Hey everyone going through Kaiser Richmond!!

Where are you in the process?

Hey there everyone, just wanted to check in been on the go. Got my fill yesterday now I'm up to 5cc's. Pretty happy about that. Dr P was cool even though I gained 2 lbs.....oops!

You all sound like your doing great. All the post-ops are moving right along Pat, John, Nicolie, Lee, Tam who did I miss?. And you pre-ops wow Analynn, Ash, I know somebody else is close....Sounds like you're up next.

HOpe everyone else is doing ok.....Heather our new gym queen. MO what's shakin chick? Pam, Reggie, Candra, Tina where are you? Riley, we know how YOU doin :blushing:

Ok, I need to get some stuff done before bedtime which it is already. Check in later. Happy Friday!!!!

Happy Wedding Day Nicollie!

Have fun today everyone! wish I could go!

URGH this has been a bad week of eating for me!! its ok, I will continue to stay determined!!

TGIF !!!

Tam - I know I know. I have been so hungry and stressed this week - not a good combination. Wed night I had a craving for peanut butter and had 5 tbsp (not all at once - but kept going back). Bad bad. By some miracle I was down this morning - broke through my 50% / 58 lbs! Yeah. But I am really worried because I can't stick to just the 1/3 c. of protein that we are suppose to have at each meal or just the 2 tbsp of veggies or the 1/4 piece of fruit. And I worry about stretching my pouch and the band slipping - uggghhh. This is hard. My calories are still low, but I'm worried. I just don't feel anything and feel I could eat and eat and eat and my stomach growls. OK enough b----ing and whining. I got it off my chest - now I'm done! We've got to stay strong and master this thing. I keep telling myself only 6 weeks until my fill appt with Dr. P - I can tough it out - 6 weeks isn't a lifetime!

Jess - so cool you got another fill. I'm glad Dr. P was sympathetic - did you have to meet with Robin first?

Oh no - it's raining here in Sacramento - and Nicole's wedding is in a park - but I am sure they must have had a back up plan.

Happy Wedding Day Nicole and Robbie! Hey they are getting married on my birthday - I will be able to remember their anniversary for sure.

Oops... it is really raining hard. I hope Nicole has a beautiful wedding even with the rain.

My doctor appointment with Dr. Baggs went really well last night. I am 7 pounds under my goal weight for surgery, so all is a green light to go. Only 10 more sleeps until my operation and I am getting pretty excited. I know reality will set in at the puree stage though. (I feel your pain John.) On the way back from Richmond we stopped at Applebees. I am totally impressed with the number of low cal options they have on their menu. I was able to eat well without blowing it. I hope more restaurants follow suit soon for America's sake. Posting calorie counts on menus is a great behavior modification technique.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Hi Everyone! Nicole Happy wedding day. I am sure you had a great wedding even in the rain. Just chkn in. Ive been so busy with job searching I havent been able to log in as often. Everyone have a great Friday and weekend.

Pat I feel your pain!! this is so hard!!

OKAY so I ate SO BAD I AM HERE TO OUT MYSELF!!!

Breakfast: 2 tacos from jack n the box, a few potato wedges, and a piece of cheesecake

lunch: crackers at my mom's house with cream cheese and salsa

snack: a choc chip cookie, and half a white chocolate mocha from starbucks then wheat thins when I got home

just now a few french fries as I passed the baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG!!!!!!!!! HOW HORRIBLE IS THAT!!!! Well, at least I know to stop now and dont keep going

and of course I am up 6 lbs today....ack!!! (From March 4 - now)

that was ENOUGH I am DONE!

Edited March 13, 201016 yr by tamra.

