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Hey Stormy, Happy Thanksgiving. Glad your band is working well for you and Charlie. Only good things to come

Happy Thanksgiving everyone I am very lucky, I am working tonight and my husband is Canadian, so he dosen't care if we have turkey or not. So for him it's just another day, for me however, My friends all feel sorry for me because I'm working and no one knows I have the band, so far I have ham, scalloped potatoes, carrot cake, Pumkin cheesecake, mashed potatoes, dressing and lord knows what else being brought in for me to eat! Lol I am thankful for having great friends both on the forum and where I live. I will be strong :lb12: :lb12: :lb12: Hope everyone has a great day.

What a nice post You have done so well in such a short period of time. You will have so much fun when you go to disneyland and you won't have to rest for a moment. Isn't the band a wonderful thing.. keep up the good work!

I still do the weight watcher or lean cuisine dinners, (portion control) tonight is creamy rigatoni with broccoli and chicken/ 290 calories and20 grams of protein. I had a little bit of green beans and mushrooms. this is my favorite. I like the 3 cheese ziti too. I will have a glass of white zinfadel for dessert (big Gulp size ) of course i will wait an hour to drink it.

There is no way I would ever remove mine unless it was for a medical reason. I was always an expert at losing weight. It was the keeping it off that was my problem. By now I would of gained back any weight i had lost and then some. I LOVE MY BAND!!!

You won't regret taking the befores, I wish I would of taken more!! You will be so happy when you see your transformation unfold before you. You should be very proud of yourself!!

Great post.. Not quit ready to send a christmas card to the OCC but maybe after my next adjustment. LOL

ok here goes, I'm not as talented as Mindy in the kitchen, lol... I have a lean cuisine for breakfast lunch and dinner, and wine for dessert.. plan and simple, I have a problem with portion control, so thats why I do the frozen dinners,

Congratulations on your decision to be banded, you won't be dissapointed, there is alot of useful information throughout this forum good luck

Hi, glad everything was ok.. I still get the pain in my left shoulder, I have it right now matter of fact. It's been 6 months since I was banded and I still haven't figured out what triggers it. It last about 3 days then goes away. Enjoy your band.. You will love it.

Are you sure it dosen't say 10 cm, that is actually the smaller 4cc band. the larger one usually says VG, mine says 10cm which holds 4cc and my sons say's vg which holds 10cc. Hope that helps.

Mindy..CONGRATULATIONS,... You will be at your goal weight at no time. Isn't it a nice feeling that you will never weigh 200 again?? Keep up the good work and hope to see you soon.

Hi, My son says that when he would get stuck he would go off his diet for a day or two, then back to his routine and he would always start losing again. I could alway tell when he was stuck at a certain weight, he would want me to come visit so we could go out for nachos and bloody marys. (otherwise it was because he needed his laundry done!) Maybe you just need to shake things up. You have done so well. I'm sure you will start losing again real soon.

Hi, When I was there in January for my son's surgery, One of the biggest murder sprees happened, and I knew nothing about it untill i got back, The clinic and hotel are right on the other side of the border, I never felt like I was in danger, even after knowing about the crime spree, (which happens in all big cities) I still went back in May for my surgery, and again I never felt like I was in any danger. I never would walk alone after dark and I wouldn't venture off the beaten path. The murders have to do with the police and drug lords. If your worried, hang out at the hotel, and just take the shuttle to the clinic, I haven't heard of anyone going to the OCC being kidnapped or murdered. good luck with what you decide.

I have a hard time convincing Justin to come on the forum, He will probably be mad at me for posting his picture..But I am so very proud of him. He does the lean cuisine diet, 3 a day... unless i come to visit, then we go to red robin for nachos and bloody mary's. Just a special treat once in a while. Thank you everyone for the nice comments.

Thank you girls so much, mindy hope that hot sauce dosen't cause you to much trouble, It was so much meeting you and going out dancing. You and Cara would get along so well. I can't wait until we can all get together Cara I did not belt the dress, I was so bloated today, LOL I got so many compliments from my friends. thank you for helping me pick it out. let me know about the next get together,, I am so there.. Talk to you both soon.

Oh i love my cheap pink wine , I too was a beer drinker and still am in moderation (it's 6 months for me) but wine was what helped me make it until the 6 months, I just add it to my daily calories.

Justin down 140 lbs. 10 months, banded 1/14/08 myself down 40 lbs 6 months, banded 5/14/08 (I'm wearing the dress that lisa and cara helped me pick out in portland)

OK HERE GOES First picture left to right yoyodieter-pammie-lisal 2nd picture laisal-pammie-guest 3rd picture caramba09-pammie-dontondan-julieburns 4th picture lisal-pammie 5th picture lisal-pammi 6th picture stormy-pammie 7th picture group shot left to right front row charlie (stormys husband) holding their son devan-stormy-julieburns-dontondan back row amethystjade-caramba09-crissicles-yoyodieter-gwenda(not on forum as of now)lisal-pammie the rest are from darcels and I didn't go Hope this helps, and sorry if i mispelled anyones name or if they are out of order. again it was a blast.

Thanks Cara for posting the pictures, I still can't figure it out with the standard camera I was using. I just got home and showed my husband my new dress, He liked it. I wish you could of stayed longer but I will be there for the next function. talk to you soon.. Linda

I will post pictures as soon as I figure out how

Mindy you looked hot!!!! Thank you so much for meeting us and driving us around.. It was fun. You are so cute Hope you continued to have fun. Hope to see you again real soon.

Hi guys, I had a great time as well, I am in my hotel room resting before my big night out with lisa, mindy and julie.. I feel very honered to have meet all of you. You are all wonderful beautiful people. LETS DO THIS AGAIN. FUN FUN FUN Stormy, please thank your sister for us, the food was very good. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Most of the weight I lost was on one fill, I got food stuck from the day I got that fill. I was stupid enought to think I needed another just because it seemed to be the thing to do. I ended up having to get most of that removed. so again everyone is different. I haven't lost much latley but I haven't really been trying. I might go in for a tweek but I never want to be over filled again, that my friend is no fun!!!!

Donna, I can't believe you only have a week to go!!! It's seems like yesterday we were trying to convince your husband it was the best thing to do. It sounds like your very organized and will have no problems at all. Take care,