Tristessa

I have a potentially dumb question.. But is it ok to drink if you let it go flat? Aside from the calorie aspect, which if you're drinking diet is a non-issue, there aren't any issues with the syrup or that are there? I've heard/read caffeine is not good for the band either? Former diehard diet coke/pepsi drink here. I stopped cold turkey that and all other forms of caffeine on June 1st. And the people around me sure have noticed.

I really want to check out the Wild Life park too. I was looking at the website for the park and it looks so awesome. It's tempting to scrap Sea World (since I've heard from quite a few people that it's not worth the ridiculous admission prices) and just go check out that instead. Or Lego Land (my inner child/geek is dying to see that too!)

Wow! Thank you all so much for the welcome! It's hard getting out of wallflower mode and you all have definitely made me feel a whole lot better.

I'd like one of everything mentioned annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd this: My goal dress. Though sadly no amount of weight loss will ever make me 5'11".. *sigh*

Hey hey! I'm another newbie, heading down to be banded in November (the 5th) at OCC and going out of my mind counting down (literally, I've got countdown calendars everywhere .. ) the days til I'm on that plane! I'm 28 and from Canada. Honestly, not only am I excited for that, but I'm spending a couple of days in San Diego prior to go see the zoo and Sea World which I've been dying to do since I was a kid. I was planning on keeping it on the downlow and just surprise everyone with my weight loss, but I have a big mouth.. hehe But I just wanted to drop a hello since I'm the shy type, even on the internet, and I'm working on overcoming that too. So hi everyone! :girl_hide: