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Blog 67282

A blog by onthejourney in General

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A weight loss surgery blog by onthejourney on BariatricPal. 9 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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Ready for the Weight to be gone!!

Haven't blogged in a while...i'm coming up on my 3 month mark of having the surgery. I have lost a total of 30 pounds but 20 of that was during the liquid stage of the diet...only down 5lbs since my last fill...3lbs one week, 1lb 2 weeks ago, 1lb last week...I get my 3rd fill Monday and I can't wait...at first i didn't think i'd look forward to my fills b/c i had to do the liquid diet again but now i'm anxiously awaiting it! I know that once i get another fill i'll lose some more weight...the

Discouraged...

So I'm needing to know if anyone else struggled with losing weight after the band...I lost 20 lbs before (during the 2 weeks of my pre op diet) and I lost 2 pounds the week after surgery. I'm now on week 4 and have lost no more...I'm doing everything by the book - I'm to my regular diet as of today. I walk for atleast 30 minutes about 4x a week and plan to start exercising more vigirously asap. I'm drinking my water and yet it seems to no avail. Don't get me wrong I knew I wouldn't drop anot

Excited about the future

:thumbup: So, I'm a week and a day post surgery and I feel fantastic! I'm down 22lbs over the past 3 weeks and some of my clothes are even a little on the big side! Whoot Whoot!! My 1st goal is to lose 50lbs for a trip I want to go on and I can't believe i'm almost halfway there. I progressed to mushy food Monday but it includes a LOT more than I orginally thought. I'm eating tuna fish, pasta salad, soft cheeses, canned fruit...YUMMY!!! oh, I also can have scrambled eggs - one of my favs!

I want to chew something!!

I have been banded for 5 days now and have had no complications...no nausea - a little gas pain in the shoulders but it's all gone - and I'm off my pain meds! I have a Dr's appt for post op visit on Monday - what should I expect that day? Since everything's going well could I move to the "mushy stage" after my appt? Should I even get my hopes up? I was able to go to full liquids after 48hrs and my doc said i could include thinned grits and applesauce... Any comments from experience wo

Grits and Applesauce!!!

At 4:00pm today I will get to move up in the world to eating grits and applesauce!! YAH!! It does have to be watered down but I don't care! I can't explain how excited I am to be off liquids only - it's been 17 days!! :frown:   I did have some beef broth last night and do wish I tried it earlier in this liquid diet - it has a really good taste to it and is much different than the chicken broth - oh well - lesson learned if I ever need to do a liquid diet again!!   Just wanted to share m

I'm BANDED!!!

It's done!! I was banded this morning around 12 noon and I'm unbelievably excited!! Crazy to think I've looked forward to it for so long and now it's done! I lost 20 lbs pre op (I was on a 14 day liquid diet). The worst pain has been the gas pains but it wasn't in my shoulders starting out it was in my chest - seriously felt like what a heart attack must feel like. Nurses said the only thing that helps is getting up and walking around so that's what I made myself do. I had SO many people p

Suggestions please!!

2 days away from being banded!! It's always seemed so far away and now it's HERE!! Any suggestions or advice from other banders? Anything unexpected or "you wish you had known" prior to going into surgery? I've read some people talking about how awful post - op is...I don't understand - why is it worse diet wise? Won't I fill fuller faster post - op?? Would love to know your thoughts and opinions! Thanks!

Will one solid food really undo EVERYTHING?

So...I've been asked to be on a 14 day preop liquid diet - no other restricitions - no set weight loss, strickly to shrink my liver...   I'm on day 11 and honest to goodness have not cheated ONE time! However...that is beginning to start to look like it's not going to hold out...I have never wanted a hamburger or even a SANDWICH for crying out loud so very badly! I just want to chew something that i'm not supposed to have...my husband thinks it will just send me over the edge and make me wan

Tired of liquids!!

So, my husband found this site for me last night and I've been up most of the morning reading the blogs. How nice to truly see other people struggling with the same things! My pre-op diet was supposed to be all liquids one week prior to surgery - I went in for my nutrionist/pre op appointments and they informed me it's been changed to 2 weeks. I'm on day 6 out of 14 and it's been harder than I ever imagined. I like to believe that I was totally prepared for just 7 days but when it changed to 14

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