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I had my first fill on the 12th also. I had to lower my calories to 800 to lose any.The scale hasnt moved much but I can tell that I have lost inches. I am told that my body is losing the fat and gaining the muscle from the excersize, muscle weighs more than fat and thats why no decrease in scale. I walk 3 miles every day with hills and 5 miles on sat and sun. I know how it affects your motivation, so Im right there with ya! maybe try to drop the calories down to 900 and see if that helps. I know if I eat 1000 I cant lose. Good luck!

mushies= slightly runny mashed potatoes with "i cant believe its butter", oatmeal, Protein Shakes, scrambled eggs, maybe some tuna salad with light mayo ( not on bread).

Congratulations and welcome to the other side! Look forward to seeing your posts on how well you are doing!

I dont think you are suppose to have Protein Shakes until like day 5, ck with your doctor. But I found that hot apple cider help me tremendously. you can find it next to the hot cocoa mixes. I used both the regular and the sugar free. Lots of gasx chewables also or mylanta gas. I ate that like m&ms, but it helped with the pain. Good Luck and welcome to the other side! :-)

I went for my first fill today, my dr said sign of too much of a fill are if the Water just sits in your throat, if you vomit, or if you have heart burn. sounds definitly like you need to have a little taken out.

Dear Itray, I too was banded on Dec 7. as of Dec 20th( which was my first post op visit) I had lost 23 pounds and then gained 4 of it back over the holidays. I did not get a fill on my first post op visit because i was eating about 1/2 cup of food and I was feeling full and satisfied. Well that quickly changed when the next couple of weeks came around, even though I stayed pretty closed to my 1100 calorie diet. When I ate, I was okay for about a couple of hours and then I was hungry again. I tried to always keep a sugar free Jello, or a yogurt on hand to kill the appetite. Today was my 2nd post op visit and the dr was happy that I had only gain 2 pounds. She said everyone is different in their healing stages and that if I was getting hungry between meals, it was time for a fill. so I got 2 ccs, which she said is standard on the first fill. I get only liquids today, but since I had nothing on my stomach earlier, I ate 1/2 cup of runny Protein oatmeal when I got home around 3. and I felt great! I figured I needed something in my stomach if I was going to walk my 3 miles at the gym. Keep strong! its a healing process the first 6 weeks. When is your next dr visit. Oddly enough when I weighed tonight I acutally lost the 2 pounds today! I use myfitnesspal.com to track everything I eat, even a cracker and my exercise. I do 3 miles every day ( 1 hour walk) Good luck! I hope this helps you!

I wasnt allowed to have any shakes or milk until day 5 of my surgery. Your stomach is still healing and it is too hard on it. It was too hard for me to drink cold stuff anyway. What got me thru was the hot apple cider mix. It was warm to my tummy and helped satisfy me. I would make it as hot as I could drink it. I would one in the morning and one in the evening. you can usually find it next to the hot cocoa mix. They have it in sugar free also. Hang in there it wont be long and you can have Protein Soups, they are thin and wil be very helpful.

Mee tooo! I had like a tablespoon of mac and cheese, dressing, green Beans, and a small slice of turkey. My saucer looked so empty. My husbands plate was so full he couldnt put rolls on top!! I laughed at them and said I think they need to try to eat like me so they will know what its like. It was plenty, I did not overeat and yes I am on my second glass of wine!!! Happy New Year to you!!

I guess I have a different view on things. I made Peanut Butter fudge the other day and I ate a tiny tiny piece. I didnt feel bad, because I keep my calorie intake around 600 and I am walking 1 hours each day with an average burn of 455 calories. so I am not going to deprive myself. The band is a TOOL, it is to help you eat LESS. are you suppose to eat a whole bunch of candy NO, but dont deprive yourself if you want to taste test. AT least you arent eating all the Cookies. Make sure if you do eat something, you count it in your calories. I use the myfitnesspal.com and keep us with what I eat along with my Protein intake and my weight. Do be disapointed in yourself... look at what you have lost and how far you have come. You are doing fantastic!

yes!!! My surgeon at the military hospital said I would be lucky to lose 40 pound, but he signed of on it stating "40 lbs is better than nothing, it would still improve your health". I wanted to smack him!! He tried so hard to talk me into doing the bypass, and I was like NO WAY! so he sourced me out to Dr Lavin, and his nurse practioner said similar, I will never lose 140 pounds with out the bypass. well tough, I am using it as motivation and had my bypass on 12/07 I have lost 23 pounds to date and I went for my first post op visit yesterday. The nurse said I was doing good, that most lap band patients gain after the surgery.. I dont know what planet these people are on! Look over the lapband talk forum, there was one person who had her surgery in March and has lost 112 lbs. I want to be like that person! Hope you do well, keep your chin up! and we can do this!!

