jennifer1

oh that is tooo funny. i used to work in a special needs school and we used to asked the kids if they needed a come to jesus meeting!!!LOL! I"m glad your hubbie is finally on board cuz you will definelty need his support. When is your surgery?

everyone talks about walking to get rid of the pain. it didnt really help me until i got on the treadmill!!! wish i knew that a week ago! welcome to bandland hunnie!!!

welcome..you are among good support here...no one is judgemental....we're all here for the same reason no matter how we got here! best wishes on your journey hun!

kym.....you always say something to inspire me. i too have been fightn the scale...well you know that from my blog! lol! but i have started back working out today and i'm so glad i did. i actually missed being in the gym! cant believe that came out of my mouth kitten..i'm right there with you girl! my friend ate popeye's chicken(one of my favorites) right in front of me and it didnt faze me!!!! i get my fill on the 17th and i cant wait. kym...you know i'lll be stalking you since you get your fill first! LOL!

ugh i hate this thing some times..i so just wrote a response to this and it just disappeared!! ugh! anyway i am such a lame....not sure why i'm just now seeing these posts! i wasnt ignoring you ladies, please know that, i just never saw this till today. Thanks for your words of encouragement. I truely appreciated all of you. @ kym...i see you over there gettin it in in the gym..i'mma be like you when i grow up! @ NU...thanks girl i'm on my way! @ fee...girl i will happily pass on these 18's and 20's!!!! 16's here i come! I truely thank God for all of you cuz you are truely an awesome support team for me! SENDING CYBER HUGS YOUR WAY!!!!! MUAH!!

Well my dietician emailed me back and it seems that I am on the right track and everything i'm experiencing(small weight gain, increased appetite) is perfectly normal. WHEW!!! I was about to lose it this weekend. so the dastardly scale now lives in the basement in a box is only allowed out on friday morning. I went to the gym for the first time today and i did one mile on the treadmill and one mile on the cross trainer. i'm tryn to work my way back up to a full hour of cardio. It actually felt good to be back in the gym. It seems that walking on the treadmill helps get rid of this gas i'm still struggling with as well. i know TMI! TMI! so i'm hoping it gets out of my shoulder for good! my incisions are healing very nicely, starting to itch a little, but i've started scar massage with mederma. well let me stop rambling. smooches!!!

i am to be on mushies for one week then on to soft foods for one week then regular foods. i get my first fill on june 17th and i cant wait. i want to know what restricion feels like, but i dont want the whole throwing up thing. that scares me to death as well. i have nothing in my band right now so everything goes down pretty smooth. my appetite varies from day to day. i wish i could go back to the three weeks when i didnt have an appetite, but i know those days are over my doctor taylors every fill to the patient as i imagine your doc will. so i guess it'll be a waiting game till then. lol keep up the good work i've been following your journey!

I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND! I was sooooo glad to not be hungry for 3 weeks and thenn BAM!!!! When i started mushies my appetite came back with a vengence. but the weird thing is that it fluctuates from day to day. some days it's worse...some better...i think this may be bandster hell that others speak of and the scale is not my friend right now. i did notice that i was not drinking anywhere near the amout of Water i was drinking before and i believe that attributes to some of it. my dietician told me this would happen as well as the scale wavering. so what we're experiencing is normal and we just have to hang in there, you can continue with things like SF Jello and popscicles, this is helping me. hang in there. i dont get my first fill until june17th, which seems sooooo far away, i'm ready to start working this band and know what restriction feels like!!!

thanks guys. i posted in another forum and was assured what i wass feeling was normal. i have decided to put my scale in the basement in a rubbermaid contianer so i cant have easy access to it every morning. i'm not gonna lie..i snuck and jumped on it when my overnight guest(who told me to stay off the scale) was in the bathroom and it's starting to go back down..some ounces, but it didnt go up!!!! i am pushing my liquids more and i am starting back in the gym tomorrow, so i wont be on the scale again until friday. thanks for the feedback...hope you're having a great holiday! miss mary..when do you start mushies. i have a week of mushies...a week of soft and then solids...oh of course the first week was liquids

I have tears in my eyes reading this post. thank you soooo much for posting this. i was soooo worried that i had gained 2 pounds since i started eating mushies. i feel sooo much better knowing that i'm on the right track and my weight is gonna fluctuate a few pounds the first few weeks. i can get off the ledge now!!!! LOL! thanks sooooo much!

wow that's the first i heard to put the heating pad on the abdomen.....so far it seems to be getting better unless i sit for long periods of time like when i'm a church..thanks for the info!

is this what bandster hell is!!!! i just started pureed foods and i wasnt hungry the first week after being banded, nor during my pre-op liquid diet. now i'm hungry all the time and i gained 2 pounds since i started pureed foods. i wont get a fill until 3 weeks from now!!!! how am i going to make it????

