Hey everyone going through Kaiser Richmond!!

Where are you in the process?

JOHN Im so excited for you 100 lbs you are kicken booty!! Congrats!!

tam tam you can do it for sure. Just stay away from the GS cookies lol.

lee how ya doin lady???

Hope everyone is doing good today. Im so not in work mode this week lol.

Gee...I wonder why? hehehe There's a wedding...

How's the hand? Should we find pretty gloves?

Oh April, dear, I see ya lurkin down there!

Hey Sexy Mama's and Papa's!

Just wanted to let ya'll know I'm still alive and still Kickin! I'm now down to 188!! woo hoo! I emailed Dr. Park she said go ahead and jus call Liz BUT.. I'm going into Kaiser today to do a weigh-in FIRST- JUST TO MAKE SURE.. I'VE BEEN WANTING this badly so everyone wish me luck! if my weight is the same as Kaiser's scale.. then for sure I'm making that call today!! woo hoo!! I'M SCARED AND EXCITED! ohh and I asked Dr. Park about the Verticle sleeve too.. she said YES! I have that option- so i've been doing all my studying.. and my final decision.. is the Verticle sleeve.

Ok off subject, I know theres a meeting of all of us comming up.. can someone give me an update on where and when? I might be able to make it this time! ok well Happy Tuesday hope everyone is doing Well

Analynn I am sooooooooooo super excited for you!!! I know how bad you have wanted this!! Sleeve girl it is!

Nicollie you know I love those little brats infront of Safeway!! they got me in front of Starbucks last time, little devil children.

Breakfast: 1 grande skinny decaf latte

Lunch: 2 1/2 oz chicken breast, handful of pita chips and 1 tablespoon hummus.

YAY Annalyn, Good luck with the weigh in girl!! This is it for ya!!

Hi again! Boy did I get stuck today..1st time every actually throwing up from it. Man ! did that hurt!! I stil feel sick to my stomach. Not sure what it was I was eating fish and some grain mixture that had garbanzo beans, and some other small yummy grains..I think m aybe that's what it was I dunno..but I am so scared to eat now.

still at 228 this morning! still trying to drop these 3 lbs I gained after my fill. Want to be at 200 flat when I see Baggs in May but who knows...thats 2 months, if I bust my azz I might be able to do it!

Tamra at rate you are going you got this! You are playing it safe with your Ix cheating thing not bad at least you don't feel deprived, just don't get happy like i did LOL!

Yay Coco! (About the honeymoon, not the infection and shot!) I'm so excited for you!

My trainer called in sick last week, so I haven't had a trainer-led workout in a week. Boy, he made up for it. That skinny man sure can work us hard! He'll do V-sits and things and make them look so easy. So annoying! But I'm loving the training. It really does make a difference. I thought I did pretty well with my workouts on my own, but with the trainer it's a whole other level.

I've got the exercise thing down, but I'm having trouble on the food front. I've started weighing my protein again. I was eyeballing at least 3-4 times the portion I should have been having. Yikes! No wonder I was stuck!

Heather the food thing will come together don't worry. I am the exact opposite of you I am getting the food thing and the excercise has gone belly-up. We will get this right. I see Dr.Park tomorrow and I know she is not going to give me a fill BUT i do know that i have to see her. Wish me luck.

Maria - what do you mean by grains? If it is anything similar to rice it will stick. Also food will come up if your pouch is full and then the food backs up into your esophagus and comes back up - nowhere to go but up. I can tell that pain from a stuck pain - and for me it can come on a bit after I am done eating or it can be immediate and I have to run. I ordered a one egg cheese omelet last night at dinner and couldn't finish it - I think it was more than one egg - I took about two bites too many and quickly figured out how to open the section that connected the tables so I could get out fast if I needed to. Luckily everything settled down and I was okay. Always important to know where the bathroom is at a restaurant you have never been to.

I had my 1/2 cup baked beans for breakfast, an applesauce cup 2 1/2 hrs later and my 1/2 cup tuna for lunch. I am hungry right now but am working on my 3rd bottle of water - I am planning on having a protein drink when I get home to tide me over to dinner - should have brought it with me to drink on the way home.

Stage 4 is a go tonight YAY lol..

Hubby doesn't think I will pass my physc apt Thursday....lol he's so funny!

What should I expect this apt to be like?

Hubby doesn't think I will pass my physc apt Thursday....lol he's so funny!

What should I expect this apt to be like?

The psych appointment is so easy, they just want to make sure that you don't have any obsessive compulsive behaviors, depression and to know your intention are in line with having a successful bariatric surgery. Relax, you will be fine. Who is your Psychologist?

There is only one psychologist in Richmond now - Dr. Schnur. I saw her for my appt. She will look at your Kaiser record online to see if there were any issues - she was able to go back over 10 yrs and said a doctor had put on there that I had an eating disorder- egads - I told her no way - she pulled out her medical book and looked up the definition of an eating disorder - and we determined I don't have an eating disorder - I just used to eat too much . That was a relief because you don't qualify if you have an eating disorder. Guess we never know what the doctors put in our file after we leave from an appointment. You will do fine - remember Obama is the president and George W. Bush was the last president.

Um, 10 year history....hope nothing I don't know about is in there...lol My eating disorder is that I just love cookies!

Thanks, I feel better.

Yeah Ali she is super nice. Straight to the point but really nice! SHe was making me laugh. If you dont remember something from your records she will have you get up and look at her computer to remind her. She had to do that with me a few times lol. She is super easy to talk to at least for me she was.