mags2u

Im getting filled Thursday! Super excited about being full. Ive done great losing 25lbs since the 10th of Jan. But it will be nice to have a little more restriction. Our ports are not directly at the incision site so thats why they go in at a different site. Congrats on your weightloss! Are you on clears fill day then mushies for one day?

LOVE IT!

Awesome!

Oh my goodness! What a success story! You are an inspiration to me as I've just started my journey a month ago. My goal was to be down 25lbs at my 1 month bandiversary and I made it today (3 days shy!) Congrats! Thats exciting to see long-term results to all of us newbies!

I had my surgery January 10th. Moving along quite well, down 23lbs (hoping to be down 25lb by my first fill on Wed!). I've only gone out to a restaurant to eat three times since my surgery. Which by all accounts is a new world recordd according to the "Eat Out to get Fat Association of America". My family & I used to eat out at LEAST 4-5 times a week. I mean, really? Looking back on pre-band behavior is quite alarming and keeps me in check. We've sure as hell saved a lot of money! In all three cases, as we were seated and the friendly waitress would say, "and what can I get you to drink?". As the orders go around the table, I simply say, oh no thanks, I'm not drinking anything......... silence with a stare of disbelief........."Are you SURE"?....Yes, I'm sure, thank you........shrug of shoulders, or looks of "what a crazy lady" are the norm in my world now. That was the one hurdle with getting banded that I thought I would have. I am basically a camel. I would drink at least two pitchers of iced tea with every meal. Now I have to time myself (and I mean I can tell you the SECOND I can drink something). I've already gotten tired of people thinking that this is the most absurd thing not to order a drink with lunch or dinner, so now I order an iced tea if we go out and drink a few sips as I'm ordering. Typically that is enough time of 15 min. before my food gets there. Then I asked for a to-go cup and take it with me to drink as my half hour alarm goes off! Seems to keep the weird looks at bay!

Absolutely LOVE myfitnesspal.com! All of the girls at work do it- helps so much to keep track! Couldn't do this journey without it!

Congrats Kassie! I was just banded this year, at 37 but have been obese most of my adult life. I wish I would have done this at 19. Good for you! Hope you find lots of support on this site. Keep us posted on how you are doing!

Just wondering when everyone is going for their first fill? I'm February 9th. I've really started craving a lot more than I have but I'm doing good. Down 23lbs and hope to be down 25lbs by the 9th.

Well I started at 316lbs. Here are my goals: Loss of: 25lbs by February 9 (my first fill) !!!! YEAH- accomplished 2/7/12 2 days early!!!! 75lbs by July 21 (my 20year hs reunion) 100lbs by January 10 (my 1 year bandiversary)

I'm a ZuMbA girl. It is simple dance/aerobics without having to be a dancer. It is for all fitness levels, and can be modified to your needs. It keeps me motivated! I also do the Wii Just Dance 3. Good luck!

LOL Suzi- when I bought my first house, I called my mom and said, "hey mom, I don't know what I'm doing wrong but my mashed potatoes don't look right." She said, "why what do they look like" and I replied, "Well they're white?" I ALWAYS thought they were yellow because my mom cooked with so much butter!

Congrats and glad to see you are home and feeling well. Keep us posted on how you are doing!

I can distinctly remember at one point my first week out walking down my hallway hunched over going "Dear Lord why did I do this!" It was a split second thought. The symptoms you are having are SO common. If you read others post, you are absolutely right on track. The good news? EVERYONE kept telling me hang in there, around day 6 or 7 you will turn the corner. And they were right. Are you walking? Even if it is in your house round and a round, walk walk and walk somemore. It seems its the only thing to help, as well as gas-x. They make a strip you can take too. You can get through this point. Hoping you starting turning the corner soon! Hang in there!

Congrats!

Hey! My doctor states three meals per day (no grazing in between) of 1/2c serving sizes. So 4 oz. is a 1/2c serving size. However with that said, I'm three weeks out and I eat a ful 6oz greek yogurt. I called my nutritionist today and told her I felt like I was eating more than 1/2c and she said at this point I should be working up to 3/4c. As far as liquids, I'm supposed to "sip" all day long. They say you can get 4-6oz liquid per hour. I have been able to get 8-10 give or take of water, but I'm also not timing it to a tee. I just drink everytime I think about it, still making sure I stop 15 min. before and 1/2hr after a meal. SOOOOO much to keep straight!

