Mariaband

Well my fellow June Bandsters it has been 1 week today since my surgery. Feeling better every day and able to get more liquids in and even some cottage cheese.

HOWEVER; This morning I weighed myself and I had gain 2 pounds from yesterday. What the heck is that all about?

So I was down 20 pounds yesterday starting back to pre-op diet.

Any ideas?

Hi,

I am 3 weeks out now I lost 10 pounds in pre ops diet then 10 pounds first week for almost 2 weeks I am the same weight.. A day I gain 1 or 2 pounds second day the 1 or 2 pounds is gone and so on... I called the clinic they said u r in the healing stage now so dont look at ur weight even if u gained one or 2 pounds u r still okay till ur first fill....

Hi all

I was banded June 1st I am now on soft food.. but I am so hungry and I lost nothing since a week... anyone having the same issue?!!!

Hi

I hope results will come back to normal soon…I am hypo as well.. I think the issue is not the lap band surgery itself the issue is that with unbalanced thyroid level you will not be able to lose that much weight if any so for me it is waste of money and time if you do it with a high level of thyroid you will struggle to lose a pound…Actually I never been over weight in my whole life.. I was always 132 pounds till my thyroid and pregnancy take place and I am now 240 pounds… So Thyroid really affects your metabolism if it is unbalanced. You can go ahead with the surgery and your doc maybe will not stop the surgery but I were you I would wait till my thyroid level is balanced as most of the weight lose will be in your first year so don’t waste this year because your thyroid is not balanced..

For the medication it has to be daily first thing in the morning same time daily and no Vitamins with them especially Iron and Calcium and never eat anything that has calcium 2 hrs after the medication (milk, cheese ,…) and not to eat for an hr in general.. some people taking the medication at night before bed if they can’t wait for Multivitamins, Breakfast and coffee for that long ask your doc about this option… not a good idea to forget your bills because this is you have stressing your body one day you give your body the hormone another day not…

At the end don’t worry I am sure everything will be all right.. every time I got pregnant my level goes dramatically up and it goes back to normal when I change my dose…

I was banded in July 1st and I have the same issue so I would like to see suggestions as well.. thank you all for help and support...

What is PB?!!!

YOU EXERCISING? (walking)? I CAN TELL U, IT WILL GET TOUGH ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE BACK ON FULL DIET! :-(

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not yet... I submitted my appilcationf for the GYM to start on July 1st as they said no heavy exersice for 4 weeks but I will start walking daily it might help..

KEEP ON THOSE FULL LIQUIDS, THE WEIGHT WILL COME OFF! THEY SAY THE 1st 10 LBS ARE Water WEIGHT!??

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I have lost 11 ponds in the pre ops diet I guess those are the Water weight..

WHAT STAGE ARE YOU ON? Clear Liquids, FULL LIQUIDS? I'M THINKING ABOUT GOING BACK TO A FULL liquid diet, JUST TO MAINTAIN.

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I am now in full liquids...

I was banded 1st of June lost 7.7 pounds only and I am plateau now for almost 3 days and so fraustated... I even took it hard on myself yesterday and didnt eat dinner and the same nothing changed

no, I'm hungry! started my diet on the 5th..... can't wait for the day of the surgery. I'm happy, but nervous and scared and excited at once.

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depending on your body some people enters his stage faster than others but eventually you will be in this stage soon just dont cheat...

I had my surgery on July 1st and yes this was me for day 3 I forget to drink my Protein I was acttually pushing myself... I had two parties in this period one was in my house and I managed not to eat... that is normal as your body is now creating something called ketoses which make you feel full... just keep in mind that if you cheated once ketoses will go away from your body and you will feel hungry again.. so the key DONT CHEAT even once...

My Vitamins are crewable however I take thyriod medication which is very small and I take them from day1

very interesting, thanks for posting this website as I am having surgery next week. My doc is sending me home with a 24 hr liquid diet then on to mushy foods, wonder why so fast on mushy foods. All I've read on here is everyone is on liquids for a week or two. hm?

Donna

Donna not sure if you will be able to do that or not for me 1st day was Water only day 2 till day 7 pure liquid only including proitien shakes and yougrt shake not usual yougrt.. but to be honest till day 3 I was not able even to drink my Water so I was pushing myself so not to be dehydated not sure how you will be on mushy second day.. for me I think I would try mushy on day 5 I guess I didnt do it as my doc said NO to it however I feel I could do it...

I was banbed 8 days ago and today I am SO SO SO hungry I came across this page and thanks to all of u looks like that is normal in this stage... I will do the effort to stick to my diet until I am in the green zone..

BTW-See page 24 and on in that manual from Peachtree.

I hear you when it comes to being hungry. I entered bandster hell(your in bandster hell already) the 2nd week too. I think I was more hungry than before. But, for me, I wasn't able to eat nearly as much as before. Even though I had no restriction, I felt satiated quicker and it lasted longer. I was still able to lose 12 lbs the first month.

