Turf Guy

I went back the next day, and I think it actually help my recover go faster and I wasn't as sore as some have reported I was moving around allot. I only used heavy pain killer before I went to bed. Movment is the key. I am 3 weeks post op now and I would never know I had the surgery if it wasn't for small scars and my port.

Keep up the good fight.

You can have Protein with just about everything you eat right now, Nofat greek strained yogurt has 23G per 6oz. if you blend this with whey Protein isolite which is another 25-30G per serving, you can get all the protein you need in just a couple of your many meals each day. I would also suggest not knowing all your particulars that 60-70G is very light, especially if you are working out with weights at all. I would encourage you to maybe double that, But check with your nutritionist first.

Keep up the good fight.

I think you should check with Doc.

But I can help with future, I was told I should take a liquid from now on and that plant derived works the best. This type will give you the best absorption rate, so you get he most for your money.

Time and patience, usually. I'll continue saying this...maybe one day it'll stick: weight-loss is not linear nor constant. You'll lose some weeks, some weeks you won't, some weeks you'll see a gain on the scale. In the end you could be eating too little or too much, it's hard to say without you giving a calorie range and what type of exercise you're doing. Or maybe your body is just at a recomping phase, again, hard to say without the right information.

Give it some time, maybe switch things up in the exercise regimen and see what it does for you. Remember a decrease on the scale only means a loss of mass, not fat. Have your clothing sizes changed? If so focus more on that.

PS. Muscle does not weigh more than fat nor are you building much muscle from regular exercise. Muscle mass only comes from eating above your calorie limit and lifting heavy.

Muscle is denser than fat. This is a fact. Do a Water test if you don't believe it.

HI, Turf Guy banded on 8/3/11. I had very good suport from medical team pior to surgery and every thing is going as predicted so far. Just learning to eat. Baby food is allot of fun.

Reverie,XLSTAN

Thank you for the info. I will look at the forums you suggested.

I am just starting this journey. This site looks like it could be very helpful. I was looking for some of the not so good things that can happen with banding. The surgeons give you all the good stats about what can be achieve but not what goes wrong and how often real people experience it.I have seen the results of studies from the lap-ban manufacture. But I am looking for regular people experiences not filtered thought a lawer. Can you people help?? I want to make this work. which means avoiding any physical pit falls I can. So being prepare for the problems I think is the best recipe for success.