I got three heparin shots, they are still blue and starting to turngreen and yellow. I was banded on 12/7 and I got one on my right, one in the middle and one on my left.

I eat sugar free Jello, and sugar fee fudge pops and sugar free applesauce to get me thru between meals. stuff that will fill you up, but doesnt have the calores. I even had a cup of chicken broth the other day! I never thought I would eat that again! lol Good luck!

you can do this!!! You are going to be fine!!! We will see you on the other side!!!

I almost did that recently, had order tomatoe and shrimp cream Soup ( not exaclty diety, but it was all they had that I could eat) anyway, I took a bite of the soup with a small shrimp and also without thinking took a bite of the bread. Didnt chew enough and it got stuck, thankfully I hadnt taken a huge bite and it eventually went down. but it was kind of scarey for me. Needless to say a good reminder of what we are NOT suppose to eat.

I am in MS, down on the coast. I am tricare prime, and was referred out to Surgical Specialist in Slidell, LA. They were great!!!

Gastric bypass was out of the question for me. It has major mal-absorpion issues which I would worry about when I get in my 70's or 80's. I wont have to worry about that with the lapband.

yes this will be my first visit, at the hospital they told me to call the next week to set up a follow up appt and when I did they made it for Dec 20. I thought that was a bit far away, but thankfully I have followed the drs diet an havent had any problems. I can drink and 8ox shake but when it comes to mushies, I can eat only a little. thanks for the help.

I was banded on 12/7. i have lost 15 pounds since then. I go for my first follow up appt on tuesday teh 20th. Am I going to get my first fill? I barely can eat a 1/4 cup of anything solid yet. Can I ask him to wait another month? Who else has gone for their follow up for December Bandsters?

I was banded on 12/07 and had the same problem. its probably the gas, I ate gas X every 4 hours to help. And if you drink hot liquids instead of cold, it goes down alot easier and feels much better on your tummy. :-) good luck! Try to sugar free hot apple cidar packs. They are wonderful and helped get me thru, you can find them next to the hot cocoa mixes.

Hi Nicole! I was banded on Dec 7th ( my new birthday). Although I was VERY lucky, I had hardly ANY pain, just alot of soreness in my stomach area. I have seen many posts about the pain in the chest and nausea. I know I was very blessed and lucky to be spared. Our whole way of thinking when it comes to eating and drinking has changed. My nurse told me " you have to take small sips or swallows and breathe in between each one to let it go down. and when you eat, take very small bites, like 1/2 tsp full and wait for it to go down so it doesnt back up in your throat." I have been following her instructions. I can only eat about 1/4 of mushies and I feel full. Im losing about a pound a day a total of 13 pounds since surgery. I feel better, I am extremely happy and everyone around me can tell. We have made a great decision getting the lap band, one that will be greatly rewarding in the future. Good luck in your weightloss adventure and keep us posted on how you are doing! Welcome to the other side!!

www.allstarhealth.com has the musclemilk lite for 19.95. 100 cal per scoop and 12.5 gms of Protein. Its a large 1.65 pound container and has lots of Vitamins and minerals. Has great flavors too, chocolate, peanutbutter chocolate, Cookies and cream, cake batter, etc. and the best thing is that you pay $5 for shipping whether you buy one or 7. I just ordered 3 of them. the cookies and cream was delicious! I got this website from another bander on the forum. So glad to have it.Good luck!

back from the gym. wow it felt really good. I started at 2.3 went to 2.5mph and ended at 2.7. Walked for 1 hours to get 2.66 miles and burned 445 calories. I feel great! and I lost another pound from this morning! Loving my lapband!

banded Dec 7th here. Ive lost 10 pounds in 1 wk since surgery. Very happy about that. was very excited to eat applesauce yesterday. I didnt have any of the pain that alot of the people experience. I have only had some soreness around my incision area so I havent started doing any long distance walking. Just around the house. Im going to try to gym today and see if I can get 2 miles in. Good luck ! Its a new life and you are going to love it!

okay, thanks everyone!!! IM off the the gym to visit the treadmill this morning!

I have been really tender lately on the biggest incision I assume where my port went in. I am ready to go to the gym, but a little on the skeptical side since the soreness affects my left side of my stomach. Pretty much from top to bottom. Should I wait longer? I had my surgery on Dec 7.