Been thinking alot today about if I am totally following the rules after all the discussion yesterday and I think Liz is pretty right on about something................

So Nicole Liz will be there but we can have Dr. Baggs do it if we are his patients?

I like talking to Liz cause she has alot of great ideas and gets the whole bariatric thinking process!! But I really want Dr. Baggs to do my fills.........

My guess is that as time goes on the fills are less and less frequent and as you lose weight you fade out of the Richmond program.

I also noticed that lots of patients came and went without being part of the group. I think the group is just for new patients but the old bandsters might now be doing them..........

Oh gotta love Gordon too!! He was at my last group fill and I really liked him!! He also told Robin socking things at the last appointment. THe cigar story was funny!!

My daughter was laughing all the way home about the guy who was hungry so he got angry and than that made him hungrier so he got angrier...........MIchaela got a kick out of that and that he almost used the f word..............she said mom he was really really hungry you could tell!! BUt OMG 70 pounds since February??

Edited June 26, 200917 yr by swrktp

OH! And I'm in the freakin' 220's! I haven't seen this decade in over 13 years!!! The lowest I've seen in the last 10+ years was 234...so awesome!

How do you post pictures on here? I have some from yesterday to post!!

CHRISTINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i JUST GOT GOOSE BUMPS!!!!!!! I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats Christine!! Enjoy it you so deserve it!! Huge, huge victory!!!

Ok ladies I post the pictures on the community social site since I can't figure this out!!

Thanks sweetie! I'm pretty freakin happy about it too! I can't believe I've graduated out of the 290's, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40,and 30's. That is so huge of an accomplishment!

PAM--I wonder if Dr. Im misspoke about the capacity of the band...Dr. Baggs AND Dr. Fisher have both told me that the band is a 10cc band but can be filled up to about 12ccs. That's a difference of 5cc's, plus I'm at 7ccs now and Dr. Baggs still intends on giving more fills, but if Dr. Im were right I'd be at capacity right now. I think he may be wrong...

No I didnt loose anything on the 5 day test what happened is i had a loss but then when i ate one normal meal it came back lol. Thats the thing with the water diets its very hard to maintain the loss from them. Thats why im stickin to protein. Well girls

I sit here in my interviewe clothes all nervous, i think im gonna get sick! I havent had an interview in THREE years!

Whats sad is if i get it then we go to mikes on monday and if he gets that one we might go to his instead.. cause of the pay.. but i dont know yet. Gotta think long and hard.:thumbup:

Love ya girls wish me luck!

Reguarding the clothing exchange.. if we bring something and noone takes it can we take it back and bring it the next time? Is that allowed. Because i know a lot of people loosing weight and i really would rather people loosing weight get my clothes then the thrift store... lemme know:D

Good morning ladies,

I'm excited about seeing you all tomorrow. Can someone re-post the info on where to go and when? I'm not familiar with the Sac area...what fwy do I take? 50? 80?

Thanks much!

OK I ate real food for lunch, did any of you others you had fills yesterday eat yet? Man, I had 1/4 cup of protein and about 3 pieces of lettuce and a diet jello cup, and I was stuffed! woo-hoo, we may have it at last ladies :-)

The problem is that was 2 hours ago, and I could eat again right now! Not starving, but I know I could eat some more . . . . damn head hunger, I gess the fill doesn't fix that. I'm glad the fridge is too far away to just jump up and get the rest of my salad out of it . .

I am going to need to do something else for protein though, or I will not be gdetting enough . . . all I have here is soy protein powder with nothing to mix it with! Oh I know, I will make crystal light and mix it with that! Kinda creamsicle

Congrats Christine!! Enjoy it you so deserve it!! Huge, huge victory!!!

Ok ladies I post the pictures on the community social site since I can't figure this out!!

Where are they Tina?

Oh nevermind Tina, I found them! Had to find out group first, LOL. Yay, we have Candra in these! I think we can just copy and paste

yep!

I ate 3/4 a cup of lentils today. I was starving. Did the protein shake this morning.

I had 1 cup which I could eat yesterday but only was able to eat 3/4. Not 1/4 I know. But I guess I have a little restriction today.

I also got really hungry about 2 hours later and I kept asking myself is this head hunger or really hungry. Seriously it was really hunger so I had a piece of weight watchers cheese......damn snack I know, I know. Well I PB'd right back up. I really tried to hold it down and wait it out but it came back up.........thinking to myself "no snacks Tina get a clue!!"

I guess .5 is a good thing but like the guy said yesterday you really do get hungry.............