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meditate for at least 15 minutes a day

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start my own real estate business by May 1

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get my "Cross" tattoo after I lose 50 lbs

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131 lbs

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Michael Thomas, M.D.
I like Dr. Thomas. He is very direct and informative. The office staff is very helpful and friendly. They are chronically late! Accept it and give yourself and extra hour for everything. If you are looking for a touchy-feely, nurturing doctor, Doc Thomas is not your guy. I actually prefer his style, I don't care for someone patting me and calling me \"hon.\". Aftercare is emphasized by everyone in the office. The band is a tool to get you where you need to go, but I still have the majority of the work to do myself. We addressed all the risks of surgery and alternatives. I give Dr. Thomas a 10. All my parts seem to be in working order. I also give Chris, the PA, a 10+, she is fantastic. These are all my personal opinions and I would recommend Dr. Thomas and all the doctors in his group to anyone thinking of WLS.
Latest Surgery Support Comments

  • Comment by Celest J. on 12/14/06 8:40 pm
    Sending you lots of love and good vibes. Big hugs, Celest
  • Comment by Cira S. on 12/11/06 6:34 pm
    Cj, Congratulations on your upcoming surgery! Wishing you all the best and a speedy recovery.
  • Comment by Angela W. on 12/6/06 1:22 pm
    CJ: Wishing you an easy surgery and quick and painless recovery!! Dr. Lavin did my surgery, but I met Dr. Thomas the next day and he was very sweet. Good luck with everything!! Angela
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Alli...friend or foe?
on June 20, 2007 5:48 pm
To hear the people on the boards tell it, alli is the incarnation of diet evil. Now, me being the food addict, laxative abusing, diet pill taking, binge exercise person in a plastic suit freak that I am, of course I am going to try alli. Look, I got the band, I did not get my head fixed. So don't judge!
I am very happy with it so far. Believe me, if I wasn't I would be the first one to rant and rave over my "clear the halls, mama gots to go potty" experience. Or the pull over on the side of I-12 or whatever tragedy had befallen my favorite white crop pants.
But none of that has transpired. 
The reason I am even taking it is because I am lo-carbing it and sometimes I have trouble with my fat grams at night. So, I pop one of those babies and lose them in the morning. It has helped with the weight loss, so I will leave it at that. 
Now, when I do have my "oh, crap" moment, I will post about that as well, in all it's glory. 
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6 Month Anniversary (no cake, no candles)
on June 14, 2007 6:06 am
Today is my six month celebration! 
I have lost 54 lbs.
I have lost 28.5 inches.
My BMI is down to 40.2.
In 8 more lbs I will no longer be morbidly obese, I will move into the severely obese category. 
These are ALL REASONS TO CELEBRATE! And I am learning to celebrate without food (although I did buy a big screen TV yesterday.) Seriously, it was a Father's Day present for my DH. Seriously!
;-}~~~
Yay, me, Yay BAND!
xoxoxo
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Not to Fill....
on June 12, 2007 9:22 am
HOW COME PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST A TON OF WEIGHT AND THINK THEY HAVE THE FAT MONSTER CONQUERED ARE SUCH A@@***** AND THINK THEY HAVE COME SO MUCH FURTHER AND KNOW SO MUCH MORE? IF THEY KNEW SO MUCH AND WERE SO PERFECT, THEY WOULDNT BE WLS VETERANS, WOULD THEY????? 
Turns out I did not have to make the decision after all. Chris the Fabulous says I lost 10.5 lbs last month, asked me a zillion questions and says NO FILL! Too bad because my girls had gone with me to see the poke and prod process in action.
I feel good about it and pretty excited. I have lost 53 lbs, my six month anniversary is in two days. I am trying to grind out two more lbs by Thursday, YES, it is possible!
XOXOXOXOXO
I am in band heaven today. I am actually starting to believe that this whole process is going to work. Yes, I have issues.
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To Fill or Not to Fill...?
on June 11, 2007 11:54 am
I am having a hard time deciding whether to have another fill. Some times I have so much restriction and other times this little pig has none. 
I dont know what it is such a big decision. I just needed to write it down so I can come back tomorrow and look at it and realize that I was stressing out over nothing. 
It is only 60 something days til LSU football and I have a jersey my dad gave me SEVEN years ago and it has never fit. I am wearing it this year, it almost fits and it is SO COOOOL!  
So, that is why my post today is in Purple and gold!
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WHOOOTY WHOOT WHOOT
on June 8, 2007 5:52 am
I Finally broke the 50 lb. barrier, I am at 52 lbs down with BMI of 40.5. I have been doing hi-protein and excercising, with the humidity at 75% down here, I probably sweated that off. I dont care how it left, it just cannot come back. 

I get a fill next week, but not sure if I want it. I have had really good restriction, and I have lost ten lbs. since last appt. six weeks ago. I had an episode a couple of weeks ago where some burger got stuck and it took an hour to huck it out. It was miserable and my port site must have gotten inflamed from that fine ordeal because I could not eat for about three days and major heartburn. Better now, but still paranoid that I have had slippage. See what the doc says.
Yippee kiyokiyaaaaaa!
CJ
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