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It has been wayyyyy to loong!!! So I'm down 40 and counting! Yay!! I feel awesome, love working out, am making good food choices, and have restriction!! I've gotten sick a couple of times but am getting better at realizing when I need to stop! I'm seriously so happy! And everyone is noticing...all my clothes are loose....its great!! I'll give a more detailed update later!!!

Feelin pretty good!! Starting to eat semi-solid foods, walking, sleeping, stadning, etc sooo much easier now!! Scars don't look taht bad either!! wahoo!! I have my first fill on the 5th so that should be interesting...kind of nervous...but also excited!! So far no PB's (knock on wood) and only get bad pain if I drink too fast or eat too much and I'm starting to really know my limits!!! Tried on a dress I wore in mid-June thinking I could wear it to a wedding this weekend...NOPE!! TOO BIG!!! Not even just a little big...gaping! Feels oh so good! (Except now I have to go buy something else that probably(hopefully)won't fit in a month!!)!!! Moving to L.A. on the 6th...can't wait! Hope everyones doing well, will post again soon!!!

Hello!! Doing so much better since I last wrote!! I can start on 'full liquids' today.. ie: instant breakfast, milk, hot coca, strained cream soups etc.!! I'm still having some pain in my chest after I swallow but I'm finally starting to get the hang of it!! I keep asking my mom to bring the scale down but she didn't remember until this morning so what a nice surprise to be 6lb. less than I was on my surgery day!! Sometimes I'll randomly get a lump in my chest when I stand up but I was so excited to have gas yesterday!! haha. sounds weird I know, but that's one of the side effects I've heard the most about from y'all and I didn't have any till last night so I thought maybe soemthing was wrong!! haha! These are the most annoying things about the recovery process to me: 1. Hurts to wear a bra for a long period of time (I'm rather large chested and the extra pressure isn't so fun) 2. Hurts to laugh...one of my favorite activities 3. Still haven't shaved my legs!!! So far so good though...I think...I have my post op on Wed. so that's when I'll really know how I'm doing!! I'm so siked...today I'm going to get my hair washed...gross that I havent done it since Wed. morning, I know!....AND I"m going to Color Me Mine to see how long I can sit and paint pottery! I told them my 'situation' so they won't charge me if I have to come back another day to finish!! I'm so lucky with all of my support I've gotten from my friends and family (the select lucky few who know)!! The families I babysit for over the summer are being super accomodating too...so sweet!! I'm going to bring my mom w/me on thursday so I dont have to do too much heavy lifting of the cutie 12lb. 2mos. old boy I watch!! It will be so hard to resist!! Well, that's about it for now, please keep in touch! Hope everyones doing well, feels so good to be on the loser bench!! 10 Things I look forward to in the next couple weeks: 1. scrambled eggs 2. tuna salad 3. sleeping in my room upstairs again 4. visit from my ex-boyfriend josh 5. padres game 6. sea world 7. smoothies 8. getting out of bed w/out pain 9. no more pain meds! 10. eating jellow w/out pain!!

Yay!!! I'm banded!! Surgery went well yesterday, thank you everyone for your prayers! Only took 30 minutes, which is what the surgeon guessed. All the nurses, lapband team, anesthesioligist, doctors were so incredibly nice and excited for me! I was so nervous laying on the table before I was alseep but I just kept telling mysef, "This is the beginning of my new life...". When I woke up I was so out of it..after laying there in the recovery room for what seemed to be 2hr. I got up and was walked to teh bathroom. I was so proud of myself for doing it all by myself! Then I went down to radiology to have them look at my band and I was set to go home by 4:30! So fast!! Everyone was wishing me luck and so sweet! Got home and rested, which is hard to do when everyway I turned was uncomfortable. My left side where my port is is pretty swollen but that expected! I'm just looking forward to the next few days because the pain will only get better!! I'll keep y'all posted on my progress! Can't wait to start losin!!!

Hey everyone!! I have a surgery date! Yay!!!!! I"m so excited! I've already started the two week pre op liquid diet...which isn't as bad as I thought it would be...however it' s only been 5 days!! I'm so ready for this!! I love my doctor and his team and can't wait to be a loser!! Please, any advice for a band newbie would be awesome!! Good luck everyone!

Ok so I've been researching WLS seriously for about the past 5 months or so and have decided that making a goal list for post WLS... or weight loss in general...may help me to stay motivated and keep my focus on getting this done!! Whether it's very soon...or soonish... hopefully not much later than soonish. haha...so here it goes...

By December of 2008 (Age 24) I want to...

wear at least a size 6/7 in pants and size M top

Be able to cross my legs easily

Not feel uncomfortable when I'm with my friends and a fat joke is made on tv or in a movie

Not feel that I need to wear boardshorts over my bathing suit even though they are so out of style

Not feel like people are staring at me and questioning me when I have a bite of cake

Not feel like my family and friends are using their eyes to estimate how much weight I've gained since the last time they've seen me

Wear a 34 C bra

Not feel that I'm the 'fat one' in the family

Not want to wear as much clothing as possible even in the summer because I'm disgusted by my appearance

I don't want to think that the thought on everyone's mind is, 'If only she would lose the weight'

I want to feel that when I'm with friends at a bar or club that the boys aren't only looking at them but me too

I want to wear 'cute' shirts with pride

Wear size M underwear at Victoria's Secret

Feel sexy even in my bra and underwear

Cut my hair short

Get a tattoo on my hip or lower back

I don't want to feel like 'the fat girl' at the gym...I want to be the 'fit healthy girl that likes to keep in shape'

I want to get back into ice skating
....That's it for now but I'm sure I'll think of more!!
Well wishes and luck appreciated!! :)