Oh gosh! My not having an appetite is sooooo over! This thing came back with a vengence!!!! I'm soooo upset. I know this may sound ridiculous but i am obsessed with the scale. I went for my 1 week check up on friday and i weight 227, i started mushies on friday and this morning (sunday) i weight 229! WTH!!!!!!!!!!!! i am totally freaking out. I'm trying to figure out what the hell happened. I have feared that once i started eating food i would gain weight! is this normal!!! somebody please tell me this is normal and will not continue. i emailed my dietician, cuz i need some help planning these mushy meals. i have been living on mashed potatoes, scrambled eggs, refried beans and tuna. I know my portions have been more like 4 ounces but i havent added veggies yet cuz i dont know what pureed veggies would be tasty. I do not want to blow this....i've been doing good so far and now i feel like i'm failing. I just wish i could have a fill so i could have restriction now! plus i know i have slacked on my liquids. i was so glad to have real food that the liquids kind of took a back burner. did anyone else gain weight once they started eating foods before they got their first fill?

well helen, no one can really answer that question but you. i feel that this isnt for everybody. some people are about to loose weight through proper eating and exercise and keep it off. My problem is keeping it off. Most people get the band cuz they have exhausted all other avenues and this is like a last resort. I would definetly give it some more thought if you're not sure, after all it is surgery. for every person that sings the lap band praises there will be someone with something negative to say. talk to you doctor and see what they think, they know you're health better than we do. so please just do your research and ask as many questions as you need to. most people on this forum are very open to question as am I. Best wishes in your decision.

hey everyone. i just returned to this post. is there a way to get a notification that someone posted in a thread you posted? otherwise i find myself going through numerous posts looking for my comments! ugh! well i'm 9 days post op, so far so good. i have a blog in the blog section so feel free to follow me. i think some of your are already my friends!

welcome to LBT..this is a great place for support and info!

hi skinnyinside...i was addicted to this site as well...ok i still am!!! i was banded on may 20th and am open to any questions you wanna post of PM me.

i was banded 2 days after you. not sure why but i was blessed to not feel hunger right after i started my 2 week pre-op liquid diet until the night before my one week bandiversary. i can feel my port and it kinda grosses me out. although i think it perfectly normal not to be able to feel it right off. best wishes on your journey

i had to come back to this post. i am addicted to the scale and couldnt stop thinking about this post yesterday. i started mushies on friday and weighed myself and i have gain almost 2pounds since friday!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm trying to not go jump out the window!!LOL! i do know that i have really stop drinking my liquids like i'm supposed to and my dietician just told me on friday that a lot of people fall off from liquids once they start mushies cuz they have been drinking them for 3 weeks and are pretty much sick of them.(me raising both hands!!!!) I'm praying that is why the weight gain and i am returning to the gym next week. Is this normal or am I crazy!!!

congrats hun!!you did great!!! thanks for keeping us posted

i agree to get in contact with your surgeon. Zumba is a pretty intense class to be taking only 13 days post op, ( alot of ab work). I am a therapist and have returned to work, but cuz of the 10 pound weight lifting restriction, my supervisor has moved my caseload around so i dont have heavy patients. Do you have a lifting restriction?

Hi yoli, i'm jennifer i was banded may20th. i live in a south suburb of chicago. where were you banded?

Hi, i was banded on may 20th. so i'm barely a week out and let me tell you i have no regrets!!! i too didnt get support from my family, but my friends and this forum were my best support. Now getting banded was no walk in the park, but i only felt "blah" the first 3 days. The most discomfort i have had is the pain at the port site and the gas that settles in your left shoulder. This is a great place for support. I too was a self pay, so i am giving this 150% effort. Feel free to add me as a friend and PM me if you have more questions. I'm an open book, telling the good bad and ugly! LOL! Welcome to LBT!

most surgeons required a pre-op diet, but it's not to loose weight it's to shrink the liver.

wow you're doing great i didnt wanna leave the house till day 5. i wasnt hungry so people eating some of my favorite foods in front of me didnt bother me at all. i say if you have the energy go for it, but maybe dont stay as long as you would normally. Let us know how it goes!