Hey everyone going through Kaiser Richmond!!

Where are you in the process?

REGGIE!!! WHERE ARE YOU I MISS YOU!!! TAMRA WHERE DID YOU GO!! HOW IS IT GOING? THOUGHT ABOUT YOU ON TUESDAY SINCE THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE YOUR FILL DAY!!

I am here Tina. I just got your message from FB. I am here taking it a day at a time. I am craving things that I never cared about prior to surgery ie coke and cookies. I am trying to battle my demons. Call me sometime. I miss you too!

CONGRATULATIONS ASH!!! Girl get some rest. I hope everybody is doing well.

I don't think I have your number Reggie. GIve it to me and I will call ya tomorrow!! Send it on FB!!

Ah a coke sounds wonderful right now!! Good thing I don't have one!!

Let me check my cell maybe it is on there..............you know we work so close maybe we could go walking once a week or so!! I am not in the office much but I bet I could walk to your office from mine~~

Im here Tina!!

I had a test on Monday, 3 test on Weds, and tonight is my midterm!!!! OMG!

So, I have 2 weeks till Baggs, sitting at 225.8 this morning. 1 more lb and im down the "5" he will fill at, but still shooting for my 219 goal. Issue? I discovered SUSHI. I am not a seafood eater but I found I can tolerate CA Rolls....and rice....=X oh jeez!!!! but weird enough the days I ate it (2 in a roll now lol) I lost 2 lbs each day....? (I had jumped back to 229 this week).....

Hey Tamra my daughter loves sushi. I haven't tried it becuase of the seaweed thing............you will lose a pound in two weeks easy your in good. Good luck on your tests!!

So I was told yesterday I can't have carbs and protiens together.......or I shouldn't!! LOL. I was using ryecrisp(like 20 calories a piece) to eat egg salad and it was like 80 percent eggs to the cracker but was told eggs only no cracker anymore................I guess the cracker make the eggs a slider. Well I don't know if I will like just eating egg salad but I will try. Also trying water instead of crystal light if I can stand it for a week!! I can do anything for a week.

Chrissy. I also got "why aren't you losing faster" yesterday and I thought I have been working my butt off. So it is not just you. I sorta argued than realized it doesn't matter since I know how hard I am trying. :-)

Ok work, work, work........

Hi everyone. I got home last night. My insicions are a lot of pain. I have been useing a heating pad alot. I'm also having a hard time slowly sipping because I keep burping. Any advise Lee, John, or Ali? I made my hubby put the recliner in our room and I slept on it. It seemed to help I take my meds every 4 hrs. and become really sleepy right after. I've got lots of help with my boys but I'm getting adjitated that I can't really spend time with them. Please pray for me that I will heal fast. Thanks everyone!

Ash, burp burp burp that gas out of your system...you will feel better. I had to sleep up for a couple nights also; it really does help. By tomorrow you will feel lots better.

I didn't even hardly try to get much fluid in the first few days..it was to hard. Give yourself a couple days before you worry to much about it. Walk as much as you can as that will help things heal faster.

I still have one incision spot that is real sore; it is right by my bra so it gets irritated.

Keep resting and taking your pain meds...you will be back with your boys in no time.

Did your doc give you carafate to take?

Tina you should try it sometime...me being not a seafood person and all can handle the fake crab, thats about it.

Hi Ladies! How is everyone? Haven’t heard from Pat or Candra in a long time. Hope all is well!

Thanks for all the nice comments about my weight loss! Getting ready for a long camping trip starting tomorrow. I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend!

Ash – Small sips was all I could tolerate for the first week or so. My stomach really rumbled a lot and some burping. Even three months out my stomach does summersaults after eating certain food. It will get better.

Day one of the all protien =no fast food (aka taco bell beans or tostados and Starbucks skinny vanilla latte)=successful so far.

Luckily I was so busy at work today I didn't have time to think about anything. Ok I didn't eat all day either but I made it home and can cook now:-) Some days are just like that where I work...........gotta love working in the ER department!!

Great job Tina. My lifestyle is busy to so we tend to fast food alot too....but not anymore for me! It's hard but I do feel better.

Welcome back to CA, John. Have a great time camping.

Glad Nicole didn't see me today in my baggy work clothes...she would have let me have it..lol Anyway had to go to the thrift store at lunch and I was lucky enough to find 5 nice pair of work pants in a size 18...5 pants = 5 bucks! Not bad...All Dress Barn brand. I started at a 24 and let me tell you it feels good to be in an 18 but I am so looking forward to moving down in more sizes!

Thanks Lee for the recomendation of myfitnesspal.com for logging my food--you are right, its the easiet one and all my food is in their database. I am logging my food good and its helping me stay focused.

Hope everyone is well!

What thrift shop do you go to that the pants are only $1? We don't have that great of thrift shops in the Elk Grove area.

I have a bunch of hand me downs from my neighbor and a friend at work. If the weather would ever warm up again I have some capris I can fit into now.

I went to EcoThrift on Greenback in Citrus Heights. I think they have a couple stores. They often have a sales with discounts off the tag price; the pants were like 3.98 and they were 75% off. Couple of the pants were marked 99 cents...I am not sure if I just got lucky or its always that good but I am going to go back next week and start looking for 16's...lol (thinking positive).

So many people have said that losing weight its hard to picture yourself in smaller clothes and to get rid of the fat clothes...well NOT ME! I am so thrilled to get rid of clothes and move on to smaller ones...

Ash, you may do better with warm broth than water. Many people like the warmth. I liked cold on my swollen Sleeve. I got No Sugar added Popcicles and they are 2 oz of fluids each. The first few days I had a glass by the sink and threw my sticks in there to count the ounces. My favorite drink was Sobe Vitamin Water Zero Calorie in the Fugi Apple Pear flavor. It tastes like watered down apple juice and is very yummy. I'd pour a glass of 4 ounces every hour and sip on it. Days 3 and 4 I was getting in 32 ounces. Day 5 I upped it to 64 oz. Sip slowly. I drank and still drink a lot of hot herbal tea. I'm not a big crystal light fan but I do drink it now to get in more fluids.

Walk around a lot and it helps the fluids go down and the gas come out. Every time the phone rings, walk around the house while you talk. I slept on raised pillows. I was miserable from the stomach acid until around day 5 or 6. I slept on four pillows until around day 10 because I was afraid not to. My Sleeve is still irritated so I've had to learn which foods I do better with. Spicy things are definitely out now. I tried some jalapenos during month two but it doesn't work for me. For me the irritation feels like hungry so it's hard to figure out.

Keep asking questions. One of us will have an opinion.