Try to eat healthy foods and don't beat yourself up if you consume too much. It could be a while before you find your "Green zone".

tmf

Thanks for the information I went over the PDF u gave me and it is very helpful almost what the doc gave me wz more varaity and more information...but still they didnt say what should be the portions.. so today at night I was so hungry that I ate Yogert ( which is ok for this this stage) but non stop I mean I ate A LOT and really A LOT.. so basically what u were saying dont consider portions in this stage?!!! aha I also dring my shakes and drink a lot of water...

Hi all,

I was banded a week ago ( 1st of June) and today I am so hungry..... I keep eating and cant stop not like before band for sure but for the last 6 days I was ok.. can anyone explian to me what is wrong with me?!!! also what is the rules of eating in the second week in regards to food and portions..

The gas pains are awful How have those of you that have had surgery dealt with them? I've used gas x walking and heating pad. They only seem worse

I am not sure when was your Sugery but for me 2nd day was the worse gas pain ever I cried and cried and called the doc.. Gas X didnt do a lot of work with me as well but WALK WALK WALK hard and will not go away but for me 3rd day was better I felt the gas pain but was able to handle and I also WALKED WALKED AND WALKED and 4th day the gas pain was cleared.... Good luck

My sister and I were both banded on June 1st! I'm excited about my new journey!! Friday Will be a week since I was banded...I Will also weigh in Friday! Kind of nervous about the first fill....

WAW what a surprise I wented t your profile to add u to my friend list and I figured out we share the same BD 25th of Jan but my year was 76:: so same BD and same band day:)

I was banded June 1st ...how are you doing so far??

Me too banded on \june 1st.. I am feeling good just start to feel hungry..

I am not on any BP medications.. my blood presure is in normal range however I ocasionally experiance a very low BP... it ended up with two ER visits in the last 5 years... I gave birth 6 months ago and as soon as I took the epedural my blood presure went really low I think 80/50 or so.. they gave me a needle and it went back to normal...

I had my surgery on June 1st ( last Friday) when they measured my BP it was 120/40 which is very very low.. because my hauband and my whole family is form a health care background so I know how dangeriuos is to go to a surgery with a low BP so I told my doc I can reschdule if he think it is better.. he said no worry and he told me he will take care after that looks like he gave me a needle or something as while I am in the operation room he told me this will bring your BP back to normal ( not sure though if this is teh regulatr medication or something in speical for that) I told the anestiasa Doc please please please keep an eye on my BP all the time ( gthis is what my sister whom is a doc told me to ask him) and if you think it is better to stop please do I will not be sad... Thanks God all went fine as far as I know I never have a chance to ask the doc what was my BP doing..

I am telling you this story as I were in an opposite situation that I was ablt to stop the operation better than risk my life... So dont worry it is better that they did this as that was for sure the best for you...

Good luck and enjoy ur last days withour ur band

hi alleykat, I live in edmotnon, alberta and i am flying to toronto. I am being banded thur the surgical weight loss centre on june 29. well my mom and i r both getting it done at the same time.

Hi I am banded on June 1st with SWLC as well just wnated to tell u they r great.... the whole team are awersome... they calmed me down and they took a good care of me... Good luck to both of u and ur mum...

Good luck to all of you.. I am sure you will be all fine... I am 5 days out feeling great and I lost 7.5 pounds so far plus the 10 pounds before the surgery so in total 17.5 pounds...

great job Mariaband!!

I haven't heard anything about blood thinners, is this for everyone? I have my surgery Friday and they will call Thursday with the time and g over any questions so I'm definitely going to ask them.

What is it for?

What kind of medicine do they give for the pain? I heard something about liquid vicodin? How would this be given?

Pre-op diet, down 13lbs

I never heard about blood thinner too.. I didnt take any so no worries... I took 5 pills for pian 2 hrs before surgery I forget the names on the medication but they were 2+2+1 and after surgery they gave me liquid codine which is very bad taste for me so I was mixing them with either Water for the first day or carmberry juise ( low cal) second day... I just took the pain medication for 2 days twice daily so not the full prescibed dose ( they could be every 4 to 6 hrs) so for me every 12 hrs was fine...Second day was the worst... third day I was out of the pain killer medication.. what helped me a lot is walking and Gas X... Third day me and my hsuband went to shopping and I just walked didnt carry anything but this makes the gas pain almost GONE...

So happy for you for teh 13 pounds keep it up and good luck dont worry everything will be fine...

Blackleopard, do you live in the Toronto area or are you flying down? Where are you be being banded. Sorry about the 20 questions, I'm just excited to see someone getting banded in Toronto. I am being banded June 22nd at Slimband.

I am banded in June 1st in Mississauga with WLSC...

Definitely more pain day two. All of my joints are sore.

second day was my worse dont worry u ll be finr tom just try to pass today and walk as much as u can it will help with the pain...