cakegirl

I eat ice cream fairly often. Not every day or anything, but often enough. My weight loss is slow because I don't deprive myself of anything, but I'm happy for that - I need this band to fit in with my personality and my lifestyle, and it doesn't suit me to sit by and watch while my husband and our 4yo have an ice cream! I'm happy for slow, steady losses if it means I have have an ice cream or a bit of cake when I feel like it!

I get shoulder pain too - the same spot where I felt gas pain up in my left shoulder area. I have discovered it's air stuck in the lower part of my stomach, under the band (and often under whatever food is going through the band). I find if I lean forward, I usually do a little burp and the shoulder pain is instantly relieved.

I eat pretty much all that food, all the time! I'm not 3 weeks out though, so I'm sure it will be different for you. But I eat sushi, nigiri, miso soup, edamama, fresh tuna, rice, etc all the time. It's really healthy food, and I have absolutely no problem with rice getting stuck. I don't eat steak though, but that's because I dislike it, not because I've had any problem with it.

I sleep on my stomach.

A fever is a sign of infection and is definitely not normal. Call your doctor and if your doctor doesn't answer, go to A&E and explain that you had surgery 3 days ago and now have a fever.

Yep, it's the swelling in your stomach from the surgery. I found it really hard to drink enough of anything in the first few days.

I can't eat breakfast. I can drink liquid though, so I usually have a cup of tea if I'm at home, or a cup of coffee if I'm out.

Food commercials gross me out too.

Your body is detoxing from the high and carb-filled diet you were on that got you to needing a lapband. I remember it well - the hunger pangs, the headaches, the sleeplessness... But you need to do it now, because firstly you need to reduce your liver size for surgery so that its safe. Secondly, you don't want to be recovering from surgery AND going through the carb withdrawals at the same time! No way! Do it now and get it over and done with! By about day 4 for me, I was over the worst of it - no more headaches or dizziness, energy levels felt much more stable.

Wow, those meals are the same amount of calories that I eat in an entire week! Insane!

14kg, which is 31 pounds.

Before surgery, I felt bad that I was getting the lapband, and embarrassed that I was unable to successfully lose weight using diet and exercise. But I'd do it again in a heartbeat - in fact, I'd go back in time and do it earlier!

Yes, the band forces you to stop. Mine is quite tight now, and if I eat too fast (like I used to), I can get stuck on the first mouthful, and believe me, that stuck feeling screams STOOOOOP to me! There are foods that "slide" through the band, so theoretically you could emotionally eat those slider things and not lose weight. I know I've done that from time to time since I've had the band, but I didn't gain weight. I did stop losing weight, but at least I never got any heavier, and once I got back on track with a fill, it was all back down on the scale again

I've experienced feeling full up top but still hungry down lower in my belly. I've put it down to the food not passing down there yet. If I distract myself for 20 minutes, it goes away.

I eat all fruits and all vegetables. Cooked, raw, hot, cold.