It will be two weeks tomorrow since I was banded. Everything has gone really well and I have followed by doctors advice and I can say I am almost back to feeling completely normal. Having had my gall bladder removed at the same time has added a little complication but its all good. I have moved on from totally soft mushy food and am still having soups for lunch but thats because I enjoy soup. At dinner time I'm having pretty normal food but of course much smaller portion. Im having porridge for breakfast but again that is because I enjoy it. I will have my weigh in tomorrow but up until last week I had lost 6.5 kgs (14lbs) but that also included two weeks prior to surgery on the optifast diet. Each day is a new day and I am slowly gaining confidence in what I am doing. Its a bit scary at first as I am pretty nervous about eating something thats going to get 'stuck' or is not good but so far so good. Because I've had my gall bladder out that has been great in terms of telling people that I've got to be careful what I eat because of having no gall bladder - suits me as only a very few people know what I have done and I'm quite a private person when it comes to my weight issues so its worked out really good. I do feel as though I am certainly on my way to getting the excess weight of permanently so I can feel and be a much healthier person. Yay - roll on the next few months!!

Thats lovely....I too am planning to do the lap band...but still waiting. Motivated after reading ur experience. Keep us updated!!!

hi, my surgery was 2 weeks yesterday. the first week I lost 7 lbs. Will join WW this Wednesday and keep track of my loss that way. Don't go back to Dr. til the 24th. I too have started adding food in small quantities and chewing real, real well. Actually going out to lunch today with Red Hats and no one knows about my surgery, so it will take some faking. But I am not going to stop living. My son had the surgery in January and has lost 51lbs. in 5 months.