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Did you tell your doctor about your drinking prior to surgery? My doctor said no alcohol until 6 months, and then to use it sparringly. If you have an alcohol addiction, perhaps you should see a professional. The calories from the alcohol can definitely sabotage your weight loss efforts.

Check with your doc to see if you can take some Emetrol. It is an anti nausea over the counter med that is quite effective. The nausea should subside soon regardless.

Congrats to you!! You have a great attitude and are a definite inspiration to those of us behind you. Thanks you for sharing your success and for the encouragement. Enjoy that massage!

After trying the sublingual B12 I have to agree with Corrigan. It really helps. I am taking it 3 times a week right now and can definitely tell the difference in my energy level.

To answer a question you have, yes, I am happy I have the lapband and I wish I had gotten it years ago. However, it took me a long time and a lot of thought to get to the place of actually having WLS. I weighed pros and cons and decided that the pros were more important to me than the cons. Perhaps you need to think about this a bit more and continue to investigate and weigh what is really more important to you, losing weight or food. And one thing I will underline from some posters above, you will have health problems due to your weight eventually. It happens to us all.

I haven't started yet, but sure wanted a cup this morning. Getting off all the diet sodas and caffeine has helped my sleeping so much, I am afraid to start with it again.

My calories run from 600 to 800 per day occasionally going up to 900 but not often. I eat around a cup of food each meal and have a snack of a babybel light or a low carb yogurt in the late afternoon.

Congratulations on your preop weight loss. I am 57 and had a bmi of 45 and a comorbitity. This is the best choice I ever made in my life. Good luck to you.

Just got back from a trip to Walmart and I found some of the Danskins things in the middle of the aisle summer sales racks. I got 2x and 1x (for went I have lost a little bit more) for very little money. Hurrah!

Brandon, good for you!! You will be amazed at how much the walking will help as time goes by. So keep it up!

I had a lot more pain than many here and it took several days for it to subside. By day 5 I realized it really was getting better. Looks like you are on day 2 after surgery which is always the worst day. Take it easy and know that it will soon be a dim memory.

Hi, I am 57 and had my surgery in September.

Carol, I am glad you posted to update us and that you saw your doctor. Many people have true chronic depression, me being one, and I really need the antidepressants to have a "normal" life. Hope that this helps you to get there as well. Just keep trying and trying and eventually this will work. If you fall off the wagon, pick yourself up and get back on and don't give into failure. You can and will succeed, I just know it.

For many years my oldest friend tried to get me to have a bypass. She worked for a well respected bariatric surgeon and he did not do the lapband. I thought about it a couple of times but decided that option was too extreme for me. As I started to educate myself about WLS I realized that the band was the perfect option for me. So I took steps to make it happen and am glad I did.

Way to go, pugs!! You should be proud of yourself. It is hard to do but the reward will be worth it.

Thanks for making me feel better, y'all. I don't plan on spending much money doing this or buying very much, but knowing that I will need clothes in smaller sizes and having a somewhat limited budget for them, I thought it made sense, in a crazy sort of way. Clearance racks may become my new best friend. lol

Everyone is different. I had more pain than some here, but less than others. I was able to sleep just fine in the recliner but it took a couple of weeks for me to sleep in the bed (side sleeper). You should be sent home with pain meds and use them if you need them, that is what they are for. Whatever level your pain, it will start to decrease significantly around day 4 or 5 and in a couple of weeks will just be a dim memory. And it is definitely worth it.

Congratulations and welcome. This is a wonderful board filled with intelligent and fun people and has been a great asset for learning about the lapband from real lapbanders.

Congratulations Cindy! That is a fantastic amount of weight to lose and you look fabulous!

You have done a fantastic job. Many congratulations to you and big pat on the back for a job well done. You look great!

Thanks for the tips. Tracie, I placed an order with Walmart for some Danskins. Thanks so much for that info.

Dust it off and start anew tomorrow. Remember that you got the band to change your life. Make the change to tell that slippery slope to get lost!! You CAN do this and tomorrow is new day. A lot of us know that slippery slope well, but we have the power in us to make it different this time. I know you will do it. Good luck.

I have slowly started from being completely sedentary to working with my Wii Fit. I can do it in my home at my own pace and each day I find I have a little more stamina. I do the walk/jog, step aerobics and some other things that are not hard to do. I figured it was better than sitting on my bum and was an easy way to get out of the recliner and start to move. Today I actually carried groceries up the steps to my apt and was not completely out of breath when I reached my door. That is a big step forward. Just do something to get up and get moving. At first it will seem like you can't do much of anything, but if you keep at it, it will get better and better. Next step for me is joining the Y or a gym!

Do the Danskins or Old Navy pants come in plus sizes? I am about to start at a gym and need some things to wear but had no luck today at a local department store in finding any workout clothes in plus sizes.

I have quite a few of those boxes in my pantry right now. I am mixing them in occasionally for a liquid meal, but they are all around 100 calories, and 13 or so grams of proteins and a bit high on the carbs. I had done it once several years ago and lost quite a bit of weight in the 4 or 5 months I did it. After I came off it, once again my weight went up and past what it was before I started it. Back in the first of the year, I ordered it again and had fully intended on doing it. I think I managed 2 weeks and thought that there was no way I could do it again. So my journey to get the lapband came next. It is really hard to stay on the program for an extended period of time, and drinking those packets gets really old quickly. However, if you are willing to do it, it did work for me before. It just didn't stick.