brokenwings

Ok i got my 2nd fill thur and i have felt tighter since. This morning i tried to eat some bread for breakfest was to dense and after a few bites i was done with that. Then i had some peanutbutter on one slice of bread for snack that to didnt feel right and had a slight burp up of that. Then for lunch we had pizza here at work. I tried a 1/2 slice and that was like a brick. I had to go throw some of it up and learned what sliming meant. Then i tried to just eat the toppings and that felt like a huge brick in my upper abd. Was awful and it sent me to the restroom to get rid of it. Totally sliming didnt understand what that meant till now. I had had small times when i had pb but Never had something like this. Yea pizza is no longer my friend and i dont want to ever do one of those again. Still got slight pain from where it was. No Fun!

I am a long way from being at my goal. But i have noticed i am getting smaller. Clothes fit diffrent. I look diffrent in the mirror. I feel diffrent when i walk (the feel diffrent is a biggie) I have ppl walking up all the time telling me they can see the diffrence. Yes i am growing skinner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Turtling on!!!!!!!!!!!11

Hi the new ME! what a cool name. welcome to our group. Great job on the weight loss and even greater job on joining an exercise group. The exercise part of this is something i gotta get into. I have been playing around in the pool on my last few days off with my child and trying to put in extra moves and playing beach ball volley ball to get movement and some exercise in.

Oh also wanted to share i found a no no food for me this week. Mini wheats. I could not get them down. They was to fiberus i guess. I took 2 bites and had to PB them up and toss the bowl in the garbage. SO thats a no no food for me.

Hey all. I had my dr appt today and he put in 1 cc for my 2nd fill. I had gained this week with all the partys and food at work (sigh) I know i will take it back off quick but i hate to have gained any week. My dr assures me i am doing Great I heard he could be rough on you if you are not meeting his expectations so was worried today that i was going to get a lecture but he was good and said that i was doing great and he wont see me again for 6 weeks for my 3rd fill which he expects to be the one that gets me to zone. Scorpio YES turtles walk... lol we also swim (been doing alot of that as of late with this HOT weather). Either way we are going to get to our goal

See how crazy i am i typed this to the wrong person.. lol I changed the name on it to you Gotta

Hey mom I have had a rough couple days myself. I had a bday party/4th of july party for my mom and we had icecream cake so I have had some of it for the last few days. I also had bbq food i had fixed i munched on as well as at work the party stuff. I ended up gaining this week but I also know that its from the grazing instead of my meals. I know thats a no no so Today i went and got my 2nd fill so figure I am going to lose next week. I felt bad since i had gained this week but my dr ensured me i was doing great.

Elizabeth your doing so fantastic I bet he was worried bout you losing to fast if he put a fill in. Remember that isnt a good thing either. We all need a nice steady loss. I hope you have a fantastic time on vacation!

For almost 2 weeks i have been bouncing around on the scale between 290 and 292 been totally unhappy bout it but this morning i got up and it says 288.6 Yes i am in the 280s (happy dances) I have a long way to go but i am going there this turtle is going to win this race!

I started with crackers then did the toast. Now i can eat just any bread so far. Even had pizza and did ok.

I have eaten bread. I have found almost nothing that i can not eat. I have not tried steak though.. that scares me. For the first time this week i did not lose weight Seems to have stalled. I hope its not a long stall. As for the fills. My understanding is you get fills till you get into that zone then you should not need fills.

We use zyzal Both my daughter and I. It is one of the newer ones and is working great for now. I use to be on allegra and it just one day stopped working.

Ok we are all in bandster hell. We had all heard bout it. Thing my dr told me is my first fill will only get me in the neighborhood of where i need to be. 2nd fill get me to my street and the 3rd fill should get me home. I am going to look at that and not let these few first mos get me upset. We did not gain this weight over night we wont lose it over night. Its not an automatic cure for us. I know its hard to keep our heads up and not be upset by not losing alot but fact is we are losing no matter if its slow. We gotta keep together and help each other through this stage so we can all be successful. As for the gastric bipass as a nurse no way i would have went that route. I have seen to many patients with problems from it. Also losing slow has a good part to it. It gives our skin time to shrink some. So lets look at that bright side. We are going to make it remember it wasnt the the hare who won the race but the turtle!! SO lets go turtles!!!

I have had one fill it was last week and i am due to have another fill july 5th. I am down 23 lbs since the band and preop diet. 8 lbs preop and 15 lbs after band. I have eaten a few things that i shouldnt but the way i look at it is we wont live our whole life advoiding all foods its learning to walk away from it for me. So instead of a pack of cookies one or 2 is good. Yea I am still very happy with the band and going to work it till i get where i want to be.

And this morning the turtle keeps right on moving. I am down to 290.4 so hopefully tomorrow or the next i will drop down to the 280s.. Just the sound of that makes me jump for joy. Every week i am losing not alot but losing. Moving right on where i need to be and its exciting.

I agree with the NP I know the drainage at times usually make me nausated. I have been lucky as of late though before surgery i was nausated every morning but not since surgery. I hope you feel better soon

Actually my surgeon has banned me from protien shakes or smoothies. He says you need solid food and that anything you can eat with a spoon is a no no.. I like the zone bars pretty good. They are tasty almost like eating a candy bar. Also even though i am not suppose to have any liquids calories I have been drinking Special K drink mixs. One pack has 5 grams of protien and only 30 calories. So if i do 2 of those a day its an extra 10 grams protien and only 60 calories. I tend to have trouble getting in all that protien.

wasnt that hungry before fill. I could eat more then i should though before the fill. Today is my first day when i am back to food and I have to say my one protien bar for breakfest filled me up. So guess i will be able to tell more later today how it goes.

Way to go!!!

I am feeling good. A slight soreness occasionally but nothing big. I did eat a few bites of a turnover today I know i wasnt suppose to but did and it did not get stuck. Will do liquids the rest of the day as the dr said.

He had trouble hitting the port with the needle so wasnt as comfortable as i had hoped. it didnt really hurt just uncomfortable stinging when he was trying to enter the port. He has promised wont be as hard next time. I was very scared of being over filled so i may have been able to been a little tighter but with my dr being 2 1/2 hours away i was determined not to be to tight. I ended up with 2 cc in my band and i feel fine. Back on liquids for the next 48 hours. According to my scale i had not lost anything this week but the dr scale said i had lost 4 lbs in the 2 weeks since i last saw him. I go back July 5th for my next fill. He told me this fill gets us in the neigborhood of where i need to be, next fill will get me on the right street and the 3rd fill should do it. I hope so.

I am on my way to my dr this morning. Hopefully for my first fill...

Yay!!!!!!!!!!! i am so excited for you. I know how much this meant to you.

Hugs sue. I dont have any answers for you but i do want you to know miss seeing you on springers. And your in my thuoghts for much success.

I am 2 1/2 hours from my surgeon and the hospital i had my surgery at. I slept the whole way home. It wasnt bad i was zoned out from meds and before i knew it i was home. I think you will do fine.