Oh Tam, I'm sorry. I agree, you really just have to make up your mind to tough it out. I think Riley talked a while back about exercising the resistance muscle. I know it is hard, but we need more successful days than off days to make progress. I did a little better yesterday

B: scrambled eggs with ff cheese, spinach & onion ( 1 reg. egg & 1/4 c of egg beaters); 1/4 piece toast w/ LF butter

L: 2.5 oz grilled chicken, 3 tbsp green beans, 2 tbsp yam with a little bit of LT butter and cinnamon

S: licked the spoon a few times when I made brownies and cupcakes for concessions!

D: 3 oz bbq chicken (skinless); 2 tbsp spinach with a litte LF butter and lemon juice; 2 tbsp yam with a little bit of LT butter and cinnamon

s: 4oz of sugar free jello

Again, some of the portions are a little more than the binder say but it was all good foods - also I don't know if you noticed but the portion sized for suggested meals in the binder don't always match what the guideline is - like for eggs and cottage cheese. Oh well, we just have to do the best we can to eat litely I guess.

Today looks like a beautiful day and it is suppose to be nice all week - so next Saturday should be beautiful for our walk and lunch! Can't wait to see you and everyone.

Have a great Saturday (I can't wait to hear about CoCo's wedding and see pics.)

Heather and I had a nice 2.5 mile walk this morning - it is really nice outside today.

I notice a lot of the post banders are measuring their food by weight instead of measurement - do any of see if your 3 oz of chicken will fit in a 1/2 cup container? From what I was told and what the binder says, we are supposed to measure our food, not weigh it - the pouch is only so big and once you have restriction you can't go by weight as fish doesn't weigh much but you can't fit 1 cup of fish in your pouch without eventually stretching it. -never mind it will probably come back up for lack of space. I have never weighed my food post op - even when I didn't have restriction so that I would be used to measuring my food.

I did well with my food this week and lost 4 lbs - just one more two more to get to where I was before my out of control week of sliders when my relatives were here.

South Sac Kaiser doesn't have the Mindful Eating class anymore - I saw my psych doctor at the Elk Grove Kaiser yesterday (she specializes in food issues) and she told me that. I told her I weighed the same now that I did last March and she said at least I dont' weigh more and that I should use that as a positive. She really gets the food connection to emotions. She gave me a lot to think about - her name is Dr. Paula Smith if anyone here is interested.

Oh wow Pam I have never measured, I weigh everything....

Going to a crab feed tonight! Wish me luck......:wink2:

Pam – In the pre-op classes for the post-op meal plan they taught both measuring by weight and by size (cups) for band patients. My binder has it done both ways for band patients, not sure why but some food is measured by weight and other stuff is measured by size. For Sleeve they make sure it is all measured by size only.

I had my first real what you guys call PB’ing today. I was so tired of Purees I decided to have a very small amount of Boston Market Chicken and mashed potatoes. I really had just a small amount, about 1/3 cup of food total. It will take me a week to finish the one plate I bought. Well everything went down ok and I was pleased as I’ve had some thick soups that went down and I felt pressure of such a small stomach. I had about 1/3 cup of white meat chicken, mashed potatoes and corn bread. All of it fit into a 1/3 cup. I chewed it very well.

About ten minutes later I was salivating over the sink for ten minutes. I burped a couple times which made me feel better so I went to sit down. Bad move because a few minutes later I ran for the sink and everything I ate came back up. Sorry for the TMI. What was so different was it was such a slow regurgitation. I was a bit scared. I’m only a couple days away from moving to soft foods so I hope this gets better as it was not fun! I guess this is what I get for moving ahead a couple days early. Going to talk to the doc next week about the incident. Sleeve patients are supposed to be able to eventually eat about a cup of food in one sitting.

I hope everyone if having a wonderful weekend! Looking forward to hearing about the wedding!

John that is scary!! Glad your okay!

I am in carb overload, I cannot stop EATING!!! I did great until I started watching TV and wanted a snack...here came the good ol wheat thins, graham crackers, and stupid cake URGH!!!!

I made a pact with Nicollie we are bustin our azzes this week and all the way until she sees Dr who and I see Baggs in May... i cannot let this not work for me!!!!!!!