I have tried WW before, with of course no success among every other diet known to man. However I will say WW has the most sound nutritional value if you compare most plans. I think for now I'm sticking hard core to my nutritionists plan, but could see myself as I add more things to my diet adapting to WW. Congrats on your weightloss since surgery!

Great job LBBarbie! I know I looked at the calendar today and realized I'm three weeks post-op! Its kind of all becoming habit now. Best decision I've ever made! My first fill is Feb 9th and my goal is to be down at LEAST another 5lbs. by then for a total of 25lb but even more than the scale, I'm feeling it in my close. I had a girl at work today- wow, look at your butt! You can really tell you are losing! I'll take it.

If you have alchohol pads or rubbing alchohol, put a little on a cotton ball and wave under your nose taking a few "whiffs". There is something with alchohol that helps the receptors for nausea. We use it in recover rooms all the time! Hope that helps.

As a nurse, I agree with most of the comments on here. I wouldn't even consider a self fill. I'm not a mechanic, so I wouldn't take my engine apart because it was too expensive at the local garage. Personally, the financial end of this surgery was something that I had to truly consider. I understood the full impact before I had the surgery. #1) You are at HUGE risks of infection. I've seen and taken care of patients who start out with a little infection and then it goes septic. People die from this. I can't stress that enough. #2) There ARE people who go to Mexico still to this day and get fills here in the US. You need to do further research and not take the easy way out. You are NOT A TRAINED or QUALIFIED person to do such a thing. #3) I would love to see the qualifications/training of the nurse who is doing "fill parties". Sounds irrisponsible and unprofessional and not within the scope of her practice to be doing such a thing. If it were, there would be more nurses doing it and she should be careful that her nursing license isn't in jeopardy. #4) Overfilling. You CAN overfill your band, cause further erosion and major complication! I cannot implore you enough to look at other options. I will pray that you find a better solution because I think if you do enough research you will find one. Please don't put your life in jeopardy by doing this.

For the first five days I thought something was wrong because although I didn't have the classic shoulder gas pain, anytime I would take a deep breath, it would literally stab my left side. I was afraid something was wrong with the port. When I went to the follow up appt. 6 days later, my doctor said, "hmm. I'm not sure why that would be doing that". Wasnt very re-assured. I said well if it doesn't go away at what point do you want a phone call. He assured me then it is probably gas and should go away. It did. I would though call your surgeon if you have any concerns. This site is great and although we all have similar symptoms at times, we're not doctors. Just make sure you keep an eye on things and consult with your surgeon as well. Thats what they are there for.

Most insurances require a five year weight history. Also, if you have other co-morbidities that is considered as well. Good luck to you!

Goooood Luck! Keep us posted.

So this past weekend we had a sort-of reunion. My family is VERY large (my dad had eight brothers/sisters) and we're all really close. We also all (most of us anyway) have had weight issues. Thinking back as a child, any gathering we had together, ALWAYS focused and centered around food. This weekend was no different. There was ham, pasta, roast beef, cheese, potato casseroles, deviled eggs, brownies, turtle cakes, you name it! I'm proud to say that I had 1 deviled egg, 2 small meatballs, 1 slice cheese, and I couldn't help myself but I had the corn casserole. I went slow- got my protein in first and had NO, nada, zilch for dessert. I'm committed to this and if that means I'm missing out a little bit, well then so be it. Today I also discovered myfitnesspal.com! I've been seeing everyone with their weightloss tickers and that website rocks! Its so easy for me to pop the info into my computer or my phone. I also have to thank my co-worker for walking with me on lunch today. I wanted to stop at three laps, but she made me do six laps. She said, "theres no traffic in the extra mile". I said, huh? She said if you push yourself, you'll feel better and theres nothing stopping you to go the extra mile. No wonder she is also my business partner- what a smart girl! Mags

Keep us posted on how you are feeling! Walk walk, and walk some more!

I was supposed to be on clears WITH protein shakes 1 week so I think if you take it slow, but of course I'm not your surgeon. Make sure if you do cream of chicken you take OUT the chicken and REALLY only do 1/4c-1/2c. Mags