tombstonec

Been banded for nearly a year now; do throw up off and on.....but My doctor said that you can have coffee AND carbonated diet drinks "IF" you can tolerate them. My hint: if you are a diet soda fan, like me......have one a week or more....but NOT with food. IF I forget and order it With food in a restaurant; I then have to go outside OR into the bathroom to throw up. HOWEVER, if you drink carbinated beverages like throughout the day....little bits at a time....and without food....it works Fine with me. My Dr laughed about the RUMOR that carbonation stretches out your stomach....she said: NO, abosolutely Not!!

HI, It will be one year for me on the 18th.....but I must say that I feel somewhat of a failure; six months ago, I stalled losing weight while I was swimming an hour or two everyday at least five times a week; however, in all honesty, I think I ate more food. Swimming tends to leave me hungry; guess I thought that after a year, Everyone with a lpaband would lose a hundred pounds. Currently....my weight loss two months ato was 50 lbs....then I gained ten lbs back in the last two months. However, with this New Year....I plan to do better; still been eating too many calories per day. My port site still hurts and I sleep on my tummy, it wakes me up when I lay on it at night. Anyone still having that problem when sleeping??? God bless you all this New Year; it is Funny....in my own opinion....some times I feel the mental problem of weight issues are ten times worse than just eating less and losing weight. Take care, Cheri-----I live way out in the boonies and could use a support group.